Crash
Chapter Three: Cutting deeper in
Crash! That was the first thing I heard every day. It had been a year since my mother gave birth to the babies, they were twins. A day after I ran weeping to Shuichi he had left on a trip to tour Europe. He would come back tomorrow. For a year I had been taking care of my baby brother and my baby sister. With my father back there was more chaos. My mom started to be beat again, and I was raped again. I had started cutting my self again, but the symbol on my hand never went away. The babies we had named, the girl was Riin and the boy was Zaku. I had named them in my glory.
I got out of bed and walked to the crib with the crying babies. It must me hard on them, to have to grow up in a dysfunctional family. They were one year olds, and so cute, but it hurt me so much to see them grow up in this family. Zaku was sucking his thumb, and once I got there he looked up at me, then to his crying sister. I smiled and picked up Riin, then sat down. Zaku looked at my arm and pointed to a very deep scar that I had then he tilted his head. I gave him a questioning look, how could he be so smart for such a young kid? I asked my self, then traced the scar and shook my head, telling him not to ask.
The phone rang and I picked it up, knowing my father and mother wouldn't. Switching Riin to the other arm I put the phone up to my ear and greeted the person, "Hello. This is the Yoshimitzu residence; may I ask whose calling?" I said politely.
"Hey Cris. It's been a long time, hasn't it?" The voice said on the other end.
"SHUICHI! You're back early!" I yelled, making both the babies cry. Shuichi laughed, "The baby's born. What did you name it?" He asked. I smiled and got ready to surprise him, "Riin, and Zaku." There was a long silence and then Shuichi laughed again, "Twins? That's nice. A girl and a boy I'm guessing." He said. I nodded, though he couldn't see that through the phone, but Shuichi continued anyway. "Can you come to the park? You can take the babies too." I smiled, "Of course I can. I'll be there soon." I said, hanging up the phone. I dressed the two babies the then hurried out of the house with them in my arms, and no one noticing I left.
A couple of minutes later I got to the park, and met Hiei and Shuichi. Shuichi smiled when he saw the babies, "They're cute." He said, taking Zaku and sitting down. I smiled and sat down next to him, "It's so good to see you again. But where did you go? It was so long." I asked. Shuichi smiled and shook his head, "I can't tell you." He said. Hiei sat next to me in silence.
"Okay fine. But you have to tell me sometime." I said looking down at Riin. "It would be unfair if you didn't." Shuichi nodded, "I might, at some point." There was a long silence between us. And the only thing that broke it was Riin's soft breathing as she fell asleep.
That night I sat in my room, playing with the babies. Zaku had been taught how to walk by Shuichi, and now I was teaching Riin. Soon both babies were walking on my bed playing some form of tag. I smiled and walked over to my window and opened it. Letting the air blow over my body, then I walked out to my balcony and smiled, looking at the lights of the city. Zaku and Riin crawled over to me and sat down at my feet like two little loyal dogs. I smiled and sat down next to them.
"Well hello sweetie." A voice said. I stood up and looked out, trying to find who said it. A guy with blue skin, horns on the side of his head, and fangs jumped into the balcony railway. I took a step back in fear, "Who the hell are you?" I asked. The guy smiled, "Shouldn't you be asking what I am?" He asked. Then he bent down and picked up Zaku and Riin, then jumped to the ground. I ran into my room and grabbed my Katana, which Hiei had given me, then jumped to the ground and followed the man. He led me to the park, and once he got there more freaks joined him. There were about ten of them, and he seemed to be the appointed leader.
"Give them back!" I yelled ready to attack him with the Katana. The guy just smirked and disappeared, letting the others take care of me.
About 30 minutes later I stood in a pond of blood. I had killed three of the freaks and had gotten very hurt in the process. The others just left. I stood there. The Katana dropped out of my hand and I fell to my knees, then I fell over, too weak to hold myself up. The blood stained my whole body, buried me. And I wished I could just die there before anyone could find me.
I blacked out a couple of times that hour. No one came, not even death. After that hour I just fainted, I couldn't stay awake any longer.
When I woke up I kept my eyes closed. I felt cold. And the feeling of blood surrounding me was gone. I was laying on something with cushions, very fluffy cushions. Soon there were voices.
"Is she dead?" Some guy asked.
"No you dimwit. She's just asleep." An old woman said.
"Poor lassie." Some Irish man said.
"Shut up." The first guy said. There were fingers going through my hair, nice soft fingers.
"Kura stop touching her." The first guy said.
"Why?" Shuichi's voice asked. Once I heard him I sat up and opened my eyes. Maybe a bit too quickly, because suddenly I got a head ach, so I lay back down, but opened my eyes and looked at Shuichi. "Where the hell am I?" I asked. Shuichi smiled, "Genkai's. She's a friend of mine." Shuichi explained. I looked around and saw I was lying in a bed room. The old women must have been Genkai. She had faded pink hair, and kind looking eyes. Next to her stood a guy with blue hair and green bangs, he wore a fighting outfit from ancient Japan, and looked cute.
"So she is alive." The guy said, and I placed him as the first guy that spoke. But where was the Irish man? I wondered. Shuichi smiled, "Cris that's Touya. Touya this is Cris." He sat down next to me. I looked at the side that Shuichi was on and then saw a guy with spiked orange hair, blue eyes, and he also wore the old fighting outfit. I looked at his hair and saw a horn in the middle of his head.
"Oh my goddess!" I said backing away from the guy. "Who the hell is that? He's a devil!" I yelled to Shuichi. Shuichi looked at the guy and smiled, "That's Jin. He's Irish." I turned pale, "He looks like the guy that took Zaku and Riin." I paused for a moment, "ZAKU AND RIIN! I have to go get them!" I said sitting up. Shuichi put his hands on my shoulder and sighed, "I know. But he's not bad. He's going to help you find Zaku and Riin. We all are." I looked at Shuichi, scared to death.
"Let me explain." He started, "Three are three worlds. Negenkai is this world, the human world. Then there's Reikai, which is the spirit would, where heaven and hell are, and where The King, King Yama, and his son, Koenma, live. The third world is Makai. The demon world, where demons live. King Yama rules over all three worlds. And Botan is the grim reaper. Yusuke, Hiei, Kuzuma, and I are all spirit detectives. We protect the human world from demons." Shuichi paused as the door opened and Hiei walked in. And then he continued, "Jin, Touya, Hiei, Yusuke, and I are all demons. I, though, used to be a demon, and then put myself in to a human body. The people that kidnapped Riin and Zaku are also demons." He looked at me to make sure I understood. This was so hard to understand, to believe, but I knew Shuichi wouldn't lie to me. I nodded and then asked the one question on my mind. "Why do they want Zaku and Riin?" Shuichi nodded and started to explain again, "Zaku and Riin are special. They hold a lot of energy that a demon could use to get into the human world and kill all the humans."
"How'd they get it?" I asked.
"We don't know how they got it. All we know is that they have it. At the age they are now they won't be able to use it. But the demons know that if they can get the babies now and raise them, then it will be easier to use their power." Shuichi looked at Genkai and then continued, "We need to train you to be able to use spirit energy, and then we need to go get Zaku and Riin. But learning spirit energy techniques is a long and hard job. It will take a year for us to get you powerful enough. So it's up to you. You can learn it and go save your Brother and sister, or you can let us save them."
I already knew the answer of this, "I'm going to learn it and help get them." I said, dedicated. Shuichi nodded, "Get some rest." He left the room, followed by Genkai, Jin, and Touya. And I dozed off.
The next morning I woke up, got out of bed, and walked out of the room. The house was a temple, and a pretty big one at that. Everything was so pretty, but so old. I soon found my way to a dinning room. Jin was sitting there, eating some shrimp rice and drinking tea. I sat down across from him.
"Hello lassie. Ya' hungry?" He asked. I was surprised he was even talking to me for what I said when I saw him. I looked down and blushed, "I'm sorry." Jin looked at me and smiled, "Not your fault, lass. I get that a lot. I 'on't blame ya', your sis and bro were captured." he shrugged. I tried to understand from his heavy accent, but didn't really care, hey the guy was cute. Other then the fact that I was probably going to be put through hell in this training, this was like heaven for a girl, surrounded by a bunch of cute guys.
"Ya hungry?" Jin asked again, breaking me out of my pleasant thoughts. I nodded, and then Touya came in with two plates, full of really good looking food. He placed one in front of me, then sat down himself and ate. I started to eat, quickly and happily. Once done with the food I stood up and went out side. There I met Hiei, Shuichi, and Genkai. The old lady seemed to be teaching them. And she called Shuichi Kurama.
"Is that what I'm going to have to do?" I asked, walking over to Genkai. Genkai shook her head, "You'll have to start with the basics. I'll teach you that. Then Hiei will take over and teach you how to use the Katana better. Then Touya will teach you basic spells that human can do. And Jin will also teach you that. Then Kurama will go in and perfect everything." She told me. I understood all of it, but for Kurama.
"Who's Kurama?" I asked. Shuichi and Hiei stopped fighting and looked at me. Shuichi walked over and smiled, "I'm Kurama. I guess you could say that's my demon name." He said. I nodded.
"So what should I call you?"
"Anything you want." Shuichi said. I nodded again, and looked at Jin and Touya as they walked out.
"Girl, I have to tell you some things." Genkai started, "First, you will be here at the temple everyday at 10:00 am, unless I tell you other wise. We have already excused you from school. Second, always dress to be prepared for everything. I will never tell you what to expect. And third, no telling anyone about this."
"You mean I have to live at home?" I whined, that was my only problem with this.
"Do you have a problem with your home?" Genkai asked. I shook my head, not wanting some old lady to tell me what to do with my problems. Shuichi looked at me with begging eyes but I just shook my head. Genkai nodded, as if she understood.
That night I went home. Dad was drunk, and didn't notice that I walked inside, or up the stairs. Mom was already asleep, so I didn't have to worry about anything. I just locked my door and sunk into my bed, too exhausted to cut myself.
AN: Wow! I have six reviews! I love you all! Hugs to all! And now I have to respond because I'm bursting with Joy.
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