Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Yusuke or Yume? ❯ Rebirth 5: Egg Ordeals ( Chapter 5 )

Yusuke or Yume Chapter Five: The Ordeal…What’s with the Egg?   Yume groaned, looking at the sky where the blue-haired deity had previously disappeared into. “Man! Why am I always stuck with stuff I hate! I decided already…well, it’s almost nightfall…guess I’d better just go see about my wake. Whaddaya wanna bet no one came?” With that, Yume started to get the hang of flying/floating. Sure, wind shear hit her a few times, and yes, she could get hit by wind shear. (Aka, wind that blows you in the opposite direction.) She floated above her house/apartment building, only to find it very busy with people in uniforms and suits. “Whoa…my classmates.” Her anger spiked as she saw some of them laughing. “Damn it! Even at my wake they laugh at me!” A sudden cry reached her ears. It was Keiko. She was bawling. “Yume! No! Yume! It can’t be true! You promised we’d go to college together, then we’d get a double wedding! And…we’d always be together! You jerk! You can’t die!” “Is she making all that noise for me?” Yume’s eyes started to well up with tears. “I’m sorry…Keiko.” “Kuwabara! Calm down!” “Hm?” Yume turned to look down the street, only to see Kuwabara and his three friends. Kuwabara was yelling something, and his friends were holding him back. “Urameshi! You can’t be dead! Get out of that box! Stop acting! Get outta there and fight me, you punk!” He slowly reached the coffin that held her body. “You punk! Turning punk…are you running away!? Who am I gonna fight?! Who am I…gonna fight…” Kuwabara started crying as his friends dragged him away. “He was…crying?” A sudden, annoying voice rang through her ears. “Who was that?” It was Mr. Akashi, one of Yume’s asshole teachers. “One of the thugs Urameshi used to hang out with.” Said Iwamoto, another of Yume’s teachers that loved to get her into trouble and found any reason to beat her. Course, she always hit back just as hard. Didn’t matter that he was a teacher. You hit Yume Urameshi, she hits back ten times as hard. “Well, only in death did Yume do something to give our school a good reputation.” Muttered Iwamoto. “I agree. I bet that she didn’t even save that boy, she probably pushed him down trying to get his lunch money.” Akashi squealed in his high-pitched voice that always made Yume want to castrate him. “I couldn’t agree more, Mr. Akashi.” Yume’s anger flared, and she tried to punch Iwamoto, but someone’s hand caught the back of his suit jacket. “Which do you think is more disgraceful? That boy weeping over his lost friend, or your insensitive words!?” yelled Mr. Takanaka, the one teacher that ever tried to understand her. “Takanaka.” Yume whispered. Mr. Takanaka went into her house, bowed before her mother, who was sitting silently against the wall, looking at her knees. He then turned and looked at a picture hanging above her coffin. It was a recently-taken picture that Keiko had taken without her permission. It had her in a store, wearing a dress that Keiko had forced her into. She had a peaceful look on her face for once, looking at herself in the mirror. The dress was long and went to her ankles, but revealed her arms in its off-the-shoulder sleeves. The dress was black with green ribbons, and it made her look beautiful as she smiled at her reflection. The picture brought tears to Takanaka’s eyes. “Yume…I know you can hear me. I was so surprised to find that you had died saving that little boy. I don’t know why I don’t feel like speaking well of you…” the proud principle broke down in tears. “Why didn’t you stay? You were so brilliant when you put your mind to it. You could have made something great of yourself…” As Takanaka continued to cry, Yume stood there in the room, looking at her mother. “This way, dear.” “Yes, mommy.” Yume turned to see the little boy she had saved in the doorway with his mother. The two bowed to Yume’s mother like all the others did, and turned to Yume’s picture, heads bowed in prayer. The boys’ mother turned to him. “Now you should say something to honor him.” She turned to talk to Yume’s mother. The little boy smiled at the picture. “Thank you for saving me, playing ball with me, and making funny faces! You are a really great lady! I wanna be just like you when I grow up! You’re so strong!” Yume almost started to cry at the admiration in the little boys’ voice. A sudden sniffle turned her attention to her mother. “Yume…” she whimpered, then started to sob, shoulders shaking as she buried her face into her knees in mourning for her only daughter. Yume left after this, not wanting to see her mother cry. She merely sat in the sky, legs crossed, her arms behind her head, trying not to cry as she looked up at the bright full moon, yet, a tear escaped and fell down her face. Botan appeared beside her. “So…have you decided?” “Botan…when you die, everyone close to you is affected, right?” “Yes. That is usually the case.” Yume became immersed in the thick blanket of silence as she thought. “Botan?” “Yes?” “I think I’d like my life back.” “Great! Hold on!” she started flying off, Yume barely clinging to the end of her oar. “Where are we going?” “Spirit World, silly! You need to see Koenma to get your Ordeal, remember?” Yume blinked. “Ordeal? That’s how I’m getting my life back, right?” “Bingo! Now, hold on tight!” she sped up. Yume held on for dear life. Or…for dear death…whatever! After nearly half an hour of holding on to an oar and flying through cold clouds, Yume was getting annoyed. “Botan! When are we going to get there?” “We’re here!” she stopped in front of a huge gate. “This…is Spirit World?” she stared at the great palace in front of her. “Whoa…” Botan pressed a button. “Yes?” “Botan here, bringing the dead Urameshi for her Ordeal!” she chirped. Yume’s eyebrow twitched. Why is she always so damn happy? The doors opened. Yume was starting to get nervous as they were presented with a long, dark hallway. Okay, Yume, calm down. This is only an Ordeal…you’ve been through worse. Just deal with this…you’ll get through it. A large door opened, revealing a brightly-lit room. Yume looked around. Botan bowed. “Koenma-sir, I have brought Yume Urameshi.” “Where is he?” Yume asked. “Ahem…down here.” Yume looked down to see an adorable toddler. Her eyes brightened up. “Oh! You are so adorable!” she picked him up, hugging him tightly. ::Koenma’s POV:: (Not in first person.) Koenma sat in his office when he heard Botan open his door, saying something about bringing Yume to him. Time to face ‘Yusuke.’ He jumped down from his chair and looked Yume Urameshi over. Well, she certainly was very pretty. “Where is he?” he heard her ask. “Ahem…” Koenma cleared his throat. “I’m down here.” Yume looked down at him with those cinnamon eyes, and they widened in shock. Here come the toddler comments. But nothing could prepare him for what was about to happen. “Oh! You are so adorable!” The former Spirit Detective picked him up in her surprisingly soft hands and hugged him, his head over her shoulder. She was holding him like he was a baby! To say Koenma was shocked would be an understatement. Here was the person who had previously made fun of him and called him Toddler constantly and an ugly baby, saying he was adorable. Yume turned to Botan, still holding Koenma. “So, where’s that Koenma guy.” Botan was shocked. She hadn’t expected Yume’s attitude to have changed so drastically just by becoming a girl. “Uh…Yume…You’re hugging him.” “Really?” she pulled him off of her and looked at her, holding him under his arms. “Well…that’s unexpected. But you’re so cute!” She hugged him one more time, then sat him down on his chair. “Now,” she sat in the air. “What’s the Ordeal I gotta go through?” She sat down and waited for Koenma to give her the Ordeal. Koenma cleared his throat. “Yes.” He pulled out a golden egg. “What’s with the egg?” “This is your Ordeal. Inside of this egg is the embryo of a Spirit Beast. You need to hatch it.” “What? Do I sit on it like a chicken?” “No. It feeds off your energy and emotions. After it has gathered enough energy, it will hatch. If you give it good energy, then it will hatch and bring you back to life. But if you use bad, then a monster will appear and devour you. The choice is yours. Here.” He placed the egg in her hands. She looked at it. Okay…this is about a 9.5 on my Weird Shit-o-meter. Hopefully this’ll turn out right.   There! There’s the chapter for now! Hope you review and remember, the voting for pairings is still going on! You can vote more than once, remember that! Oh, and I’ll also be taking suggestions for other pairings. If you want her to fall for a person in the Dark Tournament, then you can tell me what you think and I’ll try my best.