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Part 2
By: White Rain
Disclaimer: I do not own Yuu Yuu Hakusho.
Genre: Drama/Alternative Continuity
Characters: Kurama, Amanuma, Yusuke, Kuwabara, Hiei, Touya, Genkai
Pairings: Overall Yusuke/Kayko, Hiei/Kurama, Kuwabara/Botan, Koenma/Botan, Genkai/Toguro.
Word Count: 1543
Rating: PG-13
Notes: This actually has been mostly done for awhile lulz.
Summary: Sensui's plan succeeds. Yusuke and company cope with the results.
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Kurama, Amanuma; two hours
He'd told Kaitou that he was going to Demon World with Koenma after he brought Amanuma to his parents. It had been a lie.
But not about the part where he planned to bring Amanuma to his parents.
Kurama had no idea if Amanuma's parents actually neglected him or if Sensui's had just manipulated the regular frustrations most children felt towards their parents. I suppose I'll find out soon he thought as he was about to double check to make sure if the address Mitarai had given him was the same as the address he was at.
He didn't need to. A woman walked out of the house and rushed over to him when her eyes landed on the body Kurama was holding. Kurama lowered his eyes and said quietly before she could touch him, "He's dead."
The mother fell to her knees, sobbing.
Kurama adjusted the cold body in his arms some so that he could set an arm on her shoulder. He pressed the child as close to his body as possible, like he did as a human child with the teddy bear his father had given him when he's surmised he should be scared or worried.
He'd thought up a lie to tell her but he wanted nothing more than to tell her the truth. He'd killed her son and regretted it.
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Yusuke, Kuwabara, Hiei; three weeks
"Why do you even care about Yukina?" Kuwabara snapped.
Hiei huffed and Yusuke found himself perking up, wanting to hear how he'd answer that. "You're a fool, aren't you?" Kuwabara growled and Hiei continued. "She's a healer. We could use that."
Kuwabara twitched and turned around slowly. Although Yusuke knew that Kuwbara stood no real chance against Hiei, but from the look in his eyes, Yusuke found himself almost doubting that. "What kind of insensitive jerk are you? Yukina could be in real trouble!"
"All the more reason we shouldn't be wasting our time," was Hiei's response. Yusuke saw his eyes flicker, but he knew that the only reason he noticed was because he was looking for it.
Hiei had a point, Yusuke knew, but Kuwabara was way past the point of logic and looked about to rip Hiei a new one. Yusuke was no strategist, but he did know the last thing he needed right now were two of his best fighters at each other's throats. So, before he could think better of it, he stood up and slammed his hands on the table. Hiei and Kuwabara both turned to look at him.
"Kuwabara, Hiei is Yukina's brother. That's why he cares. Now can you both shove it so we can get some real work done? And maybe actually look for Kura - " Yusuke stopped at the look Hiei was giving him. "What's got your panties in a bunch?"
"I'm just contemplating the right way to kill you," Hiei said calmly.
Yusuke didn't get a chance to say anything to that, because at that point, Kuwabara spoke, quietly, "Are you two telling me that you've known exactly where Yukina's brother was all this time and you never told her?" Yusuke was surprised. He thought Kuwabara would have a fit that they'd kept something important from him again. "What the hell is going through your minds? You saw how important looking for her brother was to her!"
"You have no idea what you're talking about," Hiei snapped, "so I suggest your keep your big mouth shut about things you couldn't possibly begin to understand."
Yusuke closed his eyes and rubbed them. "How about you two fight this out once we find her?"
Kuwabara and Hiei left the room without another word. Yusuke watched them leave and wondered with a snort if Kurama would agree that the two of them are way more alike than they'd like to think.
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Yusuke, Touya; one month
"What'd Kurama say to get you guys to join us?" Yusuke asked on the second day the demons Kurama had gathered had arrived at Genkai's temple.
"We all have our own reasons," Touya leaned back, thoughtful, "But I believe all the reasons lead back to you."
Yusuke found himself grinning like he hadn't in ages. "Want a rematch, do you?" Touya didn't have to say anything, the look in his eyes said 'yes'. "You'll have to wait awhile."
"Jin and I, at least, are content with that fact," Touya said. Yusuke shot him a confused look. "We've had practice being patient, being shinobi. More than that, protecting the human world as we are isn't something we're completely unused to."
"Koenma hire you or something?" Yusuke joked, but Touya nodded, without a trace of a joke on his face.
Touya stood up to leave, probably for more training with Genkai, when something occurred to Yusuke. "What was going on between you and Kurama during that fight in the Dark Tournament?"
When Touya's body grew a shade stiffer it was subtle, but Yusuke's training with Genkai had sharped his eyes as well as his skills.
"I mean, I heard you guys talking," Yusuke continued. He tapped the top of his head. "But I understood it about as much as my math classes."
Touya didn't answer right away, but he didn't leave either. So Yusuke practiced some of that patience everyone was saying he should have more of. When he did speak, his words came out slowly, and his voice quieter than it usually was, "I can't speak for Kurama, but he knew what I was fighting for. It seemed to mean something to him."
That didn't clear much up at all. Yusuke sighed and slumped back and watched Touya leave the kitchen.
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Genkai, Kurama; one month, one week
Genkai had made arrangements before taking an apprentice for her death. She'd sped them up when she found out her time to be killed by Toguro and found herself in a rare element of surprise when she lived through the Dark Tournament. Adjustments, however, weren't difficult to make. She estimated she'd have a few years left before her death.
Sensui changed those plans again. She'd need to live longer - ideally much longer - in order to make sure the Human World remained safe.
Kurama was a good resource for many things, including what she was looking for. More, in fact, than she had assumed, when he'd said, after confirming that he could help with the aging process, "I could help you recover some of your Spirit Energy."
"What are the drawbacks?" Genkai asked.
"I'd have to go back to demon world," Kurama said. He grinned, when he added, "Migraines are not unheard of."
Genkai snorted. "Nothing worse than the dimwit could give me."
"He does have a knack for rubbing off on people," Kurama said, laughing softly.
"Don't tell him that." The last thing she wanted was for Yusuke to know which parts of him rubbed off on her. The kind she tended to mock the hardest - his heroism.
"I haven't lived as long as I have by being quite that foolish," Kurama said.
"Take Touya with you," Genkai said, "if you don't want Yusuke to punch you again."
"A wise idea," Kurama said, his face became unreadable, not something Genkai had experienced often, especially as she aged, sharply reminding her that he was older than even Koenma and gotten that old in no small part because of his poker face.
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Kuwabara, Hiei; six months
Kuwabara was just about to enter the room where Yukina was tending to Kido and Jin's wounds when a small hand caught his wrist.
"Are you going to tell her?"
Kuwabara turned around. Hiei's face was blank and his voice was no different than it normally was. But Kuwabara didn't even need his sixth sense to know that Hiei wasn't nearly as calm as he was pretending. He knew the shrimp well enough to know he had to have some reason for hiding the truth from Yukina, as stupid as the reasons Kuwabara suspected were. "No."
Hiei's eyes widened slightly.
Kuwabara rolled his shoulders. "I'm not the kind of man to tell someone else's secrets." He clenched his fists. "Just don't keep hurting her forever."
He jerked open the door and walked into the room, not bothering to wait and see what Hiei's response would be.
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Kurama, Touya; one month two weeks
The morning after they'd found the plants Kurama had been looking for, Kurama tossed Touya a pendent with a red jewel. Touya rose an eyebrow and tried not to smile when he thought of the kind of jokes Jin would have been making if he was there with them.
"It's something I've been looking for this week," Kurama told him and Touya realized two things. One, he was pretty sure that Kurama was, in fact, older than him since he didn't even noticed Kurama looking for anything but the plants. And, two, Kurama telling him that he'd been looking for it meant that it was important. "I'll have a need for it soon, but I'll need you to keep it for me until then."
Touya nodded, quickly deciding not to ask for details.
"Hide it well," Kurama said.
"I will," Touya said.
Kurama didn't speak again until they'd arrived at Genkai's temple. And, the first thing he did when the got there was give Hiei a look made the shorter demon follow them to the room they were sharing. Not only was the pendent important Touya figured, it also had some sort of personal meaning for Kurama.
Part 2
By: White Rain
Disclaimer: I do not own Yuu Yuu Hakusho.
Genre: Drama/Alternative Continuity
Characters: Kurama, Amanuma, Yusuke, Kuwabara, Hiei, Touya, Genkai
Pairings: Overall Yusuke/Kayko, Hiei/Kurama, Kuwabara/Botan, Koenma/Botan, Genkai/Toguro.
Word Count: 1543
Rating: PG-13
Notes: This actually has been mostly done for awhile lulz.
Summary: Sensui's plan succeeds. Yusuke and company cope with the results.
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Kurama, Amanuma; two hours
He'd told Kaitou that he was going to Demon World with Koenma after he brought Amanuma to his parents. It had been a lie.
But not about the part where he planned to bring Amanuma to his parents.
Kurama had no idea if Amanuma's parents actually neglected him or if Sensui's had just manipulated the regular frustrations most children felt towards their parents. I suppose I'll find out soon he thought as he was about to double check to make sure if the address Mitarai had given him was the same as the address he was at.
He didn't need to. A woman walked out of the house and rushed over to him when her eyes landed on the body Kurama was holding. Kurama lowered his eyes and said quietly before she could touch him, "He's dead."
The mother fell to her knees, sobbing.
Kurama adjusted the cold body in his arms some so that he could set an arm on her shoulder. He pressed the child as close to his body as possible, like he did as a human child with the teddy bear his father had given him when he's surmised he should be scared or worried.
He'd thought up a lie to tell her but he wanted nothing more than to tell her the truth. He'd killed her son and regretted it.
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Yusuke, Kuwabara, Hiei; three weeks
"Why do you even care about Yukina?" Kuwabara snapped.
Hiei huffed and Yusuke found himself perking up, wanting to hear how he'd answer that. "You're a fool, aren't you?" Kuwabara growled and Hiei continued. "She's a healer. We could use that."
Kuwabara twitched and turned around slowly. Although Yusuke knew that Kuwbara stood no real chance against Hiei, but from the look in his eyes, Yusuke found himself almost doubting that. "What kind of insensitive jerk are you? Yukina could be in real trouble!"
"All the more reason we shouldn't be wasting our time," was Hiei's response. Yusuke saw his eyes flicker, but he knew that the only reason he noticed was because he was looking for it.
Hiei had a point, Yusuke knew, but Kuwabara was way past the point of logic and looked about to rip Hiei a new one. Yusuke was no strategist, but he did know the last thing he needed right now were two of his best fighters at each other's throats. So, before he could think better of it, he stood up and slammed his hands on the table. Hiei and Kuwabara both turned to look at him.
"Kuwabara, Hiei is Yukina's brother. That's why he cares. Now can you both shove it so we can get some real work done? And maybe actually look for Kura - " Yusuke stopped at the look Hiei was giving him. "What's got your panties in a bunch?"
"I'm just contemplating the right way to kill you," Hiei said calmly.
Yusuke didn't get a chance to say anything to that, because at that point, Kuwabara spoke, quietly, "Are you two telling me that you've known exactly where Yukina's brother was all this time and you never told her?" Yusuke was surprised. He thought Kuwabara would have a fit that they'd kept something important from him again. "What the hell is going through your minds? You saw how important looking for her brother was to her!"
"You have no idea what you're talking about," Hiei snapped, "so I suggest your keep your big mouth shut about things you couldn't possibly begin to understand."
Yusuke closed his eyes and rubbed them. "How about you two fight this out once we find her?"
Kuwabara and Hiei left the room without another word. Yusuke watched them leave and wondered with a snort if Kurama would agree that the two of them are way more alike than they'd like to think.
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Yusuke, Touya; one month
"What'd Kurama say to get you guys to join us?" Yusuke asked on the second day the demons Kurama had gathered had arrived at Genkai's temple.
"We all have our own reasons," Touya leaned back, thoughtful, "But I believe all the reasons lead back to you."
Yusuke found himself grinning like he hadn't in ages. "Want a rematch, do you?" Touya didn't have to say anything, the look in his eyes said 'yes'. "You'll have to wait awhile."
"Jin and I, at least, are content with that fact," Touya said. Yusuke shot him a confused look. "We've had practice being patient, being shinobi. More than that, protecting the human world as we are isn't something we're completely unused to."
"Koenma hire you or something?" Yusuke joked, but Touya nodded, without a trace of a joke on his face.
Touya stood up to leave, probably for more training with Genkai, when something occurred to Yusuke. "What was going on between you and Kurama during that fight in the Dark Tournament?"
When Touya's body grew a shade stiffer it was subtle, but Yusuke's training with Genkai had sharped his eyes as well as his skills.
"I mean, I heard you guys talking," Yusuke continued. He tapped the top of his head. "But I understood it about as much as my math classes."
Touya didn't answer right away, but he didn't leave either. So Yusuke practiced some of that patience everyone was saying he should have more of. When he did speak, his words came out slowly, and his voice quieter than it usually was, "I can't speak for Kurama, but he knew what I was fighting for. It seemed to mean something to him."
That didn't clear much up at all. Yusuke sighed and slumped back and watched Touya leave the kitchen.
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Genkai, Kurama; one month, one week
Genkai had made arrangements before taking an apprentice for her death. She'd sped them up when she found out her time to be killed by Toguro and found herself in a rare element of surprise when she lived through the Dark Tournament. Adjustments, however, weren't difficult to make. She estimated she'd have a few years left before her death.
Sensui changed those plans again. She'd need to live longer - ideally much longer - in order to make sure the Human World remained safe.
Kurama was a good resource for many things, including what she was looking for. More, in fact, than she had assumed, when he'd said, after confirming that he could help with the aging process, "I could help you recover some of your Spirit Energy."
"What are the drawbacks?" Genkai asked.
"I'd have to go back to demon world," Kurama said. He grinned, when he added, "Migraines are not unheard of."
Genkai snorted. "Nothing worse than the dimwit could give me."
"He does have a knack for rubbing off on people," Kurama said, laughing softly.
"Don't tell him that." The last thing she wanted was for Yusuke to know which parts of him rubbed off on her. The kind she tended to mock the hardest - his heroism.
"I haven't lived as long as I have by being quite that foolish," Kurama said.
"Take Touya with you," Genkai said, "if you don't want Yusuke to punch you again."
"A wise idea," Kurama said, his face became unreadable, not something Genkai had experienced often, especially as she aged, sharply reminding her that he was older than even Koenma and gotten that old in no small part because of his poker face.
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Kuwabara, Hiei; six months
Kuwabara was just about to enter the room where Yukina was tending to Kido and Jin's wounds when a small hand caught his wrist.
"Are you going to tell her?"
Kuwabara turned around. Hiei's face was blank and his voice was no different than it normally was. But Kuwabara didn't even need his sixth sense to know that Hiei wasn't nearly as calm as he was pretending. He knew the shrimp well enough to know he had to have some reason for hiding the truth from Yukina, as stupid as the reasons Kuwabara suspected were. "No."
Hiei's eyes widened slightly.
Kuwabara rolled his shoulders. "I'm not the kind of man to tell someone else's secrets." He clenched his fists. "Just don't keep hurting her forever."
He jerked open the door and walked into the room, not bothering to wait and see what Hiei's response would be.
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Kurama, Touya; one month two weeks
The morning after they'd found the plants Kurama had been looking for, Kurama tossed Touya a pendent with a red jewel. Touya rose an eyebrow and tried not to smile when he thought of the kind of jokes Jin would have been making if he was there with them.
"It's something I've been looking for this week," Kurama told him and Touya realized two things. One, he was pretty sure that Kurama was, in fact, older than him since he didn't even noticed Kurama looking for anything but the plants. And, two, Kurama telling him that he'd been looking for it meant that it was important. "I'll have a need for it soon, but I'll need you to keep it for me until then."
Touya nodded, quickly deciding not to ask for details.
"Hide it well," Kurama said.
"I will," Touya said.
Kurama didn't speak again until they'd arrived at Genkai's temple. And, the first thing he did when the got there was give Hiei a look made the shorter demon follow them to the room they were sharing. Not only was the pendent important Touya figured, it also had some sort of personal meaning for Kurama.