Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Young Immortal ❯ Chapter 8
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By: MageDragon17 
Anime/Manga: Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 10.03.2004 | Pages: 4 | Words: 2.7K | Visits: 397 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 10.03.2004 | Pages: 4 | Words: 2.7K | Visits: 397 | Status: Work In Progress
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho.
-Telepathy-
(Thoughts)
Chapter 8
Botan had an idea, but she had to do it right. She transported herself back to the Spirit World, and flew to the apparitional territory. When she landed, she was confronted with the chief apparition.
"Is there a need for you to be here Botan?" He asked.
Botan nodded, "Yes, I need to speak with Naoru."
"Naoru?" the chief asked. "No one has come to her for years, why now?"
"I need a favor from her," Botan said, "Please it has to do with her daughter."
"What about me daughter?" Botan looked to her left to see a woman approaching. For a minute she thought about Shiroi, and how she was the mirror image of her mother, only Shiroi was smaller and had purple eyes instead of an earthy green, and much shorter hair than the woman standing in front of her.
"Naoru," Botan said with a respectful bow, "I work with the spirit detectives of the human world. Please, tell me you know what's been happening to your daughter?"
Naoru shook her head, "No, I don't. What's happening?"
Botan gulped and closed her eyes. "Perhaps before I tell you, we should find a place to sit." Naoru nodded and they went to some nearby benches.
"My daughter has not been treated well has she?" Naoru asked.
Botan shook her head. "No, not at all. From what we have been told and have found out, her father has beaten and threatened her for the past eight years. He's not been alone; the village boys taunted and harassed her too. She's in the human world now, under the care of Genkai."
Naoru nodded, "I have heard of Genkai."
Botan continued, "Ma'am, your daughter is in great need of you now. I know you cannot go to her, but you can contact her."
"But the only way for someone to do that is through their dreams," Naoru said.
Botan nodded, "Yes, and she's unconscious now, so you will be able to reach her."
"Unconscious?"
"Yes, she's very weak and drained, and her powers are in great need of training, but nothing can be done for those until she recovers."
Naoru nodded, "All right, tell me what to do."
***
Shiroi slept in the unconscious darkness. She was afraid, very afraid. She kept on seeing images of her father, and memory flashbacks of the beatings she used to be given.
"Mother," she whimpered.
"Daughter." Shiroi looked up to see her mother.
"Mother?"
Naoru nodded, "Yes my daughter, I am here."
"Am I dead?"
"No," she answered, "Thank goodness."
"What are you talking about? My life has been so horrible since you left, I would much rather be dead."
"No, you can't."
"Why?"
"Because my daughter, you are going to be needed very soon."
"Needed for what? What can I do?"
"You know what your powers are, and you must learn to use them. Trust those people that are trying to help you. I know you fear men now, but please trust the few who want to help you now. Do you understand?"
Shiroi wiped her suddenly leaking eyes. "Yes mother."
Naoru went down on her knees and held out her arms. "Come here, before I have to leave."
Shiroi ran into her mother's arms and hugged her mother, not wanting to let go. "I don't want you to leave."
"I know you don't, but I can't stay." She let go of her and stood tall again. "Remember what I said, okay?" Shiroi nodded. "Be good, Shiroi."
"Wait," Shiroi said as her mother began to fade, "What's my real name?"
"You'll find out, when the time comes." Her mother answered as she vanished, and Shiroi opened her eyes.
She sat up very slowly and looked around. Hinigeshi was kneeling in the corner. She looked to have dozed off. Shiroi knew there was a clock in her room and looked around. She found it, and read that it seven, and she knew it was in the morning, because it would have been dark if it were still the day.
She knew she shouldn't leave Hinigeshi, so she crawled out of bed and shook the girl-spirit.
Hinigeshi opened her eyes and looked into deep purple ones. "Shiroi," she yelped. "You're awake."
Shiroi nodded, "Where's is Genkai?"
"In the shrine I think." Hinigeshi got to her feet. "Let me go and get her."
"I can walk, I will go with you."
"Are you sure?" Hinigeshi asked. "You're still weak."
Shiroi nodded, "I am sure."
Hinigeshi wasn't really willing to believe that. (She was so weak, but she's been out for nearly three days, I don't think she knows that though. I guess she could be better, since three days is a long time, and it was time used as resting.) She snapped out of her thoughts, "All right, maybe you are. You have been unconscious for three days you know."
"I was?"
"Mm-hmm, but in a lot of ways, that was a good thing, your body was able to recover some, and were able to get fluids into you."
Shiroi felt a little guilty for making them work so hard, but then said, "Well, whatever you did, it helped. I feel much better."
(I wish I could believe her,) Hinigeshi thought. She sighed, "All right, lets go and find Genkai, we're lucky she gets up at this time, or else you would have to wait." Shiroi nodded and followed Hinigeshi out of the room and over to the shrine. "Genkai," Hinigeshi said as she opened the door, "Shiroi is up."
Genkai turned around and saw the two girls in the doorway. "I was hoping you would wake up soon."
Shiroi nodded, "I'm ready to start my training."
Genkai was slightly surprised, "Are you, well, lets talk about this first, since a few things have been decided since you've been unconscious."
Shiroi nodded and she and Hinigeshi came inside and sat down in front of Genkai.
"Now then," Genkai began. "As for your training, you will begin with me. I'll teach how to use your spiritual, wind, and water abilities. As for fire, ice, earth, and so on, Yukina, and Kurama have offered to teach you, I still haven't gotten an answer from Hiei, but if he says yes then you'll be learning your fire techniques from him."
Shiroi, remembering what her mother had said, merely nodded. "I understand."
Genkai again was a little surprised. She had expected the girl to be startled by her later teachers, but she didn't seem to be, unless she was hiding it, and Genkai knew that was a high possibility. She continued anyway, "Enough with that, you should also know that one of the boys you met earlier will always be around."
"How come?" Shiroi asked.
"Because, I'm not as young as I used to be, and I won't be much protection if your father decides to show up. Hiei will be around the most, since the other three have school." Shiroi nodded, hiding a gulp of fear. "That's about all for now. So, lets get down to it."
***
They spent most of the morning learning to summon and control spirit energy. Hinigeshi watched mostly, sometimes acting as a model, but more often she was sitting of to the side observing.
Shiroi was a quick learner, which pleased Genkai. Yuseke had known how to control his spirit energy, but he lacked the concentration and discipline to learn the things Genkai wanted to teach him, and he took more time than anything else.
Shiroi on the other hand, was very willing to learn, and her discipline was all because of her past, but that didn't matter.
(I wander what Botan did?) Genkai thought during the lesson. (It must have been something to get the girl going, whatever it was.) She soon called for a break, and by that time Shiroi had the summoning and controlling down flat.
As they rested, Genkai said, "Well, you're learning quickly. Perhaps after the break I can teach you to summon water."
"I'm I really going that fast?" Shiroi asked after she gulped down some water that Hinigeshi had brought out.
"Yes," Genkai said with a nod, "Quite fast." She wished the girl would smile, anyway at all, but she didn't, not even with her eyes.
"How long did it take Yuseke to get this far?" Hinigeshi asked.
"He was already at this level when he cam e to me, but his lack of focus made his training long and demanding. Of course he just had spirit energy to work with, Shiroi here has much more than that." Shiroi blushed lightly. "Now, your spirit energy training will never completely be through, even Yuseke is still learning."
She paused for a moment, and then continued, "You have the basics down, that's good enough for now. I want to make sure you're able to do a little bit of everything before I go on to more complicated things." Shiroi nodded. Genkai got to her feet, "Come on, I know you're ready to continue."
It was like that for the rest of the day. Shiroi had a bit more trouble summoning water than spirit energy, but that was to be expected. They started by using what was left of the water Hinigeshi had brought out. Genkai first taught her how to summon it to her from the bowl or glass, and then how to manipulate it. Summoning it up on her from thin air was much harder, and it took more spirit energy too.
It didn't take her too long though. After about three hours she was able to do it, but seemed to be done for the day, even though it was only just past two.
"You did very well for your first day of training," Genkai said as the girl collapsed onto a mat inside the shrine.
"How long do think it'll take me to learn the basics of my other abilities?" Shiroi asked.
Genkai thought for a moment, "Let me see, if your pace continues at this rate, possibly in a few weeks, give or take a few lessons." The girl nodded, just as Keiko, Yuseke, and Kuwabara came up the stairs.
"Good afternoon," Keiko said as Yuseke and Kuwabara sidestepped out of view slightly.
Shiroi whispered something to Genkai, and the old woman smiled, "You can come out boys, nothing is going to happen." Yuseke and Kuwabara exchanged glances, but did so.
"So what did you three do today?" Keiko asked, trying to keep conversation.
"Shiroi began her training," Genkai replied.
"What did she learn?" Yuseke asked.
"Basic spirit energy summoning and controlling, along with learning how to summon and manipulate water a little bit."
"Wow that's a lot for just one day," Keiko said.
"Like I said it was only the basics," Genkai said. "We still have a long way to go. If she gets the water abilities down soon I'll call Yukina and have come down so she can teach the girl how to use her ice abilities, since that is just a different water ability."
"Man, it would be so cool if we could contact Jin and ask him if he could come by and teach Shiroi how to use her wind abilities," Yuseke said.
"You don't even know how to contact him," Keiko said.
"Exactly what I mean," Yuseke mumbled. "Hey, maybe if I could he would get her to laugh, he made me laugh."
"Just listening to him talk would make anyone laugh," Kuwabara said.
"Oh shut up," Yuseke said. "Just because he talks with a accent doesn't mean he's dumb or anything."
"Hello," Botan said as she popped up suddenly, "How was everyone's day?"
It began again, ending the same way. By the time they were finished it was going on four o'clock. By then Kurama had shown up, and they knew Hiei was loitering around close by.
"So," Botan said with her usual cheery voice, "Who's going to teach Shiroi how to use her healing abilities?"
"I have healing abilities?" Shiroi asked.
"Mm-hmm," Botan said with a nod. Shiroi looked a little surprised. "What? You thought you wouldn't get your mother's best ability?"
Shiroi nodded, "I thought most of my abilities came from my father. But, neither of them have ice or lightning abilities."
"That's where your family heritage comes in," Botan said, "Someone before you in your family must've had it, or else you wouldn't have gotten it."
Shiroi nodded. She understood the process of how genes were passed down, so this really wasn't anything she didn't know, she had just never really given it any thought.
After a few more hours, the boys and Keiko left, leaving Botan and Hinigeshi. They didn't stay very long after they had left either, and when they finally did leave, Shiroi barely got through dinner and clean up before she collapsed into bed, asleep before she even hit the pillow.
Author's Note: Don't you like Shiroi's mom? I'm going to be updating more now, since it's the weekend now. I don't how much I'll be able to do when school starts. Review me please!
-Telepathy-
(Thoughts)
Chapter 8
Botan had an idea, but she had to do it right. She transported herself back to the Spirit World, and flew to the apparitional territory. When she landed, she was confronted with the chief apparition.
"Is there a need for you to be here Botan?" He asked.
Botan nodded, "Yes, I need to speak with Naoru."
"Naoru?" the chief asked. "No one has come to her for years, why now?"
"I need a favor from her," Botan said, "Please it has to do with her daughter."
"What about me daughter?" Botan looked to her left to see a woman approaching. For a minute she thought about Shiroi, and how she was the mirror image of her mother, only Shiroi was smaller and had purple eyes instead of an earthy green, and much shorter hair than the woman standing in front of her.
"Naoru," Botan said with a respectful bow, "I work with the spirit detectives of the human world. Please, tell me you know what's been happening to your daughter?"
Naoru shook her head, "No, I don't. What's happening?"
Botan gulped and closed her eyes. "Perhaps before I tell you, we should find a place to sit." Naoru nodded and they went to some nearby benches.
"My daughter has not been treated well has she?" Naoru asked.
Botan shook her head. "No, not at all. From what we have been told and have found out, her father has beaten and threatened her for the past eight years. He's not been alone; the village boys taunted and harassed her too. She's in the human world now, under the care of Genkai."
Naoru nodded, "I have heard of Genkai."
Botan continued, "Ma'am, your daughter is in great need of you now. I know you cannot go to her, but you can contact her."
"But the only way for someone to do that is through their dreams," Naoru said.
Botan nodded, "Yes, and she's unconscious now, so you will be able to reach her."
"Unconscious?"
"Yes, she's very weak and drained, and her powers are in great need of training, but nothing can be done for those until she recovers."
Naoru nodded, "All right, tell me what to do."
***
Shiroi slept in the unconscious darkness. She was afraid, very afraid. She kept on seeing images of her father, and memory flashbacks of the beatings she used to be given.
"Mother," she whimpered.
"Daughter." Shiroi looked up to see her mother.
"Mother?"
Naoru nodded, "Yes my daughter, I am here."
"Am I dead?"
"No," she answered, "Thank goodness."
"What are you talking about? My life has been so horrible since you left, I would much rather be dead."
"No, you can't."
"Why?"
"Because my daughter, you are going to be needed very soon."
"Needed for what? What can I do?"
"You know what your powers are, and you must learn to use them. Trust those people that are trying to help you. I know you fear men now, but please trust the few who want to help you now. Do you understand?"
Shiroi wiped her suddenly leaking eyes. "Yes mother."
Naoru went down on her knees and held out her arms. "Come here, before I have to leave."
Shiroi ran into her mother's arms and hugged her mother, not wanting to let go. "I don't want you to leave."
"I know you don't, but I can't stay." She let go of her and stood tall again. "Remember what I said, okay?" Shiroi nodded. "Be good, Shiroi."
"Wait," Shiroi said as her mother began to fade, "What's my real name?"
"You'll find out, when the time comes." Her mother answered as she vanished, and Shiroi opened her eyes.
She sat up very slowly and looked around. Hinigeshi was kneeling in the corner. She looked to have dozed off. Shiroi knew there was a clock in her room and looked around. She found it, and read that it seven, and she knew it was in the morning, because it would have been dark if it were still the day.
She knew she shouldn't leave Hinigeshi, so she crawled out of bed and shook the girl-spirit.
Hinigeshi opened her eyes and looked into deep purple ones. "Shiroi," she yelped. "You're awake."
Shiroi nodded, "Where's is Genkai?"
"In the shrine I think." Hinigeshi got to her feet. "Let me go and get her."
"I can walk, I will go with you."
"Are you sure?" Hinigeshi asked. "You're still weak."
Shiroi nodded, "I am sure."
Hinigeshi wasn't really willing to believe that. (She was so weak, but she's been out for nearly three days, I don't think she knows that though. I guess she could be better, since three days is a long time, and it was time used as resting.) She snapped out of her thoughts, "All right, maybe you are. You have been unconscious for three days you know."
"I was?"
"Mm-hmm, but in a lot of ways, that was a good thing, your body was able to recover some, and were able to get fluids into you."
Shiroi felt a little guilty for making them work so hard, but then said, "Well, whatever you did, it helped. I feel much better."
(I wish I could believe her,) Hinigeshi thought. She sighed, "All right, lets go and find Genkai, we're lucky she gets up at this time, or else you would have to wait." Shiroi nodded and followed Hinigeshi out of the room and over to the shrine. "Genkai," Hinigeshi said as she opened the door, "Shiroi is up."
Genkai turned around and saw the two girls in the doorway. "I was hoping you would wake up soon."
Shiroi nodded, "I'm ready to start my training."
Genkai was slightly surprised, "Are you, well, lets talk about this first, since a few things have been decided since you've been unconscious."
Shiroi nodded and she and Hinigeshi came inside and sat down in front of Genkai.
"Now then," Genkai began. "As for your training, you will begin with me. I'll teach how to use your spiritual, wind, and water abilities. As for fire, ice, earth, and so on, Yukina, and Kurama have offered to teach you, I still haven't gotten an answer from Hiei, but if he says yes then you'll be learning your fire techniques from him."
Shiroi, remembering what her mother had said, merely nodded. "I understand."
Genkai again was a little surprised. She had expected the girl to be startled by her later teachers, but she didn't seem to be, unless she was hiding it, and Genkai knew that was a high possibility. She continued anyway, "Enough with that, you should also know that one of the boys you met earlier will always be around."
"How come?" Shiroi asked.
"Because, I'm not as young as I used to be, and I won't be much protection if your father decides to show up. Hiei will be around the most, since the other three have school." Shiroi nodded, hiding a gulp of fear. "That's about all for now. So, lets get down to it."
***
They spent most of the morning learning to summon and control spirit energy. Hinigeshi watched mostly, sometimes acting as a model, but more often she was sitting of to the side observing.
Shiroi was a quick learner, which pleased Genkai. Yuseke had known how to control his spirit energy, but he lacked the concentration and discipline to learn the things Genkai wanted to teach him, and he took more time than anything else.
Shiroi on the other hand, was very willing to learn, and her discipline was all because of her past, but that didn't matter.
(I wander what Botan did?) Genkai thought during the lesson. (It must have been something to get the girl going, whatever it was.) She soon called for a break, and by that time Shiroi had the summoning and controlling down flat.
As they rested, Genkai said, "Well, you're learning quickly. Perhaps after the break I can teach you to summon water."
"I'm I really going that fast?" Shiroi asked after she gulped down some water that Hinigeshi had brought out.
"Yes," Genkai said with a nod, "Quite fast." She wished the girl would smile, anyway at all, but she didn't, not even with her eyes.
"How long did it take Yuseke to get this far?" Hinigeshi asked.
"He was already at this level when he cam e to me, but his lack of focus made his training long and demanding. Of course he just had spirit energy to work with, Shiroi here has much more than that." Shiroi blushed lightly. "Now, your spirit energy training will never completely be through, even Yuseke is still learning."
She paused for a moment, and then continued, "You have the basics down, that's good enough for now. I want to make sure you're able to do a little bit of everything before I go on to more complicated things." Shiroi nodded. Genkai got to her feet, "Come on, I know you're ready to continue."
It was like that for the rest of the day. Shiroi had a bit more trouble summoning water than spirit energy, but that was to be expected. They started by using what was left of the water Hinigeshi had brought out. Genkai first taught her how to summon it to her from the bowl or glass, and then how to manipulate it. Summoning it up on her from thin air was much harder, and it took more spirit energy too.
It didn't take her too long though. After about three hours she was able to do it, but seemed to be done for the day, even though it was only just past two.
"You did very well for your first day of training," Genkai said as the girl collapsed onto a mat inside the shrine.
"How long do think it'll take me to learn the basics of my other abilities?" Shiroi asked.
Genkai thought for a moment, "Let me see, if your pace continues at this rate, possibly in a few weeks, give or take a few lessons." The girl nodded, just as Keiko, Yuseke, and Kuwabara came up the stairs.
"Good afternoon," Keiko said as Yuseke and Kuwabara sidestepped out of view slightly.
Shiroi whispered something to Genkai, and the old woman smiled, "You can come out boys, nothing is going to happen." Yuseke and Kuwabara exchanged glances, but did so.
"So what did you three do today?" Keiko asked, trying to keep conversation.
"Shiroi began her training," Genkai replied.
"What did she learn?" Yuseke asked.
"Basic spirit energy summoning and controlling, along with learning how to summon and manipulate water a little bit."
"Wow that's a lot for just one day," Keiko said.
"Like I said it was only the basics," Genkai said. "We still have a long way to go. If she gets the water abilities down soon I'll call Yukina and have come down so she can teach the girl how to use her ice abilities, since that is just a different water ability."
"Man, it would be so cool if we could contact Jin and ask him if he could come by and teach Shiroi how to use her wind abilities," Yuseke said.
"You don't even know how to contact him," Keiko said.
"Exactly what I mean," Yuseke mumbled. "Hey, maybe if I could he would get her to laugh, he made me laugh."
"Just listening to him talk would make anyone laugh," Kuwabara said.
"Oh shut up," Yuseke said. "Just because he talks with a accent doesn't mean he's dumb or anything."
"Hello," Botan said as she popped up suddenly, "How was everyone's day?"
It began again, ending the same way. By the time they were finished it was going on four o'clock. By then Kurama had shown up, and they knew Hiei was loitering around close by.
"So," Botan said with her usual cheery voice, "Who's going to teach Shiroi how to use her healing abilities?"
"I have healing abilities?" Shiroi asked.
"Mm-hmm," Botan said with a nod. Shiroi looked a little surprised. "What? You thought you wouldn't get your mother's best ability?"
Shiroi nodded, "I thought most of my abilities came from my father. But, neither of them have ice or lightning abilities."
"That's where your family heritage comes in," Botan said, "Someone before you in your family must've had it, or else you wouldn't have gotten it."
Shiroi nodded. She understood the process of how genes were passed down, so this really wasn't anything she didn't know, she had just never really given it any thought.
After a few more hours, the boys and Keiko left, leaving Botan and Hinigeshi. They didn't stay very long after they had left either, and when they finally did leave, Shiroi barely got through dinner and clean up before she collapsed into bed, asleep before she even hit the pillow.
Author's Note: Don't you like Shiroi's mom? I'm going to be updating more now, since it's the weekend now. I don't how much I'll be able to do when school starts. Review me please!