The following day, Kurama took Hikaru out to a bamboo field for training. They came to what Hikaru thought was the center of the field.
"This will be own training ground. I trained Kwabara here in this very same spot."Said Kurama
"So, what`s the first thing to learn?"Asked Hikaru
"Well, you already know a few moves but, you lack basic martial arts. You can`t fight without knowing how to use your kicks and punches." Explained Kurama
"So, I get to spar with you?"
"No. It`s too soon. We`ll start with mediation to make you more in tune with your spirit energy." Kurama sat down and got in position.
"Is that it?" Hikaru was somewhat disappointed but, she took the same position as Kurama. Hikaru took out some candy to eat. She was starting to get hungry.
"Put it away." Kurama ordered her.
"But I hardly had a breakfast. We ran out the house too fast." Hikaru wined
"I guess you are not serious about this. We can stop if you want." He pressed
"I am, I am! Sorry." Hikaru went back to her position and focus. Several hours past and they were still doing the same routine. Finally, Kurama got up and pulled Hikaru up from the ground.
"Good. It seems you have good balance with your energy already."Said Kurama
'I`m just glad I didn`t fall asleep.' Thought Hikaru
"I guess we can start on some fighting skill since you have your energy in check."
Hikaru nodded ready to go until her stomach rumbled expressing her hunger. Hikaru blushed while Kurama sighed.
"If you're hungry, we can take a break. No need to push yourself on the first day." But Hikaru shook her head no.
"Let`s keep going. I want to learn fast." Hikaru stood ready again.
"Fine. You probably will not get another break for awhile. Are you sure?" Kurama wanted to make sure that she did not over do.
"I`m positive."
"Ok. Get ready." Kurama took a fighting stance as did Hikaru. Hikaru rushed in and swung a punch at him but, he dodged too quickly. She tried again but this time she tried a kick to his legs. It almost caught Kurama off guard but he moved fast enough to avoid it.
"That`s not a bad move. At least you're thinking while you're fighting."Kurama sent a kick to her face but stopped one inch to her face. "However, you`re still too slow."
Hikaru and Kurama practiced for hours on end. It was late at night when they finally stopped. Hikaru had made a little process. Maybe her half-demon energy was the cause of this. She was learning at an abnormal speed, almost like it was natural born instinct to her. The red head siblings headed home and called it a day.
They continued this training session everyday for a week. Yusuke in that week didn`t heard anything from Yoshshiro. The demon had not shown himself since he first came. Spirit world couldn`t even find any clues as to where he was hiding or the demon`s background. It was like he never existed in the first place. All data on the demon was gone. Hikaru was the only one to have enough contact with Yoshshiro. Yusuke decided to stop by Kurama`s house with Botan to see information they could gather.
"Hikaru, what can you tell us about this demon? The one from a week ago." Asked Botan
"um, you mean what he wants?" Her huge grey eyes were full of confuse.
Yusuke and Botan nodded in unison, "Well, his name is Yoshshiro. He said that his three friends and him were going to do something to Spirit world and Human world in a month or so. He just got to Human world to meet up with them." Said Hikaru
"Anything else?" Yusuke pressed on, "That`s all he told you?"
Hikaru nodded, "Sorry. That`s all he said."
"At least we know where he plans to strike." Said Yusuke "Thanks Kid."
Hikaru smiled wide "Your welcome. I`m glad I could help." She felt so happy that she could be of some help to Yusuke and the others."Soon I`ll be as strong as you guys so I can fight and help out more."
"So you been training, huh? I`ll forward to that. I can use the extra help." Smiled Yusuke
"Yep. My brother started to train me to fight. I feel stronger already." Hikaru smiled wide
"By the way, Where`d your Brother go?" asked Yusuke.
"I don`t know. He said it was something important." Hikaru pouted "He never tells me what it is."
Yusuke laughed patting Hikaru on the head. They said their goodbyes as Hikaru locked the door behind them. It was near sunset, so she ate cercal for dinner and went to watch television while she waited for someone to come home. She hated the silence of being alone in the house so, she was itching for someone to come home.
Suddenly, a thump was heard somewhere in the house. Hikaru jumped at the sudden sound. "Who`s there?" her voice was shaking. She got up from the couch and looked a rounded for the source.
Thump!
Hikaru got out her hammer and moved upstairs to her room. She didn`t bother to turn the lights on. She climbed onto her bed with her back to the wall, but she felt a warm body against her back breathing down on her. Her whole body shook in fear. The mysterious figured laughed in a deep tone in an unfamiliar voice. "Hello there." The voice whispered. It was a man. Hikaru swung her ton hammer behind her at full force. The man grabbed it and pulled her up by the heavy hammer. Hikaru quickly let go and wildly threw punches and kicks. All were dodged. The man lifted her up by the shirt and punched in her in the stomach with so much energy that Hikaru coughed up blood.
"I got her!" he yelled out, "What do you want to do now?"
Three more figures came into the room. The last one flipped the lights on. Yoshshiro was among them. The other two behind him were two guys. The first one was tall with a wide chest and brown hair with two fangs coming out of his mouth. The other was a blond man a little shorter than Yoshshiro, grinning the whole time.
"That`s the kid you wanted? A half breed brat?" the tall one yelled
The blond one grabbed her from the man that had punched her. "She doesn`t look like anything special." His voice was tender and gentle. He sniffed her" She`s a fox demon alright."
Hikaru`s heart was pounding so loud that the four demons could probably hear it. She knew for a fact that she couldn`t fight four demon at once. The best she could do was to try to escape. She struggled to get out of the demon`s grip without choking herself.
"Oh look. She still has some fight left I her." The intruder said. He had green hair that was shaped to the right side of his face. His black eyes were like a hawk`s laughing at the little fox demon.
Luckily she had a white t shirt under her blue sweater so she slid out of her sweater and ran for the door. Before she could make it the tallest one grabbed her red hair and pulled her back.
"Where were you going half breed?" he said
"Let go of me!" She screamed in pain. She took out some leafs and sharpened them. She through them at the large demon`s face cutting him above the eye.
"You little brat!" He threw a fist towards her face but, Yoshshiro grabbed his arm.
"Stop. We need her."He said.
The guy let her go and Yoshshiro grabbed her throat and held her up in the air "What do you want?" Hikaru choked her words out.
"You. Your power." He said "You have the same blood as the legendary Yoko Kurama, correct?"
Hikaru struggled in his grip, losing breath."I don`t understand?" she spat "I`m not nearly as strong as my brother. Why me?"
"It`s Because he does not possess human blood like you. It`s necessary for our plan." He gripped her neck harder "But you're still too weak. Your inner demon is not fully awakened yet. This visit was just a heads up. We`ll be back. The underworld will be opened and the master will rise. " He threw Hikaru onto the bed as she gasped for air, coughing."Keep up the training."
"See ya Kid." The green haired one said as they left from the window.
Hikaru was frozen on the bed trembling."T-the underworld?" she whispered "And I`m the one who can…" Her vision blurred as tears welled up in her grey eyes.
Kurama came home around eight from his unknown mission. He took off his shoes and looked around for his little sister."Hikaru?" he called He walked up to her room and knocked on the door."Are you awake? Hikaru?" She didn`t answer. He opened the door and saw Hikaru curled into a ball shaking.
"Hikaru are you okay?" he touched her shoulder. She jumped and took out her hammer screaming and swings it around in no exacted direction.
Kurama moved out of the way in shock at her sudden outburst. He stopped her by cutting the hammer to pieces with his rose whip. Kurama grabbed her and calmed her down." Hikaru, it`s just me." he said "What`s wrong with you?"
Hikaru stopped and panted heavily." Kurama?" Tears fell from her eyes like waterfalls. "They… Yoshshiro…"
"Yoshshiro was here?"He said "Where did he go?"
Hikaru shook her head shaking violently."He...just left." Kurama got up to follow after Yoshshiro. He could still catch up to him if he went now.
"Stay here. I`ll be right-"
"NO!"Hikaru grabbed her brother`s waist," Don`t go. Don`t leave me again. They`ll kill me." she sobbed into his shirt.
"They`ll?" Kurama bent down to her height "Their where others with him?"
Hikaru nodded wiping her tears but, they still came down hard. "They`ll take me away. Please don`t go."
Kurama was confused. What could they want with Hikaru? They must have said something to scare her to tears. He had never seen Hikaru so frightened. He then noticed the blood in her mouth and her hair was a mess."Alright, I`m not going anywhere." He soothed the little girl as she cried in his embrace.