Yukina-kun: Heys, I know that I placed a kun in my name (that I horribly realized was for guys only). Uh, I'm not a guy okie? I wanted to change my name to Yukina-chan but someone already got that T-T .... Yeah, I'm 100 girl....
Yukina-kun (chan): Anyways, I never realized that this story was going to gather so many reviews!!!
(looks at the story)
Some info: Do you know what? I already ended this story before. (hears gasps from readers). If you could look at my reviews, there's a part there that readers say that they felt really bad cause I ended it up with the wrong people.
Readers: You did???
Yukina-kun: Yup! In the end, (because no one was reviewing and I felt really bad), I did a after a few years, Mitohino married Shamel and Hiei married Shara and they forgave each other and lived happily ever after....
Readers: You made Hiei and Shara marry???
Yukina-kun: Yeah... but then after a few days, I looked at the story and remembered my plans for it. I knew that I ended it already but I could not help it. I had to continue it. So, I erased the previous chapter 13 and placed a new chapter 13. Then, the reviews started piling up!!!! TTo you don't know how happy you all made me...
Readers: (blushes)
Yukina-kun: Thank you for all your support!!! I will make this story just nice for all of you! You all are the greatest!!! Watch out for the other Love Letter series. Long ago, I planned to do many titles about love letters... about how love letters formed love to two people. I have planned already two so watch out for them!!! Thank ya all!!!! TT You guys make me all happy.... Try reading "A Yu Yu Hakushu Christmas Carol" it was great. A little bit cheesy in the romance part but over-all, it was 100 great!!! Oh yeah, THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO REVIEWED!!!!! I LOVE YA ALL!!!
Yukina-kun: Drum roll please!!(Drums roll....)
Chapter 20: Carabao raceIt was a tie. A tie. Hiei and Teryo could not believe it. They were covered with muck and dirt. They had been battling. One, carabao riding...
The carabao riding...Hiei and Teryo stared at the carabao. It was a weird creature. "What's that?" Teryo asked Botan.
Botan placed her spectacles and took out a book, "Carabao," she said, "Or more commonly known as the water buffalo. It is usually used in the Philippines for farming. They use the carabao for plowing the soil. See? They have some sort of brownish horns at the side of their head and they have a brownish black color. It's really large isn't it? Yeah... It's larger than Hiei.."
"Don't you dare compare me to a beast as that..." Hiei said to Botan.
"Oh yeah...." Botan said.
"Go on." Teryo said, "So what are we supposed to do?"
"We will have a carabao racing." Botan said.
"Carabao racing?" Teryo and Hiei said as the two of them raised an eyebrow.
"Yes." Botan said, "You both ride the carabao. There's an obstacle course though. Both of you will go to two different paths in the forest. Hiei will take the right while Teryo takes the left path. It will take nearly thirty minutes for both of you to reach the finish line."
"Where is the finish line anyway?" Teryo asked.
"We won't tell though." Botan said. "But your job is to go through the forest and face your obstacles. You know what will happen when you win. The winner gets to bring Shamel to the Fireworks Carnival."
Hiei and Teryo suddenly had fire glints in their eyes as the two of them looked at each other. They were ready to do all that it takes.
"The race will start from the mounting of the carabao at the start to the going down of the finish line." Botan said, "Yusuke and Keiko are waiting at the other side. Ready?"
Teryo and Hiei nodded as they positioned themselves beside a carabao each. Kuwabara and Yukina watched eagerly.
"Hehehehee..." Kuwabara whispered to Yukina, "You wanna see them fall off the carabao? I bet Hiei will be funny..."
Hiei strode to Kuwabara and gave him hit in the head. Then he walked back to his carabao and went to a starting position. I'll show that Kuwabara that this is easy. Hiei thought, My sister is here and I'll show her what a great person I am.
"Reaaaaaadddddyyyyy...." Botan said, "Get set.... GO!!! Start mounting your carabaos!!"
Easier said than done.
"Hahahahhhhhhhhhaaa!!!!!!" Kuwabara said as he fell to the ground laughing, "Yukina! Yukina! You saw that? Hiei fell face-flat in the mud for the fifth time! Hahahahaaa!!!!!!"
"Baka..." Hiei muttered. Then he tried to swing himself to the back of the carabao but he swung to far and landed at the side of the carabao and not on the carabao.
"Whaaaaahahaaa!!!!!" Botan and Kuwabara laughed as they fell to the ground. Yukina so wanted to laugh but she kept her posture by covering her mouth.
Red with embarrassment, he looked at Teryo to see how he was doing and he saw Teryo successfully mount the carabao.
"Bye Hiei!!" Teryo said as he waved to Hiei and went to his path and disappeared from sight. Hiei wasted no time. He saw how Teryo mounted the carabao and he successfully mounted the carabao. Botan and Kuwbara stopped laughing and stared at Hiei, mouths open.
"Hn." Hiei said with pride that he rode the carabao. Then he pulled the rope to direct the carabao to the right path. Hiei pulled it a little to hard to the right and the carabao made a full turn around in a full circle. That led Botan and Kuwabara to laughing. Hiei, red from embarrassment again, turned the carabao properly. Even if he was able to make the carabao walk to his path it kept moving in a zigzag path. Kuwabara and Botan kept laughing as they watched Hiei disappear moving in a zigzag path......
Hiei's carabao ridingHiei felt like he had been walking for hours when he suddenly noticed he was at an intersection. There were three roads in that intersection. One led to the forest, one to a flatland, and the other to a rocky area. He noticed that Teryo had taken the flatland. Hiei grinned to himself. One thing that he learned was that if you are at an intersection and at lost to what path to pick, never pick the road leading to the flatland. It takes longer for you to reach your destination.
Slowly, Hiei nudged his carabao to the path leading to the forest and his carabao walked to the forest in a zigzag path.
3 minutes later
Hiei came upon a bridge. He looked at the watch that Shara gave to him and saw that 10 minutes has passed when he first left where Botan was. He hurried the carabao on the bridge. Easier said than done.
His carabao kept going in a zigzag path and bumping the railings of the bridge that it took him one minutes to walk cross that bridge when the average carabao could take only 30 seconds.
Hiei wiped the sweat from his forehead and led his carabao on who was still walking in a zigzag path.
With Teryo's carabao riding...Teryo stared at the forest around him. He had been leading the carabao through the path and it wasn't that hard. He remembered how Hiei looked like when he tried to mount the carabao. Teryo chuckled to himself. He looked at the path and saw that there was a bridge. Teryo held the rope of the carabao and directed it to walk calmly to the bridge.
Suddenly, his carabao started moving and mooing about (it's mooing but it's not a cow). Teryo started directing his carabao to the end of the bridge but the cow would not. Teryo sighed as he backed his carabao a little. Then he saw that there was a hissing sound. He looked at the ground and saw a snake. Teryo sighed. He used his wind power and the snake flew to the water. Teryo watched as the snake kept slithering left and right and finally reached safely at the bank. Then he nudged the carabao on.
Shamel... he thought. Suddenly, he noticed a weird aura about him as if someone was watching him. He sighed again and nudged his carabao to run. It ran down the path and rammed on something.
"Ow!" Teng-yu said when she flew to the tree and rammed it hard.
Teryo started laughing hard, "That's what you get little sister for trying to stalk your older brother." Teryo said as he laughed hard.
"Hmph!" Teng-yu said as she stood up and brushed her pretty pink dress. "Father told me to tell you to not forget your mission there."
"Yes, yes," Teryo said, "I know that."
"Then why are you riding that weird beast that is called a carabao?" Teng-yu asked, "Ah, now I remember, there is a great price when you win, right big brother?"
"Get your nose out of this little sister." Teryo said as he moved the carabao's nose to his sister's hair.
"EEEeeek!" Teng-yu shouted and jumped far back. Then she started dancing, "My brother's in lo-ove! My brother's in lo-ove!" then she stopped dancing, "Oh yeah, don't forget the Revival. Father said that it soooo important."
"Yeah, yeah..." Teryo said, "How many times did I tell you to stop reminding me! Now shove yourself out of here before I make this carabao eat you." he said as he shoved the carabao's mouth to his sister's shoulders.
"Yaaaaaakkkkkk!!!" Teng-yu said and she jumped to a tree. "By bro!" she said in a singsong voice before "disappearing".
"Just don't let me catch you spying on me!" Teryo shouted to nothing. No answer. "Oh well..." he said.
Then he noticed something else. He looked at the bridge and saw that there were dents- of a carabao. Teryo's mind panicked for a second. Hiei was here ahead! He stared at the dents and noticed that they were there around two minutes earlier. It was long considering that the carabao could travel fast .
There's only one thing to do... Teryo thought, I want to win this so the only way is to cheat.
Slowly, Teryo took a pouch from his pocket and sprinkled on the path in front of the carabao. The carabao moved back in fright but Teryo kept it in it's place. Suddenly, from the dust sprang a blue portal.
"Take me a minute ahead of Hiei..." Teryo said as he entered the portal. He walked the carabao inside the portal and saw Hiei's carabao traveling in a zigzag path. He nudged his carabao faster and saw the end of the portal. He came out of it knowing that he was in a big lead from Hiei. He knew that Hiei will pass that way so he took another pouch from his bag and sprinkled it in his left side. Suddenly, a path appeared. Teryo smiled to himself.
That is a fake path.... Teryo said. Let's see where that will lead him now... Laughing to himself, he nudged the carabao faster so that he, Teryo will win the race.
And with Hiei who still hasn't solved the zigzag carabao walk...Hiei groaned. It had been the fifth time that he came upon an intersection. There were too many paths to pick! Left or right? Left.
He looked at his watch and saw that twenty minutes has passed. He was getting nowhere...
With Teryo...Teryo tried to calm the carabao down. Botan seemed to have placed many creatures that frighten a carabao most. Hiei slashed the bear and continued on his path.
He looked at his watch. Twenty minutes has passed and he was sure that he was not anymore in a big lead with Hiei.
With Hiei...Looking at his watch, he saw that twenty-three minutes has passed. Suddenly, he realized something. A forest does not have that so many paths! That is unless there is a hidden village in the forest where there is none. He realized that maybe Teryo had cheated.
Hiei grinned to himself. Now that he knew that Teryo was placing wrong paths for him, he must be in the middle of the forest. Now the only way to get out of the middle of the forest was to keep walking straight. Hiei took out his compass (that Shara gave him) and followed the arrow pointing north. He realized that he would reach there in FIVE minutes, giving him an extra two minutes. But he wasn't going to doodle around. He had to travel fast.
He patiently led the carabao...
With Teryo...He felt his aura and saw that there were no more animals in his path. He looked at his watch. It twenty-three minutes has passed. He realized that from the place where he was in, he would reach the finish line in FIVE minutes.
He nudged his carabao on.
Shamel...Shamel stared at the finish line. She wondered who would finish ahead. She could not believe that Hiei wanted to race with Teryo. She wondered what was going on.
Could it be... Shamel thought, Nah, impossible. I wonder what will happen if Hiei will win... Is he just bluffing or is this for real??
Five minutes later....
Hiei walked on. He saw the finish line ahead of him where Yusuke and Keiko were. When they saw Hiei, they stood up and waved to Hiei. He saw Shamel from the back. She was looking not at Hiei but at the ground. Hiei nudged the carabao faster and it moved in a zigzag path. When Keiko and Yusuke saw that, they fell to the ground laughing. Shamel looked why they were laughing and when he saw Hiei's carabao walking in a zigzag path, Hiei saw her sustain a grin.
Hiei felt happier now.
He nudged the carabao faster.
BDUMP BDUMP BDUMP
Hiei realized that it did not come from his carabao. He whirled around only to see that Teryo had passed his zigzag carabao.
Teryo easily crossed the finish line.
Wheeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!! Me am done. SO sorry I was not able to update sooner. I had school. Thanks for all your reviews especially to EyeoftheTiger, KissoftheDragon! You were the one who made me finish this chapter. Also Animegurl and Kakina! Shadow-seeker, dumbland, gladdecease!!! Thanks for reviewing chapter 19!!!1