New Friends and Adventures
By: Shadow Kage & Crazy Hyper Lady
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Disclaimer: We don't own IY or YYH; they belong to their respected owners.
Disclaimer 2: We own all characters, items, techniques, locations, etc that we create.
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"blah" – normal speech
'blah' – thoughts
"blah" – Youkai tongue
(blah) – alternate name, relevant info
A/N: within ( ) – Author Note
Blah – Telepathy
Blah – Location, date, Flashback/End Flashback, Dream Sequence/End Dream Sequence
Blah – File Information Title
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Summary: Five hundred years ago Youkai and Human's lived together, though it wasn't always in peace and harmony. Some were constantly or almost constantly fighting each other for survival. However, centuries later Human's and Youkai live in two separate worlds. Most humans are oblivious to the Youkai that still live among them or that they still exist at al and have disregarded them as Legends and Myths. However Youkai know Humans still exist and some still try to return to the Ningenkai to cause chaos. However another world, where humans and Youkai alike go when they die, has developed barriers to try and prevent this from happening… still that is not always enough. Some Youkai are extremely clever and still threaten the Ningenkai, this is where the Reikai Tantei come in, specialized groups of Youkai, Humans, and the mysterious third race, working together to keep the Ningenkai safe. Now one year after Yusuke Urameshi's return from the Makai, a former Reikai Tantei, a new threat looms on the horizon. This time though the threat is in the form that nobody ever thought it could or would be. This time it is not only Yusuke and co. in danger, but their families, friends, and loved ones as well. This time its personal and it ain't gonna be pretty.
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Note: Around the beginning of this story there may be parts from Return to the Past.
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Chapter One:
The three worlds have coexisted with each other for centuries, with only Youkai in one world, only Humans in another and only a third mysterious race in the third. However it wasn't always like this, once there were four worlds, but a terrible war caused one of the four worlds to dwindle into a mere memory of what it once was. Youkai once lived freely in two worlds, the Makai (Youkai World) and the Ningenkai (Human World). During this time some Youkai mated with humans to create hanyou's, half Youkai, half humans. However it was not to last as Youkai began to think the hanyou a disgrace and the humans also a disgrace. So humans and Youkai became bitter enemies, but not all were enemies, just misunderstood and feared because of their heritage. However some with Youkai blood in them did not know it, because it was dormant. This was the case for former Reikai Tantei, Yusuke Urameshi.
Yusuke Urameshi is the son of the late Lord of the Northern Lands, King Raizen. He has chosen the name Roizen in honor of his father and at the same time, his mother. Journeying to the Makai to learn how to control his Youkai blood from his father and train to control his Youki at the same time. One of the most powerful Youkai in nearly five hundred years, because of this he is feared, revered, loved, and despised by others. But none despise him more than King Enma of the Reikai and his loyal supporters. He is loved by a human girl named Keiko Ukimura who is more than she seems, more so than even she knows. He is revered by the other Youkai Lord's of the Makai and the Youkai Lady of the Makai. He is feared by all Youkai who are of lower classes and ranks, yet also revered. He started his life like any other child would, except he was born with extraordinary high Reiki and Youki. So much so that he was taken to an old Miko to have his Youki and Reiki dampened, so that he might grow up normally. However his Youkai instincts for fighting escaped this concealment. Growing up as a punk and a bit of a bully, he gradually lost respect for his elders and did what he wanted, how he wanted, when he wanted, earning him a bad reputation from others. Only Keiko Ukimura saw through to his true self and became his first and until later in his life, his only friend.
Time went by, years actually before the fateful day that would change his life forever and the lives of those around him too. Throwing himself in front of a car to save a child's life, he surprised everyone, the Reikai, the people that knew him by reputation, his mother, and Keiko Ukimura, this was not the street punk who didn't care for anyone and would sooner beat you to a pulp than help you. This was the exact opposite. This was a boy who had given the ultimate sacrifice, giving his own life for that of another.
During the time of his wake he saw first hand how his death affected those around him. Some didn't care and ridiculed him for his sacrifice, making jokes, wise cracks, while others were truly genuinely sad, but didn't show it. Instead they showed it in anger and/or shouting. Others showed their sadness and grief at his death, his mother and Keiko Ukimura, the only two.
After his trial to be given a second chance at life, having decided to risk his own chance to come back by saving Keiko's life, he became a Reikai Tantei. Given cases to retrieve items, fight Youkai, save lives, and/or even take lives. This was how he met Hiei, a convicted felon after he was defeated by Yusuke in battle by a mere gamble. It was also how he met Kurama a.k.a. Suichi Minamino and his mother, then ill, Shiori Minamino. It was how he met Genkai, Master of the Spirit Wave technique, as well. Fighting in her tournament and winning it by another chance of luck, becoming her heir and successor. During this tournament it was also how his long time rival, Kazuma Kuwabara, was able to develop or unlock the technique he called: the Spirit Sword. Later on these four individuals were sent on a mission to stop the four Saint Beasts and retrieve or destroy the Makai Whistle. The mission was a success, but later on Yusuke and Kuwabara were sent on a mission to rescue a young female Ice Koorime by the name of Yukina. Only Kurama, Yusuke, Hiei, and Shizuru Kuwabara, older sister to Kazuma Kuwabara, knew that Hiei and Yukina were siblings.
After this case these four individuals that fought the four Saint Beasts, were forced into the Ankoku Bujutsukai (Dark Tournament). Making new friends, allies, and enemies at this tournament, they also made name for themselves as powerful warriors, with Yusuke Urameshi being the strongest of them all. A few months after this case a rogue Reikai Tantei decided to try and destroy humanity, by unleashing the Makai upon them all, through the means of a portal that would allow any and all Youkai into the Ningenkai. It was during this case that Yusuke Urameshi met his match against Shinobu Sensui and paid for it with his life. But his Youkai blood was awakened in doing so. He became a special hanyou, able to invoke his Youkai form and/or his Ningen form at will and not have to wait for a certain time during the month.
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The saying: "Keep your friends close, but your enemies, even closer," is one that is commonly used in the history of man. For centuries a war has been silently and slowly brewing between the three worlds. One world is not even aware of it in a sense, but knows something is brewing, just not what. Ever since the barriers had been erected, Reikan, Youkai, and Humans have been split apart. The Reikan, the ones who erected the barriers, claim that they were erected to protect the humans from the Youkai, but what if… What if it was really an attempt for the Reikan to try and control and/or manipulate the other two worlds? Questions like these have cost many their lives over the centuries. Many had been in service to the Reikai, home to the Reikan, but began to doubt the Reikai and question their motives. In the end they are imprisoned as traitors for centuries and/or killed for being too dangerous to be left alive and wandering the three worlds. It wasn't just the ones who doubted the Reikai that suffered though, no it was their families, friends, and loved ones as well. Other questions like: What about the Youkai who are helpful to humans, why should they be exterminated as well? Questions like that have led to such massacres. Even Youkai that have the Reikai's permission to live in the Ningenkai are either exterminated or forced back into the Makai under some preference as they were becoming too dangerous or it was for their own safety. If they refuse to do as the Reikai commands them, they suffer the penalties.
Reikai Files:
Name: Botan
Aliases: Botan Reaper
Race/Type: Reikan – Low Class
Status: Ex-Ferry Girl, Ex-Assistant to Y. Urameshi, Exile (Refused to help Reikai again)
Current Res.: Ningenkai, Tokyo, Sarakaishi District, Genkai's Shrine (Safe Haven)
Relatives (Family): N/A
Note: Due to loyal services to Reikai, Botan is exiled to Ningenkai and Makai only.
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Botan Reaper, that was her new name, she had been required to take a surname in just to be able to survive in the Ningenkai. She currently was allowed to stay at Genkai's Shrine, since she had nowhere else to go. The only catch was that she had to help out in maintaining the shrine, which really wasn't so bad. She didn't understand why Yusuke had made it seem so bad, he was probably still mad at her for tricking him like she did, just to get him to enter Genkai's Tournament.
Since her services with the Reikai had expired and her refusal to help them any further, she had been exiled, she was happy though. She had good friends, a lace to stay, and even made some money at her job as building designer. However this day was not like the others, she had been fired from her job for no reason, she had nearly been mugged at least eight times, and to top it all off it was starting to rain and she had forgotten her umbrella at the shrine.
"Great, just great, it couldn't get any worse," mumbled Botan as a flash of lightning lit the sky and seconds later the thunder went off. "I just had to open my big mouth."
"At least it can't get any worse than this..." said Botan as she trudged along the sidewalk back towards the shrine when another flash of lightning filled the sky. But this time it came down and hit a building in the distance, creating an electrical fire after hitting a power box there.
Botan stopped, shocked, "That's… that's the mall! Why did I have to open my big mouth! Again!"
"Yes indeed, I got a good deal on pants there too, it's a shame really. But it happens and orders are orders, come with me Botan Reaper. You are under arrest for illegal migration to the Ningenkai," said the man loudly.
"Yeah?" asked Botan curiously. "Well you can just go screw yourself asshole!"
Botan turned so suddenly it caught the man off guard as she brought her foot up into the one spot that would make most men cringe and fall to the ground in utter pain. The man uttered a little noise that Botan was barely able to hear, but was able to make out a small "oh" before clutching his groin and falling to the ground hitting his head hard on the concrete, knocking himself out. (You know this guy has got to be having a bad day.)
"Next time, you can just ask me nicely and I might comply," said Botan sweetly.
"Maybe, but there won't be a next time," said another man in similar attire to the man Botan had taken down with a swift kick to the crotch.
"You?" said Botan before she fell forward unconscious.
"Sir, we have the Reikan Girl," said one man to his superior.
"Good, let's go," said the man as he stopped momentarily to stare at the sky.
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Name: Yusuke Urameshi
Aliases: Roizen Urameshi, King Roizen, Detective – Hiei, Dimwit – Genkai
Race/Type: Youkai Hanyou – Toushin/Human
Status: Lord of the Northern Lands – Makai, Ex-Reikai Tantei
Current Res.: Ningenkai, Tokyo, Sarakaishi District, Genkai's Shrine – Apartment
Relatives (Family): Atsuko Urameshi – Mother, Raizen - Father
Note: Due to Loophole in Law, Yusuke Urameshi is allowed to stay in the Ningenkai.
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It was like any other day for Yusuke, except this time he was coming to help his mother move. She had decided to move into the Shrine that Yusuke was staying at, just so she could be closer to her son, and because it was a very good place for her to recover from being an alcoholic most of her life. Yusuke was happy that his mother had given up drinking, just like she had smoking, but he also knew that these were hard times for her, because she was lonely. Her husband, who had ironically been Raizen, just in a human disguise, had disappeared on her one day. All that was left for her was a note saying that he had to leave for her safety and for their unborn child's safety. She still loved him to that very day and wished to see him, but didn't want to leave her only son, Yusuke.
"Oh Yusuke, you're late again," sighed Atsuko, but jumped when something came crashing through her front door.
"Damn, that hurt!" swore Yusuke as he stood up and glared at them men who had knocked him through the door. "Alright, this is the last time I'm asking you! What the hell do you want here!"
"I'll answer you boy, you are to be eliminated and your mother too. You are both too dangerous to be left alive," said the man sternly.
"Yeah, that so?" said Yusuke arrogantly. "Well you can just go tell Enma, to shove it up his ass!"
Yusuke launched into a series of punches and kicks, which knocked down half the men, but more and more kept on coming.
"You may be strong, but overwhelming numbers will wear you down boy," said the man laughing crazily.
"Oh shut up already! I've had enough of your big mouth!" yelled Yusuke as he slugged the laughing man hard in the jaw and sent him flying through the doorway into his subordinates, knocking them over the railing. "By the way, here's a gift for you asshole, SPIRIT GUN!"
The blast was able to rip through dozens of men, before they could block it. By that time Yusuke had already grabbed his mother and made a run for it out one of the windows.
"Yusuke who are they!" cried Atsuko terrified for her life and for Yusuke's life.
"Reikai Tantei Special Forces Operatives," replied Yusuke. "Somebody high up in the Reikai is pissed at me for some reason and decided to eliminate us both.
"But I thought the Reikai only went after those who broke the law!" screamed Atsuko as the two of them rounded a corner only to stop as they came face to face with dozens of R.T.S.F. Operatives.
"They do, but if someone like Enma decides they want me and my family dead, then these guys are sent t do the job. So how many of you want to live and how many want to die?" yelled Yusuke angrily.
"You are going to die boy!" said the leader.
"Yeah, that so?" replied Yusuke as he unleashed a Shot Gun blast at the R.T.S.F. Operatives, bringing down at least half of them at once.
"Yes, but we have orders to make you suffer first. So stand down or your mother dies," said the leader as Yusuke spun around to see an R.T.S.F. Operative with a knife to his mother's throat.
"BASTARD!" spat Yusuke angrily, but held his ground in fear of his mother getting hurt if he tried anything.
"Good, you're not as dumb as your file says you are," said the leader confidently. "Be at the park in twelve hours if you wish to see your mother alive again."
"BASTARD!" yelled Yusuke as they disappeared through portals leading to the Reikai.
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Name: Youko Kurama
Aliases: Youko, Kurama, Suichi Minamino, Fox – Genkai, Hiei, Thief King
Race/Type: Youkai – Silver Kitsune
Status: Off Reikai Probation (Expired day before)
Current Res.: Ningenkai, Tokyo, Sarakaishi District, Genkai's Shrine – Apartment
Relatives: Shiori Minamino – Ningen Mother, Ningen Step-father, Ningen Step-Brother
Note: Due to Loophole in Law, Kurama is allowed to stay in the Ningenkai.
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Name: Hiei
Aliases: Hiei Jaganshi, Hiei Jaganshi-Koorime, Hiei Koorime-Jaganshi
Race/Type: Youkai – Fire/Ice (also Jaganshi)
Status: Off Reikai Probation (Expired day before)
Current Res.: Ningenkai, Tokyo, Sarakaishi District, Genkai's Shrine
Relatives: Yukina – Half-Sister
Note: Due to Loophole in Law, Hiei is allowed to stay in the Ningenkai.
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Kurama may be the oldest and wisest among the Tantei, as they called themselves now, but that did not mean even he couldn't be surprised. The same thing that had been happening to Yusuke was happening to him, except he had help from Hiei. The two of them showed no mercy as they fought the R.T.S.F. Operatives. They didn't care if it meant their own lives… they would take as many of them with them as they could. Kurama had arrived in time to see his step-father and step-brother be cut down before his very eyes, enraging him enough to attack and show no mercy. He had been on the verge of transforming, but the knowledge that his mother was there made him hold back from transforming into Youko Kurama. However his step-father and step-brother had not died in vain, they had each taken half a dozen with them.
"Show them no mercy Hiei, show them no honor, for they are without honor!" yelled Kurama as he slashed another in half, while Hiei ran through groups of them slicing and dicing them until they fell to the ground.
After what seemed like hours of fighting the R.T.S.F. Operatives retreated back to regroup in larger numbers, since things had become more complicated, which was the understatement of the day.
"Mother!" yelled Kurama.
"Suichi!" cried Shiori as she came out from her hiding place and hugged Kurama.
"Where are Shuiichi and your step-father?" asked Shiori.
"They…"
Kurama didn't have to finish for Shiori to understand.
"They died bravely and with honor. Together they took a dozen with them, just to protect you mother. I arrived too late to help them, but Hiei and I took as many as we could down before they retreated, for now," said Kurama softly.
"What do they want with me though?" asked Shiori.
"I fear that they were after all of us, you, me, Shuiichi, and father," said Kurama gravely. "These are not ordinary men, nor Youkai… it's has I feared, they're Reikan."
"Reikan?" asked Shiori. "You mean the race that disappeared along with the Youkai about four hundred and fifty years ago?"
"The one in the same, I fear that Enma is behind this. He never held much love for me, Hiei, or in particular Yusuke. He's tried to have us killed before, but never our families as well," said Kurama gravely. "I'll explain when we're safe. For now just trust me mother. You are in more danger than I am, so I want you to run for it, okay?"
"Okay, I'll trust you Suichi, but I want an explanation later!" said Shiori gently, yet sternly too.
Kurama nodded and watched her run for it, through the alley, but soon heard a scream of terror and he saw his mother running back towards him, followed by an R.T.S.F. Operative close behind her.
"Mother drop!" yelled Kurama as she did so and second later Kurama's Rose Whip wrapped around the R.T.S.F. Operative's neck tightly. "Tell me what do you want with me and my family?"
"You won't get away Youko! My superiors are stronger than they seem! They will take care of you and your pathetic family!" said the Operative as he broke his own neck, killing himself n doing so.
"What happened to him?" asked Shiori.
"He killed himself, he wouldn't tell me anything of use, except that apparently from his nervousness we're not the only ones in danger," said Kurama.
"Youko, I know you can here me, surrender and we'll let the ningen woman live!" yelled an R.T.S.F. Officer.
"Do you swear!" replied Kurama cautiously.
"On the name of the Reikai!" replied the Officer.
"Mother, I'm going to surrender myself for your safety," said Kurama as he handed her his rose whip, which changed back to a red rose upon her taking it from his hand. "Be careful mother."
Kurama started to walk towards the gate, but suddenly a sharp pain went through him as he fell forward into blackness.
"You shouldn't have done that," said Hiei.
"Maybe, but tell him I couldn't let him do that. I'll let them take me instead," said Shiori.
"Hn," replied Hiei neutrally.
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Name: Kazuma Kuwabara
Aliases: The Great Kuwabara - Himself
Race/Type: Ningen – Spiritually Aware
Status: Ex-Reikai Tantei (Fired)
Current Res.: Ningenkai, Tokyo, Sarakaishi District, House w/sister
Relatives: Shizuru Kuwabara – Sister
Note: N/A
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Name: Shizuru Kuwabara
Aliases: N/A
Race/Type: Ningen – Spiritually Aware
Status: Civilian
Current Res.: Ningenkai, Tokyo, Sarakaishi District, House w/brother
Relatives: Kazuma Kuwabara – Brother
Note: N/A
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Elsewhere Kuwabara and Shizuru had been able to put a reasonable defensive wall that had kept the R.T.S.F. Operatives from entering their home. They were now bringing out all the specialized and custom made weapons they had collected and hidden, so they could defend themselves from a long distance. Guns and crossbows for long distance and daggers, knives, swords, maces, and axes for short and long distances, depending on the weapon, that had been two hours ago. Now they had done an excellent job in holding them at bay, hoping for some help to arrive, but it was help for the other side that kept arriving, not them. The guns and crossbows had been specially attuned to Youkai and Reikan ki, so they would do damage to them and not do nothing but aggravate them.
"Hey Shizuru, if we don't make it, and even if we do make it, I want you to know, I'm sorry about all the mean things I ever said about you! I love you sis!" said Kuwabara.
"Don't talk like that baby brother! We'll make it through this alive! But thanks anyway, the same goes for you baby brother," said Shizuru as she took out another R.T.S.F. Operative.
Soon enough the R.T.S.F. Operatives had moved in too close for the guns and crossbows to be of any use. So they fought with what they could, for as long as they could. Fighting for as long as they had been they began to get sluggish from fatigue and exhaustion. One of the Operatives had managed to sneak in from the back and hit Shizuru down to the ground, but not before she turned around and pulled out a pistol and shot him multiple times. Kuwabara himself was still fighting on, but now trying to make his way towards his sister to try and save her. But it was to no avail as several operatives closed in on Kuwabara and struck him repeatedly. Shizuru herself saw her brother get struck down repeatedly. This sent her over the edge as she climbed to her feet and with a surge of adrenaline and began taking down Operatives left and right, until there were none left standing.
"Kazuma, please wake up!" cried Shizuru as she shook Kuwabara's body.
Yusuke and the others had just arrived in time to see Shizuru shaking Kuwabara's body. They just stood there, frozen in shock as Shizuru broke down crying in anguish.
"Kuwabara…"
Hiei was shocked most of all, he never thought Kuwabara would go down fighting, at least not against Reikan Operatives. The two of them had had an unspoken respect for one another. But now Hiei's respect for him was greater than it was before. He had gone down like a true warrior, fighting with all his passion and strength.
"Why? I thought Enma promised to leave us alone if we let him be and didn't endanger the Ningenkai or the Reikai!" said Shizuru angrily.
"I'm not so sure they were sent by Enma. They had a different uniform style than Enma's men. They could have been sent by one of the other Reikai Overlords," said Kurama slowly.
"Hn," replied Hiei.
"In any case, let's bury Kuwabara here," said Yusuke.
"No, not yet, he wanted to be buried at Genkai's Shrine," said Shizuru as she carried her brother's body to his room, then she locked all the windows and doors leading to Kuwabara's room.
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Name: Keiko Ukimura
Aliases: N/A
Race/Type: Ningen – Spiritually Aware
Status: Civilian
Current Res.: Ningenkai, Tokyo, Sarakaishi District, House w/parents
Relatives: Mr. Ukimura – Father, Mrs. Ukimura – Mother, N/A
Note: N/A
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Keiko had just returned from a shopping trip with one of her friends. She wasn't aware of everything that had happened that day, all she knew was that she had a date with Yusuke that night and she wanted to look her best for their date. They were still discussing a date for their wedding, but both knew it would be sometime around the end of spring and the beginning of summer. However for some strange reason, she had an uneasy and eerie feeling that not everything was going to go as planned for the night. It started the moment she walked through the door of her family's home. She decided to tell her parents about her uneasy and eerie feeling that something was about to happen, something that would inevitably change her life forever. Locating her parents quickly, she told them about her uneasy and eerie feeling that something was about to happen that would change their lives forever.
Minutes later after Keiko had left the room, the door went crashing inwards. After the dust had settled a man walked through the doorway dressed in what could only be described as combat armor. He was a big gruffly built man that had a scar over his left eye, he also had no hair at all, but a head band wrapped around his forehead with the word junior abbreviated on the front of it.
"I've come for the girl, hand her over now and you will be spared," said the gruffly built man sternly. "Cooperate and you will not be harmed in anyway. Resist and you will pay the consequences."
"Keiko isn't here, but even if she were we would never tell you where she was!" said Mr. Ukimura as the gruffly built man frowned and then snapped Mr. Ukimura's neck in one swift blow.
Mrs. Ukimura didn't scream instead she stood her ground trembling and glaring at the man with a passion. She made it very clear what she thought of him and what he was doing, so she was his next victim, which was right when Keiko walked through the hall door. She saw her mother go down limp onto the floor, obviously dead, but instead of screaming or running she froze in shock. The gruffly built man had his subordinate's take her away while he left a note for the one person he knew would be here to check on her and her family.
"Now Urameshi, the fun really begins," said the gruffly built man to himself.
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A/N: Well that's the end of the first chapter. I hope you like it and realize that this is NOT apart of the Return to the Past Series in anyway. Well now that that's done and over with, here is the poll:
What did you think?
Should it continue?
What should the parings be? (No Yaoi/Yuri)
What should happen next?
Should we just give up?
That's it for now, hope you like it!
Shadow Kage and Crazy Hyper Lady