Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ In the Dark of the Night ❯ Prolouge ( Chapter 1 )

 

Title: In the Dark of the Night

Author: Katzztar

Summary: Kuwabara has a difficult time with ghosts. It seems that the darker aspects of hauntings plague him; just what does Kazuma goes through? What was his childhood like?

I am coining the term Spectral rape.

Rating: R for violence
Feedback: desired.

*Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho.

Characters: From the anime/manga = Kuwabara Kazuma, Kuwabara Shizuru, Yukina (all three missing in action but mentions throughout the story) Genkai, Kurama, Hiei, Yusuke, Keiko, Botan and Koenma were created by Yoshiro Togashi.

 

The following characters are of my own creation and I own them.=

The Kuwabara family-

Akira = father of Shoda, father-in-law to Amanda

Shoda = husband to Amanda, father of Kazuma

Amanda = daughter of Adam Holmes, wife of Akira, mother of Kazuma's

Jun = first daughter of Shoda and Amanda

Yoshiko = third daughter of Shoda and Amanda

Misao = fourth daughter of Shoda and Amanda.

 

Others I created=

Adam Holmes = father of Amanda, owner of Bogy House, father-in-law to Shoda

Father Browning = Catholic priest that is discriminatory to foreigners and other faiths.

Shino = A Shinto priest

Kohaku = A Buddhist monk

Father MacGavin = the priest that replaced Browning, he's more tolerant to others

Brother James = A ghost of a 7th century monk

Author's notes: This is what we know about Kazuma's powers and his growing up (depending on where the excerpt came from) =

From the subtitled JV show=“It's true, when I'm assaulted by these chills---I see the spirits of the dead, and become paralyzed; and I get chased by the ghosts of nasty old women and stuff. Anyhow, bad things happen to me.”

 

From the Dubbed EV show= “It's true, I've had the tickle ever since kindergarten---voices chasing me home at night---scary old women whisper things to me in my dreams, sometimes there nice, usually they're not.” (Tickle?? Tickle verses chills-- now you can see why most of the time I prefer the subbed over the dubbed -_-)

 

From the English version, graphic novel #1= ”I feel a chill.—Yeah, nothing good ever happens when I feel like this. Like I saw the will-o'-the-wisp, or got hit by sleep paralysis, or was chased by a grisly ghost.”

 

 

- Prologue

 

Entry 432- age 14 - fall

Return of the Chills

 

 

Well, Urameshi is now back among the living. No temporary `soul charge' for a day but honest to goodness

official one of the living. I have mixed feelings about it. Yeah I know it's funny, I wanted him to return to life.

But now that he has, well I miss his spirit hovering around. He doesn't realize it but I could see him and a vague

image of a girl that sometimes was with him. Even in death, Urameshi has these vibes to him, the kind that says

he's a fighter and it's best not to mess with him. His spirit coming over to my place, well it kept most of the other

ghosts off my back. They didn't want to mess with him.

 

But now that he's gone, they're returning. That has me scared. Yeah, I said it. I, Kazuma Kuwabara, am scared. I once

told Urameshi that nothing he can do would make me scared of him. I spoke the truth, why should I fear the living when

it's the dead that has caused me the most grief. They're the ones who hold the greatest power over me.

 

When you think of your childhood, what's your earliest memory? Do you think of the time you learned how to ride

bicycle, your mother or father at your side after you fell? How about playing hide and seek with the other kids, did

you hide behind a tree? Ah, the touch of a mother's sweet lips as she kisses the top of your head, telling you there's

nothing to fear.

 

Such innocent and fond memories are not for me. Oh no, I agree with that western song, although for different reasons

than the song was written about.

 

Hell is for children.

 

It truly is hell.

For in the dark of the night, they came and made my childhood hell.

In the dark of the night, they return once again.

Oh damn it all, they're her~

 

 

The sound of grass crunching alerted him that he had a visitor; still he had no time to hide the journal that he was reading.

 

"Yo, Kurama, what are you reading?" Urameshi Yusuke tried to smile but worry twisted it into a grimace. No one could get Yusuke to smile the past week, not even Keiko.

 

Marking the page, Kurama closed the plain red-bound book. "I am searching for clues." He saw by the raised eyebrow that Yusuke wanted to know more. With a sigh, Kurama made sure to protect the book from any outburst that may happen. "This book is one of three journals that Kuwabara-kun has written in for years it seems."

 

"Give it here!" Yusuke demanded with an out stretched hand.

 

With a quick side-step , Kurama was out of reach. "Ah, don't be too hasty Yusuke. We don't want a repeat of what happened with that drawing."

 

"Hell, that picture needed to be destroyed! You saw how fucked up it was! What twisted bastard would draw something like that?" Yusuke exploded, his blood boiling as he thought of the drawing's subject matter.

 

Even the ancient Kistune's soul was chilled by the grisly art. "As disturbing as it was, that drawing could have contained some clues. This journal may also reveal hidden clues. I suggest that you do NOT destroy it." Kurama cooly said as he re-opened the book to the marked page.

 

At Kurama's reprimand, Yusuke shrank some. "Geash okay! I won't blast it to bits." Noticing Kurama's gaze at the page, Yusuke began to read the entry. "This must have been right after I returned to life the first time. Hey, what do you make of the last line? What did he mean by 'They're her'?"

 

"Actually, I think he meant to write 'they're here'. See the the slash line at the end? It may have been that he was interrupted while writing." Marking the page, Kurama closed the book and held it up to show Yusuke. "That entry was numbered 432, and is in the last third portion of the book. There are many other entries before this,"

 

"So?" Staring hard at his friend, Yusuke tried to grab the journal back. "What about after that? Are there entries during the time we were in Makai and not in contact with Kuwabara? That's what we need to know!"

 

"There are entries afterwards and including the time we were gone,Yusuke. However I couldn't really make sense of them. That is why I'm going through ALL the entries. We need to understand the full situation." Refusing to wilt from the former detective's glare, Kurama pointed to the entry they just read. "Kuwabara-kun clearly states that he has had trouble with ghosts throughout his childhood. We should start at the beginning to find any clues to what happened."

 

"We need to find the demon responsible before it's too late!" Yusuke was at his wits end. He knew they needed clues to what happened but he had no patience while a friend is in need. "We have to find him before-before..." His voice trailed off ,unable to finish the sentence of 'before it's too late'.

 

With a deep breath, Kurama turned to face his long time friend. Yusuke in panic mode while searching for clues is not helpful. "Yusuke, I'm not certain that a demon is responsible for this. These journals is making me think that it a strong possibility that it was ghosts that did that."

 

Both boys looked to where Kurama was pointing. The lot where the Kuwabara residence once stood was now in total rubble.

 

TBC