Zakuro no Tarot: Reveal your fate!

Garnet Tarot: Reveal your fate!

Chapter one: Run in with fate

((Note: I do not own the characters from Yu Yu Hakusho. I do however; own the ones I make up such as the heroin, Mina. With that made know let me say this… I hate having to say that! Everyone knows I don't own them! Gah!… Anyway, I hope you enjoy this story of action, romance, and the pathway to one's fate. Please regard me kindly! Thank you.))

Tears… The pain in them knows no bounds as they continue to fall down. I know because I have too often felt the sting of my own tears. Mina's thoughts rang out above the shouts that spun around her as she made her way through the endless sea of people on the sidewalk. "I don't know were I am? Am I lost or…" As she pondered this she felt a strange energy flow around her.

The cold?

No. It was something far stronger. Darker than the draft from the night air. But what?

The answer came quickly enough. Within moments she found herself surrounded and trapped. Never a good mix. What was she to do?

Run.

The thought seemed so obvious, yet her legs failed to respond. However if she did nothing it was likely only more deadly things were to come. They began to move towards her. Sluggish as their movements were, they could still pin her if she didn't act.

A smile spread across her face as she sized them up for the fight. Ideas began to form fast and then the way out came just a swift.

Fight!

As if the wind gave the signal, she charged. All fear faded to be replaced with the sense of victory. For it was that or suffer the outcome. And that wasn't going to happen.

They responded to her actions with slow attempts of punches and kicks. All of which, never connected. All she did was duck then once they were looking around for her she leapt form below and sent her clenched fist soaring upward into their jaws. This was how she handled each one and each fell. All but one. It seemed he was smarter than the rest of his buddies. Whoopee. Not that it mattered much. To Mina it was just one more to take down.

She backed up getting ready for the next shot. But he did nothing. Just stood there. Why didn't he move? Why just lull around and do nothing? What happened to the fast paste action of the group?

"Hey! Are you just going to stand there looking ugly? Or are you going to finish what you started?" At saying this, a thought accrued to her. " By the way, why are you attacking me?"

He smiled. It looked just as bad as his face. Yet somehow more disturbing than the smile was what it told. It was the kind of smile someone gave when they were about to do something in an act of revenge, bullying, or… torture. None of which were too flattering.

"Are you deft?! Answer me!" she yelled. This was getting irritating.

" So young but your power is so far beyond what I'd have thought. This could prove… interesting. Yet you lack the skill needed to win. Also you have no real drive but to win. Amusing." Suddenly the man fell forward to the ground. To her horror, blood ran like a river from his mouth into the grass. He was dead. She'd never seen a dead person before yet still this felt wrong. Like even though he was dead she wasn't out of danger yet. Then that cold feeling from before licked over her skin in a wave. Who or whatever it was that was doing this wasn't gone. It was still there with her. Waiting. But for what?

Before she could even ask, a voice whispered into her ear. A soft hiss as cold as the feeling of its owner's presences. "Japan… Spirit world. Lookout for the devil card." and then it was gone. The cold and the feeling. All had disappeared into the night shadows.

((Okay folks! It's not over yet. Mina was left with a clue to her fate. But what does this mean? Here I'll explain this part. Mina isn't in Japan yet. Ya see she lives in Seattle WA USA. But that leaves so many questions for you like: 'Well what happens now?' 'What did the voice mean'; and the big one 'When do Hiei and the others come in!?' Well I'm getting there. Now let's move on shall we.))

Warmth.

After last night Mina thought she'd never feel the sun again. But for some unknown reason she still had breath. Still had the blessing of life. Question was, why? She shook her head of the thoughts and memories of the night before. This was the last thing that should be on her mind. After all she was moving today.

"Tokyo Japan… sis has to be nuts." She murmured to herself as she slid out of bed. That's when it clicked. "Japan!" The realization finally came slamming into her like a landslide. That's the place the voice had said before parting ways with her. She laughed. "Nah, it was just my imagination going crazy last night. After all it was a messed up thing to see. That's it. I just freaked and thought I heard something that wasn't there. Just the wind."

Of course she knew it was better to put that aside for now. The plane would leave soon and then she could put last night in a small box in the back of her mind, and never look at it again. At least, that's what she hoped. But something still bothered her.

"Lookout for the devil card? Hm…"

((In Japan at this time.))

The night sang her song. How he loved her gentle whispers and soft caress against his skin. She was his only companion in this lonely world of humans. Still, he was alone. But what did he care? Why bother with such fools as these.

Feh. What's it matter? Was his response to the unasked question. After all he was a demon. More than that he was Hiei. Feared by many and hated as well. Still somehow he felt…

Alone. That's what I am and I like it that way. He shook his head at the thoughts as if to banish them from his mind. Shifting his position in the tree, he looked down to the young man below him.

"Kurama? What do you want?" His voice held a low tone to it as he spoke. Scary and yet seductive all at the same time. Such a strange combo.

The young man just smiled up at him. His red colored hair blow up in the soft wind that came. "Not much. I just wanted to get some of the night air. Then I saw you and thought I'd say, hello." He flashed a smile that seemed so gentle but somehow not. As if it told so much more than that. He was a mystery, indeed. Hiei would never admit it, but he enjoyed Kurama's company at times. Though, the look in his emerald green eyes told him one thing. Kurama was about to trap him.

"Whatever it is I'm not doing it."

At hearing this Kurama projected his lower lip in a false pout. " Come now Hiei. We're friends are we not? Koenma has just assigned a mission to us and that's why I called you to the human world in the first place."

Hiei rolled his eyes. He hated it when Kurama played the friend card on him. He, Yusuke, and even that baka Kuwabara were his only true friends. Though at times it failed to show. "What is it that fool Koenma wants now? A dipper change?"

"Ha, ha." He replied sarcastically. "But seriously, this is important."

Hiei noticed the sudden changing Kurama's tone and sat up. "Well, what is it?"

Kurama smirked and Hiei knew then he shouldn't have asked. Nor should he have come at all.

"Well Hiei, It's about a girl…"

((Author's Note: Well? That's it for the first chapter. Hope you liked it and don't worry, I'll finish this one. OH! And don't forget to review! I'll get the next chapter up as soon as I can till then see ya! .. ))