Whee! This is my first ever Yu Yu Hakusho fanfic, so please enjoy it! It
takes place after the Dark Tournament ('cause that's how far I've gotten in
the dub series). '//' means that the enclosed text is the character's
thoughts.
For the record, I do not own any of the characters in Yu Yu Hakusho (although Yuske would be nice, minus the hair gel. He's cuter without it!). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Hey Yuske?"
"What d'ya need, Botan? I just got out of school, so don't you dare say we've got another assignment." Yuske Urameshi had just managed to survive another horrifying day of Jr. High, and all he wanted to do at the moment was to either beat someone up in a fight or sleep the rest of the day.
"I was just wondering who that girl is," she said, used to his temperamental outbursts. Puu was nestled comfortably in Keiko's arms, puuing as he always did.
The 'girl' in question was sitting on a bench, reading a very thick novel. There wouldn't have been anything unusual about her, except that she was extremely short, and was wearing a guy's uniform. Her legs didn't even touch the ground, kicking slowly as she read the huge book. Her bright pink hair was drawn back into a ponytail, wavier than most girls' hair was around Yuske's town.
"I think I know her," Keiko said, staring hard at the girl. "She just transferred here this morning. Kanshisha!"
The girl's head popped up immediately, revealing light brown eyes. "Oh, ohayo, Keiko! I didn't think I'd see you so soon outside of class!" The girl hopped down from the bench, landing lightly on the balls of her feet. She walked over to them, the book held with her hands behind her back. "Who are your friends?"
"Oh! This is Botan," Keiko said hurriedly, pointing to her, "and this is Yuske. You might have heard of him." She grinned and hugged Puu.
"Nothing but a bunch of hot air." The statement coming from the girl's mouth made Yuske ready to deck her right then and there. //How dare she!? I'm twice her height, and I've got way more than three times her strength, even without the Shotgun!//
"Hot air, am I?" he asked, a dangerous glint in his eye. "Let's start talking about you, then. You're nothing but a shrimp!"
"And you aren't going to amount to anything if you try and beat me in a word fight. Keiko, I have to go, so make sure you keep him out of trouble." She turned on her heel, walking at an unhurried pace away from the trio.
"What the. That little punk of a girl! She just walked away from me without a fight!!" Yuske was more than pissed. No one walked away from him like that without a few broken bones. He almost began to power up for a Shotgun, but Botan stopped him.
"Yuske. That. might not be the best of ideas." When he turned to ask her why the heck not, he saw that her pink eyes were wide with shock.
"What's with the big dramatic act, Botan? She's getting away, and she's just a punk kid!" he yelled, Keiko trying to shush him.
Botan sighed and pulled all three of them into an alleyway. Once she had checked to make sure that no one could hear, she said in a hushed tone, "Yuske, I can almost guarantee that you would lose that fight, even if you used all the spirit energy you had. She's so powerful, it almost hurts to look at her."
"But. Who could have so much power and you not know who they are, Botan?" Keiko was confused. She hadn't met anyone who could beat Yuske, and even though Kanshisha was pretty strong, she didn't think the girl could beat Yuske, not after what Genkai had given to him.
"I don't know, and that's one of my assignments, to find out. So," she exclaimed, clapping her hands together, "if you two could buddy up and find out a lot of stuff about her, that would be great!"
"I know the perfect way," Yuske growled, running out into the alleyway. "All I have to do is challenge her to a fight!"
~~~A few hours later~~~
Yuske was very mad now. He had been searching for more than four hours for the girl, and he couldn't find a trace of her. //Damnit, I know I saw her near here.//
Suddenly, there she was. Right in the middle of a park he was absolutely sure he had searched a hundred times. Her pink hair was flowing loosely over her shoulders as she called out, "You want a fight? Then get your lazy butt over here, slacker."
//What the hell? Who is she?// He glared at her and said, "I'm coming, shortie." He walked so that he was towering over her and said, "I'm going to beat you, and you know that?" He felt much more confidant now. She didn't seem so tough once you got up close to her.
"I doubt it. Take your position." She moved like a cat, sinking down until she was in a fighting stance. Yuske had to shake his head to clear memories of a similar stance that his mentor had used and crouched as well, tensed and ready.
"Begin when you will." Yuske charged, not even giving her a second to react. He hit her square in the face, making her bend over backwards like she was an acrobat.
"Heh. Gotcha pretty good, so why don-" His speech was abruptly halted as he found a very pointy foot collide with his stomach. He flew back a few paces, and barely managed to keep on his feet as they were separated by a few feet of air. He gasped and held his stomach, not believing what had just happened.
She was standing up right, with the barest of red marks on her face. She rubbed it, saying, "Well, you're the first person in a while to actually land a good one. Most don't even make a scratch."
Yuske grew even angrier, feeling his spirit energy increase. //I won't use it just yet. I'll just wait a bit to see if I can take her out without it.// He stood again, and charged, this time not totally focusing on hitting her, just on seeing how she hadn't been hurt. He hit her in the gut, using his foot. //There's no denying it, I do hit her! So why doesn't it-// He felt the impact of a punch as he saw a blur dart from behind his foot, over his head, and land on the other side.
He swayed, barely managing to keep his footing. He had never been hit this many times this badly for a long time. He hadn't been hit this bad since he went to Genkai's training thing.
"Pathetic. From all the rubbish I heard about you, I thought you would be at least more interesting than the usual guys I fight. You're nothing but a puny shrimp." He gritted his teeth in anger and looked at the girl, giving her his best death glare.
"And what makes you so special, huh? You're toast now, I'm pissed off enough!" He charged again, thinking that she wouldn't have expected him to be recovered enough to attack so soon.
She had thought of that. He found himself sprawling onto the ground, heading straight for a brick wall. He only had enough time to think, //Damnit, this is gonna hurt!// before he hit it, falling into blackness.
Kanshisha stood, her nice uniform all torn up from the fight. "Well, he is pretty good after all," she mused to herself, taking in the gaping holes in her blue pants, and the tears in her shirt. Thankfully, it was still decent enough to get her home. She put her hands into her pockets and walked down the street, whistling.
//Kanshisha, you know that wasn't very nice to leave him there.// A gravelly old woman's voice floated through her head, making her laugh at the foolishness.
//Honored spirit, I could have just waited until he woke up, and then I would have had to knock him out a lot less nicely. Besides, I think I can hear his friends coming.//
Kanshisha got the mental image of an old lady shaking her head. //Sometimes I wonder who's in control here, you or me.//
//You know the answer to that one.//
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For the record, I do not own any of the characters in Yu Yu Hakusho (although Yuske would be nice, minus the hair gel. He's cuter without it!). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Hey Yuske?"
"What d'ya need, Botan? I just got out of school, so don't you dare say we've got another assignment." Yuske Urameshi had just managed to survive another horrifying day of Jr. High, and all he wanted to do at the moment was to either beat someone up in a fight or sleep the rest of the day.
"I was just wondering who that girl is," she said, used to his temperamental outbursts. Puu was nestled comfortably in Keiko's arms, puuing as he always did.
The 'girl' in question was sitting on a bench, reading a very thick novel. There wouldn't have been anything unusual about her, except that she was extremely short, and was wearing a guy's uniform. Her legs didn't even touch the ground, kicking slowly as she read the huge book. Her bright pink hair was drawn back into a ponytail, wavier than most girls' hair was around Yuske's town.
"I think I know her," Keiko said, staring hard at the girl. "She just transferred here this morning. Kanshisha!"
The girl's head popped up immediately, revealing light brown eyes. "Oh, ohayo, Keiko! I didn't think I'd see you so soon outside of class!" The girl hopped down from the bench, landing lightly on the balls of her feet. She walked over to them, the book held with her hands behind her back. "Who are your friends?"
"Oh! This is Botan," Keiko said hurriedly, pointing to her, "and this is Yuske. You might have heard of him." She grinned and hugged Puu.
"Nothing but a bunch of hot air." The statement coming from the girl's mouth made Yuske ready to deck her right then and there. //How dare she!? I'm twice her height, and I've got way more than three times her strength, even without the Shotgun!//
"Hot air, am I?" he asked, a dangerous glint in his eye. "Let's start talking about you, then. You're nothing but a shrimp!"
"And you aren't going to amount to anything if you try and beat me in a word fight. Keiko, I have to go, so make sure you keep him out of trouble." She turned on her heel, walking at an unhurried pace away from the trio.
"What the. That little punk of a girl! She just walked away from me without a fight!!" Yuske was more than pissed. No one walked away from him like that without a few broken bones. He almost began to power up for a Shotgun, but Botan stopped him.
"Yuske. That. might not be the best of ideas." When he turned to ask her why the heck not, he saw that her pink eyes were wide with shock.
"What's with the big dramatic act, Botan? She's getting away, and she's just a punk kid!" he yelled, Keiko trying to shush him.
Botan sighed and pulled all three of them into an alleyway. Once she had checked to make sure that no one could hear, she said in a hushed tone, "Yuske, I can almost guarantee that you would lose that fight, even if you used all the spirit energy you had. She's so powerful, it almost hurts to look at her."
"But. Who could have so much power and you not know who they are, Botan?" Keiko was confused. She hadn't met anyone who could beat Yuske, and even though Kanshisha was pretty strong, she didn't think the girl could beat Yuske, not after what Genkai had given to him.
"I don't know, and that's one of my assignments, to find out. So," she exclaimed, clapping her hands together, "if you two could buddy up and find out a lot of stuff about her, that would be great!"
"I know the perfect way," Yuske growled, running out into the alleyway. "All I have to do is challenge her to a fight!"
~~~A few hours later~~~
Yuske was very mad now. He had been searching for more than four hours for the girl, and he couldn't find a trace of her. //Damnit, I know I saw her near here.//
Suddenly, there she was. Right in the middle of a park he was absolutely sure he had searched a hundred times. Her pink hair was flowing loosely over her shoulders as she called out, "You want a fight? Then get your lazy butt over here, slacker."
//What the hell? Who is she?// He glared at her and said, "I'm coming, shortie." He walked so that he was towering over her and said, "I'm going to beat you, and you know that?" He felt much more confidant now. She didn't seem so tough once you got up close to her.
"I doubt it. Take your position." She moved like a cat, sinking down until she was in a fighting stance. Yuske had to shake his head to clear memories of a similar stance that his mentor had used and crouched as well, tensed and ready.
"Begin when you will." Yuske charged, not even giving her a second to react. He hit her square in the face, making her bend over backwards like she was an acrobat.
"Heh. Gotcha pretty good, so why don-" His speech was abruptly halted as he found a very pointy foot collide with his stomach. He flew back a few paces, and barely managed to keep on his feet as they were separated by a few feet of air. He gasped and held his stomach, not believing what had just happened.
She was standing up right, with the barest of red marks on her face. She rubbed it, saying, "Well, you're the first person in a while to actually land a good one. Most don't even make a scratch."
Yuske grew even angrier, feeling his spirit energy increase. //I won't use it just yet. I'll just wait a bit to see if I can take her out without it.// He stood again, and charged, this time not totally focusing on hitting her, just on seeing how she hadn't been hurt. He hit her in the gut, using his foot. //There's no denying it, I do hit her! So why doesn't it-// He felt the impact of a punch as he saw a blur dart from behind his foot, over his head, and land on the other side.
He swayed, barely managing to keep his footing. He had never been hit this many times this badly for a long time. He hadn't been hit this bad since he went to Genkai's training thing.
"Pathetic. From all the rubbish I heard about you, I thought you would be at least more interesting than the usual guys I fight. You're nothing but a puny shrimp." He gritted his teeth in anger and looked at the girl, giving her his best death glare.
"And what makes you so special, huh? You're toast now, I'm pissed off enough!" He charged again, thinking that she wouldn't have expected him to be recovered enough to attack so soon.
She had thought of that. He found himself sprawling onto the ground, heading straight for a brick wall. He only had enough time to think, //Damnit, this is gonna hurt!// before he hit it, falling into blackness.
Kanshisha stood, her nice uniform all torn up from the fight. "Well, he is pretty good after all," she mused to herself, taking in the gaping holes in her blue pants, and the tears in her shirt. Thankfully, it was still decent enough to get her home. She put her hands into her pockets and walked down the street, whistling.
//Kanshisha, you know that wasn't very nice to leave him there.// A gravelly old woman's voice floated through her head, making her laugh at the foolishness.
//Honored spirit, I could have just waited until he woke up, and then I would have had to knock him out a lot less nicely. Besides, I think I can hear his friends coming.//
Kanshisha got the mental image of an old lady shaking her head. //Sometimes I wonder who's in control here, you or me.//
//You know the answer to that one.//
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