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 Four: Task of a Ghost, and a Harsh Reality.

It had been almost two weeks since Miyuki had first met Botan and the others. It had become a routine where Botan would come and visit her, along with chatting about the day, as Kurama (or Shuichi to Miyuki) would usually help her out with any homework she received from her tutor along with Keiko. Yusuke and Kuwabara would always joke around with her, causing the girl to laugh and giggle the whole time by their antics. Hiei would just be somewhere on his own in the hospital room. Miyuki tried to get him to speak with, but he always looked away. It always did make Miyuki and Saya curious to why Hiei visited.

The Urameshi girl didn't mind though. She was glad that Hiei liked her enough to be in the same room with her. Miyuki had also noticed more spirits had been appearing, mostly to speak with her, and to ask for small favors. It was something that she looked forward to at times.

Miyuki felt like the luckiest person in the world. She was able to see her older brother, and made new friends that always took the time out of their day to come over. Miyuki noted that her two friends: Makoto and Hiromi were still busy, thus it resulted them not being able to visit, but Miyuki understood the situation. Saya stuck around; as Miyuki knew that the spirit would depart once her mother would visit her when she had the chance. Miyuki was still preparing for the day that when Saya would leave. It would feel strange to not have Saya around.

Miyuki was soon drawing a small sketch in her sketchbook, as she was waiting for either her brother, or one of her friends to visit, when she felt the hairs in the back of her neck rise. The girl looked around for a moment, before she nearly jumped when she saw an older boy staring down at her. He looked no more than eighteen years old. He was looking down at her, frowning a bit, as his arms were crossed.

"Tch. So you are one of the few that can see me, huh? Well, I might as well ask for you help, pipsqueak" the boy said in an uncaring tone.

Miyuki looked a little shocked of what the older boy had called her. "Eh!? P-Pipsqueak?" Miyuki squeaked. Never had she met a spirit that was, well, rude.

"Her name is Miyuki. You will respect her if you wish for her help" Saya stated, as she appeared next to the small girl. The boy glared, but then shook his head, as he began to calm himself down. He looked down at Miyuki for a moment with sad-like eyes.

"Sorry… look, I really need your help with something. My name is Hoshimaru Kaitsumora, and I really need you to help me out. It's an emergency. I asked others like you, and none of them are willing to help. You might be the only person I can turn to" Hoshimaru spoke, as he said it in a defeated tone.

Miyuki looked at Hoshimaru for a moment. He had dusty black hair, as his brown eyes looked hopeless. It was then she noticed a few burn marks on his hand. She began to wonder what was wrong. She glanced at Saya, who was scowling, and seemed unsure of the situation. Miyuki though, knew she cannot let this spirit down, no matter what the situation.

"What is it that you need help with, Hoshimaru-san?" Miyuki asked. The male ghost looked a little shocked, but then shook himself out of it, before he looked down at Miyuki again.

"It's just the way I died, was unfair, probably untimely. I don't know. Anyways, the way I died, was because I was murdered."

Miyuki's eyes went wide when she had heard this. "M-Murdered?"

"Yeah, I was murdered by my step-dad. It was mostly because my mother, who is loaded by the way, named me heir instead of my step-dad. He killed me off so he could get the money… but my mom didn't do that as planned. She instead named my baby sister, Chizu, heir. She and I are the only ones for her last marriage, and I think my step-dad might have knocked off my dad to get to her too, you know…"

"So, why are you asking Miyuki for help?" Saya asked, intrigued by all of this, but at the same time, she was angered by the fact that a man would kill one of his wife's children.

"Today… That bastard is going to kill my baby sister. No one wants to help me, because it's too dangerous. He's going to burn the house down. He hired someone as a 'sitter' to burn the place and all the evidence of his involvement with my and my father's death, along with my sister. Chizu is only two-years-old! That is why I am begging you to help!" Hoshimaru pleaded, as he looked at Miyuki and Saya.

Miyuki was just frozen and shocked with everything that was going on. It all sounded like a murder mystery to her. Now she understood why others like her refused to help. They could likely die themselves in the fire, but Miyuki knew that a life of a little girl was in trouble, and to not help would cost a life of a child. A child who barely had a chance to live out her life! Miyuki knew that she had to do something. "… When will this take place?"

"M-Miyuki! This is dangerous. We have to let the authorities handle this!" Saya responded.

"Saya, a life is going to be lost if I don't do something. I will never forgive myself if that little girl gets killed and I did nothing to prevent it." Miyuki answered back.

"So… you're going to help me out!? Seriously, y-you will!?" Hoshimaru asked with hope in his voice. Miyuki looked up at him, ands smiled brightly.

"Yes, I am!"

Hoshimaru had a look of relief and happiness on his face, as he began to speak "Oh man. Thanks. You're probably the only one wanting to help… thanks… I might be able to protect my little sister this way."

"Oh! When is this going to happen?" Miyuki asked, as she had to plan this all out.

Hoshimaru looked serious when Miyuki asked this. "At midnight. So we need to sneak you out of the hospital around ten."

"Okay. Got the plan!"

"… Miyuki, we have visitors. Come on, Hoshimaru, we don't want to get in the way of Miyuki's visitors" Saya stated, as she grabbed Hoshimaru's hand and vanished. It was then the door opened, and Yusuke entered the room, grinning the whole time. Keiko, Botan, Hiei, Kurama, and Kuwabara came in, but there was something much more different. There were two other girls that came in with them.

One was older out of all of them. She had brown hair that reached to her lower back, and pretty brown eyes. She smelled like cigarette smoke, but despite that, the girl seemed nice and mature. The other girl had sea-green, that was tied up in a pony-tail, as she was wearing a dress and a small jacket. Miyuki gave the two of them a gentle smile, as she waved hello.

"Miyuki, this is Yukina, and Shizuru Kuwabara. Shizuru is Kuwabara's older sister, and Yukina is Kuwabara's girlfriend, and a good friend of ours" Botan chirped. Miyuki could have sworn that Hiei was glaring at Botan when she mentioned Yukina in the way she did. Miyuki thought her mind was playing tricks on her

"Hey, it's finally nice to meet you, Miyuki" Shizuru said, as she gave the girl a smile, as Yukina went over to Miyuki and held something out for her. Miyuki blinked twice, as she opened the small present. To her shock, it was blue silk ribbons that had lace on the edges, and what held them as bows was two blue roses.

"It's a get-well-soon present. I thought that it would be nice to get you some ribbons" Yukina said, smiling, as Miyuki gently began to tie the ribbons in her hair. The ribbons were tied in her hair, as the small girl looked up at Yukina.

"Thank you so much for the gift" Miyuki chirped, as Yukina gently smiled, as the ice apparition seemed happy. Shizuru grinned the whole time, as she glanced over at Yusuke.

"Your little sister is cute, you know that?" Shizuru stated.

Yusuke returned the grin back "Yeah, that's the great thing about her."

"Aww, Urameshi is being cute!" Kuwabara cooed, only to once again, get hit many times by Yusuke, as Shizuru could only shake her head at this. Yukina and Miyuki were engaging in a conversation, thus the two of them were distracting themselves.

Everything was going well with the visit, as everyone was speaking to each other, when Miyuki started to cough quite violently. It caused Yusuke to rush over to his little sister, and began to rub her back, like the way he used to when they were little. Miyuki continued to have her coughing fit, which sounded very bad.

After a minute of the horrible coughing fit, Miyuki managed to calm down, but was wheezing. Keiko grabbed a glass of water and handed it to the younger Urameshi, who gladly accepted it, and drank the cool liquid, as it calmed her burning throat. Botan looked at the girl with worry. She knew Miyuki was ill, but that cough confirmed that it was much worse, despite how happy Miyuki was.

Botan noticed how Yusuke was taking very care of Miyuki. "I wonder how long Miyuki had to suffer this whole time" Botan thought. Even after two weeks, Botan considered Miyuki as a very good friend, as if they had known each other for years. The shinigami could not explain it, but something about Miyuki just made her feel that way.

Botan then remembered the receptionist in the hospital's front desk had mentioned Miyuki having close calls, when she and the others first arrived at the hospital. Botan could only wonder what kind of pain Miyuki went through.

Kurama looked at Miyuki with worry, as her condition reminded him so much of the state his mother was in a few years ago. "Miyuki, are you alright?" he asked, with concern in his voice.

Miyuki looked up at Kurama and gave a weak smile as she nodded her head "Yes, I'll be fine, just another coughing fit." Miyuki croaked, trying to reassure the red-headed demon that she was alright. The way Miyuki said it made Kurama flinch mentally, as that truly did remind him of the same smile and reassurance that his mother gave him, when she was ill. Still, Kurama smiled, as he did not wish to worry the younger teen.

"Do you want me to get you some cough drops, or call a nurse to assist you?" Kurama asked.

Miyuki shook her head no "I'll be alright, please don't trouble yourself. I don't want to trouble the nurses either. Besides, it was just a cough"

"If you are sure" Kurama replied, giving her a small smile

Shizuru looked at the small girl for a moment "How long have you been like this?" she asked. She watched as Miyuki frowned slightly (which Shizuru found adorable by the way) as the Urameshi girl tried to think.

"As long as I can remember" Miyuki answered.

"It started when Miyuki was about two or three. We took care of her until it got worse. Miyuki was about five when she was sent to live here to get better. What a great job they are doing" Yusuke added to Miyuki's answer bitterly.

"Yusuke…" Keiko said, in a sad, yet warning tone. Miyuki adverted her eyes to the window, as everyone seemed to have gotten eerily quiet. Already, the young girl was mentally blaming herself of not being stronger. She wished that she did not have her coughing fit, so there wouldn't be this much tension in the air.

"… Despite her being ill, your sister seems to be strong, for surviving this long, Detective" Hiei said, breaking the silence in the room, as everyone stared at him. It was a bit of shock to Miyuki, since the only time they had ever spoken to each other was when she had inquired about his sword.

Kuwabara looked shocked at this "Whoa! Shrimp is actually starting to be nice?" he asked. This caused Hiei to roll his eyes in annoyance.

"No, you fool; I am not saying it out of sympathy. I am merely pointing out that Urameshi's sister is strong, despite the fact she had to live like this all her life" Hiei stated, with his usual monotone. Yusuke looked over at Miyuki, who looked confused, and ruffled her hair a bit.

"It's Hiei's way of saying he likes you, sis" Yusuke stated with a grin on his face, as Hiei looked away, trying to not show any emotion as he always does. Kurama and Shizuru chuckled at this, as Kuwabara busted out laughing. Yukina smiled at this, as Botan was wondering if this would be the end of the world. Keiko glanced over at Miyuki and Yusuke, whom were both smiling. This was what Keiko wanted to see out of the Urameshi siblings. The two of them smiling brightly, despite the hardships that Miyuki had to face with her sickness.

It was then a knock came from Miyuki's hospital door, which made everyone look over to it. Yusuke glanced over at the door for a moment, and then to his sister, who seemed to have a confused look on her face. Yusuke did not like this one bit. He knew that he and his friends were the only ones visiting his sister today. Many scenarios were going through his head, and one of them was the one he feared the most. A demon discovered Miyuki's existence, tracked her down, and was going to either use or hurt her to get to him.

Yusuke glanced over at his friends. It seemed they all have gotten the same idea. Kurama looked like he was scratching his red locks, but what he was really doing was reaching out for his rose, and a small plant, which the scent of the small flower would cause Miyuki to fall asleep, so that she would not see any of the violence if it were to occur. Kurama knew that Miyuki was not prepared to enter the world that he, her brother, and everyone else knew of. Kuwabara was gathering some spirit energy in his hand, as Hiei had his hand near the hilt of the sword.

Botan, Keiko, Yukina, and Shizuru got closer to Miyuki, as if they were the last defense, but they were also trying to distract the sick girl, and not make her so worried. The four of them were used to the battles that the boys went through, but the girls knew Miyuki was not. It was then the door flew open, and before anyone could react, a blue of yellow and blue brushed past them, and suddenly latched onto Miyuki.

"Miyu-chan! I missed you so much!" a blonde girl cried out, as she was cuddling and snuggling the younger Urameshi. Everyone in the room stared dumbfounded, as the blonde was nearly suffocating Miyuki. It was then a girl with long brown hair, with green dyed bangs, while having a blank look on her face, walking over, and pulled the blonde off of Miyuki.

"Hiromi, what did I say about trying to kill Miyuki with your blasted hugs?" the girl demanded with an annoyed tone.

Hiromi pouted "Aw, Makoto, you're no fun at all!" Hiromi whined, like a puppy, and then she looked over towards Miyuki "Miyu-chan! Tell Makoto that she isn't fun!"

"Oh no, you are not dragging Miyuki into this, and… wait a minute… who the hell are all of you!" Makoto demanded, after she had placed Hiromi down and looked at everyone in the room.

Botan giggled nervously when she saw Makoto's glare. It was almost scary as Hiei's. Botan was unsure if she was suppose be afraid of either glare at this point. "Haha, well… um… w-we're friends of M-Miyuki, hehe?" Botan answered nervously, but froze, when she saw Makoto's glare deepen. That was possibly not a good thing.

"Oh really, you are friends of Miyuki? And may I ask where you guys have been all this time?" Makoto asked crossing her arms, venom dripping from her voice. Keiko could tell that Makoto was possibly suspicious of them. It made sense, seeing as Yusuke and the others only just recently visited Miyuki in the past two weeks.

"Hey! I can ask you the same thing!" Kuwabara shouted as he felt insulted. Makoto shot him a dirty look, which made the carrot-topped headed man freeze up for a moment. Yusuke watched with amazement. Yusuke had to admit, this Makoto chick could beat Hiei at a death-glare contest, if she wanted to.

"I had to take care of my mother, while Hiromi had to watch her siblings and we also had final exams at school. Not to mention I had kendo club, and Hiromi is in the cheer squad. Anything else you would like to know about our personal lives?" Makoto hissed at him. Kuwabara shook his head no, fear in his eyes. Hiromi giggled nervously at this.

Kurama cleared his throat, while trying to break the tension "Forgive us, we recently met Miyuki two weeks ago, but she had talked about the two of you" Kurama said, giving a smile. The red head watched Makoto calm down a little, but her eyes spotted Yusuke, and the glare intensified.

Yusuke felt like he was going to die "What?" he asked. Before anyone could react, Makoto had walked over to Yusuke, and did something quite shocking. She pinned Yusuke to the wall, with her arm pressing against his neck. Hiromi, who knew Makoto too well, had to cover Miyuki's eyes so that she would not see Makoto about to beat up Yusuke. Everyone stood there shocked. It was due to the fact that Yusuke was caught off guard.

"I should beat the shit out of you" Makoto snapped, as she was looking straight at Yusuke's eyes. "You finally show up after all these years, and you expect me to be okay with that?" Makoto asked. Yusuke managed to push Makoto off of him, and then he rubbed his neck, as it was throbbing quite painfully, as he cleared his throat a couple of times. Yusuke had to admit, Makoto was stronger than she looked.

Yusuke then looked at Makoto straight in the eye. "Look, I didn't mean to not visit Miyuki all this time, but things had come up that kept me away for a short while." Yusuke explained, but then he saw Makoto's dark look. He wouldn't admit it to anyone, but he was glad Miyuki had a friend like Makoto. After all, it meant that there was someone looking out for Miyuki when he wasn't able to. "Still, that is not an excuse. I'm back though, so get used to my ass being here." Yusuke said, as he grinned.

Makoto scoffed, as she crossed her arms "It better be here, or else I am going to hunt your ass down and make you regret not coming back" Makoto answered stiffly. Hiromi sighed with relief, as she uncovered Miyuki's eyes. The Urameshi girl blinked twice, as she looked over at Yusuke and Makoto with some worry and concern.

"I-Is everything okay?" Miyuki asked.

Makoto sighed, and nodded, as she gave a slight smile "Yeah, we're okay. Just letting your brother know how annoyed I was when he didn't come to visit you"

"Hey! Don't be acting all innocent, you she-demon! You nearly killed Urameshi!" Kuwabara shouted trying to defend Yusuke, as he did not want Makoto to get away with what she did. He soon regretted his words, when Makoto walked over to Kuwabara, and gave a sweet smile. Yet, her eyes were showing killer intent.

"What was that, Carrot-top?" Makoto asked sweetly.

"N-Nothing" Kuwabara stuttered out, as his eyes were wide with fright.

Kurama let out a quiet chuckle "It seems that Makoto-san is going to be very tough competition, right Hiei?" Kurama quietly joked. Hiei only 'hn'd' and looked away.

Hiromi clapped her hands, as she was smiling the whole time "Ah! Introductions are in order. I'm Hiromi Katsumora, and the one who had made a grand entrance is Makoto Harubasa!" the blonde chirped, as she bowed half-way and straightened back up. Makoto just gave a short wave, and then crossed her arms.

Kurama could not help that Hiromi reminded him of Botan and Yukina mixed together "My name is Shuichi Minamino; it's very nice to meet you, Hiromi-san, and Makoto-san" he said, introducing himself.

"My name is Botan; it's finally nice to meet the both of you!" Botan squealed with joy, as she grabbed Hiromi's hand.

Yukina smiled "I'm Yukina. I just met Miyuki, and she's very nice" Yukina said. Makoto glanced over at Yukina and nodded her head.

"Sorry about the scare, kid." Makoto answered.

"I-It's quite alright. You were just looking out for Miyuki"

Shizuru grinned "Yeah, it's no problem. Besides, it shows how much you care for Miyuki. The name is Shizuru Kuwabara. Carrot-top is my little brother, Kazuma"

"Hey! I can introduce myself, Shizuru!" Kuwabara shouted annoyed. This only earned an eye-roll from the eldest girl in the group.

"Yes, but that would only piss off Makoto even more"

"Hey! It's not my fault she has an attitude problem worse than Hiei's!" It was then Kuwabara saw both Makoto and Hiei glaring at him, which made the orange-haired boy shut his mouth, and quickly hid behind Miyuki's bed.

Makoto then glanced over at Hiei "I take it your Hiei?" Makoto asked. Hiei just nodded his head, before looking away. Makoto then looked over to Keiko, Yusuke, and Miyuki with a bored look in her eyes "Is he always like that?"

Yusuke laughed a bit "Yeah, Hiei keeps to himself." Yusuke explained. Makoto just nodded her head.

"Oh! Hiromi, you must tell me how you and Makoto met Miyuki!" Botan suggested. The blonde blinked twice, then gave a small grin and nodded her head.

"Sure. Well, we all met when we were all around eight years old, while Keiko and Yusuke were close to eleven. I had a surgery to get rid of my tonsils. Makoto was visiting me, and the two of us were walking around the hospital wing, when we stumbled into Miyuki's room. Pretty much, the three of us became the three musketeers!" Hiromi exclaimed. Makoto only shook her head at the group name Hiromi had given them.

Miyuki smiled a bit at this "That was one of the books Makoto was reading. When she explained about the three musketeers, Hiromi thought it would have been a good idea to call ourselves that, since there was only the three of us."

"What a mistake I made. Whenever we are about to leave, Hiromi forces us to say the whole, 'all for one and one for all' stuff. You know, Hiromi, if the author was still alive, we get our asses sued for copy-right" Makoto said.

Hiromi just spat her tongue "Naaa! You know you have fun with that!" Hiromi joked, as Miyuki was laughing the whole time, as the others watched. Yusuke had a grin on his face, while he watched Makoto giving death threats to Hiromi, who seemed to not be fazed by them, as Miyuki was smiling and giggling the whole time.

Soon, time had passed, and the sun was close to setting. Miyuki was soon looking at a book that Keiko had brought, which was folklore and legends within Tokyo. She was reading it with Hiromi and Makoto, as the others were speaking amongst themselves. Yusuke glanced over at his little sister every now and then. Botan then peeked over, seeing as the two were reading about the tengu.

"My, I didn't know you were into these" Botan commented. Miyuki looked up and nodded her head.

Hiromi gave a slight grin "Miyu-chan had been interested with the supernatural since we met her. She wants to be a researcher to study legends, and figure out how they were made!"

"It might take a while, but Miyuki can do it" Makoto agreed, as she continued to read the chapter. Makoto noticed that the chapter about haunting and other things related to ghosts was read the most. It made Makoto wonder what Miyuki was always reading things about ghosts. The girl kept it to herself though, as she knew that it was one of Miyuki's favorite things to talk about, whenever she had the chance.

Botan smiled at this "Ah, I see. I'm sure Miyuki will do a very good job!" Botan chirped

"Yep, that's my little sister for you. Always the nerd" Yusuke joked, as he ruffled Miyuki's hair. Miyuki giggled a bit, as Yukina smiled at this. The ice koorime was happy that Miyuki and Yusuke were together. She can only hope that she would have her brother do the same thing, when she would find him.

Then, the door opened, and a nurse walked in. "The doctor is going to come in and do a check-up, so I need to ask you all to leave" the nurse said, in a no-nonsense tone.

Hiromi frowned a bit. "Can't we stay? If it's just to see how Miyuki is, I don't think we should leave." Hiromi answered.

"No. You all need to leave. The doctor can't do his job with all of you in here in the room. You do want Miyuki to get better, don't you?"

Makoto glared at the nurse, along with Yusuke. The nurse flinched at this. "If I were you, I would watch that mouth of yours." Makoto warned.

"Yeah, don't even have the right say that, since none of you are actually making my sister better. She's still in the same state when she was brought here when she was five!" Yusuke hissed. The nurse took a step back at this. Keiko went over to Yusuke and gently grasped his hands. Miyuki had noticed everyone getting worried. The small girl was starting to feel bad about her condition again.

"We are trying all we can" a voice said from the doorway. Everyone looked toward the door, to see a middle-aged man standing there, as he looked towards Yusuke "Hello, Yusuke. It's nice to see you again" the doctor said, giving a smile.

Yusuke just shrugged "Sup' Doctor Okinawa"

"So, do we have to leave?" Makoto asked.

"I'm sorry, but Miyuki has to undergo a few tests, and it would take a while." Okinawa answered, as he noticed everyone looking a bit disappointed.

"… Alright, but you better fix Miyuki!" Hiromi exclaimed.

Okinawa laughed, as he nodded his head in agreement. Satisfied, everyone was saying their good-byes, as Miyuki could only smile and tell them that she would wait for them. Yet, Miyuki knew that she was going to have to be careful. After all, she had a promise to fulfill. To save Hoshimaru's little sister. There was a chance that she might die, but at the same time, Miyuki was not afraid. She needed to do this, since she was the only one who can at this point.

"Get better, Miyuki, okay" Yusuke said, as he hugged the small girl. Miyuki nodded her head, as she hugged her older brother back.

"I promise, Yusuke" Miyuki agreed.

And done! Finally, I have finished this chapter. I hope that you guys will like this. So yeah, it seems that things are starting to heat up a bit. Also, I hope you liked Hiromi and Makoto! They both have a role in this little story as well! So yeah, Read and Review please!

FireStorm1991: Yay! I'm glad you find Miyuki cute!