Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Past Encounters ❯ Hidden Pasts, Dark Secrets ( Chapter 5 )

Past Encounters

Written by: Sakura Harusame

Beta-ed by: Dani Yuy

Disclaimer: Chapter 6 and I still don't own it…

The way things are written: "…"- talking, italics- thinking, /…/- telepathy, bold italics- Yoko/ Shuichi (whoever is trapped inside)

Chapter 5: Hidden Pasts, Dark Secrets

"Hiei…"

"Hn." He merely glanced at Kurama.

"She's asleep now."

"Hn." He was sitting on the window seal, as usual.

"Tell me what I want to know." His voice was stern, but not so much as Hiei would think he was commanding him to do it.

"And what is that?" Hiei joked, something he would only do with Sakura and Kurama unless he was taunting that baka, while smirking.

"Inform me of how you know Sakura." Kurama said, sounding annoyed.

"Alright Fox, calm down." Hiei sighed before looking over at his best friend. "Sakura was born on the Koorime Island, just as I was. She was forced to leave home when she was about 5 ningen years old. She had been banished, why is not my place to say. When I found her, she was half-dead and starving. I fed her; thought to this day I still don't know why. We were inseparable from that day forward.

"She could get to Yukina for me. As children, they were friends. She and Yukina had taken to each other quick. Sakura would tell me how my sister was doing. How she was, whether or not she was being treated well, those things." He looked out the window again, his deep crimson eyes seemed to be searching for something. "This went on for a long time, that is, until I had my Jagan eye implanted. We were eventually forced to separate but we kept in contact as much as possible. Seeing as she has a natural Jagan, it made communicating that much easier.

"She took off to the land of her father, one of the last villages of Sliver Kitsune left. Well, Sakura and her father are Sliver Kitsune. The rest of the village is Red Kitsune. A baka there practically stalked her. His name is Li, and he even went so far as to ask her father for her hand. She refused it, but her father accepted it. Li is the strongest male in the village, and having him marry Sakura would have been an honor. It angered her so much she left. That's why she tried to steal from Enma, and that's why she is a ningen now."

"Inari… You two have known each other all your lives." Kurama's emerald eyes softened as he glanced at the sleeping onna on his couch.

"Almost, having Sakura in my life is like having another sister. I love them both but it's a platonic love, Fox." Hiei added, noting the look on Kurama's face.

"So you two have a brother-sister relationship?"

That's good for us, Little One. Yoko's voice was suggestive, as usual.

Yoko, do not get any ideas. We will not bed her-

But what if that's what she wants? I find it wrong you would deny someone so lovely of something she wanted.

/If anything, she'll want a real relationship, not some tryst. / Hiei looked back over to Kurama, his eyes filled with amusement.

"You know Kurama, she has quite the crush on Minamino Shuichi."

And Minamino Shuichi has quite a crush on her as well. Yoko remarked.

Yoko… Kurama growled, his face turning bright red.

"I already know." Hiei pointed to his Jagan, which was glowing a faint color of purple. Kurama shot him a glare, causing Hiei to laugh. "I'm beginning to think you and I spend too much time together, Fox."

Or perhaps, not enough…

YOKO! How many times must we go over this? Hiei is my friend, nothing more! Kurama massaged his temples, trying to fight off the incoming headache.

/Well, I should hope so Shuichi./ Sakura giggled aloud from under her covers.

"Well, ohayo Sakura-chan." Kurama pulled her covers away from her face to see her bright amber eyes.

"Sakura, no -chan at the end, alright?" He nodded. "Good."

"Sleep well?" Hiei glanced over at her and his eyes said it all.

"Hiei!" Sakura jumped up and planned to take off after the Jaganashi, but her legs gave out causing her to fall back onto the couch.

"Before you ask hai, hai, ne, and hai."

"Stop doing that Hiei! And I can't believe you told him!" She glanced over at Kurama at the word `him'.

"Not everything. I left a few things out. Like the things it took me years, maybe even decades to get out of you, for example."

"He neglected to tell me why." Kurama took a seat next to Sakura.

"Why… why what?" She seemed utterly confused.

"Why you were… banished from the Ice Lands." Kurama's voice, which was usually filled with confidence, sounded unsure and nervous.

"Oh. Well, I wasn't exactly what you would have called a… peaceful child. I loved to fights and I frequently stole things. My people saw me as a nuisance, so I was banished." She grinned at him. "Guess it's my kitsune blood."

So, to satisfy yourself, you became a tozoku. You love a good challenge and are highly intelligent. Am I right? Yoko could barely conceal the intrigue in his voice.

"Hai Yoko but I'm not too sure about the intelligent part."

"You seem a little too interested in her Yoko." Hiei said from his seat on the window seal.

Sakura, ignoring Hiei's comment, continued. "That's not the only reason I became a tozoku. I had heard rumors of a powerful Sliver Kitsune who was a bandit. I wanted to meet him, just to know my father and I weren't the last. One day, my wish was nearly fulfilled…"

\\Flashback\\

Sakura darted through the woods, gracefully dodging the trees. She was almost to the village said to be filled with riches. And was heavily guarded, I might add.

Perfect, She thought. A place where my skills may actually be put to the test.

Suddenly, a streak of sliver blew by her. She was caught of guard, but quickly regained her composure.

Wonderful, competition. She snorted.

When she arrived at the village, she saw the one she had been after for years now.

He does exist… The sprit fox Yoko Kurama… Father and I are not the last of our kind…

\\End Flashback\\

"When I went to approach him, he took one look at me and left."

Ah, so that apparition was you? My you've developed well over the years. Sakura's face turned red ever so slightly at Yoko's comment.

"Arigato Yoko-san, I think." Hiei's laughter was visible from the couch. "It's not funny Hiei!"

"It is too. You didn't quite catch his meaning, did you?" When Sakura didn't answer immediately, Hiei's whole body shook with restrained laughter.

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Okay, that's chapter 5. Yusuke and Kuwabaka will make an appearance, and it may be a little angsty in the next chapter.