Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ A Fantasy Come True ❯ The Beginning ( Chapter 1 )

Author's Note: Wow…I'm doing it again.. creating many stories at a time.. >.>;; yeah, it's a problem I have.. what can I say? I love to write! >.>;; stupid over-reactive imagination..*goes off muttering* anyways, I thought maybe I could write a more um…intense…story… yes, I'm a romantic.. your point?! And yes, I'm weird… your point?! I'm just a silly author who needs a life.. your point?! Lol…sorryz.. I can get carried away.. anyways, this is just a random, intense fic… the thing is, some things in this story are actually true… >.>;;

Disclaimer: I own Kira, my real sis owns Cassandra, and I guess I own Roy, Jackie, and Chris. And I'm going to say that my friends own some of these characters, because I'm going to base a lot of characters off of them…And of course I wouldn't use real names here! Jeez…OH! I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho or any of its characters…or ideas…*sigh* oh well…on with the story!!!

~On a lovely, bright, sun-shiny day…~

"It's such a beautiful day!" Kira exclaimed as she walked outside. Spring was just around the corner. She'd had spring break just a couple weeks ago, and she was enjoying the warm air, although she did miss the snow. She was a pyro, but she loved ice and snow more. She didn't know if she could even live without them.

She walked along her street, having just gotten off the bus and walking the extra little bit home from school. The bus didn't go down her street because it ended before it reached the city limits. She really didn't mind it. It gave her an excuse to exercise more. She wasn't fond of going to gyms and working out. She would just go outside and sometimes walk along her street, up and down the hills, for hours.

Today, she smelled smoke as she neared her house. She saw smoke. Instantly alert, she could only hope that nothing was caught on fire. At least, nothing of importance. As she neared, she noticed that it was coming from her neighbor's back yard. She breathed a sigh of relief.

"Thank God he's just burning trash again," she said. She walked up to her house and entered. Her sister was home, and Kira was somewhat concerned about that. Cassandra had just recently gotten a job and started the first day of spring break. Since school started back up after that week, she had gone in right after she was out. Their step-father also got a job there, but he went in by 10:00 a.m. They usually didn't get off until around 5:00 p.m. or so.

Kira went into the house and set her bag in its place in the family room, then walked over to Cassandra's room. She knocked, but when there was no answer, she opened the door. Empty. It was empty. She closed the door and walked towards the office.

`Maybe she had to take the car home because something was wrong with it. Or maybe something's come up that she doesn't have to go or something,' she thought. She saw her sister on the older computer.

"What're you doing home?" Kira asked.

"I came home sick," her sister replied.

"Oh… Kinda thought so."

Cassandra was online, and that was a downfall for Kira. After school, she got on and talked to friends. And she had a friend that she desperately needed to talk to, whenever he got online again. Yes, it was concerning the two of them. However, there problem shall remain between the two…for now.

Kira sat down at the newer computer she liked to use. It was faster than the one Cassandra was on, but it couldn't print anything, and some of it was quite complicated. Kira had learned about this particular computer by just browsing around from boredom. Sometimes she had too much time on her hands.

Finally, she was able to get online. She was thankful that she had two lines. She talked to friends, and checked her e-mail. But her service also liked to kick her off a lot, and so she wasn't able to get back on for a while. It kept saying the phone line was busy. So, she decided to work on one of her four stories she was writing.

Now it was about 8:00 p.m. that night. Her family was gathered around the table to eat. While her mother, sister, and step-father ate and talked, Kira pretty much just ate. She would, of course, listen in on the conversations.

"I got a job transfer to Japan," Roy, her step-father, said.

Immediately, Kira's head jerked up. Of course she was interested! She loved Japan!

Her mother, Jackie, looked somewhat shocked at Roy. Cassandra just stared, as well.

"When did this happen?" Jackie asked.

"Today. I was working in the field when Bobby came up to me and said Joanie wanted to talk to us. So we went to her office and she told us that she has some friends in Japan that could use our help. And they would pay us more, plus give us a translator if we worked there. They'd supply us with the same work as here."

Kira was ecstatic, but she didn't show it. She was good at hiding her emotions, especially from her family.

"I'm sure Kira could be our translator," Cassandra chimed in, and looked at Kira, who looked back at Cassandra, shocked and wide-eyed.

"M-me?" Kira asked.

"Yeah. You always wanted to go to Japan, and you even studied the language on your own! You're so obsessed with it," Cassandra said.

"She has a point," Jackie said, agreeing with her daughter.

"Yeah, but… well, I haven't really understood it all that much. I can't really read the writing yet, and I only know certain words when they're spoken. And I haven't even studied it for a while," Kira defended herself. She didn't want to be the translator, especially since she didn't know much about the language, other than the select words she had made sure she knew.

"Well, after you learn Japanese, we won't need to pay for a translator, then," Jackie said.

"The translator comes free, since we'd be moving. In the summers, we can come back for a month and visit," Roy said.

"How long do we have until the move?" Kira asked.

"Well, Joanie wants us to move as soon as possible, but we haven't given her an answer yet. We wanted to consult our families first," Roy said.

"Okay, well, have you forgotten that I have a job here?" Jackie said.

"Yeah, and what about me?" Cassandra said. Kira didn't have a job yet, being only fifteen, so she didn't say anything.

"Joanie said it would be all right if you went with us for the experience, then stayed in a dorm at college," Roy said to Cassandra.

"I was planning on it, anyway," she answered. Cassandra was going off to college. She was in her senior year of high school. She got accepted into the local college, and was going to major in architecture.

The phone rang, and Kira got up and ran to answer it. "Hello?" she asked when she picked it up.

"Hey," a male voice on the other side said. "Kira?"

"Yeah," she answered, slightly alert. She wasn't sure who was on the other line.

"It's me, Chris," the man on the other line said.

"Chris! What's up?" She was happy now. She loved her brother. He was closer to her than anyone else. He had already gone to college and was majoring in teaching. Particularly English and foreign languages. In high school, he had been given the chance to take Japanese. He took it without hesitation. Chris and Kira also had a lot in common. They both had a love for Japan, and anime and manga. They both had dreams about visiting Japan together, even living there for a while.

"Well, I got an offer to go to Japan for a while," Chris said. "I'd be leaving in just about two weeks, though."

"Oh, um… well, Roy got a job offer to Japan, as well," Kira said, bringing up the conversation she'd just heard at the table.

"Really? Gee, I didn't think he'd ever get another job offer concerning biogas and agriculture stuff," Chris said somewhat thoughtfully.

"You're right, he didn't. It's from his new job."

"Oh! Wow, didn't he and Cassandra start it just a few weeks ago?"

"Yeah. Apparently, Roy and Bobby are wanted over in Japan. Cassandra's going to come back this summer and stay in the dorms at college. And you know I'd love it there. But I don't want to leave my friends here, either."

"Yeah, I know. It's scary to leave them for the first time, especially when you're really close." There were a few moments of silence.

"Well, I also have a job at Nauru this summer," Chris said, breaking the silence.

"What?! You're kidding me!"

"Nope. Since Roy's failure in getting a job there, I got one."

"How did you manage to do this?"

"Well, pulling a few strings…" Chris started.

"Chris! I mean really!"

Chris and Kira laughed. "All right, all right. I guess they just decided to send me to different places, since when they asked me where I wanted to be stationed-you know, as in where I'd like to stay, you know?-and so they started giving me different job offers all over the place."

"That's awesome, Chris! But I don't know if I'd be able to go anywhere, really. We're still discussing it. I hope we can."

"I know what you mean. I'm excited to visit other places, especially Nauru and Japan."

Kira giggled. "I don't want to leave my friends, but I really wanna go." She brought up the earlier conversation. She didn't intend to, but she had something that made her bring up past subjects.

"I know, I know. But you'll love it! I guarantee you will!"

"I know I will, but I just don't want to leave them."

"You can write to them and e-mail them," Chris offered.

"That's true," Kira replied thoughtfully. "All right; thanks Chris!"

"Yep. I'll let you go and discuss this with Mom and Roy."

"Yeah, okay. See ya soon, Chris."

"Yep. See ya soon." They hung up. Kira walked back to the table and sat down.

"Who was that, Kira?" Jackie asked.

"Chris. He said that he got a job offer in Japan and Nauru!" Kira's eyes sparkled a little bit.

"Really? Both?" Cassandra asked. "Dang, Kira. You must be getting lucky today. You're so fond of both those places."

"I know. I figure I can live in Japan, and go with Chris to Nauru when he goes. He's leaving in a couple of weeks for Japan," Kira stated. She continued to talk about her conversation with Chris.

"Well, as long as everyone agrees with it, we're going to live in Japan," Roy said.

Jackie gave him a not-so-sure look. "What about my job here? I haven't left it for seventeen years, Roy. What do you expect me to do?"

"Mom, there are health places that you can work at," Kira said. She continued when her mother gave her a weird look. "Okay, you know how you work for the health services department? Well, they have something similar in Japan." She turned to Roy. "Um, what city are we going to live in, do you know yet?"

"Somewhere around either Mushiori City or Tokyo. I'm not sure which yet," Roy said.

The conversation continued for a while, Jackie agreeing to move. They would end up moving probably around the same time Chris did, they expected. They also noticed how Kira was acting. She was happy and it was almost like she was glowing. She was also very interested on the topic.

Later that night, as she lay in bed trying to sleep, Kira kept thinking about moving to Japan. She couldn't get out of her head that she'd be attending the schools and wearing the uniform and whatnot. She was glad she was going, but she didn't want to leave her friends. Most would be a bit jealous that she was going, but more would be glad for her.

Involuntarily, she started thinking about all the animes she liked. She started thinking about the one she was mostly obsessed with recently. Yu Yu Hakusho. `I wish those characters were real,' she thought with a sigh. `I wish they were, cause then I could maybe meet them and get trained finally. Sure, Lance said he'd train me, but then he moved back to Texas. Well, oh well. I'll have fun, make new friends, and keep my other friends…I hope.' She continued to think about things, and soon she thought herself to sleep…

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"Rose Whip!" Kurama called out as he transferred his spirit energy into the rose he pulled from his hair. He skillfully whipped it and slashed the weak demon he was fighting. The demon fell to the ground, black blood rushing from his stomach, throat, and wrists.

"Nicely done, Kurama," Hiei said from a tree. "You took him out with one shot."

"Yes, well, he was a weak demon. Probably no more than a lower L class," Kurama said as he retracted his whip and hid the rose in his hair again. He walked through the trees and to his house, Hiei following close behind.

"I take it you're done for the night," the black-haired demon said.

"Yes. I have fought my share of demons for one night. You may go along and fight the rest," the emerald-eyed demon offered.

Hiei smirked. "It would be my pleasure to kill those bastards," he said, and jumped off.

Kurama turned to his door and sighed as he walked in. `That Hiei…he just doesn't understand what could happen if one fights so much in a single night,' he thought to himself.

"Shuichi? Is that you?" a female voice called from a room close by.

"Yes, Mother. It is me," Kurama said as he walked to the room the voice came from.

"Oh, Shuichi! Thank goodness you're all right!" The female hugged her son tightly.

"Of course I am, Mother. Why do you cry so?" he asked.

"I am just more worried about you these years. You go off without telling me and I have to wonder if you were kidnapped, went to a friend's, or-Kami forbid-killed," Shori said as a few tears rolled down her cheeks.

Kurama grabbed Shori's arms gently and pulled her back to look in her eyes. "I will be fine, Mother. I cannot be hurt so easily, and you know I am able to defend myself from those that wish to do me harm," he said gently.

"Yes, yes. You're right. I suppose it's just a motherly thing to worry about her child as he grows up, huh?" she somewhat joked. They both smiled, and with little more conversation, went off to bed.

"Good night, Mother," Kurama said before walking into his room. He waited, though, for the answer.

"Good night, Shuichi. Sweet dreams," she said as she smiled at him and walked into her room.

Kurama smiled back, then went into his room and changed into comfortable pajama pants. He lay on his bed, thinking. `Hiei, are you this way because you need someone to show you what life is about? Or are you this way because you choose to be? What is the meaning of it? You kill numerous demons each night, and you enjoy it. Why? What have they done to you? What if someone walked into your life and turned your world upside down? What would you do then? Fight them to maintain your current status, or allow them to change you?'

His thoughts then went to something he thought he'd never think of. `What would happen if someone like that came into my world? Would I be content, or frustrated? What would you think, Hiei? What if the girl was from a different country? Perhaps America or Russia? Would you attack them because they are not like us? I'm asking myself too many questions. I need to sleep. There's school in the morning.' But he couldn't stop thinking about Hiei and himself finding a special someone and if that special someone could actually turn their worlds upside down. He was sure he would know, but he wasn't as sure if Hiei would know when that happened. Thinking too much, he finally fell asleep and had a beautiful dream in a field of flowers and healthy trees…

Author's Note: Well, what'd you think? It's kind of boring right now, but at least I'm working on it! Actually, I had given up on this one, but I still had it saved to my computer…I was reading another fic (thank you TC, it's 88 PAGES LONG!!! And not completed!!), and it got me inspired to write again…I wasn't sure where I was going with this, but it actually turned out better than I thought. Well, this chapter, anyways. Kurama and Hiei were more in-character than I thought they were going to be, but believe me, they'll go out…I'll try to keep everyone as close to their characters as possible, but sometimes they'll just be way out of the loop, if ya know what I mean… Well, some characters will just be way out, and some will sometimes be out…I don't know for sure who will be what or anything. Anyways, it's just after 11:00AM here, and I think I'm gonna go…get something to eat and work on the next chapter! And read more fics! ^_^;; anyways, lataz, y'all! Oh! And don't forget to review, please!!! ^_^ thank you!