Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Into Tortall ❯ Chapter One ( Chapter 1 )

AN: I goofed in my disclaimer. Whilst I Own Kiiro she doesn't appear in this fiction. lol. my bad. anyways, thanks for those of you who reviewed.

By the way, When I just Japanese I will put an * ( Asterisk ) by it. Also. Other words that are my own little language (not things like 'FWEE!' or "Chau" things that are actually in my personal dictionary) and things like 'parsimonious' will be translated or their meanings expressed at the end of the chapter. If you wanna know what it is without scrolling down press 'CTRL + F' and then insert The word with an asterisk in front of it. To scroll back up press 'CTRL + F' again and enter the word with an asterisk AFTER it. Since words are only translated once you won't end up in the middle of the fic if you were at the top.

Chapter one:

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Kat woke up with a groan. She felt as though she had been slammed into the ground and landed right on her back. She heard another groan from beside her. Kat struggled to turn her head towards the sound and opened her eyes slowly. It was koneko. "Ki-kit Chan?" "Hai?" Kit replied, turning her head to look at Kat. "Were we just in the dark tournament again? My muscles are hurting like hell." Kat glanced around the small space they were in. The space was literally, just big enough for the two to lay down. Kat looked up and saw there was no roof to the small area. "I don't think so. I think we're in between some buildings. I saw this design once at my Sense's dojo. He said it often occurred in towns during quick construction." Kat sat up despite her body's painful protests. She touched each of the four walls. "One of these walls is a lot older than the other two." Kat said blinking. "I am worried though... The materials these are made of all but stopped being used in the middle ages." Kit sat up now and leaned against the wall behind her. "How is that bad? There are still buildings from the middle ages in places like France and England." Kat nodded. "But... These bricks look less than twenty years old..." She bit her lower lip as she always did when nervous.

Kit held back a glare. "You mean...." Kat nodded slowly and wished she could hide. "Yes.. I think I goofed a bit more than I thought." Kit rubbed her temples. Something told her there was something missing. She ignored the thought. "So you're thinking we're in medieval England or some place like that?" Kat nodded. "I think our first objective is to get out of here. I'll reverse summon us." Kat closed her eyes in order to concentrate. She envisioned a piece of blank paper. 'This isn't right..' She thought. 'This can't be right, can it?' She searched over the blank paper in her mind more. "Shit." Kat said with a growl. "My magic is gone. I can't envision it in order to summon it. It's drained." Koneko's eyes widened. "Aw crap. That's what was missing." Kat blinked. "Nani*?" "My magic is almost depleted as well." Kit replied with a sigh. "Of all the times........" Kat nodded. "Mine's totally depleted."

Kit looked at her questioningly. "You're a visual person right?" Kat nodded. "How do you envision your magic, I was trained to use it without visualization or imagining it as a sound or feeling." Kat laughed. "I envision lines on a paper, I then imagine the lines pulling themselves off the paper in order to use the magic."

Kit blinked. "Do you draw*?" Kat held her hands up and laughed, shaking her head. "No no no no no! Not at all. I'm bad at it." Kit ignored the blatant lie. 'She's such a bad liar.' "Well, We'll have to use our physical abilities to get out." Kat sweat dropped. "We're doomed!" Koneko sweat dropped. "Why don't we try using our brains?" Kat nodded slowly. "Gomen*,, It's just that I panic without my magic. It's a physical safeguard, I think." Kit nodded. "I understand. Let's find a way out quickly though. all right?" Kat nodded her reply to her friend.

They both examined the some what narrow shaft. Kat blinked. "Do you think that if we climbed back to back we could make it?" Kit looked at her and then to the wall. "I'm not completely sure, but we should be able to." Kat nodded. "Lets go for it." The two got back to back and started up the wall. The size difference between them was pain stakingly obvious as they went through with their task. It took them what seemed like forever but finally made it to the top. After that climb they had a hard time getting on the roof but eventually made it. Kat was breathing a tad hard. "Long climbs are not my friend." She said taking a deep breath. Kit crawled to the edge of the roof and cursed softly. "A long way up means a long way down. I'm not in the mood for broken bones." She said as she looked back to her friend.

Kat crawled over to the edge as well. She paled. "Aw shit. I've landed from higher up without breaking my legs but I had my magic then,, and shoes." She said as she noticed the lack there of. Kit shook her head. "I've fallen from higher, too. But the problem is whilst I'm in my normal form it's near the time when I become completely human for a night. You know what that means, correct?" Kat groaned and nodded. "If only one of the others was here." She sighed and laid on the roof again.

Kit looked at Kat. "That's it. We can use telepathy to speak to Hiei and Kurama." Kat beamed. "You're a genius Kit. I feel stupid now." Kit laughed a bit. Kat started to contact Kurama telepathicly. She silently thanked her goddess when she sensed his mental signature. <Shuuichi-kun?> Her reply was quicker than she had thought. <Kat? Are you okay? Where are you?> Kurama's voice replied in her head. <I'm okay, and I'm really high up on a roof.> Kurama's relief was felt over the connection. Then came angry words. <Where were you? I was so worried! How could you disappear for six days and not even try to contact me till you're in trouble?!> Kat shook her head and looked to koneko who was getting far worse of tongue lashing from whoever she'd contacted. <Well, Six days explains a lot. Like why I'm hungry.> She replied to Kurama. He sighed. <You always try to make light of serious things. I was worried sick. Now. Describe the area around you.>

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Kat had long since told him what she saw. Kat had found out Kit had called for Yuusuke. She was too afraid Hiei would be upset and would rather talk to him in person. While they waited they had talked about the things around them. They had pointed out the castle, the tilting yard, the stables and the tallest building in the city, if not the world, Balor's Needle. Looking at it, Kat decided that even she'd be scared to death of it.

The two girls were about to talk about Bone dancer and other odd creatures when she heard Kurama raise his voice to her. "Kat. I'm here." Kurama said with irritation. Kat looked at him. "Thank goodness. Where's Yuusuke? Kit asked him to come." She said with a questioning tone. "He is held up by something,, interesting." Kit moved her head to see Kurama. "So we need to rely on you to catch us?" She said in a questioning tone. Kurama nodded. "Yes. I'm not frail, you know." He said smiling. Kit coughed a bit. Kat snickered, getting the drift of what koneko was trying to say. Kurama frowned. "Wait till you find out what your role is here." Kat looked at him. "Where IS here?" Kurama shook his head. "Come down first. Actually. Kit, you should come down first. You weigh much less." Kat glared at him from the roof. "Are you calling me fat?" Kurama backed up. "No! I'm just saying it'll be easier for her to come down first." Kit snickered. "You scared him." Kat grinned. She then blinked. "Letting Keiko talk you into wearing the female school uniform today is going to bite you in the ass." Kit sweat dropped. "Shit." Kat looked at her. "Watch where you aim. I don't want to carry him." Kit snickered.

Kurama looked up, waiting for the smaller of the two red heads. Kit walked to the edge and jumped so that her back was to the ground. Kat watched as kit was caught. "Hm, pants."

Kurama put kit down and readied himself for Kat. She jumped down similarly to kit. Kurama almost fell over jumping forward to catch her. Kurama sighed relieved as Kat snickered. "I just had to do that." Kurama shook his head at her. "and what If you had fallen?" He said as he put her down. "Technically I did." Kat said grinning.

A loud yell followed her comment. Kurama looked at kit. "Why did you kick me?" He said holding his leg. Kat snickered and muttered. "Because she can." Kit crossed her arms. "I didn't look at anything!" He said in his defense. "Besides you were wearing pants." "How would you know that if you weren't looking?" Kat said with a grin. "Accidentally!" He said, raising his voice a large amount. Kat noticed that he tended to get a little nippy when kit and herself teamed up to tease him. "All right. Enough playing around. Where are we, how long have we been here, and just how has a girlie man gotten away with being a knight?" She said looking at Kurama.

She noticed how Kurama was dressed in somehow familiar clothes. Dark trousers that fit him loosely, a medium blue tunic trimmed nicely with silver and deep colored riding boots. She shook her head. Where she had seen the outfit before was going to wrack her brain for a while. Kurama looked at the two. "We had best get to where we're staying first."

Kurama started off at a brisk pace with both girls in tow. Kat deep in thought over the outfit and where they could possibly be. Kat stopped suddenly and hit herself in the head. "We're in Tortall. If I have ever felt more like an idiot before today then I can't remember. I mean geeze. We were pointing out Balor's needle and all sorts of other things and it didn't hit us sooner." Kurama laughed. "You've been missing a while, I'd suppose you haven't eaten since we lost track of you so that's something to consider."

Kit blinked and looked at Kat. "You mean you didn't notice?" Kat sweat dropped. "It's obvious by your tone that you did." Kit sweat dropped. "I've been trained to work without food, water and sleep for a long time. You haven't." Kat nodded slowly as they continued. "Still,,, I don't like feeling like an idiot." Kurama smiled and sped up a little.

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Kat yawned as they neared a building, a rather large building, that looked like it was built to house roughly three hundred or so people. Kat blinked as a man in the same uniform as Kurama ran out of the building. "Lord Minamino! You're needed on the night guard." Kat blinked at the odd and gangly man. His dark brown hair was cut to his earlobes with the exception of his bangs which went to his chin. Kat raised an eyebrow, despite his odd hair Kat had to admit he was handsome. Coming from her that was a rather large complement. With a pair of hazel eyes and a baby face it was hard to notice his Mage's* brow. Kat bit her lover lip. This was bad. Had her magic added things from their world into this one? Other than the obvious insertion of her friends and herself. Kat watched as Kurama and the man walked off. She hadn't heard a word Kurama had said to her as he left.

As soon as they were out of sight Kat turned to her fellow red head. "Did you-?" She was cut off by Kit. "Mage's brow. I think your magic screwed this world up. Or at least created more people." Kat nodded. "Possibly in order to make us fit into the world? How someone with a mage's brow would work in that favor, though?" kit nodded. "Good question." Kat was about to say something when she heard a loud yell. Kat blinked and ran off towards the sound. Kit followed, unable to keep her friend in sight for an unknown reason. 'What's going on?' she thought as Kat went out of view.

A spell.

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You may have noticed I added things to the buildings and stuff. There is a reasoning. The books weren't very nice to me when it comes to describing the lesser buildings of the story. Heh. Therefore I add details that weren't there.

By the way. I cut the chapter short because I wanted to finish the chapter without rushing it. I'll continue onto the next chappy after updating 'Age of darkness.'

*nani - What?

*draw - A little explanation. Most mages that use visualization to summon their magic to them are artists of some sort. Those that invisualise lines on paper are normally scetch artists. Those that imagine paint are normally painters, those that imagine unworked clay are normally sculptors, so on and so forth. Others use other senses to summon their magic or they just draw it from themselves without visualization.

*gomen - Sorry. A more casual way to say it rather than "Gomen nasai" or "Sumimasen"

*-Kun - A word ending, or rather a name ending. Kun is put on the end of a male's name to show affection or deep friendship, Chan is the female version. Sama is 'lord' or 'master', Hime is 'princess', Sempai is baisicly for classmen. There are many more. Those are just the basics. I might be wrong on Sempai

*Mage's Brow - An insignia that is visible to dark mages alone, it marks one with the power of the black stars. It is native to the YYHWR series that I write.