Promises of the Past pt. 6 Moonlight Party
In Koenma's room, across from one another with two glasses of warm brandy, Koenma and Botan sat. Casting a orange glow on their faces, the fire raged beside them.
"So tell me," Koenma started swirling his brandy, "which planet do you come from?"
"I'm from Venus," she answered smiling, "it's a beautiful planet."
Koenma smiled.
"I wonder what it would be like to see it," he said staring out into the night sky from a nearby window.
Botan grinned.
"Would you like to?" she asked.
Her grin grew wider.
"I believe tonight is the Moon Festival," she whispered excitedly. "It's a big moonlight party celebrating the stars and the moon."
"How could we see it?" Koenma asked confusedly.
Botan stood and held out her hand. In her hand, a wooden boat oar appeared. In mid-air, side-saddling the oar, she floated. Koenma's eyes grew wide. 'How?' He thought shocked. 'That can't be possible.'
"Don't be surprised, Koenma," Botan said giggling.
Koenma's jaw dropped.
"I am a master of flying. I'm the shooting stars that soar and dance in the night sky," she said softly. "I'm the one people make wishes to."
Staring, Koenma's head bobbed up and down slowly.
"But," he muttered unsurely, "what about oxygen? We'll need that to breathe."
Botan smiled.
"Don't worry," she explained smiling. "Venus is covered with trees and flowers just like earth. There'll be plenty of oxygen to go around. And don't worry, as long as you're with me on my oar, you'll be able to breathe in space."
Koenma nodded again staring worriedly at the glowing boat oar. Botan patted a spot of wood beside. Koenma slowly positioned himself beside her. A harsh night wind burst the balcony doors open filling the room with icy air. Koenma shivered with cold. Botan smiled feeling the adrenaline fly through her veins. As Koenma screamed, she flew out of the room and deep into the night sky leaving a golden trail of stars from her oar.
"Don't be such a baby, Koenma!" she cried excitedly. "This is fun!"
She felt Koenma's arms wrap tightly around her waist. She flew faster into the stars, quickly leaving the earth as a small star in the distant night sky.
"Koenma," she whispered, "open your eyes."
As Koenma opened his eyes, he gasped. He stared into the night sky with millions of stars surrounding them.
"Botan," Koenma murmured as he stared dazed into the dark, starlit sky, "where are we?"
"We're in the space between Earth and Venus," she said softly looking up into the stars, "I loved to go here when I was younger. I could just think all by myself."
"It's beautiful," Koenma replied.
He turned to face her. They locked eyes. 'I love you, I need you, I want you,' Botan thought quietly losing herself in his brown eyes. 'I want to tell how I feel. How I've always felt for you.' Slowly, Koenma's grip tightened around her. 'I was born to meet you,' he thought. He inched closer to Botan. They locked in a deep kiss with star flying by in the distance.
"Do you still want to go to the Moon Festival?" Botan asked breathlessly.
"No," Koenma replied softly. "I think it's much better to be right here with you beside me."
In the mist filled garden, they walked through the lilies. Turning to her, Yusuke's eyes wandered over Keiko's soft, moonlit features. 'Too beautiful,' 'he thought quietly. 'But who does she remind me of? ' Hesitantly, Keiko faced toward him.
"Are you all right, Yusuke?" Keiko inquired smiling. "You seem to be rather quiet and not like the boy I've watched from the moon."
"Uh, yea," he responded unsurely. "Just thinking."
"Oh?" Keiko inquired curiously. "What about?"
Yusuke stared down at his white shoes.
"Just you and the other princesses," he muttered.
Keiko listened.
"I was wondering, if you–" he murmured trailing off.
"If I," Keiko repeated softly.
'If I've loved you too, Yusuke?' She thought quietly. 'Yes, I have always loved you. But I will not love you.'
"If you are like the other Princesses," Yusuke whispered turning away shyly, "and have someone special down here on earth."
"I do," Keiko answered, "but I cannot love you, Yusuke. No matter how much I care for you."
Shocked, Yusuke turned back to her.
"What?" he pleaded sadly, "why?"
"Because," she explained turning away from him. "I've seen how you treat your earth women, and I don't intend to have that happen to me."
She stared down into the lilies. Yusuke watched her intently.
"Don't deny it, Yusuke," Keiko uttered coldly. "You are the earthlings call a 'Playboy'. You bed a different woman every night, and the court finds you one of the most handsome and eligible men for it. I will not be just something you can bed every night and leave alone the next morning."
Yusuke sighed.
"Yea," he sighed, "I did do that to just about every woman in this kingdom. I'll admit, but I had my reasons."
Angrily, Keiko spun around. Her blue gown fluttered wildly in a cold, harsh wind.
"Reasons!" she cried angrily. "What reasons do you have for fooling with a girl's emotions?"
She swung her hand hard hitting Yusuke on his cheek. He stared down into the ground ignoring the sting in his cheek.
"I was lonely," Yusuke confessed sadly.
"So?" Keiko interrogated crossing her arms with annoyance tinting her voice. "The Prince was lonely too, but he didn't sleep with every girl in his kingdom."
"But, the Prince was different," Yusuke retorted softly. "My mother, Atsuko, bore me as an illegitimate son. My father abandoned us after I was born."
Keiko's arms fell to her side. Yusuke settled himself in the damp garden soil. Her mind began to wander contemplating what he had said. She stepped to his side and kneeled down onto the grass next to him.
"And?" she queried wanting him to continue.
"Unlike the Prince, I had no stories of a Moon Princess to comfort me," he responded. "Or any stories to bring me comfort in fact. All I had were dreams."
"Dreams of what?" Keiko asked.
"I don't know," Yusuke answered softly staring up into the starlit sky. "All I know was that she was very beautiful. Instantly, from when I saw her, our hearts seemed to be drawn to one another."
Keiko gazed upon his upturned face watching the stars. Her eyes shined with recognition.
Dream
A young Keiko walked out into the lilies. She looked up to the large flowers towering over her. She turned as she heard a soft sound behind her.
"Yusuke!" she cried excitedly running up to a small boy about her age. "You came!"
Yusuke nodded happily.
"Of course, Keiko!" he shouted smiling. "We're friends aren't we?"
Keiko nodded.
"Lets go play!" she yelled.
She grabbed Yusuke's hand and pulled him along. They gamboled in the flowers laughing and crying happily. Quickly, Keiko rushed out of the garden. Yusuke followed behind her. She reached the edge of a large lake with the setting afternoon sun in the distance. She stopped and lost herself in the warm glow of the setting sun.
"Tag!" Yusuke cried tapping her shoulder.
Keiko didn't reply.
"Keiko?" Yusuke whimpered worriedly. "What's wrong?"
"Look, Yusuke," she murmured still staring out into the sunset. "Isn't it pretty?"
She pointed to the large sun setting behind the lake. Yusuke turned toward the distant horizon.
"Yea," he murmured back to her mesmerized.
"This will be the last sunset we'll ever see together, Yusuke," Keiko sighed sadly.
"What? What do you mean, Keiko?" Yusuke questioned worriedly. "Are you leaving?"
"Yes," Keiko answered with her eyes growing watery. "I'm going to the moon. I won't be able to play with you anymore."
"Keiko, don't cry," Yusuke said sadly.
He pulled her into his small arms.
"We'll always be together, and someday, I know we'll meet again," he confided tightening his grip around her.
"We will?" Keiko mewled wiping her tears. "Promise?"
"I promise," he comforted as he and Keiko stared into the setting sun.
"A promise of the past?" Keiko whispered. "So that when we may look back on this, we'll get to smile?"
Yusuke nodded. She stepped out of his embrace and smiled.
"Goodbye, Yusuke!" she cried happily. "I'll never forget you!"
She ran slowly fading away leaving a ghostly whisper behind.
"Goodbye, Keiko!" he cried back to her as he began to cry. "I'll miss you! May our memories turn into wings!"
"Goodbye!" Keiko cried out one last time as her voice faded softly.
Yusuke gazed longingly at the spot where she last stood. A small boy with curly red hair walked up.
"Where's your imaginary friend, Keiko?" the boy questioned.
"She's gone, Kuwabara," Yusuke answered. "She said she had to go to the moon."
"Oh," Kuwabara murmured. "I see. You miss her already, don't you?"
Yusuke nodded sadly.
End Dream
"I'll miss you. May our memories turn into wings," Keiko murmured softly.
Yusuke turned to her wide eyed.
"What did you say?" Yusuke asked shocked.
"'I'll miss you. May our memories turn into wings'," she answered. "It was from a dream that I had when I was a child. Every night, after I fell asleep, I dreamed a boy and I would play in a garden. I told him I had to go to the moon, and I would never get to play him again. We promised we would get to meet again one day."
"You both promised right in front of a lake as the sun was setting," Yusuke murmured.
Keiko's eyes went wide.
"You said," he continued, "'a promise of the past? So that when we may get to look back on this, we'll smile?'"
"How?" Keiko posed shocked.
"When I was a boy," Yusuke started, "I dreamed of a little girl around my age. She would come and play with me when I was lonely. To others, she was an imaginary friend, but to me, she was as real as you are now."
"But, that means-" Keiko whispered shocked. "You're the little boy I would visit at night when I was asleep!"
Yusuke stared at her placing his hand on her cheek.
"And it also means, you're the little girl that my friends called 'imaginary'," Yusuke murmured dazed, "and the girl I've truly loved for all these years."
Keiko's eyes welled with tears. She stared up into Yusuke's brown eyes.
"Yusuke!" she cried throwing herself into his arms. "I've missed you."
"I've missed you too, Keiko," he whispered.
He stroked her long, brown locks. He buried his face into her neck as they sat quietly under the moonlight surrounded by soft white lilies.
Rei stared quietly through the Time Stream mists watching the Princesses down on earth and in space. Softly, she smiled. She sighed. 'You, Princesses, and your dreams,' she thought softly. She shook her head. 'At least they're beautiful dreams.' Suddenly, an eerie sound resounded through the Time Gate. Suspicious, she turned and dropped into a fighting stance.
"Who's there?" she snapped as loud taps made their way toward her. "I am the guardian of this place. State your name."
The tapping stopped.
"Well," a voice replied, "it seems you've turned into a real Ice Witch since I've last seen you, Rei."
I know that voice, she thought.
"Fiore?" she called out shocked as the Time Gate Mists cleared revealing a handsome man with long green hair.
A smiling man adorned in a intricately decorated, gray suit strolled up to her twitching small elfish ears. The earrings in his ears jingled. Rei smiled.
"It's good to see you, Rei," Fiore greeted smiling. "You've grown quite a lot since I last saw you."
"Forgive me for the earlier actions, Fiore," she answered embarrassed. "The latest happenings have me and the others pretty occupied."
"Anything I could do to help?" he asked worriedly.
Sadly, Rei shook her head.
"Don't worry," she started as her smile slowly faded. "Things will work out."
"That's good," he replied cupping her cheek and turned her to face him. "But as they say 'Smile even when you're sad, you never know when someone may be falling in love with your smile'."
Rei laughed.
"And who would fall in love with my smile?" Rei teased, grinning as Fiore walked ahead of her headed for the door. "No one. That's who."
"Now," he muttered softly turning back to her smiling face. "I wouldn't say that, Rei."
Rei stared at him strangely. 'Huh?' She thought.
In her purple and gold sitting room, Jesscheaux sighed. She watched Goemon pouring white wine into two crystal glasses. Then, he turned worriedly to her.
"Lady Jesscheaux, are you all right?" he wondered as he walked to her.
"Forgive me, Lord Goemon," she responded as she stared down at her crossed hands in her hands. "I'm just so worried about what's going on down on earth right now."
"Don't worry about it tonight, Jesscheaux," he said softly pulling her close. "I'm here, and tonight should be a night of celebration."
As she let her head rest on Goemon's shoulder, Jesscheaux felt a blush rise to her cheeks. 'So warm,' she thought. 'He's so warm.' Goemon looked down on her and smiled at her blushing face.
"What's there worth celebrating?" Jesscheaux questioned looking up to him. "There's so many bad things going on right now."
"But," he comforted softly, "to every bad thing, there is a good thing. As to every darkness, there is a light. It's called the balance. Without it, the world would be in utter chaos."
"And what would the good thing to this be?" she retorted pessimistically, yawning.
Her green eyes fluttered. Slowly, she laid down in Goemon's lap. He place his arm around her and stroked her hair.
Goemon smiled.
"You'll know in good time, Lady Jesscheaux," he soughed softly. "You'll definitely know in good time."
'I'll know in good time, Goemon,' she thought softly closing her eyes. 'We'll know in good time.'
Smiling, he gently lifted her in his arms and walked to her room. As the earth's light shined on her purple, silk sheets, Goemon laid her down and quietly left the dark room softly closing the door behind him.
The sunlight drifted into her room chasing Jesscheaux away from her dreams. Slowly, she sat up removing the purple silk sheets from her tired form. 'Oh,' she thought worriedly. 'My gown is wrinkled.' Her door opened, and a maid in a black gown rushed inside.
"My Lady!" the maid cried. "How could you sleep so late and keep Lord Goemon waiting?"
'Huh? 'Jesscheaux thought confusedly. Quickly, the maid pulled her out of her bed and pushed her behind a screen undoing the buttons on Jesscheaux's gown.
"Quick! Quick! Quick!" the maid rushed forcing Jesscheaux into a white bath robe. "Take a bath. Hurry! Lord Goemon is waiting for your company down at breakfast!"
Jesscheaux ran with the maid quickly on her heels. She made her way to a large bathroom in her room.
"That water should be hot," the maid said quickly slamming the door in a hurry.
'Oh yea? If this water is so hot, then why does it feel like I'm bathing in sub-zero temperatures?' Jesscheaux thought bitterly shivering in her large footed bathtub.
They crept into the palace.
"Keiko," Botan began softly, "what are you going to do about your gown and shoes? They're filthy."
"I have no idea, Botan," Keiko responded shrugging her shoulders. "I had no idea we would stay out so late."
"Neither did I," Yukina murmured as she turned to Kizna.
"Here, Keiko," Kizna whispered as she opened her bedchamber door and looked around worriedly. "You and the others move quickly. I don't know if the other Princesses are up yet."
They rushed quietly into the hall, headed for their rooms.
Slowly, Kohaku opened her and rushed out of the large bed. She rushed around the room opening the deep blue, velvet curtains. The sunlight flooded the room chasing Jin away from his dreams as he lay on the couch.
"Huh?" Jin queried drowsily as he sat up on the couch. "What's wrong?"
"It's morning, Jin," Kohaku scolded worriedly. "I've been here all night. Why didn't you wake me up after I feel asleep?"
Tiredly, Jin rubbed his eyes and yawned.
"You were too pretty sleeping in my arms, darling," he answered smiling. "I couldn't bare to wake you."
As Kohaku parted the curtains, she turned to him and smiled.
(Author's note: once again I shall continue the r.p. since Jesscheaux won't UPDATE!! HINT HINT, JESS!! But do enjoy the r.p., Jesscheaux!
"Ookk," she muttered as the demons and James walked away, "that was... odd."
"It could be worse," a voice replied in the dark cell next to her. "They're actually somewhat sane today with the exception of the whole 'lets get revenge on our former enemies thing.'"
Jesscheaux turned to the dark cell she had just realized was there. A pair of gold eyes were watching her admist the darkness. The eyes blinked. Silver eyes replaced the gold pair. Slowly, Jesscheaux backed away.
"Do not be afraid, human," the voice replied. "I will not hurt you. I cant even get out of my cell see?"
The voice's gold eyes looked toward the demon wards on her cell. Jesscheaux nodded warily. The silver eyes turned to its window where the moonlit night shined in.
"Would you like to see what i look like?" the voice asked as Jesscheaux nodded.
The dark figured walked to a small square of moonlight and stood. Jesscheaux spied a fox with long black hair, black ears, a black tail and eyes that flickered between the fine line of silver and gold. She wore a long black dress with slits up both sides reaching her waist. She wore a black choker with a small bell hanging from it.
"How long have to you been here?" Jesscheaux asked as the fox stepped back into the darkness. "And what's your name?"
"Call me, Cesca," the fox replied. "I've been here for many years. I'm Karasu's prisoner. I cannot escape because of the wards on my cell and the bell i wear around my neck."
"The wards i get, but can't you just remove the choker?" Jesscheaux asked as the fox shook her head.
"No," she replied. "there is a small ward on this choker as well.. So I'm stuck with it."
She frowned a bitter frown.
"Now that I've answered your question, you must answer mine," she began. "Who is this 'Kazuma' you speak of? Is he your mate?"
Jesscheaux sighed a dreamy sigh.
"Yes =-=," she said blushing brightly. "He's the cutest little red-head on Earth! He's so sweet and charming. And handsome. And strong. And smart. [insert useless ramblings here]"
"I see," Cesca replied smiling. "He sounds wonderful. Where is he now?"
Jesscheaux sighed slumping down in her cell.
"I don't know," she whispered as tears trickled down her face.
Cesca watched worriedly. 'Where are you, Kazuma?' she thought sadly. 'Where?'
With the YYH Boys
"Nice move, Detective," Hiei sneered. "You BLABBED!"
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry! GEEZ! Get a life, Hiei," Yusuke retorted.
"Well," Kurama began. "We might as well make the best of it. We may need all the help we can get with these, apperently, undead enemies."
"WILL YOU ALL SHUT UP!?" Kuwabara yelled making the others jump. "WE HAVE TO FIND, JESSI!!!"
"Yes, Sir, Sargent Sir!" the others replied giving Kuwabara an army salute.
"NOW!" Kuwabara bellowed suddenly appearing in a General's uniform. "I WANT YOU ALL TO MARCH AHEAD LOOKING FOR ANY SIGNS OF JESSI. UNDERSTOOD, PRIVATES!?"
"SIR YES SIR!" the others cried marching through the thick Demon World bushes in army fatigues and black boots. "LEFT, LEFT! LEFT RIGHT LEFT!"
Kuwabara placed an army helmet on his head and marched into the bushes after them as he smeared black shiny stuff under his eyes. 'I'm coming, Jessi,' he thought determinedly. 'Wait for me.'
Don't you think the yyh boys would look so cute in army fatigues? i think they would. Especially Kurama! stars in eyes)
In Koenma's room, across from one another with two glasses of warm brandy, Koenma and Botan sat. Casting a orange glow on their faces, the fire raged beside them.
"So tell me," Koenma started swirling his brandy, "which planet do you come from?"
"I'm from Venus," she answered smiling, "it's a beautiful planet."
Koenma smiled.
"I wonder what it would be like to see it," he said staring out into the night sky from a nearby window.
Botan grinned.
"Would you like to?" she asked.
Her grin grew wider.
"I believe tonight is the Moon Festival," she whispered excitedly. "It's a big moonlight party celebrating the stars and the moon."
"How could we see it?" Koenma asked confusedly.
Botan stood and held out her hand. In her hand, a wooden boat oar appeared. In mid-air, side-saddling the oar, she floated. Koenma's eyes grew wide. 'How?' He thought shocked. 'That can't be possible.'
"Don't be surprised, Koenma," Botan said giggling.
Koenma's jaw dropped.
"I am a master of flying. I'm the shooting stars that soar and dance in the night sky," she said softly. "I'm the one people make wishes to."
Staring, Koenma's head bobbed up and down slowly.
"But," he muttered unsurely, "what about oxygen? We'll need that to breathe."
Botan smiled.
"Don't worry," she explained smiling. "Venus is covered with trees and flowers just like earth. There'll be plenty of oxygen to go around. And don't worry, as long as you're with me on my oar, you'll be able to breathe in space."
Koenma nodded again staring worriedly at the glowing boat oar. Botan patted a spot of wood beside. Koenma slowly positioned himself beside her. A harsh night wind burst the balcony doors open filling the room with icy air. Koenma shivered with cold. Botan smiled feeling the adrenaline fly through her veins. As Koenma screamed, she flew out of the room and deep into the night sky leaving a golden trail of stars from her oar.
"Don't be such a baby, Koenma!" she cried excitedly. "This is fun!"
She felt Koenma's arms wrap tightly around her waist. She flew faster into the stars, quickly leaving the earth as a small star in the distant night sky.
"Koenma," she whispered, "open your eyes."
As Koenma opened his eyes, he gasped. He stared into the night sky with millions of stars surrounding them.
"Botan," Koenma murmured as he stared dazed into the dark, starlit sky, "where are we?"
"We're in the space between Earth and Venus," she said softly looking up into the stars, "I loved to go here when I was younger. I could just think all by myself."
"It's beautiful," Koenma replied.
He turned to face her. They locked eyes. 'I love you, I need you, I want you,' Botan thought quietly losing herself in his brown eyes. 'I want to tell how I feel. How I've always felt for you.' Slowly, Koenma's grip tightened around her. 'I was born to meet you,' he thought. He inched closer to Botan. They locked in a deep kiss with star flying by in the distance.
"Do you still want to go to the Moon Festival?" Botan asked breathlessly.
"No," Koenma replied softly. "I think it's much better to be right here with you beside me."
In the mist filled garden, they walked through the lilies. Turning to her, Yusuke's eyes wandered over Keiko's soft, moonlit features. 'Too beautiful,' 'he thought quietly. 'But who does she remind me of? ' Hesitantly, Keiko faced toward him.
"Are you all right, Yusuke?" Keiko inquired smiling. "You seem to be rather quiet and not like the boy I've watched from the moon."
"Uh, yea," he responded unsurely. "Just thinking."
"Oh?" Keiko inquired curiously. "What about?"
Yusuke stared down at his white shoes.
"Just you and the other princesses," he muttered.
Keiko listened.
"I was wondering, if you–" he murmured trailing off.
"If I," Keiko repeated softly.
'If I've loved you too, Yusuke?' She thought quietly. 'Yes, I have always loved you. But I will not love you.'
"If you are like the other Princesses," Yusuke whispered turning away shyly, "and have someone special down here on earth."
"I do," Keiko answered, "but I cannot love you, Yusuke. No matter how much I care for you."
Shocked, Yusuke turned back to her.
"What?" he pleaded sadly, "why?"
"Because," she explained turning away from him. "I've seen how you treat your earth women, and I don't intend to have that happen to me."
She stared down into the lilies. Yusuke watched her intently.
"Don't deny it, Yusuke," Keiko uttered coldly. "You are the earthlings call a 'Playboy'. You bed a different woman every night, and the court finds you one of the most handsome and eligible men for it. I will not be just something you can bed every night and leave alone the next morning."
Yusuke sighed.
"Yea," he sighed, "I did do that to just about every woman in this kingdom. I'll admit, but I had my reasons."
Angrily, Keiko spun around. Her blue gown fluttered wildly in a cold, harsh wind.
"Reasons!" she cried angrily. "What reasons do you have for fooling with a girl's emotions?"
She swung her hand hard hitting Yusuke on his cheek. He stared down into the ground ignoring the sting in his cheek.
"I was lonely," Yusuke confessed sadly.
"So?" Keiko interrogated crossing her arms with annoyance tinting her voice. "The Prince was lonely too, but he didn't sleep with every girl in his kingdom."
"But, the Prince was different," Yusuke retorted softly. "My mother, Atsuko, bore me as an illegitimate son. My father abandoned us after I was born."
Keiko's arms fell to her side. Yusuke settled himself in the damp garden soil. Her mind began to wander contemplating what he had said. She stepped to his side and kneeled down onto the grass next to him.
"And?" she queried wanting him to continue.
"Unlike the Prince, I had no stories of a Moon Princess to comfort me," he responded. "Or any stories to bring me comfort in fact. All I had were dreams."
"Dreams of what?" Keiko asked.
"I don't know," Yusuke answered softly staring up into the starlit sky. "All I know was that she was very beautiful. Instantly, from when I saw her, our hearts seemed to be drawn to one another."
Keiko gazed upon his upturned face watching the stars. Her eyes shined with recognition.
Dream
A young Keiko walked out into the lilies. She looked up to the large flowers towering over her. She turned as she heard a soft sound behind her.
"Yusuke!" she cried excitedly running up to a small boy about her age. "You came!"
Yusuke nodded happily.
"Of course, Keiko!" he shouted smiling. "We're friends aren't we?"
Keiko nodded.
"Lets go play!" she yelled.
She grabbed Yusuke's hand and pulled him along. They gamboled in the flowers laughing and crying happily. Quickly, Keiko rushed out of the garden. Yusuke followed behind her. She reached the edge of a large lake with the setting afternoon sun in the distance. She stopped and lost herself in the warm glow of the setting sun.
"Tag!" Yusuke cried tapping her shoulder.
Keiko didn't reply.
"Keiko?" Yusuke whimpered worriedly. "What's wrong?"
"Look, Yusuke," she murmured still staring out into the sunset. "Isn't it pretty?"
She pointed to the large sun setting behind the lake. Yusuke turned toward the distant horizon.
"Yea," he murmured back to her mesmerized.
"This will be the last sunset we'll ever see together, Yusuke," Keiko sighed sadly.
"What? What do you mean, Keiko?" Yusuke questioned worriedly. "Are you leaving?"
"Yes," Keiko answered with her eyes growing watery. "I'm going to the moon. I won't be able to play with you anymore."
"Keiko, don't cry," Yusuke said sadly.
He pulled her into his small arms.
"We'll always be together, and someday, I know we'll meet again," he confided tightening his grip around her.
"We will?" Keiko mewled wiping her tears. "Promise?"
"I promise," he comforted as he and Keiko stared into the setting sun.
"A promise of the past?" Keiko whispered. "So that when we may look back on this, we'll get to smile?"
Yusuke nodded. She stepped out of his embrace and smiled.
"Goodbye, Yusuke!" she cried happily. "I'll never forget you!"
She ran slowly fading away leaving a ghostly whisper behind.
"Goodbye, Keiko!" he cried back to her as he began to cry. "I'll miss you! May our memories turn into wings!"
"Goodbye!" Keiko cried out one last time as her voice faded softly.
Yusuke gazed longingly at the spot where she last stood. A small boy with curly red hair walked up.
"Where's your imaginary friend, Keiko?" the boy questioned.
"She's gone, Kuwabara," Yusuke answered. "She said she had to go to the moon."
"Oh," Kuwabara murmured. "I see. You miss her already, don't you?"
Yusuke nodded sadly.
End Dream
"I'll miss you. May our memories turn into wings," Keiko murmured softly.
Yusuke turned to her wide eyed.
"What did you say?" Yusuke asked shocked.
"'I'll miss you. May our memories turn into wings'," she answered. "It was from a dream that I had when I was a child. Every night, after I fell asleep, I dreamed a boy and I would play in a garden. I told him I had to go to the moon, and I would never get to play him again. We promised we would get to meet again one day."
"You both promised right in front of a lake as the sun was setting," Yusuke murmured.
Keiko's eyes went wide.
"You said," he continued, "'a promise of the past? So that when we may get to look back on this, we'll smile?'"
"How?" Keiko posed shocked.
"When I was a boy," Yusuke started, "I dreamed of a little girl around my age. She would come and play with me when I was lonely. To others, she was an imaginary friend, but to me, she was as real as you are now."
"But, that means-" Keiko whispered shocked. "You're the little boy I would visit at night when I was asleep!"
Yusuke stared at her placing his hand on her cheek.
"And it also means, you're the little girl that my friends called 'imaginary'," Yusuke murmured dazed, "and the girl I've truly loved for all these years."
Keiko's eyes welled with tears. She stared up into Yusuke's brown eyes.
"Yusuke!" she cried throwing herself into his arms. "I've missed you."
"I've missed you too, Keiko," he whispered.
He stroked her long, brown locks. He buried his face into her neck as they sat quietly under the moonlight surrounded by soft white lilies.
Rei stared quietly through the Time Stream mists watching the Princesses down on earth and in space. Softly, she smiled. She sighed. 'You, Princesses, and your dreams,' she thought softly. She shook her head. 'At least they're beautiful dreams.' Suddenly, an eerie sound resounded through the Time Gate. Suspicious, she turned and dropped into a fighting stance.
"Who's there?" she snapped as loud taps made their way toward her. "I am the guardian of this place. State your name."
The tapping stopped.
"Well," a voice replied, "it seems you've turned into a real Ice Witch since I've last seen you, Rei."
I know that voice, she thought.
"Fiore?" she called out shocked as the Time Gate Mists cleared revealing a handsome man with long green hair.
A smiling man adorned in a intricately decorated, gray suit strolled up to her twitching small elfish ears. The earrings in his ears jingled. Rei smiled.
"It's good to see you, Rei," Fiore greeted smiling. "You've grown quite a lot since I last saw you."
"Forgive me for the earlier actions, Fiore," she answered embarrassed. "The latest happenings have me and the others pretty occupied."
"Anything I could do to help?" he asked worriedly.
Sadly, Rei shook her head.
"Don't worry," she started as her smile slowly faded. "Things will work out."
"That's good," he replied cupping her cheek and turned her to face him. "But as they say 'Smile even when you're sad, you never know when someone may be falling in love with your smile'."
Rei laughed.
"And who would fall in love with my smile?" Rei teased, grinning as Fiore walked ahead of her headed for the door. "No one. That's who."
"Now," he muttered softly turning back to her smiling face. "I wouldn't say that, Rei."
Rei stared at him strangely. 'Huh?' She thought.
In her purple and gold sitting room, Jesscheaux sighed. She watched Goemon pouring white wine into two crystal glasses. Then, he turned worriedly to her.
"Lady Jesscheaux, are you all right?" he wondered as he walked to her.
"Forgive me, Lord Goemon," she responded as she stared down at her crossed hands in her hands. "I'm just so worried about what's going on down on earth right now."
"Don't worry about it tonight, Jesscheaux," he said softly pulling her close. "I'm here, and tonight should be a night of celebration."
As she let her head rest on Goemon's shoulder, Jesscheaux felt a blush rise to her cheeks. 'So warm,' she thought. 'He's so warm.' Goemon looked down on her and smiled at her blushing face.
"What's there worth celebrating?" Jesscheaux questioned looking up to him. "There's so many bad things going on right now."
"But," he comforted softly, "to every bad thing, there is a good thing. As to every darkness, there is a light. It's called the balance. Without it, the world would be in utter chaos."
"And what would the good thing to this be?" she retorted pessimistically, yawning.
Her green eyes fluttered. Slowly, she laid down in Goemon's lap. He place his arm around her and stroked her hair.
Goemon smiled.
"You'll know in good time, Lady Jesscheaux," he soughed softly. "You'll definitely know in good time."
'I'll know in good time, Goemon,' she thought softly closing her eyes. 'We'll know in good time.'
Smiling, he gently lifted her in his arms and walked to her room. As the earth's light shined on her purple, silk sheets, Goemon laid her down and quietly left the dark room softly closing the door behind him.
The sunlight drifted into her room chasing Jesscheaux away from her dreams. Slowly, she sat up removing the purple silk sheets from her tired form. 'Oh,' she thought worriedly. 'My gown is wrinkled.' Her door opened, and a maid in a black gown rushed inside.
"My Lady!" the maid cried. "How could you sleep so late and keep Lord Goemon waiting?"
'Huh? 'Jesscheaux thought confusedly. Quickly, the maid pulled her out of her bed and pushed her behind a screen undoing the buttons on Jesscheaux's gown.
"Quick! Quick! Quick!" the maid rushed forcing Jesscheaux into a white bath robe. "Take a bath. Hurry! Lord Goemon is waiting for your company down at breakfast!"
Jesscheaux ran with the maid quickly on her heels. She made her way to a large bathroom in her room.
"That water should be hot," the maid said quickly slamming the door in a hurry.
'Oh yea? If this water is so hot, then why does it feel like I'm bathing in sub-zero temperatures?' Jesscheaux thought bitterly shivering in her large footed bathtub.
They crept into the palace.
"Keiko," Botan began softly, "what are you going to do about your gown and shoes? They're filthy."
"I have no idea, Botan," Keiko responded shrugging her shoulders. "I had no idea we would stay out so late."
"Neither did I," Yukina murmured as she turned to Kizna.
"Here, Keiko," Kizna whispered as she opened her bedchamber door and looked around worriedly. "You and the others move quickly. I don't know if the other Princesses are up yet."
They rushed quietly into the hall, headed for their rooms.
Slowly, Kohaku opened her and rushed out of the large bed. She rushed around the room opening the deep blue, velvet curtains. The sunlight flooded the room chasing Jin away from his dreams as he lay on the couch.
"Huh?" Jin queried drowsily as he sat up on the couch. "What's wrong?"
"It's morning, Jin," Kohaku scolded worriedly. "I've been here all night. Why didn't you wake me up after I feel asleep?"
Tiredly, Jin rubbed his eyes and yawned.
"You were too pretty sleeping in my arms, darling," he answered smiling. "I couldn't bare to wake you."
As Kohaku parted the curtains, she turned to him and smiled.
(Author's note: once again I shall continue the r.p. since Jesscheaux won't UPDATE!! HINT HINT, JESS!! But do enjoy the r.p., Jesscheaux!
"Ookk," she muttered as the demons and James walked away, "that was... odd."
"It could be worse," a voice replied in the dark cell next to her. "They're actually somewhat sane today with the exception of the whole 'lets get revenge on our former enemies thing.'"
Jesscheaux turned to the dark cell she had just realized was there. A pair of gold eyes were watching her admist the darkness. The eyes blinked. Silver eyes replaced the gold pair. Slowly, Jesscheaux backed away.
"Do not be afraid, human," the voice replied. "I will not hurt you. I cant even get out of my cell see?"
The voice's gold eyes looked toward the demon wards on her cell. Jesscheaux nodded warily. The silver eyes turned to its window where the moonlit night shined in.
"Would you like to see what i look like?" the voice asked as Jesscheaux nodded.
The dark figured walked to a small square of moonlight and stood. Jesscheaux spied a fox with long black hair, black ears, a black tail and eyes that flickered between the fine line of silver and gold. She wore a long black dress with slits up both sides reaching her waist. She wore a black choker with a small bell hanging from it.
"How long have to you been here?" Jesscheaux asked as the fox stepped back into the darkness. "And what's your name?"
"Call me, Cesca," the fox replied. "I've been here for many years. I'm Karasu's prisoner. I cannot escape because of the wards on my cell and the bell i wear around my neck."
"The wards i get, but can't you just remove the choker?" Jesscheaux asked as the fox shook her head.
"No," she replied. "there is a small ward on this choker as well.. So I'm stuck with it."
She frowned a bitter frown.
"Now that I've answered your question, you must answer mine," she began. "Who is this 'Kazuma' you speak of? Is he your mate?"
Jesscheaux sighed a dreamy sigh.
"Yes =-=," she said blushing brightly. "He's the cutest little red-head on Earth! He's so sweet and charming. And handsome. And strong. And smart. [insert useless ramblings here]"
"I see," Cesca replied smiling. "He sounds wonderful. Where is he now?"
Jesscheaux sighed slumping down in her cell.
"I don't know," she whispered as tears trickled down her face.
Cesca watched worriedly. 'Where are you, Kazuma?' she thought sadly. 'Where?'
With the YYH Boys
"Nice move, Detective," Hiei sneered. "You BLABBED!"
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry! GEEZ! Get a life, Hiei," Yusuke retorted.
"Well," Kurama began. "We might as well make the best of it. We may need all the help we can get with these, apperently, undead enemies."
"WILL YOU ALL SHUT UP!?" Kuwabara yelled making the others jump. "WE HAVE TO FIND, JESSI!!!"
"Yes, Sir, Sargent Sir!" the others replied giving Kuwabara an army salute.
"NOW!" Kuwabara bellowed suddenly appearing in a General's uniform. "I WANT YOU ALL TO MARCH AHEAD LOOKING FOR ANY SIGNS OF JESSI. UNDERSTOOD, PRIVATES!?"
"SIR YES SIR!" the others cried marching through the thick Demon World bushes in army fatigues and black boots. "LEFT, LEFT! LEFT RIGHT LEFT!"
Kuwabara placed an army helmet on his head and marched into the bushes after them as he smeared black shiny stuff under his eyes. 'I'm coming, Jessi,' he thought determinedly. 'Wait for me.'
Don't you think the yyh boys would look so cute in army fatigues? i think they would. Especially Kurama! stars in eyes)