Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Slight Problem ❯ Explanations ( Chapter 6 )

Alright!! Chapter six is up!! Hear the incredible explanation Natalie gives to the Rekai Tentai!

 

I do NOT own Yu Yu Hakusho, as much as I wish I could say otherwise. All I own are my two characters, Natalie and Lisa.

 

The next morning, the doctor removed Natalie's bandages, and upon giving her a last look over, declared her healthy once more. She was astounded by the speed of her recovery, despite knowing the medical advantages the Spirit World had over the Human one.

She was given some food by another ogre that came into the room and she dug in hungrily, famished from not having eaten for almost an entire day. Hiei had yet to return to her room, thankfully, but she knew that she would be seeing him again all too soon. As well as Koenma and the rest of the Rekai Tentai.

And she knew that today she would be forced to give them an explanation. Something she was NOT looking forward to.

She blinked when the door opened and Botan stepped in, holding a bundle of clothes in her arms. "Hello, there! It's so good to see you're all right! My name is Botan and I'm the reaper of Spirit World! I just dropped in to give you a fresh change of clothes. I thought you might appreciate it since your other clothes were destroyed in your fight. Would you also like to have a shower before you meet the esteemed Koenma?"

Natalie resisted the urge to sweatdrop. She had always found Botan to be rather annoying when she had seen her in the series, and in person she was even worse. She was far too bubbly and cheerful for her liking. But she forced a smile on her face.

"I would greatly appreciate that, Botan. And thank you for the change of clothes."

She smiled. "Oh, it's no problem. There's a bathroom right off to the side there complete with a shower. Just help yourself," she said, pointing at a door on the other side of the room.

Natalie got to her feet wordlessly and entered the room, closing the door behind her. She found the shower, stripped and got in, relieved to feel the steaming hot water wash all the grime and dried blood from her body. Once she finished washing herself off, she got into her new clothes which, thankfully, was NOT a kimono. It was a pair of regular blue jeans and a black shirt that hugged her body. Taking in a deep breath and letting it out slowly, she exited the bathroom.

"Feeling better?" came a familiar voice that she had heard hundreds of times before. Blinking, she looked up and saw Koenma there, the Rekai Tentai standing right with him. He had taken on his adult form, thankfully, but she had to resist the urge to smile when she saw he still had his pacifier stuck in his mouth.

"Natalie!" Lisa raced from Kurama's side and came up to her. "Are you okay?"

She smiled. "I'm up and walking around, so I think I'll live. You didn't honestly think I was gonna die, did you?"

She smiled a little sheepishly. "Well... you did kinda pass out on me...."

"Whatever. I'm fine now. You should have more faith in me than that, kid."

She nodded. "I guess you're right." Then she blinked. "So... what's the plan?"

Hiei stepped forward. "The plan is, we get a FULL explanation from your friend! Who are you and how is it that you came to be here? And most importantly, how is it that you have information about us when you have never met us before?!"

Kuwabara, Yusuke and Koenma looked at him. "WHAT?! They have information about us?!" the first asked in shock.

Kurama nodded. "Yes. You and Yusuke may have missed it, but when we caught up with them both in the building, Lisa called me by name before having been introduced. Upon questioning her later when we were alone in her room, she admitted that both she and her friend have knowledge about all of us... but strangely was unable to elaborate on how such a thing was possible. She told me that the only one who could tell us how was her friend." He looked at Natalie pointedly.

The girl looked at her taller friend. Lisa just bit at her lower lip and sent an apologetic look her way.

Koenma's eyes narrowed dangerously himself. "Well, then. I most certainly hope that you are able to give us an explanation. If you fail to do so, then I will have to imprison you both."

Lisa's eyes went huge, as did her friends. "What?! Imprison?!"

Natalie stared at him in disbelief. "On what charge?!"

His arms were folded across his chest as he answered without so much as batting an eye. "Spying. For all we know at this point, you could be spies sent from another realm that is intent on invading our own."

She sighed. "We're NOT spies, Koenma."

Lisa looked at her. "Nat... they're never going to believe it...."

The girl looked at her friend for a moment, and then turned to look at the Rekai Tentai. All of their expressions were serious as they looked at the two girls. Then she caught Hiei's intense gaze and let out a sigh. "Then I can think of only one way to convince them."

They blinked and looked at her, as Lisa felt a sinking sensation in the pit of her stomach. "How?" she asked, not sure if she really wanted to know.

"Once I finish giving them the only explanation that we have, as unbelievable as it may sound to them, I will drop the ward around my mind and leave it open to Hiei and his jagen eye." She looked at the koorime. "At the time when my story is completed, I will hold no secrets from you, Hiei. And you can confirm for the others that our story is true."

His expression was at first surprised, but then he let a bloodthirsty smile split his face. "I thought you would come around, ningen..."

Lisa went white, and Kurama cast a glance at her. "Um... Nat? Are you sure that's..."

"It's the only choice we have. Unless you want to watch me try and fight them when they arrest us for their unfounded accusations of spying. Those are the only two options we have now."

Lisa's eyes went wide and she paled even more. Then she nodded. Natalie was right. There was no way she would be able to fight them off... and even if she COULD, how would they get back to Earth? Neither of them could open up a portal...

We're fucked, she thought dismally.

Koenma looked at Natalie pointedly. "Well, then. We're all listening."

She couldn't help but smile. "I've gotta warn you... it's complicated. I explained it to Lisa only minutes before we came here, and I still don't think she quite understands it. And just to tell you now... coming here PHYSICALLY was NOT our intention." She paused, choosing her words carefully.

"All right... you are all aware that there are other dimensions, obviously. I'm not talking about Spirit World, Demon World and Human World either. Those are merely different levels of one seperate world. I'm talking about alternate realities. Places where there are carbon copies of yourselves walking around and going about their own lives. However, in each realm, there are several differences, varying in degree from one dimension to the next. For instance, in one Hiei never acquired his Jagen Eye... or Youko Kurama never took on the form of Suichi Minamino. Or there could be something even more minor. In another realm, right now, there could be another me, talking to all of you, only in that realm Yusuke might just be wearing a different outfit. I'm talking about the different decisions we make in our lives... in one realm making a different decision than someone makes in another dimension. If you take into account all the decisions that a person makes in a day, that already makes millions upon millions of different universes. Are you all with me so far?"

They all nodded, Kuwabara blinking a little. "So... you're saying there's alternate realities out there? And you're from one of them?"

She held up a hand, a little smile coming to her face. "Don't jump the gun just yet, Kuwabara. I'm not even close to finished yet." She cleared her throat. "Alright, now imagine that there are even MORE universes... but ones that are drastically different from the one that you know. Ones that are ruled by magick instead of technology, where space travel is possible and people explore other regions of space, where there is no Spirit or Demon world... even places where the laws of physics are so different from your own that it boggles the mind. Where people breathe in nitrogen clouds instead of oxygen." She crossed her arms. "Now, so far, all that I've told you is at least plausible to your minds, right?"

Koenma nodded. "Yes. However, it has done nothing so far in convincing us that you are other than spies. I suggest you get to the point quickly."

"You've listened to me this long, Koenma. Allow me to finish. And by the way, buckle in your brains, because it gets really weird from this point on." She thought for a moment. "Let's see... how should I put this?" She looked at them. "Each preconceived notion... by that I mean movies, comic books, even animated series... each and every single one of them has their own set of universes, complete with their countless offshoots, derived from the people within making different decisions in their lives. The Megaverse, the acculmination of all those realms, is connected mentally to each creature within its seperate worlds, which is usually the cause of the creation of these shows, and so called 'fictional' works. The reason Lisa and I know so much about you all... is because in our world, you are an animated series."

Their eyes all went enormous and Hiei snarled, unsheathing his sword. "DO YOU HONESTLY EXPECT US TO BELIEVE THAT, NINGEN?!"

Lisa yelped and quickly took a few steps back at his words and the act of unsheathing his sword.

Natalie placed two hands on either side of her head and they flared brightly for a few seconds. She looked at the koorime, who looked set to kill. "My mind is open to you, Hiei. Look into it and you will see for yourself that I am NOT lying."

He frowned deeply as he removed his headband. "If I detect even the slightest deception from you, you will know what it's like to lose your head!!" The eye in the center of his forehead flared brightly as he glared at her. Natalie felt his mind enter her own like a tiger tearing into its prey, leaving not so much as an inch of her mind untouched. His mind was like fire as it penetrated her own and she had to fight to keep from wincing at the intensity of it.

After a moment he pulled back and she was struck by a wave of intense dizziness. She fell to her knees, holding her head. Lisa was at her side immediately. "Are you okay?!"

She nodded. "I'm fine. He went all out with his Jagen Eye. He knows everything about me now from my birthday to the name of my first cruch in Junior High." She looked at Hiei who was glaring at her with his intense red eyes. "Well, Hiei? Are we spies? Or was I telling the truth?!"

Hiei scowled and resheathed his sword. "They are not deceiving us. She has told us the truth."

The others looked at him in surprise hearing this, and Kurama turned his attention back to the girls, coming forward to help Natalie back to her feet. "And how is it that you came to be here?"

She smiled. "Well, I thought Lisa must have gone over that with you already, but if you want to hear it from me, then all right." She looked at them. "Like I said, in our world, you guys are a part of an animated series... and a very popular one at that. Naturally, upon learning that your realm truly did exist, the two of us wanted to come here to see it for ourselves. To do this, we employed a technique known as astral projection. It is a technique that allows your spirit to leave your body, and in that state, you can go anywhere, to any time. However, the technique is a mental one, not a physical one. In other words, it is supposed to be impossible to travel physically from one realm to another. What we were intending when we used the technique was to come here and observe, not interact. Interaction is supposed to be an impossibility to those who are in their astral forms, so we thought we'd just come here, take a peek, and then return to our physical bodies back in our world." She sighed. "But, for some reason, the moment we got here, something went wrong, and our physical bodies were dragged from our world to this one... which is supposed to be totally impossible. I still have no idea what went wrong."

Lisa nodded. "And until she DOES figure out what went wrong, we're stuck here."

Yusuke blinked. "Okay... but why were you running from us when we came looking for you?" Natalie snorted. "Isn't it obvious? Think about it for a minute... me and Lis' know things about all of you... many of which you would deem to be private. Some among you," she cast a pointed look at Hiei, "would not be happy with some of what we know. Knowing this, we decided to stay on the side of caution and try to avoid you for as long as we could."

Kuwabara blinked. "Private things? Like what???" She cleared her throat. "Private things that mostly concern Hiei in particular, and that I will not articulate on the grounds that he will undoubtedly kill me if I do."

His bloodthirsty smile returned. "Very wise, ningen. See to it that you keep to your silence." He gave the look to Lisa as well. "You as well."

Natalie nodded. "We're not suicidal, Hiei. We know better than that."

Lisa looked around. "So... what's the deal? What happens now?"

Koenma looked deep in thought before he looked at Natalie. "You have no idea why this has happened?"

She shook her head. "I haven't got a clue. I've never heard of something like this happening to anyone before. And unless I can figure out why it happened, I can't even speculate on a way to get us back home."

He nodded thoughtfully and then looked at the two of them. "Alriht, I've come to a decision. You two will stay here for a few days until we can make some identities for you on Earth. That way you can avoid suspicion by the authorities down there and live somewhat normal lives until the time comes that you figure out how to get home."

Natalie smiled. "Sounds like a plan! Thanks, Koenma!"

He nodded. "So, since t hat matter seems to be resolved and Hiei has confirmed for us that the two of you are not spies, I shall have another guest room set up for you as well, Natalie. And I will arrange for someone to show the two of you around the palace." Then he sighed and with a puff of smoke reverted to his infant form. "And now, I have to get back to work."

Once Koenma had left, Kurama looked at Lisa with a small smile on his face. "I now understand why you were unable to explain to me yourself how it is that you knew about us."

She smiled a little sheepishly and rubbed the back of her head. "As I said, she tried explaining it to me before, and I thought I got it, but it's still a little hard for me to really understand even after hearing it for a second time."

He chuckled. "Well, no matter. Since the issue has been resolved, might I take it upon myself to offer you a tour of Koenma's palace?"

Lisa blinked hearing this and then nodded with a smile. "Sure! I've always wanted to know what the rest of this place looked like!"

Kurama nodded in turn before he looked at the other girl. "Would you like to join us, Natalie?"

The girl blinked and then shrugged. "Sure, why not? It'll pass the time, anyway..."

"Very well. If you would both follow me?"

He started out of the room, Lisa at his side. After casting a last glance at the others in the room, and briefly having her eyes lock with Hiei's fiery gaze, she followed them out of the room.

 

Okay, there's chapter six for you!! I need reviews people!! Please tell me what you think!!