Author's Note: Hey readers, I'm Jin and this is the first fan fiction I made for my friends and I never put it up for fear of what people would think of it but now that I'm out of school I figured I'd start putting them up and seeing how the world takes to my work. I'm sorry for any OOCness that will take place, things that don't make sense and just plain old bad writing. Umm yeah, hope you enjoy the story and please review so I know what to do and thanks for clicking.
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho, Disney's California Adventure Park, or my friends. I own the plot, Sam, Phoenix and Jin though.
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Prologue: To Die is to Live Again
Flashback to 15 years ago in the Makai
"Phoenix! You have the Chalice, run and we'll catch up!" yelled a tall dark-haired fox demon as she cut down a Lizard Demon with her blade.
Phoenix was about to protest when her other companion threw a fireball at the demon right behind her and yelled, "Listen to Jin! Keep it safe!"
Phoenix turned and ran with blinding speed past the oncoming demons with the Chalice clutched tightly in her hands. Nothing would stop her, she would run until she got back to Sam's palace and wait for her friends to return from the fight she so wanted to take part in. She kept her pace up until she tripped over a log that seemed to appear out of nowhere and fell into a pit on the other side of the log. Phoenix barley saw the sharpened stakes that rushed up the meet her and her last thought was, "I hope he knows how much I love him." The imps that guarded the pit threw their spears down at her body just to make sure she was dead and one climbed down to fetch the Chalice that their master had told them to keep away from the three demons at all costs.
With the Chalice in their hands they were positive they had won and died with that notion in mind as the grass shot up from under them in long sharp spikes, killing them all.
Sam picked up the Chalice as a tear fell down her cheek, "Poor Phoenix, to die like that is terrible but we'll bring her back right Jin?"
Jin nodded and replied with, "Of course, else her mate will kill us." She gave Sam a push and said, "Get it away from here; I'll be right behind you, just keep running!"
Sam nodded, turned her heel and ran with her precious cargo and hoped she and Jin would make it out safely so Phoenix could be resurrected through the Chalice's power. As Sam ran she was blind and deaf to her surroundings so she didn't hear the imps running on the other side of the bamboo nor see the rope in her path, until it was too late. Sam felt the rope break like the ribbon at the end of a race and saw the bamboo spears fall is if in slow motion. She ran through the rain of bamboo spears and thought she'd made it through until she looked down and saw the spears sticking from her stomach and legs. The demon fell to the ground, felt her life's blood drain out of her body and as she waited for death to embrace her like a lover she saw Jin bend down to examine her fallen friend.
Sam smiled slightly and rasped, "Don't forget to bring me back too, for my mate's sake." She pushed the Chalice toward Jin and felt the cool rush of her soul leaving her battered body and waited for Jin to be safe enough to use the Chalice to bring her friends back to life.
Jin grimly picked up the golden Chalice which was slippery with the blood of her friends and she turned from Sam's body to run to safety and to bring reinforcements to wipe out the lowly scum that had taken such dear lives away from her. She got no more that 50 paces from Sam's body when the Cat demon who'd been watching laughed to himself and sent his cocked arrow flying for Jin's shoulder. Jin cried out in pain and shock as the arrow dove into her shoulder but kept running. The Cat smirked and shot another arrow at her, this time striking her in her thigh. The pain as too much for Jin so she fell to the ground on her stomach and tried to impose her will on the plants to make them kill her attacker but she was too weak and could do no more than sluggishly drag vines to a spot where the Cat no longer stood.
The Cat walked over to the downed fox and said, "Oh I appears I hit an artery with that one so don't worry, you'll bleed to death soon enough." He bent his smiling face to Jin's and reached under her to pull the Chalice from her hand and wiped the blood off it with his shirt then stood up. Then he looked across the way at Sam's lifeless body and then down at Jin as she took her time dying. The Cat shrugged his shoulders, drew his sword and said in a flat voice, "Your taking too long so I'll just speed up your reunion with your friends, can't keep them waiting." And with that he slashed her back open from left hip to right shoulder, the cut was deep and he was sure he'd felt bone under his blade. The Cat walked away from the ruined body with the Chalice in hand and was prepared to collect his reward from his master for retrieving the item and disposing of it's medaling guardians.
Jin was thankful her death was quick; she didn't think she'd be able to stand the pain of as slow ending. As her soul fled from her devastated body the souls of her two comrades drifted beside her and together they flew to an open portal to the Human world where they separated to find bodies to inhabit. They left an impression on each other that simply read, 'We will meet again' and that is exactly what they did.
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Author's Note: Well that was the prologue to the adventure and if anything seemed confusing just review or e-mail me and I'll try to explain without giving away too much of what will later happen. Thanks for reading! Oh and Phoenix just pointed out how much Sam's death is like Kuronue's and I apologize for that but this chapter is based of a dream I had and I so enjoyed the way everything fell into place in the dream I just left it like it is, so sorry for that.