Yusuke was bored. It was almost midnight and he wasn't the bit tired. His poor excuse for a mother was out with her new boyfriend: Darek. Yusuke was thinking about calling Genkai. He had wondered why she had given him her number. Yusuke was surprised the most by her actually having a phone. "DING, DONG!" rang the doorbell. This surprised Yusuke; I mean who would be at the door this late at night? Yusuke ran to the door. He opened it and just looked in shock. There stood Genkai wearing something anybody her knew her thought she would never even consider wearing.

She was wearing a sparkly midnight blue dress. She had a diamond necklace and diamond earrings, which matched her dress well. She had also put her hair up in a perfect bun. 'She looks almost as pretty and cute as Keiko.' Yusuke thought dumbstruck. "Genkai, I mean grandma you look nice…I guess." Yusuke said with usual mockery.

"Thanks dimwit. That's awfully nice of you." Genkai snapped back. They stood there awkwardly. "Can I come in?" She asked shyly. This brought Yusuke back to the present.

"Yes of course." He said jumping back so Genkai could get in the house. They both just looked at each other. Yusuke was worried. What does she want? Did I forget something? Look at my house! Look at me!' Yusuke thought worriedly. He was wearing a jean vest with his striped pajama pants. He ran up to his room like lightning. Genkai looked at where he had ran, smiling. Yusuke came back wearing a blue version of what Jin wore during the dark tournament.

Genkai looked at him like she wanted to tell him something, but also didn't. Yusuke sat down on the couch Genkai following, sitting right next to him. They both looked at each other again. That was when Genkai burst out crying. Yusuke blinked his eyes then slowly put his arms around her. She leaned up against him and cried. Yusuke didn't know what to do. "Genkai what's the matter? Why did you come here… to me?" Yusuke asked softly, reassuringly.

Genkai stopped crying but would not say anything. "So what's up with you and Keiko?" She finally asked after minutes of silence. Yusuke was caught off guard.

"What?" Yusuke asked as he fell to the floor from surprise. Genkai laughed like a schoolgirl. Yusuke sighed. This was confusing. "Well… she's moving soon. Going to America or China." Yusuke responded slowly. Genkai's face lit up but went back to her normal expression when Yusuke looked at her. "Why?"

"I dunno. I was just wondering. It's not as if Keiko doesn't come and talk to me… or at least she hasn't recently." Genkai licked her lips. Yusuke shrugged his shoulders and just sat on the floor his legs crisscrossed. To tell the truth Yusuke was starting to get tired. Yawning Yusuke moved back up on the couch next to Genkai. Genkai looked over towards Yusuke. He was such a dimwit. She turned her whole body so she could face Yusuke. "I've been thinking. There have been random demon sightings all over Japan. And since you are my pupil it has been to my consideration that you haven't been training for quite a long while." Genkai cleared her throat and glared at Yusuke.

"Ya so? What's the point of training? I'm already the strongest fighter out there. And if I can't beat a group of people I can always have Kurama, Kuwabara, and Hiei help me. Oh and there's you too I suppose." Yusuke yawned.

"Oh how nice of you to remember that I can fight. If you'd forgotten I have taught you most of the moves you know!" Genkai snapped. "You give me such a headache Yusuke!" Genkai rubbed her temples. Yusuke had a giant smirk on his face.

"Nice to know that I'm doing my job correctly." Yusuke chuckled. Genkai smacked him across the face.

"Shut up! I am sick and tired of that mouth and attitude of yours! What am I to you? Just a little old woman who you can always pick on and hurt her feelings? Well I'm sick of it!" Genkai yelled making her cry again. She stood up and walked towards the door. Yusuke was too surprised to do anything. Genkai slammed the door on her way out. What had just happened there? Yusuke sat like that until his mother came home.

"Honey your still up? What's wrong? You look like you've seen a ghost." Atsuko went running towards Yusuke totally forgetting about Darek. Yusuke cringed at the touch of his mother.

"What you actually care? Don't tell me that you care about me more than you're lover ass over there." Yusuke replied emotionless. Atsuko gasped. Yusuke hadn't talked to her like that since before he had died. Tears came to her eyes.

"I was trying to be nice! Can't you drop that attitude and mouth of yours! I'm sick of it!" She yelled tears flowing down her face. Yusuke realized that that was exactly what Genkai had said and meant.

"What do you mean exactly? What do those words mean mom?" Yusuke said frantically as he jumped up to his mother. Yusuke knew that this would uncover what Genkai had been feeling and why she had been acting so strange.

"Yusuke… Why would you care?" She snapped at him. Yes, this was just like with Genkai! Yusuke was not going to give up. He would rather die getting hit by a car saving a little kids life that wouldn't have died anyway… in other words rather just die like he did last time.

"Mom please. I'm your son. And I don't get what those words meant like that… I mean I don't know what message you were trying to get to me. So I don't know how to respond." Yusuke said calmly. He didn't know how much longer he could stand waiting. He wanted to know what was wrong with Genkai. Why she had chosen to come to him instead of Keiko or Shizuru (Kuwabara's sister) or Botan? Atsuko blinked her eyes. She was about to say something to him but that was when she remembered about Darek.

"Oh sugerbuger!" She cried out as she turned around. 'Thank god she wasn't talking to me.' Yusuke thought trying not to get mad. Yusuke sighed as she went over to Darek. He rolled his eyes when Darek tried to give Atsuko a hickey (if you don't know what that is too bad!). She started giggling and pulled him along with her into the living room, closer to the stairs. She opened her mouth to say something but Yusuke beat her to it.

"Ya I'll go. Once you tell me what you meant by those words mom." Yusuke looked at her.

"What words… oh… Why do you want to know so badly? That girl said those words to you didn't she?" Atsuko asked as she stared at her son.

"Huh? What girl?" He asked flabbergasted.

"That's what I would like to know. She wears a good smelling perfume Yusuke but…" She shook her head. 'Oh shoot Genkai! Hey I didn't realize she had any perfume on.' Yusuke thought as he rubbed his chin. "She looked a bit old actually… but maybe I was mistaken it was dark out and the way she was dressed. Hmm…" She trailed off not knowing it though.

"Mother please. Don't go into that be careful talk especially since it doesn't apply to you. And besides mom she's older than me. I don't like old women like her." He responded thoughtfully. He wasn't sure if he really meant that or not.

"Fine. God boy you wear me out sometimes. I meant that I care for you… That I love you." She sighed. Yusuke's face turned bright red. "Now what's wrong?"

"Nothing mom. I'll be leaving now. Have fun mom and Darek be careful." Yusuke called out not really caring. He slammed the door behind him. He went behind the house into the little shack his mom's previous boyfriend had built for her. It was amazing that his mom kept it up; he thought that she was going to tear it down. Opening the squeaky door he stepped inside, his nose filling up with cigarette smoke.

All of the kids came here and smoked, when his mom was out of course. Taking a look around he saw only seven people there. After taking a close look at them he realized that he recognized them. There was: Keiko, Kurama, Hiei, Kuwabara, Shizuru, Botan, and Genkai. Why were they there and why were they smoking? "Um hi guys." Yusuke said his voice unsure. Well actually Keiko, Botan, Hiei, and Kurama weren't smoking…

"Yusuke!" Keiko cried out and ran to him and gave him a hug. Genkai looked at the ground as they said their hellos. Then the rest of the gang went up to him. Genkai said back. She didn't feel like talking to him so soon after what happened.

"Hey Genkai why don't you come join us?" Kurama asked nicely. Keiko froze at the sound of Genkai's name.

"Leave her alone Fox boy! A woman like her doesn't need to join us." Keiko said heartlessly. Yusuke looked at Keiko with a strange look while the others all looked at each other, avoiding both Yusuke's and Genkai's glances. Yusuke say this and didn't know what to do.

"What happened here? Guys?" Yusuke asked letting go of Keiko. Keiko started to laugh dryly.

"What happened? What happened? Why don't you ask old lady lover over there." Keiko said angrily. Yusuke made himself look over at Genkai.

"Wait…are you talking about Genkai? Cuz if you are you must be mistaken. I mean… her love somebody? Her a lover? Don't make me laugh!" Yusuke said busting a gut. Genkai got up and walked to the group.

"Yusuke listen to you're girlfriend!" The tone in Genkai's voice made him look at her. "She's right Yusuke. I am in love." Genkai's mouth went dry. She didn't want to say the rest but she knew it would come out sooner or later. "But its not with whom you think it is. It's not Yusuke." She paused taking a breath. Yusuke stopped laughing and felt like someone slapped him in the face. Was she lying? After all how she acted earlier, how she said those words…

"With who then old lady? You said Yusuke not too long ago!" Keiko snapped. Kurama placed his hand on her shoulder and shook his head.

"No she didn't. If you remember Keiko she said it was with someone who taller than Hiei, but shorter than Kuwabara. Which left Yusuke and me. Or she could be in love with one of you girls." Kurama said blankly.

"Yes but she also said that she knew him for a long time! And really well! She had to mean Yusuke!" Keiko yelled.

"No not dimwit over there. Heavens no! I would rather die again! I'm in love with…Keiko." Genkai choked out the name. Everyone froze. Keiko fainted. Everyone was staring at Genkai. She was staring at the floor. "I told you! Aren't you happy now? All of you leave me alone! I don't want to see any of you again! And I won't! I'll make sure of that!" Genkai yelled then pushed everyone out of her way so she could run out of the door.