A/N: This is my first Yu Yu Hakusho fanfic so I would love to hear everyone's inputs, but please be gentle. And sorry ahead of time if the first few chapters go a little fast, but I figured the easiest way to start was to dive head first into the story. It is rated M for Mature for language, violence, and any future plans that I may have. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho.

Chapter 1

Kidnapped

"See ya tomorrow Carol!" I wave at the young blond making coffee behind the counter as I take off my apron. "See ya later Emma!" Carol waves back before she goes to the register to help a cranky coffee deprived customer.

I make my way to the small back room, stopping at a couple tables to say hi to some regulars. "Hey Miss Beverly how are you doing today?" I greet the elderly lady and look under the table at her service dog. "Is Pumpkin feeling any better?" She gives me a smile that a grandmother might give to her grandchild.

"We're both doing great today now that we got to see you're smiling face. How are you and that man doing?" She takes a sip of her coffee with a sweet smile which I gladly return. "We broke up, it's ok though I kind of like being single. I'm not in any rush to get married anyways."

She nods her head and looks at me with her understanding gaze. "That's a good girl, take your time. People now just seem to rush into things and then end up getting divorced a few years later. Plus I never liked the guy anyways he was such a shmuck." She nudges me with her boney elbow while giving me a wink.

I laugh, I love my regulars they're just like having extra family members who know way too much about me. "Well it's really good to see you Miss Beverly, but I need to get going now. I'll see you tomorrow, ok?" I look down at the dog. "And it's good to see you too Pumpkin." I pat the dog on his head and stand up straight.

She pats me on the arm. "Ok sweet angel you be good now." She turns back to her coffee and paper after I give her a grin and a nod. "I can't make any promises if you don't!" I hear her laugh as I walk away. I chat with a few other customers before I finally get to the backroom.

I clock out for the day then grab my purse from my locker. I throw my apron and hat into the locker and shut it, not caring that the apron strings are hanging out. I take my dark brown hair out of the messy bun and fix it into a ponytail. I grab my phone from out of my purse and check it seeing that there are two missed calls, both from my mom.

I dial the number as I exit the cozy little coffee shop that I've been managing for almost eight years now. The phone rings four times before I hear the distracted voice of my mother answer. "Hello?"

"Hey mom, you called?" I rest my phone between my shoulder and my head as I dig through my purse for my car keys while I walk through the parking lot weaving through cars.

"Oh yes! I just haven't heard from you in a few days and I wanted to make sure you were doing ok." She says and I can hear something bang in the background which causes me to roll my eyes.

"I'm sorry I haven't called, but I'm doing fine. I just got off of work am now headed home." I hear more noise in the background as I reach my car and sit inside. "Mom what the heck are you doing? I keep hearing banging in the background." I ask as I take the phone off of my shoulder and give it an odd look when another bang echoes through.

"Your dad is working on the trailer and I have to be out here to 'supervise' even though he knows I can't do anything." She says with a frustrated huff. "So have you heard from your brother lately? He's been quite busy with some new project so I haven't been able to get a hold of him."

I put the keys in the ignition starting my car and let it warm up for a few minutes. I shake my head and realizing that she can't see me I reply. "No I haven't heard from Cole in a few months. Now that he has become mister big shot genius engineer I never hear from him anymore." I pull out of the parking space and make my way to the street.

I hear my mom sigh into the phone. "You know you guys used to be so close, you should try calling him sometime, I'm sure he'd love to hear from you. I don't understand why you don't go back to school and become a teacher; you were so good with the kids. And you can finally leave that quaint little coffee shop." I hear a crash in the background followed by a stream of curses from a male voice, most likely my dad.

I roll my eyes at the phone as I focus on driving. "You know that even if I became a teacher I'd still be making more working at the Coffee Hut than I would be teaching. And plus I love coffee and the customers and I also get all the free coffee that I can drink, so there's a huge plus there." I laugh at the last part. "And Cole and I may be twins, but that doesn't mean I understand what's going through his head half of the time. Plus if he's really that busy then I don't want to bother him 'just to chat'. He can call me if he really needs to and I'll always answer; he knows that." I say with a sigh hoping to get her off the topic of my job choices.

I hear my dad yelling something in the background. "Well I'm glad you're doing well and I'd love it if you'd call us more often and I'd really love it you and your brother could get together some time to talk and catch up. I should get going your dad just smashed his thumb on something and I need to help fix it. Oh and if you hear from Cole please tell him I'd love to know what he's been working on. Love you Bug, talk to you soon."

"Will do mom, love you too and tell dad I love him and to be careful." I hear her laugh and then shout something to my dad before she hangs up on me. I chuckle at my parents as I toss my phone back into my purse.

Getting hungry I stop at a grocery store on my way home and pick up a few things for dinner and a couple of other groceries. I drive the rest of the way home in a good mood singing along to the radio like I normally would. I pull into the driveway and turn my car off. I walk around to the trunk and grab the groceries then lock my car as I make my way to the front door.

I try to unlock the door while juggling the groceries because heaven forbid I have to make two trips. "HA!" I shout as I'm finally able to shove the door open. I kick the door shut behind me and make my way to the kitchen to put the groceries away. I turn on the radio to ease the silence and start to dance as I put the food away. I hate putting groceries away so I have to make it fun somehow.

I get the food put away and grab a few items to make a hot sandwich. 'Mmm Panini.' I think asI put everything together and put the sandwich on the pan sitting ready on the hot stove. I dance in front of the stove singing into the spatula while my sandwich cooks.

In-between lyrics I hear what sounds like a crash coming from the direction of my room causing me to freeze mid twirl. I quickly turn off the radio and strain my ears to see if I can hear anything. Not hearing anything I flip the sandwich and turn the stove on low while I go to investigate.

You know those stupid scary movies where you see the dumb chick walk down a dark hallway and right into the killer; well imagine that I am that dumb chick. I've always been curious, which you could say is my downfall, and you know how the saying goes 'curiosity killed the cat'; well this time that saying proves to be true. As I turned the corner to my bedroom I see two monstrous things ransacking my room.

They are both tall about 6'8", but it was hard to tell exactly because they were slightly hunched over making their unnaturally long arms reach past their weirdly double jointed knees, their fingers look like someone attached extra fingers onto their original ones because of all the extra joints and the fact that one hand alone could easily wrap around my head which really freaked me out. Their mouths were slightly open so I could see the numerous jagged sharp yellow teeth poking out of their too large mouths. They had tiny noses that sat in odd angles and their eyes looked like two black pearls sitting on a bald head that was too small for the size of its body.

They were both searching through my stuff when I walked in. My heart skipped a beat and then started to run double time causing a frightened squeak to escape my mouth, unfortunately catching their attention. My blood ran cold as they both turned to me at the same time and one of them let out a hiss that made my skin crawl. I quickly grabbed the door handle and slammed the door shut. I then took off running at high speed to the front door, but I ended up slamming into what felt like a brick wall causing me to land on my butt.

Before I could react a scale covered hand grabs ahold of my wrist and roughly yanks me to my feet. I let out a scream as it lifts up me till my toes barely brush the ground. He brings me face to face with him and the smell of his putrid breath makes me gag.

He seems to be about as tall as the other creatures, but he resemble more of a lizard than whatever those things before were and I can definitely tell that he's a male; seeing as he had more humanly features.

His body is covered in bluish green scales, he has thick taut muscles that cover every inch of his body, he has a tail similar to a lizard that flicks back and forth at the tip, he has holes where his nose and ears should be, his mouth stretches from one ear hole to the other full of razor sharp teeth, and his eyes are such a bright yellow that they make the black slits of his pupils stand out like black pits.

I let out another scream as I hear the other two creatures break down the door and make their way over to us. I start to wiggle around and the lizard man gives me a harsh shake making my shoulder scream in pain.

"Shut your stupid human mouth. Nobody's coming to save you so you might as well save your breath." Lizard man says with a slight lisp as he brings his attention back to the other two creatures. He says something to them in what I'm guessing is Japanese, but I don't understand it. I'm guessing he didn't like the answer because he let out a hiss then brings his attention back to me.

"Where is it girl?" Lizard man says as he gives me another shake. I can feel my heart pounding in my ears and tears start to come to my eyes as I start to panic.

"Where is what?! My purse is on the counter if that's what you want and I have a piggy band in the hall closet!" I frantically say praying that he'll let me go. A sudden slap to my face causes my head to twist painfully to the side and the taste of blood washes over my tongue.

"Don't play stupid with me human! I know who you are, Emma Fennec, and you must know where it's at so start talking!" I flinch at the harshness of his hissing voice not wanting him to hut me again, but I can't help the feeling of total confusion that creeps into the back of my mind.

"I don't know what you're after so please just let me go!" Terrified I try to plead with the lizard man, but get nowhere as he gives me another hiss. I start to struggle and it's then that I notice the spatula still in my right hand. In my panicked state I do the only thing that I can think of.

"Let me go!" I reach back and slam the spatula as hard as I can into the lizard man's face. I'm rewarded by being thrown into the wall behind me. My world spins, but I'm fee so I quickly stand up and try to make a run for it.

Before I can get even two steps lizard man is in front of me with a look of murder on his face. He grabs me by the throat and squeezes, I frantically scratch at the hand around my throat. I feel the world start to go dark from the lack of oxygen. He seems to notice because he loosens his grip just enough so I can take a few gasping breaths.

"You stupid little bitch. I'll make you regret that, now tell me where the conduit is." He loosens his hold on my neck just a hair more so I can speak.

"I-I don't know what that is." I rasp out tears flowing out of my eyes. His hold tightens and I claw at his hand even more while trying to kick him. "You know you humans are so pathetic, all I have to so is squeeze my hand and I could kill you." His hand tightens even more and I can feel my face turn red from the lack of oxygen. He loosens his grip again right before I pass out.

"You're lucky that you're worth more alive than dead, otherwise I'd have killed you by now." A twisted smile spreads on the lizard man's face. I can feel my body start to shake from fear, but it's quickly forgotten as a fist makes contact with my head making my world go black.