Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Young Immortal ❯ Chapter 5
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By: MageDragon17 
Anime/Manga: Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 09.30.2004 | Pages: 5 | Words: 2.7K | Visits: 408 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 09.30.2004 | Pages: 5 | Words: 2.7K | Visits: 408 | Status: Work In Progress
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho
-Telepathy-
(Thoughts)
Chapter 5
The girl slept for most of the day. When she woke up it was dusk. She noticed the clothes at her feet and slowly changed into them, feeling very weak and drained. The clothes she had put on were similar to the kind the girl Hinigeshi wore, but she knew that they probably belonged to Genkai.
She couldn't sit still, and needed a little fresh air, so she slowly opened the door and stepped out of the room. Looking around she didn't see anyone, and started walking slowly to her right. She was just about to get to the corner when she heard voices approaching. She froze and hoped they would go away.
A boy came around the corner, talking to someone behind him. When he noticed her he stopped in mid-step. "Hello," He said. He turned on his heel and went back the way he came, "Can't go this way," she heard him.
"Why not?" She heard a deeper, masculine voice asked.
"Girl's down there," the boy answered, and then yelled, "Hey Genkai!"
"You don't need to yell Yuseke," a litter male voice said.
"At that volume the whole city heard you," said another different voice, not so deep as the second voice she had heard.
"Shut up Hiei," Yuseke retorted.
"Don't fight please," the lighter voice said.
"What is it?" the girl heard Genkai ask.
"Girl's awake," Yuseke answered.
"I hope you haven't made her run away," Genkai said as she came around the corner. "Hello there," she said. "Sleep well?" The girl nodded. "Don't let those boys frighten you, Yuseke wouldn't harm a girl like you, Kuwabara would never touch girl who was afraid of him, you may want to avoid Hiei, and Kurama's probably the nicest one out of all of them."
"That hurt Genkai," Yuseke called.
"Well you can be a jerk," Genkai called back.
"Ha, ha," Kuwabara laughed, "Urimeshi's being outdone by a demon."
"Shut up Kuwabara," Yuseke said as he swung at him.
The girl heard the word demon and stiffened. Genkai noticed, "I won't let any of the boys near you until you're ready. Yes, Kurama is a demon, and so is Hiei, but I'm pretty sure that neither of them will hurt you."
The girl gulped, she was trembling, but nodded any way. Genkai turned around, "Boys go back into the shrine." She heard the sound of footsteps walking away and turned back to the girl.
"We'll wait a few moments before going on, give those guys a few minutes." The girl nodded. "Hmm, are you sure that you can't remember your name?" She nodded again. Genkai sighed, "I'm sorry, maybe one day you'll remember it, but we have to call you something."
"Genkai," Botan said as she came around the corner, "Oh they weren't joking."
"About the girl being up," Genkai said, "No, they weren't, and she got a glimpse of Yuseke."
"I figured," Botan said as she walked over. "You know, Shiziru offered for you to come over to her place so you can have a bath and such, would you like to do that?"
The girl wasn't very sure how they were going to get there, but nodded any way. A real bath for once sounded nice.
"Good," Botan said. She held out her hand, "Come on, Hinigeshi already took Shiziru home, so she's probably waiting for us." She led the girl out to the front of the shrine, where the guys sat inside the shrine.
"Looks like the girl agreed to go," Yuseke said.
"Oh well," Kuwabara said, "Looks like I get to go over to your place tonight."
"Yeah," Yuseke said, "tonight and only tonight."
"There they go," Kurama said. They all looked out the door and watched as Botan and the girl rose into the air on the oar and flew away.
***
Botan flew slowly so as not to scare the girl. "We'll be there in a few minutes. Her brother Kuwabara is going to stay at Yuseke's tonight, so you don't have to worry about him." They landed a little later outside a door in an apartment complex. Botan rang the bell and waited for Shiziru to answer the door.
"So you did decide to come," Shiziru said as she opened the door.
"Yep," Botan replied as she led the girl inside. Botan pulled a little bottle out of her sleeve. "I brought some special shampoo from the spirit world." She looked at the girl. "Hope you don't mind, but I would really like to wash your hair." The girl looked a little surprised, but nodded. "Oh good. And Shiziru would maybe cut your hair a little bit."
The girl nodded. "How much do you want me to take off?" Shiziru asked. The girl measured how much she wanted off. "You'll have to show me again, once your hair's wet the measure will be different." The girl nodded and Shiziru led her to the bathroom. They let her bath first, and when she was ready to have her hair washed, the came in.
"I figured you would have you're back to me," Botan said. She saw several scars on the girl's back, but didn't say anything. "Now, lets wash and trim that hair of yours." She put some shampoo in her hands, rubbed it together, and scrubbed it into the girl's hair.
"What does this stuff do anyway?" Shiziru asked as she picked up the bottle.
"Everything," Botan answered. "All the things you would want it to get rid of, oil, dirt, even lice and dry scalp. It also takes out even the toughest of dyes."
"Does it damage hair?"
"No, in fact, it treats the scalp, reduces oil build up, and leaves a nice fresh smell. I use it every night I shower."
"Oh." She looked at the lather the shampoo had become, "Why is it turning brown?"
"Huh?" Botan asked as she looked.
"Are you sure that this doesn't bleach hair?"
"Positive."
The girl had been listening, and when she heard that the shampoo took out dye, she began to wonder, and when Shiziru said the lather was turning brown, she felt happy for the first time in years.
"Let me rinse it out and we'll see," Botan said. "Close your eyes please," she said. The girl did as she was told, and Botan began pouring water over her head to rinse out the soap.
"Are you sure it doesn't bleach?" Shiziru asked again as the shampoo ran off.
"It never did to me," Botan replied. The girl's hair had turned a bright, snowy white.
"It was dyed," came a sudden, but very soft voice.
"Huh?" They both asked.
The girl looked over her shoulder. "I said it was dyed. I got my hair color from my mother, but when she died my father tried everything in the world to make it so it wasn't. That brown dye was the only thing that would work. He also wouldn't let me get it cut either, and I like my hair just above my shoulders. I was able to do an uneven cut on my own every so often, but as you can see, I'm not very good at it."
Botan was the first one to speak. "So that was why you agreed on coming over here. You wanted to get this dye out of your hair."
The girl nodded. "It was all I was expecting, but when Shiziru offered to cut my hair for me, I had to say yes."
"Well this has been quite a learning experience," Botan said. She thought for a moment. "I got it."
"Hmm?" Shiziru asked.
Botan beamed at the girl. "You know how you said that you didn't know what your name was?" She nodded. "Well, I just that up the perfect one."
"What is it?" the girl asked
"Shiroi," Botan answered.
The girl nodded, "I like it." They expected her to smile, but she didn't.
Botan wished the girl had smiled, it would have made her believe it, but she didn't ask if she was sure. "Well then, we'll go out so you can dry yourself a little and get into that robe, then Shiziru and I will be right back in to cut your hair."
Shiroi nodded and they left.
"This is wonderful," Botan said as they walked out of the bathroom.
"Tell me which part," Shiziru replied.
"Everything." Botan replied. "We got her talking, found out a little more about her, and figured out a name for her."
"I guess that is good."
"You guess?" Botan asked. "Oh well, I guess I can't argue with her." She thought for a moment. "Genkai is going to think we went crazy with her."
"What, you mean with the hair?"
"Exactly, we have some explaining to do when I take her back to the temple."
"You will, I won't, I'm staying here for the rest of the night."
Botan made a face, "I should have guessed. If your brother is still there when I get there I'll tell him that he can go home."
Shiziru nodded as the bathroom door opened. "Ready?"
Shiroi nodded, "Thank you for doing this."
"No problem," Shiziru said as she placed a high stool in front of the bathroom mirror. "Plunk it down here," she said as she patted the seat.
It took an hour to cut and dry Shiroi's hair, and when they finished Botan smiled with delight.
"Shiroi your hair is beautiful," she said.
Shiroi blushed, "Thank you."
"I guess it's time for you to get dressed so Botan can take you back," Shiziru said as she cleaned up the last of the mess."
"Is your mother out of town or something?" Botan asked.
Shiziru nodded, "I wouldn't have asked you to come over if she wasn't." Botan nodded as they left the bathroom again so Shiroi could change.
Ten minutes later, Botan and Shiroi were floating away from the apartment. "Thanks again Shiziru," Botan called as she and Shiroi waved goodbye.
"No problem," Shiziru called back. "I've got work tomorrow so I may not be by until evening."
"Okay," Botan called back, and they flew away.
Genkai, Hinigeshi, and Yukina were still sitting in the shrine. Everyone else had left, and Hinigeshi wouldn't leave until Botan got back.
"It's getting late," Genkai, said. "They'd better get back here soon."
"Hey Genkai, Hinigeshi, Yukina!" they heard Botan call from outside.
"Finally," Genkai said as she and the other girls got to their feet.
When they got outside, Botan had just landed, so the girl wasn't in good view.
"You would not believe what that evil demon of a father did to this girl," Botan said as she got off her broom, revealing the girl.
"Botan, what happened?" Hinigeshi asked.
"Shampoo from the spirit world and a little trimming," Botan answered as the girl got off her oar. "Isn't it beautiful? That demon dyed it because it was the same color as the girl's mother's."
"It's very different," Genkai said as she and the other girls came over.
"We've broken the ice you could say," Botan said cheerfully. "We got her talking finally, and we decided on a name."
"Really?" Hinigeshi asked, "What did you chose?"
"Shiroi," Shiroi herself answered.
"Shiroi," Genkai repeated, "White, hmm, very fitting."
"I'm glad you agree," Botan said. "Oh those boys are going to fall on their rears when they see you."
Shiroi looked at her, "Do they have to see me?"
"Oh Shiroi," Botan sighed. "None of them are going to hurt you. When they found out what had happened to you, they wanted to go out and find you right away. Hiei even searched for you with his Jagan Eye, which is a rarity for him to do."
"Yuseke and Kuwabara both said they wouldn't mind five minutes alone with your father," Genkai said. "And don't think they meant to talk."
"See?" Botan asked. "Those four don't want you to be harmed at all. The majority of them want to be your friends."
"Majority?" Shiroi asked.
"Well, Yuseke, Kuwabara, and Kurama. Hiei really wouldn't careless, but he won't hurt you or let you get hurt."
"Oh," Shiroi answered softly. She suddenly looked sleepy.
"Ready to end the night?" Genkai asked. Shiroi nodded. "All right. Tomorrow is another day."
"Yuseke, Kuwabara, Keiko, and Kurama have school tomorrow," Botan reminded. "So they probably won't be by until this afternoon. Shiziru has work too and said she'll try and get by tomorrow evening."
"Then that's what will happen," Genkai said. "Come on Shiroi, let's get you to bed."
Author's Note: Surprise! So you found out two things in this chapter. Just so you know, Shiroi means white. In the next chapter you're going to want to beat Koenma. Review me and tell me what you think.
-Telepathy-
(Thoughts)
Chapter 5
The girl slept for most of the day. When she woke up it was dusk. She noticed the clothes at her feet and slowly changed into them, feeling very weak and drained. The clothes she had put on were similar to the kind the girl Hinigeshi wore, but she knew that they probably belonged to Genkai.
She couldn't sit still, and needed a little fresh air, so she slowly opened the door and stepped out of the room. Looking around she didn't see anyone, and started walking slowly to her right. She was just about to get to the corner when she heard voices approaching. She froze and hoped they would go away.
A boy came around the corner, talking to someone behind him. When he noticed her he stopped in mid-step. "Hello," He said. He turned on his heel and went back the way he came, "Can't go this way," she heard him.
"Why not?" She heard a deeper, masculine voice asked.
"Girl's down there," the boy answered, and then yelled, "Hey Genkai!"
"You don't need to yell Yuseke," a litter male voice said.
"At that volume the whole city heard you," said another different voice, not so deep as the second voice she had heard.
"Shut up Hiei," Yuseke retorted.
"Don't fight please," the lighter voice said.
"What is it?" the girl heard Genkai ask.
"Girl's awake," Yuseke answered.
"I hope you haven't made her run away," Genkai said as she came around the corner. "Hello there," she said. "Sleep well?" The girl nodded. "Don't let those boys frighten you, Yuseke wouldn't harm a girl like you, Kuwabara would never touch girl who was afraid of him, you may want to avoid Hiei, and Kurama's probably the nicest one out of all of them."
"That hurt Genkai," Yuseke called.
"Well you can be a jerk," Genkai called back.
"Ha, ha," Kuwabara laughed, "Urimeshi's being outdone by a demon."
"Shut up Kuwabara," Yuseke said as he swung at him.
The girl heard the word demon and stiffened. Genkai noticed, "I won't let any of the boys near you until you're ready. Yes, Kurama is a demon, and so is Hiei, but I'm pretty sure that neither of them will hurt you."
The girl gulped, she was trembling, but nodded any way. Genkai turned around, "Boys go back into the shrine." She heard the sound of footsteps walking away and turned back to the girl.
"We'll wait a few moments before going on, give those guys a few minutes." The girl nodded. "Hmm, are you sure that you can't remember your name?" She nodded again. Genkai sighed, "I'm sorry, maybe one day you'll remember it, but we have to call you something."
"Genkai," Botan said as she came around the corner, "Oh they weren't joking."
"About the girl being up," Genkai said, "No, they weren't, and she got a glimpse of Yuseke."
"I figured," Botan said as she walked over. "You know, Shiziru offered for you to come over to her place so you can have a bath and such, would you like to do that?"
The girl wasn't very sure how they were going to get there, but nodded any way. A real bath for once sounded nice.
"Good," Botan said. She held out her hand, "Come on, Hinigeshi already took Shiziru home, so she's probably waiting for us." She led the girl out to the front of the shrine, where the guys sat inside the shrine.
"Looks like the girl agreed to go," Yuseke said.
"Oh well," Kuwabara said, "Looks like I get to go over to your place tonight."
"Yeah," Yuseke said, "tonight and only tonight."
"There they go," Kurama said. They all looked out the door and watched as Botan and the girl rose into the air on the oar and flew away.
***
Botan flew slowly so as not to scare the girl. "We'll be there in a few minutes. Her brother Kuwabara is going to stay at Yuseke's tonight, so you don't have to worry about him." They landed a little later outside a door in an apartment complex. Botan rang the bell and waited for Shiziru to answer the door.
"So you did decide to come," Shiziru said as she opened the door.
"Yep," Botan replied as she led the girl inside. Botan pulled a little bottle out of her sleeve. "I brought some special shampoo from the spirit world." She looked at the girl. "Hope you don't mind, but I would really like to wash your hair." The girl looked a little surprised, but nodded. "Oh good. And Shiziru would maybe cut your hair a little bit."
The girl nodded. "How much do you want me to take off?" Shiziru asked. The girl measured how much she wanted off. "You'll have to show me again, once your hair's wet the measure will be different." The girl nodded and Shiziru led her to the bathroom. They let her bath first, and when she was ready to have her hair washed, the came in.
"I figured you would have you're back to me," Botan said. She saw several scars on the girl's back, but didn't say anything. "Now, lets wash and trim that hair of yours." She put some shampoo in her hands, rubbed it together, and scrubbed it into the girl's hair.
"What does this stuff do anyway?" Shiziru asked as she picked up the bottle.
"Everything," Botan answered. "All the things you would want it to get rid of, oil, dirt, even lice and dry scalp. It also takes out even the toughest of dyes."
"Does it damage hair?"
"No, in fact, it treats the scalp, reduces oil build up, and leaves a nice fresh smell. I use it every night I shower."
"Oh." She looked at the lather the shampoo had become, "Why is it turning brown?"
"Huh?" Botan asked as she looked.
"Are you sure that this doesn't bleach hair?"
"Positive."
The girl had been listening, and when she heard that the shampoo took out dye, she began to wonder, and when Shiziru said the lather was turning brown, she felt happy for the first time in years.
"Let me rinse it out and we'll see," Botan said. "Close your eyes please," she said. The girl did as she was told, and Botan began pouring water over her head to rinse out the soap.
"Are you sure it doesn't bleach?" Shiziru asked again as the shampoo ran off.
"It never did to me," Botan replied. The girl's hair had turned a bright, snowy white.
"It was dyed," came a sudden, but very soft voice.
"Huh?" They both asked.
The girl looked over her shoulder. "I said it was dyed. I got my hair color from my mother, but when she died my father tried everything in the world to make it so it wasn't. That brown dye was the only thing that would work. He also wouldn't let me get it cut either, and I like my hair just above my shoulders. I was able to do an uneven cut on my own every so often, but as you can see, I'm not very good at it."
Botan was the first one to speak. "So that was why you agreed on coming over here. You wanted to get this dye out of your hair."
The girl nodded. "It was all I was expecting, but when Shiziru offered to cut my hair for me, I had to say yes."
"Well this has been quite a learning experience," Botan said. She thought for a moment. "I got it."
"Hmm?" Shiziru asked.
Botan beamed at the girl. "You know how you said that you didn't know what your name was?" She nodded. "Well, I just that up the perfect one."
"What is it?" the girl asked
"Shiroi," Botan answered.
The girl nodded, "I like it." They expected her to smile, but she didn't.
Botan wished the girl had smiled, it would have made her believe it, but she didn't ask if she was sure. "Well then, we'll go out so you can dry yourself a little and get into that robe, then Shiziru and I will be right back in to cut your hair."
Shiroi nodded and they left.
"This is wonderful," Botan said as they walked out of the bathroom.
"Tell me which part," Shiziru replied.
"Everything." Botan replied. "We got her talking, found out a little more about her, and figured out a name for her."
"I guess that is good."
"You guess?" Botan asked. "Oh well, I guess I can't argue with her." She thought for a moment. "Genkai is going to think we went crazy with her."
"What, you mean with the hair?"
"Exactly, we have some explaining to do when I take her back to the temple."
"You will, I won't, I'm staying here for the rest of the night."
Botan made a face, "I should have guessed. If your brother is still there when I get there I'll tell him that he can go home."
Shiziru nodded as the bathroom door opened. "Ready?"
Shiroi nodded, "Thank you for doing this."
"No problem," Shiziru said as she placed a high stool in front of the bathroom mirror. "Plunk it down here," she said as she patted the seat.
It took an hour to cut and dry Shiroi's hair, and when they finished Botan smiled with delight.
"Shiroi your hair is beautiful," she said.
Shiroi blushed, "Thank you."
"I guess it's time for you to get dressed so Botan can take you back," Shiziru said as she cleaned up the last of the mess."
"Is your mother out of town or something?" Botan asked.
Shiziru nodded, "I wouldn't have asked you to come over if she wasn't." Botan nodded as they left the bathroom again so Shiroi could change.
Ten minutes later, Botan and Shiroi were floating away from the apartment. "Thanks again Shiziru," Botan called as she and Shiroi waved goodbye.
"No problem," Shiziru called back. "I've got work tomorrow so I may not be by until evening."
"Okay," Botan called back, and they flew away.
Genkai, Hinigeshi, and Yukina were still sitting in the shrine. Everyone else had left, and Hinigeshi wouldn't leave until Botan got back.
"It's getting late," Genkai, said. "They'd better get back here soon."
"Hey Genkai, Hinigeshi, Yukina!" they heard Botan call from outside.
"Finally," Genkai said as she and the other girls got to their feet.
When they got outside, Botan had just landed, so the girl wasn't in good view.
"You would not believe what that evil demon of a father did to this girl," Botan said as she got off her broom, revealing the girl.
"Botan, what happened?" Hinigeshi asked.
"Shampoo from the spirit world and a little trimming," Botan answered as the girl got off her oar. "Isn't it beautiful? That demon dyed it because it was the same color as the girl's mother's."
"It's very different," Genkai said as she and the other girls came over.
"We've broken the ice you could say," Botan said cheerfully. "We got her talking finally, and we decided on a name."
"Really?" Hinigeshi asked, "What did you chose?"
"Shiroi," Shiroi herself answered.
"Shiroi," Genkai repeated, "White, hmm, very fitting."
"I'm glad you agree," Botan said. "Oh those boys are going to fall on their rears when they see you."
Shiroi looked at her, "Do they have to see me?"
"Oh Shiroi," Botan sighed. "None of them are going to hurt you. When they found out what had happened to you, they wanted to go out and find you right away. Hiei even searched for you with his Jagan Eye, which is a rarity for him to do."
"Yuseke and Kuwabara both said they wouldn't mind five minutes alone with your father," Genkai said. "And don't think they meant to talk."
"See?" Botan asked. "Those four don't want you to be harmed at all. The majority of them want to be your friends."
"Majority?" Shiroi asked.
"Well, Yuseke, Kuwabara, and Kurama. Hiei really wouldn't careless, but he won't hurt you or let you get hurt."
"Oh," Shiroi answered softly. She suddenly looked sleepy.
"Ready to end the night?" Genkai asked. Shiroi nodded. "All right. Tomorrow is another day."
"Yuseke, Kuwabara, Keiko, and Kurama have school tomorrow," Botan reminded. "So they probably won't be by until this afternoon. Shiziru has work too and said she'll try and get by tomorrow evening."
"Then that's what will happen," Genkai said. "Come on Shiroi, let's get you to bed."
Author's Note: Surprise! So you found out two things in this chapter. Just so you know, Shiroi means white. In the next chapter you're going to want to beat Koenma. Review me and tell me what you think.