The Beginning of a Tale
Lights aura: Hello and welcome to my first Yu Yu Hakusho story! I am your host Lights aura!
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Lights aura: Excuse, my random creation's ego, she is still at that stage where she believes the whole world revolves around her…(sigh) I miss those days…
Amu: Random? Me? You're so mean.
Lights aura: This chappie is long and kind of slow but that is how introductions are. So please enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho. If I did then my life would be a whole lot simplier.
Sira hated airports. They were always crowded, especially during this time of year. The holidays caused almost everyone to take flights back to their hometowns. The other reason she hated airports was that they smelled like old feet. If it weren't for her allergies, she would have probably had died from the horrendous smell. She sighed as she glanced at her watch for the tenth time that hour. "Where is she?"
Sira was a typical freshman in college. She was short with long brownish blond hair and blue eyes. The person she was waiting for was her best friend in the entire world, Tori. Tori and she had been best friends all through high school. When they each went to their separate colleges, Tori had promised that she would visit her during winter break. Her plane was scheduled to land at 12:00 pm. It was now 1:00. "Where is she?" Sira repeated as she searched the crowds.
After a couple of minutes, she glanced back down at the blank notebook pages that lay before her. Being a writer, she constantly had to have a pen and paper around just incase inspiration struck. Unfortunately, due to her anxiety over Tori's delay, she hadn't been in a writing mood.
"Stupid delays! Why the hell are planes always laid over?" a voice said from above her.
Sira grinned at the figure. A young girl with shoulder length brown hair and green eyes stood before her. A demonic grin was stretched across her face.
"Hey Tori!" Sira said with a grin. "What ever kept you? I was so bored that I was about to go annoy the security guards."
"Well, that would have been bad since you would have been tazed and then put in jail leaving me stuck at the airport forever." Tori said as she rolled her eyes. "Stupid lay overs. They suck ass."
"We can complain and gossip once we get into the car" Sira said as she motioned Tori to follow her. "I want to get out of this hell hole as soon as possible."
"I second that idea!" Tori said. She paused for a moment as she sniffed the air. "I smell old feet."
"Just hold your breath," Sira said as they swung an arm on each other's shoulders and walked towards the baggage claim.
"So how was art class?" Sira asked as they drove down the highway. Tori was an artist who had been drawing ever since she was six. Her whole family was artisitc so it was natural for her to have a love for it. Unfortunately, her parents and she didn't share the same ideas for her career. Her parents wanted her to take business classes so she could have a "real job" as they put it. She, on the other hand, could care less about the inner workings of the business world.
Tori shrugged. "It was okay. The teacher was a little psycho." She leaned back in her seat. "For instance, she got really upset with me because I didn't come in to work on my art project on homecoming."
"Wow, that's intense." Sira said. "Are you still planning to major in art?"
"Not sure," Tori said truthfully. "But don't worry; I still plan to do the illustrations for your novel."
Sira grinned. "But, of course."
"Are you still planning to double major in broadcast journalism and cinema?"
Sira nodded. "Yeah, I think so."
Tori shook her head. "You need to have at least a minor in creative writing. You know you should follow your passion for writing."
"And you need to follow your passion for art" Sira added.
"Touche," Tori admitted. "Change of subject?"
"Sounds good," Sira said as she turned off the highway. "So when are your parents coming home?"
"In a couple of days," Tori grinned. "You are going to spend so much time with me that you will be sick of me."
"I already am," Sira said. She received a playful pounce as her response.
"Home sweet home!" Sira exclaimed as she twirled around in her foyer. After an hour long drive, they had finally arrived at Sira's house.
"Meh, your home looks the same" Tori said as she followed her inside. "I can't wait till your mom cooka."
Sira glared. "Is that the only reason you came to visit me?"
Tori gave her a dopey grin. "Yes, but I guess you could be a reason too."
Sira rolled her eyes before glancing down at her watch. Seeing the time, her eyes widened. "AH! LUUUUUUUUKE!" She yelled as she ran into the den and turned on the TV. A couple seconds later, Tori heard Sira singing rather loudly and slightly off key. "Where you lead, I will follow! Anywhere, that you tell me too. If you need, need me to be with you. I will follow where you lead!"
Tori rolled her eyes as she entered the den. "I still can't believe you are watching Gilmore Girls. You've seen the episodes a hundred times. "
"But it's Luke, and Lorelei, and Rory and Kirk" Sira protested. "You've got to love Kirk."
"You. are. obsessed." Tori said, enunciating every word.
"Shut up. You made me this way." Sira said as she continued to watch the TV screen. "Ha! Who gives a damn about ducks anyway! Ha! Luke is priceless."
"Hey, while you are admiring Luke's wit, I'm going to check my email on your computer."
"No! I am currently obsessing" Sira protested. "Therefore no outside devices are permitted to be on. Wait till commercial." She blinked twice. "Ha, ha, that's the slowest stoplight I've ever seen!"
"Oiy!" Tori said as she slouched into a chair. "This is going to take awhile." She glanced around the room. It indeed still looked the same. The miniature Dickens village still sat out on the countertop, regardless of the season. Norman Rockwell plates lined the shelves. A couple of the Christmas decorations had already been put up. For instance, red wooden block letters sat on the top of the TV that spelled noel and reindeer Annalees were perched on the table behind the sofa. She had always been secretly jealous of all the decorations and work Sira and her family would put into Christmas. Tori sighed as she returned her gaze to the TV.
After sitting for fifteen minutes watching Gilmore Girls, Sira finally aloud herself to be torn away from the TV. They went downstairs and flipped on the lights. Sira quickly went to her computer and logged in. "Let me check my email first, then I'll let you check yours."
"Fine," Tori said as she peered over her shoulder. She frowned. "Hey, what's that email?"
"Which one?"
"That one" Tori said as she pointed at the top of the screen.
"Aw, Tor, you just got your fingerprint on my screen" Sira whined.
"Si!"
"Fine, I'm opening it," Sira said. Her mouse hovered over the email. "You know, curiosity can kill the cat."
"Or make it wiser" Tori countered back.
Both girls stuck their tongues out at each other.
"We are so immature" Tori commented.
"I know, isn't it wonderful?" Sira said as she opened the email. "What the hell?"
Both girls leaned in closer.
"Are you seeing what I'm seeing?" Sira asked.
"Yes, but I don't believe it" Tori said, still in shock.
The email in question was a rather peculiar one. All it said was:
Would you like to play a game?
Yes No
"This is too freakin' weird" Tori said as she read the email over again.
"It looks like the yes and no buttons are hyperlinked," Sira muttered as she rolled the mouse over them. "It could be a virus."
"Or maybe it isn't," Tori said. A strange look was in her eyes.
Sira knew exactly what her friend was thinking. It was a look that had gotten them into countless predicaments through high school. "Nuh, uh, no way. This is my parent's computer. I would be so screwed if it crashed."
"That is if." Tori said with a grin.
"I said no!" Sira said as she crossed her arms. "And my word is law."
"Okay," Tori said resigned. She shrugged, "You know, you're missing Gilmore now."
"Ah Luke!" Sira exclaimed as she turned away. As soon as Sira's eyes left the keyboard, Tori clicked yes.
"What the hell?" Sira shrieked. "My computer is going to crash!"
"Shut up! It's doing something" Tori said as she watched the screen.
Resigned to her fate, Sira turned her attention to the screen. "If my computer dies, you are so going to pay."
"Shh," Tori said. The email opened up to a white page. On it was one sentence:
Be patient, the game will begin soon.
Everything went pitch back.
Ever since she was little, Sira had an abnormal fear of the dark. She had no idea how it happened or why but ever since then, she would not cope well in complete darkness.
"Ah! It's the end of the world!" Sira's shriek drifted through the dark room. "I'm going to die!"
"Calm down, Si. The lights just went out." Tori's voice drifted back.
"Yeah, but you know how much I hate the dark." Sira said.
She was met with silence.
"Hey Tori!"
No response.
"Tori, this really isn't funny."
No response.
"Tori?"
"Are you afraid of the dark?" A voice whispered in her ear.
"AH! I'M GOING TO DIE!" Sira shrieked as she jumped into the air.
The lights came back on and Tori was rolling on the ground laughing her head off.
"That was not funny" Sira murmured as she clenched her fists.
Tori sobered up. "You're right it's not funny" The side of her mouth twitched. "It was hilarious!" She broke into a fit of laughter.
Sira rolled her eyes and crossed her arms. "Well, I'm glad to see that my misery is so entertaining to you."
"Yeah, me too." She took a deep breath to calm herself down. "I wonder what caused the black out?"
"Oh, I don't know, maybe it was that virus that is now infecting my computer." Sira said sarcastically.
"Your computer is fine" Tori said. "See for yourself."
Sira walked over to her computer to be certain. Sure enough, her computer was exactly as they had left it.
"See," Tori said with a grin.
"Yeah, you're right." Sira admitted. "But I wonder what that game was all about."
"Who knows," Tori said as she sat up. "Let's go shopping!"
"And those two thoughts relate how?" Sira asked amused.
Tori shrugged. "Don't know. So shopping?"
Sira grinned. "I'm in."
"Great! You're driving!" Tori said as she headed for the exit.
Sira was about to follow her when something dawned on her. She paled. "Oh shit!"
Tori looked back at her friend and frowned. "What?"
"I missed Gilmore Girls! Luke, Kirk! Please forgive me!"
"I think they will forgive you since you've seen the episodes a hundred times" Tori said as she dragged her friend upstairs.
An hour later and they were in the mall. As usual, it was already decorated with giant red ornaments hanging from the ceiling and a Christmas Trees stood in the center of the mall.
"I love the decorations! They are so beautiful." Sira mumbled.
"Yeah," Tori said dreamily. Her eyes widened as her gaze landed on a familiar figure. "Oh my god! It's Santa! Let's go see him." For some reason, Tori still had an obsession with meeting Santa Claus. Each year when the mall sponsored him, she would drag her family or Sira with her to go and meet him. It had become some what of a tradition.
"You remember what happened last year?" Sira asked. "We were nearly killed by the parent's death glares and you nearly broke Santa's hip when you tried to sit on his lap."
"Hey, I didn't realize he was so fragile. I thought he would be like in the Santa Clause Movie."
"Number 1: The guy who played Santa Clause was Tim Allen not an 88-year-old man. Number 2: It's Hollywood. Nothing is freakin' real in Hollywood including women's chests."
"Well, that is true," Tori admitted.
"How about we get some Coke Cola." Sira said as she eyed a nearby stand.
"You know I don't drink soft drinks," Tori said.
"And how do you live with yourself?" Sira asked with a grin.
Tori rolled her eyes. "You are addicted to Coke."
"Blame my mom. I learned from her." Sira said as she headed over to the stand. It was believed that the obsession for coke was passed down from woman to woman in Sira's family. Their bodies, as Sira commonly said, were made up of 1/3 coke instead of water.
As they walked over to the stand, a movement out of the corner of Tori's eye caught her attention. "Oh shit!"
"What?" Sira asked as she followed Tori's gaze. "Oh,"
Walking straight towards them was Alexis Delanoir. She was perfection itself with long tan legs, bright green eyes, long blond hair, surgically enhanced breasts… Anyway, she was considered the most popular girl at their old high school. Even now, she was surrounded by men and women alike trying to appease her. Since, Tori and Sira had never tried to please her whims, they had kind of been marked on her black list. Which sucked, a lot.
"Evasive Action! Let's move! Move! Move!" Tori said as they raced in the opposite direction of the impending doom.
Seeing a table in the back corner, Sira motioned Tori and yelled. "Dive! Dive! Dive!"
They dove quickly behind the table, causing many people to look at them funny. After a moment, they risked a look through the gaps in the chairs.
Less than a moment later, Alexis appeared in their line of vision. Her group of lackeys swarmed around her.
"Note the evil creature in its natural habitat" Tori whispered. "See, how it is at its happiest when surrounded by its mindless minions. It lives off low fat yogurt, sex, and destroying the lives of the inferior."
"I swear, she is a Mary Sue," Sira hissed. "You know, those characters that are absolutely perfect in every way and end up causing someone to fall in love with them even though they have no personality what so ever."
"Yeah, I know what you mean" Tori said. "Hey isn't that Stephen?"
"What?" Sira snapped her head back towards the scene. A handsome young man with shaggy brown hair and green eyes was standing there talking with Alexis. He was the star soccer ball player in high school and seemed to be immune to Alexis', er, charms… that is until now. "No!" Sira wailed. "I have lost all respect for you!"
Tori dragged Sira to the ground just before Stephen and Alexis spotted them. "Are you trying to get us caught?" Tori hissed.
"No, I am suffering from being mentally scarred and my eyes being burned by the horrible sight I just saw." Sira murmured.
Tori rolled her eyes. "Get over it. We're in college now."
"Thank you for your sympathy." Sira said sarcastically.
"You're welcome" Tori said with a grin. They both frowned as they sensed that something was off. It took them a second before they realized that the mall was completely silent.
Sira was first to pop up followed by Tori.
"Uh, Tori, where did all the people go?"
"That's a good question," Tori said as she looked around.
The mall was completely deserted.
"Hello!" Tori called.
"Olly, olly, ox and free!" Sira yelled.
"What?" Tori looked at her friend weirdly.
Sira shrugged. "I heard it in a movie once and I've always wanted to say it. I thought now would be a good a time as any."
"That's…what the heck is that?" Tori said as she looked across the room. A strange gray blob was walking into one of the department stores.
"Should we investigate?" Sira asked with a grin.
Tori grinned back. "I do believe we shall."
They only took a couple of steps when all the sudden their ears were filled with the noise of people. Stephen and Alexis stood before them staring in surprise.
An evil grin spread across Alexis' perfect face. "Well, well, well,"
"Run like your ass is on fire!" Sira yelled as Tori and she tore past them and raced into a department store. After running for five minutes through the maze of clothing racks, Tori and Sira decided to take a break.
"I think…we've lost them" Tori panted.
Sira nodded as she let her gaze travel over the many shoppers. Her eyes rested on an elderly man who was browsing a coat rack. As she stared, the old man faded for a second before returning to normal. She looked around but no one else seemed to notice. "What the heck?"
"What, is the bitch back?" Tori asked as she frantically looked from side to side.
"No, that man over there just…faded for a second." Sira said. The second part she said more to herself. "It kind of reminded me of a TV with an antenna. It was almost as if the image was lost for a second."
Tori frowned as she placed her hand on Sira's forehead. "Are you feeling okay or has the shock of Stephen going to the dark side finally gotten to you?"
"I'm serious" Sira said as she put a hand on each side of Tori's face and turned it in the direction of the old man. "Watch."
They watched for five minutes and nothing happened.
"Great, I am stalking old men. This is probably the lowest point in my life." Tori muttered.
"I swear it happened" Sira said. Why hadn't it happened again? It couldn't have just been a random occurrence. She ignored the part of her mind that said she might have imagined it. "Honest."
"Yeah, sure" Tori said as she looked away. Her eyes landed on a young woman browsing the clothes section. The woman faded from sight for an instant before returning to normal.
"Ack! That woman faded!" Tori shrieked causing a couple of people nearby to stare at her.
"Ha! I was right! There is something weird going on!" Sira said triumphantly.
For the second time that day, the lights went out.
"Ah! It's the end of the world again!" Sira's shriek echoed through the mall. "I'm going to die."
"Sira, it's just another black out." Tori said as she fumbled through the darkness.
"I hate this! This sucks! Somebody better turn the lights back on right now or I am going to physically hurt something!"
The lights flickered back on and Tori and Sira found themselves alone once more.
"Oh crap! Now where did all the people go?" Tori frantically searched for some sign of life.
"This day is just plain weird," Sira said as she looked around as well. Something brushed up against her leg. Looking down, she saw a furry gray animal staring back up at her. "Ah! I'm being molested by a furry blob!"
"Hey it's that creature from before" Tori said completely ignoring Sira's freak out. It looked up at Tori with its big wet black eyes. "Aw, it's kind of cute."
"It's a molester" Sira mumbled as she hid behind Tori.
The creature's mouth spread into a grin. "Are you ready to play the game now?" It asked in a creepy child-like voice.
"The molester speaks!" Sira exclaimed.
"Since when do animals speak?" Tori asked.
"Time to play!" It said as a black hole appeared behind it. The creature was sucked inside along with everything else that wasn't bolted down.
"What the hell!" Tori yelled as Sira and she clung desperately to a pillar that supported the ceiling.
"We're going to die!" Sira moaned. "This sucks!" They could feel their feet leaving the ground as they continued to cling desperately to the pillar.
"Hey Sira!" Tori yelled over the whistling of the black hole. "Since we're about to die, I need to tell you something."
"What?" Sira asked.
"I was the one who ate your cookie last year" Tori yelled.
"It was you!" Sira yelled angrily. "You made me think that I had already eaten it."
"What can I say, I'm a great liar" Tori yelled.
At this point, both girls lost their grip on the pillar.
Clinging to each other, they screamed as they were sucked into the black hole.
Meanwhile in Reikai, the prince of death was having a particularly stressful day. He had over a thousand papers he had to approve and all he wanted to do was relax. Letting out a sigh, he leaned his head on his hand and picked up a paper. Another demon hoping to work for him in order to have his past crimes erased. Like he hadn't seen that one before. He was about to put it aside when an ogre came rushing in.
"Lord Koenma! Lord Koenma sir!"
"What is it ogre?" Koenma said irritably. He really wasn't in the mood for surprises.
The ogre however was too frazzled to notice. "This report just came in for you. It was marked with high importance."
"Let me see it" Koenma said as he snatched it away from the ogre. As he read the report, his eyes widened. "What!" He exclaimed as he stood up and slapped his hands on his desk. "A huge portal from another dimension appeared without my consent! Is this true, ogre?"
"That's what the report says," the ogre said hesitantly. "This is bad, isn't it sir."
"Who knows what got through," Koenma rubbed his forehead as he sat back down in his chair. He suddenly felt exhausted. "My father is going to kill me."
Lights aura: That's the end of the first chappie!
Amu:…Wow, it took you twelve pages before you introduced a Yu Yu Hakusho character…
Lights aura: Well, I needed to do a little build up. Anyway, I have the next chappie done I'm just re-editing it. Oh, and if you are reading Musical Beaver, don't worry I haven't given up on that piece. I'm planning to upload a chappie sometime soon.
Amu: (glares at Lights aura) Yeah, you've been lazy…
Lights aura: Anyway, Please READ and REVIEW! I love reviews, they make me happy. See ya next chappie!
