Boku no Sekai

My World

After the dark tournament and team Urameshi won, they all secretly wished for peace and happiness. What happens now to our hero's as in human world, the schools are beginning to release for the winter break?

Yusuke yawned as he and the rest of his classmates rushed out of the classroom to greet the cool fall air. Yusuke shuffled over to where Kuwabara was standing by the gate.

"Hey man, finally out of there…" Yusuke said excitedly.

Kuwabara nodded, "I know right… I still don't sleep right after that dark tournament… I still get nightmares."

Yusuke punched his friend in the shoulder, "Come on man! What happened to your honor code?"

Kuwabara sniffed from the cold air, "I know… Where's Keiko?"

Yusuke shrugged, "She said something about student council so my guess is that she's staying late. I'm sure that she wants us to wait on her though, Keiko also told me that she can't sleep well after the tournament."

Kuwabara threw his arms behind his head, "Yeah, I don't think Keiko feels too good today anyway… When I saw her in the hall she seemed pretty pale."

Yusuke hummed to himself, "Well, then let's wait for her. The most that she stays is like is to about five thirty."

Kuwabara walked with Yusuke over to the steps of the school, "I wonder how Kurama and Hiei are holding out?" Kuwabara wondered aloud.

Yusuke shrugged, "How am I supposed to know that? It probably didn't even bother Hiei, but I think Kurama is still pretty beat up. Maybe we should go check on him after we drop Keiko off."

Kuwabara nodded, "Sounds like a good idea that and since we can't find Hiei ever."

A couple of minutes later, Keiko emerged from the school.

"Oh hey, Yusuke, Kuwabara… I wasn't expecting you two to be waiting here for me." Keiko said rather sickly.

Yusuke took off his jacket and handed it over to Keiko, "Here, don't catch a cold."

Keiko looked at the jacket then took it and placed it, "Ah, this feels so much better, but what about you Yusuke? Aren't you cold?"

Yusuke shrugged his shoulders, "It doesn't matter."

Kuwabara smiled to Keiko, "He thinks he's such a bad ass."

Keiko giggled at Yusuke who was now fuming over Kuwabara, her vision became blurred, "Yusuke?"

Yusuke glanced over to the petite woman, "What's up?"

Keiko fidgeted, "I'm sorry to be a bother… but could you carry me? I don't feel too good."

Yusuke turned away from Keiko who wrapped her arms around his neck and jumped on his back. He then locked his arms underneath Keiko so she didn't fall.

"Thank you." Keiko said quietly.

"Maybe we should go see Kurama about Keiko." Kuwabara suggested.

Yusuke nodded, "Yeah, she never acts this way even when she's sick."

Kuwabara walked as fast as they could to Kurama's apartment. Yusuke rapped on the door which was answered by the familiar red head.

"Oh hello, I wasn't expecting you to be here, but please come in." Kurama stepped aside to let the group in.

Yusuke sat Keiko on the couch, "Sorry to come out of the blue, but Keiko's not feeling well."

Kurama nodded, "She does seem a bit pale. Why don't you lay her down, I'll get some medicine."

Kuwabara moved over to the chair and spotted a picture frame, he picked it up and his mouth hit the floor.

"Urameshi! Look at this!" Kuwabara hissed quietly.

Yusuke looked at the photo and spotted the familiar fox but next to him was a beautiful white haired girl who was smiling lovingly. Yusuke grasped the picture from Kuwabara's hands and got a more detailed look: the girl was wearing an asymmetrical ice blue dress that one side reached to her high thigh and the other side reached to her knee, and was one shouldered, with her hair in an intricate bun and her bangs twirling in spirals down to her collar bone. Yusuke noticed that Kurama was in a tuxedo and a matching tie, and had at least a full foot on the girl who was even in heels.

"Man…" Yusuke placed the picture back down as Kurama came back inside the den.

"Sorry, I couldn't find the medicine I was looking for." Kurama responded.

Yusuke looked at the fox suspiciously, "So how come you never told us you had a girlfriend?"

Kurama sat down on the couch's arm and furrowed his eyebrows, "I don't."

Yusuke shook Keiko awake who jumped up and nearly knocked the glass out of Kurama's hand, "Ah!"

Keiko spotted Kurama in front of her who handed her some medicine and a glass of water, "Here, take these. They'll make you sleepy though."

Keiko nodded, "Thank you. Yusuke! Why didn't you take me to my house instead of bringing me to Kurama's home! I'm sure he's busy!"

Yusuke rubbed the back of his head, "Because, I don't trust doctors, I trust Kurama though."

Keiko spun to look at Yusuke, "I appreciate the effort and I thank you Kurama, but really Yusuke? I have medicine at home!"

Kurama chuckled as little Keiko whipped to face the couch, "Come on Keiko don't pout! You passed out on me!" Yusuke explained, "That and Kurama's house is closer than yours, I didn't wanna put you in the cold more than I had to."

Kurama was shocked, "That's very noble of you Yusuke. You guys can stay here if you'd like, I'm by myself anyway, and it gets rather lonely."

Keiko turned to Yusuke, "Oh alright, I don't see why we can't stay for a little bit."

Kurama beamed over to Keiko, "Great, now get some sleep."

Keiko nodded and turned to face the couch once more and closed her eyes. Kurama stood up as Yusuke and Kuwabara followed him outside. Kurama buttoned up his jacket as he rested his arms on the railing outside.

Yusuke and Kuwabara join him resting against the railing talking about the dark tournament.

"So, Kurama if you don't mind us asking, who is she?" Kuwabara asked.

Kurama looked over to his teammates, "I suppose I couldn't hide her forever."

Yusuke smiled, "You lucky fox!"

Kurama shook his head, "You have me wrong. I'm not dating her."

Yusuke crossed his arms, "Why not?"

Kurama sighed, "I didn't want to place her in danger."

"So what's her name?" Kuwabara asked.

"Hana." Kurama replied.

"Ah, does she live here?" Yusuke asked.

Kurama shook his head, "No unfortunately, she lives in Hakata right now at least."

"At least?" Kuwabara probed.

"She's trying to get her mother to say yes to her moving here to go to school with me; however Hana gets very sick very quickly. So she's missed a lot of school, if she misses too much more, she's going to be pushed back a year."

"How'd you meet a girl from all the way from the Matsumae District?" Yusuke asked curiously.

"Not to surprise you or anything but, we grew up together. Her family has a summer home here in Nagasaki, so when she and her sister started school, I was in her class." Kurama explained.

"You don't have to go into detail man," Kuwabara started. "We know that you like your privacy."

Kurama nodded, "Thank you for understanding."

Yusuke shrugged his shoulders, "All I wanted was a name… Hana huh?"

"It means flower…" Kuwabara informed.

"I know what it means!" Yusuke shouts.

Kurama chuckled, "I'm glad that I can open myself up to you, I don't have very many good friends."

Yusuke sighed, "Yeah, if you want to be friends with two delinquents that are in junior high."

Kurama chuckled, "As long as you're okay being friends with a 300 year old fox."

Kuwabara chortled, "Not a problem!"

Kurama then felt his pocket vibrating, his fished out his phone and answered, "Hello?"

Yusuke and Kuwabara watched the sky as it suddenly began to drop snowflakes.

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"Hey Hana… How are you feeling? Are you slightly better?" Kurama asked.

The boys watched Kurama as he talked to his "friend".

"I see you're still in the hospital?"

"That's not good; you need to be feeling better so you can come visit me and Shiori."

"Yes, school here let out today. We have winter break until January 10th."

Yusuke and Kuwabara could tell that Kurama was worried.

"You did what?!"

The boys snapped their necks to Kurama who leaned against the railing holding his forehead.

"Hana, you didn't have to do that, I do have a job here you know."

Kurama spotted Yusuke and Kuwabara watching him, he sighed, "Oh no! It's nothing… It's fine… You're just doing what you thought was right, I really do appreciate it though. Tell Mikoto thank you."

Kurama smiled, "Maybe I'll take you up on your offer and come and see you."

Yusuke and Kuwabara began to play Jan Ken, as Kurama talked to Hana on the phone.

"Hana, I have to go, I have company over. I'll call you tomorrow morning." Kurama says kindly.

"Yes, you too. Please don't push yourself. Good night."

Kurama closed his cell and pushed it back in his pocket as he sighed, "So what happened?"

Kurama looked over to the men playing the child's game, "She transferred some money into my account, how she got that I'll never know."

"Good resources I guess," Kuwabara says.

"So I'm guessing that you're gonna spend Christmas with her?" Yusuke asked.

"Of course, it's a tradition… My mother won't be able to go however; she's got plans with her boyfriend."

Yusuke patted Kurama on the back, "good luck man!"

Kurama stood back up straight, "You guys wouldn't want to meet Hana and her family would you?"

Yusuke and Kuwabara looked at Kurama, "If it's a family thing we don't wanna intrude."

Kurama smiled, "Hana knows that I have friends here, besides, Hakata is beautiful and almost larger than Nagasaki, and like Nagasaki it's near the end of the island. They have bunches of winter festivals that Hana and I go together a lot."

Yusuke and Kuwabara looked at Kurama, "Sure man," Kuwabara said.

Kurama beamed at his team members, "Think of it as a thank you for helping me all those times with training or with fighting someone."

Yusuke and Kuwabara nodded, "It's what friends do for one another."

Kurama then realized something, "No matter how much Hana probes, please do not tell her about me getting seriously hurt, especially in that fight with Gama."

Yusuke and Kuwabara look at Kurama, "She knows who you really are then?"

Kurama nodded, "I told her when I was in junior high and her family came to visit… Her family is actually quite popular in the Matsumae District as well as in the Nagasaki District. Yusuke, you might have even watched her mother fight in the battle of the sexes when it came here to Nagasaki."

Yusuke placed his finger under his chin as he thought, "What's the name?"

Kurama smirked, "Haruka"

Yusuke and Kuwabara's mouths dropped to the floor, "The Iron Maiden?! Herself!"

Kurama nodded, "Yes, she's very much like an iron maiden if you ask me."

Yusuke began to freak out, "No way man! You know the Iron Maiden personally! That's a dream of mine!"

"Yeah, I know! She's one of the most feared MMA fighters in the Matsumae District!" Kuwabara swooned.

Kurama laughed to himself as the boys got overly excited for meeting the Iron Maiden.

"Why don't we get the group together, minus Hiei, since he can't really leave this city, and go together? I'm sure Mikoto will be fine with it, they have a house the size of a castle." Kurama thought out loud.

Suddenly Keiko appeared at the doorway and rubbing her eyes, "What's with all the yelling?" She asked sleepily.

"Kurama just asked us, all of us to visit the Iron Maiden, Keiko!" Yusuke says jumping up and down.

Keiko looked at Yusuke then smiled then turned to Kurama, "Thank you very much!"

Kurama raised a hand, "It's not a big deal. Besides Keiko, I'm sure that Hana would love to take you shopping in Hakata's massive shopping plexus."

Keiko's eyes widen, "Really? Hakata almost has as big of a shopping mall as Tokyo!"

Yusuke rolled his eyes, "Shopping huh, maybe with the Iron Maiden!"

Keiko and the other boys sweat dropped, "You're really excited about meeting her aren't you?" Kuwabara asked.

"Well, duh! She's my idol!" Yusuke confessed.

Kurama shook his head, "That may be well and good, but if she finds out that you're not going to school, or listening to your elders, or even listening to your girlfriend… She'll most likely do her supersonic kick on you."

"Wow, the Haruka kick!" Yusuke says drooling.

Keiko looked to Kurama, "Pain means nothing, if he's going to meet his idol." Keiko giggled.

"If he gets to live to tell the tale…" Kuwabara sighed.

Keiko suddenly began to freak out, "Don't worry; Mikoto is actually really nice… She just puts on that MMA front to scare you… She's done it to me several times… Sometimes, I think she would've made a great General." Kurama soothed.

Keiko began to calm down, "So I assume we're flying?"

Kurama nodded, "Yes, we have to land in Osaka; because we have to refuel there most likely, either there or Fukushima. Once we finished refueling, it's a straight shot to Matsumae Prefecture from there, and then we're going to Hakata."

Keiko began to think, "We aren't going to be a hassle are we?"

Kurama shook his head, "No, not at all. The Haruka family is a very loving family… They are strong, and stubborn like oxen, but kind and very helpful at times."

Keiko smiled, "I'll go as long as I get to take care of your girlfriend."

Kurama looked at the ground then flipped his bangs, "She's… not my girlfriend."

Keiko frowned, "And why the hell not?!"

Yusuke glanced over to Keiko who just cursed, "Keiko!"

"What? I have the right to ask and curse as I please." Keiko says defensively.

"I can't ask her, not yet." Kurama confessed.

The group looks at the kitsune, "Why not?" Keiko asked. "You seem like you like her a lot."

Kurama sighed, "I don't want to put her in danger of being hurt… If someone found out…"

Keiko slapped Kurama's arm, and then rested her palms on her hips, "Why would you think such a thing? Yusuke doesn't exactly tell me everything, but we aren't together either, but anyway! You should exploit your feelings to her! If you don't, she'll move on to someone else."

Keiko looked down at the ground and brought Yusuke's jacket closer to her body, Kurama laughed lightly, "You remind me of her sister, Kana."

Keiko looked up angrily at the fox, "You better make a move! It's Christmas time!"

Yusuke and Kuwabara watched the brunette and the fox get into a word battle and who is more stubborn.

"Round one: Kitsune vs. Human girl." Yusuke says sarcastically.

Kuwabara began to give a blow by blow, "It seems that the human, has paralyzed the kitsune."

Kurama looked down at his hands, as he sat on the railing with his legs crossed and his hands folded in his lap, "As I've told you, I can't tell her… I don't want her to get hurt."

"So what, Yusuke thinks of my safety all the time and it really pisses me off when he doesn't tell me something about your little group." Keiko started. "I can't believe that you would rather deny your feelings than accept the fact that she might love you more than you can imagine! But no, you wanna sit here and not do a damned thing!"

"Ooh a critical hit from the human girl… What is the 300 year old kitsune going to say?" Kuwabara says holding up a pretend microphone.

Kurama's eyes narrowed, "I do not wish to fight with you Keiko… I don't want to hurt your feelings, or contradict mine."

Keiko puffs out some air, "You think that you're getting out of this, well I got news for you mister know-it-all, I'm serious, if you don't say something about your feelings… You're gonna lose her."

Kurama noted Keiko's concern and smiled lightly, "Keiko, its fine… I know Hana… I'm pretty sure that she'd never see anyone else."

"Ooh! A hit from the side from the kitsune!" Kuwabara announces.

Keiko sighed, "I'm just concerned is all… I don't want you to end up like…"

She looked over to Yusuke who was watching them fight, "What do you think you're doing?!"

Yusuke straightened up, "End of round one."

Kuwabara imitated a bell sound, and smiled, "Ding, ding."

Keiko sighed once more, "Yusuke, let's go home please."

Kurama called over to Keiko, "You peak my interest Keiko, and I might actually have a challenge on my hands."

Yusuke looked stunned, "Dun, dun, duuuunnn!"

Keiko slapped Yusuke, "I see I accept your challenge."

"Don't forget we're going tomorrow, so you better hurry home and pack a load of your things." Kurama says.

End of Chapter 1! I've been working on this story for days... weeks... months...