A Yu Yu Hakusho Story #14

Samana walked in the door and shut it behind her.1

"What was all that about?" Yusuke asked.2

"What?" Samana asked a little dazed.3

"Before, you were up in everyone's face as soon as we mentioned the name 'Yumi'."4

"Oh, that...I just need some rest is all sorry." Samana walked into her room and shut the door behind her.5

"Whoa what a mood swing."6

"She was going crazy before, and now she's so calm that it's almost as if she were in some kind of trance," Kuwabara said.7

"I'm going to go talk to her, Yukina?" Keiko said.8

"Yes?" Yukina asked.9

"Could you please come with me?"10

"Oh, of course." Keiko and Yukina got up and started walking but were stopped when Boton said something.11

"Stop. My search ended, I have photos of 3 Yumi's in this tournament," Boton said tearing the photos off, "Hiei, which one is the one you saw?" Hiei pointed to the girl he saw earlier.12

"Now I just type in her name...Done...*gasp*"13

"What is it Boton?" Keiko asked.14

"I-I-I-It can't be..."15

"What?" Yusuke asked.16

"She's her...mother."17

"WHAT!?" everyone said in unison.18

"Here, I'll read it to you. *ehem* 'Yumi Kimora is a master of telekinesis, but gave up on perfecting it when she met up with Tajii Tanaka, the wolf demon known for his many talents at the Dark Tournaments. Yumi Kimora soon became Yumi Tanaka when she married Tajii Tanaka, and they had a child name Samana Tanaka, but they lost her in the human world not too long after she was born. They now take part in the Dark Tournament every year in hopes that Samana will take part as well and finally rejoin their family. If you find Samana Tanaka please contact us immediately at 555-3576'."19

"Wow, no wonder she has telekinesis and wolf demon powers," Yusuke said.20

"That must be why she freaked out when she heard Yumi's name."21

"Of course! She already knew! She must have, otherwise she would have never reacted to Yumi's name," Keiko said.22

"Ok, fine you all caught me," Samana said coming out of the room.23

"So you knew about Yumi being your mother?"24

"Yes, but I have never met my father. Yumi, she wasn't there to raise me, but she is still my mother.  I have only seen her a few times. She dropped off gifts for my birthday and other holidays every so often, but not always. She would never stay long enough to have an actual conversation, so I try to see her whenever possible."25

"So you knew this whole time and never told us?"26

"It never mattered. It was just part of my personal life that nobody needed to know."27

"You do realize we are going to have to fight both your mother and father then, right?" Yusuke asked.28

"Yes, I know. And I have no intention of taking it easy on them. I just don't want them to die."29

"Well then, I will have no intention of killing them," Kurama said politely.30

"I won't kill them, but I'm not taking it easy," Yusuke said.31

"I don't enjoy killing anyone, so that's a given," Kuwabara said honorably.32

"What about you Hiei?" Samana asked.33

"..."34

"HIEI!?"35

"I won't kill them..." Hiei said annoyed.36

"Thanks guys, oh, it's 9:30, better get Hir---" Samana stopped herself realizing Hiro was killed earlier this afternoon.37

"Oh, Samana," Keiko said sorrowfully.38

"Excuse me, I'm going to sleep now."39

"Good night," everyone said in unison. Samana walked into the bedroom and shut the door behind her.40

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The next morning Yusuke, Kurama, Kuwabara, Hiei, Keiko (holding Puu), Yukina, Koenma (teenage), and Boton are sitting on the couch watching TV.42

"So where are we going today?" Keiko asked.43

"We don't have any fights today, so maybe we could go out to eat or something," Kurama suggested.44

"Or we could order in and hang out here," Kuwabara said.45

"That sounds good to me," Yusuke said.46

"Me too," Keiko said. Everyone agreed. Samana walked out of the bedroom and into the bathroom and shut the door behind her.47

"I wonder if she wants to come," Kuwabara said. The shower started.48

"I think she is just going through her morning routine," Keiko suggested. A few minutes later the shower stopped. And Samana came out of the bathroom in a towel and walked straight into the bedroom. And a few minutes later Samana came out of the bedroom in a light blue low spaghetti strap shirt and a white skirt.49

"Good morning," Kurama greeted.50

"Good morning," Samana smiled.51

"Feeling better?"52

"A little bit, I still miss Hiro, but there is nothing I could have done. And I will see him again someday."53

"That's positive thinking."54

"I guess so." Koenma whispered something to Boton.55

"But sir, that just can't be done," Boton said shocked slightly.56

"Just do it, I'll explain later," Koenma ordered, "Have fun, we'll be back later tonight." And with that Boton and Koenma left.57

"What was that all about?" Samana asked.58

"Beats me," Yusuke said.59

"So where are we ordering from?" Keiko asked. They all discussed it for a little while and finally came to an agreement of Chinese food. When it arrived everyone sat on the couches and played cards on the coffee table, everyone except Hiei. Hiei was looking out the window.60

"Hiei, wanna play cards?" Samana asked shuffling the deck.61

"No," Hiei said flatly.62

"Fine, have it your way." Samana delt the cards. Hiei got up and walked out the door.63

"Where is he going?" Yusuke asked.64

"I'm going to follow him," Samana said getting up and leaving her cards behind.65

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Hiei sat in the woods in meditation.67

"If you were going to meditate, you shoulda invited me," Samana said standing in front of him.68

"Meditation works best alone," Hiei said keeping his eyes closed.69

"What's your problem? I should be the one moping around, my son just died!"70

"He was my son too!" Hiei stood up.71

"Well, you never showed signs of caring for him before!"72

"..."73

"Exactly!"74

"Well, I..."75

"I'm sorry, I'm just so upset. I shouldn't have yelled." Samana had tears running down her cheeks again.76

"It's ok, I understand. This is a hard time for you." Hiei embraced Samana to help her feel better.77

"Hiei---"78

"Shhh...You don't have to explain yourself, just relax."79

"Thank you." Hiei smiled and Samana smiled back.80

"So would you still like to meditate?"81

"Sure." Samana sat down with Hiei and meditated.82

{Back at the hotel}83

"Hiei and Samana have been gone for some time now, do you think they are alright?" Keiko asked.84

"I'm sure they are fine, they are both pretty tough people. They can take care of themselves," Yusuke said laying down some cards face down.85

"Bull shit, Urameshi," Kuwabara said.86

"I'm serious, they can take care of themselves."87

"I mean BS to your cards."88

"Damnit." Yusuke picked up the pile of cards laid in front of him.89

"I'm going to go look for them," Kurama said. laying a couple cards on the table face down.90

"BS Kurama."91

"Take them Yusuke, I in fact told the truth." And with that Kurama walked out the door. Yusuke picked the cards up. Yusuke laughed.92

"What's so funny Urameshi?" Kuwabara asked.93

"He lied, man he is good," Yusuke said with a smirk.94

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~95

Samana and Hiei are meditating in the woods. But the meditation is broken when Samana begins to talk.96

"Hiei?" Samana asked.97

"Yeah," Hiei said keeping his eyes closed.98

"We have been out here for two hours."99

"has it really been that long?"100

"Yeah, I think the others might be getting worried."101

"Your probably right." Hiei stood up.102

"Ok, let's go." Samana stood up.103

"Before we go I'm gonna do something."104

"What is that?"105

"I need to get my shirt out of that tree." Hiei pointed to a tree.106

"Ok, take your time."107

"I will." Hiei jumped into the tree.108

"Didja find it?"109

"I must have the incorrect tree."110

"Ok take your time."111

"Alright." Hiei searched in a few trees.112

"Didja fi---"113

"What was that?"114

"..." Hiei jumped down holding his shirt in one hand to find that Samana wasn't around anymore.115

"She must have gone back to the hotel." Hiei walked back on the way he met up with Kurama.116

"Where is Samana?" Kurama asked.117

"She must be back at the hotel, didn't you see her?" Hiei asked.118

"No, I thought she was with you."119

"Well she's not with me..."120

"Maybe she is back at the hotel."121

"She must be." When Hiei and Kurama got back to the hotel, they didn't see Samana.122

"Did any of you happen to see Samana?" Kurama asked.123

"I haven't seen her since she left right after Hiei. Isn't she with you?" Yusuke asked.124

"She was, but when I got my shirt outta the tree, she was gone," Hiei said, "And I thought she might have been sick of waiting for me to find my shirt, and come back here."125

"Well, she wasn't here...Wait a sec, why was your shirt off?" Yusuke smirked.126

"For your information, I was meditating. And not having my shirt on helps me concentrate on everything around me."127

"Sure it does." Yusuke smirked.128

"It’s not like I’m a girl, I can go around without a shirt on if I please!"129

"Ok, ok, chill out flame boy." Yusuke looked around, "Where's Kurama?"130

"What?" Hiei looked around," Oh shit, I bet he went to look for Samana. If he finds her before I do, I'll never hear the end of it." Hiei rushed out the door with Yusuke right behind him.131

"KUWABARA! Get your lazy ass up! We could use your help," Yusuke said before shutting the door.132

"I'm coming," Kuwabara said lazily.133

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Hiei and the others stopped where Hiei had last seen Samana. Kurama was already there searching for signs of her.135

"You find anything, fox?" Hiei asked.136

"Not yet," Kurama said searching through bushes.137

"Are you sure we have the right place?" Kuwabara asked sleepily.138

"I'm positive," Hiei said flatly.139

"Over here!" Yusuke shouted.140

"What is it?"141

"Footprints."142

"She was dragged somewhere," Kurama said.143

"But the tracks stop at this bush," Hiei said.144

"Look," Yusuke said pointing to a branch, "This branch must have been broken off to hit Samana."145

"What makes you say that, Urameshi?" Kuwabara asked lazily.146

"There's blood on it," Yusuke said annoyed and held up the branch.147

"Oh."148

{Meanwhile}149

Samana is lying on the floor. Her legs and hands are tied up, and she is blindfolded.150

"Where am I?" Samana asks herself.151

"You're in my hotel room," a girl's voice said. Her voice was angelic, yet cold.152

"Who are you!? What do you want?"153

"Oh, it's not me who wants you---"154

"THEN WHO!?"155

"It is my brother who wishes to speak with you."156

"Let me loose or I will annihilate you!"157

"How can you when you're tied up with a special power rope that cannot be broken with any kind of demonic power or telekinesis, and you're blindfolded, so you cannot see your target with your telekinesis."158

"But---"159

"We watched you fight, we know how your powers work."160

"Please, let me go, I must fight soon."161

"And then my brother would have gone to all that trouble of getting you for nothing, I don't think so."162

"Please, I beg of you---"163

"Kaioae, leave her alone," A man's voice said.164

"Well fine then," The girl now identified as Kaioae said snottily. Samana's power ropes were loosened and the blindfold came off.165

"Thank you, sir," Samana said kindly looking at the man. He had short brown hair, brown eyes, wore blue jeans, and a light blue T-shirt.166

"No problem, my name is Jiro," The man said.167

"Jiro...Do I know you?"168

"Yes, I'm in your math class."169

"Oooooh, of course. Do you know who kidnapped me?"170

"Yes."171

"Who?"172

"I did."173

"WHAT!?"174

"I need to warn you---"175

"Well then why the Hell couldn't you just tell me!?"176

"Because I need you to be alone with me."177

"Well...This still seems odd, but what is it?"178

"Your father..."179

"Yes, what about him?"180

"He is going to kill someone on your team---"181

"That's a lie! My father wouldn't do such a thing!"182

"Yet you've never met your father, so you wouldn't know."183

"..."184

"I don't know who, but I saw him talking with your mother. They plan to kill one of your team members."185

"Why are you helping me?"186

"Because I don't want to see you hurt again."187

"What do you mean?"188

"I saw your reaction to your so-called son's death. I don't want you to be in any more pain." Jiro's eyes were soft and understanding.189

"I believe you."190

"Good, because I don't want Yusuke or the others to get hurt, and I don't want you hurt either."191

"Thank you."192

"No problem." Samana thanked Jiro again and left.193

"Did she buy it?" Kaioae asked.194

"She did, Kaioae," Jiro snickered.195