Yu Yu Hakusho: Dead or Alive
Chapter 1: Murder
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He looked at his hand. He hadn't done it! His handit had a mind of its own. He had done nothingnothing to spur on thismurder. For that's what it was. He had killed a man in cold blood. He, a Reikai Tantei, had just committed murder.
It made his blood run cold.
He fled the scene. No one would knowno normal human anyway.
"With great power comes great responsibility" was the saying he had heard once. Only now did he realize what it meant.
He had the responsibility to use it wisely, or foolishly.
He had done the former for most of his life. He wished it could have stayed that way.
It had started three days ago, when he began to realize that he couldn't control certain limbs at certain times. It was wrong, all wrong!
His hand had had a mind of its own.
He knew that soon the people would find the body, and there would be a search for the murderer in Ningenkai. Already there was a search in Reikai, he knew that much. He wasn't as stupid as he liked others to think. And he did have an honor code.
Murder went against it all.
It went against all common sense.
No, it went against all natural logic.
And the worst part wasit was not his fault!
He stared down at his clenched fist. Just minutes ago he had fired a very powerful Spirit Gun, strong enough to kill a middle-class demon. Definitely strong enough to kill a human.
But it was his hand, acting on its own, that had fired.
He wanted to cry out, "What the hell is going on here?!?" He wanted to scream at how wrong this was. He could do neither.
And he couldn't have controlled his hand.
It started three days ago, when the Reikai Tantei got a new mission. He decided to take it on his own, because from the description he wouldn't need help. He couldn't have been more wrong.
His enemy was an A-class youkai. He was an S-class Reikai Tantei. It would be close, but the youkai just borderlined A-class. Nothing much to worry about. But when he got there, and fought, it was different. His opponent was more into mind games then strength. It had been hell, but he was defeated eventually.
Apparently Koenma had alerted the others that he was having some trouble with the freaky psychic, and they had arrived just as the youkai had died.
~FLASHBACK~
With his last breath, the youkai glared at him. "I'll make you pay for this, Spirit Detective. Someday, you'll be the one running from them, you'll be the evil one. And you'll have nothing to do with it"
Then he sent a powerful blast of energy at the Spirit Detective, and died. Kurama, Hiei and Kuwabara burst into the room the two had been using as a battleground. He was exhausted, and when he saw them, he smiled, flashed a victory sign, and fainted.
~END FLASHBACK~
Now, he expected the energy blast had something to do with his recent trouble.
If he had known then, he wouldn't have killed the demon.
But he hadn't known, and it was only a matter of time until the Reikai police, Koenma, and his friends found out and he was a fugitive.
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A/N: Ooh, I am SO evil. Can you guess who the guy is? Isn't it OBVIOUS? Especially by the flashback. But about the A-class and B-class things, I'm not sure if they apply, exist or anything. Just made it up. B-class is a youkai with power enough to be threatening.
I got the idea for this story from a picture. It's really cool, and I have it on my hard-drive. It has "him" and Kurama. He has his shirt torn and stuff and it basically looks as if he's been running from something. Just e-mail me at
k9pups@yahoo.com
if you want to see it.
I got the title from a song called "Dead or Alive" sung by the Japanese voice of Yusuke. The idea also partially came from another pic that has the Reikai Tantei with a "Wanted!" sign over their heads. That's a pretty neat pic as well.
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