Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Dimensions ❯ A Whole New World ( Chapter 8 )

Here's Chapter Eight!! Please R&R!

 

I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho!! Just Chantelle!!

 

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Yusuke, Kuwabara and Hiei were surprised to see Keiko, Shizuru, and Yukina at the palace as well, talking with Koenma. The second they saw the fighters enter the room, Keiko flung herself at Yusuke, Shizuru started beating on Kuwabara, and Yukina, who had been about to throw herself at Kuwabara, stood off to the side with an awkward smile on her face when Shizuru started beating on her brother..

“Yusuke!! I thought I'd never see you again!!”

“KAZUMA!! DON'T YOU EVER SCARE YOUR SISTER LIKE THAT AGAIN!!!!”

Koenma seemed deeply relieved to see them again. “Well, you guys gave everyone here a scare... Although I am most definitely looking forward to hearing your report.” He looked around. “Where's Jin?”

Yusuke took a deep breath. “He took a friend of ours to the medical ward of the palace.”

The infant blinked. “A friend?”

Kuwabara nodded. “Yeah. We met her in the dimension that Bonkotsu trapped us in. When he and his goon squad came to her dimension to try and finish us off, she got hurt bad. Then when he opened the portal again, she got dragged back with us. We didn't even notice until it was too late and Bonkotsu was dead.”

Koenma frowned, deep in thought. “Please tell me everything that happened from the time you got pulled into the portal in the first place. Leave nothing out.”

Yusuke did as he asked, the others helping in some areas.

When they were done, Yukina's hands were over her mouth. “Oh, that poor girl! I should go help the healers!” She quickly raced out of the room.

Koenma's expression was now filled with remorse. “She'll be devastated when she finds out...”

Chu nodded. “Yeah. She's going to be freaked when she first wakes up though. She wasn't even conscious to experience the portal for herself.”

Keiko looked at them. “Isn't there something that can be done for her? To get her back?”

Koenma sighed as he looked at her. “Bonkotsu was the Dimensional Specialist of the Otherworld, Keiko. Although there are other demons who possess the ability to create portals, they have no control over where those portals will bring their victims... unlike Bonkotsu himself who could consciously hone in on a particular dimension and create a portal linking to it. People with that ability only come around once every five hundred years. Without someone with that ability, there is no possible way to return her to her own realm. She's stuck here... whether any of us like it or not.”

In that instant, Koenma's right hand ogre, George, came running into the room. “Koenma, sir! She's waking up now!!”

Yusuke frowned. “We'd better get over there. She's liable to freak out when she wakes up and has no idea where the hell she is.”

Nodding, the others all followed George... except for Koenma and Kurama. The second in command of the Otherworld looked at the fox demon in human form. “Kurama? Aren't you going with them?”

The boy looked at him and shook his head, his expression more than just a little sad. “I can't face her. Not after what I've done to her.” Then he turned and walked out of the room without another word.

 

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The moment Chantelle woke up, she started to panic when she didn't see the familiar sight of her room... and her panic increased all the more when she remembered what had happened. She sat bolt upright, not even taking the time to wonder how come she didn't feel any pain, and hardly even noticed the young woman with light blue hair at her side who jumped in alarm at Chantelle's sudden movement. “Oh, GOD!! Where am I?!”

Before she could have a total panic attack, Jin was in front of her, his eyes concerned as he placed his hands on her shoulders. “Chantelle! It's all right. You're safe.”

She felt great relief when she saw a familiar face. “Jin! What's going on? Where are we?”

He got a strained expression on his face as he rubbed the back of his head. “Well... that's... going to be... hard to explain.... You see... um...”

Jin was temporarily saved when they heard running footsteps, and the others entered the room with the girls.

“Chantelle! Are you okay?” asked Kuwabara.

She blinked. “Physically, yeah, I'm fine. But where the hell are we? What's going on you guys?”

They all stopped and a few looks were exchanged. “Okay... who wants to take this one, you guys?”

Hiei decided they may as well get it over and done with now. “You're in the Spirit World.” he said simply.

She blinked slowly as she looked at him. “Spirit... World...?”

Yusuke took in a deep breath. “You're in our dimension now... in our boss' palace. You were hurt badly by Bonkotsu's goon squad, so you were unconscious when this happened but... Bonkotsu opened the portal again, and tried to escape back to the Demon Plane. We all got sucked into the portal with him. We... didn't notice that you were with us... until Bonkotsu had already been killed. We brought you back here to get you healed.”

Chantelle looked from one face to the other. “But... I can get back home, right? RIGHT?” Her heart started hammering in her chest when she saw the strained expressions on her friends faces. “Guys?” She stepped off of the bed. “Someone answer me! Can I get back to my dimension or not?!”

Another voice stepped in at this point, seeming to pick up on the hint that the others weren't sure how to break the news to the girl. “I'm sorry. But since Bonkotsu is dead, the only method of returning you to your own world died with him. He was the dimensional specialist of the Otherworld. Now that he's gone... I'm afraid you're trapped here.”

Chantelle didn't see who it was that had spoken, for the second she heard those words, the world wavered in her sight and her legs went out from beneath her. Jin caught her before she crashed into the floor and immediately held her as she just started to cry.

Yusuke glowered at the floating toddler who had entered the room. “You know, you could have tried breaking it to her just a little more gently than that, Toddler!”

Koenma returned the look. “If you can think of a way to break news like that to someone gently, then I'll apologize for my bluntness. But no amount of sweet talking was going to change the fact, and you know it, Yusuke.”

The boy didn't know what to say in response to this and had to grudgingly admit that Koenma was right. There was no easy way to tell someone that they had pretty much lost everything. He turned his attention back to the girl who was still being held in the arms of the Wind Demon as she continued to sob. Jin ran his hands up and down her back as soothingly as he could and hushed her gently.

After a few long minutes her sobs slowly tapered off into shudders and that's when Koenma floated down to her level. “We'll try to make things as easy for you as we can. You can stay here in my palace until we have found a way to integrate you into society... and more importantly, until we have given you a chance to learn about the human world in THIS dimension.”

She slowly pulled away from Jin and looked to where the voice had come from. Her eyes widened when she saw the floating baby looking back at her. “Um.... What in the...?”

Jin struggled to keep from laughing. “This little guy is Koenma... our boss.”

She stared. “You guys get your assignments from a floating, talking baby?”

Said baby fumed slightly. “I'll have you know that my father is King Enma! I run the Otherworld while he's gone! I'm older than your GRANDMOTHER and...” He sighed resignedly when he saw her blank expression. “Oh, all right! I should be used to no one respecting me in my natural form...” There was a puff of smoke and the toddler transformed into a handsome young man... with a pacifier still in his mouth.

The suddenness of his transformation caused Jin to have an armful of Chantelle again. Her eyes were enormous. “He was... I mean... how did he...? He's big now!!!”

Yusuke grinned at her. “I've learned not to question it.”

Koenma regained his composure. “Now.... as I was saying.... you can remain here until you have adjusted and we have arranged accommodations for you on Earth. In the meantime, my assistant George will show you to a room where you can get some more rest.”

Her expression turned all the more perplexed as a blue man with a horn sticking out among corn yellow hair stepped up to her. “Are you ready to head to your room now? Or do you need a few more minutes?”

She blinked. “Oh... um.... I'm... I'm good... to go now....”

He nodded as Jin helped her to her feet once more. She was just slightly shaky, but it was the shock of it all that was keeping her from another breakdown. She didn't even realize until she was in her room that Kurama hadn't been with the others.

Then she noticed that she was alone. She tried to shake off the light headedness that had suddenly taken over her and tried to focus on her surroundings. The room she was in now was very extravagent... but she guessed she shouldn't be surprised considering where she was now... some Otherworld Palace. There was a large four poster bed with a canopy, silk sheets, and a beautiful light blue comforter. There was a large dresser with an ornate mirror sitting to one side of the room, a door leading out to a large balcony, a table with several ornate chairs sitting in the middle of the room, and a bed stand with a lamp. Beneath her feet was a fluffy rug, which was laid overtop of a marble floor, red in color. A very large and beautiful bedroom. The entire room was about the size of her trailer back home.

She could only stand there and stare off into space for a few minutes, her mind gone completely numb. Then an image slowly came into her mind's eye... of her family and friends that were back in her world. The guys had been fighting that Bonkotsu and his men... was there anything left of the yard? Were the neighbors looking for her right now? Someone must have heard or seen something, so it was probably safe to say that they knew she was missing by now. Then again, if something had gotten blown up, they might not think she was simply missing so much as dead...

That thought was too much for her to bear. Her legs threatened to turn to jelly beneath her once more and she quickly made her way over to her bed. She flopped down and the crying started all over again.

Once she started, it just didn't seem like it was going to stop. She sobbed for what felt like hours, her mind flooded with memories of her world, her family and friends.

She was surprised when she felt a hand slowly settle on her shoulder. Had someone knocked? With the way she'd been crying, she never would have heard it anyway. Looking up, she saw Toya looking down at her, his normally icy eyes and expressionless face showing sympathy.

Chantelle didn't hesitate for a second. Before the Ice Master knew what was happening, he had the girl in his arms and crying into his chest. Unaccustomed to this sort of thing, he had stiffened slightly before he relaxed and held her close, his chin settling on the top of her head. Then he slowly started to run his hands up and down her back for several long moments until her sobs slowly started to taper off.

Toya started to speak. “The others thought you would appreciate some time to yourself, but I thought otherwise. I can see that my instincts were correct.”

She slowly pulled away from him and looked up. She couldn't bring herself to give him even the smallest thanking smile. “Thank you, Toya...”

He nodded, one hand coming up to brush the tears from her cheeks. “Don't mention it. You were there for all of us when we were trapped in your dimension... so we'll return the favor now that you're here. All of us will.” He gently laid her down on the bed. “You should get some sleep. You look totally drained and you've had a hell of a shitty day.”

She hesitated, and then managed a weak nod. She layed down on her side and felt Toya place his hand on her shoulder and start to rub gently. He was seated on the edge of her bed, and she could almost feel his eyes as they looked at her. The motion of his hand did help to relax her, and she was very much grateful that he was there. She didn't want to be alone right now.

It took several long moments, but she eventually fell asleep... Toya staying with her until the time came. Then he got to his feet, his expression icy once more as he looked down at her sleeping form, and he quietly left the room.

 

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