Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho, storyline, or any of its characters. I do, however, own my original character and storyline.
I'm a long time fic writer just getting back into the hobby, so I may be a bit rusty. I've got 13 chapters of this story typed up so far, so frequent updates are a guarantee. This will follow the anime storyline from the dark tournament through the three kings saga and beyond. Constructive, but not mean, criticism is welcomed...along with cookies :)
Summary: Kurisa, a young human psychic with immense power, finds solace with her new family and friends and finally finds an outlet to train and gain in strength. What secrets does she unknowingly hold within her, and what effect will it have on the family she holds dear?
Ch. 1
A young girl, around 13 years of age, was on her way to her next foster home in an urban neighborhood of Japan. She spent the ride reflecting on her life so far, and found herself becoming more depressed as the miles ticked by.
She was only three years old when it all began. She was too young to understand what it meant or what it was, but it frightened the young child immensely when a small random fireball shot out from her palms after an argument with one of her cousins and set a small tree ablaze at a family gathering. All she could do was sit on the grass and cry in confusion as the adults present extinguished the fire.
Her and her parents received many dirty looks and comments from various family members she had never met before. And she remembered the silent ride home and being sent to bed immediately upon arrival. She did not understand why her parents were angry, but looking back now it seemed like the anger was mixed with expressions of fear.
Since that incident, other strange things began to happen around her. Fireballs were soon followed by water balls, and soon it even seemed that the very weather around her changed with just her mood. She could create wind storms and lightning storms with torrential rain if she wanted, although returning weather patterns back to normal was a bit more challenging. She didn't always have control of her blossoming power back then.
Finally, just before her fourth birthday, her parents dropped her off at the local hospital and never returned for her, and she was placed in foster care. Her temporary guardians thereafter were not much better than her actual family. They feared the power that she and her family did not understand.
Its human nature to fear what you do not understand.
Her guardians responded to their fear of her with obvious hate, neglect, and physical, verbal, and even sexual abuse. Each new home she was moved to she viewed with optimism at first, but her hopes were always quickly dashed.
But her constant moving from place to place and her blossoming power were blessings in disguise. Strange beings, some with horns and extra appendages and some with odd colored skin or fur would occasionally attack her. The first attack happened at age five. An ugly hairy blue beast with six eyes on his forehead and a long lizard-like tail armed with an axe screamed something about her powers and charged her while she played outside one evening. It only took a strong bolt of lightning summoned from the darkening sky to incinerate the horrible creature into a pile of ash and dust.
This became routine with every home she moved to.
She smirked slightly remembering all of the short battles she had won over the last eight years. They were only short due to the fact that the creatures seemed to be no match to her power. Creatures she had found out at a young age were actually demons.
She did not know why they attacked her, only that they seemed to be attracted by her powers like a moth to flame.
At age eight she stayed the longest stretch of time at a home with a large hidden library. She discovered the library upstairs in the attic area while on a nighttime stroll through the large house. Most of the books depicted information and tales so fantastic that if she were just a normal girl she would have thought them children's fantasies, but after all she had seen in her short life so far, she knew better.
Through these books she learned she had the power to harness, summon, and control the elements of nature: Earth, Air, Water, Fire, Ice, and Lightning. These elements were manipulated and controlled by her spirit energy, which she learned was unusually high for a human. Humans with this type of power and energy were very rare, though not unheard of.
Two more elements also existed: Light and Darkness. Humans with the ability to control these elements were unheard of, and indeed she found she could only control the first six.
She also learned how to control her elemental powers better from those books. No longer did she create random bursts of fire, water, or lightning. No longer did she start random earthquakes or freeze random surfaces or summon random tornadoes. Because of this, she was able to stay long enough to learn what she needed to.
Her foster mom caught her one evening in the library. She braced herself for the end of her stay in what was probably the most pleasant home she had ever lived in. However, her guardian understood. She had known all about her nightly library visits, and she explained to the child the existence of demons, and the existence of demon world and spirit world along side their own human world, the demon classes: E, D, C, B, and A classes according to level of power.
She could not stay much longer after she was discovered. Her guardians were the family of a former spirit detective: A human employed by spirit world rulers to solve demon crimes and maintain peace between the three worlds. They no longer associated with supernatural affairs, and knew it would only be a matter of time until the demons who constantly followed the girl would find them all.
After a couple more slightly dull foster homes (only three demons decided to attack her once she gained more control of her abilities in the next five years), she was now on her way to her next home.
Her arrival was quite uneventful. Her guardians promised her social worker that she would be well cared-for, only to leave her to her own devices once her social worker pulled away. She sighed. It had been several homes ago that she had stopped feeling optimistic.
She carried her two small suitcases with all of her worldly belongings up the stairs into the bedroom she was told was hers and began to unpack her clothes and hang them in the closet and put away her random toiletry items into the adjoining bathroom.
She got herself ready for bed that evening and walked into her bathroom. The mirror reflected the image of a young girl of 13 with extremely long black hair that shone reddish in natural light. Her hair, when down, came to her hips. She usually wore her hair tied in a braid with her long bangs in her face. Her skin was fair and showed redness easily, and she tended to be curvier and thicker than average. She had developed a fair amount of muscle tone at a young age from years of fending off demon attackers. Her eyes were her favorite feature…they were a light, brilliant golden color. Her height left much to be desired as she was picked on at school for it, being as she only stood at a mere 4'8". She wasn't sure why she was so short…perhaps years of neglect could do that to anyone.
She started at her new school in the morning. A local junior high. She enjoyed school enough as she loved learning any new information. Science and English were her favorite subjects. As long as her classmates left her alone for the most part, school was one of the few tolerable aspects of her life.
"Kurisa Ayana." The teacher called.
"Present." I answered.
It had been an unusual day. I had learned over the years to sense the presence of demons within a certain distance of me. If any demons were within a half-mile of me, I knew all about it.
And boy, were my senses going haywire. For some reason I sensed demon energy near my school. It seemed to be coming from the adjoining high school. I decided to investigate after class was over.
The junior high let students go home a few minutes before the high school. I tugged impatiently at my maroon and gold skirt of my uniform as I stood leaning against the fence outside and watched the high school students file past on the sidewalk.
My eyes immediately caught sight of a boy with slightly feminine features with bright red long hair. He wore the maroon and gold men's school uniform and as he walked past he gave me a slight half glance. It was faint, but demonic energy was radiating off this boy. I followed him as he walked, which was simple to do as he was walking in the direction I was heading anyway.
I continued to follow his steps until he and I were the only two on the street. The sun would soon be setting but it did not seem as though my demon target had yet reached his destination. But something about him confused me. I was sure he knew I was following him; we had been walking alone for several minutes now, yet he had not attacked me.
I summoned a small fireball and shot it past the boy's head. I missed intentionally. I wanted to know what he was up to first. No sooner did my fire shoot past did he spin around, summoning a whip in his hand from a single red rose he pulled from his hair and cracking it toward me. I summoned a rock shield in front of me from the ground around me to block his whip, but to my surprise his whip easily broke through my shield like a knife.
'Hmm,' I thought. 'He may actually be a more worthy challenge.'
I used my air element to create a powerful wind strong enough to carry me, and I narrowly dodged his attacks. I could tell he was skilled with the whip, probably more skilled than he let on. He was holding back. I did not know why.
"Impressive." Said the boy. He had a calm, soothing kind of voice. Too calm…I made a note to proceed with caution. "Not many I have met, human or demon, can dodge my attacks as long as you have."
"Yet I can tell you aren't trying to harm me." He continued. His whip turned back into a rose and disappeared back into his brilliant red hair.
"You are right. I could sense your energy back at school. I was only curious as to why a demon was trying to blend into a human school." I explained. I released my wind energy and I settled back to the ground.
"The answer is simple, yet long. I've been sent by Koenma to find you. You have been difficult to find, however." He said.
"Koenma? Prince of spirit world?" I asked, surprised.
"Yes, I see you are familiar with spirit world."
"I am, I have never seen it though." I said.
"We need to make our way there as quickly as possible. I believe you will learn much tonight." He offered me his hand. I have to say, I have never met a polite demon before.
"Sure. But first, may I have your name?" I asked.
His soft green eyes betrayed slight surprise followed quickly by a kind expression. Not many had ever looked at me that way before. He gave me a soft smile before replying.
"Kurama, but you may call me….Suichi"