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funny to put a virus into my computer and it ate the whole hard drive. But
now it's all better. YAY!! *singing to 'Redneck Woman-' 'Some people look
down on me, but I don't give a rip I'll stand barefooted in my own front
yard with a baby on my hip'*
Oh and I'm starting something new. For every review I get I'll read and review a story belonging to that person. And if I already am reviewing one of their story's, I'll review another. With that let me thank the reviewers::
Tyedye/Rin: Thanks for reviewing.
Star gzer: Hehe should I make her die just to torture you??? Am I really that mean???
Ryuu Ie Mizishi: Thank you soo much for reviewing. Well I hope this was soon enough.
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Emily- Are you reviewing just to be sure that I'm fulfilling our deal???
And with that on with the story...
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Kanna grasped the handle of the dagger a little harder as she felt the energies coming after her. 'Never again' coursed through the petite girl's mind as she stared ahead. Tears clouded her vision.
Why did this always have to happen to her? Why did God have to curse her with this? Why couldn't she have been born normal? Was it something that she did or was it because of her family line?
Kanna had always cursed being so wanted. The only wish that she ever had was to be considered normal. 'Normal' that word sounded foreign to Kanna's ears. All her life she heard about how she was special. She had heard it from friends and foe alike. If she never heard that word again in her life she would die happy.
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Yusuke sped through the dense forestry. The entire time he cursed under his breath. 'Where in the hell is that girl,' Yusuke thought as another branch slapped his cheek. Blood trickled down his face but Yusuke never noticed it. He seemed completely oblivious to all of the cuts and scrapes that he had accumulated on his body. His green shirt was torn in several areas. The largest being across his chest.
Kurama and Kuwabara tried desperately to keep up to the dark headed teen that was ahead of them. Kuwabara breathed harder and harder as his heart kicked up another couple of notches. He had never had to do this much exercise at one time. He could feel his heart thumping against his chest, it almost felt like it could jump out of his chest at any second. How much further were they really going to go?
Suddenly Yusuke skidded to a stop. Kurama did not have enough time to react and collided right into Yusuke, Kuwabara followed suit and slammed into Kurama making Yusuke to fall flat on his face (a/n- Kuwa fans U know I almost made it where he slammed into a tree but I decided against it. ^^).
"God Urimeshi. Next time give us a warning that you're going to stop." Kuwabara tenderly touched his nose as if to make sure it wasn't broken.
"Yeah sure I'll get my brake lights checked idiot." Yusuke pushed himself off the ground and turned around.
The look on Yusuke's face made Kuwabara step back. Even Kurama gasped whenever he saw the determination on the teen's face. Never before had he seen that much determination on Yusuke's face. Not even at the Dark Tournament when he fought against Tuguro.
"Look guys. I was just thinking about something," quickly Yusuke glared at the snickering Kuwabara. Hastily he continued before Kuwabara could say something that he would regret later on, "if Kanna sees all of us running up to her again she'll probably freak like last time. Instead let's split up so she'll have less places to run off to." All three nodded and proceeded to split up.
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Fear gripped Kanna's throat as she desperately tried to breath. Not only where the boys getting closer but they decided to split up. As she shook her head a few tears fell onto a green leaf of a nearby tree. 'No please don't split up' Kanna silently pleaded as she glanced in the three different directions. If they split up it would be harder for her to escape, if that was even possible.
Her hand involuntary gripped the handle tighter as she gazed in front of her. This was the one that seemed the closest and one that would cause her the most trouble. His energy (a/n brain fart- what's it called again. Darn it...to much school work.) seemed to flair up the most.
Yusuke slowly came into view. Kanna took a slight shaky step back. "Stay away please. I just want to live a normal life. Please just go away."
Yusuke's eyes drifted from the shattered girl's face to her hand. There he saw the glistening dagger.
Slowly Yusuke stretched his arms out to the side away from his body. Slowly he took small steps over to Kanna. The entire time he spoke in a calm reassuring voice, "You don't have to worry. We're not here to hurt you. Instead think of us as you guarding angels." Yusuke smiled slightly.
Kanna's head tilted slightly as she gazed into his deep brown eyes. Somehow she felt that this boy was telling her the truth. Something deep inside her told her that it would be safe to trust him. Not a total trust but just a small part of her trust. There was something about his eyes. Some kind of pureness, like you could read his emotions in his eyes. Right now in his eyes Kanna read worry.
Her eyes gazed on the cut on his cheek. 'Did he get that because of me?' Kanna's eyes shifted downward. No matter what she always ended hurting everyone. She had hurt innocents, her mom and her... No she would mention that name again.
"Just hand me the dagger and we'll go somewhere and have something to eat. Do you like ice cream," he slapped his head and lightly laughed, "of course you like ice cream everyone does. So how does that sound."
Slowly he held out his hand. Kanna stared at his hand. 'What should I do?' Kanna's eyes shifted to Yusuke's pure brown eyes. Sorrow was written all over his eyes. Slowly she handed her precious dagger to him.
Smiling Yusuke continued, "If I ever hurt you, you have my permission to use this dagger on me. Deal?"
"Deal." Kanna nodded as she saw Kurama come into view. "Where is that other boy?" Kanna looked to the side where she had last felt him. Worry started to build in her. Was this a trap? Kanna no longer had her dagger. Her ocean blue eyes looked back at the dagger that was still in Yusuke's iron grasp.
"Huh? Oh you mean Kuwabara. Hey Kurama, how much do you wanna bet he got lost." Laughing Yusuke threw his head back and put a hand behind his head. Kurama just stood there shaking his head.
Kanna cocked her head to the side. He made it seem like it happened all the time. But the energy she felt coming from him was strong, it was so strong. Suddenly Kanna thought of something. "What's your name?"
Yusuke extended a hand out. "I'm Yusuke and this is Kurama." Kurama bowed politely as he smiled at the petite girl.
A rustling sound came from the bushes on the left. A tattered Kuwabara emerged. He had twigs sticking out of his hair and scratches all over his face. "There you guys are. I got turned around in the bushes. They need to make trails over there or something."
Yusuke sighed as he stared Kuwabara. 'Is he really that lost?' "Oh yeah come on. I promised someone ice cream. So Kanna what's your favorite flavor?" Laughing Yusuke took Kanna's pale, delicate hand into his darker, calloused hand.
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A dark figure stood on a tall roof top and looked down at the three boys leading a pale girl with them. "Hehehe" crackled the figure as he watched them with almost hungry lust filled eyes. "This was almost too easy. Now only if K sticks to his deal. How great it will feel to be free again." With that the figure turned and slowly walked away.
Soon the life of shadows would be over; soon his name would be feared once again. That thought brought a sinister smile to his face. Yes, he liked the thought of that.
The eagerness stemmed from thoughts of being free almost caused him to carry out the plan without caution.
"Be patient," he reprimanded himself. With that he stopped and looked back. Clinching a fist and looking up to the sky he asked the heavens above, "But haven't I been patient? Haven't I? I have waited for almost a century now hiding myself in the shadows. Even the lowest classed demons have more rights then what I have had." He had been clinching his fist harder as these thoughts ran through his head and now blood was slowly seeping through his fingers.
He turned his eyes back to the Spirit Detective. Yusuke Urimeshi was a name that was feared by every demon in the Makai. Slowly the figure raised his fist and licked some of his blood. Tasting the metallic flavored liquid he smiled. 'Soon I'll be shedding his. Then I'll get to see if all spirit detectives blood tastes the same or not.' But for now he would have to keep waiting in the shadows.
~*~*~*~
Yusuke plopped down on his bed without even bothering to undress. It had been such a tiring day. First chasing Kanna then trying to keep her from bolting. She still acted as though she didn't trust him.
Reaching over to his bedside table, Yusuke grabbed his brown wallet. Not only that but she also cleaned him out. "Man, who knew such a small girl could eat so much in one sitting. And I thought that Keiko ate like a pig."
Rolling over on his side he thought about the small girl. His thoughts kept going back to what could have possibly made her so scared. Was it blackmail, stress or was it something worse like murder, rape or even torture. For sure he was going to have to ask Koenma. With that thought Yusuke's eye lids grew heavy as he stretched and dug under the covers.
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Bang, bang, bang. 'Grrr. Who in the hell was banging stuff off the wall.' Groaning Yusuke rolled over and looked at the clock. The digital clock read 12:00 am. Rolling back over Yusuke stuck his head under the pillow. Too early for him to wake up. After a few minutes the banging stopped, sighing contently he closed his eyes. "Sleep is a good thing," he mumbled as he dug once again into his warm, cozy cocoon.
After a few minutes the banging continued, except now it was louder. 'Damn it. Why won't they leave me alone?' Yusuke punched the pillow in anger.
The sound of something going through a window echoed throughout the room. Surprised Yusuke shot up in the bed and looked over at the window. There was a pebble sized hole right in the middle of it. Ready to curse out the culprit, Yusuke walked over to the window and looked down.
"You know that's coming out of your paycheck." Yusuke stopped and thought for a second before continuing, "Do you even get a paycheck?"
The culprit stepped closer. Her long blue hair was tied back on a ponytail that bobbed up and down as she moved foreword. She almost looked like a thief with her attire. Botan wore a black shirt, shades, hat and pants. The only thing that wasn't black was her hair. Yusuke was about to ask about the clothes but decided against it. He chalked it up as normal crazy Botan behavior.
Botan smiled and shook her head. "Get down here Yusuke. Duty calls."
Yusuke looked at Botan then turned back yelling over his shoulder "Yep your right duty calls. And I feel that those calls are telling me to go back to bed. 'Night."
Botan put her hands on her hips. 'Why does he have to be so stubborn? I bet a mule's less stubborn then him.' "Get down here now Yusuke. Koenma wants to talk to you."
The response from the room was simple and stern, "Screw Koenma, sleeps better."
Half way to his bed Yusuke stopped. Standing there he rethought about what he said and sighed. There was no way that she was giving up. 'Might as well go and see what's going on.' Walking over to the window again he saw a rare expression on Botan's beautiful face. Only one word was needed to explain it- fear. Her eyes were brimmed with tears.
Jumping form the window, Yusuke landed gracefully next to Botan and carefully wiped away a few tears. Fearing that he had caused the fear and tears Yusuke apologized for his gruffness.
Botan gasped as she stared at the teen. He couldn't find out what was wrong. Not now, if he did then everyone was in danger. Aggressively Botan shoke her head and put on one of her silly faces. "What are you talking about? Nothing's wrong. I, uhh, just stubbed my toe. That's all. You know how much they hurt. But while you're here come on." Turning quickly she walked stiffly to the portal. (A/n- Think about when she was at the Dark Tournament talking with Yukina about finding her bro and when Hiei threatened her. ^^)
Yusuke quickly scanned the lawn. He realized that the only thing she could have stubbed her toe on was a blade of grass. 'Nope Botan's not that weak. Something's up.' Deciding to try to get to the bottom of it he followed Botan and her poor imitation of a mummy.
Only he did not know how much trouble was to come....
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Cliffy...Now it's going to get really bad...or good...depends on how you look at it. Now for a little question. Should I make this a Kanna and Yusuke fic or keep the pairing Keiko and Yusuke? Tell me what you think and I'll think about it.
Remember I'll read any stories that you (or a friend- tell me the penname and a story if there's one you want me to read) have written if you review any of mine or Alex's little story. Deal? Reviews, constructive criticism or flames all count... Heck, review and just tell me how the weather is and it'll count. I'm not that picky.
Anyways, Please read and review. ^_^
Oh and I'm starting something new. For every review I get I'll read and review a story belonging to that person. And if I already am reviewing one of their story's, I'll review another. With that let me thank the reviewers::
Tyedye/Rin: Thanks for reviewing.
Star gzer: Hehe should I make her die just to torture you??? Am I really that mean???
Ryuu Ie Mizishi: Thank you soo much for reviewing. Well I hope this was soon enough.
Ice Princess: Thanks for reviewing.
Emily- Are you reviewing just to be sure that I'm fulfilling our deal???
And with that on with the story...
~*~*~*~
Kanna grasped the handle of the dagger a little harder as she felt the energies coming after her. 'Never again' coursed through the petite girl's mind as she stared ahead. Tears clouded her vision.
Why did this always have to happen to her? Why did God have to curse her with this? Why couldn't she have been born normal? Was it something that she did or was it because of her family line?
Kanna had always cursed being so wanted. The only wish that she ever had was to be considered normal. 'Normal' that word sounded foreign to Kanna's ears. All her life she heard about how she was special. She had heard it from friends and foe alike. If she never heard that word again in her life she would die happy.
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Yusuke sped through the dense forestry. The entire time he cursed under his breath. 'Where in the hell is that girl,' Yusuke thought as another branch slapped his cheek. Blood trickled down his face but Yusuke never noticed it. He seemed completely oblivious to all of the cuts and scrapes that he had accumulated on his body. His green shirt was torn in several areas. The largest being across his chest.
Kurama and Kuwabara tried desperately to keep up to the dark headed teen that was ahead of them. Kuwabara breathed harder and harder as his heart kicked up another couple of notches. He had never had to do this much exercise at one time. He could feel his heart thumping against his chest, it almost felt like it could jump out of his chest at any second. How much further were they really going to go?
Suddenly Yusuke skidded to a stop. Kurama did not have enough time to react and collided right into Yusuke, Kuwabara followed suit and slammed into Kurama making Yusuke to fall flat on his face (a/n- Kuwa fans U know I almost made it where he slammed into a tree but I decided against it. ^^).
"God Urimeshi. Next time give us a warning that you're going to stop." Kuwabara tenderly touched his nose as if to make sure it wasn't broken.
"Yeah sure I'll get my brake lights checked idiot." Yusuke pushed himself off the ground and turned around.
The look on Yusuke's face made Kuwabara step back. Even Kurama gasped whenever he saw the determination on the teen's face. Never before had he seen that much determination on Yusuke's face. Not even at the Dark Tournament when he fought against Tuguro.
"Look guys. I was just thinking about something," quickly Yusuke glared at the snickering Kuwabara. Hastily he continued before Kuwabara could say something that he would regret later on, "if Kanna sees all of us running up to her again she'll probably freak like last time. Instead let's split up so she'll have less places to run off to." All three nodded and proceeded to split up.
~*~*~*~
Fear gripped Kanna's throat as she desperately tried to breath. Not only where the boys getting closer but they decided to split up. As she shook her head a few tears fell onto a green leaf of a nearby tree. 'No please don't split up' Kanna silently pleaded as she glanced in the three different directions. If they split up it would be harder for her to escape, if that was even possible.
Her hand involuntary gripped the handle tighter as she gazed in front of her. This was the one that seemed the closest and one that would cause her the most trouble. His energy (a/n brain fart- what's it called again. Darn it...to much school work.) seemed to flair up the most.
Yusuke slowly came into view. Kanna took a slight shaky step back. "Stay away please. I just want to live a normal life. Please just go away."
Yusuke's eyes drifted from the shattered girl's face to her hand. There he saw the glistening dagger.
Slowly Yusuke stretched his arms out to the side away from his body. Slowly he took small steps over to Kanna. The entire time he spoke in a calm reassuring voice, "You don't have to worry. We're not here to hurt you. Instead think of us as you guarding angels." Yusuke smiled slightly.
Kanna's head tilted slightly as she gazed into his deep brown eyes. Somehow she felt that this boy was telling her the truth. Something deep inside her told her that it would be safe to trust him. Not a total trust but just a small part of her trust. There was something about his eyes. Some kind of pureness, like you could read his emotions in his eyes. Right now in his eyes Kanna read worry.
Her eyes gazed on the cut on his cheek. 'Did he get that because of me?' Kanna's eyes shifted downward. No matter what she always ended hurting everyone. She had hurt innocents, her mom and her... No she would mention that name again.
"Just hand me the dagger and we'll go somewhere and have something to eat. Do you like ice cream," he slapped his head and lightly laughed, "of course you like ice cream everyone does. So how does that sound."
Slowly he held out his hand. Kanna stared at his hand. 'What should I do?' Kanna's eyes shifted to Yusuke's pure brown eyes. Sorrow was written all over his eyes. Slowly she handed her precious dagger to him.
Smiling Yusuke continued, "If I ever hurt you, you have my permission to use this dagger on me. Deal?"
"Deal." Kanna nodded as she saw Kurama come into view. "Where is that other boy?" Kanna looked to the side where she had last felt him. Worry started to build in her. Was this a trap? Kanna no longer had her dagger. Her ocean blue eyes looked back at the dagger that was still in Yusuke's iron grasp.
"Huh? Oh you mean Kuwabara. Hey Kurama, how much do you wanna bet he got lost." Laughing Yusuke threw his head back and put a hand behind his head. Kurama just stood there shaking his head.
Kanna cocked her head to the side. He made it seem like it happened all the time. But the energy she felt coming from him was strong, it was so strong. Suddenly Kanna thought of something. "What's your name?"
Yusuke extended a hand out. "I'm Yusuke and this is Kurama." Kurama bowed politely as he smiled at the petite girl.
A rustling sound came from the bushes on the left. A tattered Kuwabara emerged. He had twigs sticking out of his hair and scratches all over his face. "There you guys are. I got turned around in the bushes. They need to make trails over there or something."
Yusuke sighed as he stared Kuwabara. 'Is he really that lost?' "Oh yeah come on. I promised someone ice cream. So Kanna what's your favorite flavor?" Laughing Yusuke took Kanna's pale, delicate hand into his darker, calloused hand.
~*~*~*~
A dark figure stood on a tall roof top and looked down at the three boys leading a pale girl with them. "Hehehe" crackled the figure as he watched them with almost hungry lust filled eyes. "This was almost too easy. Now only if K sticks to his deal. How great it will feel to be free again." With that the figure turned and slowly walked away.
Soon the life of shadows would be over; soon his name would be feared once again. That thought brought a sinister smile to his face. Yes, he liked the thought of that.
The eagerness stemmed from thoughts of being free almost caused him to carry out the plan without caution.
"Be patient," he reprimanded himself. With that he stopped and looked back. Clinching a fist and looking up to the sky he asked the heavens above, "But haven't I been patient? Haven't I? I have waited for almost a century now hiding myself in the shadows. Even the lowest classed demons have more rights then what I have had." He had been clinching his fist harder as these thoughts ran through his head and now blood was slowly seeping through his fingers.
He turned his eyes back to the Spirit Detective. Yusuke Urimeshi was a name that was feared by every demon in the Makai. Slowly the figure raised his fist and licked some of his blood. Tasting the metallic flavored liquid he smiled. 'Soon I'll be shedding his. Then I'll get to see if all spirit detectives blood tastes the same or not.' But for now he would have to keep waiting in the shadows.
~*~*~*~
Yusuke plopped down on his bed without even bothering to undress. It had been such a tiring day. First chasing Kanna then trying to keep her from bolting. She still acted as though she didn't trust him.
Reaching over to his bedside table, Yusuke grabbed his brown wallet. Not only that but she also cleaned him out. "Man, who knew such a small girl could eat so much in one sitting. And I thought that Keiko ate like a pig."
Rolling over on his side he thought about the small girl. His thoughts kept going back to what could have possibly made her so scared. Was it blackmail, stress or was it something worse like murder, rape or even torture. For sure he was going to have to ask Koenma. With that thought Yusuke's eye lids grew heavy as he stretched and dug under the covers.
~*~*~*~
Bang, bang, bang. 'Grrr. Who in the hell was banging stuff off the wall.' Groaning Yusuke rolled over and looked at the clock. The digital clock read 12:00 am. Rolling back over Yusuke stuck his head under the pillow. Too early for him to wake up. After a few minutes the banging stopped, sighing contently he closed his eyes. "Sleep is a good thing," he mumbled as he dug once again into his warm, cozy cocoon.
After a few minutes the banging continued, except now it was louder. 'Damn it. Why won't they leave me alone?' Yusuke punched the pillow in anger.
The sound of something going through a window echoed throughout the room. Surprised Yusuke shot up in the bed and looked over at the window. There was a pebble sized hole right in the middle of it. Ready to curse out the culprit, Yusuke walked over to the window and looked down.
"You know that's coming out of your paycheck." Yusuke stopped and thought for a second before continuing, "Do you even get a paycheck?"
The culprit stepped closer. Her long blue hair was tied back on a ponytail that bobbed up and down as she moved foreword. She almost looked like a thief with her attire. Botan wore a black shirt, shades, hat and pants. The only thing that wasn't black was her hair. Yusuke was about to ask about the clothes but decided against it. He chalked it up as normal crazy Botan behavior.
Botan smiled and shook her head. "Get down here Yusuke. Duty calls."
Yusuke looked at Botan then turned back yelling over his shoulder "Yep your right duty calls. And I feel that those calls are telling me to go back to bed. 'Night."
Botan put her hands on her hips. 'Why does he have to be so stubborn? I bet a mule's less stubborn then him.' "Get down here now Yusuke. Koenma wants to talk to you."
The response from the room was simple and stern, "Screw Koenma, sleeps better."
Half way to his bed Yusuke stopped. Standing there he rethought about what he said and sighed. There was no way that she was giving up. 'Might as well go and see what's going on.' Walking over to the window again he saw a rare expression on Botan's beautiful face. Only one word was needed to explain it- fear. Her eyes were brimmed with tears.
Jumping form the window, Yusuke landed gracefully next to Botan and carefully wiped away a few tears. Fearing that he had caused the fear and tears Yusuke apologized for his gruffness.
Botan gasped as she stared at the teen. He couldn't find out what was wrong. Not now, if he did then everyone was in danger. Aggressively Botan shoke her head and put on one of her silly faces. "What are you talking about? Nothing's wrong. I, uhh, just stubbed my toe. That's all. You know how much they hurt. But while you're here come on." Turning quickly she walked stiffly to the portal. (A/n- Think about when she was at the Dark Tournament talking with Yukina about finding her bro and when Hiei threatened her. ^^)
Yusuke quickly scanned the lawn. He realized that the only thing she could have stubbed her toe on was a blade of grass. 'Nope Botan's not that weak. Something's up.' Deciding to try to get to the bottom of it he followed Botan and her poor imitation of a mummy.
Only he did not know how much trouble was to come....
~*~*~*~
Cliffy...Now it's going to get really bad...or good...depends on how you look at it. Now for a little question. Should I make this a Kanna and Yusuke fic or keep the pairing Keiko and Yusuke? Tell me what you think and I'll think about it.
Remember I'll read any stories that you (or a friend- tell me the penname and a story if there's one you want me to read) have written if you review any of mine or Alex's little story. Deal? Reviews, constructive criticism or flames all count... Heck, review and just tell me how the weather is and it'll count. I'm not that picky.
Anyways, Please read and review. ^_^