Hello everyone. Welcome to yet another story that has come from my twisted mind. This is yet another YYHIY crossover. If you have read any of my other crossovers you already know the pairings, I'm stuck on them. Now with our further ado, let us get on with my story, Hide and Seek.
Disclaimer: Once again, I would like to let you all know that I own neither the YYH nor IY characters. I do own a couple of the made up characters, and the rest belong to my sisters.
Pairings: Sango/Hiei, Kagome/Kurama, Keiko/Yusuke, OC/OC, OC/Sesshoumaru, OC/Kuwabara, OC/Yukina
Here ya go.
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In the vast forests of the world, though man has claimed it, there are places in which man has never set foot.
In one of these forests of never ending pine, there lives a great weeping willow tree. If a regular, human, passerby would see the tree it would look like any other willow tree. Its branches bent to the ground, inclosing the trunk and ground underneath in a shell. In the spring, they would see a bloom, like other trees, but, unlike other trees, this tree never lost its bloom. In the months of winter, the bloom was covered with snow, but if the snow were removed, you would see.
Under the tree, to one without an open mind to seeing, it would be like any other, but to those non-human, and those who choose to see, under this willow tree in the forest of never ending pine, was the entrance to the Kingdom of the Faeries. Upon entering the kingdom, from the only entrance there is, you are standing at the top of a hill. There are four paths, one leading from the north, the east, the south, and the west. Each path leads from the tree and into the surrounding woods. If you were to take the path that led to the North you would come upon a city.
When you enter the city you would find yourself at the end of a hall of houses, stores, and other buildings. At the end of this road was a humungous castle, surrounded by a large stone wall. On each side of the castle, east, west, north and south, was a road leading away, smaller roads led away from the main roads. The north path led to a large park. The east led to a large school. The west path led to a large temple. And the south path led to the entrance of the city. The large castle was in the center of the city. The castle has four towers place in a square. Around the castle, inside the wall, was a beautiful garden, and in the center was a courtyard. It is in this very castle that our story begins.
"Father, be reasonable." The oldest of the faerie princesses said as she followed her father through the halls. She had long black hair that almost touched that floor, black wing coming from her back, and black eyes. She was wearing a black flowy dress that went down to above her knees, with no sleeves and a high collar that covered her neck. In the middle of her upper arms were clasps that had loose hanging sleeves hanging down, covering her arms. On her feet was a thin layer of black cloth, held up by a ring of black jewels around her ankles. Under her right eye was a black eight-pointed star. "They turned eighteen over a month ago and have yet to see the human world." Lord Raleph stopped and looked back at his daughter. He had short black hair and color changing eyes. His wings were dark purple and he had a short black beard. He was wearing a dark purple shirt and pants. On his feet were human shoes. On his forehead was a black eight-pointed star.
"That is enough Melia." Lord Raleph said in a tired voice. "I just got back from a long meeting and am very tired. Besides I will not let the same thing that happened to you, happen to them. I made a mistake that I do not plan on making again." He started walking again.
"But father," Melia said, following him. "That was my fault. I was angry with you and disobeyed your orders deliberately. We've been through this, it's in the past now. It is unfair to hold my mistake against them. I am older now and more mature. They will be well protected and I will not let even one of them out of my sight, I swear. They will be absolutely safe. I give you my word." The king spun around, anger in his eyes.
"Your word means nothing to me!" He yelled. "You gave your word that you wouldn't wonder from the guards, and you broke that! You gave your word that you would not go to that part of the realm, and you broke that, got yourself kidnapped, and you got your brother killed. You've broken your word too many times; it means nothing to me now." At this point Lord Raleph stopped yelling and looked at his daughter. Her head was down, her long hair fell around her face in a shield, but the king could see a few tears falling. "Melia, I'm sorry."
"You don't need to apologize my lord." Melia said coldly. Lord Raleph flinched at the "lord" part. His daughters were the only ones that had refused to call him by any other title but 'Father'. "I'm sorry for disturbing you. I will not bother you again." Melia walked away, her head still down.
'What have I done?' The king asked himself as he walked to his study.
As Melia made her way to her tower, she was tackled by three giggling bodies.
"So what did father say?" A girl, with red streaked dark brown hair, that went down to just below her butt, asked. She also had blood red wings and ruby red eyes. She was wearing a tank topped red dress that went down to mid thigh. On her lower arms were dark red arm covers. Her feet were covered in a thin, but sturdy, red cloth that was held up by a ring of black jewels on her ankles. Around her head was a tiara of thin black leave with a red ruby in the center over her forehead.
"Yea. Did father say we could go?" One of the others asked. This one had chin length brown hair with dark blue steaks, blue wings, and sky blue eyes. She was wearing a dark blue, one shoulder strapped, dress that went down to mid thigh. She had a clasp on both her upper arms and wrists. Two pieces of dark blue cloth connected them. On her feet was a thin dark blue cloth that was held up by a ring of black jewels around her ankles. On her head was a tiara of black leaves, connected on her forehead by a dark blue gem.
The other one had dark brown hair, that went down to just above her butt, with gold steaks, darker gold wings, and silver eyes. She was wearing a halter topped gold dress that went down to mid thigh. On her arms, starting at the top and circling down was a gold vine with gold leaves in various places. The end of the vines wrapped around the middle finger, on both her hands, and grew into a rose on the top of her hands. On her feet was a thin gold cloth that was held up by a ring of black jewels around her ankles. On her head was a tiara made of black leaves that had a gold gem in the center above her forehead. All of the threes faces were vacant of any markings.
Melia turned to face the three and they gasped at her appearance. Her eyes were sad and were red from crying.
"What happened?" The girl in blue asked, coming to hug her sister.
"Nothing Keiko." Melia said, hugging Keiko back.
"Don't lie to us." The girl in gold said. Melia gave a weak smile.
"It's nothing, really Kagome." Melia said. She turned to the one in red. "Stop trying to get into my mind Sango." Sango smile sheepishly. "It's just that the lord said some harsh things." The girl grouped around Melia in a big hug. For Melia to call their father by a title meant that it must have been really harsh. The girls pulled apart. "Sorry I couldn't convince him to let you go out, but don't worry, you'll get to see it eventually." With that, Melia walked into her tower, locking the lower door behind her. The three girl looked at the door sadly, then at each other, and then down the hall toward their fathers study. The three turned at the same time and headed toward the study. When they were outside the door, they knocked and listened for an answer.
"Enter." Came the muffled voice of their father. When they walked in, they found their father behind his desk, his face in his hands. "What do you need?" He asked.
"Father, we came to ask about what you said to Melia that upset her." Sango said. Raleph looked up from his hands. His face was pale, his eyes were glazed over, and he was covered in sweat.
"Father!" Kagome exclaimed. "Are you ok?" The king slowly shook his head as he unsteadily stood up.
"Go get the healer." He said as he fell to his knees.
"Father!" The girls exclaimed.
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Lord Raleph was lying in his chambers on his extra large bed. There were healers crowded around him, checking random things. His chamber doors opened and in walked Melia. She was wearing a pair of flowy black pants and a flowy, long sleeved, black shirt.
"You called for me, my lord?" Melia asked as she came to a stop at the foot of his bed. The lord waved his hands at the healers, dismissing them. When the last one was out the door, he spoke.
"First off, Melia, I want to apologize for my words yesterday." Raleph said trying to sit up. Melia went to his side and helped him sit up.
"I told you that an apology wasn't needed." Melia said.
"Yes it is." Raleph said. "I was out of line."
"My lord," Melia said, cutting him off. "I do have other duties to attend to so if this is all you need to be seeing me about I really must be going." Melia said bored, heading toward the door. The king sighed.
"No." Melia stopped. "I must talk to you about the annual, week long, lord meeting that will be taking place in one week's time." Melia stopped walking and stood in front of the bed again. "The healers say that I am to be bed ridden for a least a month for me to be completely healed. Since your mother is still away I will need you to go to the meeting in my place." Melia looked to be thinking.
"So, does this mean,"
"Your sisters must stay here." Her father said forcefully. Melia's slightly hopeful face fell. She nodded.
"Yes my lord." Melia said. Raleph frowned at the title but let it slide. "I will go to the meeting in your place." With that, she walked out. As Melia was walking down the halls, she got a small smile on her face. She changed her direction and, instead of heading toward her tower, she headed toward the window. She jumped out the window and flew up to the roof of one of the towers, were her sisters can usually be found, bathing in the sun. She put a bright smile on her face. "Guess what!" Melia exclaimed. Her sisters, all of whom were relaxing in the bright sun, jumped three feet in the air in surprise.
"What?" Her sisters asked. Melia smiled.
"Guess who talked father into letting you three go out into the human world?" Melia asked slowly. The three exclaimed and attacked her in a hug.
"You're the best." Sango exclaimed.
"How can we ever repay you?" Keiko asked.
"We should go thank father." Kagome said.
"No!" Melia exclaimed. "I mean he's asleep and doesn't want to be disturbed. Besides you have to pack."
"Pack?" The girls asked. Melia nodded.
"Yea. We leave tomorrow and we'll be gone for a week." The girls nodded and went to go down into the window below them. "Wait." Melia said, causing them to stop. "Let's not tell any one ok?" The three nodded unsurely. "Father doesn't want the whole kingdom to be in an uproar like when I went." Melia explained. The girls nodded again and went to get their things ready. Melia smiled until they were gone and then let her smile drop. She looked up at the sky.
'I'm sorry father, but you can't keep them locked up forever. You'll probabley never talk to me again after this, but that's a chance I'm gunna have to take.' Melia thought. She jumped back down and into her tower. She had some things to prepare.
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"Father." Melia said, getting her fathers attention. "A letter has come from Spirit world." The king sat up. Melia stood at the foot of his bed. "It says, 'My greatest apologize Lord Raleph. I must inform you that there had been a mix up of the beginning date of the annual Meeting of the Lords. It is scheduled to begin tomorrow. Once again, my sincerest apologizes. Sincerely, Koenma." Melia finished reading and handed Raleph the letter. He read it through and got a thoughtful look on his face. "I have already made all of the preparations for my departure. We can leave as early as tomorrow morning." They sat in silence.
"I want you to take Ryu with you as well." Raleph finally said. Melia frowned.
"But Father," Melia started. " Ryu is the captain of the guard. He should stay here in case something was to happen. Besides, do you think that he is old enough to handle such a task?"
"Ryu is 25 seasons, four seasons above you, don't you forget that." Raleph said. "I realize that you two don't get along but he has been your body guard since you were five, I think you two could deal with each other for a week."
"But, since he got promoted, he's basicly isn't my body guard anymore." Melia said. "He's to busy with his other duties."
"He is still your guard, like it or not, and he is going." He said, trying to rub his growing head ache away.
"But father," Melia started, but she was silenced by him raising his hand.
"That is enough." Raleph said firmly. "Either Ryu accompanies you or my… associates will go in your place and you will be confined to your chambers, without any fighting practice, for the rest of your time as princess." He said glaring. Melia sighed in frustration and nodded her head. "You may leave then." Melia turned and walked away.
"I will explain everything to Ryu." Melia said. "You stay in bed and rest. I'll take care of everything and we will be leaving in the morning. Goodnight and goodbye for now Father." Melia left the room and headed toward her tower. She walked through the lower door, up the stairs, and into the higher door the lead to her room. In there she found her sisters waiting.
"You done with those errands." Kagome stated. She was sitting on Melia's draped bed. She was wearing a knee length, no sleeved, gold dress.
"That didn't take to long." Sango stated, sitting on the window seat. She was wearing a knee length, long flowy sleeved, dark red dress.
"You said it would take you a while." Keiko said. She was sitting on Melia's big comfy rocking chair, reading a book. She was wearing a knee length, short sleeved, dark blue dress. Melia nodded and smile at how that they can talk after each other as if they were one person.
"You all should get some sleep. We're leaving early tomorrow." The three nodded and left Melia's tower. They each went to they own separate towers and went to bed.
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"Sango, wake up!" Kagome said, irritation in her voice, as she, Keiko, and Melia tried to shake her awake.
"Jeeze," Keiko said, lightly tapping Sango on the cheek. "this girl could sleep though"
"An explosion." Sango said sleepily. "Is it time to get up already?" Sango asked. The girl nodded and Sango got up. She changed out of the short shorts and short sleeved loose fitting shirt that the girls usually wore to bed, and changed into a pair of red loose pants and a short sleeved red shirt. She put her tiara on. Keiko was wearing a long sleeved dark blue dress, that went down to just below her knees. She had on her tiara. Kagome was wearing a short sleeved, knees length, gold dress. She also had on her tiara.
"Yes." Melia said. She was wearing a pair of black loose pants, that looked like a skirt when she wasn't moving, and a loose black shirt that had hanging sleeves. "We should get going." Melia led them out of Sango's tower and down the hall, the opposite direction of the main doors.
"Where are we going? The door are that way." Keiko pointed out. Melia nodded, but kept going.
"We're going this way so that the people of the city don't find out and throw a tantrum. We need to get going early. We don't have time for an uproar." Melia said as she pushed aside a tapestry and pushed on a piece of the wall, causing a door to slide open. Inside was a long passageway. "Sango, can you give a torch?" Sango nodded and a ball of fire appeared in her hand, giving them a light in the dark tunnel. They walked until they came to a wall of branches and vines. "Hey, Kagome. Can you do the honors?" Melia asked.
"Sure." Kagome said brightly, stepping forward. Kagome put her hand up and the vines and branches moved aside, revealing an opening. When they walked out they were in an ally way that lead behind all of the houses. Melia held a finger up to her mouth, signaling them to be silent. They crept down the ally way until they came to the path that led into the forest that surrounded the city. They walked down the path for a hour and a half before stopping in front of the massive willow tree. There were four different paths that lead to the tree. One from the north, the east, the south, and the west. Melia led the girls up the hill that the willow was sitting on top of.
"Now just walk through." Melia told them. The girls looked shocked at it being to easy but they walked trough anyway. They found themselves under the tree. Melia walked in front of them and held the branches of the other side open. "Almost there." The girls walked through and stared up in aw. Instead if being on top of a hill, they were in the middle of a forest and everything was massive.
"Why is everything so big?" Kagome asked. Melia came out of the branches behind them.
"That's right." Melia said in a mock surprised voice. She started flying through the trees, and motioned for them to follow her. "You've never been out so you don't know." Melia paused, making them wait in suspense. They started making impaitant noises when she didn't continue. "I'm just enjoying the feeling of stumping all three of you for once."
"Ok. You've enjoyed it enough, tell us why everything is big." Kagome said.
"As you know, the faerie world sorta exists in its own little universe. The willow is the one and only entrance. There's a barrier around it that makes it so that only the faerie kind can enter, unless the ruler allows others in. Well, since the entrance leads right into a human forest, and since there is a human city not too far away, the barrier turns all faeries that exit it into smaller forms so that we are less likely to be seen. That is why humans, and even most demons, think that faeries are small creatures." Melia said, leading them away from the willow. She seemed a lot happier now that they were out of the city. "When we get to were we're going you can use that charm I taught you earlier this week."
"What does that charm do anyway?" Sango asked, flying next to Melia.
"It's a charm that you need if you want to fit in with the humans." Melia said. She started flying backward so that she could look at them and talk.
"Why haven't we learned it in our studies yet?" Keiko asked.
"Wouldn't it sort of be a necessity to know?" Kagome asked.
"Well," Melia said. "father figured that if you didn't learn it then you wouldn't be able to come here so he told your teachers to skip it. Good thing I'm here huh?" The girls nodded, though they all seemed to be thinking.
"Why didn't we bring Miroku, Inuyasha, and Shippo?" Keiko asked suddenly.
"Yea." Kagome said. "They are our body guards. In times like these shouldn't they be around?" Melia didn't answer right away, seemingly thinking.
"They're gunna meet us there later on in the week." Melia said. "We should be good until then." The girls were silent again.
"Where are we going?" Sango asked, after a long pause.
"We're going to meet a couple of associates of mine." Melia said. "We need some cloths and such."
"Shouldn't we be getting those when we get to were we are staying?" Keiko asked, swinging on some vines. "Isn't that how it is suppose to work?"
"You three sure do asked a lot of questions." Melia said. "Yea, but the only things they give you are high-high heels and so-tight-you-can't-even-breathe dresses." All four of them shivered. Those were the worst. "I thought that I would spare you the torture, so I asked a couple of friends I have made over the years to do some shopping for us. I already have some cloths there so I'm fine."
"Who are these associates?" Kagome asked sliding around from branch to branch.
"Well, one is a human physic and the other is a dragon-fox demon." Melia said.
"A demon?" Sango asked, an interested gleam coming to her eyes. "Interesting…" Sango went off into her own little world. Ever since they were younger Sango has had a slight obsession for demons. She was constently reading, writing, and dreaming about them. Thus is why she took up fighting and has become the best in the kingdom, under Melia and the captain of the guard, incase the need came to fight a demon which she was studying. Since she was confined to the castle, along with Kagome and Keiko, since birth she hasn't had the chance to meet one. A full bred one that is.
"Yep." Melia said. "But just to warn you, both of them are a little nuts." When Melia finished saying that they flew into a clearing with two cloaked figures. One in a silver cloak and the other in a white cloak. "You all remember that charm right?" Melia asked. All three of the girls nodded. "Use them now." She said, putting her hands together in a pray type position. They other three nodded and followed suit. They all muttered a short incantation and their bodies were incased in different colored light. Sango was red, Kagome was gold, Keiko was blue, and Melia was black. The girls' bodies grew, the light growing with them. After a second the light died down. The four girl stood there, looking like normal human girls, their cloth being the same only big enough to fit them. Well, they would look like normal human girls if it wasn't for the wings coming from their backs.
"You all better use a concealment spell on your wings and hair." Melia said, hiding her wings. "That way we blend in better." The three nodded and did a spell. When their were done Kagome's hair was plain dark brown, her wings were gone, and her eyes were grey instead of silver. Keiko's hair had lost the steaks, her wings were gone, and her eyes stayed the same. Sango's hair was regular dark brown, her wings gone, and her eyes were tinted, slightly, with brown. Melia's hair and eyes were the same but her wings were gone. They turned to the cloaked figures.
The figures removed their cloaks. From under the silver one came a girl with black hair that was piled on top of her head. There were a bunch of little snakes worming their way in and out of the holes that had been made in her hair. It looked to go down to just below her shoulders, if it was down straight. She had lightly tanned skin, silver eyes, long claws, and a red sun under her right eye. She was wearing a pair of tight black jeans with silver chains attached to the back. There was a silver dragon wrapped around the leg. Her shirt was silver with a black fox on the front.
The other one had blonde hair with dark grey steaks through it, that skimmed the floor even though it was put up in a thick high pony tail. She had pale skin, completely white eyes, and a purple tears drop under her right eye. She was wearing a white halter top, with a hole in the middle, showing off her cleavage, a pair of white leather short-shorts, and a pair of boots that went all the way up to the middle of her thigh.
"This is Alex, the demon," Melia said, pointing to the one with black hair. "and Elie, the psychic." She said pointing to the one with blonde hair.
"Hiya." The two girls said at the same time.
"Do you girls want your cloths?" Alex asked cheerfully, her eye twitching slightly. Melia shook her head and looked at Elie.
"Don't tell me that you let Alex do the shopping." Melia said. Elie looked away.
"She already had it done by the time I got there." Elie said. "I was trying to get rid of a ghost that has been bothering me."
"It's a good thing you three like cloths." Melia said to her sisters.
"Why do," Sango started.
"you say," Keiko continued
"that?" Kagome finished.
"Alex is obsessed with shopping." Elie said, walking out of the forest, and into a clearing with a huge house in it. "Especially if it is for others."
"Is this were we are staying?" Keiko asked.
"It looks kinda," Kagome said.
"shabby." Sango finished. And indeed it was. On the outside there were shingles missing off the roof, weeds had sprung up all over the yard, the paint was chipped in dozens of places, and there were a couple of boards missing on the railing to the porch. The good thing was that none of the windows were broken.
"It's suppose to look that way." Melia said before Alex or Elie could say anything. "Our enemies wouldn't expect us to be staying in such a place, or so close to the entrance," Melia mumbled the last part. "so that makes it all the better." The three nodded, seeming to accept her answer. They walked into the house and the three gasped at what they saw.
The inside was the exact opposite of the outside. Everything was done in dark shades, looked to be brand new, and there wasn't a speck of dust anywhere.
"The rooms are up the stairs." Alex said brightly. "I took the pictures that Melia gave me and picked out which cloths would go good with who. I put those cloths in the rooms and wrote the names on the doors." All the time that Alex was speaking her eye was twitching and she was skipping around the girls. She stopped suddenly and looked at Melia. "I brought your cloths over and put them up there too." Melia nodded and led her sisters up the stairs. Leaving Alex behind to argue with Elie about fashions.
At the top of the stairs they came to a hall of seven doors. There were six across form each other and one at the end. The first two they came to were labeled 'Kagome' and 'Sango'. The next two were 'Keiko' and 'Elie'. The last two the came to were 'Alex' and 'Melia'. The door at the end of the hall was labeled 'Bathroom'. Melia turned to her sisters.
"Alright. Lets all go and get dressed." Melia said, heading to her door. "When your done come down stairs and we'll go out and show you some of the fun things of the human world." The four disappeared into their rooms.
Fifteen minutes later Melia came out of her room and down the stairs. She was wearing a pair of baggy pants, with chains hanging off the back, and a long sleeved shirt and had 'They lied, I do bite' written across the front. She stood at the bottom and waited for her sisters to come down. A minute later her sisters were heard talking. They appeared at the top of the stairs. Sango was wearing a red shirt, that looked like fire, with the words 'Fire starter' written across them. Her pants were red with straps hanging off the back. Kagome was wearing a pair of black pants, with gold chains hanging off the back, and a goldish-yellow shirt that had 'Devils Angel' written across the front. Keiko had a pair of blue jeans, with straps on the back, and a dark blue shirt that had 'I hear voices, and they don't like you' written across the front.
"Don't you think you could of gotten them some cloths that wouldn't attract attention?" Melia asked Alex. Alex shrugged.
"Where's the fun in wearing cool cloths if you don't wanna attract attention?" Alex asked. Melia rolled her eyes.
"Let go." She said, heading out the door. Once out, they headed toward the human city that was closes.
"How long till we get there." Kagome asked.
"It's a thirty minute walk so not too long." Elie said.
"We could get there faster." Melia said, a light tone to her voice.
"How?" Sango and Keiko asked at the same time. Melia smiled bright.
"By racing me there." Melia said as she took off running. The others stood there for a second.
"Hey." Sango yelled, running after her.
"No fair." Keiko said, following.
"Head start." Kagome yelled following them. Alex ran after them and Elie grinned evilly and disappeared.
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Theres the frist chapter, please tell me what you think. I really want to know if its worth continuing. Thanks.