Author's note: I don't under any circumstance claim to own the Yu Yu Hakusho characters, they belong to their original creators not me!
Chapter 1: The Journey Begins!
The school bell rang, signaling the beginning of a break and the kids swarmed out of the building. A specific pink uniform glided through the crowds enjoying the warm sun on his face. "My what a nice day," Kurama thought to himself.
"Hi, Shuichi!" one cute girl said, attracting many of the other girls in his direction.
Kurama just smiled in acknowledgement and picked up his pace. He began to run once he noticed about twenty girls following him around the corner. He lost them through a crowd when he dodged into an alleyway. Leaning up against the wall he sighed and then decided to follow the alleyway knowing it was one of his many shortcuts to his house.
When he finally got back to the sidewalk he noticed the park across the street and decided it would be faster for him is he went through it rather than around it. Being attracted to the plants as he was he enjoyed his walks through the park. Little did he know he was being followed since he left the school.
With every tree that Kurama passed a blue and green flash would zip behind it from the previous tree. Yusuke and Kuwabara poked out from behind the tree and snickered quietly to themselves. They climbed up and jumped from branch to branch in order to get ahead of the trail Kurama was following. When Kurama was about twenty feet away from them Yusuke and Kuwabara both pulled out a red balloon from his shirt and the two started to snicker again. When Kurama was underneath them the two dropped their balloons.
>Splash> (Sorry bad sound effects, use your imagination)
A dripping, wet Kurama stood there stunned. He didn't have to look up to see where the laughter was coming from because both Yusuke and Kuwabara fell off the tree branch landing in front of Kurama. The two couldn't even create words as they rolled on the ground laughing with tears forming on the corner of their eyes.
Kurama's green eyes suddenly had a flash of gold across them, when he came to realize the prank his two teammates just played on him. The two trouble makers sweat dropped when they noticed Kurama's face and began to run. Kurama simply just shook his red mane dry and pursued his quickly pacing prey.
Thinking out of habit rather than instinct Kuwabara and Yusuke ran straight towards the forest that led to Genkai's temple. They quickly realized that this was a mistake because in this forest there weren't any people and Kurama had full access to his powers here. Suddenly, Yusuke and Kuwabara found themselves in an obstacle course of attacking bushes, trees, vines, and flowers. Using their senses and their powers they blasted their way through the forest trying to "escape" their fellow friend's wrath.
Kurama no longer needing to keep pace with them as he simply walked through blocking their path in any way possible and opening it for himself as trees and bushes moved aside as he came close.
Back at Genkai's temple, Yukina and Genkai were sitting for their daily afternoon tea.
"Would you like another cup, Genkai?" Yukina asked with her sweet smile.
"Yes, please," Genkai said as she noted a rustling noise coming from the forest.
"Is there something wrong?" Yukina asked with concern.
"Just the two nitwits that are going to come stampeding through here any second," she said taking a sip of her fresh tea.
"Kazuma's coming!" she had gotten use to the many insulting names Genkai called the boys, "I will prepare him and Yusuke some tea." she stated heading toward the door to get more cups.
"By the sounds of it neither one of them will be able to lift a finger once Kurama's done with them," Genkai said under her breath when the young maiden left. She took a sip of her tea then without turning her head glanced over at a far tree. "Welcome back, Hiei," Genkai noted to herself.
In a tree at the edge of the forest a shadowed figure watched the scenery with a hawk's eye. "Hn. What does she see in that big oaf?" After growing bored of the Ningenkai (Human World) Hiei would return to the Makai (Demon World) for a few weeks but he always returned to checkup on his 'sister.'
He suddenly looked over to a few trees that were ripped down by a Spirit Gun and a Spirit Sword as Yusuke and Kuwabara ruptured out of the trees running for their lives. Out of the hole that they made an angered Kurama stepped out yelling, "Come back here! I believe you both owe me an apology!"
Yusuke and Kuwabara stopped in their tracks and turned to him. They stood side by side with mischievous smiles on their faces. Kurama approach them with little trust in either.
"We're sorry, Kurama," Kuwabara said. Kurama raised a brow at how quick of a response he got.
"Yeah, sorry for this," Yusuke said as each of them pulled a water balloon out and threw it at Kurama, hitting him dead on.
"Would anyone like some tea?" Yukina asked coming out of the temple. She gasped when she noticed an unhappy, wet Kurama with Yusuke and Kuwabara laughing on the ground in front of him.
"Rose Whip!" Was all that was heard announcing that a very mad Kurama was released.
Yusuke and Kuwabara screamed while grasping onto one another when Kurama started lashing out at them. The two started running again while Kurama chased after them.
Genkai continued to drink her tea while Yukina stood next to her watching with concern of her friends getting hurt.
"Hn, stupid ninguens. They should know better than to get a fox demon wet, especially Kurama," Hiei thought as he rolled back into a more comfortable position on his branch.
It was only a matter of minutes before Kurama got a hold of them and gave them a beating. (Imagine two very bruised and swollen boys right about now.)
Kurama dusted off his uniform and calmly walked over to Genkai and Yukina.
"Good afternoon, Genkai, Yukina. Mind if I join you all for tea?" Kurama said very kindly to the two. He sat down next to Genkai as she poured some tea for him.
"Hello, Kurama. How are you doing today?" Genkai asked as if she witnessed nothing.
"I'm feeling much better now," Kurama said with a pleasing smile before he took a sip of his drink.
"Excuse me," Yukina apologized as she ran over to the wounded. "Oh, Kazuma. Are you all right?" she asked as she knelt down to Kuwabara.
Kuwabara's eyes were then two hearts as he said, "I feel great! Kurama barely made a scratch on me."
Luckily for him Kurama was too busy in his conversation with Genkai to hear this comment or else he would have beaten him some more.
"See I feel fine," Kuwabara said standing up as he struck a ridiculous pose for her, "Ow!" he yelled as he back bent at an odd angle, "Then again…" he said smiling, "…he did hit some soft spots."
By this point in time Yusuke was already to his feet and 'stumbling' on his way back to Genkai and Kurama.
"Man, Kurama do you think you could've been a little easier on me? I get enough of a beating from Keiko as is," Yusuke said while rubbing at his head.
"Maybe if you didn't get me wet I would have never 'hit' you," Kurama commented as he took another sip of his tea.
"Hey, you do have to admit it was pretty funny?" Yusuke said with a smile. Kurama's only response was a death glare. Yusuke >Sweat Dropping> laughed nervously as he shrunk back a little.
"Speaking of Keiko," Kurama said changing the subject, "where is she?"
"Oh, I'm suppose to me her at my house at three. By the way what time is it?"
"Four-thirty," Genkai stated.
"Oops."
"Yusuke Urameshi!" Yusuke shuddered in fear at the tone of Keiko's voice.
He turned around only to find a hand slap him across the face, slamming him to the temple wall. "That's what you get when you promise me you'd meet me over an hour ago!" an angry Keiko yelled. Yusuke then confronted her, with a red palm on him face, trying to explain to her why he missed their prior arrangement.
>Sigh> Came a soft voice from in the air. "These guys never get old," Botan thought to herself as she witnessed the entire event since the boys arrival. She slowly flew down and stood near Kurama.
"Hello Botan. What brings you here, today?" Kurama said kindly. By this point Yukina had returned with a drooling Kuwabara promoting his love to her.
"Koenma has requested for your assistance. He has another mission for you all," Botan said with a serious look.
"What kind of a mission?" Yusuke asked, completely forgetting that he was talking to Keiko and receiving another slap.
Botan had a look of confusion when he noted Yusuke having two red hand prints on his face. "I don't know, he wouldn't tell me. He merely wants you all in his office right away. Wait a minute?" she said looking around even more confused, "Where's Hiei?"
In less than a flash Hiei had appeared a few feet behind Yusuke. A simple 'hn' was all that he said.
"Yeah! Now let's go see who's ass we get to kick next," Yusuke said while slamming his fist into his palm.
"Yours!" Keiko replied as she started hitting him with a really big mallet. (Don't ask me where it came from she just has one right now)
Back at Spirit Word Koenma was in his office pacing back and forth on his desk. He had his tiny arms crossed behind his back and his pacifier was being sucked on at numerous angles. One of his fellow assistants, Ogre, a blue ogre standing next to him in his usual leotard watched his boss.
"Koenma, sir? Do you think they'll be able to catch this human?" he asked with a little concern.
"Human isn't the word I'd use, Ogre," confusing his assistant a little, "this will be a tough mission, even for them. Where are they anyway? Botan is normally back sooner than this!" Koenma screamed without losing his pacifier.
"Our friend Yusuke needed to learn a lesson about women and keeping one's word today," Botan said as she and the rest of the group walked in through Koenma's huge doors.
Koenma took a good look at Yusuke noticing he looked better after his fight with the Toguro brothers.
As usual the gang obtained their normal positions. Botan jumped on her oar as she floated while doing her nails. Yusuke and Kuwabara moved closer to Koenma to get the juicy details. Kurama calmly stood behind the two, still being able to hear and see everything. While Hiei stood apart from the group leaning up against a wall looking as if he cared for nothing that Koenma was about to say.
Koenma had dismissed him. Over the years he had gotten use to Hiei's way, he learned quickly that if Hiei wasn't listening, he was.
Pulling out a remote from behind his back Koenma pushed a button and a screen came down from the ceiling and turned itself on. The screen became black and then a picture of a girl appeared. She had a pale complexion and sapphire eyes. Her hair was a light purple with a trim of white on the edge, her bangs covered up one eye while the rest of her hair was tied up in a ponytail that hung down to her shoulders. She wore white sneakers, torn and used jeans, and had a red tank top. She wore no jewelry except a simple silver necklace in which the charm was hidden within her shirt.
All glanced up a the portrait and observed within their own ways. Hiei glanced over at the screen and did a soft gasp. None of his other teammates heard it so he regained his stern look and stared at nothing in particular.
"Huh? She doesn't look dangerous She looks beautiful!" Kuwabara said, "But not as beautiful as Yukina." Recovering his words to remain faithful to his "love."
"She's not," Koenma confirmed Kuwabara's statement.
"Not what?" Yusuke asked completely out of the loop.
"Dangerous," Koenma said plainly.
"What?" Yusuke's voice echoed throughout the room.
"You mean to tell us she's…"
"Human. Yes," Koenma said finishing Kurama's sentence.
Yusuke fell to the floor laughing. "You mean to tell me that the prince of the Spirit World can't track down a simple girl!" He pointed at Koenma and continued to laugh.
Koenma didn't look pleased but he simply ignored Yusuke for the moment and continued to talk. "She's being chased."
"By what?" Kurama asked attentively, by this point Yusuke was beginning to calm down.
"Demons. They crossed to the Ningenkai a few weeks ago and started hunting her."
"You mean they haven't caught her?" Kuwabara asked, Koenma shook his head.
"Well, it can't be that hard. There's only so many hiding places in the Ningenkai," Yusuke commented, as if he had been to all of them.
"She's not in the Ningenkai," Koenma corrected him, this caught even Hiei's attention. "She's in the Makai."
"How'd she get there?" Kurama said, baffled like his comrades.
"We don't know," Koenma said not liking the words he just said.
"Could she be a demon?" Kurama said trying to make logic out of all this.
"No. We have no such files on her. She's human, as far as we know. Last that we detected," Koenma said pushing another button and showing a map of the Makai, "she was spotted off the border of Mukuro's territory. Your mission," pushing another button as the screen went black and floated away, "is to find her, bring her here, alive and in one piece so we can interrogate her."
"What about her hunters?" Yusuke asked hoping to hear the words 'kill them.'
"Stop them if you must but don't kill them," disappointment coming over Yusuke's face, "We don't know what they want with her and we don't need to be killing a friend of a god or a powerful demon. Just get her and bring her here. That's your mission!" Koenma yelled having the last word.
The gang followed Botan out the door as she was going to guide them to the Makai.
When they had left Koenma sat onto his desk and whipped away some sweat.
"Koenma, sir? What's wrong?"Ogre asked.
He sighed and said, "For once I think our files were wrong."
"Why do you say that?"
"Because…no human has ever crossed worlds before."
Ogregrew a look of concern and didn't even want to think if a powerful demon existed that wasn't named in their database.
Until next time! Who is this mysterious girl? How did she get to the Makai? Why is she being hunted? Is she really human? And most importantly: Why was Hiei shocked to see her picture?