Burning Fires

Disclaimer: I don't own YYH, only Sukari, Raven, Apolla, Apolla and Artemis.

-Chapter Three: Doctor--A Truth Revealed-

"Oh...." I groaned. "Hey...I'm...alive?" I sat up on a bench, with Yusuke and the others right behind me. Genkai, I had learned her name, was explaining tracing the bullet-which was an eraser hardened with Spirit Energy.

I stared at the eraser, but then, I felt this weird sensation. Color inverted in my eyes. "Yusuke...I think something happened..." I whispered.

Suddenly, a bug flew out of the air, and landed on Mitsunari's arm. It had a strange syringe thing which I guess was it's mouth and it looked like it was full of some liquid. Several more came and several people collapsed, including Mitsunari.

Genkai said something about spreading out, by I wasn't listening. I was already headed towards the elevator swatting bugs away while people were giving me strange looks.

Instead of the elevator, I headed towards the stairs. After several flights of stairs, I saw Yusuke rushing towards a room. Following, I entered the room, which was an ER, or emergency room, the same kind my dad used to work in.

Anyway, I saw Kido on the floor, Yusuke standing next to him, but not moving. I glanced along the room, and saw a man with a red tie that looked vaguely familiar...Like I had known him all my life...

Looking down at Yusuke again, I saw him glance sharply at the doctor with the tie. The next thing I knew, everybody except Yusuke and me was on the floor. Well, Kido was already on the floor, paralyzed I could tell.

Then something struck me why the man was so familiar...

He was my Dad!

Some dad I thought. I started backing away from him, practically hugging the wall backwards. Yusuke noticed my actions and sent me the what-the-hell-are-you-doing-? I told him, mind to mind, that he was my dad.

No way!

Better believe it. Any second now, he's going to recognize me.

Why's that?

I looked just like this when he left, minus the streaks. But my facial features and body build is just the same.

You sound like a Detective for the human world.

My mom was in politics and she spent half of her life as one so don't start with me about my mom.

Oh.

Never thought I hear you say that.

He mumbled a few choice cusswords, and then started attacking my 'Dad'. I ran to Kido, and took his pulse.

Approximately twenty pulses per minuet. That was only about a third of the pulse that it was supposed to be! At any rate, I gave him a quick go-over and closed any surface wounds, a few of the deeper ones I handled as well, but the spinal injury was beyond me.

Suddenly my Dad-gone-bad noticed me.

"Well, well, well. What have we here?" He said, and came towards me. He stretched an arm out and tried to touch my arm, but I grabbed his wrist and flung him out the door.

"Don't you dare touch me. You're not my dad anymore. I don't even know you. I take back what I said at your grave. I never want to see you again! Azriath...Sentoro...Sinthoros!" A flash of black and he was suspended in mid-air. A flick of my wrist and he was brought crashing down. But he recovered quickly, and went on explaining how becoming a psychic gave him powers that let him block the pain signals coming from his nerves and instead use a chemical that controls the nerves to stop them.

Oh joy, my dad is a lunatic. That is just what I needed on my permanent record. I thought bitterly.

Well, Doctor ran, and Yusuke and I followed, but when we came to a branch, we didn't see him. I looked up, Doctor's face contorted grotesquely in the light.

I grabbed Yusuke's arm and pushed him out of the way when Doctor jumped down. Doctor rushed forward, his hand crossed across his chest, like he was using it as a knife.

I felt around my jeans, for something, anything, but nothing.

Wait, I had a dagger with me! I pulled it out, the ivory white handle glinted darkly. The blade was replaced with something that resembled a fang from something.

Dragon's fang...

Dragon's fang...

You don't have to repeat me Apolla!

What? You forget, Artemis, we are both bound to protect and serve her.

What the heck are you talking about? I asked. The same dragons that was in my mind appeared again.

A dragon's fang? Well, who gave bullshit right now, I needed to save my hide! I clung onto the dagger, Doctor came rushing forward, bringing his hand down to chop my hand off, when I swung the dagger in a sort of half-turn, so that it was above his hand, and bring it down, severing it.

Doctor clutched his hand, but started laughing, like a maniac. But then, he was a maniac. Yusuke took over from there. I was lost in thought, one of my worst memories rearing its ugly head.

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Raven ran through the large house, coming to her mother's office. She opened the door, immediately regretting it. So her mom was picture shy when it was birth time. But still...Apolla had a picture. She didn't.

She sighed, she had to know.

Clutching the lock-pick in her hand, she went to the locked drawer on her Mom's desk. She put the lock pick into the lock, twisted it, and pulled it out. She then pulled open the drawer.

A file was labeled "Child Documents—Birth Photos, birth documents, etc." Etc.? Rave opened the file, and flicked through the papers. Adoption documents, birth papers—Adoption documents?

They weren't adopted. At least, Apolla wasn't.

Raven pulled out the adoption document. Illegal, she could tell. And, it was for...Raven. For her. Raven started crying slightly, then heavily, then sobbing. She put the document back, put the drawer back and relocked it. Then, running to her room, she realized her whole life was one big giant lie.

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Well, I thought, my life isn't a lie anymore. I know what I am and I have friends who care for me. Doctor was standing over me, grinning. I was mad, more than I ever could imagine. I clutched the dagger. I could forgive my mother, but my Dad? The one who faked his death? The one who now turned into a lunatic? I think not! I stood up, and swung the dagger down onto his shoulder. The sudden movement surprised him, and he couldn't react fast enough. He cried in pain, and stumbled backwards.

"Wait, I'll give up. Here, this is the cure. Enough for everyone." Doctor gives up? Something wasn't right. Silently, I probed into his mind.
Hn. Ha! This is just a glucose solution!

"Yusuke! Don't!" I cried. "Don't take it!"

Yusuke, seeing his chance, powered up for his Spirit Gun. Doctor was staggering, but when a nurse showed up, green, Doctor grabbed her by the neck and said, "If you shoot, she dies."

Suddenly, the nurse smirked and threw some alcohol into his eyes. Doctor shrieked and covered his eyes. The nurse smiled, and suddenly, she turned into Mitsunari. Yusuke, once again, shot his Spirit Gun, this time hitting him right in the chest. He went through the window and landed on the ground.

I gasped, still upset, even though my Dad was a lunatic. I fell back, tears threatening to fall. I rocked back and forth, back and forth. But still, he was a lunatic. He had to be put away.

Genkai walked up and struck Doctor in the chest. His back arched, but nothing else. I still sat there. My Dad, a lunatic. Killed, but then brought to life by Genkai. He faked his death. My mother was buried with some stranger. Perhaps nobody. Perhaps a stranger...Lord, if I die here, Japan may keep my bones but God and California will have my spirit and soul.

I stood up, and walked back down to the lower levels. Yusuke, Kurama, Keiko, Hiei, Kuwabara and a few others's were there. I just stood there, my arms wrapped around me. My whole life a lie. Even though I knew that for five years, still. A lie. And now, my Dad, a lunatic. He would be going to jail, a relieving yet saddening thought.

Hiei glanced at me, but I ignored him, and walked out of the hospital. I was walking back to Yusuke's house. I happened to be walked past a dark alley, when suddenly, I bumped into a man.

"Sorry," I muttered.

Suddenly, he grabbed my arm, and brought me closer to him. Now, I was totally freaked. I noticed he was wearing a biker jacket. He was wearing sunglasses. And, if he was wearing the same school uniform as Yusuke, I could've sworn he was Yusuke's twin.

"Scream, and I swear you'll die," He muttered in my ear.

He led me to the dark alley which I was conveniently walking by. He dragged me the entire way, but after awhile, I gave up.

We came to an empty field and he led me to a cave. I resisted slightly, I didn't like where this was going.

He was walking me down, down, down to a dark tunnel. Finally, we arrived at this large cave, where there was furniture, a kitchen, bedrooms, even a TV! Well, looks can be deceiving, and when a tall man walked in, I knew looks were deceiving. This was the same man that was leering at us in the street.

"Thanks you Sniper, you did your job." Sniper? Wasn't he one of the seven?

"Yes Mr. Sensui."

"Lead her to her room. I...want to talk to her later. Do what you want to do with her."

"Yes Mr. Sensui."

I gulped. Let him do what he wanted to do with me? Didn't sound very good. I followed Sniper to my room, which was surprisingly well furnished, almost as if they expected my very moves. I went to my bed and sat on it. Sniper stood there, just looking at me. I felt very uncomfortable, like I was naked, nothing to hide behind. I couldn't really tell if he was looking at me, because his eyes were hidden behind his glasses.

I slumped down, thinking about everything that happened to me, again. I mean, I got kidnapped, figured that my dad was a lunatic, my sister killed, two wacky dragons that live in my head...and...my life is just screwy!

I hoped that I wouldn't lose my sanity.

-End-