Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ "Don't Catch Me." ❯ Memories and Changes ( Chapter 5 )

"Don't Catch Me."

A Yu Yu Hakusho fanfiction

Me: Hey minna-sama! I apologize to everyone about the delay, but, as stated in my profile, I've got tons of horrible classes this year (junior year sucks!!), and I'm dealing with a personal matter, so I don't have too much time to work on my fics. Now let's cut to the chase so you can read the story, ne?

Hiei: Okay! -takes out envelope- Last chapter, we traveled to the Room of the Trial. During the flight, Kiru fought to keep ki from ripping, resting during several short times when the phoenix relaxed. When we finally reached the room, Kiru collapsed, unable to fight any longer. Following Jiryu's command, I placed her down on a tablet in the room. Kiru's ki disappeared, and it was time for us to go. Hours later, she appeared before us, and we thought everything had gone well. But when I approached her, it became apparent that it hadn't. Phena, a demon that the original phoenix had defeated, had been using the test as a screening process to find a new body to possess so she could take revenge. After many millennia of keeping up an illusion while she searched for just the right host, Kiru had fit her specifics exactly. Now I have to find a way to get my Kiru back.

Me: Please enjoy chapter five!!

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Jiryu growled low in his throat. How dare this creature harm his granddaughter? Long had he dreamed of seeing her again, watching her take her rightful place on the throne. This pain…this pain he had never wanted to feel again. The total devastation as she was ripped from his life once more, just as she had been by Ryudo…

-Flashback-

"Grandpa!!" a young Kiru reached out for her grandfather, struggling against the strong hold Ryudo had on her. She gasped, her eyes filling with fear when he placed a dagger at her slim neck. A tear coursed down her cheek.

"Let her go!" Jiryu roared, summoning a ki-ball into his large hands. His blood boiled as he spied the mangled bodies of his son and daughter-in-law on the ground. They had defended their beloved child till the end. He could sense no ki from either of them… He looked up at his nine-year-old granddaughter.

Her pale skin was bruised and scratched. Her clothes were stained with blood- both hers and her parents. Even the white of her pigtailed hair was stained with blood, the black tips crowned with droplets of crimson. But it was her eyes that hurt him most…her beautiful red eyes were dark and haunted, the innocence once there destroyed by Ryudo and his deeds…

"Ha! Why should I?" the youkai laughed and moved the dagger to press against her tear-stained cheek. "I haven't had my fun yet…" he chuckled darkly as he sliced her delicate skin.

Jiryu growled and stepped closer, "Let her go."

"Ah ah…" Ryudo smirked and summoned a small, but certainly lethal ki-ball and held it in front of the young girl, "another step and she dies…" The dragon stepped back, "Now drop your attack." Jiryu growled but complied allowing his energy bomb to dissipate. "Now say goodbye!" He launched his own ki-ball at the ryu, laughing when he was blown back against the rocky cliff face.

"Grandpa!!" Kiru called reaching out to him as Ryudo carried her away. "Grandpa!!!"

"Kiru!!" he gained his feet but it was too late…she was gone…

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Six years…it had taken six long years to find his beloved grandchild… Jiryu clenched his fists, feeling the flood of anger overwhelm him as he remembered the day he found her…

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"Kiru-chan…" he murmured as he stared at his granddaughter. She was all grown up. Lean and beautiful she had become. The pigtails had been replaced with a high ponytail that fell to the middle of her back. Long wisps of black tipped locks framed her face. She was sparring alone in a field about three miles away from her former home. She jumped into the air and tossed a handful of shuriken into a nearby tree.

He rose, causing a stick to crack underneath his weight. Kiru's head snapped in his direction and she jumped back. He raised his hands and stepped into the clearing. "Kiru… I found you at last…"

But she growled, "Who are you!?" She jumped back again when he approached, hissing dangerously. "Stay back!"

"Kiru…don't you recognize me…It's grandpa…" he reached out for her.

She hissed, "I don't have a grandfather!"

"What has he done to you…?" Jiryu's voice shook with anger, "He has taken you from me somehow…"

"He, who?" she asked, standing her ground.

"Ryudo."

"Daddy?" she blinked. "You know my father?"

Jiryu gasped, shaken to the core. "Your…father?"

"Hai," Ryudo said, coming into the clearing to stand beside Kiru. "Run home now…"

"Hai, chi-chi," she looked at Jiryu again before blurring away towards wherever "home" was.

"What did you do to her?!" Jiryu snarled. He was disgusted by the happiness that shone in his granddaughter's eyes when she looked at that bastard… It was like she forgot everything he had done to her…she had forgotten him and her past…

"A simple dragon's bind, that's all," he smirked, "If you won't let me marry her, then I'll have to make sure there is no heir."

"Will you ruin a kingdom for your powerlust?!" the ryu growled. "That is precisely why you cannot be in line for the throne."

"Yes," he scowled. "When you let me have your kingdom, I will kill the dragon she is bound to," Ryudo said, "until then, Kiru remains mine…" He smiled, "And your kingdom will remain in crisis…"

With that he disappeared, transporting to his headquarters. Jiryu slumped to the ground.

She's gone…

-End Flashback-

Apparently Ryudo hadn't kept up his nice-guy image for long after that…she had escaped from him eventually. Jiryu stared at the bandanna around her forehead, she had gone through the pain of receiving a jagan to find out who she really was, where she belonged. But because of that damned bind she hadn't been able to…and she had almost died. While they were waiting Hiei had told him of her recent kidnapping and everything that had happened (see Unpaid Vengeance for details). And now…she was at risk of being destroyed forever once more.

-Limbo-

Groaning, Kiru stirred, sitting up and holding her aching head in her hands. "Where am I…?"

She lifted her head and looked around. She was on a stone platform in the middle of a dim gray world. Frowning she tried to gain her feet but was struck down by a wave of dizziness. Her ki was almost completely diminished.

Sighing, she lay back down on the floor, staring up at the gray sky. Hiei…where are you? She reached up to her forehead to pull her bandanna from her brow. Shocked when she felt nothing but flesh, she bolted up. She looked down at herself to find a very different body.

Her skin was tanned darkly, much darker than Kiru could ever remember tanning, and lacked the inky tattooing that should have colored her hands. Long, painted-red, dagger-tipped nails extended from her suddenly long and bony fingers. Disgustingly tight, scarlet-hued clothing clung to her bony, flat body, accompanied by high, stiletto heeled boots. Ratty scarlet hair hung limply to the middle of her back, and tattered red-feathered wings arched brokenly from her back. Shocked, she reached up to run her hands over her face. It felt gaunt and bony, and was marked with bumps and what felt like scarred skin. Her formerly full lips were thin lines, and her button nose had transformed into a crooked monstrosity.

Her hands dropped to shake at her sides as a wave of numbness flowed over her. The pain in her head intensified, and she started to feel as if something was trying to snuff her out as one would a candle's flame. Fighting off the constriction, she screamed.

"What's happening to me?!!!!!!!"

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Hiei: What did you do to my Kiru!!?

Me: Now, now, calm down…I'll write more as soon as I can. Until then you'll just have to wait like everyone else.

Hiei: -pouts- Ohh…

Me: -huggles- It's okay Hi-chan.

Hiei: -still pouting- Okay…well don't forget to review, minna-san.

Me: Ja till next time!!