A Yu Yu Hakusho Story #9

Meanwhile, Samana has already started her training. She is meditating in front of a waterfall. Samana awoke from her meditation.1

"I must learn to harness my powers at will," Samana said to herself.2

*Samana tries to remember the fight against Reiko3

"All I can remember is that I got really pissed at Reiko for what she did to Hiei."4

Samana recalls her dream: Hiei was lying on the ground dead because Reiko killed him. Samana recalled the pain and anger for Reiko.5

Samana's eyes began to glow as bright as the sun.6

*Images of Reiko killing Hiei flash through Samana's mind.7

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Samana screams in pain. Bright lights shoot everywhere destroying anything and everything in their paths. Samana screams in pain holding her head, then she falls to the ground and stops glowing. Samana lay useless on the ground, everything around her is destroyed, and it is as though she is unconscious in the middle of a gray, ashy desert.8

{Meanwhile}9

Hiei, Kurama, and Yusuke are training when they feel a very large and powerful ki get strong and almost completely disappear right in the middle of their training sessions.10

"You feel that?" Yusuke asked in a very serious tone.11

"Yes," Hiei said, "Should we go check it out?"12

"I think that would be best, Samana and Kuwabara are probably already on their way to it as we speak."13

"Or maybe they are in trouble," Kurama suggested.14

"They probably want to fight with whoever made that large ki to get stronger,"  Hiei said. And with that Hiei, Kurama, and Yusuke made their way toward the place where the ki was last sensed to be coming from. In the middle of getting toward the place where he ki was last, they meet up with Kuwabara.15

"There was a large ki coming from somewhere around here, Urameshi," Kuwabara said in a very serious voice.16

"We know, that's where we are headed," Yusuke said.17

"YOU MEAN YOU'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR THAT THING!?"18

"Well yeah, we have to find out what did that." Kuwabara nodded in agreement and continued running with Hiei in the lead. They passed through so more trees and came upon a vast ash desert.19

"What the Hell happened here?" Kuwabara said shocked and still serious.20

"Beats me---" Yusuke began21

"LOOK!" Hiei said pointing to a small speck in the very center of the desert.22

"What? I don't see anything."23

"It's that stupid eye of his," Kuwabara said sounding rather annoyed.24

"It's not stupid! You dumb ass, at least I'm not a weakling!" Hiei shouted.25

"Why I outta---" Kuwabara began.26

"Hiei, what did you see?" Kurama said calmly. Hiei took a better look and them immediately looked shocked, "What is it?"27

"It's Samana!" Hiei ran to her, and the others followed as best as they could. When they all reached Samana, Hiei and Kurama kneeled down to see if she was all right.28

"How is she?" Kurama asked sounding quite worried.29

"Well, she's alive," Hiei responded.30

"I wonder what happened to her. Hiei, could you read her mind and find out what happened?"31

"I've never tried that on an unconscious person, but I will try."32

*Hiei started to read her mind, he saw the blast and felt the pain.33

Hiei screamed in pain and clutched his head.34

"Hiei! What is it!?" Kurama asked trying to yell over the screaming sounding worried, but Hiei continued screaming, "HIEI!?" Hiei blacked out from the enormous pain he felt.35

"Well it looks like we'll have to carry them both back now, Kurama," Yusuke said.36

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Yusuke, Kurama, Kuwabara, Boton, and Keiko sit in Yusuke's living room while waiting for Hiei and Samana to awaken from their painful encounter.38

"So what do you think happened to Samana, Kurama?" Yusuke asked.39

"I don't know, Hiei went unconscious before finishing reading her mind," Kurama said.40

"Maybe we have another enemy out there."41

"That just could be possible."42

"Why isn't Koenma here, he could let us know what happened!"43

"For once, you thought of something smart all on your own," Boton said excitedly. Then Boton left.44

"Where is she going?"45

"Probably to get Koenma," Kurama said, then Kurama stood up and started to walk away.46

"Where are you going?"47

"I'm going to see if our sleeping beauties have awaken yet," Kurama said then walked down the hall into the room.48

"Did he call Samana AND Hiei sleeping beauties?" Yusuke asked raising one eyebrow and looking confused and freaked out at the same time. {Meanwhile} Kurama stepped into the room. Where Hiei was already awake and sitting in a chair in front of where Samana was still unconscious.49

"How is she?" Kurama asked.50

"Well, I'm not sure, when someone is unconscious, their minds are totally blank and unreadable," Hiei said still looking at Samana.51

"That's not what I meant, you read her mind when she was just passed out, so what happened?"52

"I can't really say."53

"Why not?"54

"Because all I saw was this extremely blinding light and feeling an immense pain, it was horrible, I never felt that way before," Hiei said in the same annoying 'I'm arrogant' tone of voice he always talks in, "And what's even worse is that the pain I felt was only the tip of the iceberg."55

"What do you mean 'the tip of the iceberg?"56

"Well, I didn't get the full blast, she did."57

"Do you think she will live through it?"58

"I don't know, it's hard to tell."59

"I sure hope she makes it."60

"I'm sure she will."61

"How do you know?"62

"Because she is getting up." Kurama watched Samana flutter her eyes a little before opening them and struggling to sit up straight.63

"Samana, you shouldn't  get up just yet, that was quite a hit you took."64

"I'm fine," Samana said still struggling to get out of bed.65

"Bull shit you're fine. Get back into bed and rest you are not going to school tomorrow," Hiei warned Samana.66

"But, there is a test and I---"67

"No, you're getting rest."68

"What are you, my mother!?"69

"No, but you still have to rest."70

"Well, if I can't get up on my own, then will you carry me to the others. I'm sure Yusuke will want his bed back."71

"Fine---"72

"Hiei you're in no condition to do anything either," Kurama warned.73

"I can do this, fox."74

"No you can't."75

"I'm a demon, I can take hits."76

"She is also a demon, but she couldn't take this hit, so neither can you."77

"Excuse me," Samana said in a sweet and angelic voice.78

"Hn?" Kurama and Hiei looked at Samana still lying on the bed.79

"STOP TALKING LIKE I'M NOT HERE WHEN I AM RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU!" Samana said losing her angelic voice. Hiei and Kurama both looked at her in surprise.80

"Ok Kurama, you can carry her," Hiei  said still a little shocked from her sudden outburst. Kurama leaned over and picked Samana up and out of the bed. Samana put her arms around Kurama's head to keep her balance. Hiei looked at Kurama with a little bit of jealousy in his eyes. Kurama carried Samana out to the living room and Hiei followed close behind them. Everyone looked up at them.81

"Um..." Yusuke stared at Kurama and Samana, "Isn't Samana suppose to be Hiei's girlfriend?"82

"Yes well, Hiei still is a little beat," Kurama said.83

"Sure, I gotcha," Yusuke said with a wink. Kurama ignored Yusuke's remark and set Samana on the couch.84

"Thank you very much Kurama," Samana said politely. Hiei glared at Kurama.85

"What is it Hiei?" Kurama asked smirking.86

"Nothing," Hiei said still glaring.87

Hiei talks to Kurama telekinetically:88

"I said I would share, but now they are gonna get suspicious," Hiei said.89

"Well, maybe if you were to act more like her boyfriend, they wouldn't get suspicious," Kurama said coolly.90

"So Samana, how are you feeling?" Keiko asked politely.91

"Well, I'm feeling a whole lot---" Samana began.92

"Cut the crap, what happened in the first place?" Yusuke interrupted rudely.93

"Well, I um..."94

"Were you attacked?" Keiko asked sounding worried.95

"I was not."96

"THEN WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED!?" Yusuke said giving an angry yet worried glare while pulling Samana's shirt like he was about to punch her.97

"..." When Samana didn't answer, Yusuke let go of her shirt and plopped back onto the other couch and crossed his arms all tough-like.98

"Fine, whatever, don't answer me. Not like I care anyway." Samana sat up and looked around the room.99

"Where's Boton?"100

"She's with Koenma," Yusuke said bitterly.101

"Samana, I have your mail," a girl said from behind the couch. Everyone turned to look and it was Boton.102

"May I have it Boton," Samana asked politely.103

"Sure," Boton said handing the mail to Samana with watery eyes.104

"What's wrong with you?" Samana said taking the mail.105

"Oh, nothing." Boton wiped away the tears in her eyes and gave a fake smile.106

*Boton thinks "I saw what happened to Samana, the poor thing. Every time she goes in to her most powerful state, she loses more than just her strength...She loses a piece of herself too. One day she will be one of the most powerful wolf demons to exist, but she won't be able to use her powers to do anything more than kill. Unless she can find the will to fight her powers, she will either lose control of herself...or she will die from lack of energy trying to fight her powers."107

"Boton, you're crying again," Samana said looking at her strangely, "What's wrong?"108

"Nothing," Boton said in a worried voice. She quickly wiped away her tears.109

*Boton thinks "She has no idea what is happening to her, unless she can find herself, she will have no soul. And with no soul, she can never die and she can never live, she will merely disappear. She will become a puppet to her powers..."110

"Sorry everyone, but I have to---" Boton began.111

"Hey! I'm invited to the dark tournament!" Samana said happily.112

"What!?" Boton said shocked.113

"Yeah, I'm strong enough to be invited!" Samana said with a huge smile.114

"You can't go," Boton said flatly.115

"WHAT!? Why!?"116

"Because it is too dangerous."117

"You can't be serious! I'll be fine in a few days!"118

"..." Boton looked at the floor *Boton thinks "If only that were true, Samana."119

"I have to go now." Boton walked out the door and left everyone bewildered.120

"What the Hell, why was she crying?" Yusuke said bewildered.121