To Break the Chain
Kohari: Okay, I finally got some more reviews. I went ahead and started this one. Oh, and I may need an extra person later on in the story, so if you want to be in this, go ahead and let me know, 'kay? Of course, you'll only have a small part, and you'll be killed, but...it's something, right? And you don't have to give me your real appearance or anything. You can just make up a character for me (preferably male, but fms okay too). I'm not trying to joke my own gender, but when I thought up the scene I'll need someone in, they were male, and it makes it a lot easier. Anyway...
Disclaimer: Kohari does not, never has, and probably never will own YYH.
Kohari: That hurts. Oh well. Enjoy!
Chapter 3
Note: This is somewhat of an alternate reality that the orbs have created. In this little alternate reality, Hiei has taken over control a month prior to coming out of the forest. In his third week of ruling the world, he disappeared. Now, he is back. Don't get it? Neither do I. Hiei's mind went for a loop, too, trying to keep track of timelines. From now until I say otherwise, we will be using this "alternate reality's" time lines. 'Kay? Sorry to mess ya up, there.
Yusuke and the others camped out at that same spot that night. It's not like there was anywhere else safer to be. This wasn't even their hometown. They had just been tracking Hiei down.
The next morning found them all very tired. Everyone in the city knew that Hiei had disappeared for a week before he met up with Team Urameshi the day before. Now that he had returned, they were almost afraid to sleep. The bags under their eyes that had been there since the incident had occured proved this statement to be correct. Koenma himself had become a little paranoid since the apparition's betrayal.
Now, they were anxiously awaiting the arrival of their new partners. Todd and Kohari...what were they like? None of them knew, and wouldn't until they got there.
Kuwabara sat on a fire hydrant (A/N: Okay, I don't know how to spell that word.), twiddling his thumbs. Yusuke sat beside him on the concrete sidwalk, bottoms of his feet pressing against each other, hands behind his head, rocking back and forth. Kurama was nearby examining an interesting plant that neither of the others had ever seen before.
Yusuke, glancing to the side and down the street, noticed three silhouettes in the distance. As they came closer, the team realized that it was a guy, a girl, and Botan.
"Hello, everybody," Botan practically sang. Her two charges stood in front of the three that had been waiting.
'Don't know what she's so cheerful about,' Yusuke thought to himself, looking over the newcomers.
"Boys, this is Todd," Botan introduced, waving her hand in the direction of a boy clad in camoflouge-green jeans (with who knew how many pockets) and a black T-shirt. His chocolate-colored hair was unkempt and his eyes were a beautiful brown to match, though the expression in them was cold and emotionless. His skin tone was quite tan, and if circumstances hadn't been the way they were, he looked like he'd be a chick-magnet.
"And Kohari." She pointed to a girl whose elbow rested on her comrade's shoulder. She wore short jean shorts that appeared old, strings dangling from the bottom of them. A tight black spaghetti strap tank top hugged her upper body, similar to the way her boots, also black, clung to the lower half of her leg, resting over the bottom half of her knees. Black earrings, black necklace, black bracelet, everything she wore was black with the exception of her shorts. Baby blue eyes stared from under jet-black eyelashes. Her hair was a rainbow of colors. Golden-brown tips slowly transformed into a dirty-blond to a final of strawberry-blond ends to the middle of her back, topped off with golden-blond (actually, almost white) streaks that hadn't been re-dyed for months.
"They'll be working with you from now on," announced Botan cheerfully.
"So, uh, where're the others?" Kuwabara asked stupidly, eyes on the new girl. Kohari got a distant look in her eye and went to sit on a step closeby, taking out a picture and occupying herself with it.
"Others?" Botan repeated, ignoring what had just happened, and not understanding what the red-haired idiot was talking about.
"The rest of out side of the resistance," Todd answered for her.
"He speaks!" joked Yusuke, the comment of whom Todd paid no attention to.
"They decided to sniff around what I guess was supposed to be a hotel at one time. Hope they weren't invading your sleeping quarters." They shook their heads. Todd was becoming more friendly. Maybe he just acted heartless as a first impression.
"What's up with her?" Kuwabara inquired, jerking his head in Kohari's direction. Yusuke wandered over ot her, up the steps and sat behind her, beginning a conversation.
"Oh. She does that sometimes. She's still mourning Dmitri," Todd explained.
"Who?" Kurama questioned.
"Dmitri," Todd echoed himself. "Leader of the Blitz. They started that gang together. Makes up most of our team now. They were childhood friends." He paused to look at the girl he had come to love. "He swore he'd protect her if it killed him. Carried it out right to the letter." He sighed. "Done in by Hiei himself before he went missing. She still hasn't gotten over it, I guess."
As we know, Yusuke had started a discussion with Kohari. Let's take a look at what had been going on with them.
"That your boyfriend?" Yusuke asked, inspecting the photograph over her shoulder. They couldn't hear the others' conversation. She looked at him, as though she could see through him and look into his soul.
"No." The reply sounded empty of all concern, care, or feeling at all. Just...blank. She turned her attention back to the photo. Yusuke looked more closely at it. There was a fifteen-yr-old boy with messy emerald locks, sitting on a fence, his right hand waving. Behind him was Kohari (14.5 yrs), making a peace sign at the camera. The fingers of her right hand were tangled into those of the boy's left and slung loosely over his right shoulder. Both were smiling.
"A close friend?" Yusuke tried again.
"Dmitri." Yusuke took that as a yes. "It was taken not long before...the attack." She sounded as though her subconscious was speaking for her.
"Attack?" Yusuke asked, concerned. "You mean...by Hiei?"
She nodded, her eyes were dull from sorrow. "The village was peaceful. One of the few that had been temporarily spared because of seclusion...We should've known they'd find some way."
All of a sudden, she snapped out of her "trance." Her eyes regained their brilliant appearance and she smiled at him. They went and rejoined the others.
"I think it's time we rested up. It's morning, but we all look like we could use it. Tomorrow, we'll get acquainted and make a plan," Todd suggested. "I'll take first watch. Sound good?"
Everyone cheered. They had all the time in the world right now. For the first time in a long while, they were all actually happy over something.
Meanwhile, back in the castle, Hiei had been briefed on the events of the past month, including his "disappearance." He was still in the dark about Yukina, but was suspicious because no one seemed able to find her.
He had gone back to his evil self. His next target: none. Another base seemed like a good idea. What better way than to make one out of a mall. Supplies, equipment, and facilities.
"Construction begins tomorrow!" He ordered as he left, cape billowing out behind him. The old woman saw all of this through her "visions." Had she foreseen this? Was she satisfied with what she had created? What would she do about it? She laughed and retreated further into the forest to search for some food.
Kohari: What'd ya think?! I know I didn't get the number of reviews I wanted, but...I still felt like I had to type this up before the smart people that are reading and reviewing don't get bored of it. You guys rule! Anyway, remember, if you want to be in it, I'm just a click away! Byes!
Kohari: Okay, I finally got some more reviews. I went ahead and started this one. Oh, and I may need an extra person later on in the story, so if you want to be in this, go ahead and let me know, 'kay? Of course, you'll only have a small part, and you'll be killed, but...it's something, right? And you don't have to give me your real appearance or anything. You can just make up a character for me (preferably male, but fms okay too). I'm not trying to joke my own gender, but when I thought up the scene I'll need someone in, they were male, and it makes it a lot easier. Anyway...
Disclaimer: Kohari does not, never has, and probably never will own YYH.
Kohari: That hurts. Oh well. Enjoy!
Chapter 3
Note: This is somewhat of an alternate reality that the orbs have created. In this little alternate reality, Hiei has taken over control a month prior to coming out of the forest. In his third week of ruling the world, he disappeared. Now, he is back. Don't get it? Neither do I. Hiei's mind went for a loop, too, trying to keep track of timelines. From now until I say otherwise, we will be using this "alternate reality's" time lines. 'Kay? Sorry to mess ya up, there.
Yusuke and the others camped out at that same spot that night. It's not like there was anywhere else safer to be. This wasn't even their hometown. They had just been tracking Hiei down.
The next morning found them all very tired. Everyone in the city knew that Hiei had disappeared for a week before he met up with Team Urameshi the day before. Now that he had returned, they were almost afraid to sleep. The bags under their eyes that had been there since the incident had occured proved this statement to be correct. Koenma himself had become a little paranoid since the apparition's betrayal.
Now, they were anxiously awaiting the arrival of their new partners. Todd and Kohari...what were they like? None of them knew, and wouldn't until they got there.
Kuwabara sat on a fire hydrant (A/N: Okay, I don't know how to spell that word.), twiddling his thumbs. Yusuke sat beside him on the concrete sidwalk, bottoms of his feet pressing against each other, hands behind his head, rocking back and forth. Kurama was nearby examining an interesting plant that neither of the others had ever seen before.
Yusuke, glancing to the side and down the street, noticed three silhouettes in the distance. As they came closer, the team realized that it was a guy, a girl, and Botan.
"Hello, everybody," Botan practically sang. Her two charges stood in front of the three that had been waiting.
'Don't know what she's so cheerful about,' Yusuke thought to himself, looking over the newcomers.
"Boys, this is Todd," Botan introduced, waving her hand in the direction of a boy clad in camoflouge-green jeans (with who knew how many pockets) and a black T-shirt. His chocolate-colored hair was unkempt and his eyes were a beautiful brown to match, though the expression in them was cold and emotionless. His skin tone was quite tan, and if circumstances hadn't been the way they were, he looked like he'd be a chick-magnet.
"And Kohari." She pointed to a girl whose elbow rested on her comrade's shoulder. She wore short jean shorts that appeared old, strings dangling from the bottom of them. A tight black spaghetti strap tank top hugged her upper body, similar to the way her boots, also black, clung to the lower half of her leg, resting over the bottom half of her knees. Black earrings, black necklace, black bracelet, everything she wore was black with the exception of her shorts. Baby blue eyes stared from under jet-black eyelashes. Her hair was a rainbow of colors. Golden-brown tips slowly transformed into a dirty-blond to a final of strawberry-blond ends to the middle of her back, topped off with golden-blond (actually, almost white) streaks that hadn't been re-dyed for months.
"They'll be working with you from now on," announced Botan cheerfully.
"So, uh, where're the others?" Kuwabara asked stupidly, eyes on the new girl. Kohari got a distant look in her eye and went to sit on a step closeby, taking out a picture and occupying herself with it.
"Others?" Botan repeated, ignoring what had just happened, and not understanding what the red-haired idiot was talking about.
"The rest of out side of the resistance," Todd answered for her.
"He speaks!" joked Yusuke, the comment of whom Todd paid no attention to.
"They decided to sniff around what I guess was supposed to be a hotel at one time. Hope they weren't invading your sleeping quarters." They shook their heads. Todd was becoming more friendly. Maybe he just acted heartless as a first impression.
"What's up with her?" Kuwabara inquired, jerking his head in Kohari's direction. Yusuke wandered over ot her, up the steps and sat behind her, beginning a conversation.
"Oh. She does that sometimes. She's still mourning Dmitri," Todd explained.
"Who?" Kurama questioned.
"Dmitri," Todd echoed himself. "Leader of the Blitz. They started that gang together. Makes up most of our team now. They were childhood friends." He paused to look at the girl he had come to love. "He swore he'd protect her if it killed him. Carried it out right to the letter." He sighed. "Done in by Hiei himself before he went missing. She still hasn't gotten over it, I guess."
As we know, Yusuke had started a discussion with Kohari. Let's take a look at what had been going on with them.
"That your boyfriend?" Yusuke asked, inspecting the photograph over her shoulder. They couldn't hear the others' conversation. She looked at him, as though she could see through him and look into his soul.
"No." The reply sounded empty of all concern, care, or feeling at all. Just...blank. She turned her attention back to the photo. Yusuke looked more closely at it. There was a fifteen-yr-old boy with messy emerald locks, sitting on a fence, his right hand waving. Behind him was Kohari (14.5 yrs), making a peace sign at the camera. The fingers of her right hand were tangled into those of the boy's left and slung loosely over his right shoulder. Both were smiling.
"A close friend?" Yusuke tried again.
"Dmitri." Yusuke took that as a yes. "It was taken not long before...the attack." She sounded as though her subconscious was speaking for her.
"Attack?" Yusuke asked, concerned. "You mean...by Hiei?"
She nodded, her eyes were dull from sorrow. "The village was peaceful. One of the few that had been temporarily spared because of seclusion...We should've known they'd find some way."
All of a sudden, she snapped out of her "trance." Her eyes regained their brilliant appearance and she smiled at him. They went and rejoined the others.
"I think it's time we rested up. It's morning, but we all look like we could use it. Tomorrow, we'll get acquainted and make a plan," Todd suggested. "I'll take first watch. Sound good?"
Everyone cheered. They had all the time in the world right now. For the first time in a long while, they were all actually happy over something.
Meanwhile, back in the castle, Hiei had been briefed on the events of the past month, including his "disappearance." He was still in the dark about Yukina, but was suspicious because no one seemed able to find her.
He had gone back to his evil self. His next target: none. Another base seemed like a good idea. What better way than to make one out of a mall. Supplies, equipment, and facilities.
"Construction begins tomorrow!" He ordered as he left, cape billowing out behind him. The old woman saw all of this through her "visions." Had she foreseen this? Was she satisfied with what she had created? What would she do about it? She laughed and retreated further into the forest to search for some food.
Kohari: What'd ya think?! I know I didn't get the number of reviews I wanted, but...I still felt like I had to type this up before the smart people that are reading and reviewing don't get bored of it. You guys rule! Anyway, remember, if you want to be in it, I'm just a click away! Byes!