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Summary: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 Five: The Awakening

Miyuki sat there the whole time, as Okinawa was checking her blood pressure. It had been two hours, and already, the small girl had her annual shots, blood tests, and a usual check-up. The small girl glanced at the clock, knowing around nine, it would be time for her to be asleep. Though, she wasn't going to sleep. She had a mission to do, which was save the little sister of Hoshimaru, Chizu. She still could not grasp that someone would attempt to kill a little baby.

It was then Okinawa had returned, as he gave the small girl a gentle smile "Well, all the tests are done. So far, everything is going well. Still, you do have to rest, along with taking the medicine, and staying here. Understand, Miyuki?"

"Yes, Okinawa-sensei." she replied, as she nodded her head. The doctor smiled, as he nodded his head, and began to leave the room, as Miyuki looked out the window. She clenched her blankets, while she had a worried look on her face. What if she wasn't able to save Chizu… and what if she ended up dying in the process? That was something Miyuki was a bit afraid of. Though, if she died, and little Chizu would be alive, that was all that mattered to her.

Miyuki looked out to see the snow was falling again outside, as it was gentle and cold out there. The black-haired girl waited until the hallway lights went off, and the nurses made their rounds, before Miyuki had gotten out of bed, and took out a pair of boots, and a black jacket. Miyuki placed the jacket on, along with the boots, as the girl had peeked out, to make sure no one was around, before she quietly closed the door and began to head to the stairs.

As she was running down the stairs, Saya appeared next to her, and looked at Miyuki with a serious look in her eyes. "The cost is clear. The cameras have been moved to the other way, so security won't be able to see you, but you better hurry and leave, before they come to fix it,"

"Okay, thank you, Saya." Miyuki chirped, with a soft smile on her face, as she was grateful for the spirit helping her. Saya merely nodded her head, before she vanished. The small girl had soon gotten outside, as she continued to run as fast as her feet could take her, before she was finally gotten outside of the hospital's gate. Miyuki breathed heavily, as she was leaning down, with her hands on her knees. She then looked up, and saw the scenery around her.

There was snow on the ground, as she looked at the tree branches, to see it was covered with the white powder that is called snow. Yet, Miyuki could not let herself be distracted. She needed to go and help Hoshimaru's sister. The girl waited, until the said spirit had appeared before her. He nodded to her, before he began to lead Miyuki to his house. The whole time, there was worry going through her mind. Never had she done something like this before, this would be the first time she would be doing a rescue mission.

Usually, she would be returning lost trinkets or giving something to a member of the family of the spirit who visited her. So of course, Miyuki was nervous if things were going to go well with this task. It was around eleven when they got to the house where Hoshimaru's family lived. Everything seemed quiet, as Miyuki followed the male spirit into the backyard. The whole time, Miyuki could see from the windows, a woman walking around, glancing at the clock, as there seemed to be some sort of button in her hands.

"Um, Hoshimaru, who is that lady?" Miyuki asked, as she looked up at the brown-haired teen. She noticed him starting to scowl, as she knew one thing. This lady might be bad news, despite how nice and pretty she looked. Miyuki was a naïve little thing. Then again, being inside a hospital all your life might make someone that way. Looking at the woman again, she noticed she wore a business suit, as her hair was wavy. She wore make-up, but it seemed a bit too much for Miyuki's liking.

"Mina Fumaki. She's one of my step-father's associates. Also his one-night stands," Hoshimaru explained.

"Um… Hoshimaru… what's a one-night stand?" Miyuki asked,

Hoshimaru flinched, as he looked at her flabbergasted, until he remembered that she was only fourteen. "It's uh… You'll find out when you're older."

"Oh! Okay… Hey, Mina is leaving…" Miyuki stated, as she noticed the woman had left the room, and saw her walking down the street, as the woman seemed to be smirking. Miyuki then heard Hoshimaru curse under his breath. She then realized that they were starting to send the plan into motion.

"Damn it, I thought we'd have more time. Miyuki, we gotta go. I'll unlock the back door, and get the items. You need to get Chizu out of the house!" Hoshimaru exclaimed, as he flew over and phased into the house, heading to find the information and reports that his step-father had that showed he was guilty for both his and his father's death, along with plan to kill Chizu and get his mother's money.

Miyuki wasted no time, as she quickly rushed from her hiding spot and to the back door. Miyuki fumbled with the doorknob, but she managed to open the door and rush inside. She tripped while rushing inside. The girl heard rustling in a nearby room, knowing that Hoshimaru was inside there. Miyuki ran around the house, until she found the stairs, and quickly climbed up. From there, she heard crying. Miyuki looked to a closed door, and rushed to it. She grasped the doorknob and tried to turn it, but to her shock, it was locked.

"Oh no… T-They locked Chizu in her room!" Miyuki thought in alarm. Knowing that there was no time to waste, Miyuki began to use her body to hit the door, as she backed away, and ran into the door, ramming it. She repeated this, about twenty times, until finally, the door flew open, and Miyuki had fallen in the pink room. The crying became whimpers, as Miyuki looked up, to see a two-year-old little girl staring right at her. The girl had wide brown eyes, as her brown hair was in pig-tails. Miyuki knew the little girl in white pajamas was Chizu.

There was a silence, as Miyuki got up, and went over to the child "Chizu? I-I'm here to get you out of the house. I-It's not safe, and your brother wants me to help you." Miyuki quietly said, as she did not want to frighten the little girl than she already was. Miyuki saw Chizu look up at her, and gave a smile and a giggle.

"Hwoshi! Hwoshi!" the child babbled, as Miyuki could not help but giggle. She picked Chizu up from her crib, and left the room as she was smiling at the toddler. Yet as soon as Miyuki did that, there was a blast behind her, making her hold onto Chizu tightly, while the force of the blast had pushed her down onto the floor. Chizu cried, as Miyuki looked up, only to see fire was surrounding them. The girl's brown eyes went wide with shock and fear, as Miyuki could only hope for a miracle.

Meanwhile…

At the very moment, before Miyuki went into the house, Yusuke, Kurama, Hiei, and Kuwabara were in the spirit world presently. Each of them was summoned by Koenma, after Botan had sent them the message. They knew it was urgent, but wondered what Koenma wanted this time. Yusuke was thinking of many things. Maybe it was yet another demon that wanted to destroy the human world again. There is a possibility of another tournament, or it was just to hunt down some demons who stole something. Again.

Yusuke then snapped out of his thoughts, as Koenma entered the room, and sat on his big chair, and pulled himself into his desk, trying to act like a businessman that he is, though it may have been hard to take him seriously, since he was in a form of a toddler. Botan had entered as well, while she stood next to Koenma. "Alright, Binky-breath, what is it this time?" Yusuke asked.

"What, no hello, or 'Hi, Koenma, it's been a while?'… Oh, don't give me that look," Koenma said with a bored look on his face. The prince of the spirit world noticed the looks everyone was giving him, so he cleared his throat, and looked at them seriously. "There is a serious matter at hand, which will affect everything… The Shikigami Maiden will awaken tonight."

Yusuke was confused, as he had never heard of such a person, nor did Kuwabara. Yet, to Yusuke's shock, it seemed that Kurama and Hiei knew what Koenma was talking about just by their shocked looks. "Koenma… are you sure that the girl will awaken tonight?" Kurama asked.

"Yes. We've noticed lesser demons around the city. Not to mention the last Shikigami maiden had given us an item to alert us." Koenma explained, as he pulled out a small clear marble. Yet, the marble was giving out a warm silver glow. "She said when the marble begins to glow; it's a sign that the next maiden is to awaken."

"Okay, just who the hell is this Shikigami maiden?" Yusuke asked, getting frustrated since no one was explaining anything.

Kuwabara looked appalled at Yusuke's attitude. "Urameshi! That is no way to talk about a lady." The carrot-topped man scolded.

"For once, the idiot is right. The girl in question actually is worth protecting." Hiei stated, as Yusuke and Kuwabara looked at him shocked. They both knew Hiei didn't really like humans, but a few, like Miyuki and Genkai for example, even though he never really showed it. So of course, seeing Hiei being concerned for a girl they never met, it made Yusuke wonder how important this maiden was. He also wondered if this Shikigami maiden was even human.

Yusuke looked at Koenma, and crossed his arms "So, you mind explaining who this chick is?"

"Yes, the Shikigami maiden is a human woman, who is born with incredible spirit energy. In a way, many confused her as a 'witch' in some cultures. Yet, because of that spirit energy, many demons sought after her, as she would power any demons, if they either consumed her soul or mated with her. Yet, many times, the maiden dies by getting killed, or committing suicide, before the demon could even become powerful."

"What, are you serious, they'd go after an innocent girl because of that?!" Kuwabara demanded.

"Despite the harshness, it's true, Kuwabara. If the Shikigami maiden was a demon, she'd have no trouble protecting herself, but due to her only being human, it made her an easier target. To tell the truth, when I was Youko, I met the current maiden, it took a lot of restraint to not harm her, especially when she had a set of 'familiars' that were willing to kill just to keep her safe." Kurama explained.

"Familiars, what the heck are those?"

Botan nodded her head "Depending how powerful the shikigami maiden will be, she gets a set of familiars, appearing to protect her. They are spirits of nature, or minor demons that wish to protect the maiden, either because she had befriended them, or wish to grow stronger, just being in her presence."

Yusuke looked over at Kurama and Hiei "So, if we go and find this chick, you guys will be okay?"

"We're S class demons who are allowed to traverse into the human realm. We have no need for the girl, but others will try and go after her," Hiei stated, as he gave his usual glare.

Koenma tossed the marble over to Yusuke, who caught it with ease. "Now, the maiden will awaken, but her presence will not be felt by everyone who has spirit awareness until a few days. The marble will glow, alerting you that she is near. Don't lose it, because it will help you find her, if you lose her. We don't want any demon to get their hands on that marble." Koenma explained.

Yusuke only nodded his head while rolling his eyes with annoyance, "Yeah, yeah, we won't lose it" he droned as he glanced down at the clear marble in his hand. The small little glow was starting to brighten a bit, as he wondered who the unlucky girl was. He shouldn't think like this, but Yusuke was sure that after hearing what many of the past shikigami maidens went through, he wasn't surprised that this girl will have a series of bad luck. Especially when demons are involved with the bad luck and many misfortunes that fell upon the past shikigami maidens.

Though, Yusuke had to wonder who this girl was. He was already thinking it would be some sort of air-head or a spoiled brat. Still, he wondered if the girl was someone who would risk their life to save another, as Koenma said, so it couldn't really be a spoiled brat. Maybe it was the air-head. All Yusuke knew was that he was going to be stuck baby-sitting some random girl they don't even know. Yep, that was the story of his life. Still, it meant Miyuki getting another friend, but then again, Yusuke would rather not want to risk his sister's life for a total stranger.

Yusuke knew one thing. This was going to be one of those adventures.

P.O.V: Miyuki

"Hwoshi! I scwared! Mama, where are you, Mama!" Chizu cried out, as the small girl was clinging onto Miyuki, while the toddler had big tears falling from her eyes. Miyuki was running, trying to find an exit, but wherever she turned, there was fire blocking her path. The girl held onto Chizu tightly, as she was running wherever her feet took her. The best option was for her to get away from the smoke and fire, and try to find an exit.

Miyuki rushed downstairs, as she was making sure that Chizu was okay. The baby girl looked at her, and let out a whimper. Miyuki gave a smile "Don't worry, Chizu-chan, I'll make sure you get out of here safely" Miyuki whispered, making sure that it was a promise. There was no way to see if she would make it out alive, but as long as Chizu would be safe from harm, that was all that mattered to her. She promised Hoshimaru that she would save his sister, no matter what.

When the pair got downstairs, Miyuki saw the fire had quickly spread from the upstairs to downstairs as well. It was as if the fire was alive, and it was determined to set the two of them aflame, or make them die from the smoke that Miyuki was so desperately trying to prevent Chizu from breathing. Her eyes darted around for any exit, but there was none. Suddenly, Hoshimaru appeared infront of her, as Chizu looked up and smiled brightly "Hwoshi!" Chizu chirped.

"Hoshimaru! I-Is there any way out?" Miyuki asked.

"No, though the police, fire department, and my mom is arriving." Hoshimaru explained, as he ruffled Chizu's hair. It was then Hoshimaru had placed something in her other arm. "This is all the evidence we need to show that my step-dad is a snake"

Miyuki nodded her head, but then she smelled something. It made her eyes widen. The smell was gas. There was no way they would survive if there was an explosion. Miyuki then spotted a window, where there was a crowd outside. Miyuki knew that the window was the only way out. The girl took off her coat, while balancing Chizu and the files, before wrapping the two into the coat.

"Miyuki, what are you doing?" Hoshimaru asked.

"There's a gas leak! I smell gas, and I think this is a second part of the plan if the fire department got here!" Miyuki explained in a waivering voice, as she backed away, before she started to run as fast as her feet could take her. It was then a loud boom was heard behind her, and Miyuki jumped, using enough force to push herself to the window. The explosion behind her had helped her get put of the window, as the entire house had burst into flames.

Everything was in slow-motion. As Miyuki had broken through the window, she noticed something strange around her. It was as if she was in a protective sphere of light, which seemed to be unseen by the crowd. The flames licked around the sphere, as she and Chizu were air born. It was then Miyuki landed on the ground, as she noticed that she was no harmed. Looking down at Chizu, the toddler was safe and sound. The sphere had disappeared, and Miyuki looked around her surroundings. They were outside of the burning house.

Suddenly, the girl felt herself being lifted off the snowy ground, and being leaded somewhere. Before she knew, she and Chizu were sitting in an ambulance, as the paramedics were checking on them. A woman wearing a party dress with a puffy coat rushed to them, as Chizu giggled, and held out her hands "Mama! Mama!" the baby cried out, as the woman, who was Hoshimaru and Chizu's mother, held Chizu tightly in her arms.

"Oh, Chizu, you're safe!" the woman cried, as Miyuki could only smile at this, but then she notice a man marching over to them, as she felt her blood run cold. This must be the man who attempted to murder Chizu, and had killed Hoshimaru and their father. The man's cold eyes landed on her, as they became murderous as he glared down at her. Miyuki knew that this was not going to end well.

"I want that girl arrested! She caused my house to burn down!" the balding man shouted with anger and hatred in his voice. Miyuki could understand, as she had just stopped his plan from killing an innocent child, and now he was trying to make her the bad guy, which made the girl wince. She didn't like the fact that the man had been trying to do this horrible act in the first place.

The woman looked over to him, frowning. "Tenzu! This girl just saved my baby! You don't even know if she caused this fire!"

"Misa, why was she in our house in the first place!?" Tenzu demanded.

The police officer looked over to Miyuki "That is a good question young lady, why were you in the house in the first place?" he asked.

Miyuki looked down, as she was not good at lying, but then Hoshimaru appeared beside her, and whispered something in her ear, and the girl looked up at the officer, as she began to tell what Hoshimaru had told her to say.

"Well… t-to tell you the t-truth… I-I'm suppose to be in the hospital. I snuck out, b-but I was going to head back… but… but when I was, I was passing this house when I saw a woman leave it. She was laughing to herself and holding this device in her hand, and left the door unlocked. I was going to shut it, when I heard crying. I ran in and saw that a door to the room was locked, so I had to break it down. T-The little girl was left all alone, sir! I couldn't just leave her in there! I also noticed that this was in the room," Miyuki explained, while handing the officer the file "I was going to call you all to report the child being locked in the room in an empty house, when the fire started."

Misao's eyes went wide in shock, and then they flared with anger, as she looked over to Tenzu. "Your secretary locked Chizu in the room!? Do you know how extremely lucky we are!? This girl saved Chizu's life due to the negligence of Mina! You cannot have this girl arrested! Especially if she is suppose to be in a hospital getting medical treatment!"

"She's insane, Misao! We cannot believe her!"

"Actually… Tenzu Ikitsu, the girl is sane, and you are an evil scumbag." The officer stated, as Tenzu eyes landed on the file that was in the officer's hand. Miyuki noticed that he paled and then looked angry, as rage and a murderous look appeared on his face, while he looked directly at her. The officer did not notice this though. "I must admit, the deaths of Len and Hoshimaru Kaitsumora looked accidental, but these files shed some light into their cases, not to mention that this 'accidental fire' was just a set up to get rid of all the evidence and kill Chizu Kaitsumora as well. It's enough to arrest you,"

Tenzu became red with rage, and before Miyuki or anyone could react, the man had rushed over, and grabbed Miyuki by the neck, and then he attempted to choke her, as Miyuki was trying to loosen his grasp. "I'll kill you, you little bitch! Everything was going well, and you had to come along and destroy everything! I could have been rich! RICH! You just had to get in the way! I'll kill you!" the man shouted. Miyuki let out a whimper, before the officers, and the other men present removed Tenzu's hands from her neck, and held him down.

Miyuki was wheezing in pain, as she tenderly rubbed her sore neck. The officer placed handcuffs on Tenzu, as he and a few others were dragging the screaming and kicking man away. Miyuki noticed Misao, who had managed to keep calm, seemed like she was about to cry. Miyuki went over to the woman, as Chizu smiled at her, before burying her head into her mother's shoulder. "… Are you alright?" Misao asked.

"Yes, I'm alright… are you alright though?" Miyuki asked, knowing that the woman must be confused and hurt. She could tell she was starting love Tenzu, but this act of betrayal made it rough.

"…No." Misao held onto Chizu tightly, as tears began to stream down the woman's face. "This whole time, I thought the man loved us. He tried to be there when he died… only now I find out he killed my husband, my son, and tried to kill my little girl! Just what kind of a woman am I!? To let a total stranger walk in, take everything, and just allow it? Why did I let my husband and son die in the hands of that mad-man?"

Miyuki watched as the woman cried, while Chizu looked at her mother with confusion, and was trying to get the tears out of her mother's face. The young Urameshi felt her heart break seeing the sight. She then noticed Hoshimaru looking at his mother with sadness in his eyes. The girl knew Hoshimaru never blamed Misao for his death. How could she have known about Tenzu?

"Misao-san… Hoshimaru doesn't blame you for his death. He knows that you are a good mother," Miyuki started to say, as the woman looked up at her with alarm. The officer said Ren and Hoshimaru's names, but didn't specify who was who, that Miyuki knew, but she continued, "He knows that you would have done everything in your power to protect him and Chizu. He loves you so much, that he could not possibly hate you."

Before Miyuki could even react, she felt arms gently wrap around her, as Misao was crying onto the girl's shoulder, while Chizu giggled and hugged Miyuki as well, while saying 'Miyu' many times. "Thank you, Miyuki," the woman whispered, as Miyuki looked over to Hoshimaru, who nodded his head.

"Yeah, thanks, Kid… for everything." Hoshimaru said with a soft smile, before he vanished in light. Miyuki knew one thing from the light. Hoshimaru found peace and was heading to find a ferry girl to guide him to the spirit world. Miyuki was then guided into the ambulance, as they were going to take her and Chizu to the hospital, to make sure they were okay. As Miyuki closed her eyes, to get some much needed sleep, she did not notice them. In the crowd of people, to some rooftops, there were lower class demons.

They sensed her, the minute Miyuki had shielded Chizu and herself from the fire. They knew it was time. The shikigami maiden was about to awaken. The demons knew it was the girl, but they were still unsure. For now, they were going to watch her for a few days, to see if they guessed the right girl. Unknown to the demons though, another pair of eyes were watching the events unfold tonight.

The pair of pure red eyes watched the ambulance take the girl away. The small figure was sitting in the tree, observing everything that had happened. Looking up at the moon, the creature decided to follow and observe even further. After all, wasn't it one's duty to watch over their charge? The spirit hoped that this girl would not end up like the rest of the maidens. The creature could not bear to fail another, and had trained every single day to become strong and to reach this point and time.

"…It won't end like all the other times." The figure said to no one in particular. Looking at the moon again, the spirit frown, as the wings on it's back fluttered every now and then, while it's glowing body was sitting on the ambulance. "I'll defy fate this time. She will not die and I will not let a demon harm this girl, you got me!" the spirit shouted at the sky.

Although the spirit received no answer, its cries were heard, and that was satisfying enough. Sighing, the spirit looked ahead, wondering what lies beyond the future from now on. It's bad enough that the lower demons were sensing her, but what about the high demons? The spirit knew many would try and find this girl. It was mostly to gain power, or to mate with her in order to have powerful children or to just show that they had a powerful wife.

It didn't help that the girl was absolutely adorable, and that her innocence and being naïve was also trouble. The spirit could only hope that no one would be after her this time, due to the leader of the demon world decree, that no demon would cause trouble. Yet, there were always rule breakers, and no one assumed that the shikigami maiden was going to be born at this time. Still, the spirit was going to do all it can to protect this child. Even this spirit does not know that it's going to receive help in protecting this little girl.

After all, the spirit detective was going to personally be involved in this case.

Thus ends another chapter of this story, my friends! I would like to apologize for my absence but life decided to attack me. I'm working on the chapters as best as possible. So yeah, hopefully this turned out well. Once again, I want to apologize in advance if the canon characters are ooc. I tried my best to make them in character!

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