Disclaimer: *lawyers advance with pitchforks and torches* I don't own Yu Yu
Hakusho already!!!! *lawyers magically disappear* okkaaaaaaayyyy.....
Kin: Welcome to today's exciting addition of Falling Into Fiction!
Leiko: *continues to read very complicated-looking book on the theories of human evolution* hmm....
Kashaku: *ssnnoooorreee*
Kin: *sweatdrop* or maybe not THAT exciting...
Kashaku: *suddenly jolts awake* Where have all the peanuts gone?!?
Leiko: *raises eyebrow*
Kin: What interesting friends I have. *ahem* Anyway, on with the fic!
"blah" speaking 'blah' thinking /blah/ conscience
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Falling Into Fiction
Chapter 1: Discoveries
Kin opened her eyes and instantly closed them. Light seemed to be shining right in her face. "Shut off the damn light." She grumbled.
"I can't exactly shut off the sun you know." She heard Mizuna say sarcastically.
She opened her eyes completely this time and immediately stared. "Wh-where are we?!?" They seemed to be in an arena of some kind with seats surrounding them in a circle all around. It looked suspiciously like the arena in the spirit world from YuYu Hakusho where the dark tournament had been held.
She looked at Mizuna and her eyes widened further. "And what the hell happened to you?!?"
Mizuna seemed to have had a change of wardrobe. She had on an ankle length sapphire skirt with a slit that went up to mid-thigh on her right side. Her shirt was the same color as the skirt and had only one sleeve that was long and loose at the end in a medieval style. The shirt cut off at the stomach on the left side and went down to the waist on the other and a wavy silver armlet could be seen on the arm with no sleeve. She had on a loose brown leather belt that was draped over her right hip with two fans tied to it with a silver silk ribbon.
If this wasn't enough, her eyes were sapphire blue and her hair was a royal blue down past her waist. Her bangs went down to her eyebrows and had two thick strands framing her face. Her ears were pointed and she wore two dark blue silk slippers on her feet.
Mizuna was currently tying her long, straight hair up in a high ponytail. "Well, take a look at yourself." She said calmly as she pointed Kin over to puddle of water on the ground a few feet away.
As Kin headed over towards the puddle she realized that she could smell everything. She could smell the scent of old blood from a battle she assumed had happened in the arena, a forest, the sweet scent of jasmine and water lilies that she assumed was Mizuna, and even the chocolaty scent with a hint of cinnamon that was Kashaku.
She could also hear everything; the sound of soft breathing from Mizunas direction, the sigh of the wind, and also the sound of the slow breathing of someone unconscious or asleep. 'It must be Ka-chan.' she reasoned. She decided to take a look at herself and then go and help Kashaku. She brushed her annoying, long bangs out of her eyes and looked into the water.
As soon as she looked into the water at her reflection, all thoughts of helping Kashaku were banished with the sight of herself. She was dressed in a long, loose white dress that was down to her ankles and had slits on either side to a little above mid-thigh. It had no sleeves, and a low V- neck. A gold sash could be seen tied around her waist as well as a gold armlet with jagged ends like lightning on her arm. A lot of golden bangles were on each wrist and ankle.
She now had gold eyes and long, straight almost knee-length gold hair that was even longer than Mizuna's. No, not blond, not yellow, but gold. But the most striking things were her claws, fluffy golden fox tail and the small, gold furry fox ears on her head. When a noise came from over in what she guessed was Kashaku's direction her ears seemed to twitch and rotate in that direction. Her feet were bare, but the rough ground didn't seem to hurt them at all.
She wanted to scream and panic, but this all seemed strangely right. Like she was meant to be in this body. She decided to just accept it and move on. She thought that she looked suspiciously like a fox demon and wondered if she could slash things with her claws, jump very high, or run super fast.
Meanwhile, Kashaku was starting to stir. She put her hand on her eyes and slowly opened them, letting them adjust. She took in her surroundings cautiously. 'Wow.' She gripped her staff and used it to lever herself up to a standing position. Wait a second.... What staff?
Mizuna calmly walked over to help Kashaku. She had been the first to wake up and was now pretty used to the fact that yes, she and Kin were demons and yes, they were in the Yu Yu Hakusho world. She had deliberated for a while before coming up with that conclusion. It was the most logical answer considering what they had all shouted out before the bright light had appeared.
Her increased sense of smell and hearing had been very interesting. She could smell a forest somewhere, the spicy chocolate and cinnamon smell of Kashaku, and the wild yet delicate scent of Kin who smelled of thunderstorms with an underlying scent of apple blossoms.
Mizuna assumed that Kin's speed, smell and hearing would be better considering that she was a fox demon, but she also concluded that she herself had more magic. She could sense it. She had been experimenting and had discovered that she was a water demon. All she had to do was visualize a shield and immediately a wall of water had appeared.
Looking at Kashaku she also concluded that Kin was the physical strength of the group, she was the tactical, defensive magic one, and Kashaku was most likely good with offensive magic considering she was a ningen sorceress from her scent. She wondered what Kashaku and Kin were capable of.
Kashaku suddenly stood up, shaking her from her musings. "Cool, I have a staff!"
Mizuna sweatdropped. Now that wasn't what she had been expecting. She took in Kashaku's appearance.
Kashaku was wearing a long, tight black dress that ended at her ankles with two slits up the sides to a little above mid-thigh like Kin's. It had no sleeves and a light blue sash was tied around her waist. A silver armlet in the form of a snake was winding around her arm and she wore light blue slippers that matched her sash. She still had her braces, but the rubber bands were now black.
Her hair was a straight and a dark red that went down to her waist. Her bangs were cut perfectly straight and ended exactly at her eyebrows, while her eyes were bright yellow like a cats eyes. She seemed to be holding what looked like a long staff made of silver metal with a black blade on top. The pole was up to her chin while the long, sharp black blade slightly curved high above her head.
Kin walked over and stared at Kashaku for a while and Kashaku stared at both Kin and Mizuna. "Well, try to do magic." Mizuna said with a little impatience in her voice.
Kashaku just grinned and willed something to happen. When a burst of fire shot out of her staff and broke through the wall of the arena she looked just as surprised as Kin and Mizuna. "Okay, now you." Mizuna said to Kin.
Kin shrugged and charged at the wall. She brought up her claws and slashed at it. Streaks of lightning seemed to come out of the tips of her claws and smash into the wall making it explode. They all stared at the crater in the wall.
"Okay, so. Kin-chan, just as I thought you are the physical strength of the group. You also have the best sense of smell and hearing." Kin grinned showing sharp fangs. "Kashaku, you're the offensive magic of the team and I'm the defensive and tactical member." Kashaku just cocked her head and listened attentively.
Mizuna continued. "I'm a water demon, Kin-chan is a fox demon that controls lightning, and Ka-chan is a ningen fire sorceress. We are currently in the Yu Yu Hakusho world for a reason that we don't yet know and it would be best to head out and look for someone so we can ask questions about our purpose."
"Kin-chan has her claws, Ka-chan has her scythe, and I have my fans." Mizuna pulled out the two silver fans from her belt. She flicked them open expertly with her wrists and watched as Kin and Kashaku looked up and down the sharp metal blades they were constructed of. The fans looked ordinary enough, with dark blue silk stretched between the metal. The only difference was the nasty-looking blades at he ends of the spokes.
She tied them back to her belt and turned toward them. "So, now that I figured everything out, what should we do?"
She looked toward them for suggestions. Kashaku wasn't looking the least bit interested. She was too busy staring at Kin's ears and thinking about how much they looked like Kurama's, and Kin wasn't the least bit grateful considering what she said next.
Kin glared at her. "I was going to say that."
Mizuna rolled her eyes and said sarcastically, "Sure you were."
"I was!" Kin said sulkily.
Meanwhile Kashaku was creeping up behind Kin. All of a sudden she jumped up and grabbed her ears. "How KAWAII!!" she shrieked loudly, making Kin and Mizuna wince.
"Stop that!" Kin yelled and glared at Kashaku when she tried to grab her tail.
Kashaku didn't seem fazed at all. She stopped trying to grab Kin's tail and looked serious for once. "I think we'll have to discover the rest of our powers as we go along. I have a feeling that we aren't going back to our world any time soon. We should leave here and try to find Koenma. He'll know what's up." She said wisely.
Kin and Mizuna stared at her for a second, awed by her seriousness and wisdom. But the moment was ruined when Kashaku pointed to the sky and said, "Hey! That cloud looks like Kurama!"
"I think she's right about the Koenma thing." Mizuna said.
Kin glared and then pouted. "hmpf."
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"Oitsukareta." Kashaku complained for what seemed the millionth time.
Mizuna sighed and rubbed her temples. Ever since Kin had decided to scout ahead, she had been left alone with the complaining Kashaku. Usually she could endure Kashaku's complaining, but they had been walking for what seemed like hours with Kin periodically checking up on them. She assumed Kashaku's feet must hurt. Her feet and Kin's were fine probably because they were demons.
Just then, she caught the sound of voices from up ahead. "Do you hear that?" she asked Kashaku as the voices became louder.
"Nope." Kashaku replied cheerfully.
Mizuna gave her an annoyed look. The voices seemed to be getting closer the further ahead they went. Suddenly realization struck.
"Let's hurry. Kin might be in trouble." Mizuna said calmly.
Kashaku immediately gripped her scythe harder and adopted a serious face. She nodded and the two sped up. They didn't want to waste any time.
The farther they went the louder the voices got. Soon even Kashaku could hear them. It seemed to be two people yelling at each other. Mizuna sighed. It was probably Kin and some innocent bystander. But they couldn't take any chances.
Kashaku and Mizuna burst out of the trees, took one look at the scene before them, and gaped. Well, actually Kashaku gaped, Mizuna's eyes just widened in surprise. 'Oh. My. God. We really ARE in the Yu Yu Hakusho world!'
Two figures were standing with faces so close they were almost touching, yelling their heads off and screaming insults at the other. One had long, almost knee-length golden hair, a tail, and fox ears while the other was wearing a green boys school uniform and had black, slicked hair.
"YOU STUPID JERK! I COULD RIP YOUR HEAD OFF ANY TIME I WANTED TOO!" Kin shouted, her face red with anger.
"I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU TRY, YOU STUPID BITCH!" Yusuke yelled right back.
Kin held up her claws and lightning crackled around them racing over her skin. Yusuke looked a little surprised but quickly got his finger ready to fire the spirit gun when all of a sudden...
"Stop it right now." Mizuna's calm voice rang out over them all.
Yusuke lowered his finger and Kin turned around to look at her. "Mizuna!" she said. "Finally! Tell this baka that I could take him on any day!"
"You're Yusuke Urameshi?" Kashaku asked.
Yusuke looked at her oddly. "Yeah... that's me." He said warily.
Kashaku suddenly started to poke him. "You're REAL." She said with awe.
"What the HELL?!? Who are you people?!?" Yusuke demanded as Kashaku continued to poke him and stare at him wonderingly.
Mizuna looked at him like he had just asked a very stupid question. "I'm Mizuna, the ningen sorceress is Kashaku, and the one you were yelling at is Kin."
Kin glared and started to pout. "He started it! I was scouting ahead and I suddenly came across him." She pointed at Yusuke. "Then when I attempted to make polite conversation, this baka started to insult me!"
"You liar! I only asked if your ears were real!" Yusuke shouted indignantly.
Mizuna raised an eyebrow. "Is this true?" she asked Kin.
A sulky "hmpf" was all she got for an answer.
All three girls stared at Yusuke. It was just starting to make him a little nervous when Kashaku broke the silence.
"So where's Kurama?" she asked.
Yusuke gave her another odd look. "How do you know Kurama?" he asked suspiciously.
Kashaku grinned. "He's not the only person on your team that we know. We also know you, Hiei, Jin, Touya and Kuwabara as well as everyone else you've ever met." She said.
Yusuke narrowed his eyes. "I've never met you before. How do you know me?"
Mizuna decided it was time for an explanation. "Let's go sit down under that tree and I'll explain everything."
They walked over to a tall pine tree and sat under it. Kin jumped up into the tree, crossed her arms, and continued to sulk.
"Well you see..." Mizuna started.
She explained how in their world Yu Yu Hakusho was just a television show, how they had wished to go there, and how they had been mysteriously transported here. She explained that they had woken up not as average teenage girls, but as a ningen fire sorceress, a water demon, and a fox demon. She then went on to explain that they were currently on their way to find Koenma and demand some answers.
Yusuke looked pretty surprised. "Well I guess I could take you to see him. We just won the Dark Tournament, and he's still hanging around." He offered. He seemed to have gotten over his fight with Kin and was now acting relatively friendly.
"We want to meet the rest of the gang!" Kashaku said excitedly. Kin looked eager as well, and even Mizuna looked a tiny bit excited.
"I guess you could." Yusuke said easily.
"Yay!!" Kashaku practically screamed.
Mizuna and Kin winced and covered their sensitive ears. Mizuna pitied Kin. If her ears were ringing, Kin's must be twice as bad.
"I'm so excited!!" Kashaku then began to jump around and ask twenty questions a second. Neither Kin, Mizuna, nor Yusuke could understand a word she was saying.
"Is she always like this?" Yusuke asked.
"Yep, pretty much." Kin replied and jumped down from the tree.
All three of them sweatdropped and watched Kashaku run around in circles while tripping over her staff every few seconds.
"I pity Kurama..." Mizuna said.
"Come on, everyone's back at the hotel." Yusuke said, walking off.
"Well, let's go." Kin said huffily.
The three girls followed Yusuke at a distance.
"Can you believe that we're actually in the Yu Yu Hakusho world?!?" Kashaku asked excitedly. "We're even going to meet the rest of the gang!"
"I have a feeling that this is going to turn into one long adventure." Mizuna said quietly.
Kin nodded. "I don't want to go back. It's not like our parents would miss us anyway." They all agreed and decided that they would try to stay here as long as possible.
"We should ask Koenma what this is all about, but we'll stay here for as long as we're able." Mizuna said logically.
They all nodded and continued to whisper about what they should do now that they were finally here.
Yusuke glanced back at the three girls. He had to admit they were all pretty hot and if he didn't already have a girlfriend he would definantly ask one of them out. They were also remarkably at ease in this world. They didn't seem to be afraid or even nervous about their changed appearances either. They looked like they had been born that way. I mean, suddenly discovering you were a demon or sorceress would certainly scare most people.
If it had been him, he would probably be at least nervous. He wondered what they were doing here. He hoped they would stay. No new cases had come in while they were resting from the tournament, and everyone was pretty bored.
Jin and Touya had joined the group after the tournament, and he wondered if these girls would be joining them for a long time too. He certainly hoped so. Maybe they could liven the team up a bit. Maybe if he were lucky, that Kin girl would beat up Kuwabara when he tried to hit on her. He smirked. It would be very amusing to see Mr. Honor Code beat up by a girl.
They reached the hotel that had been given to the team for the tournament. "Wow! It looks just like on the show!" Kashaku said enthusiastically.
Kin just crossed her arms and "hmpf"ed while Mizuna looked on calmly.
A few demons were loitering in front of the building and whistled when the girls walked by. Kin turned around and glared at them before growling and flashing her fangs. The demons quickly dispersed to do various "errands."
Kin smirked in satisfaction. "Being a fox demon does have its perks." She commented.
"Yeah, you don't need to glare at the fifth graders to scare them now. All you have to do is smile." Mizuna said sarcastically.
Kin glared at her and then switched to Yusuke when he started to snicker. "You glared at fifth graders just to scare them? What'd they ever do to you?" He asked.
"Hey! They were acting too happy!" Kin defended herself.
Yusuke just started to snicker again.
"Hmpf." Kin said and crossed her arms grumpily.
"Well, anyway." Mizuna said. "I think we need to focus more on finding out why we're here."
Kashaku was busy prancing around with her staff, Kin was busy being sulky, and Yusuke was busy laughing at Kin's expense.
"Am I talking to myself here?" Mizuna asked annoyed.
No one answered proving her point.
After one cramped elevator ride in which Kashaku insisted on dancing to the annoying elevator music, Yusuke led them to the door of what seemed to be a normal hotel room.
"We should see what the toddler has to say and then you can meet the team." He decided.
The three girls stood and waited patiently.
"What?" Yusuke asked.
"Aren't you going to go in first and introduce us?" Mizuna asked while raising an eyebrow.
"Oh, yeah." He said sheepishly.
"Hey toddler! Some girls from another world are here to see ya!" he said.
Mizuna rolled her eyes.
The three girls entered the hotel room not knowing what to expect. They were surprised when they entered the room and realized that it was an office, not a hotel room. There was a large desk the middle of the floor with a tall chair facing in the other direction on the opposite side. An ogre demon was standing next to the desk pleading with the person in the chair to please sign some important papers.
When Yusuke "introduced" them, the person turned around in the chair. They all stared at the empty space in the chair, and then as one looked down at the toddler sitting in it.
"Well? I don't have all day you know!" Koenma said. "I have important matters to attend to." At these words the ogre demon seemed to give an exasperated sigh.
As soon as Kashaku got over the momentary shock of seeing Koenma in the flesh, she rushed over and started to poke him like she had Yusuke. A vein seemed to pop out on Koenma's head and Kashaku quickly stepped back to stand behind Kin and look over her shoulder.
"Ahem." Mizuna said.
Koenma turned his attention towards her and she began to tell him what had happened. While she was speaking, Koenma pulled out a bowl of rice from a desk drawer and began to eat while he listened.
When she was done, Koenma put down his rice and looked over the three of them.
"Hm... fire, water and lightning." He said thoughtfully.
Kin crossed her arms over her chest and glared at him impatiently. "So do you know how we got here and why?"
A lightbulb flashed over Koenma's head. "Ah! I remember now! It seems like the guardians of fire, water and lightning are finally ready to accept their positions as protectors."
"What are you talking about?" Yusuke asked impatiently.
"I'm getting there!" Koenma said irritably. "Anyway, like I was saying."
"There are three pendants in the Spirit World that are of great power; they are the pendants of fire, water, and lightning. One person each guards the three pendants. Guardians are especially chosen to protect the pendant best suited to them."
Kin looked like she was about to interrupt, but Koenma kept going and ignored her.
"You three are those guardians. The last guardians are still in possession of the pendants, but their time of service is nearly over. You three were selected as children by the pendants to be the new guardians but you were too young to take on the responsibility, so you were sent to a pocket in reality and cloaked in fake illusion forms to be protected until you were old enough. You're old memories should return over time."
"You must go on a journey in Spirit World to find each guardian and defeat them in battle to earn your right to protect your pendant. Once you receive your pendant, you must protect it until your death. It is important that you start your journey immediately, because as time goes by the old guardians grow weaker and there is a greater chance that a demon will be able to steal the pendants and use their immense power to travel to the ningen world and wreak havoc." He paused. "Plus, my dad would kill me!" he finished.
Kin and Yusuke both looked shocked, Mizuna looked contemplative, and Kashaku looked happy as always.
"So, everything was fake?" Mizuna asked incredulously. She couldn't stop the tiny feelings of anger that were growing inside her. They expected them to just give up their freedom just like that? But, it was her duty, and she felt she had to accept it or live with the feelings of guilt that would build in her mind over the people who would most likely die from the attack of a demon with such power.
Koenma nodded. "That was just a temporary pocket in reality formed of illusion space and time. The previous guardians created it to protect you until you came of age."
Kin "hmpf"ed. "I knew that it was kind of weird that everyone was so distant and unfocused except for us." She said.
"So, will you take this responsibility?" Koenma asked.
It was pretty shocking to find out that their world had just been an illusion and that the anime that they loved so much was actually their real home. Not to mention the fact that they were now expected to become guardians of some kind of magical pendants and never go back to the world they once knew. The three girls looked at each other speculatively and silently agreed that they would accept this information.
They nodded their heads. "Yes." They said in unison.
"Good." He pointed at Mizuna. "You are the guardian of water and stand for wisdom and intelligence." Mizuna looked rather pleased at this information.
He pointed at Kashaku. "You are the guardian of fire and stand for friendship and love." Kashaku grinned and twirled around once with her staff.
Koenma turned to Kin. "And finally, you are the guardian of lightning and stand for courage and strength." Kin looked proudly around the room.
"Together you must find the guardians and take the pendants. Many demons will try to kill you and take the pendants for themselves, but you have many powers yet to be discovered and should be fine."
Yusuke spoke up for the first time in a while. "The team could go with them and help them out on their quest. It's not like any new cases have come up recently." He looked annoyed. "I don't think my mom will miss me, and I can probably convince Keiko to tell everyone that I'm on a trip or something."
Koenma looked at Yusuke and slowly nodded his head. "Yes that would probably be best." He seemed to think for a second. "You should take these three to meet the team and then go to the ningen world to get provisions for the trip for it will most likely be a long one. Botan will give you a device to travel between here, the demon world, and the ningen world instantly before you leave."
Yusuke nodded. "Good idea. That way we can be prepared for the journey."
Kashaku looked ecstatic. "Yay! We're going on a trip! We're going on a trip! We're going on a trip!" she started to jump up and down.
Mizuna bowed to Koenma. "Thank you for your help. We accept this as our new duty and will depart soon."
Koenma nodded and turned back around in his chair while eating another bowl of rice, ignoring the ogre demon that was still insistently pushing a tall stack of papers at him.
Yusuke and the girls walked out of the office and closed the door. The three girls were still pretty shocked about the information that had been presented to them.
"How about we go meet the team and then tomorrow morning we'll go to my house. We can rent another hotel room for you three to stay in for tonight." Yusuke suggested.
Mizuna nodded, Kin said her famous "hmph," and Kashaku started to sing a song that she was making up on the spot about Kurama.
"I'll take that as a yes..." he said.
Tsuzuku...
Kin: So? How was it? I would love to get some pictures of the characters! In case you didn't know, this is my first fic so I need all the help I can get.
Kashaku: I'll say.
Kin: Shut up!
Kashaku: * sticks out tongue * No!
Kin: Why you little... * starts to chase TNK around with giant rubber chicken *
Leiko: *sigh* Well, we'll see you next chapter!
Kin: Get back here!
Kashaku: *laughs maniacally* NEVER!!!
Review Responses:
DRUKEN-IRISH-SMURF: Thanks for reviewing! You were my first review ever and I really appreciate it! About you're question, do you mean am I really like Kin in real life? Or do you mean do I go to boarding school in real life? Well I'll answer both. No, I don't go to a boarding school in real life; I go to a private school, but next year I'm going to high school at Magnet. Now, to answer the other aspect of your question; Kin is me. That is exactly how I act under normal circumstances. I am very pushy, irritable, opinionated and argumentative. Kashaku and Mizuna are my friends from school and are just like I portrayed them in the fic. If I interpreted your question wrong, be sure to send me another review explaining further. Thanks for reviewing!
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Kin: Welcome to today's exciting addition of Falling Into Fiction!
Leiko: *continues to read very complicated-looking book on the theories of human evolution* hmm....
Kashaku: *ssnnoooorreee*
Kin: *sweatdrop* or maybe not THAT exciting...
Kashaku: *suddenly jolts awake* Where have all the peanuts gone?!?
Leiko: *raises eyebrow*
Kin: What interesting friends I have. *ahem* Anyway, on with the fic!
"blah" speaking 'blah' thinking /blah/ conscience
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Falling Into Fiction
Chapter 1: Discoveries
Kin opened her eyes and instantly closed them. Light seemed to be shining right in her face. "Shut off the damn light." She grumbled.
"I can't exactly shut off the sun you know." She heard Mizuna say sarcastically.
She opened her eyes completely this time and immediately stared. "Wh-where are we?!?" They seemed to be in an arena of some kind with seats surrounding them in a circle all around. It looked suspiciously like the arena in the spirit world from YuYu Hakusho where the dark tournament had been held.
She looked at Mizuna and her eyes widened further. "And what the hell happened to you?!?"
Mizuna seemed to have had a change of wardrobe. She had on an ankle length sapphire skirt with a slit that went up to mid-thigh on her right side. Her shirt was the same color as the skirt and had only one sleeve that was long and loose at the end in a medieval style. The shirt cut off at the stomach on the left side and went down to the waist on the other and a wavy silver armlet could be seen on the arm with no sleeve. She had on a loose brown leather belt that was draped over her right hip with two fans tied to it with a silver silk ribbon.
If this wasn't enough, her eyes were sapphire blue and her hair was a royal blue down past her waist. Her bangs went down to her eyebrows and had two thick strands framing her face. Her ears were pointed and she wore two dark blue silk slippers on her feet.
Mizuna was currently tying her long, straight hair up in a high ponytail. "Well, take a look at yourself." She said calmly as she pointed Kin over to puddle of water on the ground a few feet away.
As Kin headed over towards the puddle she realized that she could smell everything. She could smell the scent of old blood from a battle she assumed had happened in the arena, a forest, the sweet scent of jasmine and water lilies that she assumed was Mizuna, and even the chocolaty scent with a hint of cinnamon that was Kashaku.
She could also hear everything; the sound of soft breathing from Mizunas direction, the sigh of the wind, and also the sound of the slow breathing of someone unconscious or asleep. 'It must be Ka-chan.' she reasoned. She decided to take a look at herself and then go and help Kashaku. She brushed her annoying, long bangs out of her eyes and looked into the water.
As soon as she looked into the water at her reflection, all thoughts of helping Kashaku were banished with the sight of herself. She was dressed in a long, loose white dress that was down to her ankles and had slits on either side to a little above mid-thigh. It had no sleeves, and a low V- neck. A gold sash could be seen tied around her waist as well as a gold armlet with jagged ends like lightning on her arm. A lot of golden bangles were on each wrist and ankle.
She now had gold eyes and long, straight almost knee-length gold hair that was even longer than Mizuna's. No, not blond, not yellow, but gold. But the most striking things were her claws, fluffy golden fox tail and the small, gold furry fox ears on her head. When a noise came from over in what she guessed was Kashaku's direction her ears seemed to twitch and rotate in that direction. Her feet were bare, but the rough ground didn't seem to hurt them at all.
She wanted to scream and panic, but this all seemed strangely right. Like she was meant to be in this body. She decided to just accept it and move on. She thought that she looked suspiciously like a fox demon and wondered if she could slash things with her claws, jump very high, or run super fast.
Meanwhile, Kashaku was starting to stir. She put her hand on her eyes and slowly opened them, letting them adjust. She took in her surroundings cautiously. 'Wow.' She gripped her staff and used it to lever herself up to a standing position. Wait a second.... What staff?
Mizuna calmly walked over to help Kashaku. She had been the first to wake up and was now pretty used to the fact that yes, she and Kin were demons and yes, they were in the Yu Yu Hakusho world. She had deliberated for a while before coming up with that conclusion. It was the most logical answer considering what they had all shouted out before the bright light had appeared.
Her increased sense of smell and hearing had been very interesting. She could smell a forest somewhere, the spicy chocolate and cinnamon smell of Kashaku, and the wild yet delicate scent of Kin who smelled of thunderstorms with an underlying scent of apple blossoms.
Mizuna assumed that Kin's speed, smell and hearing would be better considering that she was a fox demon, but she also concluded that she herself had more magic. She could sense it. She had been experimenting and had discovered that she was a water demon. All she had to do was visualize a shield and immediately a wall of water had appeared.
Looking at Kashaku she also concluded that Kin was the physical strength of the group, she was the tactical, defensive magic one, and Kashaku was most likely good with offensive magic considering she was a ningen sorceress from her scent. She wondered what Kashaku and Kin were capable of.
Kashaku suddenly stood up, shaking her from her musings. "Cool, I have a staff!"
Mizuna sweatdropped. Now that wasn't what she had been expecting. She took in Kashaku's appearance.
Kashaku was wearing a long, tight black dress that ended at her ankles with two slits up the sides to a little above mid-thigh like Kin's. It had no sleeves and a light blue sash was tied around her waist. A silver armlet in the form of a snake was winding around her arm and she wore light blue slippers that matched her sash. She still had her braces, but the rubber bands were now black.
Her hair was a straight and a dark red that went down to her waist. Her bangs were cut perfectly straight and ended exactly at her eyebrows, while her eyes were bright yellow like a cats eyes. She seemed to be holding what looked like a long staff made of silver metal with a black blade on top. The pole was up to her chin while the long, sharp black blade slightly curved high above her head.
Kin walked over and stared at Kashaku for a while and Kashaku stared at both Kin and Mizuna. "Well, try to do magic." Mizuna said with a little impatience in her voice.
Kashaku just grinned and willed something to happen. When a burst of fire shot out of her staff and broke through the wall of the arena she looked just as surprised as Kin and Mizuna. "Okay, now you." Mizuna said to Kin.
Kin shrugged and charged at the wall. She brought up her claws and slashed at it. Streaks of lightning seemed to come out of the tips of her claws and smash into the wall making it explode. They all stared at the crater in the wall.
"Okay, so. Kin-chan, just as I thought you are the physical strength of the group. You also have the best sense of smell and hearing." Kin grinned showing sharp fangs. "Kashaku, you're the offensive magic of the team and I'm the defensive and tactical member." Kashaku just cocked her head and listened attentively.
Mizuna continued. "I'm a water demon, Kin-chan is a fox demon that controls lightning, and Ka-chan is a ningen fire sorceress. We are currently in the Yu Yu Hakusho world for a reason that we don't yet know and it would be best to head out and look for someone so we can ask questions about our purpose."
"Kin-chan has her claws, Ka-chan has her scythe, and I have my fans." Mizuna pulled out the two silver fans from her belt. She flicked them open expertly with her wrists and watched as Kin and Kashaku looked up and down the sharp metal blades they were constructed of. The fans looked ordinary enough, with dark blue silk stretched between the metal. The only difference was the nasty-looking blades at he ends of the spokes.
She tied them back to her belt and turned toward them. "So, now that I figured everything out, what should we do?"
She looked toward them for suggestions. Kashaku wasn't looking the least bit interested. She was too busy staring at Kin's ears and thinking about how much they looked like Kurama's, and Kin wasn't the least bit grateful considering what she said next.
Kin glared at her. "I was going to say that."
Mizuna rolled her eyes and said sarcastically, "Sure you were."
"I was!" Kin said sulkily.
Meanwhile Kashaku was creeping up behind Kin. All of a sudden she jumped up and grabbed her ears. "How KAWAII!!" she shrieked loudly, making Kin and Mizuna wince.
"Stop that!" Kin yelled and glared at Kashaku when she tried to grab her tail.
Kashaku didn't seem fazed at all. She stopped trying to grab Kin's tail and looked serious for once. "I think we'll have to discover the rest of our powers as we go along. I have a feeling that we aren't going back to our world any time soon. We should leave here and try to find Koenma. He'll know what's up." She said wisely.
Kin and Mizuna stared at her for a second, awed by her seriousness and wisdom. But the moment was ruined when Kashaku pointed to the sky and said, "Hey! That cloud looks like Kurama!"
"I think she's right about the Koenma thing." Mizuna said.
Kin glared and then pouted. "hmpf."
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"Oitsukareta." Kashaku complained for what seemed the millionth time.
Mizuna sighed and rubbed her temples. Ever since Kin had decided to scout ahead, she had been left alone with the complaining Kashaku. Usually she could endure Kashaku's complaining, but they had been walking for what seemed like hours with Kin periodically checking up on them. She assumed Kashaku's feet must hurt. Her feet and Kin's were fine probably because they were demons.
Just then, she caught the sound of voices from up ahead. "Do you hear that?" she asked Kashaku as the voices became louder.
"Nope." Kashaku replied cheerfully.
Mizuna gave her an annoyed look. The voices seemed to be getting closer the further ahead they went. Suddenly realization struck.
"Let's hurry. Kin might be in trouble." Mizuna said calmly.
Kashaku immediately gripped her scythe harder and adopted a serious face. She nodded and the two sped up. They didn't want to waste any time.
The farther they went the louder the voices got. Soon even Kashaku could hear them. It seemed to be two people yelling at each other. Mizuna sighed. It was probably Kin and some innocent bystander. But they couldn't take any chances.
Kashaku and Mizuna burst out of the trees, took one look at the scene before them, and gaped. Well, actually Kashaku gaped, Mizuna's eyes just widened in surprise. 'Oh. My. God. We really ARE in the Yu Yu Hakusho world!'
Two figures were standing with faces so close they were almost touching, yelling their heads off and screaming insults at the other. One had long, almost knee-length golden hair, a tail, and fox ears while the other was wearing a green boys school uniform and had black, slicked hair.
"YOU STUPID JERK! I COULD RIP YOUR HEAD OFF ANY TIME I WANTED TOO!" Kin shouted, her face red with anger.
"I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU TRY, YOU STUPID BITCH!" Yusuke yelled right back.
Kin held up her claws and lightning crackled around them racing over her skin. Yusuke looked a little surprised but quickly got his finger ready to fire the spirit gun when all of a sudden...
"Stop it right now." Mizuna's calm voice rang out over them all.
Yusuke lowered his finger and Kin turned around to look at her. "Mizuna!" she said. "Finally! Tell this baka that I could take him on any day!"
"You're Yusuke Urameshi?" Kashaku asked.
Yusuke looked at her oddly. "Yeah... that's me." He said warily.
Kashaku suddenly started to poke him. "You're REAL." She said with awe.
"What the HELL?!? Who are you people?!?" Yusuke demanded as Kashaku continued to poke him and stare at him wonderingly.
Mizuna looked at him like he had just asked a very stupid question. "I'm Mizuna, the ningen sorceress is Kashaku, and the one you were yelling at is Kin."
Kin glared and started to pout. "He started it! I was scouting ahead and I suddenly came across him." She pointed at Yusuke. "Then when I attempted to make polite conversation, this baka started to insult me!"
"You liar! I only asked if your ears were real!" Yusuke shouted indignantly.
Mizuna raised an eyebrow. "Is this true?" she asked Kin.
A sulky "hmpf" was all she got for an answer.
All three girls stared at Yusuke. It was just starting to make him a little nervous when Kashaku broke the silence.
"So where's Kurama?" she asked.
Yusuke gave her another odd look. "How do you know Kurama?" he asked suspiciously.
Kashaku grinned. "He's not the only person on your team that we know. We also know you, Hiei, Jin, Touya and Kuwabara as well as everyone else you've ever met." She said.
Yusuke narrowed his eyes. "I've never met you before. How do you know me?"
Mizuna decided it was time for an explanation. "Let's go sit down under that tree and I'll explain everything."
They walked over to a tall pine tree and sat under it. Kin jumped up into the tree, crossed her arms, and continued to sulk.
"Well you see..." Mizuna started.
She explained how in their world Yu Yu Hakusho was just a television show, how they had wished to go there, and how they had been mysteriously transported here. She explained that they had woken up not as average teenage girls, but as a ningen fire sorceress, a water demon, and a fox demon. She then went on to explain that they were currently on their way to find Koenma and demand some answers.
Yusuke looked pretty surprised. "Well I guess I could take you to see him. We just won the Dark Tournament, and he's still hanging around." He offered. He seemed to have gotten over his fight with Kin and was now acting relatively friendly.
"We want to meet the rest of the gang!" Kashaku said excitedly. Kin looked eager as well, and even Mizuna looked a tiny bit excited.
"I guess you could." Yusuke said easily.
"Yay!!" Kashaku practically screamed.
Mizuna and Kin winced and covered their sensitive ears. Mizuna pitied Kin. If her ears were ringing, Kin's must be twice as bad.
"I'm so excited!!" Kashaku then began to jump around and ask twenty questions a second. Neither Kin, Mizuna, nor Yusuke could understand a word she was saying.
"Is she always like this?" Yusuke asked.
"Yep, pretty much." Kin replied and jumped down from the tree.
All three of them sweatdropped and watched Kashaku run around in circles while tripping over her staff every few seconds.
"I pity Kurama..." Mizuna said.
"Come on, everyone's back at the hotel." Yusuke said, walking off.
"Well, let's go." Kin said huffily.
The three girls followed Yusuke at a distance.
"Can you believe that we're actually in the Yu Yu Hakusho world?!?" Kashaku asked excitedly. "We're even going to meet the rest of the gang!"
"I have a feeling that this is going to turn into one long adventure." Mizuna said quietly.
Kin nodded. "I don't want to go back. It's not like our parents would miss us anyway." They all agreed and decided that they would try to stay here as long as possible.
"We should ask Koenma what this is all about, but we'll stay here for as long as we're able." Mizuna said logically.
They all nodded and continued to whisper about what they should do now that they were finally here.
Yusuke glanced back at the three girls. He had to admit they were all pretty hot and if he didn't already have a girlfriend he would definantly ask one of them out. They were also remarkably at ease in this world. They didn't seem to be afraid or even nervous about their changed appearances either. They looked like they had been born that way. I mean, suddenly discovering you were a demon or sorceress would certainly scare most people.
If it had been him, he would probably be at least nervous. He wondered what they were doing here. He hoped they would stay. No new cases had come in while they were resting from the tournament, and everyone was pretty bored.
Jin and Touya had joined the group after the tournament, and he wondered if these girls would be joining them for a long time too. He certainly hoped so. Maybe they could liven the team up a bit. Maybe if he were lucky, that Kin girl would beat up Kuwabara when he tried to hit on her. He smirked. It would be very amusing to see Mr. Honor Code beat up by a girl.
They reached the hotel that had been given to the team for the tournament. "Wow! It looks just like on the show!" Kashaku said enthusiastically.
Kin just crossed her arms and "hmpf"ed while Mizuna looked on calmly.
A few demons were loitering in front of the building and whistled when the girls walked by. Kin turned around and glared at them before growling and flashing her fangs. The demons quickly dispersed to do various "errands."
Kin smirked in satisfaction. "Being a fox demon does have its perks." She commented.
"Yeah, you don't need to glare at the fifth graders to scare them now. All you have to do is smile." Mizuna said sarcastically.
Kin glared at her and then switched to Yusuke when he started to snicker. "You glared at fifth graders just to scare them? What'd they ever do to you?" He asked.
"Hey! They were acting too happy!" Kin defended herself.
Yusuke just started to snicker again.
"Hmpf." Kin said and crossed her arms grumpily.
"Well, anyway." Mizuna said. "I think we need to focus more on finding out why we're here."
Kashaku was busy prancing around with her staff, Kin was busy being sulky, and Yusuke was busy laughing at Kin's expense.
"Am I talking to myself here?" Mizuna asked annoyed.
No one answered proving her point.
After one cramped elevator ride in which Kashaku insisted on dancing to the annoying elevator music, Yusuke led them to the door of what seemed to be a normal hotel room.
"We should see what the toddler has to say and then you can meet the team." He decided.
The three girls stood and waited patiently.
"What?" Yusuke asked.
"Aren't you going to go in first and introduce us?" Mizuna asked while raising an eyebrow.
"Oh, yeah." He said sheepishly.
"Hey toddler! Some girls from another world are here to see ya!" he said.
Mizuna rolled her eyes.
The three girls entered the hotel room not knowing what to expect. They were surprised when they entered the room and realized that it was an office, not a hotel room. There was a large desk the middle of the floor with a tall chair facing in the other direction on the opposite side. An ogre demon was standing next to the desk pleading with the person in the chair to please sign some important papers.
When Yusuke "introduced" them, the person turned around in the chair. They all stared at the empty space in the chair, and then as one looked down at the toddler sitting in it.
"Well? I don't have all day you know!" Koenma said. "I have important matters to attend to." At these words the ogre demon seemed to give an exasperated sigh.
As soon as Kashaku got over the momentary shock of seeing Koenma in the flesh, she rushed over and started to poke him like she had Yusuke. A vein seemed to pop out on Koenma's head and Kashaku quickly stepped back to stand behind Kin and look over her shoulder.
"Ahem." Mizuna said.
Koenma turned his attention towards her and she began to tell him what had happened. While she was speaking, Koenma pulled out a bowl of rice from a desk drawer and began to eat while he listened.
When she was done, Koenma put down his rice and looked over the three of them.
"Hm... fire, water and lightning." He said thoughtfully.
Kin crossed her arms over her chest and glared at him impatiently. "So do you know how we got here and why?"
A lightbulb flashed over Koenma's head. "Ah! I remember now! It seems like the guardians of fire, water and lightning are finally ready to accept their positions as protectors."
"What are you talking about?" Yusuke asked impatiently.
"I'm getting there!" Koenma said irritably. "Anyway, like I was saying."
"There are three pendants in the Spirit World that are of great power; they are the pendants of fire, water, and lightning. One person each guards the three pendants. Guardians are especially chosen to protect the pendant best suited to them."
Kin looked like she was about to interrupt, but Koenma kept going and ignored her.
"You three are those guardians. The last guardians are still in possession of the pendants, but their time of service is nearly over. You three were selected as children by the pendants to be the new guardians but you were too young to take on the responsibility, so you were sent to a pocket in reality and cloaked in fake illusion forms to be protected until you were old enough. You're old memories should return over time."
"You must go on a journey in Spirit World to find each guardian and defeat them in battle to earn your right to protect your pendant. Once you receive your pendant, you must protect it until your death. It is important that you start your journey immediately, because as time goes by the old guardians grow weaker and there is a greater chance that a demon will be able to steal the pendants and use their immense power to travel to the ningen world and wreak havoc." He paused. "Plus, my dad would kill me!" he finished.
Kin and Yusuke both looked shocked, Mizuna looked contemplative, and Kashaku looked happy as always.
"So, everything was fake?" Mizuna asked incredulously. She couldn't stop the tiny feelings of anger that were growing inside her. They expected them to just give up their freedom just like that? But, it was her duty, and she felt she had to accept it or live with the feelings of guilt that would build in her mind over the people who would most likely die from the attack of a demon with such power.
Koenma nodded. "That was just a temporary pocket in reality formed of illusion space and time. The previous guardians created it to protect you until you came of age."
Kin "hmpf"ed. "I knew that it was kind of weird that everyone was so distant and unfocused except for us." She said.
"So, will you take this responsibility?" Koenma asked.
It was pretty shocking to find out that their world had just been an illusion and that the anime that they loved so much was actually their real home. Not to mention the fact that they were now expected to become guardians of some kind of magical pendants and never go back to the world they once knew. The three girls looked at each other speculatively and silently agreed that they would accept this information.
They nodded their heads. "Yes." They said in unison.
"Good." He pointed at Mizuna. "You are the guardian of water and stand for wisdom and intelligence." Mizuna looked rather pleased at this information.
He pointed at Kashaku. "You are the guardian of fire and stand for friendship and love." Kashaku grinned and twirled around once with her staff.
Koenma turned to Kin. "And finally, you are the guardian of lightning and stand for courage and strength." Kin looked proudly around the room.
"Together you must find the guardians and take the pendants. Many demons will try to kill you and take the pendants for themselves, but you have many powers yet to be discovered and should be fine."
Yusuke spoke up for the first time in a while. "The team could go with them and help them out on their quest. It's not like any new cases have come up recently." He looked annoyed. "I don't think my mom will miss me, and I can probably convince Keiko to tell everyone that I'm on a trip or something."
Koenma looked at Yusuke and slowly nodded his head. "Yes that would probably be best." He seemed to think for a second. "You should take these three to meet the team and then go to the ningen world to get provisions for the trip for it will most likely be a long one. Botan will give you a device to travel between here, the demon world, and the ningen world instantly before you leave."
Yusuke nodded. "Good idea. That way we can be prepared for the journey."
Kashaku looked ecstatic. "Yay! We're going on a trip! We're going on a trip! We're going on a trip!" she started to jump up and down.
Mizuna bowed to Koenma. "Thank you for your help. We accept this as our new duty and will depart soon."
Koenma nodded and turned back around in his chair while eating another bowl of rice, ignoring the ogre demon that was still insistently pushing a tall stack of papers at him.
Yusuke and the girls walked out of the office and closed the door. The three girls were still pretty shocked about the information that had been presented to them.
"How about we go meet the team and then tomorrow morning we'll go to my house. We can rent another hotel room for you three to stay in for tonight." Yusuke suggested.
Mizuna nodded, Kin said her famous "hmph," and Kashaku started to sing a song that she was making up on the spot about Kurama.
"I'll take that as a yes..." he said.
Tsuzuku...
Kin: So? How was it? I would love to get some pictures of the characters! In case you didn't know, this is my first fic so I need all the help I can get.
Kashaku: I'll say.
Kin: Shut up!
Kashaku: * sticks out tongue * No!
Kin: Why you little... * starts to chase TNK around with giant rubber chicken *
Leiko: *sigh* Well, we'll see you next chapter!
Kin: Get back here!
Kashaku: *laughs maniacally* NEVER!!!
Review Responses:
DRUKEN-IRISH-SMURF: Thanks for reviewing! You were my first review ever and I really appreciate it! About you're question, do you mean am I really like Kin in real life? Or do you mean do I go to boarding school in real life? Well I'll answer both. No, I don't go to a boarding school in real life; I go to a private school, but next year I'm going to high school at Magnet. Now, to answer the other aspect of your question; Kin is me. That is exactly how I act under normal circumstances. I am very pushy, irritable, opinionated and argumentative. Kashaku and Mizuna are my friends from school and are just like I portrayed them in the fic. If I interpreted your question wrong, be sure to send me another review explaining further. Thanks for reviewing!
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