My Ramblings: Well I really have nothin' 2 talk about since I barely got any reviews. (At least that I remember) But thank you to my constant reviewers! I always appreciate your opinions!
Note: When I say the age of a person, I mean what they look like if they were human. I won't say their actual age. All these characters are people I've thought of. So no real need for a disclaimer. The story is rated General for most of it, but the tragedy comes a little later.

Kurome's past.

A young girl was sitting in the kitchen of her hut watching her mother cook lunch. She was a wolf hanyou which was strange because both her parents were full demons. She looked like she was about 7 or 8 years old, with the innocence of a 5 year old. She had straight blonde hair that swayed above her shoulders. Two deep blue eyes were very noticeable against her pale skin. She also had navy blue wolf ears, and a wolf tail. She was swinging her legs that were hanging over the chair, while her mother hummed a soft tune.
"When will brother be home?" the girl asked her mother, who stopped humming at the question. Her mother stopped humming to answer,
"He'll be home soon. He said he'd be home for lunch today. Would you mind finding your father for me?" her mother asked the girl, now known as Kurome.
"Hai mama." The girl jumped down from the chair and saluted her mom before leaving the hut.
The little girl skipped down dirt paths in her village towards the village square. Her family consisted of her, her mother and father, and her brother. They lived in a village in Makai that consisted of all wolf demons that stayed in the village. These wolves were not nomads, and all lived in huts. Many found it strange since they lived like most people said: 'As humans' But everyone was happy here. The village protected a jewel that was stationed in the village square. It was sacred to wolves, and many of their kin came from all around to see it.
"Hello Kurome." one man greeted her as she skipped past his hut.
Kurome stopped, and planted both feet to the ground.
"Hi Mr. Hina." Kurome greeted with a bow.
"Are you looking for your father?"
"Hai!" Kurome chirped with a big smile.
"I think he's over by the herb stand." Mr. Hina informed the little hanyou.
"Arigato Hina-san." Kurome thanked and continued skipping towards the square.
When she reached the square she started walking past a lot of mini shops selling various things. They all were lined up against walls that circled the outskirts of the village square. In the middle was a statue of a wolf, holding a large emerald in its mouth. The sun was beating on it, shadowing dark green dots on the dirt path in some places. Kurome passed many shops greeting many of the owners on her way. Being wolf demons, they all cared for their kin as if they were their own family.
She finally came upon a stand selling various plants for several purposes. There was a young man, in his middle 20's sitting behind the plants. There was another man a couple years older leaning over the stand, talking to the owner. Kurome ran up to the older man, who turned around at the sound of the hurried footsteps.
"Is it lunch time already?" he asked.
"Hai, hello uncle Kura." Kurome greeted the owner.
"Well if it isn't my little niece, are you here to bring your troublesome father back home?" Kurashima asked Kurome.
"Hai" Kurome nodded. "But mama says your not any more well behaved." she added while walking around behind the stand. Kurome's father started laughing.
"Looks like you've been put in your place." her father commented.
"Well you can tell your mother that I'm not a troublemaker, I just like to cause some action." he informed his niece, while ignoring his brother's comment.
Kurome nodded with another 'Hai' and then ran back around to stand next to her father.
"Comeon, daddy, I wanna see if brother is back yet." she said while pulling on her father's arm.
"Well I better get going before little Kurome gets too anxious." Memoru (Kurome's father.) told Kurashima.
"Alright now, you say hi to Akitou for me." Kurashima told Kurome, who nodded.
"Alright, sayonara uncle Kura." Kurome said, then ran off back down the path he had originally came.
"Wait up Kurome!" her father called to her. He said his goodbyes' to his brother, then followed his daughter who was waiting for him. Kurome was staring at the emerald in the middle of the square.
"Daddy, why does brother leave so much?" she asked, like she did many a time.
"You know, so why do you ask?" he father questioned in curiosity.
"Because I'm curious." Kurome replied.
"You know, curiosity killed the neko." Memoru told her.
"Well I'm a wolf, silly." Kurome pointed out. Her father ruffled her hair, and they made their way back to their hut.
"Were you off bugging your brother again?" Lily (Kurome's mother) scolded Memoru when they came into the hut.
"It's called giving company, Mrs. Complain." Kurome's father defended as he went up to his wife and gave her a light kiss on the cheek.
"Ewww." Kurome mocked while sticking her tongue out, then turned at the sound of someone entering the hut.
"Brother!" Kurome exclaimed as she ran up to the figure and gave them a big hug.
"Well I see someone missed me." Akitou replied as he hugged his younger sister back.
"Welcome back Akitou, lunch is ready if you're hungry." Lily told her son.
Akitou was also a wolf demon, but unlike his sister, he was a full demon. No one knew why Kurome was half demon, some thought that there might be a little bit of human blood in the family line. But it didn't matter because they all treated eachother like equals. Like his sister, Akitou had short blonde spiked hair, and blue eyes. He was 15 or 16, but very mature & serious for his age.
He went over to his mother and gave her a hug, and got his hair ruffled by his father.
"Well I'm hungry." Akitou stated as he took his katana out from his belt area. (I don't know what it's called.) He set it down against a wall in the kitchen, then sat down at the table with everyone else.
"How were the other villages?" Kurome asked her brother.
"Safe enough for living in Makai." he replied as he grabbed a rice ball from the middle of the table.
Kurome grabbed some food & started digging in.
"So how are you coming along with your powers?" Akitou asked Kurome.
She grinned & finished the rest of the rice ball in her mouth.
"I can do this now." Kurome stated as she placed her thumb and index finger on the wick (sp?) of a candle in the middle of the table. She closed her eyes, and the wick started to burn.
"Very good." Akitou praised his younger sister with a smile. Kurome removed her fingers, and opened her eyes.
"And how are you doing with your bow & arrow?" he questioned.
"Alright, I can hit the target, but not the center." she replied, a little disappointed.
"Don't hurry yourself, you very young still. If you keep this up, when you're my age you'll be a master." he advised her.
"Mmmmm." Kurome replied as she grabbed another rice ball.
After lunch Kurome and Akitou were outside. Kurome was watching Akitou sharpen his katana when Lily came out of the hut, holding a small basket in her hands.
"Kurome, would you mind going to the forest to collect some berries?" Her mother asked.
"Hai mama." Kurome replied as she ran up to her mom & took the basket from her, then ran down a path leaving the village. Akitou stopped sharpening his katana.
"Wait up Kurome!" he yelled at her while he sheathed his sword, and put it on his belt area, then started to follow her.
They got to the woods.
"So what do you do on your trips brother?" Kurome asked Akitou while searching around for berries.
"I check the other villages to make sure they are safe." he replied.
Kurome ran up to a bush of raspberries.
"I found some brother!" she exclaimed. Akitou walked up behind her, examining the bush.
"Good job, looks like there's more than enough here for a pie." Akitou praised his sister.
Suddenly a nasty smell reached Kurome's nose. She covered her nose with the sleeve of her shirt.
"Brother, what's that smell? It smells like something is burning." she stated.
Akitou sniffed the air, then his eyes narrowed.
"Stay here, and don't leave this spot." he demanded in a stern voice before dashing back off to the village.
Kurome blinked a couple times. "What's wrong brother?" she asked herself.
She collected a few more raspberries before sitting down.
'This smell is giving me a headache.' she thought.
10 minutes pass
Kurome started eating the raspberries. She looked up at the clouds passing by.
"You won't forget about me brother, will yo?" she asked the sky.
30 minutes later
Kurome's hands were red from squeezing the raspberries to hard.
"I don't feel good." Kurome said to herself as she pulled her shirt up over her nose to try and cover the burning smell better.
An hour later
The son was starting to set.
'Maybe I should go back, demons will be coming out soon.' she thought.
Suddenly a rat demon came out from behind some bushes.
"EEEEEEE!" Kurome screamed.
"Hehe, look what I've found." it (and I mean IT) said.
The demon stepped towards Kurome, who scrambled to her feet, clutching the basket full of raspberries.
The demon came towards her. Kurome quickly grabbed a handful of raspberries & threw them at the demon's face. He growled in pain as the juices from the raspberries got in his eyes, making them sting.
Kurome dropped the basket and ran up to him, clutching onto his let. She bit into his pants, (which tasted like shit) tearing some of the fabric off, revealing bare gray skin.
With one hand the demon was trying to wipe the juices from his eyes, and with the other, hitting Kurome in the head to make her let go. She finally tore enough fabric away to wrap both her arms around his skin. She closed her eyes, and imagined his leg being one big candle, and her wanting to light it.
Suddenly his leg started to burn, he screamed as he kicked hard, throwing Kurome off into some raspberry bushes. Then he ran off, probably to the nearest watering hole.
Kurome climbed out of the bushes, and started picking the twigs and leaves out of her hair. She came across some blood.
'I need to move faster from now on.' she thought as she grabbed the basket.
The sun was setting in the horizon as she ran back towards the village, holding the basket close to her small body. Once she reached the end of the forest that led to the entrance the village she dropped the basket down, dumping raspberries all over the ground. The red juices did not even match the crimson red color that stained the ground & the walls of all the huts. Tears instantly filled Kurome's eyes as she looked at the countless bodies of her fellow villagers covered the ground, all slain.
She ran forward, just touching to ground enough to keep going forward, maneuvering past the bodies so she wouldn't step on any. She ran into her hut.
"Mama! Papa!" she yelled as she entered the hut. She received no answer so she ran into the kitchen. She screamed as loud as her little lungs could at the site in front of her. Her mother was hunched over the kitchen sink, deep whip lashes were in her back, her blood that made it into the sink went down the drain. He father's body was sprawled over the table, turning the nice tan wood color blood red. Whip markings also covered his body.
Kurome ran out of the hut towards the village square.
"Uncle Kura!" she yelled through her voice that choked on the words. She got to the square where all the mini shops were still slightly smoking from previously being on fire. All of bodies of the shop owners were near the statue holding the village jewel. Kurome tightly closed her eyes, trying to hold back the tears that were flowing like a river down her face. But no matter how hard she tried, they kept flowing, making it hard to see. When she opened her eyes, she saw the body of Kurashima.
"All gone." she sobbed.
Then a moaning sound hit her ears. She looked up in surprise as Kurashima moved slightly, looking up at her.
"Uncle Kura!" Kurome yelled as she ran up to him.
"I'm glad you're safe Kurome." he weakly stated. Kurome smiled.
"You need to do me a favor." he told her.
"What is it?" she asked.
"Get Akitou's katana, then go to one of the other villages where you'll be safe." he told her. Kurashima tilted his head towards the statue where Akitou's sword was driven into the ground.
"But I can't take both you and Akitou's sword." Kurome protested.
"You're not taking me because I won't live much longer." he replied.
Kurome ran into him, embracing him in a hug.
"Yes you will, Akitou and I need an adult to make sure we grow up right." she told him.
Kurashima pulled Kurome close to him, tucking her head under his chin.
"The other villages will help you, just take your brother's sword and leave." he commanded.
"Can I stay here for just another minute?" Kurome pleaded.
Kurashima was about to protest when his breath ran out. His head put more weight on Kurome.
"Uncle Kura?" she said his name. When she got no reply she lifted his head up, and looked into his blank eyes.
"Uncle Kurashima!" she screamed as the tears came back. She cried into his tattered shirt, not noticing how dark is became over her when someone stood behind her.
"Come here dear." A kind female voice said to the young hanyou as arms wrapped around her waist.
"Don't touch me!" Kurome hissed, not turning to see the figure. The arms drew back for a second, before fully wrapping themselves around Kurome.
Kurome clung to her uncle's shirt, but the material ripped, allowing the figure to pull Kurome to them. Kurome opened her hands allowing the patches of the shirt to blow away with the wind.
"What do you want?" Kurome asked the person in a hissy tone.
"I'm here to help you." The voice replied as Kurome found herself starting to float off the ground.
"I need to wait for brother." Kurome stated as she tried to wiggle out of the arms wrapped around her mid-body.
"I'm sorry, but we need to go now." the voice told her.
"But brother said he'd come back for me. He never lies to me! If I'm not here when he gets back then he'll worry!" Kurome protested, her voice cracking from wanting to choke on her tears.
The figure turned Kurome around and embraced her in a hug.
Before she fell asleep, she felt as is she was flying off towards a distant place.
When Kurome woke up she was being rocked back and forth in someone's arm, while their other hand gently brushed through her hair. She slowly opened her tired eyes to stare into the face of the person holding her. It was a girl, well not really a girl, but she was in her early 20s. She had baby blue hair with other blue highlights in it. Kurome couldn't tell if her eyes were pink or purple.
"So you're finally awake." the lady stated.
Kurome slowly sat up and looked around. She was in a plain white room except for 2 doors that were against one wall. They were sitting on a couch about 15 feet from the door. A desk with a large rolling chair was set near the opposite wall. A tall teenage figure sat in the chair watching Kurome and the lady. He got up and walked over to them. Kurome sat up in the lady's lap, and backed away a little bit. The teen got down on one knee and looked at Kurome.
"What is her name?" he asked her.
Kurome just stared at him.
"Do you have a name?" he rephrased the question. Kurome slowly nodded.
"So what is your name?" he repeated. But Kurome wouldn't answer him.
The teen sighed, then looked at the lady sitting behind Kurome.
"Botan?" he said.
The lady known as Botan stroked Kurome's hair, causing the hanyou to look at her.
"We need to know your name so we can help you." Botan told Kurome.
Kurome hopped down from her lap and ran past the teen to an empty corner of the room.
"Where am I? Where's brother? I want to go back! I need to wait for brother!" Kurome started to shout.
Botan's eyes started to water at the site of the distressed little girl.
"Koenma, I'm sorry." she apologized before getting up and rushing out of the room. On her way out she almost crashed into another figure who came rushing in carrying a folder.
"Koenma sir, I found the file!" he stated as he ran up to the teen known as Koenma.
The ogre has blue skin with a yellow and black loin (sp?) cloth.
"Thank you Jorge, you're dismissed." he stated while taking the folder.
Jorge bowed then left the room as Koenma walked over to his desk and sat down in the big rolling chair. He opened the file on his desk, and started to read the contents. Being the curious little only Kurome was she looked up to see a picture of her collecting herbs held to some papers with a paper clip. When he was done reading the file, he closed it and looked over at her.
"Kurome?" he asked. She just looked at him with confused eyes.
He got up from his chair, and slowly started to walk over to her.
"That is your name right?" he asked her, but she didn't reply.
Suddenly her stomach growled, causing Koenma to slightly smile.
"Come with me, I'll get you something to eat." he told her. Koenma headed towards the door, and Kurome cautiously followed him. He led her to a large room that was also white. There was a large bed with white sheets against one wall, and a white table with a tray of food. The only color in the room was from the food on the tray.
Koenma gestured Kurome into the room first. She went in, then turned around, staring at him.
"The food is over on the table." Koenma stated. Kurome just continued to stare at him.
"Would you like me to leave you alone while you ate?" Koenma offered, Kurome nodded.
"I'll be back in 5 minutes." Koenma told her before leaving.
Once the door closed, Kurome slowly walked over towards the food. There was a burger with everything on it sitting on a plate, and a bowl of soup next to it. Kurome slowly picked the burger up.
5 min later
Koenma came into the room to find red and yellow paint on parts of a wall. It was orange where the two colors mixed together. He sighed as he found the burger smeared down the wall. He looked over towards the bed. The sheets were undone, and then placed fully over a small figure. By the shape of the sheets Koenma could tell they were over Kurome, and she had her legs pulled up to her body with her arms wrapped around them.
He walked over the bed and tried pulling the sheets off her.
"Leave me alone." Kurome complained.
"No, now you need to come out." Koenma fought.
"Not until you take me back to brother."
"I can't take you back to your brother." Koenma replied as he pulled the blanket off.
"I WANT TO GO BACK TO BROTHER!" Kurome screamed, then the sheets burst into flames.
Koenma yelped, and dropped them to the ground where they became a pile of ash seconds later.
"Come with me to my office." The rekai prince stated as he walked out of the room. Kurome followed him.
Once they got there, Koenma looked at her.
"If this is going to work, you're going to have to cooperate" he told her.
Kurome glared at him, but allowed him to place his hand on her right arm. His hand started to glow blue, and Kurome tried to pull away. But she wasn't able to.
"What are you doing?" she growled as she figured out she wasn't able to move.
"I'm sealing your powers and memories. You won't remember the tragedy that has happened today, or any of the life you've already lived. I'm not going to allow you to starve yourself, so you are going to live in another world, with a loving family. I wish there was another option, but-" he started.
"I DON'T WANT A FAMILY, I WANT MY BROTHER!" Kurome cried out as tears started to flow down her face. She didn't want to forget about Akitou, he was probably looking for her right now.
A tan marking appeared on her arm as Koenma let go.
"I'm sorry." Koenma apologized as a portal appeared next to them. He gestured her in, and that's the last thing she remembered before blacking out.

A girl looked down at her right arm to stare at the strange tan marking on it. She was standing outside a large house in the front yard looking up at a tree.
"Where'd this come from? Where am I? Who am I?" she started to ask herself questions.
"Amanda, lunch time!" a tall woman yelled from the door of the house.
"Coming mother!" she found herself saying as she ran up to the house.

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Alright, well this is what you get for a chapter this week. I only have about 16 pages left in my notebook of stuff I already wrote up, but so it's gonna be harder for me to think of the storyline from now on. I hope I can keep on posting a chapter once a week.