It wasn't Necessary:

A Yu Yu Hakusho fanfic:

Pairing : Yusuke x Kurama

Authors note: I do not own Yu Yu hakusho in any way shape or form, unfortunately, however the characters involved are guaranteed to be out of character, so just warning you, I don't want people thinking "He's not like that is he… OMG!" hehe, anyway also this is bound to be a yaoi ( boy x boy) so no complaints in that department.

Oh also the start of this story begins later on if you get what I mean, then we go back to how it all started comprende? Good… onwards!

CHAPTER 1:

A loud thunderous, clash of falling trees echoed through out Genkai's forest, clouds of ash rose as burning flames clawed up the bark of trees that had withstood the hands of time for many years.

A burst of light shot through the forests' canopy, as vines danced and intertwined amongst each other, a hideous laugh erupted amongst the chaos, followed by a fearful cry,

"Keiko, what are you doing here!"

"YUSUKE LOOK OUT!" a loud crash of cracking wood and earth,

"KURAMA!"

EARLIER THAT DAY:

Once again Yusuke had decided school was too much of a pain and a waste of time to attend and had skipped the entire day, so instead he ventured to the now empty park and sat upon the swings, swaying ever so slightly as he took another puff of his cigarette,

"That's a very bad habit Yusuke" a calm voice broke through the boys' thoughts, honey eyes rose to clash with emerald.

"Well it's me Kurama, what do you expect?" the young teenager responded taking another drag and casually blowing it into the newcomers face,

"Have it your way" Kurama sighed as he waved the smoke away from his face,

"Why aren't you at school fox boy?" Yusuke asked, slightly interested as to why the school's top student isn't right now behind a desk and making maths look like a three year old could do it.

"I was going to ask you the same thing, but then I thought I'd save my time and avoid a pointless rant" Kurama said whilst a small smirk made its way on his lips,

"I'll ignore that comment…" Yusuke said, he drew in a breath and exhaled, a cloud of smoke lifting from his lips,

"So what does pacifier breath want?" he asked, Kurama chuckled lightly as he watched the boy swing, as usual the boy wore his white tank top, with his yellow jacket and his pair of scruffy jeans, an obvious sign that he wasn't planning to go to school to begin with, his jet black hair gelled back in its usual fashion. Kurama smiled to himself as he made his silent observation, but when he realised that Yusuke was awaiting an answer he cleared his throat with a make shift cough,

"Koenma…. Wants to see us both" he said, pausing to say the toddler lords name,

"Both… what about the others?" Yusuke asked, of course he was referring to the big, tall, carrot topped Kuwabara and the small yet deadly, fire demon Hiei,

"Hiei is away on a mission in the makai world, and Kuwabara is away with his sister" Kurama replied,

"Oh… alright then, lets get going" Yusuke cried as he leapt of the swing, Kurama swiftly behind him.

FEW MOMENTS LATER IN THE SPIRIT WORLD:

Yusuke and Kurama both stood before the overly sized desk of the toddler lord,

"I bet you're wondering as to why I have called you here?" the young lord spoke, his large, brown eyes focused on the duo,

"Well yeah. Obviously" Yusuke sighed in annoyance,

"I need you both to deal with a demon in the human world, for now he hasn't caused any harm or damage, but that doesn't mean he won't, I would like to catch him before he does" Koenma stated, ignoring Yusuke's comment,

"Ok, where is this guy then?" Yusuke asked, his arms now crossed over his chest, Koenma sighed as he sensed the young spirit detectives' growing annoyance,

"He was last located in Genkai's forest, and still remains there," he answered, he brought up a map to show the creatures location within the forest.

"Fine, so anything else we should know about this guy, or do we have to figure it out as usual" Yusuke growled the last part of his comment to himself, but by the small smile that was on Kuramas' lips, the fox spirit had heard it. Now it was Yusuke's turn to look, first thing that caught his attention was the foxes hair, a fiery crimson that cascades down his lean back, and frames his face, he wore his school uniform, which seemed freshly ironed, his emerald eyes filled with wisdom, tenderness, yet with fierceness at the same time.

"We'll be off then" the red head spoke, the toddler nodded as the two left the human world.

BACK IN THE HUMAN WORLD (YUSUKES' SCHOOL)

Keiko sat at her desk, a deep frown etched on her face,

"He ditched school again, I'm going to kill him" she thought to herself as she chewed the end of her pencil. The bell rang finally signalling lunch time had begun.

"Finally!" Keiko cried as she grabbed her books, stuffed them into her bag and ran out of the classroom and towards the roof.

However upon opening the door to which leads to the roof, the young brunette discovered that Yusuke was not present,

"I'm going to kill him!" she yelled as she slammed the door shut and stormed down the stairs.

BACK TO YUSUKE AND KURAMA:

The two detectives strolled down the town centre, Kurama giving polite nods to people he had met before, Yusuke merely grunted or growled at those who approached him,

"Man this damn demon better be worth our time" Yusuke spoke as he lit another cigarette.

"I'm sure it will be Yusuke" Kurama chuckled at his friend, Yusuke just smiled back, but that smile soon vanished and sadness filled his honey eyes,

"Yusuke, what's the matter" the red head asked as he noticed the sudden change in his friend, but he received no response, Yusuke only frowned, deep in thought as memories of previous battles replayed in his mind,

"No matter what level demon we come across, Kurama always ends up getting hurt, its not fair, I know that's his method of finding weakness but still, he's going to get himself killed one day" Yusuke pondered on this, suddenly his eyes widened.

"Why do I care so much, yeah he's my friend, but this feeling I have, my heart stops every time he gets hurt why?"

"Kurama?" he finally spoke causing the fox to look at him,

"Yes?"

"Please don't do anything stupid" Yusuke pleaded,

"Stupid Yusuke?" Kurama repeated,

"You know, don't allow yourself to get hurt" Yusuke stated, Kurama could only stare at the boy, a small smile then graced his lips.

"Ah I see, I'm sorry, I shall try my best for you" Kurama replied, they finished their small conversation with an agreement, a promise. They then made their way towards Genkai's forest.

AU: well that's chapter one, if you wish for me to continue, please review =]. Love ya guys for reading this. Hopefully see you soon.