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I am back with the second chapter. This time the real thing beggins...

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Disclaimer: Same as usual - the holy truth. I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho or any of its characters.

Yusuke couldn't hold a contented smile. The place hasn't changed a bit and it still gave off the scent of total serenity. Serenity and anguish. Again, Yusuke's memories started to pop up in his head and there was nothing that could push them away. He still remembers the pain, long trainings, endless suffering, severe punches and kicks which he was going through two months before Ankoku Bujutsukai. And he managed not to give in just because his will to live was so strong. He didn't want anything terrible to happen to his beloved ones and each of his 10000000000000 body cells desperately yearned for being alive. Naturally, there were times when his will went a bit lame. During those times, Genkai was like a safety net when he was falling into the abyss of surrender. The net may have not been the most comfortable and soothing one. Quite the contrary, it was sown of spiky thorns and sharp edges. But no matter how much it hurt, it still was a safety net. It has been a safety net. And it always will be...

"Has just a new spieces of tree grown just in the centre of my front yard? "

The familiar voice pulled Yusuke back into reality. Small as usual, pink-haired as usual and strictly-looking as usual – Genkai stood just a few meters ahead of him on the wooden patio.

"Baa-san! " Yusuke called. Baa-san smirked and walked along the patio to enter the temple. Yusuke followed her keeping a firm distance and speed behind her. As if there was a steel stick connecting them, there was no way to slow down or to speed up. Only when they were seated on the floor did Yusuke see Genkai's face second time that day. The silence didn't last long. It was Yusuke who broke it.

"Well, Kurama told me you wanted to talk to me. About something important, I think. "

"That's nice to hear as you usually do not think too much. " Genkai teased. Of course, that made Yusuke fly into rage and show his angry pair of teeth rows.

"Could you stop mocking me, you old hag? Why do you always have to nag at me, huh? "

Genkai stayed untouched by the furious words. Calmly, she took a deep breath of air and a sip of her favourite tea.

"Because I like it. And because you are used to it. "

Yusuke's eyebrows went as high as the half of his forehead. Clearly, this woman knew a lot, a lot about him... Yes, he is used to her prickly style. But if she wants to discuss a problem of great importance why doesn't she...

"Just get to the point!" Yusuke splashed those words out of his mouth as if they were water. They hit Genkai just into her face and she wiped them dry as abruptly as they came.

"I'm gonna die."

Yusuke couldn't get the air into his lungs and started to choke. But after a few seconds of fighting the surprise, Yusuke won the battle and... got confused?

"What the hell did you say?"

Genkai shook her head and pouted. "Does it mean you either haven't heard me or you have forgotten what I just said? I A-M G-O-N-N-A D-I-E. "

"No need to spell!" Yusuke exclaimed. The flames of his annoyance were, however, put out by his heavier and heavier confusion. "I understood what you said. But... but..." Yusuke's voice was shaking all over. "Why do you say such things? I really... can't get it! "

Genkai widended her eyes a bit. Although she had expected him not to comprehend, Yusuke somehow made her curious. That tone of his voice... that wasn't the I-have-not-the-slightest-idea tone. She felt Yusuke had got caught in a trap of two opposing facts. She really became curious. Not interrupting him or prompting him to go on, she kept her mouth shut and let him speak on his own. His neck bent and he set his eyes on the floor.

"Back then, " Yusuke said silently, gradually taking the volume up. "When you were about to fight Toguro... just before he killed you... back then... you haven't said a word about death. And you... you knew you were going to die. So why now? "

A whisk of disappointment met Genkai's soul. "You baka... if I ever mentioned dying at that time, you and your whole team would be decomposing corpses now. There was danger and any erroneous step might have meant the end. At that time you really didn't need any distraction... "

"Nor do I need now. Nor will I need in the future!"

Yusuke... that Yusuke of hers!

Full of emotions and so simple that it was complicated to understand him...

But she understood.

At last.

"Of course, Yusuke. However, sooner or later - and I would say rather sooner – I am gonna pass away. But there is no need for you to worry. I will always be there."

Yusuke put his head up and gave an odd look.

"What do you mean by that?"

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