Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Young Immortal ❯ Chapter 13
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By: MageDragon17 
Anime/Manga: Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 10.12.2004 | Pages: 4 | Words: 2.8K | Visits: 346 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 10.12.2004 | Pages: 4 | Words: 2.8K | Visits: 346 | Status: Work In Progress
Disclaimer: As usual, I don't own any of the characters to Yu Yu Hakusho except the very few that I have made up.
-Telepathy-
(Thoughts)
Chapter 13
A few days later, Shiroi was coming along with her healing training just as she was with her other training; she was close to completing it.
Botan had just finished teaching her how to remove infection from a severely deep wound and then mend it when Genkai walked in on them.
"I'm sorry to interrupt," the old woman said. "But I have just gotten my answer from Hiei."
"Well?" Botan asked.
"He has agreed to train her," Genkai answered. She turned to Shiroi, who looked slightly nervous. "I know that you fear Hiei the most out of all of these boys, but now you're going to have to put that fear behind you, at least as best as you can."
Shiroi nodded. She knew that this would come; she just couldn't help being afraid of the man who was going to be her teacher.
"When does he want to start?" Shiroi asked.
"As soon as possible," Genkai answered. "Which means this training is being cut short."
"Oh well," Botan said. "We'll finish later." She helped the girl to her feet and they headed outside. "Don't let Hiei bother you. I know he's intimidating, and he is very strong, but I doubt he'll use any of his normal hits on you."
"Normal?" Shiroi asked.
"Those normally either involve a sword or big black fiery dragon."
"Oh," Shiroi replied, and shivered. "I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of those."
"Are you going to keep me waiting all day?" They turned around to see Hiei.
"We were just bringing her," Genkai said. Hiei didn't reply; he just headed off into the forest.
"I think you have to follow him," Botan said. Shiroi gulped, but did as she was told.
The part of the forest he had led her into was dark and dank, not like the areas Genkai had taken her. She couldn't see him, but she somehow knew which direction he was going.
***
Hiei was a few dozen yards ahead of her, just enough for her not to see him. He was walking backwards, making sure that she wouldn't walk off in the wrong direction.
(I wonder if Genkai knows that she's becoming slightly aware of her spirit energy sensing. I guess it helps her now. If I had done this with her a few weeks ago, she wouldn't be following me like she is now.)
He led her to a rather misty lake, and hid in the mist to see what she would do when she emerged.
When she did emerge, she stopped; she knew he was somewhere nearby. She used he new awareness to search for him, but it was difficult, the mist confused her.
"Come out Hiei," she called. "I know you're here, but this mist makes finding you, even with energy awareness, difficult."
Hiei walked out of the mist to where she could see him. "Next time I may not answer your request." He looked at her sternly. "Now, I want you to try and summon fire."
Shiroi nodded, and brought her technique into play. She knew she was summoning something, she could feel it, but it wouldn't appear. She watched her hands and noticed faint steam coming from them, and realized what was wrong.
"It's too damp here," she told him finally.
Hiei nodded, "Good, now try summoning lightning."
"But that will cause a chain reaction in this mist," Shiroi said. She knew plenty about the wild electricity, having been nearly struck by it several times in her life.
Hiei nodded, "Good, so you are aware that weather can affect the way the elements work. Good, it will save us some time." He tossed something to her. "Normally this mist isn't here, so tomorrow we will begin you fire and lightning training, but for now, I want to teach you to defend yourself without use of your spiritual power."
Shiroi took a closer look at what he had thrown her. It looked to be a wooden sword. She looked up and Hiei held a bamboo one. "Does the material make a difference?" she asked.
"You'll see," Hiei said. "Use your instincts, and not the ones that tell you to run." He charged at her, jumped into the air, bringing his bamboo sword down as he descended.
Shiroi brought her wooden blade up to block it. She felt the swords make contact, but then she felt a sharp hit on her head.
She rubbed her head as Hiei landed, "I get it," she said. "It's whippier, that'll make me either block higher or make my stance lower."
Hiei nodded, "You seem to know a little about sword work."
"My father is a swordsman, he used to teach the village boys. Whenever I didn't have anything to do, I would hide close by and watch. He stopped teaching them a few years after my mother died, but even when she was alive, he didn't want me watching him, and would punish me if he caught me."
"Makes sense," Hiei said. "Most demons don't want the female gender knowing their abilities, especially sword work."
"Then why are you teaching me?" Shiroi asked.
"Because there will come a time when your spirit energy will be useless and you'll have to rely on physical strength to help you win. The reason I'm teaching you? I was asked to, by Kurama."
"Kurama asked you to teach me?"
"It wasn't just him though. He had discussed it with everyone else, so I had to agree, since everyone else thought it would be best if you knew how to use a weapon."
Shiroi nodded. From the sound of it, she knew it took a lot to make Hiei do something he really didn't want to do. She was about to tell that she would do her best to learn the sword, but she was interrupted, and not by Hiei.
"Something's coming," she gasped, looking out into the mist.
"What?" Hiei pulled off his bandana and looked out in the direction she was looking in. "What the? I don't like the feeling of that power."
"I know who it is," Shiroi said. She was trembling so violently that she dropped the wooden sword.
Hiei had a good idea now too. "Lets get out of here." He grabbed her hand and they ran back into the forest. They ran until they were almost back to the temple, but then something behind them exploded, throwing them the rest of the way out of the forest.
***
Genkai and Yukina heard the explosion, and ran from the back of the temple to the front to see what was going on.
When they got there and saw Hiei standing with his back to Shiroi, sword drawn, they knew that what they had been dreading had finally arrived.
"What's going on?" Yuseke asked as he, Kuwabara and Kurama came running up the stairs.
"I knew it," Kuwabara said. "I knew that power was his."
"Why did he have to come now?" Yuseke asked.
Kurama was about to say something, but then a deep evil laughter coming from the smoke stopped him.
A tall figure walked out of the smoke. He was dressed in completely black, and his black hair that came down to the middle of his back was tied back out of his face. The only thing that made them even think he was at all related to Shiroi, were his eyes. They were the same deep purple hers were, but these had something that Shiroi definitely did not have: pure, unrelenting evil.
"You should not have had her try summoning fire Hiei," the man said. "Her being my daughter, and me being a fire and lightning demon, make it like a link to her and I."
"Who are you?" Hiei asked, ready to embed his sword into the demon's throat.
"My name is Raimeihi," the demon answered. "I'm that girl's father, and you will return her to me, now."
"No way," Yuseke said. "The only way you're getting her back is by killing us all, and I'll tell you, we're not easy to kill."
Raimeihi only laughed. "You? A mere human, threatening me?" He laughed again, "This is too funny. Lets see, all I have against me are two humans, a half demon, one hag, an ice apparition, and one full demon. Well, this should be a fun little game." Out of nowhere he pulled out a long sword, a double-edged long sword. "Lets see you get through this."
He charged at Yuseke first. Of course Yuseke jumped out of the way and fired a Shot Gun at him.
"Hmm," Raimeihi smirked, "too bad." He raised his hand and all of the energy blast that were coming toward him bounced off in different directions.
"Damn!" Yuseke swore. They had to dodge his blasts, but no sooner had those gotten out of the way was Raimeihi on the assault again.
"He's playing around," Kurama said. "He knows well enough that he can take us all out in one hit, he just doesn't feel like it."
"I really didn't need to know that," Kuwabara said as he summoned his sword and blocked an oncoming blade from Raimeihi.
"Bastard," Hiei hissed as he tried to take a slice out of the demon. The demon was as fast as he was, maybe faster.
Shiroi had gotten out of the way just before her father's first attack, and was now hiding behind a wall with Yukina and Genkai.
"Shiroi," Genkai started, "Does your father have any weakness?"
Shiroi shook her head, "None that I know of. I know my mother knew, but we can't get to her." She thought for a minute, trying to make herself stop shaking as she did so. "I wish there was something I could do... Wait, there is!"
"What?" Genkai asked.
"It's going to put me in danger though, but I want to go the guys that are down heal them so they can get back into the fight. I can heal almost anything now, even badly broken bones."
"Shiroi that's the most dangerous thing to do," Genkai said. "I know you want to help, but I don't want to risk you getting killed by your father."
Shiroi gulped and whispered, "He'll find some way to do it anyway. I know by the end of today I probably won't be around anymore, but I want to do something rather than just sit here and wait to die."
"What makes you think you're going to die today?" Genkai asked; she was very afraid that what the girl had just said was true.
"When my father has a goal in his mind," Shiroi began, "he sticks with it until he gets it, and I know the one he has now is to get rid of me."
"Shiroi how can you say something like that?" Yukina asked.
"Because I know it's true," the girl replied. "When I ran away I knew that when he found me he would kill me. I have to do this, or else what's the point of me learning all the things you guys have taught me?"
"What can you use besides your healing powers out there?" Genkai asked.
"Everything," Shiroi answered. "You'll see." She ran out from behind the wall before they could protest. She got to a tree and hid behind it, seeing what the tiny battlefield held.
Kuwabara had been knocked out and was against a tree by the stairs. Shiroi ran into the forest and headed to the downward slope that marked the stairway's path. Once she knew she was down far enough, she cut across the stairs and into the forest again, this time going up the slope to get to Kuwabara.
When she reached him, she healed the concussion she knew he had, and then any other injury that could at all affect the way he fought. When she revived him, he looked at her, confused.
"You're supposed to be hiding Shiroi," he said.
"I know, but I can just do that, I put Genkai and Yukina in danger anyway. By running around healing you guys, it prolongs your chances of wearing him out enough to go on the assault."
"So you're saying we should just defend for now until he's close to being out of energy?" Kuwabara asked.
Shiroi nodded, "Try and get that message to Hiei, he can send it out via telepathy."
Kuwabara nodded and got up and ran back into the fight. He found Hiei getting out of the remains of a tree, Raimeihi was busying with Kurama and Yuseke.
Kuwabara told Hiei Shiroi's plan, and the demon nearly exploded. "Why the hell is she doing that?" He asked in a loud angry whisper.
"She said she couldn't stay put and watch this when she knows she can do something to help us."
"But does it half to be putting herself in danger?" Hiei asked as he brought his sword in preparation for an attack or defense.
"What's with you?" Kuwabara asked. "Every time someone says something about her you go all defense on her." He grinned, "What's the matter, got a thing for her?"
Hiei actually blushed, "Shut up human," he muttered.
Kuwabara almost dropped his energy sword, "It's true!"
"I told you to shut up!" Hiei hissed, just as Raimeihi come on the attack.
"What have you two been conversing about?" Raimeihi asked.
"None of your business," Kuwabara spat.
Author's Note: Ahh! Her father's here! As for his name, Raimeihi, it's a combination of lightning and fire. Funny little conversation that Kuwabara and Hiei are having, don't you think?
-Telepathy-
(Thoughts)
Chapter 13
A few days later, Shiroi was coming along with her healing training just as she was with her other training; she was close to completing it.
Botan had just finished teaching her how to remove infection from a severely deep wound and then mend it when Genkai walked in on them.
"I'm sorry to interrupt," the old woman said. "But I have just gotten my answer from Hiei."
"Well?" Botan asked.
"He has agreed to train her," Genkai answered. She turned to Shiroi, who looked slightly nervous. "I know that you fear Hiei the most out of all of these boys, but now you're going to have to put that fear behind you, at least as best as you can."
Shiroi nodded. She knew that this would come; she just couldn't help being afraid of the man who was going to be her teacher.
"When does he want to start?" Shiroi asked.
"As soon as possible," Genkai answered. "Which means this training is being cut short."
"Oh well," Botan said. "We'll finish later." She helped the girl to her feet and they headed outside. "Don't let Hiei bother you. I know he's intimidating, and he is very strong, but I doubt he'll use any of his normal hits on you."
"Normal?" Shiroi asked.
"Those normally either involve a sword or big black fiery dragon."
"Oh," Shiroi replied, and shivered. "I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of those."
"Are you going to keep me waiting all day?" They turned around to see Hiei.
"We were just bringing her," Genkai said. Hiei didn't reply; he just headed off into the forest.
"I think you have to follow him," Botan said. Shiroi gulped, but did as she was told.
The part of the forest he had led her into was dark and dank, not like the areas Genkai had taken her. She couldn't see him, but she somehow knew which direction he was going.
***
Hiei was a few dozen yards ahead of her, just enough for her not to see him. He was walking backwards, making sure that she wouldn't walk off in the wrong direction.
(I wonder if Genkai knows that she's becoming slightly aware of her spirit energy sensing. I guess it helps her now. If I had done this with her a few weeks ago, she wouldn't be following me like she is now.)
He led her to a rather misty lake, and hid in the mist to see what she would do when she emerged.
When she did emerge, she stopped; she knew he was somewhere nearby. She used he new awareness to search for him, but it was difficult, the mist confused her.
"Come out Hiei," she called. "I know you're here, but this mist makes finding you, even with energy awareness, difficult."
Hiei walked out of the mist to where she could see him. "Next time I may not answer your request." He looked at her sternly. "Now, I want you to try and summon fire."
Shiroi nodded, and brought her technique into play. She knew she was summoning something, she could feel it, but it wouldn't appear. She watched her hands and noticed faint steam coming from them, and realized what was wrong.
"It's too damp here," she told him finally.
Hiei nodded, "Good, now try summoning lightning."
"But that will cause a chain reaction in this mist," Shiroi said. She knew plenty about the wild electricity, having been nearly struck by it several times in her life.
Hiei nodded, "Good, so you are aware that weather can affect the way the elements work. Good, it will save us some time." He tossed something to her. "Normally this mist isn't here, so tomorrow we will begin you fire and lightning training, but for now, I want to teach you to defend yourself without use of your spiritual power."
Shiroi took a closer look at what he had thrown her. It looked to be a wooden sword. She looked up and Hiei held a bamboo one. "Does the material make a difference?" she asked.
"You'll see," Hiei said. "Use your instincts, and not the ones that tell you to run." He charged at her, jumped into the air, bringing his bamboo sword down as he descended.
Shiroi brought her wooden blade up to block it. She felt the swords make contact, but then she felt a sharp hit on her head.
She rubbed her head as Hiei landed, "I get it," she said. "It's whippier, that'll make me either block higher or make my stance lower."
Hiei nodded, "You seem to know a little about sword work."
"My father is a swordsman, he used to teach the village boys. Whenever I didn't have anything to do, I would hide close by and watch. He stopped teaching them a few years after my mother died, but even when she was alive, he didn't want me watching him, and would punish me if he caught me."
"Makes sense," Hiei said. "Most demons don't want the female gender knowing their abilities, especially sword work."
"Then why are you teaching me?" Shiroi asked.
"Because there will come a time when your spirit energy will be useless and you'll have to rely on physical strength to help you win. The reason I'm teaching you? I was asked to, by Kurama."
"Kurama asked you to teach me?"
"It wasn't just him though. He had discussed it with everyone else, so I had to agree, since everyone else thought it would be best if you knew how to use a weapon."
Shiroi nodded. From the sound of it, she knew it took a lot to make Hiei do something he really didn't want to do. She was about to tell that she would do her best to learn the sword, but she was interrupted, and not by Hiei.
"Something's coming," she gasped, looking out into the mist.
"What?" Hiei pulled off his bandana and looked out in the direction she was looking in. "What the? I don't like the feeling of that power."
"I know who it is," Shiroi said. She was trembling so violently that she dropped the wooden sword.
Hiei had a good idea now too. "Lets get out of here." He grabbed her hand and they ran back into the forest. They ran until they were almost back to the temple, but then something behind them exploded, throwing them the rest of the way out of the forest.
***
Genkai and Yukina heard the explosion, and ran from the back of the temple to the front to see what was going on.
When they got there and saw Hiei standing with his back to Shiroi, sword drawn, they knew that what they had been dreading had finally arrived.
"What's going on?" Yuseke asked as he, Kuwabara and Kurama came running up the stairs.
"I knew it," Kuwabara said. "I knew that power was his."
"Why did he have to come now?" Yuseke asked.
Kurama was about to say something, but then a deep evil laughter coming from the smoke stopped him.
A tall figure walked out of the smoke. He was dressed in completely black, and his black hair that came down to the middle of his back was tied back out of his face. The only thing that made them even think he was at all related to Shiroi, were his eyes. They were the same deep purple hers were, but these had something that Shiroi definitely did not have: pure, unrelenting evil.
"You should not have had her try summoning fire Hiei," the man said. "Her being my daughter, and me being a fire and lightning demon, make it like a link to her and I."
"Who are you?" Hiei asked, ready to embed his sword into the demon's throat.
"My name is Raimeihi," the demon answered. "I'm that girl's father, and you will return her to me, now."
"No way," Yuseke said. "The only way you're getting her back is by killing us all, and I'll tell you, we're not easy to kill."
Raimeihi only laughed. "You? A mere human, threatening me?" He laughed again, "This is too funny. Lets see, all I have against me are two humans, a half demon, one hag, an ice apparition, and one full demon. Well, this should be a fun little game." Out of nowhere he pulled out a long sword, a double-edged long sword. "Lets see you get through this."
He charged at Yuseke first. Of course Yuseke jumped out of the way and fired a Shot Gun at him.
"Hmm," Raimeihi smirked, "too bad." He raised his hand and all of the energy blast that were coming toward him bounced off in different directions.
"Damn!" Yuseke swore. They had to dodge his blasts, but no sooner had those gotten out of the way was Raimeihi on the assault again.
"He's playing around," Kurama said. "He knows well enough that he can take us all out in one hit, he just doesn't feel like it."
"I really didn't need to know that," Kuwabara said as he summoned his sword and blocked an oncoming blade from Raimeihi.
"Bastard," Hiei hissed as he tried to take a slice out of the demon. The demon was as fast as he was, maybe faster.
Shiroi had gotten out of the way just before her father's first attack, and was now hiding behind a wall with Yukina and Genkai.
"Shiroi," Genkai started, "Does your father have any weakness?"
Shiroi shook her head, "None that I know of. I know my mother knew, but we can't get to her." She thought for a minute, trying to make herself stop shaking as she did so. "I wish there was something I could do... Wait, there is!"
"What?" Genkai asked.
"It's going to put me in danger though, but I want to go the guys that are down heal them so they can get back into the fight. I can heal almost anything now, even badly broken bones."
"Shiroi that's the most dangerous thing to do," Genkai said. "I know you want to help, but I don't want to risk you getting killed by your father."
Shiroi gulped and whispered, "He'll find some way to do it anyway. I know by the end of today I probably won't be around anymore, but I want to do something rather than just sit here and wait to die."
"What makes you think you're going to die today?" Genkai asked; she was very afraid that what the girl had just said was true.
"When my father has a goal in his mind," Shiroi began, "he sticks with it until he gets it, and I know the one he has now is to get rid of me."
"Shiroi how can you say something like that?" Yukina asked.
"Because I know it's true," the girl replied. "When I ran away I knew that when he found me he would kill me. I have to do this, or else what's the point of me learning all the things you guys have taught me?"
"What can you use besides your healing powers out there?" Genkai asked.
"Everything," Shiroi answered. "You'll see." She ran out from behind the wall before they could protest. She got to a tree and hid behind it, seeing what the tiny battlefield held.
Kuwabara had been knocked out and was against a tree by the stairs. Shiroi ran into the forest and headed to the downward slope that marked the stairway's path. Once she knew she was down far enough, she cut across the stairs and into the forest again, this time going up the slope to get to Kuwabara.
When she reached him, she healed the concussion she knew he had, and then any other injury that could at all affect the way he fought. When she revived him, he looked at her, confused.
"You're supposed to be hiding Shiroi," he said.
"I know, but I can just do that, I put Genkai and Yukina in danger anyway. By running around healing you guys, it prolongs your chances of wearing him out enough to go on the assault."
"So you're saying we should just defend for now until he's close to being out of energy?" Kuwabara asked.
Shiroi nodded, "Try and get that message to Hiei, he can send it out via telepathy."
Kuwabara nodded and got up and ran back into the fight. He found Hiei getting out of the remains of a tree, Raimeihi was busying with Kurama and Yuseke.
Kuwabara told Hiei Shiroi's plan, and the demon nearly exploded. "Why the hell is she doing that?" He asked in a loud angry whisper.
"She said she couldn't stay put and watch this when she knows she can do something to help us."
"But does it half to be putting herself in danger?" Hiei asked as he brought his sword in preparation for an attack or defense.
"What's with you?" Kuwabara asked. "Every time someone says something about her you go all defense on her." He grinned, "What's the matter, got a thing for her?"
Hiei actually blushed, "Shut up human," he muttered.
Kuwabara almost dropped his energy sword, "It's true!"
"I told you to shut up!" Hiei hissed, just as Raimeihi come on the attack.
"What have you two been conversing about?" Raimeihi asked.
"None of your business," Kuwabara spat.
Author's Note: Ahh! Her father's here! As for his name, Raimeihi, it's a combination of lightning and fire. Funny little conversation that Kuwabara and Hiei are having, don't you think?