Dear Nene,
I did it! I was finally able to access my ghost powers! (victory dance)…Sorry about that.
I've been working on flying, and my most basic fighting skills with the boys: swordsmanship with Hiei, distance and Spirit Energy battle with Kurama, hand-to-hand combat with Yuusuke, and Kuwabara is my personal punching bag!
That last part makes me happy.
For the first time, I…I can remember, or, at least know what a mother feel like, thanks to Shiori. She's such a nice woman. It's little things, like giving me allowance, even though she needs the money, like I really am one of her children, and asking me how my day was, and kissing me on the forehead and talking to me.
It makes me feel good, like I'm important, and I know no other feeling can ever prepare to combat that…that love. It's like hearing your favorite song played on the radio, and unconsciously singing along, or seeing your best friend and saying it felt like forever, even though it had been a few days, in reality.
I don't want to lie to her; to tell her I'm her niece, and fake the loss of my parents, but, she'd never believe the truth. I don't know how Kurama can keep the façade of a normal, caring son, seeing what he's lying to her about almost every week.
Is it better to expose the one's you love to the truth to protect them, even though they'd be shattered, or let them stay happy in oblivion? Is it better to hurt yourself with a lie, or hurt others with the truth?
Sayonara,
Kawa
"Kawa, come on!" Yukimura Keiko shouted out, and Kawa looked up, placing her journal aside, to see her holding onto the tail of a kite, Yukina and Botan beside her, holding back their skirts and hair in the wind. Kawa smiled at them and stood up, dashing across the green hill to join the girls.
They were at a small picnic in the park on a sunny afternoon day, enjoying the beautiful weather just before the summer heat. Atsuko, Yuusuke's mother, Shiori, Kurama's stepbrother Shuichi, Shizuru, Genkai, and even Koenma (in a new, better looking teenage form) had joined the Reikai Tantei, and all had been sure to hide the alcohol from Atsuko.
But it seems she had already gotten drunk before attending, and was belting Pat Benatar at the top of her lungs, off key at that.
"Your turn," declared Yukina, a small ice apparition with teal hair and blood red eyes, like Hiei's (she just didn't use them to glare at people).
Kawa took ahold of the tail of the red kite and shrugged, running down the hill as fast as she could, and let the instrument go, watching it rip through the wind and rise feet upon feet.
That looks like fun, she thought dreamily, and, on a whim, let herself unravel, disappearing from the ground and flying up to th kite level. But something felt different; her mind set had changed, like her thoughts, actions, emotions weren't hers anymore. She felt absolutely terrified as she looked down through cloud and saw her friends on the ground, looking for her. But, someone was missing.
Keiko.
