Yuyuko sighed, sitting against the Cherry Tree once more. She gave up trying to revive it, along with the whole idea of tampering with the Hakurei Seal that now encased it and the soul of Yuyuko. She slid her fan out of her kimono sleeve as she always did, and fanned herself. Now that spring was finally back, it was getting warming, but due to the time that it was gone. Summer was quickly approaching. She sighed and looked around. Youmu was out in the Human Village, doing some errands. "Wonder when she'll get back..maybe she is already back..." Yuyuko said to herself as she got up and started for the large and elegant house that still remained from Yuyuko's past. She remembered every twist and turn, smiling as she walked through the house. "If only I had all of my old memories back..." She sighed, thinking about it. "...or maybe it is a good thing I forgot some..." She rambled to herself. Something caught her attention as she started out of the house. She stopped and stood still, looking around. Her eyes caught a small basket. "Huh..did Youmu leave them?" She asked herself, walking to the covered basket and picked it up, uncovering it. She smiled happily and walked outside with the basket. "I love these." She sang happily, sitting down and pulling out a dumpling. She took a large bite of it, chewing noisily.

"It's not polite to chew like that Yuyuko." A voice said, giggling lightly. Yuyuko looked around, half of the dumpling in her mouth.

"Hm..?" She took another loud bite, still looking.

"Don't you recognize my voice?" the person said, falling gently to the ground from the air.

The dumpling fell from Yuyuko's mouth. "Oh my..it's..." She stammered, smiling happily. "Y-Yukari!" She yelled happily, leaping from the stairs and tackling Yukari to the ground in sheer joy.

Yukari laughed a bit, quickly gapping the fallen dumplings back into the basket. "How have you been? I heard the Miko got to you...are you alright?"

Yuyuko nodded and sat up and off of her friend. "She...did attack me and Youmu..even my band." She giggled lightly. "But it was for the good, I would have went insane with power."

"You almost did, Yuyu. I felt the barrier I placed shatter and I knew something was wrong." Yukari said, sitting on a border and floating just above the ground.

"You placed the barrier around the tree? Why did you use my body to seal it?" Yuyuko asked.

"Simple. The tree's power was feeding off your body, per say, so by sealing it with the tree, there was no way for it to harm people...plus I knew that if you seen your own body being used, you would suddenly try and stop everything, but Reimu did a good job. Her borders are hard for anyone to break." Yukari explained.

Yuyuko smiled a bit. "Still thinking about me, huh Yukari?" the ghost asked.

"Of course...I was wondering what happened to you." the border youkai said, looking around. "Youmu's doing a great job...her swordsmanship is as wonderful as these flowers."

"I'll tell her as soon as I can, she'll be pleased to hear it. Ever since Youki left, she's been on her own." Yuyuko said. "How are things with you?" She asked.

Yukari smiled and stepped onto the ground. "I'll show you." She said, snapping her fingers, a large border opened behind her, two figures stepping out. "This is my old friend, Yuyuko."

"Ah, Miss Yuyuko. It's been a while, hasn't it?" One said, flicking her tails.

"Ran? My you've grown. I seen you have your tails." Yuyuko said.

Ran flicked each one. "Yes, I do. I just don't know when they will start to vanish." She chuckled nervously, looking around soon after. "Where did you go?" She asked, feeling her tails rustle. The kitsune sighed. "Chen..please get out from there."

Chen poked her head out from her master's bushy tails. "Hi Yuyuko." She said.

Yukari giggled. "Chen is Ran's shikigami, like how Ran is mine." she explained, seeing Yuyuko nod.

"It's alright Chen, I won't hurt you. I'm a good friend of your master and her master." Yuyuko smiled warmly.

Chen walked out from behind Ran and smiled shyly. "You are?"

Yuyuko nodded. "I knew Ran when she had two tails." the ghost said.

"Nearly one thousand years..." Yukari said to herself, smiling.

"Wow! Really!" Chen asked, looking at Ran and counting her tails. Ran looked at Chen and chuckled lightly.

"Think you made her dear, Miss Yuyuko." Ran smiled, hearing Yuyuko giggle.