Solemn Lives- Part 1: Tidal Motions
-A Yu Yu Hakusho Fanfic.
By painin uranus
Chapter 3: Part 1- Furtive Eyes
.:AN:.
Oy, dudes! I've just had a LOT of sugar so I'm feeling good and I decided that I'd be nice for once and give you the next chapter early! So, check it out, hope you like it, and it will be, unlike me, serious not delirious, so have fun and I hope you understand what's gonna happen.
Previously on Solemn Lives- Part 1: Tidal Motions…
Rise's father cleared his throat. "We're here to enlist a student," he replied smartly.
"It would be the brunette."
"Ah."
The old lady ducked behind her desk for a moment. Rise played with the idea that she was getting a glue stick so that her smile would stay on better. How that would work, she did not know, so she gave it up when she heard the lady ask loudly from behind the desk,
"What're her height, age, and weight?"
"She's 5' 3", 15 and 105lbs (she's not obese- not that there is anything wrong with being obese)."
Rise, in the meantime, was imagining the lady's smile splat off right in front of her parents and have them screaming, making everyone else in the building go crazy, and having the lady get knocked outside and locked out somehow, when she was pulled sharply back to reality as the lady popped back up into view with a packet of paper for her parents to sign and…
"Uh," Rise's father stuttered, looking back and forth between Rise's face and the girl's uniform, which was wrapped in plastic wrap, then back to Rise's face. Hiroshi was also staring at Rise's face, thinking,
Oh no, not again…
"I'm sorry. She's a twin," He said, motioning to Rise. "I got their schools mixed up. It's a complicated story. But, we don't need to go back and get Aki; we'll just use her as a prop. Is that okay, hunny?" he asked, looking at Rise, silently telling her to play along. Rise, still with a slightly red face, simply nodded jerkily.
"Good. They're the same height, same weight, same everything, it's almost scary. We'll just need the BOY'S uniform and everything will be dandy."
"Oh! I almost forgot!" he leaned over so that Hiroshi and his family couldn't hear. "Aki has a… slight hair problem," he whispered. "Is there any chance you'll let… him come to school with a hat? He's very self-conscience and we recently moved from a school where, uh… he couldn't concentrate so he had failing grades. We had him tested, so we know that he is smart… it's just… he can't work with people knowing, so don't tell anyone that doesn't need to know, okay?"
"Now, just fill out those forms and either mail them back in or, if you want him to start immediately, you may drive them in and we'll get to them as soon as we possibly can," she told him as he turned back to the family that was walking out of the door.
"Sounds great. Thank you SO much."
And Now The Continuation…
"Aki! What are you doing?"
Rise sighed in disgust. She slowly, hesitantly turned around to confront the very red face of Mrs. Ayama. She was standing behind her with her hands akimbo, wearing a very disturbing grimace on her face.
"Uh… what ever do you mean, Mrs. Ayama?" Rise asked innocently.
Mrs. Ayama tapped her foot impatiently. "You know exactly what I mean, Mr. Urata. Why are you not in Gym?"
.:Flashback:.
"Attention! This is the Morning Announcement. As it were, there's a new student joining us today."
It was sounding off over the loud speaker. It was a deep, male voice that belonged to Rise's new principal, Mr. Takenaka.
"His name is Aki Urata and it would be appreciated if you made him feel as welcome as possible. Thank you and just a reminder that members of the Student Council have a meeting in the Library after school and are asked to bring any ideas about the upcoming festival. Have a nice day."
Rise was in her Homeroom class, or also her Physical Science class, with Mr. Akashi. He had told her before class to sit at the back of the class and that he would introduce 'him' after the morning announcement. He motioned for her to stand up and started to speak.
"Okay, class, as you heard from Mr. Takenaka, we now have a new student and, again, his name is Aki Urata so please don't think that this'll be an excuse to postpone the test today! Hopefully you will study better next time if you want that miracle to happen. Urata, please stand up, come to the front of the class and tell us about yourself." While he was talking, Rise got the distinct impression that he didn't like kids unless they were one of those 'A' students that always are goodie-two-shoes and junk.
Rise got up and did what she was told to. She cleared her throat and stated in her male voice that she had been practicing with, "Yo, I'm Aki Urata."
"I believe we already went over that. Tell us what you enjoy doing or something actually worth knowing," Mr. Akashi replied nattily.
Then there's no point in me actually being up here, huh?
Instead of saying what was on her mind, she simply nodded and said in a jaded tone, "I enjoy sports and playing mind-games."
"Nice of you to tell us such exciting information," Mr. Akashi responded mockingly.
Rise decided that she didn't like him very much.
She nodded again and walked back to her seat. She didn't want to start arguing with a teacher on her first day of school in a new country. She sat down and grabbed a book that she had been assigned to that was passed to her desk. It was pretty thick.
Oy, I'm gonna HATE Physical Science…
Time passed quickly and she moved from Homeroom to her first class… Gym. Once she arrived at the gymnasium, she received her gym clothes and was asked for her to go to the locker rooms. She trooped to the girl's locker room before she was kindly reminded that she was a guy and she needed to be in the men's locker room. Naturally, she was revolted by the thought, so she snuck out of the gymnasium and escaped to a nearby empty bathroom to change instead. Who could blame her for wanting to keep what God gave her a classified affair to the male eyes?
End Of Flashback…
Rise thought quickly. "I, uh, was just getting a drink," she replied abrasively. "My throat's been hurting considerably ever since this morning, and I decided drinking cold water would be soothing to the esophagus."
She blinked. "Uh… right. Carry on, then. I expect not to see you when I make my round again." She turned around and walked away. Rise expected that the teacher didn't have a clue that such an "intelligent boy" would be a troublemaker.
Rise grinned deviously. She continued on her way, walking with deliberately slow steps to prolong her pleasurable freedom, ignoring a green lump lying beside the wall she was walking alongside of. Fun stuff, tricking a teacher like that.
Turning a sharp corner, she came down an alcove revealed by rays of sunlight. It was a pretty thick nook with plenty of area for the sun to shine, and right in the center at the back of the alcove was a water fountain.
Right when she was no more than three feet in from of the water fountainhead, two big-sized punks jumped out of unseen shadows, standing between the fountain and a very pissed-looking Rise Urata. One was a bulky brunette and the other was a dopey blond (not that every blond is dopey- my best friend is a blonde). They tried to look tough, but they were failing miserably.
"Sorry, punk, but you can't drink here!" exclaimed the brown-haired teen.
"And why not?" Rise growled.
"This is Urameshi's territory and he specifically asked us to guard this fountain!" replied the frantic blond.
Hmph. This 'Urameshi' guy sounds like a total ditz…
"Is that so?" she asked in a fake excited tone. "Well, good for you. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'd like to get a drink of water."
"Sorry, man, but that's a no-go. You can go to one of the other fountains or drink and Urameshi'll pound your face in. Or better yet, I'll do it for him!" the brunette stated while cracking his knuckles.
Rise pretended to think.
"Hmmm… y'know, that's a tough one… give me a minute to think… Wait! You know what?"
They shook their heads idiotically.
"I think even better when I have something to drink."
"WAIT! DIDN'T I TELL YOU! YOU AREN'T ALLOWED TO DRINK OUT OF THIS FOUNTAIN WHITHOUT URAMESHI'S AUTHORIZATION!" the blonde yelled loudly, hysterically.
"Wow, that was a long word, do you need a dictionary?" Rise asked the brunette patiently as the brown-haired buffoon looked at his teammate with a confused look. If you looked closely, you could see him mouth what's that word mean?
"STOP INSULTING ME!" the blond boy cried, automatically throwing a punch.
Rise was waiting for this, but an anonymous hand stopped it shortly before she had a chance to defend by grabbing his wrist.
"OH MY GOD! I'M SORRY MR. URAMESHI, BUT SHE WOULDN'T LISTEN TO US AND THEN SHE STARTED TO INSULT US, AND WE KEPT WARNING HER BUT-!"
"SHUT UP!" the boy, Rise assumed to be named Urameshi, yelled, letting the blonde's wrist go to clasp his own ears in pain.
Rise glanced at her so-called 'rescuer' and realized that the boy was the hunk of mass that was, she guessed, sleeping along the wall edge. The boy continued his time-consuming and, as scary as it sounds, cheery banter.
"Look, buddy, I just asked you to make sure no one came by the fountain because I didn't want the janitor to mess with it. See, no offense guys, but the tough look's all ya got, nothin' else." He turned to look at the wall and muttered, "I mean, it must be the only water fountain in the whole school that hasn't exploded in my face. I swear, th' old man must have a valve in his office that controls the water pressure…" and so he continued to mutter about spy cameras, the FBI, his mother, and… a 'K…' something. 'Kayko'…? Maybe. And he garbled and garbled and would have continued to garble had the blond actually have kept his mouth shut.
"Oh… sorry, Mr. Urameshi…"
"It's okay, guys, I'll even let it slide if you don't do it again. I mean, you almost punched a nerd's face in!" he said unthinkingly, though exceptionally happy, as he snickered gleefully.
"Uh… thank you, Mr. Urameshi…?"
"C'mon, guys, I won't hit you, I swear! CAN'T YOU TELL WHEN A GUY IS JOKING?" he yelled, though not angrily.
The boy turned to Rise, examining her up and down. She didn't like the scrutinization, but she kept her mouth shut. When he was apparently done, he said almost judgmentally, "Now you look like a newbie. Come with me and I'll show you around."
Rise was quite hesitant to comply, but she did, though her guard was not dropped for even a second.
"What's your name?" he asked her, despite the fact that his eyes stayed focused ahead of them. It seemed as though he had calmed down after that situation.
"What's yours?" she retorted, still uncomfortable being with him. She felt as if she were being followed or something…
"I asked first."
Rise sighed in exasperation. "Fine. It's Ri- I mean, it's Aki. Aki Urata. Now, what's yours?"
"Yusuke Urameshi."
She laughed softly. "What kind of name is Yusuke Urameshi?"
"Well, what kind of name is Aki Urata?" Rise could tell that he was starting to get slightly mad.
"I dunno. That's not my name…" she muttered. Yusuke looked at her funny.
Oops. Guess he heard me…
But, for some odd reason, Yusuke didn't pursue the comment. In fact, it seemed as if he didn't hear it at all, which would have been the case, had she been dealing with a normal human being.
"You really do like mind games, don't you?"
"What do you mean?"
"Just stating the obvious. It's what I do."
"Really."
"Yeah. I also kick a lot of ass."
"I'm sure you do."
"Do you fight?"
"I don't brawl. It's never worth it."
"Really."
The rest of the walk was silent, though the feeling Rise was receiving didn't waver. Something or someone was following her, and she didn't like it. She glanced at Yusuke, who was still looking in front, then peeked behind her.
No one.
Rise turned back. She was going to notify Yusuke of her viewpoint, but that's when she noticed they were walking inside the building, hiking up a great many steps. They just kept going, and how they got in the building in the first place, Rise didn't even know. All she knew was that the stairs just kept going up… and up… and up…
Then, before Rise could even recognize the fact, they were outside. They were on the roof of the school. And they weren't the only one there…
"Hey, Urameshi!"
The scruffy voice belonged to a tall, carrot-topped male with a stupid grin and a not-so-pretty face, who was waving madly. He strongly resembled a waxed gorilla that had just ran into a tree.
Oh, wait. There's not much of a difference…
She snickered quietly, but stopped politely when Yusuke started to talk, even though it was quiet.
"Good, Hiei gave you the message. Listen Kuwabara, I'd like for you to meet… Aki Urata. He's new here and I thought maybe you and I could show him around the place. Y'know, a little one-on-one, mono-a-mono talk…?"
Rise didn't like the way Yusuke enunciated her fake name and gender, and could've sworn she heard 'Goliath' stifling a meaningful laugh that got her temper up in a flash.
"And what are you laughing at, you big lug?" she seethed, her teeth set in a fierce scowl, her fists stiffly at her side and her feet on tiptoe.
They stared at each other stupidly before the carroty-haired boy got a strange expression on his face and Yusuke was stock-still. But as soon as it came, it disappeared and they were back to normal.
Then, Rise got that feeling, only it was more intense than before. The feeling of being watched. Followed. That everything you do, someone else knows and sees. And the feeling didn't go away. If anything, it became more forceful. More powerful.
Rise's back stiffened and she didn't move. Neither did Yusuke and Kuwabara, but they seemed to be looking at her, if not directly. Yusuke watched her out of the corner of his eyes and Kuwabara glanced up occasionally, both studying her as if they were trying to confirm something. But, Rise tried to ignore them and focus on the anonymous feeling, trying to locate it's cause.
Quickly looking around her, she felt something inside her start to heat up, traveling from her chest to her… hands!
She instantly looked down at her hands and saw… a blue hue… being emitted from her hands… almost like… seeing your breath when it's cold outside…
"I'm sorry, it was awesome meeting you guys, but I'm afraid I must be off, I'm missing my class and I'd like to avoid getting into further trouble." With that said, she hurriedly turned around and sped into the doorway and sprinted down the halls, trying desperately to get rid herself of the constant feeling she was receiving.
Only she didn't go to her class like she told them.
Once she found an empty classroom, she ran inside and slammed the door behind her, slowly sinking to the white tile floor as she brought her knees up to her chest to hide her head in them. She tried desperately to calm herself down, since she never got worked up over anything and wasn't going to start then. Also, she struggled to forget… the image that burned inside her head… those green eyes…
.:AN:.
The third chapter is now DUN! D-U-N! DUN! Oh, I mean, DONE! D-U-N! DONE! Heh. Next comes more of the fun, action, suspenseful scenes that will be sure to make you want to keep reading it even though the story may be over! In the next chapter we will see what happened in that little head of Rise Urata's and why the Spirit Detectives were acting weird! I mean, more weird than usual… I mean- whatever. Just hang around, this is one fanfic you DON'T want to miss.
Solemn Lives- Part 1: Tidal Motions by painin uranus!
Here's a Sneak Peak at what's to come in the next chapter of Solemn Lives- Part 1: Tidal Motions…
Koenma snapped his fingers and he was handed automatically a file folder that was being held by the form that had accompanied him into the room. It was quite thick considering the loud thump it made when it was dropped onto the table. Koenma flipped it open and started sliding papers and pictures across the table to Kurama.
Kurama picked up the picture gracefully, holding it by the corners as to not cover any part of the picture.
The picture was of a girl with short dark brown hair that was up in a ponytail, but there also seemed to be a bit of a dark blue hue. She wore casual clothing and had round glasses resting on her nose that made her independently stern facial expression more pronounced. The picture must've been taken while she was in a car while looking out because the picture held a glassy look and she appeared to be sitting down. Also, there was a hint of blue around the edges of the car window.
"Her name is Rise Urata. She's 15 years old, a single child and is known to have a short temper."
At The Kuwabara Residence…
"How are you four going to tell her that she's a demon?" Genkai demanded in her coarse tone.
"What's wrong with telling it to her straight? 'Hey, you're Rise Urata, right? Good, just wanted to tell ya that you're a ½ demon and we were wondering if you wanted to help us save your ½ sister who was captured by a damned club run by an asshole who kills demons like you for fun. You don't have to if you don't want to, but we just thought that we'd ask.' Yeah, I think that'd work just fine."
At Sarayashki Jr. High…
"And what are you laughing at, you big lug?"
I guess she heard you, Kuwabara… Kurama started to laugh quietly in his head in amusement.
What is it, Kurama? Yusuke asked in irritation.
No need to get annoyed, Yusuke, Kurama's voice said in a reassuring tone. Hiei and I have discussed it and we think you should wait to tell her. It's not like we won't get another opportunity. But first, Hiei would like to give her something to keep her occupied for a while. Be prepared as our new friend receives it…
Wait! What's she gonna get? Kuwabara's question was left unanswered as Kurama's presence left their minds, leaving them feeling very empty…
Until Next Time…
On Solemn Lives- Part 1: Tidal Motions by painin uranus!