*Chapter Two*


Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho or any of the characters in the show. However, I do own Hyacinth and Calandra. (NOTE: More characters might come up later)


"Well, of course I would. Wouldn't want to crush him. He is so wild about me." Calandra oozed, smiling at me. I snorted. Ever since she had started to date the most wanted guy at school, she had become so snobby, and it was wearing on my last nerve. But today, I wasn't in the mood to start an argument, so I plastered on a fake smile. "Yep, he's crazy about you." I said. She slammed her locker shut and we started off to biology class. As we walked in silence, I stared at her. She was so pretty with her shiny blond hair, her glowing brown eyes, and her model figure, who wouldn't want to date her? I, with my stringy red hair, lackluster blue eyes and less than perfect body structure, had envied her since the day we met. "He'll probably take me to that new restaurant, Taki Lip. Only the best." She said. She had always liked to rub those kind of things in my face. Her father was the boss of a huge corporation and she had always gotten everything she wanted, while I lived with my 20 year old mother who worked as a waitress in an apartment building. "Well, see you later." She said, waving good-bye. "Where are you going?" I asked quizzically. "Oh, I thought I'd go have a chat with Shuichi before class. I am practically his girlfriend anyway." She answered cooly. Grrrr...


"Anything the matter?" Shuichi asked me. "You seem preoccupied." "Oh, nothing." I lied through my teeth, while actually, a million thoughts were swimming through my brain. It was the end of the day and we were starting another long walk home. "I'm just tired. Must of been that late night movie marathon." I said quietly. I didn't bother to tell him why I had been watching movies on a school night. The truth was that my mom had been working late shifts at the restaurant and I hated to go to bed without her being home. But these were just stupid details. "You really should stop. You need your rest." He said playfully. He stopped abruptly then, and turned to me. "Hey, I really wanted to talk to you about something important." He whispered, looking down at the ground. "What is it?" I asked curiously. "Well, it's just..." He was about to say something else when a large crashing sound interrupted him. We were walking right beside the woods and it sounded like something terribly loud was walking through the trees. "What was that?" I asked him. He just stared ahead seriously into the forest. "Come." He whispered, and grabbed my hand, starting to drag me along. "Where are we going?" I asked him. "Don't ask questions, just come on!" He snapped. That shut me up. As we started running, the crashing sound seemed to be getting closer and closer. All of a sudden, the trees around us started collapsing. He quickly yanked me out of the way, looking very upset about something. And then I got the biggest shock of my life as a humongous purple...thing walked out of the forest and stared straight at Shuichi. "Did you really think you could escape me Kurama?" The thing boomed. Kurama? Who is Kurama? Who is he talking about? My head was about to explode! "My master has ordered for me to bring you before her." It said, grabbing Shuichi's hair. "I'll just take these." "Hey, let go of him!!" I screamed, pounding my hands against the creature. He looked down at me and kicked me hard, causing me to sprawl out over the pavement. "This does not concern you, human child." It said, and picked Shuichi up. He then ran back into the forest. I struggled to pick myself up, wiping the blood off my mouth. Without thinking, I sprinted after him.




kimpfn: I have a question that needs answering. How do you get to the Makai (Or whatever it is called) world? Is there like a portal or something? I won't be able to write the next chapter until I know.