How Could I Forget You?
Disclaimer: Maybe someday I'll own YYH…that day isn't today though.
A/n: I apologize again. I just can't seem to update fast. I am really busy though. I'm in so many clubs and now I run one so I don't have much of a life anymore. I am trying though. I also burnt my hand really bad yesterday so it's hard to write this. But anyway, here's another chapter. We're getting closer to the end. Enjoy!
Chapter 13: Deep Sleep
Talik's scythe swiftly came down on Sazumi's attack, his crimson energy cutting her dragon in half. Sazumi's spirit energy went barreling through the crates behind Talik and crashed into the wooden walls of the warehouse. An inhuman sneer lit up Talik's face. He looked up to see the horrified expression on Sazumi's face, but was surprised when he saw her smiling instead.
"SPIRIT GUN!"
A look of horror replaced the sneer on Talik's face. Blue energy came racing toward the evil youkai. He look up at the white-haired girl one more time. Sazumi gave him a weak smile and a small wave.
"Bye! Thanks for the memories!"
"Noooooo!" Talik was engulfed in the blue spirit energy of Yusuke's spirit gun and instantly disintegrated, taking all his evil plans with him.
Sazumi looked down at Yusuke, still smiling.
"Thanks, Yusuke," she said, before she stumbled backwards, unconscious.
Hiei was beside her in an instant, catching her nimbly in his arms. The koorime picked her up bridal style and jumped down from the crates to join the others. Yusuke and Kuwabara jumped down as well. They all landed next to Kurama.
"She's spent," Kurama assessed. "She used up all of her energy healing me and then in that last attack on Talik. She'll need some rest to recuperate." He tore off a piece of his shirt and wrapped it around her arm.
"I'm just glad that bastard's finally dead," Kuwabara said.
"Yeah," Yusuke added, "he's done messing with shorty here."
Suddenly the large warehouse doors burst open to let in the sun's rays, showing that it had stopped raining and was finally morning. In the doorway stood a very worried grim reaper and her toddler boss.
"Are you guys alright?" Botan asked.
"Yes," Koenma asked, "have things finally been taken care of?"
"Yeah, pacifier breath," Yusuke said. "The evil sandwich dude and his cronies are toast, and the pipsqueak's got all her memories back. Foxboy's okay too."
"Good. Take Sazumi back to Genkai's so she can get some rest. The others are already there. They'll be happy to see she has her memories back." Then Koenma disappeared.
"So what happened?" Botan inquired. "How did Sazumi get involved in all this and why are her memories back?"
Botan looked to the four boys, waiting for an answer. Hiei chose to ignore her and walked forward with Sazumi. Kuwabara and Yusuke followed. Kurama was left behind to answer the grim reaper's questions.
"The youkai who kidnapped me was named Talik," he started, while starting forward to catch up with the others. Botan's oar materialized and she floated beside Kurama. "He was also the one who erased Sazumi's memories and planted false ones in her mind. He did it to get revenge. Apparently he had acquired a mystical pill that would increase his demonic powers. Talik had placed it in a sandwich Sazumi mistakenly ate. He was going to use the power to take over the spirit world. When his power was taken he decided to take out his revenge on Sazumi. So Talik wiped out her memories of all of us. Then he created new memories of a different life with a human family. That is why she went to live with that family and began to attend my human school. Talik wanted to steal all of Sazumi's happiness as she had stolen his pill. But then Sazumi became attached to myself. Talik grew even more angry and made a plan to kidnap me. He caught me off guard one day and was able to render me unconscious. Then he sent a note to Sazumi, telling her to gather Yusuke and the others to save me. They were all able to find and rescue me. In the process Talik gave Sazumi her memories back. We fought him for awhile until Yusuke was able to destroy Talik with his spirit gun. Sazumi used up a lot of her energy and is now in the process of recuperating."
"Wow," Botan remarked.
"Yes, well everything turned out okay."
"Yeah, and now Sazumi can come back home!"
Botan smiled and raced ahead to catch up with Yusuke and Kuwabara. Kurama stayed back with a worried look on his face. He soon wiped it off though, walking faster to join the group.
Hiei had left the group slightly behind and was flittering from tree to tree. He gently cradled the sleeping teen and focused on getting to Genkai's temple.
It didn't take the teens long to arrive at the old master's temple. Hiei landed inside the grounds first, the others came in only a minute later. The koorime waited with his burden while someone came to open the door. Kurama happened to be the first by Hiei's side so he slide open the temple door. Hiei wasted no time and walked right in. All the rest followed.
Still carrying Sazumi, Hiei ignored the girls in the room; he simply walked past their questioning stares and headed into Sazumi's old room. He gently placed her on the bed, then a loud slam echoed throughout the old shrine.
As soon as Yusuke entered, Keiko rose to meet him.
"What happened? Why did you guys bring Sazumi here? She's okay, right?" Keiko fired off questions.
Yusuke let out a sigh and began to tell the tale of what happened. Keiko, Yukina, Genkai, and Hinageshi all listened carefully from their seats. Kuwabara sat down next to Yukina while Kurama stood next to Genkai. Botan put away her oar to kneel beside Hinageshi. Yusuke continued standing to talk about the battle.
When he was finally finished with his retelling, Yusuke sat down. Genkai then got up and walked to the center of the room for everyone's attention.
"Now that this is all over with I suggest the you guys get some rest. The boys used up a lot of spirit energy fighting and you girls were up all night waiting for them. There are plenty of rooms here or you can all sleep in the main room. Get some rest and we'll all check on Sazumi later," Genkai advised.
Everyone decided to sleep in the main room together while Genkai retired to her own room. The boys grabbed some futons to set out. Yusuke and Kuwabara collapsed on the floor instantly; Kuwabara's snores were heard only a minute later. Hinageshi, Botan, and Yukina pleasantly said goodnight before they too were silently asleep. Keiko yawned and said goodnight to Yusuke who mumbled into his pillow in return. Kurama silently left the others to check on Hiei and the white-haired girl.
"Hiei," Kurama said when he reached the outside of Sazumi's room, "may I come in?" Kurama got no reply and decided it was okay to enter. He closed the door behind him with as little noise as possible.
When he entered, Sazumi was lying in bed, her chest slowly rising up and down. Hiei was standing next to the bed, his crimson eyes on the kitsune.
"The others are asleep. They're staying here at the temple. They'll want to check up on her when they awake. Have a goodnight, Hiei." Kurama turned around and exited.
Confident that Kurama was gone and that Sazumi was in a deep sleep, Hiei walked over to the window. He sat on the sill and closed his eyes. Then he began to wait for the time when the blue-eyed girl would wake.
To be continued…
A/n: That chapter's done. It's not one of my favorites. But at least it's done. Now I'll go do my homework, which is what I should be doing. Maybe I'll update soon. Can't wait for Halloween! Trick-or-treating's tomorrow! Have fun everyone, even if you don't go trick-or-treating or celebrate Halloween! Happy Halloween!
Be seeing you on the other side of the rain-
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