Yukari never did seem to reconcile her differences with Reimu's mother or, as she calls, her the slattern. I understand the reason for her grudge but that shouldn't matter as Reimu is in her care and has been reverted to a small child. However, to our surprise, Reimu's mother is still alive and is wondering about the fate of her child, after all this time. Of course, Yukari was upset with the news when she found out. In her anger, she was also overcome with sorrow in that she may lose Reimu to her birth-mother. I can only hope that wouldn't happen and, as far as I know, it would be in Reimu's best interests to be in Yukari's care this time and, besides, its not like Reimu can be allowed to really live elsewhere. If the two are going to quarel over her, then I will take her and Chen and we'll stay somewhere else, as the children do not need this sort of foolishness and neither will I have them exposed to it, we have gone through enough turmoil already.
One day, not too long we had found out that Reimu's mother was still alive, she opted to visit us, to see her child. I remember throwing death glances at Yukari, reminding her that I wasn't afraid to leave and take Reimu with me if I felt I needed to. "No foolishness!" I hissed, as I opened the door. Reimu's mother strolled in, greeted us, and then asked to see Reimu. Yukari sat, not saying anything, as I went to go and get Reimu. I sat Reimu in her wheelchair and wheeled her in to see her birth-mother. At first, she didn't believe it was Reimu but soon, after about a few minutes, came to terms and went to hold her, Reimu shying away. It became apparent that she didn't recognize her and no longer remembered her mother, then again, long before this, she did tell me that she's forgotten what her mother even looked like. After shying, Reimu did reach out to touch her face before drawing her hands back. She spent a bit eyeballing her and pulling hair, before promptly saying, "I'm sleepy, Rannie." and then yawning. I wheeled her back into her room, showing her birth-mother where Reimu plays and sleeps. I turned on the mobile and kissed Reimu on the head.
We later went back into the dining area for tea and, as we sat down, Chen ran in, saying, "No! Reimu stays here!" I calmed her down and reassured her that Reimu wasn't going anywhere but that wasn't without bitch-slapping Yukari. Chen, growing hot, said, "Don't slap Yukari! She didn't tell me anything!" I promptly asked what on earth placed those thoughts in her head to which she responded, "I recognized that lady's voice, her smell, her heartbeat, everything, right down to last detail and I already know what she looks like, so there is no denying it." Chen burst into tears saying, "She can't have her and she won't. Reimu stays here with us." I tried desperately to confort her, reassuring her Reimu was to stay with us. She refused to believe me, growing more and more uncontrollable. I sighed and said, "Alright, when you are ready to talk we will talk." She ran out of the room and we were consversing for several of hours before Yukari said, "Something isn't right." We inquired on what she meant, to which she pointed out that Reimu would be awake by this point. After saying what she felt needed to be said, she called out for Chen and got no answer. She repeated her action and got nothing. We got up to investigate and, to our distress, we found Reimu's crib was empty and Chen missing. Oh no! With Yukari in tow, we rallied our friends to search for them, hoping nothing happened
We searched for hours, turning up nothing. We met back up and started to ask questions, almost to the point arguing, until Mokou pointed out that there is no way Chen and Reimu could be too far away, saying, "Think about it, Chen's blind and Reimu cannot walk but can see and there really ain't no way that Chen could carry her a long distance without tirin' out." Mokou couldn't be any more right about that. Chen couldn't have gone too far with Reimu, being blind and Reimu herself being a bit heavy to carry for someone that is Chen's size. At that notion, we realized Chen and Reimu have to be hidng somewhere. We searched about until we heard a familiar voice. Reimu's. She and Chen were hiding in the forest, under a root of a tree. Reimu was giggling, saying, "We played hide and seekies, Rannie." I threw my arms around the two, saying, "We were so worried."
When we got home, Reimu reached for and scooted over to Yukari, her mommy. Her birth-mother, however, she reffered to as "Miss" and or "Auntie" (calling her "Auntie Miss" or vice versa) but nothing else. As for Chen and I, we reconciled.
"Well, hello, ducksie, how is Yukari?"
"She hasn't been too well, since Reimu's mother opted to stay with us for awhile."
"Hmm, is it possible that she's upset herself again?"
"How so?"
"Well, being that you are with child and has no need for such aggrevation or upset of any sort and the fact that Reimu's mother is trying to form some sort of bond with her but, however, even though she knows she won't, she still feels that she could lose Reimu to her birth mother and what she feels may not be too far outside of the realm of possibility. And, besides, we all know Yukari isn't exactly right in her head, not after all of that."