i own nothing but my ideas, meanign i do not own anything to do with yu yu hakusho, nor do i own any songs mentioned in this or any chapter, thanks for my review :), here's another go at it. let me know what you think!
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"Alright kid, what is this all about? I thought I was retired," said Yusuke.
"Yeah, I thought we had peace on all the worlds, why are you calling us here?" asked Kuwabara.
"Something has come to my attention that needs our immediate action. We need to have our-" Koenma was cut off.
"We?" questioned Hiei, raising an eyebrow.
"Yes. We. Now, you have all heard of the Reikai Yogen, am I correct?" asked Koenma, though he doubted that all of them had.
"Reikai Yogen?" repeated Yusuke.
"Is that like, a spirit world food or something?" asked Kuwabara.
"It's the ancient prophecy that began at the beginning of time," Kurama began to explain, "When all three worlds came to be, an ancient text was found among each of them. The Makai one was devoured by a demon that thought it was beneath his power. The Ningenkai one has been forever lost, and the Reikai one sits with King Enma."
"Really? I didn't know that, what's on this prophecy?" asked Yusuke.
"No one knows. It is written in a language that only King Enma, and I'm sure Koenma can understand. The language of the ancients, the original rulers of these worlds. I'm assuming you know the contents of this?" Kurama asked the young ruler of the Reikai.
Koenma looked nervous at first, "Not exactly. I only know what my father tells me. It is the most important thing in the universe, and we have to act while we still have the time."
"Alright, so point us in the direction of the bad guy, and we'll have at 'er," said Yusuke.
"It won't be that simple."
"Are you kidding? After all the crap we went through with Toguro, Sensui, and all those other bad guys?" Kuwabara was outraged.
"No. I'm more serious than I've ever had to be in my entire life. We're going to need help this time."
"Alright, point us in his direction then. I want to have this all done before dinner," said Yusuke.
"I'm afraid it will take more time than that. Come with me," said Koenma, changing into his teenage form and opening a portal. The five of them jumped inside of it, traveling to their destination. Once they had reached the other side of it, they were floating down from a sky not unlike their Ningenkai world. It was blue, full of clouds, the sun high, but below them was not a city that they recognized. It wasn't approaching fast either, and it gave them time to try and figure out where they were.
"We're transparent," noted Kurama. He could see through his own hand, and it made him curious.
"Yes. In this world, we don't exist and it is important that we only appear to the one we need," explained Koenma.
"So we're like ghosts or something?" asked Kuwabara.
"Sort of, but I wouldn't think of yourself like a ghost. Although nothing here can kill you, you are also invisible to everything you come across."
"So it's like when I was just a spirit after I died," mused Yusuke.
"It's exactly like that, only none of us are dead."
"Hn. I don't think parlor tricks will impress your warrior all that much," said Hiei.
"Perhaps it is not to impress, but to follow the rules of another dimension," said Kurama.
"Yes. If we start to exist in this world, we could throw off the balance of it completely," said Koenma.
"But then how are we supposed to use the help of this phantom warrior if they can't exist in our world?" asked Yusuke.
"This one is an exception."
They continued to float down towards what they could only call Earth. Technically, it was Earth, just not their Earth. Nothing really looked all that different, but they knew that they weren't in Japan. As they got closer, they could see that everything was much bigger here than their home, meaning they were somewhere west. It was cold, so they also knew that they were more north. Of course, they couldn't feel the cold but the snow on the ground was a good indication of what season it was. The city wasn't all that big, no where near as big as theirs in Japan. As they finally got low enough to only see a section of the city, Koenma brought them to a three story walk-up. There were many cars parked in the driveway, and a few other buildings around it. They went to one in specific, and right through the roof into an apartment. There was a girl, Chinese ethnicity it looked like, sitting on a comfortable looking chair watching t.v. She was laying with a male, could only be described as Canadian. They five of them landed on the ground, and then walked around the couch and down the hallway. The last door on the right had a cat scratching at the bottom of it. There was some noise, and then the door opened.
Kurama's breath caught in his throat. The tabby walked in and jumped right onto the bed. The girl on the other side of the door was laying in her bed, under her blanket and smoking a cigarette. She was flipping through the channels on the t.v, the remote held limply in her hand. It seemed as if she finally found a show, because the set the remote down on her computer chair, that was beside the bed. She put out her cigarette and picked up her laptop. She began typing on it, while looking at school notes. Interesting. But that wasn't what interested Kurama. He couldn't be quite sure what it was. She was ordinary, nothing all that special about her. Kurama couldn't even feel any kind of power flowing through her. That made him wonder.
"This human girl?" questioned Hiei.
"Yes. Riane Diskenis. Female, age 19, blood type, AB+. She is currently a student, a college on the other side of the city," said Koenma.
"What could we possibly need with a weak human girl? She has absolutely no power."
"We need her like air to breath, Hiei. It is very important that we get her back to our world."
"Hn."
"How exactly are we going to do that if she can't even see us?" asked Kuwabara.
"I will enable it so that only she will be able to see us. We'll observe for now, I haven't been able to look in on her in quite some time," said Koenma.
"You've been keeping an eye on her?" said Kurama, his eyes never leaving the sight of her. There was something that really intrigued him about this girl.
"We have to. The Yogen is something we must all take seriously, and that means keeping a close eye on events not only in our own worlds, but in all the other dimensions. The Ningenkai is linked to every one of these dimensions, but are still ultimately in balance with our own Reikai and Makai."
"So you're saying that all of these dimensional Ningenkai's are still under you? And you watch them all?" asked Yusuke.
"Yeah. We have no choice. Something could happen in one of them to throw off the balance in another."
"That sounds like a lot of work," said Kuwabara.
"It is, but we don't have a choice."
"Ri, you're going to be late!" shouted the Chinese girl from the couch.
"Shit," they heard Riane mutter. They watched as she closed her laptop, pet the cat, and jumped up from her bed. She put her boots on, grabbed her coat, keys, smokes and school bag. She dashed out the door, careful of her cat. She ran down the hallway of the apartment. From there, she jumped most of the stairs, and finally, was out the door. They looked on, as she ran to her car, careful not to slip on any of the ice, and started it. They were in the car with her within in a minute. The music was loud, heavy metal genre, and it was amazingly clean inside. The seats were leather, and he was sure it was heated. Although the car was only had five seats, four others plus the driver, it didn't really matter when you could walk through walls. She backed out of her parking spot fast, then, shifted into first gear and drove off. She sang with the music, though it was hard to recognize. She reached up to her fifth gear, driving on dirt roads, completely away from the main ones. It wasn't long later, that she had to slow down and pull into the campus grounds.
"Great. Travel millions of miles across the world, into another dimension just to end up back at school," said Yusuke dryly.
"This could be good for you, Yusuke. You might learn something," said Kurama.
"Yeah, Urameshi. You're the only one here who never finished school," said Kuwabara.
"What about Hiei?" exclaimed Yusuke.
"Hn. I'm not from this world," said the small fire apparition.
They watched Riane run through the halls, upstairs and onward to her class. She was five minutes late. That was normal. Kurama was never one to shy away from a school. He stood, listening intently. She was in a philosophy class. That was interesting. He watched her. She was quite tall, shorter than him of course, but for a girl, she was tall. Her hair was long, a honey coloured blond, her eyes a strange golden brown colour. He couldn't understand why she was so interesting. He supposed there was just something about her, some mystery that he couldn't quite understand. Who was she? Just an ordinary girl? Hardly, if all of Reikai kept tabs on her. But if she was so ordinary, just a simple human girl, then why were they so interested in her?
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Riane sat there just doodling. She was sitting sideways, her back against the wall and her feet up on the chair of the seat beside her. She liked this class, but she had previous knowledge of it. She wrote down notes when they appeared, but didn't bother to listen to the lecture. The teachers never really noticed her anyway. What was there to notice? Just another ordinary and repetitive day. She wasn't all that depressed, she just wasn't very optimistic as of late. She loved her boring ordinary life, didn't really ask for more. She just wished something exciting would happen once in a while. She was bored with life, but she wasn't all that concerned about it. This is what it was. She packed up her things, getting ready to leave the school for lunch somewhere. She was excited to get back in her car and just drive. Flogging Molly song going as she was backing out. Kittie began to rage through the speakers.
"She is not scared to die. Best things in life drive her to cry," she sang along with the tune. She drove home, where she knew that her roommate would be waiting for her. She had class around the same time she did, and the two of them decided to go out for lunch together. She pulled into the parking lot of her building, Amy was waiting there for her, which was good, because she did not want to have to go outside of the car and all the way up the stairs. That seemed like such a long way to go. Fuck that noise. But it wasn't the problem, since Amy was getting into the passenger seat right now. The boyfriend had a day off, to do nothing but play xbox. Riane was sure that nothing would be cleaned by the time that they got home, nor would anything be taken out for dinner.
"So, Joe and I are going up north for the weekend. We decided, 'cause it's when he gets paid," said Amy.
"Yeah I figured. Just watch the roads, that truck is nothing like my car," said Riane, heading back to the campus area to find something to eat. Amy wasn't all that great with English. Probably because it wasn't her native tongue. That was okay though.
"I know. Joe's jealous."
"He sure is, why else would he try to drive like me?"
Amy laughed, "Well, hopefully he learned after getting the truck fixed."
"Probably not. He still sees my car in the driveway all the time."
"Yeah... but he doesn't want to spend more money fixing it."
"Of course not. He just wants his money to waste on things he doesn't need."
"Well, I'm trying to get him to save. He keeps talking about getting a visa to build up his credit."
"That's a terrible idea. He's not good with money. No offense."
"No, I know. I keep telling him it's a bad idea. I'll make sure he doesn't, I don't want him unable to pay for the bills."
"Yep. I don't know how you do it. I could not put up with that shit."
Amy just shrugged.
"Shawarma?"
"Yummy."
The two of them laughed as Riane parallel parked in front of the shawarma shop. They both got chicken shawarma's, with different toppings, fries, and a drink. What a great food. So good, she could die happy eating this shit. She took a drink of her pop when she was finished. The problem with it, was just too messy. Amy walked up to the counter to grab more napkins. They cleaned up and left soon afterwards. Class was going to start again, and they had to get there on time for once.
This class was so boring. How was she supposed to learn anything if they wouldn't make it interesting? Brave New World. Bunch of dystopian books on the agenda. Who cares? This shit is either gong to happen or its not, so why worry about it. If it does happen, what are we going to do about it? There's nothing that can be done. That wasn't exactly wishful thinking, however. Fuck, why couldn't those idiots in the middle stop talking. They kept the class going for longer than was really needed. Belch. Tasted like shawarma. Wonder if the guy behind will smell it. She smiles, he does smell it. She looked behind her, swearing that she could hear laughter behind her. There wasn't any though, and the boy behind her payed no attention to her. Nobody really did, but she didn't care either.
Most people were annoying, and she was particular when it came to choosing friends. She would never approach them, oh no, not unless she had to. However, if there was a conversation going on that she found interesting and comfortable with, she would jump in and offer her opinion. That's the way it usually worked. Presentations, she got a few laughs, and those were the people she knew would be worth talking to. She was social, sure. She had lots of friends, but she didn't talk to very many of them. Why should she go through all of the effort? Why couldn't they make an effort? More notes, damn. When would it end? Why was this guy such a jerk? He always says that its important to keep up good note taking, but then he speeds through the powerpoints. What a dick. Either way, class was now over. Good, she could use some serious fuck school time.
That wasn't to say she didn't fuck school a lot. She went, sure, but she didn't really care too. She'd rather just spend the time doing whatever she wanted and not worry about stupid things like money. Amy was coming out just as she was. They both walked to her car, and Riane drove off. She loved getting up to fifth gear, the fastest she could go. It was dangerous, very much so, but her car could handle it. Amy used to be scared, but she got used to it. She even went so far as to say that her boyfriend's driving was boring. Riane only let Joe drive the car when she was unable to. She'd prefer if Amy did it, but she didn't know how to drive stick. That was important. Automatic was pretty fucking boring. Stick saved gas.
They arrived at home, Riane going back to her room. Amy also retired to her room. Neither of them really cared to watch Joe play xbox. She missed the arcade in the city. Not only did she make shit load of money selling drugs there, it was fun to play. They just had to close it down. Seemed like all the fun things to do as a child were disappearing. Whatever, she had the world wide web in front of her. Tapping away at the keys of her laptop, she put on some music from her list and commenced her search for more movies list. While letting those work, she turned on her playstation and began to play a game.
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"Okay, this is a little weird. Girls don't play video games," said Kuwabara.
"What's the objective?" asked Kurama, ignoring his friend completely.
"We have to tell her what is happening and get her to return with us. She has to be ready in time," said Koenma.
"I do not think that is the best course of action."
"We don't have a choice. I'm going to make it so that only she is able to see us."
It wasn't a complicated process. They honestly didn't feel any different. The girl in question was not aware of their presence. Could she really see them now? They watched Riane light a cigarette from where she was sitting. Her eyes were glued to her game, that Kurama noted she was doing very well with. It was a puzzle, and he would have to play it in order to figure it out. Role-playing. Maybe she did them to escape into another world, or maybe it was to keep her brain active. He wouldn't know, because at that very moment, those eyes of her looked straight into his. He felt as if she was looking right into his soul. But she didn't seem to care, just ignored them. Koenma cleared his throat.
"Yes?" she questioned, her eyes on the game.
"Hello, Riane. We need to talk," said Koenma.
"So talk."
"Yes, well, we need you to come with us."
"No thanks. Finals are coming up soon, I shouldn't be going anywhere."
"Wait a second, aren't you wondering where we came from?" asked Kuwabara.
"No, not really."
"Why not?" asked Yusuke.
"Never mind, Yusuke, we don't have time for this. Riane. We need you in our world. You have to come with us now," said Koenma.
"Yeah, can't do that. But so nice of you to offer," she replied.
"It is a matter of urgency. If you don't come with us, then your world will perish."
"Right. Well, good luck with that."
"You don't care if everyone you know lives or dies?" exclaimed Kuwabara.
She sighed, taking another drag of her smoke and pausing her game, "For one, I don't give a shit. In all honesty, I fucking hate humans. They are stupid, greedy and a poison on this Earth. Without us morons, this place would be flourishing, crime wouldn't exist, and greed no longer a problem. We're too possessive and that's what ultimately will get us killed. So be it. Just like a forest sets fire to itself to cleanse, so should we all burn and die. We think we're so smart with all of our inventions, all we're doing is creating another way to die. Fuck it, I don't want to save a world that deserves what it gets."
"Hn. She has a point," said Hiei.
"I'm surprised you could see it from all the way down there."
Yusuke and Kuwabara started laughing at that. Kurama chuckled slightly to himself.
"What are you dopes laughing at? Not like you're all lookers anyway. This one's fucking gay as fuck," she pointed to Kurama, "You need a serious non-Elvis make over," she gestured to Yusuke, "You're giving yourself crooked teeth while sucking on that thing, unless you're just getting practice for the real thing then hey, I won't judge for that," Koenma, "And you're just fucking ugly," Kuwabara. No one was laughing at that point. She had successfully insulted them all. Although, Kurama thought he saw a small smirk on Hiei's face. Just an ordinary girl...
"Listen lady, I can get more girls than you could imagine!" said Kuwabara.
"More than zero? Yeah right."
Yusuke was laughing again, "Yusuke Urameshi."
"Use kay? The fuck kinda cracked out name is that?"
"Kazuma Kuwabara."
"Alliteration? Someone was lazy..."
"I am called by many, but you may know me as Kurama."
"I can't find anything funny to say about that."
"Hn," scoffed Hiei.
"Interesting..."
"That's Hiei, and I am Koenma. This is a serious matter, Riane-" Koenma tried to speak.
"You're right, it's very serious. My subconscious is really lacking in normality. I can't believe it came up with you bozos."
"You think we're just images of your self conscious that took on forms to talk to you?" questioned Kurama.
"Well duh. How else would you have just appeared out of nowhere?"
"I am the ruler of the Reikai, a spirit world. I judge the souls of the dead after they have expired," said Koenma.
"Oh, so you think you're God now do ya?"
"No. My father, King Enma takes care of all the major decisions. I simply work under him to make his job easier."
"So you're Jesus then?"
"No. I am Koenma."
"So you've said, but what you just described is not what people here would call you. Interesting though. I think my self conscious actually has a basis for a story I could write. Hell, I could even turn it into a movie to t.v show."
"You're a writer," Kurama stated.
"Bingo."
"How did you guess that?" asked Yusuke.
"Um, duh, he knows everything I do, he's apart of my subconscious."
Koenma sighed, "We're not getting anywhere with this. Is there anything I can say that will convince you to come with us?"
"Not a chance in hell."
"That's what I thought. Okay, this is the new plan-"
"Why can't we just drag her along? I mean, she's obviously not that tough," said Yusuke.
"That won't work. We can't exist in this world. We can't even touch her. Besides, the dimension traveling only has one rule, that all travelers proceed willingly. We can't take her against her will or else we will be denied access. One of us should stay behind, and convince her to leave with us by the end of the week."
"Who the hell's going to do that?" asked Kuwabara. Koenma created a portal.
"Hn. I'm not going to sit here and babysit some worthless human girl," said Hiei, stepping into the portal.
"Keiko would kill me if I stayed away to spy on some other girl," said Yusuke.
"Yeah, and Shizuru will have my head if I'm not home to study," said Kuwabara.
"That just leaves you, Kurama," said Koenma. It looked as if he was smiling slightly. Kurama nodded slowly, suspecting that they were all up to something.
"Well, enjoy fox boy. At least you get to be in school," said Yusuke smiling. He jumped into the portal, Kuwabara following after him.
"You have a week," Koenma told the fox, and then he too disappeared into the portal. Kurama looked at Riane who was back in her game. He had no idea how he was going to convince this girl that he was not just a piece of her subconscious.
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MY NOTE! sorry if this offended anyone of the catholic or christian or of any religion. my only purpose was to state how similar it is to our own religions if we have any
