I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho. I do own everything that's not in the anime/manga; Van-Gareth, Era, the ancient language the two of them speak, the mountains (lol), Ensuren, ect.
Sorry for putting this up late, but due to the server problems I could do nothing.
Thank you miyako14 and RAW19 for reviewing.
Chapter 4
Everything was white.
This was odd to Era. When she tried to get up she found her body would not cooperate with her and to make matters worse her back hurt and she had a headache.
A sudden thought came to her, "Zeek?" She tried to look for the wyrmling, but found she still could not move. "Zeek," she called.
Something small brushed up against her cheek with a squeak. "Zeek," Era said happily. The dragon came into her view and squeaked again.
It was then that she realized why her body would not cooperate with her; she was almost completely covered in snow. With a small bit of thought and spirit energy (the energy which allows it's user to attack or defend with what normal people would call 'magic') she turned the snow into water and moved it away from herself so that she would not become wet.
As she sat up she cringed and rubbed her aching head. Zeek crawled into her lap and lay down. Era noticed that it had stopped snowing and that they were no longer on a mountain path.
"Walin eria ve Zeek?" (Where are we Zeek?) Era asked.
Zeek squeaked in response. Era smiled and picked him up, "Ve nale turu fethin ora friandas." (We need to find our friends.)
Era placed Zeek on her shoulder and attempted to get up, but she found that her back was not too pleased with her movement. She groaned and rubber her lower back, her hand glowing a light yellow.
A few short moments later she got to her feet with no problems; water demons were well known for their healing abilities. Being able to stand she found looking around much easier. She was able to see that they were in some kind of plateau with a few snow covered tree's lay scattered in her vision. When she turned around she saw a snow covered forest.
A perplexed look crossed her face as she looked around for something that would lead her back to her friends. She looked up and saw the looming mountains far above her.
"Galendan ai giem doath eran?" (How'd I get down here?) She then remembered the fall, something or someone had shoved her off the cliff. "Burrar galen dina ai llavemestra?" (But how did I survive?)
Zeek pulled on her hair with his mouth. Era took him off her shoulder and cradled him, "Vesra," (common). With that said she started walking in the direction of the forest, which was the direction she was getting the feeling of the shrine from, even though it was still far away.
She was unaware that someone was watching her from within the very forest she was heading for.
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It had stopped snowing where the group now sat, but the sun was still not visible. Everyone was quiet for the most part as the occurrence of Era's fall began to sink in with its full effects. All they could do was hope that she was alright and that she could find her way to Ensuren since they did not know where to begin a search.
Touya sat in front of a fire the group had burning; he had been very quiet since Era's fall the night before. He had not been fast enough to save her from the fall and knowing that crushed him.
Jin walked up to his comrade and sat down next to him silently. He remained quiet for a few moments before saying, "It's 'ot 'our fault Touya."
Touya said nothing; he did not even remove his gaze from the fire. Jin sighed, "She's alrigh' I bet."
The ice master looked at his comrade from the corners of his eyes, "I know she is. I just wish I could have prevented it." He sighed and brought his knees up, hiding his face in them (much like Era had when she was frightened not too long ago).
Jin had nothing to counter his friend's last statement. He himself had been hit hard from Era's fall since he felt that he could have saved her if the snow had not been so thick.
"Guys what are we going to do now?" Kuwabara asked.
No one answered right away but eventually Kurama did, "We shall just have to continue for now. There is nothing we can do but go to Ensuren and hope Era will meet us there."
"Damn," Yusuke said softly, "We can't do this without her."
Hiei stood, "Era's tough and determined to see her duty through to the bitter end. She'll find a way to get to Ensuren, even if it means braving another blizzard."
Kurama nodded, "Indeed. It is because of those factors that we have to get to Ensuren before her so that she doesn't think we left without her."
The group got to their feet, all that is except for Touya. He stayed seated on the ground, his gaze back to being locked on the fire. He saw without seeing and heard without hearing and as he stared blankly at the fire he could have sworn he saw Era smile and heard her laugh and say, 'Silly Touya, I always be here.'
Jin put a hand of his friends shoulder causing him to jump slightly as he was startled from his revere. "You alrigh'?" Jin asked.
Touya nodded, stood up and brushed the snow off his cloths. He remained quiet the entire time, not wanting to speak anymore than he had to. With a wave of his hand the fire was put out.
To Jin he seemed hesitant to do even that simple task. He however did not say anything on the subject. Instead he said, "Common Touya, let's get to Ensuren. Era'll be 'ere 'ith a smile on 'er face. She'll be right 'appy to see us."
With a heavy sigh Touya nodded once more. He walked forward, past the group, heading down the mountain. Era's fall would haunt his every thought and action for days to come.
As Jin looked down to where the fire had once been alive he saw that the ice had not hardened completely. In fact it was already melting from the bottom; the area closest to the fire ashes. This was unlike Touya and Jin knew that fact all too well.
It seemed as if the ice was crying on the inside instead of the out.
Can any of my readers figure out what the last sentence meant? It's not that hard, in my opinion. I'll tell you the answer in the next chapter.
So, who's watching Era?
Hey next chapter we see our favorite drunk : P
If I get at least three reviews on this chapter or the next one I'll put chapter 6 (which is very short, 2 pages typed) and chapter 7 up at the same time. But I need three reviews before chapter 6 comes up to do so!
