[Anime] Unexpected Love

[Mizu Rose]

[anime]Unexpected Love
Yu Yu Hakusho based
By Mizu Rose

Disclaimer: I do not own YYH or any of its characters. The only characters I own will be listed below.

This story has been stuck in my head for quite some time now. And, although it's very far ahead in my mind, I have yet to catch up in writing it, since I just started. (How smart of me. *sarcasm*)

Anyway, this is a love story. Yes, a love story. I am a major Youko Kurama fan girl, but not one of those fan girls that would blow the whole world up just to have him. I respect him for who he is, and that he belongs to the creator of Yu Yu Hakusho. So, on with the story! (I know I didn't say much about it, now did I?)

Chapter 1 original character(s):
Nozomi Kajuji
Spiritual Officers (Didn't know what else to call them. ^^;; )

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-----------------------Chapter 1-----------------

A young girl sighed heavily, carrying her brown bag in her left hand. Her long, light brown hair danced around in the wind, her head slightly hung. She walked down a dirt path, surrounded by trees and nature; the birds fluttering in the wind, singing their song as loud as they could for all to hear. The young girl looked up slightly, seeing a house in the distance. Sighing again, she quickened her pace, wanting to get home as quickly as possible before night fell, and the sun was just beginning to sink in the horizon.

Her extremely short, light, yet very vibrant, purple skirt fluttered slightly in the wind, as her shirt, which appeared to be in the fashion of a sailor shirt, was also the same color of the skirt. At least, the neck part was. The skirt formed gracefully around her legs, showing more than she wanted, but was just long enough to cover what she was wearing underneath. Her shirt outlined her features. A skinny body, but not extraordinarily skinny, and a little above average breasts. She never really liked to wear things that revealed too much of something, but, for school, she didn’t really have much of a choice.

As she approached her house like mansion, she noticed the door was ajar, and felt as if she were being watched. She looked around the front of the house. Her small garden up front was destroyed; very few plants remained, but they were scattered and trembling like fragile children. She walked closer slowly, knowing that someone, or something, was still in her home.

She felt slightly annoyed. She’d been living in peace and quiet, not to mention solitude, until now. She did get a bit lonely from time to time, but she didn’t mind it much. She just wanted to go inside, have a nice cup of hot tea, and relax in her comfortable clothes. One of her windows was also broken. Sighing again, she bravely, and uncaringly, walked into her home, closing the door after she was in.

Before turning around, she said in a semi-loud voice, “Anyone who would break into this house is a fool. There are no valuables in here.”

As she turned around, her eyes were covered suddenly, so she couldn’t see who had her, and her mouth was covered with a white cloth. The two culprits that had managed to gag her lead her over to her sofa, which was, surprisingly, unscathed, and sat her down before taking the blindfold off.

She glared at them; both of the culprits were men. As she looked around her living room, it was full of men, who were just staring at her hungrily. She suddenly remembered that she was still wearing her uniform. She silently cursed them as her eyes landed on the one closest to her. He was tall, his long black hair put up into a high pony-tail, decorated with a broken witches hat that had a golden buckle just around the base of the hat. He wore tattered clothes that seemed to be a blackish-purplish color.

“Where is your leader, thief?” She asked coldly, her voice showing no fear.

He got closer to her face. “I could ask you almost the same question. What are you doing here?”

“This is my house.” She growled, giving him a colder glare.

He smirked. “Well then, we’re moving in, whether you like it or not.”

“Since when did you become the leader, Kuronue?” A powerful and deep voice filled the room.

Kuronue backed away from the young teenaged girl, who was looking in the direction of whence the voice came. A tall man, with silvery white hair and sharp golden eyes entered the room, his arms crossed. His eyes were on the girl, but he was addressing the man.

“Sorry Kurama. But, it looks like they’re still trying to find us, and we may have to lay low for a while.” Kuronue replied, stepping away from the girl.

Ignoring him, the man with golden eyes walked over, his eyes still fixed on the girl.

“Tell me...why are you not afraid?”

“Because, I know I’ve done nothing wrong. It’s you who has, however. You broke into my house! What lowlife breaks into someone’s house in which no valuables are hidden? I expected something more suiting for the King of Thieves.” She replied, looking away with her eyes closed.

He didn’t back away. Instead, he got closer, getting almost to her face. “And tell me, how is it you know who I am? If I’m not mistaken, only fellow Youkai’s know who I am. How is it that a human knows who the great King of Thieves is?”

She didn’t reply at first, but she said in a slightly quivering voice, “That is none of your concern.”

He smirked, knowing that he had got her into a corner. She would either attack, or tremble at his feet, which he doubted.

“Kurama!” Someone shouted. It was another man, running in from the outside, panting heavily. “They’ve….they’re almost here! We have to hide!”

Kurama looked down upon the young girl, who seemed to be looking at the clock.

“I will set you free. However, you must house me and my men. You must cook, clean, and take care of us until we leave. Is that understood?”

She turned her cold gaze to him. “Are you threatening me inside my own house? How low can you go, Youko Kurama?”

His eyes narrowed. “If you do not agree, I will have to kill you. Now, I’m positive a beautiful girl, such as yourself, has no desire to die at such a young age, now do you?”

She didn’t reply, but merely hung her head. “Fine, I’ll do what you want. But, no one, and I mean NO one, is allowed to go upstairs, not even you, King of Thieves.” She replied in a soft voice.

Satisfied with the answer, he cut the ropes, then ordered his men to hide throughout the house, but to not go up stairs. He respected her wish, and her courage, so he allowed her of her wish. He hid himself near the kitchen, where she had gone.

She sighed as she began washing the few dishes that were in the sink. Just as she was putting the last plate away in the cupboard above the sink, the front door was practically blasted off its hinges and men wearing the crest of King Yama rushed into the house. Most of them surged into the kitchen, hearing the noise of water running. The leader of the men stopped, causing the others to stop as well.

“Nozomi! By order of the king of Spirit World, we order you to tell us everything you know about the whereabouts of…” He suddenly had a good look at her. “….my you look lovely today….. I don’t believe I’ve ever seen you in your school uniform… It really brings out the......woman in you….”

She glared at him. “I’m sure King Yama will understand if I went to him personally and told him that his men were slacking off in their jobs just because of a girl.” She replied coldly, crossing her arms.

The leader laughed nervously. “Now, now… There’s no need for a threat. I was just asking…have you seen the King of Thieves? We thought we felt his presence in your house. If you are, please tell us. He is a dangerous man! He must be brought in by us!”

“Why? So you can reap the reward? That’s all men ever think about these days; greed. It’s as if you have no life... Besides, I believe that the King of Thieves is kinder than he thinks.” She continued, still glaring at them.

The leader laughed nervously again, then cleared his throat and looked around. His eyes landed back on Nozomi, who was now chopping a vegetable, in an attempt to begin to cook her dinner.

“What happened here, Nozomi?”

“The house was broken into, I’m sure that’s fairly obvious. However, nothing was stolen. Thankfully, there is nothing to steal in this house anyway. Now, would you be so kind as to leave? I would like to spend the evening in the tranquility of my home, not to be interrogated by a bunch of low lives such as yourselves.” She responded coldly, not looking up from what she was cooking.

“Alright…but, if you see or hear anything out of the ordinary, you know how to reach us. Farewell!” And they disappeared in a puff of smoke.

“Honestly… If they can do that to leave, why can’t they do that to enter as well? Instead of making my house look worse than it already is?” She said to herself quietly, chopping another green vegetable with slight anger in her chops.

Youko came out of his hiding place, watching her curiously. He didn’t want to say anything, for there was no point in doing so. There was a dull thud in the wall next to his head. Right next to his cheek was the knife Nozomi had just been using.

“You owe me, Youko Kurama. You owe me for saving you and the lives of your men. Even if I am doing this because you forced me to.” Giving him one final glare, she turned around and resumed her cooking, getting the big dinner ready. “They’re gone!” She called out, still cooking. “You can come out now!” But added in an undertone, “Filthy cowards…”

Youko’s ear twitched, having heard that last comment. He took the handle of the blade that had wedged itself into the wood and walked over to her. Coming up behind her, he put the blade to her throat and rested his head on her shoulder.

“Now, my dear, I don’t believe you would want anything bad to happen, considering that you don’t want to die yet.” He said quietly, looking down at what she was making.

She remained silent, but didn’t continue what she was doing. He soon placed the knife down on the counter next to her hand, and let her go, exiting the kitchen. Resuming her cooking, Nozomi merely glanced over her shoulder with a small smirk on her face.

--Later that Evening--

“Here’s your dinner. Enjoy, and don’t complain about it.” Nozomi said simply, having set the table for the bandits that were now living in her house.

They looked at her strangely, since she was still in her school uniform, then slowly began to sit down and eat the soup that was there.

“Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going upstairs. If you need me, just call.” She continued, before turning and walking towards the exit.

“Nozomi.”

She froze, then turned around to glare at Youko Kurama, who was leaning against the wall on the other side of the room. The men looked between them both, hearing this conversation.

“What is it you want, Youko?”

“Tell me, did you put poison in the food?”

“No.”

“Anything at all that could harm my men?”

“Not unless they’re allergic to food itself, no.”

“Hm…” Youko said quietly, smirking amusedly. “So, what did you put in it?”

“Eat it and find out, King of Thieves. We may have made a deal, but I am not your maid. Enjoy your food, and do not bother me.” And with that said, she walked up the stairs and out of sight.

The men remained silent for a few minutes, along with unmoving. But, pretty soon they were all eating the food.

“Damn, this is good!”

“You said it! It’s awesome!”

“Yea! Hey, maybe we can ask for seconds when she comes back?”

“I dunno if she’s going to come back… At least not until tomorrow…”

“Hey, you never know. I think we killed her house enough, I won’t barge into the kitchen to try and find food like some desperate person…”

“….whatever. Just shut up and eat.”

Youko heard these conversations, but said nothing to either be included, or to stop them. He glanced up the stairs, making it very hard to notice that he was looking there, then began heading towards the living room. There was another way to go upstairs, and he didn’t want his men to think that he was going up there for her. He was merely going up there to see what was so important to her that she wanted no one to go upstairs.

“Hey! Kurama! Where are you going?”

“I’m going for a walk. I’ll be back later…” He called back, before leaving the dinning room, closing the door to the dinning, so that they wouldn’t see where he was going, and began heading towards the other stairs that lead upstairs.

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That's the end of Chapter 1. Please tell me if you like it or not, or wish for me to re-edit it. The second chapter will be up soon. Hope you like it! (Please comment!)  

[Mizu Rose]

Thanks. xd But, to be honest, I don't think this one's going to be better than the first chapter. x.x It just...doesn't seem right. Oh well, here's Chapter 2!

[anime]Unexpected Love
Yu Yu Hakusho based
By Mizu Rose

Disclaimer: I do not own YYH or any of its characters. The only characters I own will be listed below.


Characters I own:
Nozomi Kajuji

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--In Nozomi’s room--

She sighed, letting her hair down from the pony tail she had had it in. She had just finished her homework, and was stretching when she heard the stairs creak. She glanced at her door, then shrugged. Getting up from her chair, she entered the bathroom located in the far left of her room and closed the door. Turning on the shower, she took her uniform off, folded it neatly, then entered the hot water, letting it wash all her worries away, for the time being anyway.

Outside the bathroom, Youko had just entered her main room. He was surprised not to find it completely pink, like all human girls seem to adore. Instead, he found natural cream colored walls, a wooden desk painted in black, and a bed that had comforters of different shades of blue. The desk was located on the far side of the room in front of the door, next to a balcony outlined by light blue drapes. They were pulled aside and showed the forest that surrounded the house. In the quiet of the night, you could hear the owl hooting in the distance, the crickets chirping into the night. Curious, as foxes naturally are, he walked over to the balcony window, seeing that she could easily open them up and walk out into the night if she so wished. Hearing the water running, he assumed that she was bathing, and decided not to invade her privacy.

“This house is so peaceful…lying in the heart of a forest… The perfect place for youkais to gather…” He said quietly, his golden eyes wandering over the millions of stars visible in the clear night sky. Looking back down at the golden chain that kept the windows closed, then carefully opened them, pushing them open. Satisfied, he stood in front of the windows, the night breeze flowing into the room and causing his hair to flow in the wind as well.

Shutting the water off, she exited the shower, wrapping a towel tightly around her body. Her hair lay plastered to her head, dripping with water. She looked around the bathroom, feeling that something was different.

“Damn it! I forgot to bring my clothes in here with me!” She realized, seeing that only her uniform was there, neatly folded. Groaning slightly, she decided to go out and get her clothes and quickly change.

Opening the door, she held the towel tightly to her body as she exited, closing the bathroom door behind her. She had only taken a few steps forward when her eyes landed on Youko, who was still standing in front of the balcony with the wind blowing through his hair.

“Oh…um…” She said quietly, blushing immensely.

At that moment, Youko turned slightly and looked at her. His face turned a light color of pink as his eyes traveled over her body, noticing all of her curves. He couldn’t stop staring, for some reason. Feeling her face turn even more red, she bravely walked towards him, keeping the towel close to her body.

“Um… Youko, can I ask a favor?” She asked quietly, obviously embarrassed.

Youko, however, did not reply. After a while, he realized that he was staring, and turned quickly away, cursing himself for acting like such a child when seeing something he really, really liked.

“What is it?” He asked tightly, his throat almost closed.

“Um… would you mind if you closed you eyes, and your ears? I don’t like it when someone sees, or in your case, hears me getting dressed?” She asked, her voice strained.

With his face turning a slightly deeper shade of pink, he placed his hands gently on his soft fox ears and forced them down until they were flat on his head; his eyes were closed already. Making sure that he was really doing as she asked, she quickly went to her closet and got dressed.

A baggy shirt, and some comfortable pants, the ones she usually wore while she was relaxing and at home. The shirt was a dark blue, and was just that plain color; no other ornament gave much characteristic to the shirt. The pants were plain black, and had two white lines running down each side of the legs. Putting her hair into a quick pony tail, she went back over to Youko. Tapping him on the shoulder lightly, she signaled him that it was ok to look and listen.

Dropping his hands to his sides, his ears shot up, twitching every now and then. She stared at them for a while, wondering about different types of fuzzy stuff that she would think is cute. Youko’s eye began to twitch, seeing as she was just staring at him now. After a while, it got to a point where his ears began to twitch with annoyance.

She made a small cooing noise, and he grew confused. Then he realized she’s not looking at me, she’s staring at my ears… How to prove that… He lowered his ears slightly. As they moved down, she did too. He blinked. She’s following my ears? How odd…. She seemed to snap out of it, then blush.

“I’m so sorry! Please, forgive me!” She said, bowing deeply.

“You’re acting different from before…” He said quietly, looking at her curiously.

“Hm?” She stood back up, thinking about it. “Oh! Yea, I remember! You see, I wasn’t in a very good mood today when I got home, and I’m used to living alone, so the sudden appearance of you and your men kind of caught me off guard, so it looked as if I were a snobbish know it all.” She explained, smiling sweetly.

There was silence in the room, Youko staying quit since he didn’t really need to talk at the moment. Nozomi was merely smiled at him, knowing that he was caught off guard by her sudden change in attitude.

“Oh, right! C’mon! We should get back down stairs. I’m sure your men are still hungry.” She said suddenly, grabbing his wrist and pulling him along towards the door.

He snatched it away angrily, his ears twitching as well. “I don’t need a foolish woman’s help! And don’t you dare touch me again.” He snarled, then exited the room, heading down the stairs and out the front door and into the night. She shrugged, then went down the stairs herself to be welcomed by the men.

“Please! Please, gimme some more food! PLEASE!!!” Most of the men pleaded, glad that their boss wasn’t there to see them out of character.

She laughed. “Alright, I’ll serve you all some food. Sorry I took so long.” She entered the kitchen and got the pot on the stove to begin heating up. “It won’t take that long, but you guys can go watch some TV, or walk out in the garden if you want. Or, you can explore the house. You guys can go upstairs, just not my room, ok? I’ll call you when it’s ready.”

They stared at her in shock. She blinked. “What is it? Is…something wrong?”

Kuronue walked in. “You caught us off guard with your sudden change in attitude.” He replied simply, wrapping an arm around her shoulders lazily.

She blinked, then started laughing. “Oh, that? I was just in a bad mood. But, don’t worry, this is my normal mood. Now, go ahead and explore the house, I don’t mind. Just…don’t go into my room. Privacy, you know.”

Kuronue’s arm slid down to his side again as he nodded and walked out of the kitchen. Most of the other men did the same, and a few remained.

“Do you mind if we just relaxed?”

“Of course. You can go watch TV if you want to. The remote to it is on top of the TV itself.” They stared at her, completely clueless. “You’re telling me you’ve never heard of a TV before?” They shook their heads no. Sighing, she lowered the temperature to the food and went into the living room, followed by the men.

“This is a television. This is a remote. You push the buttons on the remote in order to change the channel. That’s about as simple as I can put it… Here you go.” She explained, placing the remote into a man’s clawed hand.

“By the way, you and that other man, Kuronue, you seem to be the leaders when Youko’s not around. I know Kuronue, but, what’s your name?” She asked politely, smiling kindly up at him.

“You may address me as Yomi.” He replied simply, yet politely.

“Alright then, I’ll call you when the foods ready.” With that, she bowed slightly then left the room at a slight run.

“What a strange girl…” Yomi said quietly, then looked back at the TV.

“How do you turn it on, Yomi?” A man asked, looking over his shoulder at the remote.

Yomi glared at the man. “We’re youkais, and we’re not stupid. The button that has the word ‘power’ on it shouldn’t be that hard to figure out, should it?”

“Uh….no…?”

Ignoring him, Yomi pushed the power button, then began playing around with the different channels. The other men soon sat down with him and began watching a random TV show.

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There's the second chapter! Please reply and tell me how you like it. ^_^ (I just finished writing it in Microsoft Word, so hopefully it's ok... Oh well.)  

[Mizu Rose]

That'll come in a later chapter though, when Youko's going to be more OOC. Anyway, I finally wrote chapter 3! ^_^


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[anime]Unexpected Love
Yu Yu Hakusho based
By Mizu Rose

Disclaimer: I do not own YYH or any of its characters. The only characters I own will be listed below.

Characters I own:
Nozomi Kajuji

----------------Chapter 3-------------

Nozomi mumbled in her sleep, having fallen asleep on the sofa. The time was 7:45 am, a time she normally would have left. She turned on to her left side, her back facing the TV. Last night, the men hadn’t had a good meal in a while, so she spent most of the time cooking for the starving men. Youko hadn’t come back at all last night and she was worried about him. Shocking for someone to care about the King of Thieves, but she was a naturally kind person, so she couldn’t help it.

“Do you think we should wake her…?”

“Nah… Kurama said not to bother her…”

“Yea, but doesn’t she have school?”

“What is school?”

Nozomi mumbled in her sleep again, turning around under a cream colored blanket, hugging a cushion. A scent wafted into the room; the smell of food being cooked. Nozomi, still exhausted from the night, merely turned over onto her side, mumbling, “…something…smells good….”

“Dude, she’s talking in her sleep…”

“So? Don’t you cry for your mommy in your sleep?”

“Shut up! I do not!”

Nozomi sat up, eyes half closed and barely aware of her surroundings. The room got abnormally quiet, but it didn’t seem to affect her in any way. She slowly turned to look at the clock and stared at it for a while.

“Holy frickin’ crap!” She shouted suddenly, throwing the blanket off of her and across the room. She ran out of the room, stunning the men with her amazing speed. She ran up the stairs, skipping a few along the way, and disappearing inside her room by slamming the door shut behind her.

“Wow…” Most of the men said quietly, staring after her.

Both Yomi and Kuronue rolled their eyes, not believing that this was happening. Nozomi ran back down the stairs again, wearing her uniform now, but trying to tied something around her wrist, carrying her bag in her left hand. She paused at the base of the stairs, taking a breather from running about so much. She glanced at the clock. 8:05 am. She sighed.

“I guess I won’t make it until around 8:45…” She said quietly, still oblivious to the men watching her. “Oh well… I might as well eat breakfast…”

She slowly made her way to the kitchen, trudging along as if she were forced to by some unknown force. As she came into the kitchen, she paused, staring at who was standing there, cooking. The man turned slightly, hearing that someone was there. He had flaming red hair, and astonishing emerald green eyes. He had such a kind, yet intelligent facial expression it would make any normal female melt. She stared at him, still half dazed, and slightly dizzy, from waking up too fast. She looked over his features, jus staring at him. He seemed to be doing the same thing as well, curiosity etched into his handsome face.

“Good morning, Nozomi.” He greeted after a while, smiling at her.

“Good morning…” She replied slowly, watching him closely. She walked up to him and poked his forehead, causing him to blink out of confusion. She then took a strand of his beautiful red hair and tugged lightly. He didn’t seem affected, he was just curious as to why she was doing that. Seeing that he wasn’t bothered by it, she decided to pull a little harder. He gently grabbed her hand and lowered it slightly.

“What exactly are you doing, Nozomi?” He asked curiously, yet expecting a smart reply. (Smart as in a smart-a**)

She looked at him closely, staring into his eyes, her face filled with a serious expression. She backed off slightly, letting him have room to breath again, then quickly pulled one of his hairs out. His eyes flashed at the pain, but he said nothing and placed a hand on the spot where it hurt the most.

“Why on earth did you do that?” He asked quietly, rubbing the spot tenderly.

“Because I wanted to make sure you’re your own person.” She replied simply, examining the strand of red hair. She then looked up at him. “I’m sorry, but I can’t help it. I thought there was something strange about you, since I thought I didn’t know you, but you knew me.”

He raised an eyebrow. “Oh? And who exactly do you think I am?”

“You’re the human form of Youko Kurama, King of Thieves.” She replied, closing her eyes and turning away, not wanting to look at him anymore.

“Hm, I’ll give you credit. Not many humans actually know of, or have even heard the name ‘King of Thieves’. How is it you found out?”

She looked over her shoulder at him, smirking. “Your eyes. You have the same type of calculating and sly eyes as he does. Besides, it’d be awkward if Youko inhabited a woman’s body when he’s clearly a man. Or, at least I think he is.” She explained, shrugging slightly.

Kurama couldn’t help but chuckle. What she said was true, after all. Not to mention that she made a good point.

Hey! When are you going to give me back my body?

‘Whenever it’s time to change again. After all, we don’t know how long we’ll stay in the form. Besides, I have not been out in a while. I believe I deserve this chance to get to know miss Nozomi better.’

Oh, I see. You’re already falling for her! Youko’s mocking laugh filled the inside of Kurama’s head, causing him to have a slight glare in his eyes.

“Your human name is Shuichi Minamino, spirit detective.” Nozomi continued, watching him closely.

“Indeed, that is the truth.” He said quietly, still trying to handle his situation with Youko. “Tell me, how did you know what my human name was, and how did you know that I was a spirit detective? I am no longer in their services…”

“Because Youko began coming out more after you changed your physical form in order to mimic his powers during your fight against Sensui.”

Dead silence in the kitchen. The men who had been hiding behind the kitchen door, who heard everything, didn’t even try to make a sound. Pure shock was etched on Kurama’s face as he stared at her.

Damn… She read us like a book… Not bad.

‘It sounds as if you approve of her, Youko. Perhaps you like her as well.’

As well, huh? Heh, it looks like I was right when I said that you liked her, or was beginning to, anyway.

Snapping back to reality, Kurama put a plate of food on the table. “You should eat. I’m sure you’re running late for school, aren’t you?”

“Mhm…” She replied, having quickly sat down and had already begun eating. When she finished her breakfast, she quickly grabbed her bag, put her shoes on, then ran off.

“What a strange girl…” Kurama said quietly to no one in particular, before he took the plate and put it into the sink. Quickly, and calmly, washing it, he entered the living room, sat down on the sofa, and began reading a book that lay on the coffee table before him.