Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Price of Kindness ❯ Of Names of Cliffs ( Chapter 1 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

Hello all. Its raindropsRteardrops; again, giving you another story (what else would I rather do but please my darling reviewers/people who put me on their fav. list?) I shall try to entertain you for a few minutes of your time.
Sessha thanks that you have found this one's story and she hopes to fulfill your desires and expectations you have for this one's story.
Arigatou!

Disclaimer: Last time I checked... Yoshihiro Togashi-san wasn't called raindropsRteardrops around the net, so obviously, I am not him, therefore I do not own YuYuHakusho. So don't sic your lawers on me...

A sound pierced the night and a tall figure paused in mid-stride. Its ears twitched and turned toward the sound.

"Iie! Get away!" screamed the same feminine voice. Gold eyes rolled in their sockets. The demon stepped towards the bushes from where the scream came.

A young demon, 15 maybe 16 ningen-wise, was backed up against the tree. Her shirt was torn on the shoulder almost ripped in half. It was torn along her waist as well and her pants were clawed at. She had shoulder length brown hair with purple streaks. Her violet eyes were wide with terror and she mouthed refusals.

An older demon advanced towards her, practically inches from her. He held a rope in his hands and a crazed look was in his eye. He smiled wide and materialized a knife in his hands.

She tried to get away, but the demon pushed the knife against her neck. "You move, you die, wench." he growled tying her shaking hands together.

The hiding demon rolled his eyes again and stepped out from the bushes. He was tall and slim, but fitting. He wore simple white pants and makeshift tank top. His long silver flowed to just below his waist and a pair of grey and silver fox ears perched atop his head. His eyes were narrow and shimmered with a deadly gold light.

"Hey. What do you think you're doing?" he growled. He liked to watch a good fight or someone lose everything, but this time, the odds were very uneven. It would have been entertaining to watch but the girl was barely putting up a fight!

The girl's eyes widened at his intrusion. She glanced nervously between the advancer and her possible savior. The elder demon pressed the knife against the girl's throat drawing a thin line of blood.

"Wha'd-ya want?" he asked back.

"I don't appreciate it when someone takes advantage of another who has no chance of fighting back," the silver haired demon said smoothly.

The elder laughed. "Who'd-ya think ya are? The fighter for peace and justice?"

"Far from it."

"Well, you can take your 'advantage philosophy' and shove it up your ass!" The elder shouted, spinning and tossing the knife at the gold eyed demon. He caught the knife easily with his left hand and withdrew a rose from behind his neck with the other.

"Rose Whip!" He called, channeling his demonic energy into the small flower. It glowed and grew into a long green whip covered in thorns. He swung it before the elder could blink and decapitated him.

The body fell to the ground, the head a few feet away. The whip shrunk back to a rose and the holder put it back in its rightful place. The demon looked at the girl. She had sunk on her knees to the ground looking at the demon that saved her.

"I...umm... thank you..." she stuttered as the demon knelt next to her and untied her hands.

He wasn't quite why he saved her. The advantage thing he said was just a cover up. Maybe it was her helplessness and some insane want to step in. Maybe it was a need to kill something. Or it could have been the scared look in her eyes and the need to stop her fears. But why?

He looked in her eyes. They looked straight at him, confused and gracious. His eyes roamed the rest of her. A hint of red covered her face and she swallowed nervously. Her shirt was falling off and one freed hand held it up to conceal herself.

Good form...He immediately shook his head of those thoughts and took the girl's chin in a tight grasp.

"You hurt, kiddo?" He asked in a gruff voice.

"N-no..." she stuttered.

"Good. Cause I wasn't gonna take care of you if you were." He glared into her eyes, causing her to shiver. "I don't know why I bothered to help you. But let me assure you, it wasn't of kindness or charity. Got it, kiddo." It was a statement, not a question. He stood up and began to walk away.

"Wa-wait, dono!" the girl called. She stood up and the tall demon turned around. "I-I-I..." she bowed low, eyes to the ground."Thank you for saving me. Please, let me repay you."

"Ya know, kiddo. You're very venerable like that," the demon said bluntly, crossing his arms across his chest. "I could easily chop of your head without thinking twice."

"You may do so if you want, my life is in your hands." she said not moving from her position. "Allow me to repay you in anyway you wish."

"No kiddo...I don't think so..." the demon said walking away.

"Please!" Yelled the girl. She chased after him and stood in front of him. "You saved me; I must repay your kindness."

"I told you, kiddo. I didn't save you out of kindness." The demon said pushing past her.

"Then let me repay you for your troubles..." she said following him.

The demon stopped and thought. "How bout this..."

The girl's eyes widened.

"Leave me alone."

Her shoulders slumped. "That's not what I mean."

"Then go jump off a cliff, kiddo. A kid like you won't last long in our world anyway." He began to walk off again. The girl followed him, not saying a word.

Then, coincidentally, a large cliff opened in front of them. The demon looked for a bridge. He found one and proceeded towards it. Not hearing her footsteps behind him, he turned around.

She stood at the edge of the cliff looking into the abyss. She took a few steps back and ran towards the edge.

Holy crap! She's actually gonna do it! He thought in panic.

"Shimatta!" He reached into his hair and pulled out a leaf. He channeled his demonic energy into and it grew. It flew over to the girl and caught her as she jumped off.

The girl watched in shock as the leaf carried her over to him.

"But-You-I!"

"Ahou!" hescreamed as the leaf dropped her on her rear and she let out an "oof!".
"I didn't actually mean it!" he looked downat her and glared in her eyes. "What kind of idiot are you?"

"I did what you said... you wanted me to jump off a cliff to repay you... and I did..." the girl mumbled, looking at the ground.

The demon sighed. "Fine. Whatever.If you don't throw your life away like that, you can come with me. I don't care... " He began to walk off.
"But I doubt there will be anything you can do for me that will be even for your life." He left her on the ground, stunned. He turned around and rolled his eyes.

"Are you coming or not?" he called. The girl jumped up and ran over to him.

"Thank you so much, dono! I promise you won't regret this!" she said happily. "My name is Macha," she bowed. "May I know the name of my savior?"

"Youko." He said turning towards the bridge. "Youko Kurama."

Soo... did'ya like it?. I hope you did, this chapter came out pretty well, I can't wait to start the next one... boy it's gonna be good. I mean, how can one resist the cute silver haired fox-boy of all time?

Here's the translations.. some of them are simple, but for those who don't know, I've prepared a little list...

Arigatou: (aree-gah-toh) Thank you
Iie: (ee-eh) No
kiddo: (keed-doh) kid
(when not used as the suffix "-dono" meaning lord, lady)dono: (do-no) mister polite
Shimatta: (shee-mah-tah) Damn it!
Ahou: (ah-ho) fool, idiot

I like helpful critisism, some advice on how to make Youko act, ect...
Reviews gratefully appreciated; flames, not.