Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Young Immortal ❯ Chapter 26
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By: MageDragon17 
Anime/Manga: Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 10.23.2004 | Pages: 3 | Words: 2.0K | Visits: 307 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 10.23.2004 | Pages: 3 | Words: 2.0K | Visits: 307 | Status: Work In Progress
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-Telepathy-
(Thoughts)
Chapter 26
A day finally did come where she knew she could finish her work.
Genkai came in that morning, "Shiroi, I have to go out today, and I probably won't be back until this evening. I can't contact anyone to watch over you, so can I trust you to rest and not do anything strenuous?"
Shiroi nodded, "Yes Genkai."
The old woman smiled, and a half an hour later, left the temple.
Shiroi knew she had all day, but wanted to finish as soon as possible. She worked on her last two pieces, and touched up on the others she had already finished. When they were all complete, she wondered if they could be better, but she didn't want to take the time to experiment.
She wrote seven letters, one to go with each piece, and then one more letter. She placed the letters except for the last one, each in a box with one of the pieces. The boxes were plain and small, each one just big enough to hold the piece and letter that were put inside it.
Once she had done that, she took them into the shrine and place them all together, the eighth letter in front of them. Once that was done she went back to her room. She cleaned it up, folding up the blankets that made up her bed and stowing them in the closet. She packed everything she owned inside the pack that Genkai had given her, since Genkai knew that one day she would leave, she didn't know how right she was.
Once all of her things were packed, she looked around the room. It looked as though no one had ever occupied it, and that was just how she wanted it. She had ignored the pain her side had been giving off the entire time, and even now she ignored it, she didn't want it to burden her, she didn't want it at all on her mind.
She sat in the empty room for several hours, meditating as Genkai had taught her. Finally, near noon, she picked up her pack, shouldered it, and walked out of her room. She walked around the entire temple for the last time. When she was done, she stood in front of the shrine and sent out a little prayer.
That done, she concentrated, remembering how Emperor Enma had transported his group out of the human world and back to the spirit world. At last the same glow that had surrounded the ruler surrounded her. She looked up at the shrine one last time, and vanished.
***
Genkai did not return until nightfall. As soon as she did she went to go and check on Shiroi.
"I'm sorry I'm back so late Shir- what?" The room was empty, like no one had ever occupied it. "Shiroi? Shiroi!" She opened the trunk and looked in the closet, empty.
She ran out and looked in the shrine, also empty. She searched the whole temple, every room and every corner, but she still didn't find her.
"Where could she have gone to?" Genkai asked aloud. It was too dark for her to go looking in the forest, but she knew someone who could.
"Hiei!" She called. "Hiei!" She waited a moment, and then called again. "HIEI!"
"What?" the demon came out of the forest in front of her. "What is it? What are you freaking out about?"
"Shiroi's missing, we else would I be acting this way?" Genkai spat back at the demon.
"She's missing?" Hiei asked.
"Yes. Please, contact the others; I want the forest searched. I've already searched the entire temple, she's not here, and her room is like it was never occupied."
Hiei gritted his teeth, and then sent out the message to Yuseke, Kurama, and Kuwabara. He knew that they would bring Keiko with. Genkai went and contacted Botan and Hinigeshi, asking them to bring Yukina with them.
They were all there within a half an hour.
"What in the world is going on?" Yuseke asked.
"Shiroi is missing," Genkai answered. "I've searched the whole temple, and I would like you boys to search the forest."
"Don't need to ask me twice," Kuwabara said. He, Yuseke, and Kurama carried flashlights. Hiei didn't need one, he saw just as well in the dark as he saw during the day.
"Please hurry," Botan said as the guys separated and headed into the forest, going in four different directions.
The rest of them went inside the shrine.
"Where could she have gone?" Hinigeshi asked.
"How far could she have gotten?" Botan asked. "With her injury, she can't have gone to far."
"If she really gone into the forest," Yukina said, "wouldn't Hiei have found her and followed her?"
"He would have, wouldn't he?" Hinigeshi said. "He would have brought her back, there was no way she could get past him."
"Then aren't the boys searching in the forest for no reason?" Keiko asked.
"No," Genkai said. "They're not. One thing about Shiroi, when she wants to do something, she does it. If she wanted to get past Hiei and not be seen, she'll do it, no matter what she has to do to do it."
"But why would she leave?" Yukina asked. "What reason would she have?"
"I don't know," Genkai answered. "I really don't know."
Hinigeshi looked around the semi dark shrine. The only light was where they were sitting, but then something near the back caught her eye, "Hang on a second." She picked up the lamp and walked to the back where she thought she had seen something. Suddenly she gasped, and the called out, "Get the guys!"
Botan raced out, summoning her oar and soaring into the air. She knew she only had to find Hiei, and then he could tell the others. She flew in the direction he had gone in, hoping he hadn't gone too fast.
"Hiei!" She called. She flew on, calling out his name and hoping he would hear her.
Suddenly a figure shot out of the trees and landed on the tallest one. It was Hiei. "What?"
"Contact the rest," Botan said. "We found something in the shrine that may answer our question. Hurry, please!" Hiei nodded and sent out another message. "You can get back quick enough in your own, can you tell me which direction Kuwabara is?" Hiei pointed in the direction, "Thanks," she began to fly off again; "I'll see you back at the shrine."
She raced in Kuwabara's direction, hoping to find him soon. She spotted him below the trees and shot through a gape after him. "Kuwabara!" She called.
The boy stopped, "What?" he asked, "I just got Hiei's message."
"Get on," Botan said, "It'll be faster this way."
Kuwabara didn't protest, he just climbed onto her oar and the sped off. When they reached the shrine, Botan dropped him off and went after Yuseke. She found him only after a few minutes.
"Get on!" She said. Yuseke hopped on as she flew, and the headed back to the temple. They got there just as Kurama came out of the forest, and they all ran inside the shrine.
The lamps had been moved to the back where Hinigeshi had found everything. There were seven boxes, each one marked with one of their names. There was also a letter, addressed to all of them.
"She must have left these," Genka said as she picked up the letter with hands that shook.
"What could she have left for us?" Yuseke asked as Genkai opened the letter.
"What's it say?" Hinigeshi asked.
Genkai read the letter out loud so they could all know what it said:
'To everyone,
If you have found this letter, that means I've left. I know you're probably worried sick about me, and have searched every place imaginable, but I can assure you, I'm not here.
I have left for reasons of my own, and I'm not going to tell you where I've gone. I've left behind for all of you this letter, and the only thanks I can think of to give you without having to say it in words.
Inside the boxes, which I have labeled for each person, there is another letter, and something that I've hand made myself. The letter is addressed to you and only to you, and I wish that you read it only to yourself, then once you read it you can let the others see. That's just my wish; you can do what you want.
The only one I don't have anything for is Shiziru, so I ask if Kuwabara can tell that I said thank you, and that I hope to see her again someday.'
"This is getting hard to listen to," Kuwabara said. "I'll do it."
Genkai continued:
'That's about all I can tell all of you in this letter. The other letters that I've addressed to you individually are more detailed.
I'm sorry it had to be this way, that I had to leave without saying goodbye to all of you in person, but I had to, it was easiest for me.
As I said before, I'm not telling you where I'm going, so please don't waste your time searching for me, you won't find me.
Until the next time I see all of you,
Shiroi.'
Genkai had to keep herself from crushing the letter.
"So that's it?" Yuseke asked. "She's just up and left, just like that?"
"Apparently so," Botan replied.
"I guess we should see what theses are," Hinigeshi said as she picked up one of the boxes. She distributed them to their owners, and they all sat in a sort circle.
"Well," Yuseke said, "Let's do this."
They opened their boxes and took out the letters first.
***
Author's Note: Uh-oh, where'd Shiroi go? You'll find that out later, after I get an answer from you for the question I'll have for all of you at the end of the last chapter, which is very soon.
-Telepathy-
(Thoughts)
Chapter 26
A day finally did come where she knew she could finish her work.
Genkai came in that morning, "Shiroi, I have to go out today, and I probably won't be back until this evening. I can't contact anyone to watch over you, so can I trust you to rest and not do anything strenuous?"
Shiroi nodded, "Yes Genkai."
The old woman smiled, and a half an hour later, left the temple.
Shiroi knew she had all day, but wanted to finish as soon as possible. She worked on her last two pieces, and touched up on the others she had already finished. When they were all complete, she wondered if they could be better, but she didn't want to take the time to experiment.
She wrote seven letters, one to go with each piece, and then one more letter. She placed the letters except for the last one, each in a box with one of the pieces. The boxes were plain and small, each one just big enough to hold the piece and letter that were put inside it.
Once she had done that, she took them into the shrine and place them all together, the eighth letter in front of them. Once that was done she went back to her room. She cleaned it up, folding up the blankets that made up her bed and stowing them in the closet. She packed everything she owned inside the pack that Genkai had given her, since Genkai knew that one day she would leave, she didn't know how right she was.
Once all of her things were packed, she looked around the room. It looked as though no one had ever occupied it, and that was just how she wanted it. She had ignored the pain her side had been giving off the entire time, and even now she ignored it, she didn't want it to burden her, she didn't want it at all on her mind.
She sat in the empty room for several hours, meditating as Genkai had taught her. Finally, near noon, she picked up her pack, shouldered it, and walked out of her room. She walked around the entire temple for the last time. When she was done, she stood in front of the shrine and sent out a little prayer.
That done, she concentrated, remembering how Emperor Enma had transported his group out of the human world and back to the spirit world. At last the same glow that had surrounded the ruler surrounded her. She looked up at the shrine one last time, and vanished.
***
Genkai did not return until nightfall. As soon as she did she went to go and check on Shiroi.
"I'm sorry I'm back so late Shir- what?" The room was empty, like no one had ever occupied it. "Shiroi? Shiroi!" She opened the trunk and looked in the closet, empty.
She ran out and looked in the shrine, also empty. She searched the whole temple, every room and every corner, but she still didn't find her.
"Where could she have gone to?" Genkai asked aloud. It was too dark for her to go looking in the forest, but she knew someone who could.
"Hiei!" She called. "Hiei!" She waited a moment, and then called again. "HIEI!"
"What?" the demon came out of the forest in front of her. "What is it? What are you freaking out about?"
"Shiroi's missing, we else would I be acting this way?" Genkai spat back at the demon.
"She's missing?" Hiei asked.
"Yes. Please, contact the others; I want the forest searched. I've already searched the entire temple, she's not here, and her room is like it was never occupied."
Hiei gritted his teeth, and then sent out the message to Yuseke, Kurama, and Kuwabara. He knew that they would bring Keiko with. Genkai went and contacted Botan and Hinigeshi, asking them to bring Yukina with them.
They were all there within a half an hour.
"What in the world is going on?" Yuseke asked.
"Shiroi is missing," Genkai answered. "I've searched the whole temple, and I would like you boys to search the forest."
"Don't need to ask me twice," Kuwabara said. He, Yuseke, and Kurama carried flashlights. Hiei didn't need one, he saw just as well in the dark as he saw during the day.
"Please hurry," Botan said as the guys separated and headed into the forest, going in four different directions.
The rest of them went inside the shrine.
"Where could she have gone?" Hinigeshi asked.
"How far could she have gotten?" Botan asked. "With her injury, she can't have gone to far."
"If she really gone into the forest," Yukina said, "wouldn't Hiei have found her and followed her?"
"He would have, wouldn't he?" Hinigeshi said. "He would have brought her back, there was no way she could get past him."
"Then aren't the boys searching in the forest for no reason?" Keiko asked.
"No," Genkai said. "They're not. One thing about Shiroi, when she wants to do something, she does it. If she wanted to get past Hiei and not be seen, she'll do it, no matter what she has to do to do it."
"But why would she leave?" Yukina asked. "What reason would she have?"
"I don't know," Genkai answered. "I really don't know."
Hinigeshi looked around the semi dark shrine. The only light was where they were sitting, but then something near the back caught her eye, "Hang on a second." She picked up the lamp and walked to the back where she thought she had seen something. Suddenly she gasped, and the called out, "Get the guys!"
Botan raced out, summoning her oar and soaring into the air. She knew she only had to find Hiei, and then he could tell the others. She flew in the direction he had gone in, hoping he hadn't gone too fast.
"Hiei!" She called. She flew on, calling out his name and hoping he would hear her.
Suddenly a figure shot out of the trees and landed on the tallest one. It was Hiei. "What?"
"Contact the rest," Botan said. "We found something in the shrine that may answer our question. Hurry, please!" Hiei nodded and sent out another message. "You can get back quick enough in your own, can you tell me which direction Kuwabara is?" Hiei pointed in the direction, "Thanks," she began to fly off again; "I'll see you back at the shrine."
She raced in Kuwabara's direction, hoping to find him soon. She spotted him below the trees and shot through a gape after him. "Kuwabara!" She called.
The boy stopped, "What?" he asked, "I just got Hiei's message."
"Get on," Botan said, "It'll be faster this way."
Kuwabara didn't protest, he just climbed onto her oar and the sped off. When they reached the shrine, Botan dropped him off and went after Yuseke. She found him only after a few minutes.
"Get on!" She said. Yuseke hopped on as she flew, and the headed back to the temple. They got there just as Kurama came out of the forest, and they all ran inside the shrine.
The lamps had been moved to the back where Hinigeshi had found everything. There were seven boxes, each one marked with one of their names. There was also a letter, addressed to all of them.
"She must have left these," Genka said as she picked up the letter with hands that shook.
"What could she have left for us?" Yuseke asked as Genkai opened the letter.
"What's it say?" Hinigeshi asked.
Genkai read the letter out loud so they could all know what it said:
'To everyone,
If you have found this letter, that means I've left. I know you're probably worried sick about me, and have searched every place imaginable, but I can assure you, I'm not here.
I have left for reasons of my own, and I'm not going to tell you where I've gone. I've left behind for all of you this letter, and the only thanks I can think of to give you without having to say it in words.
Inside the boxes, which I have labeled for each person, there is another letter, and something that I've hand made myself. The letter is addressed to you and only to you, and I wish that you read it only to yourself, then once you read it you can let the others see. That's just my wish; you can do what you want.
The only one I don't have anything for is Shiziru, so I ask if Kuwabara can tell that I said thank you, and that I hope to see her again someday.'
"This is getting hard to listen to," Kuwabara said. "I'll do it."
Genkai continued:
'That's about all I can tell all of you in this letter. The other letters that I've addressed to you individually are more detailed.
I'm sorry it had to be this way, that I had to leave without saying goodbye to all of you in person, but I had to, it was easiest for me.
As I said before, I'm not telling you where I'm going, so please don't waste your time searching for me, you won't find me.
Until the next time I see all of you,
Shiroi.'
Genkai had to keep herself from crushing the letter.
"So that's it?" Yuseke asked. "She's just up and left, just like that?"
"Apparently so," Botan replied.
"I guess we should see what theses are," Hinigeshi said as she picked up one of the boxes. She distributed them to their owners, and they all sat in a sort circle.
"Well," Yuseke said, "Let's do this."
They opened their boxes and took out the letters first.
***
Author's Note: Uh-oh, where'd Shiroi go? You'll find that out later, after I get an answer from you for the question I'll have for all of you at the end of the last chapter, which is very soon.