Full Summary: Torashi always thought she was a regular girl. Ok, she turns
into a cat when she gets splashed with cold water, but she was pretty
normal other than that. But when it was raining, she became abnormal.
Brought back to life because of her dimensional difference, she joins the
Yu Yu Hakusho group to fight in a tournament to help save a world she's not
even part of. But Murphy's Law is on her side, stating that anything bad
that can happen, will happen.
Disclaimer: I'm only gonna say this once in this updated form of my story, I don't own Ranma ½ (The anime I based Torashi on) or Yu Yu Hakusho. If I did, don't you think you would have watched it instead of having to read it? However, I suppoet the company by buying all of the DVDs and CDs...
Here's how I work when typing. Words followed by little numbers are usually attached with a definition. The definitions are all at the end. Italicized words are thoughts. Any questions, e-mail me. It's on the main page if you click my pen name.
Chapter 1: A Peaceful Day Turned Ugly
Saotome Torashi liked the brisk storm clouds billowing overhead, but the prospect of rain pissed her off, ruining the weather. Today she just happened to forget her umbrella. And it rained.
A tiny black tabby neko(1) slipped in the rain soaked street. Saotome Torashi. A young girl from China and a neko, one in both mind and body.
How? There is a place in China called The Training Ground of the Accursed Springs, also known as the Jusankyo Springs. Fall in and you take the form of whatever drowned there last. A splash of cold water turns you into it, hot water turns you back.
Torashi had to get home. Damn! I should've ditched today, and not go through the trouble now she thought to herself.
She should have been more watchful of where she was going instead of in her thoughts. A group of kids, around the ages of 8 and 9, were running home, more concerned about the rain than in the neko. One of them, a young boy, accidentally kicked her. The neko slipped and ended up in the sewer drain. But, she didn't fall. Torashi gripped the edge of the sewer with razor sharp claws.
Unfortunately, that didn't last long. A soft ball slipped out of a kid's pocket. It rolled into the sewer drain. The ball smacked the poor neko on the head. Torashi's grip on the sidewalk had been poor at first, and the ball made her lose her precarious grip, on the edge. Her claws slipped and the neko fell into a deep black pit, unconscious, and landed in the water with a splash unheard by anyone.
Torashi woke up. Her head hurt, but the pain left her quickly. She was on her back, looking at a brilliant blue sky.
She realized she was in her human form. She was wearing her traditional clothes, consisting of a Chinese style black shirt with red trim and white pants. It was unusual for a transformation back, but Torashi wasn't worried.
The problem happened when she tried to get up. She went to push her self up, but there was nothing but air.
"What the hell," she screamed, falling backwards in the air. "Whose idea of a joke is this?"
A girl with blue hair tied back in a ponytail wearing pink robes came flying on a boat paddle. She flew right up to Torashi.
Confused, Torashi asked, "Who are you? Are you the one who pulled a prank on me? If you are, it's not funny."
The bizarre girl replied, "No. I'm Botan, Navigator of the river Styx, and Guardian of the Lost Souls. Sometimes, I'm what some people would call the Grim Reaper. You are a spirit. Technically, it means you're dead."
"Nani(2)!?!?!?!?!"
"Look down. I don't get this, but that's you."
"What?" curious, Torashi looked down, "Holy Shit! That's me. As a neko! How the hell did that happen?"
"Well, you died. Now you're a ghost. Koenma-sama asked me to pick up the spirit of a neko, but I can tell that it's you."
"My guess is I have to go see this 'Koenma-sama' now for some reason or another."
"Bingo!"
"And he might make me come back to life or something?"
"Bingo, again!"
"Well then, let's get going."
"Wow! Your awful agreeable."
"All I want to do is get back to life and get some food. Where am I, anyway?
"Your somewhere in Japan."
"Ok. I'm not far from where I was. I can just get a map and walk back. So, uh..."
"Ok. Well, let's go! This way!" Botan grabbed Torashi's arm and flew off to Koenma's palace. She made Torashi feel miserable.
"Wow. It's a long way down," Torashi said, looking down at the river Styx. They had arrived at the edges of the Reikai. (3)
"Don't worry, you can't fall as a ghost."
"I know that," Torashi grumbled.
As they approached the Gates, Torashi decided she didn't really want to deal with anyone who lived in a big palace-like place. "Botan, I'm not sure I want to meet this Koenma. He's got to big of a place lo live," she commented.
"Why? This is the Gate of Judgment." Botan explained as they landed in front of the gigantic door.
"Uh... I kinda like being a ghost."
"Scaredy neko."
"Funny you should say that. I know I'm a neko, so you might want to call me something else. And, besides, it's not something I care about."
"This is Botan," Botan said after she knocked on the door to the ogres waiting inside. "Don't get distracted, and mind your manners. Follow me." The doors swung open and Botan led Torashi inside.
"Don't get distracted" Torashi murmured sarcastically. "Please. I'm a neko. Distractions are waiting to happen."
"And don't laugh at him. He takes a lot of offense from that. Call him Koenma-sama," Botan rattled on and on until they got to the main room.
"Welcome to the Gate of Judgment," Botan said brightly, as they entered.
There were ogres everywhere. They were either at a desk or running around with papers. Really hectic!
"Jeeze, it's like a weird stock exchange or something," Torashi whispered.
"This way, Torashi. Stop staring. We run a tight seclude."
"Dammit, Botan. Koenma really wants to see me? Couldn't he just come and see me? No he's probably way to busy. Dammit!"
"Shh. Don't talk like that. We're close enough he might hear you."
They came to a door. Botan knocked, said, "Koenma-sama. It's Botan-chan. I brought Saotome Torashi," and opened the door.
There was a little kid, who looked about 3, sitting at a desk, talking to a blue ogre.
"Is that Koenma?" Torashi asked, laughing inwardly.
"Yes. Now be polite!"
At the desk, the kid was saying, "It's a catastrophe! Yokai(4) are getting into the Ningenkai(5) through a few small holes. There's to many for just Yusuke and Kuwabara. I guess I'll just have to ask Kurama and Hiei to help out. They do make a good team, but will Hiei work with us still?" realizing the Guide of the Lost Souls and the Chinese girl were here he changed the subject. "Oh, Hello, Botan. Is this Saotome?"
Torashi bowed, putting up a fake politeness, as she said, "Yes, Koenma- sama. I am Saotome Torashi, of the..."
"Yes right," he interrupted. "Botan, I need you to find Hiei. Ask him to come to me for instructions."
"Yes, Koenma-sama," Botan said, bowing. As she left she muttered "good luck," and was gone.
"Koenma-sama. What was that all about? Yokai? And who were those people you mentioned?"
"You don't need to know. Anyway, you are here..."
Torashi interrupted, "I can fight. You pretty much said you need yokai slayers. I could help. I've trained in martial arts." Then she realized she was being rude and fell silent.
"That's not why you are here. You're not even from our dimension. For starters, how are you and the neko the same?"
"Well it's a long story. It starts in the Jusankyo Springs, in China where there are a lot of springs where animals and people drowned. The way I was raised, you intentionally have to fall into a spring. I fell in the Neko Niichuan(6). It rained before I got here and I turned into a neko. I fell in a sewer drain and now I'm here."
"See, Ogre. I knew I was right. It was a complete accident she died, that she's even here. So we'd better bring her back to life. Plus neko are really easy to bring back to life because they're small. But, she has to help Yusuke," Koenma appeared a bit cocky.
Outwardly, Torashi was calm and collected. Inwardly was completely opposite. "Thank you so much Koenma-sama. I will try very hard to please you."
"Koenma-sama, did you even realize that she has the same last name as me?" the ogre said.
"Jorge, you didn't tell me you had ningen(7) family!"
"Uh, I don't think we're related, Koenma-sama," they both said in unison.
"If you say so. We will be finding out how to get you back. Jorge, show her out and make sure she doesn't do anything stupid."
Jorge led Torashi to the exit and she sat down, back against the wall.
Torashi waited for Botan. She sat with an uninterested expression on her face and almost fell asleep. "Damn. This sucks!" She said to no one in particular.
Back in Ningenkai, Kuwabara Kazuma was taking a walk, no doubt looking for someone threatening.
In the gutter lay a poor sleeping neko to his eyes. Kuwabara had a strange obsession with nekos and he picked this neko up. Then he backtracked and went home to care for her.
Opening the door, Kuwabara yelled to his oneesan(8), "Hey Shizuru, I found another neko. I'll keep her until she's ready to go."
"You have way to many, bro. Last one, ok?" Shizuru called from the T.V. room.
"Oh, all right Shizuru, last one."
"Give it a bath. It's filthy."
"The neko's a she. She will be nice and clean," Kuwabara said as he walked into the bathroom.
"Damn, Botan, you took forever!" Torashi shouted as the Guide flew towards her. She slowed down. "Well, thanks for coming. The wait was boring."
"It took a while. Let's get you back to the Ningenkai now."
Stupid Botan. Always quirky, Torashi thought.
A while later, they arrived in Ningenkai.
"Damn, I'm so tired. I missed my catnaps. I'm a ghost and I'm hungry. How can something unsubstantial need food?"
"Torashi, be quiet. We're close to where you are. So stop complaining."
"Where am I going to stay? What is there to eat here?"
"Torashi. Shut up! Don't say anything until we reach your body."
"Well then, I can talk. We're here. Or at least this is where it should be. I don't see it. Where is it?" Torashi asked looking around.
"You should know. Your spirit should be in tune to where your body is. All I have to do is make sure you get back all right, so you're on your own."
"I'll pretend you didn't say that," Torashi said as she landed on the ground. She knelt to sniff the ground, calling on her neko-like abilities. "Hm...This way."
Torashi took off running, unknowingly following Kuwabara's path.
Torashi made it to the house before Botan. She was going to knock when Botan showed up.
"Torashi, you baka(9)! You can't knock. You're a ghost. You don't even have to."
"I don't get you Botan. First you yell at me for not being polite enough. Now you yell at me for being too polite. What the hell is up with that?"
"You're so annoying, even worse than Yusuke ever was."
"Oh, I'm honored."
"You shouldn't be."
"Let's just go inside. No sense waiting out here any longer."
"For once you might actually be right, Torashi. Amazing."
"If you took out the 'might actually' you'd be right. And there's nothing amazing about that."
They walked into the house. Torashi sniffed the air.
They followed the scent to the bathroom.
"Shit Botan. Do you think it's safe to go in?"
"Why should you care?"
"Sometimes you really piss me off. I'll be glad to get rid of you as soon as possible. But I don't know how this works, so, dammit all!"
"Torashi, just go in."
"Fine. The sooner, the better. At least I'll be rid of you," Torashi smiled at that thought. She walked through the door.
Kuwabara held the small neko, in his hands. He had a different feeling about this neko. But she looked just like all the others.
Before setting her in the bath, he gave the neko the traditional 'ritual'; he kissed her on the nose. Plop! Kuwabara sat the neko in the water. Then, the neko wasn't a neko anymore.
With that 'kiss' Torashi returned to being one with her body. Dammit. Why'd it have to be warm water? She thought.
The neko was back as a living being, before she was sat down in the water, but she didn't have time to do much.
When she landed in the water, she turned back into her ningen form. She looked down. Realizing she had no clothes, she blushed furiously. Then she realized Kuwabara was also looking.
"You HENTAI(10)!" She yelled, slapping him across the face.
The name Torashi I translate as 'tiger storm' but I really combined Tiger (Tora) and storm (Arashi) so it sounds cool. I changed it from Neyoko because of my own private little reasons.... If you really want to know, e- mail me! haha ;)
Translations:
1) Cat, Get used to it, you'll be seeing it a lot... 2) What 3) Spirit World 4) Demon 5) Human Realm 6) Spring of Drowned Cat (You know I've watched way too much Ranma...) 7) Human 8) Older sister. There are several other forms, but this one's my favorite
9) Used as stupid, fool, idiot and other similar things. This was the first word I learned because of the "baka song." 10) Pervert
Disclaimer: I'm only gonna say this once in this updated form of my story, I don't own Ranma ½ (The anime I based Torashi on) or Yu Yu Hakusho. If I did, don't you think you would have watched it instead of having to read it? However, I suppoet the company by buying all of the DVDs and CDs...
Here's how I work when typing. Words followed by little numbers are usually attached with a definition. The definitions are all at the end. Italicized words are thoughts. Any questions, e-mail me. It's on the main page if you click my pen name.
Chapter 1: A Peaceful Day Turned Ugly
Saotome Torashi liked the brisk storm clouds billowing overhead, but the prospect of rain pissed her off, ruining the weather. Today she just happened to forget her umbrella. And it rained.
A tiny black tabby neko(1) slipped in the rain soaked street. Saotome Torashi. A young girl from China and a neko, one in both mind and body.
How? There is a place in China called The Training Ground of the Accursed Springs, also known as the Jusankyo Springs. Fall in and you take the form of whatever drowned there last. A splash of cold water turns you into it, hot water turns you back.
Torashi had to get home. Damn! I should've ditched today, and not go through the trouble now she thought to herself.
She should have been more watchful of where she was going instead of in her thoughts. A group of kids, around the ages of 8 and 9, were running home, more concerned about the rain than in the neko. One of them, a young boy, accidentally kicked her. The neko slipped and ended up in the sewer drain. But, she didn't fall. Torashi gripped the edge of the sewer with razor sharp claws.
Unfortunately, that didn't last long. A soft ball slipped out of a kid's pocket. It rolled into the sewer drain. The ball smacked the poor neko on the head. Torashi's grip on the sidewalk had been poor at first, and the ball made her lose her precarious grip, on the edge. Her claws slipped and the neko fell into a deep black pit, unconscious, and landed in the water with a splash unheard by anyone.
Torashi woke up. Her head hurt, but the pain left her quickly. She was on her back, looking at a brilliant blue sky.
She realized she was in her human form. She was wearing her traditional clothes, consisting of a Chinese style black shirt with red trim and white pants. It was unusual for a transformation back, but Torashi wasn't worried.
The problem happened when she tried to get up. She went to push her self up, but there was nothing but air.
"What the hell," she screamed, falling backwards in the air. "Whose idea of a joke is this?"
A girl with blue hair tied back in a ponytail wearing pink robes came flying on a boat paddle. She flew right up to Torashi.
Confused, Torashi asked, "Who are you? Are you the one who pulled a prank on me? If you are, it's not funny."
The bizarre girl replied, "No. I'm Botan, Navigator of the river Styx, and Guardian of the Lost Souls. Sometimes, I'm what some people would call the Grim Reaper. You are a spirit. Technically, it means you're dead."
"Nani(2)!?!?!?!?!"
"Look down. I don't get this, but that's you."
"What?" curious, Torashi looked down, "Holy Shit! That's me. As a neko! How the hell did that happen?"
"Well, you died. Now you're a ghost. Koenma-sama asked me to pick up the spirit of a neko, but I can tell that it's you."
"My guess is I have to go see this 'Koenma-sama' now for some reason or another."
"Bingo!"
"And he might make me come back to life or something?"
"Bingo, again!"
"Well then, let's get going."
"Wow! Your awful agreeable."
"All I want to do is get back to life and get some food. Where am I, anyway?
"Your somewhere in Japan."
"Ok. I'm not far from where I was. I can just get a map and walk back. So, uh..."
"Ok. Well, let's go! This way!" Botan grabbed Torashi's arm and flew off to Koenma's palace. She made Torashi feel miserable.
"Wow. It's a long way down," Torashi said, looking down at the river Styx. They had arrived at the edges of the Reikai. (3)
"Don't worry, you can't fall as a ghost."
"I know that," Torashi grumbled.
As they approached the Gates, Torashi decided she didn't really want to deal with anyone who lived in a big palace-like place. "Botan, I'm not sure I want to meet this Koenma. He's got to big of a place lo live," she commented.
"Why? This is the Gate of Judgment." Botan explained as they landed in front of the gigantic door.
"Uh... I kinda like being a ghost."
"Scaredy neko."
"Funny you should say that. I know I'm a neko, so you might want to call me something else. And, besides, it's not something I care about."
"This is Botan," Botan said after she knocked on the door to the ogres waiting inside. "Don't get distracted, and mind your manners. Follow me." The doors swung open and Botan led Torashi inside.
"Don't get distracted" Torashi murmured sarcastically. "Please. I'm a neko. Distractions are waiting to happen."
"And don't laugh at him. He takes a lot of offense from that. Call him Koenma-sama," Botan rattled on and on until they got to the main room.
"Welcome to the Gate of Judgment," Botan said brightly, as they entered.
There were ogres everywhere. They were either at a desk or running around with papers. Really hectic!
"Jeeze, it's like a weird stock exchange or something," Torashi whispered.
"This way, Torashi. Stop staring. We run a tight seclude."
"Dammit, Botan. Koenma really wants to see me? Couldn't he just come and see me? No he's probably way to busy. Dammit!"
"Shh. Don't talk like that. We're close enough he might hear you."
They came to a door. Botan knocked, said, "Koenma-sama. It's Botan-chan. I brought Saotome Torashi," and opened the door.
There was a little kid, who looked about 3, sitting at a desk, talking to a blue ogre.
"Is that Koenma?" Torashi asked, laughing inwardly.
"Yes. Now be polite!"
At the desk, the kid was saying, "It's a catastrophe! Yokai(4) are getting into the Ningenkai(5) through a few small holes. There's to many for just Yusuke and Kuwabara. I guess I'll just have to ask Kurama and Hiei to help out. They do make a good team, but will Hiei work with us still?" realizing the Guide of the Lost Souls and the Chinese girl were here he changed the subject. "Oh, Hello, Botan. Is this Saotome?"
Torashi bowed, putting up a fake politeness, as she said, "Yes, Koenma- sama. I am Saotome Torashi, of the..."
"Yes right," he interrupted. "Botan, I need you to find Hiei. Ask him to come to me for instructions."
"Yes, Koenma-sama," Botan said, bowing. As she left she muttered "good luck," and was gone.
"Koenma-sama. What was that all about? Yokai? And who were those people you mentioned?"
"You don't need to know. Anyway, you are here..."
Torashi interrupted, "I can fight. You pretty much said you need yokai slayers. I could help. I've trained in martial arts." Then she realized she was being rude and fell silent.
"That's not why you are here. You're not even from our dimension. For starters, how are you and the neko the same?"
"Well it's a long story. It starts in the Jusankyo Springs, in China where there are a lot of springs where animals and people drowned. The way I was raised, you intentionally have to fall into a spring. I fell in the Neko Niichuan(6). It rained before I got here and I turned into a neko. I fell in a sewer drain and now I'm here."
"See, Ogre. I knew I was right. It was a complete accident she died, that she's even here. So we'd better bring her back to life. Plus neko are really easy to bring back to life because they're small. But, she has to help Yusuke," Koenma appeared a bit cocky.
Outwardly, Torashi was calm and collected. Inwardly was completely opposite. "Thank you so much Koenma-sama. I will try very hard to please you."
"Koenma-sama, did you even realize that she has the same last name as me?" the ogre said.
"Jorge, you didn't tell me you had ningen(7) family!"
"Uh, I don't think we're related, Koenma-sama," they both said in unison.
"If you say so. We will be finding out how to get you back. Jorge, show her out and make sure she doesn't do anything stupid."
Jorge led Torashi to the exit and she sat down, back against the wall.
Torashi waited for Botan. She sat with an uninterested expression on her face and almost fell asleep. "Damn. This sucks!" She said to no one in particular.
Back in Ningenkai, Kuwabara Kazuma was taking a walk, no doubt looking for someone threatening.
In the gutter lay a poor sleeping neko to his eyes. Kuwabara had a strange obsession with nekos and he picked this neko up. Then he backtracked and went home to care for her.
Opening the door, Kuwabara yelled to his oneesan(8), "Hey Shizuru, I found another neko. I'll keep her until she's ready to go."
"You have way to many, bro. Last one, ok?" Shizuru called from the T.V. room.
"Oh, all right Shizuru, last one."
"Give it a bath. It's filthy."
"The neko's a she. She will be nice and clean," Kuwabara said as he walked into the bathroom.
"Damn, Botan, you took forever!" Torashi shouted as the Guide flew towards her. She slowed down. "Well, thanks for coming. The wait was boring."
"It took a while. Let's get you back to the Ningenkai now."
Stupid Botan. Always quirky, Torashi thought.
A while later, they arrived in Ningenkai.
"Damn, I'm so tired. I missed my catnaps. I'm a ghost and I'm hungry. How can something unsubstantial need food?"
"Torashi, be quiet. We're close to where you are. So stop complaining."
"Where am I going to stay? What is there to eat here?"
"Torashi. Shut up! Don't say anything until we reach your body."
"Well then, I can talk. We're here. Or at least this is where it should be. I don't see it. Where is it?" Torashi asked looking around.
"You should know. Your spirit should be in tune to where your body is. All I have to do is make sure you get back all right, so you're on your own."
"I'll pretend you didn't say that," Torashi said as she landed on the ground. She knelt to sniff the ground, calling on her neko-like abilities. "Hm...This way."
Torashi took off running, unknowingly following Kuwabara's path.
Torashi made it to the house before Botan. She was going to knock when Botan showed up.
"Torashi, you baka(9)! You can't knock. You're a ghost. You don't even have to."
"I don't get you Botan. First you yell at me for not being polite enough. Now you yell at me for being too polite. What the hell is up with that?"
"You're so annoying, even worse than Yusuke ever was."
"Oh, I'm honored."
"You shouldn't be."
"Let's just go inside. No sense waiting out here any longer."
"For once you might actually be right, Torashi. Amazing."
"If you took out the 'might actually' you'd be right. And there's nothing amazing about that."
They walked into the house. Torashi sniffed the air.
They followed the scent to the bathroom.
"Shit Botan. Do you think it's safe to go in?"
"Why should you care?"
"Sometimes you really piss me off. I'll be glad to get rid of you as soon as possible. But I don't know how this works, so, dammit all!"
"Torashi, just go in."
"Fine. The sooner, the better. At least I'll be rid of you," Torashi smiled at that thought. She walked through the door.
Kuwabara held the small neko, in his hands. He had a different feeling about this neko. But she looked just like all the others.
Before setting her in the bath, he gave the neko the traditional 'ritual'; he kissed her on the nose. Plop! Kuwabara sat the neko in the water. Then, the neko wasn't a neko anymore.
With that 'kiss' Torashi returned to being one with her body. Dammit. Why'd it have to be warm water? She thought.
The neko was back as a living being, before she was sat down in the water, but she didn't have time to do much.
When she landed in the water, she turned back into her ningen form. She looked down. Realizing she had no clothes, she blushed furiously. Then she realized Kuwabara was also looking.
"You HENTAI(10)!" She yelled, slapping him across the face.
The name Torashi I translate as 'tiger storm' but I really combined Tiger (Tora) and storm (Arashi) so it sounds cool. I changed it from Neyoko because of my own private little reasons.... If you really want to know, e- mail me! haha ;)
Translations:
1) Cat, Get used to it, you'll be seeing it a lot... 2) What 3) Spirit World 4) Demon 5) Human Realm 6) Spring of Drowned Cat (You know I've watched way too much Ranma...) 7) Human 8) Older sister. There are several other forms, but this one's my favorite
9) Used as stupid, fool, idiot and other similar things. This was the first word I learned because of the "baka song." 10) Pervert