Chapter One: Hiroyuki

Disclaimer: We do not own Yu Yu Hakusho (much to our displeasure). Ayamae and Faith, on the other hand, we do own along with Hiroyuki.

Man! Why does my head hurt so much? And where am I? The six-year-old Ayamae wondered,rubbing the knot on her head as she looked around.

"So you finally woke up. Took you long enough," came a voice of a girl behind Ayamae. She turned and saw the girl was approximately the same age as herself.

"Who are you? Where are we?" Ayamae asked the girl.

"I'm Faith, and does it look like I know!"

"I don't know! We just met! You tell me!"

Faith glared at her. "No."

"Does that mean you don't know?"

"Well, DUH!"

"So… how do we get out of here… wherever here is?"

"Well… we could…"

"Could what?"

"… I don't know."

"What's wrong with you! Did you forget or something?"

"No, I thought if I started talking I'd get an idea by the time I needed to say it!"

Ayamae glared out of frustration. "Well… are you a demon?"

"Yep. I'm undefined, but I work with darkness and light, but am best with kitsune."

"Really? I'm undefined too. Of course, I'm best with fire and second with ice."

"How does that work out?"

"The same way as your light and darkness; they're separated."

"So… what does knowing our demon types do to help us?"

"Well, we need to know our strengths and weaknesses. That way we can find a way out of here," Ayamae explained.

"Ok, genius, do you have a plan yet?"

"No… but I'm working on it! Don't rush me!"

"I'm not! I just want to know what I have to do in this plan of yours!"

"Well if you would shut up long enough for me to think of one then you'll know!" Ayamae yelled.

"Don't yell at me!" Faith cried, tears streaming down her face.

Stupid child. Ayamae thought, rolling her eyes.

"I'm not a child! I'm six and a half!" Faith corrected.

"Really? When's your birthday?" Ayamae asked, wondering how much younger Faith was.

"It's April first."

"What! How are you older than me?"

"When's your birthday?"

"November 11th," Ayamae replied quietly.

Faith started to laugh, but stopped and glared at the doorway, which was behind Ayamae. She followed Faith's gaze until her eyes landed on a tall demon with long, wavy, black hair and glowing red eyes. His face was twisted into an evil grin. He started walking towards them and stopped at their feet.

"My two beautiful, little, six-year-olds," he said in his low, demonic voice.

"Three things: first, we're not yours. Second, we're not little. And third, we're not six!" Faith yelled the last part at him.

"We're six and a half!" Ayamae yelled.

"Does it really make that much of a difference?"

"Yes!" the girls yelled in unison.

"Whatever…" the demon sighed, shaking his head at them.

Ayamae and Faith stuck out their tongues at him and then looked at each other grinning.

Are you telepathic? Ayamae thought to Faith.

Why, yes I am! Faith stated in Ayamae's mind.

So… how are we getting out of this place?

Too bad one of us doesn't have a jagan eye…

Why do you say that? Ayamae asked.

We could attack him, since I have a dagger, with Sword of the Darkness Flame Faith suggested.

Do you have any idea how difficult the jagan eye attacks are! Even using to blade to save one's body is difficult! Believe me… I know. Ayamae informed Faith roughly.

How would you know?

Didn't you ever wonder why I wear my bandana down to my eyebrows?

Just a little bit.

I hide my jagan eye. I've been training for the last two years with these attacks. The innocent little girl act is too easy. I won't use the darkness flame, but I will read his mind to se what he plans to do with us.

Ayamae focused her powers, jagan eye as a filter, into the demons mind. Too bad these two must die… they're bound to grow up to be beautiful women.

What's he thinking? Faith asked, seeing Ayamae's eyes widen slightly.

He plans on killing us! Ayamae informed her companion, trying to summon fire to her hands, but found her spirit energy absorbed by the handcuffs on her wrists. She struggled slightly against them and found no give, which she had expected to be as such.

Killing us! Why would he want to do that?

Ask him, not me.

"Why do you want to kill us?" Faith asked him.

"What? How did you…? What makes you think that?"

"It's written all over your face! Remember we're girls. We know how to read people." Ayamae replied knowledgeably.

"Since you're going to die anyway I might as well tell you. I was told a prophecy stating I would meet my doom at the hands of two young, demon girls. These girls just happen to be you."

The girls just sat in awe upon hearing this until Faith got an idea.

"Well, since you're going to kill us, can we at least die honorably?"

The demon seemed confused as to what Faith meant.

"I mean would you let us die fighting you?" Faith clarified.

He thought about it for a moment. "Why not? I killed your families without any trouble. Two six-year-olds should be a piece of cake."

"Six and a half!" Ayamae yelled.

"Cake! Where!" Faith asked looking around their cell.

"Does it matter that much?"

"Yes!" they yelled simultaneously.

"Fine, six and a half," he sighed.

He unlocked Ayamae's chains then Faith's, but wasn't prepared for the strength of Faith's sudden attack. She kicked him in the face, sending him flying across the room. Ayamae took this moment to summon her Fists of Immortal Flame.

Faith stood at Ayamae's side and drew her dagger, not willing to use her spirit energy on an opponent she thought feeble and dim-witted. But she had miscalculated his strength for he had stood up and fired two balls of flame at them. Faith barely had enough time to put up her Night Shield before the flames hit its surface. She lowered the shield and Ayamae fired her Fists of Immortal Flame. The demon had just announced his name: Hiroyuki.

Of course, Hiroyuki had underestimated the girls' abilities. He realized this too late though, for he stood his ground and took a direct hit from Ayamae's attack. The fireballs hit him, one burning the left half of his face, the other, his upper right arm. He fell to his knees, but only when he started to stand again did the girls realize that they didn't have the strength to defeat him.

"Light Shards!" Fait yelled, summoning two shards of light. She quickly threw them, pinning him to the wall at each of his shoulders. Using this time to escape, the girls ran from the room. The last thing they saw of him was the light shards holding him securely to the wall.