Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Siren's Song ❯ Chapter 9
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By: MexicanJew 
Anime/Manga: Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 07.23.2004 | Updated On: 07.24.2004 | Pages: 1 | Words: 2.7K | Visits: 384 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 07.23.2004 | Updated On: 07.24.2004 | Pages: 1 | Words: 2.7K | Visits: 384 | Status: Completed
Disclaimer: I don't own YYH
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<Mika>(A short time in the past)
Boss was still standing there dumbfounded like the rest of them, he never thought having Kali here would lead to such 'famous guests.' She saw the shorter one slip away, but acted as if she didn't. She wasn't cut off from all the gossip like Nyx was, she knew he was the fire demon of the group. She had also heard that he was once a powerful theif, and disliked humans. She worried briefly for her friend, she had traveled in the Ningenkai most of the time, and had just recently came back, from what she told Mika. Mika found it refreshing that she was happy-go-lucky and wasn't reserved in actioning on emotions that weren't anger or hate. But she knew Nyx could take care of herself, one look in her eyes was enough to tell. She turned her attention back to the remaining members of the group. On had slicked-back hair and big light brown eyes. She supposed he was attractive, for a human, and he wore a cocky grin. The other was tall with weird orange hair the slightly coned in the front (Being a demon, she doesn't know who Elvis is) he wasn't cute in the slightest, but her time as a serving girl she had learned that those kind were either the nicest and most loyal, or the meanest and bitter. She decided that it would have to be the first option, he didn't have a mean air about him. It was the third one that really caught her attention. He had long red hair and was really tall, taller then her. He wasn't bulky, but she could tell her was put together quite nicely. It was his eyes that grabbed her attention the most, they were a brillant green, and sometimes flashed gold, 'like sunlight through leaves' she thought.(I don't really care if that's right or not, I just liked the way it sounded, I read it in a book once) They seemed to glow with some inner knowledge, shadowed by what she couldn't tell. She held his gaze as she walked towards them, she failed to notice Arata come up behind her, and the only warning she had was the look of surprise and....worry? flash in the tall redheads eyes.
<Kurama> (his P.O.V.)
The crowd was still just standing there, but then I noticed one figure was not staring in wonder. I focused my attention towards the figure and saw it was a girl. She had dark skin and short white hair with black jagged stripes in it. She was like no demon I had ever seen, and that was counting Youko as well. &(means youko talking in this chapter)Woah who's that?& *(Kurama in this chap w/youko)I don't know, she doesn't look like any demon I've ever seen before.* &Me either, but I find her rather...appealing, wouldn't you saw so?& *Youko we don't even know her* My eyes met the girls as she was making her way over to us. I couldn't have looked away if I had wanted to. Her eyes were so soulful, she had been though a lot, I could tell. I heard Youko chuckle in my head before I blocked him out. Her eyes were large and light brown, with gold specks in them. Right now they were clouded with urgency. I noticed movement behind her as a blonde demon moved as if to strike her. I reacted before my mind had time to process and in one fluid motion I had out my rose whip and had used it to strike what appeared to be a beer bottle out of his hand.(work with me here, I know it's not very imaginative but I'm so tired from a concert last night and freakin soccer practice at ungodly hours this morning, ok I'll shut up) She looked back in surprise, then turned grateful eyes to me. The demon just stood there stunned for a second, before letting out a bellow of rage. This seemed to be the trigger to set the crowd back into motion. What we assumed to be the boss of the joint came forward slightly.
"If I would have known that the winners of the dark tournament (to them he tries to speak in good english so he sounds not so trashy) I would have had something special prepared." He looked nervous, it was no secret that we worked for Koenma, but he had clearly thought he was safe being this far off in the woods, and he didn't expect for the spirit detectives to come, he must have figured that we would always have more important missions to do.
Yusuke was the one to reply. "Oh it's no big deal, we won't stay long we just came..." but he was abrutly(sp?) when I ah, accidently stomped on his foot to shut him up.
"To get away from the big crowds" I cut in smoothly. It was a lame finish, I knew but as luck would have it, he relaxed slightly as he bought it.
"Mika get these boyz some drinks" He said before walking away. I relaxed, but the demons were still milling around us. The girl pushed though and asked us what we wanted, so I assumed she was Mika. Some of the demons took the hint and turned back to their own tables, while others still cast glances our way every now and then. The demon that had tried to attack Mika sat in the corner with what appeared to be his friends and they were deep in discussion, I knew they were talking about us by the dark glances that he kept throwing my way. I sighed, it would definetly be an interesting night.
<Mika> (Her P.O.V.)
I walked up to their table, and avoided looking at the red head, tonight was definetly not a good night to get lost in some strangers eyes. "What can I get for you guys?" automatically left my mouth as I reached the table. The one with orange-coneish hair did a double take on me and jumped to his feet.
"Hey baby! I the great Kazuma Kuwabara will protect you forever! Just promise to be my girlfriend and bear my children!" Needless to say this threw me off for a moment. This kind of stuff had happened before, but no demons had ever been nice about it, and it was a new concept for me to go over. However, I had to squish this attraction right away, or somehow I would end up paying for it later. "I'm sorry but could you please let go of my hand? I don't even know you, and I would think an...errmmm...'strong' individual like you would already have a love interest." It took him a minute, but realization struck him.
"Oh my sweet Yukina! How could I forget her beautiful face!?" And with that he went off into his own little world. The one with slicked back hair was chuckling and the red head had a slight smile gracing his lips. They seemed to realize that I was waiting for their replys, but I was further shocked when they instead introduced themselves.
"Hey, I'm Yusuke Urameshi spirit detective to Lord Koenma"
"I'm Kurama"
The red head now known as Kurama put out his hand, but instead of shaking mine, he kissed it. I fought against the blush. The name seemed familiar, when it clicked. Everyone had heard the stories about Youko Kurama, and that he had somehow escaped into an unborn child. I had always loved those stories, how odd that I would meet the legand now. "As in Youko Kurama?" He seemed somewhat sheepish but didn't deny it. He glanced up to see my reaction, and seemed taken aback when I grinned and said "Pleased to meet you both, I need to talk to you, but not here" My voice had gotten quieter as I spoke. They both nodded, the other was still off in his little dream world, so I ignored him. "Is there somewhere else we could talk?" Kurama asked, while pretending to look at at drink menu on the table (they conviently have those for this scene) I leaned down, pretending I was explaining something to him. A slight blush rose to my cheeks at being so close to him. "Meet me out front in 15 minutes, I go on my break then." (yes they get breaks too)
I stood up and saw Arata glaring at me, I knew what was going through his head, he had tried the asking tactic before but I refused to get close to him. I just smirked and turned back to the group. I got their orders and went to get their drinks. On my way back from the bar a hand darted out and grabbed my arm. "You looked awfully buddy-buddy with that red head while they were ordering, I don't remember you ever being that friendly with any of the others" "That's because the 'others' are all conceited jackasses that think I should sleep with them just because they bully others" I shot back. I mentally grinned, Nyx was rubbing off on me, before she got here I would have stood there until he let go of my arm, praying that was all he would do. "Careful Mika, you don't want to end up like your dear-ole-dad, your too pretty to waste." My anger flared up and I slapped him with my free hand, jerked my arm away from his grasp, and quickly strode back over to the table with the drinks. I tried to control my breathing, not only had I slapped him hard, but I had been rude to a customer. We had to escape tonight because if we didn't Arata and Boss would have something horrible planned. When I got back to the table Kurama had an angry look on his face and was glaring hard at Arata. I shrugged it off as he just hated bad manners and gave them their drinks. I left before he could say anything to me, I didn't need more trouble. 15 minutes later (yes Nyx and Hiei took this long, go with it) I walked as if I was going to the kitchens but then veered into some shadows and slipped out the door. Kurama stood up and started walking towards the door. Demons followed him with their eyes, thinking he was leaving and disappointed that they wouldn't have a chance to challenge him. I knew they had wanted to drink until they had courage and then challenge them to a fight. I slipped out the door and waited in the shadows for the Kurama to come out.
<Kurama>(his P.O.V.)
We walked towards the door, trying to act natural. I didn't think that anyone had noticed Mika slip out, but I knew that no matter how quiet we were about it, our leaving would not go unnoticed and I was willing to bet anything that we would be challenged to a fight. I slipped out the door and hoped that Yusuke and Kuwabara could keep everyone occupied long enough to listen to what this girl had to say.
&We're going to be outsider with her, alone, look what kind of place she works in, we might get some action&
*Youko, shut up if you couldn't tell, she didn't have the air of someone who would do that, if that wasn't a tip off then the way the other demons acted towards her verses the other serving girls should be clue enough, she obviously has morals, and what makes you think I like her that way?*
&Ha, I'm in you head, I know what goes on, I know you find her appealling, your only fooling yourself.& *Whatever Youko, I don't even know her, but I won't lie, I do find her attractive, and very interesting, what kind of demon do you suppose she is? I've never seen anything like her.*
&Did you not pay attention at all to her hair? Oh wait, you were too busy gazing into her eyes (you can just hear the contempt) it resemble those funny looking black and white horses and she has the look of someone where they come from, where all the beings are that dark color she is&
*Zebras? I've never heard of a zebra demon, and I'm guessing you mean Africa*
This was when I had made it outside and told Youko to shut up. I heard a hiss and I turned to the shadow I was sure that it came from. I saw some frantic hand gestures and quickly faded away into the darkness. When I was standing next to her I asked "Ok now what is this all about?"
She glanced around, making sure no one was around before she spoke. Her voice had a musical quality to it (after effect of mixing blood with Nyx) but I quickly brushed that thought away and tuned in to what she was saying.
"Have you ever heard of the Voliant Siren Demons?"
This question caught me off guard and it took me a minute to respond. "Yes, that's why we are here, why?"
"Well she is held prisioner here, and so am I to some extent, Boss knows how close we are and would use me to get to her, we have to get her away from here, he's already done enough to us both, but she can't escape because of a spirit cuff"
"That's exactly why we are here, my friend Hiei followed her out the back, I believe that he will be able to get the cuff off, but we need to get away, no matter how powerful we are there are a lot of demons in there, and not all of them are weak, and if they overpower us...."
She was about to say something when she froze up and looked behind me, her eyes frozen like a deer in headlights. I barely had time to react as I quickly jumped out of the way, Mika came to and tried to move quickly, but she wasn't fast enough, a knife plunged deeply into her left arm from the same blonde demon that had approached her earlier. She let out a blood-curdling scream and her attacker drew the knife out. The next thing I knew the demons were rushing out the bar to surround us, and Yusuke and Kuwabara who had come out ahead of the flow. The blonde demon retreated to stand in front of the group of demons that had us corned up against the outside wall. I grimly got into fighting stance as did Yusuke and Kuwabara, Mika shifted and stood up, favoring her hurt arm. "Stay back, we'll handle them" She shook her head and he eyes were set with determination, I had to admire her courage, most female would have back down (Damn sterotype, I curse my fingers for having to type it, but it's all just for effect to the story) The crowd parted slightly and Boss came forward. He looked mad, "Where's Kali?" he ground out, it was at that moment that the crowd decided that they didn't want to wait for an answer and rushed forward.
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<Mika>(A short time in the past)
Boss was still standing there dumbfounded like the rest of them, he never thought having Kali here would lead to such 'famous guests.' She saw the shorter one slip away, but acted as if she didn't. She wasn't cut off from all the gossip like Nyx was, she knew he was the fire demon of the group. She had also heard that he was once a powerful theif, and disliked humans. She worried briefly for her friend, she had traveled in the Ningenkai most of the time, and had just recently came back, from what she told Mika. Mika found it refreshing that she was happy-go-lucky and wasn't reserved in actioning on emotions that weren't anger or hate. But she knew Nyx could take care of herself, one look in her eyes was enough to tell. She turned her attention back to the remaining members of the group. On had slicked-back hair and big light brown eyes. She supposed he was attractive, for a human, and he wore a cocky grin. The other was tall with weird orange hair the slightly coned in the front (Being a demon, she doesn't know who Elvis is) he wasn't cute in the slightest, but her time as a serving girl she had learned that those kind were either the nicest and most loyal, or the meanest and bitter. She decided that it would have to be the first option, he didn't have a mean air about him. It was the third one that really caught her attention. He had long red hair and was really tall, taller then her. He wasn't bulky, but she could tell her was put together quite nicely. It was his eyes that grabbed her attention the most, they were a brillant green, and sometimes flashed gold, 'like sunlight through leaves' she thought.(I don't really care if that's right or not, I just liked the way it sounded, I read it in a book once) They seemed to glow with some inner knowledge, shadowed by what she couldn't tell. She held his gaze as she walked towards them, she failed to notice Arata come up behind her, and the only warning she had was the look of surprise and....worry? flash in the tall redheads eyes.
<Kurama> (his P.O.V.)
The crowd was still just standing there, but then I noticed one figure was not staring in wonder. I focused my attention towards the figure and saw it was a girl. She had dark skin and short white hair with black jagged stripes in it. She was like no demon I had ever seen, and that was counting Youko as well. &(means youko talking in this chapter)Woah who's that?& *(Kurama in this chap w/youko)I don't know, she doesn't look like any demon I've ever seen before.* &Me either, but I find her rather...appealing, wouldn't you saw so?& *Youko we don't even know her* My eyes met the girls as she was making her way over to us. I couldn't have looked away if I had wanted to. Her eyes were so soulful, she had been though a lot, I could tell. I heard Youko chuckle in my head before I blocked him out. Her eyes were large and light brown, with gold specks in them. Right now they were clouded with urgency. I noticed movement behind her as a blonde demon moved as if to strike her. I reacted before my mind had time to process and in one fluid motion I had out my rose whip and had used it to strike what appeared to be a beer bottle out of his hand.(work with me here, I know it's not very imaginative but I'm so tired from a concert last night and freakin soccer practice at ungodly hours this morning, ok I'll shut up) She looked back in surprise, then turned grateful eyes to me. The demon just stood there stunned for a second, before letting out a bellow of rage. This seemed to be the trigger to set the crowd back into motion. What we assumed to be the boss of the joint came forward slightly.
"If I would have known that the winners of the dark tournament (to them he tries to speak in good english so he sounds not so trashy) I would have had something special prepared." He looked nervous, it was no secret that we worked for Koenma, but he had clearly thought he was safe being this far off in the woods, and he didn't expect for the spirit detectives to come, he must have figured that we would always have more important missions to do.
Yusuke was the one to reply. "Oh it's no big deal, we won't stay long we just came..." but he was abrutly(sp?) when I ah, accidently stomped on his foot to shut him up.
"To get away from the big crowds" I cut in smoothly. It was a lame finish, I knew but as luck would have it, he relaxed slightly as he bought it.
"Mika get these boyz some drinks" He said before walking away. I relaxed, but the demons were still milling around us. The girl pushed though and asked us what we wanted, so I assumed she was Mika. Some of the demons took the hint and turned back to their own tables, while others still cast glances our way every now and then. The demon that had tried to attack Mika sat in the corner with what appeared to be his friends and they were deep in discussion, I knew they were talking about us by the dark glances that he kept throwing my way. I sighed, it would definetly be an interesting night.
<Mika> (Her P.O.V.)
I walked up to their table, and avoided looking at the red head, tonight was definetly not a good night to get lost in some strangers eyes. "What can I get for you guys?" automatically left my mouth as I reached the table. The one with orange-coneish hair did a double take on me and jumped to his feet.
"Hey baby! I the great Kazuma Kuwabara will protect you forever! Just promise to be my girlfriend and bear my children!" Needless to say this threw me off for a moment. This kind of stuff had happened before, but no demons had ever been nice about it, and it was a new concept for me to go over. However, I had to squish this attraction right away, or somehow I would end up paying for it later. "I'm sorry but could you please let go of my hand? I don't even know you, and I would think an...errmmm...'strong' individual like you would already have a love interest." It took him a minute, but realization struck him.
"Oh my sweet Yukina! How could I forget her beautiful face!?" And with that he went off into his own little world. The one with slicked back hair was chuckling and the red head had a slight smile gracing his lips. They seemed to realize that I was waiting for their replys, but I was further shocked when they instead introduced themselves.
"Hey, I'm Yusuke Urameshi spirit detective to Lord Koenma"
"I'm Kurama"
The red head now known as Kurama put out his hand, but instead of shaking mine, he kissed it. I fought against the blush. The name seemed familiar, when it clicked. Everyone had heard the stories about Youko Kurama, and that he had somehow escaped into an unborn child. I had always loved those stories, how odd that I would meet the legand now. "As in Youko Kurama?" He seemed somewhat sheepish but didn't deny it. He glanced up to see my reaction, and seemed taken aback when I grinned and said "Pleased to meet you both, I need to talk to you, but not here" My voice had gotten quieter as I spoke. They both nodded, the other was still off in his little dream world, so I ignored him. "Is there somewhere else we could talk?" Kurama asked, while pretending to look at at drink menu on the table (they conviently have those for this scene) I leaned down, pretending I was explaining something to him. A slight blush rose to my cheeks at being so close to him. "Meet me out front in 15 minutes, I go on my break then." (yes they get breaks too)
I stood up and saw Arata glaring at me, I knew what was going through his head, he had tried the asking tactic before but I refused to get close to him. I just smirked and turned back to the group. I got their orders and went to get their drinks. On my way back from the bar a hand darted out and grabbed my arm. "You looked awfully buddy-buddy with that red head while they were ordering, I don't remember you ever being that friendly with any of the others" "That's because the 'others' are all conceited jackasses that think I should sleep with them just because they bully others" I shot back. I mentally grinned, Nyx was rubbing off on me, before she got here I would have stood there until he let go of my arm, praying that was all he would do. "Careful Mika, you don't want to end up like your dear-ole-dad, your too pretty to waste." My anger flared up and I slapped him with my free hand, jerked my arm away from his grasp, and quickly strode back over to the table with the drinks. I tried to control my breathing, not only had I slapped him hard, but I had been rude to a customer. We had to escape tonight because if we didn't Arata and Boss would have something horrible planned. When I got back to the table Kurama had an angry look on his face and was glaring hard at Arata. I shrugged it off as he just hated bad manners and gave them their drinks. I left before he could say anything to me, I didn't need more trouble. 15 minutes later (yes Nyx and Hiei took this long, go with it) I walked as if I was going to the kitchens but then veered into some shadows and slipped out the door. Kurama stood up and started walking towards the door. Demons followed him with their eyes, thinking he was leaving and disappointed that they wouldn't have a chance to challenge him. I knew they had wanted to drink until they had courage and then challenge them to a fight. I slipped out the door and waited in the shadows for the Kurama to come out.
<Kurama>(his P.O.V.)
We walked towards the door, trying to act natural. I didn't think that anyone had noticed Mika slip out, but I knew that no matter how quiet we were about it, our leaving would not go unnoticed and I was willing to bet anything that we would be challenged to a fight. I slipped out the door and hoped that Yusuke and Kuwabara could keep everyone occupied long enough to listen to what this girl had to say.
&We're going to be outsider with her, alone, look what kind of place she works in, we might get some action&
*Youko, shut up if you couldn't tell, she didn't have the air of someone who would do that, if that wasn't a tip off then the way the other demons acted towards her verses the other serving girls should be clue enough, she obviously has morals, and what makes you think I like her that way?*
&Ha, I'm in you head, I know what goes on, I know you find her appealling, your only fooling yourself.& *Whatever Youko, I don't even know her, but I won't lie, I do find her attractive, and very interesting, what kind of demon do you suppose she is? I've never seen anything like her.*
&Did you not pay attention at all to her hair? Oh wait, you were too busy gazing into her eyes (you can just hear the contempt) it resemble those funny looking black and white horses and she has the look of someone where they come from, where all the beings are that dark color she is&
*Zebras? I've never heard of a zebra demon, and I'm guessing you mean Africa*
This was when I had made it outside and told Youko to shut up. I heard a hiss and I turned to the shadow I was sure that it came from. I saw some frantic hand gestures and quickly faded away into the darkness. When I was standing next to her I asked "Ok now what is this all about?"
She glanced around, making sure no one was around before she spoke. Her voice had a musical quality to it (after effect of mixing blood with Nyx) but I quickly brushed that thought away and tuned in to what she was saying.
"Have you ever heard of the Voliant Siren Demons?"
This question caught me off guard and it took me a minute to respond. "Yes, that's why we are here, why?"
"Well she is held prisioner here, and so am I to some extent, Boss knows how close we are and would use me to get to her, we have to get her away from here, he's already done enough to us both, but she can't escape because of a spirit cuff"
"That's exactly why we are here, my friend Hiei followed her out the back, I believe that he will be able to get the cuff off, but we need to get away, no matter how powerful we are there are a lot of demons in there, and not all of them are weak, and if they overpower us...."
She was about to say something when she froze up and looked behind me, her eyes frozen like a deer in headlights. I barely had time to react as I quickly jumped out of the way, Mika came to and tried to move quickly, but she wasn't fast enough, a knife plunged deeply into her left arm from the same blonde demon that had approached her earlier. She let out a blood-curdling scream and her attacker drew the knife out. The next thing I knew the demons were rushing out the bar to surround us, and Yusuke and Kuwabara who had come out ahead of the flow. The blonde demon retreated to stand in front of the group of demons that had us corned up against the outside wall. I grimly got into fighting stance as did Yusuke and Kuwabara, Mika shifted and stood up, favoring her hurt arm. "Stay back, we'll handle them" She shook her head and he eyes were set with determination, I had to admire her courage, most female would have back down (Damn sterotype, I curse my fingers for having to type it, but it's all just for effect to the story) The crowd parted slightly and Boss came forward. He looked mad, "Where's Kali?" he ground out, it was at that moment that the crowd decided that they didn't want to wait for an answer and rushed forward.