Disclaimer for story: I do not own YuYu Hakusho or the characters of YuYu Hakusho.
(A/N: I'm not going to abandon any of my stories. I'm sorry. I just got this idea for this story and so I started writing it. I'm working on my other stories. Oh and school is being a pain in the butt, but it's not like I can do anything about that. Hope you enjoy. Also, the idea of the Soul-bound detective came from reading Dark Ring of Hope's Soul Bound Detective Stories, but there are differences between her idea of Soul-bound and mine.)
Because I Care
A YuYu Hakusho Fanfiction
Chapter 1: New Home
*NOTE(S) FOR CHAPTER: If written as following it means it is as stated…
Normal text is normal, what is happening kind of thing
Underlined text is/are flashbacks
Italics text, unless stated, are thoughts
Italic and Underlined and Bold and Underlined text is/are people conversing mind to mind*
Her name was Renee. And she was the daughter of Vivian and Mochi, big sister of Hikaru, and heiress of the Leonhart family. But she was once known as Sonja Dragoon to those of the Spirit and Demon Worlds. Renee's life was normal, or rather as normal as a life could be, until she turned twelve; at twelve years old, Renee discovered that demons were real.
Five foot even with long deep red-brown hair, amethyst eyes, rosy lips, a pretty smile, and fair skin, Renee often caught the attention of others.
"Renee!" a sigh escaped her pink lips at her father's unhappy call.
"What now?" she muttered to herself as she pushed her chair away from the book and paper covered desk and dropped her pencil onto one of the open textbooks to mark the page should the book close – stupid paperback textbooks. Quickly, so as to not anger her father further, she made her way through the maze-like corridors to the study where she knew he would be. Renee knocked three times on the dark wooden doors before folding her hands behind her back, waiting for the call to enter before opening the doors and doing as told. "You called, Daddy?" she asked with her head bowed so that she could stare her white socks, black shoes, and the red carpet.
"Why did you dump that boy?" Straight to the point as usual, was how Mochi did business whether it was with his own family or outsiders; he was never one to beat around the bush.
"Boy? Do you mean Takana of the Hororo clan?" Renee asked, wanting to clarify about who we were speaking about, as she raised her head and looked her father over. He was quite short, really, only coming up to a height of four feet and eight inches, with pinkish-brown-black hair – a weird color combination to be sure – cut short and slicked back, brown eyes set under uber bushy eyebrows that matched his hair in color, a kind of hawkish shaped nose set below his eyes, and a mustache that matched his eyebrows and hair in color under his nose. He was dressed in a black suit with a light blue shirt and a dark blue tie. Mochi did not look pleased at all, in fact he looked about ready to blow a fuse. "Or are you referring to one of the many other boys who've tried to court me?" she asked with her right index finger gently tapping against her cheek as she pretended to think.
"Takana… that was his name, wasn't it? No matter, now why did you dump him?" Mochi rubbed his chin in thought before waving his hand dismissively as he spoke.
"Because, Daddy, he was trying to make me do things that would've hurt the family reputation, for one. Two, he kept making wild accusations that really had no basis for no reason at all. Three, did you know he's been lying to you about his family and just about everything else too?"
Mochi glared at his eldest child. "Don't you have some homework to do?" he asked, bluntly ignoring the question.
Renee's lips twitched slightly, "Yes father. Good night." She bowed her head once more before turning, leaving, and heading back to her bedroom. She knew better than to continue the conversation, no reason to have history repeat itself. Besides, Renee did have some math homework to get done and a test to finish getting ready for.
"Renee?" a timid girl's voice called.
"Yes?" Renee asked as she turned around in her seat to see one of her many classmates standing next to her desk, the one right behind Renee's. Today, Renee had braided her red-brown hair and pulled it over her right shoulder. She was dressed in a white blouse, dark jeans, and black boots – the soon-to-be uniform of Lucky Moon Academy.
The girl's hair was a pale shade of blond, green eyes shone with unshed tears, white teeth worried her red painted lower lip, a green t-shirt with a scoop neckline and dark jeans and white flats made up her attire doing a pretty good job of hiding her hourglass figure.
"You're leaving us, aren't you?" her voice was a few octaves higher than normal – by us, she meant herself and their other friends who were in different classes.
"Sarah," Renee gave the other girl a small apologetic smile, "I'm sorry. I don't have any choice. Daddy's decision after all…" she trailed off as Sarah hugged her – something she'd never really been all that comfortable with… people hugging her that is – and Renee did what she could to try and comfort the blond. "There, there, shush now, everything will be okay. I'll only be gone for one school year; a year from now, I'll be on my way back, ok?" Renee promised as she rubbed her friend's back in what she hoped was a soothing manner.
Sarah made a noise of acknowledgement as she nodded and released her hold on the auburn haired girl. "Um, Renee?"
"Okay, it's time to get started," Miss Johnson said.
"We'll talk later." Renee whispered as Sarah quickly moved to take her seat.
"Okay…"
"Miss Leonhart, here's the test for the school you've chosen. Are you ready to begin?" Mr. Thomas asked.
"Yes sir." Renee replied before starting her entrance exam for a school in Japan. Let's see here… Question one says…
"Ready to go, sis?" Hikaru asked as he picked up one of his sister's two heavy suitcases like it was empty.
"As ready as I'll ever be." Renee muttered as she glanced over her bedroom one last time – taking in the soft periwinkle bud colored walls, the beige carpet, the two light tannish-brown dressers, the twin size bed with the bedframe that matched the dressers, the floor length mirror in the corner, the double doors that lead to the closest, the light tannish-brown wooden desk with the large stacks of books and a few stacks of papers that would need to dealt with at some point, the calendar on the wall next to the white curtains that hid the window and their view of the large and beautiful rose maze and the greenhouse at the center – before picking up the carry-on bag and turning to the boy that could've been her twin. "You're a good boy, Hikaru, but I worry for you."
"Why?" He knew why, but just encase someone was listening in he asked. No one, but Renee, knew that Hikaru was uber smart and not really what he appeared to be.
"Well, I don't know… I just don't like leaving you with just Dad." She pulled her little brother into a hug, continuing to answer the question with a lie though they both knew that she was worried that someone might find out about his… condition.
"Renee, I'm twelve; I'm not a little kid! Stop babying me!" Hikaru exclaimed but returned his sister's embrace.
"Sorry, Zuko, I don't want to go, but I've got no choice in the matter; be careful." Renee whispered before a chuckle escaped her and she continued in a louder voice. "Sorry, I keep forgetting that you're a big man now."
"I-I'll miss you," he replied, pouting slightly, and his face a bit red.
"Be good, okay? Call me, even if it's just to talk about something silly; I'll always answer a call from you." Renee pulled her phone out, "Smile."
Click.
Flash.
"There we go. Here, I'll send the picture to your phone." Hikaru smiled as his cell phone began to play a song by Avril Lavigne.
Hikaru opened the message to view the picture of his sister and him hugging.
"You chose Wish You Were Here as the ringtone for me?" Renee asked, surprise clear, as she looked down at her own phone as it began to ring, playing Remedy by Little Boots.
It was a picture message from Hikaru. Renee smiled at the picture of Hikaru, Vivian, and herself.
'Don't forget me,' was the message below the photo.
"I couldn't ever forget you, Hikaru, just like I can never forget Mom; I'll never, ever, ever forget the two of you."