Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Young Immortal ❯ Chapter 6
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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: 3.2K | 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: 3.2K | Visits: 408 | Status: Work In Progress
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho, except Shiroi.
-Telepathy-
(Thoughts)
Chapter 6
The next morning, Shiroi woke up, for once without fear. She changed back into the clothes from yesterday and left her room. She walked around until she found the shrine. She hopped to find Genkai inside, and to her luck, she did.
"Good morning Genkai," she said.
Genkai turned around and nodded, "Same to you." She beckoned the young apparition over. "Now, today may just be your last easy day."
"Easy day?"
"If today goes well, and you interact with the boys to what I believe to be okay, tomorrow I will begin your training."
Shiroi's eyes brightened, but she did not smile. "Really?" she asked.
Genkai nodded, "That's what I'm hoping."
Shiroi nodded, and then asked, "Do you need me to do anything?"
"If you want something to do, you can sweep the front of the shrine and the steps leading up to the temple. I will call you when I have breakfast ready."
Shiroi bowed as Yukina entered. "Good morning," she said. Shiroi nodded to her and walked out. "She seems to be much better this morning."
"There's still one thing that she's going to have to recover from though," Genkai said grimly.
"What's that Genkai?" Yukina asked.
"She's still very nervous and hesitant. Yesterday we said and did many things that would normally make a girl her age laugh or smile, she did none of that."
"That's true," Yukina said.
"I believe she's been through so much misery for so long that she's forgotten how to do that as well as forgetting her own name. She'll have to relearn both."
"The smiling is going to be easier than the name though," Yukina said. "Being exposed to laughter will do it in a short amount of time, but unless her true name is spoken, or something in her memory sparks, she may not ever remember her true name."
Genkai nodded, Yes, and don't have ay idea where to begin."
***
Shiroi was outside sweeping as the two were inside the shrine. For the first time in over eight years she felt safe. As she swept she heard footsteps coming up the stairs. She looked up to see one of the boys from yesterday. It was the one that spoke little, the smaller one.
She couldn't remember which one he was, and apparently didn't recognize her. He drew his sword faster than she could see and had her by the collar so fast she lost her breath. The only thing she was able to do after she was able to get a breath in was yell, "Genkai!"
Genkai ran out of the shrine, Yukina right behind her. "Hiei!" She yelled when she saw what was happening. "Let her go, that's the girl!"
Hiei looked at the old woman, and then back at the girl. He let go of her collar. "So you are," he muttered as he put his sword away. "What happened? Your hair wasn't white."
"All little shampoo from Botan was what happened," Genkai said. "It turns out the girl's father hated the color because she got it from her mother's side, so he had it dyed so it wouldn't look that way."
Hiei spat in the bushes, "Idiot demon," he said, "Doesn't he know that white hair is rare among both demon's and apparitions?"
"Apparently he didn't," Genkai answered.
"What's going on?" Botan asked as she and Hinigeshi ran up the stairs.
"Just a little misunderstanding," Genkai answered. "Hiei mistook Shiroi for an intruder."
"Shiroi?" Hiei asked.
"That's the name I thought up for her," Botan said proudly. "Something wrong with it?"
Hiei shook his head, "Nothing, just wondered who gave her such a fitting name." He walked into the shadows of the forest to his left without another word.
"Wow, Hiei paid you and me a compliment," Botan said with surprise.
"Those are rare to come by," Genkai said.
"Like white hair," Yukina said with a smile.
Genkai nodded, "Well, looks like I have more mouths to feed."
"Huh?" Botan asked.
"I was planning on making breakfast for Yukina, Shiroi and myself, but since you two showed up I guess that makes two more."
"I'll help," Hinigeshi said. "I love to cook."
"I'll help too," Yukina offered.
Genkai smiled, "Now that's more like it."
"I can't cook very well," Botan called.
"Every time I tried I always got yelled at," Shiroi said quietly.
Botan patted her shoulder, "Well no one here is going to yell at you, okay?" Shiroi nodded, and Botan wish she would smile. "Say, I have an idea." She pulled a brush out her bag, "Why don't I brush your hair for you?"
"Do you have a fascination with my hair?" Shiroi asked.
Botan laughed, "Probably." She took the girl's hand, "Come on." She took her and sat her down just outside her room. Botan sat down behind her and began to brush her hair.
"It's so soft," she said as she ran the brush through it. "Did you get that from your mother too?" Shiroi nodded, "Good, it doesn't seem at all possible for your father to be soft."
***
To their left on a rock just a few yards from the building, Hiei sat watching them. He thought about the apparition's father. What kind of a fool would not realize the meaning of white hair? Hiei wondered. The only people he had ever encountered with white hair were Kurama's demon form, and the king of the permanently extinct Netherworld, Yakumo. Kurama's isn't really white, more silver, and the only reason Yakumo could have had white hair was because of his heritage.
He snapped out of his trance for a moment and glanced up at the two in front of him, and then went back to his thoughts, Kurama's going to have a huge thinking spree once he sees this. He's been around longer than me, so he'll know more. He could know whom she's descended from.
He shook his head and looked back up at them. It looked as though Botan was nearly through, and was reaching for the mirror next to her. What am I doing? Hiei asked himself, I'm sitting here watching them like some stupid fool.
"What'cha doin' Hiei?" Koenma asked, appearing suddenly in his teenage form.
"What!" Hiei jumped six feet into the air. When he landed he glared at the prince. "Why do you always keep popping up like that?" He asked.
"I don't know," Koenma, answered, "Maybe you're just not paying attention." He looked to his right to see Botan with Shiroi. "Exactly who I was looking for." He walked forward towards them, "Yo! Botan!"
"Huh?" Botan looked up. The yelling startled Shiroi, and since she didn't recognize Koenma, she bolted around the opposite corner like a frightened deer.
"Smart move Koenma," Hiei said as he took off in the same direction to intercept her.
"Yeah," Botan said as she smacked the prince upside the head, "Really smart." She turned around and ran around the corner the girl had just run down.
Shiroi ran down the walkway, oblivious to Botan calling her name from behind her. She reached the end of the walkway and was intercepted by Hiei. She couldn't stop fast enough and plowed into him. Afraid he would be angry she scrambled up and ran off in another direction.
"What in the world is going on here?" Genkai asked. She, Hinigeshi, and Yukina had been behind the building cooking and saw the whole thing.
"This started it," Botan said as she threw Koenma into view. "He scared the living daylights out Shiroi, so she ran and I guess Hiei tried to intercept her." She looked over to Hiei, whom was already back on his feet and glaring at Koenma. "As you saw, she plowed into him, probably nearly had another heart attack, and ran off again."
"Great," Genkai muttered, "Now we have to find her."
"I'll go," Botan said. "She'll probably only come out of hiding when I come calling, I don't think she'll trust anyone else's voice."
Genkai nodded, and then looked at Koenma. "Next time check with one of us first, or else we're going to beat your head in."
Koenma looked at the ground, "Yes Ma'am," he replied.
"Well," Botan said as she started walking, "Wish me luck."
"Good luck," Yukina replied. Hiei watched Botan leave, and then vanished as he jumped out of sight. "Where is he going?"
"Where else," Genkai replied, "To find Shiroi. He'll probably find her first, but will only watch over her until Botan finds her. He won't show himself unless it's unavoidably necessary."
"Oh," Yukina said.
Koenma got to his feet and dusted off his clothes. "I had no intentions of scaring her," he said. "I forgot she hasn't seen me in this form yet, but since Hiei was close by..."
"What does he have to do with this?" Genkai asked.
"Well when I got here, he was sitting on the boulder at the end of the building." He pointed to where he had met Hiei when he had first arrived. "I couldn't really tell what he was doing, but I think he was watching them."
"Why would he be watching them?" Hinigeshi wondered aloud.
"I thought I heard the boys taking about her last night," Genkai said.
"What did they say?" Hinigeshi asked.
"They talked about some ideas to get her to not be afraid of them, but they were all likely to be failures. I heard them mumble something about watching out for her when there was only one other person or no one around, and either my ears have gone faulty, or I heard Hiei volunteer."
"Hiei volunteer?" Koenma asked. "Well I'll be a monkey's play thing, that's something I'd though I'd never hear."
"Who would?" Genkai asked.
***
Shiroi had gotten pretty far into the forest when Hiei caught up with her, but he kept out of sight and followed her until she finally stopped running.
Fear must drive her, he thought. Anyone would have stopped a long time ago, or would have found a place to hide, but she just kept on running. He watched her from a tree as she sat down heavily under a tree, clutching a stitch in side and gasping for breath.
He knew he shouldn't have done what he did, but he poked into her fear filled thoughts. I hope Genkai isn't mad at me for running away. Who was that guy anyway? I hope Hiei isn't mad at me for running into him and knocking him down. I should apologize, but I'm so afraid of him.
He pulled out of her thoughts very quickly and smacked himself in forehead, careful not to hit his eye. Of course she would be afraid of me. I look intimidating enough to begin with, and drawing my sword on her early didn't help matters any.
He thought about beating himself up more, but then a thought struck him. Why do I even care about this girl? So what that she's an abused apparition, she's still weak. He thought about his sister, how Togoro had hurt her. Maybe I do know. He shook his head. Oh well, might as well make myself comfortable. It's going to take Botan a while to find her.
He reclined against the tree and looked down at the girl again. He couldn't really see what she was doing, but she had her knees drawn up with her arms resting on them, and her head on her arms. He listened and thought he heard the sound of crying. You still have enough left in you to do that? He wondered. He thought about calling Botan, but then thought better of it. Might as well try my luck.
He got up and jumped out of the tree and landed in front of her. She looked up, clearly startled, but she didn't have the energy to run away. "How do you do it?" he asked.
"Huh?" she asked nervously, and very unsure.
"How is it, that even after all of your energy is nearly gone, you're still able to run away like that?"
She looked down at her knees, but then answered softly and hesitantly. "I really don't know, I guess its fear that makes me go. I don't know why your friends used so much of their time to help me, I would be better off dead."
Hiei, normally not surprised by anything, was surprised by that remark. "Why do you say that?" he asked.
"I would rather be dead. It'll make all of my suffering over, and people wouldn't have to worry about me anymore." She looked at Hiei, "Don't get me wrong, I appreciate everything you guys have done, it's just that, I would be more of a burden than anything, and just having me around puts you in danger."
"In danger of what?"
She girl gulped and shuddered, "My father."
"What's that bastard have to do with this?"
"Everything. He'll be looking for me. He said if I ever ran away, I wouldn't get away with it; he would just hunt me down and drag me back home again. I don't even want to imagine the punishment he has in store for me."
"Your father should be in prison for all he's done," Hiei said. Shiroi looked at him, "I may be cold hearted, but what he's done is something even I wouldn't do."
The girl tried to inch backwards at his statement, but even if she weren't already completely against the tree, she wouldn't have been able to move any way; she had no energy at all.
"Stop it," Hiei ordered. She froze. "I have no intentions of ever harming you. If I did, not only would the girls be after me, but Kurama, Kuwabara, and Yuseke would be as well. They despise abuse against women. Of course, I don't much care for it either." She didn't relax, but she had started breathing again, and Hiei knew he was pushing it. "I'll go find Botan, if I stand here any longer I may accidentally give you a heart-attack."
He jumped out of sight. He found Botan twenty feet too far to the left, and led her to the frightened apparition. "Well for once Hiei's doing something for someone else for a change," Botan said as she approached the girl and got down on her knees. "Are you all right?"
"I don't think so," Hiei answered.
"I was asking her," Botan snapped.
"She won't answer." Botan glared at him and looked back at the girl, but he had been right, she had passed out where she was sitting. "She's over drained, she barely has enough energy to breath."
"Why didn't you come and find me sooner then?" Botan asked him angrily.
"I found out a little bit more about her," Hiei answered. "She wishes that we had not found her, wishes that we had left her to die."
"Why?" Botan asked, shocked.
"She says she is a danger to us and herself. She says her father will sooner or later hunt her down and show up and take her home. She's afraid of what her punishment is going to be."
"How awful," Botan gasped, and then smacked herself in the forehead. "What are we doing just standing around here for?" She summoned her oar, picked up the girl, and mounted. "Lets get back to temple." Hiei nodded and they sped off.
Author's Note: Bad Koenma! Bad Koenma! Wait I should say bad Hiei too, since he almost put his sword through her. Oh well, until the next chapter then.
-Telepathy-
(Thoughts)
Chapter 6
The next morning, Shiroi woke up, for once without fear. She changed back into the clothes from yesterday and left her room. She walked around until she found the shrine. She hopped to find Genkai inside, and to her luck, she did.
"Good morning Genkai," she said.
Genkai turned around and nodded, "Same to you." She beckoned the young apparition over. "Now, today may just be your last easy day."
"Easy day?"
"If today goes well, and you interact with the boys to what I believe to be okay, tomorrow I will begin your training."
Shiroi's eyes brightened, but she did not smile. "Really?" she asked.
Genkai nodded, "That's what I'm hoping."
Shiroi nodded, and then asked, "Do you need me to do anything?"
"If you want something to do, you can sweep the front of the shrine and the steps leading up to the temple. I will call you when I have breakfast ready."
Shiroi bowed as Yukina entered. "Good morning," she said. Shiroi nodded to her and walked out. "She seems to be much better this morning."
"There's still one thing that she's going to have to recover from though," Genkai said grimly.
"What's that Genkai?" Yukina asked.
"She's still very nervous and hesitant. Yesterday we said and did many things that would normally make a girl her age laugh or smile, she did none of that."
"That's true," Yukina said.
"I believe she's been through so much misery for so long that she's forgotten how to do that as well as forgetting her own name. She'll have to relearn both."
"The smiling is going to be easier than the name though," Yukina said. "Being exposed to laughter will do it in a short amount of time, but unless her true name is spoken, or something in her memory sparks, she may not ever remember her true name."
Genkai nodded, Yes, and don't have ay idea where to begin."
***
Shiroi was outside sweeping as the two were inside the shrine. For the first time in over eight years she felt safe. As she swept she heard footsteps coming up the stairs. She looked up to see one of the boys from yesterday. It was the one that spoke little, the smaller one.
She couldn't remember which one he was, and apparently didn't recognize her. He drew his sword faster than she could see and had her by the collar so fast she lost her breath. The only thing she was able to do after she was able to get a breath in was yell, "Genkai!"
Genkai ran out of the shrine, Yukina right behind her. "Hiei!" She yelled when she saw what was happening. "Let her go, that's the girl!"
Hiei looked at the old woman, and then back at the girl. He let go of her collar. "So you are," he muttered as he put his sword away. "What happened? Your hair wasn't white."
"All little shampoo from Botan was what happened," Genkai said. "It turns out the girl's father hated the color because she got it from her mother's side, so he had it dyed so it wouldn't look that way."
Hiei spat in the bushes, "Idiot demon," he said, "Doesn't he know that white hair is rare among both demon's and apparitions?"
"Apparently he didn't," Genkai answered.
"What's going on?" Botan asked as she and Hinigeshi ran up the stairs.
"Just a little misunderstanding," Genkai answered. "Hiei mistook Shiroi for an intruder."
"Shiroi?" Hiei asked.
"That's the name I thought up for her," Botan said proudly. "Something wrong with it?"
Hiei shook his head, "Nothing, just wondered who gave her such a fitting name." He walked into the shadows of the forest to his left without another word.
"Wow, Hiei paid you and me a compliment," Botan said with surprise.
"Those are rare to come by," Genkai said.
"Like white hair," Yukina said with a smile.
Genkai nodded, "Well, looks like I have more mouths to feed."
"Huh?" Botan asked.
"I was planning on making breakfast for Yukina, Shiroi and myself, but since you two showed up I guess that makes two more."
"I'll help," Hinigeshi said. "I love to cook."
"I'll help too," Yukina offered.
Genkai smiled, "Now that's more like it."
"I can't cook very well," Botan called.
"Every time I tried I always got yelled at," Shiroi said quietly.
Botan patted her shoulder, "Well no one here is going to yell at you, okay?" Shiroi nodded, and Botan wish she would smile. "Say, I have an idea." She pulled a brush out her bag, "Why don't I brush your hair for you?"
"Do you have a fascination with my hair?" Shiroi asked.
Botan laughed, "Probably." She took the girl's hand, "Come on." She took her and sat her down just outside her room. Botan sat down behind her and began to brush her hair.
"It's so soft," she said as she ran the brush through it. "Did you get that from your mother too?" Shiroi nodded, "Good, it doesn't seem at all possible for your father to be soft."
***
To their left on a rock just a few yards from the building, Hiei sat watching them. He thought about the apparition's father. What kind of a fool would not realize the meaning of white hair? Hiei wondered. The only people he had ever encountered with white hair were Kurama's demon form, and the king of the permanently extinct Netherworld, Yakumo. Kurama's isn't really white, more silver, and the only reason Yakumo could have had white hair was because of his heritage.
He snapped out of his trance for a moment and glanced up at the two in front of him, and then went back to his thoughts, Kurama's going to have a huge thinking spree once he sees this. He's been around longer than me, so he'll know more. He could know whom she's descended from.
He shook his head and looked back up at them. It looked as though Botan was nearly through, and was reaching for the mirror next to her. What am I doing? Hiei asked himself, I'm sitting here watching them like some stupid fool.
"What'cha doin' Hiei?" Koenma asked, appearing suddenly in his teenage form.
"What!" Hiei jumped six feet into the air. When he landed he glared at the prince. "Why do you always keep popping up like that?" He asked.
"I don't know," Koenma, answered, "Maybe you're just not paying attention." He looked to his right to see Botan with Shiroi. "Exactly who I was looking for." He walked forward towards them, "Yo! Botan!"
"Huh?" Botan looked up. The yelling startled Shiroi, and since she didn't recognize Koenma, she bolted around the opposite corner like a frightened deer.
"Smart move Koenma," Hiei said as he took off in the same direction to intercept her.
"Yeah," Botan said as she smacked the prince upside the head, "Really smart." She turned around and ran around the corner the girl had just run down.
Shiroi ran down the walkway, oblivious to Botan calling her name from behind her. She reached the end of the walkway and was intercepted by Hiei. She couldn't stop fast enough and plowed into him. Afraid he would be angry she scrambled up and ran off in another direction.
"What in the world is going on here?" Genkai asked. She, Hinigeshi, and Yukina had been behind the building cooking and saw the whole thing.
"This started it," Botan said as she threw Koenma into view. "He scared the living daylights out Shiroi, so she ran and I guess Hiei tried to intercept her." She looked over to Hiei, whom was already back on his feet and glaring at Koenma. "As you saw, she plowed into him, probably nearly had another heart attack, and ran off again."
"Great," Genkai muttered, "Now we have to find her."
"I'll go," Botan said. "She'll probably only come out of hiding when I come calling, I don't think she'll trust anyone else's voice."
Genkai nodded, and then looked at Koenma. "Next time check with one of us first, or else we're going to beat your head in."
Koenma looked at the ground, "Yes Ma'am," he replied.
"Well," Botan said as she started walking, "Wish me luck."
"Good luck," Yukina replied. Hiei watched Botan leave, and then vanished as he jumped out of sight. "Where is he going?"
"Where else," Genkai replied, "To find Shiroi. He'll probably find her first, but will only watch over her until Botan finds her. He won't show himself unless it's unavoidably necessary."
"Oh," Yukina said.
Koenma got to his feet and dusted off his clothes. "I had no intentions of scaring her," he said. "I forgot she hasn't seen me in this form yet, but since Hiei was close by..."
"What does he have to do with this?" Genkai asked.
"Well when I got here, he was sitting on the boulder at the end of the building." He pointed to where he had met Hiei when he had first arrived. "I couldn't really tell what he was doing, but I think he was watching them."
"Why would he be watching them?" Hinigeshi wondered aloud.
"I thought I heard the boys taking about her last night," Genkai said.
"What did they say?" Hinigeshi asked.
"They talked about some ideas to get her to not be afraid of them, but they were all likely to be failures. I heard them mumble something about watching out for her when there was only one other person or no one around, and either my ears have gone faulty, or I heard Hiei volunteer."
"Hiei volunteer?" Koenma asked. "Well I'll be a monkey's play thing, that's something I'd though I'd never hear."
"Who would?" Genkai asked.
***
Shiroi had gotten pretty far into the forest when Hiei caught up with her, but he kept out of sight and followed her until she finally stopped running.
Fear must drive her, he thought. Anyone would have stopped a long time ago, or would have found a place to hide, but she just kept on running. He watched her from a tree as she sat down heavily under a tree, clutching a stitch in side and gasping for breath.
He knew he shouldn't have done what he did, but he poked into her fear filled thoughts. I hope Genkai isn't mad at me for running away. Who was that guy anyway? I hope Hiei isn't mad at me for running into him and knocking him down. I should apologize, but I'm so afraid of him.
He pulled out of her thoughts very quickly and smacked himself in forehead, careful not to hit his eye. Of course she would be afraid of me. I look intimidating enough to begin with, and drawing my sword on her early didn't help matters any.
He thought about beating himself up more, but then a thought struck him. Why do I even care about this girl? So what that she's an abused apparition, she's still weak. He thought about his sister, how Togoro had hurt her. Maybe I do know. He shook his head. Oh well, might as well make myself comfortable. It's going to take Botan a while to find her.
He reclined against the tree and looked down at the girl again. He couldn't really see what she was doing, but she had her knees drawn up with her arms resting on them, and her head on her arms. He listened and thought he heard the sound of crying. You still have enough left in you to do that? He wondered. He thought about calling Botan, but then thought better of it. Might as well try my luck.
He got up and jumped out of the tree and landed in front of her. She looked up, clearly startled, but she didn't have the energy to run away. "How do you do it?" he asked.
"Huh?" she asked nervously, and very unsure.
"How is it, that even after all of your energy is nearly gone, you're still able to run away like that?"
She looked down at her knees, but then answered softly and hesitantly. "I really don't know, I guess its fear that makes me go. I don't know why your friends used so much of their time to help me, I would be better off dead."
Hiei, normally not surprised by anything, was surprised by that remark. "Why do you say that?" he asked.
"I would rather be dead. It'll make all of my suffering over, and people wouldn't have to worry about me anymore." She looked at Hiei, "Don't get me wrong, I appreciate everything you guys have done, it's just that, I would be more of a burden than anything, and just having me around puts you in danger."
"In danger of what?"
She girl gulped and shuddered, "My father."
"What's that bastard have to do with this?"
"Everything. He'll be looking for me. He said if I ever ran away, I wouldn't get away with it; he would just hunt me down and drag me back home again. I don't even want to imagine the punishment he has in store for me."
"Your father should be in prison for all he's done," Hiei said. Shiroi looked at him, "I may be cold hearted, but what he's done is something even I wouldn't do."
The girl tried to inch backwards at his statement, but even if she weren't already completely against the tree, she wouldn't have been able to move any way; she had no energy at all.
"Stop it," Hiei ordered. She froze. "I have no intentions of ever harming you. If I did, not only would the girls be after me, but Kurama, Kuwabara, and Yuseke would be as well. They despise abuse against women. Of course, I don't much care for it either." She didn't relax, but she had started breathing again, and Hiei knew he was pushing it. "I'll go find Botan, if I stand here any longer I may accidentally give you a heart-attack."
He jumped out of sight. He found Botan twenty feet too far to the left, and led her to the frightened apparition. "Well for once Hiei's doing something for someone else for a change," Botan said as she approached the girl and got down on her knees. "Are you all right?"
"I don't think so," Hiei answered.
"I was asking her," Botan snapped.
"She won't answer." Botan glared at him and looked back at the girl, but he had been right, she had passed out where she was sitting. "She's over drained, she barely has enough energy to breath."
"Why didn't you come and find me sooner then?" Botan asked him angrily.
"I found out a little bit more about her," Hiei answered. "She wishes that we had not found her, wishes that we had left her to die."
"Why?" Botan asked, shocked.
"She says she is a danger to us and herself. She says her father will sooner or later hunt her down and show up and take her home. She's afraid of what her punishment is going to be."
"How awful," Botan gasped, and then smacked herself in the forehead. "What are we doing just standing around here for?" She summoned her oar, picked up the girl, and mounted. "Lets get back to temple." Hiei nodded and they sped off.
Author's Note: Bad Koenma! Bad Koenma! Wait I should say bad Hiei too, since he almost put his sword through her. Oh well, until the next chapter then.