Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho, unfortunately. If I did, I wouldn't need to ask my dad to send me money for things I want.

Chapter 1: Sakura's Powers; Kurama's advice

The story begins with Sakura Urameshi, only daughter of Yusuke and Kayko Urameshi. It was 17 years after Yusuke was completely done with the Spirit and Demon worlds. A year after he returned from Demon world after the tournament and his soul searching, he and Kayko got married. Two years later, Sakura was born. Sakura is now 14.

Sakura is slightly taller then average with long, flowing brown hair and warm brown eyes. The day starts off normally…for them…

"Bye mom, bye dad!" Sakura says as she starts to leave the house.

"Hang on one second," Kayko calls. Sakura comes to a halt in front of the door with her hand on the handle. "Where's your uniform?"

"Ummmm…"

"Go right back upstairs and change. You're going to school." Kayko ordered. "And your dad is going to make sure you do."

"But mom…" Sakura groaned.

"Go on," Kayko said. Sakura stomped up the stairs to her room, rolling her eyes. "I saw that!" she shouted after her. "Yusuke!"

Yusuke came sliding into the hallway. "I'll bring Sakura to school," he sighed.

"Good. She's already missed 3 days this week alone," Kayko told him.

"I know, I know."

Sakura came stomping down the stairs. "There, happy?" She asked her mother.

"Yes, much. Now, have a good day!" Kayko said as Sakura left, grumbling out the door.

"See ya when I get back," Yusuke said, kissing Kayko on the cheek before he followed Sakura out the door.

Yusuke and Sakura got in the car and started towards the school.

"Why don't you like going to school?" Yusuke asked, breaking the silence.

Sakura looked at him like he just asked one of the stupidest questions in the world. "Because we have to wear these stupid uniforms. School wouldn't be too bad if it wasn't for the uniform. And health…" she added under her breath.

"Ah," Yusuke said. "But, you know that the only thing your mother wants is from you is to get good grades."

"I know. But, I'm still getting good grades!"

"Hmmmmm…" Yusuke trailed off. "Well, here we are. Have a good day!"

"Bye daddy," Sakura said, getting out of the car. She watched as he left and sighed.

"Hey, Sakura!" a boy with bright red hair greeted, running up to her. "You're actually in school!"

"Hey Kai. Yeah, my mom made me come today," Sakura answered him, rolling her eyes. "She's not the happiest with me right now," she added as an afterthought.

"That's too bad. Well, let's go to class seeing as how the bell just rang," Kai said, starting towards the building. Sakura sighed and followed him.

Sakura actually made it through most of her morning classes. She went to periods 1, 2, and 3, Music, Math, and English, before deciding to skip 4th period Health. She sat on the roof, a lot like her father did about 19 years previously. Sakura was actually thinking about something around the lines of what her father thought at that time. Sakura had just discovered that she could use Spirit Energy in similar ways as her dad. The whole reason she was going to skip school was to go see her father's old teacher, Genkai. (A/N Yes, I realize that Genkai would be almost or 90 years old at this point, but she led a healthy life.)

Figures, Sakura thought, The one time I want to do something besides play video games or watch something or read, she has to force me to go to school. She sighed. I wonder why these powers decided to appear now, though. I guess I don't really know that much about when daddy was Spirit Detective. Maybe I can go see Mr. Kurama at break.

So, with that decided, Sakura took out her Math book and started on the Math homework for that night. When she was finished, the bell rung, signaling break time. This was when the students could eat, talk with your friends, ask teachers for help, or do homework that you didn't do the night before.

Sakura went to go see Kurama, better known around the school as Mr. Minamino.

When Sakura entered the room, there was no one there besides the red head. His hair was still the same bright red, but it was cut a little shorter. He looked up from his desk when she entered.

"Hello, Sakura," Kurama said. "How are you?"

"I'm fine. And you?" Sakura replied.

"Alright, except for the smell in this room. My last class had a dissection," he answered. "What brings you here to see me when you could be hanging around with your friends?" Well, when you could be hanging around with Kai, he thought. Sakura didn't have any friends besides him. She was a little shy a lot of the time except around those she knew well.

Sakura smiled. He doesn't miss a thing, she thought. "Well, there's a couple of things I'd like to ask-"

A couple of girls walked into the room. One had long, blonde hair and the other was a brunette. Sakura smiled at the brunette and waved hi. The brunette did the same. This was one person she got along with quite well.

"Mr. Minamino," the blonde said, blushing, "Can you help me? I didn't get today's lab."

Kurama sighed. "Well, Shadea, if you were to pay attention during class, maybe you would understand what was happening." He stated in his calm, yet stern, way. He turned to the brunette. "Did you not understand it either, Brin?"

Brin shook her head. "I understood it, Mr. Minamino. But I can't explain it to her. You know how bad I am at explaining things…"

"That's true…" Kurama sighed and shook his head. "Sakura, can you please wait in my office? I'll be there shortly."

"Alright. Bye Brin." Sakura answered, heading toward his office door.

"Bye Sakura," Brin said. Shadea frowned when Sakura didn't say anything to her. Sakura did not like her at all.

While Kurama was dealing with Shadea Araka, Sakura sat in a chair in front of his desk. She looked around and smiled at all the pictures on his desk. There was Kurama with his wife and Kai. There were also pictures with Yusuke, Kayko, Sakura, Shizuru, Kuwabara, Yukina, and Hiei, whom no one had seen in a good few years. Shizuru was, as usual, holding a cigarette and Kuwabara was flirting with Yukina. Hiei had a scowl pointed in Kuwabara's direction while everyone else was laughing.

"I wonder whatever happened to Hiei?" Sakura thought out loud.

"No idea," Kurama said, coming into the room to hear her last comment. "I suspect something in Demon World, but it's not any of my business. Now, since the, uh, distraction is gone, what is the reason for this unexpected visit?"

"Oh! Right, well," Sakura began, "I believe I have, um, special powers."

Kurama lifted and eyebrow. "I thought you and Kai were done playing this game years ago."

She looked at him a little angrily. "I'm serious. Look," she said, pointing out her right index finger.

"All I see is…oh…" Kurama said, watching as Sakura's index finger started glowing. "Have you told your parents yet?"

"No. I know my mom would spaz and daddy, well…" Sakura trailed off.

"…Has never wanted you to become a fighter," Kurama finished.

"Right." Sakura's face flushed at this because she had secretly been learning how to fight from Kurama with Kai.

"So, what are you going to do?" Kurama asked, interested to see if she had a plan.

"Well, I was going to go see Genkai today, but mom made daddy bring me to school," Sakura answered. "So, I decided to come to you."

"I see," Kurama answered. "Hmm…that's actually the best idea."

"Really? So, can you cover for me for a few days? Please?" Sakura pleaded.

"Alright," Kurama sighed. But, on one condition."

"What?" Sakura asked suspiciously.

"Bring Kai with you."

"Huh?" The request surprised Sakura because, well, it was her questions.

"I believe Kai is also experiencing powers for the first time, but he won't tell me. So, I think you should go together. I could get you out right now," Kurama offered.

"Thanks, but I'm gonna just grab Kai and sneak out. Thanks for the advice!"

"Thank you for the company. No one, besides a student searching for help, usually comes in. Bye," Kurama said as Sakura left on her quest to find Kai.

It didn't take her long. Kai was coming to find Sakura. "Hey," Kai said, waving to her. "Where were you? I've been looking everywhere for you."

"I went to go see your dad," Sakura told him. "Say, how does a trip to Genkai's temple sound?"

"Sounds fun. When do we leave?"

"Now." Sakura grabbed Kai's wrist and dragged him off campus. "But first, let's stop by our houses to grab a change of clothing."

"What about class?" Kai asked. "Shouldn't we be getting our schoolwork?"

"Nevermind about that," Sakura answered. "Your dad will take care of it."

"Alright," Kai sighed, giving up. He knew that when Sakura gets on a roll, she never changes her mind.

"Don't sound so down. This'll be fun!" Sakura said, laughing at the look on Kai's face, which said "Sure, keep on telling yourself that."

They went to Sakura's house first, knowing it would be harder to get her stuff.

"I'm just going to climb to my window," Sakura told him, gesturing to the vines that went up to her window.

"Yup. Just make sure you don't get caught," Kai warned.

"I can say the same to you. With that she started climbing up. She reached the top, changed from her uniform into jeans, a T-shirt, and sneakers, then climbed back down in less then 10 minutes.

"Since we're done this nerve racking part of the adventure," Kai said when she got down, "Let's go to my house for an easier trip."

"Alright. I grabbed my allowance, too, for the train ticket," Sakura told him.

Kai had an easier time getting his clothes then Sakura did since both his parents worked outside the house while Sakura's worked at home. Not to mention that Kurama told them it was all right to go. When he was done, the phone rang. It was Kurama.

"I figured you may need directions," he told Kai.

"I thought we were missing something," Sakura said. Kurama gave them the directions to the temple. After that was done, they grabbed a bite to eat and headed towards the train station where they would grab a train towards Genkai's.

Alright, this is my first shot at a Yu Yu Hakusho story on here. I would appreciate any feedback people have, including flames.

Melodic