Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Demon's Destiny ❯ The Advice of a Spirit ( Chapter 3 )

Title: Demon's Destiny Part Three
Author name: Caelestis
Author email: kaku_o_sankou@yahoo.com
Category: Yu Yu Hakusho
Pairing: Kazuma Kuwabara/Uurameshi Yuusuke(Gomen… I got his name backwards... -___-;; It's hard to understand the subtitles…)

Spoilers: All of the Yu Yu Hakusho TV Series
Rating: R
Summary: Written in response to a challenge issued on the UkeYuusuke mailing list.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters used in this fanfic, but the ideas are original. ^_^; …Or so I'd like to think. Don't sue!

Note: I just wanna give out a thanks to all of my reviewers for their continued support and warm, fluffy comments. ^-^

Ko-Chan - Ah… where would I be without you, oh author who issued the challenge? *grins* You may still have a shot with the first lemon, but it seems that I'm catching up fast!! :P I'm really going to enjoy reading what you have written, Ku-chan/Yuusuke always rule!! You're perseverance had led to further chapters, just as your threat implied… *giggles* I guess you're my muse for this fic, ne?

Keita Tenpouin - *grins* I did try and make my feeling towards Keiko unbiased, but I guessed they seeped through, ne? Ku-chan and Yuusuke's bond is more like… umm… I guess a soul mate would the best way to describe it. I'm still thinking of how to bring it into play, so we'll see how that goes, ne?

Ryuei Jaganshi - I try to please, and at the same time go where man hasn't gone very much. ^-^;;; *gags at the cheesy rip off* Anywho, glad ya like it!

Kurama's Akaibara - ^-^;; Yeah, me too. Ku-chan and Yuusuke just seem MADE for each other. You agree, right?

Mina Lightstar - I'm glad I inspired you to finish `Sun Kissed Copulation', I really wanna read it!! Post now please!

JiJi - Thank you so much for offering to make me a fanart!! I hope that this chapter and the next two will be suitable `payment'. ^-^

Squirrel - Ah mine sporker. -.-;; Thankies for the comments, and as you can see… your sporking worked. U.u;; LoL!!

Kuakku - I'm pleased that this fanfic was the first Ku-chan/Yuusuke fanfic that you've read. I hope that I haven't let you down with the later chapters, I'm trying to keep everything flowing smoothly. ^-^

YuChan - Thank you for allowing my fanfic to be hosted at your shrine!! It's a great honor for me, and I hope that you enjoy this next chapter.

Crow Shoujo - LoL… the lemon is coming, pardon my pun… -___-;; And those mental images of Barney were truly frightening…

Jenny Colburn - Thankies for your suggestions… though like I said, I not making anyone preggers in this fic. Another fic maybe…

Kujakku - Glad you're enjoying this fic! I do try to keep my readers entertained. And that poster that Ku-chan has… I seriously didn't know anything at all about it! >.<;; Must have skipped the page it was on…

Taverbell - *huggles* You truly think so? ^____________________^ I'm happy then!!! Ku-chan and Yuusuke make one hell of a sexy couple!!! LoL, I hear your cries for a lemon, and I can truly say that I am going to write it very soon. And it will fit into the plot, or my pen name isn't Caelestis!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!! - Thankies for your comments!!! I am continuing this, as you can see, and I hope that you will enjoy the future chapters.

Kleptomaniac Can Opener - Hai, hai, bad Keiko, BAD!!! Unfortunately, there is no time in the fic to get Keiko kidnapped, but it would serve the little snot right!! *evil grin* Maybe get her killed while I'm at it… oh well, it's an idea. ^____^;;

Energetic808 - I hope this will satisfy your desires… ^_^

Yosh! I think that's everybody!!! T.T;; Lot of people, ne? Well, get on to reading the ficcie then, and enjoy!!!

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Kuwabara stood there silently with Yuusuke in his arms. Having been awakened in such a manner had not been… unpleasant. He had been lying in bed after Yuusuke left, berating himself for taking advantage of his friend when he was in such a weakened state when his emotions hit him in the face like a splash of cold water. He loved Yuusuke. That's why his relationship with Yukina hadn't worked out, and she had seen it from the beginning. And that was also why he was willing to offer him any comfort that he needed to get over this mess with Keiko. It surprised himself, how easily he was accepting this development.

Yuusuke had started trembling, sobs shaking his body once again. Was he still beating himself up over what had happened? When Yuusuke suddenly pushed him away, however, he was stricken to see tears streaming down his face. Yuusuke stood silently, shame playing across his face, which was turned downwards towards the floor. Kuwabara, confused, took an uncertain step forward. It was apparently the wrong thing to do.

Yuusuke backed away from him, disappearing he moved so fast as he recovered his clothes. He was out the door moments later, leaving the stunned man standing there in his wake. What had happened? Did he regret… the kiss? But he had been the one who had started it. And it had felt so… right. So why… The answer was so obvious; he felt ridicules not to have noticed it before. He was afraid of rejection. Since Keiko had left him, he had been questioning his worth, so naturally he expected the same treatment from Kuwabara.

Since society also frowned upon same sex relationships, he probably had thought that Kuwabara would turn into a raging homophobe in reaction to his kiss. Tears threatened to well up in his own eyes at the emotional trauma Yuusuke had been subjected to all of his life. Kuwabara leapt into action, shrugging into his clothes almost as fast as Yuusuke had, grabbing his wallet and keys before sprinting out the door after his retreating friend.

He had to find him before he could try to do something terrible to himself, and who knows how he could react in such a condition.

Yuusuke ran through the streets as fast as he possibly could; he had to put some distance between himself and Kuwabara. He wouldn't allow their friendship to be tainted further than it had been already. Several bystanders felt a gust of wind blow past them, unable to see the boy running so desperately from his fate.

Genkai… Yuusuke changed his direction. Genkai would know what to do; she always did. Running through the forest in front on Genkai's temple shrine, he was struck once again with the irony of the situation. Hadn't something like this happened in one of Shakespeare's plays? He could faintly recall some of what had been studied in his high school's literature classes. Shakespeare had written many famous English plays… but he hadn't devoted much attention to his teacher at the time and so forgotten what had been taught. How he wished things had been different!

He took the steps ten at a time, reaching the top of the mountain in seconds. This was where he had been taught by Genkai to master the Rei Haddou Ken… the Spirit Wave. Many memories were tied up in this place, but he wasn't here to reminisce.

"Genkai-shihan!" He called as he entered the temple's red arch. His speed slowed fractionally before he stopped altogether, breathing heavily from the sudden exertion. Hearing a door open, he looked up to see his mentor in her usual robes of red and tan.

"Yuusuke… are you alright?" Genkai asked, concerned for her pupil.

"Iie… Genkai-bassan!" He threw himself at her, hugging her small frame much like he had been last night with Kuwabara. The powerful old woman wrapped her arms around Yuusuke. He had been like a grandson to her, and it pained her to see him this way. Silently she drew him inside and sat down, pulling him along with her. Letting him cry his grief out, she waited patiently for him to reveal what was troubling him. She knew him well enough to know that if she pushed for an answer before he was ready to tell it, it would frighten him away. Then who would he turn to? She didn't have to wait as long as she thought as he began sobbing out brokenly everything that had happened from the day before until what had happened this very morning.

"Bassan… what if he hates me?" He finished, looking down into his hands that he had arranged on his lap. "Kami knows I hate myself."

"Yarusai!" Genkai said sharply. "There is nothing wrong with your feelings. I have known for some time that Keiko wasn't the right one for you; no one who truly loves another would try to change them."

"Dai ke do…"

"So what is this about? I won't have you sniveling about because some slut cheated on you. Move on!" Her gaze softened slightly. As always, this boy needed a good slap in his face to make him see things properly.

Yuusuke was quiet for some time as he pondered her words. They were true, as usual. Why had he allowed himself to get like this in the first place? There was nothing in his relationship with Keiko that was worth continuing it, and he was pretty sure that what he felt for Kuwabara he had felt for some time. He needed to stop worrying. Everything would even itself out.

"Arigato, Bassan." He looked up with a small smile at the small woman and wiped the remaining tears from his eyes. She would always be there for him, he knew. Her harsh words always were truthful, and she never failed to force him to see things from a different perspective.

Genkai smiled gently at him before rising. Walking to the sliding, rice paper door, she called over her shoulder," Yuusuke… be sure to follow your heart on these matters. It will never lead you wrong."

He looked at her gratefully as she left him alone to his thoughts.

"Genkai-sama!" A familiar carrot-topped man skidded into the courtyard of her shrine, falling onto his face as his momentum caught up to him.

"Kuwabara." Genkai acknowledged him.

"Yuusuke! Is he here?" He looked around franticly. "I've got to find him!"

"Sit! Panicking will serve no purpose but to waste your energy." She dragged him by his ear, folding his tall form over double, to the wooden steps of her shrine. "I have something to discuss with you."

Kuwabara looked at her oddly, rubbing his ear. "Aa."

"What are your intentions towards Yuusuke?"

The question floored the unsuspecting man. "N-nani?" How could she possibly know? Unless… Yuusuke told her! He was here!

"You know exactly what I mean."

"Yuusuke wa doko ne no? He's here, right? I've got to talk to him-"

"Yurasai!" Genkai snapped for the second time that day. Young people nowadays; so disrespectful. "You will not see him until you answer my questions!"

"But-"

"Answer!"

"I…" He blushed a furious red. "I've found that I think I… that I… I love… him. I don't want to see him hurt; he has been wounded enough already! I just want to make things better between us…"

Genkai gave him a calculating look that lasted for several minutes, which also started to make Kuwabara squirm. "You'll find Yuusuke through the second door to the left. And you'd better let him know how you feel."

Without another word, Kuwabara charged off like a flash before you could blink. Genkai couldn't help but wish him luck; those two boys would need it. It wouldn't matter to some how well their personalities complemented each other, and they would need all of their strength to see this through to the end. An end that would probably last their entire lives.

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Author's Notes

*sighs* Another part completed… and *giggles* a part that will bring us closer to the lemon!!! Thank you all for reviewing, as you can see your comments helped to a great degree to inspire this part. I hold each person's comments as special, and all of you have truly touched me that you like my work enough to let me know how you think of it. Thank you all! *bows in Japanese style* There will be probably two more parts until this mini series is completed, so keep those reviews coming!!!