Mei and yuzu, happy ever after?

Chapter 12

Sorry for the delay guys, just been a bit busy. But here is chapter 12, I hope you all enjoy :)

CHAPTER 12

4 weeks had passed and no one had heard anything from Yuzu. Ume was distraught, Mei had decided to move back in with her mother hoping that she could help her feel better.

Hina, Sakura, Kai, Yamato and Mei were all having dinner one night, trying to make a plan. "Seriously Dad its been 4 weeks and we haven't heard a word. We should be looking for her" Hina was passed angry by this point. Kai took a bite of his food as he spoke "No, I trust Yuzu, you should to. We need to carry on as usual. Plus you should be focussing on your training, its only 1 week till the Tournament now" Sakura was the next to speak "Should we really still be going through with the Tournament, I mean it was Yuzu's idea to start with, it will feel strange going without her." Sakura gave a sad smile to the group "Thats exactly why we should go, the Cap wouldn't want us all being depressed here" Everyone nodded to Yamato's comment.

All the attention was now on Mei as she was sitting quietly staring at her food "How are you holding up Mei" Hina placed her hand on top of Mei's as she spoke. Mei looked up to Hina, her eyes were no longer a vibrant violet, they looked dull. Mei had lost a lot of weight, she had black bags under her eyes and she barely spoken a word since Yuzu had left. Mei just gave the group a nod as she continued to stare at her food. Kai's phone rang, he excused himself as he took the call. After talking for about 10 minutes he returned with a slight agitated look on his face. "Is something wrong Dad?" Kai looked to the group. "it looks like I'm needed back in Canada, something has come up that only I can deal with" Hina quickly stood up as she spoke "What? what about Yuz? I thought you said Team Alpha are covering for us whi-" Kai gave his daughter a stern look, which silenced her immediately. The rest of the dinner was quiet, after finishing their meals everyone went their separate ways.

The next week went slowly for Mei, her father was still covering for her at the Academy, she spent most of her days reading books on Martial arts and becoming familiar with the Okogi and Ozuka clan background. Mei had met up with Kai on many occasions to ask him questions , she wanted to understand Yuzu's family background better. But Kai was gone now so Mei was back to reading through History and Books. She had met with Hina and Sakura a few times to talk about what had happened while Yuzu was with them, but they would always tell her she should hear it from Yuzu herself.

It was now the day of the competition, Mei was invited by Hina and Sakura to come watch. Only Hina and Yamato would be entering, after wishing the 2 good luck Sakura and Mei made their way to the seats. The stadium was packed with over 8,000 people and there was over 4000 people competing. The stadium had 50 different area sized rooms which helped to accommodate the amount of people attending. Mei didn't like watching people fight but this was something that she knew Yuzu had a passion for so of course she would be there.

After a few hours they were down to the top 20, both Yamato and Hina had made it. The next match was a random double team match, luckily for Yamato and Hina they got paired together.

Hina and Yamato were the first to take the stage, they waited patiently for their opponents to arrive. They both turned their heads around as they heard Mei yell from the crown "YUZU!" Hina couldn't believe it. Yuzu was walking with Nessa right next to her.

Hina ran towards Yuzu but as she locked eyes with her cousin she was frozen where she was, she couldn't explain it but something was different with Yuzu. Nessa had the biggest smirk on her face, Yamato quickly pulled Hina over to their side "Calm down Captain, I'm sure that this is part of the Caps plan. At least we know she is o.k right?" Hina looked over to Yuzu, she had a serious expression on her face and her eyes weren't a bright emerald anymore, they were more like a deep forest green.