Hey. Sorry for the late updates. I have had some writers block so I start editing my other stories and chapters. I happy to say that I've finished this chapter and have a good chunk of the next one done. Please enjoy. I only own Sora in this chapter.
Ch. 7 Who don't you know?
Yusuke was grumbling to himself as he waited in line to pick a slot form the jar at Genkai's temple. 'Could Koenma ask Sora to catch Rando instead of fucking sending me here? ' Yusuke grabbed a slot and waited to open it.
"Alright idoits. Open your slot, if you have red, congratulations, if it's white, get lost." said the short pink haired old lady named Genkai. Yusuke opened it to find a red slip of paper. "Yippee, I'm a winner." He sarcastically says. "What! Urameshi! You made it too!" yelled Kuwabara. Before Yusuke could make a comeback, two buff guys were yelling in front of Genkai.
"We're the best warriors from our countries and we can here for training. We won't leave until we get what we can for." One said. "Yeah you have big muscles, but you don't have spirit energy so buzz off." Replied Genkai. "HOW DARE YOU INSULT US!" they yelled as they started to charge for an attack. Before they could get close enough to touch Genkai, a flash of color appeared before them and they went flying through the temple doors.
As everyone looked at the doors, they heard Genkai say, "That wasn't necessary you know." Then a girl replied, "Sorry but it's a natural reaction and you know it." 'Wait! I know that voice!' Yusuke thought as he turned and saw Sora standing in front of Genkai in a tee-shirt and blue jeans with a back-pack. "Sora! What are you doing here?" Yusuke said in surprise. Sora turned and saw Yusuke and smiled. "Well small world after all, I just came for a visit to a good friend and find you here."
'Who don't you know?' Yusuke thought to himself. "Urameshi! You know that pretty girl!" Kuwabara yelled, "I'm telling Keiko!" Sora giggled and said, "No I'm not dating Yusuke. He just works for my brother when he needs a favor done." With that said Kuwabara had hearts in his eyes and grabbed her hands and asked, "Will you be my girlfriend?" Now all the guys were glaring at him except Yusuke, who was pissing his pants at the thought of Kuwabara being killed by Sora and Kurama.
"No thank you." Sora said with a monotone voice and took her hands out of his and turned to Genkai, "So you are finally taking an apprentice. Can I help?" Genkai smirked and said, "Yes as long as you explain what you have been doing since I last saw you." "Of course, but now we must start the next test." Sora replied as she started to walk off. "You heard her. GET MOVING DIMWITS!" Everyone followed her.
Everyone walked into the building and saw an arcade. "Did you add any new games while I was gone?" Sora asked. "Yes, but you are going to show everyone how to use those there over there." "Grandma. I'm not complaining but how is playing video games going to test us?" Yusuke asked. Sora and Genkai smirked. "Sora will show you, she knows the person who built them for me." "Ok, first the punching game." Sora said as she walked over to it. "Hey let me show everyone. I love this game." A random guy said. "Be my guest." Sora said as she moved over to the side. The guy put a glove on and punches the game. He got a 10. "What! I always get the high score at my parent's pool house." Sora giggled, "My turn. You can hold the glove."
"Sora!" Genkai yelled, "Don't break it." Sora smiled and asked, "The game or their egos?" Genkai let out a small laugh and said, "Both." Sora just shrugged and flicked her wrist to hit the machine. She got a 473. Everyone was quite. "What do these machines test? I can tell brute force isn't the answer." Yusuke asked. Sora clapped her hands and said, "Congratulations Yusuke! Now why do you keep failing school if you just proved you're very smart?" "Watch it. I don't care if you're the toddler's sister, I will shut you up." Yusuke threatened. Sora got an evil look in her eye and said, "Is that a challenge?" Yusuke smirked as he said, "No but does Kurama know you're here." Sora gave him a glare that could cut through steel.
"Urameshi! You shouldn't treat a lady like that!" Kuwabara yelled as he punched Yusuke. "ENOUGH! Please continue Sora." Genkai said as things were about to get out of hand. "Thank you. Now as you noticed these aren't normal games. This one measures your spirit energy." She walked over to the next machine, "This one measures spirit awareness and the last one is your spirit adaption." She cracked her knuckles. "You may start after my demonstration." Then she started to play the rock-paper-scissors game. She received 10 out of 10.
"Now the last one is karaoke." Sora said as she dug through her bag. She pulled out a CD. Then she put it in the CD player and hit play. She choose Not Gonna Get Us by tATu.
Not gonna get us
They're not gonna get us
Not gonna get us
Not gonna get us
Not gonna get us
They're not gonna get us
They're not gonna get us
Not gonna get us
They're not gonna get us
Not gonna get us!
Sora closed her eyes and started to swing her hips to the beat.
Starting from here, let's make a promise
You and me, let's just be honest
We're gonna run, nothing can stop us
Even the night that falls all around us
'Man. She is a great singer. What can't this girl do?' Yusuke thought as all the guys were mesmerized by her voice.
Soon there will be laughter and voices
Beyond the clouds over the mountains
We'll run away on roads that are empty
Lights from the airfield shining upon you
'You miss them a lot. I wish I could have helped you more' Genkai thought as she looked at the fallen angel. 'I'm happy you found some happiness from this terrible experience.'
Nothing can stop us, not now, I love you
They're not gonna get us,
they're not gonna get us
Nothing can stop us, not now, I love you
They're not gonna get us,
they're not gonna get us
They're not gonna get us
(Not..)
They're not gonna get us, gonna get us, gonna get us..
(Not gonna get us)
They're not gonna get us (gonna get us, gonna get us!)
Not gonna get us
Not gonna get us, gonna get us.
Not gonna get us
NOT GONNA GET US, GONNA GET US!
(Not gonna get us)
Get Us, get us..
(Not gonna get us)
Not gonna get us
Not gonna get us
We'll run away, keep everything simple
Night will come down, our guardian angel
We rush ahead, the crossroads are empty
Our spirits rise, they're not gonna get us
My love for you, always forever
Just you and me, all else is nothing
Not going back, not going back there
They don't understand,
They don't understand us
'I wonder if Kurama has heard her sing. ' Yusuke thought.
Not gonna get us, gonna get us, gonna get us (gonna get.. get us.)
Not gonna get us (gonna get.. gonna get..)
Not gonna get us, gonna get us..
Not gonna get us
Nothing can stop us, not now, I love you
They're not gonna get us,
they're not gonna get us
Nothing can stop us, not now, I love you
They're not gonna get us,
they're not gonna get us
They're not gonna get us
(Not gonna get us)
They're not gonna get us, gonna get us
They're not gonna get us
(Not gonna get us)
Not gonna get us, get us
Not gonna get us, get us
Not gonna get us"
She opened her eyes and saw that everyone had their jaws on the ground. "780. Still the same as last time but I should expect that." Genkai said as Sora grabbed her CD. "Boys you may start and stop staring at me because I'm already taken." "What!" all the boys, except Yusuke, said in disbelief. Genkai raised an eyebrow and asked, "Willing to explain what you mean?" "I will when there is no audience watching us." Sora said as she walked to the back of the room and sat down. Some of the guys tried to get her to go out with them. "No. You need to be strong for me to even consider you and right now you are wasting your time to impress me." As soon as she said that, everyone started to play the games until they dropped.
~~(time skip)~~~~
Now only the top twenty men where left and where standing in front of a dark forest. While a few ran away, Sora was jumping up and down like a kid in a candy store. "Oh I can't wait any longer! Genkai, I'll meet you at the tree. I need to run again." She said before she ran into the forest. "WAIT PRETTY LADY! THERE ARE BAD THINGS IN THERE!" Kuwabara yelled. Yusuke hit him on the back of the head. "You dumb ass. She is the only dangerous thing in there." "Dimwit is right. Now your test is to make it to that tree in two hours now go!" Genkai said as she ran off. The guys soon followed.
Sora was sitting on the top of the tree, where everyone was supposed to meet, and was looking at the sky when Genkai showed up. "So, are you going to tell me now or are you going to continue looking at the sky?" Genkai shouted to her. Sora stood up and jumped down to land right next to her. "Yes." "Alright then." Genkai said as she sat down. Sora did the same. It was quite for a minute before Sora took a deep breath. "Dear friend. I finally found my intended and a few more of the others." Genkai's look softened. "Ah, so you found Yoko Kurama. Hopefully he's had an attitude adjustment." Sora laughed. "Well, considering that he's in an avatar, he has gotten better."
Now Genkai laughed, "Serves him right. Now did you tell him you're here? If there is one thing I know about Yoko, it's that he is very protective of you." Sora gave a nervous laugh and said, "Well, I left in the middle of the night and left him a note saying I was visiting a friend. I know why he is overprotective but I don't need it and I needed to see you again." Genkai smiled. "Now why did you come to visit me?" "Koenma wants me to help Yusuke catch Rando. The only reason why he sent Yusuke in the first place is for him to get training."
"The baka still doesn't know how to do his job." Genkai said disappointedly. "Yeah I know but I'm helping because he was able to get me a copy of this." Sora said as she gave Genkai a copy of her marriage contract. Genkai's eyes widened in shock. "He actually was able to do something right this time." She said as she started to read some of it. "Yes. You can keep this copy. I made a lot of extras and sent them to everyone. They are helping Kurama and me to find a loop hole." "I'll look through it and let you know what I find." "Thank you." Sora said as she got up. "I'll be back. I need to call and check in with Kurama before Yoko takes over and runs around until he finds me." Then she went to the top of the tree and pulled out her cell phone.
It rang once before Kurama picked up. "Where are you!" Kurama/Yoko asked worriedly and rudely. "Kurama. Calm down and I will tell you." She heard him take a breath. "Ok, where are you?" he asked again more calmly. "I'm at Genkai's temple taking care of a favor for Koenma, help train Yusuke as well and I had to give Genkai a copy of the contract to see if she can find a loop whole. I'll be back by dinner." "I see. Can you give more details of the favor you're doing?" he asked relieved to know she went to a trusted friend. Sora let out a small nervous laugh and said, "I'm going to bring in Rando." "What!" Kurama and Yoko yelled. "Hey! Right now he is very weak and if he is stronger than I expected, then your mark will bind him long enough for me to get to safety." She said in an attempt to calm him down. "I'm coming over. You're not facing him alone." "I wasn't in the first place. I have Genkai and Yusuke with me. If there is trouble, I will be safe. Stop worrying. Now I have to go, love you." She quickly hung up the phone before he could protest. 'Knowing him, he will come anyway.'
Sora jumped down and saw seven of the contestants there. No of them saw her jump down and didn't know she was there. 'Let's have some fun with the poor guys.' She smirked as she walked behind Shaolin (the kid monk aka rando) and randomly hugged him. "AAAHHH!" he yelled as tried to get out of her grip. Everyone jumped at his scream except Genkai. She sighed. "Sora. I don't need you scaring them. I do a perfectly good job myself." She said with a smirk. Sora laughed while still hugging Shaolin. "True but you never let me have fun." She said with a pout.
"I swear. You're just as bad as a kistune. You and your intended are perfect for each other." "Um, excuse me miss. Can you let me go?" Shaolin asked. Sora pouted again and said, "You don't like hugs?" "People don't randomly hug me." Sora let him go. "You're no fun."
"Wait! You're engaged!" Kuwabara said as he finally figured out what intended meant. All they guys looked at her with a look a disbelief and felt stupid for not getting the earlier comment made by Genkai. Sora sighed. "Yes I am. To three guys actually." Again everyone looked shocked. "One was chosen by my father but I hate him and the other two are the different personalities of one guy." "But you're too young to get married!" Kuwabara stated. Sora rolled her eyes, "I'm older than I look and my father agreed to one already." She was starting to get ticked off thinking about her past. "Alright times up. You seven will move on." Genkai said to shut everyone up.
"Hey there is one more guy coming!" Kuwabara said trying to buy time for Yusuke. "I don't make exceptions for anyone besides Sora here." "No Genkai. He means look there is one more guy almost here. He is just twenty feet away." Sora said as she pointed to Yusuke. Yusuke was walking up the hill, as soon as he saw Sora he yelled, "Remind me that the straightway isn't always the fastest." Sora's and Genkai's eyes went wide. "If you went straight, then you would have faced a terrible demon." "Oh, Bandarack or something, I took care of him. He was fast but not as fast as Hiei." Sora and Genkai looked at each other and gave each other a quick nod. "It looks like you're an exception."
Yusuke smiled and said, "Alright!" "Ok everyone follow me to the next arena." Sora said sweetly as she started to walk to the temple. Everyone followed.
~~(Time Skip watch anime or read manga to remember fights.)~~~
Sora, Yusuke, Boton, Genkai, Kuwabara, Shaolin, and the ninja guy were at the battle field for the final rounds. "Alright dimwit and ninja are up first. The one left standing wins." Genkai said. "What! I didn't get a chance to rest." Yusuke complained. "Sorry Yusuke. That's how things are done;" Sora said, "Now prove to us that you're Yusuke Urameshi ! The number one delinquent!" Yusuke puffed out his chest and marched out to match his ego. 'Hehehe. He will always the same boy not matter what happens.' Sora thought.
The fight started and Shaolin started to talk to Sora. "You're not a normal teenager are you?" "Nope I'm not." She replied without taking her eyes off the fight. "I can tell you're not human." He whispered for her to only hear. Sora laughed and said, "I made that more than obvious. So when did you figure it out?" "Did you say something?" Boton and Kuwabara asked. "No, just talking to myself." She said as she gestured for them to continue to watch the fight. Before Shaolin could answer, the ninja guy exploded from his own shirogen. When the smoke cleared, no one was in sight.
"Urameshi!" Kuwabara yelled as he randomly ran around the battle field. Sora looked around and saw bubbles coming up from some water. She jumped in and came back up with Yusuke. "Yusuke!" Boton yelled as she ran over to heal him. "Don't worry, he's too stubborn to give up." Sora said as she put him down in front of Genkai. When Boton finished healing him, Yusuke woke up and tried to sit up. "Stay down dimwit and rest for the next fight," Genkai said, "Next two fighters step up!"
Kuwabara and Shaolin stepped up. "Begin!" Genkai yelled. The first few minutes looked like Kuwabara was going to win. "I guess he wasn't Rando in the first place." Boton said. "You're wrong." Sora said darkly. "What!" Yusuke and Boton yelled, "Why didn't you tell us?" "Because I couldn't." Sora said as she watched Kuwabara use his sprit sword as a bat for Rando's fireballs.
"Enough games. It is time to end this fight!" Rando yelled as he started to chant. When he was done, Kuwabara was shrunk to the size of a Barbie doll. While Kuwabara was freaking out, Rando grabbed him. "I've always wanted to do this." He said as he started to break most of Kuwabara's bones. "Stop!" Sora yelled, "You've already won the match so there is no need to continue. Change him back." "As you wish." He said as he threw Kuwabara in the air and started the revers chant. When Kuwabara was full size again, Genkai went over to him and started to heal him.
"Alright wise guy, prepare to fight!" Yusuke yelled. Before he could walk over and fight, Sora stopped him and said, "Sorry but this is now my fight. You need to rest and recover because if a fail, you will fight in my place." "Alright." Yusuke said regrettably, "You better make him suffer." Sora smirked and walked over to Rando. He smirked when she approached.
"How about you lose the disguise? We know who you are." Sora said. Rando smirked more and said, "Alright but how about we also make a wager?" Sora shrugged and said, "Alright, if I win, you come with me to Spirit World and accept your punishment." "I agree but if I win, you will be my mate. Princesses Sora." He said smugly. Everyone stiffened. Sora sweat dropped and said, "You know you will have to kill all the men I'm promised to first." Rando shrugs and says, "If I bet you then I could easily beat them." Then he started to change his forms.
Sora sighed. "Why do I always have to fight men who only want me for looks, power, or just cause? This gets old very fast." "Don't worry. This will be the last time." Rando said as he charged at Sora. He threw a punch with his right fist and Sora dodged it. Then he swung a low kick at her legs that made her temporarily lose balance. Sora regained her balance and started to punch him back. They went at it like that for about a minute until Rando jumped back and fired a sprit gun at her.
"He only saw the sprit gun once and was able to master it!" Boton yelled.
Smoke cleared and Sora was glowing pink. The glowing stopped and she said, "Is that the best you got? If it is, then I'm ending this fight now." Then she disappeared. Rando looked around but couldn't find her. All of a sudden, he was bending over, coughing out blood. 'I never even saw her hit me. She was holding back this whole time.' He thought. Sora was now behind him.
"Ready to give up?" she asked softly. Now Rando was laughing. "I knew you would be perfect. No one has been able to hit me hard enough to draw blood except you." He got up. "Now I don't have to hold back." Then he disappeared. Sora kept up her guard. 'What is he planning? He's strong but I can still beat him if I could land one good hit.' She thought. Then he appeared and attached furiously. He was punching and kicking so fast that his movements were blurred. Sora was blocking all of them except the one that hit her stomach. She started to bleed since his punch came from side and his claws was able to give her a small cut. 'Not bad.' She thought as she punched him in the face.
The punch had him fling fifteen yards. While he wiped away the blood and got up, he started to smirk. "This battle is over." Sora kept an emotionless mask on, "How so? You never got a hit on me with that attack." He chuckled. "That plan was for you to block my attacks so I could put those on you." He said as he pointed to the crescent shapes all over her body. She looked at the marks and her eyes widened. "You cowardly bastered! This is Maters Shu's technique. How did you learn it?" she said with disbelief. "He was my last master. I'm glad I'm finally able to use it."
"Grandma," Yusuke said angrily, "Do you know what they are talking about?" "Yes. It's the Will Bending Technique. This technique is use to control a person's soul, body, mind, and will. But to do it is very difficult. You have to mark your opponent with your spirit energy and the more on your opponent; the harder it is to break." Genkai said regrettably. "So Rando has Sora under his control." Boton whispered scared. 'Shit! Kurama is going to kill me!' Yusuke thought.
Rando laughed. "Now, come here pet." He said as he motioned for her to come over. Sora started to walk over to him without resistance. 'I have only one chance to free myself. I hope Genkai will have enough energy to heal me.' Sora thought as she closed her eyes. She was now in front of Rando. He smirked and said, "Looks like I won mate." Then he wrapped his arms around her waist. He never noticed that she was gathering all of her energy until she released it. Her body was emitting a bright blue light.
"SORA DON'T!" Genkai yelled but it was too late. The light forced everyone back. When it died down, Sora was lying on the ground unconscious, the marks disappeared. Rando was the first to recover. "I never thought she could break free. Doesn't matter now, she's mine." He said as he walked over to her. Before he could even touch her, her wrist started to glow and vines grew out of the ground, to wrap around him.
"What's this!" he yelled. "That's my mark. It only activates when somebody with ill intentions tries to take advantage of my intended when she is at her weakest." Kurama said as he walked out of the shadows, Yoko was in control. "You're supposed to be dead!" Rando yelled as he noticed who he was talking to.
"Yo, Kurama. Take her and look at her injuries. I'll take care of this jackass." Yusuke said as he cracked his knuckles. Kurama picked Sora up bridle style and turned to Yusuke with amber eyes. "Don't let him live. Old Bat!" Genkai looked at him. "You'll find us in the cave in the southern part of the forest." Kurama said as he ran off with Sora. "That doesn't sound like Kurama." Yusuke said confused. "No, that was Yoko Kurama. He must have taken over when Sora released most of her energy." Genkai explained, "Now finish this fight." "With pleasure."
~~~(Kurama & Sora)~~~~
Yoko ran into the forest at full speed. He was seeking for the cave he made for Sora if she needed to lay low for a while. In a matter of minutes, he stood in front of the cave.
'where are we Yoko?'
'We are in the hide out I made for Sora. She uses this when she needs to disappear for a few years to avoid human suspicion.' Yoko replied as he walked in. There was nothing out of the ordinary until Yoko moved the vines from the wall to reveal a hidden tunnel. When he was ten feet into the tunnel, the plants started to produce light along the walls. Yoko continued to walk down the tunnel until he came into a hidden room. There was a small bed next to the wall, a desk next to the bed with a wooden chair, a dresser on the other side with some supplies in it, and a fire pit in the middle of the room.
Yoko walked over to the bed and put Sora on it. He turned and went to the dresser to get out Sora's emergency herbs and clothing. Then he went over to Sora and started to remove her shirt.
'Yoko!'
'She's injured Red. I am only going to treat her wound.' Yoko replied as he tended to her wounds. When he was done, he put her in clean clothing. 'We need to get more water.' He thought as he started to leave but stopped and pulled out a rose. He turned to Sora and placed it behind her ear. Then he left.
About five minutes after he left, Sora regained conscious. 'Where am I?' she thought as she opened her eyes. She looked around and saw she was in the cave Yoko made for her. 'How did I get here? Genkai would have brought me to her temple and no one else knows where this place is.' She thought as she tried to sit up. When she did the rose fell out of her hair. When she saw it she knew exactly who brought her there. She picked it up and put it back in her hair. When she tried to stand, she felt some pain in her stomach. She looked down and saw that her wounds where dressed.
"I wouldn't move around yet. Your wound would open up again." Kurama said as he came in with the water. Sora ignored him and tried again. She fell on to the bed. Kurama put the water down and walked over to her. "Lay down and get some rest." He said as he put his hand over hers. "Thanks Kurama but I need to help Yusuke." Sora said as she tried once again to get up.
Kurama just put his hand on the wall and had the vines gently wrap around her and lay her back down on the bed. "Kurama!" she yelled as she tried to get free. "Sora! You are going to rest or do I have to tie you down!" Yoko yelled back at her. Sora calmed down and stopped struggling and Yoko let her go. When she was free, she turned on to her side to face him. "What's wrong? My wounds aren't that serious yet you have me on bed rest." Sora said concerned.
Yoko sighed, "I thought I lost you and to a week demon as well." Sora reached out and cupped his cheek. He grabbed her hand and held it in place. "Look. He would never have me. If he tried, the nee-chan would kill him where he stands. She maybe dead but she is more powerful in that state." She said with a heartwarming smile. Yoko gently embraced her and took in her scent.
"Break it up you two." Yusuke said jokingly as he Genkai and Kuwabara walked in. Sora eeped and would of jumped up if Yoko let her go, but he didn't and was growling at the new comers. "Yoko, there is no need to be hostel," Genkai said as she approached them, "I'm here to speed up the healing processes." Yoko glared at her until Kurama took control again. "I apologies for Yoko's behavior," he said as he let Sora go, "He gets possessive when someone tries to steal something of his." "What guy wouldn't?" Yusuke countered, as Genkai started to heal Sora.
"So you're her boyfriend?" Kuwabara dumbly asked. Everyone sweat dropped and said, "Yes." "Yusuke, can you come here?" Sora asked softly. Yusuke walked over to her and she motioned for him to sit down next to her. When he did, she placed her hand on his forehead and closed her eyes. Both didn't move for a long time. "What is she doing to Urameshi?" Kuwabara asked. "She's watching Yusuke's memories of the fight." Genkai replied as she broke out of her conversation with Kurama.
At that time Sora opened her eyes and smiled at Yusuke. "Good job. I knew I left the right person in charge." She said as she ruffled his hair. "Stop!" Yusuke said embarrassed. Everyone laughed as her tried to fix his hair. "Now you start your training with Genkai." She replied evilly. "That's right." Genkai said with the same tone only with a smirk. 'Those two will never change.' 'I think I feel sorry for Yusuke.' Yusuke paled. "Haha. No matter how hard you train, you'll never beat me and my awesome sword!" Kuwabara said striking a pose.
While Kuwabara and Yusuke fought, Kurama turned to Sora and said, "We better head home. Mother would be worried by now." "You're right." She replied as she tried to get up. She was about to fall but Kurama caught her and picked her up bridle style. "Alright. You take care of her Kurama and if I find a loop whole I'll call you." Genkai replied. "Ok. See you in six months Yusuke and I'll keep Keiko busy for you." Sora said as Kurama started to leave the cave with her. "SIX MONTHS!" Yusuke yelled as Genkai laughed at his idiocy.