Mikari131: Heyyo peoples, yeah I've started a new story for Yu Yu Hakusho since i've been in a YYH mood for awhile now, gotta love those anime mood swings. But don't wrry, to my bleach awake and alive fans, i will continue to write bleach, but for now im gonna try to focus on this story though it will take time for me to put chaps up since i'm busy and all. anyways i hpe you all enjoy it if ur a yyh fan like me, i'll try my best for this story. And yes i am too lazy to change my characters name cause i love the name Mikari, and she will still b her lovable wolf self, but there r changes to the other stories. Hope u enjoy it!
(Yu Yu Hakusho) Take a Shot -
Chapter 1: The Wolf and Dangers Await
Thunder roared in the dark, haunting skies of the Demon World. Screams rang through the 'Land of No Return'. Demons in the path of a brown blur were the cause and their blood splattered in all directions at contact. In the shadows of the 'Lost Forest', winged demons, gargoyles, soared after a 4-legged, brown demon. A pained growl emitted from the creature's throat, its legs were bruised and calling out to stop running and rest, but there was no time or place. And flowing through its brown fur was the blood from the many open wounds on its body. It ran in a zig-zag pattern, past the trees and explosions up above, the gargoyles did not let down their attack.
"KILL HER! KILL HER! KILL HER!"
The chant was heard by the resident demons and they ran from the site as more explosions went off in the forest region. The female creature increased its speed, zooming inches past the attacks and barely missing. She closed her eyes as she ran and focused on the energy around her, sensing all the demons in the area and even in the obstacles in her path, but her main focus was in her own demon energy pulsing through her, slowly her body began to glow light blue.
Then a giant wave of energy left her body and flew threw the area, and in front of her path, another bright light shined like her body, but darker. The gargoyles above stopped their attack and stared as a black vortex was forming mid-air in the forest. In the center, it began to swirl around and a rainbow colour shined out. The female concentrated her weak energy and jumped into the vortex before the gargoyles caught up. The vortex closed in on them and the 4-legged demon smiled as she felt herself fly through streams of energy. At the end of her path, a final glow went on.
"Hurry up Urameshi!"
"Dammit Kuwabara! Slow down!"
It has been a few months since the Demon Tournament that had decided the new Demon King. The 3 previous kings had died months before, Yomi and Mukuro dying shortly after the tournament for natural causes of living for centuries. And so the Spirit Detective team was brought back together by order of Koenma and were based in the Human World. Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Kurama were living half their life finishing school while not on duty, and Hiei just did whatever he felt like doing, he wouldn't admit that he hasn't left the group yet because he enjoys his time with the others. And alongside the team, they still had their supporting friends of Keiko, Botan, Yukina, Shizuru and Genkai, each enjoying their lives too.
Now today was a normal day for everyone, they were all gonna meet up at Genkai's and hang out. Kuwabara and Yusuke were running through the streets of the city to get to the meeting place where Kurama and Hiei would be by now.
"There they are." Yusuke exclaimed, sighting Kurama and Hiei in front of a park. "Hey guys!"
The two demons looked over to see the two run over, waving their hands in the air in hello.
"You both are late." Hiei replied coldly as the two stopped in front of them.
"Shut it shorty!" Kuwabara yelled back at the fire demon. The two began to glare at each other with Kurama and Yusuke laughing in the background at their usual behaviour.
"Now, now children, it's time to go."
The arguing pair huffed in annoyance and began to follow Yusuke and Kurama. They were walking down the street for the train station to get to Genkai's. The girls were most likely there already. Just as they were about to head through the gates for the station, something caught Kuwabara's eye.
"Oooo! A fortuneteller's tent!"
The others turned and stared as Kuwabara skipped over to a purple tent beside one of the store buildings.
"That's nice to have a fortuneteller's tent in this part of town." Kurama said in amazement, ignoring the groan of Yusuke and glare of Hiei.
"We don't have time for this." Yusuke growled out, stomping his way over to the tent.
The two reluctantly followed their oh-so leader into the tent. They found inside Kuwabara sitting down on a chair in front of a round table with a crystal ball on top in the center. And across the table was a hunched over person with a black cloth covering their body and face. The only light in the room were the hanging candles.
"Have you come to see your future?" The figure chirped out in a high picthed, squeaky voice, like an old grandma.
"Yes I have!" Kuwabara yelled out happily. His excitement ended when Yusuke's fists slammed his head into the table.
"Baka! We gotta get going!"
"But I wanna know the future with my love Yukina!"
Hiei held back the urge to cut Kuwabara at the mention of his sister. It was sickening to him how Yukina could love an oaf like him. But he wouldn't say anything personally for fear that Yukina will find out that he's her brother. Out of the corner of his eyes, Hiei could see the fortune teller move its hands over the crystal ball in circular motions.
"I see...something bright...in all your futures..." The fortuneteller voiced out in a trance, the crystal glowing pink in the center.
"Hey! I'm the only one who asked for a future reading!" Kuwabara yelled out, before being punched by Yusuke again.
"There is also a person in the light...but I'm not sure who's future that's in."
The fortuneteller then let out a snicker out of nowhere. The boys stared in confusion at the snickering figure. They also saw smoke rising up in the background and moving around the tent, the crystal ball was also beginning to glow black.
"But why would I care who's destiny it is, it will never happen since you're all gonna die!"
The Spirit Detective team couldn't react fast enough as the smoke swirled around them and all they could see was it. All of a sudden, their bodies began to feel heavy and they were dragged to the floor by the pressure. Then if they could see, dark wings stretched out from the crystal ball and surrounded the team in a sphere. When the smoke cleared, there was nothing. No fortuneteller...and no Spirit Detective team.
"What is taking those boys?" Botan and Keiko annoyingly yelled out.
Yukina watched the two from the porch of Genkai's temple. They've been waiting for the boys about an hour now. So all Yukina could do now was watch in amusement as Botan and Keiko stomped around the yard, yelling to the sky in frustration.
"The trains probably late." Shizuru walked behind Yukina on the porch, a smoke in hand. "Now get inside, tea's ready."
The girls nodded and made their way inside the temple, heading for the living room. When they got there, they took a seat on the couches by the coffee table, alongside Genkai who was already sitting down and drinking tea. After settling down, the teenage girls talked about girl stuff with the older women listening in, since when the boys got there, they wouldn't be able to talk about their stuff. All of a sudden, a very light bang and thud came from the door.
"I'll go check it out." Botan volunteered getting up from her seat. The others nodded but looked at her walking form in worry.
Botan reached the front door and slowly opened it, keeping her guard up just in case. Her eyes slowly widened and she let out a loud shriek that caught the attention of the others. Genkai was about to walk out of the room to check on Botan, but stopped in the middle of the room when she felt Botan running back over...but there was also another familiar energy with her.
Then as Botan walked in the room, everyone saw her cradling a brown wolf pup with white tip ears and tail. The girls gasped in horror as they saw blood dripping down the wolf's body from open cuts all over. Botan looked up from the wolf to Genkai with tears streaming from her eyes.
"Genkai-sama...please help her!"
Genkai walked over and took the wolf from the teary-eyed Grim Reaper. She gently held the wolf in her arms and placed two fingers by its neck.
"Don't worry, she's holding out strong as usual." Genkai turned to Yukina. "Would you care to get some towels and bandages? I would also like you to help me heal her."
Yukina nodded slowly, but kept her gaze on the wolf in slight confusion. "A-ano, who is this wolf?" She asked, Keiko and Shizuru nodding along to the question.
Botan sniffed and wiped away her tears before answering. "I-it's...Mikari..."
The room was silent. Yukina and Shizuru had no clue what Botan was talking about, but Keiko did. She stared at the wolf, remembering the name, but couldn't believe it. "M-mikari-chan?"
"HOLY CRAP!"
A groan came from Yusuke at the loud yelling of Kuwabara. He tried moving his stiff body, but felt his arms and legs being held back. Opening his eyes, he blinked a few times and looked around the area in slight confusion. He, along with the others, were chained to a wall in a chamber like room that stretched out wide and high. In the room, there was nothing detailed, except for two ledges, one above the team, and another just across from them, but a fairly long distance away. Also, below them was no floor, just a bottomless pit that seemed to go on for miles.
"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON? WHERE ARE WE? LET US GO!"
"Will you shut up!" Hiei twitched at the loud yelling of Kuwabara, who was struggling against the chains, failing epically. Under all the pressure, Hiei was still acting cool like nothing was wrong, unlike the baka.
"Shut it Hiei! We should be freaking out!"
"You're just acting like a weak ningen as usual."
"Both of you stop it!"
"Yes...listen to the Spirit Detective."
The team looked up to the new voice and saw a figure on the ledge above them. The figure stepped out into the light from the rood, and showed itself as a giant ape demon.
"...great, this is so banana's." Kuwabara began to laugh at his joke, with Yusuke following in the laughter. Their demons friends ignored their laughing and continued to glare at the ape.
"Who are you?" Kurama questioned.
"I'm just a Sarugami. And once I get what I want, I'll kill you all so don't think this is a pleasant moment."
"But why did you capture us instead killing us first?"
"I had to make sure you didn't try and get in my way, or rescue the Prince of the Spirit World."
The light shining on Sarugami moved around the room and stopped to another wall in the room. The team gasped when they saw Koenma chained up to the wall like them.
"KOENMA!"
The Prince looked over to the voices and sadly smiled at the team.
"Sorry for getting you guys dragged into this..."
"You know that you can all go free if you just give me what I want."
"HELL NO!" Koenma snapped back to the ape. "I will never give you a dangerous item like that!"
"You mean we're stuck here because this damn monkey wants an item from you!" Yusuke complained in anger.
"Yes, but the item he wants is one of the Legendary Spirit Scrolls, each one can give me great power, but he won't dare tell me which one!"
The ape let out an evil chuckle, gazing over the captured team. Even if they wouldn't surrender now, he still had his way of getting what he wants.
"Maybe if I harm those females you all hold so dear, you might change your mind."
The team all gasped and got wide eyes. They each began to struggle at their chains with all their strength and energy flying around, but nothing could break their hold.
"NOOO! YOU BASTARD!"
A smirk made its way to Sarugami's face at the sight of the struggling men. He then concentrated is demon energy and conjured up a reflective screen in the middle of the room. He wanted to see them all suffer, and he knew the best way was for them to see the deaths of their beloved.
The girls sat around a laid out blanket that had the unconscious she-wolf Mikari on it. There was another blanket laid over her body, which had been cleaned up of the blood and was wrapped all over in bandages. Seeing the wolf panting in pain broke the girls hearts, even though Yukina and Shizuru didn't know her. Genkai walked back into the room and placed a wet towel on Mikari's head.
"Will she be alright?" Yukina asked in a hopeful tone.
A nod from Genkai brought relief to the girls. "She will be fine with some rest. There was a poison in her and thankfully I got most of it out before it became serious. When she's a bit stronger, I'll get the rest out, but for now she's not at risk. Though I can already tell that this poison is the cause of Mikari going into her wolf form, and it seems to be the cause of her demon energy being blocked slightly."
"But what I don't get is who attacked her and so easily got a poison in her. She was suppost to be on a simple mission where she could handle anyone." Botan said out loud in thought.
Before anyone could say anything else, an explosion was heard outside the temple, in the backyard. Genkai got on her feet and ran out the room, with the others following suite. They made their way to the backyard and Genkai immediately got in a fighting stance in front of the girls, who crowded together with fear in their eyes. There was a swarm of gargoyles in the sky above, surrounding the whole area, like bees to a hive.
"Why are they here?" Keiko shook in fear, holding Yukina and Shizuru's hands tightly.
Botan looked over the scene in confusion, then let out a scream when one gargoyle soared down at them. As it extended its claws, Genkai pointed a finger at it and fired a Spirit Gun, piercing through its chest. The girls let out their breath as the gargoyle disintegrated in the air.
"You girls stay back!" Genkai ordered.
The girls nodded and watched Genkai jump towards the next gargoyle in the sky.
"That's it grandma! Beat the crap out of them!" Yusuke cheered out, watching the screen with the others.
Sarugami also watched, but in anger as Genkai took out the gargoyles with ease. Though he was still prepared. Even if the psychic could handle a few demons, she couldn't fight a giant group of them forever while protecting the girls at the same time.
Genkai took in some deep breaths and collapsed to one knee. The gargoyles kept swarming in right after the other, they just kept coming and coming. Genkai still had spirit energy, but her old body was getting tired fairly easily. She didn't know how much longer she could last. Behind her still stood the girls in a huddle by the temple porch. They hadn't had any run in with the gargoyles, thanks to Genkai, but they stared in worry, seeing her reaching her limit.
"There's too many of them..."
"What will we do Botan if Genkai can't fight?"
Botan looked down in thought at Keiko's question. What would they do? Known of them could fight, except Genkai, and she was slowing losing strength. Could she fly them all out?
Her thoughts ended when the earth below them began to shake around their feet. Small fissures opened up in front of the girls and hot steam rose up. Then out from the fissures came out even more gargoyles, but they had lava-covered skin. The girls screams got Genkai's attention. She tried to run over, but was stopped by being surrounded by the normal gargoyles.
The girls watched with wide eyes as the flaming gargoyles charged at them. Slowly their claw extended when they were inches from the immobilized girls. They held each other close, listening to the sounds of the gargoyles coming closer. Their eyes tightly shut, waiting for the moment as the boys in the dungeon screamed at the screen.
If their eyes were opened, they would have seen smoke rise out from the temple doors behind them and surround the group as the gargoyles flew in. Screams and a screeching sound of clashing energies got the girls to open their eyes. Around them, the smoke died off and they could see a blue barrier with a yellow hint around them, holding the gargoyles back. Their claws burned against the barrier and they flew into the sky, hovering over the girls.
"Damn! This is the worst way to wake up!"
A voice behind them caused the girls to turn around and look at the temple. The other gargoyles and Genkai looked over as well to see what was going on. Botan and Keiko smiled brightly as a figure stepped through the smoke and onto the porch in front of them.
"Mikari-chan!" They cheered.
The figure stood around the same height as Yukina on the porch. Her brown hair reached her mid-back, just above where her brown tail popped out with a white tip, brown wolf ears also stood out on the side of her head. The only thing over her short body was a giant white shirt that reached to her knees, the only thing over her bare feet and hands were the bandages from earlier.
Mikari smiled at the girls with sky blue eyes shining. "I should be saying thank you for helping me, but I don't think it's the time, especially with me saving you now." She yawned loudly, covering her mouth as her ears drooped down. "I really need a day off."
"Took you long enough to wake up." Genkai spoke out from her spot. Mikari twitched in annoyance at her tone.
"Oi! Don't be like that to someone who's gonna save you! And couldn't you have left something else for me to wear instead of a shirt and only panties underneath!"
"Its fine since your short."
"URUSAI!"
"WHO THE HELL IS SHE!" The team , but Yusuke and Koenma, yelled out at the screen at the appearance of the wolf-girl.
Sarugami looked at the wolf girl in pure anger, his fists tightly clenched to the point of blood appearing. "How the fuck is she still alive!" He muttered without the others hearing.
Only Yusuke and Koenma smiled at the scene of Mikari's appearance. "I don't know how you're there Mikari," Yusuke whispered to himself. "But thank god you are."
Yu Yu Hakusho Take a Shot Chapter Preview
Yusuke: Hey it's Yusuke here. Looks like our heroine Mikari has finally appeared on the scene to kick some gargoyle butt, though I don't think she's at full strength. The team and I are still hanging as stinken captives to this Sarugami guy, and we've got no idea how to escape. Also, the guys keep asking me who Mikari is, like hell I'll tell them. Anyway's, theres sure to be a fight next time, but you didn't hear it from me. Time to show them what you're made of Mikari!
Next time Chapter 2: Weakened Wolf Fights On