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Disclaimer: If I owned YYH, my stories would be anime episodes.
Chapter 4: New Experiences
Koenma explained to the guys about FEAR in great detail, with small corrections from Botan here and there. I wasn't listening but they looked at me time to time, while I just never looked at them to acknowledge it. I was so deep in thought that pain was all over my body as I recalled every memory I could about the beatings, the murders, and the two friends I'd probably never see again.....
Yume, Hinote, the two names hung in my mind. It would be no small miracle if they had managed to escape, or let alone survive. I had barely escaped. I replayed the memory of that night in my mind, breaking through the window, running across the bridge, soldiers surrounding us. Yume used a reki blast to divert their attention and we managed to disappear into the forest. We reached a clearing at the center, and then he appeared. Hinote and Yume stood in front of me. Both had their spirit energy ready, I started to gather my own to help them.
"If one of us escapes and survives to tell the others about them, maybe then he'll be stopped. Yume and I have decided for you to go," she murmured quietly while not taking her eyes away from the fiend.
"But-" I began to protest to them.
"No, he hasn't seen you yet...you are the only one fast enough to outrun him, so go quick. Now," Yume urgently told me. I knew there was no arguing with either of them as I slid into the brush. I could hear Yume muttering an incantation under her breath. I ran hearing Yume and Hinote fighting with everything they had and the fiend laughing. Then I heard two screams and maniacal laughter that seemed to follow me through the darkness that surrounded me, a youki blast exploded in front of me....
A hand snapped me out of my memory. "Kage...are you alright?" I looked up do to see the worried eyes of Kurama searching through mine to try and catch a glimpse of what I was feeling.
"Y-yeah...why?"
"You just seemed so....distant. Are you sure...nothing's amiss?" he asked me again trying to see if anything was wrong.
"Come on Kurama! Of course nothing's wrong with her!" Yusuke chimed in exasperatedly, I slowly took Kurama's hand that was offered to me and got to my feet.
"Yeah, like Yusuke said....nothing's wrong here!" I said with false energy, though I felt completely drained inside. What does Kurama care anyway? I mean once we leave here, we're going to separate our ways, right? Right. I thought to myself as a sudden pain reached me. I couldn't convince myself to part ways with Kurama.
"Kage? Koenma's got something to ask you." Yusuke told me matter-of- factly.
"Yeah?"
"It's about your pendant," Koenma said rather silently to me.
"Yes, go on." I said as I pulled the pendant out and looked at it.
"Do you know exactly what FEAR might have desired it for?"
"Somewhat...From what I can gather, my pendant and three others just like it are supposed to be the keys of unleashing a fearsome power throughout the Ningenkai and other worlds. Only the holders of the pendants are able to control the power."
"And by catching and enslaving the holders...FEAR can control this power, right?" Hiei added in as I finished the first part of my explanation.
"That would mean FEAR would be unstoppable." Kurama added in as he heard Hiei chime in.
"Yeah...for the most part." I added in finding they knew what would happen somewhat.
"Holy...that would mean we will never be able to beat them." Yusuke said as he added in after my conclusion.
"Duh, Yusuke." Kuwabara said as we stood in silence at the threat that could be unleashed.
"Then that settles it...Kage, I'm placing you....." Koenma said as he was cut off.
"Under arrest?" Yusuke said as he tried to guess.
"That's not fair to Kage." Botan said shocking everyone. "She's the victim for goodness sake!"
"Calm down...that's NOT what I was going to say. I was GOING to say in the protection of the four of you. And now all she needs is-"
"She's staying with me." Kurama cut Koenma off as he wrapped his arms around me in a protective embrace... I felt myself blush as he held me close to him.
"Actually, I was thinking of someway for her to blend in...anyone have an idea?" Koenma said as his mind was blank.
"She could be Kurama's cousin." Yusuke suggested as he tried to get this done quick.
"Or the kitsune's mate." Hiei added as Kurama scowled at him.
"My mother would end up dying in of shock Hiei, if I told her that and you know it!" Kurama yelled very flusteredly at Hiei.
"I knew." Hiei said as a smirk appeared almost at the same time, his smirk gave that 'I knew that would fluster you' look.
"What's going on?" Kuwabara asked blockheadedly and we all looked at him with a shocked look on our faces.
"Weren't you listening at all dumbass!?" Yusuke said first as he tried not to hit Kuwabara on the head.
"No I wasn't...hey! Who you calling a dumbass, dumbass!" Kuwabara acted really tough as he tried to restrain himself.
"You, dumbass!"
"O yeah?"
"Yeah!" The two kept getting closer as if they were going to fight until I decided to go and stop it.
"Why don't I just be a foreign exchange student from America or something? I know a lot about cultures-" I started to offer as I was cut off by Koenma.
"That sounds like a good cover for now, but...um...Kage-" I cut Koenma this time for revenge.
"Yes?"
"Have you ever been to school?" This got me thinking for a moment.
"Not that I can remember." I slowly told back as they looked at each other and then back at me.
"Kage, school isn't exactly-" Kurama said as Yusuke cut him off.
"-an easy piece of crap to handle." Yusuke said as he finished what he had cut off.
"I don't expect it to be, and it can't be that bad....can it?" Kurama, Yusuke and Kuwabara just looked at one another.
At school a couple weeks later....
"Class, meet Michelle Mitsukai." There I was looking at everyone with a false smile on my face. Koenma had decided, much to Kurama's dismay, that I attend Yusuke and Kuwabara's school. He hoped that it would confuse any pursuers, and my hope came that way as well. I had fought many battles, but none of them could have prepared me for this.
"Miss Mitsukai, take the seat next to Keiko." I just nodded and headed toward the girl Yusuke had told me about. She had brown hair and eyes. She also had a curious look on her face as I went to sit down. She seemed greatly focused on me as the teacher began writing on the board. It wasn't till lunchtime that I figured out why she kept looking at me.
"So you're the one." She said as I was caught off guard and was startled.
"W-what?" I stammered back as I tried to calm down.
"You're the new case Yusuke and the others are working on."
"um-"
"Hey Keiko! Hey Mitsukai!" Yusuke yelled as he and Kuwabara came to the table.
"Yusuke! You told her-" I said angry at him very slightly.
"Don't worry, she already knew about your situation."
"When did you..."
"Over the weekend," He said very defensively. It had been a few weeks since school had begun. Koenma decided it would be best if we waited a few weeks before going to school. During that time, I spent hours training with Hiei in the Makai, we were evenly matched each time we battled and we got to know each other better. Hiei told me about his sister Yukina, and made me swear I'd jump off a cliff if I told her he was her brother. He also told me about how he got his Jagan eye. He amazed me. But the time that wasn't spent training was spent shopping for school stuff or sleeping in Genkai's temple. In exchange for a room, I had to do some chores and help Yukina. I actually enjoyed doing these things. But school was an extremely different matter. The first day in teen hell went without incident. We had all decided to meet Hiei and Kurama and head to Genkai's temple for some studying, though with Yusuke and Kuwabara around...quiet wasn't the word. Just as we began to cross the street where the others were waiting, a car came screeching around the corner, I moved and pushed Keiko to the sidewalk. There was no time left to dodge.
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