sorry for the late update. i just started school and havent been to motivated to start writing again. but i mustered up the motivation. so heres the chapter.
~okuu
Yukari disappeared into her gap and reopened it in Reimu's room, walking out. Reimu stared at the woman who smiled down at her. "Please don't hurt me." Reimu whispered softly.
Yukari chuckled in response and walked past the teen girl. "Meet me downstairs when you feel better. If you don't come down soon I'll have to get you." And with that Yukari disappeared down the steps.
Reimu stood in awe. Before getting the feeling that she was going to throw up. She held a hand over her mouth and ran into the bathroom
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Ume came home to see her old friend sitting on her couch watching a reality TV show.
"Yukari! Well, I haven't seen you since Reimu left!" The older Hakurei joined Yukari on the couch. Ume looked around and lifted a brow. "Where is Reimu?" "The bathroom, I think she started to puke." Yukari replied.
Ume sighed and walked up the steps to her daughters room.
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Reimu quickly shoved things into a duffel bag, she was going away for the night. She was going to find Marisa's house and spend the night.
This Yukari lady scared her. Hopefully her mom wouldn't mind if she left for the night.
Reimu slung the bag over her shoulder. Then she wrote a quick note on that she left on her bed.
'Mommy,
I went to Marisa's house to spend the night. I don't trust Yukari. I'll be back tomorrow afternoon after school. Hopefully. (Haha I will don't worry).
~Mu'
And with the note set she leaned out her open window. Grabbing the cherry tree branch that was right in front of her own window. Reimu jumped out and gripped the branch with all of her strength. Her feet dangled and the feeling of nausea swept over her.
As she grabbed the trunk her fingers ached. This was going to be harder than it looked. Climbing down Reimu looked around to see if anybody saw her. Nobody was out, nobody was nearby.
'Marisa said her house is past the graveyard, walking through a graveyard at night won't be too bad right?' Reimu thought to herself cringing at the thought of ghosts.
When her feet met solid ground she started running. All those years of playing football payed off. Her blood pumped in her ears while the duffel bag banged against her back.
After about 10 minutes of running she met the graveyard's gate. Nobody was keeping watch. That was a good thing.
She slipped through the crack between the gap in the gates. And set off running again. It seemed darker in the graveyard. The air was heavier. Reimu began breathing hard. She soon came to the middle of the graveyard. Standing in front of a huge cherry tree.
It was unnaturally big.
Walking closer Reimu noticed a name carved into the tree.
'The Saigyou Ayakashi. Under this cherry tree lays the body of Yuyuko Sagiyouji. Yuyuko lost her life due to her own hand at the age of 16. Yuyuko will be missed dearly.'
Reimu gasped and took a step back. A girl that committed suicide was buried under this tree?
She dropped to her knees "I am sorry you lost your life this way Yuyuko-chan." Reimu whispered to the soil that lay under her.
"You don't need to be sorry, for I am perfectly fine." A soft voice said from behind Reimu. She spun around and saw a girl that was floating above the ground. Her hair was a light pink like cherry petals.
"Wait... Are you Yuyuko Sagiyouji?" Reimu asked. Yuyuko smiled softly and nodded. Reimu felt stupid for asking that question, Who would be in a graveyard wandering around at this time? And girls her age didn't wear kimonos in this time. Well they did, but only for festivals.
"Why do you have that bag? Are you going home?" Yuyuko asked. Reimu shook her head and got off of the ground. "I'm running away from home, somebody scares me there and I don't want to go back until they're gone." Reimu couldn't believe what she was telling this ghost! She just met this girl, but Reimu is spilling everything.
Yuyuko took Reimu's hand into her own. Yuyuko's hand was soft. It felt almost like a baby's skin. "Don't be scared. I will take you with me and we will sit through the night together. I know a place you can sleep." Reimu found herself smiling at the ghost girl's kindness. "Let's go then."
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Ume looked inside the bathroom. There were signs of Reimu being there, But she must've moved back into her room.
Ume turned to the other side of the hall and knocked lightly on her daughters door. When Reimu didn't answer Ume assumed she fell asleep. She opened the door quietly noticing right away that Reimu had shifted around her room.
Drawers where left open and the closet door was still flung open. When Ume saw that her daughter wasn't in the room she gasped and covered her mouth with her hands. Her daughter was gone but she left a note on her bed.
Ume read the note and shook her head. Yukari meant no harm. But Reimu would be in harm outside of the shrine at night. Youkai would get their nasty hands on her baby girl and Ume would not let that happen.
Ume left Reimu's room and quickly went into her own. The Purification Rod was hanging on her wall. Ume snatched it off the wall and opened her closet. Two of her Ying Yang orbs sat in the corner of the tight space.
As Ume picked up one of the orbs it dissipated in her hands. The other one did the same. Ume felt strange. She hasn't used her powers since she got married. When the word marriage crossed her mind she shuttered. Remembering the night her husband was taken is not a night she wanted to remember. But Ume would do anything to protect her daughter from the same fate.
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"I don't get it Yuyuko-chan. Why are we just standing in front of a blank grave?" Reimu asked the ghost that floated a few steps away from her.
Yuyuko turned to Reimu and smiled. "Dearest Reimu. I get lonely. I have Youmu, my gardener. But I need more friends." She sounded distant, sad almost. Reimu watched as Yuyuko slipped her hand into her obi and began pulling something out. The something was a fan.
Reimu looked at the ghost in confusion. "What's with the fan? It's not hot out." She watched the fan flick open. A breeze suddenly blew through the graveyard. The fan was semi-transparent. And as Yuyuko held the fan up to her face it made her hair look brown, her eyes were a simple blue. Then she pointed the fan at Reimu.
"W-What are you going to do?" Her voice shook as she fell to the ground. Yuyuko floated closer. "I am going to kill you. All I need is your soul. Your body is not needed." Her voice dripped with dark temptation. Reimu felt frozen in her place, but adrenaline began coursing through her veins. In a swift motion Reimu swiped the fan from the ghost's grasp.
"No. I'm not going to die in the crazy place just yet you crazy ghost!" She threw the fan to the ground. Yuyuko gasped "No. You can't be a miko like your mother!" Yuyuko said in pure terror.
Reimu glared at Yuyuko and held the fan over the ghost princess' head. "Yes I am, and you're just a stupid ghost!" Her voice seemed to get darker as if Reimu was aging. With one angry motion the fan was thrown infront of the ghost's feet, and Reimu stepped on it, breaking the fan that Yuyuko held so dearly.
"Screw you, screw your stupid fan and screw your big cherry tree!" Reimu screamed at Yuyuko and picked up her duffel bag. Reimu stomped out of the graveyard. Not looking back.
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Ume found her daughter passed out on the sidewalk. Reimu was asleep with her head on her duffel bag.
The older Hakurei bent down and shook the younger Hakurei awake. "C'mon home sweetie it's 2 am." Ume whispered. Reimu stirred "Mommy?" She asked.
Reimu's vision was blurry and all she saw was the mass of dark purple hair that was her mother. "Let's go home sweetie." Ume lifted her daughter off the ground and carried her like she was an infant.
Reimu just cuddled close to her mom's chest. After this Ume would show Reimu how to use her Hakurei Miko powers.
A/N welp here's chapter three! i made sure to have so many questions be asked in this chapter. like what happened to reimu's dad? how does ume know yukari? we just dont know. well, i know. but i can tell you one thing. marisa will be in the next chapter. sorry if you missed her (;'-')