Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Youko's Forgotten Past ❯ Unhappy to Happy ( Chapter 6 )

muie5: I love this chapter. It's sad but cute. Hope you all enjoy.

 

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Yusuke: That is the cheapest way to avoid answering a question.

 

muie5: Like I was saying!! I don't own YYH just May, Tenshi, and Kori-Ryu

 

Chapter 6: Unhappy to Happy

 

Kuronue slide open the right of the two sliding doors that led to the conference room. A demon with black eyes, dark blue hair, a scare running from an inch above his left eye brow to about three inches under his left eye was sitting on royal blue cushions in front of a table in the middle of the room. Youko was facing the doors so only the unknown demon had to turn to see who was interrupting their meeting.

 

“May's bleeding severely. She's a mess of blood and flesh,” Kuronue explained to the upset Youko.

 

Youko got to his feet before swiftly, but coolly, exiting the conversance room. Kuronue grinned at the new demon before putting his left foot back on the wooden floor and turning towards the demon.

 

Youko walked to where a crowd of bandits was gathering. He moved several bandits, forcefully, to the side. The rest allowed their leader through without any trouble. In the middle of the crowd was an unconscious May. She was severely bleeding all over the dirt road of the hideout just like Kuronue stated.

 

“What happened here?” Youko asked in the mist of all the whispering bandits.

 

Kuronue came walking up beside Youko, arms crossed in front of himself. Youko watched as all the bandits fell quiet. Kuronue bent down and picked May up bridal style. This started up a few more whispers from the bandits.

 

“Get ready for the heist tonight,” Kuronue ordered, walking back towards the dojo.

 

Youko walked beside Kuronue back to the dojo. He never looked at Kuronue or May as they were walking. When they got into the empty dojo, Kuronue looked towards Youko. Youko didn't return the glance he just stared straightforward. Kuronue gently shoved May into Youko's arms.

 

“Everyone is gone so you can stop acting like you don't care,” Kuronue stated to his friend.

 

Youko looked down at the beat up May in his arms. He nodded at his closest friend without a word. Kuronue and Youko walked down the main hall with May in Youko's arms.

 

----Five Hours Later----

 

May started to come to her senses. She noticed right away that she couldn't move her left arm at all and she had a splitting headache. She noticed she was no longer lying on the cold, hard, dirt ground but on a soft, warm cot. Even though she knew it was going to make her headache worse, she slowly opened her eyes. She sat up and noticed her left arm was in a sling and she was back in her room. Just then her door slid open and Kuronue came walking in. After sliding the door shut he noticed May was awake. He smiled at her as May was fully waking up.

 

“Hey, Youko. Sleeping beauty is awake, “ Kuronue stated calmly.

 

May looked around for a moment before her eyes fell upon Youko. He was sitting in the window seal of her room with his back facing her. His right leg was propped up on the very edge of the seal while his left leg hung outside.

 

“He must be mad at me,” May thought, watching Youko sit on her window seal.

 

Youko turned his head from the setting sun to gaze at May. He didn't wear a smile or even a warm expression to give to little May. Kuronue was now standing next to May so he could face his friend.

 

“May, you have already ruined my reputation with the bandits and now you're disobeying the rules,” Youko stated, coolly.

 

“I'm sorry, Youko. I didn't mean to cause trouble,” May answered, lowering her head, ears, and tail.

 

“What happened anyways?” Kuronue asked, looking down at May.

 

“I went out to do some scouting for Tenshi and Kori-Ryu.”

 

Youko's and Kuronue's eyes grew cold when they heard Kori-Ryu's name. They knew he resented May for being allowed to stay in the bandit's hideout. They also knew that he most likely sent someone to kill her.

 

“Youko, Tenshi said that Kori-Ryu told him that you're planning to kill me if I do something like this again…If I come back here all beat up…He said you were going to kill me with your own two hands,” May said, holding back the tears that threaten to fall if she let her guard down.

 

Youko turned all the way around. Kuronue looked up at Youko. He knew Youko too well to be surprised at what he said next.

 

“May, I would never kill you. I am disappointed that you would second guess what I promised you,” Youko answered May's unasked question.

 

May gave Youko a sad smile. Kuronue, all the sudden, hit May really hard in the back of her head. Her head jerk forward enough so that her quarter length hair fell into her face. Her hands automatically cradled the back of her head. May turned her head towards Kuronue with her hands still rubbing the back of her head.

 

“What in the three worlds of Makai was that for, Kuro!!” May ordered an answer.

 

“You're such a baka! You're way too inexperienced to go out scouting by yourself! What if you died?! Youko wouldn't stop crying for weeks! Maybe months! Even years!” Kuronue answered louder than need be.

 

“Kuro, if you don't want to die than I suggest you shut up!” Youko growled.

 

May and Kuronue tried to hold in their laughs enough so no one else could hear but the three demons in the room. Youko kept his cool even though he wanted to strike the both of them.

 

“Youko, that's like saying…” Kuronue started to say.

 

“If you want to keep you're face in one piece, I suggest you shut up,” May and Kuronue said in unison.

 

May and Kuronue looked at each other before busting out laughing. Youko lightened his expression. He couldn't help it. No one could help but lightening up a bit after that stupid comment.

 

“Do you guys plan these stupid saying or are you both on the lower end of the wave lengths?” Youko asked.

 

“Yeah, Youko, that's exactly what we do,” May sarcastically stated.

 

“We stay up all night in each other's rooms coming up with these sayings,” Kuronue added, also sarcastically.

 

After that was said, silence fell over the room. They all looked at each other with blank stares. Just after a few seconds they all bust out laughing.

 

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May's head fell to the ground, eyes closed. Her once tense body was now completely limped. Youko just stood there as May's body started to lose some of its color.

 

“Youko! How could you not even be by her side as she died?!” Shuichi started out with.

 

Youko didn't hear his other half. He didn't even hear Kuwabara yelling at him from where he stood on the sidelines. Everything was silent to the legendary bandit. After a moment Youko, to Yusuke and Kuwabara's surprise, started to walk over to where May's body lies on the blood -soaked ground. Yusuke and Kuwabara were starting to do the same before Hiei put out his left arm to stop them.

 

“Not just yet. He has something to do,” Hiei explained, watching Youko stop by May's head.

 

Youko looked down at May with a cold gaze. He then looked at the mass of trees that she first came out of. The other three watched Youko with curiosity. Youko kept his calm as he stood by May's lifeless body.

 

“She's dead. Now leave before you end up the same way,” Youko growled lowly.

 

“I think he finally lost it. There's nobody there,” Kuwabara stated once more without a clue on what was actually going on.

 

As Youko got done saying his threat, a mysterious energy appeared for a millisecond before disappearing. Yusuke looked over at the forest. Hiei and Kuwabara did the same but only Hiei and Yusuke knew what that energy was.

 

“A spy?” Yusuke asked to no one particular.

 

Hiei gave a slight nod to answer Yusuke's question. “Youko knew the spy was there the entire time,” Hiei explained.

 

Youko bent down next to May's right side. He looked at May's usually energetic face that was now pale. Youko was surprised when he noticed that May had a smile gracing her lifeless expression. He gathered her cold, pale, limped body into his arms. He got to his feet slowly with May in his arms bridal style.

 

----Flashback----

 

---Youko's POV---

 

I was in the rose garden behind the dojo. Kuronue was sitting, back ageist a wooden beam, on the porch. He always comes out here when I do my daily tending of my roses. No one bothers me when I tend my roses so he just sits there and takes a nap.

 

I was tending to a dieing rose when May came running onto the porch. She looked at the now awake Kuronue. Kuronue gave her a cold glare. She held her left hand tightly to her chest. She slowly walked passed Kuronue. She's only been here two days so she still had many enemies. Even my best friend was being difficult.

 

“Yes, May?” I asked, watching May side-step pass Kuronue.

 

When she got passed Kuronue, she made a mad dash over to me. She grabbed onto my right pant leg with her right hand and hid behind my legs.

 

I knew she wasn't going to say anything with Kuronue around. For the past two days the only one she talked to was me. I understood why though. I bent down so I was eye level to her. In her eyes were unshed tears. I smiled at her without even realizing it. The only one who ever saw me smile was Kuronue, now I was smiling to this new demon child.

 

“What is it, May?” I asked softly.

 

May burst into tears. Kuronue sat up and put his arms across his lap. He watched her cry all of the sudden. I stroked her hair, thinking it would calm her down. She continued to cry for a few more moments.

 

“What's wrong, May?” I asked, hiding the concern I had.

 

“My…my… I cut my finger. It really, really hurts,” May said in between sobs.

 

Just as she got done answering my question I heard Kuronue bust out laughing. I couldn't help but snicker at her myself.

 

“All that for a tiny cut!” Kuronue laughed.

 

“It's not tiny, Youko. It's big,” May sniffled, holding out her left hand to me.

 

I examined her hand and found a very shallow cut. All it looked like was a paper cut. Kuronue looked over my shoulder to see the cut. I didn't even notice he got up until I saw his face in the corner of my eyes.

 

“That small thing? That's what made you cry like a baby?” Kuronue laughed even more.

 

I gave Kuronue a cold glare. It was funny but he was laughing in my sensitive ears. It felt like I went def from how loud he was laughing.

 

“You're alright, Kid,” Kuronue stated all of the sudden without laughing.

 

Kuronue smiled at May. She realized, as well as I did, that it was a genuine smile.

 

----End of Flashback----

 

---3rd Person---

 

“I remember when even the tiniest little thing would make you come running to me in tears. You have grown very strong. I'm very proud of you, May. I just wish I could have been there to see you become this beautiful, powerful young demon you are now,” Youko thought sorrowfully as he looked down at May.