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Hi! Falcon here, this is my first fic on Fanfiction, and well, hope you like it!!!! ~*~* (This is for MaggieSmaggie for giving me ideas, and Wind Dasher, because readin his fics gave me the idea in the first place!) ~*~*~*~*~*~*

Yashashisa Wa Nemurainai

-Friendship Never Sleeps-

Act 1: Death

Kurama screamed in agony as his body, covered in his own blood and those of his comrades, was thrown agenst the cold, rugged stone wall of the cave. He slowly slid down, until his body sat in a puddle of his own blood on the ground.
"KURAMA!!!" Yusuke yelled at his friend's seemingly lifeless body, before the agile ability of his opponent snapped him back into reality. The demoness thrusted her sward at the spirit detective, who dodged it, barely.
Recovering, the golden-haired woman help her sward high, her feet spread apart, hands as close to the bottom of the handle as it could go without loosing her grip. A devilish glint appeared in her fabulous brown eyes.
Yusuke knew what was going to happen a moment before it did. He had seen that stance three times before; first it was used to sever Kuwabara's head from his shoulders, secondly to impale Hiei threw the heart, and then, just a few moments ago, to send the fox demon hurling threw the air. And he knew there was no way to stop it. Yusuke Urimeshi was going to die, again.
A small smirk appeared on the swardswomans face. "You must be lonely, Urimeshi," she whispered just barely loud enough to hear, "but do not worry," the smirk transformed into a wide, almost psychotic grin, "You will be joining your friends soon enough!!!!" She charged, and with a raging scream she shrieked, "SWARD OF THE POISEN PHENIX!"
At that moment, Yusuke closed his eyes gently. He tried to think of the people that he held most dear. "Mother, Keiko," he whispered, "I am, I'm so sorry."
The sickening sound of metal threw flesh interrupted his tranquil thoughts. It wasn't much the sound though, as much as the pain, or lack there of. There was nothing, no pain, stinging, nothing. But what he did feel was the breathing of a person. Heat radiating off of him, his back agenst Yusuke's front. That someone had taken the blow for him.
Yusuke opened his eyes just in time to see his opponent fly across the room and crash into a pile of boulders on the other side. It had been almost the exact way that Kurama had, except that Kurama had been powered by the force of the blow, while the other had been powered by.

"Wind"

Looking directly in front of him, Yusuke found himself starring into a mass of untamed red hair. The owner wore a white outfit with two straps crossing over his chest. From under his hair poked two, pointy, elflike ears. As he turned, he noticed a single horn, and a cheeky, fanged grin.
"You alright there, Urimeshi?" Jin asked in his usual happy, almost illegible accent, before falling to the ground.
"Jin!" Yusuke shouted, dropping to the floor. He sat next to his friend and places the wind master's head on his lap. "Jin, what the fuck are you doing here!?" Jin smiled, this time sadly. His eyes, half open and blood from the gash in his abdomen, which was beginning to stain his pants. The one that was meant for him. Looking down at his hands, he grimaced.
"It shouldn't hurt so much, it's just a stab wound, unless," he nodded as the wound slowly turned a nasty greenish-purple, "Yah, jus' as I 'ave been thinkin', poisonous." He looked back up at his friend, "Anyways, to answer your question, Urimeshi, felt your spirit energy in a battle and thought you could need some 'elp." He winked and sighed, "I'm guessin' I was right."
Tears began to come to the young boy's eyes as he watched his friend on the ground. He knew that soon the poison would take effect and eventually kill him. 'No,' he thought, wiping his eyes, 'he's the one dying and he's not even worried, I have to be strong.' He tried to smile badass- like. "You asshole," he sobbed.
"Yah, I know," Jin looked into the sad eyes of his friend. He noticed the fresh wave of tears and he pouted. Reaching up, he rubbed Yusuke's chocolate eyes and smiled. "Hay, don' be actin' like that, Urimeshi! Yah, know I can't stand all this sad stuff, I'm a cheery person yah know!"
Yusuke nodded, "Yah, I know." He smiled. Jin's eyes lit up. He reached out, trying to grab the detective's hand, but cringed and was forced back down by the pain now flowing freely throughout his body. He breathed hard, gasping for breath in a way Yusuke could only describe as a fish out of water.
"Jin? You ok?" Yusuke asked gently. He pulled his hand threw cherry red hair. He felt Jin's come up with some difficulty and grasp his own.
"Urimeshi?" he asked back.
"Yah?"
"You're a good friend."
"Just trying my best," he squeezed his friend's hand harder. "Jin, your going to die, aren't you?"
Jin closed his eyes, "Well, I'm not all too sure.." he stopped as he felt the warmth of his friend's lips on his own. Jin sat, shocked at the forwardness of Yusuke. His mouth was parted a bit, enough room for Yusuke to slither his tongue in to taste his friend. Jin kissed back, overwhelmed by the emotion that his emotion and love.
Yusuke breathed heavily when the kiss parted. He took his hands and cupped them over Jin's face. "Jin," he said, "You can't die! I.your one of my beat friends, and, I just," he thought for a moment, "You're the only one left, you can't die."
"You keep sayin' that but you can't change the inevitable," his eyes turned off focus, the poison finally starting to take effect.
"Jin," he said, "You can't! I.I"
"Hai," the dying red head said, "Ai Shite."
The cold steel blade interrupted his speech. The demon woman had recovered, but was noticed too late. Her sward sliced threw Yusuke's back and Jin's already wounded stomach. The last thing that they both heard, before the last of the Urimeshi team died forever, was the maniacal laughter of the demon woman.
And then nothing..

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Well, that's all for now!!! Please review.at least 10 and I'll put up the next chapter.THAKIES!!!!!! XDD