Hello, everyone! So, you all seemed to stumble upon this story, thinking, "Wow! A YuYu Hakusho fan fic! This seems interesting! I'm going to read it!"

Thing is, this is not only my first YuYu Hakusho fan fic, but my first EVER fan fic.

I am quite nervous about what you guys think about it.

I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING YUYU HAKUSHO RELATED IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM!

(Isn't that sad?)

It's SHOWTIME!

Chapter 1

Sisters

Yusuke was in the little place Genkai had left for them when she passed. It had been three years since the tournament deciding who was to be the new demon world ruler. That meant two years since Genkai's passing and one year since Yusuke and Keiko's marriage. Well not quite a year… they had only been together now for seven months, but who cared about the details?

Yusuke was training, or at least trying to occupy his mind with thoughts other than the ones about later. Koenma, Kuwabara, Kurama, and Hiei were bringing Botan and Yukina up to the little training house so they could go to the beach together. Yusuke was waiting for a mere five minutes before he got antsy.

That was a new personal record.

He had already done the needle balancing torture- Er… training twice now, but he thought he might as well do it a third for kicks. During this time, his mind drifted to his friends.

Koenma finally admitted his liking for Botan to Yusuke, as Botan did the same to Keiko. They swapped information, telling the other what they heard. Soon after, they were together, happy as could be.

Kuwabara still joked with Yukina, and after a year and a half, Yukina finally fell for Kuwabara. They always seemed to be on cloud nine, especially Kuwabara. Yukina still apologized about making him feel this way for so long without her feeling the same.

Yusuke and Keiko, as said above, were finally married and happy together. They had decided to stay in the house Genkai left them. Keiko went to greet everyone at the station, causing Yusuke to become reckless, thus the thinking and training.

The only two who were loners still were Kurama and Hiei. Okay, Yusuke, focus on Kurama first, he thought. Kurama was kind-hearted and loving, but could get scary when he or his friends/loved ones were threatened. He could use a nature demon or a nymph. Someone from the plants, not the water.

But Hiei? That was like trying to find a needle in a stack of needles: impossible. Maybe he could be with-

His thoughts were interrupted by the bellow of a demon and two energy sources just outside.

He rushed outside, hoping to find something to fight. Instead, he found a demon… being hit by invisible forces. Or at least what he thought were invisible forces.

The first energy he was able to lock on to was a girl standing and jumping from tree to tree. She was a nice height. Close to Touya's height, but a little taller. Yusuke had met him at the Demon Tournament. He was an Ice master and a shinobi to top it all off. Focus on the girl, not you friend, Yusuke thought to himself, looking back at the girl. She had black and red hair in a braid down her back and to her butt. She wore an electric blue shirt and shorts with a darker blue skirt over it, black mesh above the shirt, stopping on the neck like a halter and connecting the bottom of the shirt and the skirt/shorts. She had black pouches on her leg that seemed to carry something of some importance. Black toeless sandals adorned her feet. Her eyes were the same blue as her outfit. Yusuke concluded that she looked like a ninja. He looked closer to see she had a few cuts and bruises, but nothing major.

He tried to follow the second energy, but couldn't quite zone in on the person. The demon suddenly swung out a fist, and Yusuke heard it connect with someone with a great amount of force. The person slammed into a tree, causing it to crack, but not fall. The person slumped to the ground for a minute and slowly stood again, revealing that it was a girl also.

She was close to her friend's height. Possibly a half a head shorter than Jin, the Wind demon Yusuke had befriended at the Demon Tournament along with Touya. She had black and blue hair that was cut with many layers and ended just where her neck met her back. She wore a purple and black sweatshirt that had the sleeves rolled up. Low-rise blue jeans adorned her hips and black converse were on her feet. Her left arm was bent irregularly and blood dripped slowly from her fingertips. Her right sleeve was torn and coloured crimson with blood. A cut ran from her shoulder to her wrist. Yusuke was surprised to see she could still move. She had many bruises and cuts to go with the major injuries. He shook his head, focusing on the girl again to see her shaking...

Wait... did he see this right?

He looked over again, seeing the girl shaking. When she looked up he saw that she was...

Laughing.

Yusuke blinked to see her slowly straighten more and he heard her laugh clearly, a deep, growl. When her face was finally uncovered, Yusuke saw she had cuts and bruises all over her face, surrounding a bright neon purple eye. He shuddered. Her eye was full of fury and absolute joy.

Then he heard something absolutely incredible: The short haired girl began to talk.

"Is that all, you little sonofabitch?" She began to laugh harder at the demon's increasing anger. "That was absolutely PATHETIC! I think I'm going to show you the true meaning of power." The girl smirked, getting ready to charge him when her friend jumped in front of her, beginning to speak.

"Zena, calm down. Let me take care of this guy while you rest your arm… well… I guess I should now say ARMS." The long haired girl sighed, shaking her head at the other girl, Zena.

Zena spoke up. "What? And let you have all the fun? I don't think so!" She tried to push the other girl out of the way, but she didn't budge.

"Imouto," she began. "Please. I'm worried about you and your constant fighting. Must you always do this? Can't you leave it to me?"

So these two are sisters, Yusuke thought. That explains the black in both their hair and the same facial structure.

"Kerushi, I'm sorry but…" Zena quickly stepped to the other girl's right and tripped her. She charged for the demon, yelling behind her, "BUT I'M JUST SO VIOLENT! AND I JUST CAN'T HIDE IT!"

(Note: I do not own that song or the artists or anything… I hope you all got the joke :3)

Zena gave a deep growl of laughter as she charged the demon. She seemed slow, sluggish, probably from blood loss and exhaustion. The demon could tell this too, and gave a smirk as he drew back his fist for another strike.

Yusuke took a step forward, thinking, She's going to get herself killed! I've got to warn her or help or SOMETHING!

He was about to scream for her to move when she suddenly disappeared: body, spirit energy, everything. He looked over to her sister, Kerushi, to see she wasn't shocked by this, only amused. She had a look on her face… one that seemed to say, "The oaf actually fell for it."

He swung back to look at the demon, confused by Zena's disappearance too, when Yusuke saw a shadow behind the demon. The shadow was his, cast from the sunlight. So why was he focused on it so intently?

He got his answer in a mere second, when Zena came out of the ground – no, the shadow – behind the demon. He seemed to sense that something was off, as he turned to see behind him.

Zena smirked, cocking back a fist. It seemed to glow with such a great amount of energy; Yusuke had to look away so he wouldn't be blinded. He heard a feminine voice yell out, "TAKE THIS, COCK-FAG! SPIRIT COMBAT!"

Yusuke looked up to see the demon being thrashed around, getting hit by fists, feet, elbows, and knees, all packed with incredible amounts of spirit energy. Zena stopped to jump in the air, and bring down her right leg with a great amount of force on the demon's skull.

Yusuke was pretty sure he could hear the demon's skull give way to the powerful blow.

The demon crashed to the ground in a puddle of blood, Zena landing softly next to it. As she stood, she swayed slightly as her eyes fluttered shut. Kerushi yelled her sister's name, but she was too far away, and was too drained of energy to move quickly to her fainted sister's side.

Acting on impulse, Yusuke leaped forward to catch the girl and set her on the ground gently. He was about to stand up when he turned to feel a cold dagger pressed against his throat. He moved his eyes to see Kerushi glaring at him with such intensity, it made Yusuke shudder.

He was surprised at the fact that he didn't turn to stone.

Kerushi Teraki stared down the man who was touching her sister. Who was he? Why was he here? How long was he here before he decided to "help"? Why didn't he decide to help earlier when her sister could have used it?

With all of this going through her mind, along with a great amount of ways to torture him for not helping earlier, she merely spat out, "Get away from my sister. NOW."

The man stood and raised his hands as if she would arrest him. She walked around to face the man. He had chocolate brown eyes and black hair. He stood tall and proud. He wore what seemed like a training outfit mixed with a normal day outfit: a loose-fitted white tank tucked into jeans, and barefoot. His hair was gelled and even though he was being held at knife point, he seemed relaxed.

He's quite attractive, Kerushi thought. Just as a precaution, she glanced at his left hand. Sure enough, there, glittering on his left hand ring finger was a gold band, signaling that he was taken. She sighed inwardly. Oh well, she thought, it was a long shot anyways.

She aimed her eyes back on the man. "Who are you? And how long were you standing there, not helping out?" she said. "And don't give me that 'What are you talking about? I didn't see anything' bullshit. From the way you rushed to catch my sister, you must have been right around that corner, hidden by a tree." Her eyes sharpened more, cause the man to shudder.

He cleared his throat to start answering her questions, when they heard the demon shift.

How is that thing still alive? Kerushi thought. The demon charged them, blood spilling from many wounds. Kerushi and the man jumped out of the way in different directions, Kerushi to the left, the man to the right.

When she stood, she saw the demon looking at her sister with eyes filled with absolute rage. She looked for the man, seeing he was leaning against a tree. He must have hit the tree, Kerushi thought, rushing to help him up. She stood up the man and heard him grunt in pain. She looked at him, but must have just bruised his back. Kerushi was about to ask if he was alright when he began to talk.

"I'm fine. Keiko's slaps pack more of a punch than that," he said. He spit on the ground, continuing to talk. "Okay, for one, the name is Urameshi Yusuke. Two, from what it looked like when I stumbled upon you guys fighting the demon, it seemed you guys would be fine." He paused, then added, "And I think that demon is about to get its revenge on your sister."

Kerushi looked at the man, Yusuke, with confusion until he pointed over to where the demon was standing over her sister. She widened her eye in terror, screaming for her sister to wake up and move the hell out of there, but she knew it was useless. Her sister was out cold from both blood loss and fatigue. She sprinted to the demon, Yusuke by her side, but they were too late.

The demon extended a sharp claw and stabbed it into Zena's right side. Blood spewed from the new wound and quickly became a puddle around her.

She didn't even twitch.

Kerushi's eyes became filled with fire and rage. She popped open one of the scroll compartments on her leg and slipped out the scroll. She jumped into the air, biting her thumb, letting a bead of blood form on her finger. Flinging the scroll open, she drew a line of blood down the length of it. She snapped it shut and caught it between her hands, beginning to chant the scrolls needed activation spell.

"SPIRIT ACID! POWER LEVEL III!" She launched the scroll at the demon, and as soon as contact was made, the demon's face began to melt and bubble. Unfortunately, the demon was only blinded. He swung his arm blindly, managing to hit Kerushi in the stomach and send her flying. She was caught by Yusuke, who set her down gently before aiming a finger at the demon.

What is he going to do? Kerushi thought upon seeing him point a finger gun at the demon. Make him laugh to death?

Yusuke grinned. He yelled, "SPIRIT GUN!" A shot of spirit energy raced down his arm and out his pointer finger, hitting the demon square in the chest and sailing straight through its stomach. The demon collapsed, finally dead, as Kerushi looked up to Yusuke in awe.

"W-What was that..?" she stuttered as Yusuke turned to help her up. She had fallen back upon seeing the Spirit Gun.

He gave a goofy grin, saying, "See? I can help!" His smile disappeared as he turned to Zena, lying in a puddle of crimson. He slid to her side, pressing his hands to her side, trying to stop the flow of blood. As Kerushi came over to try and help, she let her mind stray.

Why didn't I get here faster? If it weren't for my slowness, she wouldn't be in this predicament. I'm pathetic! I-

Kerushi's thoughts were stopped when she heard Yusuke talking to her. "Hey, you know this isn't your fault! If it's anyone's fault, it's the demon or my own for not stepping in sooner," he told her, reaching a hand out to put on her shoulder, but thought twice when he remembered it was covered in blood.

They sat there for a moment, trying to stop the blood from flowing from Zena's wound in an awkward silence until they heard a few voices. Kerushi looked up with wide eyes full of terror when she heard an unfamiliar voice yell out, "URAMESHI! WHERE ARE YOU? WE WANT TO GO TO THE BEACH AND YOU'RE THE ONE WHO'S LAGGING BEHIND!"

Kerushi was about to charge whoever was talking when Yusuke started to yell back a reply. "WE'RE BACK HERE! I COULD USE SOME HELP FROM YUKINA TOO!"

She stared at Yusuke, whispering, "What are you? CRAZY? How do I know I can trust these people?"

He smiled, answering back, "Because I can point out Kuwabara's voice from anywhere." He looked back to the hill where the voices were coming from to see six men and four women running towards them. Kerushi started to take a step back, but halted when they were closer. She could tell they were all human... well... a few of them were human. The ones who were human were one male and two females.

The male was incredibly tall with bright orange hair. His eyes were the same brown as Yusuke's, maybe a shade or two darker. He wore a letterman's jacket, jeans, and converse. Though he was tall, Kerushi could tell he was a big teddy bear.

The women who came to stand at Yusuke's side had long brown hair in a fishtail braid and big brown doe eyes. She had on a button up t-shirt and a denim skirt with sandals. When Kerushi looked, she saw a ring on the woman's left hand ring finger.

The final woman was tall and lean, with a slight hourglass figure. She had the same colour scheme as the other woman: brown hair and eyes. She wore a beige tank top, a little vest over it, and jean shorts. On her feet, she had ballet flats. She had a cigarette in her mouth as well, as she stood by the tall man with orange hair.

Yusuke looked over to Kerushi, motioning for her to come closer. When she could be seen by everyone, they all looked at her with big eyes and confused expressions.

"This," Yusuke began, but stopped. He turned to Kerushi, asking, "What was your name again?"

She rolled her eyes, answering, "Teraki Kerushi."

Yusuke cleared his throat, and began again. "This is Kerushi. While I was waiting for you guys to come back, her and her sister-" he stopped to point and Zena, and then continued, "-were attacked by a demon. They fought hard, but she was injured." Yusuke turned to a young woman with turquoise hair and red eyes, asking, "Yukina, do you think you can help her?"

The girl, Yukina, stepped forward, and Kerushi felt a chill run through her bones. She shivered.

"Yes, I believe I can help her," Yukina answered, as she took a place next to Zena and started to heal her with her energy. Kerushi stared wide eyed for a minute. When the glow died down, Yukina turned, saying, "She will be fine, but she will have a scar on her stomach and possibly on her right arm."

Kerushi stepped forward. "That's fine," she said. "Just please help my little sister."

Yukina smiled up at her and nodded her head. She turned to the man with orange hair and began to speak. "Kazuma, can you help by carrying her to a spare bedroom?"

Yusuke came forward. "I'll help you, Kuwabara." Yusuke lead Kuwabara through to door to a spare room for Zena. Kerushi sat there, not knowing what to do, when everyone but Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Yukina came over to help her.

A cheerful blue haired woman came close and crouched down next to her. Her pink eyes looked to Kerushi with concern. "Are you alright, darling?" she asked quietly, soothingly. "Here, I will tell you who everyone is so you don't need to be afraid." She smiled and began to point to people.

The cheerful blue haired woman was named Botan, and she wore a flowing skirt a tank top. The doe eyed woman was Keiko, Yusuke's wife. The hour glass figured woman was Shizuru, Kuwabara's older sister.

A young man with red hair and green eyes came forward to treat her injuries. He wore a white tee and jeans. When she nodded at Botan to continue, she said the man healing her wounds was Kurama. The one in all black with gravity defying hair was Hiei. The tall man with a pacifier and Jr. stamped on his forehead was Koenma. The one who was floating around with bright red hair and water blue eyes was Jin. And finally, the one who looked just like her, like a ninja, was Touya.

When the introductions were done and when Kurama had finished healing all of her wounds, they started a Q and A for her, made up of standard questions: how old was she? where was she from? how did she use her spirit power? She answered all of the questions to the best of her abilities. When Yusuke called them in so they would be more comfortable, they moved to the living room. She sat on the couch and answered more questions until the one she was dreading came into play.

"Why are you and your sister traveling in the first place?" Keiko asked.

Kerushi's blood ran cold. This was the topic she hated the most. Why did it have to be asked? She cleared her throat, saying, "We are looking for someone."

"Who?"

"Our father."

"What is his name?"

Kerushi paused, not wanting to answer. The name she would answer with was the name that always got her and her sister kicked out of places of sanctuary. It was the reason they could never stop to rest, for demons hated that name, and assumed that they were just like the name's bearer.

Yusuke shook her gently out of her thoughts. "Hey, no matter who your father is, we will help you look for him."

Kerushi took a shaky breath. "Alright," she answered. "His name is Sakyo."

Mwahaha :3

Oh how I love cliff-hangers!

I am greatly sorry if you guys don't like them, but think about it! Would all your favourite books be the same without them?

Exactly :3

So thanks go out to my not-by-blood sister and my boyfriend for showing me this sight in the first place and for encouraging me to write my own fan fic!

Love you guys!

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