Angel: Hello again. This is the actual first chapter of FORBIDDEN LOVE. Also, I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho, only my characters and the plot. I used a lot of dialogue from the TV show so I could keep it as close to the real show as possible. Other than that, I hope you enjoy the first chapter.
Chapter 1: Meeting a Punk
-Selina POV-
The purplish blue portal closed behind us as Botan and I flew out of it into the blue skies of Tokyo, Japan. I was sitting on the back of Botan's oar. I looked around and saw we were outside of the city in a town-like area. Below us on the street a whole bunch of people were crowding around something and there was an ambulance.
'That must have been where the accident took place.' I was right because I saw some paramedics loading the body of a young boy onto a stretcher and start to take him to the ambulance. My gaze was torn away from the paramedics to a figure floating about 40 ft. in the air, and it looked just like the kid on the stretcher.
'Hmm…that has to be Yusuke.' Botan and I shared a look and then she led her oar closer to the boy. As we got closer, it was easier for me to make out his features better. 'Yep definitely has to be him. Let's see dark brown hair slicked back…damn how much gel does this guy use? Brown eyes, rounded face with a prominent chin, and a green school uniform. Yea he fits the description in the photo Botan gave to me.'
As we got even closer, I could see that he seemed to be lost in thought. Botan and I didn't say a word. We were right behind him but he didn't seem to notice us. That's when he started to speak aloud.
-Yusuke POV-
'So that's it? I'm road kill?' I thought in confusion. "But if that was me down there…hm…then who am I up here I wonder," I pondered. Then it hit me and I started to panic a little. "Could it mean I've turned into a ghost?"
"Bingo, bingo. You win the prize!" replied an overly cheerful unfamiliar voice. I turned around and jumped back...well not really jumped because I couldn't. Argh I floated back. What I saw, I was definitely not expecting. There was a girl floating on an oar. She had on a pink kimono, purplish pink eyes, and sky blue hair. She had a huge smile on her face. I couldn't help but cringe a little. 'Dude, I have never seen anyone that happy before.' However, I turned to look behind her and saw something else that shocked me even more. Another girl was sitting behind the girl in pink. She was a lot smaller as well but looked like she was in her late teens. She had mid-back straight ash blonde hair and grayish blue eyes, but that's not what shocked me, it was what she was wearing. She was wearing black tight leather pants, black leather boots that came up just below her knees, and a black leather corset-like tank top that was laced up the front. She looked smug and curious at the same time. 'What the hell!'
-Selina POV-
I couldn't help but inwardly laugh at the reaction Yusuke made when he saw Botan and me. I could see he was looking at us trying to figure out who we were. I wondered what would happen next when Botan spoke up to break the silence.
"I didn't expect you to figure it out so quickly," she said with a laugh. 'I think Botan's hyper attitude is freaking Yusuke out,' I thought with much amusement.
"Who the hell are you," Yusuke scowled. I inwardly chuckled at his response.
"When people die unexpectedly like you just did, often they can't accept it and become ghosts you see?" Botan said.
"You're not answering my question!" said Yusuke. I could tell he was getting frustrated.
"Botan's my name, the pilot of the River Styx. I take care of people like you. I believe in your culture they also call me the Grim Reaper. Ring a bell?" She said with a giggle. I crossed my arms with a frown and cleared my throat. Botan turned to me.
"O yes sorry." She gave me an apologetic smile and turned back to Yusuke. "And this is Selina, a dear friend of mine." I gave him a small smile and a nod, and he returned the nod. Then he looked at both Botan and me.
"Pretty girls like you? Please, you guys are no Grim Reapers." I couldn't help but let out a little laugh.
"Well I'm not sure if I should take that as a compliment or an insult," said Botan.
"Plus if you were real messengers of death then you would take this more seriously," he said that looking at Botan. "Like how grim can you be when you say 'Bingo'."
"Uh," gasped Botan. I was just trying to hold in my laughter at the look on Botan's face and what Yusuke was saying because it was totally true about her.
"You're supposed to wear a big black robe and look like a skeleton." And that was it; I couldn't hold it in anymore. I burst out into laughter.
"What's your problem?" said Yusuke a little perturbed. I stifled my giggles enough to answer him.
"Don't worry Yusuke I'm not laughing at you, but what you said about Botan. Also, I'm not a Grim Reaper, only she is."
"Well then what are you? Are you another spirit or something."
"No I'm just a friend of Botan's and I am not dead," I explained with a smile on my face. Yusuke then got a lost look on his face.
"Well then if you're not dead and you're not a Grim Reaper then how are you…"
"Like a ghost," I answered for him. He just nodded.
"Well it's quite simple. I am in a spirit form because of this," I said showing him a ring on my right ring finger. It was made of pearl and it had wispy silver runes on it.
"What the hell is that?" I couldn't help but laugh at his tone.
"This is called the Phantom Ring. Whoever wears the ring will turn into a spirit form of themselves."
"Hmm that's handy," said Yusuke looking at the ring curiously. "So what would happen if you took it off right now?"
I gave him a small smile," Well I would become solid again and, seeing how high we are right now I would most likely fall to my death." Yusuke's eyes went big
"That would suck," he responded. I just laughed at his reply and nodded.
We hadn't realized that Botan had been looking through a little book that she took out of her kimono.
"Now I understand what kind of person you are. It's in my guide book." Both of us turned to Botan.
"Rather than be scared or surprised, you yell a lot and tell me I don't know what I'm talking about. Yusuke Urameshi. Age 14. Personality is impulsive and ill-mannered with a violent temper," said Botan reading from her book. I couldn't help but giggle at Yusuke, because as Botan kept reading his face started to turn red and he scowled at her.
"He has no respect for authority and is a horrible student. Things weren't looking up for you were they?" Botan giggled. Yusuke was pissed off obviously, because he got in Botan's laughing face with his fist raised.
"That's none of your business," Yusuke yelled while trying to grab the guidebook. Botan just moved it out of the way of the lunging Yusuke and he fell down. It was a funny site, but I felt a little bad for Yusuke. He truly wasn't doing that well in life. Yusuke just floated back up leaning back with his legs crossed.
"Alright then Death Lady, can you tell me what happened to that kid I saved? Like is he injured or what?
"You want to go visit him?" replied Botan. Yusuke nodded.
We arrived at the hospital to see a doctor telling the little boy's mother that everything was fine and that he just had a few scratches.
"Look at that, he's really ok," said Yusuke in a, shall I dare say, caring voice.
"Alright Botan, I've got no regrets so you can take me to Hell or wherever it is I'm going." I just raised an eyebrow at him while Botan started giggling. He turned towards us and looked extremely irritated.
"What's so funny about that?" 'Good question. I wasn't exactly told what was supposed to happen with this guy or why I was supposed to come in the first place.'
"Maybe you should have let me talk earlier. I'm not here to take you away from this world, actually I'm here to see if you'll accept an ordeal that can give you your life back." I swear my jaw just fell off. 'Bringing him back to life?!?! Not that I wasn't ecstatic that he was being given this opportunity, it's just that I've never heard of this kind of thing happening. Koenma definitely has to be up to something if he's going to bring Yusuke back from the dead. Hmmm….but what is Little Britches up to?' Yusuke must have thought of something similar because when he responded he sounded unconvinced.
"An ordeal? Really?"
"Uh hmm," Botan responded.
"What in the world are you blabbering about?"
"It's funny Yusuke. None of us were expecting you to die today. You've thrown us all for a loop. Run someone with your personality type through the same scenario a thousand times and they would have never saved the kid. No one saw it coming and quite frankly we haven't prepared a place for you yet." Both Yusuke and I sweat dropped.
"O give me a freakin' break! Are you telling me you were expecting that little boy to die today?"
"Well I wasn't going to tell you this because I know it would upset you, but without you jumping in, the little boy was supposed to escape miraculously with one less scrape on his shoulder."
"What, but he was headed right for it." Yusuke looked dumbstruck, and I don't blame him I was as lost as he was.
"Yes, well the driver would have veered to the left. In other words your death was a complete and utter waste." Yusuke fell toward the ground. 'Ouch, poor guy. That has got to seriously suck.'
"Surprised? I can hardly blame you for that," Botan said while laughing. I just shook my head. Then Yusuke popped back up and looked like he wanted to kill something. Most likely it was Botan seeing as he got in her face growling at her.
"Cool your jets silly head. I told you you're gonna get a second chance. Don't you remember? Just go through this incy ordeal and you can be back to life in no time." Yusuke just stared at her.
"You should feel special. Unexpected cases like this only happen once every hundred years."
'Ah, well that would explain why I haven't heard of this happening before.'
All of a sudden, Yusuke turned away.
"You're just like the teachers at my school. No idea what's actually going on," he muttered while floating away. I just turned to Botan unsurely. She just shrugged to me and we followed Yusuke.
"What's that supposed to mean? I know exactly what's happening and I'm saying you can fix it if you follow a few steps."
"She's right Yusuke. This doesn't happen often, and you have a once in a lifetime chance to live again," I said speaking for the first time in a while.
"Maybe," he said," but no thanks." Botan and I gasped.
"Why?" I asked.
"I think I'd like being a ghost. You said yourself my life was kind of pathetic right." I glared at Botan and she just gave me another guilty smile. "Everyone's gonna be much more happier now that I'm erased. Teachers will be able to rest their big mouths, plus my mom will be able to party whenever she wants and not have to worry about where I'm at, huh?"
"Yusuke you can't be serious!" I yelled at him. I felt like I was scolding a little brother.
He turned to me.
"Yeah I'm serious, and you have to agree there's no point in me doing this stupid ordeal anyways."
"I don't think there is any point in rushing this. Why don't you spend some time at your wake and think it over. I'll come back when you decide," Botan said and started flying up into the sky to go back to Spirit World. As we were flying away, we could hear him yelling after us.
"HAVE YOU GOT WORMS IN YOUR EARS, LADY! I DID DECIDE!"
As we were nearing the portal to the Reikei, I couldn't help but feel my instincts telling me to stay with Yusuke. They had never led me wrong before, and I decided not to take a chance. I tapped Botan on the shoulder. She turned around.
"Yeah, what is it Selina?"
"Let me off Botan. I'm going to follow Yusuke."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah."
"Alright, but be careful."
I just nodded and hopped off the oar when she stopped it. I waved to her and then flew back down to where Yusuke was. He was still there and seemed to be moping. I couldn't help but smile at his behavior. 'I can't let him not take this chance. I have to try to get him to see that he would be making a huge mistake if he didn't take Koenma's deal.' I nodded to myself and started to follow Yusuke, but staying some ways behind. I would reveal myself when the right time came.
A few hours later, it was dark as we arrived at this two-story apartment complex. There were many people outside one of the apartments on the ground level. He floated down and just sat and stared for a little bit.
"Whoa all my classmates are here. Just like I thought. Look at them laughing. Probably just came over here cause they're getting extra credit," he said aloud. His anger was very apparent. And it was true, there were a group of guys that were laughing about only Kami knew what. I floated quietly over to him.
"Not all of them are laughing."
"AHHHH!" He yelled and spun around. He was first mad but then he recognized me and then his anger turned to confusion.
"What are you doing here?" I smiled.
"I followed you."
"Well duh, I can figure that out. But, why are you here?" I just shrugged and changed the subject.
"So this is your house?" He just sighed and seemed to accept my presence. He turned back around to face the house.
"Yeah," he said. No enthusiasm was apparent in his voice, though it wasn't as if I expected any. I floated up to sit next to him and watched the crowd. It was then a couple of voices came from the front door. There was a group of three girls. One with light honey brown hair up in two high pigtails and another with above the shoulder brown hair were consoling another girl with longer dark brown hair pulled into two low pigtails.
"Keiko, please," said one of the girls. Keiko must have been the one in the middle being consoled by her friends.
"Yusuke…Yusuke…," she whispered. Then she started bawling and fell to the ground.
"No! YUSUKE!" 'Poor thing, she must really care for him.' It was then Yusuke spoke.
"Is she making all that racket for me?"
'Well no shit Sherlock. The last time I checked your name was Yusuke.' I just shook my head at him. 'I swear guys can be so freaking dense.' I turned back to the crying Keiko. My heart went out to her. It was then another set of voices were heard. Turning once again, I saw a group of guys. Two were holding on to this boy with orange hair and a blue uniform.
"Come on let's go back," one of them said to Carrot Top, "this isn't right."
"Shutup!" Carrot yelled. "Let go of me would ya?" Then to my surprise, he started dragging himself and the two boys clinging to him all the way to the front door.
"What! Kuwabara?"
I turned to look at Yusuke. 'So CT's name is Kuwabara. Hn, he's a stubborn thing ain't he?' I looked back to see Kuwabara trying to pull himself through the front door with his two friends still in tow.
"Damn you! You think you can just back down cause you're scared!" Both my eyebrows shot up at this. Kuwabara made his way to the altar in the house.
"Kuwabara, this place is for mourning," said one of his friends.
"I'm not gonna leave until he comes out here and let's me fight him."
"He can't do that." Kuwabara seemed to not hear or just ignore his friend cause then he started yelling at the altar.
"I'm gonna beat you down you punk! You hear me! Who do you think you are huh? Dirty punk. Who am I gonna fight now, huh? Who am I gonna fight?"
"Kuwabara, come on." The two boys were having a hard time restraining this overly tall 14 year old.
"You're supposed to be here," said Kuwabara with a shaky voice," for me." Then the tears came.
"Come on Kuwabara, let's go." His friends started dragging him back out and away from the house still bawling aloud. My heart crumbled to see both Keiko and Kuwabara grieving for their friend.
"Who would have guessed?" Yusuke whispered to himself. I started getting agitated. My eye started to twitch. 'This boy is more stupid than I thought! What do I have to do, bitch slap some sense into his overly gelled head?'
"Did you see those scums?" said a slimy voice that caused me to instantly hate the person without seeing him. I turned to see two adults.
"Just some losers Urameshi hung out with." 'Grrr, why that bastard.' "To bad that car wasn't big enough for them too." Said the other one with a squeaky voice.
"Now, now. We should be glad. After a life of being worthless Yusuke did something to give our school a good reputation," said Slimeball.
"Well between you and me Mr. Iwamoto, I'd say he probably saved that little kid on accident trying to knock him down to steal all his lunch money. "Heh," replied Mouse. I looked over to Yusuke and could see he was getting pissed off. I didn't blame him. 'Those guys are so lucky I'm not in my material form or I would beat the living hell out of those two jerkoffs.'
"I wouldn't be surprised by that Mr. Okashi," Slimeball said.
"Eh, even at my own wake they mock me. If I could only," growled out Yusuke. Then he started to reach for them when all of a sudden another hand caught the teacher's shoulders. Another man, who was shorter than the Slime and Mouse grabbed them and spun them around to face him. The two dipshits seemed nervous.
"What do you suppose is more disgraceful, that boy shouting out in misery or your stupid and idiotic words," he spat at the two. Yusuke looked like someone slapped him with Botan's oar.
"Takanaka?" questioned Yusuke.
I smirked. 'Yay! You go old dude! You tell those insensitive pricks!' I mentally cheered. It was then Mr. Takanaka left the two and went to sit on his knees and bow to a woman who was sitting with her back against the wall, then he turned to Yusuke's altar. He spoke aloud.
"At first I was surprised Yusuke, to hear you saved a kid at the cost of your own life. You've always acted more selfishly than that. Yusuke I don't know why I don't feel like speaking well of you." He bowed his head. "Why didn't you stay? You could have made something great out of yourself," he said trying to hold back his tears. Yusuke and I stood there watching him until a sniffling sound came from the woman on the wall. We turned.
"Yusuke," she whispered. My heart broke. She sounded so lost, and so heartbroken. This must have been his mother. She started bawling with her head on her knees. I couldn't hold back the tear that ran down my face to see this mother crying for her lost son.
"This way."
"Yes mom." Two more voices were heard yet again. I turned around and there was the little boy that Yusuke saved and his mother with him. They came up and bowed in front of his altar. The mother put her hands together and prayed. The little boy looked at his mom and then did the same thing. His mother than opened her eyes and turned to him.
"You should say something to honor him."
"Thank you for saving me and making faces." I couldn't help a tiny smile at the boy's words. While he did that, his mother went over to Yusuke's mother and bowed to her. Yusuke floated back up over the house and I followed him. We were both quiet, until I broke the silence.
"Why Yusuke?" I whispered. He turned to me with a confused look on his face.
"How could you say that you wanted to leave when you have so much here?" He turned away from me and sighed.
"They'll be better off without me here," he whispered back to me. I couldn't take it anymore; this stupid boy needed some sense knocked into him. I floated up until I was right in his face and grabbed him by the collar of his uniform. Then I smacked him upside the head.
"Don't you dare say that Yusuke Urameshi! Don't you fucking say that! Did you not see Keiko and Kuwabara cry for you! Did you not see Mr. Takanaka stand up for you! Did you not see your mother there, crying her heart out because her son was gone, taken away from her! Are you that fucking blind! You have people whom love and care for you! So don't give me that bullshit about 'they'll be better off without me'!"
-Yusuke's Pov-
All I could do was float there in shock. This tiny thing was yelling at me and she hit me, and damn can she hit hard. She would give a Keiko a run for her money. I also never thought I would hear her curse like that. When I first met Selina, she seemed like a sweet, quiet girl. I guess the saying about not judging a book by its cover was true. Who knew she was a spitfire too. But, why the hell did she care so much? She barely even knew me.
"Why do you care?"
She let go of me and then looked me straight in the eyes. It was a bit intimidating I'll admit.
"I may have not known you for very long Yusuke, but I consider you a friend, and I will not let you make the biggest mistake of your short life. When I first met you, I knew I had to help you. I know a good person when I see one, and even though you put up that I-can-kick-your-ass act, I know that deep inside you are a good person."
I had never had anyone to look after me; I had always taken care of myself so I didn't know what to think of her response. It was surprising to say the least. Almost everyone has thought of me as a lost cause, a rebel kid who had no future. Now this little female was kind of acting like an older sister to me even though she hadn't known me for even a day. She could be lying. I raised an eyebrow disbelievingly at her.
"How do I know your not lying?" She raised an eyebrow.
"I guess you really don't know if I'm lying or not, but I'll tell you this Yusuke, those that I consider friends I will look out for and protect. And if I was lying, why would I be here?" I looked into her eyes, trying to detect falseness, but there was none. She was sincere.
"Thanks Selina." I was surprised I could act so normal around her. She winked at me.
"Don't mention it kid."
"Hey," I growled at her," I'm not a kid!" She just laughed. "How old are you anyways?"
"I'm 17, turning 18 soon." Again, I was shocked.
"Whoa really?" She nodded. "But…you're tiny." She gave me a blank look, and then her eye started to twitch. I couldn't help but laugh aloud at the look on her face. She just sighed and shook her head.
"I'll pretend that was a comment." We both smiled.
"So, you gonna give your mediocre life another shot?" she said. I smirked and then shrugged.
"Might as well. Kuwabara did say he wanted to fight me. I can't turn down his challenge." She laughed but then got a mischievous glint in her eye. 'Uh oh.'
-Selina's Pov-
"Don't forget Keiko," I said with a smirk on my face. Yusuke turned red in the face.
"What about her?" he said as if he didn't care, but I could see through his facade. I smirked again.
"O please, I know you like her Yusuke." Before he could argue, I put my thumb and forefinger to my lips and gave a shrill whistle.
"You called?"
"AHHH! Shit, stop doing that! Do you want to give me a heart attack?" Yelled Yusuke when Botan just popped out of nowhere. Both she and I giggled.
"Have you made your decision Yusuke?" He looked at me and I gave him a smile and a nod. He nodded back and turned to Botan.
"Yeah Botan. I'll go along with your deal."
"I was hoping you would say that!" Exclaimed Botan. I hopped onto the back of Botan's oar.
"So what happens now?" said Yusuke.
"Now we go to see Prince Koenma. He will tell you the details." She said as she started floating away. Yusuke grabbed onto the back of the oar.
"Prince Who?" He said, but his words were lost as Botan zipped away to the nearest portal.
Angel: Ok, that was the first chapter. I know it wasn't that exciting but it will get better later. You'll learn more about Selina in later chapters. Also sorry if Yusuke was a little OC, I wasn't sure how to fully portray his character. If any of you have any comments on that please do tell. Stay tuned for the next chapter in FORBIDDEN LOVE.