Hey again! I just read a ton of FF and I think I'm ready to type again....
I'm now an official otaku (anime freak) because I've been to a convention!
It was pretty cool, and I got a ton of stuff that was mostly free! So any
way, on with the story related stuff! Some of you people may think there's
not much Yu Yu Hakusho in here, but that's just as of now. I plan on
making this story really long for me (wow, it might actually top 16
chapters) and it will have a hell lot more to deal with Yu Yu, but that's
way later. Be patient!
Chapter 3: Revelations
Neyoko sat at the edge of the fire ring. It was dark and they had set up a camp. She glared across the rising fire at the hoshi, the flames increasing her death-threatening glare. Miroku scooted back a few more inches.
Neyoko smirked. Served him right. They had been walking and Miroku had rubbed her ass from behind. Neyoko had attempted to turn and smack him, but had ended up elbowing him in the cheek. After that Sango had chewed him out pretty bad, which cheered Neyoko up a little, but it dispel the annoyance she felt towards the hoshi. The rest of the day, she had walked next to Sango talking about tactics, and Neyoko stayed as far away from Miroku as she could.
Inu Yasha heard about it from Sango, and asked, "Are you happy now?"
"It wasn't as worth it as it has been," Miroku started. Neyoko growled, which stopped him from saying any thing else.
Kagome looked from Miroku to Neyoko nervously. This was the first time she had seen Miroku afraid of a girl and complain (almost) about harassing one, as well. Kagome tried to think of a way to lighten the mood. Her eyes brightened as she smacked her fist into her hand. She had the idea.
"There's a hot spring close by. I think we should go!" Kagome stated.
Neyoko eyes glimmered as she turned her now softened glance to Kagome. "Go?" she asked.
"Ah! What a great idea, Kagome!" Sango praised. "It'll give us girls a chance to get to know each other."
"If you wanted to do that, just give her some alcohol. It'd probably be safer with Miroku around," Inu Yasha quipped.
"I think the three of us are more than a match for Miroku," Kagome replied casually.
"I think Kagome has the right idea. Catch any peepers though, and there's hell to pay!" Neyoko pounded her fist horizontally into her other hand and looked pointedly at the hoshi.
Miroku sweat-dropped, muttering inaudibly, "there are only two of you worth seeing."
The three girls stood up. Kagome told Inu Yasha to watch the site, keep an eye on Miroku, and they'd be back in a while.
Then, they left. Kagome lead, then Neyoko and Sango followed. They were silent until they got out of hearing distance when Sango began laughing.
"What's so funny?" Neyoko asked, eager to get in on the joke.
"I've never seen Miroku cringe like that! Especially from a girl!" Sango answered before laughing even harder.
Kagome giggled at the comment, which ended up causing Neyoko to grin as well. Kagome commented, "You must have hit him hard those two times."
"Not really hard," Neyoko denied modestly.
"No, but I have a feeling he won't but you much. That's really good," Sango had recovered her demeanor. She had always had the worst problems with the hentai.
Back at the clearing, Miroku was sneezing like hell.
"Either you got a really bad cold all at once, or those girls are talkin major crap about you," Inu Yasha smirked.
After Miroku's sneezing frenzy subsided, he got up and started walking in the direction of the hot spring.
Inu Yasha, of course, stopped him. "Just where in the hell do you think you're going?"
"To keep an eye on the girls. They could be in danger," Miroku tried sounding reasonable. He kept his calm, thinking, It'll work so long as I sound like I know what I'm doing.
"From what? Hentais or some yokai?"
"I wasn't thinking some yokai. I was thinking hundreds of yokai. The girls are defenseless, and surly the Shikon no Tama is still attracting yokai. Wouldn't it be tragic if Kagome were attacked by thousands of yokai and all we did was sit here? The possibility that the new kid will be of any help is only heightened by a fraction, since she was able to make it through the well. Even then, it's only about 50%. Then, the shards will be gone. And after we wet through all of that trouble and we only need a dozen or so till it's complete..." Miroku trailed off, leaving it to Inu Yasha's imagination as to what else would happen.
"You couldn't possibly be trying to trick me, are you?" Inu Yasha threatened. However, he didn't sound overly confident.
"Why would I want to do that?" Miroku asked, innocently, then he smiled inwardly to himself as he continued, "Even now, there is a good possibility that Kagome is in danger, un able to call."
"All right, I got it. We'll go. But one foul thought and I'll cream you."
Miroku smiled. It all was going exactly as he planed. Inu Yasha cared about Kagome's safety more than the Shikon shards. The shards were just a bonus. Now, Inu Yasha was helping him with one of Miroku's favorite past times.
By the time the girls got to the hot spring, the topic of hentai was exhausted and they were talking about how Kagome and Neyoko had met. Neyoko explained about the meeting and following Kagome, but left the part about her yokai experience out of it.
The other two girls were more curious about their new companion. To Kagome and Sango, Neyoko seemed very strong, yet confused at the time about something. However, since they didn't know much about Neyoko's personality, they refrained from asking.
Neyoko was the last one to go into the water. But when she did, Neyoko sank in to her chin quickly. The water was nice and warm. Her hair fanned out behind her. She watched Sango and Kagome talk for a while. Then, something caught her attention.
"Sango, you said you were a yokai exterminator, am I correct? What kind of yokai gave you that scar?" she asked casually. It didn't look like it had been a yokai, more like an ancient ningen weapon, if Neyoko recalled correctly from history.
Kagome gasped when Neyoko asked her question, but Sango smiled sadly. "It wasn't really a yokai," her voice sounded like air, full of sorrow. Sango didn't make eye contact, instead looked at the shimmering water. "My brother had been possessed by the fiend Naraku. He destroyed my village, and almost killed me. He's gone now, free from Naraku. They are both dead."
"I'm sorry," Neyoko knew it was what you were supposed to say, and she did feel bad. Sango was most like a best friend so far.
Neyoko turned, remembering her hair was in the ponytail and worked the rubber band out. That was when she realized the change. Her red hair was streaked with several black strands. This caught her interest for a while and she stared at the tips curiously.
Neyoko heard Kagome gasp again, as well as Sango this time.
"What's wrong?" Neyoko asked. For some reason, she wasn't worried.
Kagome looked at Sango uncertainly, and, finding no answer, she began quietly, "You have scars on your back."
"There is no one who does not have scars on their heart. If they did, they'd be a shallow bastard," Neyoko used a saying she recalled.
"No, but they are made by claws," Sango said knowingly.
Neyoko sighed. Why was it such a big deal? "What self respecting yokai hunter wouldn't?" she asked, slightly agitated.
"Well, how did you get them?" Kagome asked. Sango nodded at Neyoko's comment.
Neyoko looked off to the side. "I don't know."
"What do you mean, you don't know? You said every hunter had scars, so you must know," Kagome's temper slipped a notch.
"Are you sure you really want to know?" Neyoko replied darkly. She looked over her shoulder at the other two girls. Her face was shadowed by her hair and the moon added an eerie hue to her emerald eyes.
Kagome backed down, stuttering, but Sango replied, "I think we deserve to know the truth. That is, if you still wish to travel with us."
Neyoko closed her eyes and shook her head, slowly; again with the stirrings of evil. She submerged her head under water in attempts to rid herself of them. This time it worked, but Neyoko had a feeling it would be back.
"Gomen asi. You are right. I don't know much, but here's what I do know. About sixteen years ago, I used to be a yokai thief. I stole to live, but that was about it. Well, I got found out and captured. I think they decided to use me as a guinea pig for an experiment and but my soul into a ningen body."
"Why a ningen?" Kagome interrupted. She was the bold Kagome again.
"Yokai despise ningen. But, my memories were erased. I think this body got these scars before she died. I was thrown into the Ningenkai where I was found and raised a new by Master Genkai. She's well known for her spiritual ability to slay yokai."
"I've never heard of her," Kagome put in.
"Excuse me, then. She is well known throughout the Makai for her abilities. I can't be the true heir for her powers, but she did teach me a few tricks."
"I'd love to see them sometime," Sango muttered wistfully.
"If we find some yokai around, I'll show them to you. I'm curious as well to see what we as a group can handle." Neyoko smiled before diving under water again. This time, she surfaced quickly. As soon as she had her footing, she threw a rock into the bushes.
It connected with a thunk, followed by some rustling, then some cursing and complaints.
Get off of me hoshi! I knew you'd screw up, I just knew that was your plan!" Inu Yasha's voice sounded from the shrub.
"That was so not worth this! OW!" That was Miroku.
Neyoko figured Inu Yasha had hit Miroku, or pushed him. She smiled with satisfaction. Kagome and Sango looked at Neyoko with approval and surprise.
"I couldn't even tell they were there," Sango complimented.
Neyoko shrugged. "You two head back to the campsite now and we'll tell you anything important when we get back." Neyoko threw another pebble into the brush, close enough to scare, but not to harm.
"I don't think we need to worry about yokai any more, Inu Yasha. Let's go!" Miroku dashed off, and Inu Yasha followed yelling at the hoshi.
Neyoko snickered a little before bursting into laughter. Sango and Kagome traded tentative glances while the ex-yokai tried calming down. She held her breath fro a few seconds before snorting and bursting out laughing again. After a while she did manage to calm down, resorting to chuckling every now and then.
"Yeah, I think I will stay for a while," Neyoko said seriously.
Inu Yasha sat in a tree at the edge of the clearing. He was glowering at the hoshi for the trick.
Miroku was lying on his back with a damp cloth on his face. "That was really wasn't worth it. I've seen Kagome and Sango enough, but that new girl; she has so little figure, it's almost embarrassing," Miroku's voice was muffled by the cloth.
"Say that again, and you won't get any mercy," Neyoko stated as the girls walked up. Neyoko walked immediately to her corned and rolled up in her blanket. She fell asleep as Kagome filled the boys in on everything.
"I knew it!" Inu Yasha exclaimed.
"Be quiet!" Kagome hissed. She glanced back at the sleeping form of Neyoko. She hadn't stirred.
"I figured there was something inhuman about her," Miroku had sat up. The cloth had fallen into his lap, revealing a small gash on the center of his forehead.
Kagome and Sango chuckled a little. Then Kagome realized the gravity of the situation. "But get this. I felt a bit of Shikon residue on her soul."
Sango gasped, Inu Yasha nodded once, and Miroku looked surprised.
"Let her sleep for now, though. I asked Neyoko about it when Sango went to look for the path –Neyoko's sense of direction is pretty bad- and she never heard of the Shikon no Tama. Nor does she have a clue about how she could have come into possession of one of the shards" Kagome continued.
"Knowing that, I say we sleep on it. I'm tired," Sango stood up, yawned, stretched, then walked over to her personal supplies. Shippo had fallen asleep by her hiraikotsu as soon as they arrived, so he missed everything.
Kagome, and Miroku walked over to their supplys, and Inu Yasha jumped back into the tree. There, they all fell asleep of their own accord.
1. Gomen asi- I'm sorry. 2. In Yu Yu Hakusho, there are three realms: The Reikai (Spirit World.) coexists above the Ningenkai (human world) and takes care of the ningen souls. There's also the Makai (demon world.) and that had the nether world over it, but the Nether world died. (Yu Yu Movie 2) There's a story I came up with, that will appear later in the story about stuff, but you'll need to know about the "Keikai" barrier. It holds back really powerful yokai but lets weaker ones through. If you want more info, talk to me. 3. hiraikotsu- Sango's wepon.
Chapter 3: Revelations
Neyoko sat at the edge of the fire ring. It was dark and they had set up a camp. She glared across the rising fire at the hoshi, the flames increasing her death-threatening glare. Miroku scooted back a few more inches.
Neyoko smirked. Served him right. They had been walking and Miroku had rubbed her ass from behind. Neyoko had attempted to turn and smack him, but had ended up elbowing him in the cheek. After that Sango had chewed him out pretty bad, which cheered Neyoko up a little, but it dispel the annoyance she felt towards the hoshi. The rest of the day, she had walked next to Sango talking about tactics, and Neyoko stayed as far away from Miroku as she could.
Inu Yasha heard about it from Sango, and asked, "Are you happy now?"
"It wasn't as worth it as it has been," Miroku started. Neyoko growled, which stopped him from saying any thing else.
Kagome looked from Miroku to Neyoko nervously. This was the first time she had seen Miroku afraid of a girl and complain (almost) about harassing one, as well. Kagome tried to think of a way to lighten the mood. Her eyes brightened as she smacked her fist into her hand. She had the idea.
"There's a hot spring close by. I think we should go!" Kagome stated.
Neyoko eyes glimmered as she turned her now softened glance to Kagome. "Go?" she asked.
"Ah! What a great idea, Kagome!" Sango praised. "It'll give us girls a chance to get to know each other."
"If you wanted to do that, just give her some alcohol. It'd probably be safer with Miroku around," Inu Yasha quipped.
"I think the three of us are more than a match for Miroku," Kagome replied casually.
"I think Kagome has the right idea. Catch any peepers though, and there's hell to pay!" Neyoko pounded her fist horizontally into her other hand and looked pointedly at the hoshi.
Miroku sweat-dropped, muttering inaudibly, "there are only two of you worth seeing."
The three girls stood up. Kagome told Inu Yasha to watch the site, keep an eye on Miroku, and they'd be back in a while.
Then, they left. Kagome lead, then Neyoko and Sango followed. They were silent until they got out of hearing distance when Sango began laughing.
"What's so funny?" Neyoko asked, eager to get in on the joke.
"I've never seen Miroku cringe like that! Especially from a girl!" Sango answered before laughing even harder.
Kagome giggled at the comment, which ended up causing Neyoko to grin as well. Kagome commented, "You must have hit him hard those two times."
"Not really hard," Neyoko denied modestly.
"No, but I have a feeling he won't but you much. That's really good," Sango had recovered her demeanor. She had always had the worst problems with the hentai.
Back at the clearing, Miroku was sneezing like hell.
"Either you got a really bad cold all at once, or those girls are talkin major crap about you," Inu Yasha smirked.
After Miroku's sneezing frenzy subsided, he got up and started walking in the direction of the hot spring.
Inu Yasha, of course, stopped him. "Just where in the hell do you think you're going?"
"To keep an eye on the girls. They could be in danger," Miroku tried sounding reasonable. He kept his calm, thinking, It'll work so long as I sound like I know what I'm doing.
"From what? Hentais or some yokai?"
"I wasn't thinking some yokai. I was thinking hundreds of yokai. The girls are defenseless, and surly the Shikon no Tama is still attracting yokai. Wouldn't it be tragic if Kagome were attacked by thousands of yokai and all we did was sit here? The possibility that the new kid will be of any help is only heightened by a fraction, since she was able to make it through the well. Even then, it's only about 50%. Then, the shards will be gone. And after we wet through all of that trouble and we only need a dozen or so till it's complete..." Miroku trailed off, leaving it to Inu Yasha's imagination as to what else would happen.
"You couldn't possibly be trying to trick me, are you?" Inu Yasha threatened. However, he didn't sound overly confident.
"Why would I want to do that?" Miroku asked, innocently, then he smiled inwardly to himself as he continued, "Even now, there is a good possibility that Kagome is in danger, un able to call."
"All right, I got it. We'll go. But one foul thought and I'll cream you."
Miroku smiled. It all was going exactly as he planed. Inu Yasha cared about Kagome's safety more than the Shikon shards. The shards were just a bonus. Now, Inu Yasha was helping him with one of Miroku's favorite past times.
By the time the girls got to the hot spring, the topic of hentai was exhausted and they were talking about how Kagome and Neyoko had met. Neyoko explained about the meeting and following Kagome, but left the part about her yokai experience out of it.
The other two girls were more curious about their new companion. To Kagome and Sango, Neyoko seemed very strong, yet confused at the time about something. However, since they didn't know much about Neyoko's personality, they refrained from asking.
Neyoko was the last one to go into the water. But when she did, Neyoko sank in to her chin quickly. The water was nice and warm. Her hair fanned out behind her. She watched Sango and Kagome talk for a while. Then, something caught her attention.
"Sango, you said you were a yokai exterminator, am I correct? What kind of yokai gave you that scar?" she asked casually. It didn't look like it had been a yokai, more like an ancient ningen weapon, if Neyoko recalled correctly from history.
Kagome gasped when Neyoko asked her question, but Sango smiled sadly. "It wasn't really a yokai," her voice sounded like air, full of sorrow. Sango didn't make eye contact, instead looked at the shimmering water. "My brother had been possessed by the fiend Naraku. He destroyed my village, and almost killed me. He's gone now, free from Naraku. They are both dead."
"I'm sorry," Neyoko knew it was what you were supposed to say, and she did feel bad. Sango was most like a best friend so far.
Neyoko turned, remembering her hair was in the ponytail and worked the rubber band out. That was when she realized the change. Her red hair was streaked with several black strands. This caught her interest for a while and she stared at the tips curiously.
Neyoko heard Kagome gasp again, as well as Sango this time.
"What's wrong?" Neyoko asked. For some reason, she wasn't worried.
Kagome looked at Sango uncertainly, and, finding no answer, she began quietly, "You have scars on your back."
"There is no one who does not have scars on their heart. If they did, they'd be a shallow bastard," Neyoko used a saying she recalled.
"No, but they are made by claws," Sango said knowingly.
Neyoko sighed. Why was it such a big deal? "What self respecting yokai hunter wouldn't?" she asked, slightly agitated.
"Well, how did you get them?" Kagome asked. Sango nodded at Neyoko's comment.
Neyoko looked off to the side. "I don't know."
"What do you mean, you don't know? You said every hunter had scars, so you must know," Kagome's temper slipped a notch.
"Are you sure you really want to know?" Neyoko replied darkly. She looked over her shoulder at the other two girls. Her face was shadowed by her hair and the moon added an eerie hue to her emerald eyes.
Kagome backed down, stuttering, but Sango replied, "I think we deserve to know the truth. That is, if you still wish to travel with us."
Neyoko closed her eyes and shook her head, slowly; again with the stirrings of evil. She submerged her head under water in attempts to rid herself of them. This time it worked, but Neyoko had a feeling it would be back.
"Gomen asi. You are right. I don't know much, but here's what I do know. About sixteen years ago, I used to be a yokai thief. I stole to live, but that was about it. Well, I got found out and captured. I think they decided to use me as a guinea pig for an experiment and but my soul into a ningen body."
"Why a ningen?" Kagome interrupted. She was the bold Kagome again.
"Yokai despise ningen. But, my memories were erased. I think this body got these scars before she died. I was thrown into the Ningenkai where I was found and raised a new by Master Genkai. She's well known for her spiritual ability to slay yokai."
"I've never heard of her," Kagome put in.
"Excuse me, then. She is well known throughout the Makai for her abilities. I can't be the true heir for her powers, but she did teach me a few tricks."
"I'd love to see them sometime," Sango muttered wistfully.
"If we find some yokai around, I'll show them to you. I'm curious as well to see what we as a group can handle." Neyoko smiled before diving under water again. This time, she surfaced quickly. As soon as she had her footing, she threw a rock into the bushes.
It connected with a thunk, followed by some rustling, then some cursing and complaints.
Get off of me hoshi! I knew you'd screw up, I just knew that was your plan!" Inu Yasha's voice sounded from the shrub.
"That was so not worth this! OW!" That was Miroku.
Neyoko figured Inu Yasha had hit Miroku, or pushed him. She smiled with satisfaction. Kagome and Sango looked at Neyoko with approval and surprise.
"I couldn't even tell they were there," Sango complimented.
Neyoko shrugged. "You two head back to the campsite now and we'll tell you anything important when we get back." Neyoko threw another pebble into the brush, close enough to scare, but not to harm.
"I don't think we need to worry about yokai any more, Inu Yasha. Let's go!" Miroku dashed off, and Inu Yasha followed yelling at the hoshi.
Neyoko snickered a little before bursting into laughter. Sango and Kagome traded tentative glances while the ex-yokai tried calming down. She held her breath fro a few seconds before snorting and bursting out laughing again. After a while she did manage to calm down, resorting to chuckling every now and then.
"Yeah, I think I will stay for a while," Neyoko said seriously.
Inu Yasha sat in a tree at the edge of the clearing. He was glowering at the hoshi for the trick.
Miroku was lying on his back with a damp cloth on his face. "That was really wasn't worth it. I've seen Kagome and Sango enough, but that new girl; she has so little figure, it's almost embarrassing," Miroku's voice was muffled by the cloth.
"Say that again, and you won't get any mercy," Neyoko stated as the girls walked up. Neyoko walked immediately to her corned and rolled up in her blanket. She fell asleep as Kagome filled the boys in on everything.
"I knew it!" Inu Yasha exclaimed.
"Be quiet!" Kagome hissed. She glanced back at the sleeping form of Neyoko. She hadn't stirred.
"I figured there was something inhuman about her," Miroku had sat up. The cloth had fallen into his lap, revealing a small gash on the center of his forehead.
Kagome and Sango chuckled a little. Then Kagome realized the gravity of the situation. "But get this. I felt a bit of Shikon residue on her soul."
Sango gasped, Inu Yasha nodded once, and Miroku looked surprised.
"Let her sleep for now, though. I asked Neyoko about it when Sango went to look for the path –Neyoko's sense of direction is pretty bad- and she never heard of the Shikon no Tama. Nor does she have a clue about how she could have come into possession of one of the shards" Kagome continued.
"Knowing that, I say we sleep on it. I'm tired," Sango stood up, yawned, stretched, then walked over to her personal supplies. Shippo had fallen asleep by her hiraikotsu as soon as they arrived, so he missed everything.
Kagome, and Miroku walked over to their supplys, and Inu Yasha jumped back into the tree. There, they all fell asleep of their own accord.
1. Gomen asi- I'm sorry. 2. In Yu Yu Hakusho, there are three realms: The Reikai (Spirit World.) coexists above the Ningenkai (human world) and takes care of the ningen souls. There's also the Makai (demon world.) and that had the nether world over it, but the Nether world died. (Yu Yu Movie 2) There's a story I came up with, that will appear later in the story about stuff, but you'll need to know about the "Keikai" barrier. It holds back really powerful yokai but lets weaker ones through. If you want more info, talk to me. 3. hiraikotsu- Sango's wepon.