Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Rock My World ❯ Hauntings ( Chapter 6 )

Dc-chan: The last chapter was so long….I hope you enjoy this one to minna-san! It appears things in this story are going to get stranger too…oh and to answer one of your questions, Kira isn’t going to be paired with one of the main characters like I said before, but there might be some one sided romance…who knows what twists and turns my brain will make for this story?

Disclaimer: I do this when I want to ,but I deny owning YYH and that’s the brutal truth.

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Chapter 6 of Rock My World

Hauntings

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Kira often looked at her back in the mirror which had at least a dozen red scars engraved into it. She didn’t know how she got them, but it seemed to her that they came from the dream she had involving Kokuei. That dream, or nightmare as she referred to it, had left these marks on her and even after a month and a half they refused to heal.

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She was careful never to show them to Genkai and hid them as best she could. Kira didn’t want Genkai becoming concerned about her, she had to concentrate on training too which wasn’t as bad as Yusuke made it out to be.

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Though Genkai often stressed that one had to me physically strong as well as mentally, she didn’t make Kira spare to often. Instead Genkai focused solely on developing Kira’s pyschic powers sometimes for a week straight.

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It was much more mentally exhausting then physically if anything.

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“At least you’re not a slacker,” Genkai commented coolly while watching Kira try to meditate. It was difficult for her because Genkai could tell she wasn’t used to clearing her mind completely and become serene with her surroundings. She was the energetic type, Genkai could see that easily, but at least Kira was different from her last student.

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Kira tilted her head to one side and opened one brown eye, “I take it that’s a good thing Genkai-sensei.”

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Genkai only nodded firmly, “My last student was a lazy bum.”

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“Yusuke?” Kira asked even though she already knew it was him. She bit the inside of her cheek to keep from laughing out loud, then re closed her eye to get back to the task at hand. After almost a month and half and she still couldn’t meditate properly. It was more frustrating then it looked. Well, at least she wasn’t trying to dodge or stop flying blunt objects today.

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“Obviously,” Genkai replied sharply. “If you do it properly you should feel your spirit energy coarse through your body and you might possibly lift up off the ground.”

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Kira sighed heavily, she didn’t want to cross the old lady for she gave out the harshest punishments. She straightened herself where she was sitting cross-legged with her hands resting on her knees and her eyes closed. She breathed in and out slowly, trying to let her mind free, she tried to stop thinking. It wasn’t easy at all.

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Genkai remained silent while watching her student as intensely as a hawk, holding her own breath.

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Kira relaxed every muscle and nearly stopped breathing, letting her body do what was natural.

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Genkai urged her on mentally, knowing that she was close.

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Kira started trembling where she sat making Genkai arch an eyebrow, but suddenly Kira fell into a fit of laughter and was rolling around on the floor holding her stomach, “I...can’t…” She laughed between gasps of breath.

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Genkai frowned and looked away, “You were close this time too.”

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The teenage girl got up, still smiling and flustered from her laughing fit, “Can I listen to some music while I do this?” She asked.

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“Why?” Genkai wondered.

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“It helps me…you know, clear my mind or whatever.” Kira explained hastily.

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Genkai sighed, “Fine, it’s not like you’re getting anywhere but, I would prefer you-”

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“Arigatou!” Kira cut her off dashing out of the room.

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Genkai heard her slip and fall in the hallway and cringed inwardly, “Are you all right?”

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“Hai.” Was the cheerful answer.

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Kira soon reappeared back in the room with the headphones over her ears and sat back down in the centre of the room then pulled her hair back into a ponytail. “Okay, I’m ready to go.” She turned her C.D. player on and sat up straight and closed her eyes once again, letting the blaring music fill her ears and the lyrics echo inside of her head.

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Genkai slapped her forehead and mumbled, “This is getting monotonous…” She then returned her gaze back to Kira who was sitting peacefully and she frowned. She could hear the music on the other side of the room. However it seemed to be working nonetheless. Her spirit energy began emitting off her body like a dark blue haze. “Then again…you never know with kids these days,” Genkai smirked.

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Kira felt a new feeling, but it was strange. Like all her veins were pulsing and her mind drew up blank. She couldn’t register anything in her head, images flashed before her but, she couldn’t recognize them. Something was wrong.

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Genkai immediately scowled when the aura around Kira turned a deep purple. This wasn’t right, none of it was.

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She saw Kira rocking slightly where she sat and beads of sweat formed on the girl’s brow.

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Kira wanted to pull off her headphones, she was getting a headache. Everything started spinning so fast around her.

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Tree smashed through the room causing Genkai to jump, “What the hell?” She glanced back at Kira, she saw the girl wincing as if she was in pain. “Kira!”

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Kira heard the faint calling of her name and she wanted to respond, but she couldn’t move. It was like her body had been frozen as something was happening around her. Her eyes were still clamped shut and she struggled to breath.

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Finally, her eyes opened slightly and she saw Genkai running up to her yelling and that was the last thing she recalled.

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She opened her brown eyes, her head still hurting and forced herself to stand up. She looked at where she was and blinked stupidly. Where was she?

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Everything around her was dark, like she was in a dark void of nothingness. The only light that was there was the one shining on her and she wondered were it came from. It was like a moonbeam that followed her movements as she took a few steps forward.

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“Are you lost?” A cold voice behind her asked.

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Kira whipped around quickly to see who it was, but no one was there.

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Then she heard it again, “Are you lost?”

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“Iie,” she answered swiftly.

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The voice chuckled darkly, it sounded so familiar. “You’ve dived more deep then you should.”

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“What do you mean?” She shot angrily.

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“Into darkness,” it said quietly, “you’re too deep into it now. It won’t let you escape.”

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Kira narrowed her eyes and balled her fists, “Darkness, huh? I’m already shaking in fear.” She retorted sarcastically.

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“You should be, for once it has you…it doesn’t let go…it doesn’t want too…”

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Kira’s eyes widened at that. It was like what Kokuei had said in that nightmare. His voice rang in her head, “I don’t want to let you go…never…” A chill shot up her spine.

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“Ring a bell?” The voice mused.

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“Kokuei!” She shouted.

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“There is no Kokuei here,” it replied shrilly, “only you.”

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She took a step back, “Then who are you? Tell me.” She demanded.

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“I am darkness, your inner darkness.” It replied softly then added, “The youkai hiding away within yourself waiting to be released…”

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Kira put her hands on her hips stubbornly, “Let me get this straight asshole, you’re a demon hiding in me?” She laughed nervously, “That’s the biggest load of bullshit I’ve ever heard. Quit playing around and show yourself!”

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“How can I show you what’s not here?”

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Kira took a sharp intake of breath, “Not…here…”

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“You don’t belong here yet, you’ve got a long road ahead of you before you should return here.” It said gingerly.

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“Are you trying to help me or piss me off?” Kira clicked her tongue, waiting impatiently for an answer from whatever this thing was.

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“Kokuei…”

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“What about him?” Kira questioned tapping her foot as she folded her arms across her chest.

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“You shouldn’t be playing with shadows…for danger always lurks within them…”

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“How long has she been out?” Yusuke asked Genkai.

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“About eight hours now,” Genkai whispered, growing more concerned every passing second without showing it.

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“What happened?” Kurama inquired sitting next to Kira’s laying body that they had put on her bed. Everybody was crowded in the room wanting to know what happened to her.

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“As far as I can tell…she went into too deep into meditation and got trapped within herself…extremely uncommon.” Genkai responded hovering over Kira.

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Yusuke who had been pacing back and forth stopped, “So, she’s trapped?”

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“Well, figuratively speaking she is. She can got out whenever she wants, but the dream state she’s possibly in probably won’t allow it.” Genkai said silently.

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“Dream state…” Kurama sat a few minutes silent in thought then said, “so she’s dreaming right now.”

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“That’s the best case scenario.” Genkai said glumly.

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“What’s the worst?” Kuwabara asked.

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Genkai heaved a sigh, “She could be dying as we speak but, I doubt that’ll happen to her.”

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Kuwabara seemed somewhat relieved at that.

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Kurama seemed to be worrying about something else, “What’s this?” He pulled down the collar of her shirt back behind her neck a little and gasped. He could see scars running down her back. “How did this happen to her?” He questioned Genkai.

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Genkai leaned down, surprised at what she was seeing. She shrugged, “I’ve no clue, but I will ask her once she wakes up.”

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“Whenever she wakes up,” Yusuke noted.

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“She’ll wake up,” Genkai insisted dryly, “Now I believe your parents will be worried about you if you don’t get home soon. Everything’s under control now. Tell Koenma that she’s fine.”

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Kurama nodded and they all left, leaving Genkai alone in the room with Kira. Genkai sat down in the chair where Kurama had been sitting. Anxiety written across her face, “I’m too old for this.”

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Kira’s eyes suddenly shot open causing Genkai to nearly have a heart attack. Kira sat up right and looked around the room, “Nani?” She then grumbled, “This keeps getting weirder and-”

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“Do you know how lucky you are to be alive?” Genkai snapped, recovering from the shock.

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“What are you talking about?” Kira yawned, acting as if nothing happened, maybe because she didn’t understand what had happened. The voice and the darkness were completely forgotten to her.

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“I had to convince Kurama and the others that it was unlikely for you to die in state that you were in.” Genkai said then she lowered her voice, “You went quite deep into your spirit, into the deepest and darkest depths, didn’t you?”

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Kira shook her head, “I don’t know.”

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“Figures,” Genkai muttered, “nobody remembers what happened when they go where their spirit hides their darkest parts.” Then Genkai remembered Kurama’s concern, “Then tell me, how’d you got those scars? Kurama was wondering about them as am I.”

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Kira raised her eyebrows, “What scars?”

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“On your back.”

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“Nani?” She cried out, “Kurama was looking at my back? What were you thinking to let that hentai do something like that?”

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“You dolt,” Genkai rolled her eyes, “part of the scar can be seen on your lower neck. Now tell me, where did they come from? The training I’ve been giving hasn’t been that difficult.”

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Kira clutched the blanket underneath her hands and clamed herself down, “It was a dream…”

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“You got hurt by a dream?” Genkai asked.

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Kira nodded, “More of a nightmare though…”

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“Care to share?”

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“Maybe...” Kira answered, “It’s kind of personal though.”

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“Tell me, this concerns your safety.” Genkai pressed demandingly.

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“Alright,” Kira blushed sheepishly, giving in to the old woman. She was too tired to really argue anyway, “It was weird. There was this guy and he was holding me in his arms then I felt his nails dig in my back. I told him to let go…but he wouldn’t. It hurt so much and to be honest…” she paused and tightened her grip on the blanket in her hands before continuing, “it was scary. It was like he wouldn’t let me go…not matter what…he would never let me go…” She felt gripped with sadness when she finished. That nightmare had actually terrified her, but she was too stubborn to admit that.

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“You should have told me about it straight away.” Genkai reprimand fiercely. “Having dreams where you are actually physically hurt like this are rare and it could happen again. What did I tell you about dreams? And…did you know this boy?”

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“H-hai…” Kira stuttered feeling ashamed, she wasn’t the type to let a boy get to her. “I met him at a club the night before I was dragged here…he gave me an odd feeling when I met him too.”

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“When you dream about someone you vaguely know, it can give you insight on who they really are. That’s an advantage to being a pyschic.” Genkai explained.

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“So?” Kira sounded hurt. “I had a dream about a panda wearing Superman underwear with a pink penguin sidekick wearing a ballerina outfit chasing after me. Then they turned into jelly cubes and tried to swallow me and that doesn’t mean pandas, penguins and jelly cubes are out to get me, does it?”

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“Quit being childish.” Genkai said under her breath. “We have to play it safe, especially you.”

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Kira stood up and walked past Genkai, “Quit worrying about me, you’re sounding like my kaasan.” And with that she brushed past Genkai and went outside into the night. “I hate people like that…always telling me what I should do…to hell with them all!” She kicked a tree branch on the ground off into the shadow of a tree and heard a whispering sound coming from within the shadows. “Nani?” Kira walked closer and into the shadow, “Who’s there?”

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A whooshing of a cloak sound came from her left side and before she could turn around to face whatever it or who it was she felt a hard blow to her head and fell onto the stone ground.

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Before everything went black for the second time for her today she heard someone hiss,

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“You shouldn’t be playing with shadows…for danger always lurks within them…”

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Dc-chan: This chapter has a point and one of the Six Sage Youkai appears in the next chapter which will be action packed! Now we get to see if I can write (type) fight scenes. A true test of skill that it is.

Yusuke: Oh, so you’re Kenshin now? *throws a blunt object at her* Baka, be original for once.

Dc-chan: *gets hit in the head* Oro…T-T…meanie…