Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Torn Apart ❯ Family Relative: Father ( Chapter 2 )

Torn Apart by: Sakura

A/N Standard disclaimers apply. You know, for once, I actually have this whole fic planned out.

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"What d'you do this time that you have to go to court?" Kuwabara, the rest of the detectives and Keiko were in the park again, all talking about the note that Atsuko received the previous night. Kurama and Keiko looked at Kuwabara coldly.

Yusuke was having a hard time as it was with this, but he also had to figure out who this "family relative" was that he would be staying with. He didn't have any aunts or uncles on either side of the family; not that he would want to meet any on his father's side.

The black-haired ningen began mumbling (he had done so every now and then while they were at the park). He didn't really feel like being with any of them right now. He just wanted to be alone so he could think this over; that is, until Hiei said:

"...I know who it is." Four heads snapped upward to look at him on his tree branch. Hiei kept his eyes on Yusuke's face, his expression never varying.

"Well, are you going to tell me?" Yusuke snapped, after a few moments of silence.

"No," Kuwabara's lower jaw dropped and Yusuke scowled. "Not with her around." There was only one `her' with them, so Hiei had to be talking about Keiko. Kuwabara and Kurama turned to look at the brunette, but Yusuke was focused on Hiei.

Hiei just smirked. For some reason, there was something about Yusuke's relative that couldn't be said in front of Keiko. Either that, or Hiei was just being stubborn. Both choices seemed possible at the time being.

"What's Keiko got to do with this?" Yusuke said, turning to face her. She looked surprised; surprised to see that she had just become a new problem for Yusuke. Just then, Yusuke could have sworn he saw Kurama mouth something to Hiei. Yusuke looked at the black-veiled youkai for some sort of clue, but Hiei just continued to stare down at him.

Hiei jumped down from his perch, and directed his gaze towards Keiko; she did the same, blinking a few times to keep him in focus. The Jaganshi took a step back, and pressed himself against the tree's base. For a split second, he looked at his boots, but then immediately back at Keiko.

His gaze was now piercing through Keiko- who knows how long they had been staring at each other? That's when Kurama broke the silence.

"Hiei...?" Kurama seemed to be reminding the youkai that they were still here, and weren't going to leave until Yusuke got the answer he wanted. Hiei turned his icy glare at Kurama, then as before, to Keiko. He snarled at her and disappeared.

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When the day for court had finally arrived (one week later), Yusuke was still upset with Hiei. He had given up trying to search for Hiei; he had the Jagan eye, so he probably knew Yusuke would come looking for him. During their missions, neither talked nor looked at one another. There was even one mission where Yusuke almost let Hiei die; and he probably would have if Kurama hadn't stepped in the way. Yusuke had felt slightly bad about not helping Hiei, once he thought about it. Hiei had looked at him with a hurt look, or has hurt has his fierce eyes would allow.

If he saw Hiei on their next mission, Yusuke told himself that he would apologize. He changed his mind soon afterward. As he and Atsuko reached the court room, there in the audience, sat Keiko, Kurama, Kuwabara, and Hiei. When he and Yusuke made eye contact, Hiei quickly pretended to be in deep thought as he stared at his warded arm.

As Yusuke sat down, he realized that when he and Hiei had looked at each other, he had seen something in Hiei's eyes; that's when he remembered. He turned to look over his shoulder and (meeting Hiei's gaze once more) saw why Hiei had looked away.

His left eye looked a bit swollen and bruised. As Yusuke looked closer, he noticed that his eye looked very glazed. He wondered how Hiei could see out of that eye. Unless...he actually couldn't.

Yusuke turned back to face the front. Then he looked to the right; he was expecting his relative to be sitting there and ready to take him away. That's when he heard the doors open behind him. Yusuke didn't even bother to turn around; he would wait for his relative to walk in front of him. And soon, he did.

Yusuke's relative had long, tan bushy hair, in which was tied in a pony tail; he wore a yellow bandana, which upped his bangs higher above his face; he smirked at Yusuke coldly, and it seemed that his blue-gray eyes seemed to be smiling as well; there was a large (what appeared to be) tattoo on the man's left cheek- it was of some unknown symbol.

Yusuke's family relative was none other than his father...Warlord Raizen. Yusuke nor any of the other detectives had ever seen Raizen, other than in his demonic form. The only detective that didn't look the least bit surprised was Hiei.

"Yusuke, aren't you happy to see me?" Raizen placed his smiling face inches from Yusuke's before going to sit down.

"Raizen, do you have your letter?" Raizen rose from his chair and handed a sheet of paper over to the judge. The judge read the letter over quickly, then he looked at Atsuko. "Well?"

When Atsuko didn't answer after a while, the judge said, "Since Atsuko has failed to try and reclaim her son, and since Raizen has evidence about the way his son has been raised," he took a breath "I have no choice to give Raizen full custody of his son, Yusuke Urameshi."

Yusuke sat there a moment, frozen at what he had just heard. When he heard his mother burst into tears, he got up and began frantically looking for Koji. He had told Mr. Ikimachi that Atsuko was a good mom, and he seemed well convinced of it. But he noticed the Koji was nowhere to be seen. If he could find Koji and get him to tell the judge that Raizen was a fraud, then Yusuke would be safe from living with him.

As everyone began filing out (including Atsuko), Yusuke walked up to his friends who remained in the room in case, for some reason, that he should need them. The first thing he saw was Hiei's swollen eye; Hiei too stared back at Yusuke, but then, as before, looked down at his arm.

"You're living with Raizen, Yusuke," Kurama said, reminding Yusuke of the obvious. Keiko looked questionable about the name, but remained quiet.

Yusuke nodded. "I know... It's going to be hell." He rubbed his temple, as though trying to rid himself of a headache. It was then that he realized that his face felt hot. It was probably just steam he was blowing off, Yusuke thought.

"How did Raizen know about your case?" Yusuke was surprised to see that Hiei had spoken. Evidently, so was Kurama; he had his mouth agape. Hiei didn't bother to look up at them. He continued, his eyes never leaving their position. "He couldn't have known about this unless he heard something from the CPA- but how could he?" Hiei lowered his voice. "Demon Warlords," Keiko gasped, "don't just pretend to know everything... because they don't." Hiei sat back on the bench (arms crossed) and closed his eyes. He looked almost as though he was sleeping.

Kurama stepped up, putting himself between Hiei and Yusuke. "He's coming this way," he whispered.

Yusuke spun on his heel, and sure enough, Raizen was headed their way. As he came up, Yusuke saw the same smirk and dancing eyes he had seen when the Warlord had first arrived.

Raizen looked over to the sleeping Hiei and felt a soft purr rise in his throat. He turned back to Yusuke, saying, "C'mon son, let me show you your new home."

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A/N And there ya have it, chapter 2. Evil ending there, ne? Raizen freaks me out sometimes. Let me explain:

I don't know much about Raizen, but I do know he's Yusuke's ancestor (not father). I also heard he died, which is news to me, but my fic is an AU, so he's alive and Yusuke's dad; makes my plot flow more.

And Hiei! Oh my, what happened to his eye! Well, you'll find out in the next chapter. Maybe it'll be up by tomorrow or something. Review and let me know how it was. Chao!