Suddenly Shattered and Tenderly Tattered

Disclaimer: I don't own YYH.

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"Blah" – Regular Conversations

'Blah' – Thoughts

Blah- Words I feel that need to be emphasized

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Kanji- Chinese Characters, adapted to form another version

of the written Japanese Language.

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Today was her first official day of vacation; the first day of freedom from annoying older brother wanna-bes, constantly nagging managers, and crazed fans peoples.

It was just after eight when she woke up and decided to call the boys. It's about a 12 hour time difference, give or take an hour or two, so they should both be reachable on their cell phones.

On the Phone:

Scott: Hello?

Sachiko: Hey Scott, it's me Sachiko!

Scott: Sachiko? Where in the seven hells are you! You know how pissed Brandon was after you pulled that shit on him at the airport?

Sachiko: Yeah, I know. But if I wouldn't have done that I would never have been able to come here!

Scott: So, where is here?

Sachiko: I'm-a not-a gon-a tell-a. (said in an heavy Italian gangster accent)

Scott/Grr/ Where the hell are you? In the back ground, "Is that Sachiko? Huh? Is it?"

Scott: Here Sack, I think some one wants to… uh, speak with you. Heh.

Sachiko: Greeeat.

Brandon: HowAreYou?WhereAreYou?AreYouEatingProperly?You'reSafeArn'tYou?

You'veNotBeenMuggedYetHaveYou?WhatCountryAre-

Sachiko: Brandon! Shut. Up.

Brandon: …Well, can you blame me for worrying? The press is already searching high and low for you. In the past several hours we've already had three, (Scott in the back ground: Four!), correction, Four helicopters fly overhead.

Sachiko: Look, I love ya. But I'm not coming home anytime soon. So, put Scott on the phone before I hang up.

Scott: Yeah?

Sachiko: Any idea when the music video is actually coming out?

Scott: No word yet, but like I said your disappearance hasn't gone unnoticed.

Sachiko: Happy. Happy. Joy. Joy. (Those words were drenched in sarcasm)

Scott: Funny Sack, you're real funny.

Sachiko: Look I'm off here. Love ya; take care of Brandon; and I'll be home later. Bye.

Scott: Later Sack!

End Phone Conversation

'Well, now that today's chore is out of the way; I think I'm going to see what the Tokyo Mall has!'

With that she climbed out of bed and preformed her usual morning routine. She then decided to wear one of her less punk-ish outfits. She put on some dark stone-washed jeans, a black long-sleeved Body-Glove shirt that said 'Body-Glove' in white lettering across the chest, black and red Chuck Taylor's, her black carry all purse.

That outfit was not as punk as it could be because of the lack of jewelry and conservative make-up job. The only jewelry that she was wearing was her ear rings, which she didn't take out. When it came to her make-up she only used some mascara and pink tinted lip gloss.

After looking into the mirror one last time to check her appearance, she stuffed the hotel key into her purse along with her cell phone, and went to find some breakfast. Before she made it out of the hotel, she remembered that she was hiding from the press, so she put on her shades! 'Every celeb's got to have a good pair of sun glasses!'

As she was walking down the street, she noticed that she was turning a lot of heads. Even though Japanese people are short, seeing an American that was shorter than them and has at least three foot long white hair is sure to turn a head any where you go. However she didn't let it get to her because she was already used to receiving weird looks from complete strangers for her random, outspoken, and slightly depressing, while overly optimistic personality. That and she was also in a band.

After some time she finally came upon a small restaurant and had her breakfast. Within the restaurant she noticed that there was a bar placed just out of sight of the main entrance. 'Conveniently out of sight of conservative meal seekers, I suppose.' Just as she was finishing her meal, a younger looking person walked away from the bar.

Usually she wouldn't notice random passer-bys, but this one caught her attention because of what the bar tender said to him, "Urameshi, do you just want me to put this on your mom's tab? Or are you coming in tonight?"

That's odd for a bar tender to someone that looks about my age. "Yeah, put it on her tab. She was still passed out from last night, when I left, but I'm sure she'll be in later. And sorry, but I won't be back for a week or two. I've got to go to grandmas for training again." When this guy got with in my sight, I could tell he was a certified bad-boy! But then I was confused, he said his grandma's? Is he that whipped or something? Oh well, looks make up for it.

He had the baggy jeans and muscle tee-shirt on, and he looked Hot in them. He appeared to be several inches taller than me, which was no surprise. And his hair was what appeared to be a dark brown, maybe black. It was just so hard to tell with all the hair products that he was using. His eyes, oh Holy Mother, his eyes were so captivating. They were mysterious, but soulful; absolutely beautiful.

I figured that he was a regular ladies man, as well. It was obvious by the way he smirked and winked as he passed by. But, Cheese and Rice, was his eyes gorgeous! Of course, I giggled like a little school girl. What surprised me though was when he circled around and walked up to my table! I was nearly shitting my pants trying to contain my composure.

When he came by my table, I was surprised. He wasn't drunk as I first suspected. I guess he only had a shot or two, could be more depending on his tolerance. "Do you mind if I join you?" He said while motioning to the chair across from me.

"N-No, go ahead." Man was I nervous; I usually was never nice to random cute guys. There's always a first time for everything!

"I'm Urameshi Yusuke," He said with a casual voice as he tried to grab a waitress's attention.

"It's nice to meet you Yusuke, I'm…um…" Oh dog. 'What should I do? I can't give him my name! What if he tells the press, or even worse what if he recognizes who I am!'

"Heh, forget your name?" His voice held a mocking, but flirty tone.

"Not exactly. I'm just…uncertain about giving my name out. I usually don't like to give it to strangers." I had a nervous smile on my face and it wasn't going away. 'Time to cue the nervous laugh, about…now.' That's what happened she started giggling in the soft nervous and slightly embarrassed laugh.

"Well, since you too uneasy to give me your name, why don't we make up one for you? Just until we get to know each other, or until you feel comfortable telling me?" That seemed like a good idea. It'll give us something to talk about, and I don't have to tell him who I am.

"Sure why not! That's should cover both of our problems." He looked thoughtful for a minute then nodded his head. After that, we were each coming up with names. Some names that I liked, some that he liked, and some that fit me. The one that fit me better than any of the others was the name Sachiko. But I wasn't going to tell him that.

"Huh, I'm sure we can find a name that fits you and agree on it." Ten minutes had passed and we still couldn't find a name that would work. I wasn't about to tell him my real name. "What about Emi? Do you think that name works for you?"

"Umm, sure! I've always thought that Emily was a beautiful name!" Wow, a name we both like!

"No, not Emi-ri. Emi. Emi means blessed with beauty. That name describes you." Looking into his eyes and seeing that gentle smile playing with his lips, I couldn't help but giggle. I felt like such an airhead.

Then just as fast as he came, it's like he was gone. "Hey, sorry Emi-Chan, but I've got to go. I'll hopefully see you around?" He held a hopeful smile.

"Sure, till next time Urameshi." He got up and walked away, only when he was at the door did he turn around and look at me. He nodded his head and flashed an award winning smile, then was gone.

I waited around the restaurant for another few minutes, paid, then decided to go find that mall. You'd think that a mall would be easy to find, but in the hustle and bustle of Tokyo, it's hard to find anyplace. But once I found it, it was like "Duh". There was a huge sign on the front that said Tokyo Mall. The only problem was that it was in Japanese, more importantly, Kanji. Kanji isn't my strong point, but I do know some.

The mall was like most American malls. No real surprise, except that they had several more gothic stores than usual. And of course an arcade packed with only the newest, coolest, and most extreme new Japanese games. 'Why is it, the only good games seem to come from here?'

I'd walked around the mall a time or two, and quickly grew bored of it. However, on my way out, I spotted a music store. Against my better judgment I entered. Wouldn't you know it; my CD was even being sold here.

"OH MY GOD! LOOK, ITS SACHIKO!" That's never good. Slowly I turned around and what did I see? A whole pack of fan girls coming for me! 'Oh Mint, it's time I got out of here!'

That's what I did, hightailed it out of there. I ran out of the mall and didn't even look back. Soon I recognized the area that I was in, 'The diner that I met Urameshi in should be around here somewhere.'

'Park! Screw trying to find the diner, I've got a better chance of ditching them here somewhere!' It took no time for me to get lost, but it's like they never got tired. They were constantly on my tail.

"Shut it Urameshi!"

'Urameshi? Maybe it's the same Urameshi! Dog, I can only hope!'

Soon I saw a path that cut away and there sure enough was standing Urameshi and three other guys. I wasn't concerned with the other guys just that Urameshi was there. After I turned down the other path, I lost the fan girls for a few seconds.

Those few seconds were just long enough for me to get to Urameshi; put him in front of me; then do something that I usually would never dream of doing, Kiss him! While our lips were locked, all the fans thankfully ran past and didn't even notice me. But as soon as they were gone I pulled away, which appeared to be much to his dismay.

"Heh, nice to see you again Emi!" Oh my dog. I can't believe I did that, but at least he didn't completely object. He was currently rubbing the back of his neck with one of his hands and had a cute embarrassed blush staining his cheeks.

"So sorry Urameshi. I was desperate to get away from the fan girls!" By now my cheeks were also blushing.

"You must be some one famous. You're not telling me your name and you were being chased by fan girls. That's something I thought only Kurama had to deal with." When he mentioned the name Kurama, he nodded his head towards a tall man with red hair, green eyes, and feminine facial features.

"Oh, I'm so sorry. I didn't really realize that you all were standing there!" My hands flew up to my face to help hide the embarrassing blush that was once again creeping onto my cheeks.

"Emi these are my friends Kuwabara, Kurama, and Hiei. Guys this is Emi." When he pointed to Kuwabara I saw an extremely tall man, the tallest of the group, with orange-red hair and dark brown eyes. He wasn't exactly hansom, but lanky. He didn't seem like a bad guy. Hiei was about my height, he had rare but captivating crimson eyes, and black hair with an odd, but fitting white patch. He's the anti-social one, I assume.

"It's nice to meet you all," I said, then bowed politely.

"It's a pleasure to meet you as well, Emi." Kurama must be a gentleman.

"Hn." All I could do was giggle at the response Hiei gave. It was an interesting reply, but it easily told me that in his own way, he said close to the same thing as Kurama.

"Nice to meet you, pretty lady!" Then there was Kuwabara. I'm guessing he's the clown, but when you look into his eyes, you see more emotions in him than his outward appearance shows.

Kurama looked down at the ground as if he were pondering something, but then looked at me. So I assume he was going to ask me a question. Was I let down? Of course not! "Emi, from what I gather, that is not your real name. Or is it?" He's a real strategist.

"He he, umm no it's not. But I guess now I don't have much choice but tell you my real name. –Gulp- I just hope you all can keep a secret?" Cheeses; I hope they can keep secrets, if not I've got to find another country to hide away in for the next few weeks.

The boys each looked at each other except Hiei; he let out an 'Hn'. Then Urameshi spoke up, "We can all keep a secret. We were going to go to Grandma's house, you want to come? When we get there, you could tell us your secret and be certain that no one will over hear."

I pondered his invitation for a minute. 'Didn't he say earlier that he had to go to his grandma's house? They don't seem like bad people and I'm not really sensing any emotions that I should be weary about. Well, except Hiei, but then again his aren't threatening. Why not!' I nodded my head agreeing with my self. "Sure I'll come."

"Great! Come on guys!" With that Urameshi-San took the lead and started walking out of the park and Kuwabara-San ran to catch up with him. In just a few seconds, they were bashing each other over the head as they were walking, quite a feat to see, really.

That left Kurama and Hiei to walk with me. Kurama and I seemed to be in a comfortable silence, but Hiei was the one that made me weary. He just seemed so untrusting and closed up; no one should ever be that way. It's not like I have any room to speak though.

"Have you just recently moved here Emi? Or are you just visiting for a while?" I see I sparked his interest. Of course if I'm not careful Kurama might just weasel more information out of me than I want.

"I'm just visiting for a month or two, hopefully." I really didn't know how long I'd be here. It depended on the press and when my video was released.

"Hopefully? Do you not know how long your staying," Asked Kurama with slight mirth woven into him voice.

"I actually do know how long I'm staying, If nothing changes and if you four will honestly keep my secret." I then looked into his emerald green eyes to search for an unspoken promise that he would keep my secret, and I watched as his eyes seemed to change to an amber color for a moment. I knew that he would keep my secret, but the other side that I glimpsed at, the one hidden behind the façade, That was the one which worried me.

"I can assure you that none of us will share your secret. Isn't that right Hiei?" Kurama had obviously become aware of the slight tension between Hiei and myself.

"Hn." That little statement gave me so much comfort (sarcasm). I looked to Kurama, hoping that he would help settle my nerves about Hiei, but all I received was a small chuckle.

"What? What's funny?" I was left out of this somehow, somewhere.

"Hiei has decided to go on ahead." One of my eyebrows quirked up in confusion, then I looked over to where Hiei was to be standing, however he was gone.

"Wha-How-When-Huh!" Ok, I was lost. My poor little brain was on overload. I think that these people are going to defiantly toy with my mind.

"Hiei is extremely fast. You could call it a gift, or talent that he has."

"Sure. So, what's your talent?" As long as we're on the topic why not explore the possibilities that go along with it.

"As strange as you may find this, I'm good with plants and Mother Nature in general." It takes a real man to admit to flower power.

"Alright, that's cool," He just stared at me, "Were you expecting something different?"

"Well, actually, yes I was. Something not quite so accepting." I guess Mr. Strategy still has quite a bit to figure out.

"Hey you slow pokes hurry up!" My head shot up at Urameshi unexpected shouting. But what I saw almost made my stomach turn. Urameshi and Kuwabara were already halfway up the longest set of stairs that I had ever seen.

"Oh, I guess we're here already. I didn't even realize that we arrived." Kurama seemed honestly bewildered at our arrival to where ever Here was.

"What is this place?"

"We're at Genkai's temple." He said while starting up the extremely long set of stairs.

"Hello Kurama!" Kurama and I both looked up at a voice that sounded like it came from the sky. And I was not disappointed when a beautiful girl came flying down on an oar. She had light blue hair, pink-ish-purple eyes, and a million dollar smile.

"Uhh, Hello Botan," Kurama looked between myself and Botan a few times, "Botan this is a new acquaintance of the gangs. Her name is Emi. Emi, this is our friend Botan."

"Nice to meet you Botan." Was it me or was she floating on that oar?

"It's nice to meet you too!" Botan floated on down to the stairs, landed, then with a flick of her wrist the oar seemed to disappear.

"I'm sorry I don't want to be rude, but are you a form of witch?" I can't help it; curiosity got the better of me.

"NO, of course not. I'm a ferry girl! Guide to the River Styx at your service!" Usually I wouldn't accept that. I'm an accepting person yes, but that still didn't really help me understand. I just know that she flew. The one thing that helped me to believe her was because of the emotions that I picked up from her.

"Alright, so you're a Ferry Girl, correct?" She nodded her head yes. "What do you do as a Ferry Girl?"

"Oh silly me! I'm also called the Grim Reaper." Then she let out a little giggle, as if saying 'how stupid of me to forget'.

My eyes got big and round. "Really!" It's so cool! I know death!

"Uh-huh!" She nodded her head and her light cotton-candy blue tresses bounded with each movement.

"That makes me happy. When I die, I can die happy knowing that I will know someone in the afterlife!" It did make me happy.

"Girls, why don't we continue this conversation at Genkai's, instead of on her steps?" Kurama looked pale; I guess that I wasn't supposed to know that Botan was death.

On the way up I heard, who I suspect to be Kuwabara-San because of his voice, "Yukina, my love!" Then just after I heard what sounded like a slap then, "Yusuke, you insensitive jerk!" After all of that Kurama just sighed and Botan giggled softly to her self. So I guess they knew what was going on.

Once we made it to the top of the stairs, the other three guys were waiting for us along with four other girls that I didn't know. I guess every thing had settled down by the time we reached the top of the stairs. "Emi this are some of our other friends Genkai, Shizuru who it Kuwabara's sister, Keiko, and Yukina. Girls this is Emi, a new acquaintance of ours." Kurama pointed to each of the four females as he spoke their name.

First he pointed to Genkai an older woman, who was my height, with pink hair. Then to Shizuru who was tall like Kuwabara, she had long brown hair, and had an 'I don't care' attitude. Keiko had brown hair, brown eyes, and looked like a cute little school girl. Last was Yukina, she had long teal hair, soft ruby eyes, and was just taller that me.

"It's nice to meet all of you. I believe I've heard of you Genkai-Sama. You're a famous martial artist, are you not?" Genkai let a small smirk pull at the corner of her lips.

"Just Genkai, no honorifics. And, yes I'm a Martial Artist among other things. This dimwit is my pupil." When she said 'dimwit' she pointed to Urameshi. Then as if she completely changed personalities she said in a kind voice, "Yukina why don't you go make us all some tea?"

"Oh, of course Genkai." Then Yukina rushed inside. After she went inside, everyone else entered. I, thankfully, noticed everyone taking their shoes off before entering so I did the same. 'I think I remember hearing that it was a custom here to do that.'

I had come inside and settled down on the end of a couch, while every one else just sat where ever they happened to flop. Except Hiei. I noticed he was sitting on the window seal when I came in.

Yukina had brought the tea out within just a few minutes then sat down herself to enjoy a cup. At first I was apprehensive, it smelled like green tea, looked like green tea, and so probably was green tea. But then I recognized the second scent, honey. Once I picked out the fact that she had sweetened it, I didn't hesitate to take a drink. Oh my dog, green tea is so good with just a little bit of honey to take out the bitter taste.

While everyone was drinking their tea or chatting merrily, I took the time to reflect back on what all I had learned since I came to Japan. 'I learned that when a Japanese cabby man asks for 15,000 yen, he really means about 125 dollars. When in a 3 star hotel, don't expect 4 star quality. When talking in Japanese and you forget the Japanese term for the work your trying to say, don't expect that the person you're talking to will understand the English counterpart. When in malls don't go some place you'll be recognized. When running from fan girls, hiding behind someone bigger than you seems to work. When talking to pretty boys, don't be surprised if they are also gardeners. When arriving at a temple don't be surprised to see the grim reaper, who's really pretty bubbly, flies out of the sky on an oar. That about covers it!'

Even though I've accepted some pretty extreme thoughts, I don't quite think that I was ready for what 'hit' me next.

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(A/N:

I guess it's about time I put this chapter out. I've had it for a short while, but just didn't get around to putting it up. I'll try to get working on the next chapter, but I don't know when that one will come around. It's kind of like this chapter. I'll come out whenever I actually kick my lazy butt into gear and start typing. I re-read this chapter several times to make sure that I didn't screw any thing major up, but if anyone finds something please let me know. And take 'major' as you see fit. I'm about dead for the night. Before I go I want to thank:

Hiei'sTreeHuggingGirlfriend

Asilin Kheldarson

Sonya-White-Angel

They've been the only three reviewers that I've received. So thanks for reviewing.

Rahe