Chapter 2 is already being released. If I get a few more reviews, I'll even release chapter 3 by tonight!
That's all it'll take to get me to release the next chapter.
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A little tiny bit of your time, to get the next chapter.
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This chapter may be long; I'm feeling creative at 4:30 in the morning. That's right kids; Hollie is up just for you to write Chapter 2! And she's doing this with only one review. Imagine what actually giving her more would make her do!
So, I lied, it wasn't the end.
Disclaimer: I don't own YYH. Although I do own this content, and the character Kitara, so don't even think about stealing the concept or characters that I've made up. Thanks )
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"WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Yusuke had jumped on Kitara's bed, thinking it would be funny to wake her up that way and give her a bit of a surprise. Although, she didn't seem to be finding it that funny…
"Who are you!" She screamed. "And why are you jumping on my bed! Why do all of you people have no concept of the fact that things BELONG TO ME!" She had already moved into her room the night before and was sound asleep in her new bed, in her new room.
"I was welcoming you around here." Yusuke smirked. "So you're Kitara. You're hot."
Kitara scowled. Guys often shot her looks. She didn't think she was anything amazing, but apparently everyone else did. Her long dark brown hair had bright red streaks, the color of Kurama's hair, running through it. Her hair ended at about her shoulders. Her eyes were a pale red color, but not quite pink, and she had slightly tanned skin from when she would lie out by the lake during the day. Even though she was short, her body was proportional to her height, occasionally making her look years younger than she actually was, which was 17.
"So what's your name?" She asked.
"It's Yusuke. I was looking for you the other night as well, but obviously Hiei found you first…"
"Great, so finding me was some kind of contest?"
"Oh, lighten up, what are you so stressed about? Hiei said you seemed awkwardly happy when he found you. Well awkwardly happy for a girl living all alone in the woods."
"Well, I didn't need all of this talk about my past thrown at me at once. And suddenly I'm moved into a place with people I don't even know. Maybe I just need time to adjust or something…" She looked at the floor.
"Well, come on! I've got food! And lots of it, because no detective can go without lots of food."
Kitara didn't say anything or move at all. Yusuke scratched his head.
"You do eat, don't you?"
"Well, of course I do. I just spaced out, that's all…"
Yusuke pulled her out of the room and dragged her to the place where they ate. Hiei was sitting at the end of the table with his chair tilted a bit so it was leaning on the two back legs. Kitara looked at him for a few seconds.
'I like him' She thought. 'He seems interesting, and I feel like we're the same in some way… But he wouldn't have any interest in getting to know me. I'm sure he doesn't need another friend anymore than I do…'
By the time she came out of her thoughts again, Yusuke was trying to annoy Hiei by making fun of his height. Koenma walked in.
"You guys all have to go search for those demons, you know. I want you on this now, not later." He said.
"But it'll just be like a wild goose chase." Sighed Yusuke.
"I don't care. Going on a wild goose chase is more productive than sitting around here all day stuffing your faces… Kitara, would you like to go with them?"
"Thanks, but no…" The last thing she wanted was to see those demons again. "I'll just hang around here all day."
"You heard the girl! Let's get on it boys!" Botan skipped away.
Kitara sighed and went back to her room. 'I doubt they'll ever even be able to find them. They're underground, and they move from hideout to hideout continuously. I wish I could help more…' She thought.
"Kitara…" Koenma walked in. "Are you sure you don't remember anything else? How did they even get you into their underground hideo…" He stopped when he noticed the look on her face.
"Look. I don't remember anything else, because I don't want to. If I really thought about it, then yeah, maybe I could remember something. But along with remembering things to help you guys, comes remembering what happened to me. And that may not mean anything to you but… It means a lot to me. Is that the only reason you're keeping me here! Give the pitiful little girl a home so she'll like us and tell us things! You guys are all have great spirit powers, why have you resorted to using an everyday human as your source of information! I guess you all aren't so good at your jobs afterall."
Koenma just stood there, wondering if he should tell her the truth.
"No, I asked you to stay here for your safety. I know they'll be back for you again. I would think you would be more thankful that we let you stay here."
"I don't understand, though. Why are they so desperate to get their hands on a human? They're a band of some of the strongest, fastest, and most intelligent demons, and they want me… I don't understand."
"Kitara… You're not just a lowly human."
"What do you mean? Do I have spirit powers or something that I didn't know about?"
"Well, no… You have a blood line that you don't know about."
"What… do you mean…?"
"I mean that... your mother was one of the stronger demons known to man."
"I'm supposed to believe that… my father was human, right? What interest did she have in a human man?"
"Most demons hate humans. While most hate them and seek to kill them… your mother took an attachment to one… your father. She stole more souls than could be recorded, and whenever we sent a detective after her, she killed them. I'm not sure why she fell so hard for your father…. but ever since him we had never had trouble with her."
"My parents both died in a fire, though… How is it that if my mother was so strong she died in a fire?"
"Because, you're parents weren't just killed in a fire. They were kept there with restraints made especially for your mother. The fire suffocated and burnt them at the same time… Demon or no demon, she was in no position to be able to save herself…"
"If you know all of this happens, why don't you ever do anything to stop it!"
"I do what I'm allowed to do! You can't understand the way things work around here." He stopped and went out the door, back to his office.
Kitara just sat on her bed not knowing what to think. She looked at her hands. 'I'm one of them…' She thought. 'I can't ever even look at myself the same way again, because I'm one of them… Why didn't I know this before! Why didn't they ever tell me? They didn't want me to know the power I have…' Tears began gently welling into her eyes as her pains were brought back, as everything was made clear in her mind. Why they wanted her, how her parents had died, who she was, why her memories were so fuzzy, everything… She had been living not even knowing who she was. Her thoughts reeled through her mind and she wasn't' sad, or angry… but frustrated and confused… All she could do was cry.
'How can I be a part of the people that tried to kill me? I'm probably as strong as they are if I trained more…' She sat for hours, thinking about what Koenma had told her. Dumbfounded as to how she could've never known such an important part of her past. Eventually, she fell asleep.
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The guys came back hours after she had fallen asleep, with no luck in finding the demons.
"That was ridiculous. Next time, we're not going out without at least some clue as to where they are." Hiei scoffed.
"You had a clue about where they were. I told you where their attack this morning was." Koenma said.
"Yeah, but that was this morning. They're some of the fastest band of demons we've ever dealt with. You can't just tell us where they were last." Yusuke said as he picked up his things to head home.
Hiei started walking to the room where he spent most of his time. He passed Kitara's on his way and looked in. 'She's asleep already? Lazy girl…' He reached the room and sat on top of one of the bookshelves. The one bad thing about living here was that there weren't any trees for him to sit in, this was the next best thing…
He sat thinking. '…She has a lot of secrets… but she can't keep them for long.' He thought about Kitara and remembered all of the secrets he still harbored about himself.
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Kitara woke up after she heard someone pass her room. She looked out the door but there was no one there. 'The guys are probably back by now… I guess that's what I heard.'
She started walking down the hall and found her way to a dark room with a lot of books in it. 'Is this a library or something? It's nice and quiet, and private…' She sat on the floor as her eyes scanned the binds of the books. She didn't recognize a single title.
Her head sank into her hands and she remembered everything that Koenma told her earlier again. "I don't want to be one of them…" She whispered, and started to cry.
Hiei's ears perked up. 'One of them? What does she mean by that? Is she crying'
"I don't want to be one of them! I don't care who my mother was! I don't want to be part of those people! I don't want this!" She became angry at herself and started to cry harder and slammed her fist against the ground. Her body shook from the emotion she was finally letting out. The race called demon had hurt her so much in her life. Her own mother was a known killer, and she was currently surrounded by demons. Now with a few words from someone with a pacifier in his mouth, she was part of the group she had come to fear and hate.
((Mind you, she still hadn't realized that Hiei or Kurama were demons.))
"What's wrong?" Hiei finally spoke up after listening to her talk to herself. She jumped.
"H… Hiei? I didn't realize you were in here… I'm sorry, I'll just leave…"
"Answer my question. What's wrong?" He still showed no emotion in his voice, but he felt intrigued by what he heard her muttering. He jumped down and sat beside her. "Tell me."
She looked at the floor and began. "Koenma told me that the reason those demons are so interested in me… is because my mother was one of the strongest demons around… years ago. Stealing souls and all… that means that…"
"That you're one of us." He finished her sentence for her.
"You're a… but you didn't try to hurt me…"
"Use your head. Not all demons are automatically blood thirsty killers; if they were naturally like that, than you would be too. Demons can choose who they are just as much as any human can. You've made that clear. The only difference between you knowing that you're one now is that you can use and perfect your power. It doesn't mean you have to become a murderer. There's nothing wrong with being one of us."
Kitara looked at him and realized he was right. This made no difference to who she was, or who she could become. All it meant was that she had power that most people don't have, and she had the opportunity to perfect and train it.
"Thanks…" She muttered.
"I wasn't helping you. I was just curious." He ran off, out of the room.
Kitara sat on the floor, happy to be feeling better now. "Maybe being a demon won't be such a bad thing…" She looked in the direction Hiei had run off. "He really is interesting. He seems like he doesn't care about anything, not even himself. Or maybe he's just fighting caring about someone else… That way no one will care about him…"