Yu Yu Hakusho: Wind and Water
Chapter Five: The end of Maze Castle
Rating: R for intimate scenes later on, and for cursing and violence, and sometimes I can be a bit too detailed in my descriptions.
Warnings: Kuwabara bashing of sorts. Original characters. Hiei x OC romance, Major changes, adding of mage/magic element into story.
Couplings: Hiei x Kit (OC), Yuusuke x Keiko, Kurama x OC (later on), Kuwabara x Yukina
Another warning a.k.a the note to flamers: I might use words and quotes from both Japanese and English forms of the series: it all depends on what I have and what I like, So no one flame on that, and also I change a lot. That's what a rewrite is. So if I don't stay prefect and I change a lot don't flame me, all flame will be fed to my cats.
Disclaimers: YYH belongs to Yoshihiro Togashi and other people (I think). I'm not doing this for profit, merely my own enjoyment, I don't own them nor do I claim to. So you will get nothing from so don't sue me.
One more thing: Ask my permission before using Kit, or any other characters.
One last thing:
* - Things that will be explained at the end.
{ } - Telepathic conversation
[]- Thoughts
I'm on summer break now, and even though I'm in summer school . I still plan to keep going, and I'll try to get out new chapters as soon as possible. Thank you to everyone that has reviewed so far, and as always please excuse all my typo's , spelling, and MY GRAMMER. Thank you
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Recap: I figure since this is chapter five and all I do a little recap to make sure every one is positive on the facts a and all, and this will be similar to the recaps before each episode.
To stop an invasion of Makai insects in the Ningenkai, Reikai Tantei Urameshi Yuusuke, and His younger cousin Urameshi Koneko 'Kit', who is also a dark Shaeman mage, and Kuwabara Kazuma have traveled to maze castle to stop them there they were joined by Hiei and Kurama. The fought there way through the castle, running into an old rival of Kit's who cost the young girl energy, and she had to rest. The group also fought three of four saint beasts, and our now on their way to fight the last and most powerful of the saint beasts, Suzaku. ALSO through out this journey through maze castle there seems to be a growing attraction between Kit and Hiei. And back in the Ningenkai, Midori 'Kage ' on orders from his mother the leader of his Ninja clan, he is to bring Kit back as soon as he can find no matter what stands in his way. However he has yet to realize exactly where Kit is or what is happening in the city of Tokyo. He also seems to know Kit as a past friend. And by a premonition of Kuwabara's it appears Keiko is also in danger in the Ningenkai.
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" SHIT SHIT SHIT, where the hell am I now?" Kage asked as he found himself outside a junior high school.
" Why couldn't mom have at least given me some directions on how to get around Tokyo." He muttered then he looked at the school.
" Sarayashiki Junior High." he read off a sign. He scratched his head thinking.
" That name sounds familiar . . . . NOW I KNOW. That's the name of Yuusuke's school." Kage said looking really happy.
" . . . Wait Kit is supposed to be living with Urameshi Atsuko, which is Yuusuke's mom, Yuusuke may be here at the school, or someone who knows where he lives." Kage said looking very proud of himself, about the same time as he heard two female screams. Kage ran into the schoolyard. To see the blue haired girl that had knocked him out a few days ago and a shorter girl with dark brown eyes and short dark brown hair hat looked very familiar.
" That girl . . . . Is . . . Yukimura Keiko, Yuusuke's girlfriend." Kage said thinking out loud again. He then noticed the two large humans about to attack them, he cursed violently and pulled out a large wooden pole and ran towards them to help. He easily knocked out the two men.
" Hey keiko, blue haired girl, are you two okay?" he asked helping Keiko to her feet.
" Yes thank you Kage, but what on earth are you doing in Tokyo?" Keiko asked him kindly.
" You know him Keiko?" The blue haired girl asked. Keiko nodded.
" This Kage, he is an old friend of Kit and Yuusuke's." Keiko said. The girl's pink eyes lit up.
" Oh I see now, nice to meet you I'm Botan." The blue haired girl said shaking his hand. " And sorry about earlier."
" No Problem growing up with Kit you get a lot of mallets in the head, especially when you're as perverted as me and Yuusuke are." Kage said rubbing his head. [And dark fireballs and all sorts of painful spells] he added in his mind.
" By the way do you know where kit is? I really need to bring her somewhere it's extremely urgent, it's my mother who is a leading ninja orders." Kage whispered to Botan. Botan literally froze.
" I have absolutely no idea, I just know that she is with Yuusuke somewhere." Botan said nervously.
" Aw damn, I was hoping Keiko would know." Kage said dropping his head. Keiko shook her head.
" I'm sorry Kage-kun but I honestly wish I knew were they were myself." Keiko said kindly.
Kage frowned as he sensed more people coming.
" Listen you two run I'll try and hold them off to the best of my ability." Kage said griping his wooden pole. Keiko and Botan nodded and ran off.
" Alright zombie guys, give me your best shot." He said taking a battle stance, as more humans walked towards him.
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"Hurry UP." Yuusuke yelled.
" SHUT Up." Kuwabara yelled back at them. Kit ran between Hiei and Kurama and quietly they soon came to a stop. They all looked up at an interesting tower.
" WHAT THE HELL IS THAT THING?" Yuusuke asked yelling.
" It must be the watch tower, where he is most probably hiding." Hiei said calmly. Kit nodded.
" The lets drag him out." Yuusuke said and took off running with them following him.
They stopped again when a ringing went off in Yuusuke's pocket.
" Botan-chan?" Kit asked Yuusuke who nodded, and practically tore the communication mirror out of his pocket, and opened it up.
" SMALL problem." Botan said as she came on screen.
" KEIKO." Both Kit and Yuusuke said at the same time.
" I had to pick her up from school Yuusuke, every infected person in the area is looking for her, and I don't think they want to talk, I am most certain they mean to kill her." Botan finished. Kit cursed softly under her breath. Kuwabara and Yuusuke looked shocked.
" Did you say Kill?" Yuusuke said.
" So that's what my premonition was." Kuwabara said nervously.
" The beast must be using the Makai whistle to order the to . . . " Botan was cut off.
" Botan-chan" Kit said worriedly.
" I don't have a good feeling about this." Kuwabara said.
" We have to smash that whistle as fast we can." Yuusuke said taking off running, Kit once again found herself running between Hiei and Kurama.
They stopped, as they got closer to the tower.
" Now that is a creepy watch tower." Kuwabara said. It shook her head.
" It is most certain the final beast is on the top floor." Kurama said calmly.
" Then lets climb some stairs." Yuusuke said. Kit frowned as she saw what was approaching them.
" Uh Yuu-kun." Kit said.
" What now?" He half yelled. Kit pointed ahead of them. There were very vegetable like humans coming towards them.
" DAMN look at all of them, it's gonna take about a year to beat them all." Kuwabara said. Kit had a look of utter surprise on her face.
" And conspiring are time restraints this could pose a problem." Kurama said calmly.
" I've had dealing's with cultivated humans before, they feel neither pain nor fear." Hiei said.
" Yes kind of hard to feel anything when you don't have a soul." Kit said sharply. Everyone looked at her.
" They have no real life force in them, true life force and a type of power that helps enable magic in a person's body, is in everybody's body, humans and demons alike. But these cultivated humans have no souls, no true life force, nothing like that at all." She explained, her face serious.
" I knew they had no free will, or mindset, but I never thought they had no souls." Kurama said.
" It comes of no surprise, they are grown by youkai in large fields, and you can't just grow or make souls." Hiei replied.
" You can make souls, but it's a type of magic that's highly forbidden." Kit said shaking slightly.
" I really think Keiko's in some serious trouble." Kuwabara said.
" LIKE HELL SHE IS." Yuusuke yelled. " Stupid monster humans trying to slow us down. I'm blowing them all away with my shot gun." He growled.
Kit stared at him and then hit her self-hard in the head.
" How am I related to such an idiot?" She asked herself out loud, as Kurama laid a hand on Yuusuke's shoulder.
" Something I've been wondering since I met you." Hiei said crossing his arms. Kit blinked.
" Lets use our heads." Kurama said in an attempt to calm Yuusuke down.
" WHAT you want me to head butt them," Yuusuke yelled. Kit near fell over from the stupidity of her elder cousin.
" It is not wise to waste your Reiki, the more impatient we are the more mistakes we will make."
" Well how is head butting going to help, my shot gun is the only way were gonna get past them."
Kit began repeatedly hitting herself in the head as she listened to the conversation.
" No." Hiei said from behind her. Kit turned and looked up at him.
" So you got an idea?" Kuwabara asked. Hiei calmly nodded. " Set your eyes on the first tower window." he said walking forward.
{Kitten do you know a spell that can levitate a person?} She heard Hiei ask her in her head.
{Another person no, but I can give an extra step person, say no heavier then Yuusuke's weight} She replied.
{That's fine, that's exactly who we need the spell for} Hiei finished. Kit nodded.
" That is your door." Hiei finished for the rest of the group who did not have telepathic abilities.
" Well excuse me Mr. Mysterious, I forgot to bring my pogo stick." Yuusuke snapped impatiently.
" Yeah how do you expect him to jump that high?" Kuwabara asked. Kit smiled lightly.
" I'll need you to listen closely." Hiei said calmly.
" This better not involve Kit levitating me because the last time she did. . . " Yuusuke trailed off.
{You said you couldn't levitate people} Hiei said sharply in her mind.
{I know and I can't, how do you think I found out I couldn't levitate people or heal people using normal healing spells} She replied sweat dropping lightly.
{I'll ask later} He ended that conversation though she could tell that there was a hint of amusement in his voice.
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" You'd best not blow this Kuwabara." Yuusuke said standing behind Kuwabara.
" Don't worry, I'm like an OX." Kuwabara said kneeling and then charging into the mass of cultivated humans.
" Kit be ready." Hiei whispered softly to her. She nodded gathering black and green magical energy in her hands.
Kurama ran after Kuwabara and Hiei after him then Yuusuke and Kit slipped into the mass of cultivated humans. Her small size enabling her to slip by them easily.
" Just do me one favor guys, don't dig your heels into much?" Kuwabara yelled as he kept running.
" SHUT UP AND KEEP RUNNING." Yuusuke yelled back at him.
Kuwabara stopped and knelt forward, Kuwabara stooped and Kurama jumped onto his back and Hiei on to Kurama's shoulders. Kit readied her spell. Yuusuke jumped onto Kuwabara's back then Kurama's both showed facial expressions of pain. Yuusuke then jumped onto Hiei's back, Hiei barely responded, and then he jumped off.
" He's not gonna make it." Kuwabara said in shock.
" DARK WIND STEPS." Kit yelled out in her spell voice, as Black and green wind shot out from her hands and wrapped around Yuusuke's feet giving him an extra steps enabling him to grab onto the window sill and climb up. Hiei jumped off Kurama and then Kurama jumped off Hiei, both landed gracefully on the ground, while Kuwabara landed face first on the ground. Kit ran over to stand next Hiei.
" I should try out for the cheerleading squad." Yuusuke said as he kneeled on the windowsill grinning.
" Yuusuke don't you dare get yourself killed." Kit said waving at him. He smiled.
" You heard the midget Urameshi, don't get killed" Kuwabara said waving. Kit's eyebrow twitched slightly.
" " Have fun with the veggies." Yuusuke said giving them the thumbs up and ran off into the tower. Kit looked around at the Cultivated Humans surrounding them. Kit summoned her Naginata.
" Well I'm gonna feel sorry kicking your butts." Kuwabara yelled loudly as he punched one.
Kurama jumped and landed in a group of them summoning his rose wipe and slicing through them. Hiei jumped and landed in another group near Kit, and began slashing through them with his sword. Kit easily slashed and jabbed at the cultivated humans. She moved her foot forward, and then went into an expert Naginata pattern dance, annihilating an entire group surrounding her.
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They continued fighting their way through the cultivated humans for some time.
" Were never gonna get up there." Kuwabara muttered. He then got an idea. He summoned his sword.
" I'm coming Urameshi." He yelled and started running at the building. Kit blinked as he ran past her.
" What in Chaos's name is he doing?" Kit asked out loud. After a few minutes she shrugged and went back to slashing, poking, jabbing and whacking the cultivated humans with her Naginata. Her dagger of no use do to its short range.
She heard the audible smack as He Kuwabara ran smack into a wall. She winced; she then noticed a path to the entrance she ran to catch up with Hiei and Kurama.
" Kuwabara-san what are you doing." Kurama asked as he looked up at Kuwabara who was clinging desperately to the wall.
Kit snickered under her breath.
" We've cleared a path to the entrance, stop fooling around." Hiei said shortly and ran into the tower with Kit and Kurama behind him and not long after Kuwabara.
They ran as fast as they could up the stairs.
" There is more cultivated Humans coming down the stairs, I can smell them." Kit said as they ran up the stairs.
She could have sworn she heard Hiei curse lightly under his breath.
" When do they end?" Kuwabara said.
" Just assume they don't it's safer." Kit said calmly.
" Lets not waste anymore time." Hiei said directly after her statement. He began slashing at the cultivated Humans as did Kit, Kurama used his whip and Kuwabara continued with his fists.
Kit yelped as she tripped on a stair and fell backwards. She gripped her glaive tightly in one hand, she felt a strong hand wrap around her waist and catch before she fell back to far. She looked up into Hiei's crimson eyes.
" Arigato." She muttered as she pulled herself back up. He nodded.
" You're getting tired." He muttered to her.
" Aren't we all?" She retorted and began slashing with her glaive again. Hiei watched her for several seconds, an odd look on his face again, before he shook it off and joined in the hacking fest.
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They continued slashing as they made their way through a stone corridor.
" Damn, if this keeps up, we'll be to tired to help Urameshi." Kuwabara said breathing hard. Kit gripped her glaive even harder, ready to move forward in an instant.
" Tired hands are better then none." Kurama said stepping forward slightly.
" Do what you like I'm not stopping." Hiei said calmly.
" And from the look of utter determination on Kit-chan's face it would take her death to stop her from aiding Yuusuke." Kurama said looking at Kit, who looked ready to rushed for ward into the hundreds of cultivated humans to help her cousin any minute.
Hiei and Kurama nodded in agreement and rushed forward. Kit not need to be told rushed in at the same time. Kuwabara ran after them using his Reiken to slice through cultivated humans.
" Wait up, I'm coming." Kuwabara yelled running after them.
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"That was the biggest lightning by far, Suzaku must be getting desperate." Kurama said d as they made their way up the final spiraling staircase.
" The attack will surely kill one of them." Hiei said. Kit frowned, extremely worried about Yuusuke now.
" Don't say that." Kuwabara yelled and ran forward. Hiei paused as he realized Kit had fallen behind. Her long bangs fully covered her eyes.
" Koneko?" He gently asked and gripped her shoulders, firmly but not harsh.
" I . . I . . Don't . . . . .want . . To . . Lose . . Him . . . Again." She choked out, fear laced in her voice. " I . . Barely. . Managed . .it . . Last . . . Time . . And . . Only. . .then . .because . . I was at . . The . . Other . . . End . . Of . . . Japan." she choked out again, sounding like she was holding back tears. Even Kuwabara who held a deep dislike for Kit eyes held sympathy.
" Lets not worry yet, there is still a chance he may survive, what ever happens just know we won't abandon you." Hiei said softly still gripping her shoulders. She looked up at him her green eyes gratefull.
" He's right Kit. We won't leave you, not after all this." Kurama said smiling gently.
" Well you heard them midget, besides don't give up hope yet." Kuwabara said giving her a goofy grin. She smiled softly.
" Thank you Hiei, Kurama, and even you carrot head." Kit said rubbing her eyes. Kuwabara nodded and ran forward.
The stairs across started coming apart, as did the stairs behind them. Kit yelped as Hiei pulled her into the center of the small part they were standing on.
" Now what are we gonna do?" Kuwabara said. Hiei gripped Kit's shoulders a slight bit harsher. They all felt an even bigger tremble from above them.
" Kit-chan you can fly on your glaive and it won't take much of your energy right?" Kurama asked. Kit nodded.
" But it would take more of my energy to fly people over and I don't think we have the time for that," Kit said. Kurama nodded. Hiei drew his sword and threw it over to the other side. Kurama lashed out with his whip tying it around the blade.
" Well needless to say hold on tight." Kurama said as Hiei and Kuwabara grabbed onto him. Kit levitated her Glaive and sat on the wooden [ole part and floated over to the other side, as the others swung over.
" Lets not do that again." Kurama said looking slightly disturbed.
" Agreed." Hiei muttered as Kit jumped off her glaive.
" DEFINATLY AGREED." Kuwabara muttered look traumatized.
" We have to hurry, Yuusuke is in . . ." She said her eyes go wide, she could practically feel Yuusuke's life energy being used up. They nodded and ran into the room.
" YUUSUKE." Kit yelled .as Kuwabara yelled Urameshi; they were stopped by the bright lights. When the lights finally cleared, all the bodies lie everywhere. Kit found Yuusuke's body first.
" YUUSUKE." she yelled as she fell to her knees, tears falling out of her eyes. Kurama ran over and knelt to check Yuusuke's condition.
" Come on Urameshi, wake up, and let's go home." Kuwabara said leaning over Kit. Hiei was silent watching as tears flowed down Kit's small face.
" I'm sorry I, his heart is starting to stop." Kurama said starting to stand up.
Kit frowned as she heard a soft voice in her head, chanting the words to a life bring spell in her head over and over again.
" Then I'll give him some of my own." Kuwabara shouted.
Kit pressed her hands over Yuusuke's heart and began to chant lightly under her breath.
" That would not be wise, as your body is still injured from Byakko, Kit-chan what are you doing?" Kurama asked as the small girl's body started to glow with an almost divine white light.
" Urameshi and Me jumped into this together and I gotta help her, He'd never forgive me if I let her die." Kuwabara said, as He put his hands next to Kit's and begin sending his Reiki into Yuusuke's body.
" Well it looks like we will be retuning to the Ningenkai with all three of them on our backs, how we are going to manage that I don't know." Kurama said calmly.
" Like I said babysitting." Hiei muttered.
" Yet I think you like baby sitting Kit-chan." Kurama said almost teasingly. Hiei gave him a very dark glare.
" Here's what I don't understand, why bother saving her if he died in the process?" Hiei asked Kurama.
" Trust me Hiei there are reasons." Kurama said.
" Maybe for someone who's lived there, I'd never do it, the challenge is enough without taking some one else's slack." Hiei said calmly.
" Are you sure you wouldn't not even if your feeling's for Kit-chan get stronger then they are now." Kurama whispered.
" . . . . . . . . Hn." Was the only response Kurama got as Kuwabara fell over.
" He's okay now, He'll be okay." Kit said weakly as she got to her feet but then her legs gave out and she fell. Hiei caught her easily, she smiled up at him.
" Thanks just really tired . . " She muttered drifting off to sleep. Hiei sighed and lifted her into his arms so he could carry her better.
" I assume you want to take Yuusuke and not Kuwabara?" Kurama asked. Hiei nodded.
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Yuusuke weakly opened his eyes he blinked as he saw Kuwabara.
" Where am I?" Yuusuke asked rubbing his head.
" In my room, which is back in the Ningenkai might I add." Kuwabara said.
" You've sleeping for three days straight." Kurama said standing behind Kuwabara.
(Authors note: TOO MANNY F-ING K's there everywhere they won't leave me alone)
" Three days it feels like I've been out for awhile." Yuusuke muttered then realized something.
" WHERE'S KIT." He near screamed.
" She is still asleep from the spell she used to bring you back, Hiei took her home, and will probably stay with her until she wakes up." Kurama said.
" Hiei took her home?" Yuusuke said remembering all the looks Hiei had been giving his cousin.
" Yes to your mothers apartment I believe." Kurama said smiling.
" Just Great, Hey what about Keiko?" Yuusuke asked loudly.
" . . . . ."
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I know that was a bit of a sudden ending but it works for next chapter.
Miku (a character who is coming in a few chapters): You didn't roast the bird
Kit: your right, damn I really wanted to.
Murugu (or however you spell it): HAHAHAHAHAH you can never kill me.
Kit: grins sadistically*
Miku: roast the bird roast the bird roast the bird
Kit: DARK FIREBALL
Murugu: X.X *is currently toasted to the nice and crispy black*
Just a bit of a joke between me and my friend, we honestly cant stand that damn bird she annoyed the hell out of me.
Neko-chan