In the Dark of the Night

AN= This may sound choppy but the present activity is not the main focus of the story, the journal is the main focus in the first part, as they discover the true power of ghosts and find out what sort of childhood Kazuma Kuwabara really had. They will start to read the journal from the beginning, which was started by his mother, then there are entries by his father, once Kazu is old enough to write he will be making his own entries.

This is not as easy as it sounds. I will in effect be writing in four perspectives ; Mother, father, Kazuma as a child and then the teen Kazuma. I picture his mother as using 'proper speech' heh, The father I'' still toying with. I will be jumping from journal entry to entry, there's no way I'll write over 400 entries !_! But I can go from 12 to 43 etc.

Chapter one


Yusuke looked over at Kurama who was holding on to the journals. "You did find Hiei in the Makai, right?"

"Actually, no." Kurama ignored Yusuke's sputtering to finish his explanation. "Hiei was already in Ningenkai and he found me. It seems that he had some imps watching over Yukina. The imps failed to report back to him so he sent another one to see what was wrong."

"I came as soon as my imp returned with the information that Kuwabara's house was destroyed." Hiei glowered as he entered Genkai's shrine. "I went to go look at the house myself. My Jagan eye could find no trace of Yukina, Kuwabara or his sister."

"Kurama!" Botan yelled as she ran into the room. "We found the first one!" Catching her breath Botan told them that the agent that was sent into England undercover had obtained the first journal at the gates of house where Kuwabara was born. "The agent said that a ghost just handed it over to him, saying that they couldn't allow him to enter the house itself at this time. We have no idea what that means. Koenma-sama is using his resources in Reikai to search for clues about that and anything that has to to do with Clan Kuwabara. It's not as easy as it would have been three years ago before King Enma disrupted Koenma's support system in Reikai."

"Hold on, Kurama if you didn't have that one how did you know that there were three of them?" Yusuke listened as Kurama stated that the journal they read out of earlier was titled as Volume Three. "Oh, of course."

"Shut up, all of you and lets see how the first journal begins." All witty comments died as Genkai started to read the very first entry.

Entry 1

I am Kuwabara Amanda. I am starting this journal to record the supernatural events that seemed to have increased during my latest pregnancy. I hope to find a clue as to why this is happening.

Perhaps I should start at the beginning. My mother was the great-granddaughter of Virginia Foxx. My father was the grandson of Dr. David Holmes. Therefor I am descended from two lines of famous western spiritualists. My husband is the head of an ancient line of Japanese spiritualists. All four of of our daughters are showing promises of psychic powers. I am only six months along in my latest pregnancy and the entire family is swearing that my unborn son (Yes! It's a boy this time!) is already showing signs of a strong psychic ability.

That, I fear, is where the trouble begins. I am currently sitting in the rose garden of my father's manor in Essex, England. There is no wind, the air is still yet the garden gate is swinging back and forth. As I write these words there are small foot prints appearing in the dirt not but ten feet from me.

Pardon me, I took about fifteen minutes to give my attention to the ghost. It is Abigail, a child that died in a fire in 1209 when she was only seven. It is rare for Abigail to approach someone, even if they are psychic.

So far, she is one of the gentler ghosts of this old home. There are many ghosts, ghost balls and ghostly happening that can be called a haunting presence. The haunting presence is best decribed as a haunting but not of a persona, such as the sound of footsteps. Last week, every mirror my husband would look into would crack, every mirror had the same exact pattern. Just last night there was another ghost ball that was floating about. At first we thought it was harmless like the others that have followed me about. However this one's energies were more - vibrant, as if it was a higher energy-wave. It is difficult to put such psychic sensations into words. Spoken language is so limited when it comes to expressing psychic phenomena, that is why I prefer to speak to my dearest husband and children with my telepathy, it conveys so much that words cannot.

I digress,The newest ghost ball was more energetic and larger than the prior ones, it was also a dark read hue--

"Oh no!" Botan cry interrupted the spell of silence that had fallen within the room. "That's not good at all!"

"Why don't you shut up so we can hear what happened!" Hiei glared at the guide. As much as he hated to admit it, this was something he wanted to hear. The Jagan eye may allow him to control minor ghosts, but he only got the Jagan less than eight years ago. He still has little experience with ghosts, and none with the greater powers of the incorporeal.

"You don't understand, Hiei! A ghost ball that meets that description is not good, one that evil shouldn't be free in the Ningenkai in the first place! Spirit World takes care of those threats here in the East, those type of spirits are seen as a threat greater than many of the loose demons in Ningenkai." Botan fretted over this fact. 'I didn't get a chance to say is that a ghost ball of that magnitude is so rare that it could be that 500 years may pass before a dying soul transforms into it. Although there have been a few truly powerful hate-mongers in the west in the last half-century alone, such as that Hitler guy. Even a man to thought on the 'good guy' side could have that fate if he let paranoia dictate his actions, such as that MacCormak ... no, I think it's McCarthy ... did in the United States during the West's Cold War.'

"Okay dimwits, I'm reading again. If you talk, I'll physically toss you out!" No one wanted to test Genkai's threat.



The newest ghost ball was more energetic and larger than the prior ones, it was also a dark red hue. As I descended the stairs it floated up to the ceiling. I had reached the foyer when I heard the tinkling of the crystal chandelier. I heard a ghosts cry out in warning and an unseen force knocked me to the side and out of the way of the falling chandelier. If the spirit didn't help me to get out of the way, I would be under the that ten foot tall wreck and crystal shards would have pierced my flesh!

That has not been the only attempt to harm me. A week ago I awoke to stinging sensations on my stomach. When I removed my nightgown, I had found claw marks. I am beginning to suspect that I am not the true target. I fear that these attacks are actually centering on my unborn child. I am merely 'in the way', sort to speak.

TBC
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Author's Note= As I often do, I use the manga more so than the anime. In both anime & manga Yukina comes to stay in the Ningenkai while the three demon boys go to the Makai. In the anime she stays at Genkai's temple but in the

Manga Yukina lives with the Kuwabaras! So in my story Yukina was living at the Kuwabara residence.

Before anyone flames me about Hiei= It's stated that Hiei got the Jagan in order to find his sister, Yukina was a prisoner of Tarukane's for 5 yrs. = the 3 yrs. in the Makai =8 yrs. If you don't like my math TOO BAD it MY fic: ;p
In the graphic novel YYH #3 pg.120 it says this about the Evil Eye (aka Jagan Eye) =exerts control over lesser demons, ghosts, and humans at a glance.