Domination
prologue
by Hieiko
Domination
Prologue: "And so it begins..."
by Hieiko Chang Maxwell
3 am. In an apartment building in Tokyo, a dark-haired youth slowly trudged up
the staircase. He ran his fingers through his hair, then frowned as he realized
that he had not taken a bath for almost a week. Finally he reached the seventh
floor, and in a few more steps he would be home. Even though home meant a
regularly drunk mother and an apartment filled with discarded boxes of fastfood.
Standing at the door, he searched his pockets for his keys. Out came a Swiss
knife, a broken shoelace, ten bucks... no keys. The only choice was to knock.
He raised his fist to knock, when suddenly it swung open, and his mother fell
forward against him.
"Yusuke...? You've come back..." her voice quavered as she wrapped her
arms around his waist.
"Ofukuro, you're drunk again. C'mon let's go inside," Yusuke said in a
tired voice.
Urameshi Atsuko tightened her embrace. "I'm sorry that I didn't make
dinner..."
"Never mind." Her son flicked on the light.
And gasped. "What happened here?!!" he demanded. The windows were
broken, the furniture smashed... THEN he looked at her.
Blood trailed down the side of her face. Tears still streamed down her cheeks as
she continued to mumble incoherently. Her blouse was ripped from neck to left
shoulder; knife wounds were visible on the exposed flesh.
"K'so! I have to get you to a hospital!" Yusuke cried, panic rising in
his chest. He gently lifted his mother in his arms. "Whoever did this is
going to pay." he added quietly, anger slowly building up.
"It's too late," she whispered, "just remember that I've always
loved you, Yuu-chan..."
"NOOO!!! OFUKURO!!!"
* * * *
"I've made up my mind."
The Prince of Reikai looked up from the papers on his desk to find the leader of
the Reikai Tantei standing before him. The Prince stared silently at the young
man.
"Didn't you hear me, Koenma?" the youth said, dark brown eyes
narrowing in impatience.
Koenma's face showed no expression. "You do realize that I could have fixed
everything so that you would agree with what we wanted? I'm perfectly sure that
the recent *event* was the only thing which made you see things our way."
The reply came swiftly, in a strangely clear voice. "Yeah, you could have.
But you didn't. I'm the only one you're all waiting for, right? Well, I'm here
NOW."
"It's about time, Yusuke." A third party joined in the conversation.
From the shadows, the familiar figure of a blue-haired deity stepped out.
Tightening her ponytail and brushing off imaginary lint from her kimono, she
grinned at him.
"Konnichiwa, Botan," Yusuke greeted her without returning the smile.
Botan went to stand beside Koenma. "We should move quickly. Everything is
already planned out. Keiko-chan and Shizu-chan have also begun preparations. The
*others* are merely waiting for our go-signal."
Koenma nodded. "And so it begins..."
~tsuzuku
Author's Notes: The beginning of an *evil* fic... C & C's are welcome.
E-mail hiei@otakumail.com
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