Chapter Fifteen: Weary
"I can't believe he left after I told him to stay." Keiko bubbled angrily.
"I'm sure they believe they are doing the right thing." Yukina replied quietly.
"My little brother trying to play hero. Yea I can see why he thinks he should be in this tournament." Shizuru lit a cigarette.
Setsuna ushered her away. "What have I told you about smoking in the house around the babies?"
Shizuru put her arms up in innocents. "Sorry, sorry. I'll go outside."
"Thank you."
A few minutes later she came back in. "Hey guys we have company." Yumi appeared in the doorway next to Shizuru. Her hair misplace and arms weakened but still bearing the children she was to protect. She looked as if she could just collaspe right then and there.
"I-I didn't know where else to go." She managed out.
Setsuna walked over to her. "She's chilled to the bone." Looking at what Yumi held her eyes went wide. "These children must be extremely cold." Yumi nodded her head before she passed out. Shizuru caught her and Setsuna grabbed the tiny babies. "They mustn't be any older then a month or so." One of them sneezed and the other cooed.
"Any idea to who they're parents are?" Yukina asked.
"None. I guess we'll find out when she wakes up."
(several hours later)
Yumi began to wake. She shot up looking around. "Where am I?" She turned towards the kitchen.
"I'm glad you are up. I was afraid that you had post-hypothermia or worse."
"Setsuna!" She questioned surprisingly. "But how did I get here."
Setsuna blinked. "You mean you don't remember coming in the house?"
Yumi shook her head. "No I don't." She put her hands to her head, rubbing her temples.
"Then what's the last thing you remember?" Keiko asked with a tray of hot food, setting down in front of Yumi.
"I remember...talking to..." Her eyes lit up. "..your husbands...and Tara." Her emotions went sad. "Poor child." She whispered softly.
"How'd you end up here?" Shizuru sat next to her.
"I was told to bring the children to safety." She gasped. "The children. Where are the children!"
"If you mean the two you wouldn't let go of. They are upstairs."
Yumi sighed with relief. "Why not start from the beginning okay Yumi." Setsuna politly stated. Yumi nodded her head in agreement.
"Well it began with this morning. Tara had told me that I should take the children to a safe place. Rin and Katsumi had agreed with her."
"So she sent you out on your own?"
"Oh no it's nothing like that. I came here on my own free will. I wasn't suppose to leave. Well at least not that early." She looked down. "There was so much going on I just brought them. I'm sure Tara, Rin, and Katsumi know by now that I've taken them."
"It's a shame that the children are so young and their parents can't watch them because of this tournament." Yukina spoke quietly.
"Yea but.." Setsuna didn't know what to say. She was a mother and couldn't stand to leave her son. But here are two mothers who could. "Why would they just leave them?"
Yumi looked up. "It's dangerous there."
"Then why be in the tournament?" Setsuna argued.
"That's easy. So when they defeat Ura and his team all worlds will be a better place for all people and demons.
Everyone was quiet because Yumi was speaking the truth. Though Setsuna had an ackward feeling that she wasn't being all telling. Something was amist.