"Peeling the Petals"

Chapter One: Prologue; Blood Red

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho. Only the plot and any original characters ^^. All standard disclaimers apply.

Warning: May be some violence, harsh language, yaoi or het. All standard warnings apply.

Type: Alternative Universe.


Prologue; The Setting.

What would happen if the Reikai Tantei had never been? There were many coincidences that brought those four beings together. What if it had all gone wrong?

This is an alternative universe fic. Mostly a 'what if?' fic. This is my setting ^^.

Yukina had been killed before Hiei found her. He had gotten his Jagan implanted and found out shortly after of her death. The Koorime became a cold-hearted killer. (A/n: Gomen. It was for the plot .)

Youko Kurama was shot by the Reikai 'hunter' and fled into the woman's womb, but Shiori died soon after giving birth. (A/n: That too) Makai traders had found the infant unattended for and felt an interesting youki emitting from him and so they whisked him away to Makai. He was placed in Gandara, Yomi's kingdom. And soon was found by the many eared one himself. Yomi placed curses and wards on the now youthful Kitsune in ningen disguise, who had used to rule him, and forced him to work under him. The reincarnation of the youko was placed under severe wards and watching so he would not over throw the Ruler.

Raizen had found Yuusuke's soul before Koenma did, and used his power to reincarnate his 'son' by himself. The brown eyed boy was classified as 'missing' in the Reikai archives and thought dead to all at Ningenkai. He was, in truth, trained by the not yet deceased Raizen and became a brilliant fighter.

Mukuro had caught the blood crazy Jaganshi, Hiei in her territories, killing her troops. She had sensed great fury and strength in him and he ended up with the position as her heir.

Soon after, Raizen and Mukuro had a personal argument and fought to the death. Raizen used his last energy and killed the female Makai ruler with him. They both hit the ground dead.

Now there were two new powers. Yuusuke Urameshi, and Jaganshi Hiei.

The Rulers were balanced between Yuusuke, Hiei, and Yomi.

Yuusuke grew to hate Hiei, blaming him for Mukuro's faults. He believed his father could have lived longer and carried a loathing for the heir of the one who had caused Raizen death. It was, in the end, a misunderstanding.

Hiei merely ignored Yuusuke. He felt no interest in Raizen's lands yet and busied himself with overthrowing Yomi. He knew that Yomi was more a hazard than Yuusuke.

Yomi felt the threat from Hiei and tried to form an alliance with Yuusuke but the youth refused him. He blamed Yomi equally for Raizen's death and hated the way the blind ruler handled his lands.

And so, the three were stuck in a corner. Hiei plotting against Yuusuke, Yuusuke plotting against both of them, and Yomi building his city walls higher.

Meanwhile, Kurama's soul started to dull. Years of having his youki confined and his speech taken by a curse, the fox had no way to express feelings or anger. His soul sunk down and settled somewhere in his mind. The door was locked and the Kitsune was no longer what he used to be.

The stale mate continued for years. Five hundred years to be exact. Youko Kurama's soul was locked away and all that remained was a shell. The redheaded ningen body stayed youthful because of the internal youki.

Hiei had finally perfected his armies and was ready to attack Yomi.

Yuusuke had decided to watch Yomi and Hiei fight it out so he could take out whoever was remaining. Let the fool's kill each other, he thought.

Yomi was oblivious to the approaching attacks. He felt his walls would keep Hiei away and was not aware that the fire demon had inside spies in Gandara.

He was also preoccupied with a certain fox.

And so, the battle drew closer...

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End Prologue!
-That was just the prologue. The fic's not written in that format *_* It's just a summary ^^. Please review. I'll post the first chapter soon. (I hope)

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