Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Tales of the Sapphire Star ❯ I didn't want him hurt ( Chapter 7 )

Hiei: Apparently you all like this kid's crappy story… Hm… Wait, I thought I burned all of these…

 

Hoshi: Ha! You only burned the reviews I've already responded to. Now then, where to start… Thank you, The Demon Sisters; I was created to be a younger version of my authoress. And thank you, Natsumi-chan, I only wish I had more reviews…

 

Hiei: It's because your story is worthless. And I think she's getting what she deserves instead of being pampered like she is by Kurama, bookworm.

 

Hoshi: Meanie; I'm glad I amuse you, Red Kitsune Flames. And I'll work on that plan Jojo, thankies!

 

Hiei: Hn, just get on with the story, this should be good…

 

It was winter and school had not gotten better for Hoshi; as well as she did with the classes, the students were just plain awful to her. Kenichi was not the only one tormenting her now, the whole class joined in. A snowball in her ears at recess were not the worst she had put up with, but if you add in the rocks and other things that normally came with it… We'll just say that Hoshi found it easier to spend her recesses curled into a ball under a bush by the stairs.

 

And yet, Kurama and Genkai noticed that she would come from school bruised. Today it was Genkai's turn to see her. “You've got to stand up for yourself, child. Things won't get better unless they know not to mess with you.” Hoshi nodded weakly, eyes overflowing with tears but the sobbing had already stopped. Yukina passed her hand over Hoshi's cheek, healing the cut she had received from a shard of broken glass in a snowball. Said snowball was Kenichi's idea of playing nicely with the new girl.

 

“Beat up again, kiddo?” Then Yuusuke walked, frowning at the kit sitting there. “Jeeze, did you ever think that you could fight fire with fire?” Hoshi winced and then Yuusuke realized his mistake, “Sorry, I mean have you ever thought you could just fight back? Ya'know? Rough `em up a bit, show them you're not weak.” Hoshi nodded, smiling at Yuusuke.

 

“I'll try that!” Hoshi grinned and Genkai stood up and knocked them both in the head.

 

“No. You can't fall to their level like this dimwit did. You have to be smarter then that…” Genkai began lecturing the kit, but Hoshi's mind was still on Yuusuke's plan…

 

The next day at school, Hoshi told the plant next to her what she wanted to do. For that plant was the only live thing in the room that cared about her. And because of how nice Hoshi had been to the plant; giving it her spare energy, talking to it when no one noticed; the plant decided to help Hoshi as well.

 

Kenichi walked into class soon after Hoshi finished talking to her only friend, he sat down, ready to torment the kit, and little did he know what would happen. Hoshi steadily fed her energy to that plant for the whole first hour of class, by second hour it had grown out of the pot, flowers in full bloom. This is when the teacher noticed it, as well as the rest of the class. “H-Hoshi, look next to you!” one of the girls in class called out.

 

“I know.” Hoshi replied back calmly, working on the packet the teacher had passed out a while ago. The whole class just stared as the plant grew larger, then one of its leaves grabbed for Kenichi, picking the poor boy up. Another leaf, razor sharp, was held up to his neck… By this time most of the kids, and the teacher, had fled from the room.

 

“You stupid plant, put me down right now!” Kenichi struggled against the tendrils of the giant plant.

 

“Do you like my friend, Kenichi?” Hoshi asked, now sitting at a desk a little ways a way.

 

“Friend, this thing is your friend?” Kenichi was in a state of shock, he didn't know how the young animal-like girl in front of him could control this thing.

 

“Yes, it's my friend. This plant is the only thing that talks to me and keeps me company in class. In other words, this is the only thing that isn't mean to me in this whole school.” Hoshi glared at Kenichi, tsunamis raging in her once gold eyes. “Give me one good reason not to have this plant slit your throat.”

 

Kenichi's eyes were wide by now, to him, Hoshi was just a scared little kid he could dominate. Now she had turned against him, and to be honest, Hoshi liked the fearful look in his eyes. “I-I'll do anything!” he screamed, and for some odd reason, Hoshi liked the fear in his voice.

 

“Heh, anything,” Hoshi smirked, “like what?” An evil glint shone in her tsunami-dominated eyes, making her look more frightening, to Kenichi, by the second. The plant Hoshi had befriended held its captive tightly, making sure that the sharper leaf stayed close to the boy's neck.

 

Kenichi himself had his attention caught by both the plant, and the girl he had been tormenting. “I-I-I dunno… But I swear I'll think of something!” The plant swung the boy next to the window, “I swear! I swear I'll think of something Hoshi, honest!” Kenichi looked out the window for a brief moment, they were on the third floor and if he were to fall…

 

But unfortunately, the plant Hoshi had been feeding her energy toward happened to still be growing… And still on that windowsill. One massive leaf swung to try to look more alive and alarming, but ended up breaking that window, allowing the bitter winter air into the room.

 

“NO!” Hoshi's eyes widened, her friend couldn't stand the cold, and it would die were it exposed too long. The plant itself dropped Kenichi, who grabbed at it and caused them both to fall out the window. Hoshi's training had allowed her new skills; one was keeping plants alive in conditions that were too much for them. She pulled her energy from it immediately, causing it to shrink, and then she set her task on keeping it alive in the frozen water crystals below. Kenichi, on the other hand, fell fast and was near the ground before Hoshi saw him. “No…” the kit whispered, “I don't want him dead…” She looked at the tree by the window, calling out to it secretly, “Please, there's a boy falling from the window, can you reach down and stop or slow his fall?”

 

The tree responded, moving its branch just enough to catch Kenichi by the back of his shirt. It held him, but the branch soon broke, and Kenichi tumbled to the ground from a safer height. Hoshi watched from the window as the teacher, who had alerted the principal, run to the fallen boy. The principal himself evacuated the school. She stood there, looking down, for her plant friend, until she saw it, under the teacher's foot.

 

The energy transfer hadn't been going through since Kenichi hit the ground, now she knew why. Small sobs wracked her body, her own tears clinging to her cheeks. “No…” Then the Principal noticed her, she watched him through tear clouded eyes as he started to go back inside, warning the other children to stay out. This action caused fear to take Hoshi's brain. The kit was afraid of trouble, afraid of being kicked from the school. The door behind her opened, the principal standing behind her, and Hoshi made a last second move. She leaped from the window, into the tree that saved Kenichi. From there she jumped to the snow covered ground, and began to run. The young fox ran home as fast as her small body would allow her to.

 

Soon she reached home, to find Shuiichi sitting on the couch, watching her antics on the news. “Hoshi,” He began in a stern warning tone, “what have I told you about using your powers for good, and not evil?”

 

She gulped, “Umm, Don't attack people?” she flinched as a father's hard glare was directed at her.

 

“And you deliberately disobeyed me, didn't you. I had expected more out of you, but instead you use your powers to scare your schoolmates, shove one classmate out the window, and break the window while you're at it.” His look didn't soften, even though the child was shivering from the cold and panting from the run, his glare didn't waver.

 

“I-I… But he… I…” Hoshi began sobbing, “But he was throwing snowballs and rocks in my ears! I had to make him stop and scarring his was the best way…” she collapsed to the ground in a fit of tears. But Kurama just gave an exasperated sigh.

 

“Go to your room, we'll talk about this later.”

 

Hoshi nodded and stood up, walking the slow death march of a doomed prisoner. As she made it to her room a small voice spoke up in the back of her mind, “Jeeze, what a grouch. You were in the right kiddo.” Hoshi looked around for the, seemingly male, voice she had heard, “Looking for me? Hold up your pendant.” Hoshi did as she was told, holding it up where she could see it. The blue star glowed dimly, “Name's Azul, nice to meet you. Even though I've known all the women in your family for over thirty generations…” Hoshi blinked, coming to a realization.

 

There was a soul, trapped in her pendant.

 

Hoshi: And, that's the end of that!

 

Ember: You're just going to leave them hanging like that?!

 

Azul: Why does my name end with “L” if we're in Japan?

 

Hoshi: Because, silly. You came from the demon world. That is your name loosely translated… Translate it again (Spanish) and it means “Blue”!

 

Hiei: Right… Review or die. *has a water gun to his head*