Disclaimer: YuYu Hakusho isn't mine, but I'm keeping Kay's crazy ass and all the things that are about to happen to her.

Secrets

A Strange New Life

Kurama's POV

    "YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BRING HER HERE ALIVE, NOT BURNED AND DAMN NEAR DEAD!" Koenma snapped at us from behind desk. "What happened?"

    "A guy in a trench coat." Yusuke said calmly, as he stood in front of the desk.

    "I know about Satoshi and his group! That's why I sent you four clowns out to protect her!" Koenma yelled.

    "You never told us what we were protecting her for or who was after her. How the hell were we supposed to know they were fashion victims with energy blasts!" Yusuke snapped back.

    I smiled. Yusuke's outbursts always entertained me. Koenma banged on the desk.

    "I don't have to tell you everything. I assign you a case and you do it!"

    "She's alive. Isn't that enough? Kuwabara's starting to come to." Yusuke said, dryly.

    "No it is not. Now her father and my father are going to kill me." He said, worriedly.

    Yusuke raised an eyebrow. "What are you talking about?"

    Koenma's eyes grew wide making it very obvious he was hiding something. "It doesn't matter! Just go!"

    "Fine. Where's Kay?"

    "With Botan. Now Yusuke you have to do me another favor."

    "I thought I had to get out." Yusuke teased.

    "I need you to bring all of the girl's things from her foster home."

    "WHAT?" Yusuke asked.

    "Do it and your done."

    "Fine, whatever." Yusuke turned to face us. "I'm going to check on Kuwabara."

    "I'll join you." I offered. I turned to Hiei. "Coming?"

    "I just want to know what happened. I don't give a damn about the idiot." He said, coldly.

    Botan was sitting next to a bed looking sadly at Kay, whose condition seemed unchanged.

    "Where's Kuwabara?" Yusuke asked as we slipped into the room.

    "Right here." Kuwabara answered as he sat in the chair, his head bandaged.

    "So you took a knock, huh?" Yusuke asked, all smiles.

    Hiei closed the door and stood beside it.

    "Shut it, Urameshi!"

    "What happened, Kuwabara?" I asked as I took a seat in a nearby chair.

    " I don't really remember." He said, guiltily.

    "Funny, that does not surprise me." Hiei said.

    "Hush up, little one! A grown up is talking!" He snapped back. Hiei ignored him, thankfully. "I found Kay and then this group of dark guys in trench coats jumped us. I pulled out my sword and began to fight them."

    "All by yourself?" Botan asked, impressed. Kuwabara smiled sheepishly, his crush on her was so obvious. "Kay picked up a stick and helped but she only had one arm and didn't do much." He said that last part a bit self-consciously. Inwardly I wanted to smile but I suppressed it.

    "The only thing I remember is one more but he knocked me into a tree and Kay...I thought she was gone." He looked to Botan.

    "Is she...Botan? I think one of them stabbed her in the arm. Did she...?"

    "No. She was poisoned but she's fighting it. The girl is strong." She smiled. "Stronger than you think."

    "So you did not kill him?" Yusuke asked.

    "No...but when I came to, I felt weak." Kuwabara told us.

    "No surprise there." Hiei smirked.

    "Seriously, Hiei, I think some of my spirit energy was...stolen. I can't even do my spirit sword when Botan asked."

    That was unlike anything I had ever heard. Even Hiei narrowed his eyes, I could tell he was concerned.

    "Try it again, Kuwabara." I instructed him.

    He stood up and put his hands together. He tried to channel his energy and I could feel it !" He was struggling, it never took him that long to present his spirit sword. He was even sweating profusely but nothing appeared.

    "Pitiful." Hiei said, enjoying this. He could not stand to see any human with power because it greatly annoyed him.

"Shut up, you runt! I can do it! I'm close, I can feel it!"

    "Stop, Kuwabara! You need your rest until we can figure out what happened!" Botan ordered. Kuwabara listened and stopped. Botan looked back to Kay with the same sad look.

    "Are you in love, Botan?" Yusuke teased. Botan grabbed a stick and bopped him in the head.

    "What was that for?" He grumbled.

    "You shouldn't be so disrespectful! Kuwabara, I'm sure you will get your sword back. Let's leave Kay to get her rest." We all stepped out of the room and started walking back towards Koenma's office.

    I stuck my hands into my pockets and felt the gold chain that I had taken from Satoshi when I had killed him. I pulled the chain out of my pocket. It was a name chain that belonged to Kay. From what I could tell it was very old but Kay took care of it. It had a gold backing and was written in English calligraphy.

"So that's what she went out there for." Kuwabara said, looking at my hand.

    "That bastard had taken Kay's chain." Yusuke summated. "That's why she ran out there."

    "You mean to tell me that girl put her life on the line for that scrap of gold?...Humans are pathetic." Hiei shook his head.

    "It's important to her. Kay's parents put her up for adoption and left her that chain. She doesn't talk about them much; I practically had to beat that out of her. She told me that she thought they were martial artists...but I still don't know why a group of assassins were after her." Yusuke said.

    "Don't ask. We've done what was asked. No need asking questions." Hiei said. I was not as convinced but said nothing. As the others left, I returned to give her the chain.

    Kay had not moved an inch. If I had not known any better, I would have thought she was dead. I came closer to her bed and reached for her hand, which was at her side. I opened her hand, placed the necklace inside, and closed it. Her hand was extremely warm as if there had been some activity going on. Her hand's warmth was familiar in a way that I couldn't really connect to. She was a beautiful girl but that was not the cause of my reaction.

    "This girl has a mysterious background." I said to myself. There was much more to her than we cared to believe. I tried to let her go but I was unable to because her hand open and encircled mine...Her hand became even more warm. The warmer she became, the colder I became. Her eyes opened and she winced.

    "Kuwabara?" She whispered weakly, but with a strong hint of concern. I smiled.

    "He's fine." I told her.

    She nodded. "Good." She shared my smile. Then she let go of my hand and collapsed. I thought she had died but she was lightly breathing. I then noticed my own breathing pattern was heavier as if I had been in a minor struggle. I had no clue what had just happened and that troubled me. I resolved to learn everything I could about this girl. I looked down on her fatigued face once again and then left.

Kay's POV: The Week After

    My body felt like I weighed three hundred pounds. My back was tingling with numbness. My eyes felt droopy. My mouth tasted atrocious. And even though I had just wakened up, I wanted to go back to sleep. No, I was not hungover; I had awakened in a large white room with all white furniture. To my side was a white end table with white flowers in a white vase. At one wall there sat a white armoire and a vanity.

    "What the hell?" I sat up, feeling all those feelings I had just described. I ran my fingers through my hair, or at least attempted to. My hair was incredibly tangled. I rubbed my eyes and knocked out loads of crust. It felt like mini boulders were rolling down my face.

    "How long...Where am I?" I asked, aloud.

    Suddenly, the white door opened and a young girl stepped in. She was tall and had a long, bushy, and blue ponytail. She wasn't a nurse because she was wearing a pink kimono. She took one look at me and smiled.

    "Oh, you're up! Good morning, Kay!" She walked over to a corner, snagged a white chair and pulled it next to my bed. Once she had said my name, I was taken aback. I did not know this girl at all. Logically, I asked her a very important question.

    "Who the hell are you?"

    Rude as I was, the blue-haired one continued to smile.

    "I'm Botan. I've been watching you for the week."

    "WEEK! I've been out for a week?" That was crazy, Botan must have been lying.

    "Yes, a week. You've been resting and recovering from a series of injuries."

    "Are you a nurse or a doctor?" I asked.

    "No, but I did help heal you."

    I looked away, wondering if I was going to have to kick someone around.

    "Is this a hospital?" I asked.

    "No." She smiled at me. I kept my calm.

    "Where am I then?"

    Botan frowned in thought.

    "What? You don't know where we are, either?" I asked dryly.

    She shook her head earnestly. "No, I'm just trying to explain to you where we are."

    "Listen, I can take you to the person who can explain this to you but first we have to clean you up."

    I was so weak that Botan had to do everything for me. She even wound up wheeling me into this office with green walls and a large desk with a red chair facing the wall.

    "Where am I again?" I asked.

    "You're about to find out." She said.

    "Where is this person? I need answers now." I snapped.

    "Are you always this impulsive?" She asked me.

    "I wouldn't have to be if you explained what was going on. I am in an unfamiliar place being pushed by a complete stranger and you are expecting me not to want answers?" I asked in disbelief.

    "That's close enough, Botan." A small and slightly unusual voice said from behind the chair. The voice did not sound like some powerful person. I was instantly curious. The chair turned around and I was face to face with an adorable, chubby-faced toddler. I'm not a girly-girl but I am a sucker for babies.

    "Ooh!" I grabbed the kid and pulled him into my lap. He looked very angry but I thought he was the cutest.

    "Kay-" Botan said warningly.

    "Hi cutie!" I picked him up and kissed him on the cheek. I pulled him even closer and hugged him close to my chest.

    Once he was close to my chest, his mean little face brightened up. He closed his eyes and sucked on his pacifier. I looked to Botan, who seemed to be shocked at the baby's reaction.

    "Is this the person's son? He's a cutie. What's his name?" I asked Botan. The baby nuzzled his head deeper into my chest. Botan did not looked pleased, she grabbed the baby by the arm and put him on the desk.

    "Cut it out, Koenma!" She snapped.

    "All right! Geez, Botan was all that necessary?" He snapped back.

    My eyes were as wide as plates because I was so shocked.

    "Why is the baby talking?" I asked.

    "I'm not really a baby. I'm Koenma, son of King Enma. I maintain the spirit world and human world among other things...Judging by the look on your face; you're not getting it. I have someone who would help. Botan, go get Yusuke."

    "Yusuke?...Urameshi?" I did not know what he had to do with this. Botan opened the door and brought out Yusuke dressed in his blue uniform. He waltzed in with a cocky grin.

    "Nice to see you among the living, Shina. I thought those thugs had done you in."

    I smirked. "Shoot, it would take a lot more than a bunch of thugs to do me in. And it is nice to be back, no thanks to you." I remembered Kuwabara being by my side.

    Yusuke was ready to argue but Koenma, the freak baby, interrupted him.

    "Yusuke, I need you to help Kay understand where she is. You can tell her the story of your mistaken death." Yusuke walked over to Botan and nodded,

    "Mistaken death? What is he talking about?"

    "It's a long story but seeing how weak you are, you're going to have to hear it all."

    "Oh goody." I cringed.

    I could have been stoned twenty times over and still not believe Yusuke's story. It was all crazy. There was a car accident...kissing Keiko...spirit detective...and two demons named Hiei and Kurama. He did not go into the last part. Yusuke was not lying; the story was at least an hour long, not including my outbursts and questions.

    "Okay, so Yusuke and Kuwabara rescued me from a group of demon kidnappers? Why? I didn't know all of this existed until now. I'm surprised I have not fainted yet. I'm not special."

    Koenma shook his head.

"Kay you are special. You are an Energist Princess." I had no clue what an energist was...but a princess? Even Yusuke with his supernatural life was confused.

    "I'm no princess. I don't even have a family, I'm just Kay." I explained.

    "You do have a family." Koenma had to stand up in his seat so I could see him.

    Now I knew this thing was talking out of his ass.

    "As far as I know, for the past sixteen years I have been an orphan." I said, hotly.

    "Your knowledge does not extend that far. You are not Kay Kamiya-Shina, a sixteen-year-old orphan. You are really Princess Kayashira Kamiya. You are one of the later descendants of the Energist race, a race mixed of human and ancient demon blood. You're here because we've finally found you and are going to reunite you with your father."

    If I had anything to say, I was not able to say it. I had been alone all of my life, there was no way I had neither any relatives nor royal ones at that.

    "You're lying." I crossed my arms and closed my eyes. I was not tolerating any of that.

    "Koenma is not. You shouldn't say such things. I've seen your father." Botan argued.

    "And who are you? I've just met you." I snapped. "My name is Kay Kamiya-Shina and I don't have any parents." I refused to let them spoon-feed my bullshit. " I'm ready to go. Get me out of here." I said to Yusuke.

    "That will not be necessary." The voice was deep and airy. Whoever was speaking did not using any effort at all. A chill came over my body I could feel that this person was strong. His energy was profound, even though he was at a calm state. 'Clack, Clack' His shoes were warning me that he was coming to my direction. I kept my eyes closed.

    "Kay, grow up! Open your damn eyes! The sooner you learn your destiny, the sooner we can all get out of here!" Yusuke yelled.

    I smiled.

    "Yusuke. Don't think because I'm sitting in this wheelchair, I will not get up and beat your loudmouth ass!"

    "Cut the crap, Kay! You've never been able to get at me." I became so mad that I felt revitalized with energy. I opened my eyes and jumped out of the wheelchair.

    "Bullshit! We're settling this right now!"

    Yes, there was a more important issue at hand right like who was the mystery guy but this asskicking had been a long time in the making. Yusuke was game because he stood up.

    "Hey, hey you two!" Koenma jumped from his desk. He was so short that his stubby legs made at least twenty little steps to move three inches. I thought even that was adorable but I was ready to kill now.

    "No." A well-manicured hand stopped Koenma. I looked to my right. Sitting on Koenma's desk sat a tall man wearing a white silk outfit that looked like he came from Mount Olympus. He wore white sandals on his well-manicured feet. He was clearly Japanese. His eyes were gray with a hint of black. He was very youthful looking but his cool, calm manner suggested he was older, a lot older. His hair was jet black like mine and he wore it very long. Seeing this man set off something inside of me. I knew this man but I did not where or how. He seemed to be amused by what was going on. Good, at least someone was enjoying it. I knew Yusuke wasn't going to.

    "Okay. Bang out. I want it to be just you and me. No fancy shit. If Kazuma can make a light saber, you're probably racking up an arsenal of spirit crap. I don't, so don't use it."

    "If you think that you're so tough then you fight, no stipulations." Yusuke smiled, evilly.

    Only an idiot could agree to that but my pride wouldn't let me back out.

    "Fine."

    We stepped to opposite sides of the office. After a beat, we charged each other. I attacked first, charging him to the ground. We slid into the wall. My hands clung to his arms but he then kicked me in between the legs. Needless to say, I fell out. The searing pain turned me into a bull. Yusuke waited for me to get up. He shouldn't have been so trusting. Since he was close, I did a leg sweep and brought him to the ground. I pulled a pop-up and got away. Once he got up, I kicked him in the chest with all I could muster. He hit the wall but quickly recovered. He spat.

    "You've been in class lately." He wiped away a trickle of blood from his mouth. We both snorted, having fun.

    "Show me your light saber thing." I ordered.

    Yusuke grimaced and then smirked. "Swords are for babies like Kuwabara. I've got a much better toy."

    "Show and tell, friend." I pushed. Yusuke beamed and then struck his hand out and pointed like he was making a gun, as if we were kids. I laughed.

    "What are you going to do? Cap me with a hangnail?" I crossed my arms and leaned against the wall. Somehow, that did not seem smart.

    "NO, YUSUKE! Not in here, I just remodeled." Koenma ordered.

    "Pipe down! I won't hurt the wall. I'm aiming for the girl and I'm going to hit her." Yusuke teased.

    I suddenly felt an increase in Yusuke's power. Everything began to center his pointing finger. Then the finger began to glow...in blue. My arms fell to my sides.

    "SPIRIT GUN!" He bellowed and the next thing I saw was a huge blast of blue light coming my way. I ducked and slid across the floor to the other side of Koenma's desk. I was extremely glad because wall debris flew everywhere.

    " 'Cough' 'Cough' Yusuke, enough!" Koenma and Botan had hid behind the desk as well. I stood, shakily, and looked at Yusuke who couldn't look any more pleased.

    "Pretty cool, huh?"

    I just gaped at him. Jumping in front of a bus had definitely been fruitful for him. I had no clue where to go from there.

    "Don't just stand there, touch him." This voice said to me from with my mind. It was not my voice. It came from that man...he was watching me.

    "That's right. It's me. Trust me on this, touch Yusuke and you might surprise yourself."

    "What the hell are you talking about? He'll roast me!" I telepathically replied back. Yusuke was still grinning like a freak.

    "Do you have any other options?" He asked. I had no answer for that. I hopped over the desk and some rocks and grabbed Yusuke by the shirt.

    "Like that?" I asked telepathically.

    "No, grab his hands." He instructed.

    "What?"

    "Just do it!"

    I listened and covered my hands over Yusuke's. Yusuke looked down and froze. Then he smirked.

    "Look, Kay. I know I'm attractive but Keiko's your best friend. I can't do anything with you."

    "Of all the nerve!" I thought to myself. I crushed his hands in anger.

    "Aargh! What the hell, Kay?" He screamed. As I grabbed his hands and felt against his palms, I suddenly gained this warm, light, and airy feeling. The greatest amount of warmth was at the connection of Yusuke and me. I grew more and more warm while Yusuke grew colder. A light began to glow from where we held hands. There were two different colors of light. Yusuke's was blue and mine was pink. The pink was brighter and larger than Yusuke's. I began to feel incredibly light and woozy while Yusuke looked weaker and weaker. My body began to tingle as I continued to glow.

    "Stop!" The man vocalized. I let go of Yusuke and he dropped to his knees.

    "Yusuke!" Botan exclaimed. I stood there in a stupor.

    Did what just happened, really happen? I felt so powerful, especially in my pointer finger. I lifted my right hand; maybe I had that sick gun like Yusuke had. I turned, lifted my head, and aimed for the wall. This feeling rushed into my finger, like a sudden rush of energy. I looked ahead but I was not sure if it was right to try.

    "No, Kay. Don't second guess, try."

    I felt very foolish, but I chose to say the words anyway.

    "SPIRIT GUN!" I shouted.

    Suddenly, a blast of energy, larger than Yusuke's came out of my fingers and blew a hole in the wall.

    Silence. My mind was completely blown. I must have been dreaming or drunk. My mouth dropped open so wide that the air began to dry my mouth. I couldn't move, my hands were still frozen in position.

    Little Koenma made a whimper in shock.

    "My wall..." He moaned.

    "She learns fast." Botan commented.

Coming up in "Her Secrets": Kay is going to learn the true identity of the mystery man and just how she managed to become an energist in Chapter Eight: My Sperm Donor. Coming up in the future: A look at Kay's new life and a little fun with everyone's favorite group of friends.