~Chapter 9 Please Don't Cry.
"You didn't find him did you?" Shiori looked at the disappointed faces of her family
before she cants her head and looks out of the window worried sick. She had already called
the police who had merely informed her that the person must have been missing for a week before they would bother looking for them.
She turned way from the window choosing a place on the couch to sit. Her son was
missing and all she had the power to do was sit and wait for something to happen.
Shuuichi turns to look forlornly out the window from his tied up position upon one of
the various chairs in the office of Koenma. He is uncertain but he feels as though his mother is
worried about him and it is making him restless. He finds himself unable to bear the sight of
the window and looks over at the toddler with a pleading look in his eyes.
"Please Koenma; please let me contact my mother." Shuuichi tries to plead with the
busy toddler. The toddler only takes a moment to look up at Shuuichi before glancing around
at the people that occupy the office with him. Hiei did not even look back, Yusuke, Keiko,
Botan and Kuwabara nodded, and Shizuru shrugged her shoulders.
"I only agree with Shuuichi for the benefit of Shiori, there is no purpose in causing her
grief if it is unavoidable." The fox lifts its head, a head that Keiko had unconsciously been
scratching behind the ears. That feeling was pure bliss; he had forgotten how much he
enjoyed such attention.
"Oh I'm sorry I uhh you... well your ears are so cute and fluffy and… um…" Keiko tries
with out much success to rationalize why she was petting Kurama. Her hand his quickly lifted
off the fox's head much to the dismay of the fox.
"I know it is a difficult temptation to resist, you can pet them if you like. I was rather
enjoying the attention." His voice carried something of a playful tone of which irritated Yusuke
once more.
"Keiko!" Yusuke blurted out once Keiko resumed petting Kurama. She just winks at
Yusuke sticking out her tongue. Ahh yes, revenge was sweet. Kurama observes their folly
twitching his ears in an ever so cute manner and chuckles lightly before resuming his nap. The
rest of the room is in laughter, with the exception of Shuuichi who was worried sick over his
mother, and Yusuke who was obviously at the wrong side of the joke, even Hiei had a slight
grin on his lips though it was hardly visible to those in the room.
Koenma coughs so he may regain his composure before pushing the phone around to
Face Shuuichi. Shuuichi smiles and looks up at the toddler. Was he actually letting him call
her?
"Yusuke untie Shuuichi so he may call his mother. Shuuichi I am only giving you five
minutes to talk to her so you may want to make this count. You may tell her what you wish as
this may very well be the last time you speak with her." Koenma stated plainly as Yusuke
untied Shuuichi allowing him a moment of mobility. The red haired boy reaches for the phone
as Koenma dials the sequence of numbers that would connect the spirit world line to the
ningen line, as well expending some of his own Rei-ki to make the connection even possible.
The phone that sat on the small table next to the couch began to ring. Shiori hurriedly
picked up the receiver fumbling it slightly, she just knew it had to be her baby boy; it had to
be, she hoped so much for it to be him. She barely manages to utter a singular sentence with
her shaken voice.
"Shuuichi? Please let it be you Shuuichi…"
"Yes mother it's me. I hope I haven't worried you so." Shuuichi's voice carries a great
sadness with it.
Kurama's ears just straight up trying to listen to both sides of the conversation,
Shiori's voice is muffled but he is able to manage to hear her voice without much difficulty. He
keeps his eyes closed relaxing slightly, for some inexplicable reason, he found the ningen
woman's voice soothing.
"Shuuichi where are you why didn't you call or leave me a note?" Shiori sounds a little
angry but it is obvious by her breathing that she is indeed crying. Shuuichi as a result also as
tears streaming down the sides of his fair colored cheeks, it pained him to hear his mother
cry.
"She is crying…" The fox spoke in a deep, silent voice barely audible to the two people
next to him, Keiko and Shizuru. Kurama's reaction was slightly different, he somewhat nuzzles
himself into Keiko's leg having no way of escaping the sound of the crying woman. This
brought a scowl from Yusuke that the fox did not see. Keiko and Shizuru scowl back at
Yusuke as it is obvious that the fox is upset by the sound as well.
"Mother I don't have much time so I'm only going to say this; I love you very much
and please don't worry about me ok? I can't stand to hear you cry mother please stop crying."
Shuuichi speaks into the phone his emerald hues liquefied by unshed tears.
On the other end of the line Shiori knew there was something wrong and she began to
tremble in fear for her son. Those words sounded like a good bye to her, was her son telling
her goodbye?
"Shuuichi, are… are you alright? Your not i…in any trouble are you?" She could not help
but ask her child.
"I...I love you mother, but I have to go now. Please don't worry…I… I am fine really.
Love you." He hangs up the phone crossing his arms on Koenma's desk, resting his head upon
it and cries.
She listens as the phone goes dead on the other side. She knew her son had lied to
her and was no closer to knowing where he was than before. The phone drops from her ear
as she cups both hands over her eyes and lets the tears cascade down her face.
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~I am hearing a little bit on how Shuuichi seems to be out of Character. Let my offer you a hypothesis. Lets say you are tied to a chair, feeling betrayed by everyone you called a friend, not to mention that you are on the verge of loosing everything. Are you going to be in your typical mind set or are you going to feel hurt and betrayed and perhaps spiteful?
Been a while yes I know,
but some times that is how things go.
Work and toil all day long,
but that only make me strong.
An update is on the works,
Somewhere in my mind it lurks.
~Aikousha no Gingitsune.
Devoted Fan of the Silver Fox.
Konada Mikari
"You didn't find him did you?" Shiori looked at the disappointed faces of her family
before she cants her head and looks out of the window worried sick. She had already called
the police who had merely informed her that the person must have been missing for a week before they would bother looking for them.
She turned way from the window choosing a place on the couch to sit. Her son was
missing and all she had the power to do was sit and wait for something to happen.
Shuuichi turns to look forlornly out the window from his tied up position upon one of
the various chairs in the office of Koenma. He is uncertain but he feels as though his mother is
worried about him and it is making him restless. He finds himself unable to bear the sight of
the window and looks over at the toddler with a pleading look in his eyes.
"Please Koenma; please let me contact my mother." Shuuichi tries to plead with the
busy toddler. The toddler only takes a moment to look up at Shuuichi before glancing around
at the people that occupy the office with him. Hiei did not even look back, Yusuke, Keiko,
Botan and Kuwabara nodded, and Shizuru shrugged her shoulders.
"I only agree with Shuuichi for the benefit of Shiori, there is no purpose in causing her
grief if it is unavoidable." The fox lifts its head, a head that Keiko had unconsciously been
scratching behind the ears. That feeling was pure bliss; he had forgotten how much he
enjoyed such attention.
"Oh I'm sorry I uhh you... well your ears are so cute and fluffy and… um…" Keiko tries
with out much success to rationalize why she was petting Kurama. Her hand his quickly lifted
off the fox's head much to the dismay of the fox.
"I know it is a difficult temptation to resist, you can pet them if you like. I was rather
enjoying the attention." His voice carried something of a playful tone of which irritated Yusuke
once more.
"Keiko!" Yusuke blurted out once Keiko resumed petting Kurama. She just winks at
Yusuke sticking out her tongue. Ahh yes, revenge was sweet. Kurama observes their folly
twitching his ears in an ever so cute manner and chuckles lightly before resuming his nap. The
rest of the room is in laughter, with the exception of Shuuichi who was worried sick over his
mother, and Yusuke who was obviously at the wrong side of the joke, even Hiei had a slight
grin on his lips though it was hardly visible to those in the room.
Koenma coughs so he may regain his composure before pushing the phone around to
Face Shuuichi. Shuuichi smiles and looks up at the toddler. Was he actually letting him call
her?
"Yusuke untie Shuuichi so he may call his mother. Shuuichi I am only giving you five
minutes to talk to her so you may want to make this count. You may tell her what you wish as
this may very well be the last time you speak with her." Koenma stated plainly as Yusuke
untied Shuuichi allowing him a moment of mobility. The red haired boy reaches for the phone
as Koenma dials the sequence of numbers that would connect the spirit world line to the
ningen line, as well expending some of his own Rei-ki to make the connection even possible.
The phone that sat on the small table next to the couch began to ring. Shiori hurriedly
picked up the receiver fumbling it slightly, she just knew it had to be her baby boy; it had to
be, she hoped so much for it to be him. She barely manages to utter a singular sentence with
her shaken voice.
"Shuuichi? Please let it be you Shuuichi…"
"Yes mother it's me. I hope I haven't worried you so." Shuuichi's voice carries a great
sadness with it.
Kurama's ears just straight up trying to listen to both sides of the conversation,
Shiori's voice is muffled but he is able to manage to hear her voice without much difficulty. He
keeps his eyes closed relaxing slightly, for some inexplicable reason, he found the ningen
woman's voice soothing.
"Shuuichi where are you why didn't you call or leave me a note?" Shiori sounds a little
angry but it is obvious by her breathing that she is indeed crying. Shuuichi as a result also as
tears streaming down the sides of his fair colored cheeks, it pained him to hear his mother
cry.
"She is crying…" The fox spoke in a deep, silent voice barely audible to the two people
next to him, Keiko and Shizuru. Kurama's reaction was slightly different, he somewhat nuzzles
himself into Keiko's leg having no way of escaping the sound of the crying woman. This
brought a scowl from Yusuke that the fox did not see. Keiko and Shizuru scowl back at
Yusuke as it is obvious that the fox is upset by the sound as well.
"Mother I don't have much time so I'm only going to say this; I love you very much
and please don't worry about me ok? I can't stand to hear you cry mother please stop crying."
Shuuichi speaks into the phone his emerald hues liquefied by unshed tears.
On the other end of the line Shiori knew there was something wrong and she began to
tremble in fear for her son. Those words sounded like a good bye to her, was her son telling
her goodbye?
"Shuuichi, are… are you alright? Your not i…in any trouble are you?" She could not help
but ask her child.
"I...I love you mother, but I have to go now. Please don't worry…I… I am fine really.
Love you." He hangs up the phone crossing his arms on Koenma's desk, resting his head upon
it and cries.
She listens as the phone goes dead on the other side. She knew her son had lied to
her and was no closer to knowing where he was than before. The phone drops from her ear
as she cups both hands over her eyes and lets the tears cascade down her face.
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~I am hearing a little bit on how Shuuichi seems to be out of Character. Let my offer you a hypothesis. Lets say you are tied to a chair, feeling betrayed by everyone you called a friend, not to mention that you are on the verge of loosing everything. Are you going to be in your typical mind set or are you going to feel hurt and betrayed and perhaps spiteful?
Been a while yes I know,
but some times that is how things go.
Work and toil all day long,
but that only make me strong.
An update is on the works,
Somewhere in my mind it lurks.
~Aikousha no Gingitsune.
Devoted Fan of the Silver Fox.
Konada Mikari