Katome: Half-Demon of the Winds and Foxes
16-year-old Katome Hitachi is your every day normal half-demon. Wait go back half-demon! Yes Katome is a quarter sky apparition and a quarter beast-fox-demon. Two white-grey ears grace Katome's head when she's in full demon form and a tail of the same hue trails behind her. When in normal human form Katome has naturally purple accented black hair and silver-blue eyes. I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho so please don't sue. (This is like two years after the end of the series. Yusuke would be 18 in this.)
Chapter 1- Don't Tease the Fox-Sky Demon-Girl
" Hey Hitachi! Where are you going?" asks 15-year-old Arica. Katome turns around and looks at the girl. She shrugs her black leather clad shoulders as she keeps walking.
" You know Matai, you could at least call me by my first name," says Katome as she keeps walking. Arica starts to pout as she follows Katome.
" Well if you'd stop calling me Matai, maybe I'd call you by your first name," says Arica. Katome smiles slightly as her ears twitch as the wind starts to blow.
" OK Arica," says Katome as she keeps walking as the wind blows through her hair. Her eyes watch a cherry blossom as it falls off the tree. It twirls in the wind and lands squarely in the middle of Katome's head.
Katome blinks as she keeps walking with the blossom on her head.
" Uh, Katome, you've got a cherry blossom on your head," says Arica. Katome nods as she climbs the steps to her house.
" I know that Arica," says Katome as she smiles slightly as she carefully takes the blossom off her head. " See you tomorrow Arica."
" Sure thing Katome," says Arica as she runs off to her own home. Katome nods as she puts the cherry blossom in a glass.
" OK, Jin, you can come out," says Katome to the red haired sky-demon/apparition.
" Hey, Katome, how did school go?" asks Jin in his Irish accent. Katome smiles at her friend as she unties her hair and lets it fall down her back.
" Fine, Jin, just fine," says Katome as she sits down and takes off her leather overcoat. She reaches over next to the couch and grabs a pair of gloves and slips them onto her hands. " That feels better."
" Uh, Katome, have you heard of Kurama and Hiei?" asks Jin. Katome nods as she takes off her tennis shoes and slips a pair of black leather boots onto her feet in their place.
" Sure, Jin. I've also heard of Yusuke, Kuwabara, Botan, Yukina, Keiko, and all of your other friends," says Katome. Jin nods as Katome looks at him oddly.
" Well, there's going to be another Dark Tournament and well with Gen Kai being dead and Yusuke being too caught up with Keiko... Koenma needs a couple new members for the team," says Jin flatly.
" Yeah, well you and Chu would be perfect," says Katome, but Jin sighs and looks at her.
" Katome, put simply Chu and I aren't going to fight again," says Jin. Katome smiles slightly as she gets the idea.
" SO what you want little old Katome to fight?" asks Katome. Jin nods as Katome jumps into the air. " Yeah, this is awesome!" Jin's eyes get big as he stares at the half-demon.
" Calm down Katome. It isn't coming for three months. You have to train," says Jin. Katome smiles and flips her hair casually over her shoulder.
" Don't worry Jin, it's not like I'm going to get beat," says Katome.
" Who else are we going to have?"
" A fighter by the name of Koechi. He's said to be very good," says Jin.
" Koechi, a fire-light apparition, wonder what they're planing," says Katome as she smiles slightly. " Come on Jin, lets train."
" But Katome, what about school?" asks Jin. Katome blinks and takes out her science book and puts it on the oven.
" Let it burn for all I care," says Katome as she runs upstairs and changes into her fight suit. A couple minutes later she comes downstairs dressed in a black gown of cotton with pants of the same hue on underneath.
" OK, Katome," says Jin as he follows the half-demon out of the house.
She closes her eyes and they suddenly disappear.
" Hey!" exclaims Kuwabara as they appear right next to him in a field. Katome's ears prick up as she hears the sound of feet behind her. Just a second before the attacker attacks Katome jumps into the air.
" Well, she'll do," says Hiei as he stares at Katome who is floating in the air. Another sound enters Katome's hearing and she dodges just seconds before she is hit by Kurama's Rose Whip.
" So Jin, what did you say she was?" asks Kurama as the whip disappears.
" Katome, is a half-demon, quarter sky apparition and quarter beast-fox apparition," says Jin. Kurama looks Katome up and down and his eyes come to rest on her face.
" Yes, she'll do just fine. Now where is that fire-light apparition?" asks Kurama. Katome spins around as a light arrow comes within inches of hitting her.
" Quick reflects," says a voice as a boy with gold and red hair walks into the field. " Hiya, they call me Koechi."
" Well they'll call you dead after I'm done with you," says Katome as she starts to chase the smaller demon around the clearing.
" How old did you say she was?" asks Kurama as a look of shock and amusement appears on his face.
" Uh, 16, her human bodies 16, but she was about 100 when she died in demon form. Her demon spirit took the body of 5 year Kaoline Hitachi and turned her into Katome Hitachi," says Jin.
" She's like me," says Kurama. Jin nods slightly as Katome and Koechi come back into the clearing. Everyone's eyes pop open as they notice how Katome looks. Her two fox like ears stick up in the air as her tail flies out behind her.
" Except for one difference, crazy girl can control her demon powers," says Jin. " If you notice how she moves now, it's equal to what she was before. She was Yoko Katome otherwise known as the Dark Vixen."
" Look at that speed! She's faster then Hiei!" exclaims Kuwabara. Kurama nods as Katome breezes past them. Her tail flies out as she takes another step and takes off.
" She's testing Koechi. I guess she doesn't like working with fire-light apparitions," says Jin.
" Nope, anyways, Yusuke's going to be here in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1," says Katome as she breezes past just as Yusuke appears.
" Hey what to you mean replacing me with some little punk?" asks Yusuke as he points at Koechi.
" Permission to get rid of the trash?" asks Katome as she appears holding Koechi by the back of his shirt. Kurama and Hiei shrug and Katome smiles and sends the fire-light apparition flying.
" Who's this kid?" asks Yusuke as he points at Katome who had changed back to her human form.
" This is Katome Hitachi, she's a half-demon," says Jin as he turns to look at Yusuke.
" Hey Jin, she your friend?" asks Yusuke.
" Yeah, Katome's my friend, and my half-sister," says Jin. Everyone's mouths drop as they stare at Katome. The girl shrugs and floats into the air.
" Well can I join the team or what?" asks Katome. Everyone nods as Katome fires off a white blast of energy. " Cool, there's this certain demon named Kaido that has gotten on my bad side. He's going to be entering with the Genii Team."
" Kaido, you mean the red haired one or the one with grey hair and no brain to speak of?" asks Kurama.
" Kaido, the grey haired one. He picked a fight with me last year and I'm still mad," says Katome.
" Yeah, Katome knocked all the sense out of him," says Jin. Katome smiles as she points her finger at Yusuke pretending to use the Spirit Gun attack.
" Hey kid, that's my attack," says Yusuke. Katome smiles slightly and points her hand into the hair and fires off one shot.
" Now it's my attack, Dark Spirit Gun," says Katome. Yusuke and the others blink as they stare at the girl and then turn to Jin.
" Katome has the power to learn an attack just by watching it," says Jin.
" But she wasn't at the Dark Tournament was she?" asks Yusuke. Katome smiles slightly and floats into the air.
" Yeah, Katome was at the Tournament. Floating five-thousand sticking feet in the air. She was watching us the whole time," says Jin. Katome nods and looks at Kuwabara, she draws her hand against her side and suddenly her hand starts to shimmer.
" Dark Spirit Sword," whispers Katome as she holds the attack at her side. " That's why I'm also known as the Dark Attack Wolf." Everyone stares at Katome as laughter is heard from the air around them.
" Dark Attack Wolf? You're such a weakling Katome! I can't believe you didn't figure out who I am," says the voice as a demon with green hair and yellow-green ears walks into view. Her cat like tail twitches as she glares at Katome. Katome glares back at the demon and suddenly lowers her hands to her sides and takes a deep breath.
" Arica Matai. I knew who you were the whole time!" shouts Katome as the air around her starts to erupt in a black light. An eerie wind starts to blow around her as she transforms into Yoko Katome.
" What! You're the . . . the . . . the Dark Vixen . . . Yoko Katome," gasps Arica as she takes a step backwards as Katome takes a step forward. Katome's silver tail sweeps the ground as she growls at Arica.
" Go back to your weak team," hisses Katome as Arica turns tail and runs. Katome smiles as her two wolf like teeth glisten in the sun light.
" Fire-Light apparitions, who needs them?" Yusuke and Kuwabara blink as Katome turns back into her human form.
" How did you do that?" asks Yusuke. Katome shrugs and takes a bandana out from the pocket of her pants and ties it around her head.
" I am going to win this tournament. I'm not going to loose to the Genii group," hisses Katome as her tail lashes out behind her. " They don't call me Kuroi Ai'iro Tsuki(1) for nothing."
" Kuroi Ai'iro Tsuki?" asks Yusuke as he stares at the half-demon.
" Why do they call you that?"
" Yusuke you're so dense! Just look at the girl," says Hiei under his breath as Katome's purple-black hair blows in the wind. Jin smiles slightly as his little sister smiles and sits down next to Kurama on the ground.
" So you're the fabled Kuroi Ai'iro Tsuki," says Kurama as he looks at the girl. Katome nods as her silver eyes watch the half demon.
" Yes, Kurama, that is who I am. Have you heard of me?" asks Katome.
" Yes, Katome I have heard of you: a master technique user, a wind master, and one of the most powerful medicine people in all of the Demon world," says Kurama. Katome smiles slightly as she draws a cherry blossom out of her pocket.
" I have learned that cherry blossoms taste good. They also make a good medicine when mixed with the tears of a sky apparition," says Katome quietly as she takes out a small bag from her pocket and puts the blossom in it. " I have a feeling that during the tournament I'll be needing my skills more then ever."
" So Katome, have you ever fought in a Dark Tournament?" asks Hiei as he walks over and sits next to the 5'2 girl. Katome smiles slightly and shakes her head.
" No, Hiei, but with my powers whoever fights me will have their own power turned against them," says Katome as she draws a design in the dirt. Hiei and Kurama watch as the design of a rose is drawn. Then they watch as she starts to trace other designs and finally stands up. They stare as they look at the design of a sword with a rose on one end and with a rose vine twisting all over it. Katome starts to mutter some words as she places a single black rose in the middle. " Yami Ame Hana Katana(2), I summon the." Yusuke, Kuwabara, Hiei, and Kurama stare in awe as a sword rises right out of the ground.
" What is that?" asks Kuwabara. " And what or who are you?"
" This is the Yami Ame Hana Katana, and I am Katome the half-demon," says Katome as she picks up the sword and throws it into the air and catches it. " My full demon form Yoko Katome or Oka Katome as some called her used this sword when she fought the demon that took her life. His name was Kaido, the fire-light apparition!"
" What Kaido took your other halfs life!" exclaims Hiei as he stares at the half-demon.
" Yes, and she choose me as her best host because of my lonely spirit and because of my powers," says Katome.
" What powers?" asks Kurama. Katome smiles quickly and spins her hand around and points it at Kuwabara. Behind Katome a twister appears and starts to chase Kuwabara. " I get your point now call off the twister!" Katome nods at Kurama and closes her hand and the twister disappears.
" My mother was a quarter sky apparition and when I got Yoko Katome's powers I became a half demon," says Katome.
" So you and Jin aren't really brother and sister," says Hiei. Katome blinks and looks at Jin.
" He's my half-brother! We're both part sky-demon and his mother is my mothers half sister," says Katome.
" So that still doesn't make him your half-brother," says Hiei. Katome smiles slightly and shrugs her shoulders.
" His father and my father are adopted brothers. His father is a sky demon, my father is human, his mother is a demon, my mother is part demon," says Katome. Hiei sighs and walks away. " I don't think Hiei likes me."
" Don't be silly! Of course Hiei likes you. He just has trouble showing it," says Kurama. Katome smiles slightly and nods as she tugs a snarl out of her hair.
1- Kuroi Ai'iro Tsuki- Black Indigo Moon
2- Yami Ame Hana Katana- Dark Rain Flower Sword