Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ The Tree ❯ Chapter One: Winter ( Chapter 1 )

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A/N:Hello. This is my first story on media miner but it has already been posted on fanfiction.net. Constructive criticism is always welcome, but please no flames.This is all in Keikos POV and while there will be no direct romance in this story I will be doing a sequel.

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THE TREE: PARTING / GOODBYES

As I walked through the park I noticed our tree. Do you remember our tree, Yusuke? We planted it when we were in kindergarten; it was about as tall as we were then. Now as I look at its bare branches weighed down with the falling snow I can't help but remember everything, like my memories are all stored in this solemn looking tree; our meeting, the games we played around its base, meeting Kuwabara and you beating him up. Your death and miraculous comeback. Koenma, Hiei, Kurama, and Botan. Yukina and Shizuru. Our first kiss…and our last goodbye.

I remember you lead me here holding my hand reassuringly in your strong grasp. As we reached the trunk you pulled me into your arms and rested your cheek upon my head, crushing me against your chest in a warm embrace, blocking out the harsh bite of the new winters wind. Slowly you pulled back and looked down at me with tears in your brown eyes…it scared me. Why were you looking at me like that? Why did your eyes hold such an empty lost look?

Tentatively I reached up my hand and cupped your cheek, which you nuzzled in response causing your tears to trail over my hand and down my arm before finally coming to rest on the frozen ground. Then leaning down you kissed my lips with such sorrow that it made it sweet, and after lingering there for a few minutes you whispered in my ear; “Goodbye, Keiko.”

Then you turned and walked away.

You walked away and didn't look back, leaving me standing there shaken and confused. After all you were just going on a mission, you were coming back…weren't you? But why then did this `goodbye' feel so final...why did it feel as if you were saying `goodbye' for the last time?

Realization hit me and I sank to my knee in the snow. You were gone.

Forever.