Oh snapples! This is the third chapter of Spirit's Light. Wow, I never thought I'd make it this far. Well, time for the usual routine! Also, sorry about the long delay, but writer's block, can be a bitch 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 Three: Cat Out of the Bag
Botan could only stare, and stare, as well as Kuwabara. Kurama and Hiei only stood there in silence. Yusuke and Keiko stared back, with an awkward expression on their faces, as poor little Miyuki sat on the hospital bed, looking confused as to why everyone was acting the way they were. Botan was just trying to figure things out. This wasn't what she was expecting at all, when she saw Yusuke and Keiko enter the hospital. She was expecting something much different than this.
-Flash Back -
Botan and the others had managed to follow Yusuke and Keiko to a hospital. The four watched silently as they entered inside. There was an awkward silence between the four spies, until Botan decided to say something.
"That's odd. Why would those two be going into a hospital" Botan muttered.
"Maybe to visit someone" Kuwabara guessed. Hiei could only roll his eyes, already thinking of ways to insult the carrot-topped head, but decided against it. It would only waste his time. Kurama noticed Botan's eyes widening a bit.
"Oh, dear! How could I have not seen this before?" Botan shouted, as she began to pace.
"What is it?" Kurama asked, curious to what the azure-headed shinigami was thinking of.
"Kieko told Yusuke yesterday about respecting his mother and this could explain why those two were not acting like themselves. Yusuke's mother must be ill!" Botan shouted in alarm. This made Kuwabata and Kurama looking shock at the realization. Hiei could only raise an eyebrow at this. Though, Hiei was also starting to assume something had happened to the detective's mother.
"Then what are we waiting for! We gotta see for ourselves!"Kuwabara shouted, as he began to rush into the hospital, with Botan following as quickly as possible, while the two demons were calmly walking behind them. It was then the four of them entered the hospital, and Botan quickly went to the reception desk, and looked at the older woman who looked up from her computer.
"Yes, may I help you four?" The woman asked, giving a smile to them.
"Um, we're here to see Urameshi-san" Botan said, as she waited anxiously, as the woman was looking through her computer and smiled, as she looked over at them.
"She's at room 507. I must say, it's nice to see some new faces, besides Yusuke and Keiko. Not to mention her friends. I know she would be very happy to see you. Poor thing, she has been so weak, but is always smiling. Though she had a close call two weeks ago, but she is hanging in there" the woman said, smiling. Botan could feel her heart sink, as she heard Atsuko was so ill.
"Thank you. We won't waste any time seeing her." Botan stated with slight determination in her voice, along with a hint of worry. With that, she quickly began to rush to the stairs, forget that there was an elevator. Kurabara rushed after her again, while Kurama and Hiei decided to take the elevator.
As the two demons were waiting inside, heading to the fifth floor, Kurama looked a bit troubled for a moment, and Hiei had noticed this. "What is bothering you, Kurama?" Hiei asked, in his usual tone of voice, though Hiei did consider Kurama a 'best friend' where he can be a bit concerned, even if he never showed it.
"Yusuke never told us his mother was that ill. It bothers me that neither he nor Keiko told us of the situation." Kurama said.
"…It's possible the detective did not wish to trouble us with his problems" Hiei said, as he knew Yusuke wasn't the kind of person who showed his sensitive side.
"Yes, that could be it" Kurama paused for a moment, while he was collecting his thoughts. "Still, it does seem slightly strange. Those two were whispering something yesterday, but it didn't sound sad, more of being excited in some way."
"They must have acted in a form in a possible way to try and make the situation less depressing? You humans tend to act in that sort of fashion"
"Yes. That could be it."
The elevator soon reached to its destination, as Hiei and Kurama got out of the elevator, and watched as Botan and Kuwabara rushed up the stairs. Botan then began to look around, as she was trying to find the room number, as she was running, along with Kuwabara. Kurama sighed, knowing that it would be impossible to tell the two to not run in the halls of a hospital. Hiei just had an unamused look on his face.
Botan kept glancing at the room numbers and froze, as she had spotted from 507 and ran into the room, with Kuwabara rushing after her. Kurama and Hiei just glanced at each other and knew one thing.
This was not going to end well.
"Yusuke, is your mom okay!" Botan shouted, as she barged in the room.
-Flashback Over-
So here we are now, within the awkward silence in the hospital room. Botan looked over at the girl that was sitting on the bed.
The girl, who called herself Miyuki, almost looked like Atsuko, but the only difference was her hair color was black, and she looked very young. Almost twelve, yet, Botan could tell the child was much older than that. The girl's eyes were quite innocent, as they stared at four of them. Botan also noted that the girl's skin was quite pale, as if she had never been outside for a while.
What was also bother Botan was the girl's last name. Urameshi. She didn't know Yusuke had family besides her mother. She then assumed that this girl might be his cousin or something.
The silence was starting to make Miyuki slightly nervous. She then looked over at Yusuke, who was trying to decide whether to kill them or not.
"Um, Yusuke-Onii-San, i-is everything alright?" Miyuki asked, as Botan eyes went wide, hearing what the small girl had just said.
"ONII-SAN!" Botan shouted in her mind in pure shock. Kurama looked a bit confused at Miyuki calling Yusuke her brother. Hiei just raised an eyebrow, as Kuwabara's jaw dropped at hearing this.
Yusuke sighed, knowing that he could not make Miyuki worried about this, as he reached out his hand, and ruffled the small girl's hair. He gave his trademark grin as he didn't want to make her panic. From a glance, he can see Keiko trying to smile calmly.
"Yeah, I'm fine, Miyuki-imouto-chan" he said, trying to calm his sister down, as he could see Botan and Kuwabara looking even more shocked, Kurama just trying to piece two and two together, as Hiei just had his 'tell us what the hell is going on' look.
"Hey, Keiko, You mind watching out for Miyuki, while I talk with these guys?" Yusuke asked, as he looked over at his girlfriend. It seemed she understood what was going on, as she nodded her head.
"Sure Yusuke. I got everything under control" Keiko said, with a smile. Yusuke nodded, as he was heading out in the hallway, with the others following him. Once they were outside, he closed the door, and then looked at the others.
"What the hell are you guys doing following me and Keiko around?" Yusuke shouted.
"Don't yell at us! Why is that little girl calling you her big brother, and you calling her your little sister?" Botan demanded, while she was frowning as Yusuke. Yusuke looked at the four of them. Kuwabara seemed frustrated and confused. Kurama had a curious look, and Hiei was somewhat interested, Yusuke didn't know. It was hard to tell what Hiei was feeling. The Urameshi looked at the four of them and sighed.
"That little girl's name is Miyuki. She just turned fourteen a couple of weeks ago, and… she's my little sister" Yusuke said. Botan and Kuwabara nearly fell over, as Kurama has a slight look of shock, and for once, Hiei looked a bit shocked as well. After all, Hiei had a little imp look into who Yusuke cared for, and it never told him about a sister, or he would have kidnapped her as well as Keiko, when he was, well, being a jerk.
"Y-Your sister? She's your sister? W-Why didn't you tell us you had a little sister!" Botan demanded, feeling a bit hurt. After all, they've been friends for two years, and Yusuke deliberately held a secret about him having a sister. She also realized Keiko had done the same thing as well, along with Atsuko. To Botan, that felt like a betrayal to her. Kuwabara was just trying to figure this out as well. Kurama seemed to have a look of slight hurt, but he knew Yusuke had to have a reason to keep this from them. Hiei on the other hand, could slightly care less. So what if Yusuke wanted to keep his sister a secret, it as his choice, though it would have been nice if he had told them sooner.
"It's because she's been sick for a very long time. She has a terminal illness. Even when we were little kids, Miyuki had been having problems" Yusuke said. He looked at them for a moment before continuing. "When I was close to seven, and Miyuki was four, my mom had to place her in this hospital. So all her life, she's been in here. That's why you never heard of Miyuki at all, Kuwabara." Yusuke said, knowing that Kuwabara had done everything he could to figure out Yusuke's weakness when they were just rivals.
"Yeah, I guess that makes sense. Still, why didn't you tell us about her? We are friends, right?" Kuwabara asked. Yusuke rolled his eyes with annoyance.
"Of course we're friends, you dumb ass. I just didn't want to tell you guys, because I didn't want to drag Miyuki into the stuff we've been doing. She's still just a kid you know." Yusuke said.
"I can understand how you feel, Yusuke. You're just trying to protect not only your sister's innocence, but also trying to protect her from demons that could use her against you" Kurama said. He knew that feeling. He remembered Roto threatening to kill his mother in order for him to win the match. So of course he could understand why Yusuke had kept such a secret. His little sister had been very ill, to the point that she had been close to dying.
"It explains why I never even knew about her existence, during that time" Hiei said, referring his dark side moment. Yusuke could only roll his eyes, again, remembering the fun time indeed.
"So, can we officially meet her?" Botan asked, as she had calmed down, and understood why Yusuke kept his sister existence away from her. Still, Botan would have to look into this. She should have known about Miyuki, especially if she was ill, and it wouldn't be good if demons were to try and capture her for their own use.
"Sure. Just don't tell her anything about Makai, or spirit world. I'm going to tell her when I'm ready" Yusuke said. The four of them nodded their head in agreement, as Yusuke opened the door and the five of them entered the room. There, Yusuke saw Keiko showing his little sister a book. He got a closer look at the title, and noticed it was a book about the paranormal. He couldn't help but smirk at this.
Miyuki was always interested with anything, mostly involving ghosts and the supernatural. It was mostly due to the fact that it made her calm and sit still, like the doctors wanted her to. Yusuke couldn't wait to see the look on Miyuki's face, when he would tell her the truth; He knew she would be excited. He walked over and grinned the whole time.
"Hey, sis, I want you to meet some friends of ours" Yusuke said, as he looked over to the others and grinned a bit. "The hyper blue haired harpy is Botan. The red head and only smart one in this group is Shuichi, the scary midget is Hiei, and ugly carrot top is Kuwabara" he finished grinning at them, as Kuwabara frowned at him, as Botan huffed. Kurama could only sweatdrop and chuckle nervously, as Hiei glared the whole time at Yusuke. Miyuki blinked twice at this, but then she gave them a warm smile.
"I'm Miyuki Urameshi. It's very nice to meet you four. Um, I hope that I'm not troubling any of you." Miyuki said, as she looked at the four. Botan's pink eyes lit up, as she shook her head, as she was smiling the whole time.
"No, it's alright. There is no need for an apology. It is so nice to meet you, Miyuki" Botan chirped. It was something strange to her. The small girl acted nothing like Yusuke, that it almost made her believe that she wasn't his little sister.
"Um, how long have you all known Yusuke-onii-san, and Keiko-chan?"
"For almost three years. Forgive us for not visiting you" Kurama said, in an apologetic tone. Miyuki stared at the red head for a moment, but smiled gently the whole time
"It's okay. I know that you must have been busy, like Yusuke and Mama"
"Yeah, I'm still sorry about that. Mom's going to come visit you soon, alright" Yusuke said, ruffling Miyuki's hair, as the girl giggled a bit. Botan could only watch the whole time. She had never seen this side of Yusuke before. He seemed gentler and kind then he usually was. Kurama, Kuwabara, and Hiei noted this as well.
"Aww, Urameshi is being all soft" Kuwabara cooed, only to get punched in the face by Yusuke, as he had covered Miyuki's eyes with his other hand.
"Damn it, Kuwabara, not in front of my sister!" Yusuke shouted as the carrot-topped head in anger, as he uncovered his little sister's eyes. Keiko then whacked Yusuke on the head.
"Don't yell. We are in a hospital" Keiko scolded, as Botan was trying not to snicker, only to receive a glare from Yusuke, which made her try to tell him to calm down for a moment. The whole time, Miyuki, Kurama and Hiei watched. Miyuki with a confused expression, Kurama with his usual nervous one, and Hiei, once again, did not care.
"Um, does this happen a lot?" Miyuki asked, as she looked over to Hiei and Kurama, as the other four in the room were preoccupied with each other.
"Yes, but that is how our friendship is" Kurama said, smiling at the smaller girl. Miyuki blinked twice, and then she gave a smile and nodded her head.
"Alright, if you say so, Shuichi, but um… how did you all meet?" Miyuki asked, as she looked up at everyone. There was an awkward silence in the room, but Botan, Hiei, Kuwabara, and Kurama could feel the aura coming off of Yusuke that screamed 'Lie, you better lie!'
"Uh, well, we uh, met each other at the… park! Yeah, the park!" Botan said, giggling nervously the whole time.
"I've known your brother since middle school" Kuwabara said.
"Hiei and I met your brother one day, just out of chance" Kurama said, as Hiei was just looking away the whole time. Miyuki blinked twice, then smiled the whole time. The four seemed a bit relieved that the small girl had managed to believe them.
"Oh! Keiko, you wanted to show me some pictures?" Miyuki said, remembering something that the four did not know.
"Right! Let me just, ah, here it is" Keiko said, as she pulled out her camera and handed it over to Miyuki. Miyuki turned on the camera, and began to look at some pictures, and smiled. Botan glanced over, and saw pictures of everything that was covered in snow.
"Hey, why are there pictures of outside?" Botan asked, quite curiously. Miyuki looked up at the blue haired woman, and gave a gentle smile.
"Keiko usually takes pictures of everything outside, and shows them to me, seeing as I can't go outside on my own" Miyuki said. Botan felt a twang in her heart. It felt unfair to the shinigami, that someone was sweet and innocent as Miyuki was never been able to go outside, and all she had to see of the outside world were pictures and the window.
"So, Miyuki how is your school-level, if you do not mind me asking?" Kurama asked, as he observed the small girl for a moment, as she thought for a moment.
"I'm in my third year of middle school. I'm actually a year ahead of everyone. I think it's due to the fact that I ask my home-school teacher if I could take more lessons, during summer and winter break, like everyone does in America" Miyuki stated, as Keiko smiled hearing this.
"That's good. I guess you took my advice, huh?" Keiko guessed, as she watched Miyuki give her a smile and a nod.
"Great, my little sister is becoming a nerd. Don't worry, Miyuki! When you get out, I shall rehab you to be un-neardy!" Yusuke exclaimed, only to get smacked upside the head by Keiko, as Miyuki could not help but giggle the whole time at Yusuke's antics.
It felt like hours had gone by with the seven of them. Miyuki listening the whole time as Kuwabara was telling her stories about her brother being the toughest kid in middle school, as Yusuke was shrugging his shoulders, mentioning about people knowing he was better than anyone there. Though Keiko did comment that it took a while for him to actually stay in classes, which made Yusuke stick his tongue at her playfully, thus resulting yet another smack on the head.
Kurama had been telling her about how Yusuke had helped him out with a situation, along with Hiei, as the fire demon only looked away the whole time. Miyuki had managed to get Hiei to talk to her, even if only lasted for a second. The conversation was just about the katana that Hiei had around his hip. The small girl noticed it, and she could not help but be curious about it.
"Um, Hiei?" Miyuki asked, trying to get his attention. Hiei glanced over at the girl, giving her a slight glare of annoyance. It almost made her flinch, but she tried to keep herself calm. "Is your katana real?"
"…yes." Hiei said, without a care, even when he received a glare from Yusuke.
"Oh… how long have you had it for?" Miyuki asked, quite curious. She didn't know people were allowed to carry swords with them. It made her wonder how long Hiei had been practicing to use a katana.
"Almost my whole life"
"Wow! That's amazing, Hiei! Did you ever use it?"
"I did, when I-"
"Okay, no more talking about the sharp pointy object!" Botan interrupted, as she was giggling nervously, as Miyuki looked at everyone with confusion. She didn't understand, but she guessed that it was just something that they were not ready to speak with her with. It was then a nurse came in the room, and saw them.
"Um, visiting hours is almost over, so I need you all to say your good-byes" the nurse stated, only to freeze up when Yusuke gave her a glare, which made her run away. Keiko sighed, as she shook her head for a moment.
"Yusuke, was that really necessary?" she asked, while looking up at her boyfriend.
"Yes, Keiko. It was. Those people don't know when to leave anyone alone" Yusuke growled in frustration. Miyuki watched the whole time, knowing how Yusuke felt whenever someone would tell him it was time to go. She would remember all the times when Yusuke would curse at a doctor or a nurse and tell them to let Miyuki come home, so he wouldn't have to have a limited time to see her. Miyuki would remember their mother dragging Yusuke out, while he was shouting that he was going to sneak in the hospital.
Miyuki looked over at Yusuke the whole time, as she could see his fists clenched. She also noted that the others seemed worried, though she was unsure about Hiei, since he always had a stoic expression on his face. Miyuki then slowly reached out and touched her brother's hand, which made Yusuke look over to her for a moment.
"I'll be here. I'm not going anywhere, do you don't need to worry, big brother" Miyuki chirped, giving a smile. It was then she was in Yusuke's embrace as she blinked twice the whole time.
"Don't worry, Miyu. I will figure a way to get you better." Yusuke promised, as he released her from his embrace, and then ruffled her hair the whole time, grinning. Miyuki could only smile back.
"We'll come and see you tomorrow, Miyuki!" Botan chirped, as Miyuki blinked twice hearing this, as she looked over at Kurama, Kuwabara, and Hiei. The three of them also seemed to be making the same promise. Though, she was unsure about Hiei once again. Soon everyone said their good-byes, and left, as Miyuki watched the whole time. Once everyone had gone, Miyuki closed her eyes, smiling a bit. She felt a little tired, but was very happy. Miyuki got to see her older brother after a very long time.
"It seems your brother has finally visited you" A voice said, as Miyuki glanced over, to see Saya standing there, smiling a bit.
"Hai. It's been so long. Wait, are you going to leave?" Miyuki panicked. She remembered Saya saying she was to leave when her brother visited, and he just did today. Now Saya must leave to the spirit world, like she had promised. Miyuki was panicking and quivering the whole time. It was just too soon. Too soon for Saya to leave now, not after she had seen her brother. Saya chuckled and shook her head no.
"No, little one, I have yet to see your mother arrive to visit you. I will wait until she arrives." Saya explained. Miyuki looked up at her friend and then nodded her head, understanding. So it seemed that Saya would leave after her mother's visit. There was a part of her that did not want her friend to leave; yet, she understood that Saya had to go to spirit world. If she did not, there was a chance that she will vanish.
"Okay, Saya-chan" Miyuki said, smiling. She knew that she could not be selfish, and that she had to be there to support Saya when she needs to head into spirit world. Miyuki then looked out the window, to see the snow the covered everything. She wished that one day she could go outside and play in it. Though, as she was staring outside, she did not notice the low-class demons staring directly at her room.
ANNND I AM DONE XD. Wow, that was a lot of writer block killing to get to this chapter. So yeah, it seems the Urameshi team had finally met Miyuki. Yet, what's up with the demons looking at her room. Do they know something? Well, you got to stay tuned, ne~
Takara Rose Oizumi: D'aww, thanks for calling my story cute X3 and don't worry, more shall come
FireStorm1991: Dear god no DX Kuwabara has his Yukina… hope Hiei didn't hear that anyways, thanks for loving Miyuki, it means a lot =D
missy: Thank you for loving my story, other anonymous reviewer XD