Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Save Me ❯ Genkai's Test ( Chapter 3 )

Here is Chapter 3 of Save me... see Kiarra go through Genkai's test!! Please R&R!!!

 

I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho... Just my own character Kiarra.

 

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The next morning, Kiarra was brought to the temple, and told to just stand there and wait for someone to tell her what to do. She had also been told that they were heading into the temple itself and they would be close and keeping an eye on her, assured that even out of her sight and behind the walls, Hiei could keep a close watch on her because of his demonic abilities.

She felt really out of place and vulnerable, considering the rest of the company. She was the only woman she could see who was present, and all the guys there looked like they could snap her like a twig. She forced herself to stay calm, taking deep breaths and reminding herself that if she got too nervous or uptight, it might cause a repeat of the incident. Staying calm was easier said then done, though, with the looks some of these guys were giving her.

After about twenty minutes of tense waiting, a pretty young woman with light blue hair stepped out of the temple and handed out small envelopes to each person there, telling them NOT to open them until Genkai came out and told them to.

Another ten minutes passed before the doors opened once more and an old woman with greying hair stepped out and regarded them all with a cool look. She scanned the crowd for a long moment, her eyes stopping on Kiarra for a couple heartbeats before they continued their scan.

“My assistant Yukina has given each of you an envelope. There is a piece of paper within it. If your paper is red, then you are welcome to come inside and take my test. If it is white, then try again next time.”

Kiarra blinked slowly, and upon casting a quick glance around at the other hopeful students, she saw the same confusion on their features. Then they all slowly opened their envelopes. She sighed in relief when she saw her paper was red. Around her, she heard some shouts of glee, and other sounds that indicated that many of the people had not made it through.

She suddenly felt a massive hand on her shoulder. “Hey!! How come you get a red paper?! You're nothin' but a little lady! Hand that over so Genkai-sama can get a REAL student!”

Kiarra barely caught a glimpse of the massively built man before he snatched the envelope from her hand.

“HEY!!!!” She protested, in alarm, wondering how she was going to get it back. But before she could say anything else, the paper that had just been stolen from her flared a bright red and strange tendrils of energy coursed around the man.

He gave a cry of pain and dropped to the ground.

From where she stood, Genkai smirked. “Did I fail to mention that any attempts to steal someone else's envelope will result in a painful shock? The papers within will change color if the person holding the envelope has the potential for greatness. Now, those of you with the red papers, come on in. The rest of you, go home and try again next time.”

Kiarra sighed in massive relief and quickly picked up her envelope and followed the others inside. She was among the last people to enter the temple.

They were now inside a large room, and against one wall was some sort of punching pad, with a digital meter above it.

Genkai looked at them. “There are still about fifty of you here, but that will be cut down significantly with this next task.” She indicated the strange device on the wall. “This punching meter will measure, not your physical strength, but the amount of Spirit Energy you possess. Only those who rate over 200 will be allowed to progress any further.”

Kiarra immediately paled. She hadn't thrown a punch before in her life! But... if what Kurama had told her was true, then she had a high amount of spirit energy inside her, so it didn't really matter how strong she was, did it?

She hung back again as all the guys went ahead of her. She heard more moans than whoops, and she found herself struggling against nervousness once more.

Then Genkai looked at her. “And you Miss? You're the last one, so come on now. Don't be shy.”

She could feel the remaining men leering at her as she approached the punching meter. She brought her fist back, took in a deep breath, and punched the pad as hard as she could... which wasn't very hard, and she was fully expecting to hear the men start laughing at her pathetic attempt, but then she got an enormous shock as when the machine exploded, sending her flying.

Even Genkai's eyes went a little wide, while the rest of the potential students eyes fairly bugged out of their heads.

Kiarra was on her knees now, looking from her hand, to what was left of the machine, and to Genkai, her own eyes huge. Then she yelped, realizing that she had just totally busted Genkai's punching meter. She quickly bowed low in front of her. “I'm sorry, Genkai-sama!! I broke it! I didn't mean to...”

She heard Genkai give a low chuckle after a moment of looking at the girl in shock. The boys were all muttering amongst themselves. Some were saying it was a fluke, and they refused to be intimidated by a tiny woman, while others simply ran out the door.

“That's all right, Miss. I was intending to replace that one, anyway. It had a limit of five hundred, which simply shows that you have great potential. Not to mention you made my job a little easier by scaring away some of the competition. If people are not brave enough to face up against a powerful adversary, then they are not worthy of my attention. Now you can get up off your knees.”

Kiarra got to her feet shakily, knowing that the Spirit Detectives had seen the display as well, and was wondering what they were thinking.

Then she blinked, seeing the blue haired girl in front of her. “Oh, you were injured! Here, I have healing abilities. I will take care of those cuts in just a few seconds.”

The girl's hand glowed lightly and Kiarra could only stare in mute fascination as she watched the cuts on her hand close on themselves and vanish as if they had never been there. She remembered Kurama and his healing abilities and wondered if she might not be a demon as well.

She smiled at the girl. “Thank you,Yukina.”

She smiled back pleasantly. “You're welcome. Good luck with the rest of the test.”

Genkai cleared her throat and Kiarra quickly turned her attention to the elderly woman.

“If you will follow me, I will bring you to the next test area and explain what I want done.”

When they reached the next room, they saw that most of it, except for a small piece by the entrance, was shrouded in complete darkness. Right now they were right by the door leading into the room.

Genkai turned to them. “Yukina?”

The blue haired woman came forward again, holding up a container with slips of paper inside it.

The old woman continued to speak. “I want each of you to come up and draw a piece of paper out of the container. Once you've done that, I'll continue explaining.”

Everyone came forward one by one and drew a piece of paper. When Kiarra looked at hers, she saw the number 6 written on it.

Genkai looked at them when everyone had drawn a number. “This is a fighting stage of the test. The numbers you just drew will determine who your opponent will be. Then you will step into the darkness and fight. A winner will be determined through either the death or unconsciousness of their opponent... or of course, if they concede defeat.”

Kiarra felt as if her stomach dropped. She had to FIGHT? And in total darkness, no less? She felt all the blood drain from her face. Maybe she should just run out now...? But no. She couldn't do that. If she did, she knew the Spirit Detectives would not be impressed with her. Also, this was her only chance at getting help for her powers. She'd rather die than not know how to control them, anyway.

She took in a few deep breaths and forced herself to stay calm. Or as calm as she could be under the circumstances. She didn't notice Genkai casting cool looks her way as she struggled inwardly to keep from completely freaking out.

Kiarra watched in silence as the first two fighters went into the darkness. In the darkness over the next few minutes, she saw brief flashes of light and heard the unmistakable sounds of battle, before one of the fighters came out of the darkness, victorious. She heard a brief shuffle in the darkness, suggesting that someone had come to retrieve the dead or unconscious fighter. She hoped that he was just unconscious.

Then the people with number 3 and 4 stepped into the arena, and fought with each other. Once again, there were many brief flashes of light and the sounds of a fierce battle taking place in the darkness before silence reigned again. Kiarra was getting more nervous by the second, knowing that she was going to be up next.

The victorious fighter stepped out of the darkness, looking a little beaten up, but good overall. The victorious fighters went to Yukina who immediately healed them, a pleasant smile on her face.

Once again, there was the sound of shuffling in the darkness, as persons unknown removed the dead or unconscious fighters from the arena.

Genkai nodded. “Number five and six? Please step forward.”

Kiarra struggled to keep herself calm as she stepped forward, along with an enormous man who was easily twice her size and who was wielding a huge sword. Despite her resolve, her features went white.

The man smirked and cracked his knuckles. “I got some advice for ya, sweetie... Get outta here while ya can. I'd hate ta have ta kill a cute little thing like you.”

Genkai's eyes fell on Kiarra as she shook her head. “I'm not going anywhere.”

His smirk widened. “It's your funeral, babe.”

As the two of them stepped into the darkness, had a growing sensation of dread in the pit of her stomach. Gotta keep calm, she told herself. If I don't concentrate, I'm definitely dead.

Still in the light, one of the fighters looked at another fighter. “Man... that girl doesn't stand a chance against that brute. What a jerk. He actually threatened to kill her, and any idiot can see just by looking at her that she's no fighter.”

The man at his side nodded. “Yeah. Poor thing. If it was me or you... I'd just knock her out and be done with it. No wonder she looks petrified.”

Genkai heard the conversation, but said nothing as she looked into the darkness. The two of them were completely shrouded in the darkness, waiting for the signal to begin.

“Begin!!” Genkai shouted into the darkness.

Kiarra just stood where she was, her stomach now doing flip flops, and her eyes enormous, trying to penetrate the stagnant darkness. It wasn't her eyes that warned her of the oncoming danger, however. It was the barely perceptible footstep she heard only a few feet off to her left that told her to move.

She took a few quick steps back, but felt a crushing pain explode in her side an instant later, as her opponent kicked her hard in her ribs. She went flying back, an agonized scream coming from her. She was used to beatings, but at least when she had been in those situations, she had SEEN the person attacking her.

She landed in a heap, her body screaming in pain, and barely heard the whoosh of a blade cutting the air in time to dodge the large sword. She rolled to the side in a frenzied panic, her pain forgotten for a couple precious seconds. She was on her knees when she heard the sound again, right in front of her. She didn't have time to move this time, and panic reared, sudden and full in all its glory, to the forefront of her mind.

She flung her arms forward, rather losing one of them than her life, as her eyes shut tightly, waiting for the blade to slice her in half, as she screamed. “STOP IT!!!!!!!!”

Then she lit up like a Super Nova.

From where they stood, Genkai and her hopeful students felt their eyes go enormous as the darkness was lit up by the girl's aura as if it were a sun. Her arms were stretched out before her, her expression terrified, her eyes shut tightly. Only a few inches from her outstretched hands, was her opponent, blade high ready for the killing blow. But it wasn't going to come this time. Her aura unleashed itself with a terrifying force and power, slamming into her opponent and incinerating him instantly. The power continued forth from her palms in an enormous blast that took out half the East wall of the dark stadium with a deafening bang. Debris fell and dust engulfed the arena as sunlight came through, penetrating the darkness. But now all they could see was a cloud of dust. It was then that her power finally pulled back on itself and there was a long moment of stunned silence.

The Spirit Detectives had seen the display as well, and even Hiei's eyes were enormous, having felt and witnessed the force the tiny girl held. But now they were carefully feeling out to see if Kiarra had survived the partial cave in, unable to penetrate the dust with their eyes.

She was still in there, alive and conscious. But she stayed where she was for several long moments. Nobody had to stop to wonder why.

Kiarra was trembling uncontrolably, tears streaming down her face once again as she realized what had happened. Not only had she completely destroyed Genkai's dark arena, but she had also killed her opponent. She hadn't wanted to kill him... she didn't want to kill ANYONE! The last thing she wanted to do right now was to go back to Genkai and the other hopeful initiates. She didn't want to see their expressions. She didn't want to face them. But she knew she had to.

She shakily forced herself to her feet, only to fall to her knees as a searing heat just like the one she'd felt the last time her power unleashed itself flared through her body. Combined with the broken ribs and bruised hip she was pretty sure she had, as well as the gash on her head from one of her falls, made the pain almost unbearable. Taking in a few deep breaths she gritted her teeth and forced herself to her feet again, being careful to not put too much pressure on her left leg. She felt the searing pain in her hip now, but she tried to ignore it as she slowly headed back to where the others were waiting.

She felt blood trailing down the side of her face from where the gash was over her right eye, close to her hairline and her vision wavered somewhat in her sight. She stumbled slightly, but forced herself to continue.

When Genkai and the others saw her come out of the dust, limping and covered with several obvious injuries, most of the students were now officially freaked.

“Forget this! I came here to become Genkai-Sama's student, not to get killed by some freakishly powerful girl!”

Nodding in agreement, many of the students raced out of the building. Only three students remained now, aside from Kiarra.

Kiarra looked up, her eyes a little glazed. She was breathing hard and was fighting to stay on her feet. Those glazed eyes filled with tears when she looked at Genkai.

“I'm... sorry...” she managed to get out before she started to cough. The searing pain in her midsection became unbearable as she lurched forward once again and fell to her knees. Her body screamed in pain once more and she found the world starting to blur in her sight.

Genkai was in front of her immediately, her eyes now wide with concern. She was quickly joined by Yukina, who was positively horrified at the injuries this girl had.

She was distracted for a moment by one of the hopeful students. “Genkai-Sama. The three of us will humbly forgo the rest of your tests. This woman obviously needs you far more than we do, and so we shall try again next time. Thank you for your time.” He said, the others nodding in agreement. Genkai merely nodded in return and turned her attention to the woman once more when they turned and walked out the door.

The girl started to cough once again and this time blood came forth. Genkai's eyes went enormous.

“KURAMA!!!” She bellowed out.

The fox demon was at her side in an instant, having come out of hiding long ago with the rest of the Spirit World Fighters. He gently took the woman into his arms and checked her over.

Genkai's expression turned furious. “Why didn't that little bastard tell me that her body was not strong enough to withstand the amount of energy within her?!”

The four of them looked at her in shock. “KOENMA NEVER TOLD YOU?!” they said in shock.

She shook her head. “Of course he didn't! If I HAD known, I would have taken her in without putting her through this! There is a difference between special circumstance and an outright emergency! Without knowledge on how to control her power, and the strength training she needs to withstand it, she could destroy half the city and kill herself in the process! I do have my limits when it comes to how I gain my students!”

Hiei's eyes narrowed dangerously. “So... he didn't tell you everything before having her come here to take part in your exam...” His voice was venomous and he fully intended to kill the prince for his stupidity when he saw him again.

Kurama shook his head. “We'll talk about this later! Her condition is very severe right now! I need to get her to a guest room so Yukina and I can heal her.”

Yukina was on her feet immediately as the fox demon took the barely conscious woman into his arms. “Follow me!”

 

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There was chapter three!! Please tell me what you think!! Review!!