In short I revised the last version of this story, which was in my opinion terrible. Please review or this may not make it very far.
Disclaimer- I do not own Yu Yu hakusho, etc.
Chapter1
It had all began the day Rai died. He wasn't a savior, nor a hero or a model student in any way. Rai hadn't been a hobo who struggled on the streets, begging for food and fighting off gangsters that would come his way. Rai died a pitiful death. "A natural death" he murmured. Well in retrospect his death was far from "natural", Rai died of starvation trapped in a dusty tomb. The tomb was dark, void of all light and hope. The air was thick, the stone of the wall hurt for Rai to lay on, however he had no choice in the matter. He was dying and had no energy left in him. He wanted to yell out for his father, maybe to scold him of his "dumb ass mistakes" and all the such which got them like this.
In Rai's final moments he saw a white light, piercing through the darkness as if to shine straight into his soul. "So I didn't make it to Hell huh? That's great news" it was his own sad way of trying to be bad ass, cursing even in his last moments of life. Suddenly, something pulled Rai into the light, Rai tried to fight it but he failed. The light wrapped around his consciousness and suddenly he was soaring. He felt his hand grab something soft, his arms wrapped around a warming feeling.
"You can open your eyes now!" a feminine voice yelled at him. He opened his eyes, he saw the scenery below him immediately he jumped nearly falling off the, the oar? "W-what are you doing!" the woman said, struggling to get the oar back in control. Rai wrapped a arm around her waist and another on the oar. The woman let out another squeal, not expecting the Rai's touch, nor did she expect he would pull them straight into a nose dive.
"What the hell are you doing!?" she screamed pulling the oar out of his hand and up towards the dark, spirit world sky. Rai wiped the sweat from his forehead, and spoke. "I was trying not to die" he said nonchalantly. The woman seemed angry at his calm nature and ignorance "You realize you nearly kil-" The woman stopped, she had just realized the boy was already dead."Sigh", she descended, a large castle coming into view, Rai scratched his head. "So~ I'm dead?I died didn't I?" Rai asked, he looked around, the dark skies and scenery were all but welcoming.
" So am I going to Hell? Well I guess that's what happens to people who drink and smoke and are like me", oddly enough Rai didn't seemed scared or shocked at his predicament, it was more like he suspected it.
" Actually, your going to meet the spirit king Koenma. Far from hell, though if you act rudely I cant guarantee your fate. If your lucky, you might get another shot at life." she answered. Rai had a curious look.
"Another shot at life? What do you mean, once your dead your dead, its game over" Rai said. He sounded grave and serious but the woman just smirked.
" How would you know that? Have you been here before? Have you ever seen the dead, or talked to the spirits? If you haven't, then you don't have the right to call anything impossible" she finished, and Rai stared off at the castle.
"Whatever, who the hell is this spirit king and for that matter, who the hell are you" Rai asked. "For a teenager you sure have a crappy little mouth!" she said, this time Rai smirked "Have you met most teenagers? Have you spoke with majority of American teens? If not then yo-"
"Actually-" the woman said. "I have met most teenagers and talked to Americans and all of the other types! I'm one the ferry girls, or in your culture the Grim reaper, you know!"she retorted. Rai grumbled in defeat. "The names Kagura by the way." she smiled cheerfully, he didn't expect the reaper to look anything like this. Kagura had long brown hair, almond eyes dimples and wore a cute blue yukata. She lacked the black cloak,the scythe and the skeleton for a body.
"My name is Rai Velen!" he shouted over the wind. Kagura smiled "I know trust me, I know everything about you" They neared the castle gates and Rai saw how large it was, as the large red doors were let down and he walked in he was greeted by an odd fashion. Ogres, lots of them, but not the 9 ft tall, club flailing princess kidnapping ones. No these guys belonged in a satire sitcom filled with eclectic nerds, or a dysfunctional coworkers in a "Office". These ogres pushed pencils, wore ties and glasses ran from bookshelf to bookshelf and were nothing but a joke.
Rai laughed "This is great I can't wait to see your Spirit King" Rai continued laughing, Kagura said nothing just leading the way. Rai reached the room, and as he entered he was surprised at what he saw, then his face lit up again. "I was right! So fricken right!" Rai laughed even louder, Rai was tall for his age, standing at 6 ft he would seem like a giant to most asians. However Rai grew up in America where tall people were a common thing, none the less, his height only added to his laughter, insolence and Koenma's anger. "This kid is just like Yusuke" koenma thought, but he was wrong in many ways Rai was different then Yusuke and in just as many ways they were alike.
"Ahem, I'll have you know I am the Spirit King, well at the least I'm his son. I called you here to inform you of 2 things. Your father, whom had died with you inside that Pyramid was a member of Raidens Clan, a group that has strong ties with the Spirit Realm. The Raiden Clan has virtually no more existing members, only the headmaster his daughter and your father remained, however you both died. We couldn't allow you both to live, its against the laws of nature a man of his power would throw the order out of place. We would have had to allow one of you to pass on, your father took your place and forcefully placed you in Raidens clan. Thus you are here, and will return to the Raiden clan after our discussion" Koenma stopped allowing him time for it to soak in.
Rai didn't cry, he didn't she'd a tear. "The old man, having some great power? Being a part of some ghost clan.. That's just like him." Rai thought, his father was a secretive man, and a mysterious character together. He made himself look like a weakling in public, but within their home Rai had seen his father do many strange things. Rai sighed "Alright what next" there was a sharpness and adgitation in Rai's voice, he hid it well though.
Koenma continued "You will be trained, and shall work as a agent of our organization. You will be a ghost member of the Rei Tantei, you are a Spirit detective but more than that a all around soldier. We don't want any of this to get out, because it would seem as if we relied on humans to much, our morality would also be in question. "
Rai understood this, basically these guys were higher than humans, but are using them for god knows what reason. However, he didn't have any idea what a spirit detective even was. "What exactly is a spirit detective, and the Rei Tantei?" Rai asked
"The spirit detectives are a group of humans investigating paranormal mishaps on earth. Their job can get quite messy, and dangerous so we have them in a group. Spirit detective means Rei Tantei in Japanese and we use that to refer to all of them" "Why do you need me if their is already a group?" Rai shot another question at Koenma
"Well, currently there is only a handful in the group, they are all unpredictable and inexperienced" Koenma said.
"You want me to look after a group of dangerous men? I'm not a soldier if you couldn't tell"
"You will be trained, and they arent men they are more or less your age. You wont even be working directly with them, you will go solo and complete alternate objectives" Koenma said.
"And if I don't?" Rai tested. "You shall die now, and live your after-life wandering our desserts,unless you would rather work with the ogres"
Rai exhaled deeply "Thought so, I'm in, whats next" Koenma laughed triumphantly "Great, you will be trained by Master Kaminari, your old life is over. You are no longer Rai Velen, You are Rai if the Raiden Clan, the Spirit detective." Koenma spoke quite bluntly he wasn't training a detective he was training a soldier. Suddenly, the room began to shift, colors swirled around in Rai's head, he could smell a toasty aroma and he felt like the room melted.
He then opened his eyes. He was in a strange oriental room, the only thing in it was a futon, a shoalin gi and a mirror. Rai sat up, his head hurt, he felt strange. One minute he was talking with Koenma next he was here. Rai looked in the mirror his piercing eyes looked back. He had short black bangs and brown eyes. His mother was from India, and his father was African-American. He was tall, he was mix, he was strong and he was handsome.
"Fuck Koenma, I am Rai-ji Velen"
A/N Review people, or this will probably be kicked under the bus as another failed project.
