Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho or any of its characters.

Note 1: This will be an AU and character pairings as well OOCness.

Note 2: Okay so this is taking part maybe a month or two after the Dark Tournament Arc. I first started writing this story in quizilla under the same title but I decided to switch over to here. I have like one chapter up over there, and it's a self insert kind of story. If you'd like me to continue there then I guess I will be but I'll probably update more her. Anyway, on to the story!!

Yu Yu Hakusho
A Diamond's Heart

Chapter One
Meeting Yuki

"Good morning, boys." Koenma says as Yusuke and Kuwabara walk into his office. Kurama and Hiei are already inside, standing near his desk, as well as Botan. "Pick a spot where you can see the TV."

"Can we hurry this along." Yusuke whined, "I've got school to skip."

"While your statement makes absolutely no sense," Koenma stated, "I've got your next mission right here."

"What?!" Yusuke complained, "We just got back from the Dark Tournament!"

"Yeah!" Kuwabara agreed, "It's barely been a month! Don't we even get a break?"

"Normally I would have liked to give you some rest time, but look here." Koenma pressed a button on his remote control. The TV scrolled down and flashed, showing them a picture of a girl that looked around the age of fourteen or fifteen years old. Her skin was pale, like beautiful porcelain, and her hair was long, reaching to the small of her back, wavy, and a rich light brown color. Her most stunning feature, however, was perhaps her kind, deep, ice blue eyes that almost seemed to stare at them from the screen. Her eyes looked decidedly lonely, though the boys could not quite put their finger on why.

"Ooh who's the cutey?" Kuwabara asked, his face immediately lighting up.

"Oh, and here we thought you were in love with Yukina, Kuwabara." Yusuke said mockingly. Kuwabara glared at him, as well as, unbeknownst to him, Hiei, whilst Kurama chuckled to himself.

"Of course I still love Yukina!" Kuwabara shouted, "I was just...you know...saying."

"This young girl's name is Yuki Inoue." Botan said, "And don't be fooled by her appearance. She is no ordinary human girl."

"In fact, she's not human at all." Koenma stated as he pressed another button. This time it showed a girl with straight ice blue hair reaching to the small of her back. Her skin, too, was pale and she wore a no sleeved blue tinted white drape styled dress. Her left shoulder didn't have a sleeve, revealing a strange shape that ran all the way to the middle of her chest, though it was concealed by her dress. Her eyes were like Yuki's deep and kind, and the shade of ice, only they were much happier than Yuki's lonely ones. "This is Lady Hyousetsu."

Kurama frowned a bit as he looked at her eyes, "But Koenma, are they not the same girl?"

"You're exactly right. As perseptive as usual, Kurama."

"Wait, what do you mean they're the same girl?" Yusuke questioned. "They can't be..."

"Lady Hyousetsu and Yuki Inoue are indeed the same girl. Yuki would be, how shall I put it? Yuki is Lady Hyousetsu's human form, and she happens to be an ice apparition, and a very skilled one at that." Koenma pressed another button, bringing up the images of the girls side by side on the screen.

"You mean she's like a koorime?" Kuwabara asked, making Hiei's eyes perk with a little more interest. "Does that mean she produces Tear Gems too?"

"No." Botan answered, "Though she is an ice type demon, she is not a Koorime, and therefore she can't do the same things as Yukina can, like producing pearls from her tears."

"We haven't got time to explain everything just now, but once you meet her she'll explain it." Koenma said urgently, "Your mission is to not only protect this girl, but to find the people who are chasing after her and stop them. Look here." The screen changed once again, showing a large group of demons. Most notably at the front was a tall man with dark black hair and leering green eyes as well as the man standing next to him, a youth with dark blue hair and pale icy blue eyes. "They call themselves the Prism Bandits, and they're a gang of demons who steal and pillage at will. Do not be fooled by their "average, everyday thug" appearance. They're very dangerous and they've already killed her father."

"Sir!" George came rushing into the room.

"Ogre!" Koenma shouted angrily, "I happen to be in the middle of a very important meaning! Now, what is it?!"

"Sir, i assure you I wouldn't have interrupted under normal circumstances," George cowered a bit before saying, "But I assure you, sir, I have a very good reason!"

"Just spit it out already!"

"Lady Hyousetsu was seen near the area where the portal that will bring her to Reikai is going to be opened."

"That's the urgent news?" Koenma sighed and rolled his eyes, "Of course she's near there, because she's supposed to be there, you oaf!"

"But some people were spotted following her!" George cried, handing Koenma a picture of these supposed people, "And they're definitely not her castle guards, Sir. If I may say, Sir, this is bad! I think that she could be in real trouble here! You've got to do something about this!"

"Castle guards?" Yusuke asked curiously. "Just who is this girl?"

"There's no time to explain." Koenma said, his eyes wide and glued to the picture in front of him, "These men are Prism Bandit members no doubt. Quickly, you must go to Makai and save her!"

"I'll show them the way!" Botan shouted, "Come on, boys, there's no time to waste!" The four boys swiftly followed Botan out of the office.

"Oh, why did they have to find her?" Koenma said. He looked down upon the picture that showed a group of demons, all with a heptagon, each side one color of the rainbow, tattooed visibly somewhere on their body. Gripping the image tightly he said, "Hurry, Yusuke."

Yuki sat on a boulder awaiting for a portal to be opened to bring her to Spirit World, where she was supposed to be meeting the supposed Spirit Detectives who would protect her. She wore a dress that was so white it looked as if it should be see through, though it was not, and flowed gracefully, falling down to just above her knees. The dress was no sleeved and the color was low, but did not show her small cleavage, though if you were close you could see the tip of something blue that continued down, and her forearms had white sleeves not attached to the main dress that fell into a sort of bell styled sleeve, covering her hands, with red ribbons strung through them. Her shoes were red and her hair was pulled into a "half up, half down" style with a long, flowing red ribbon. Around her neck was a black choker with a jewel similar to a sapphire fashioned into a snowflake upon it.

Yuki sighed as she looked around herself. Her guards wore white armor and were posted all around her. She sat with a straight back as she looked all around cautiously, looking for any sign of danger. As a nervous twitch one hand went to an arrow in the quiver on her back while the other carressed her finely crafted, redwood bow next to her.

"There is nothing to worry, Princess." A guard came up to her, "You have nothing to worry about. We will ensure that you arive safely into Reikai."

"Thank you." She gave him a kind smile, though his words did little to calm the butterflies in her stomach. Something bad was about to happen, she knew it, but she didn't know what exactly.

"You there!" A guard a few meters away shouted at a lone demon approaching them, "This is a protected area, so you must leave this area at once."

The ugly lizard demon snickered, eyeing Yuki from afar, "You must be Lady Hyousetsu. Wish they'd've told me you'd be such a beauty. I'd like to keep you for myself, but a job's a job!"

"You will not touch the Princess!" The white clad guards quickly gathered in front of the demon.

"Calm down, boys." Another demon spoke, but this time from behind. The rest of the demons had gathered at the backside of the guards, cutting them off from Yuki. "We just want to talk to Lady Hyousetsu."

"You call murdering my father just talking?!" Yuki swiftly drew an arrow and shot it at the demon who had spoken. It sank dead on into the center of the demon's head, marking the beginning of the battle. Though her guards were not weak, the lizard demons hired to take Yuki overpowered them, easily defeating them with three lizard demons left to take Yuki away.

"Now just come quietly, Lady Hyousetsu." They leered at her. "The Prism Bandits paid us good money to capture you for them, and it'd make it a lot easier on you to just come with us."

"Never." She replied, drawing another arrow. "I will never go with the likes of you!" She shot the arrow, but this time it was no use. The large demon raised his heavy tail and smashed the arrow right out of the air into tiny pieces.

"Your arrows will not harm us!" He snickered, stepping over the shattered arrow and towards her. "Now come quietly!"

Yuki shot another arrow, but he dodges to the right this time. It does, however, lodge painfully into his arm, making the demon cry out in pain. He glared at her, "You wench! We were told not to harm you, but you don't need your arms and legs to speak!" His tail suddenly extended forward. Yuki jumped backwards, dodging him whilst shooting another arrow, but she wasn't quick enough. The demon wrapped his tail around her, squeezing her in a bone crushing grip, and lifted her into the air. Something like needles pricks through her skin, and, looking down, she realized that his tail has barbs upon them.

The demon began to laugh, "Do you like it? My tail has barbs on them full of poison! The poison's effects are slow, but they're very painful!"

"Release her!" Someone cries as a flash of light strikes through the air, producing the four boys. Kuwabara and Yusuke charge at the other lizard demon whilst Kurama and Hiei run towards the one holding Yuki.

Hiei zoomed forward and disappeared from view. He slashed through the demons head in the blink of an eye and it fell to the ground. As the demon's body falls with a thud to the ground, it's tail released Yuki. She dropped to the floor safely, but her legs had become weak, and she soon fell to her knees upon the floor, her head spinning.

"Are you alright?" Kurama asked. "Did you get hurt?"

"I think I'm okay for the moment." Yuki replied.

"Those puncture wounds," Kurama said, looking at the small holes the lizard demon's barbed tail had caused, "Permit me to take a look at them, Lady Hyousetsu."

Yuki's eyes snap wide open upon his use of her formal name. She looked up into his green eyes with suspicion in her own blue ones. Was he one of the bandits? She asks herself. Could the fight before just have been a ploy to gain her trust? She decided she couldn't take that chance and slipped a kunai hidden in her sleeve down to her hand. Swiftly, she lunged forward, intent on stabbing Kurama, not to kill him but to at least wound him.

Hiei reacted with a quicker speed then Yuki, slapping the dagger from her hand. He pushed her harshly down onto the ground, pinning her with a hand around her throat. "You would be wise to not do that again."

"Hiei!" Kurama said, trying to stop him.

"Get off me!" Yuki shouted as his hand only tightens around her throat. At first she tried to release herself by kicking and clawing, but it was of no use. Hiei was much stronger physically than she and couldn't overpower his grip. She began to calm down when she realized he was not trying to strangle her. "Please release me." She said softly, looking up into his red eyes with her lonely blue ones. Hiei was surprised by her diamond eyes, but only showed it for a second, before pulling back.

"Hell of a way to greet someone." Yusuke said sarcastically as Kurama assisted Yuki to her feet.

"Yeah, why'd you go and attack her, Hiei?" Kuwabara glared at him. "Shrimpy little jerk."

"Hn. She attacked first." Hiei replied.

"You are Lady Hyousetsu, yes?" Kurama inquired. Yuki confirmed his question with a nod, but she began to sway on her feet. "I am Kurama."

"Hi, I'm Yusuke. And the goofy looking one is Kuwabara." Yusuke said, trying to loosen the air.

"Hey!" He protested.

"And he's Hiei." All three of the boys look towards Hiei, who stood next to Yuki, and looked away.

"It's...nice to...meet you..." Yuki gasps out, her face notably flushed. Her temperature had skyrocketed up and her vision began to blur. Her legs suddenly gave out from under her, causing her to fall to her side and crash right into Hiei. Thankfully, he had enough sense to catch her before she hit the ground.

"Hey, are you okay?" Yusuke questioned in concern.

Kurama quickly examined the puncture wounds dotting her body, "She's been poisoned!" Kurama shouted, but Yuki had already slipped into unconsciousness.

To Be Continued...

Okay, so yeah that was the first chapter! I hope you enjoyed it! Reviewing fuels my writing, so please review! I'll see if I can make the second chapter soon, so please be patient!!