A/N: Thank you to everyone that reviewed. I very much appreciated it. Its good to know that I'm doing okay. I think that some of you are wondering why Kurama didn't notice Chiyo following Rin. The way I see it, Chiyo is extremely old, as in, older than Yoko, about the same age as Rizen and with that, she is very much experienced to for her, masking and manipulating her spirit energy would be easy not to mention she is a witch. I hope that cleared it up for you guys.
Shuichi Minamino entered the classroom in good spirits, but it completely changed when the atmosphere in the classroom was solemn and he could hear cries from one of his classmates, Miria. She was being comforted by a group of girls, while the boys sat in their desk looking down at their desks with pained faces.
"What's going on?" he asked Kaito, who pushed up his glasses.
"Didn't you hear? Rin fell into a coma; her mother found her just lying on her bed and couldn't wake her up. I thought you and Rin were close," Kaito explained smugly, feeling proud he knew something before Shuichi.
Shuichi's stomach dropped when the news fell from Kaito's lips. Miria, Rin's closest friends, wailed louder, having heard Kaito, but her wailing fell to deaf ears as he tried to adjust to the news. It couldn't be, he just walked Rin home last night. How does being tired result in a coma? She was fine when he last left her, sure a little tired but nothing serious.
He stood up from his desk and walked over to Miria. As if the girls sensed his presence, they all split in half that left directly to the crying girl. "Miria, are you alright?" he asked concernedly.
The tiny brunette looked up at Shuichi, her eyes red from all the crying. Miria, like most girls, admired Shuichi, but with the news of her close friend, she could hardly care about her appearance. She shook her head. "Rin is in the hospital. We usually walked together and when I went to her house the ambulance was there. Her mother explained that they couldn't wake her up and they said that she just fell into a coma," she whispered softly, her voice willed with despair and sadness.
Shuichi was about to speak when the teacher entered the classroom. "Alright class, settle down and get to your seats," she commanded them and stood in the front of the class. The students obediently sat in their desks quietly. "As you've all probably heard about Ms. Mori's condition, we will have a moment of silence for her."
The students bowed there heads and prayed with intentions. The rest of the class was all a blur. Shuichi hadn't been able to pay attention to anything the teacher was teaching as his mind was filled with worry about Rin.
The bell rang, signifying the end of the period; most people remained in their seat, still saddened about their friend and peer landing in the hospital. Shuichi turned to his left and saw Hiei perched up on a tree across his classroom. He was the first to stand up; his classmate's eyes followed him as he exited the room.
"What is it?" he asked calmly, masking his sadness.
"There are intruders in Spirit world. Koenma has asked for you," Hiei replied shortly. Nodding, Shuichi followed Hiei as he created a portal for the both of them to enter.
Fear ran through Rin's body as she walked along a dark corridor in an unfamiliar place. She stood closely behind Chiyo, who was walking in a fast pace as if she was on a mission. From what she could tell, the place was huge, most likely a mansion or a castle. Rin wasn't too sure, all she knew was that one minute they were walking through a portal that Chiyo summoned from thin air and then they ended up in a rather dark corridor.
"Where are we?" she asked meekly, her eyes peeled for any possible danger.
"We're in the Spirit world," Chiyo stopped suddenly, making Rin bump into her.
The young teen's eyes widened. "So I am dead," she guessed, reverting into a shocked state.
Chiyo shook her head. "No, you're not, I can still put your soul back in your body but we need to get something from Spirit world. Something that belonged to you," she explained and closed her eyes. Her body then started to glow for a couple seconds then disappeared when she sighed frustratingly. "I can't sense it," she whispered and then turned her attention to Rin. "I need you to close your eyes and focus on the staff Rin always carried with her. You should be able to call for it."
"W-what? I don't even know what it is," Rin interrupted Chiyo.
Chiyo gave her a stern glare. "Just try."
Sighing, Rin closed her eyes and tried to envision the staff Dream Rin was always holding. The same one her former lover tried to steal when they first met. All of a sudden, she was brought back to a memory Chiyo had shown her. It was the first time Dream Rin first received the staff; it had called out to her. The staff kept calling for Dream Rin, until it was no longer Dream Rin that it was calling out for, but to her, the voice was no longer in her memory, but in her mind as if someone was telepathically speaking to her. "Jougen (crescent moon)," she breathed and started to feel a pull. She opened her eyes. "This way," she yelled and started running.
Chiyo kept her senses sharp, knowing that Koenma's people must have already realized that they had broken into his castle. He must have already sent for his spirit detective and his friends. Her eyes widened when she felt a ball of energy heading towards them. Quickly, she picked Rin up by the waist and jumped. Rin let out a squeal, which fell to deaf ears as they floated back down, Chiyo landing gracefully as she still held onto Rin.
Rin looked shocked and confused. They were being attacked! She was dropped onto the floor roughly as Chiyo disappeared in a blink of an eye and was right in front of a teenage boy with slicked back hair and a green uniform and another teenage boy with orange hair, who wore a blue version of the green uniform.
Smirking, Chiyo changed her staff into a long sword and swung it, missing the spirit detective by a mere inch. "Yusuke Urameshi, it's a pleasure to meet you," she said maliciously. "Rin, get out of here and find Jougen!" she commanded and Rin sprung into action.
As if Jougen was guiding her, Rin kept running and the pulling feeling kept getting stronger and stronger. Huffing, she pushed open the heavy set of wooden double doors to reveal Jougen in the middle of the room. It was floating as a lone light shone on it. It looked exactly like the staff from her dream. She could hear a male voice in her head calling to her. Saying her name, she instantly knew it was Jougen. She walked ever so slowly to it, her right arm outstretched to grab it. It was as if she was trying to savior the moment of finally being able to hold Jougen after hundreds of years.
Just as she was about to grasp it in her hand, she quickly jumped back, on instincts and luckily she obeyed her newly sharpened instincts as a sword replaced where she stood. She yelped, clumsily falling to the ground, her hair splayed out everywhere. Her eyes wide as she followed the sword leading up to a small figure dressed in black. He had a smirk on his face and a look that said he didn't care if she was male or female, he was going to attack.
"Hiei, Koenma said not to kill them," a familiar voice scolded the teen named Hiei.
Rin's eyes were wide as plates, instantly recognizing that serene voice. She slowly turned her head towards the figure behind her and sure enough, still dressed in his uniform was Shuichi. "Shuichi?" she whispered, her voice in shock. Rin's mind was addled as it refused to function. What the hell was Shuichi doing here?
Kurama's eyes widened when he finally got to see who the intruder was. "Rin?" He took had a look of shock on his face, echoing Rin's own face. Rin couldn't have been the intruder and if she was in Spirit world, it meant that she was dead.
"Too bad, I guess I'll just have to tell Koenma my sword slipped!" Hiei yelled and lunged his sword at Rin, who sat on the ground in shock.
"Hiei, no!" Kurama yelled, running towards Hiei and Rin to save her. For the first time, true fear entered his heart, as he was about to watch a dear friend of his die right before his eyes.
Rin closed her eyes and screamed a blood-curdling scream as she held her arms as if to protect her. Then all of a sudden she was surrounded by light, blinding Hiei and Kurama. Kurama stopped running and then heard a loud clang, his eyes adjusted to the bright light as it dimmed only slightly. Rin's eyes widened when she saw Jougen in her hand, blocking Hiei sword. A sudden force pushed Hiei away, smashing into the wall, and then Rin's eyes glazed over.
She started to float up; a crescent moon appeared on her forehead and started to glow brightly. Rin started to feel a warm feeling flowing through her body, tears started to pool in the corner of her eyes. She was extremely afraid and confused. She had no idea what was going on and what was happening to her. Rin didn't know why people were trying to kill her and it scared her. All she wanted was to be back I her bed, safe and warm.
"What's happening to me?" she asked as every memory, every emotion and every pain Rin of the Moon felt when she was alive, Rin started to remember and experience. She faced Kurama; fat tears were now slowly slipping down her porcelain face. "Please help me," she begged. It was the last thing she said before she fully transformed into Rin of the Moon.
"Rin!" Kurama yelled, he barely noticed Chiyo, Yusuke and Kuwabara enter the room. "Snap out of it!" Before his eyes, Rin started to transform into his former lover, Rin of the Moon. Her hair grew longer and lighter, she grew taller and her eyes changed into a grey color. Her clothes also started to change. His heart soared and ached at the same time as he watched Rin change before his very eyes. Yoko began to stir from within his soul, begging to take a peek at his former lover and partner.
Rin stopped glowing, but she was still floating as she clutched onto Jougen tightly. Her eyes grew colder as she looked at the group in front of her. "Jougen," she whispered silkily, her voice no longer the human Rin, but Rin of the Moon. "It's been so long, my friend," she said affectionately, caressing the head of the staff with her cheek.
"Hey Lady! Do you want a moment with that thing?" Yusuke taunted, he was annoyed. All he wanted to do was rest, but it was ruined when Koenma summoned him, explaining that two intruders had snuck into Spirit world. He really had no patience for the two women.
Glaring at the ignorant teen, Rin raised her staff. Kurama was about to tell Yusuke to stop, knowing full well what Rin of the Moon was capable of, but it was too late. "Silence," she whispered in a deathly calm voice, and then Yusuke clutched onto his neck as he struggled to speak.
Kuwabara flailed his arms around, looking between Yusuke and the mysterious woman. "What did you do to Urameshi?" he demanded.
Chiyo disappeared from beside Yusuke and reappeared beside Rin, who was now on the ground. "Rin."
"Chiyo, my dear sister," Rin said calmly, the only emotion she had came from her eyes and it was endearment for her sister. "I have returned."
"Chiyo!" Kurama yelled. "What did you do to Rin?"
Chiyo shrugged, her face emotionless. "Nothing that wouldn't have happened in time, Yoko Kurama."
Hiei grunted in annoyance. "I've had enough of this. Witch, prepare to die!" he yelled impatiently and lunged his sword forward.
Rin just raised her staff and a force set Hiei back. She stepped to the side, when she noticed Yusuke's fist about to collied with her face. "Weaklings," she whispered and blocked Hiei's sword with her staff, and sent him to the ground with a kick in the gut. She was about to strike a deadly blow, when a whip wrapped itself around Jougen. She followed the whip, leading it to the red haired teen. She smirked. "Yoko Kurama. I never would have believed you would take a human body," she mocked.
Kurama looked determined to stop her from hurting his friends. Even though he looked calm inside, a war was raging within him. He was fight to keep control over his body, to suppress Yoko from emerging.
Rin burned the whip, making Kurama let it go. She reappeared beside her sister once again, who looked stoic.
"Rin, stop using your powers. The girl will not be able to withstand the powers you are using," Chiyo warned her sister. Even though she was happy to have her sister back, she knew that her sister was not truly back. The Rin they were seeing now was merely a failsafe to protect the human Rin. She still cared for the human Rin as it was still her sister's soul that resided in her.
Rin made a sound of distaste before using her staff to send Yusuke, Kurama, Kuwabara and Hiei back, hitting the wall with the last of her powers. Just then Rin's body glowed again and she became human again. Her vision became bleary and she all of a sudden became exhausted, her breathing was labored. Her body instantly went limp, Chiyo managing to catch her before she hit the ground.
"Sorry boys, let's do this again," Chiyo mocked, hitting the floor with the bottom of her own staff, then a portal was created behind them and she fell into it, closing after them, Rin still in her arms like a sack of potatoes.
Kurama stood up weakly and ran after them. "Rin!" he yelled angrily and tried to catch up to the fast closing portal. It disappeared before he could reach it, and he hit the ground with his fist in frustration.
A/N: So Rin discovered Kurama's secret life and not in the best of ways. If you're confused about Rin of the Moon's emergence it will all be explained in the next chapter, I promise. And the more people reviewing, the more I'm tempted to update it as its already finished. So review!