Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Young Immortal ❯ Chapter 11

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Disclaimer: As usual, I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho.


-Telepathy-


(Thoughts)


Chapter 11


Two weeks after the mall trip, Shiroi was finally getting the hang of ice forming. She, Genkai, and Yukina were sitting in a patch of grass in the meadow near the temple, working on Shiroi's ice abilities.


Genkai had told the girl to try and form a sphere of ice a little bigger than the size of a baseball. Shiroi was doing well; the ball was nearly complete, and showed no signs of melting.


"That's good," Yukina said. "You're incorporating your spirit energy to keep it from melting, that's very good."


Shiroi completed the sphere a few minutes later, smiling, as she held up the sphere, just bigger than her clenched fist.


"Excellent," Genkai said. "I believe your ice training is through for now."


"What next?" Shiroi asked.


"Well, I am unable to teach you wind abilities, and someone I know that does I can't contact, so we'll have to skip that until I can find a trainer for you."


"So that means earth is next," Yukina said.


Genkai nodded, "I hope you don't mind Kurama as your new trainer."


Shiroi nodded. She had gotten to know the half demon. He was nice, very nice, but she still couldn't trust him, not yet.


"If he's not here than you'll have to wait until tomorrow to start," Genkai said. Shiroi nodded as they got up, still holding the sphere. "What are you going to do with that?"


Shiroi shrugged. "I don't know. I've made so it will never melt unless I die, so I don't have to worry about it becoming a puddle. Maybe later I'll sculpt it into something."


Genkai nodded. "Lets get back to the shrine, if Kurama's there your start your next ability, but if he's not, you'll have the rest of the day to yourself." The girl nodded, and the three of them headed back to the temple.


Kurama wasn't there when they got to the temple, so Genkai left Shiroi on her own. Shiroi knew what she wanted to do, and headed to her room. She put her ice sphere on a small trunk that served as a desk, as well as to hold the small amount of clothing she owned.


She turned around and leaned against the trunk for support, and then began her ice summoning technique. She formed a sizeable rod, making it wider near the end. Then she hollowed it out, which took more energy than it did to make it. She bore small holes along the top, small enough to be covered with her fingers. She made on small one in the back, and then an opening in the front.


Finished, she held the newly made flute in her hands. She felt very pleased with herself. She had taken lessons in secret, learning on a flute similar to this, except made of glass. Too eager to wait, she brought the mouthpiece to her mouth, and blew into it.


The sound was slightly higher pitched than she was used to, but other than that, it was the exact replica. She grinned, and played a few more notes, getting back into the habit of it.


He father had shattered the flute she first had; when he had found out she was being taught how to play it. That had been one of the last things he had done to her before she left.


Shiroi was about to play more, but suddenly the door to her room opened and Genkai, Yukina, and Botan poked their heads in. "We heard sounds coming from here," Genkai said. She noticed the flute in the girl's hands. "Where did that come from?"


"I just made it," Shiroi answered softly, not too sure how her guardian was going to act.


Genkai seemed somewhat surprised. "You just made it?"


Shiroi nodded, "Is something wrong with it?"


Genkai shook her head, "Of course not. This definitely proves you're are ready for the next step." She paused. "Perhaps we won't have to continue training you in your other abilities, you seem to be able to teach yourself just as well."


Shiroi blushed, "All right."


"Do you know anything?" Botan asked.


Shiroi nodded, "A few things, but not much."


"Can you play them for us?" Shiroi nodded, and played the three things she could remember the best.


When she finished, Genkai asked, "Are those songs from your village?"


Shiroi nodded, "Yes. There are a lot more. The ones I just played are the kinds that the little kids sing at village festivals. I was learning a more complicated one, but that's when my father found out, and broke the glass flute I was learning on. I haven't played since."


"How long ago was that?" Botan asked.


"About six months ago, before I came here."


"And you still remember?" Yukina asked. Shiroi nodded. How could she forget, it was the only thing that had ever really made her happy back at home, even if she couldn't show it.


They left her alone a few minutes later, letting her get back to practicing. By the end of the day, she was able to remember all of the scales she had learned, and a few more songs, but none of them being very difficult. After she was done playing, she constructed a case for it. She didn't know how to make a latch to keep the case securely shut, so she wrapped one of her belts around it for now.


The case and flute were just like glass. They weren't icy cold like ice, but they did always stay cool, just not to the point where it was make the holder's hands go numb. Proud of her work, she set the case with the flute inside it, next to the sphere, and went to bed.


***


The next day was Sunday, which meant Kurama could still show up at anytime. He did show up, saying that he had heard that Shiroi had finished her ice training and was skipping her wind training for the time being.


He led her into the forest and he sat down on a rock. "Now," he said. "I want something straightened out first."


Shiroi wondered what he meant, but nodded and he continued. "I know that you're afraid of me, some people should, but you should not." He paused for a few seconds. "I will not harm you, Shiroi. I know you know that, you just can't believe me because of your past, and I can't blame you." He paused again. "Well, maybe I'll just have to leave it as it is."


He smiled, and then summoned a vine from a tree, making it grow downwards, its blossoms blooming as it grew. He watched as the girl's eyes widened with awe. "I can teach you to do that. Earth is similar to plant control, so I can demonstrate with plants, and you can do it on Earth."


Shiroi nodded and they began. He started her like all of her other training had been started, summoning. She was quickly able to summon clumps of dirt or mud from the ground. What startled Kurama was the way she picked up the different summoning so quickly. He had his back turned while they were supposed to be taking a break near a pond.


When he looked again, the girl had a shiny ball of stone in her hand that Kurama identified to be obsidian. How she was able to summon the mineral was a complete mystery to him.


He looked at the large sphere in her hands, and then said, "Let me see something." He picked a rock out of the pond, it was mostly granite, but there were some garnets and fools gold mixed in it. "Can you separate the things in here?"


She put the sphere down, took the stone from him, looked at it, and then let it lay flat in her small hand as she summoned. The stone began to hover above her palm, glowing a slight blue. Suddenly the different substances separated into three and settled into her hand.


Kurama stared dumbfounded at the three substances, granite, fools gold, and garnet. "Interesting," he mumbled. He had a hunch, and decided to try it. He asked Shiroi to do something he had yet to teach her, sort of like he had just done. When she did it flawlessly, he was sure of it. He asked her to do about a dozen more things, each one he was planning to teach her, but when he asked her to do them, she did them like she had known them all her life.


"Well," he said as he looked at his watch when they finished. It was going on four. "I would have to say I'm a little disappointed. I was hoping to spend more time with you, but you know everything I was planning to teach you."


Shiroi blushed, and Kurama thought he caught a glimpse of a smile, but he wasn't sure, since it was gone in the next instant. "Come on," he said. "Lets get back to the temple, I want to talk to Genkai." Shiroi nodded and followed the half demon.


When they arrived at the temple, Genkai was waiting for them.


"How was today's lesson?" Genkai asked.


"Very interesting," Kurama answered.


Genkai nodded and turned to Shiroi. "Yukina and Botan are in the living room, you may go and see them." Shiroi smiled and ran to where the women were. Genkai turned back to Kurama. "What really happened?"


"She knows it all, like she was born knowing it. I mean it, I just asked her to do something that I haven't taught her, and she does it perfectly."


"I believe you," Genkai said. "It answers my growing question. I knew that when she first started she would be a quick learner, but when she began picking up everything quickly, I knew there was something different. I think it has to do with her power. I believe it's triggered by the same action."


"Could you be a little more detailed?"


Genkai nodded. "What I'm saying is her power will react to similar thoughts. The way she summons, attacks, and defends, the powers, whether fire, ice, thunder, water, or earth, will react with a simple thought. All she has to do is think of the power and what she wants it to do, and it'll happen. It's all mental, and that surprises me."


"Surprises you?" Kurama said. "How?"


"Think about it. She's been through such a traumatizing life that you would that it would the only thing she would think about. And since her father is obviously going to be looking for her, she should be even more afraid. But she isn't, her mind is clear when she uses her power, clear as the water she summons."


"It makes sense," Kurama said. "Then it's true, she's an ultimate level apparition. But now that worries me. She's so young to have such a power, and I'm afraid it may overwhelm her."


"If it hasn't overwhelmed her by now," Genkai said, "I don't think it will. It's had plenty of opportunity to do so already, and she's still here. She's one of the rare ones, and will live on if she is not slain."


***


Shiroi got to the room and opened the door.


"Hey Shiroi," Botan said.


"Would you like some tea?" Yukina asked. "Or perhaps some water, you looked tired."


"I'm okay," Shiroi said as she sat down. "Kurama said I'm done with my earth training."


"Did he?" Botan asked. "Well that fox doesn't lie, so I guess you have."


"Wow," Shiroi whispered, "I guess I'm learning quickly now." She remembered something. "Look what I made." She pulled the obsidian sphere out of her pocket, along with the three stones she had separated, a real quartz crystal, and an opal she had accidentally summoned while she was making the quartz. "The gold, granite, and garnets I just separated, and I accidentally summoned the opal, but I made the sphere and crystal all by myself."


"Wow," Botan said as she picked up the quartz. "This is amazing, and so is that opal."


"Where in the world did you get a garnet that was so big?" Yukina asked.


"I made it out of a bunch of pieces," Shiroi answered. She noticed the looks on the women's faces as they looked at the stones. "You can keep them."


"Huh?" they both asked at the same time.


"Yukina, you taught me how to use my ice abilities, and Botan, you said you would teach me to heal, so, think of them as sort of thank gifts. I planning on making better ones for all of you later."


"Shiroi," Botan said. "You don't have to."


"I know," the white-haired apparition said, "but I want to. If it weren't for all of you, I probably wouldn't be here." She picked up the opal; "Maybe I should give this to Kurama, and what about Genkai?"


"I don't think either of them will care if you give them anything or not," Botan said. "They taught you because they wanted to, and so do we."


Shiroi blushed, "But-,"


She couldn't finish, not when Kuwabara and Yuseke came barging in. "Hello!" Kuwabara shouted.


"What are you trying to accomplish by doing that?" Botan asked as Shiroi ducked behind her. "You're going to scare Shiroi."


"Oops," Kuwabara said, and then noticed the pyrite on the table. "Hey gold!"


"Its pyrite," Shiroi peeped from behind Botan.


"Oh," Kuwabara said, disappointed.


"You can have it if you want it," Shiroi said, "I have no use for it."


"Cool," Kuwabara said.


"How come he gets the gold?" Yuseke asked.


"You can have the granite," Shiroi said, trying to be sarcastic for the first time.


"No thanks," Yuseke said, noting her first use of sarcasm and didn't snap back at her. "What about this?" He asked as he picked up the opal.


"I was going to give it to Kurama for teaching me how to use my earth abilities," Shiroi said as Kurama poked his head in to see what was going on.


"I thank you for the generous offer," he said, "but I have four pieces about that size at home already. You can give it to Yuseke."


"Can I?" Yuseke asked, Shiroi nodded, "Perfect, I can get it made into a necklace and maybe some earrings for my mom for Mother's Day. It is in few days."


"I don't think a few days is going to be enough," Kurama said, thinking about what he had gotten his mother.


"Aw man," Yuseke groaned.


"I could do it," Shiroi piped in.


"You can?" Yuseke asked.


Shiroi nodded. "I already made this," she said as she pointed to the obsidian sphere. "And I made this," she said as she pulled her flute out of her sleeve. "If you can, you can just get me a little box to put it in when I'm done."


"I can do that," Botan said. "I have one that just might work too."


"All right," Yuseke said. "I'm not screwed. I wanted to get my mom something this year since I had money, but I haven't found anything nice." He gave the opal to Shiroi.


"I'll go and start on it now," Shiroi said. She bowed and trotted away.


Author's note: Well, the whole ultimate level thingy I just made up. But let me ask you this, how many white haired demons or apparitions did you see at the dark tournament? The only white haired demon I've seen has been Yakumo from the second moive.