Disclaimer: YuYu Hakusho belongs to Yoshihiro Togashi

Tourou Nagashi

The match threw sharp shadows across Yukina's face in the dusk. She cradled the flame until it burnt out, dropping the beach suddenly into darkness until her eyes adjusted.

"Two lanterns," Hiei observed, their floating bases nestled in the sand. "One for your mother, and one for your brother."

"For Hina and Rui, who took their own lives in guilt," Yukina corrected. "To guide them from their suffering."

She carried the lanterns to the sea, watching them bob, hesitant, in the shallows. "I won't guide my brother to his hell yet, if he still lives.

"Stay, just a while longer."

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