Chapter 7
I woke up before we arrived at the shrine. Probably because Youmu was trying to wake me up. We walked in and a lady with blue clothing said "welcome to Hakugyokuro. My, we have so many visitors today. My name is Yuyuko Saigyouji. I'm in charge of all the ghosts and phantoms who linger here. Who might you be?". I spoke without making eye contact. "I'm Hibiki… it's nice to meet you Miss Saigyouji". Yuyuko joyfully respond" You're such a cutie. Why don't you consider staying here when you die?". Reimu objected "Don't get carried away. After what you did there's no way I'm leaving Hibiki in your care.". Yuyuko pouted and said "you're so stingy Reimu". Youmu interrupted, "Anyway, where was that sparkling thing you had earlier?". Yuyuko started to get excited and said "Oh' that? I finally collected enough of them, so I'm getting ready." Youmu asked "What are you getting ready for?" Marisa added "this can't be good". Yuyuko joyfully said "I'm going to turn those sparkling things into a delicious tempura!". We were all shocked except for me. I don't know what tempura even is. It took a while but Youmu spoke up and broke the silence"It's not even food (probably). Please don't do this.". Yuyuko thought to herself and said "those sparkling thing have a lot of yokai power so, I guess I can use that to make the cherry blossoms bloom aga-" Reimu cut Yuyuko off "Stop! That idea is even worse. Did you learn your lesson last time?" Remiu asked rhetorically. Youmu told Yuyuko " Lady Yuyuko you can't. Please, give those crystals to Remiu". Yuyuko started to complain about it "But I spent so much time collecting them. I don't want to". Reimu signed and whispered something to Youmu. Youmu then walked over to me and walked me out of the shrine. Then she covered my ears and eyes. I could figure out why. Remiu was going to fight again and she didn't want me to faint … again. I didn't want to be a burden to everyone, I just went along with it. Youmu was surprised how well I was handling this so she asked me why I was so cooperative. I told her "it's because Miss Hakurei has been so nice to me even though I did nothing to deserve it. Not just Remiu but you and Marisa as well… so thank you for being so nice to me.". Youmu replied embarrassed "Oh, It's nothing. We're friends after all.". I didn't realize the impact of me just being with Remiu. Am I worthy of being their friend? I just nodded and we both stood there for what felt like an extra 5 minutes. Youmu stopped closing my ears and eyes while Reimu and Marisa were walking out of the shrine. Youmu asked if they were done. Remiu responded with " Yep. We got all the crystal and too be honest I think we did a pretty good job with damage control as well" Remiu ended proudly. We waved our goodbyes. Youmu waved back and headed back into the shrine. When she got back into the room Remiu was in. It was a mess.
