The Huntress

Chapter 1 The strange Girl.

It was a beautiful day. Despite the fact that it was winter, It was fairly warm. A simple sweatshirt would be enough to keep you warm. School hours where long over at this time of day. A young girl sat in a tree just out of sight except to any one who would care to look up. Her cloths where a bit strange for this day and age. They where much like those once worn by Miko priestess. The top was red and the bottom was black. Her eyes where a hazel and seemed sad, and her hair was Black with Silver highlights and it was done up in a bun that was held securely with prayer beads. She also had a bandana wrapped around each hand, also held with prayer beads. She also had prayer beads going across her chest in the shape of an X. During school hours she wore the beads as well but with normal cloths. But after hours she would change in to this. She never removed the beads. When she was asked about them, she just said it was because she liked them. She was 18 and a senor in high school. However, she lived on her own, for she was an orphan. It was because she was 18 that she was allowed to live on her own.

She adjusted her position in the tree. She clutched her bow tightly. It was also unusable for such a weapon to be seen in this day and age. But it was one of many she had been trained to use. For she, was a demon hunter. Her family had been for centuries. Which was why she was hiding up in a tree. Frankly she didn't care if people noticed her. For they where usually ignored her any way. Which was how she liked it. She preferred to be alone.

"Hmmm?" she murmured when she suddenly felt a warm energy. She reached in to her kimono and pulled out a stone that she used to track demons. It was glowing a Crimson Red. That meant that there was a demon near by. But where?

She scanned the aria with her eyes but couldn't spot the demon. And her eyes site was keen. The demon must have a human discuses. She pulled out an arrow and chipped it on her tracking stone. Now the arrow head began to glow. She placed it in to the bow but did not pull it tight. She stood up and began to slowly turn. Watching the arrow head for it to glow brighter. When it did, she stopped to view her target. It was a male, probably about his mid to early twenties with red hair. He appeared to be human enough. But appearances could be deceiving. He looked like he was helping a women with her groceries. She narrowed her eyes. She pulled her bow tight. And let a special magic fill the arrow. 'If he's a demon, this will force him out of his human disguise.' she thought.

Kurama picked up two bags of groceries. He just got back from shopping with his mother. Although he did have a place of his own now, he did enjoy visiting her. She was especially happy right now, because after she talking him in to going to the store with her, she talked him in to staying for a few days, for she was felling lonely. He spoke happily with her, completely unaware he was being targeted.

She relies the arrow. It sailed threw the air and struck him on the left side of his back. When the arrow hit him he dropped the bags he had in his arms and felt immense pain. And ago zings scream escaped from him as he fell to his knees. He tried to suppress his screams, but there was so much pain, he could not. He could hardly even hear his human mothers screams of concern over his own screams of pain. The arrow was doing something to him, he could feel it. It was like it was forcing his full power to violently come out only, worse.

"Shuichi! Shuichi! Oh My!" His mother cried over worry for her son. Her mind going a mile a minuet. She wanted to pull the arrow out, but there was the what if factor. 'What if I cause more damage? What if the bleeding doesn't stop of gets worse? What if…'

"Shuichi, what do I do?" She cried helplessly. Her son was still trying to suppress screams of pain.

"Pull,… out… the … arrow." He managed through the pain. With out hesitation his mother grabbed the arrow and pulled hard. The arrow came out but, straggly, it vanished. The pain immodestly subsided and Kurama somewhat calmed.

"Shuichi, are you alright?"

"Yes mother, I'll be fine now." Kurama answered. He was pretty much lying but he didn't want to worry her. He even managed to give her a faint smile.

"I'm not going to fall for that one this time. Come on, lets go inside and see if we can treat that." she helped her son up and started to help him into the house. Kurama looked behind him on the way in but saw no one. Who ever had shot him, must have already left.

She jumped through trees and from building roofs. 'He's a demon, he hast to be. His reaction sagest it. His hair even started to turn silver. But the transformation should have been almost immediate but instead,……. If he's half demon I suppose that would explain it but then why would he set off the stone so strongly?' she wondered as she landed behind some buildings and started walking. She was deep in her own thoughts when she herd a sound like a trash can being knocked over. She whirled around.

"Who's there?" She demanded.

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ShadowFox777: For this you can thank my little sister for being a phone hog. I was bord so, Oh the dissclamer. Ehhem. I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho. But I do won the girl. Oh and I know what your thinking. The arrow thing is a rip off of InuYasha. Well, I did use the show as a base for a lot of her abilities. Any way, hears a short clip for the next chap.

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Boton: Boton hear. Next time Kuwabara meets the strange girl in the ally. She seems as cold as ice. But almost gentle at the same time. I hope she doesn't do any thing to him. Nest time,

Her Name.