Shadowess: Hi! This is my first story submission so I'd appreciate input. I have a lot already typed out so I'm seeing how this one will appeal to other people. Please note I have not seen the YYH series, only one movie and 13 mangas. Forgive me if I am not accurate in things. The two girls are OCs so... if you don't like those kind of stories, please evacuate now.
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho, its characters, a Smart Car, or anything but one of the OCs, the other one belongs to my friend.
Yu Yu Hakusho Demonology
Chapter One
Two young girls were on a road trip in the western part of Manitoba. They were inside one of those new Smart Cars that seated two people. The girl who was driving had above shoulder length dark blue hair with blond beneath. Her friend in the passenger seat had short red hair with black ends.
The sun was beginning to set as they closed in on Brandon. They looked at the hotels and motels throughout the city. No vacancies.
"Let's just keep driving then we'll pull over into a small town when we get tired." The red head suggested.
"Sure. Maybe we'll get to Russell or even Regina." The driver smiled.
"Can I drive?"
"Do you have your drivers?"
"…No."
"Then you can't. You know that it'd be illegal, Kyla."
She pouted. "No fair…" Kyla crossed her arms.
"Why not put on some music? You can put on whatever you want."
"Alright." Kyla turned on the radio and scanned for her favorite station. The incoherent sounds of other stations went through the speakers of the car.
"…scheduled meteor shower…" was briefly heard.
"Whoa! Kyla, go back!"
She did, and they listened to that moment of news. "That's right; a scheduled meteor shower in the southern prairies. It will be taking place around midnight, a lot later than usual showers. So…..-eep…r… eyes….o…pen…" the radio message was breaking up as they dove.
"Out of range… well, Kyla, what do you think?"
"I think we're watching a meteor shower tonight, Nyssa!" Kyla held up her hand for a high five.
Nyssa smiled and gave her a high five. "Well said."
Kyla found her station and turned it up so that awesome heavy metal music blared. The girls bobbed their head to the music as the sun vanished on the horizon.
A few hours past, and the girls were pulled into a hotel in Russell. They went outside and looked up at the twinkling sky. Surprisingly, they could see no one else outside waiting for the shower. Waiting, they saw clouds coming, trying to cover up the night sky.
The meteor show began. It was spectacular, lighting up the sky with seemingly arrows of light. A blue coloration consumed the trails of the each streak of light. While the girls admired the view, that cloud cover interrupted with a flash and a deep rumble. Before they could head inside, it began to downpour on them. They were dripping wet by the time they got back inside their room.
"Lovely." Nyssa shook her hand through her hair.
"That was so cool! With the blue shimmering and everything!" Kyla smiled, while shaking excess water from her hair.
"It was really awesome." Nyssa took off her shoes and went over to one of the beds. Kyla jumped on to the other, kicking off her shoes.
"Goodnight, Ny-chan!" Kyla got underneath her covers, ignoring the fact that she was still really wet.
"Goodnight, Kyla." She smiled in response and shut off the lamp between their beds, going under the covers too.
They tried to find sleep in the sound of pouring rain and thunder outside. They didn't know, but that blue shimmer had invisibly seeded into the clouds when they first formed, and it showered down on the girls through the rain drops.
Once the girls found themselves in their subconscious dreams, the liquid that had soaked them to the bone began to react. The girls were soon pulsating with blue beneath the sheets. Slowly, with each pulse, they began to fade. In no time, the sheets fell to the bed where the figures of the girls were laying. They were gone…
In the Spirit World, a group of four boys were gathered in a large office. In front of them, covered with stacks of papers, was a desk with someone in a large seat behind it.
"Okay, detectives. Our most recent reports have shown a build up in an astral energy signature here in the Spirit World." A voice behind the desk spoke. "Since you all have nothing to do at this time, I'm sending you out to check out the phenomenon. It's pinpointed south west from here about a mile. So get going."
Without a word, the boys left the office. "So what's the deal with the astral energy signature?" the tallest, with orange hair and obnoxious voice asked.
"Weren't you listening, Kuwabara?! We have to check it out." A boy with slicked back black hair said.
"But, why, Yusuke? Why doesn't Koenma just send one of his ogres?" he asked again.
"Koenma's ogres are meant for office work only. Plus, we are his detectives. We have to investigate on his order." The red head explained.
"That's right! What Kurama said." Yusuke agreed.
"Hn." The short man with gravity defying black hair mumbled.
"What is it, Hiei?" Kurama asked his friend.
"Nothing."
"Alright, guys, we got half a mile to whatever Koenma wants us to look at." Yusuke said as they left the main doors.
So they walked. Unfortunately, the pathways only went south, and east. So they had to go through a bizarre discolored thicket of plants to find their destination. After dozens of twig snapping and branch whacking to Kuwabara's face, they saw a clearing up ahead and… glowing.
Coming into the area, two ominous glows in a patch of flowers caught their eyes.
"Well, that must be the astral phenomenon." Yusuke pointed out.
"What should we do?" Kuwabara asked.
"Contact Koenma and let him know we've found something." Kurama said.
Yusuke nodded and pulled out a communicator. "Hey, Koenma. We've found something here. Two glowing… some things in a clearing at where you told us to look. What should we do?"
"Bring whatever those are back to my office. I have a lot of work to do he—AHHH!!" The communicator screen was bombarded with papers and cut out.
Yusuke sweat-dropped. "Well, we take the glowing things back to his office."
Kurama nodded. He turned to Hiei, "Can you identify what they are?"
Hiei looked at the two things. "They're living organisms. That aura is preventing any other classification."
"Could they be aliens?!" Kuwabara exclaimed.
"That's ridiculous, Kuwabara. Let's just get 'em." Yusuke said, walking towards them. He reached down to pick up one of the figures, but a spark shot up his hand, preventing him from doing so. "What the hell?"
Kurama went up to one of the glowing things and reached down. He did not get a spark. "Demons can come in contact with these. Hiei and I will carry them."
Hiei went to the other figure and touched the thing in the glow. The glow faded for both things revealing… two girls. They appeared to be sleeping and somewhat wet.
"Whoa, two chicks!" obnoxious said.
Kurama picked up the one with red and black short hair, and Hiei picked up the one with navy hair. "Well, we should bring them to Koenma to find out if their demons or human." Kurama started walking back to Koenma's palace with Hiei right behind him. Yusuke and Kuwabara looked at each other and followed after them.
Kurama and Hiei looked down at the girls in their arms. Kurama felt the girl snuggle up against him, like a pillow. He felt himself suppress a blush.
"…cute…fox…mrnm…" he heard her mumble. He was glad that he was in front or else he'd never hear the end of it from Yusuke, his face being red like his hair. He forced the blushing down again and asked himself why he was feeling this way.
Hiei looked back ahead, not wanting to let his guard down be just having a female in his arms. Even though he was in the Spirit World, he wasn't going to let himself be off guard for any reason. He could hear the girl quietly breathing, and she didn't move at all. Man, she was a heavy sleeper.
They all passed through the trees successfully without waking the girls. Inside Koenma's office, there were still piles of papers but only one ogre running about. Yusuke went up to the desk.
"Koenma, the glowing entities were two girls. The blue aura around them zapped at me when I approached, but vanished when Kurama and Hiei approached." He explained.
"I see. Kurama, Hiei, wake them up. They might know something." Koenma ordered.
Kurama and Hiei shook the girls gently in their arms. The red and black haired girl groaned and tried to roll over. Finding that she couldn't, she opened her eyes up to see Kurama. "Holy shit!" she yelled and scrambled, causing Kurama to accidentally drop her. She fell flat on her butt. "Ow…"
"I'm so sorry! Are you alright?" Kurama knelt down beside her.
"Besides the fact that I fell on my butt and that I have no idea what the heck the heck is going on here; I'm good." She looked around and saw her friend in Hiei's arms.
She opened her eyes and looked up at Hiei. She blinked and her eyes widened. "Shit!!" she shrieked and pushed away from Hiei. She fell to the ground on her back. "Ow…" hissing, she sat up and looked around. "Kyla!"
"Nyssa!" she scrambled over and hugged her. She pulled away and looked at her. "Where are your glasses? And what is going on?"
"They're at the hotel and… I don't know what is going on…" Nyssa looked around and saw the blurry figures of four guys. She stood up as well as Kyla. Nys looked at her strange. "Did you… grow?"
"No… oh my goddess… you shrunk. You're my height now!"
"Aw man…"
"Ahem!" the girls looked at the one behind the desk. The teenager form of Koenma, with a pacifier in his mouth.
"Dude, you have a pacifier in your mouth." Kyla pointed out.
"He does?" Nyssa whispered to her. Kyla nodded in response.
"Anyways, I'd like to ask you girls a few questions…" He stood up from his chair. "Do you know how you came to be here in the Spirit World?"
"Spirit World? Are we dead or something?" Kyla asked.
"No, you're not dead. Alright, so you don't know how you got here. Why don't you tell us what you were doing before you went to sleep?" he asked.
"We were on a road trip and we stopped at a hotel to watch a meteor shower. Just as it ended, it started to downpour, getting us soaked." Kyla said.
"Then we went inside to sleep, waking up here. Now can we know who all of you are?" Nyssa finished.
"I am Lord Koenma of the Spirit World. The boys who took you in are my Spirit Detectives. Kurama and Hiei are the ones who carried you in. The other two are Yusuke and Kuwabara. Can you tell us who you are and your species?" Koenma asked.
"I'm Kyla. The last time I checked, I was a walking hazard."
"Kyla… I'm Nyssa. We're human if that's what you mean." Nyssa said.
"I see… Were you aware that you had some type of blue aura around you when the boys found you?" Koenma stated.
"Uh… no… we were sleeping…"
"Then you girls won't mind if we do a few tests to find the reason how you got here?"
"Depends on what kind of tests…" Nyssa raised an eyebrow.
"We won't make you do anything against your free will." Koenma assured. "Kurama, Hiei, take them to the examination room."
They nodded and waited for the girls to start walking, and the two guys led the way.
"I've never seen a guy with long red hair before." Kyla said up to Kurama.
"Well, that's because I'm not like any guy that you've seen." He noted.
"Why is that? Do you dye your hair like Nys does?" she asked.
"Ha ha…" she heard from behind her.
"Actually, this is my natural hair color. I'm actually a demon. As well, Hiei is a demon." He said.
"Cool! What kind of demon are you?" Kyla asked.
"I'm a fox demon."
"Awesome! Foxes are awesome." Kyla smiled.
"What about you, Hiei?" Nyssa asked the red eyed demon.
"… I'm a fire-ice demon." Hiei glanced at her.
"That's cool." Nyssa smiled and looked back ahead.
They arrived at the room and went in. The room was white, and there was a nurse with wings there. "Hello, I'm Nurse Ella." She extended her…claw?
Nyssa stared at the claw. "Whoa… Are you a harpy?"
"Why, yes I am." The nurse smiled.
"Pleased to meet you!" Kyla shook her claw.
"Same here." Nyssa shook her claw as well.
"Good. Now I'd like to have you girls lay down on the scanner beds please." Nurse Ella instructed. The girls lay down on the two beds and a scanner went over them. Ella came around both of them and got a small lock of their damp hair. "Okay. Now I'd like to get a small blood sample from the two of you."
"Alrighty." Kyla shrugged and sat up when the scanner was finished.
"No." Nyssa sat up.
"Needles aren't that bad." Kurama said.
"I'd rather cut myself than have a needle stuck into me. You can have your blood that way." Nyssa crossed her arms.
"Um… I'd prefer not to do that…" the nurse nervously said.
"Then do you have scissors or a cutting knife here? Or why not just scratch my arms with your talons?" Nyssa asked.
"Uh well…"
Hiei took out his katana and held the handle end to Nyssa. "Use this. The harpy won't cut you."
Nyssa looked at the katana and smiled. "Thanks, Hiei." She took the katana carefully and held the blade against her forearm.
"Be careful, Nyssa. You don't want to cut to deep." Kyla said with concern.
Nyssa pulled the sword fast against her arm, making a cut. Almost immediately, she started to bleed. "There we go. Thanks again, Hiei." She held the handle end of the katana back to Hiei. "Ella, there's your blood sample."
"Oh! Right." Ella grabbed a test beaker and a blood extractor that looked like a needless measurer. She got the blood and then gauzed her arm to stop the bleeding.
"Can I do that too?" Kyla asked.
"Um… it will be a lot quicker if I extract your blood with a needle." The nurse said.
"Aw… fine." Kyla held out her arm and looked away. With a minor sting and the application of a small band-aid, she was done.
"See? That was a lot faster. Well, that's all that I need. You're free to leave." Nurse Ella smiled.
"Thanks. Bye." The girls thanked and left. Kurama and Hiei right behind them.
"We'll have to keep an eye on you two." Kurama said.
"Why?" Kyla asked.
"Because you are suspicious and came to this plane not only unauthorized, but in an unknown process." Hiei said.
"That sounds reasonable. So do we have to be put on leashes or in a confined area?" Nyssa said the last part as a bit of a joke.
"Of course not. You'll be in separate rooms where we can keep an eye on you two." Kurama said. "The rooms will be next to each other in case you two want to talk. It's all for security purposes."
"Okay. So is there going to be cameras watching us?" Kyla asked.
"No. We'll be in the rooms with you." Kurama said.
Kyla and Nyssa looked at one another with worry. They stopped at two doors next to one another. Kurama and Kyla went in to one, and Hiei and Nyssa in to the other.
Nyssa sat on a couch that was in the room. Hiei just leaned against the wall. She looked at him then down at the wooden table in front of her. "So, um, Hiei?"
He looked at her. "What?"
"What is it like? To be a demon?"
Hiei looked at her odd. "What a pathetic question."
"Well, sorry." She replied in a stern voice. "This situation doesn't help since I just found out that I shrank, my glasses aren't here, and for all I know this is a dream."
"A dream? Would this really be a dream? You cut yourself with my sword." He took a few steps towards her.
"I've had dreams just as odd as this where I had pain inflicted, and scars were there when I awoke. So if you can prove that I'm not dreaming without killing me, by all means." Nyssa leaned back on the couch.
Hiei went up to her and hit her in the back of the head, knocking her unconscious. She fell down into the couch, and Hiei looked at her for a moment. "You said by all means."
Kyla jumped onto the couch and looked up at Kurama. "So what kind of abilities do you have?"
"I have the ability to control some plants." He said, sitting down next to her.
"Do you have a weapon?" Kyla asked, grabbing a pillow.
"Yes, my rose whip." Kurama took out a rose from behind his hair. He saw Kyla look at it strangely. Almost immediately, the rose extended into a whip with large thorns on it.
"Dude… that is so cool! Can I hold it?" Kyla asked.
"I don't think that's a good idea. The thorns are quite sharp and can cut through skin like butter." He warned.
"Come on… please…?" she looked at him with a pout.
He looked away from her but looked back when she gave a whimper. Kurama gave in to the puppy-dog eyes. "Alright…" he sighed, "Please be careful." He held out the handle of the whip to her.
Taking hold of the whip, she admired it. Kyla ran her fingers over one of the large thorns. "Ow!" she accidentally cut herself at the tip of the thorn. Blood trickled down her finger. She put her finger in her mouth and licked away the blood.
"Are you alright? I told you they were sharp." He reached into his pocket and pulled out a hanker-chief. "Let me see."
Kyla held out her hand. "There, you saw it." She held her hand to put pressure to the cut.
"I mean, give me your hand." Kurama held out his hand.
"Oh, I knew that." Kyla held out her hand again. Kurama took it and looked at the cut. He wrapped his hanker-chief around her finger. "There."
"Thanks, Kurama." Kyla smiled at him. "You can let go now."
Kurama noticed that he was still holding her hand. He blushed, "I'm sorry." Kurama let go of her.
"That's okay. Kurama?" he looked at her. "Are you really a fox demon? You look human to me."
"That is because I am in my human form. I look different in my demon form."
"Can I see your demon form?"
Kurama looked down at the carpet. "My demon form is dangerous… I only call it out in desperate times. Plus, that form has a different personality, so I won't know what I've done when I go back for a few hours."
"Oh… That's alright! You can just tell me what your form looks like then." Kyla nudged his arm.
Looking back up at her, he smiled. "Well, I get long silver hair, yellow fox eyes, a pair of white and grey ears, long bushy tail, and clothed in a white sleeveless robe. I answer to the name of Youko Kurama then."
"Awesome! So you're a white kitsune. I love white foxes!" Kyla cheered.
Kurama smiled and suppressed another blush.
Nyssa groaned and sat up, holding the back of her head.
"So are you still dreaming?" Hiei smirked.
"Shut it… Usually people slap someone across the face or pinch them…" Nyssa checked her hand if there was any blood.
"You said 'by all means'."
"I know. Didn't think you'd knock me out though." She cricked her neck.
A knock came from the door. Hiei went over and opened it to reveal the nurse from earlier.
"Hello. I have something for her." She pointed to Nyssa in the room.
Nyssa walked over beside Hiei. "Yes?"
Nurse Ella held out a small case. "I noticed on the scans that your eyesight requires glasses so I had these brought out for you."
"Really? Thank you very much." Nyssa smiled. She opened the case to reveal a pair of black framed glasses much like her own. Putting them on and looking around, she smiled. "These are my prescription. Thank you again."
"Just come to me if they get broken. Bye now." She waved and walked back down the hall.
Hiei closed the door and looked at Nyssa, who was looking at him. "So you're blind without those… you're human alright."
"Runs in the family." Nyssa turned away and looked around. "Finally, nothing is a blur anymore. And I can see you clearly. Awesome red eyes." She went back over to the couch and sat down.
Hiei didn't react to that and went back to the spot where he was leaning against the wall. There was dead silence for a moment but then Nyssa clasped her midsection in pain. She went on her knees on the floor, holding herself up with her opposite hand. He looked at her then approached. He stopped when that blue aura surrounded her again.
Nyssa felt the pain go throughout her entire body, like her very blood was burning. She couldn't scream, but felt tears come to her eyes. Burning, boiling, throbbing pain everywhere.
Hiei saw the tears and came closer to her. He knelt down beside her and put a hand on her back. The aura brightened for a moment then subsided. He looked at where her tears dropped and his eyes widened in shock.
Getting back her breath and feeling her blood cool down, she opened her eyes to see gems on the ground. Picking one up, she looked at Hiei, who only stared at her.
"What?" she coughed.
"…You're not human…anymore…" he said to her. "Those are tear gems…" Hiei picked up one of the other gems.
Nyssa stared at the gem. "Tear gems… did I…?"
"You did." Hiei looked at her. "And your eyes have red in them now."
Nyssa stared at him. She didn't know what to say but just stared at the tear gems in their hands. Realizing that Hiei's hand was on her back, she looked down and cleared her throat.
Hiei saw that his hand was on her back. He stood up, with a tear gem still in hand and sat down on the couch, crossing his arms and closing his eyes in thought.
Nyssa picked up the rest of the tear gems and put them on the table. She got up and went over to the nearest wall, sitting down against it. She exhaled deeply. This couldn't possibly get any weirder.
It can get weirder and it will. Hiei's voice rang in her mind. She looked at him and groaned.
"Damnit…"
Kyla was jumping around the room. "This is so boring! What are we waiting for again?"
Kurama was sitting down on the couch, watching her go around in circles. "Until Koenma sends for us or the test results return."
Sighing, Kyla sat back down on the couch. "Isn't there anything to do? Like, can we go exploring?"
Kurama shook his head. "I'm afraid we can't do that now."
"Dang…" they sat in silence aside from Kyla's humming of a random tune. She stopped abruptly, only to be greeted with a pain in her gut. "Ow…"
Kurama looked at her. "Are you alright?"
"Uh… yeah… pain in my gut… not big d—ah!!" she bent over as the pain pulsated, spreading through her chest, then to the rest of her body.
"Kyla!" Kurama went in front of her.
Sweat started to bead on her forehead. Her heart beat was throbbing within her veins. The blue aura emitted from her as she started breathing harder.
Kurama grabbed her arms, causing the blue light to fade. He felt her calm down. "What happened?"
"I… don't know… I feel like I want to puke though…" she looked up at him, to see his eyes widen. "W-what?"
"You're eyes… They're… a gorgeous emerald…" Kurama brushed some hair from her face. "They weren't that green before."
"Really? Is there a mirror around here? I want to see for myself." She saw Kurama point to a decorative photograph with a mirror frame. Kyla got up and went over to it. Her reflection revealed her normal self, but Kurama was right, she had really intense green eyes.
"We'll have to inform Koenma about your… change." Kurama sat down on the couch. "My sense tells me that you're not a full demon, so you've become half…fox demon."
"Cool! Um… can I go talk to Nyssa?" Kyla asked.
"Of course." Kurama headed over to the door with Kyla in tow. He opened it and went over to the neighboring room. Kurama knocked on the door.
Hiei opened it and let them in. He looked at Kyla as she past him to go to Nyssa. "Her, too?"
"Nyssa was affected as well?" Kurama asked after nodding.
Hiei held up the tear gem that he was still holding. "This is hers."
"So she has become half fire-ice demon… Kyla has become a half fox demon." Kurama thought aloud.
"My theory would be the blue aura… I know you're thinking the same." Hiei looked up at his friend, who nodded.
Kyla sat down beside Nyssa against the wall. "Hey, foxy." Nyssa greeted with a silly smirk.
"Guess you sensed it? Well now you are appropriate for your flaming heart of ice." Kyla smiled.
"Hanyou."
"Just like Inuyasha-puppy-sort-of-doggy! Only I'm half fox and you're half flaming ice. So what have you been doing?" Kyla asked.
"Got knocked out, received glasses from harpy nurse, and went through blood-burning pain before I went half demon. And what have you been doing?" Nyssa asked her.
"Jumping around, talking with Kurama, massive pain, coming over here. You're still short." She teased.
"I'm used to it now. But you're still just as short."
"Whatever. So how do you feel?"
"Fine, a bit of a head ache. How about you?"
"I feel alright. So can you conjure up fire or ice?" Kyla asked.
"I don't know. All that I found out is that I cry gems."
Kyla blinked. "What?"
"Tear gems. Like these…" Nyssa went over to the table and grabbed a couple of her tear gems. "See?"
"Cool… can I have one?" Kyla asked, seeing the gems in her friend's palm.
"You can have a few. These are really nice but they came from my pain." Nyssa put the handful in Kyla's hands.
"Wow… thank you."
"So how about you? Got a leaf sword?"
"I don't know." Kyla put the gems in her pocket. "Any idea on what happens next?"
"Not a clue."
"Kurama said that we'll have to tell that Koenma person…"
There was a knock at the door. They all looked to see an ogre. "Koenma wants to see you all now." He said in a boorish voice.
"Come on." Kurama and Hiei ushered the girls to go with them. Leading them down the hall and back to the office, Koenma was waiting, in his teenager form, at his desk.
"Welcome back. I've received the test results and I am quite astonished." He said through his pacifier. Before he could say why, the boys said what he was surely thinking.
"They've suddenly became half demons." Kurama said.
"With traces of our own blood." Hiei added.
"Precisely. Even with the samples we've acquired, they've had a reaction, most likely at the same time as you." Koenma went around his desk and sat down. "We are still unsure of how you came to be here so you'll be with the guys for a while. All things considering, I'll have Botan take you girls out shopping for clothes and footwear then take you to Kurama's home in the human world."
"Who's Botan?" Nyssa asked.
Koenma pressed a button on his desk, and a girl in a pink kimono came in, holding an oar. "Yes, sir?" she had a smile beneath her blue eyes and blue hair. She saw him jester to the girls. Botan went up to them. "Why hello there! I'm Botan, the Grim Reaper of the human realm!" She shook their hands.
"Awesome! Great to meet you!" Kyla greeted with excitement. "I'm Kyla."
"A pleasure." Nyssa smiled as she shook her hand. "I'm Nyssa."
"Nice to meet you. Now, care to do some shopping?" She hopped on to her oar as it floated in the air.
"You bet!" the girls said.
"Hop on. I'll take you to one of my favorite malls! It has really awesome products that I know that you'll love!"
The girls awkwardly got on to the oar. "We'll see you guys later!" Kyla waved.
"That's if we don't fall to our demise on this. No offense, Botan." Nyssa added.
"None taken. Hold on!" she took off towards the wall, where a portal appeared.
Koenma sighed then looked back to Kurama and Hiei. "Those girls may have more surprises to come from their newly acquired blood, so watch them and if they request it, train them. Most likely they will be exhausted by the time Botan is finished with them, so you best to prepare rooms for them at your human home, Kurama." He took out a communicator much similar to the one that Yusuke had. "Use this to contact myself or Yusuke in case of emergency and things get out of hand." Kurama took the object.
"Anything else?" Hiei said, with some impatience.
"No, that is all. Dismissed."
Shadowess: Well? Should it be longer? I'd love imput but please, if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. Instead, just put '...' Arigato!