The Past Mistakes bring future problems Story #3

By Krystal Fox

Krystal fox: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho..

Chapter 2 Past unfolds

Morning came and sun flitted across Korim's face as he woke up. He could smell pancakes and eggs cooking in the kitchen. Getting up put on one of the shirts Kurama bought him that actually fit his long arms and went into the dining room.

There he found Hiei sitting in the windowsill and Kurama and Kurone were playing an old demon card game that Korim was not very good at, but he could cheat at it very well

He could hear that cheery voice of Kara as she was telling Lizette what to do with this and that as they made breakfast. You'd never know that they were supposed to be the worst enemies ever.

Kara came walking out of the kitchen with Nakine following carrying plates of Pancakes on one hand and normal plates and silverware on the other. Nakne was carrying the eggs on one hand and cups and a pitcher of juice in the other.

As breakfast started in the spirit world things were about to happen that would unravel things a lot quicker than the two foxes, fire demon and bat demon wanted them to.

Koenma was going through some old files that hadn't been filed for ages, as he was going through one he found a file titled "Fire". Curious opened it and found a beautifully decorated envelope that was decorated with golden dragons that were breathing fire all over it. Then in golden script was the name it was addressed to. It read, TO: Nakine Jagenskisi.

Surprised at how this letter got into his files put it down to call Boton to take it to Nakine in the Human world. (He knew if he tried to spy what was in it and Nakine found out, his office would be charred and have not remains.)

Meanwhile in the Basement of the office Boton had been looking for some decent ice cream in the freezer when she touched something soft. Pulling the item out found a package wrapped in lambskin and decorated with snowflakes that seemed to be real. The package was freezing so she tossed it from hand to hand. Then she heard her pager from Koenma calling her so taking the package went up to Koenma's office. On the way up found out that, after wiping away some of the ice that it was addressed to Youkiya Solar. Thinking this strange went to the office and found Koenma wanting her to give a letter to Nakine, gladly took it and the package took her oar out and started off to the human world.

Breakfast was delicious as always when Youkiya cooked. But lately she had been trying to teach Nakine on how to cook; she was doing a very good job of learning. Youkiya never told anyone that Nakine had cooked the eggs. Otherwise they would have been more careful about how they were stuffing their faces with the eggs. Nakine was satisfied about no one knowing. Youkiya was determined to teach Kurone and Korim how to cook next. That would truly be a challenge.

She just finished and started to gather up the dirty dishes, taking them to the kitchen put them in the sink to do later. Then went back to the table to wait as the others were finishing their meal.

As breakfast finished Korim was preparing to tell Youkiya everything when a blue haired deity came flying through the window tossing and object from hand to hand.

"Kara I have a package for you that strangely ended up in Koenma's freezer, and Nakine a letter for you. And I think both of these items are the most beautiful things I've ever delivered."

Then Kurama taking this time to get everyone away so Korim could reveal something asked Boton if she would like to see the garden. She replied "Oh yes I would it is a lot warmer there than tossing that cold package around."

Everyone but Nakine, Korim, and Kara remained. Nakine opened the letter and starting to read the letter suddenly dashed away with it to read it elsewhere.

Korim thought, "I'll tell her after she opens the package."

Kara opened the first layer that had the beautiful designs and found a letter of address to her.

As she read it her face went sheet white. Korim worried stepped over, and just in time to catch the fainting fox.

As he laid her on the couch, he picked up the letter of address it said, to: Youkiya Solar, Daughter of Areegen and Calay Solar her Father and Mother, and sister to Arigeano her brother and Kire her sister.

After waking Youkiya up she said, "It's not possible, I never had a sister."

"It's very possible because I know her. She is an unusual ice fox, because her hair is dark but slightly blue, her eyes are brown and she is as short as Yukina. She has been living with the ice maidens since they found her abandoned in the snow. She is alive, healthy and beautiful and happy. Though she knows nothing of her life that is connected to yours, except the small necklace you gave her with her name on it when you were too young to remember. And Kurama and Kurone get away from that door or you will forever regret it." He heard feet scampering away. (How he knew all this no one will ever truly know except me!)

Turning to her she looked shocked then she turned to the package and opened it looking very numbed. The package was two items, one was a picture of a family, and one you could easily tell had once been Youkiya very, very young. The others were the seeming Mother and father, and Korim recognized Frost Fingers looking very proud. Then there was the brother, you could tell he was a brother the way he had his arm around Youkiya's shoulders in the protective look Then very small was a figure of a baby in the arms of Calay. The baby looked tiny like it was a newborn, not 2 weeks old but on the back it read "Family picture Arigeano 10 yrs. Old, Youkiya 4yrs. Old. Kire 2 yrs. Old. "

Youkiya's face seemed to have tears in the eyes, but those tears vanished when she saw the second item. It was a sword, or a Katana, it was designed in the fashion of a fire demon and she knew this sword, it was the sword of the demon that killed her Uncle. Plus it had the exact same family designs on it as Nakine's. Her eyes hardened. Then she picked up the letter that was with it.

"Dear Youkiya my niece,

I am sorry that you should receive these items in this fashion but it had to be done. Don't question how I knew what would happen to do this but I did, I just did. Do not let your anger make you do things you will regret. Forgive those who have wronged against you and mend that which was broken when you have so much you could have going for you.

Your Uncle Frost Fingers."

"Why, I'll kill…" Youkiya said, heat emanating off of her from the fire stone she had absorbed so many years before.

Korim knowing what would happen if she got out of the house pushed her back on to the couch.

She glared up at him, her glare seemed both boiling hot and freezing cold. He grew serious and looked back at her with as much glaring as she was giving him and something else that was very scary but she was so angry that it didn't bother her..

"Youkiya remember that vow you made, do you realize that Nakine is that man's daughter?" he said with slow but deliberate reasoning.

Her eyes if it was possible grew harder, and she looked slightly shocked. Then before he could stop her with the speed of a fire demon vanished from the house.

Kurama at that moment came in and saw Korim going out the door. "Where are you going and where has Kara gone?"

"I am going to save a certain fire demon and she is going where we don't want her to." Korim said as his cousin's eyes grew large at realizing what they hadn't wanted to happen had.

Youkiya's curse had been activated, it would slowly now make her lose all sense of friend or foe, but they had to stop her before that happened.

Kurama went back out into the garden; Boton had left so telling Kurone and Hiei what just happened they all went after Korim to see what they could do.

Meanwhile Nakine had dashed off into the woods because the writing on the letter was from her father. She rarely knew anything about her father because he was always going somewhere and doing something. Opening it the letter read,

"Dear Nakine,

I am sorry to bring such news to you when you already know so little about me. But it must be done. I went to a fortune-teller who told me that my daughter would make friends with my killer. Yes you are predicted to make best friends with an ice youko, and she will be the one to kill me. I also have to tell you about something that I did to her family. I stole their youngest daughter Kire and accidentally lost her on the Koorim Island.

I don't know whether the child is alive or not but I did that out of anger of Areegen Solar stealing a gem I meant to give to you. But I found out later that his other daughter took the gem and absorbed it and this makes a deadly opponent. She is now immune to fire and ice. I only know that the only thing that can now stop her is the Golden Dragon of Chaos.

Though no one has ever been able to control it, it maybe your only chance at survival if she finds out that you are my daughter. Be safe and I am sorry to bring you such news of me to you and about your friend. Your father Iritir Jagenskisi."

Nakine looked up from the letter. This couldn't be. Youkiya her best friend killed her father. What was she going to do? Suddenly she heard a thunderous growl near her.

Youkiya came rushing by, a fire heat came from her that Nakine realized was from the fire stone in her.

The fox went by her and vanished through a portal that Nakien didn't notice was there. Only a few min. behind her came Korim and he was muttering about some stupid curse and many more curses muttered under her breath. Going through the portal after Kara.

Even minuets after him, Kurama, Kurone, and Hiei showed up and asked ," What happened?"

After explaining what happened, Kurama suggested that the best thing to do was to wait for Korim and Kara right there. Even though he too was worried.

A blast of cold air blew threw the portal as Korim fell out of it bleeding on the arm. Kurama rushed over very worried. He was breathing hard and was clutching his stomach.

"What happened?" Kurama asked hurriedly healing Korim's wounds.

"She…She.. Attacked me. Then she fled to who…knows where." Korim said with not just the hurt on his body but Hiei could sense that Kara probably hurt not only Korim but his spirit also from the way the pained look was in his eyes, even though he was trying to hide it.

They all went back to the house. For the next 5 days there was no sign of Youkiya anywhere.

Yukina who had returned from the Koorim Island told them about the meeting. "The meeting was about one of the people in our city, my best friend. The ice maiden's have agreed to help her find her real family since they only found her abandoned in the snow."

"What's her name?" Nakine said in a melancholy voice.

"Her name is Kire.. Or that is at least what the necklace the chief ice maiden found around her neck said. " Yukina said excitedly.

"Um. Yukina, we know who her family is and there is only one member left of her family. A sister. " Kurama said guiltily.

"really? Who is she?" Yukina said expectantly.

"Youkiya. But we don't know where she is or if she's in her right mind." Kurama broke out.

"Oh." Yukina said a concerned look on her face. Then she said, "I don't think I will tell her that I know her family yet." Then she left to go pick up Sakura from school.

"I'm going to go visit my family." Nakine said. Then from the strange looks from the guys said "These family members are happy to be my family. They are the only ones who survived the last ice attack from the ice youki."

The she left to go to a portal. The Guys silently agreed to go with her.

They were going through the portal and arrived at a large gate that had the fire demons words for "Try to enter and Die!" Nakine ignored these words but they made her friends slightly uncomfortable.

As they made their way towards the other side of town, they all noticed the town was unnaturally quiet. Usually in a town you would hear children playing, adults scolding, shops being opened fights being made. They heard not a sound except a bird or two and the wind whistling through the houses. Then they all smelt it before they saw it , blood and lots of it. As they went around the corner,

Nakine said "What? No?"

There in front of them all was the whole village massacred. Every living being in the village had been killed. Then at the far end of the brutal killing stood a figure with a back to them doing something. As it heard them it turned revealing, the cold glazed face of her friend Youkiya emotionless.

"How could you? NO it's not possible this is a bad dream I'll wake up soon." Nakine said sinking to her knees.

Kurone knelt down and said "Nakine this is not a dream. This is real."

"NO! She called. She had a look on her face that they had never seen a scared look on her face. She didn't want to fight her best friend, even if she was not in her right mind.

Youkiya raised one of her long knives, off of it was dripping blood, fire demon blood. She knelt and wiped her blade off and turned back to them. A look on her face they had never seen directed towards Nakine, pure and utter hatred.

Nakine looking at her friends then her dead family and fainted Kurama caught her and proceeded to try and revive her. Korim moved and looked at Nakine..

Kurone went towards Her and suddenly she attacked him cutting him across the chest.

Nakine rushed over having woken up. Kurama followed close behind.

Korim then walked towards Kara but that small movement made her dash and vanish through a portal and korim was closer behind her then before. He reached her and went transparent and she swung the blade where it would have been a deathblow had he been solid.

"Youkiya listen to me, you must stop this. We are your friends no matter what you have done. Please come back with me." His pleading voice made something flicker in her eyes. He continued. "We all care for you. We can't change the past but we can make the future better. Would you let me help you do that?" HE said.

The flicker almost changed to her happy-go-lucky look but she heard a sound that made it go stone solid again. The sound of fighters coming.

Koenma had received all the dead that Youkiya just killed and found out that she had killed them all and sent the Rentai Tentia after her to stop her. She fled Korim and just as she turned Korim grabbed her shoulder, she turned and scratched him across the face. Then fled he did not follow.

Yusuke and Kuwabara were running towards him. Korim motioned them to stop.

"Yusuke stupid dimwit you just scared her away. Stupid charging humans.," Korim said almost angrily.

"What we were sent to stop her from mass murdering." Yusuke said looking confused.

"Well Detective she happens to right now is under the curse of Stone-heart. Do you think you could stop her like that?" Korim said irritation in his voice,

Yusuke's eyes widened Koenma had told him about that curse when they were looking for Youkiya the first time but he never told the others of his team. Kuwabara looked clueless.

Then Korim took them both back through the portal to the fire village. Getting there they saw Nakine looking frightened at the thought of having lost Youkiya's friendship through the mistakes of parents in the past.

Yusuke and Kuwabara saw all the dead and realizing that Youkiya did that winced.

Nakine stood up and Kurone walking beside her left the village. The others are following.

"I'm afraid the only thing left to do is tell her sister." Korim said sadly.

Nakine was thinking about the letter that her father sent her. He mentioned a golden dragon that could defeat her friend. Turning to Hiei asked, "Hiei what do you know about the Golden Dragon of Chaos?"

Hiei raised an eyebrow at the question but answered, "It is the strongest dragon ever discovered and you can only command it 5 times a year if you conquer it, in the game of the strength. No one has ever survived that have tried."

"Where is this dragon?" Nakine asked.

"He lives in southern Makia and no one dares to enter his territory for fear of being killed.

"I'm going there." Nakine said blankly.

"You're what?" Kurone said with shock and worry in his voice.

"I have to, my father sent me that letter and he somehow found out the future and knew this would happen he said the only thing that could defeat Youkiya now is this Dragon. But it might cost her life if her curse has fully taken over. If not she will be in serious condition." Nakine said her voice quavering as she said her friend's name.

"I see now that you can't be dissuaded. So I guess that I shall go tell the sister about her past. Don't get killed Nakine Youkiya's life depends on it. "Korim said.

He saw the reason in this. Also he knew that if Nakine was right and this did work that the only one that would be able to heal Youkiya from that attack would be another of her kind. Her sister. Kire would have to know her past before she would willingly leave the land she grew up in with a complete stranger.

He would have to tell Kire everything that happened in her past and her sister's past. Then he thought back to how Youkiya's eyes had changed to compassionate as he had spoken with her, they had been filled with remorse. What if he got Kire to speak with her sister? Then He just knew it, even though Youkiya never remembered a sister she would know in her heart even if the curse was in effect that Kire meant what she would say, as long as Kire still would care for a murderous sister.

He hoped Kire would still care for Youkiya once he told the history of her to kire.

So then he left to try out this plan with Hiei, his guide.

Thus the race of time began.