I want to apologize for not having this chapter up sooner. I've literally just written most of it in the past hour. It's shorter than I would like for it to be, and I blame that on the stupid case of Writer's Block I developed at the start of this chapter. But it is what it is. I'll try to do better on the next chapter, I promise, so please don't be mad or kill me or anything.
As usual, Yu Yu Hakusho rightfully belongs to the wonderful Yoshihiro Togashi, who, sadly, I am not. All I own are the ideas in my head and my OCs.
For three days, Yusuke and his friends tracked Touya and Chu's energy signals through the Demon World. Their journey thus far had not been a very eventful one. They'd been challenged by a few demons here and there, but none of the fights lasted for very long.
They were traveling northward. In three days, they'd managed to cover much ground. They'd started off in the southern planes of the world, but the steadily dropping temperatures and the overcast sky carried the threat of snow. They would soon be reaching the northern alps.
"Makes sense Touya'd have them come to this part of the Demon World, since he's an ice master and all that," Yusuke mumbled. For once, he was not in his usual horrid mood. He was a little grumpy, but he hadn't snapped at anyone yet. "But they could at least be polite and stop moving around so fucking much."
They continued on, and before long, snow flurries began to fall from the clouds in the sky. Kurama stopped them around midday. The fox did not look pleased.
"The signals have disappeared," he told them. Frowning, he looked around. In the distance, they could see the alps, but there was little else around them. Any footprints that had been made would have long ago been filled in with more snow.
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"Say, what're we gonna do with the Sheila, Touya?" Chu asked his friend. Taking shelter from the upcoming snow storm, they were currently in an old, abandoned, two-roomed hut in the small forest at the base of the alps. They'd been there for several hours.
"I don't know," Touya simply replied. "She's human, so we can't let her loose here in the Demon World. The only thing we really can do it try to find a way to get her back to the Human World where she belongs."
It had been three days since they'd rescued Kyril from Hangu's mansion. They'd blown the building up as they'd left, and that had been the last of Hangu. They'd headed north after that. Touya and Chu had taken turned carrying Kyril as they traveled, and the brunette girl had slept during most of the journey.
The two demons had looked around the hut after discovering it. They'd discovered a chest full of kimonos in one of the rooms. Touya had picked one out before waking Kyril and telling her to go into the other to change since her school uniform was ruined beyond repair. After that, she'd gone back to sleep, and they had not seen her since.
"Do I have to go back there?" The quiet voice behind the two demons made them turn. Standing in the doorway to the other room was Kyril. The white kimono that Touya had chosen fit her perfectly, and she was lightly fingering the edge of one of the billowing sleeves.
"Please don't make me go back there," she continued on, her voice wavering. "Please don't." Touya rose from where he was sitting and crossed the small room to stand in front of her. He shook his head, even though he knew she couldn't see him do it.
"You can't stay here in the Demon World," he told her. He'd explained everything to her after they'd left Hangu's mansion. "It's not safe for you to stay here. In the Human World, though, there's a group that can protect you from something like this happening again. I'll make sure that they do, but you'll only be safe if you go back there." Kyril didn't speak for several minutes.
"Fine," she finally said. "If you want to send me back to that hellhole, then I guess it's not my choice and I can't argue."
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Another month passed before Touya and Chu were able to return Kyril to her home in the Human World. The girl had been away from the two for three days, but she already found herself missing them greatly.
She was sitting on her bed in her room, staring out of the window even though she couldn't see what was beyond the glass panes. Her hair was pulled back away from her face, and she was twirling a few stray strands around one finger.
"Kyril…?" The girl turned her head at the sound of her name. Keiko, who'd been standing in the doorway, rushed forward, tears filling her eyes. She hugged her cousin tightly.
"Auntie called and told me you'd come back, but I didn't believe her," the brunette quietly said as tears rolled down her cheeks. "Oh, Kyril… I was so afraid that you'd never come home again." Kyril did not speak. Her expression was one of no emotion, and she did not hug her cousin.
"I wish I hadn't," the blind girl icily replied. Keiko froze and looked up at her cousin, shock showing on her face.
"Wh-What?" she asked. Kyril nodded and turned her head away.
"I don't know," Kyril said with a shrug. "I just wish I'd never survived to come back here. Living here just doesn't feel right anymore."
Thank you for reading, and please make sure to review! I love to hear what you guys think, and your opinions are very important to me! And again, I am so very sorry that this chapter is cut short and so late.
Much love,
Pandah