Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Young Immortal ❯ Chapter 19
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By: MageDragon17 
Anime/Manga: Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 10.21.2004 | Pages: 4 | Words: 3.0K | Visits: 343 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 10.21.2004 | Pages: 4 | Words: 3.0K | Visits: 343 | Status: Work In Progress
Disclaimer: As I would normally say, I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho.
-Telepathy-
(Thoughts)
Chapter 19
Shiroi feel asleep very quickly, and was surprised and happy to see her mother appeared.
"So you've finally shown you father that you're a survivor," Naoru said.
"I would have died if Yukina and the others hadn't healed me," Shiroi said.
"That may be," Naoru said, "but Botan told me that you had a very strong will to live. She said that several times they had to stop to keep you alive, but once they started doing that you bounce back, so to speak of."
"I guess," Shiroi said. "Now I'm an orphan."
"That may be," Naoru said, "But there are so many people very willing to protect you." Naoru smiled at something that she knew and that her daughter didn't.
"What do mean?"
"All of those people you know, and actually one in particular, but I won't say who."
"Mother!"
"My lips a sealed," Naoru said. Shiroi slumped down on the invisible floor in defeat. "Don't worry, it's nothing that'll do you any good now."
"I hope so," Shiroi said. "I hope I get better soon, I really don't want to stay cooped up in my room."
"You'll figure out ways," Naoru said. "Now then, Botan told me that you made quite some fine jewelry a few weeks ago."
Shiroi nodded, "Mm-hmm, it was easy too." She didn't mention something else she had been working on.
"Well, that my just be the key to what you can do in the future," Naoru said. The woman got to her feet, "It's time for me to go; you need your rest if you want to recover." Shiroi nodded and the woman vanished.
***
The next day, Yuseke, Kurama, and Hiei were sitting at the temple waiting for Kuwabara.
"What is taking him so long?" Yuseke asked as he looked at his watch.
"He'd better have a good reason for being late," Hiei grumbled.
Finally Kuwabara appeared coming up the stairs, but he was carrying something in his jacket.
"What's in your jacket Kuwabara?" Genkai asked as the boy hopped up the last stair.
"I found them," Kuwabara said as he began pulling the folds of his jacket away. "They looked like they were dumped in a dumpster, but they managed to get out." He pulled away the last found to reveal two, very wet kittens.
"Typical," Yuseke muttered.
Genkai thought for a moment, "The fastest way I can think of getting them dry is to let Shiroi summon the water off of them."
"Is she awake?" Kuwabara asked.
"She woke up just a little while ago, but she may not allow you in." Kuwabara nodded and headed toward Shiroi's room.
Shiroi was sitting in her room, reading a novel that Botan had loaned her a month before her father appeared, and now Shiroi finally had time to read it.
When the door opened she looked up to see Kuwabara poking his head in. "Yes?" she asked.
"Can I ask you a favor?" Kuwabara asked.
"What is it?" Shiroi asked.
"I found these," he held the kittens inside the door for her to see. "They're all wet, could you maybe summon the water off of them so they don't get sick?"
Shiroi nodded, "How can I say no?"
Kuwabara grinned, "Thanks." He was trying to kick of his shoes. "Give me a second please." He put the kittens down just inside her room and vanished back outside. A few seconds later the door opened and Kuwabara stood there with his shoes in his hand. "If I leave the door open can I come in?"
Shiroi nodded. He opened the door as far as it would go and picked up the kittens and brought them to her. She took both of the kittens in her bandaged hands and set them on her lap, luckily enough Kuwabara had set his jacket there anyway.
"They're not soaked," she said. "But even being damp could kill them if it gets too cold." She raised her hands over them and water began to fly away from the kittens and form under the girl's palms. When she was done, she formed the two small globes into one big sphere, like the other two she had, except this one had swirls of dirt in it.
She looked up and found that Kuwabara had not been her only audience. Yuseke, Kurama, and Hiei were standing there. Hiei was leaning on the wall just inside her room, Yuseke at the door jam, and Kurama at the wall near Yuseke.
"When did you three show up?" Kuwabara asked.
"While she was summoning the water away," Yuseke answered. He winked at Shiroi and the girl looked back down at the kittens.
Now that the kittens were dry, them seemed a bit more active. Shiroi wanted to put the new sphere with her others, but the trunk she kept them on was just a little to far out of her reach.
Hiei felt like being nice, and asked, "Where do you want it?"
"Huh?" Shiroi asked.
Hiei came forward, "I'll put it there for you, where do you want it?"
"Just next to the other ones," Shiroi answered timidly. He took the sphere from her and set it down next to the other two. Then he went to the wall and sat down; which was only a few feet away from her.
Kurama, Kuwabara, and Yuseke exchanged quick glances, but they didn't say anything.
The kittens in Shiroi's lap where curious enough that one of them tumbled out of her lap and onto the floor. It didn't seem fazed, and walked on unsure legs over to Hiei, who was watching it keenly.
When it pawed his boot, and then climbed on it, Hiei said, "That's not a thing to crawl on." The kitten took no notion of what he had said, and began chewing on the laces that went up the leg of his boot. "Hey!"
Kuwabara was rolling on the floor with laughter, and Yuseke and Kurama were laughing too, but they were keeping their dignity.
Hiei was able to get the kitten by the scruff of the neck, but he only had it by two fingers. "I warned you," he said to it. The kitten only meowed and tried to bat at him with its paw. "Hey!"
As if the laughter of the others wasn't enough for him to take, a new, lighter, and quieter voice entered with them. Hiei looked up to see Shiroi clutching her side, but she didn't seem to be in pain. She had her other hand just over her mouth, and her realized she was the new voice.
She was laughing. For the first time since she had come there, she had finally learned to laugh again.
The others didn't seem to have noticed, but when Yuseke saw Hiei looking at the girl, he noticed too. He turned out the door and caught Genkai's attention, and beckoned her over quickly.
"What?" the old woman asked. She looked inside and saw the scene, and smiled. Not only was Shiroi laughing, but the other kitten had gotten to Hiei as well, and the demon was trying to pry it off his other leg while still holding the other kitten.
That got Yuseke laughing again, and got Genkai started.
Hiei got a hold of the other kitten, got himself sitting cross-legged, and set a kitten on each knee. "You two-hey!" One kitten had jumped off his knee and was exploring elsewhere. "Hey I'm talking to you" Suddenly there was a tugging at his neck. He looked down to see that the other kitten had its claws in the scarf around his neck. "This isn't fair!"
Everyone was laughing prettying hard now, even Kurama and Genkai was sitting on the floor.
Hiei got the kitten's claws out of his scarf and glared at it, but when it licked his nose he went cross-eyed, which brought on more laughing from everyone.
Hiei grumbled and set the kitten down on the floor, which had now finally lost interest in him and went to go and see what his sibling was doing. The laughter finally died down and Yuseke asked, "So, now that we're all out of breath and Hiei's glaring at us; it's still early, so what should we do?"
"Does catching our breath count as an option?" Kuwabara asked.
"I would have to say yes to that," Yuseke answered.
"What's going on?" Botan appeared at the door.
"Would you believe me if I said Hiei made Shiroi laugh?" Yuseke asked.
"Not really," Botan answered.
"He did," Kuwabara said as he picked up both of the kittens. "These two were in on it," he added as he held them up.
"Now I believe you," Botan said smiling.
Genkai said to the boys, "You four met here for something, now get to it so Shiroi can get some rest."
"But Genkai," the girl said, "I feel fine, please can't I get up?"
"No," Genkai answered, but she wasn't the only one. Everyone in her room had answered with the same thing.
"You may feel just fine sitting there," Kurama said. "But you still have a half healed hole in your side, you don't want that opening further do you?" Shiroi shook her head.
All of the guys filed out, Genkai at the rear, leaving Botan and Shiroi alone.
"Why did they tell me the extent of my injuries a day after I wake up?" Shiroi asked.
Botan shrugged. "I don't know." She picked up one of the two kittens, and Shiroi took the other one. "So, was Hiei really that funny?"
Shiroi nodded, "You watch kittens make a fool out of him and then not laugh at him."
Botan giggled, "I guess you're right." She put down the kitten, "I guess I should check and see how your wounds are healing." Shiroi nodded and put the kitten down. Both of the kittens seemed to have had enough action for one morning, and curled up at one end of the girl's bed and fell asleep. "At least we won't have to worry about those two," Botan said as she removed the bandages from the girl's hands.
Her hands were almost completely healed. When the bandages were taken off, they bled a little, and stung, but Botan said that they were healing well and would be only scars in a couple more weeks.
Her side though, was going to take a lot more time. "It's still pretty deep," Botan said. "The reason you're not feeling a lot of pain from it is because Yukina put a sort of numbing spell on it. The spell will last until the wound is close to being healed, so when it wears off you won't want to be moving around a whole lot."
As Botan was re-bandaging her, there was a knock on the door. "Who could that be?" Botan wondered aloud. "Just a second please," she called and quickly finished bandaging the girl.
When she finished she went to the door and opened it. "Yes? Oh, Koenma-huh?"
"Hey Botan," Koenma greeted. He was in his teenage form, but that's not what startled Botan. It was who was behind Koenma that startled her.
Emperor Enma was behind his son. It was the first time Botan had ever seen the ruler in the human world before.
"Emperor Enma, Sir," Botan gasped. "What a surprise."
The big man nodded, "I suspect it would be," he said. "I never come to the human world when I know there is someone who can go in my place. But today, I need to speak with the girl personally."
"But Emperor Enma Sir," Botan said, "By no means am I trying to be disrespectful, but if you walk in her, Shiroi will be terrified."
"That's why I brought someone with me to help keep her calm." The ruler snapped his fingers and a woman stepped out from behind him.
"Naoru?" Botan asked.
The woman nodded. "Yes, it's me. Emperor Enma has granted me a body for a short time so I can accompany him on this visit. He knew very well that the girl would be terrified of him, and he also knew that she would be better if I was here, so he asked me to come with him."
"Well that makes sense," Botan said. "Hang on just one second please." She turned back inside. "Uh, Shiroi, Shiroi?"
"Yes?" Shiroi asked. The girl had gotten herself to her trunk, which was now opened. "I know who's here, I just need to get something out of here." She pulled out something, but she didn't let Botan see it. She closed the trunk and put everything back on it, and then crawled back into bed.
Botan nodded and turned back to the door. "Sorry to keep you waiting, please come in." She stepped back and allowed Koenma and his father in first.
Shiroi was expecting Koenma in his teenage form, but nothing could have prepared her for his father. Emperor Enma's head barely missed the ceiling, and if that didn't make him intimidating enough, just the look of stern anger on his face made the girl tremble.
Her trembling only lessened slightly when Naoru walked in. Seeing her mother in front of her made her believe she was dreaming, but when the woman smiled at her, she knew she wasn't.
Naoru looked up at Emperor Enma, waiting for him to allow her to go and see her daughter. The ruler nodded and she walked over.
"Surprise," she whispered as she went down to her knees and hugged her daughter.
"But how?" Shiroi asked as he mother let her go. "How are you here?"
"Emperor Enma granted me a body while he visited you, since he knew you would be terrified of him. He knew I would make you feel a little better while he was here."
Shiroi nodded and her mother sat down next to her and they both faced the Emperor.
The ruler cleared his throat. "Well, I know most of you are wondering why I came out here, so I will answer that. I came here because I had heard of this girl and what she had been through, so I had to meet her for myself. But that's not the only reason why I came here." He looked straight at Shiroi. "I need to speak with the girl, privately."
"Privately sir?" Naoru asked.
"Must I repeat myself?" Emperor Enma asked.
"No sir," Naoru answered. She looked at Shiroi, "You'll be just fine," she whispered. She got up, along with Koenma and Botan, and they left the room.
***
Author's Note: Looks like Hiei and kittens don't mix, te-he. What would Emperor Enma want with Shiroi? You might not like the next chapter; it's a little emotional. Reviews are quite welcome, please.
-Telepathy-
(Thoughts)
Chapter 19
Shiroi feel asleep very quickly, and was surprised and happy to see her mother appeared.
"So you've finally shown you father that you're a survivor," Naoru said.
"I would have died if Yukina and the others hadn't healed me," Shiroi said.
"That may be," Naoru said, "but Botan told me that you had a very strong will to live. She said that several times they had to stop to keep you alive, but once they started doing that you bounce back, so to speak of."
"I guess," Shiroi said. "Now I'm an orphan."
"That may be," Naoru said, "But there are so many people very willing to protect you." Naoru smiled at something that she knew and that her daughter didn't.
"What do mean?"
"All of those people you know, and actually one in particular, but I won't say who."
"Mother!"
"My lips a sealed," Naoru said. Shiroi slumped down on the invisible floor in defeat. "Don't worry, it's nothing that'll do you any good now."
"I hope so," Shiroi said. "I hope I get better soon, I really don't want to stay cooped up in my room."
"You'll figure out ways," Naoru said. "Now then, Botan told me that you made quite some fine jewelry a few weeks ago."
Shiroi nodded, "Mm-hmm, it was easy too." She didn't mention something else she had been working on.
"Well, that my just be the key to what you can do in the future," Naoru said. The woman got to her feet, "It's time for me to go; you need your rest if you want to recover." Shiroi nodded and the woman vanished.
***
The next day, Yuseke, Kurama, and Hiei were sitting at the temple waiting for Kuwabara.
"What is taking him so long?" Yuseke asked as he looked at his watch.
"He'd better have a good reason for being late," Hiei grumbled.
Finally Kuwabara appeared coming up the stairs, but he was carrying something in his jacket.
"What's in your jacket Kuwabara?" Genkai asked as the boy hopped up the last stair.
"I found them," Kuwabara said as he began pulling the folds of his jacket away. "They looked like they were dumped in a dumpster, but they managed to get out." He pulled away the last found to reveal two, very wet kittens.
"Typical," Yuseke muttered.
Genkai thought for a moment, "The fastest way I can think of getting them dry is to let Shiroi summon the water off of them."
"Is she awake?" Kuwabara asked.
"She woke up just a little while ago, but she may not allow you in." Kuwabara nodded and headed toward Shiroi's room.
Shiroi was sitting in her room, reading a novel that Botan had loaned her a month before her father appeared, and now Shiroi finally had time to read it.
When the door opened she looked up to see Kuwabara poking his head in. "Yes?" she asked.
"Can I ask you a favor?" Kuwabara asked.
"What is it?" Shiroi asked.
"I found these," he held the kittens inside the door for her to see. "They're all wet, could you maybe summon the water off of them so they don't get sick?"
Shiroi nodded, "How can I say no?"
Kuwabara grinned, "Thanks." He was trying to kick of his shoes. "Give me a second please." He put the kittens down just inside her room and vanished back outside. A few seconds later the door opened and Kuwabara stood there with his shoes in his hand. "If I leave the door open can I come in?"
Shiroi nodded. He opened the door as far as it would go and picked up the kittens and brought them to her. She took both of the kittens in her bandaged hands and set them on her lap, luckily enough Kuwabara had set his jacket there anyway.
"They're not soaked," she said. "But even being damp could kill them if it gets too cold." She raised her hands over them and water began to fly away from the kittens and form under the girl's palms. When she was done, she formed the two small globes into one big sphere, like the other two she had, except this one had swirls of dirt in it.
She looked up and found that Kuwabara had not been her only audience. Yuseke, Kurama, and Hiei were standing there. Hiei was leaning on the wall just inside her room, Yuseke at the door jam, and Kurama at the wall near Yuseke.
"When did you three show up?" Kuwabara asked.
"While she was summoning the water away," Yuseke answered. He winked at Shiroi and the girl looked back down at the kittens.
Now that the kittens were dry, them seemed a bit more active. Shiroi wanted to put the new sphere with her others, but the trunk she kept them on was just a little to far out of her reach.
Hiei felt like being nice, and asked, "Where do you want it?"
"Huh?" Shiroi asked.
Hiei came forward, "I'll put it there for you, where do you want it?"
"Just next to the other ones," Shiroi answered timidly. He took the sphere from her and set it down next to the other two. Then he went to the wall and sat down; which was only a few feet away from her.
Kurama, Kuwabara, and Yuseke exchanged quick glances, but they didn't say anything.
The kittens in Shiroi's lap where curious enough that one of them tumbled out of her lap and onto the floor. It didn't seem fazed, and walked on unsure legs over to Hiei, who was watching it keenly.
When it pawed his boot, and then climbed on it, Hiei said, "That's not a thing to crawl on." The kitten took no notion of what he had said, and began chewing on the laces that went up the leg of his boot. "Hey!"
Kuwabara was rolling on the floor with laughter, and Yuseke and Kurama were laughing too, but they were keeping their dignity.
Hiei was able to get the kitten by the scruff of the neck, but he only had it by two fingers. "I warned you," he said to it. The kitten only meowed and tried to bat at him with its paw. "Hey!"
As if the laughter of the others wasn't enough for him to take, a new, lighter, and quieter voice entered with them. Hiei looked up to see Shiroi clutching her side, but she didn't seem to be in pain. She had her other hand just over her mouth, and her realized she was the new voice.
She was laughing. For the first time since she had come there, she had finally learned to laugh again.
The others didn't seem to have noticed, but when Yuseke saw Hiei looking at the girl, he noticed too. He turned out the door and caught Genkai's attention, and beckoned her over quickly.
"What?" the old woman asked. She looked inside and saw the scene, and smiled. Not only was Shiroi laughing, but the other kitten had gotten to Hiei as well, and the demon was trying to pry it off his other leg while still holding the other kitten.
That got Yuseke laughing again, and got Genkai started.
Hiei got a hold of the other kitten, got himself sitting cross-legged, and set a kitten on each knee. "You two-hey!" One kitten had jumped off his knee and was exploring elsewhere. "Hey I'm talking to you" Suddenly there was a tugging at his neck. He looked down to see that the other kitten had its claws in the scarf around his neck. "This isn't fair!"
Everyone was laughing prettying hard now, even Kurama and Genkai was sitting on the floor.
Hiei got the kitten's claws out of his scarf and glared at it, but when it licked his nose he went cross-eyed, which brought on more laughing from everyone.
Hiei grumbled and set the kitten down on the floor, which had now finally lost interest in him and went to go and see what his sibling was doing. The laughter finally died down and Yuseke asked, "So, now that we're all out of breath and Hiei's glaring at us; it's still early, so what should we do?"
"Does catching our breath count as an option?" Kuwabara asked.
"I would have to say yes to that," Yuseke answered.
"What's going on?" Botan appeared at the door.
"Would you believe me if I said Hiei made Shiroi laugh?" Yuseke asked.
"Not really," Botan answered.
"He did," Kuwabara said as he picked up both of the kittens. "These two were in on it," he added as he held them up.
"Now I believe you," Botan said smiling.
Genkai said to the boys, "You four met here for something, now get to it so Shiroi can get some rest."
"But Genkai," the girl said, "I feel fine, please can't I get up?"
"No," Genkai answered, but she wasn't the only one. Everyone in her room had answered with the same thing.
"You may feel just fine sitting there," Kurama said. "But you still have a half healed hole in your side, you don't want that opening further do you?" Shiroi shook her head.
All of the guys filed out, Genkai at the rear, leaving Botan and Shiroi alone.
"Why did they tell me the extent of my injuries a day after I wake up?" Shiroi asked.
Botan shrugged. "I don't know." She picked up one of the two kittens, and Shiroi took the other one. "So, was Hiei really that funny?"
Shiroi nodded, "You watch kittens make a fool out of him and then not laugh at him."
Botan giggled, "I guess you're right." She put down the kitten, "I guess I should check and see how your wounds are healing." Shiroi nodded and put the kitten down. Both of the kittens seemed to have had enough action for one morning, and curled up at one end of the girl's bed and fell asleep. "At least we won't have to worry about those two," Botan said as she removed the bandages from the girl's hands.
Her hands were almost completely healed. When the bandages were taken off, they bled a little, and stung, but Botan said that they were healing well and would be only scars in a couple more weeks.
Her side though, was going to take a lot more time. "It's still pretty deep," Botan said. "The reason you're not feeling a lot of pain from it is because Yukina put a sort of numbing spell on it. The spell will last until the wound is close to being healed, so when it wears off you won't want to be moving around a whole lot."
As Botan was re-bandaging her, there was a knock on the door. "Who could that be?" Botan wondered aloud. "Just a second please," she called and quickly finished bandaging the girl.
When she finished she went to the door and opened it. "Yes? Oh, Koenma-huh?"
"Hey Botan," Koenma greeted. He was in his teenage form, but that's not what startled Botan. It was who was behind Koenma that startled her.
Emperor Enma was behind his son. It was the first time Botan had ever seen the ruler in the human world before.
"Emperor Enma, Sir," Botan gasped. "What a surprise."
The big man nodded, "I suspect it would be," he said. "I never come to the human world when I know there is someone who can go in my place. But today, I need to speak with the girl personally."
"But Emperor Enma Sir," Botan said, "By no means am I trying to be disrespectful, but if you walk in her, Shiroi will be terrified."
"That's why I brought someone with me to help keep her calm." The ruler snapped his fingers and a woman stepped out from behind him.
"Naoru?" Botan asked.
The woman nodded. "Yes, it's me. Emperor Enma has granted me a body for a short time so I can accompany him on this visit. He knew very well that the girl would be terrified of him, and he also knew that she would be better if I was here, so he asked me to come with him."
"Well that makes sense," Botan said. "Hang on just one second please." She turned back inside. "Uh, Shiroi, Shiroi?"
"Yes?" Shiroi asked. The girl had gotten herself to her trunk, which was now opened. "I know who's here, I just need to get something out of here." She pulled out something, but she didn't let Botan see it. She closed the trunk and put everything back on it, and then crawled back into bed.
Botan nodded and turned back to the door. "Sorry to keep you waiting, please come in." She stepped back and allowed Koenma and his father in first.
Shiroi was expecting Koenma in his teenage form, but nothing could have prepared her for his father. Emperor Enma's head barely missed the ceiling, and if that didn't make him intimidating enough, just the look of stern anger on his face made the girl tremble.
Her trembling only lessened slightly when Naoru walked in. Seeing her mother in front of her made her believe she was dreaming, but when the woman smiled at her, she knew she wasn't.
Naoru looked up at Emperor Enma, waiting for him to allow her to go and see her daughter. The ruler nodded and she walked over.
"Surprise," she whispered as she went down to her knees and hugged her daughter.
"But how?" Shiroi asked as he mother let her go. "How are you here?"
"Emperor Enma granted me a body while he visited you, since he knew you would be terrified of him. He knew I would make you feel a little better while he was here."
Shiroi nodded and her mother sat down next to her and they both faced the Emperor.
The ruler cleared his throat. "Well, I know most of you are wondering why I came out here, so I will answer that. I came here because I had heard of this girl and what she had been through, so I had to meet her for myself. But that's not the only reason why I came here." He looked straight at Shiroi. "I need to speak with the girl, privately."
"Privately sir?" Naoru asked.
"Must I repeat myself?" Emperor Enma asked.
"No sir," Naoru answered. She looked at Shiroi, "You'll be just fine," she whispered. She got up, along with Koenma and Botan, and they left the room.
***
Author's Note: Looks like Hiei and kittens don't mix, te-he. What would Emperor Enma want with Shiroi? You might not like the next chapter; it's a little emotional. Reviews are quite welcome, please.