Chapter 4: Cutting Time Short
Starlite: Do I really need to tell you that I don't own YYH or it's characters besides Satochi and Trisha...
Satochi: It is nice to let them know for the hundredth time.
Starlite: Do shut up.
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It was their first morning in Florida and they were having a blast, sorta. Kuwabara and Satochi had had their first fight as a couple and nobody could figure out what it was about, Kuwabara didn't even know! She had woke up that morning and decided that she was mad at him. She even attacked him when he was following her around trying to get her to tell him what he did. He reached out his hand to her and she put a gash across his palm.
"That was definatly the most impressive fight over nothing I've ever seen. She can obviously be vicious when she wants to be." said Kurama.
"Tell me about it, Kayko and the girls have her down to the beach trying to calm her down while Kuwabara goes to the hospital to get his hand checked out." said Yusuke.
"It's not Kuwabara that's worrying me, Satochi not only turned on him, but passed out after she did it. Most Urufu will get slightly weak, but never pass out. It's a sign of illness."
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At The Beach
After many failed attempts to get Satochi to do anything, the girls gave up. She wasn't acting angry, but depressed.
"Girls, we've done all we can do. I do have one last plan though."
"Well what is it Botan!" said the other girls in unison.
"Give up and let Kuwabara take care of her. I noticed this morning that she got this sad look on her face when he left. I think she's worried that he left for good."
"This is good. He'll be home in a few minutes so I'll go up and tell Yusuke to send him down when he gets home." said Shizuru
In The Lobby
"Hey, has anyone seen my baby brother? We are starting to think that he is the only thing that can cheer Sato-chan up."
"Yeah, we were thinking that too. We just sent him down to the beach." said the boys who were at a table playing cards.
"Dammit! You should tell us these things! I ran all the way from the beach in my bikini with old men looking at me for you guys to tell me that he already has been sent to the place that I came from!!! Argh, men are too damn complicated!!!"
"If you would have slowed down you might have noticed that you passed him on your way here." said Kurama.
"Don't get smart with, ok?!?! I'm going to go get a tan and I don't want anyone to bother me, got it?!?!"
"Yes Shizuru, we understand completely." said Yusuke who was pretending to pay attention to her.
At the Beach
When Kuwabara saw Satochi sitting there, he knew something was wrong. She never acted like that. As he approached her she realized that he was there and ran up to him crying.
"Kazuma, I'm so sorry! Can you ever forgive me?" she weeped.
"Of course honey, but I'm not so sure about what you are apologizing about. You really shouldn't beat yourself up over this sort of thing. It's not healthy."
"You know, for hurting your hand. I cut your hand and you had to go to the hospital. I shouldn't have done that."
"But..."
"I know! Gimme your hand, the sore one."
"Sure."
After grabbing his hand, she placed her hand on it and locked their fingers. She closed her eyes and started to chant and soon his hand was fine, but her hand was bleeding. He looked at his 'new' hand and saw that there was a scar where the cut had been.
"Hey Satochi, I have a question. If you healed my hand, how come there is still a scar?"
"Because I didn't heal it, I sped up the healing prosess. There will always be a scar there."
"What about your hand?"
"Mine will be fine. I've had a scar there. Remember, you ran into me and I dropped my jar and cut my hand."
"Yeah, I remember. Hey, you know what! We've given each other scars on our hands. That's kinda cool if you think about it."
"Yup...." said Satochi who soon passed out once again.
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"Kuwabara, we need to get her to a doctor. Do you know any of her relatives?" said Kurama.
"No, I didn't know she had any family."
"Well, she does and she wants you to call her aunt. She left a number but she said to be careful because her aunt is a full stock demon and isn't as nice. So you might want to follow her instructions. She does know best."
"Sure, but after I call her I'm going to get some ice cream to calm my nerves."
"Hey Kurama, can I go too? I'll try to be careful." said Botan.
"I don't see why not."
"Goody! I love ice cream!"
"(peeks through door) Sweet snow?!"
"No Hiei, I'll need you to stay here in case I need help."
"Damn kitsune..."
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Half an hour later.
"Hey guys we're home." yelled Kuwabara as he unlocked the door, "How's Sa....Hey! What have you been doin' Kurama?"
When they had entered the room it was completely burned, the girls were trying to cool Satochi off with ice that was quickly melting and everyone was charred.
"Well, we now know that Satochi fights with fire as an element. Her senses are on full alert so when we tried to pick her up and move her, she shot fireball looking things from her palms. She is very strong offensively speaking but when talking about health she is very weak. When is her aunt getting here?"
"Three days."
"Get her here sooner. If we wait that long I'm afraid the trip will be in vain because at the rate Sato-san is going at she will be dead by tommorow night."
"Ah! I'll get her on the phone right now!"
"Hey Kurama, could you do me a favor?" whispered Satochi.
"Sure, anything."
"I'm sleepy, very sleepy and if I go to sleep before Kazuma gets off the phone with Trisha tell him that I'm not sorry for ever falling in love with him...ok?"
"Yes Satochi."
"I just got off the phone with Satochi's aunt. She'll be here tommorow morning."
"That's much better. That should be fine. Oh and Satochi wanted me to tell you that she's not sorry for ever falling in love with you. I think it's so sweet how she thinks."
"Yeah, I know. I'm lucky to have such a great girl."
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The next morning
"Kuwabara, her aunt is outside. She looks like she knows what she is doing, but in some ways I have my doubts. She looks like a taller, meaner version of Sato-chan."
"I dunno Kurama, I'm starting to think we were a bit late. Satochi acts like she's just getting worse. I've seen her cough up blood a few times." said Kuwa who was kneeled at her bedside.
"I'll go get her right away."
As she came in, she saw Kuwa knelt there beside her and it made her think of what happened when her sister, Satochi's mother, lay in her hospital bed dying. This was different though. She knew what was wrong with Satochi just as soon as she had heard her symptoms.
"You must be her lover, am I correct?"
"Yes, ma'am. Please can you help her?"
"Of course, baka ningen. The illness is something preventable and easily fixed but she would have most likely went through it anyway, just like her mother. I've been waiting for years for this to happen now the day has come!"
"What do you mean? I don't understand, this seems to be a very serious illness,"
"Aha! But it isn't my poor ignorant friend. It has a very easy cure. Watch and learn."
Just as soon as she was finished talking, she walked up to Satochi's bed, grabbed her by the hair and slapped her across the face.
"Are you drunk or something?!?! That won't work you'll just kill her faster, bitch!" yelled Kazuma.
"Tch tch, when will you ever learn that I am always right?"
And after a few minutes of being out cold on the floor, Satochi began to stir. Soon, she had gotten up, stretched, and dusted herself off before sitting down on the bed to talk with her aunt.
"So Trisha, what brings you to this neck of the woods?"
"You, apparently you were about to play dead for them like you always did when you were young. You really are quite the actor, but I think your day has also arrived. Most of those signs are telling us that you are ready to take your mother's place as a royal."
"Really?! I thought they wouldn't let me in because I was part human."
"But because you are half 'gold' Urufu they believe that you have what it takes. Are you up for it? Also take into consideration the responsibility. And you'll have to give up this human as a lover. That was your mom's downfall."
"What!? I can't give up my relationship with Kazuma! I love him and would never give him up for a job!"
"It's too late now! Your transformation has already begun. As soon as it is complete you won't be able to handle the atmosphere of this place and you'll have the choice of coming home or dying! Is that what you want!? Not to mention that the people need you as well!"
"No! God damn you! You've got your head crammed too far up the public's ass to see the light! Listen, I refuse to do it! Nothing matters anymore! I don't care!!!"
"You really have a whole lot of room to talk! You have your head crammed too far up this ningen's ass to see that your people are starving to death and are being mistreated. And I just thought I might tell you that according to your desision about staying here with him, you have about...Oh let's see...about 24 hours to live."
(silence)
"Satochi, go with her. I don't want anything to happen to you. I love you too much. Please go with her."
"I hate you. You've always been around to make sure my life is screwed up. You've always been there to throw dirt in my face and laugh. You try to comfort me but secretly think it's funny that my life is so hard. You are the problem. One day I'll kill you." said Satochi as she calmly walked over to her aunt and grabbed her by the arm. "Here's my thank-you to you for making my life a living hell." she finished as she threw her through a steel door into the hallway.
"This is the Satochi that I remember. The rebelious, powerful, and vicious Satochi that I know is much different than the quiet, submissive, and polite one that you know, eh? It will get worse." said Trisha as she was pulling herself up off the ground.
Soon a fight started. They both were excellent fighters, but Satochi's bad mood gave her the upper hand. For every attack that Satochi recieved, she fought twice as hard and Trisha tired fast. Satochi was tired too, but she had actually put more into it than Trisha had.
"It is finished. Only one more thing that needs to be done before I can be happy. Hey ningen! Come here, I need you to do something for me." panted Trisha.
"Not unless you call me by my actual name."
"Ok, Kuwabara, will you do something for me please?"
"What is it?"
"Kiss Satochi."
"Really?"
"Yes. Do it."
"Sure!"
As he wrapped his arms around her waist he realized that her body temperature had risen about 3 degrees and her hair was very hot. Especially the silver strands. (A/N When she got 'sick' she turned back into her regular colors.)
But despite that he kissed her just as he did in the lobby. Shortly after they broke the kiss Satochi started glow. Her eyes became a silvery grayish color, her hair became silver, her new silver hair became longer to where it was dragging the ground, and when all that was done an explosion lit up the room. When the dust settled, the new Satochi was revealed. She was dressed in a long white gown and had silver wolf ears. She looked like a completely different person.
"Satochi, look in the mirror. This only comes to show you where you truly belong." said Trisha.
"looks in the mirror Is this really me? I look like..."
"Your mother. You have always been the image of your mother in every way, which is exactly why I don't want you mixed up with him. Don't you understand that history always repeats itself? You are like my daughter, I don't want you to be hurt."
"If you didn't want me to be hurt, then why did you hurt me so much?"
"Because if I didn't you would have been hurt in so many more painful ways. Please come with me. I will give you one whole night to say goodbye to your friends. Please, everyone is counting on you."
"One whole night? Hmmm...alright, but tomorrow morning don't rush me. I want you to leave right now. I will be seeing enough of you as it is."
"It's settled. We will leave tomorrow. Good day everyone."
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"Kazuma-kun, did I do the right thing? I think I did, but I'm not sure."
"Hey guys, you wouldn't mind stepping outside so we can have a few moments to talk, would ya?"
"Nope, not at all. We were about to go out to eat anyway. Do you want us to wait on you?"
"No, unless you want to go, Kazuma-kun?"
"Nah, I'm not really hungry. You guys go on with out us."
"See ya later."
"Bye."
After they left, Satochi walked over to Kuwa and sat on his lap. He put one arm around her waist and with the other ran his fingers through her long silky hair, taking careful notice of her new ears. Every muscle that he touched seemed to relax as soon as he touched it.
"Kazuma-kun, why do I have this feeling that I'm doing the wrong thing? I think what I'm doing is the right thing but I can't help to think that I belong with you."
"It's because you do belong with me, but you belong with your people more." said Kazuma as he took his now free hand and gently caressed her cheek. "Satochi, I love you. I love you more than any man will ever love you, more than Trisha will ever love you, and much more than your people will ever love you, but it is because I love you that I know that you can't stay mine forever. Other people need you more than I need you, but they will never want you as I have. I know deep in my heart that someday, the person who is most deserving of your love will come along and you will be able to start a family of your own, but I will always have a place in my heart for you. If I never see you again I will be able to go on with the memories of this short time we had together and I will keep myself going with the hope that you will one day return to the man who loved you the most."
"Kazuma, that's the most beautiful thing I've ever had anyone say to me. In my life after every bad thing that happens to me is something that is good. Such as a rainbow after a storm. But in this case, my rainbow has happened before the storm. You are that rainbow, Kazuma." wept Satochi. She wrapped her arms around his neck and started crying uncontrolably on his shoulder. He soon got caught up in the moment and wrapped his arms around her waist and cried softly along with her
After all tears were shed, Kuwabara grasped her hand and helped her up. She stood for a second staring into his dark brown eyes realizing that he was almost as upset as she was. She kept telling herself that it would all be alright and she would probably see him again, but that only made her feel worse. She was about to take on an extreme burden and carry the weight of thousands of lives on her shoulders, and she was only 18.
"Kazuma-kun, before I leave I want you to kiss me. I feel awful and when I've been with you the past couple times I've felt all that burden disappear. I just don't think I'll be ready to lead such a large group of people."
"You'll be fine. Just remember that what ever you do, I'll always be there with you. I probebly will never see you again, but I will never forget you." said Kazuma as he kissed her on the cheek, slowly moving toward her lips.
"I just think I'm too....." She tried to speak but she was getting what she asked for, for the last time in her life.
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2 hours later
"Guys, we're back! Is everything alright?" yelled Yusuke.
"Yeah, everthing is fine. Satochi went to go get a pizza, but she had to borrow one of your hats, Botan. Otherwise people would see her ears and her hair and eyes are weird enough. He he he. It was funny to see her pass a maid in the hallway. Neither one knew how to react, so because she didn't like the maid staring at he she growled at her! It was so funny!" laughed Kuwa.
"I see you both are feeling slightly better about the whole situation. Do you think you can do it without having regrets?" said Kurama.
"Yup, and I think she can too. We talked things over and we decided that nothing we can do can stop what is going to happen, so we might as well not waste tears and heartache on it."
"Wow, that's the deepest thing I've ever heard you say! Did Satochi come up with that?"
"Yup, but still, it's the thought that matters."
"Oh! I didn't know that everyone was home. I would have been faster. I'm sorry." said Satochi
"It's alright Sato-chan. You didn't know that we were home. It's not your fault."
"Before I forget, here's your hat back, Botan. I wouldn't want to take something that wasn't mine."
"No no no, Satochi. I've never worn it and I think it matches your hair color better than it does mine. It's a gift from me to you."
"Thank you so much, Botan! I can't wait to tell everyone back home how nice you guys were to me. They'll think I'm crazy though, because humans killed my mom and I fell in love with one and made friends with so many. I just hope they will accept me like you guys have. sniff I'm just gonna miss you so much!"
"Don't worry. I've always read that Urufu are very accepting people."
"I just hope they don't act like Trisha..."
"They shouldn't. I think the only reason that your aunt acts the way she does is because a lot has happened to her in her lifetime. She has a big burden to bear as well."
"I guess I never thought of it that way. I guess I should try to get along with her a little better."
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The next morning
After she had packed her things, Satochi and Kuwabara met the others in the lobby where Trisha was going to pick her up. Before they made it there, Kuwabara stopped her in the middle of the hallway to ask her some final questions.
"Satochi, I have a few things I need to ask you before you leave."
"Sure, anything."
"First question, what was the deal with you and your 'illness'?"
"That was a fake illness. It's something that my body will do occasionally, Trisha calls it playing dead."
"Second question, why does Trisha have an american name instead of Japanese?"
"Urufu can come from anywhere. I just so happens that her mom was an American Urufu and her dad was a Japanese, so her mother gave her an American name."
"Ok, last question, what did she mean when she said that you were part gold Urufu? I thought that the ranking only went up to silver."
"Gold Urufu are what you might called a semi-goddess. There is only one alive at a time, but they are the most powerful of all Urufu. There is a certain standard of the parents for the child to come out 'gold', but I can't discuss that. My mother was a gold Urufu, therefore I am half. My bloodlines are getting me back as a royal."
"Ok, we can go now. It's almost time for Trisha to be there."
When they got down there everyone was waiting for them and all the girls were crying, accept Shizuru who was handing them all tissues. Trisha had a very irked look on her face, more so than usual.
"You are twenty minutes late, Satochi! Can you ever be on time!?!?"
"I told you not to rush me, I will get things done at my on pace."
She loaded all her things into Trisha's car and got everything ready to go before she said her goodbyes. She knew that they would be the hardest part, saying goodbye to Kazuma would be the hardest. They loved each other so much, but they had to go there seperate ways.
"Guys, I just wanted to thank you for all the great stuff you have done for me, I really appreciate it. I find it very difficult to say goodbye now, even though we haven't known each other long 'cause of the way you guys treated me."
"Awww, Satochi, you're so sweet!" sobbed Botan.
"We'll miss you!" cried Kayko.
"Sato-chan, prosper and be happy and try to find away to get out of here without breaking my baby brother's heart. Dammit, I have something in my eye!"
After she had said her goodbyes to everyone else, she came to the one that would be the hardest of all, Kazuma Kuwabara.
"As I told you last night, I'm gonna do this without crying. I hope you can be happy without me, but I do have one thing that can help. A promise. I swear it will come true, but it may take a while."
"Well, what is it?"
"I promise that you will find another girl that you will enjoy being around just as much or more than me. It may sound stupid now, but you just wait. This promise is the last thing I can give to you, I hope you don't think I'm too crazy."
"I have a hard time believing it, but I will trust you. I don't have anything to give you, but please remember me, got it?"
"Yeah, umm...So, I guess this is goodbye."
"Yup..."
Before he could say anything else, she was clinging to him, again sobbing uncontrolably and he found himself crying as hard as she was. They seemed to stay like that forever, but before right before their eyes it was over and Satochi was on her way to become a royal.
"I'm going to go call and get a plane ticket outta here, anybody with me?!"
"Kuwabara, you can't cut a great vacation short like this! That is crazy!"
"Watch me. I'm going back to Koenma and pretending that I never met her. If I don't I'm just going to sit around and think about her, and the more I think about her the more it hurts."
"Kazuma-kun, I..."
"Don't you dare call me by that name! Only she was allowed...(Passes out on the floor)"
"He's really had it rough the past few hours. He needs to rest." suggested Kurama.
"It's just so sad..."
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Starlite: That was depressing...Luckily that is the most depressing part of it, so I need not worry. REVIEW PLEASE!!!!!
Satochi: Poll time! Question: What do you think about Kazuma-kun and I as a couple? Rate your thoughts.
A) They are perfect for one another.
B) They are cute together.
C) They are good friends.
D) Not good at all.
Starlite: Do I really need to tell you that I don't own YYH or it's characters besides Satochi and Trisha...
Satochi: It is nice to let them know for the hundredth time.
Starlite: Do shut up.
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It was their first morning in Florida and they were having a blast, sorta. Kuwabara and Satochi had had their first fight as a couple and nobody could figure out what it was about, Kuwabara didn't even know! She had woke up that morning and decided that she was mad at him. She even attacked him when he was following her around trying to get her to tell him what he did. He reached out his hand to her and she put a gash across his palm.
"That was definatly the most impressive fight over nothing I've ever seen. She can obviously be vicious when she wants to be." said Kurama.
"Tell me about it, Kayko and the girls have her down to the beach trying to calm her down while Kuwabara goes to the hospital to get his hand checked out." said Yusuke.
"It's not Kuwabara that's worrying me, Satochi not only turned on him, but passed out after she did it. Most Urufu will get slightly weak, but never pass out. It's a sign of illness."
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At The Beach
After many failed attempts to get Satochi to do anything, the girls gave up. She wasn't acting angry, but depressed.
"Girls, we've done all we can do. I do have one last plan though."
"Well what is it Botan!" said the other girls in unison.
"Give up and let Kuwabara take care of her. I noticed this morning that she got this sad look on her face when he left. I think she's worried that he left for good."
"This is good. He'll be home in a few minutes so I'll go up and tell Yusuke to send him down when he gets home." said Shizuru
In The Lobby
"Hey, has anyone seen my baby brother? We are starting to think that he is the only thing that can cheer Sato-chan up."
"Yeah, we were thinking that too. We just sent him down to the beach." said the boys who were at a table playing cards.
"Dammit! You should tell us these things! I ran all the way from the beach in my bikini with old men looking at me for you guys to tell me that he already has been sent to the place that I came from!!! Argh, men are too damn complicated!!!"
"If you would have slowed down you might have noticed that you passed him on your way here." said Kurama.
"Don't get smart with, ok?!?! I'm going to go get a tan and I don't want anyone to bother me, got it?!?!"
"Yes Shizuru, we understand completely." said Yusuke who was pretending to pay attention to her.
At the Beach
When Kuwabara saw Satochi sitting there, he knew something was wrong. She never acted like that. As he approached her she realized that he was there and ran up to him crying.
"Kazuma, I'm so sorry! Can you ever forgive me?" she weeped.
"Of course honey, but I'm not so sure about what you are apologizing about. You really shouldn't beat yourself up over this sort of thing. It's not healthy."
"You know, for hurting your hand. I cut your hand and you had to go to the hospital. I shouldn't have done that."
"But..."
"I know! Gimme your hand, the sore one."
"Sure."
After grabbing his hand, she placed her hand on it and locked their fingers. She closed her eyes and started to chant and soon his hand was fine, but her hand was bleeding. He looked at his 'new' hand and saw that there was a scar where the cut had been.
"Hey Satochi, I have a question. If you healed my hand, how come there is still a scar?"
"Because I didn't heal it, I sped up the healing prosess. There will always be a scar there."
"What about your hand?"
"Mine will be fine. I've had a scar there. Remember, you ran into me and I dropped my jar and cut my hand."
"Yeah, I remember. Hey, you know what! We've given each other scars on our hands. That's kinda cool if you think about it."
"Yup...." said Satochi who soon passed out once again.
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"Kuwabara, we need to get her to a doctor. Do you know any of her relatives?" said Kurama.
"No, I didn't know she had any family."
"Well, she does and she wants you to call her aunt. She left a number but she said to be careful because her aunt is a full stock demon and isn't as nice. So you might want to follow her instructions. She does know best."
"Sure, but after I call her I'm going to get some ice cream to calm my nerves."
"Hey Kurama, can I go too? I'll try to be careful." said Botan.
"I don't see why not."
"Goody! I love ice cream!"
"(peeks through door) Sweet snow?!"
"No Hiei, I'll need you to stay here in case I need help."
"Damn kitsune..."
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Half an hour later.
"Hey guys we're home." yelled Kuwabara as he unlocked the door, "How's Sa....Hey! What have you been doin' Kurama?"
When they had entered the room it was completely burned, the girls were trying to cool Satochi off with ice that was quickly melting and everyone was charred.
"Well, we now know that Satochi fights with fire as an element. Her senses are on full alert so when we tried to pick her up and move her, she shot fireball looking things from her palms. She is very strong offensively speaking but when talking about health she is very weak. When is her aunt getting here?"
"Three days."
"Get her here sooner. If we wait that long I'm afraid the trip will be in vain because at the rate Sato-san is going at she will be dead by tommorow night."
"Ah! I'll get her on the phone right now!"
"Hey Kurama, could you do me a favor?" whispered Satochi.
"Sure, anything."
"I'm sleepy, very sleepy and if I go to sleep before Kazuma gets off the phone with Trisha tell him that I'm not sorry for ever falling in love with him...ok?"
"Yes Satochi."
"I just got off the phone with Satochi's aunt. She'll be here tommorow morning."
"That's much better. That should be fine. Oh and Satochi wanted me to tell you that she's not sorry for ever falling in love with you. I think it's so sweet how she thinks."
"Yeah, I know. I'm lucky to have such a great girl."
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The next morning
"Kuwabara, her aunt is outside. She looks like she knows what she is doing, but in some ways I have my doubts. She looks like a taller, meaner version of Sato-chan."
"I dunno Kurama, I'm starting to think we were a bit late. Satochi acts like she's just getting worse. I've seen her cough up blood a few times." said Kuwa who was kneeled at her bedside.
"I'll go get her right away."
As she came in, she saw Kuwa knelt there beside her and it made her think of what happened when her sister, Satochi's mother, lay in her hospital bed dying. This was different though. She knew what was wrong with Satochi just as soon as she had heard her symptoms.
"You must be her lover, am I correct?"
"Yes, ma'am. Please can you help her?"
"Of course, baka ningen. The illness is something preventable and easily fixed but she would have most likely went through it anyway, just like her mother. I've been waiting for years for this to happen now the day has come!"
"What do you mean? I don't understand, this seems to be a very serious illness,"
"Aha! But it isn't my poor ignorant friend. It has a very easy cure. Watch and learn."
Just as soon as she was finished talking, she walked up to Satochi's bed, grabbed her by the hair and slapped her across the face.
"Are you drunk or something?!?! That won't work you'll just kill her faster, bitch!" yelled Kazuma.
"Tch tch, when will you ever learn that I am always right?"
And after a few minutes of being out cold on the floor, Satochi began to stir. Soon, she had gotten up, stretched, and dusted herself off before sitting down on the bed to talk with her aunt.
"So Trisha, what brings you to this neck of the woods?"
"You, apparently you were about to play dead for them like you always did when you were young. You really are quite the actor, but I think your day has also arrived. Most of those signs are telling us that you are ready to take your mother's place as a royal."
"Really?! I thought they wouldn't let me in because I was part human."
"But because you are half 'gold' Urufu they believe that you have what it takes. Are you up for it? Also take into consideration the responsibility. And you'll have to give up this human as a lover. That was your mom's downfall."
"What!? I can't give up my relationship with Kazuma! I love him and would never give him up for a job!"
"It's too late now! Your transformation has already begun. As soon as it is complete you won't be able to handle the atmosphere of this place and you'll have the choice of coming home or dying! Is that what you want!? Not to mention that the people need you as well!"
"No! God damn you! You've got your head crammed too far up the public's ass to see the light! Listen, I refuse to do it! Nothing matters anymore! I don't care!!!"
"You really have a whole lot of room to talk! You have your head crammed too far up this ningen's ass to see that your people are starving to death and are being mistreated. And I just thought I might tell you that according to your desision about staying here with him, you have about...Oh let's see...about 24 hours to live."
(silence)
"Satochi, go with her. I don't want anything to happen to you. I love you too much. Please go with her."
"I hate you. You've always been around to make sure my life is screwed up. You've always been there to throw dirt in my face and laugh. You try to comfort me but secretly think it's funny that my life is so hard. You are the problem. One day I'll kill you." said Satochi as she calmly walked over to her aunt and grabbed her by the arm. "Here's my thank-you to you for making my life a living hell." she finished as she threw her through a steel door into the hallway.
"This is the Satochi that I remember. The rebelious, powerful, and vicious Satochi that I know is much different than the quiet, submissive, and polite one that you know, eh? It will get worse." said Trisha as she was pulling herself up off the ground.
Soon a fight started. They both were excellent fighters, but Satochi's bad mood gave her the upper hand. For every attack that Satochi recieved, she fought twice as hard and Trisha tired fast. Satochi was tired too, but she had actually put more into it than Trisha had.
"It is finished. Only one more thing that needs to be done before I can be happy. Hey ningen! Come here, I need you to do something for me." panted Trisha.
"Not unless you call me by my actual name."
"Ok, Kuwabara, will you do something for me please?"
"What is it?"
"Kiss Satochi."
"Really?"
"Yes. Do it."
"Sure!"
As he wrapped his arms around her waist he realized that her body temperature had risen about 3 degrees and her hair was very hot. Especially the silver strands. (A/N When she got 'sick' she turned back into her regular colors.)
But despite that he kissed her just as he did in the lobby. Shortly after they broke the kiss Satochi started glow. Her eyes became a silvery grayish color, her hair became silver, her new silver hair became longer to where it was dragging the ground, and when all that was done an explosion lit up the room. When the dust settled, the new Satochi was revealed. She was dressed in a long white gown and had silver wolf ears. She looked like a completely different person.
"Satochi, look in the mirror. This only comes to show you where you truly belong." said Trisha.
"looks in the mirror Is this really me? I look like..."
"Your mother. You have always been the image of your mother in every way, which is exactly why I don't want you mixed up with him. Don't you understand that history always repeats itself? You are like my daughter, I don't want you to be hurt."
"If you didn't want me to be hurt, then why did you hurt me so much?"
"Because if I didn't you would have been hurt in so many more painful ways. Please come with me. I will give you one whole night to say goodbye to your friends. Please, everyone is counting on you."
"One whole night? Hmmm...alright, but tomorrow morning don't rush me. I want you to leave right now. I will be seeing enough of you as it is."
"It's settled. We will leave tomorrow. Good day everyone."
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"Kazuma-kun, did I do the right thing? I think I did, but I'm not sure."
"Hey guys, you wouldn't mind stepping outside so we can have a few moments to talk, would ya?"
"Nope, not at all. We were about to go out to eat anyway. Do you want us to wait on you?"
"No, unless you want to go, Kazuma-kun?"
"Nah, I'm not really hungry. You guys go on with out us."
"See ya later."
"Bye."
After they left, Satochi walked over to Kuwa and sat on his lap. He put one arm around her waist and with the other ran his fingers through her long silky hair, taking careful notice of her new ears. Every muscle that he touched seemed to relax as soon as he touched it.
"Kazuma-kun, why do I have this feeling that I'm doing the wrong thing? I think what I'm doing is the right thing but I can't help to think that I belong with you."
"It's because you do belong with me, but you belong with your people more." said Kazuma as he took his now free hand and gently caressed her cheek. "Satochi, I love you. I love you more than any man will ever love you, more than Trisha will ever love you, and much more than your people will ever love you, but it is because I love you that I know that you can't stay mine forever. Other people need you more than I need you, but they will never want you as I have. I know deep in my heart that someday, the person who is most deserving of your love will come along and you will be able to start a family of your own, but I will always have a place in my heart for you. If I never see you again I will be able to go on with the memories of this short time we had together and I will keep myself going with the hope that you will one day return to the man who loved you the most."
"Kazuma, that's the most beautiful thing I've ever had anyone say to me. In my life after every bad thing that happens to me is something that is good. Such as a rainbow after a storm. But in this case, my rainbow has happened before the storm. You are that rainbow, Kazuma." wept Satochi. She wrapped her arms around his neck and started crying uncontrolably on his shoulder. He soon got caught up in the moment and wrapped his arms around her waist and cried softly along with her
After all tears were shed, Kuwabara grasped her hand and helped her up. She stood for a second staring into his dark brown eyes realizing that he was almost as upset as she was. She kept telling herself that it would all be alright and she would probably see him again, but that only made her feel worse. She was about to take on an extreme burden and carry the weight of thousands of lives on her shoulders, and she was only 18.
"Kazuma-kun, before I leave I want you to kiss me. I feel awful and when I've been with you the past couple times I've felt all that burden disappear. I just don't think I'll be ready to lead such a large group of people."
"You'll be fine. Just remember that what ever you do, I'll always be there with you. I probebly will never see you again, but I will never forget you." said Kazuma as he kissed her on the cheek, slowly moving toward her lips.
"I just think I'm too....." She tried to speak but she was getting what she asked for, for the last time in her life.
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2 hours later
"Guys, we're back! Is everything alright?" yelled Yusuke.
"Yeah, everthing is fine. Satochi went to go get a pizza, but she had to borrow one of your hats, Botan. Otherwise people would see her ears and her hair and eyes are weird enough. He he he. It was funny to see her pass a maid in the hallway. Neither one knew how to react, so because she didn't like the maid staring at he she growled at her! It was so funny!" laughed Kuwa.
"I see you both are feeling slightly better about the whole situation. Do you think you can do it without having regrets?" said Kurama.
"Yup, and I think she can too. We talked things over and we decided that nothing we can do can stop what is going to happen, so we might as well not waste tears and heartache on it."
"Wow, that's the deepest thing I've ever heard you say! Did Satochi come up with that?"
"Yup, but still, it's the thought that matters."
"Oh! I didn't know that everyone was home. I would have been faster. I'm sorry." said Satochi
"It's alright Sato-chan. You didn't know that we were home. It's not your fault."
"Before I forget, here's your hat back, Botan. I wouldn't want to take something that wasn't mine."
"No no no, Satochi. I've never worn it and I think it matches your hair color better than it does mine. It's a gift from me to you."
"Thank you so much, Botan! I can't wait to tell everyone back home how nice you guys were to me. They'll think I'm crazy though, because humans killed my mom and I fell in love with one and made friends with so many. I just hope they will accept me like you guys have. sniff I'm just gonna miss you so much!"
"Don't worry. I've always read that Urufu are very accepting people."
"I just hope they don't act like Trisha..."
"They shouldn't. I think the only reason that your aunt acts the way she does is because a lot has happened to her in her lifetime. She has a big burden to bear as well."
"I guess I never thought of it that way. I guess I should try to get along with her a little better."
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The next morning
After she had packed her things, Satochi and Kuwabara met the others in the lobby where Trisha was going to pick her up. Before they made it there, Kuwabara stopped her in the middle of the hallway to ask her some final questions.
"Satochi, I have a few things I need to ask you before you leave."
"Sure, anything."
"First question, what was the deal with you and your 'illness'?"
"That was a fake illness. It's something that my body will do occasionally, Trisha calls it playing dead."
"Second question, why does Trisha have an american name instead of Japanese?"
"Urufu can come from anywhere. I just so happens that her mom was an American Urufu and her dad was a Japanese, so her mother gave her an American name."
"Ok, last question, what did she mean when she said that you were part gold Urufu? I thought that the ranking only went up to silver."
"Gold Urufu are what you might called a semi-goddess. There is only one alive at a time, but they are the most powerful of all Urufu. There is a certain standard of the parents for the child to come out 'gold', but I can't discuss that. My mother was a gold Urufu, therefore I am half. My bloodlines are getting me back as a royal."
"Ok, we can go now. It's almost time for Trisha to be there."
When they got down there everyone was waiting for them and all the girls were crying, accept Shizuru who was handing them all tissues. Trisha had a very irked look on her face, more so than usual.
"You are twenty minutes late, Satochi! Can you ever be on time!?!?"
"I told you not to rush me, I will get things done at my on pace."
She loaded all her things into Trisha's car and got everything ready to go before she said her goodbyes. She knew that they would be the hardest part, saying goodbye to Kazuma would be the hardest. They loved each other so much, but they had to go there seperate ways.
"Guys, I just wanted to thank you for all the great stuff you have done for me, I really appreciate it. I find it very difficult to say goodbye now, even though we haven't known each other long 'cause of the way you guys treated me."
"Awww, Satochi, you're so sweet!" sobbed Botan.
"We'll miss you!" cried Kayko.
"Sato-chan, prosper and be happy and try to find away to get out of here without breaking my baby brother's heart. Dammit, I have something in my eye!"
After she had said her goodbyes to everyone else, she came to the one that would be the hardest of all, Kazuma Kuwabara.
"As I told you last night, I'm gonna do this without crying. I hope you can be happy without me, but I do have one thing that can help. A promise. I swear it will come true, but it may take a while."
"Well, what is it?"
"I promise that you will find another girl that you will enjoy being around just as much or more than me. It may sound stupid now, but you just wait. This promise is the last thing I can give to you, I hope you don't think I'm too crazy."
"I have a hard time believing it, but I will trust you. I don't have anything to give you, but please remember me, got it?"
"Yeah, umm...So, I guess this is goodbye."
"Yup..."
Before he could say anything else, she was clinging to him, again sobbing uncontrolably and he found himself crying as hard as she was. They seemed to stay like that forever, but before right before their eyes it was over and Satochi was on her way to become a royal.
"I'm going to go call and get a plane ticket outta here, anybody with me?!"
"Kuwabara, you can't cut a great vacation short like this! That is crazy!"
"Watch me. I'm going back to Koenma and pretending that I never met her. If I don't I'm just going to sit around and think about her, and the more I think about her the more it hurts."
"Kazuma-kun, I..."
"Don't you dare call me by that name! Only she was allowed...(Passes out on the floor)"
"He's really had it rough the past few hours. He needs to rest." suggested Kurama.
"It's just so sad..."
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Starlite: That was depressing...Luckily that is the most depressing part of it, so I need not worry. REVIEW PLEASE!!!!!
Satochi: Poll time! Question: What do you think about Kazuma-kun and I as a couple? Rate your thoughts.
A) They are perfect for one another.
B) They are cute together.
C) They are good friends.
D) Not good at all.