Chapter Two: Now What?
I was instantly by his side "U-Urameshi?" I knelt down by him, gingerly touching his arm "N…no, Yusuke! YUSUKE!" I screamed, tears ran down my face and on to his shirt sleeve "Please! You can't be…NO!" I screamed again, burying my face into him and cried loudly.
"Everyone, get back! Give them some room!" I lifted my head up and saw two EMT workers there "Miss, you need to move," I clung to his shirt, daring them to take him away. "Miss, please," he gently pulled my hands away, taking me into his arms and I broke down. "Take them both," I turned my face, seeing them load both Yusuke and the crying child into the van, the man let go and quickly got into the van, racing off.
"Y-Yusuke," tears ran down my face, I felt a hand touch my shoulder but I ignored it "Why did…did you do it? What if he survived?" I thought, I was gently lead away but I stopped when I saw the two people that were in the red car. "YOU BASTARDS! HOW COULD YOU NOT SEE HIM!?" I screamed, the person grabbed me and held me tight as I thrashed in their arms "I'LL FIND AWAY TO MAKE YOU PAY! I FUCKING SWEAR IT!" I was dragged away and put in a car, they locked the doors but I rolled down the window "YOU HEAR ME!? I WILL TAKE YOU FUCKERS TO COURT!" I screamed loudly, the car took off and I slid back in, covering my face as I broke down in a fit of sobs.
I felt someone wrap their arms around me, I looked up from my hands to find I was in Hawk's car and Gale was holding me "Arcana, please, calm down," she quietly said, holding me tightly as I screamed and cried into her shoulder. "Shh, I've got you," she whispered, I could feel her tears hitting the back of my neck, my rock and foundation was breaking down from the sight of me bawling my eyes out.
"Arcana, what all happened?" I lifted my head up to look at Hawk and told him everything that had happened, from us skipping school all the way to him jumping out to save the boy. I laid my head in Gale's lap, curling up into a ball with tears running down my face still "I'm not mad at you for skipping but next time don't do that again," I nodded weakly as the weight of it all finally kicked in and I passed out.
-Hiei's POV-
I growled slightly in annoyance from watching the scene that had unfolded right in front of me, I looked over and saw Kurama run up to where I was hiding "What happened?" he panted slightly, I sighed and told him everything that had happened and he glanced over to the small crowd of people talking to each other. "She was taken away by her sister and the man who watches over them," I finished, he looked over at me.
"Right now, she's not going to be of any help in her current state like this, we'll have to wait till she's able to get over this," I growled, I hated waiting and we didn't even know how long it would take her to recover from this.
-Arcana's POV-
I walked slowly with Hawk and Gale as we walked up to Yusuke's home, I stared at the ground as we stood in line to give our sympathies to his mother "Yusuke!" I lifted my head up slowly to see Keiko and her friends, who had just walked out, holding her as she sobbed loudly.
I could already feel a tear running down my face, it didn't take long when we heard someone scream "URAMESHI!" I looked back and saw Kuwabara dragging his small posse towards the door of the house, I stepped out of line and quickly followed after them. "How could you die!? We haven't finished any of our fights yet!" he screamed as he punched at the picture frame, tears fell down his face as his group apologized and started to drag him off; I stopped them and he looked over at me "A-Arcana…" I wrapped my arms around him and hugged him tightly.
"P-please stay calm, he wouldn't want us to be upset," I whispered softly, I felt him hug me back and I could feel him shaking from him crying "Be strong, okay?" I pulled away as he nodded, he then left as I stepped back over to Gale's side.
"That was nice of you to calm him down," I shrugged slightly as it was our turn to walk in, I followed in behind Gale and tried to fight back the tears. Hawk and Gale both took turns to bow to Atsuko and said a small prayer to his coffin.
I let out a shaky sigh as I knelt down in front of her, I gave her a small bow while fighting back tears and I turned to look at the coffin "H…hey Yusuke," I softly whispered, I could feel a tear escaping down my cheek "R…remember when we first met? You were picking on me for singing a girly song and…and we had a huge fight," I wiped away the tears that started falling "W...we tied, even though we got in serious trouble; that was the best day of my life, you're the only person other than Gale and Hawk that I let get close to me," I choked back a sob. "Y-you were more than…a friend, you're a b-brother," I finally said, I lowered my head and started to cry, Gale quickly was by my side and she helped me up then lead me out of the room.
Takanaka walked in and gently put his hand on my shoulder "If you want to take a few days or weeks off from school, then I understand. I'll have your teachers send your school work home with your sister," I nodded.
"Thank you, sir," I whispered softly, he smiled softly then walked over to Atsuko and Gale took me over to Hawk "Let's go home, I don't feel well," Hawk gently led me to the car and helped me in. Gale slid in beside me and I instantly laid my head down on her lap.
"Just rest, you had a very stressful day," she gently started rubbing my head, I curled up tightly and tried to fall asleep.
-Dreaming-
I was punching at a training dummy, trying to get stronger and stronger while fighting back all the memories of Yusuke helping me train; I finally stopped with tears running down my face "Why did this happen? Why couldn't I of stopped it!?" I screamed as I punched the dummy harder, trying to break it in half.
"Well for one, it happened to fast and even if you did, then you'd be dead instead of me," I turned around at the sound of that familiar voice.
"YUSUKE!" I tackled him into a hug, crying into his chest.
"Whoa! Easy! Now listen up, I need you to keep my body safe okay? You, Keiko, my mom and Kuwabara need to stay strong for me," I looked up at him and nodded, he wiped my tears away and hugged me tightly "I'll be coming back soon but I've got a series of tests to do so I can come back," he finished.
"O-okay, you better come back or I'll come after you and beat the shit out of everyone who stands in my way!" he chuckled and ruffled my hair.
"Oh, make sure you go back to school, you need to catch up on your studies, okay?" I nodded and hugged him once again "Don't worry about me, it won't take me long to finish these tests and keep an eye on my mom!"
I gasped in surprise as I sat up "W…was that…a dream or was it…real?" I felt my cheek where he had wiped away my tear and felt it dry "Y…Yusuke…you were here," I smiled softly "I won't let you down," I whispered to the air.
-Several Weeks Later-
Time just flew by and I had already fallen into a routine, something I rarely ever do, I always went to Yusuke's place before and after school to help Keiko with some small chores around the house then I would go home to work on my studies. Then after everything was done, I'd go into the mini workout room that Hawk had made for all of us then train till it was time for bed. Every time I'd fall asleep, I'd try and reach out to Yusuke to see how everything was going but I never hardly got an answer but I never gave up. "Hey Arcana, did Yusuke visit you in your sleep as well?" I looked over at Keiko as we walked to the store after we had visited Yusuke, I scratched the back of my head and nodded.
"I didn't know if you had the dream as well," I stated, we walked into a nearby store and started looking around to find stuff for her mom on the list she had given her.
"What did he say to you in the dream?" she asked, looking over at me after picking up an apple.
"He told me that he was coming back, he had a series of tests to take care of and he told me to go back to school to keep an eye on everyone he loves," I replied, reaching up and snagging some cans off the top shelf. I handed the can to her and she put it in her basket as we continued to look over the store "How long do you think it will take him to finish this test? I miss hanging out with him and picking fights with him," I sighed softly as she gave me a shrug while we walked over to the front counter to pay for the items that we had gotten.
"Knowing him, he's probably fighting to get past everything and he'll be back soon," she chuckled softly, I smiled at the thought of him beating the shit out of everyone and making sure that he's king over all of the spirit beings.
After paying, we started outside "Hey! Look there's a fire that's broke out on fourth!" we stopped and looked up towards the sky, my eyes widened in horror from the black smoke floating up towards the sky.
"Yusuke's house is on fourth!" we gasped, she took off with me close behind her.
"I really hope it's not his house, please don't let it be his house!" I thought frantically as we ran as fast as we could towards his house.
I hope you all are enjoying my story, I know I'm taking a long time on the chapters but I'm usually busy with work and stuff so, I'll be tryin to get the updates up as soon as possible!
