Gotta Be More To Life

Chapter 1: Unsuspecting Relations

"Ya know, if you stare at them anymore than you usually do, they're gonna notice."

The violet eyed, greyish-yellow haired girl's thoughts were broken and she turned to face her co-worker speechless. Why was she so damn obvious?

"Do ya have a fascination with one of them, 'cause if it's the Minamino guy, I don't blame ya there."

"It's not the Minamino guy."

"Come on Jo, spill, who is it, who do you have a crush on?"
Jo just shook her head. Indeed she had a fascination with one of them, but for other reasons, family.

For years now, ever since Jo was thirteen, she had been so interested in Yusuke Urameshi who had died and come back to life, but that wasn't the reason, it was for the fact that they share the same last name. This could only prove one thing, this was in fact the older brother she has been searching for her whole life.

"...Jo, Jo, ugh, I give up on you."

Jo watched as her co-worker, Raye, walked over to the table where her secret brother was sitting.

'Raye, what are you up to?'

Jo thought to soon, no sooner Raye got over to the table, everyone sitting at it, had turned to stare at Jo.

'Damn you Raye.'

Even worse, Yusuke got up and was now walking towards where Jo was standing.

'Now's the time I wish my power was to go invisible.'

"Hey, your friend over there said that you have some crazed fascination with me or one of my friends."

Unknown to all eyes on the other side of the counter, but at that moment, Jo caught a cup that was a about to telekinetically fly out of the sink.

"Yeah, Raye says things, her therapist says that she should stop making up stories."

Raye's head popped up.

"Josie Urameshi, how could you?"

As Jo realized what had just happened, everyone's eyes where on her.

'Okay, everyone's staring at me, but I don't feel any anger coming off of them.'

Jo watched as Yusuke looked back at his friends then back at her.

Yusuke then walked around the counter, grabbed Jo by the arm, and drug her outside. His friends followed.

"What are you and why are you using my name?"

Jo stood there staring at the ground.

"Answer me, NOW!"

The sudden outburst made Jo jump, she never liked when people yelled, it made her to nervous which made her powers go out of wack.

"It's my last name, always has been, always will be."

The others stood shocked as to how low and shaky Jo's voice was.

The boy with crimson red hair stepped out of the group and walked up to Jo, watching her, examining her.

"Yusuke, doesn't she look oddly familiar?"

"What do you mean Kurama, how could this shirmp look like Urameshi?"

All eyes, except Jo's, turned to the carrot top.

"As I was saying, Yusuke, look at her. Beside the fact that she's a girl, she has the same facial structures as you. Then look at her hair and her eyes, don't the look the least but familiar."

"Raizen."

All eyes turned back to Jo.

Yusuke stepped forward.

"What did you just say?"

Jo finally looked up and her eyes locked with Yusuke's.

'Oh my...she looks just like him, just like Raizen.'

"You do know what that means Yusuke, what I am to you?"

"Your my cousin?"

Everyone anime fell, Jo was the first to recover and she took her chance and punched Yusuke in the head.

"I'm you sister, dumb ass."

Everyone stood in shock as the statement came out, Yusuke never mentioned a sister, EVER.

"I never had a sister."

"Duh, of course, that's what they wanted you to think, but I am indeed real and I am here standing in front of you right now."

"You could easily be lying."

Jo's violet eyes, met emerald, and she glared like there was no tomorrow.

"Why would I lie about a thing like that, this is very serious and I'm being serious too."

"Then cut yourself."

"WHAT?"

"If you and Yusuke both cut yourself, the sent of blood will be the same."

Jo raised an eyebrow, and as she crossed her arms, she dug her nails in to her arm enough to break the skin and for some blood to seep through. Yusuke on the other had was still a bit, well, taken back by the girl's comment, but was willing to go through the whole "cut yourself" thing.

"I need something sharp to break my skin."

At that point, Jo unfolded her arms, and took off her dog collar necklace and handed the safety pin that held it together to Yusuke.

"You better give that back bro."

Yusuke shook his head and pricked himself in the hand.

When Yusuke and Jo looked back at Kurama, they noticed the confused look on his face.

"Kurama, what's wrong?"

Kurama hesitated.

"She wasn't lying, the blood smell similar. Yusuke, you have a sister."

Jo smiled in victory.

'Ha, idiot thought he could out smart me, shows he doesn't have any siblings.'

Jo then walked up to Yusuke, took back her safety pin, and while putting her necklace back on, went to walk back into the diner.

"Wait, um, Josie, can we go somewhere and talk."

Jo turned back to face the group.

"One, you DO NOT call me Josie, you call me Jo. Two, I was going into the diner to punch out and leave. Three, you're to cute when your pissed off."

So they waited for Jo to come back out with her, well, she didn't really have anything else with her, just a black duster.

Yusuke stood up.

"Ready to go then?"

"Yeah, yeah, come on already."

This girl definitely had Yusuke's attitude, maybe worse.

When Yusuke, Jo, and the others reached Yusuke's apartment, Hiei was there leaning against the door. When he opened his eyes, they locked on Jo.

Kurama caught this and smiled.

"Hiei this is Jo, she's Yusuke's sister."

Hiei nearly fell when hearing this.

"There another one of him and it's a girl."

"It seems so."

Again Hiei looked at Jo, her energy didn't seem to be the same as Yusuke's, but there was a faint hint that it was, Jo's energy had more of a flame, a flame indeed.

As everyone walked into the apartment, Jo did everything to stay near this Hiei guy, his energy seemed to mesmerize her, it seemed he had some fire of his own as well.

"Well Jo, this is where mom and I live, it's nothing special."

Jo's attention broke from Hiei and went back to Yusuke.

Jo walked around the apartment, she seemed to be taking everthing in as if she planned to live there.

"Are there any empty rooms bro?"

"Um, one, why are you asking?"

"I don't have a home, I live out of a bag, literally."

"And let me guess, you thought that if you found me, I'd just let you move in."

That comment and the tone of Yusuke's voice stung deep into Jo's heart, she did think that Yusuke would let her live with him and mom, but as she heard what he had said, she was wrong.

"Listen, I gotta go...I'll see ya when I see ya."

Then she was gone.

All eyes turned to Yusuke. How could he just reject her like that, his own sister of all people.

Kurama and Hiei both glanced at each other, then walked out the door.

"I just can't believe Yusuke shot her down like that, his own sister."

"Hn."

Before Kurama could say anymore, a sudden earthquake, well honestly it didn't feel like an earthquake exactly, came over the city.

"What was that?"

Hiei looked up at Kurama.

"I'll give you one guess."

They both took off in the direction of the "quake" and when they reached where it came from, there she was.

Jo was in what had once been a construction site, but now looked like a bomb was dropped. Smoke and fire all around in the pit of destruction

."A telekinetic pyro, no doubt about it."

Kurama looked down at Hiei, who was in fact right.

Jo caught there emotions and looked in their direction.

"What do you want?"

The two demons jumped down into the pit so they could be closer to her.

"WHAT?"

The red head name Kurama answer.

"We're both just as shocked as you are with Yusuke's outburst, but you shouldn't take it so personally."

"Excuse me, do you have any siblings, did you live your life watching your brother from the sidelines, in the shadows in fear of rejection, well guess what, it happened."

Kurama, feeling a bit guilty, spoke up.

"If you need a place to stay, you can stay with me?"

"This better not be pity, it better be genuine."

"It's not pity, I swear. Hiei, you wanna come?"

"Hn."

"Okay then, um Jo, yo spoke of a bag, where is it exactly."

"You'll find out later."

Then they were off, leaving the construction in a pile of rubble and flame.

Once at Kurama's house, suspicion took over Jo again.

'Both of the are clearly demons, but why does the red head live with humans.'

"Wouldn't you like to know."

"Sweetness, you're a telepath."

"So is Hiei here, and you Jo, you are a telekinetic and a pyro."

"I'm an empath too, I know what you're really feeling, even if you appear to be an emotionless fire demon."

Hiei, who was sitting on the couch, looked over at Jo with a clear suspicion.

'How can she see through me, a mere half-demon empath.'

"Oh stop being so pissed of, you'll get used to it."

Kurama stood on the sidelines in amusement as Jo conitnued to speak Hiei's emotions outloud, no one had ever truely known how Hiei was feeling, they all thought he was always angry, but with Jo around, they could get deeper into the fire demon.

"So, Jo, would you like to see your room."

Jo raised an eyebrow.

"My room, you talk as if I'm going to live her Red."

"Maybe you will, that is until I get Yusuke to come around."

Jo nodded, obviously satisfied.

"Um, Red, do you have any food, I haven't eating in, well, DAYS."

Kurama smirked. So it seemed his guest was making herself at home.

"In the kitchen, you can help yourself."

"Okay, you sure about that, 'cause you probably won't have any food left when I'm done in there."

"Then I'll just go shopping tomorrow."

As Jo began to walk into the kitchen, she stopped by Kurama and hugged him in a brotherly, yet not brotherly way.

'Thank you.'

'You're very welcome.'

"You two are SO human."

Jo let go of Kurama and walked over to where Hiei was sitting and sat down beside him. Smiling, she hugged him in the same manner she had hugged Hiei.

Hiei sat there in shock as to what was going on and saw how Kurama was gesturing with his arms to embrace her. So he did, Hiei wrapped his arms around Jo, which only made her press closer to her, apparently she loved the feel of fire.

"The detective will have to love you as his sister."

Jo pulled back and looked at Hiei.

"Why do you say that?"

Kurama came up behind her.

"Because, you to loving for someone to hate you."

"Gee, thanks I guess. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to the kitchen."

Jo then got up and walked herself into the kitchen as if she had done so a million times before.

Just when they thought she was preoccupying herself, she came back out with, coughs, a carton of what had once been Hiei's sweet snow and a GIANT spoon.

Kurama looked from Jo to Hiei, apparently Jo hadn't noticed Hiei's, eer, growling.

When Jo looked up, her eyes immediantly went to Hiei.

"Nuh-uh buddy, I'm an addict to this stuff and you ain't gettin' it."

Hiei put his hand to his katana, ready to attack, when Kurama stopped him.

'Hiei, don't do it, learn to share.'

Jo had heard this comment to and that comment made both Hiei and Jo feel like they were five.

Calmly, Jo gently put the carton of sweet snow down and smiled at Kurama. Kurama turned his head and saw an almost similar smile on Hiei's face. He couldn't believe this, his best friend and another friend's sister were obviously planning his demise.

"Don't do this you two, you know you don't want to hurt me."

Too late, Jo and Hiei were chasing after Kurama, who was, hehe, screaming like a girl. Outside, a creature hidden in the shadows telepathically watched Jo. Ah, so it seemed she had found her way home.

'Whatever makes her happy.'

Then, the creature was gone.

Hehe, to me, that was my greatest first chapter ever, but that's just my opinion. Yep, so, um, yeah, Yusuke rejects his sister in the first chapter, how nice of me, huh?

But not to worry, he will take her back, I swear. The next few chapters, will be, eer, "getting to know ya better and see what abilities you have" chapters, then we'll get to the ones, possibly in three parts, that I have been talking about for a while now, the Seven Deadly Sins, now talk about fun. So until the next chapter of a great new fic.

I'm so happy, Miranda and Saber Ice reviewed my authors not at the end of Rock On, you two officially rock for that.

Jen