Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Taking Care Of Yoko ❯ Chapter 10 ( Chapter 10 )

[ P - Pre-Teen ]
KS: Yeah!! More reviews!!! Thank you! I'm very sorry that I haven't been updating but I have a lot going on. I mean, seriously I have to stay after school for an hour for practice or yearbook meeting, then I have to do homework, which takes me another. Then I have to eat with my family and why am I telling you readers this... Ohhh, well I shouldn't be talking about my life right now. Please review!!!!!

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It took Yuske and Kuwabara two hours to get themselves out of the tree and find their clothes. "I'm killin' her when I find her!" Yuske exclaimed.

"Not if I get there first," Kuwabara grumbled.

As they walked through they hit into one of the demon markets, and where hit with the oncoming streams of demons. Uh-oh! They don't know what there in for, do they?

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Kori remembered every little space and every little thing in the house. The halls and doors that had been so hard to remember, but had come soon to be not even thought of, just walked in or to.

Kori walked slowly throught the house. It had been sixteen years since she had walked through the house. Sixteen years since she had last seen Yoko, dieing in her arms...

She brushed away the thought, Yoko was back now, even if he was only the small fox that was nibbling on her hand again. At least he wasn't dead. At least he was breathing. At least he was alive.

The first thing that she noticed was the white enveloped with the name "Kori" scrawled on it. "Hm?? What the hell?" Kori muttered, as Yoko came along trying to catch her black tail. By the scent that lingered it had been dropped off earlier.

It read:
"I know what you've been looking for, well not really. Meet me at the Tenshi Tavern at twelve. Be there, Kori. I know you'll like this. Maveilo."

She wanted to burn the letter. She wanted to forget that she had ever seen that name. She remembered the last time she had seen him. It had to be at least thirty years ago, when both Yoko and Kuroune were alive.

~*Flash Back*~

"This place is quite interesting, Kori," Kuroune stated.

"Yeah, interesting... Kori, how the hell do you come across this place?" Yoko asked.

"You come across alot of places when you're on your own," Kori replied.

The small shop seemed crowed. But Kori could still make out the small, red headed, yellow eyed, lizard demon, in the bright green robes coming toward her. He shifted his glasses, making his eyes seem ten times bigger.

"Hello, Kori. An honor to have you here again," Maveilo stated, giving a slight bow.

"You attract weird demons, Kit," Yoko muttered under his breath, and Kori replied with an elbow to his stomach.

"I wanted to show you something," the lizard demon stated, moving quickly through the crowd. Kori followed silently, leaving the fox and the bat behind.

"What is it?" she asked, as he pulled something out of a drawer. He handed her an oval shaped mirror, around the edges was carved the many animal demons- from six tailed kitsunes to two tailed nekos, graceful birds to slithering snakes. "Wow. It's beautiful."

"Yes. But dangerous," Maveilo replied. Kori raised her eyebrows, as in asking a question. "Well, when this mirror was created it was thought too beautiful for anyone to own or even look at. So they put a curse on it. Anyone who looks into it will see their heart's greatest desires."

"But how is seeing your heart's greatest desires a curse?" Kori stated. She had been staring into it for the past few minutes and was only getting a swirl of colors. She though she might see her family again, but no.

"Ahhh, Kori. I understand what you're saying, but do you know what demons will do to get what they want. If they see their heart's greatest desires, they might go after it and that might not be their heart's real greatest desire. It's only for the moment. They might end up living a miserable life because they could've lost what they might have truly wanted in a couple of years andnot realize it. Thats why you should not look into it. I mean, have you seen the way humans go after something they want. It's disgusting sometimes. But back to the mirror, if you don't go after whats in the mirror, you'll end up happier because you'll wind up with your heart's desire."

"Are you positive about that?" Kori asked. "'Cause what if you don't go after it and that truly is your heart's desire and then you lose it?"

"Well, I didn't think about that.."

"And what if your heart's greatest desire happens to be dead? You can't go after it, can you?"

"No, Kori. But you'll spend all your time with the mirror coveting what you can't have. Besides, you might think that's your heart's greatest desire, but it might not be."

Instantly, the colors turned into a person. A person that she had been thinking about quite often... Gold eyes stared back at here and it took everything in her body to make sure she didn't scream. Those eyes seemed to read her soul and she wanted to tear out her heart now that she had seen its desire.

~*End Flash Back*~

"Maybe I should just stay here..." Kori said to herself.

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Somehow, Kori had found herself at Tenshi Tavern. She walked inside and found the small lizard demon immediately. She sat across from him and Yoko climbed up on her lap.

"Oh!!! Kori, you have a child?"

This was going to be a long day.
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