Before the story...
Sanena: This story has madeup characters that the story starts off with, and the YYH characters appear one-by-one, or something like that. But if you get past the first few chapters, it becomes cool. Trust us.
Kachada: fake fans surround him, cheering him Hey, hey, people, calmdown! Well, for the people are reading this for the first time... Maku Shinomutois copyright to ME! And he's a whiny-baby at the beginning... Uh, uh, I gave away... Sorry, didn't mean to do that... How about we just go to what Duhatkibelsto has to say?
Duhatkibelsto: 'This is Life' is the first of our Yu Yu Hakusho series, and in the first series - this one - there'll be original character point-of-views, but in the second one, there'll be YYH character P.O.V. and still some O.C. P.O.V.s. Plus, two Dragonball Z characters appear in this first part of the series, but Jinzouningen Juunanagou/Android #17 is basicly outthrough the series, because of being Shi's boyfriend, and it gets suggestive at some parts of the series, just to warn you.Ifany newO.C.s of oursappear (other then the ones listed below),we will tell the copyright at the beginning of the chapter they appear in.
All three of Jar of Mist members: And it's rated PG-13 for:
Violence, Smoking, Drinking, Suggested Themes, and some censered English swears, but the Japanese ones are kept.
Copyright list:
For Duhatkibelsto:
Akifuru Shinomuto (the grandmother),
Hijo Shinomuto (the oldest brother),
The Alien
Cop (whose motorcycle is stolen, and all the other police in this story),
Jerk Firefighter,
Sai Fujirii,
Sai's Murderer,
Sick Doctor,
Fox Shinomuto,
Fox's Friend (who appears in chapter 9, yet to be named, so look for him - it's like 'Where's Waldo?').
For Kachada:
The creep, and his brother also,
Old Man Charlie,
Maku Shinomuto
For Sanena:
The mother + children (you'll understand soon.),
Mikiko Shinomuto (the mother),
Erik Shinomuto (the uncle),
Shi Shinomuto
And all the original Yu Yu Hakusho characters are copyright to Yoshihiro Togashi. Plus there are some singers/bands/artists whose songs are used too, so .(C). that too.
Well, if you read this story to whatever chapter it is so far, if you ANY QUESTIONS at all, just ask in a review, okay? And tell us which madeup character is your favorite; which is your least favorite, which chapter is your favorite and which is your least favorite.
And thanks for at least reading all this...
"This is Life."
"Encounter of the Unusual"
Back in 1998...
It was a dark, silent night. Anything could happen. The children and their mother were in the sitting room, the lights were blown out, and they were cuddled in the corner behind the sofa. The window was closed tightly, the curtains drawn closed.
The children were crying, and their mother was trying to comfort them, because... IT was out there...
They let out a sudden scream as the glass of the window shattered into the sitting room.
The mother and her children were alright, but frightened. Their lives could be over at any given minute.
A shadow moved forward. It was... IT.
The Alien.
"I am here to take you to my planet-"
All the power in the house went out, including the scary alien movie on television.
"THE ALIEN!" Maku, the little 4-year-old boy screamed. He was the youngest child of four, the oldest boy was 14 years old, named Hijo.
The second oldest was 8, named Shi, and the third, Fox, was only a year younger then her.
"It's okay, sweetie." Maku's mother comforted Maku, who was crying.
The window swinged open, and the alien jumped in yelling.
Maku screamed worse, and so did his mother, and sister and Fox. (Hijo and their grandmother had gone to bed.)
After a few hours...
"That was a mean joke!" Mikiko Shinomuto (the four children's mother) scolded her older brother Erik, who was helping her take care of the children since her husband had died in a car accident in 3 years before.
"I thought it would be funny!" Erik laughed. He had pulled the lights and the TV out at the perfect moment to scare the children.
"Well, they're in bed now. I hope they can sleep." Mikiko smiled in spite of herself.
9 years later, January, 2007.
Fox Shinomuto was walking outside during the night, alone.
A monster attacked him.
But it was really a mutated dog, on a chain, and his owner pulled the chain. "Sorry about my dog. He isn't tamed."
Fox couldn't see the dog or owner clearly, it was too dark. "You should take him to obedience school."
The owner mumbled. "I'm insulted."
Fox just looked at him, and walked a bit away.
The owner walked away with his dog.
Fox started following him.
A skinny man with a black and white striped shirt, with no teeth save for one on his right side of his mouth, light brown hair, his bangs covering his eyes, with cuts on his face, he was also wearing ripped jeans with a skeleton belt.
He grabbed Fox. "Now, you ain't going nowhere." Then, he opened his mouth, and using his hand, he wiggled his only tooth, then pushed Fox against the building, and tried to cuff Fox to the window.
Fox pushed him away. "What are you doing?" Fox looked towards where he last saw the owner of the dog.
"Hehe." The creep pulled out a can of spray paint and sprayed at Fox.
"Oh!" Fox backed, then turned around and started running away.
"Get back here!" The creep got on a police motocycle, and grabbed the walkie-talkie.
"There's been a robbery at 1313 Mockingbird Lane!" He lied into it.
The creep drove the motorcycle up onto the sidewalk (he already broke the chain), and after Fox.
A cop came out of the brick building. "I could've sworn I parked right here..."
Maku was eating an orange at the kitchen table. He turned around a bit to use the remote to turn the television on.
On the TV, Bon Jovi was singing 'Living on a prayer'.
"Shi, it's Bon Jovi!" Maku called into the front room.
"I know! I'm watching him." Shi called back from the front room, where she was sitted on the floor in front of the big screen TV that was so big it was on the floor. Shi admired Bon Jovi as her most favorite band.
"Okay!" Maku replied.
Fox was running as fast as he could, not even daring to look back.
"Once upon a time
Not so long ago
Tommy used to work on the docks
Union's been on strike
He's down on his luck...it's tough, so tough."
Maku got up from his chair, walked out into the front room.
"I wanna watch it on the big screen too." Maku said, sitting down next to Shi. "Shut up." Shi answered.
Fox turned the corner, jumped on the front of a driving car, and rolled onto the other side of it. He ran through bushes into someone's front yard.
"Gina works the diner all day
Working for her man, she brings home her pay
For love - for love."
Maku and Shi were silent as they watched Bon Jovi sing.
Mikiko, their mother was out with Erik and Hijo. Their grandmother was sitting in her rocker in the sitting room.
Fox ran inbetween two houses and jumped over the fence of the left side house into their backyard.
"She says: We've got to hold on to what we've got
'Cause it doesn't make a difference
If we make it or not
We've got each other and that's a lot
For love - we'll give it a shot."
Shi hit Maku lightly to get his attention. "Get me a soda."
Maku got up, and went into the kitchen. He opened the freezer, and glanced at the kitchen television. Maku chuckled, grabbing two sodas.
A young man came out of the house, to notice Fox.
"What the f-" The young manwas interrupted by a roaring motorcycle which came flying from over the fence into his yard.
Fox turned around, as it started raining suddenly.
"We're half-way there
Livin' on a prayer
Take my hand and we'll make it - I swear
Livin' on a prayer.
Tommy got his six string in hock Now he's holding in what he used To make it talk - so tough, it's tough."
Maku hit Shi, and said: "Hey, get me a pizza."
"Get it yourself."
"But I asked!" Maku said.
"Fine, fine." Shi got up, and kicked Maku, who was chuckling, then she headed into the kitchen.
The motorcycle landed in the mud, splashing it everywhere. The creep, who was chasing Fox, was on it.
"Yusuke! What's going on out here?" A middleage woman came out of the house, wearing a house robe over a nightgown.
"Mom! Go back inside!" The young man, who was Yusuke, yelled at his mother.
"Gina dreams of running away
When she cries in the night
Tommy whispers: Baby it's okay, someday
We've got to hold on to what we've got
'Cause it doesn't make a difference
If we make it or not
We've got each other and that's a lot
For love - we'll give it a shot."
Shi came back with two plates of pizza, which cooked really fast in the microwave.
"Here." She put it on Maku's lap, landing beside him.
"Thankyou." Maku said really fast.
The motorcycle roared as a warning it was going to drive. "NOW DIE!" The creep drove at Fox, leaping off the motorcycle.
Fox, who also happened to be standing a few feet in front of Yusuke, who was standing in front of the back porch of the house, jumped left.
Yusuke's mother, Atsuko, let out a scream.
"We're half-way there
Livin' on a prayer
Take my hand and we'll make it - I swear
Livin' on a prayer
We've got to hold on ready or not
You live for the fight when it's all that you've got
We're half way there
Livin' on a prayer
Take my hand and we'll make it - I swear
Livin' on a prayer."
"Did you hear a scream?" Maku asked Shi, who hit him in reply. "CAN'T YOU BE QUIET DURING ONE SONG?" Shi said in slight annoyance, then she smiled. "No."
"Don't mind a smoke, do you?" The creep lit a cigarette, then used the police gun to shot at the motorcycle, which Yusuke stopped by putting his foot against it.
The creep turned around and walked off saying, "Bye-bye." as the motorcycle blew up.
"Thank you! Now, I'll sing another song." On TV, Bon Jovi started singing, while outside somewhere a huge explosion was heard.
"You heard that, right!" Maku said loudly.
"Yes, I did. Oh, Mom, Uncle Erik and Hijo!" Shi cried worried.
"Shi, what about Fox?" Maku asked.
"Oh no. I didn't know he left! I thought he was studying!" Shi got up, heading to the sitting room to check on their grandmother.
Shi opened the door to the sitting room to see her grandmother pulling up the carpet to reveal a trap door, and opened it. "C'mon, we got to get safe. Get Maku."
Maku was looking out the window, just as the door bell rang. Maku ignored it, as he was pulling on his shoes. He opened the window, and was starting to jump out.
"MAKU!" Shi went over, and pulled him in. "Get the door, will you."
"Why don't you do it?" Maku opened the hall door, and went to open the door.
Fox sat up, looking at the fire. The house was half on fire.
"It's heavy rain, so the fire shouldn't last long." Fox said, standing up.
Fox looked over, a few feet away, Yusuke was holding his mother in his arms. His mother looked frightened, and Yusuke looked ticked off.
"NOW WE HAVE NO HOME!" He yelled loudly, setting his mother down. Yusuke turned, glaring at Fox.
"THIS IS YOUR FAULT!" Yusuke charged at Fox, punching him into a tree.
"YUSUKE! NO!" Atsuko yelled at him.
Fox slipped to the ground, his back in pain.
Mikiko, Hijo, Maku, Shi and the grandmother were in the room under the sitting room.
"I hope Erik finds Fox safely." Mikiko said worried.
Hijo, who was going to turn 24 in the spring, looked at his mother. "What happened?"
"Probably a car bomb." The grandmother said.
"There was a car bomb?" Hijo asked.
"I don't know..." Mikiko looked at her wit's end.
"It's not a war, right?" Shi asked, doubtful.
"WAS THERE A CAR BOMB?" Hijo seemed really upset now, because his and the other three's father died in a car accident.
"It's alright, sweetie." Mikiko sat next to Hijo.
Fox looked up at Yusuke, who was looking down at him. Fox managed to stand up.
"GET BACK DOWN!" Yusuke was going to punch Fox, but Atsuko grabbed his arm. "Stop, Yusuke!" She cried. "It isn't his fault!"
Fox looked at the fire.
Firefighters (who had been called by the Urameshi's neighbors) arrived just then.
One of them ran over to Yusuke, Atsuko, and Fox. "You should get back to your house, and stay out of our business."
"But that was our house." Atsuko told him.
The firefighter looked at them. "Then go to your neighbors' house, and don't even look over here." Then the jerk went over to the others.
"Um.." Fox started. "Do you want to stay at my house until you can get a new home?"
"NO WAY!" Yusuke screamed in Fox's face.
"Uh... Sure." Atusko said, surprising Yusuke.
"But Mom!" Yusuke protested.
"No buts, Yusuke. He offered." Atsuko said. "So, where is it?"
Erik ran around a corner, and spotted the houses on fire. He then noticed Fox heading his way with a man and woman. He ran over to Fox.
"Uncle Erik, these people almost died in the fire!" Fox exclaimed to Erik.
"Are you okay?" Erik asked.
"Yes." Fox answered, looking over across the street to see the creep walking, smoking his cigarette, smiling and whistling.
Atsuko looked at Erik. "Do you mind if we stay at your house because some creep blew up our house?"
"I don't mind..." Erik said after a few seconds of thinking. "For the time being, it's alright."