Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ crimson eyes, my crimson eyes ❯ chapter 1 ( Chapter 1 )

Crimson: Hi this is my second fan fiction. Please read and enjoy, and if you want to read another read my first fan fiction.

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Running. Hiding. Alone. That is my life in three words, and kami-sama how I hated those words. When I wasn't running I would look down at families in the branches of trees, hiding They looked so happy, yet I doubted I ever would be. Why kami, why do you hate me?

My thinking was interrupted by sounds. I lifted my head up sharply, and looked down from my spot in the tree. It was them. I prayed silently, hoping they wouldn't spot me. I didn't know why, but I was always scared of them. Everyday, I would go somewhere else to hide, and they would always find me. Then I would run, lose them, and the next day it would be the same.

I sighed inwardly. It has been like these everyday since she was five. Five, another memory that haunted her every dream, but there is no time for that story now. You saw them look up and smile. `Looks like they found me.'

I forgot. I never mentioned who they were. To be honest, I didn't know either. Some looked like me, sort of. They looked human, well except they had tails, claws and fangs. The other ones were very different. They had different color skin, well their skin was more like hide or scales.

I never found out why they were hunting me. I was human. I had long black hair that went to my waist. I had deep sapphire eyes, and was short for my age, actually I was very short for my age. I guessed it was because I never had proper care growing up, always having to steel or find myself food and clothes, so now I am stuck short and very thin, at the age of 16. Welcome to your nightmare, and my reality.

I cringed. I was going to have to jump down and run again. They started to get excited. That was odd. They never got excited before, at least not like this. I quickly jumped down and started to run. They just smirked and shouted.

"Today is the day puppet. All the other times were for fun, now the hunt really begins."

This disturbed me. I always had a hard time getting away from them, they were fast. I looked behind me. They were running, but it was different. They were faster, much faster. So I ran faster, only to turn back again and see them getting closer. They were running with ease. Now I was scared, though I knew I would never admit it. I would not last much longer.

The branches and vines bit at me, causing my legs to sting and bleed as I ran. I hid behind a tree, to catch my breath and hear if they were still near. I strained my ears, listening. I had very good eyesight and hearing because of these chases. I couldn't hear anything. I relaxed, slumping to the ground, panting hard. When did they get so fast? I lifted my head sharply when I heard a crunch of leaves. I got up, preparing to run again.

Before I could even comprehend what happened, I found myself pinned to the tree by my sleeves of my black shirt with sharp daggers. I struggled, succeeding to rip my shirt sleeved off, when they came out behind the trees, circling me, snickering. I stood there for a moment shocked. They finally caught me. I looked around, hoping I could find a way to escape the deadly ring, but found no break in it. One of them approached me, clearly showing his katana in his right hand. He looked mostly human, but that couldn't be because of a long, scaled, tail. Apparently he was the leader.

"Now, now puppet. We won't hurt you if you would just come with us quietly. Our employer would like a nice chat with you, and he has waited a very, very long time. His patience is running thin and so is ours. Come with us now puppet."

He sickened me. He was talking to me like a little child, who had just done something wrong. I spat at him and smirked at his reaction, he narrowed his eyes, and raised his katana. I made sure no emotion crossed my face. I was not going to give him the pleasure of seeing what I really feel. Fear.

"I guess you choose to play the hard and painful way." He shrugged then smirked. I felt a chill run down my spine. I could have sworn I heard a growl. I shivered again. He continued with his speech.

"I like to play that way." Within the second he was right in front of me. I felt my eyes widen in surprise, no longer masking my fear.

I screamed as pain beyond any that I had experienced before erupted in my right shoulder. I looked and saw his katana through it, blood trickling down my arm. I screamed again as he pulled out the katana, falling to my knees in pain. I looked down, the pain was almost unbearable.

I started to feel tears slide down my cheeks. I heard a clink. I looked at my tears, but they weren't tears, they were gems. I screamed again as he kicked me hard in the stomach causing myself to start coughing up blood.

I heard a growl as a pair of black boots appeared in front of me. I painfully looked up. It was a man. He wasn't looking at me. He was short, but I could tell that if I stood up he would be taller. He wore all black like me, with a cape that reached his ankles. His hair was black and gravity defying, but that was all I could see. He wasn't facing me. I became aware that he was holding a katana in his hands, which was dripping with a thick, black blood.

I looked over at the thing that had caused me so much pain, only to see him fall to the ground, obviously dead. The other things started to become enraged at the man in front of me. I could feel myself start to slip into unconsciousness, but struggled madly to keep awake.

My eyes started to get blurry as the things charged at the man who killed their leader. All I saw was flashes as the man's hands moved his katana at the attackers. In a matter of seconds, they all fell to the ground dead. I was afraid of him now. He killed those things that had chased me for 11 years now in a matter of a minute. He wiped off his katana, put it back in a sheath on a belt at his waist, and turned to face me. I gasped, but soon regretted that act, as I started coughing up blood again.

His eyes were red, crimson red. He wasn't human, he couldn't be. No human that I had ever seen had red eyes. He had to be one of the things after me. I tried to get up and get away from him, but failed miserably. I fell back to the ground, again looking at the ground in pain. I felt his eyes on me. He gently touched my right shoulder, and I backed away sharply in pain. I looked up at him again.

He looked surprised. I stared at him, trying to get a better look at him with my blurry eyes, which were getting even more blurred as I did. He had a white bandana around his forehead, and he had a white, star-like shape in his black hair. I then heard him speak for the first time.

"Hn, baka ningen. I am not going to hurt you again. You can relax."

I noticed the look in his eyes after he said that, and saw a brief flash of confusion, at least I thought. For some reason I believed him. I looked directly in his eyes, finally feeling safe and warm for the first time in a long, long time.

"Thank you……." I didn't finish, I didn't know his name.

He looked at me surprised, but as if he read my mind he told me his name.

"Hiei" That was the last thing I remember saying before I let the fatigue and pain take over me, blacking out with and odd feeling I had never felt before.

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