I was never a very lucky girl. When I was 6 I fell out of our cherry tree and broke both my wrist and my shoulder. When I was 10 I went to my friend Kara's birthday party and fell into her swimming pool and nearly drowned because I couldn't swim. Then I entered junior high. To say the least my world went downhill from there. Within the first month my mother fell ill and died, my father lost his job, and my older brother got hooked on heroin, needless to say; my life sucks. Oops by bad, here I am pouring my life story onto you and you don't even know my name! I am Kotetsu, Kimimori; but friends call me Mimi. I am 15 years old and attend Sariyashiki middle school. Yes, that means I go to the same school as the infamous Urameshi, Yusuke; or at least I would if he actually came to class.

I've only met Urameshi once and he wasn't like the rumors that get spread about him. You see, I was looking for my brother, Ryuu, after he'd been gone for 3 days getting high somewhere so as you can imagine I was in a really bad part of town. With my small 5' 0" 112lbs frame I was easy game to pick on and a particularly nasty group of vulgar baseheads had surrounded me and had started to pet my thick, red hair(Don't ask why they were petting me like a cat; I really don't wanna think about it) and tug on my school clothes when Urameshi came out of an alley, looking as if he'd just gotten out of a fight a few minutes ago himself, and noticed the closing group of men. I don't even think he saw me in the middle until all the guys around me were face planted into the brick walls. It was the most amazing sight I've ever seen. So much raw power, and he enjoyed it! His aura blazed so bright it was almost white. After the last guy was knocked out Urameshi spoke to me.

"Hey kid, what're you doin in this part of town? Don't you know it's dangerous?" The look on his face was annoyed, but his aura said otherwise.

You see, when I was very young I didn't have many friends, so most of my time was spent outside playing with the animals. Momma used to say I could charm the skin right off a snake. During my years of animal companionship, I'd learned how to communicate with them; not by speech mind you, but with feelings. Over time my gift of empathy grew until the point of me being able to visually see the aura of those around me and at times I can even project emotions, mine or those around me, onto others.

"I-I'm looking for my big brother. He h-has-hasn't been home in th-three days. Please Mr. Great Urameshi, please don't beat me up." I couldn't help but stutter and cry pathetically. All the rumors people tell at school say he's a vicious gang leader and can call on 10,000 men with just one whistle.

"H-hey! Don't cry!" He said quite startled. "I'm not gonna hurt ya. I don't fight defensless girls, so stop cryin ok?" He was bent down to me level squatting on the ground. The look in his eye was so sincere I didn't even need to look into his soul to see that he was telling the truth. I simply nodded and wiped my tears. He sighed and stood back up. "Well come on then. Let's find this brother of yours. Stupid jackass makin his sister come all the way here for his dumb ass…" He said, mumbling as he continued talking.

After that night I started taking martial arts classes. No one, not my dad nor Kara knew I was taking them, but I think everyone saw the new confident look in my eye. Now it's been two years and I've still never been able to pay Urameshi back for saving me that night, because he did, in so many many ways.

"Mimi! Get your lazy ass up or you're gonna be late…AGAIN!" Dad shouted from the stairs. I just groaned and rolled over to look at my clock.

7:45

"Oh shit!" I yelled, jumping out of bed; and only succeeding in getting more tangled in the sheets and falling to the floor. As fast as I could I stripped of my p.j.s and put on the school uniform. Hopping down the stairs while trying to tie my shoes resulted in a goose egg to add to the already bruised knee from my fall. My dad was waiting for me at the door with a piece of toast and my school bags. I kissed his cheek before dashing out the door and down the road towards the torture called middle school.

Waiting at the gates was a pretty girl with black hair held up by two pig-tails tied with pink ribbon and chocolate brown eyes. Kara was the picture of the Japanese people. 5' 3", slender body with just a hint of curves, dark hair, dark eyes, and the tiniest feet you'll ever see. I would sometimes joke with here and tell her that her mom must have been a dwarf for her to get such small feet.

"Come on Mimi! We're gonna be-" BBBBBBBRRRRRIIIIIIIINNNNG "-late." She finished right after the school bell rang. She sighed along with me and we started up the stairs to the building.

The only interesting part of the school day was that Urameshi showed up, or at least I saw him in the yard getting pulled by the ear of Takanaka before he ninja'ed his way out of his grip by replacing himself with a dummy. As I watched him say some witty comment to the principle his eyes looked up and met mine, and in that second, I knew something was about to happen, something that was going to change this world and more importantly, my life, forever.

The next day at school was chaos. I can't even put into words the events that took place. It was in homeroom that the announcement was made. Yusuke Urameshi is dead. Those four words played in my mind all day and my concentration was so focused on that that I couldn't block out the feelings of those around me. Joy. Anger. Sadness. Confusion. Self-loathing. All the emotions the average teenager has was slamming into my being like a crushing tidal wave. I couldn't take it so after 3rd period I went to the nurse and was sent home.

My walk home was interrupted though, when 4 burly guys came up to me and started leering.

"Hey sweet cheeks, why don't you come with us and we'll have some good fun." As he was talking his spit was flying everywhere and sprayed my face and clothes. His friends were just behind him giggling in anticipation.

"Get lost dumbass, before I knock you into next month." I didn't even look at him or his goons as I walked past them, continuing my deep thinking. Before I took 5 steps the leader had grabbed my arm as if he were going to force me to stay. My head snapped up and my icy blue eyes glared down the man. He opened his mouth, to most likely make a smart ass comment that would just piss me off more, when I spun around, kicking him in the nose with my left foot while my right kept me balanced. I heard a satisfying crack as his nose caved under my heel. Using my momentum I leaned back on my hands and thrusted both feet under his chin sending him flying 5 feet and landing very ungracefully on his rear. His goons stood there with their mouths gaping for a few seconds before their eyes and brain caught up with each other and attacked me.

Two came straight on with their fists raised in the air to punch me. I simply dodged their attack and as they went past me, karate chopped them in the back of the neck, knocking them out entirely. The last guy was a little smarter; he took a stance and waited for me to make a move. I looked for an opening, spotting one easily and rushed in. He blocked my first attack which was a kick to the ribs but he stood no chance against the uppercut aim at his face. His head made a sickening sound as it hit the cement, but I knew he'd live, so I dusted myself off and turned to go home.

"Stupid men. Do they seriously think just because I'm a woman I can't fight." A jolt went threw me and I could have sworn I heard Urameshi's voice calling out to me to look out. I turned my head in time to see a flash of silver come at my face and it was only my quick reflexes that kept my eye from being poked out. After that point, instinct took over and the next thing I know he's on the ground with his face so swollen and bruised he was hardly recognizable. "Cht, stupid men." I repeated then looked around. I could have sworn I heard Yusuke warning me. Then I heard it, a barking laugh that I know belongs to him. Looking up into the sky, almost right at the sun, I saw him, sort of. It was definitely Yusuke's aura, but it was a little blurry and out of focus, like a ghost. A Ghost! Yusuke's spirit didn't pass right on. I smiled.

Yusuke

I was just hanging out trying to pass time till my wake when I saw the group of men going up to some chick.

"Hey I think I know her…" I thought aloud while watching the scene below. When it came to me a pounded my right fist into my open left hand. "That's right! She's that girl that was in crack town looking for her brother." I watched her take down the leader with no trouble at all. "Ok, she definitely couldn't do that when I met her. Wow, she's pretty good. Where'd she learn that?" I shouted as she took down two guys so fast I hardly saw her move. When the boss got up again I knew she didn't see him or the knife he was holding. When he charged at her I couldn't help it, even if she can't see me I yelled out to her. "Hey, look out!" She barely dodged the blade but what she did next kind of scared me. Her right hand made a downward motion and struck the knife out of the guys hand, then she proceeded in sweeping his feet out and before he could even hit the ground she was on op of him just wailing him in the face. He looked a lot like Kuwabara does after his daily beating from me when she finally backed off.

"Damn. I'll definitely have to remember not to get on her bad side. Wait, I'm dead." I said with a sweat drop. As I continued to watch her she looked around for something while I laughed at my stupidity. When she looked up I could have sworn she saw me and met my eyes. I saw her smile before she waved her hand and turn around. "Wait, she can't see me, can she?"

Normal

That night I attended Yusuke's funeral. I could see Keiko crying infront of the house while her two friends tried to console her. Then a big ruckus was made by the schools second toughest guy, Kuwabara, Kazuma. His pain was heart breaking. The bond he had with Urameshi was so strong, more than the street brawls they put on for show.

"You coward, who'm I gonna fight now? Who'm I gonna fight?" He shouted at Yusuke's picture, tears falling down his face. His friends had to drag him away due to his cries. I walked into his house and bowed before him mom, it took all of my control to not break down and bawl like her aura is. I moved to his casket and photo.

"I know we never really talked, but you saved me Urameshi, in more ways than you'll ever know. One day I will repay the debt I owe to you." Here my voice grew quieter and I could sense the presence of another behind me, a presence of pain and confusion, someone unsure of where to go in life. I smiled, "I know you're here Yusuke, I can feel your energy. When you come back I know you'll be much stronger than you ever thought. I just want you to know I'll be waiting to back you up on whatever you need." At this point I looked up as if I were praying to the heavens but was really looking up into deep brown eyes and smiled. "Just you wait and see, I'll get stronger too so I won't ever need to be saved again."

Ghost Yusuke rubbed his nose and said, "Yeah, we'll see about that." But the smile on his lips told me it was his way of letting me know he respects what I said.

I bowed again to his mom and gently touched her shoulder, transferring reassurance and calmness to help ease some pain, because I know deep in my soul, Yusuke wasn't dead, not for good.