Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ What Has Changed ❯ Chapter 14: Explanation ( Chapter 14 )

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KS: Sorry I haven't updated in a while! But my school life sucks and homework kills me. So here's the next chapter!

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What Has Changed
Rating:
PG 13 (mostly for violence and Kori's anger issues)
Summary: When Kurama's attacked by a demon, it sends him flying back almost twenty years in the past (in his mind) and right into his true form: Yoko Kurama. Finding Kori, an old friend and partner, could help him, but harm her. How could she ever explain what has changed?
Note: The rest of the story will be told in Yoko's POV or Kori's POV. There will be occasional flashbacks which will most likely be in third person.

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Chapter 14: Explanation

Kori's POV

Now that surprised the hell out of me.

I had saved him? I was why he was alive? I was why he was standing here?

Did he hit his freakin' head or did I?

"Earth to Yoko, I didn't get to you in time!" I shouted. "Don't you remember? Or are you just losing it?"

He chuckled and shook his head. "Only you, only you," he murrmurred.

"Only me what?" I asked.

Yoko just continued to chuckle. “You never take credit for anything,” he stated.

I just blinked at him. He had definitely lost it. Yep, that was it. He had lost it. That’s not a real confidence booster considering I went through the last horrible moments of my life with him. And he was laughing and saying I saved him. Yeah, he was nuts. Completely nuts.

Yoko just shook his head, probably noticing my blank expression. He reached into his pocket and pulled something out. “Remember this, kit?” he asked. “You never took it off. It was the one thing you would never let go of.” The silver necklace flashed in the darkness. The shape of the crescent moon that had always been around my neck was always imprinted in my mind. It was the only thing I had left from my teen years.

And it had disappeared the day Yoko died.

“I see you remember it,” Yoko stated, smiling.

“Yeah, but-“ I started.

“As I told you before, you saved me,” Yoko replied. “Didn’t you know from wearing this so long you started giving some of your youkai into this little necklace? Imagine all of that, even if it was only a drop a day. But I’ve seen you wear it for hundreds of years. That’s quite a lot.”

“I don’t understand,” I muttered, and sat on the ground. “How?”

“I don’t really know, Kori. But that day, something dropped on me and later I noticed it. I brought it with me and kept it, so I could find you one day. Your youkai would let me keep track of how you were doing. I could always tell if you were hurt or just fine. Even slightly hurt. And when I would come back, I could use the youkai you stored to track you down,” Yoko stated. He kneeled in front of me. “You saved me, Kori. I’m grateful for that.”

I blinked at him. I saved him??

Yoko's POV

She blinked at me a few times and then went, "Why?"

I blinked at her a few times. Then I sat down and went, "Okay I give. Why what?"

"Why did you check on me, but not come back?"

I should've known it was going to be that question.

"Well, um... you see... uhhh."

"Come on, Yoko," Kori stated.

She wasn't as close as when I had been hugging her, but it was the first time I smelled the faint smell of someone else on her. And it smelled like... mine.