Well, here's the second chapter to this. Sorry it took me so long. And thanks to all of you who reviewed the last chapter. I like to respond to my reviews, but I don't think you can do so on this site, so I have my responses listed at the bottom (is this allowed here? If not, please let me know and I'll delete it). Okay, here are a few things you need to know about this story:

1.) The original version of this is being done in a self-insert format on other sites.

2.) The OC's (Jaden Hikari) is not meant to be a mary sue, so if she seems like one at first, I'm sorry.

3.) I'm not sure what Kuronue's personality is really like, so I'm portraying him in a way that will help flow with the story better.

4.) Please don't flame me for things that you don't like. This story is a response to a challenge that a friend of mine made on another site. Therefore, there are ground rules that I have to follow. For example: the oc's personality & behavior, the pairing.

Okay, that's it everyone. Now here's the second chapter.

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho or anything else you may recognize.

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Angel to a Lost Soul
By: Twilight Elf

Chapter Two: Meeting Kuronue
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She pressed herself against her bed's headboard and stared wide-eyed at the dark figure in front of her. Frozen in shock, Jaden couldn't even bring herself to let out a scream. Not that it probably would have done her any good anyways; due to the storm. Most likely none of her family would have heard her over the loud thunder and wind.

"W-W-Who . . who are you? And wha-what . . . are you doing in my room? How did you get in here?"

"Hmm . . ."

"Answer me!" Jaden sat up straighter and tried to peer into the shadows of her room. The truth was, she felt intimidated by this male. Due to the deep sound of the voice, she was certain that it was a man. And from the outline of his form, he was incredibly tall.

"Tell me. Where did you get that pendant?"

She clutched the said pendant against her chest and eyed the figure warily. "It was a gift from my grandpa. Now answer my questions!"

"You're a human. But how? How is it possible that a mere human was able to free me? And a human girl at that?"

"You . . . you speak as if you're not a human yourself. Why is that?"

The man let out a low chuckle that sent shivers down her spine. "That's because I'm not human. In fact, many of you humans would believe my kind to be nothing more than a myth."

'He's not human? But how is that possible?' Jaden reached over and turned her small lamp on. Determined to see who she was speaking with; but what she saw left her breathless.

As she thought, he was very tall - about six and a half feet tall. His eyes were a deep indigo blue and his black hair was pulled into a high ponytail. He had on black pants with a piece of off-white cloth wrapped around his waist that was held on by a belt. A black vest clung to his chest - giving you a nice view of how well built he was, black strips of leather were wrapped around his arms, and a tattered hat sat atop his head. But what stood out the most were the large bat wings and pointed ears.

Jaden pointed at the man in disbelief. "You . . y-you're a demon!"

The demon smirked at her and his eyes danced with amusement. "Heh, bat demon to be precise. Name's Kuronue."

Jaden continued to stare in disbelief at this demon. Weren't demons suppose to be hideous and ugly creatures? This man was far from being either things. In fact, he was drop-dead gorgeous.

The demon - now known as Kuronue - raised a dark brow. "And you are?"

When Jaden refused to respond, he sighed and took a few steps towards her. Which was enough to make her snap out of her daze. So in a slight stage of panic, she grabbed one of her pillows and threw it across the room at him. Only to see it pass right through him. "What the . . .! You're a ghost!"

Kuronue looked over his shoulder at the pillow Jaden had thrown at him. "Yeah. Guess you can say that. Though I prefer the term spirit. Now, you ready to tell me your name?"

She couldn't understand the laid-back tone of his voice. "Jaden Hikari. Now are you going to answer my questions?"

"Hmm, it suits you. Now tell me, what do you know about that pendant in your hand?"

Her eye twitched. He refused to answer her and she wondered if he was doing it on purpose. "Would you stop avoiding my questions! And why do you keep asking about my pendant?"

Kuronue walked towards Jaden until he was only a few feet away from her bed. "You mean MY pendant."

"What do you mean, YOUR pendant?"

The bat demon sighed. "Well, I hope your in the mood for a long story. Cause if you want your questions answered, then you're gonna have to listen."

So for the next hour, Kuronue explained to her a bit about his past life in the Makai. How he used to be a thief and was the partner of the great fox demon, Youko Kurama. He then described a few of their raids together before he finally told her about how he was killed. "I didn't want to die. I wasn't ready. So instead of allowing my soul to go to Spirit World, I bound myself to my pendant. Guess I never thought about what I'd do once I was trapped without a body."

Jaden looked at him in curiosity. "But if this pendant was in the Demon World, how did it come to be in the Human World? And more importantly, how did my grandpa get a hold of it?"

Kuronue shrugged his shoulder. "Not sure. The only time I became conscious of anything outside my pendant, was when it fell into your hands."

Watching him lapse into thought Jaden wondered how it must have been for him. To be trapped in that pendant for so long. "Hey, Kuronue? What was it like? To be trapped within your pendant?"

"Hmm, honestly? It was like my own private hell." His eyes became distant, as if he were reliving it again. "You cannot begin to imagine it. To be trapped in this endless void of nothingness. Knowing that you were neither living nor dead. The only thing to keep you sane were your memories. Though sometimes not even that was a lot of help."

She shifted in her bed. He was right. Jaden could never comprehend something like that. And she wondered if there had ever been times that he had wished he'd allowed himself to die.

"I wish I could figure out how my soul was freed. No matter how hard I tried, I could never break free from my imprisonment." He glanced at her. "And you're definitely not a demon, so what makes you so special?"

"I . . . don't know. Perhaps it was fate?" Okay, now even that sounded corny to her.

"Heh, guess it was. Though I'd have preferred it if fate would have supplied me with a new body. It's not that great to learn you're a spirit and are unable to feel the the wonders of certain. . . earthly delights." He looked at her pointedly.

Jaden sweat dropped and looked over at her clock. "It's already one in the morning and I need to get some sleep."

Kuronue walked around her room and examined some of her things. "Then get some sleep. We can talk some more after you get up."

"But . . what will you do?"

"I could probably go back into my pendant, but after being trapped for so long . . . I have no intention of doing so unless it's absolutely necessary. So I'll just ponder some more on my situation." He winked at her. "Plus, I'll keep watch over you while you sleep."

Jaden gave a small blush and settled down under her covers. Keeping her back to Kuronue and clutching the pendant against her chest. "Goodnight Kuronue."

"Night."

The first thing Jaden felt before she awoke, was the feeling of someone poking her. So naturally, she tried to swat them away and buried her face into your pillows. "Five more minutes."

The poking increased and Jaden was sure she could hear someone snickering. "Wakey, wakey, dear one."

Brown eyes snapped open and were instantly met with electric-blue. Now due to her half-asleep state, Jaden panicked and swung her fist at them and tried to scoot away. However, that resulted in her getting tangled up in her sheets and falling off the bed. "Ow!"

Hearing the snickering increase, she looked up and saw Kuronue sitting on her bed. His eyes dancing with amusement as he looked down at her fallen form and she gave him a half-hearted glare. So it hadn't been a dream. Kuronue was real. But . . . if he was real - as real as a ghost can get - and sitting on her bed, then who'd she hit? It couldn't have been the bat demon because of obvious reasons.

Untangling her limbs, Jaden hauled herself onto her bed and looked on the other side. What she saw made her twitch. For laying on her floor was a swirly-eyed Raidon. "Raidon? What the . . .?"

Sitting up, Raidon gingerly rubbed his cheek where she'd smacked him and gave her a strange look. "Uh, is there something that you'd like to say Jaden?"

Jaden jerked her head to look at Kuronue and then panicked again. "I can explain! It isn't what it looks like!" How was she going to explain this? Aside from Raidon, she'd never let a boy in her room. Her mom and grandparents would've freaked. So how was she going to explain having a guy in her room now? Let alone him being a bat demon.

Raidon blinked at her strange behavior. "Um, I was kinda looking for an apology . . ."

Embarrassment coursed through her body. So he couldn't see Kuronue? In fact, could anyone else but her see him? "Uhh, I knew that."

"Riiiiiight. Sure ya did. Anyways, I'm not to sure I want to know." Raidon sat Indian style on the floor and stared at her.

"Just what are you doing here? And how'd you get in?"

Raidon grinned. "Your mom let me in. And I'm here to do my ever loyal duties as your bestest friend in the world!"

Jaden sweat dropped and noticed that Kuronue was prowling around her room again. "And what would that be?"

"I plan on taking you out for the day!" Raidon jumped to his feet and made his way to the door. "So get dressed and meet me downstairs for breakfast. Speaking of which, I can smell some of your grandma's delicious food right now. Later!"

The door closed behind him and Jaden let out a frustrated sigh. "He'll never change." She glanced over and saw Kuronue smirking at her. "And you. You knew."

Kuronue put on an innocent look. "Knew what?"

"You knew that he couldn't see you. You knew and you didn't tell me. Making me look like I was insane!" Now Raidon probably thought she'd finally went off the deep end.

"What'd you want me to do?"

Jaden growled. "You could have told me."

"I could have. But then where would the fun have been in that?"

Getting up from her bed, Jaden walked over to her dresser and pulled out some clothes. But as she started to undress, she froze when she felt a pair of eyes watching her. Turning around, Jaden saw a lecherous grin on Kuronue's face. She blushed and glared at him. "Pervert!"

Kuronue looked her up and down. "You can't really hold it against me. I haven't seen a woman for many years. Especially one as pretty as you."

"I don't care! I don't want you watching me!" Jaden really hoped that no one heard her. I mean, how would she explain shouting at thin air?

"Well what do you want me to do?" His gaze remained firmly on your chest.

Jaden crossed her arms and her eye started to twitch. "Turn around!"

"Alright. No need to get testy."

Watching the bat demon warily, Jaden quickly dressed into a plain shirt and jeans. Then brushed your black hair out and pulled the pendant out from under her shirt. "Okay, you can turn around now."

Kuronue turned around and stared at her. "You look nice."

A light pink tinged her cheeks. "Thanks. Um, I guess you'll have to follow me around for the day. After we get back from . . . whatever Raidon has planned, I promise to try and help you."

"Thanks."

Despite the fact that no one was able to see her bat friend, Jaden was still nervous. For some strange reason she kept feeling that someone would spot Kuronue. And if they did, then what would she do? I mean, it's not everyday that a person would see a bat demon walking around town.

"Hellooooooo. Earth to Jaden. Come in Jaden."

"Huh?" Jaden looked away from Kuronue - who looked fascinated by the T.V. in the store window - and back at Raidon. "I'm sorry. What were you saying?"

Raidon gave you an exasperated look. "Have you even heard a single word I've said today?"

"Um . . ."

"Bah! You haven't!" He gave her a fake puppy-dog look and she tried to stifle her laugh behind her hand. "Jaden, why must you wound me as such? I mean, here I am trying to cheer you up after that bastard broke your heart and you haven't even listened to a word I said."

Kuronue looked back at Jaden with interest. His interest was perked after he heard this. Who was her friend talking about? Who could've had the heart to hurt her? From what little he knew about Jaden, he could tell that she had one of the purest souls he'd ever seen. From watching her today and how she reacted to the things around her, he believed her to be innocent in every sense of the word.

"Sorry." Jaden saw the way Kuronue was looking at her and shifted uncomfortably. Again she blushed and tried to hide it, but unfortunately Raidon caught sight of it.

"Hey. You feeling alright? You look a bit red." He placed a hand over her forehead and cocked his head. Then he gave her that same sly smile that always made Jaden nervous. "Okay. Who is he?"

"I have no idea what you're talking about." She stepped over a water puddle and glanced back to make sure that Kuronue was still following.

"Don't give me that. Now come on. Who is he?" Raidon poked her shoulder and she swatted at him.

"There is no he. Now let it go."

He threw his hands up in defense. "Alright. Yeesh. No need to get all huffy dear one." Placing his hands in his pockets he glanced to the side and froze in terror.

Looking at him in worry, Jaden saw that his entire face was pale. "Raidon?" Her eyes followed his gaze and she sweat dropped. For standing in front of the two of them were a few members of Raidon's fan club. "Oh boy."

"Got to go, dear one. I'll call you later." Raidon kissed her forehead and ran like hell's fire was at his heels. Unfortunately for him, his exit didn't go unnoticed.

"RAIDON!"

"AW HELL!"

Several sweat drops rolled down Jaden's head as she watched her friend run from his crazed fan girls. However, it wasn't an uncommon thing anymore. In fact, this sort of thing happened all the time. 'Poor Raidon.'

A drop of rain hit her face and she looked up. The sky was darkening more and she could hear thunder in the distance. In a matter of minutes, it was going to start pouring again. "Come on Kuronue."

"Jaden, wait." Kuronue was at her side and glancing around. Almost as he were searching for something.

"Kuronue?" Jaden whispered in a soft voice so as not to be heard by the pedestrians.

His eyes narrowed at a tall male that was leaning against a wall ahead of them. He had matted brown hair and fierce orange eyes. The man looked human enough, but there was something dark about him. Something that seemed evil. And Kuronue knew exactly what that darkness was. "That man is no human. He's a demon."

Jaden took a step back in fear. Unlike Kuronue, she knew that this demon meant her harm. In fact, he had his eyes trained on her as if she were a slab of meat. She knew that the moment she walked past him, he'd reach out and grab her. What was she suppose to do? There was no way she could stand against a demon.

"Don't be afraid." Kuronue looked at her with kind eyes. "Just walk on by him. I promise you that nothing bad will happen to you."

Swallowing down her fear, Jaden did as he said and continued on her way. As soon as she passed the man, he tensed up as if to pounce on her. But then a strange thing happened. Kuronue's necklace grew warm again - just like last night - and that same feeling of power coursed through and around her.

As soon as she passed by, Jaden looked back and saw that the man was staring at her in fear and backing up into the alleyway. Glancing to her right you saw Kuronue smirking in delight. "What just happened?"

Kuronue grinned. "Using my pendant, I was able to surround you with my demonic aura. And as I thought, it scared any idea of harming you out of the weaklings mind."

Jaden tilted your head to the side. "But how were you able to do that? I mean . . . you are a ghost."

He twitched. "Spirit. And if you remember what I told you, I bound myself to my pendant. Now when I did that, I also stored some of my demon energy within it as well. And over the course of time it has built up."

"Oh, that makes sense. So are you able to turn your energy off and on whenever you want?"

The bat demon chuckled. "I'm able to conceal or reveal my demon aura at will. If that's what you mean."

Jaden smiled at him brightly. "Well thank you for . . . protecting me."

"Don't mention it, Jaden." Kuronue looked up at the sky. "Now we'd better get you home before it starts raining."

The emerald-eyed teen looked up and down the street for the energy he'd felt not two minutes ago. It was an energy that was all too familiar to him. 'It can't be . . .'

"Yo, Kurama. You alright?" Yusuke looked over at his friend in concern.

"I'm fine Yusuke. We'd best hurry or we'll be late to Genkai's."

"Whatever you say man. It's just that you looked like you saw a ghost or something."

The fox demon merely smiled at his friend. 'You wouldn't know how right you are Yusuke.'

End Chapter

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