Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-yu hakusho or X-men Evolution. Whoever owns them I thank you profusely for making such a wonderful source of entertainment. Thank you especially for Hiei... he lets me relieve stress in the most interesting ways.
Genre: Mystery/Drama
Notes: This story is AU or alternate universe. It does not follow the story line Yu-yu hakusho or X-men Evolution and all of the characters will be out- of-character as of the story doesn't follow the story of YYH or XME. This may turn out to be Shonen-ai in the end it might not but for the most part it won't be. At the end I'll let you know, don't worry. Also this story is called Kieru which is Japanese for disappear. That is the biggest hint you will get.
Kieru
Prologue: Calls of the Past
The giggling of two young children echoed in the still air of the underground city. There were two of them, a boy and a girl. The boy was running with his sister's small hand in his own equally small hand. He was clothed in long cotton black pants, black slippers, a satin dark blue tunic, and a velvet black cape with a royal blue underside. His eyes were wide and heavily lashed and were the color of blood. They laughed out of a pale childish face that's small button nose was turned up and whose small mouth was open wide in pure glee.
The boy's hair rose like flames from his head and was ebony except for a starburst of pure white that glowed at the front of his head and at the bottom became bangs. In the center of the boy's forehead was a black tattoo, it was a small dragon wreathed in flames and in its paw was a small ball.
The girl was dressed in a satin pale blue dress and a velvet blue cloak with a white underside. Her long teal hair was held back by a crystalline red clip and her eyes were the red of wine held up to the light. Her face was equally childish and glowed with serenity and happiness at being with the boy. Both children looked to be around four years old.
"Come on Yuki!" The boy exclaimed in a light tone. He spoke with the voice of a young boy that has a long ways to become a man.
"I'm coming brother!" The girl called Yuki replied giggling as she let her brother pull her. The two were running along the shore of the giant river that flowed freely in this underground realm. The boy stopped suddenly and turned his small face to look up at the ceiling. The girl did the same and tilted her head to the side as they stared up at the marvelous sky.
This entire dominion was buried in a large underground cavern hundreds of miles below the surface of what is now called Japan. What the children saw wasn't bleak gray stone dripping with water and thousands of stalactites. Nor did they see a beautiful blue sky with puffy white clouds... well... not entirely. What the children saw was a giant tiled ceiling in a motif that was made to look like a blue sky with white fluffy clouds. Among the clouds were cherubic angels and the taller much beautiful brand of archangels. All in all it gave a comforting feel as it reflected the light that came in from many entrances to the underground realm from the outside. In the center of the ceiling was a giant mirror that allowed light to fall over the land.
"Hiei?" The girl asked softly her voice soft and gentle even at such a young age. Thick black lashes slowly drifted shut and than opened revealing the crimson orbs again. Hiei smiled and tugged softly on his sister's hand again.
"Come on. Mother is waiting for us Yukina." The boy remarked calling his sister by her full name. With that the twins ran off through the cavern to the tall castle that was jutting out of the rock at the side of the cave and carved in. Hundreds of workers who were tilling the fields and gardens looked up form their work and called out in greeting to the young children who in turn smiled and waved back as they ran on.
At the edge of the castle was a large lake that was fed through a small cut off of the river that the children were running through. Every hundred feet a small irrigation would divert the river to the rich fertile fields and the children would run over small wooden bridges. To the left of the river was a small bank of rock where boats were unloaded. To the right was the rest of the beautiful land that consisted of temples, houses, fields for livestock, and crops. At each house were a small personal garden and a pen for pigs, chickens, horses and other such animals. Tall trees grew and gave fresh air and fruits.
The children reached the gates and stopped to look at the beautiful castle. It looked like what some artists fantasize Camelot to look like with high turrets and windows of stained glass. There was a courtyard as soon as you went through the gate and drawbridge that was always open. In that courtyard were fruit tress and roses of every size and color imaginable.
"Hiei? Yukina?" A sweet voice called. Hiei and Yukina traded looks before braking out into the happiest grins that had ever fallen across the faces of four year old children and ran full speed into the castle.
"Mother!" They cried before being folded in a soft velvet dress of a rich blue and folded against a soft bosom. And everything in the land was as it should be in a paradise such as this.
This is the first Yu-yu Hakuso fic I'm posting. This is actually one I started writing about a year ago but I figure that I should finish it up. Please Review. Flames are welcome, they will help me become a better writer in the long run.
