Crossing Oceans

Chapter Two: First DVD

"I told you I was going to kick your ass if you lose that fight!" The six, brown eyed little girl ranted as she walked with her father out of the stadium with his "friends". Her hands flapped through the air as she continued to chastise her father about how he could have lost that fight, and that if he threw the match there were going to be severed consequences.

Yusuke laughed at his daughters attempt to sound badass. "You mean severe consequences, not severed."

Aria's face grew red as she glared up at her father again causing him to laugh once more. Yusuke always found his daughters little tantrum to be extremely hilarious. Too bad Keiko's wasn't on the same playing field, her tantrum's are – well, frankly just plan out scary for Yusuke. Hopefully, when Aria matures more, her tantrums won't become as ruthless as her mothers. Yusuke can only imagine what Keiko would do to him if she found out he brought Aria to the Makai.

A visible shiver ran down his spin as the thought crossed his mind. Aria was the first to notice, but before she could open her mouth to say something she noticed someone was walking over toward them. He had both of his arms behind his red, fluffed out hair, a tooth slightly hanging out of his closed mouth smile, and an unmistakable horn placed right in the middle of his forehead. "JJJJIIIIIINNNNNN!" Aria screamed with delight as she ran over to the wind demon and jumped into his arms.

"It's a fancy meetin' you here Aria, where yer father at if you don' mind me askin'?" Jin asked allowing Aria to give him a hug. Aria always found Jin to be her favorite. She always asked him what sort of adventures he had as of lately when he came to visit Genkai's. And, like usual, Jin would give her an ear full, it was surprising that Aria could keep up with his fast pace he considered as talking.

"Hey Jin, how's it going?" Yusuke asked as he walked up to the two.

"Ah, Urameshi, I've been lookin' for ya since the beginnin' of this here tournament but haven' had the time ta actually look, this year went by too fast, don't ya think?" Jin placed Aria back on the ground where she began to run circles around the two making swishing wind sounds.

Yusuke laughed. "Yeah, not that many contestant this year, there were only, what, five-hundred or so who attended?"

Jin smiled a crock smile but when he opened his mouth to say something Aria interrupted him. "That's was so cool what you did back there, Jin!" She began to twirl her arm in a circle copying one of Jin's air attacks. "And the flying! Ah, I wanna fly!" Her eyes were sparking as she acted out the scene of the fight Jin had, but unfortunately lost too. Then her eyes landed on Hiei where she ran up to him and punched the air in front of him while yelling, "Dragon of the Darkness Flame! AHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Hiei stared down at her as she continued to punch the air in front of him with her slow, childish movements. "That was so cool, I wanna learn that move!" She stopped her nonsense of punishing the air and turned her sparkling eyes on Hiei.

"Hn, if you want to kill yourself then go on ahead," Hiei said ignoring the stare he was receiving from Yusuke.

Aria's sparkling eyes turned into a glare. "You don't think I can do it…" His only reply was a hn, that made Aria angry. "I'll show you," she yelled up at him while pointing her finger at his face. "When I get older I'll master all of you and everyone elsers moves." (Elsers?)

"I highly doubt that."

Before Aria began yelling again Yusuke came over and put his hand over her mouth. In return, for the second time, she bit down on his fingers. "Ow!" Yusuke yelled with frustration as he brought his daughter up into her arms trying to calm her down. "Why the hell do you always have to bit me!"

Mukuro stepped into the conversation; a smile graced her lips as she watched the child struggle in her father's grip. "She has a strong fighting spirit Urameshi; I believe she will grow to be a strong warrior if you let her."

Yusuke glanced down at his daughter that wouldn't cease with the struggle. "A strong fighting spirit? Yeah, I can see that." But he was no longer smiling as something crossed his mind. He turned away from the two for a second and put his daughter on the ground, but still had a firm grip on her wrist. "Go and socialize with Jin again, I need to talk to these two about something you wouldn't understand."

"But dad…" Aria whined.

"No buts," he said putting a finger to her lips and giving her a stern look. "Now go and if you run off one more time I won't be giving you a second chance."

Aria huffed with frustration but nodded her head anyways and ran back over to Jin and Kurama, and the three monks Yusuke brought with him. The Jin and Kurama were talking about something but Yusuke didn't care at the moment as he watched his daughter tug on Jin's pants and ask him a question about the tournament. Yusuke turned his attention back to Mukuro and Hiei, a serious tone about him. "Binky breath wants to make her the new Spirit Detective when she's old enough."

"And this bothers you?" Hiei asked finding it strange that the former Spirit Detective wouldn't agree to the terms.

Yusuke glanced back at his daughter and sighed. "I dunno, I just – I just don't want her to go through what I had to go through… Or what Sensui went through."

Hiei also glanced over at his daughter, she was punching the air again as she explained everything she saw in the tournament. When Jin made a comment about how she acted so much like her father a toothy grin, the exact same one Yusuke had grew on her face, and her eyes sparkling ever so slightly. She had deep respect for her father, Hiei could see it written all over her face every time someone mentions Yusuke's name when he wasn't around. "I doubt she'll go crazy."

Mukuro nodded in agreement. "If she's anything like you, and might I add she's really starting to shape up to your personality, then it would be a great learning experience for the child."

Yusuke scratched his head as he pondered over the idea, and then shook his head. "I'm not going to worry about it, when she's old enough it's her decision if she wants to work for binky breath or not."

Mukuro smiled. "And you're going to train her in the mean time?"

Yusuke brought his attention back to the two, his old cocky grin present once more. "Well, yeah, who else with my strength and skill would be able to teach her?'

"Strength, sure, but I wouldn't flatter yourself when speaking of your skill, Urameshi," Hiei chastised.

Yusuke glared down at his short friend. "Yeah, well at least I don't need a booster seat when sitting in a car!"

"Don't push it, Urameshi," Hiei growled between clenched teeth. Mukuro, on the other hand, began to chuckle at the two friends little bicker.

Aria ran up to her father and began to tug on his pants to get his attention. Yusuke looked down at her and she grinned up at him. "I wanna be in the next tournament! Please, please, …" She went on and on and on.

Yusuke bent down and grabbed his daughters shoulders making her shut up as she looked at him with expectation. "Are you willing to train your ass off? Because the only way you will participate is if your powers shape up to an S class demon. You understand?"

Aria shook her head wildly, her eyes sparkling with excitement and desire to grow stronger. "Yeeeessssssssss!"

Yusuke grinned with a small chuckle. "All right then, whenever you don't have school I expect to see you training. You never know, you might grow stronger than your old man."

Aria's grin grew and she threw her arms around her father's neck. "I will become stronger than you and all of your friends!" Then she looked up to Hiei and Mukuro and stuck her tongue at the both of them. "And I'll become taller than you, shorty!" She said referring to Hiei.

This made Hiei's eye slightly twitch with irritation. "You should be glad your father is present at the moment."

And with that, and some more fooling around in the Makai, (Yusuke going back to his castle to gloat about his daughters to the rest of the monks that decided not to join the tournament this year, and then meeting up with Enki to discuss about the next Makai tournament which they decided in a five year time span this time instead of three.), Yusuke and his daughter finally made it back to the human world. Thankfully, they were only gone for the weekend so Yusuke hoped to go that Keiko wouldn't suspect a thing.

Yusuke looked down at his daughter as they walked down the streets of his hometown/city; each step she took seemed – different. He noticed that there was a certain confident glow about her, almost like she had a goal set in mind and was determined to accomplish it. Yusuke gently smiled down at her and looked back up straight ahead toward their house that he and Keiko owned. He doubted by the age of eleven she would be ready for the next Makai tournament, but he was excited to see how much she would develop until then. Anyways, if she somehow magically was ready, he wouldn't allow it. She was far too young to be considering such a thing anyways, (And is also a human. Only demons could attend the Makai tournament).

In a way, he was proud of his daughter. She accomplished the spirit gun without hardly any training, and he can now see that she did have a fighter spirit. But in the back of his mind, something he shouldn't ignore but choose to anyways, he felt something ominous for the future to come. But, knowing Yusuke, he left it in the back of his mind and ignored it completely. It was probably nothing.

Four Years Later

Aria didn't have the slightest clue why she was forced to wear a skirt. Wasn't school suppose to be none sexual? … Okay, yeah the skirt was almost to her ankles but still, if she was ever attacked by some random demon or whatever, everyone would surly see her pink underwear her mom bought for her. She hated pink.

School, like always, was boring for Aria. It was easy for her, too easy actually. Having a tutor that was a former demon in another life also helps too. She shouldn't have to go to school; she is ten years old after all. Come on! Fourth grade is far too easy for her; she should have the privilege to skip it. Have one year off to train for the next Makai tournament, her spiritual powers only compares to a High D class demon, (Low C class if Yusuke pisses her off enough), and that just made her even more frustrated. There's no way in hell she would be able to beat her own father being a D/C class.

All of this crossed her mind as she walked to class for the day. Her head hung low as she watched her feet as she walked. Her eyes betrayed her as she thought when her "sort of" friend, Mako, came out of his house when he saw Aria pass by. He was a normal human, but like her he was smart. Probably why she allows him to be around her, if anyone else tried to sit next to her at lunch she would give them an ear full of cuss words. She was a loner, and she hated being around people that looked at her like she was a freak. Yeah, okay, she can take them all on and she demonstrated it more than once on a couple of her fellow students. They were all afraid of her, and she knew she didn't belong here, not only by the stares she received from her students and even teacher, but also because she could feel it deep in her heart.

Every night she dreamed about the Makai, it was even hard for her to sometimes sleep at night when it wasn't storming. When it did storm, she would imagine that she was in her father's castle sleeping and not in her own pink Barbie room that her mother thought would be cute. She only visited the Makai twelve more times since the last Makai tournament, and each time she had a ball. Not only that, but Kujuo was there as well. The last time she was there he challenged her to a fight. Of course he was far stronger than her but it was still fun to fight someone other than her father. He also taught her new fighting stances, mostly defense ones but it did help her greatly. Yesterday, she used one of those stances on her father when they were training, something he wasn't expecting making her have the upper hand. That was the first time someone other than herself did a face plant in the dirt that night. Of course, he decided that it was time to bring it up to the next level. She hasn't felt this sore in a long time.

"Aria?" Mako began to wave his hand in front of her face trying to get her attention. Aria turned her head to look at him and smiled.

"Sorry, I was thinking about something."

Aria not only hated wearing her school uniform but her mother always put her hair into high pigtails, she gave her an ear full saying that when she was Aria's age this was the hairstyle she wore every day. Aria wouldn't argue with her, she learned a long time ago not to back mouth her mother. There were severe consequences; her butt was purple for months. She believes her mother had a stronger smack than her father's punch.

"What were you thinking about, you seemed lost about something?" Mako eyed her weirdly. Mako had been her friend since the first day of grade school and ever since then he knew whenever something was bothering her. She would try to hide it but he would insist – all day that she should tell him.

So basically, he knew about the three different worlds. It surprised her that he believed her the first time she told him when they were in second grade. More surprisingly, he can see ghost, so basically he already knew about the spirit world. When she told him about the demon world, Makai, he believed her right away. One time, when he was little, he remembered seeing someone who had horns but no one else could see it. His mom thought he was crazy when he mentioned it to her and sent him in to see a shrink.

"I'm just thinking about the Makai, it's been about the month since I've last been there and I'm really starting to miss it," Aria acted like she was about to tear up, but she only laughed afterwards because she was a horrible actor and Mako had to point it out.

"You're obsessed with that place. Aren't there big demon's there that would do anything to eat you?" Mako asked with a serious tone, all joking aside.

Aria, on the other hand, laughed. "Yep, but that's what makes it so awesome! They're not like anything you would find here."

"Yeah, but," Mako began, looking over at his strange friend with confusion. He would always ask this question and Aria would always choose to ignore him. He wouldn't understand coming from a family that was all human. "Aren't you afraid of being eaten alive?"

"Not really," she said the same response every time. Mako opened his mouth again to say something but Aria interrupted him. "Hey! Let's skip school today." Aria began walking the other way toward an arcade. "I have quarters today." She sounded like it was a good idea, like nothing was going to happen if they play hookie.

"I rather not," Mako began but Aria grabbed his wrist and dragged him along. She was far stronger than he was so all he could do was try to keep up with her. If he couldn't then he would end up being dragged on the ground. It's hard to explain to his parents when he had pavement burns all over his face.

"Aria, we shouldn't be here!" Mako whined next to her as he glanced all around him like he was expecting a teacher or his mom to pop out and catch him. "We can still make it on time if we leave now!"

Aria snorted but continued on playing dance, dance revolution. She was the best at it because her eyes, unlike most humans, can follow along with the most challenging of songs. A small crowd began to form around the two as they watched the ten year old dance on the hardest level like it was nothing. Not one step did she miss when the song was finished as the words "High Score" popped up on the screen asking for a five digit name. Aria, as usual, put her own name and when she pressed enter her name popped up in first place as well as second, third, fourth, fifth, and so on. Yes, she did like her dance, dance revolution a little too much.

Aria looked back over at Mako and pulled down the skin of her right eye while laughing. "Try to beat that."

Mako rolled his eyes. "Come on, if we jog we might be able to make it. Please Aria; I don't want my mom to be called when I don't show up for first period."

Aria looked at him with confusion. "They'll call our parents?" When he nodded Aria froze. Oh no, if they call her mom she'll get spanked again! A shiver ran down her spine at the thought of not being able to sit for a month crossed her mind. "OH NO!" She yelled running passed Mako and toward the school. "I'm so sorry, so, so, so sorry!" She yelled to no one in particular as she ran frantically to school. Of course, she kept her pace as she ran. For someone her age she can run just as fast as most high school teens and that is frowned upon by her father. She still had to keep a low profile of her abilities even in school. But her mother, which is strange even for her, is a little excited about her running abilities for middle schools when after school clubs become an essential social life for middle school kids. Other than that, she blames Yusuke for making her little girl into a "mini tank of destruction".

"Wait up, Aria…" Mako yelled after her as he tried to keep up.

"You're on your own, Mako," She called back and kept on running. That is until she ran face first into someone's stomach. She fell backwards onto her butt, her book bag flying to the far right and hitting a trashcan with a thud. Aria rubbed her nose, trying to make it stop stinging before she goes into fits of sneezing, and looked up at the guy who wouldn't get out of her way. He looked normal in the general sense, short brown hair, light blue eyes, a white button up long sleeve shirt, and blue jeans. A normal, everyday human, that is except for the horns coming out of his head that only she can see.

Aria slowly stood up and eyeballed the guy in front of her before crossing her arms and jutting her hip out indicating she really didn't give a crap at the moment. "And what the hell do you want?"

The man/demon is disguise smiled down at her as nicely as any stranger would do. Mako finally caught up to her and stopped when he caught sight of the man with horns. At first he didn't say anything as he just stood there staring, then he opened his mouth to say something but Aria elbowed him in the stomach to make him shut up.

"Koenma sent me," he simply said, like mentioning Koenma was a good enough excuse not to ask questions.

But Aria didn't buy it. "Why would Koenma send a demon when he has Botan?"

The demon didn't falter but his smile grew. "Let just say, little girl, that I'm fulfilling my sentence for the spirit world brat and he sent me here to give you this." He handed Aria a DVD case but she wouldn't take it. "He didn't want Botan to deliver because he wants to keep it a secret from your father."

"And why wouldn't he want my father to know about this DVD?"

"Let's just say your father doesn't believe you are capable enough to handle such a job as he did in his younger years," The demon in disguise slightly grins when he saw her face wrinkle up with disbelief, her face growing slightly pink. She snatched the DVD out of his hand and glared down at it.

"I'll look at it but if it looks boring then tell Koenma that he can go suck an egg somewhere away from me!" Aria snarled as she walked past the demon with her head held high. Mako ran over to where she flung her bag, picked it up, and ran after her saying she forgot her bag, while steering clear of the demon. She wouldn't stop though as she trudged along with a set determination.

"What was that all about?" Mako asked a little confused when he caught up to her.

Aria shrugged her shoulders. "I dunno."

Mako scratched his head and looked at his incredulous friend. "Well, we should hurry up to school; we're going to be late."

Aria nodded her head and they both began to jog toward school. Aria grabbed her bag out of his hands and placed the DVD in the front pocket making sure it wouldn't fall out. Once satisfied, she slung it over her shoulder and watched as their elementary school began to grow into view. Their pace quickened when the bell rang indicating that they will be late in five minutes. Once in school they went their separate ways. Aria walked down the almost empty hall to her math class and just slipped inside when the late bell rang. Her teacher eyeballed her when she did walk in but didn't say anything as she walked over to her seat and sat down. Yes, she made it bastard teacher.

As the teacher began to speak math talk, Aria was thankful that in this class she was seated next to the window. She watched as the teacher began to write math problems on the chalk board, but her attention soon turned to the window. Her imagination began to go wild as she thought about what the tape may be concealing. Actually, she was growing more excited by the second. Her father's first mission was with this guy named Rando… she thinks, and that was an interesting mission. Maybe this is something like it. If it is she can truly test her abilities as a fighter, to see if her training has actually paid off.

So far, Aria has mastered the spirit gun, spirit shotgun, spirit punch, spirit gun barrage, and spirit wave, (sort of). She also can make a spirit sword similar to Kuwabara's. She watched him do it a couple of times and by the age of nine she can do it without hardly any effort. Kurama now had begun teaching her techniques in manipulating plants. Yesterday, she made a rose bush grow twice the size then it originally was before she messed with it. Kurama told her she was an extraordinary child but she doesn't think so, she just gets the hang of things better than most people when they first are starting out. Kurama thinks different but what does he know, that's right he doesn't know anything…

(Haha, well I hope this chapter was good. The beginning I had a hard time writing since the focus wasn't on anyone in particular. Also, I just wanted to mention that Yomi will be coming to later chapters as well as his son but I didn't want him in the last Makai tournament because he's still on his journey thing with his son.

Destiny – Yeah, I've been wanting to write a story like this one for a long time now and since I have the time I can do so. Thanks for the review!

HappyAlways – I hope I updated fast enough for you, :).

Update: If you already read my first chapter please look at my authors note at the end talking about Hiei's height, I just added it now and it will play a small itsy bitsy part in my story.)