Hey everyone! Well well, this is my first attempt at fanfic so please be kind. I've been debating whether or not to write a fanfic and finally I decided to give it a try. So if you have any helpful hints or constructive criticism, please share! Anyway, I hope you all enjoy the story….don't worry, I know it starts a little slowly. Off you go!
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho or any of the characters. But I do own Raina Hokkaido!
CHAPTER 1: Ill Omens
It's always the same. Everything is so routine, so repetitive, so boring. Wake up, go to school, go home, do homework, go to work, go to sleep, then start all over again the next day. I hate it. As I thought about how terribly mundane my life is, I let my mind wander. I stared out the big window next to my desk in my calculus class letting my mind play out grand adventures in far away, unknown places (very mature, I know). I was snapped out of my blissful daydreams by the demanding voice of my teacher requesting an answer to the complicated problem on the board. I had no answer for him. Thankfully the bell rang, setting us all free for the day.
I walked quickly out of school, making no point in saying goodbye to my friends as I had to work tonight and had tons of homework. I tread the familiar route to my house, enjoying the light breeze and the feel of the warm spring sun on my face. When I arrived home there was, as usual, no one there. My parents were almost always gone, at work, or some other work related function. I don't ask. I've practically raised myself since I was four, what difference did it make now whether they were here or not?
I climbed the stairs to my room, took off my school uniform and changed into my work one. I work at a little sandwich shop about 10 minutes from my house. Normally I don't mind my job, but today was likely going to be very boring as it's a weekday and hardly anyone comes in on weekday evenings. Oh well. I went into the bathroom and pulled my hair up into a loose ponytail. I examined my reflection in the mirror. I'm a little shorter than average, about 5 feet 3 inches. My light brown, below shoulder length hair fell in wisps around my face, already coming loose from the ponytail. I examined my flawless complexion with dark violet eyes. The violet eyes apparently came from my mother's side of the family, as her mother has violet eyes as well. But aside from my eyes there was nothing unique, nothing exciting about me. I'm just me, just Raina Hokkaido, the sweet, friendly, straight A's, hard-working girl. Yes, my friends always tell me I'm cute and pretty, but I mean, there's nothing really different about me. I sighed as I walked down the hallway and out the front door, on my way to work.
Now don't get me wrong, I'm normally a very happy person, but today for some reason, something seems off. I don't know exactly what or why, but I just have this ominous, nagging feeling that something is going to happen. Something bad.
I walked into work and performed my usual duties to prepare for today's big rush. Not. The whole night passed rather uneventfully, with only a small handful of customers coming in during my entire 6 hour shift. By closing time, I was worn out from being so bored…does that make sense? After I had cleaned everything up I flicked off the lights behind the counter and made my way to the back door to take out the trash. The fresh, cool air from outside made me feel instantly better, and I figured if that big something hadn't happened yet, then it probably wasn't going to. So with a little more bounce in my step I headed for the dumpster and flung the trash into it.
Then I heard it, a small, indistinct noise, but something like I'd never heard before. It was a sort of deep throated growl, not like a dog or anything, it sounded much more sinister. I stood frozen for a moment, not sure if perhaps I had just imagined it. But then it came again and I thought I heard something move this time. I bolted to the door and ran back inside, slamming it shut behind me. Shaking slightly, I went into the break room and grabbed my purse. I wanted to get home, but I didn't want to have to walk the 10 minutes it took me to get there. But I told myself it was just my imagination playing tricks on me, I was, after all, very tired. Plus, I had homework to do, so I couldn't just stand around being afraid. With new found courage, I walked out the front door of the store into the darkness and into the awaiting danger.
OMG A CLIFFIE...kind of! Soooo…what'd you think?? Huh huh? Bad? Good? Terrible? Marvelous? And yes, I know, there has been no mention of Yu Yu Hakusho anything yet…but that's next chapter so you can look forward to that, mmmmk? Plus there wasn't any dialogue in this chapter, but that'll come next chapter too, Raina was just feeling especially antisocial today…I guess. Anyway, please give me some reviews so I know how I'm doing. Thanks a bunch and hopefully the next chapter will be up fairly quickly as work and other random life happenings will allow. But until then, R&R!