Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Scared ❯ Barrier ( Chapter 16 )
[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]
By: HeavenlyAnimeAngel-Amaterasu 
On the way out of the Cafe, Atsuko calls Yusuke. The barrier is glowing at her apt. What does it mean?
Anime/Manga: Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / Drama / Adventure | Type: Songfic | Uploaded On: 04.20.2005 | Pages: 2 | Words: 3.0K | Visits: 485 | Status: Completed
On the way out of the Cafe, Atsuko calls Yusuke. The barrier is glowing at her apt. What does it mean?
Anime/Manga: Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / Drama / Adventure | Type: Songfic | Uploaded On: 04.20.2005 | Pages: 2 | Words: 3.0K | Visits: 485 | Status: Completed
WARNING: Might be Alternating POV! and Slight x-over with a game
Scared
Chapter 15
As we left the cafe my phone went off. I unclipped it from my waist and leaned on the car as Jaxxia and Kurama began talking to each other. "Yo, Urameshi here."
"Yusuke!"
"Mom?" I questioned her tone. It sounded panicked. I stayed calm and kept my face away from Kurama and Jaxxia. "What do I owe the pleasure of this call?"
"The barrier is glowing Yusuke. It won't go away. I heard fighting then it stopped, but the barrier won't leave! I think there is a demon waiting for me at the door." My mother said quickly but not as panicked as before. "Please get over here and check."
"Alright, I'm going over anyway to get Atogi's pills anyway. Sit tight." I told her.
"Hurry..." She told me then hung up. I closed my phone and sighed.
"Is everything alright Yusuke?" Kurama asked. I dug out my keys and unlocked the car.
"Get in," Was all I said as I got in the car. Kurama got into the back as Jaxxia was already in the passenger seat. I started to the car and pulled away from my parking spot.
"Yusuke what's going on?" Jaxxia asked. I rolled my neck and rubbed it slightly.
"My mother heard fighting outside her apartment and asked me check it out." I said. No one said anything after that. I got to the apartment building quickly and parked close. We all got out and looked up.
"Is that...a demon barrier?" Jaxxia asked. At my mother's floor there was an area glowing blue.
"You know about demons?" Kurama asked her.
"Read about them online. I am a hacker remember?" She replied.
"I had a local psychic put that up around my mother's. Demons with the thirst for blood not allowed inside past that barrier." I said. Kurama looked at me as I began to head toward the building.
"Yusuke, I'm coming with you!" He said. I stopped and shook my head.
"Stay and make sure Jaxxia will be alright in case the demons are around." I said. Kurama nodded.
"Be careful," He said. I smirked and ran toward the stairwell. Flying up the stairs, three at a time, I quickly made it to my mother's floor. I held onto the railing as I swung into the hallway. I saw the blue barrier and stopped just outside it. I didn't know if I was dreaming or if it was real. Blood was splattered across the barrier as Hiei laid against his mother's door bleeding.
"Holy Shit!" Jaxxia said from behind me. I turned and glared at Jaxxia.
"Didn't I say stay near the car?" Kurama calmly looked at me.
"You said stay and make sure Jaxxia-san was alright." He said.
"Yeah! I decided to come up here so he had to follow." Jaxxia reasoned. I sighed and nodded. I turned back to the barrier. "So, Yusuke how are you going to get in there..."
"I'm a hanyou, it shouldn't affect me as it did Hiei." I said absently.
"Wait...that little dude is a demon and your a hanyou?" Jaxxia said. She turned to Kurama and pointed at him. "And what are you a 'one-eyed, one-horned flyin' purple-people-eater'?" Kurama sighed.
"No, I'm complicated. In short I have a demonic fox spirit in my body." He replied. Jaxxia nodded and turned to me. I was right in front of the barrier now.
I stared at Hiei's body. I didn't see anything broken thank god. I inhaled then exhaled. "If I get fried, make sure I'm not well-done okay?"
"Medium-rare, gotcha." Jaxxia said with a wink and a smile. I heard the wink and smile in her voice, I didn't see it. I slowly stepped through the barrier grinding my teeth. I was recieving electrical shocks in large voltages. Who was the idiot that asked for this much voltage?.....Oh yea....me.
I slowly knelt and gathered Hiei carefully in my arms. His blood soaked into my clothing as I looked him over. He was getting shock in his weak state. Dammit, I put my hand to his chest. I closed my eyes and allowed my power to surround him in a protective barrier. The voltage toward him stopped. I smiled and ran my hand through his hair. He's so beautiful when he's like this. No scowl on his face, just a normal unconscious face.
"He's okay...just cut up." I said. Kurama said something but I didn't hear him. There was a buzzing noise around me. I looked up to see the barrier disappearing. Kurama ran to my side as I slowly stood. I didn't know what happened. I looked slightly dazed as I held Hiei's body gentle against mine. "What happened?"
"Yusuke..." Kurama said as he came up to me. "The barrier just vanished." I nodded numbly and looked at my mother's door. All the blood stains disappeared, except the ones on Hiei's and my clothing. My mother opened the door and frowned.
"Yusuke, you are bleeding..." She murmured. I blinked.
"It is not my blood." I replied.
"Your head Yusuke..." Jaxxia said as she stood beside my mother. I didn't understand what they meant until Kurama reached up and touched my forehead. I winced as he pulled his blood coated fingers away. "See?"
"Let's get inside..." Kurama said as he ushered me in. My mother and Jaxxia entered after us. Jaxxia closed and locked the door as my mother put the pistol that she had in her hand in her pants at the front.
"I'll get bandages..." She said as she quickly went to the bathroom. I led Kurama and Jaxxia to my old room with the unconscious Hiei in my arms. I laid Hiei down on the bed and turned to Jaxxia.
"Go help my mother get the first aid kit ready," I said.
"If you want me out just say so..." She said. I smiled slightly. Jax smiled back then turned and left. Kurama had already gotten Hiei's shirt off and was examining the wounds.
"Sword fight from the looks of it. Demons...no poison..." He said. He sat back and smiled. "He should be fine with some rest."
"Good," I replied.
"Is something wrong Yus-chan?" Kurama asked looking at me.
"Nothing," I said not looking at him. "I'm going to talk with my mother. I'll send Jaxxia in with the bandages." I started to walk out when Kurama caught me by the wrist. I felt him stand and walk closer to me.
"I'll let it slide this time, Yus-chan..." He whispered as he leaned in and kissed me. I savored the taste of Kurama's mouth as I put my hand around his neck and pressed my lips hungrily against his.
"Whoa...someone needs to lock the door if they are going to start the sex with females in the apartment." Kurama and I broke apart to see Jaxxia and my mother at the door. I blushed slightly as my mother grinned from ear to ear. Kurama also blushed but turned to tend to Hiei. I walked out the door, but not before hearing. "Yusuke...if it is going to be like this all the time at your house, I want to sell tickets." Jaxxia sang. I glared at her slightly.
"Pervert..." I murmured and walked out of my old room closing the door. One pervert down, one pervert mother to go. I looked at my mother who was grinning. "Oh shut the hell up!" I said as I marched to her room to talk.
"I think it's cute." She replied as she followed and closed the door. "So, Kurama is your boyfriend?" I blushed as I sat on her bed.
"Yes," I said quietly. She sat behind me with some first aid stuff. I took off my shirt to show my cross scar bleeding.
"You love Hiei also though right?" How does she knows this? Is there some gossip line about Yusuke's personal thought? I bet there is... "Why not mate them both?" She said as she soaked the cotton ball with alcohol. I blinked. My mother was suggesting to mate both of the men of my dreams. Dear god, I'm dreaming...I know it. I kept silent as she continued. "I mean you do love them both right?"
"Yea..." I tilted my head thinking about that. "Ouch..." I winced slightly as she put the cotton ball on the scar.
"Sorry," She murmured as she blew on it like when I was little. "So what are you going to do? I mean you are mated to Kurama aren't you?" She said as she pointed to my wrist. I took off my cuff and showed her the vine. "Like the color..." She said as I put the cuff back on.
"I don't know..." I said as I rubbed the thin scar below the cuff. My mind drifted back when I was ten as my mom bandaged my shoulder.
=^.^=
I stared at the photos before tossing them into the fire that I ignited in the trashcan. My step-father was as perverted as they come. These pictures where of when I was beaten, naked, raped by his friends, and whatnot. My mother gave me these pictures to do what I wished with them. "This is our secret Yusuke-chan. You can do what you wish with those pictures." What I want with them....I wanted them to disappear so I could never remember something I hated so much.
I dumped the pictures in the trashcan and watched as the flames rose out of the trashcan. Never again....I won't be weak ever again. I won't leave myself open to abuse or rape again. Smiling emptily, I doused the fire with water and turned around.
My mother's apartment wasn't as bad after I cleaned it up. I knew where everything was. Including things that make me forget. My mother was currently out having fun with her drinking buddies as I cleaned up. Natural habit drilled into me from my step-father. I winced at the thought of my step-father.
I walked to the kitchen and opened the drawer. Pulling out a silver bladed knife with a black handle, I closed the drawer. Staring at the blade I watched as my hand began to shake while holding it. I grabbed my right wrist with my left hand trying to steady it. Images of the night my father slayed that woman in front of my eyes with his sword came back to me.
"No..." I whispered. "I will not be weak." I went to my room pulled out an already bloody towel from under my bed. Getting on my bed I positioned myself. I held the knife vertical with my arm. I found out that if you cut horizontally it doesn't work as well. Oh how I love the internet. I pushed the tip of the blade into my vein in my wrist. I slowly drew it up toward my elbow. Pain took over my sorrow, my sadness. I dropped the blood knife on the floor over my room and pressed the towel onto the cut. "It will all be over soon..." I whispered to myself. "This bastard will not be taken down by his step-father." My eyes felt heavy. I looked down at the towel to see the blood seeping through it. I must have pressed harder than I thought. My eyes drooped closed as I fell forward onto my bed. Sleep....this was my haven.
=^.^=
I was so suicidal I was kept in an institution for about six months. It is iroinic. I realized that the satan's signature was marked on my most vunerable times. For six months I was at the institution, six weeks after that I was watched by doctors and therapists, and six days after that I lost my childhood I realized that nothing would return to my definition of normal. Perhaps I really am worthy of the this scar I dubbed the Cross of Damnation.
"I'm done Yusuke." My mom said as she gave one last tug at the bandage around my head. "So now what?"
"I want to make sure Hiei is alright..." I said standing up. She followed me as I headed to my room. When I opened the door Jaxxia and Kurama were talking.
"So...Yusuke is a Mazoku? Awesome! I read about them on the internet. It's unbelievable what people do for that kind of information." Jaxxia said. "But this secret is safe with me!" She giggled.
"That's good to know, or else I would have to kill you." I replied as I stepped into the room.
"Ugh, Dude what happen to your shoulder?" She asked. I looked down at the bandages.
"I knew I forgot something..." I said. My mother chuckled and gave Kurama a sly look.
"Perhaps I should take Jaxxia to your house Yusuke to put the food Atogi gave you and settle her in." I shrugged and handed over the keys.
"Oh yea! Road trip with Yusuke's Mom! Does that mean I get to hear embarrassing stories?" Jaxxia asked standing up. She walked to my mother and grinned. I groaned and put my head in my hands.
"Sure!" My mother smiled back. "Don't make too much noise boys, I don't want the neighbors hollering." She said as she headed toward the apartment door.
"Mother!" I blushed.
"Of course Atsuko-san." Kurama merely smiled. "We won't be too loud." Jaxxia and my mother laughed.
"Have fun Yusuke!" Jaxxia said as she quickly walked out before I could do anything. We heard the door open and close before the silence came. I looked at Kurama and then Hiei.
"He's okay right?" I asked as I walked to the empty chair. Kurama was beside Hiei looking down on the small Jaganshi. I frowned. It was my fault Hiei was like this. "Sorry...." I said to Kurama. He looked at me questionably.
"What do you mean Yusuke?" Kurama asked. I ran a hand carefully through my hair. How can I tell him this without him making change it and making it sound like it wasn't my fault, which it was. This is Kurama....he always makes you feel less guilty. So I remained silent. The patter of the rain outside the window filled the room. I blinked and looked up. Since when did it start raining again? "He'll be fine, relax." Kurama spoke as he laid beside the smaller demon.
I turned and looked at Kurama. His eyes were closed as I turned back toward the window. "You mated him long before me didn't you?" I asked. Kurama's eyes slowly opened as he peered at me, catching my eye from the corner it was looking from. "I saw the mark when I got in the barrier." I added.
"Yes....I am mated to Hiei." He replied as he began to sit up. He looked down and continued. "I thought perhaps if I got you two to like each other, time would works its magic and you two would fall in love like I did with you both. I'm sorry to decieve you guys..." I smiled at Kurama and turned to him with my arms crossed.
"Oh stop acting like it is all your fault." I said shrugging it off. "I have no problem with it. I know how demons are." Kurama stared up at me as I sat down on the window sill. "Get some sleep, I'll keep watch."
"Yusuke...are you alright?" Kurama asked sceptically. Figures the kitsune would see my mask. I simply smiled and nodded. He smiled and tilted his head. "How come you are so understanding Yusuke?"
"Perhaps it is because I learned that if you don't go after something you'll lose a part of yourself as well as that thing you are after." I said as I crossed to him. My hand came to his cheek as I smiled. "You got bags under your eyes. Koenma is working you guys pretty hard. I'll play detective for the night and watch out for the monsters." I said with a chuckled. Kurama closed his eyes and leaned into my hand.
"Thank you Yusuke-chan..." He said wearily. I helped Kurama lay beside Hiei without jarring the smaller demon. Once down I took by post at the window sill and leaned back as I watched the rain. No, I didn't miss the look on Kurama's face. It held a question that was obvious even to me. He silently asked if I ever stopped playing spirit detective. I felt my demon move within me as I thought about that. No...I never stopped playing spirit detective....because, I'm not playing. It is who I am.
OooooOOoooOOooOOoOoo
Short but that's what I was going for....
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Scared
Chapter 15
As we left the cafe my phone went off. I unclipped it from my waist and leaned on the car as Jaxxia and Kurama began talking to each other. "Yo, Urameshi here."
"Yusuke!"
"Mom?" I questioned her tone. It sounded panicked. I stayed calm and kept my face away from Kurama and Jaxxia. "What do I owe the pleasure of this call?"
"The barrier is glowing Yusuke. It won't go away. I heard fighting then it stopped, but the barrier won't leave! I think there is a demon waiting for me at the door." My mother said quickly but not as panicked as before. "Please get over here and check."
"Alright, I'm going over anyway to get Atogi's pills anyway. Sit tight." I told her.
"Hurry..." She told me then hung up. I closed my phone and sighed.
"Is everything alright Yusuke?" Kurama asked. I dug out my keys and unlocked the car.
"Get in," Was all I said as I got in the car. Kurama got into the back as Jaxxia was already in the passenger seat. I started to the car and pulled away from my parking spot.
"Yusuke what's going on?" Jaxxia asked. I rolled my neck and rubbed it slightly.
"My mother heard fighting outside her apartment and asked me check it out." I said. No one said anything after that. I got to the apartment building quickly and parked close. We all got out and looked up.
"Is that...a demon barrier?" Jaxxia asked. At my mother's floor there was an area glowing blue.
"You know about demons?" Kurama asked her.
"Read about them online. I am a hacker remember?" She replied.
"I had a local psychic put that up around my mother's. Demons with the thirst for blood not allowed inside past that barrier." I said. Kurama looked at me as I began to head toward the building.
"Yusuke, I'm coming with you!" He said. I stopped and shook my head.
"Stay and make sure Jaxxia will be alright in case the demons are around." I said. Kurama nodded.
"Be careful," He said. I smirked and ran toward the stairwell. Flying up the stairs, three at a time, I quickly made it to my mother's floor. I held onto the railing as I swung into the hallway. I saw the blue barrier and stopped just outside it. I didn't know if I was dreaming or if it was real. Blood was splattered across the barrier as Hiei laid against his mother's door bleeding.
"Holy Shit!" Jaxxia said from behind me. I turned and glared at Jaxxia.
"Didn't I say stay near the car?" Kurama calmly looked at me.
"You said stay and make sure Jaxxia-san was alright." He said.
"Yeah! I decided to come up here so he had to follow." Jaxxia reasoned. I sighed and nodded. I turned back to the barrier. "So, Yusuke how are you going to get in there..."
"I'm a hanyou, it shouldn't affect me as it did Hiei." I said absently.
"Wait...that little dude is a demon and your a hanyou?" Jaxxia said. She turned to Kurama and pointed at him. "And what are you a 'one-eyed, one-horned flyin' purple-people-eater'?" Kurama sighed.
"No, I'm complicated. In short I have a demonic fox spirit in my body." He replied. Jaxxia nodded and turned to me. I was right in front of the barrier now.
I stared at Hiei's body. I didn't see anything broken thank god. I inhaled then exhaled. "If I get fried, make sure I'm not well-done okay?"
"Medium-rare, gotcha." Jaxxia said with a wink and a smile. I heard the wink and smile in her voice, I didn't see it. I slowly stepped through the barrier grinding my teeth. I was recieving electrical shocks in large voltages. Who was the idiot that asked for this much voltage?.....Oh yea....me.
I slowly knelt and gathered Hiei carefully in my arms. His blood soaked into my clothing as I looked him over. He was getting shock in his weak state. Dammit, I put my hand to his chest. I closed my eyes and allowed my power to surround him in a protective barrier. The voltage toward him stopped. I smiled and ran my hand through his hair. He's so beautiful when he's like this. No scowl on his face, just a normal unconscious face.
"He's okay...just cut up." I said. Kurama said something but I didn't hear him. There was a buzzing noise around me. I looked up to see the barrier disappearing. Kurama ran to my side as I slowly stood. I didn't know what happened. I looked slightly dazed as I held Hiei's body gentle against mine. "What happened?"
"Yusuke..." Kurama said as he came up to me. "The barrier just vanished." I nodded numbly and looked at my mother's door. All the blood stains disappeared, except the ones on Hiei's and my clothing. My mother opened the door and frowned.
"Yusuke, you are bleeding..." She murmured. I blinked.
"It is not my blood." I replied.
"Your head Yusuke..." Jaxxia said as she stood beside my mother. I didn't understand what they meant until Kurama reached up and touched my forehead. I winced as he pulled his blood coated fingers away. "See?"
"Let's get inside..." Kurama said as he ushered me in. My mother and Jaxxia entered after us. Jaxxia closed and locked the door as my mother put the pistol that she had in her hand in her pants at the front.
"I'll get bandages..." She said as she quickly went to the bathroom. I led Kurama and Jaxxia to my old room with the unconscious Hiei in my arms. I laid Hiei down on the bed and turned to Jaxxia.
"Go help my mother get the first aid kit ready," I said.
"If you want me out just say so..." She said. I smiled slightly. Jax smiled back then turned and left. Kurama had already gotten Hiei's shirt off and was examining the wounds.
"Sword fight from the looks of it. Demons...no poison..." He said. He sat back and smiled. "He should be fine with some rest."
"Good," I replied.
"Is something wrong Yus-chan?" Kurama asked looking at me.
"Nothing," I said not looking at him. "I'm going to talk with my mother. I'll send Jaxxia in with the bandages." I started to walk out when Kurama caught me by the wrist. I felt him stand and walk closer to me.
"I'll let it slide this time, Yus-chan..." He whispered as he leaned in and kissed me. I savored the taste of Kurama's mouth as I put my hand around his neck and pressed my lips hungrily against his.
"Whoa...someone needs to lock the door if they are going to start the sex with females in the apartment." Kurama and I broke apart to see Jaxxia and my mother at the door. I blushed slightly as my mother grinned from ear to ear. Kurama also blushed but turned to tend to Hiei. I walked out the door, but not before hearing. "Yusuke...if it is going to be like this all the time at your house, I want to sell tickets." Jaxxia sang. I glared at her slightly.
"Pervert..." I murmured and walked out of my old room closing the door. One pervert down, one pervert mother to go. I looked at my mother who was grinning. "Oh shut the hell up!" I said as I marched to her room to talk.
"I think it's cute." She replied as she followed and closed the door. "So, Kurama is your boyfriend?" I blushed as I sat on her bed.
"Yes," I said quietly. She sat behind me with some first aid stuff. I took off my shirt to show my cross scar bleeding.
"You love Hiei also though right?" How does she knows this? Is there some gossip line about Yusuke's personal thought? I bet there is... "Why not mate them both?" She said as she soaked the cotton ball with alcohol. I blinked. My mother was suggesting to mate both of the men of my dreams. Dear god, I'm dreaming...I know it. I kept silent as she continued. "I mean you do love them both right?"
"Yea..." I tilted my head thinking about that. "Ouch..." I winced slightly as she put the cotton ball on the scar.
"Sorry," She murmured as she blew on it like when I was little. "So what are you going to do? I mean you are mated to Kurama aren't you?" She said as she pointed to my wrist. I took off my cuff and showed her the vine. "Like the color..." She said as I put the cuff back on.
"I don't know..." I said as I rubbed the thin scar below the cuff. My mind drifted back when I was ten as my mom bandaged my shoulder.
=^.^=
I stared at the photos before tossing them into the fire that I ignited in the trashcan. My step-father was as perverted as they come. These pictures where of when I was beaten, naked, raped by his friends, and whatnot. My mother gave me these pictures to do what I wished with them. "This is our secret Yusuke-chan. You can do what you wish with those pictures." What I want with them....I wanted them to disappear so I could never remember something I hated so much.
I dumped the pictures in the trashcan and watched as the flames rose out of the trashcan. Never again....I won't be weak ever again. I won't leave myself open to abuse or rape again. Smiling emptily, I doused the fire with water and turned around.
My mother's apartment wasn't as bad after I cleaned it up. I knew where everything was. Including things that make me forget. My mother was currently out having fun with her drinking buddies as I cleaned up. Natural habit drilled into me from my step-father. I winced at the thought of my step-father.
I walked to the kitchen and opened the drawer. Pulling out a silver bladed knife with a black handle, I closed the drawer. Staring at the blade I watched as my hand began to shake while holding it. I grabbed my right wrist with my left hand trying to steady it. Images of the night my father slayed that woman in front of my eyes with his sword came back to me.
"No..." I whispered. "I will not be weak." I went to my room pulled out an already bloody towel from under my bed. Getting on my bed I positioned myself. I held the knife vertical with my arm. I found out that if you cut horizontally it doesn't work as well. Oh how I love the internet. I pushed the tip of the blade into my vein in my wrist. I slowly drew it up toward my elbow. Pain took over my sorrow, my sadness. I dropped the blood knife on the floor over my room and pressed the towel onto the cut. "It will all be over soon..." I whispered to myself. "This bastard will not be taken down by his step-father." My eyes felt heavy. I looked down at the towel to see the blood seeping through it. I must have pressed harder than I thought. My eyes drooped closed as I fell forward onto my bed. Sleep....this was my haven.
=^.^=
I was so suicidal I was kept in an institution for about six months. It is iroinic. I realized that the satan's signature was marked on my most vunerable times. For six months I was at the institution, six weeks after that I was watched by doctors and therapists, and six days after that I lost my childhood I realized that nothing would return to my definition of normal. Perhaps I really am worthy of the this scar I dubbed the Cross of Damnation.
"I'm done Yusuke." My mom said as she gave one last tug at the bandage around my head. "So now what?"
"I want to make sure Hiei is alright..." I said standing up. She followed me as I headed to my room. When I opened the door Jaxxia and Kurama were talking.
"So...Yusuke is a Mazoku? Awesome! I read about them on the internet. It's unbelievable what people do for that kind of information." Jaxxia said. "But this secret is safe with me!" She giggled.
"That's good to know, or else I would have to kill you." I replied as I stepped into the room.
"Ugh, Dude what happen to your shoulder?" She asked. I looked down at the bandages.
"I knew I forgot something..." I said. My mother chuckled and gave Kurama a sly look.
"Perhaps I should take Jaxxia to your house Yusuke to put the food Atogi gave you and settle her in." I shrugged and handed over the keys.
"Oh yea! Road trip with Yusuke's Mom! Does that mean I get to hear embarrassing stories?" Jaxxia asked standing up. She walked to my mother and grinned. I groaned and put my head in my hands.
"Sure!" My mother smiled back. "Don't make too much noise boys, I don't want the neighbors hollering." She said as she headed toward the apartment door.
"Mother!" I blushed.
"Of course Atsuko-san." Kurama merely smiled. "We won't be too loud." Jaxxia and my mother laughed.
"Have fun Yusuke!" Jaxxia said as she quickly walked out before I could do anything. We heard the door open and close before the silence came. I looked at Kurama and then Hiei.
"He's okay right?" I asked as I walked to the empty chair. Kurama was beside Hiei looking down on the small Jaganshi. I frowned. It was my fault Hiei was like this. "Sorry...." I said to Kurama. He looked at me questionably.
"What do you mean Yusuke?" Kurama asked. I ran a hand carefully through my hair. How can I tell him this without him making change it and making it sound like it wasn't my fault, which it was. This is Kurama....he always makes you feel less guilty. So I remained silent. The patter of the rain outside the window filled the room. I blinked and looked up. Since when did it start raining again? "He'll be fine, relax." Kurama spoke as he laid beside the smaller demon.
I turned and looked at Kurama. His eyes were closed as I turned back toward the window. "You mated him long before me didn't you?" I asked. Kurama's eyes slowly opened as he peered at me, catching my eye from the corner it was looking from. "I saw the mark when I got in the barrier." I added.
"Yes....I am mated to Hiei." He replied as he began to sit up. He looked down and continued. "I thought perhaps if I got you two to like each other, time would works its magic and you two would fall in love like I did with you both. I'm sorry to decieve you guys..." I smiled at Kurama and turned to him with my arms crossed.
"Oh stop acting like it is all your fault." I said shrugging it off. "I have no problem with it. I know how demons are." Kurama stared up at me as I sat down on the window sill. "Get some sleep, I'll keep watch."
"Yusuke...are you alright?" Kurama asked sceptically. Figures the kitsune would see my mask. I simply smiled and nodded. He smiled and tilted his head. "How come you are so understanding Yusuke?"
"Perhaps it is because I learned that if you don't go after something you'll lose a part of yourself as well as that thing you are after." I said as I crossed to him. My hand came to his cheek as I smiled. "You got bags under your eyes. Koenma is working you guys pretty hard. I'll play detective for the night and watch out for the monsters." I said with a chuckled. Kurama closed his eyes and leaned into my hand.
"Thank you Yusuke-chan..." He said wearily. I helped Kurama lay beside Hiei without jarring the smaller demon. Once down I took by post at the window sill and leaned back as I watched the rain. No, I didn't miss the look on Kurama's face. It held a question that was obvious even to me. He silently asked if I ever stopped playing spirit detective. I felt my demon move within me as I thought about that. No...I never stopped playing spirit detective....because, I'm not playing. It is who I am.
OooooOOoooOOooOOoOoo
Short but that's what I was going for....
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