Katie: Sorry we took so long to post!
Reiko: Katie had golf club, and play, so she was busy.
Katie: Don't laugh at me. I like golf.. sort of...........
Reiko: Let's move on please!
Sora: Ah ha.. ^_^;; Katie does not own Yu Yu Hakusho or any of the original characters that may appear in this fiction.
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Hiei headed back through the woods to his home, with his head in the clouds. Perhaps he shouldn't have told Reiko about her mother. She had seemed very upset after Hiei had told her she was dead. He saw that Aki and Yuji had finished their laps and was gasping for air. Sora was taking a nap while sitting next an old stone well a bit farther back from the house. Hiei took a seat on the ground next to Yusuke and began to watch Kurama and the boys go through drills.
Reiko reappeared from the large green leaves of the forest. She pushed them from her path, and sat down next to Sora. She stretched her arms, yawned, and started to take a nap. Sora snored lightly through his nose, and scratched his arm in his sleep. Reiko had curled herself into a ball, and leaned next to the well. ((A/N: Yeah, can you tell yet that a 'romantic' part is coming up. So, yeah, you're right.)) Sora's head bobbed onto Reiko shoulder. They continued to sleep into the afternoon, and were woken up later around 5:00.
"DINNER!" Yusuke bellowed from the dining room. Reiko and Sora drowsily staggered to their feet, and eventually got inside. Apparently, with the help of Yukina, the girls were able to go down to the village not too far from the woods to get some items to prepare a meal or two. Reiko sat down next to Aki, who was once again reading some kind of textbook, and jotting things down now and then. She peeked over his shoulder and read some of the text. Biology!
"Hey, Aki, I can do that for you, ya know."
"Really? Ok, tell me what you know."
And so, Reiko told Aki over dinner all she knew about biology, later getting into physics. Yusuke was bored to death, so he went outside. Kurama and Kuwabara were into it. Hiei was a bit annoyed that his demon/angel daughter knew so much about human crap, but hardly anything about demon or angel legend or religion. He went outside and joined Yusuke.
"Ok, Hiei. Spill, I promise I won't tell anyone, not even Keiko, ok?"
"Well detective, I guess I should trust you."
With a sigh, Hiei told Yusuke everything. Who Hibikime was, how he met her, when Reiko was born, basically everything that had happened in the past years Hiei told him.
"And that's how it is. Hibikime died to save Reiko."
"Hiei, that's some powerful stuff. I'm really sorry..."
The heard a small gasp from behind them and the banging of a door shut. It was Reiko! She ran up the stairs, not believing what she had heard. Reiko now wanted to kill Enma even more. She ran into her room, and slid the door shut behind her. She leaned against the door to absorb what she had heard. Reiko's mother, an angel Hibikime, had died to protect her. Her father, Hiei, strives to protect Reiko from Enma finding and killing her. Was she just a burden, she wondered? Was her life a big waste of everyone's time? Was she needed, or wanted? She slid down the wall and curled herself into a little ball. Reiko knew this wouldn't make her problems go away, she was just hiding. There was a small knock on the door.
"Reiko? Reiko, are you there? Is everything alright?"
Sora's voice was muffled through the door. He slid it open to find Reiko, on the floor, in a ball. Sora put his hand on her shoulder.
"Are you okay? Seriously!"
Reiko kneeled up from her place on the floor. She looked hard at Sora, her face turning from anger to grief; Her eyes filled with tears.
"She's dead, Sora. Dead, dead, dead!"
"Who's dead?"
"My mother!"
Reiko flung herself into Sora's arms; she had nowhere else to go. Her tears poured down her face as she said through sobs, "It's all my fault!" Sora held her, since she obviously needed his help. After about 10 minutes of crying, Reiko calmed down and fell asleep once again. Botan, sensing trouble, found her way up the stairs. She opened the door to Reiko's room, since it was the first, to find Sora putting Reiko to sleep.
"Botan, I have a feeling you're going to have to ask Hiei about her mother."
"Is that why I heard crying?" Botan asked as the two of them headed down the stairs.
"Yeah, ask him for me, ok?"
"Sure, if I can."
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END CHAPTER
Reiko: Katie had golf club, and play, so she was busy.
Katie: Don't laugh at me. I like golf.. sort of...........
Reiko: Let's move on please!
Sora: Ah ha.. ^_^;; Katie does not own Yu Yu Hakusho or any of the original characters that may appear in this fiction.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Hiei headed back through the woods to his home, with his head in the clouds. Perhaps he shouldn't have told Reiko about her mother. She had seemed very upset after Hiei had told her she was dead. He saw that Aki and Yuji had finished their laps and was gasping for air. Sora was taking a nap while sitting next an old stone well a bit farther back from the house. Hiei took a seat on the ground next to Yusuke and began to watch Kurama and the boys go through drills.
Reiko reappeared from the large green leaves of the forest. She pushed them from her path, and sat down next to Sora. She stretched her arms, yawned, and started to take a nap. Sora snored lightly through his nose, and scratched his arm in his sleep. Reiko had curled herself into a ball, and leaned next to the well. ((A/N: Yeah, can you tell yet that a 'romantic' part is coming up. So, yeah, you're right.)) Sora's head bobbed onto Reiko shoulder. They continued to sleep into the afternoon, and were woken up later around 5:00.
"DINNER!" Yusuke bellowed from the dining room. Reiko and Sora drowsily staggered to their feet, and eventually got inside. Apparently, with the help of Yukina, the girls were able to go down to the village not too far from the woods to get some items to prepare a meal or two. Reiko sat down next to Aki, who was once again reading some kind of textbook, and jotting things down now and then. She peeked over his shoulder and read some of the text. Biology!
"Hey, Aki, I can do that for you, ya know."
"Really? Ok, tell me what you know."
And so, Reiko told Aki over dinner all she knew about biology, later getting into physics. Yusuke was bored to death, so he went outside. Kurama and Kuwabara were into it. Hiei was a bit annoyed that his demon/angel daughter knew so much about human crap, but hardly anything about demon or angel legend or religion. He went outside and joined Yusuke.
"Ok, Hiei. Spill, I promise I won't tell anyone, not even Keiko, ok?"
"Well detective, I guess I should trust you."
With a sigh, Hiei told Yusuke everything. Who Hibikime was, how he met her, when Reiko was born, basically everything that had happened in the past years Hiei told him.
"And that's how it is. Hibikime died to save Reiko."
"Hiei, that's some powerful stuff. I'm really sorry..."
The heard a small gasp from behind them and the banging of a door shut. It was Reiko! She ran up the stairs, not believing what she had heard. Reiko now wanted to kill Enma even more. She ran into her room, and slid the door shut behind her. She leaned against the door to absorb what she had heard. Reiko's mother, an angel Hibikime, had died to protect her. Her father, Hiei, strives to protect Reiko from Enma finding and killing her. Was she just a burden, she wondered? Was her life a big waste of everyone's time? Was she needed, or wanted? She slid down the wall and curled herself into a little ball. Reiko knew this wouldn't make her problems go away, she was just hiding. There was a small knock on the door.
"Reiko? Reiko, are you there? Is everything alright?"
Sora's voice was muffled through the door. He slid it open to find Reiko, on the floor, in a ball. Sora put his hand on her shoulder.
"Are you okay? Seriously!"
Reiko kneeled up from her place on the floor. She looked hard at Sora, her face turning from anger to grief; Her eyes filled with tears.
"She's dead, Sora. Dead, dead, dead!"
"Who's dead?"
"My mother!"
Reiko flung herself into Sora's arms; she had nowhere else to go. Her tears poured down her face as she said through sobs, "It's all my fault!" Sora held her, since she obviously needed his help. After about 10 minutes of crying, Reiko calmed down and fell asleep once again. Botan, sensing trouble, found her way up the stairs. She opened the door to Reiko's room, since it was the first, to find Sora putting Reiko to sleep.
"Botan, I have a feeling you're going to have to ask Hiei about her mother."
"Is that why I heard crying?" Botan asked as the two of them headed down the stairs.
"Yeah, ask him for me, ok?"
"Sure, if I can."
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END CHAPTER