While I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho or any of the characters, I do own (at least partially) all of the original characters seen in this story. Also, to avoid confusion, I will list said originals and give a slight background on each.
Rayanna Kimiyashii – Oldest of the Kimiyashii sisters. Daughter of Misuzu (an Ice Maiden) and King Enma (Yama). Disowned her mother when she was young, was sent to live with father, but left when she was 15 to live on her own, soon after started taking care of her sisters as well. Is still on good terms with her father, but has not spoken to her mother in years…
Hikaru Kimiyashii – youngest of the Kimiyashii sisters. Daughter of Misuzu and a very powerful demon. Was not wanted by her mother, and was therefore disowned (this why Raya disowned her mother in the first place). Lived with her father most of her life, who started to try to marry her off at the age of twelve (what prompted her to take in her sisters)…
Izzabelle Kimiyashii – The second youngest of the sisters. Daughter of Misuzu and a human (the only one of her daughters' fathers she actually married…) the only one of the girls whom her mother actually likes, her father is a very powerful businessman; also has a younger sister, whom her mother regularly dumps on them to look after when she has "better" things to do…
Amaya Kimiyashii – the second oldest of the Kimiyashii's. Daughter of Hikaru's father and another demon (who is now deceased). Never lived with her father, but was never close to her mother either, so the transition to living with Raya was natural…
Akira Kimiyashii – The middle sister of the five. Daughter of Misuzu and Kazu Shinamora (human), mother left when she was young, was taken care of by her father until she became "too much trouble" and was shipped off to Raya (even though she is probably the most well behaved of all five of the girls)…
Athren Ikaito – a very interesting demon; met the sisters almost three years ago and has been dating Akira for almost as long (though they have not seen each other in two years); is a good ally of the girls and is a very protective big brother figure…
Seiko – also a demon, not as outgoing as Athren, but still good friends with the girls; was also met a few years before and has had an off and on relationship with Amaya (would have been constant if he had stayed in one place)…
"No! Awww. HELL NO!" Raya screamed upon reaching the classroom. "You're telling me that I stayed up half the freaking night perfecting this paper, didn't even bother to look in the mirror before leaving the house, and ran all the way here in the damn rain and class was cancelled! Damn you school administration! Damn you all to hell! NO! Better yet! Damn you all to Koenma's office! Tis worse than hell! Ha ha ha ha! Let you listen to his whining instead of
me! Ha! Would serve you right, bakas!" With one final VERY unladylike gesture, she turned to stalk off toward home. It did not take long for her to realize that she was not alone.
Her face became as red as her hair upon realizing that someone else had heard her rant.
"OHMYGOSH! I am so sorry that you had to hear that! I…I lost my temper that is all. I really hope that you do not think badly of me for what I said." As Raya got nervous, her basic instincts kicked in and she reverted to the very formal and polite tone that she had been raised to talk in.
"Pardon my rudeness for asking, but aren't you in my class?" was the tall red head's response. "It is … Miss Rayanna, is it not?"
'Shit! He knows me! And he just heard me talking about Koenma! I'm in trouble! sniff I am gonna get yelled at for this one!' was the only thing that Raya could think to say, so she simply choked out a very quiet "yes".
"So I suppose that I wasn't the only one uniformed of the cancellation." He replied in a very nice voice, it was somewhat dreamy…
'NO!' Raya scolded mentally herself 'You don't even know the guy! You can't like him! Not even… okay… maybe a little. But that's it!' Raya was suddenly pulled out of her self-discipline moment by a soft chuckle, to which she responded with a very puzzled look.
"I'm sorry. It's just that I noticed that your cheeks match your hair perfectly. They are the exact same color of red. And by the way, I'm Shuichi Minamino," said the tall, handsome, very good smelling man in front of her. 'NO! No more of those thoughts!' Raya scolded herself again.
"Hello. It's very nice to meet you. My name is Rayanna Minamino." She replied politely, but without thinking.
"That's interesting. We have the same last name. I wonder if we could be related." Shuichi said with a slight laugh, meant mostly for his own amusement.
'Oh I hope not!' Raya thought back. "I really don't think that we are." She retorted, maybe a little too sarcastically.
"I hope not. How would you like to go out for coffee?" Shuichi said so suddenly that he seemed to startle himself as well.
"Uhhhh…Ummmm." Raya stammered while the blush that was beginning to recede came back brighter than ever. "I suppose it would only be polite to accept your offer, but I have to be home by 4:30 or my sisters will worry."
"I can do that. So you have sisters?" He began to ask the question as they walked.
"Yes, but they're all younger than me. Well technically, they are my half sisters. We have the same mother, but different fathers. What about you, what kind of family do you have?"
"I live with my mother, no siblings. So who do you live with? Parents? Siblings? And not to be rude, but who exactly is the Koenma person that you were talking about earlier, if you don't mind my asking, of course." He asked slowly moving closer to her, as if he was truly interested in the answer she would hopefully give him.
"Well, I don't live with either of my parents; it's just me and my four sisters in the house. As for Koenma, he… is … big brother, my father's first child." Raya said the last part a little hesitantly, trying to make sure that she found the right words to say as to not give out any details that would give him any room to make assumptions.
"Oh. Okay." He said sounding happy, almost amused actually, as if he knew something she didn't.
'If he only knew!' the thought amused her so much, that she could barely restrain herself from laughing. A slight giggle escaped her lips and he gave her a smile that said 'I know more than you think I do', which made Raya want to laugh even harder, but she kept it in this time.
'Let's see how smart you really are!' was her final thought as they entered the coffee shop.
They sat down at a small corner table in the nearly empty establishment.
"So, what would you like?" Shuichi asked with a smile.
"I don't know. Surprise me!" Raya said back playfully after a moment of thought.
He smiled even larger and walked over to the counter, seeming very confident in what he was about to do. As he walked away, she gave a small sigh. She contemplated the things she knew: 1) She liked him, a lot; 2) She was not supposed to have any type of even semi-close relationship with humans, EVER; 3) There was always that little bit of a possibility that he was not human. The last part scared her as much as it enticed her. The thought of finding out that he was even partially not human, made her ecstatic.
She was torn from her thoughts as he returned to the table. He brought with him two cups of coffee and a humongous slice of chocolate cake. He smiled as he saw the look she gave to the cake, and then transferred to him.
"I thought you might be hungry," he explained, "and, from my personal experience, I've learned that women always want chocolate."
Raya blushed slightly at the comment, but quickly shot back with one of her own. "And I've learned from my personal experience, that there's something that men always want, too, but that doesn't mean that I'm going to give it to them."
Shuichi looked quite stunned by her statement, but quickly regained his composure. "I suppose you're right. Though I do hope you will still help me eat this. It's much too big for one person." He stated coolly, as if unaffected by her comment.
"Well, since you asked so nicely…" she replied, taking a bite of the chocolate decadence before her. As she sipped her coffee, she was pleasantly surprised. "What did they put in here?"
"Dark chocolate." He said, looking up at her innocently through his falling hair. He reminded her somewhat of a mischievous fox, knowing he had done something unexpected.
"You seem to be quite the ladies man." Raya noted.
"I try." He said with a smile, which once again accented his fox-like qualities.
Raya glanced down at her watch. HOLY FREAKING CRAP! It was almost seven o'clock! They had been talking for five hours! "I have to go!" she said suddenly, pulling him out of a trancelike stare.
"Huh?" was all he could muster.
"It's seven! I was supposed to be back two and a half hours ago!" She exclaimed while gathering her things.
"Can I walk you home?" was his only response.
Calm, cool and collected. Even when I'm stressing out, he keeps his head. God, I love him.' Raya thought, upon seeing his total disregard for her 'moment'.
"Okay." She said, jogging towards the door. She glanced back evilly, "But only if you can keep up."
No sooner had she taken two steps out of the door, he was beside her again. He grabbed her hand and began to pull her after him. This caused her to go into shock, which made her lose control of all muscle coordination and fall flat on her face.
"Owwww!" She complained, picking herself up off the ground.
"You're not hurt are you?" Her rather stunned companion asked frantically.
"No. I'm fine. This actually happens more than you might expect." She said, blushing for the umpteenth time that day, "But maybe we should just walk. I am already late; a few
more minutes won't hurt anybody. Plus, running while holding hands is dangerous, it's much easier to do at a slower pace." With this, she gently walked over and placed her hand in his.
The look he gave her was nothing short of oblivion.
"I'm sorry!" Raya stumbled, jerking her hand back, "It was my mistake. I shouldn't have done that."
"No! It's okay!" Shuichi replied rather forcibly, "I took your hand first, so it is I who should be apologizing."
Smiling, he took her hand and laced her fingers between his own.
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