Disclaimer: The characters and world of Yu Yu Hakusho belong to Yoshihiro Togashi, viz and everyone else involved in the Manga and anime. I'm just borrowing the characters for my own and possibly the enjoyment of other fans. Please don't sue me.
Notes: This follows the Manga version of Yu Yu Hakusho. If you are not familiar with how the Manga ending differs from the anime versions you might be confused by some of what's related to here.
This is a companion pierce to Waiting.
Tension
He approached the area Yuusuke was demolishing cautiously. He'd already heard what happened to a few local youki who'd made the mistake of mouthing off to his friend after he arrived in the Makai. Once he finally arrived in the demolished clearing he saw Pu sitting nearby watching Yuusuke stand perfectly still in the center of the clearing. "Who told you Keiko was pregnant?"
"Kuwabara," he answered calmly. He turned and greeted Pu while tuning out Yuusuke's rather colorful description of things Kuwabara could do instead of butting into his personal life. "He's worried about you," he saw Yuusuke look away. "If you hadn't come to the Makai he'd be here himself."
"I just needed to get away from Keiko for a while," he said anger clear in his voice. "Tell me Kurama, how do I deal with raising someone else's kid." He wasn't surprised to hear the repressed anger and hurt in his friends voice.
"I'm not sure I'm the right person to ask," he admitted. "I was too ashamed to let my mother know the truth about me until only recently." He could tell that shocked Yuusuke as he hadn't let any of his friends know that he'd finally come clean to his human family.
"How did you she take it?" It was one of the things he'd always admired about Yuusuke, how he'd always put his own problems aside to help his friends.
"She took it well," He said letting a bit of his own relief show through. "It turns out she'd figured out I wasn't completely normal years ago as I just didn't seem to age and there was the fact I hung around with such unusual people." He wasn't surprised when that got a laugh out of his friend.
"However, I think we should go back to talking about your situation." He saw his friend stiffen. "If you want I'm sure my mother would be glad to speak with you and give you her perspective." He knew even as he finished saying it that Yuusuke would refuse.
"No thanks," He said turning back toward the trees. "I'm just going to stay here and work off some more tension before I go back home." He'd expected it and been prepared for it. He slipped a small seed out of his pocket and hurled it toward his friend. He watched Yuusuke's shocked face as the seed exploded into a net of tangled vines wrapping around him tightly. "What the hell, Kurama?"
"I'm giving you an opponent," he stated simply as he felt his body changing and assume it's Youko form. "It's a lot more fun when the scenery fights back." He saw the smile that broke out on Yuusuke's face as he demolished the vine net. He couldn't beat his friend in a fair fight but he had no intention of fighting fair and despite his pent up aggression he knew his friend wouldn't do any permanent harm.
The End