DISCLAIMER: If I owned Yu Yu Hakusho, Koenma would fight shirtless in most of his appearances - in his teen form, of course.
Chikako fastened her pace as she climbed the steps to the shrine she called home. It was finally time!
But her happy thoughts came to a halt when she faced her doorway.
There stood Kuro, the Black Asiatic Bear, the beast that had chosen to become Miho's protector. But not in his statue form. No. He stood there, fully in flesh, bones and fur.
"Kuro." she called, and the bear turned. "She touched them, didn't she? "
He growled and crouched. Slowly, his fur turned to clothes and skin, and when he stood up again, he was no longer a bear, but a human. A guy at his early adult years, with black eyes the tone of a charcoal, and spiky black hair that would reach his upper arms if gravity worked on them. A white bandana was tied around his forehead, the only different-colored speck of clothing on his otherwise full-black casual attire.
"She didn't wish for it. "he said, his voice raspy for not being used all these centuries. "She had no choice."
Her breath hitched "Where is she? "
He shamefully looked at the ground.
Chikako pushed him and quickly entered the house. "Miho! " she called frantically.
But no reply came her way.
She rushed to her sister's room, slamming the door open. A gasp left her lips at the sight.
The room was a mess. Furniture upside down, a chair broken beyond repair, the curtains were torn, and the window's glass was in dire need of fixing. The bed was like its user had a fight with Mother Nature herself. A total battlefield. And, worst of all, not a single sign of Miho. The box on which she had placed the guns was empty on the floor. Next to a small pool of blood.
She kneeled down next to the crimson life liquid. Then, she slowly smeared some between her pointer finger and her thumb, her blue eyes shadowed by deep thoughts.
Her eyes instantly widened. As fast as she could, she ran outside, where Kuro awaited her. She grabbed him by the collar, not caring at the time that she was physically threatening a guardian demon.
"Tell me, Kuro. " she hissed. "Did they get inside till the end? "
He shook his head no.
Releasing him, she asked "Who? "
"Tarukane. "
"Why? "
"He knew who she was. "
"How? "
"I don't know. "
"I see ... "
She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. When she opened them again, the look she gave him would be able to kill a human on the spot. He mentally thanked his luck for not being one.
"We're going after them. " she announced. "Ran! "she called.
A little girl with blue hair done in twin ponytails and large melancholic eyes in a deeper hue of blue rushed to her side, her aqua knee-length skirt swaying at her quick and nervous pace and the hem of her white shirt being twisted by her own fingers. As soon as she reached the Priestess, she transformed into a hamster. Carefully, Chikako picked the tiny animal from the ground and placed it in her bag.
Without another word, the eldest daughter of the Minatoyas marched down the steps, with a bear by her side, and a hamster in her bag ...
Please, please, you guys, if you find any grammar mistakes (that are sure to be there), can you point them out and tell me what is the their correct version? Thank you!
