Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Lost and Found ❯ Tragedy at the Minamino's ( Chapter 14 )

This chapter is dedicated to mocha cocoa because she can write these kinds of scenes better than me. Hope you like it!

Chapter 14: Tragedy at the Minamino's

Hiei lay in a tree taking one of the many breaks she had started to loathe but since Tina joined he had to take some breaks for she wasn't a youkai and had to take a break but amazingly it was every few days. For a human she had a lot of endurance.

"Hey, ningen," he called.

"My name is Tina."

"Whatever. How do you stay warm? All you wear are those light clothes. Why don't you freeze to death?"

Tina smiled and pulled up the sleeve of her shirt to reveal a tattoo with the kanji for fire on it, and a few other runes.

"The Koorime put this on their human guards, so that the many layers of clothing wouldn't get in the way."

"Ironically smart."

"Why don't you like the Koorime? Every time you mention them it's filled with hate and scorn. Why?"

"It's none of your business."

"You must have some reason."

"It's none of your business!"

"Hiei! Tina!"

They looked up to see Hinageshi flying toward them at breakneck speeds. She looked panicked and scared.

"Oh, thank Enma I found you! I thought I wouldn't reach you in time!"

"What is it, woman?!" said Hiei impatiently.

"Shiori was in an accident! She's dying!"

Hiei's eyes widen in shock and quickly ran to the nearest portal, leaving Tina and Hinageshi trying to keep up. He ran to the Minamino house where Kurama's room was the same as the day he left it. Hiei looked around the house to find no one. Running on the roof he looked angrily at the ferry girl as she flew toward him, Tina hanging onto her small body for dear life.

"Where is she?!" he growled.

"At the hospital. Everyone's already there!"

He ran toward the hospital as fast as he could. Quickly walking in he went to the head clerk and looked straight at her.

"Where is Minamino Shiori," he growled.

"Room 312, but it's family only."

"I am family." And he walked toward the room. He found the others in the waiting room, all in tears. Yukina couldn't control the tear gems that came down her cheeks as Kuwabara held her against his chest. Keiko was crying against Yusuke's shoulder and the others cried silent tears.

"They wouldn't let us in," said Yusuke who had spotted Hiei. "Said family only."

"Aren't we?" inquired Hiei and walked in the room, the others followed. Shiori was laying on the bed wrapped in bandages and monitors hooked up to her. Hiei walked up to her and unhesitantly took her hand. Shiori drowsily opened her eyes.

"Hiei," she said with a smile. "It's good to see you again. Have you found Shuichi yet?"

"I'm getting close. And I'll keep searching like I promised."

"I know you will. If anyone can find Shuichi it's you."

"I will find him . . . kaasan."

Shiori smiled at the fire Koorime. Since she unofficially adopted him he had never called her mother. Through she knew little about the boy she felt as if she knew him her whole life, as a mother should. She could tell that he was in pain from something long ago and didn't know how to heal it. She hoped that her Shuichi will be the one to do it. Oh, he told her they were just friends but her heart told her something different. He loved her son and she knew somehow, far away, her son loved this mysteriously clad boy. Her son was mysterious too, always keeping something from her, like he had a great burden on his shoulders. She hopes that Hiei was the one to remove it.

Hiei looked over at Koenma and asked in a low voice so Shiori couldn't hear, "Can't you do anything?"

The Prince of Death shook his head. "I can't do anything this time, but she will be sent somewhere pleasant. I can do that much. For the kindness she showed Kurama she deserves it."

Hiei closed his eyes and felt a tear gem fall. Quickly catching it he gently set it in Shiori's hands. She closed her fist tightly around it and smiled up at him.

"Hey, you," said a nurse walking in, "you can't be in here. "Family only."

"We are family," said Yusuke defiantly, an angry look on his tear streaked face.

"Blood relatives only. None of you are related to her."

"It's alright, nurse. They say true. They are my family."

Everyone looked at Shiori as she smiled weakly at them. The nurse nodded and left. Hiei turned back to Koenma.

"How long?"

"An hour, maybe two. I cannot say. I'm sorry."

"It's not your fault. I wish I could have stopped this!" He said the lost part in a growl and closed his fist tightly. What was he going to tell Kurama when he found the fox? Kurama would be devastated, not being here while his mother dies! Hiei didn't know what to do. At that moment he wishes he could turn back time and stop this from happening.

"You can't change the past Hiei," said Shiori squeezing his hand, "but you can change the future. I know you will find Shuichi. Take care of him."

"I will."

They were silent for a few minutes, silently crying for one of the kindest people in the three worlds.

"Hiei, please tell me a story," said Shiori.

"I know one, Shuichi used to tell it to me."

"I would like that."

"Well, once long ago, there was a kitsune, a silver one. He was the greatest thief to walk on the earth. Then one day . . ."

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Shuichi was playing with Rahne and Shinken when an ice cold feeling gripped her heart. She gasped and shivered at the coldness that had struck her.

"Mama, what's wrong," asked Rahne.

"I don't know. I had a cold feeling in my chest."

"My mommy used to say that when your chest felt like ice," said Shinken, "then someone close to you is in trouble or dead."

"Do you believe it?"

"Yes. I've felt it when my parents died. It was horrible. I was cold for days."

Shuichi nodded and looked at the domed sky. Something was wrong at home and it was bad. A tear silently slid down her cheek as she sang a melody Shiori used to sing her.

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Well, not as good as mocha's but I tried! That's the least I could do. And to Venomous Angel of Hades, yes I have read it and review! A great story.