Disclaimer: I do not own any of the original Yu Yu Hakusho characters, but only Ynn and any other characters that may happen to appear in this fanfic.
Introduction
Being what I am, life has never been easy on me, and I've learned to accept that. I am the truth behind the myth of the grim reaper. Of course, I am not claiming to be that Boutan clutz, she is nothing like me. In fact, she is the exact opposite. You see, she holds power over death, sending people to the spirit world and their destinations after that, whereas I take them back from death and into life; such is the job of a necromancer. Now, as many of you might know, the famous Yusuke Urameshii was brought back from death, however he was never supposed to be dead in the first place. When I claimed that I was the truth behind the myth of the grim reaper, I mean that most people thought I was the one who took people across to the spirit world, in other words, they mistook me for the grim reaper.
I suppose this is because of my form. I have long, black hair and two different colored eyes: one is blood-red, and the other is golden-yellow. It is an odd combination, and those who have seen me cannot choose between describing me as the most beautiful creature they have ever seen or the most horrendous. I am almost five feet tall, quite short, but I don't mind. I've found it's better to be short. Well I suppose you'll be wondering why life has never been easy on me? Then I shall indulge you.
Ch. 1
Who says there's no life after death?
I loved my mother very much as a little girl, and she loved me. We used to go riding through the mountains on horses, or walking through the forests. It was an odd time, indeed, if we ever were found apart. As time went by, as it is bound to do, we both grew older, and mom grew sicker. I felt so helpless, so unable to prevent her death, which was looming just over her head. And then one day, it happened.
I was the age of twelve years old and was being examined by a doctor. My eyes needed to be examined once a month because they had a tendency to become blurry and, without certain drops, I could potentially become blind; or at least that was the eye doctor's theory. I was sitting in my chair, the Doctor right in front of my face, staring into my eyes. He directed me to look one way, then the other. When I complied, a tremor ran through my body and my eyes blurred. From what I could tell of his form, he shook his head and then forced my head back. He then added the burning eye drops to my eyes. I cringed, but was quite used to the burning by now. Suddenly, there was a crash and a scream outside and I ran, blindly, from the house. When I reached our backyard, I found my mother lying on the concrete, a broken pot beside her. She was not moving. I ran to her, crying, the eye-drops pouring down my cheeks along with my tears. I called her, "Mom! Mom!". I shook her, trying to get her to respond. She still did not move. The hard lump rising in my throat was unbearable. Then I saw her.
The moment she came into view I loathed her with every fiber of my being. Through my tears and blurry vision, I could slightly make out her appearance. She wore a pink kimono and appeared to be holding a large stick. She had long blue hair and what appeared to be purple eyes. She was smiling as a translucent form of my mother stepped out of her body. The odd woman and my mother flew off, almost laughingly, into the distance. From that moment on, I hated the woman who took my mother away, I hated the grim reaper, and I swore to defy her very being for the rest of my life.
It was at that point that I read every book on necromancy that I could get my hands on. My father wasn't involved much in my life and didn't care much that I was so interested in the theories of bringing the dead back to life because no one had ever managed to do it before. However, I do not think he realized how devoted I was to it. Years passed in which I began to practice what I had learned, starting with bringing insects back to life and moving on to bringing small animals back. Soon I was bringing dogs and then horses back. Then one day I finally broke the line that defined the actual art of necromancy: I brought a child back to life. I was in the ningen world, walking around for a break from practicing. Oh, if I didn't mention it earlier, I lived in the Makai, the place where demons reside. I saw a child get hit by a car and saw the ambulances arrive. However, I knew the girl was dead: the grim reaper was there once again, and I could see her clearly this time.
She was not carrying a large stick, but an oar. Figures, I remember thinking to myself, because the grim reaper is known to be the navigator of the River Styx. I watched the grim reaper take the little girl by the hand and began to float off, however she stopped and looked over her shoulder at me. The grim reaper stared at me, and I at her. She seemed incredulous that I could actually see her, and I smirked. I walked over to the little girl's body and the grim reaper watched me, apprehensively. She knew something was out of place. I knelt beside the girl's body and began to weave a spell. I will not write the words that I said here because necromancy is something only ones with the gift should practice, and I doubt that the reader has that gift.
Nonetheless, the little girl was suddenly jerked from the grim reaper as if I had hooked her with a fishing hook and she came flying at her body. She then stopped above her body, closed her eyes, and lay back down in her body. The little girl stirred and opened her eyes. The grim reaper stared at me with fear in her eyes and quickly flew away, no doubt to tell Koenma, the ruler of Spirit World. I helped the little girl to her feet, her body now healed by my magic. I then walked away without saying a word to anyone and, smirking, said,
"Who says there's no life after death?"
AN: Please review! Oh, and tell me if I made Ynn creepy enough, I mean how she looks and everything. Of course, she's not gonna be perfect yet, I'll make her creepier, but I didn't want to scare people away from reading this thing. O yea, if you guys have any suggestions or comments, then just let me know by reviewing!
