hey everybody! I hope you all out there love this new story!
disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho or Inuyasha, they belongs to their original owners. I only own Hoshi, Yūgure, and Kouga!
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Beginning, Hoshi looks about 5…
"This has gone on long enough!" the elder ice maiden all but screamed, shoving a young girl with ice blue eyes in front of her. The child had long dark blue hair that had a little of a spiky edge to it, along with a white streaks in her bangs, which was very unusual among ice maidens, the feature only spotted among males, which hardly existed in this society in the first place. "Hoshi is nothing but a continuous threat to us. I will tolerate it no longer."
"Please," another ice maiden, the child's mother, begged, "give her another chance, she doesn't even know-"
"That is exactly why she is a danger to us! And we've already given you too many chances, this girl is now banished and can never return." The elder growled at the younger woman; who had taken hold of the girl's hand and given it a squeeze. The mother's eyes filled with tears that easily slid down her face then instantly transformed into tear gems before sprinkling into the snow.
"Y-yes elder."
The elder contributed the mother with a serene smile, "Good. Now give her over to me."
Hoshi's mother gave a sad nod before kneeling in front of the child, pulling out a necklace with a single tear gem on it, and placed it around young Hoshi's neck. Then she pulled her child into a hug, letting a few more tear gems fall to the frosty ground. "I'm so sorry, Hoshi. I'm so sorry."
After she reluctantly let go of her daughter and stood, the elder took a rough hold on the girl's wrist and started to pull her towards the cliff. Young Hoshi looked back at her mother and flashed a genuine smile, "I love you, mommy!"
It was enough to make her brake down again, this time falling to her hands and knees, tears clouding her vision, as the elder ice maiden dragged her young, sweet Hoshi away.
When the elder and child reached the cliff, the young girl glanced over the side, seeing a long fall down to a raging ocean. Then Hoshi was shoved off, when one was supposed to be lowered safely; but the elder bitterly thought that if the forbidden child died from the fall, then it would sooner end the risk that threatened all ice maidens. Hoshi had let out a surprised yelp, right before the ocean swallowed the tiny form.
A few days later…
Hoshi gave a small groan as she opened her eyes, to see the wood of a cabin roof. She was lying on some sort on bed, her hair and clothes felt dry and crinkled, and there was a faint scent of something cooking on the other side of the room. Glancing over, the young ice maiden spotted a man with dark blonde hair and red streaks, but since his back was to her, she couldn't see his eyes. From his aura and scent, she could tell he was a powerful demon. She tried to silently get up, but the bed squeaked when she tried to crawl out from under to the two heavy quilts covering her.
Without turning around, a gruff voice came from the demon, "So, you have finally awakened?"
The girl froze in mid-movement, terrified of want may happen once the man turned around. He did almost a second later, a mug with a warm liquid inside, steaming off little soft, transparent clouds. His eyes were a cool obsidian (black/stormy grey), gently looking her over from his position at the mini wood stove in the corner.
"W-who are you? where am I?" the young female's body tensed a little when he made his way over and handed her the mug before sitting on a chair next to the bad.
"My name is Yūgure, and you are in my cabin." When seeing a cautious look cross her small face, he let out a quite chuckle, "Do not worry, I have no intention to harm you, young one." Hoshi grinned up at him and started to rub the sleep out of her eyes. "and what would your name be, child?"
"I'm Hoshi."
Giving her a small smile of his own he asked curiously, "Why did I find you, young one, on the beach in this terrible weather?" he immediately became concerned and mentally cursed himself when her large eyes began to fill to the brim with tears.
"T-the elder took me away from my mommy, and threw me away like trash." She hiccupped.
Shocked that someone would do such a thing, Yūgure watched as her tears turned solid and fell with dull thunks onto the bed. He set his large hand on her head, "There, there little one, I will take care of you."
Hoshi's head looked up to stare at him, trying to dry her tears, "R-really?"
He gave her a delighted smile as he nodded, "Of course!"
Skip time until Hoshi looks about 9 maybe…
Master Yūgure! I did it!" little Hoshi laughed joyfully as she pointed out a half frozen, hay-stuffed dummy.
Yūgure smiled as he looked, then patted his student, who had become like a daughter, on the head. "Good job, little one. Now try using your other power."
"Ok!" the still small girl took a slightly off balance stance, which Yūgure would correct later, then allowed a small ball of red-hot flames to form in between her hands. Taking a deep breathe, Hoshi drew her arm back and pitched it at the dummy like a baseball. When the fireball struck it's target, it erupted into flames, not only melting the frozen side, but the other side was completely charred black and most of it was now in ashes on the ground. The girl looked back up at her father-figure. "How was that?"
Yūgure let a smile grace his lips as he kneeled down to give his little girl a hug, "That was very good, Hoshi."
Hoshi's eyes sparkled in delight of knowing that she had done well, they were also so adorable, being full of such sweet innocence.
Skip time until Hoshi looks about 13…
"M-master Yūgure!" Hoshi cried as she squeezed her father's hands. He coughed up blood; they were just outside his cabin, where she had laid him against the wall to help him sit up. Many demon corpses lay strewn all around, but Hoshi paid them no mind, they were all dead and her master was dying.
"Hoshi." His voice was hoarse, there were so many fatal wounds all over his body, he knew he wasn't going to make it.
"Master Yūgure…" tear gems started to fall with soft thunks to the ground. "Please don't die, please." She begged.
Knowing that the child was a determined soul, Yūgure sighed, though the pain from the action did spark throughout his body. "Listen to me, Hoshi. I have a friend, named Kouga. He's another wolf demon such as myself, who lives towards the other side of the woods. Go get him and bring him back here."
The girl nodded and wiped the tears from her eyes, then squeezed her father's hands one more time before standing taking off as fast as she could towards Kouga's home. She pushed herself to go faster and faster, to the point where her legs felt like bursting underneath her. Even though she had super speed, and was pushing herself well past her limit, she didn't know that once she had disappeared in a black and blue blur, her master/father silently prayed that Kouga would take her in and protect her, then he let the looming darkness swallow him as he let one last thought cross his mind.
'Never let your smile or light fade… young one.'
It was only thirty minutes later that a small tornado arrived at the scene, but it quickly disappeared to reveal a tall, black-haired, blue-eyed wolf demon carrying the small ice maiden in his arms; she had almost torn a major leg muscle on the way back, so he had picked her up and raced as fast as he could to the destination. The young girl had appeared by his house, seeing him chopping firewood, and shouted that 'Master Yūgure's in trouble! You have to help him!' Upon hearing his old friend's name, Kouga immediately asks the girl where he is, she tells him to follow her and takes off at a surprising speed for a young one who appeared no older than 13.
When they arrived, Kouga placed the young girl back down and she immediately ran over to where she last left her master. She fell to her knees and stared at his face; he was no longer breathing, and by the scent of death in the air, he had been dead for a little while. Salty tears clouded her vision as she covered her face with her hands and cried for her lost father-figure.
Kouga kneeled down next to the young girl, feeling like he should comfort her somehow, and decided to gently pull her into a hug and let her tears fall. He was slightly confused by the soft, almost muted thunk sounds, looking down; he saw a small pile of sapphire blue gems, none was any bigger than an acorn. But he forgot about it momentarily as he saw part of a small envelope sticking out of his friend's coat pocket. The girl crying in his arms seemed to notice as well, and let her grip on his shirt loosen as he reached over to pull out.
Turning it over, the wolf demon saw that it was addressed to him. Tearing the letter open, he quickly read it and understood three things:
One: if Yūgure were to die, the girl would go into Kouga's care.
Two: the girl was something very precious to the now passed-on wolf demon that needed to be raised well and protected.
Three is what confused him: she was a creature that would be sought after by many merciless demons. Kouga only understood that after reading over the letter a few more times.
Looking down at the girl, he saw large innocent ice blue eyes looking up at him, the tears that still laid in them pulled at his heart. There was no way in all the seven heavens and hells that he'd be able to refuse.
Deciding that it would probably not be a good idea to stay in the demon world, he came the conclusion that to protect his friend's pride and joy, he would willingly take her to the human world, as far away from demons as he could.
The blue-eyed wolf demon placed a comforting hand on her head and ruffled it lovingly, "What's you're name, little one?"
The dark haired ice maiden wiped a couple stray tears from her eyes before looking back up at his handsome face.
"My name's Hoshi. Hoshi Jaganshi."
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