I'm trying to update at regular intervals, but go slow because my mind has come to a screeching halt for Chapter Four!! I've got a ton of ideas (Including a double date, or maybe a triple date..) But I can't write them down!!
Oh, yes, and the beginning is going to make absolutely NO sense until MUCH MUCH MUCH later. Really, it's going to be a while....
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho or any of the characters. I do own Bronwyn, Zink, Hoku, Aiku, Leita, Ryuka, Mieia, Tyuna, and Rulli. Wow, that's a lot!!!
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Leita, Ryuka, Mieia, Tyuna
The Four Prism Demons
All will be freed
Under the silver blood, shining in the full moon
Of the only one they have all met before
The dark and pure one
Not by force, but by will
And only when they have consumed the spirit of the one meant to release them
Will they be able to roam the world again
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His eyes skimmed over the words once again, growing more and more confused with each passing second. Using the last of her energy, Tyuna had managed to give him the fading parchment, the prophecy splattered across it in blood-red letters, before being confined to her glass prison along with the other three powerful demons. He remembered her story of how she had received it...
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"You wanted to see me, Rulli?" The young raven-haired girl spoke timidly to the dark figure sitting in the large golden chair.
"Yes, child. Come over next to me." A withered pale hand beckoned her to the flames of the fire.
Not really knowing what to think, The girl scurried over cautiously.
"I am a psychic, yes?"
"Yes, mam."
"And do you believe what your parents tell you, that I'm nothing more than an old hag?"
"Not at all."
The old woman sighed heavily. "Good. Because I have something important to tell you. Lean in closer."
The girl did what she was told, lowering her head to the chair.
"Now listen to me. I'm going to die soon, but before I do, you need to know something. You are a demon, no?"
"Yes, I am."
"And your brother?"
"He is one too."
"You and your brother both will become quite powerful. But you will surpass all. You will make an alliance with three other equally powerful demons, and will rule the world."
"R-Really?" The girl spoke nervously, though quite pleased at how this was turning out. She had always dreamed of being someone who conquered the world.
"But you and your group will eventually fall. You will be trapped in a glass dome, doomed to spend all eternity there." The women said sullenly.
"W-What???" The girl spoke, afraid of her fate. "For all t-time?"
"Maybe not. I have foreseen another human freeing you, giving their blood willingly so you can roam again. But you must find who before it is too late. Remember that this will not take place until many centuries later. Here." She held out a piece of brown parchment for the child to take.
"W-What is this?" She asked, grabbing the paper carefully and unrolling it, reading the words carefully. But when she looked up, she wore quite a confused look.
"I d-don't understand, Rulli."
The old women sighed. "My mother gave it to me and told me to give it to my daughter's child when I felt that it was my time to go." She put her hand on the parchment delicately and stared at the small girl with warning eyes. "Never lose it. You will need it to free yourself when the time comes."
Even though the girl didn't know what to think anymore, she nodded. " I will."
"Good. You may leave, Tyuna."
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It was many centuries later and now he was in possession of the parchment. Before she had been imprisoned, Tyuna had told him that to free her once again, he had to find out who the person in the prophecy, "the dark and pure one", was. If he succeeded, her and the others would give him more power than he had ever dreamed of.
A sudden rapping on the large wooden door brought him back to reality. Sighing, he placed the parchment back onto the side table in his throne room. He would work on figuring out the prophecy later...
"Come in." He spoke coldly, watching as the doors were pushed open slowly, and a blond haired, hazel eyed, boy entered the room, glancing around the room with worried eyes.
"Hoku, you have returned back early. Did you succeed in killing Hiei?" He asked the quivering boy, who was shaking so badly it was difficult to stand.
"Zink, I c-couldn't. They t-tricked m-me." The boy stuttered, looking like he would faint any second.
Zink rose from his chair angrily. "You have failed, Hoku. You will pay for your uncompleted assignment." Zink began to move swiftly towards Hoku, who was cowering.
"P-Please, Zink!! I w-would of b-been able t-to, but this g-girl t-tricked me!!!"
Zink stopped his pace immediately. "What girl?" He asked suspiciously.
"She t-told me that s-she was g-going to h-help me kill H-Hiei, but s-she was actually on his s-side!!!"
Zink stared at Hoku sternly. It couldn't be....I killed her....I saw her die....
"Did you get this girl's name?"
"Y-Yeah, B-Bronwyn."
Zink stiffened up at the word. "That's impossible. Are you sure??"
"Y-Yes. She t-told me to t-tell you that you d-didn't really k-kill her, and that if you w-want to k-kill H-Hiei, you're going to have t-to send better a-assassins."
Zink clenched his fist, slamming it onto the side table, which caused Hoku to jump in the air two feet. "That bitch!!!" He growled angrily.
"M-May I g-go?" Hoku whispered, receiving an angry glare from Zink.
"FINE, JUST GET OUT OF MY SIGHT!!!"
Hoku turned and was out the door in mere seconds, as Zink slumped back into his chair. She'll be able to catch all the assassins I send....A thought entered his mind....Unless I can send someone that....hmm.....It's perfect....he hasn't been working for me long, but he'll do perfectly on this assignment....what a perfect hand that fate has given me....
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WHY CAN'T I JUST FORGET ABOUT THAT DAMN DREAM!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Every time that Bronwyn tried to think about something else, her mind always brought her back to the sight of Hiei being stabbed in the neck....
She was supposed to be meeting Hiei in a couple of minutes for training. Only after a few weeks of her new life in the human world, Bronwyn had wanted to improve her fighting skills greatly, since she might need them later. And who better to help her than Hiei??? He had refused at first, even when she used her sad face (Which usually worked), but she had eventually worn him down, and he agreed to train with her for two hours once a week. At first, he was quite disgruntled, but after a while, he had started to enjoy it. He was much better than Bronwyn could ever be, and always beat her in sword fights.
Putting her hair up in a ponytail, she left the bedroom and took the stairs two at a time, relieved to be able to do something that probably would help get her mind off things. Today's the day I will finally at least get close to beating Hiei....
Yeah, Yeah, you always think that, and then you get whipped.....Another voice mockingly whispered.
She passed the empty living room on her way out. Kurama had to go to school, and the house was unusually quiet.
She exited the houses and set out down the sidewalk towards the forest. But after only a few minutes, she started to get a weird feeling that she was being followed....She cocked her head abruptly, but could see no one behind her on the sidewalk. Shrugging, she continued on her way, but the sensation came back. She turned her head again, but this time faster, and caught a slight glimpse of a black shadow behind her for a second before it disappeared. She smiled slightly.
"Hiei, you know I hate it when you do this!!" She yelled, though in a playful tone. He suddenly appeared beside her.
"Are you ready?" He asked, as they crossed the street.
"Yes, and today's the day I swear that I'm going to beat you."
"Not likely."
They were finally at the edge of the forest, and started down the path quickly. After a few minutes of walking, they finally reached the clearing that they usually did their training in.
Bronwyn pulled her knife out of her pocket. Even though it was from Zink, she felt attached to it, and had decided to keep it after the incident. Gripping the handle, it transformed into a large silver sword, which she pointed at Hiei, who had brought out his own sword as well.
"Go easy on me, okay? Remember last week?" She pulled up her shirt sleeve to reveal a large cut going almost all the way around her arm. Hiei only smirked at it.
"Learn how to dodge faster." He said, pointing his sword to her own.
"Yeah, you can make fun of me for now, but you won't be talking when I beat you...."
They began slowly, not really trying to hit each other, just swinging their sword at the others, but then it began to get faster. Even though Hiei wasn't using his full skills, it was requiring a little more effort than usual to fight her off. She's getting better....
But even though Bronwyn's skills were increasing, in due time, Hiei's sword was against her neck once again.
"You lose." He said, drawing his sword back, smirking broadly.
Bronwyn sighed heavily, and transformed the sword back into its original form. "I can never win...." She whispered, staring at her knife with mournful eyes.
"Care for another go?" She asked hopefully, wanting another chance.
"It's going to end the same way."
"We'll see about that...."
They went at it again, each swipe faster than the last, but after twenty minutes, Bronwyn's sword went flying into the trees. She watched it sullenly.
"I give up...." She whispered, running into the trees after it. She started to search through the bushes and shrubs, hoping to see a glint of metal. But after fifteen minutes of looking with no luck, she was about to start back to the clearing to get Hiei to help her, when she felt a light tap on the shoulder.
"Lose this?" A male voice said slickly, holding out the sword in his hands.
She turned around, and immediately found herself at a loss for words. The person standing in front of her was a lean teenage looking boy, who was a bit taller than her, with night-black hair and crystal green eyes. He was smiling slightly at Bronwyn, holding out her sword even further.
"You....it's...you..." She choked out.
His smile broke out into a grin. "How are you doing, Wyn?"
Looking down at her sword in his arms, she immediately snatched it and grasped it protectively, beginning to back away. "No...it can't be...."
She turned and began to run, back towards the clearing. She wanted to get away from him, as far as she could. One look in his eyes and everything had come back....the things that had haunted her for so long....
Finally breaking back out from the trees into the clearing, where Hiei noticed that her hands were shaking.
"What's wrong?"
She didn't answer him. The only thing she could hear were the footsteps, his footsteps, getting closer and closer...
The raven-haired teenager finally broke through the trees, still wearing a smile. "Don't you remember me, Wyn?" He said mockingly. "Your old boyfriend, Aiku?"
"Of course I do, even though I wish I didn't." She snapped, her anger now outweighing every other scared and worried feeling she was having. The last time she had seen Aiku was right before he had stabbed her....and now she was yearning to return the favor.
"I remember you. The bastard that stabbed me and threw me out onto the street?" She growled.
"Wyn, get over it. You know I wasn't myself that night." Aiku scowled.
"Oh, then why didn't you come to get me the morning after?"
Not being able to think of a good explanation, Aiku looked away frustratingly. .
"I thought so." Bronwyn whispered, crossing her arms furiously. "You don't know how bad I want to hurt you right now."
Aiku just stared at her for a minute, and then chuckled softly. "You couldn't hurt me if you tried."
His gaze traveled over from Bronwyn to Hiei for a moment, noticing for the first time he was there.
"Who is this?"
"My boyfriend. Got a problem?" She spoke boldly, her eyes narrowing at Aiku.
A faint look of surprise flickered onto Aiku's face for a moment, but it was quickly replaced with a slight smirk.
"No problems. I just thought that I might have taught you a lesson." He whispered, eyeing both of them playfully. His eyes fell on Hiei's sword.
"You sword-fight?" He asked directly to Hiei.
Hiei nodded curtly, not really sure what to think of this stranger. Bronwyn dislikes him...I wonder why....
Aiku grinned. "So do I." He pulled out a small knife, and gripped the handle tightly, causing it to take shape of a long, shimmering sword.
"Where did you get that?" Bronwyn asked him angrily, noticing that the knife was of the same fashion that hers was.
"I bought it." He said, staring at it fondly, "I've been training with a friend of mine for a few years." He held it out in front of him and swung it a few times. "Care to try your luck? I'd like to see what I'm capable of." He said, looking at Hiei expectantly.
Hiei held up his own sword. "I warn you that you might shed blood."
Aiku smiled. "I can handle that."
They started quickly, as Bronwyn looked on. She couldn't help notice that Aiku was quite good, a lot better than her, and was causing Hiei to try harder than he had to try with her.
After almost an hour had passed, both were looking tired, and Hiei, wanting to end this, swung the sword fiercely at Aiku's sword, who managed to strike back, but lost the grip on his sword, causing it to clatter to the ground. Hiei pointed the tip at Aiku's neck.
"You have some skills." Hiei whispered, drawing his sword back. Aiku grinned, bending over to pick up his own sword. "You're quite good also." He said.
Bronwyn, who had settled onto the forest floor, jumped up at this point. "Aiku, I'm wondering, what the heck are you doing here?" She snapped, even though it was a little softer than before.
"I'm just passing through. Do you guys know where I could find a place to stay?"
Bronwyn and Hiei looked at one another, and then back at Aiku. "No." Bronwyn said coldly.
"C'mon, Wyn, I know you hate me, but you could at least point me in the direction of a place. Where are you staying? I know that you don't live here."
"With a friend." She said simply. And I do live here, for your information."
"Well, I'm just wanting something over my head for a few days." He shrugged innocently.
"You know, Kurama wouldn't mind letting him stay at his home for a while...." Hiei whispered to Bronwyn, who shot him a incredulous look.
"Are you suggesting that I allow HIM to stay in the same house as me?"
Hiei just stared at her for a minute and then looked away. "No." He said, "But it seems like he isn't going to leave you alone until you offer something."
Bronwyn glanced at Aiku, who was waiting patiently, and sighed. "Fine."
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"Tell me this, is there a sign on the roof of my home that says "Motel"??" Kurama said, disgruntled, staring at Bronwyn.
"Hey, don't look at me!" She screamed protectively, "I wasn't the one who first had the idea." She pointed at Hiei, who was trying to ignore it.
Aiku was standing in the doorway, glancing around at the home admirably. "Nice place you got here." He said cooly, staring at Kurama.
"Thank-you." Kurama whispered, looking Aiku over cautiously. "Well, if it's only for a week, I guess you could sleep in the den." He sighed.
Aiku grinned. "Thanks a lot. I'm just staying in town until Friday." He entered the house further, settling down on the couch in the living room.
Kurama moved over near Bronwyn. "If you don't mind me asking, Bronwyn, why do you keep glaring at him?"
"Because I hate him." She said in a matter-of-fact tone.
"He seems very polite to me..."
"WHAT?? YOU ACTUALLY LIKE HIM????" She whispered in the loudest voice she could muster without being overheard by Aiku.
"Can't you just tolerate him for a week?" Kurama asked nervously, a little worried at her behavior toward the stranger.
" I guess so. As long as he stays as far away from me as possible." She scowled.
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"So, would you mind telling us a bit about yourself?" Kurama asked curiously. It was late at night and he, Aiku, Bronwyn, and Hiei were all in the living room, not really doing much of anything, just sitting and staring at the fire crackling in the fireplace loudly. Kurama and Aiku ocuppied the two armchairs, while Bronwyn and Hiei were sitting close together on the couch, holding hands.
"Well..." Aiku began quietly, the fire casting shadows across his face, glancing at Bronwyn nervously, since she was the only one present who knew where he had lived all his life.
She nodded. "They're both demons."
Aiku sighed happily. "Well, that's good. I was born in the Makai World to human thieves who worked with the demons and I was brought up with them and lived with them for pretty much my entire life. When I was fifteen, I looked to see if I could get a job as an assassin, but he turned me down because they didn't think I was skilled enough, but I did get a job as a private messenger for Zink. That's when I met Bronwyn..."
"Hmph." Bronwyn scowled.
"....And we hit it off. But we decided to go our separate ways...."
"WE DECIDED TO GO OUR SEPARATE WAYS????" Bronwyn repeated what Aiku had just said furiously, glaring daggers at him. "THAT'S A LIE!!! YOU TRIED TO KILL ME!!!"
The room fell silent. Both Hiei and Kurama turned to look at Bronwyn.
"He tried to kill you?" Kurama repeated the sentence nervously.
She nodded angrily, still not lifting her gaze of hatred on Aiku. He stared back at her sternly a moment and then smirked.
"One, that was almost three years ago." He said airily, holding up one finger. "Two, I wasn't really myself that night." He lifted another finger. "You have to believe me, Wyn." He whispered, wearing a pleading look.
She looked away. "Whatever, just tell them the rest."
He continued on with the story, telling them about how he had quit his job and came to the human world, where he was now looking to see what he could find here, but as he spoke, his attention wasn't really on what he was saying, it was on Bronwyn as she laid her head on Hiei's shoulder.
She really seems to love him......He thought mildly, as he watched a smile grow on her face as she closed her eyes.
He grinned. It will just make it all the more painful.
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October 31
Three words. AIKU IS HERE. In the same house I am, asleep downstairs at this very moment. How completely horrible is this???? I won't be able to take this for very long, because every time I look at him, it brings back too many bad memories that I'm wanting to forget, to push away from my mind forever.
And the biggest problem is that he's acting so.....nice. Polite. And even though I still announced that he actually tried to kill me to Hiei and Kurama, I can tell that they both have developed a liking to him. I know that he's not really like this, and that he deserves every mean word I say to him, but I'm starting to feel....a little bit....bad about it. He's being really kind to me. I don't know how I should be acting anymore, if I should just give in and be nice to him or not....I think that I'm just going to ignore him the entire time he's here, pretend he doesn't exist.
I'm going to bed. I need to clear my mind....
*Bronwyn*
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*Next chapter (Humor, pretty much)*
*Bronwyn drags Hiei (with Aiku tagging along) to the mall to help her buy clothes...oh, the perils of shopping....*
*Aiku meets the rest of the gang....and what's this?? Botan seems to have a little crush on him!*
*The raven-haired newcomer reveals a special gift that will help his former girlfriend out....*
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