An Unexpected Guest
Keiko was miserable. Yusuke was late. He was not coming back, she knew it. She walked down the street. Almost there. She knocked on the door in front of her.
"Hey, Shiori, is Shuichi here? I need to speak to him."
"He's here. Come on in, sweetie."
"Thanks." She went up the stairs and knocked on Kurama's door. He opened the door and smiled.
"Yusuke is still not back, but I predict that he will be soon, okay? So just be patient."
She sighed. It had been too long. "What is he doing? I know you know."
"He is… well, he is participating in another tournament. One that he created to give away his spot as king. He is cutting ties and is coming back to be with you soon. Just wait a little longer okay? This is not a short process, but he is doing the best he can. Trust me. Your relationship is not over. He thinks of you always."
All right. She was convinced. He seemed to contemplate lying to her and knew she would find out, so he told her the truth. She would follow him when he left to go see Yusuke. She would see him again. She was tired of waiting.
Soon enough, Kurama snuck out of his house with a suitcase. He probably would be gone till the end of tomorrow. This was her chance to follow him. She did not have to go far. He jumped off the bridge and disappeared through a portal. She noted where it was. She found a bridge down to where the portal was and eagerly jumped through.
When she arrived on the other side, she was amazed. It was almost exactly like Kurama had described. But how was she going to find her way? She wished that she had followed him more closely.
She walked for a little while. All of a sudden she heard a noise behind her. She was grabbed and thrown to the ground. She screamed.
"Who are you and why are you here? Answer quick, human!"
I'm a friend of Yusuke, you know, the king?" She hoped that Kurama had told her enough of the truth to get her out of this mess. If not she was in big trouble.
The demon that had captured her dragged her to the stadium that she supposed the tournament was in and up the stairs. The ugly demon opened a door and threw her to the ground. Everyone in the room turned around, including Hiei.
She ran forward and wrapped her arms around the waist of the shortest person in the room. Mukuro stepped in and grabbed her, holding her a foot off the ground. "Hiei! I am so glad to see you! You have to help me. This guy, and her… Where's Yusuke?
"He's fighting. He'll be back in a minute. This one's in the bag."
"What about Kurama?"
Yomi chimed in. "How do you know Kurama?"
"He's my friend. Who are you?"
"Shh, Keiko, don't be so rude. He's Yomi, the blind ruler of 1/3 of Makai, and he is Kurama's boss, so you better not antagonize him." Hiei warned.
"Like he says, I'm Yomi. Kurama is an old friend of mine. And you are?"
"Yusuke's fiancée. I followed Kurama here to see for myself where Yusuke was and get the truth. Everyone lies to me to try to protect me because they think I can't handle it, but they are wrong. Everyone seems to know but me.
Just then Yusuke walked in. "Keiko!"
"Yusuke!" She ran into his arms and hugged him. "I missed you so much."