Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Young Immortal ❯ Chapter 20
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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: 2.1K | Visits: 325 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 10.21.2004 | Pages: 4 | Words: 2.1K | Visits: 325 | Status: Work In Progress
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho.
-Telepathy-
(Thoughts)
Chapter 20
When they got outside, Botan turned to Koenma, "Do you know what he wants to say to her?"
"No," Koenma answered. "And I don't advise us to eavesdrop either, it's not the safest thing to do around my father."
Botan nodded, "So what shall we do while we wait?"
Naoru answered, "Those boys, are they here?"
Botan nodded, "Yes, they're near the shrine."
"I would like to meet them," Naoru said. "Since they defended my daughter so well, I would like to thank them."
"They probably won't think they did a very good job," Botan said as they started walking, "Shiroi nearly died, all because they didn't think she would try and defend them."
Naoru nodded, "Still, I would like to anyway."
Botan exchanged glances with Koenma, who shrugged, and they went to find the guys.
They found them where they thought they were going to be, in front of the shrine. They seemed to just be talking.
"I don't know why they were meeting here today," Botan whispered to Koenma, "but it looks like whatever it was is not important anymore, unless they did come here to just talk."
"Well they're going to be interrupted," Koenma replied.
They reached the group, but none of them seemed to notice them approach. Koenma cleared his throat and Hiei looked up.
Hiei's eyes widened, and he tapped Yuseke on the shoulder. The teenager looked up, and his eyes nearly popped out of his head.
"Uh?" Yuseke mumbled as Kurama and Kuwabara turned to see what he was looking at. "Hi."
"Close your mouth Yuseke," Botan said. Yuseke obeyed and jumped to his feet.
"I know you," Yuseke said as he pointed to Koenma, "But who are you?" he asked the other woman.
"Oh," Botan said, "you see no resemblance to someone?"
Kurama knew who it was, so did Hiei, but the humans seemed to be clueless. Kuwabara looked the woman over, but neither he nor Yuseke could figure it out.
"We're probably going to hate ourselves for not knowing," Yuseke mumbled as he looked back at the demons.
Kurama looked at Hiei, who answered, "It's Shiroi's mother."
"I feel really stupid now," Kuwabara said.
"Yeah," Yuseke muttered, "It's really obvious."
Naoru smiled, "It's all right. You know my name at least, don't you?"
"Naoru," Kurama answered.
"Interesting how both of the demons know who I am," Naoru said with a smile. Yuseke and Kuwabara glared at the two behind them. "I just came to thank you for protecting my daughter."
"If we were protecting her as good as you think we were," Kuwabara said, "I really don't think she would have gotten hurt."
"Botan said you would say that," Naoru said with a smile.
"I've got a question," Yuseke said, "How are standing here with us right now, when you've been dead for the past eight years?"
"I was asked to accompany someone here," Naoru answered.
"Accompany?" Kuwabara asked. He turned to Koenma, "You?"
Koenma shook his head, "Not me," he answered. "Guess?"
"Who else normally comes here?" Yuseke asked.
"No one," Botan answered. "It's a very out of the blue question. I'll give you a hint, you here about this person almost all the time, and yet you've never met him. Opps, that was two."
"So it's a guy, we've heard of him often, but we've never met him before," Yuseke mumbled, trying to piece the information together. He turned to the others, "There's an odd feeling in my head that I know the answer to this, but I can't get it out. Do you three have any ideas?"
Kuwabara shrugged, but Hiei and Kurama seemed to still be thinking. Yuseke was still thinking too, but just couldn't grasp it.
"Could we get one more hint?" Yuseke asked.
Botan looked at Koenma, and the teenager replied, "I'm the heir."
"Heir huh?" Yuseke muttered. He looked back at the others, who were still thinking.
Suddenly Kuwabara said, "This is just a guess, and it's probably wrong, but is it your dad?"
Botan looked at Koenma, and then said, "What's his prize?"
"What?" the four asked.
"Emperor Enma is here?" Kurama asked.
"Mm-hmm," Koenma answered. "I know it's weird, but he wanted to talk to Shiroi about something, don't know what though."
"Your father is here?" Genkai asked.
"That's what I said," Koenma answered.
"I wonder why I couldn't sense him?" the old woman asked.
"He can mask his energy levels," Koenma answered. "He does it a lot, especially to me."
"Like when you've been bad?" Yuseke asked.
"None of your business," Koenma replied. The spirit detective started laughing, and Koenma glared at him. "Shut up Yuseke," he mumbled.
"What's going on over here?" They all looked behind them to see Emperor Enma coming from the direction of Shiroi's room.
"Father," Koenma said, slightly surprised. "You should have called for me."
"It was easy enough to follow someone's laughter," the tall ruler replied. He looked to be carrying something, "Which of you is Kuwabara?"
"I am sir," Kuwabara answered.
"Shiroi asked me to give these back to you." Held out the kittens.
"Oh uh," Kuwabara took them from him. "Thanks."
Enma turned to Naoru, "If you want to say good bye to your daughter I suggest you do it now, I do not wish to stay here much longer."
"Yes sir," Naoru answered and headed to her daughter's room. She found it quickly and knocked.
"Come in," Shiroi called. Naoru opened the door and walked inside.
"I hope he didn't intimidate you too much," Naoru said.
Shiroi shook her head, "No." She changed the subject. "Are you leaving already?"
Naoru nodded, "Emperor Enma wishes to leave, and you don't contradict what he wants to do."
Shiroi nodded, and pulled something out from under her blanket. "Can you give this to Koenma please?" She held out what looked like a glass bird.
In truth, it was a tiny version of a full-grown phoenix, made of not glass, but ice.
"This is beautiful," Naoru said. "When did you make this?"
"I started on several things once I learned I could do it," Shiroi asked. "Could you please give it to him?"
"Of course I will," Naoru answered.
"It can stand up," Shiroi said, showing her mother by standing it up on the floor. "And can you please tell him that I ask him to try not to use it as a paper weight?"
"I'll do that," Naoru answered, "I promise." Shiroi smiled, but her mother didn't miss the tears welling up in her daughter's eyes. "Oh don't cry Shiroi."
"I'm sorry," Shiroi said as she wiped her eyes on the sleeve of her robe. "I can't help it. You're leaving again and I don't know when I'll ever see you again."
"Oh sweetheart," Naoru said as she hugged her daughter. "Of course you'll see me again, not only in your dreams, but maybe even like this again."
"Really?" Shiroi asked.
"I'll do my best," Naoru answered. "I can't promise though, being granted a body for a time is difficult, and asking multiple times is almost impossible, but I swear I'll try."
Shiroi nodded and wiped her eyes again. She hugged her mother one last time before the woman got up and left. She didn't turn around wave, knowing that it would only make departure even more difficult for them both.
She caught up to Koenma and Emperor Enma at the end of the walkway. Botan and her group were standing opposite them, to watch them leave.
"See you later," Koenma said as he waved to them.
"Koenma," Naoru whispered.
"Mm?"
"My daughter asked me to give this to you, and also to ask you to try not to use it as a paper weight."
Koenma's eyes widened when Naoru held out the phoenix, "Wow, she made this?"
Naoru nodded, but then looked in front of them. Koenma did too as his father said, "Please excuse out unannounced intrusion, it won't happen again."
"Your son does it all the time," Genkai said.
"He does, does he?" Emperor Enma said as he looked down at Koenma. "Well, never mind, its time for us to leave." Light began to glow around them as the ruler began preparing to transport all of them back to the spirit world.
Suddenly Botan felt something grabbing onto the left side of her kimono. She looked to see Shiroi clinging to her so she could stay standing. "Shiroi? What are you doing out here?"
The others turned to look, and Koenma and Naoru noticed too.
"I knew this would happen," Emperor Enma whispered. "She can't stand seeing you leave her again, Naoru."
Naoru stared at her daughter. The girl had tears streaming down her cheeks. "Oh Shiroi," the woman whispered, "I'm so sorry." She didn't see the girl she had sat with half an hour ago with Emperor Enma, she saw the frightened six-year old that had been at her bedside when she had died.
Shiroi was barely keeping herself standing, but she couldn't just sit her bedroom while her mother left. "Mommy," she whispered.
Naoru couldn't stake it anymore, and turned around so she wouldn't have to see her daughter. "Please Emperor Enma," she said through her own tears, "I can't stay here anymore."
Emperor Enma nodded, and with a flash of light, they vanished.
***
Author's Note: Poor Shiroi, finally after eight years she gets to see her mother again, and she leaves after only a little while. See what I meant about her hobby, and that's just one thing she makes, you find out in a later chapter. By the way, you may just hate Hiei in the next chapter, you'll see why when you read it. Review me please!
-Telepathy-
(Thoughts)
Chapter 20
When they got outside, Botan turned to Koenma, "Do you know what he wants to say to her?"
"No," Koenma answered. "And I don't advise us to eavesdrop either, it's not the safest thing to do around my father."
Botan nodded, "So what shall we do while we wait?"
Naoru answered, "Those boys, are they here?"
Botan nodded, "Yes, they're near the shrine."
"I would like to meet them," Naoru said. "Since they defended my daughter so well, I would like to thank them."
"They probably won't think they did a very good job," Botan said as they started walking, "Shiroi nearly died, all because they didn't think she would try and defend them."
Naoru nodded, "Still, I would like to anyway."
Botan exchanged glances with Koenma, who shrugged, and they went to find the guys.
They found them where they thought they were going to be, in front of the shrine. They seemed to just be talking.
"I don't know why they were meeting here today," Botan whispered to Koenma, "but it looks like whatever it was is not important anymore, unless they did come here to just talk."
"Well they're going to be interrupted," Koenma replied.
They reached the group, but none of them seemed to notice them approach. Koenma cleared his throat and Hiei looked up.
Hiei's eyes widened, and he tapped Yuseke on the shoulder. The teenager looked up, and his eyes nearly popped out of his head.
"Uh?" Yuseke mumbled as Kurama and Kuwabara turned to see what he was looking at. "Hi."
"Close your mouth Yuseke," Botan said. Yuseke obeyed and jumped to his feet.
"I know you," Yuseke said as he pointed to Koenma, "But who are you?" he asked the other woman.
"Oh," Botan said, "you see no resemblance to someone?"
Kurama knew who it was, so did Hiei, but the humans seemed to be clueless. Kuwabara looked the woman over, but neither he nor Yuseke could figure it out.
"We're probably going to hate ourselves for not knowing," Yuseke mumbled as he looked back at the demons.
Kurama looked at Hiei, who answered, "It's Shiroi's mother."
"I feel really stupid now," Kuwabara said.
"Yeah," Yuseke muttered, "It's really obvious."
Naoru smiled, "It's all right. You know my name at least, don't you?"
"Naoru," Kurama answered.
"Interesting how both of the demons know who I am," Naoru said with a smile. Yuseke and Kuwabara glared at the two behind them. "I just came to thank you for protecting my daughter."
"If we were protecting her as good as you think we were," Kuwabara said, "I really don't think she would have gotten hurt."
"Botan said you would say that," Naoru said with a smile.
"I've got a question," Yuseke said, "How are standing here with us right now, when you've been dead for the past eight years?"
"I was asked to accompany someone here," Naoru answered.
"Accompany?" Kuwabara asked. He turned to Koenma, "You?"
Koenma shook his head, "Not me," he answered. "Guess?"
"Who else normally comes here?" Yuseke asked.
"No one," Botan answered. "It's a very out of the blue question. I'll give you a hint, you here about this person almost all the time, and yet you've never met him. Opps, that was two."
"So it's a guy, we've heard of him often, but we've never met him before," Yuseke mumbled, trying to piece the information together. He turned to the others, "There's an odd feeling in my head that I know the answer to this, but I can't get it out. Do you three have any ideas?"
Kuwabara shrugged, but Hiei and Kurama seemed to still be thinking. Yuseke was still thinking too, but just couldn't grasp it.
"Could we get one more hint?" Yuseke asked.
Botan looked at Koenma, and the teenager replied, "I'm the heir."
"Heir huh?" Yuseke muttered. He looked back at the others, who were still thinking.
Suddenly Kuwabara said, "This is just a guess, and it's probably wrong, but is it your dad?"
Botan looked at Koenma, and then said, "What's his prize?"
"What?" the four asked.
"Emperor Enma is here?" Kurama asked.
"Mm-hmm," Koenma answered. "I know it's weird, but he wanted to talk to Shiroi about something, don't know what though."
"Your father is here?" Genkai asked.
"That's what I said," Koenma answered.
"I wonder why I couldn't sense him?" the old woman asked.
"He can mask his energy levels," Koenma answered. "He does it a lot, especially to me."
"Like when you've been bad?" Yuseke asked.
"None of your business," Koenma replied. The spirit detective started laughing, and Koenma glared at him. "Shut up Yuseke," he mumbled.
"What's going on over here?" They all looked behind them to see Emperor Enma coming from the direction of Shiroi's room.
"Father," Koenma said, slightly surprised. "You should have called for me."
"It was easy enough to follow someone's laughter," the tall ruler replied. He looked to be carrying something, "Which of you is Kuwabara?"
"I am sir," Kuwabara answered.
"Shiroi asked me to give these back to you." Held out the kittens.
"Oh uh," Kuwabara took them from him. "Thanks."
Enma turned to Naoru, "If you want to say good bye to your daughter I suggest you do it now, I do not wish to stay here much longer."
"Yes sir," Naoru answered and headed to her daughter's room. She found it quickly and knocked.
"Come in," Shiroi called. Naoru opened the door and walked inside.
"I hope he didn't intimidate you too much," Naoru said.
Shiroi shook her head, "No." She changed the subject. "Are you leaving already?"
Naoru nodded, "Emperor Enma wishes to leave, and you don't contradict what he wants to do."
Shiroi nodded, and pulled something out from under her blanket. "Can you give this to Koenma please?" She held out what looked like a glass bird.
In truth, it was a tiny version of a full-grown phoenix, made of not glass, but ice.
"This is beautiful," Naoru said. "When did you make this?"
"I started on several things once I learned I could do it," Shiroi asked. "Could you please give it to him?"
"Of course I will," Naoru answered.
"It can stand up," Shiroi said, showing her mother by standing it up on the floor. "And can you please tell him that I ask him to try not to use it as a paper weight?"
"I'll do that," Naoru answered, "I promise." Shiroi smiled, but her mother didn't miss the tears welling up in her daughter's eyes. "Oh don't cry Shiroi."
"I'm sorry," Shiroi said as she wiped her eyes on the sleeve of her robe. "I can't help it. You're leaving again and I don't know when I'll ever see you again."
"Oh sweetheart," Naoru said as she hugged her daughter. "Of course you'll see me again, not only in your dreams, but maybe even like this again."
"Really?" Shiroi asked.
"I'll do my best," Naoru answered. "I can't promise though, being granted a body for a time is difficult, and asking multiple times is almost impossible, but I swear I'll try."
Shiroi nodded and wiped her eyes again. She hugged her mother one last time before the woman got up and left. She didn't turn around wave, knowing that it would only make departure even more difficult for them both.
She caught up to Koenma and Emperor Enma at the end of the walkway. Botan and her group were standing opposite them, to watch them leave.
"See you later," Koenma said as he waved to them.
"Koenma," Naoru whispered.
"Mm?"
"My daughter asked me to give this to you, and also to ask you to try not to use it as a paper weight."
Koenma's eyes widened when Naoru held out the phoenix, "Wow, she made this?"
Naoru nodded, but then looked in front of them. Koenma did too as his father said, "Please excuse out unannounced intrusion, it won't happen again."
"Your son does it all the time," Genkai said.
"He does, does he?" Emperor Enma said as he looked down at Koenma. "Well, never mind, its time for us to leave." Light began to glow around them as the ruler began preparing to transport all of them back to the spirit world.
Suddenly Botan felt something grabbing onto the left side of her kimono. She looked to see Shiroi clinging to her so she could stay standing. "Shiroi? What are you doing out here?"
The others turned to look, and Koenma and Naoru noticed too.
"I knew this would happen," Emperor Enma whispered. "She can't stand seeing you leave her again, Naoru."
Naoru stared at her daughter. The girl had tears streaming down her cheeks. "Oh Shiroi," the woman whispered, "I'm so sorry." She didn't see the girl she had sat with half an hour ago with Emperor Enma, she saw the frightened six-year old that had been at her bedside when she had died.
Shiroi was barely keeping herself standing, but she couldn't just sit her bedroom while her mother left. "Mommy," she whispered.
Naoru couldn't stake it anymore, and turned around so she wouldn't have to see her daughter. "Please Emperor Enma," she said through her own tears, "I can't stay here anymore."
Emperor Enma nodded, and with a flash of light, they vanished.
***
Author's Note: Poor Shiroi, finally after eight years she gets to see her mother again, and she leaves after only a little while. See what I meant about her hobby, and that's just one thing she makes, you find out in a later chapter. By the way, you may just hate Hiei in the next chapter, you'll see why when you read it. Review me please!