Time the second chapter of Spirit's light. Hooray. Huh, kinda short, ain't it. Ah wells.
Yusuke: laaazy.
Me: shush you DX
Disclaimer: I do not own any Yu Yu Hakusho characters or the franchise. They are the copyright of Yoshihiro Togashi. The only thing I own is Miyuki Urameshi and the other original characters, and the story plot.
Summery: Every thousand years, a Shikigami maiden is born. This maiden would have her gift activated when she saves a life of an innocent where the situation would make it where she could lose her life. Her powers would be great, as it would evolve as what most would say "Magic" when it is really very high spirit energy. Yet, she is sought after by demons everywhere, for the woman's abilities is able to empower a low class demon, to a very high level. Yet, in order for that to happen, the shikigami maiden must be mated, or her soul devoured. The Maiden would be able to protect herself though, but in most of their lives, they die from being hunted or forced into a matehood, where they kill themselves. Now it seems that the Shikigami is born once again, as Miyuki Urameshi. The little sister of Yusuke Urameshi.
Yusuke never told anyone, besides Keiko, of his sister, because Miyuki was slowly dying of a terminal illness. He did not want her involved with the situation of spirit world and Makai. Now it seems his acts will all be in vain if Miyuki ever activates her abilities. If that were to be the case, would Yusuke be able to protect his sister, along with his friends, or shall she die within the fate of every Shikigami Maiden?
Chapter Two: Kept in the Dark
Yusuke got out of bed, as he felt a bit rejuvenated from last night's get together. He couldn't help but remember from last night. After all, he almost blew his cover. Hell, he nearly told everyone about his sister. Sure, Yusuke could trust them. Call him selfish, but he wanted his adorable sister all to himself. He hadn't seen her close to four years. It was a couple of days he came back alive, was the last time he saw her. He was fourteen, while she just recently turned twelve. Not once could Yusuke see his sister, thanks to Koenma sending him to mission after mission.
He knew that he would have placed Miyuki in grave danger, especially when Suzaku was trying to kill Keiko, when his bird found out about her. If Suzaku had found out about Miyuki at that time.… Yusuke shook his head, trying to not think about it. He had done all he could to keep Miyuki's existence a secret. He was sure that no one knew, because Botan would have brought her up when he refused to come back alive the first time he was dead. He looked up at the ceiling for a moment, as he remembered where he nearly blew it.
-flashback time-
Kurama's mother had made them hot chocolate and Yusuke had asked if he could take some home. He noticed the others looking at him strangely the whole time, as the Minamino woman had agreed and thanked him for liking her hot chocolate. He noticed Keiko trying her best to not saw 'aww' right now. As Kurama's mother left to the kitchen, Kuwabara looked at him the whole time, before finally asking
"Why do you want Shuichi's mother's hot chocolate?" he asked. Yusuke could feel the others staring at him. What was he suppose to say? Just say "Oh, I just want to give my little sister who I've never mentions during the three years we known each other, some hot chocolate. You know, cause she's dying." Yeah, he was not going to say that.
"Cause its better than the crap my mom makes" Yusuke said, which earned him a smack on the head by Keiko.
"Yusuke! Respect your mother's cooking!" Keiko chided, though once again, Yusuke could tell she was only acting. Hell, if Keiko wanted to, she would have fooled everyone by now. Sure, there are times she showed how she felt, but then there are others times where she pretends nothing bothers her at all. Then to prove her acting skills, she made a surprised look, as if she almost forgot something. "Oh, Botan, I nearly forgot, but uh, Yusuke and I made some plans tomorrow, so we can't hang out tomorrow. We're sorry!" Keiko said, with a hint of sadness that made Yusuke almost believe it was real.
"That's alright, Keiko. You and Yusuke have a good time. What are you two going to do tomorrow?" Botan asked. Yusuke almost wanted to hit his head on the table, or the wall preferably.
"Uh, you know, just looking around town and stuff" Keiko said.
"Yeah. Why are you asking? It's not like you're going to show up out of no where and join in?" Yusuke said.
"Hey! I was just asking, no need to be rude, Yusuke!" Botan shouted with slight anger.
"That isn't like you, Yusuke. You would usually just say buzz off or something" Kurama said, making an observation, which made Yusuke glance over and Kurama and Hiei. He didn't know, but he could tell those two knew something or at least assumed something.
"Sorry. Kinda in one of those moods" Yusuke said, shrugging his shoulders.
"You have periods too?" Kuwabara asked with some shock, before both Botan and Yusuke smacked his head. At times like this, Yusuke was glad for Kuwabara's stupidity. Luckily again, to save Yukina's innocence, Keiko spoke to the ice apparition the whole time.
-End Flashback-
Yusuke just shook his head, locking away the memory. He just dressed in his jeans, white shirt and jacket, then he got out of his room and walked over to kitchen, and noticed his mom was up and about, probably getting ready to head to work, or get drunk on her ass. Either one would do.
"Hey, Mom, Keiko and I are going to visit Miyuki today" Yusuke said, as he was getting the hot chocolate into the thermostat, after heating it up. He then froze when there was a huge bouquet of flowers shoved in his face. Most of then were lilacs and daffodils.
"Give these to Miyu. Tell her sorry Mommy wasn't able to visit today, but she will soon. I gotta go, love you~" with that, Yusuke watched as his mother left the apartment, and just looked at the flowers, wondering how the hell his mom found out before he even told her. He shrugged as he got the flowers and the hot chocolate and headed out.
He soon met up with Keiko, who was wearing her usual business suit, but her jacket made it hard to tell. There was snow all over the ground, and he noticed Kieko taking a few pictures from her digital camera.
"Oi, Keiko, what's with the picture taking?" Yusuke asked, as he walked over to her. She looked over to him and smiled.
"I want Miyuki to see these pictures. She loves to see everything covered in snow. Aww, you got her flowers?" Keiko asked. Yusuke shook his head no.
"Surprisingly, my mom got them for her. Kinda creepy that she knew before I even told her this morning." Yusuke said. He wondered if his mom sent one of her friends to spy on him or something. Not that she would ever do something like that, but still, he wondered. He then heard Keiko giggle quite a bit.
"I guess you mom must have figured it out or something. You know how she is at times" Keiko said. Yusuke sighed as he handed Keiko the flowers.
"You hold them. I don't want to look girly" he said, as Keiko could only smile.
"Come on. We don't want to keep Miyu waiting." Keiko said, as she began to head to the hospital, with Yusuke in tow.
-P.O.V Change-
"Those two are up to something. I can feel it" Botan muttered, as she was spying on Yusuke and Keiko from a far. With her (or possibly forced) was Kuwabara, Hiei, and Kurama.
"We could just go up and ask" Kuwabara said, as Hiei stared at him for a moment of silence. Then he said something quite shocking for some.
"…for once, I think the buffoon is right." Hiei said which received him a death glare from Kuwabara as he was leaning on a tree. Kurama was right next to him. "May I also ask why we are even here? It's a waste of time if you ask me"
"It's because Yusuke and Keiko won't tell us what's going on. It's also not a waste of time. I know something is going on. Those two are keeping something from us" Botan said.
Kurama just sighed, knowing that Botan was not going to let this down. Even he knew that something seemed a bit suspicious. Yusuke and Keiko were doing something that seemed slightly out of character. After all, it's not like Keiko to easily forget any plans, and for Yusuke to act so defensive about it. If it were something private, he would have just said to buzz off, or just tell everyone what they were going to do. Not to mention, Kurama and Hiei heard the two whispering about something yesterday. Yet, even with their heightened hearing, they couldn't hear much. He guessed that Yusuke and Keiko must have something extremely important that they wouldn't even let them hear it.
"Still, it does seem a bit much. Spying on them like this" Kurama said, being a voice of reason.
"Well, if they weren't acting like they are hiding something, then we wouldn't be doing this." Botan said.
"Who is this 'we' business?" The three men thought. Then they noticed Botan's eyes lit up as if she had just hit the jackpot or something.
"They're on the move. Come on then" she said, starting to follow the unsuspecting couple. The three just exchanged each other looks, before they went to follow them as well, or they would never here the end of it from Botan.
-P.O.V Change-
Miyuki was looking out the window, as she was humming a small song to herself, when Saya had appeared next to her, nearly startling her. Miyuki looked over at Saya, after she had to take a few breathes to calm her down.
"Is something wrong, Saya?" Miyuki asked with concern, as Saya looked at her for a moment, and then shook her head no.
"No. I came to tell you that you are about to have some visitors." Saya said, and then the blonde woman vanished, as Miyuki blinked twice. She began to wonder who was visiting her today. Makoto and Hiromi weren't visiting today. Makoto was doing something with her mother, and Hiromi complained about taking care of her younger siblings for the day. Miyuki then thought of Keiko. Only, Keiko seemed to be busy at most times, so of course, Miyuki had no clue who else would be visiting her today. Then she assumed that Saya meant the doctors.
As Miyuki was sitting up on her bed, the door opened, and she looked over to see Keiko there. Miyuki gently smiled at the older girl.
"Hi, Keiko" Miyuki said, smiling the whole time, as she tugged the sleeve of her cotton blue nightgown. She watched as Keiko returned the smile.
"Oh! I have a surprise for you. Close your eyes, and no peeking!" Keiko said. Miyuki looked confused as to why she wanted her to do that, but nodded her head okay. Miyuki then shut her eyes, as she was doing her best to not open them, or she would spoil the surprise. The fourteen year old was wondering what Keiko had gotten her. It seemed like forever, until she felt something ruffling her hair.
"How is our resident ball of cuteness?" a male voice said. Miyuki felt her heart stop for a moment, when she heard that voice. Miyuki opened her eyes, as she saw who was in front of her, giving a sheepish grin.
"Yusuke!" Miyuki exclaimed with glee, as she embraced her older brother tightly. She heard Yusuke chuckle, as he returned the hug. Then he released her as he was grinning the whole time.
"Geez, Sis. You haven't grown at all. That means I can drag you everywhere still." Yusuke said, joking a bit, as he ruffled her black hair. Miyuki giggled the whole time, as Keiko watched with a smile. Soon, Miyuki looked at the flowers that were now in a vase, as Yusuke and Kieko were sitting by her bedside on the chair.
"Yeah, Mom wanted to say hi, and sorry she wasn't able to come visit" Yusuke said. Miyuki looked over at her older brother and smiled.
"It's okay, as long as momma is thinking about me. Tell her I said thank you about the flowers." Miyuki said, as she glanced at the daffodils and lilacs.
"So, how have you been? What have been the doctor saying?" Keiko asked, as she looked at Miyuki with slight worry.
"I don't know. The doctor said I've been the same. Nothing changed really" Miyuki said.
"Tch. Then they should let you go home, if you've been feeling better" Yusuke said, with slight anger in his voice. No one could blame him. Miyuki spent the majority of her life in the hospital, and not once had she been able to go outside. It was only that one moment when she was allowed, and it was the day she was going to live in the hospital. It was snowing, but she wasn't able to touch or even play in it, as her mother had to take her in the car, with Yusule as well.
The girl snapped out of her thoughts, when Keiko was talking to Yusuke, about something, since she had accidentally distracted herself again. It tended to happen, since she had been alone for a while. Even though she was visited, it was still kind of lonely, so she would tend to go through her memories, to where she would have thoughts about how everyone was doing.
"Um, Yusuke, i-is it okay for me to ask, about what kept you and momma from visiting me?" Miyuki asked. Yusuke looked over to Miyuki, and she watched him sigh for a moment.
"Okay. Well, sis, what happened was tha-"
"Yusuke! Is your mom okay!" A voice shouted. Miyuki, Keiko, and Yusuke turned to the door, to see a blue haired girl, breathing heavily. With her were three boys. One with a orange hair With the duo were a boy with red hair, and a boy with spikey black hair. There was an awkward silence, as the blue haired girl stared for a moment.
"Uh… who are you?" she asked. Miyuki blinked twice with a bit of confusion, then gave a gentle smile.
"My name is Miyuki Urameshi. It's very nice to meet you" she said. Then Miyuki looked over at Yusuke, seeing his eye twitching a lot, as Keiko was just in shock "Um, do you all know each other?"
Blargh! I know I might have made a few characters out of character, please forgive me DX.
Oh snapples, reviews from the first chapter being answered!
FireStorm1991: Ah, thanks so much for being the first reviewer. Yes, it is a bit interesting; I wanted to make a plot that was fresh, and new. Not to mention the few Yusuke's sister fanfics are set at the beginning of the series. I wanted to make it, if Yusuke had a sister in the series, why she was never mentioned or shown. As for the pairing, it would make sense for Hiei and Miyuki to be paired up, but there could also be a chance Kurama could be a match as well. We'll just wait and see how things turn out. Hopefully your HieixMiyuki shipping will happen.
ali: hello anonymous reviewer who lurks in the shadows. Thanks for reviewing my fanfic. It's awesome for me to see someone who doesn't have an account still taking their time to review. Though trolls abuse that luxury, I'm glad you're not. I hope you review again, or make an account and review. Anyways, thank you for saying my story is the best, but I know there are much better ones out there. Still though, thanks. Miyuki will have a chance with romance, but that will take story development before she can truly say she's in love with someone. As for everyone finding out about Miyu-chan, well your question was just answered XD.