Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho, never said I did.
Author's Note: Everything in the Dark Tournament, up to the moment of Genkai's death are the same, then the changes I show could be considered off screen moments to a certain point, but I'm sure everyone will be able to tell the difference. However, after the Dark Tournament everything changes. Assume nothing that happens after the Dark Tournament happens, and start a new. This is an AU story.
Yu Yu Hakusho Divinity: Divine Mission
Nothing Happens Without Reason
Introduction: Thoughts of a Lost SoulI feel nothing,
Not cold,
Nor warmth,
Nor compassion,
I feel nothing,
But the nagging whisper,
That I wish to feel,
I have no loyalty,
No conscience,
Nor empathy of any type,
My life is a vortex of nothingness.
That was until,
I saw him.
Kindhearted and sweet,
Loyal and brave,
Selfless and heroic,
He was the real thing.
I had seen pretenders before.
But he was real.
He wasn't the strongest,
Or the smartest,
Or the most skilled,
Nevertheless, he was still willing to sacrifice all for strangers.
Willing to let the ones he sought to save strike him down with there own hands.
To some this may seem foolish, foolhardy, and stupid,
However, he could hear there souls weeping.
Hear the very fiber of there beings screaming for help.
And so he was willing to give up his life to answer this plea.
Selfless,
A man of true honor,
No strings attached,
No preconceived notions about how he's suppose to live his life,
Only a drive born of true honor,
Of original love that sprang from the very depths of his soul.
And then my heart began to beat again only for him,
I felt warmth, and compassion, and love,
Only for him,
I knew then in that very moment,
In that very instance of time,
I would give him my name,
That I would even go so far as to take his,
And carry it with honor,
He was like seeing the sun after a long black night,
I longed to be near him,
For I knew to this man I could give everything with no fear,
I knew to him I could bare my only true weakness,
My heart,
And with every fiber of his being he would strive to protect it.
Then she came,
Blue-green hair the color of the sea,
Long,
Flowing,
And as soft as silk,
Crimson eyes the color of blood,
Tender,
Humble,
And as tranquil as the moon,
White skin the color of snow,
Flawless,
Smooth,
And as cool as ice,
The Koorime Mongrel,
My blood boiled at the sight of her and the look on his face,
And every instinct with in my soul screamed for me to rip out her pretty little throat,
To watch the blood slowly drain from her body,
For daring to touch what was mine,
Jealousy,
Envy,
Emotions I've never known,
Until her,
I so wanted to be the one to receive his smile,
I love him,
Nothing could ever change that now,
I would love no other man,
And so it begins here,
My heart beating only for him,
My lungs breathing only for him,
My soul caring only for him,
Little did I know my love for him would start a chain of events I could never foresee,
The fate of the universe,
Of the world,
Of four Spirit Detectives were about to change drastically,
And there was no turning back,
Not for me,
Not for any of us.
Episode 1: Wrong Conclusions
The First Dark Tournament, the day before the finals
Yukina and Keiko had wondered off from the group a little. As they walked they came across a small tent with a large sign staked in the ground, which read, 'Have questions?? Lost something or some one you just can't find?? Me have answers. Hate secrets, me can bring them to light. Prices be negotiable, for every truth has its fee.'
"A fortuneteller?" Yukina commented.
"Yeah, why would they be way over here where fewer customers could see them? You want to check it out." Keiko asked curious about the small tent. Something in the air just seemed to beckon her to stay.
"No, let's get back to the others." Yukina answered quickly. She was getting a strange feeling from that tent and she didn't like it one bit.
"Okay, I think, Shizuru and Botan are over there." Keiko replied with a little pout as she pointed to her left.
They started to walk away when a neutral voice called after them, "He be closer den ya be thinkin', girl." It sounded neither male nor female.
"Excuse me?" Keiko asked as she stopped to turn back to face the person who'd spoken. In the now opened flap of the tent, a heavily robed figure stood with its hood pulled low over its face. Yukina stopped as well, her feelings of unease increasing as she turned to face the figure.
"Keiko, we need to go now." Yukina exclaimed cutting into whatever the figure might have replied, putting a firm hand on Keiko's arm as she began to pull her a way. The move so shock Keiko as being out of Yukina's character that she didn't resist the gentle pull. "Thank you for your time," She went on in the figure's direction, giving it a single nod of acknowledgement.
However, before they were fully turned around, the figure spoke again, "Me say, he be closer den ya be thinkin'. Da blue haired one be knowin' of what me speak. He be close enough to touch."
"I'm sorry but I don't know what you're talking about." Yukina replied a bit rushed with a little bow. She really wanted to get out of there, "We really must get going."
"Course ya be knowin', girl." The figure snapped indignantly. The tone of the voice was sharp, giving the girls a little pause. Keiko stopped completely. She wanted to know what the strange figure had to say and Yukina gave her arm a little tug to get her moving again. The figure went on, voice just as sharp, "Ya mean to be tellin' I ya don't even know when someone be speakin' of yar own kin." Yukina stopped dead in her tracks. They both turned to face the figure. The figure went on turning to head back inside the tent, "Me be talkin' about yar own brother, girl. Ya be givein' up da search fur him so quickly...Pathetic, and when ya be so close."
"Wait!" Yukina exclaimed taking a step, closer to the figure as it started to go back inside its tent, "What do you know of my search for my brother?"
"Only dat ya dan met da boy twice now, don't ya know. He been standin' closer to ya dan ya and I, girl, but ya be missin' him every time." The figure announced its body half turned in the entrance, "Ya be wantin' to hear more?"
"Yes," Yukina answered her earlier discomfort forgotten.
"Den step into me office." The figure replied as it stepped into the tent the flaps shutting after it.
Yukina followed and Keiko shrugged, saying, "This should be interesting."
The tent was dark inside with a circular table in the center. The only light came from a tiny glowing sphere that floated above the table. Two chairs sat waiting for the girls as they entered across from the figure whose form was covered in shadows. Hesitantly, the girls sat down.
"Now, what ya goin' to be payin' I, fur me service? Me thinks yar friend be havein' a mighty fine watch there, don't ya know. Me thinks it would look better on I." The figure replied its gaze shifting from Yukina to Keiko. Yukina looked at her as well. Keiko bit her lip for a minute then started to take off her watch.
"Oh, no Keiko, you don't have to..." Yukina started putting her hand on the one Keiko was using to take off her watch, but Keiko brushed her hand aside, saying, "It's nothing Yukina. I can always get a new one when I go home." She handed the watch to the figure who took it gladly, placing it in a small box to its right under the table.
"Good, now I get down to business." The figure exclaimed pulling out a bole and placing it in the center of the table. Then it filled the bole with water from a pitcher and ceremoniously waved its hands over it twice in a circular motion. "Tap da water," The figure ordered looking to Yukina. Timidly, Yukina stretched out one finger and tapped the cool liquid. As she pulled her finger away, making ripples in the serene pool, it glowed a shimmering aqua. The figure leaned the bole toward it's self. It stared into the bole rocking it back and forth then swirling it.
A small whirlpool formed in the bole's contents and the figure stared at its swirling depths for several moments then said, "Ahhh, there it be, me see it now." Then it set the bole back down and blew over the water, however, instead of making more ripples upon the surface it stilled the water completely. The figure spoke again, "Tap da water, den look. Ya will see yar brother, but don't ya be speakin' his name, now."
Yukina took a deep breath then tapped the water. She pulled her hand back and in the rippling water, she saw a face. Her breath caught as the image became clear and as it did, she sucked in her breath, her eyes going wide with shock. Hiei!!! It's...it's...it's Hiei! This fortuneteller is saying Hiei is my brother! How wonderful!! Surely, if he knew, he would have said something, so he must not know. Can it truly be him? Yukina thought, his image beginning to fade as the ripples died out.
Her gaze snapped to the fortuneteller and she breathlessly spoke her thoughts aloud as she lifted a hand to her mouth, "Can it truly be? Can it truly be him? Can it truly be Hie...?"
She was cut off when the figure lifted a finger to its hooded face, "Sh...twas his face in the water, dat be all the answer ya need."
"I can't wait to tell him." Yukina said with a smile turning to Keiko. Hiei, Hiei my brother. She thought her heart swelling with pride, He is everything I ever wanted in a brother, strong, brave, handsome, and most of all protective of me. Her smile broadened as she went on, "He must not know. He must think he's all alone." Keiko was smiling as well, excited for her friend, and was about to ask her whom she saw in the shimmering pool, but the fortuneteller cut her off, asking, "Ya have more questions? Tap da water."
"No, all I wanted was to know who my brother was. I know now and I can't wait to tell him. He mustn't know. He'll be so surprised when I walk up to him and say guess what H..." Yukina started excitedly, but stopped herself from speaking his name aloud when the figure cleared its throat, remembering she wasn't supposed to speak his name yet. It would probably break the spell or something. However, she continued anyway, "I'm your sister. I can't wait to see his face."
"Ya so sure about dat, girl, me thinks not." The figure said sharply, then it sighed, shaking its head, "Pretty little mongrel like ya, breaks me heart, dat it does. Tap da water. Ya will see."
A since of foreboding hit Yukina like a ton of bricks, What more can the fortuneteller have to show me? Surely, if Hiei knew he would have told me, he would have revealed himself to me when we first met, he would have told me, right? And if he didn't, then why not? Why wouldn't he say, knowing how long and hard I'd searched for him? Wanting answers, she tapped the water again without hesitation. Again, she saw Hiei, but this time it was just like watching a movie. The place was very familiar to her. It was in Tarukane's fortress, the room she watched Yusuke and Kazuma fighting the Toguros in, the first place she'd ever met Hiei. He was just standing there by himself. Then Kurama stepped out of the shadows.
"Why don't you tell the girl, you're her brother?" Kurama asked calmly as usual.
Hiei just looked blankly out in the opposite direction, "I have my reasons." The ripples faded away to nothing and with them so did the scene. Wide eyed, Yukina just stared at the now serene pool. She just kept thinking over and over, He knew and he didn't say anything. He knew and he was just going to let me look for him forever. Why wouldn't he have told me? Why? Why?
She looked back up to the figure. Her pretty face creased with a thoughtful frown as she asked, "Why? Why wouldn't he tell me, if he knew? Could you be wrong?"
"Ya saw da water. It be tellin' da story, not I. Ya have more questions? Den tap da water." The figure announced as it waved its hands over the water once more.
Yukina did, as she was told, then gazed into the shimmering pool. Again, the images came to her like a movie, but this time it was fast with many scenes; however, she could still see them all clearly. In each scene, she saw Hiei voice his opinion on weakness and weak people. She saw him show his strength in battle. She saw and heard Hiei say as well as show his strong dislike of weakness. She saw Hiei taunting his enemies for there weakness in battle.
His voice came with each image, "Demons like you are made for demons like me to step on. Weakness has no place in the Makai." A knew scene and his voice again, "I hate it when you weaklings forget your place. You have no right to live in a world rule by power and dominance." A new scene and his voice came again, "Your stupidity and weakness sicken me." More and more scenes flash by, each in perfect clarity, in most of the scenes, she didn't recognize any of the people, but soon she saw several scenes with Hiei and Kazuma. She didn't understand what this fortuneteller was trying to say. As the images began to fade and the ripples slowed, she saw herself. It was the first time she met him. She was holding on to his arm begging him not to kill Tarukane, then it faded and the last image came. It was of Hiei. She couldn't see whom he was talking too. It was to close on him, but he was completely stone faced, "Weakness has no place in my life."
Time stopped as if to put off the coming pain and she just sat there, staring into the bole. She didn't breathe. She didn't speak, and to her in that moment, in that vary second of time, she could have sworn her heart stopped beating. Then time started again and tears quickly filled her eyes. She knew, she understood what the water was telling her and in complete despair she thought, It's because I'm weak. He is so strong and I'm nothing, but a low class compared to him. He doesn't want me because I'm weak. He doesn't want me. She looked up to the fortuneteller.
"It's because I'm weak." She asked her voice a pain latened whisper. She wouldn't cry and further show her weakness. Keiko put a hand on her shoulder and was about to say something when Yukina cut her off, shrugging her away, a sudden thought coming to her mind, If Kurama knows, do the others, are they just making fun of me, all this time where they just making fun of me.
"Did the others know? Did they know he's my brother?" Yukina asked a new urgency in her voice.
"Tap da water," was the fortuneteller's only reply.
So again, Yukina tapped the water. This time she saw Shizuru and the others telling her they would help her look for her brother. Then Botan coming up to Shizuru telling her she thought she understood that Yukina was never to learn Hiei was her brother. Shizuru winked and said she did. Another scene came, this time of Yusuke and Kurama talking about how Keiko and Kazuma were the only once who didn't know. The next thing she saw was the night they were all playing cards in the boy's hotel room. They were trying to convince Hiei to play, but he refused and then Kurama's comment about them all being almost like family, Hiei threatening to rip out Kurama's voice box as he turned away from them and everyone laughed. I didn't understand what was so funny then, she thought painfully, a tear jam hitting the table with a clink, but I do now. They were making fun of him, because I'm his sister. He is ashamed of me, because I'm so weak and they were making fun of him, making fun of him, because I'm his sister. I thought they were my friends, but.... Her thought stopped in there tracks as the images began to fade, and she saw Hiei. He was threatening Botan with death and torture if she ever told her he was her brother. Another tear jam hit the table and she thought, Is he that ashamed of me? Does he hate me that much?
Yukina looked down into her lap fighting back tears.
"Does he hate me?" She whispered afraid of what the answer would be.
"Ya be knowin' what to do now, girl. Tap da water." The figure answered.
With a deep breath and shaky hands once more, she tapped the water. She saw another image of Hiei. He was perched in a snow-covered tree looking down on something. The image became wider and it was her, playing in the snow with the animals. She'd never seen such an open look on his face before. His eyes were gentle and wondering, a small smile across his face as he watched her. She knew then that he loved her, but was just too ashamed of her to show it, another image came that showed him watching over her with his Jagan and as it faded, she wanted to cry even more. To be so close to having the love of her brother and then to have it slip away because of her own weakness was heartrinching. Another tear jam hit the table and she put her face in her hands.
Keiko alarmed put her arms around Yukina in a hug. Yukina fell into it and cried. She shed no tears, simply sobbed, and sniffled. Keiko stroked Yukina's soft hair, in a comforting gesture, and glared at the fortuneteller.
"What did you do to her? What did you show her?" Keiko yelled angrily.
"Me did nothin'. She had questions. Now she got da answers. Don't be blamin' I, cause she didn't like what she dun saw." The figure answered defensively.
"Don't be angry Keiko." Yukina exclaim throw her muffled sobs, "It's no ones fault but mine."
"Don't ya be cryin' girl. Me could help ya. Ya say, he don't want ya, cause ya weak. Me know a place dat could teach ya to be strong. Me could even bring ya there, fur a price of course." The fortuneteller exclaimed gaining both the girls attention, "Ya want to see."
The figure picked up the glowing bole and blew over it again. The glow faded to nothing and then it tapped the water. It began to glow red, and it blew on it once more but instead of stilling the water, it brought up a new scene. It was of a large village covered in snow and ice. It was a beautiful place filled with ice apparitions of every type living in perfect harmony, and to Yukina's surprise, she even saw several Koorime, but she was sure that she and Rui were the last. The scene flowed over the hole village showing the people and there peaceful nature. Then it came upon one building and inside she saw teachers, training other ice apparitions in the art of combat. It showed her a hand-to-hand combat class and an energy training class. Then they were on the schools grounds outside and she saw class training in energy attacks. They moved on and she saw another class learning ice attacks. The last scene she saw was of another class, the teacher demonstrating an ice attack that looked like it might give Hiei's Dragon Wave a run for its money.
Yukina brighten pulling away from Keiko, "I could go to this place and train."
"Course ya could. They won't even care dat ya be a mongrel. Ya ain't got parents, they'd foster ya, and seen ya to da school. They be a good people. There ways won't let them turn ya away if ya went askin' fur help. Ya be wantin' to go den." The figure exclaimed.
"Yes, what do I have to do? Where is this place? I'll train and make him proud that we share the same blood." Yukina asked her face bright with new hope.
"Good then, but ya be forgettin', me say, there help be comin' free; however, me have me prices fur me service, so what ya goin' to pay I. Them be mighty fine stones, ya cried. Tears for yar brother, and betrayal, me take them as payment, and send ya on yar way." The figure explained. Yukina picked up the three stones, and held them in her hands considering what she would do. After a moment, she handed the stones to the figure. "Good ya be makin' the right decision girl." The figure said as it accepted the stones. It put the stones in its box then pulled out a pendent. It was a light blue snowflake. It handed the pendent to Yukina. "When ya be ready to be leavin', pin the pendent to yar breast, close yar eyes, and den tap it three times. When yar eyes open next ya'll be where ya set off to be goin'."
"Thank you," Yukina replied standing. Keiko did as well she was bursting with questions, Who is Yukina's brother? Where is Yukina going? When will she be leaving?
They walked out and Keiko asked the first question that came to mind, "Who's your brother Yukina? What did you see in there? I looked every time you did, but couldn't see a thing."
"I don't want to talk about it Keiko. Just forget we came here for now okay. Don't tell the others. There some thing I must attend to before they learn I know the truth about my brother." Yukina asked looking to Keiko with a shadow of sorrow in her eyes.
"Sure thing, it's forgotten." Keiko answered kindly, not wanting to pry. At that moment, a sudden dizzy spell hit her and she could barely stand.
Yukina helped to support her asking, "Are you all right?"
Keiko straightened and answered, "I'm fine, just let's get back to the others."
"Thanks Keiko," Yukina whispered as they made there way back to the group.
"For what?" Keiko asked confused. It really wasn't a big deal to go back to the group. Sure, she wanted to see what that tent was all about. It might have bent fun to have there fortunes read, but Yukina wanted to go back to the others. It was not a big deal. "It's cool." She said to Yukina then seeing there friends she yelled, "Hey, Shizuru, Botan we're over here!!" She waved her hand to get there attention. She looked over at Yukina. She looked a little depressed. I wonder what's wrong with her. She thought as the others walked up.
"Where have you to been? We were starting to worry?" Shizuru asked looking at the two concerned.
"Oh really, we weren't even gone that long. Let's just go back to the hotel. There's nothing to do out here anyway." Keiko replied slightly annoyed, We haven't even been gone for five minutes and there calling out the search parties.
Back at the tent, two figures emerged, the fortuneteller, and another person in a long hooded cape pulled low over its face. The second figure was a little bit taller than Kurama in comparison and was obviously female. From the curves of her breasts, to the delicate bend of her long fingers, she oozed a gentle femininity. Her form was shrouded in mystery, the only distinguishing features she let show were a few brief flashes of skin the dark color of a true African. With a flare of her ki the tent was turned to dust, leaving only the two.
"If ya don't mind me askin', what did dat girl do to ya?" The fortuneteller asked timidly.
"She stands between me and happiness." The female replied flatly.
"Yeah man, but me know ya, girl, since ya be small. Me haven't seen ya since ya be seven years old, but me know ya be the same. Ya be dead girl, and da spirits be walkin' whichya. Yar people twas right about ya. Ya bringin' I here. Ya bringin' I to da other side. Ya be a demon, girl. Ya be da devil himself. Me knew and me was glad when dem witches come to take ya. Me was wishin' ya wouldn't ever come back. But me know ya girl, so why not kill dat spirit. Ya got da power. It's yar nature to be dat way, but no ya got I at da bole spinnin' lies. What's goin' to happen to I when dat spirit learn da truth? What's goin' to happen to I?" The fortuneteller asked a small note of fear in its lecture.
"Maybe it's for the same reason I never killed you, Chumani, and I have plenty of reason." She replied calmly, turning to face the fortuneteller. Chumani stepped back in fright, knowing how she had wronged the girl before her. The girl went on her voice just as calm, "And as for lies, I didn't show her anything in that bole that wasn't true. I counted on her fragile mind and personal self-doubt to make her draw the conclusions she did. She simply didn't ask the right questions, and look beyond the obviousness of the images she was shown. Plus, where I've sent her, she'll be to busy training, to earn the love of a brother she already had, to think about it. As for why I didn't kill her. Let's just say, that would be an obstacle in the way of my happiness that not even I could move."
"Yeah, but what about I? She got a brother, man. He be a fierce one like ya, and da other girl will tell her friends about me, and he'll know. He got da eye. He'll come lookin' fur I, and his kin. Den it will be I who'll be skinned." Chumani said with concern.
"Do you really think I care?" The girl asked blankly.
"No, but if he be catchin' I, he be catchin' ya as well. Ya dress I up in these robes and ya wear yar fancy cape. Ya be hidin', so they don't know. If he catches I, he be catchin' ya as well." Chumani argued, thinking she had one on the girl there.
"The girl with her won't even remember stepping foot in your tent. I made sure of that, and as for her brother, I don't like him. If any of this brings him pain, then all the better, where she's going not even his eye will find her. I would kill him, but it would displease 'him'." The girl replied flatly.
"Aw, me know now, dis be about a man. Ain't I right?" The woman said with amusement then she laugh, "Maybe ya ain't so dead after all, and me was thinkin' ya ain't got no soul."
"Yes, it is. Do you remember, Chumani, when I was young, how I'd spin the fortunes for you? You became quite famous. You where acclaimed to be the best fortuneteller in the world, you even got to move from the islands to America, and you remember how you thanked me for it." The girl's voice held no emotion when she spoke. As she became silent, Chumani took a step back in fright as her mind was bombarded with thousands and thousands of images.
She saw herself beating a small child, no older than four or five, a little girl, with a bamboo rod. The child did not cry or scream simply curled upon itself, large red welts covering the span of her small body, quite a feet considering the child's skin was as dark as night. A thousand times more, she saw herself beating the child for one reason or another, mostly to keep her weak enough to control. She saw herself sitting at a table eating a lavish meal and the emotionless stare of a hungry child on her back. She tossed the child a few scraps as if the child was a dog.
Then she heard her voice, "Can't have ya die on I? Ya just keep spinning yar tales, and me keep ya alive. Me doin' better fur ya den yar own mother child, just remember dat."
Then the images where gone and she heard the girl's emotionless voice, "I remember."
Chumani's heart leapt in to her throat, "Come now, girl, me kept..."
"Don't. What's goin' to happen to you, Chumani? I leave you to this island." The girl exclaimed as if it was nothing, then in a burst of speed she was gone. Chumani looked around frighten, suddenly hot in her many robes. She looked around frantically. Then she heard it several demons walking up to her. She ran, terrified as fast as her feet would carry her.
"Hey, what's your hurry mister!!" She heard one scream from behind her.
"Let's have a little fun with the shrimp!!" Another yelled, the sound coming closer to her fleeing form.
"Yeah! I'm up for a good slaying. Hey, wait up, the fun's just starting!" Screamed a third, Chumani was crying now as she ran, her tears blurring her vision. She couldn't see where she was going and ran into something falling on her butt. She looked up terrified, and she saw a large purple demon standing above her, smirking.
"Truly, dat girl be da devil." She whispered her eyes wide, and then they were upon her. Her screams of agony ripped through the forest as the demons literally tore her apart. In a tree above the carnage, the caped figure of the girl watched on emotionlessly. She felt nothing as she looked on, not guilt, not remorse, not even satisfaction. She felt nothing at all.
"Child abusers, end up in the Second Circle of Hell. Travel well, Chumani, Hell is hot, and waiting for you. Perhaps, you'll see my parents there." The girl whispered and the fortuneteller's screams finally ceased in death then she was gone.
After the finals all the gang were getting ready to leave, they were together and talking casually, everyone except Yukina. She was in the bathroom, and she was hurting silently within its walls. She had left so not to worry the others, but she was on the verge of tears again. Hiei, he lied straight to her face. She'd given him a tear jam, thanked him for his kindness, and even went so far as to tell him she wished her brother were just like him. She'd seen a small warmth in his eyes then, but it was gone as quickly as it came, his shame of her was just too great. He lied and told her he would look for her brother himself. It was as if a burning dagger plunged viciously into her heart, her eyes stung as she held back the tears, and she'd smile for him, thanked him for his kindness once again then quickly fled his presence. She wouldn't cry she kept telling herself, and she fought hard not to. She won, but not without a cost, instead of tears she vomited in a near by trashcan. Shizuru had seen and asked if she was all right. She assured her she was fine.
They'd discussed her staying at Master Genkai's Temple, but she knew she couldn't do that now. She was going to go to that place the fortuneteller told her about, and she was going to go now. She took out the pendent from within her left yukata sleeve and pinned it to her breast. She knew she just couldn't leave without saying good-bye. Kazuma and Keiko were really her friends, they hadn't lied to her or made fun of her, and she'd missed them. Another wave of pain flowed over her, she had really like Shizuru and Botan, especially, Shizuru, but they openly mocked her, thinking it was over her head, it hurt, it really hurt. She'd be glad to get away from them. She would say good-bye, and leave. She walked outside the bathroom and looked at everyone in the room. Kurama was trying to break up a fighting Yusuke and Kazuma. Hiei was on the windowsill as usual. Her eyes lingered on him. Hiei, my brother, a sad smile crossed her face as she thought, I will make you proud to share my blood. I love you, brother. She was pulled from her thoughts when two slightly confuse red orbs connected with her gaze. She realized she must have been staring for a while and quickly looked away, seeing Shizuru, Botan, along with Keiko talking amongst themselves.
She walked to the center of the room silently, noticing to herself that a pair of crimson orbs followed her the entire way.
She cleared her throat and then said quietly, "Excuse me, everyone, there something I need to say. It won't take long if you'll all just give me a moment." Everyone to absorbed in there own things, didn't hear her quiet voice in the noisy room, everyone except a spiky haired fire demon sitting on the windowsill.
"Hey! Everyone shut up!" Hiei snapped his voice deep and commanding. The room instantly became silent.
"Thank you, Hiei." Yukina exclaimed giving him a nod of her head, "Now as I was saying there's something I need to tell you all, it won't take long. Also, I would like to ask that no one interrupts me until I'm finished.
First, I would like to say, I'm very grateful to Lord Koenma and Master Genkai for giving me the chance to go to the Human World and live in Master Genkai's Temple, but I'm afraid I must refuse. I have some rather personal business to attend to, a journey I need to take alone to become a stronger person. I don't know if I'll ever see any of you again," She turned to look Hiei in the face, "Only you, Hiei, I'm going to make sure I learn your progress in the search for my brother. I'll definitely be seeing you again." She looked back to the others who were stunned, and she could see Kazuma bursting at the seems to say something. She went on, "I just wanted to say good-bye." She smiled sadly, "Keiko, you were a good friend to me and I'll miss you. I'll never forget how good you were to me." Keiko smiled back sadly as well truly touched by what was said.
Yukina looked to Kuwabara next, who looked like his cat just died, his eyes were pleading with her to come back to the Human World with them. Her smile widened, "Kazuma, you were always so kind to me. Thank you, you fought for me and you made me laugh, thank you, you're a good man." She looked to Yusuke next, her smile gone, and bowed to him formally, "Urameshi Yusuke," She stood up right and gazed into his now even more stunned eyes, "You fought along side your friends to save me from Tarukane's Fortress, and for that I am grateful. You are a fine warrior, and I thank you." She looked to the next people as she called there names, giving them a courteous nod of her head, "Kurama, Botan, Shizuru, I hope life treats you as kindly as you have treated me, and that you meet people like yourselves that you can call friends." Her gaze went back to Keiko and Kazuma. She smiled, "I'm going to be leaving now, good-bye, my friends, may nothing, but goodness and happiness come your way." She looked at Hiei, smiling a soft smile, and bowed, "Until we meet again." Then she stood up straight, closed her eyes, and quickly tapped the pendent three times.
"YUKINA!!" Hiei shouted as he felt a strange energy surround her, and in a flash of light, she was gone, "What happen? Where did that energy come from?"
"She's gone, Hiei, on whatever journey she felt she needed to go on. As for the energy, I believe it had to be the snowflake pendent. The energy came after she tapped it." Kurama answered as calm as ever.
"No," Hiei exclaimed in shock as his sense of Yukina was suddenly cut off. He started to go into a full-blown panic. He didn't let it show, but everyone in the room could tell he was freaked, "I can't sense her anymore." He took off the ward covering his Jagan, and it glowed brightly, "Some thing's wrong I can't sense her anymore."
Kurama took a step forward to calm him, "Listen, Hiei, I've lived along time. I know some things and there are ways to hide even from your sight. She said she needed to take this journey alone, and she meant it. I'm sure she's fine."
"She didn't even let me say good-bye." Kuwabara mumbled crushed as he left the room to be alone, he would not cry in front of them. Keiko and Botan were saying something along the same lines, and how sudden her leaving was. Hiei just nodded to what Kurama said placing his ward back on, but didn't look one bit at ease.
Shizuru however was oddly quiet, her six sense on overdrive, something about the hole thing just struck her as wrong, the hole good-bye or maybe the lack there of. There was something a kin to hurt?...betrayal maybe?... in Yukina's eyes when she spoke to her, Kurama, and Botan, despite the kind words Yukina spoke, Shizuru sense there was a half-truth, a hidden meaning that neither she, Kurama, or Botan got. Yukina had been acting oddly since she and Keiko went off by themselves the other day. She'd been distant, and looked slightly upset, even though she tried to hide it. Shizuru thought that perhaps she was worried about the boys, but the behavior persisted even after the tournament was won, so she knew it was something more. There was the fact that she caught Yukina throwing up in a trashcan. Then suddenly, she's going on this journey out of the blue. Something wasn't right, but there was nothing to be done now. She was gone and Shizuru prayed Yukina would fine what she was looking for on this journey.
Hiei-P.O.V.
Yukina walked outside the bathroom and looked at everyone in the room. Her eyes touched on Kurama trying to break up a fighting Yusuke and Kuwabara. Then she was looking at me...staring at me with the saddest expression on her face. It was odd, because she was smiling. She looked so sad, and I wondered what could have happen to her in the short time since we'd talked that could make her so sad. She never looked away. She just kept staring, so I met her gaze, slightly confuse, wondering why, but as soon as our eyes met, she looked away. What was wrong with her? What was bothering her? I had a bad feeling. She walked to the center of the room and said she had something to say to everyone, but no one was listening. I had a bad feeling. I snapped at everyone to shut up, and then it came. She spoke and she said she was leaving, that she needed to go on a personal journey to become a stronger person. I thought she was perfect just the way she was, but I wouldn't fight it. I could always watch her with my Jagan, but then that bad feeling came back ten fold when she said she didn't think she'd see any of us again. Then she was looking at me with a weird look in her eyes, and she told me she'd make sure she saw me again to check up on my search for her brother. I wish I could tell her who I really was, but I couldn't. I gave my word I would never tell, and I would not shame her, despite what she said to me earlier. I knew the truth, I am a murderer, a killer, heartless, and she deserved better. I listen to her say good bye to the others. It really did sound like forever.
After that, she turned to me with the most haunting image I had ever seen. She was smiling so softly, know one had ever looked at me in such away, with so much care, but her eyes were pained. It was an eerie mixture of pain, care, and joy. Then she spoke, the voice of an angel, 'Until we meet again.' I felt a strange energy surrounding her. It wasn't her own energy. It was pulling her away. I screamed her name, but then she was just gone. Kurama told me she'd left on her journey, that the energy came from the pendent she was wearing, but I barely heard him as my sense of her was severed cleanly. Like someone cut it with a knife. I couldn't sense her. I couldn't feel her. She was gone. I tore off my ward, but still nothing. I couldn't see her. I couldn't feel her. Yukina!! Yukina!! Yukina!! But then Kurama spoke again hearing my concerns. He told me there were ways to hide from me. I knew that I just didn't think Yukina did. I didn't like the fact that she was truly alone now. I just hoped she knew what she was doing. It's all I could do, and I hated it, hated it with all my soul. I wouldn't rest well, until I saw her again.
Kuwabara walked briskly down the hallways of the hotel to find a place where he could be by himself. He ended up outside in the forest, sitting under a tree. Alone in the solitude of the forest, he let his pain show. It was one tear, at first, then two, three, four, angrily he wiped them away with a frustrated arm, but to no avail, they just kept coming, five, six, seven, until slowly a steady stream of salty agony poured from his eyes. Yukina, why did you leave? Why did you leave me without letting me say good-bye, I love you, don't go, I need you? You looked so sad, and I could feel so many emotions from you. Pain there was so much pain, but there was love, friendship, betrayal, excitement. I don't understand. Why? Why? Why? Why did you leave the way you did? Why, Baby? Why, oh, why didn't you let me say good-bye? I needed to I really did, to just touch you one more time... The silent tears that made there ways slowly down his face turned into a torrential down fall as an anguished sob racked his body. Just one more time, to see your beautiful face again, to hear your sweet voice, Yukina, I don't want to live my life, knowing I'll never see you again. I love you. Oh, Baby, I just wanted to say it to you once more, but now you're gone, gone forever.
In a place unseen and unknown to the Yu yu gang, in a room with a crystal ceiling as well as walls, standing upon the cool white marble floor the same mysterious black skin girl who orchestrated Yukina's disappearance watched Kuwabara weeping, a look of pure pain upon her beautiful features. His image played upon all four walls of the room as well as the ceiling. As he began to sob, she stepped forward toward the image on the wall she stood before, raising her hand to touch him as if she could comfort him through the image. Her hand stopped short of actually touching the image. She knew it was unrealistic, that she couldn't console him through touching the image that was being played for her, that it was just like watching T.V., but when he began to sob repeatedly, she couldn't help herself and she lifted her hand to his face, tracing his tears at first then caressing his cheek.
"I'm sorry, you suffer, but soon I'll take all your pain away, beautiful Kazuma, she would have never loved you like I will, and soon we'll be together." The girl whispered softly to the image as if he could hear her, her voice full of concern and care.
Another woman entered the room, and the black skinned girl quickly moved back from the image in a smooth motion.
"You're not supposed to be in here without me." The new comer exclaimed.
"I know that, Khalidah, I won't return." The girl announced her voice lacking any true emotion as she stared blankly at the taller woman across from her.
"I trust you will not. Do you feel up for a spar? I know it can be dreadfully boring for you in the temple." Khalidah replied kindly as she and the girl walked from the room, the image of Kuwabara fading instantly as they left.
"Fine, tell me how long, until they come?" The girl asked not looking to her companion as they walked through a hallway.
"Four months," Khalidah replied looking slightly to the girl next to her.
A ghost of an emotion touched the girl's eyes and she exclaimed, "Good."
End Episode 1Hope you like it, so please review, and if there any good beta readers out there, who would like to read for me put it in your review please.