Chapter 15: Start of a turning point

"What do you mean that's not the point?!" Shamel asked nearly angry, "Are you telling me that there is something much more bigger than this?!"

Genkai looked at Shamel sorrowfully. "I don't have much time anymore and I can only tell you little. Everything that has happened has all been planned out long ago. Everything has been going according to the plan until one day a letter was written by a young woman to a man that she loved so much. This was unexpected and they have to plan again..."

"Genkai, what are you talking about?!" Shamel shouted part in frustration, part of worry.

"I cannot tell you everything because I might lead you to the enemy himself." Genkai said. "You will leave me from this house but be sure of one thing: Act like you never came. You were never in this house. You left the party because you were angry and frustrated. Kurama does not know anything but he might know the reason why you are angry and frustrated. That is enough."

"Genkai..." Shamel said pleadingly, "I don't understand a thing..."

"Neither do I..." Genkai said, "But please do three things for me. One, act like you never came here. Act like this moment never happened no matter what happens. Act like you don't know anything. Act like you never knew any secret. Act like the normal girl you really are..."

"Genkai..."

"Two," Genkai said, "No matter what happens, when you think it is right, when you think that it is the time, find the letter. Search for it. Give it back to its rightful owner. Lastly, don't let them get you. Ok? Don't let them get you. Shamel, promise me that you would do these..."

"Genkai..."

"Promise me!" Genkai snapped.

"I-yes, I promise." Shamel said still confused. Genkai sighed and smiled.

"Take care ok?" Genkai said as she held Shamel's hands tight.

"Genkai..."

"Stand up now Shamel." Genkai said as she stood up. Shamel stood up but her feet were shaking and she didn't even know why. Genkai held her hand again, "There... there will be something that would happen in a few minutes from now. When you see it, hide, never say a word or produce any sort of sound. Run. Then act like you never saw anything. Never tell anyone unless you really need it. I repeat Shamel, never tell anyone what you know until you really need it."

"I don't understand..." Shamel said.

"Run now." Genkai said as she urged her to the route to the back door, "Pass the backdoor and to the forest. Go down to the shoreline and travel there. Go to the train and head back home. Then act like nothing existed."

"But Genkai..."

"Go!" Genkai shouted. Shamel backed away totally confused. Then she turned around and opened the door.

"Shamel," Genkai said. Shamel stopped and looked eagerly back at Genkai.

"Yes?" she said.

"I'm sorry I cannot tell you everything." Genkai said. Shamel nodded and smiled. Then she closed the door. Then she heard a faint scream of an old woman. She turned around and before the door shut, she saw that Genkai had stabbed herself. She wanted to run back. Genkai was still breathing... She could hear people barging in the front door... She could risk it all. She was a half-demon wasn't she?

Promise me... don't let them get you...

Shamel remembered Genkai's words and ran out of the backdoor.

She was in the train by then heading home and tears were streaming down her face. She didn't understand anything. Why would Genkai kill herself? Why? Why did everything seem like it was a big lost? Why did everything seem like there was something missing, like there was something that was supposed to be there but wasn't? What was going on?

Shamel walked to their house, the one where she and Shara live in. There were still lights and she noticed that Kurama was outside.

"Shara!" Kurama said when he spotted her and he ran to her and hugged her. "I was worried."

"You w-were?" Shamel said, the memory of Genkai falling to the ground was hard to not remember. "I, didn't I tell you that I was going out?"

"Yes you did." Kurama said as he stopped hugging her and looked at her, "I don't know but I was just worried. You seemed to act strange for the past few weeks and when you said you wanted to leave... I don't know, I was just worried. But that does not matter. You're all right now..."

"Yes. Yes, I'm alright." Shamel said as she allowed Kurama to steer her back inside the warm coziness of the house...

Shamel had cried a lot when they were informed that Genkai had died and at the funeral, she was scared to go inside the temple where Genkai's body was placed in a coffin. Finally, they urged her in.

Many people wanted to say their last words to Genkai and the temple was crowded. Only few were allowed to go inside to see Genkai's dead body.

"She died of heart attack." Yusuke said to the YYH gang who were all sitting at the steps of the stairs. It was near night and not many were going up or down the stairs. The YYH gang had it all to themselves.

"H-heart attack?" Shamel asked. Confused, she tried to remember the memory where she saw that Genkai had stabbed herself. She even saw that blood that spilled. Heart attack?

"Was there any wound?" Shamel asked slowly and carefully.

"Baka." Hiei said with Shara in his arms, tears silently dripping down her face. "When you have a heart attack, you don't usually get wounds, that is unless someone stabbed you while you had your heart attack."

"Oh..." Shamel said. That's weird, she thought, was I just dreaming when I saw that Genkai stabbed herself? Genkai, what is going on...?

And at last, it has ended. Chapter 15 has finally ended. Now, I welcome you to chapter 16...