10 Years of Waiting
by Kurohi Tatsaki
Day 24 - Guide to the Worlds Part 2
Disclaimer - I don't own YYH; am not making money off this; am not Yoshihiro Togashi. Kurohi, Yamiryuinu, Shirokoori, & all the other original characters I & Kohaku Frost come up with are property of Beware of Mage & Tsuki Ryu Productions. Use our characters without permission & we will be pissed.
Transcribing takes a while, and with my TV limited, so is my time to transcribe (I only get to watch 2 hours of TV a week.) I am so, so sorry for the delay! ...but now that I have a new computer (the other one crashed!) I can transcribe whenever I'm on the compy! It can play DVDs!! Yaaaaay!!! Also, now that I'm coming to the next chapter with Majari, I'm not quite sure what to do. I have an idea, though, and most of the chapter transcribed from the movie, but now it's time to add the rest of it and the final touches.
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By the way, isn't being nice. I can't add those squiggly lines to indicate change of point of view. Dammit!
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The sun shines brightly with a few clouds trying to cover it, casting shadows on the temple below. Within the temple, everyone decides to address the current problems in addition to Kurohi's sudden departure the night before. Kuwabara is leaning against a table-like object while Kurama remains standing with Hiei right next to him. Yusuke, Genkai and Hinageshi remain seated Indian-style on the hard floor.
"Am I the only one that thinks it's odd that someone would merely up and leave just to find a long-lost father?" asks Yusuke, fixing his gaze on everyone.
"I know that if I EVER found my no-good dad, I'd pound 'im for abandoning my sis', my mom and I," replies Kuwabara, rocking back and forth on his heels while using his hands to steady himself against the tall furniture.
"He mentioned that his name was /Majari/," murmured Kurama. "That he was alive, just as Koenma had said. My guess is that Majari is one of the Meikai gods."
Kuwabara's eyes widened at the half fox. "Wh-What?! So our dragon-cat-boy's also a god?!"
"Half god, I would think, if his mother was merely a demon."
Kuwabara hesitates in thought for a moment and then seems to drop the subject. The tall man/oaf then looks down to the redheaded girl. "What should we do, Hinageshi?"
"We have to transmit power to the spirit world." She sits up straighter to look Kuwabara in the eye, then retrieves a scroll from a practically nonexistent pile.
"Doiyatte?" He taps his thumb against the table-like object, confusion on his face.
Hinageshi places a scroll in front of her on the floor. "Look. There are places in the human world called elemental sites which naturally collect spiritual energy."
Yusuke looks confused. "Elemental sites?" He leans in closer.
"You mean storage tanks for spiritual power?" He looks at the scroll, too, only having to bend over slightly to see it.
Hinageshi looks up at Kuwabara. "Yes, something like that." She points to a seemingly "west" point on the scroll. "There are five of these elemental sites representing the Earth, Wind, Fire Water, and the Spirit. If they are unsealed, that amassed spiritual power will be sent to the spirit world."
Kuwabara leans in close. "And with that power, it would be restored!"
"Un."
"So, where are they?"
"I know where!"
"Yo shaa! Leave it to me!"
"Mmm..." Blue-violet eyes slowly open from their unconscious state and they slowly look around. "Otousan..." He clamps his eyes shut to remove the confused look in his eyes before slowly opening them. He remembers that he had crashed against a tree for the night and he felt a touch on his knee. His eyes flicked down at the small hand and then looked up at the hand's owner. It was a boy.
"Daijoubu desu ka?" the kid asked.
Kurohi blinked once and nodded. "Aa... Genki..." His long blue hair, draped across his shoulders, caught the boy's attention.
"Did you dye that?"
He nodded once to further emphasize the lie. "Aa." He shifted slightly against the tree, realizing that his armor had disappeared to be replaced with more Ningenkai attire.
"Is that all you're gonna say?"
Kurohi shook his head. "Iie." He then smiled for the child. "I have a wide vocabulary and am capable of saying more than /yes/, /no/, and /I'm fine/. Now, what were you really gonna ask me?"
"Um..." He picked up a round ball that lay at his feet. "...will you play with me?" He yipped cheerfully as his new friend nodded and stood up. Boy, was he tall! He wore a Chinese-style tunic that nicely brought out his shimmering blue hair and his bright blue-violet eyes. The eyes' structure seemed mean, but the irises spoke friendly volumes.
"Namae wa desu ka?" asked the friendly-looking-eyes boy.
"Um... my name's--"
"Mamosu! Get away from him!" The blue-violet-eyed boy looked up and unconsciously took a step back from the child. He cocked his head at the approaching teen. The teen then stood in front of the child. "I won't let you hurt my cousin!"
"But, Masaruuuu!" complained the child. "I only wanted him to play with me, and he agreed! Didn't you?"
The half-god nodded once and took a cleansing breath before speaking. "I have. However... - Masaru, was it? - if you choose to not allow me to play with your cousin, I shall not play with him." [I have other matters to attend to as well. But, currently, I haven't any leads, so...]
The short-haired teen frowned slightly, and then stepped aside. "I'll watch, then. Eh, namae wa desu ka?"
The blue-violet-eyed teen smiled. "Boku wa Kurohi." With that, he turned to Mamosu. "Maa, which game did you want to play with that ball of yours?" he asked childishly.
"Catch!" He tossed the ball up and the teen caught it with both hands, as it was a pretty big ball. He stared at the blue thing for a moment, then smiled broadly and gently tossed the ball back, as though he'd played catch for years. In truth, this was his first time playing.
He'd never admit it to humans he barely knew, of course.
Mamosu easily caught it and giggled, then threw it back.
Kurohi caught it, then tossed it back. As the ball volleyed, his thoughts wandered. [Childlike innocence... I've never truly had it. Anything I had of that was a wall... a fake wall at that... NO! I'm going to enjoy this game. It's rather soothing with its simplicity.] The ball continued to be passed until the sun reached its hottest point in the sky. He caught the ball one last time and said, "As much as I'd like to keep playing, I have to go take care of some things." He walked over to Mamosu and returned the ball. Then, before the child's eyes, he disappeared from sight in half a blink.
Mamosu shook a lock of brown hair out of his eyes and exclaimed, "SUGEEE!!"
"What's so cool? Where'd that kid go?" asked Masaru, blinking his big dark eyes at his younger cousin.
"He vanish-de-ded outta the air! Neat!"
"You must be kidding. I bet he's hiding," Masaru replied.
"He was vanish-de-ded while I was blinking!" his cousin retorted earnestly.
"Yeah right... and the word's /vanished/."
"That's what I /SAID/!!"
The sun had faded to dusk, the sun barely illuminating the sky.
The traveling blur came to a stop atop a building, and then sat down, looking upon the streets below. "I feel a strong youki at the borders of my Spirit Awareness. I think it would be wise for me to wait here..."
Night has fallen once more. Some of the more friendly creatures of the night still dare to wander about. Within the subway, the light dances through the hallway. However, the shadows linger about like an omen. One man walks slowly into the light, the bright spectrum playfully casting black shadows across his face. His hair sticks up, whiter than an old man's gray. His violet eyes are feral and slanted, and his bushy eyebrows are drawn in a frown. His expression shows nothing, however. Then, his lips match his eyes in a wild smirk. He raises his hand - glowing with Youki - and calls, "Come, my servants!" The force of his call wipes out most of the subway in a pink-colored ball of energy that seems to almost have no body. Then, it spreads to the inhabitants outside of the subway, busting up windows and simply harming civilians. Smoke and fire balloon up and into the sky, showing the place of destruction..
Amidst the darkness, three spirit-like red objects descend hastily from the sky, soaring through the air before appearing from behind the white-haired man, and in the glows' place, three shadows appear. They approach the powerful demon.
From his hiding place, Kurohi peeks cautiously around the corner, all of his Youki cloaked from their senses even as armor replaces the more human articles of clothing.
"Are you here?" asks a white-haired demon wearing a dark cloak, that billowed in the breeze. The hairs at the back of Kurohi's neck stand up even though his hair is long and falls past his buttocks.
"Aa. Your three demon gods have arrived, Yakumo-sama," replies a youkai god with gray, flat, bony armor on his torso, shoulders, forearms, and legs. His voice seems gritty.
[I should interfere. I should -- waah?!!] His bluish-purple eyes widen at the sight of a demon god that could be easily mistaken for a girl with long blue hair. He wears soft blue tunic edges underneath the armor from his waist down, and a dark shirt underneath the torso gear. The bone of his headgear holds back his hair, and it has a red gem in the center, his hair is also tied back at the ends, and his blue bangs hang above the headgear, falling into his dark eyes. He has a bluish complexion.
All these factors tell Kurohi like red on black, "that HAS to be the father".
His heart thuds loudly in his chest at the realization and he quickly looks at the other demon. It has spiky blonde hair, a toad-like face, and the bone horns on his head stick out to the sides like spikes. The body armor drapes from his left shoulder to under his right arm. His figure is hunched over, yet there is pride within him, just like the other three.
Wind blows their master's cape and hair as they are illuminated by shadows and a slight red light, unaware of the child-presence behind them, hiding in the shadows like he owns them.
The demon lord chuckles. "Our strategy has entered the second stage. Make the power of the elemental sites ours. Yukei!"
The lower demon gods retort in unison, "Aa!" They transform back into spirit-like beams of red light, and fly into the sky before merging and splitting up into three different directions.
Once Yakumo leaves, Kurohi slinks from his place in the shadows, his hand against his plated chest. His hair and tunic billow in the wind, and his eyes narrow slightly. "Otousan..." He closes his eyes, honing in on Majari's signature, and departs across the rooftops with haste, appearing like a shadow's illusion within what little light remains.
End Day 24
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Do you recognize the teen Masaru? He's the kid with the ball that Yusuke saved and then died for on the first volume/episode!
Started: 3/26/04 10:36AM Finished: 7/13/04 11:50PM
Doiyatte = How
Yo shaa! = All right!
Namae wa desu ka = What is your name?
Yukei! = Go!