Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Young Immortal ❯ Chapter 28

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-Telepathy-


(Thoughts)



Chapter 28


None of them went back into the shrine until dawn.


Keiko was lucky she had said she was staying at Genkai's, if she hadn't she would have been in trouble.


When they were all back in the shrine, Yuseke asked, "So who wants to go first?"


"What do you mean?" Kuwabara asked.


"Who's going to see what they got?" Yuseke asked.


"I will," Genkai said. She picked up the box and reached in. When she pulled her hand out, she held quite a beautiful piece of work. It was a swan, sitting in the water with its wings failed out, splashing water droplets everywhere. The water it was in was less than a quarter of an inch thick, and it was what made the piece level.


"Wow," Botan said. "That's amazing. Can you tell what it's made of?"


"It looks like glass," Genkai said as she examined it, "but it being made by Shiroi, it's probably ice."


Now the others were more willing to look at what Shiroi had given them.


"I'll go next," Yukina said. She reached into her box and pulled out what looked like an over sized snowflake that was attached to a stand. "From the back of it you would never now," Yukina said, "But the front." She turned it around. Carved on the front was a sparrow, its details nearly exact. "How in the world did she do it?"


"She's quite good at it," Kurama said.


"My turn," Hinigeshi said. She pulled out her gift, "Wow!" It was a Pegasus, also made out of the glass-like ice. It was rearing, wings outstretched. When Hinigeshi set it down and it stood on its own, she asked, "How can it stand like that?"


"She must have put a lot of weight in the tail," Genkai answered.


"That had to have been one of her more difficult pieces," Kurama said. "The wings had to have been exactly equal in weight, or it wouldn't be able to stand that way."


"Lets see what I got," Botan said. "Well this is similar." She got a unicorn, also in a rearing position.


"I wonder what I got," Keiko said as she pulled it out. "Aww." It was a hummingbird, made much larger than its normal size. Its wings were outstretched and it was sitting on a branch that would keep the whole piece up.


"My turn," Yuseke said. He pulled his out, "Cool." His was a bald eagle. Its wings were also out, like it had just landed in the branch that it sat on. "I guess this was all she could do, since she didn't know me that well."


"I think it's fitting," Keiko said.


"Me next," Kuwabara said. Everyone couldn't help but laugh when he pulled his out. As expected, it was a life size kitten, looking up curiously with one paw up off the floor, looking like it was about to bat at something.


"That brings back memories," Yuseke said with a laugh.


"I know," Hiei grumbled.


"Ah come on Hiei," Yuseke said. "You got her to laugh, and that was like one of the best times." Hiei shrugged.


"I guess it's my turn," Kurama said. He looked inside his box, and laughed, "I knew it."


"Knew what?" Kuwabara asked.


Kurama took out what he had gotten. It was his spirit fox form, not made of ice, but what looked like jade. "How she made this will be a definite wonder to me."


"Okay," Yuseke said. "Lets see it Hiei."


Hiei glared at the boy, but then looked down at the box in front of him. He reached inside, and then yanked it back out. "Ow!"


"Did she give you something that bit?" Kurama asked. He wasn't they only one smiling.


"No," Hiei muttered, "I poked my finger on something sharp."


"Same thing," Yuseke said, and everyone laughed.


Hiei glared at them, and then yanked out what he got, and then had to keep himself from dropping it.


"If that's not one of the best ones," Yuseke said, "Then I'd say we got screwed."


"Don't say that," Keiko said. "Hiei just got lucky."


"You got that right," Hiei said. He held an obsidian dragon. It looked to be lying down, its wings outstretched and its mouth open. Its body and tail completed a circle, but what the dragon was coiled around caught everyone's attention. In the center, what looked like an egg; was really a hollow sphere, with a living flame burning inside.


"I guess she did learn to use her fire ability," Hiei whispered.


"How does it keep burning?" Keiko asked.


"It must be connected to the girl's spirit energy," Kurama answered. Then he smiled, "Well, this makes things easier, at least we know she's alive."


"Huh?" Everyone but Hiei and Genkai asked.


"A person's life is connected with their spirit energy, so if it's gone completely, the person dies. This way, we have a link to Shiroi, sort of. It lets us know that she's still alive. "


"I wish it told us where she was," Yuseke muttered.


"Well Hiei," Botan said, "What do you have to say for yourself, since you got one of the best gifts out of all of them?" Hiei couldn't speak; he just stared at the dragon sculpture in his hands. "Hello?"


"Leave him alone," Kurama whispered, "he's lost more than he's gotten."


Hinigeshi thought for a moment, "What she we do with them?"


"Hmm?" they all asked.


"It doesn't feel right, taking them home with us," Hinigeshi said, "At least, I feel that way."


"You're not the only one," Genkai said.


"Why don't we put them in Shiroi's room?" Botan suggested. "On top of the trunk?"


"I'm good with that," Yuseke said, "Well?" Everyone agreed, including Hiei.


They left the shrine and headed to Shiroi's room. When they got there, they went inside and place their pieces on top of the trunk.


"Hiei's looks like a never ending night light," Hinigeshi said.


"Ha, ha," Hiei muttered.


"Come on," Botan said. "It doesn't feel right, standing in here like this." They all walked out and headed back to the shrine. They didn't go inside, they just sat around on the steps.


"It's only now just sinking in," Yuseke said.


"I wonder why she had to leave?" Hinigeshi asked.


"Maybe if we ever see her again, we'll ask," Keiko said.


"Why do we keep say if?" Kuwabara asked. "We will see her again."


"That's the sprit," Genkai said.


"So what should we do know?" Kurama asked. "She asked us not to look for her, but I can't just sit around and wait."


"And you think we can?" Yuseke asked.


"We will not go looking for her," Genkai said.


"Why not?" Kuwabara asked.


"We will do as she asks," Genkai answered. "If she does not want us to go and look for her, then we shouldn't. She hasn't ask much from us, not really, so lets do that for her."


"Genkai has a point," Botan said. "All the things we did for her, we did voluntarily, she never asked us for anything."


"And now she asks us not to go looking for when she leaves," Hiei said. "Why? Why is it she asks us to do something like that?"


"Because of what she has said all along," Genkai said. "She doesn't want us wasting our time on her."


"She was never a waste of time," Hiei muttered. Everyone heard him, and smiled.


"I guess we'll just have to wait and see," Yuseke said finally.


***


Far away, but not too far away, Shiroi stood in front of two, large, oak doors. (Here I go,) she thought.


She raised her hand and knocked.


"ENTER!" boomed a voice.


Shiroi took a deep breath, and pushed the door open, and walked into her new life.


***


Author's Note: Well, that's Young Immortal. I thank all of you that have taken their time to read this and send me their reviews. Now, I have a question. Do you want me to start uploading the sequel? I have some of it done, but it's nowhere near finished, which means it'll have large gaps between updates, not like this one. I'll be waiting for your replies, and if I get enough agreements, I'll upload it, so look for a second Yu Yu Hakusho story with my pen name.