Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Youko Style of Some Fairy Tale ❯ Chapter 7 ( Chapter 8 )

No one's happy! Fine! I'll put it for “m”! I don't want to get in trouble! The story was first supposed to be for kids but then it went up in the rating! By the way thank you Etherealstars for reminding me to change it so younger readers won't read it. You don't need to read this either because I'm just ranting and having funny! (Not to be taken too seriously) I mean jeez! I didn't mean to forget the rating! I like the reviews and all but please! I'm very forgetful.

 

Not to mention that I get pissed off when I read fanfics that have tou-san or kaa-san. For those writers, it's Otousan and Okaa-san, you never drop the “O” it's disrespectful in Japan with any title for a family member. Believe me; I took two years of Japanese, so use a Japanese-to-English Dictionary people! Blah, blah, blah!

 

I'm having midnight madness right now so don't mind me! I'm just going out of my mind right now, even though it wasn't there to being with this week! I feel like going around in circles ranting like this. So tell me if I'm annoying. By the way, I'm a spaz if you hadn't noticed. I write things that seem like funny at the time and then it just doesn't seem nice for my characters then I change it.

 

I want to rant some more but I can't think of anything else to write so I'll just let you get on with the chapter. Sayaninara! (Forgot the spelling) Baibai! Konnibawa! Now I'm going to run around in circles screams. -runs in circles and screams-

 

As always `thought', “memory”, “talking”.

Chapter 7

 

Kyoko sat on the side of a hill humming to herself as she crusade yarn together to make a strange thing that Kurama couldn't figure out. He was helping with the rice since his friend, Munaku the mayor, refused to let Kyoko to work since he heard that she was expecting kits in about four month. So now Youko was forced to help nurture the rice seedling (a/n: I have no idea if that's what the rice is called when you put them in the water like in animes and Chinese/Japanese movies).

`Damn that man! Kyoko won't be showing or affected in two months! ...At least she's safe now. I can know that she's in danger without even being around her to see,' Kurama thought to himself.

“Kyoko!” a familiar voice suddenly yelled out from the town.

Kyoko's ears perked up and lifted her head, “Akira?”

Kurama looked up at hearing one of her brother's names. He watched curiously as Kyoko stood up while she put her crusade away into her satchel.

“Kyoko!” at hearing her name a second time Kyoko ran full speed into the town with Kurama right on her tail.

“Akira!” she yelled as she neared the center of the town. Kyoko saw the familiar form of Akira standing next to a woman. She cried with joy and her heart soared at finally seeing her brother, “Akira!”

Kyoko didn't notice Akira's haggard state or the bruises and cuts all over his body as she ran to him grabbing him in a hug. Tears fell from her eyes as she held Akira close to her and slowly he returned the hug.

Kurama stopped a few feet away and stared at Akira's scarred face. He looked at the white hair woman with a red eye and blue eye behind the two siblings and saw her sad regretful look staring back at him before she shook her head sadly. He knew Kyoko didn't notice the exchange and he knew she was about to.

As if on cue, Kyoko pulled back and saw it. Her brother's eyes nearly sealed shut by healing eyelids. His beautiful blue eyes to never be since again that she always enjoyed looking in. Holding his face she asked, “Who did this to you?”

Akira gently moved over her face as he told her, “The man who started this war.”

“Tell me,” as she pulled him to sit with her on the fountain.

“I was with Aden on the field about a year ago; we were strategizing a new plan to end the war, when there was an ambush. We were able to get Aden out but at my own sacrifice. I never said a thing to them while they tortured me and so a few weeks ago they took away my eyes as punishment for not talking.”

“You were imprisoned for a year and you said nothing?” Kurama interrupted.

Akira turned his face to him though not seeing him and said, “I was wondering when you would say something. It's nice to finally meet the Youko protecting my baby sister. But back to your question, yes I was held for a year and would take whatever they threw at me then give them the information of the kingdom.”

Kyoko turned to him, “Our father taught us to endure torture. It may sound cruel even by demon standards but he wanted us to ready if war ever came.”

“Kyoko, what have you been doing for the last ten years?” Akira turned his attention back to his sister.

“Well, ever since we got the order from Aden, Kurama's been taking me to his den's to hide until we got here that took a year to do. For the last nine years we've been pretending to be mates until...recently,” the last part Kyoko was hesitant to tell her brother.

Akira just smiled, “I rather you be mated to this Youko than unmated now. I heard all the plans that my captors made when the suitor realized about a month ago that you haven't been in the castle since the war began.” He turned to Kurama, “Be on guard. He has a spy in the town and he recently told me that he's going to challenge Kyoko's mate, if she had one, for her. He wants her and he'll take any kits she may have.”

Kyoko watched stunned as Kurama's eyes went cold before he took her and held her tightly to his chest, “He can go to hell!”

Akira smiled, stood up, and held out his hand to the white haired woman. “Thank you; protect her with everything you got. If the Youko gets her then he'll be able to overthrow our King with her. For now I must leave, it's too dangerous for me now that I'm blind. The Takashis are going to see if they can unseal my eyes. Kyoko...”

“Yes Brother Akira?” she asked as she turned her head to him.

“The suitor is the one a year ago before the war started that you insulted for the way he ran his kingdom.”

“Insult to injury?” Kurama asked.

“Yes,” Kyoko answered, “I always do research on my suitors and discovered that he raised his taxes just so he could afford his castle and décor. I wasn't going to be mated to a demon whom lived like that. I told him I would never be mated to a self centered pig-head Youko who doesn't see their kingdom as an extended family and he was a disgrace to the Youko species.”

“Ouch.”

“He deserved it though,” Akira told him. “Another thing; don't be mad at Isamu for what he did. He and father planned it, father chose Isamu because he knew none of us would've the strength to send you away to safety if war ever came but he knew Isamu could.”

Kyoko broke free of Kurama's arms and hugged her brother from behind. Akira turned to her and gently bit her nose as she bit his chin, the way their family said goodbye to each, for a moment. They release each other and Akira kissed her forehead before turning away. Kyoko felt tears forming in her eyes and she forced herself to turn to Kurama allowing him to hold her.

She let her tears fall onto her mate's chest as she thought, `Goodbye brother...I pray we meet again at the end of all this. I don't want to lose any of you guys...'

Kurama watched the white haired woman led Akira a few yards away until they were joined by a man and they disappeared is a flash. “Kyo-chan it's okay. You'll see him again. I'll make sure you do.”

Kyoko began to shake and cried out, “It's not just him I'm worried about! It's all my brothers'! ...We've been through thick and thin. We got in trouble together even. Now this war is tearing us apart!”

“Kyoko! Calm down!” he ordered. When the younger Yoko snapped her head up to look at him he continued gently, “You have to stay calm. It's bad for the kits and you. You will see them again,” he gently brushed the side of her face and realized how young she was compared to him. He suddenly raised his brow as a thought occurred to him, “Your brother's have jobs in the castle, what did you do?”

Kyoko pulled away and blushed, “Well, uh...” She rubbed the back of her head smiled sheepishly, “I, uh, did nothing important.”

Kurama knew that look and gave her a sly smile. His mate gulped and gave a yelp as he tried to grab her before she took off running with him right on her tail. The older smiled, `You maybe young and fast but I'm more experience in the chase as you'll soon learn.'

 

Poor Akira, but I had to have one of the princes' be the one to lose their eyesight. Small spoiler I might be killing off one of the princes in a later chapter. So I'm taking votes now. Well be: Aden the king of the kingdom... Akira the now blind log keeper... Katsu the General of the kingdoms army... or Isamu the girly idiot... You decide who is the weakest link.