So here's the second chapter. I hope you like it. Don't forget to reread the first chapter. It's all pretty and fixed and updated!

Disclaimer: I do not own anything Yu Yu Hakusho, nor do I own anything by Tablo.

Recap: Yusuke returned after disappearing for several weeks. Allia has a very strange and scary nightmare.

Oh, even if all the tears of the world are welled up in my small eyes, I wish I could shed your tears as well. (Tablo: From The Bottom 밑바닥에서)

Where in the heck is she? Yusuke thought as he made his way through the hallways in his school. School had finally ended so now Yusuke was searching the crowd of students leaving the building for the familiar tiny frame of his friend Allia. He wanted to find her so he could apologize. Allia was still mad at him for disappearing for several weeks with barely any notice. Yusuke still wasn't sure what he was going to tell her. He couldn't exactly say he'd been gone first hunting down a demon named Rando, then fighting four huge and powerful demons with the help of a boy he used to constantly beat up and two demons he'd just previously arrested. Not that she'd believe me even if I told her. Yusuke thought as he poked his head into another classroom, still searching for his friend. Yusuke Urameshi was in fact a spirit detective. It was his job to hunt down demons and protect the world. Unfortunately though, that meant he'd have to lie to one of his closest friends. He couldn't tell her about Spirit World. Koenma would have a fit if he did!

Finally getting tired of having to look through every single classroom, Yusuke decided to stop the next person to pass him.

"Hey. You seen Allia Sanders anywhere?" He asked. A short girl with pigtail braids looked up at him. Yusuke could see the sudden fear in her eyes at being spoken to by him. Sheesh, it's not like I threatened her or anything. He thought as he waited for the girl to answer. The girl clutched her school books to herself and sort of shrunk in on herself. Yusuke had the sudden mental image of a frightened turtle hiding itself in its shell. He resisted the urge to sigh in exasperation as the girl finally began to stutter out an answer.

"I-I think she left c-class early." She said, refusing to meet Yusuke's eyes. What? Why? Yusuke thought. Allia was almost as serious about her education as Keiko was. She never would have just ditched class. The only class she ever skipped was P.E and that was only when Yusuke begged her to keep him company while he skipped.

"Why'd she leave early?" He asked the girl. She jumped at the sound of Yusuke's voice and began glancing around as if hoping someone was going to come to her rescue. Yusuke rolled his eyes at the girls ridiculous behavior.

"I'm not sure why. She fell out of her seat in class, then just sorta ran off." The girl said hurriedly. Now she was shifting her glance from Yusuke to the doors leading out of school. At least the stuttering is gone. Yusuke thought.

"Thanks." he said. Before turning around and leaving the school himself.

Yusuke figured the best place to start looking for Allia was her apartment. So he headed over there first, all the while trying to figure out what on earth could have made Allia just run out of her class. When Yusuke reached the apartment building he went right in and headed towards the stairs. Taking the rickety steps two at a time he quickly reached the floor Allia's apartment was on. He snatched the spare key she had just for him and Keiko out from its hiding place in the plant beside her door, and let himself in to the apartment. The living room was dimly lit from an old lamp that was crammed in the corner of the room. The small TV sitting in front of the couch was on, but the volume had been turned down so low all Yusuke could hear was a soft mumble. He walked passed the living room and headed into the kitchen. Yusuke resisted the urge to jump for joy when he saw his friend sitting at her small kitchen table.

Allia wrapped her hands around the steaming cup of tea in front of her. "So, you gonna tell me why you ran outta your class today?" Yusuke asked, taking a swig from the can of soda he'd gotten out of the fridge. Allia smiled sheepishly at him.

"So you heard about that did you?" she asked him. She blew on her tea to try and cool it before taking a small sip. "I had another nightmare." She whispered. Yusuke looked at her.

"I thought those stopped a couple months ago?" He sat down beside her.

Allia nervously laughed. "Don't think I'm pathetic or anything, but they sort of started again after you left." Yusuke looked at her guiltily.

"Sorry. I guess I kinda broke my promise, huh?"

Promise? Allia wondered. Then it hit her. When he came back the first time...

(Flashback)

Allia had been sitting on her couch, wrapped in an old blanket she'd kept from the orphanage she'd grown up in. She knew she should be doing something, cleaning, homework, anything really, but she just couldn't find the motivation. She was still too upset. Her best friend Yusuke Urameshi had died, all because he did something so completely out of character. He'd jumped out in front of a car to save a child. Now Allia new deep down that Yusuke really was a good person, even if he did act like a complete jerk most of the time. But even she had to admit that she never would have expected him to do something so selfless.

"Big jerk, why'd you half to go and..." A knock on the door interrupted Allia's thoughts. Huffing and the sudden effort she was being forced to use, Allia wrapped the blanket around her tighter and got up to answer the door. She pulled open the door.

"Hey, Al! Long time, no see huh?" Allia was sure her heart had stopped beating. Or maybe she was dreaming? Yes, that had to be it. There was no other explanation as to why Yusuke Urameshi was standing in her doorway, alive.

"Y-you're d-dead..." She mumbled.

"Nah, I'm fine now. So what's up? Wanna go to the arcade or something?" Yusuke said. He had one arm thrown behind his head in a relaxed position as he waited for her answer.

Go to the arcade? She thought. Is this really... It had to be. Allia looked closely at Yusuke. He had on a t-shirt and his favorite pair of blue jeans. He wasn't transparent like she thought a ghost might be, nor did he have any of the trademark signs of zombies. Allia smiled to herself, her friend was really okay!... But wait...if he wasn't dead, that means I was acting like a crybaby for nothing! Allia dropped the blanket onto the floor and did the only logical thing she could think of. She swung her arm out and slapped Yusuke as hard as she could!

Yusuke tripped and fell to the ground in the sudden shock of being hit by his friend. He looked up at her confused, rubbing at his now sore cheek.

"Don't you ever do something like that again Yusuke Urameshi!" Allia yelled.

"Like what?" he asked, still sitting on the ground. Why'd all the women in his life have to hit so damn hard?

"Leave..." She whispered.

A sudden look of understanding crossed Yusuke's face. He smiled at her then.

"Don't worry, I promise I won't"

(End Flashback)

"I'm not a very good friend, am I?" Yusuke asked, rubbing the back of his head.

"Shut up Yusuke, your the best." Allia said, punching his arm. Yusuke grinned at her.

"So does this mean I'm forgiven?" He asked, throwing his empty soda can across the room and into the trashcan.

Allia picked up her now empty cup and walked over to the sink. "Well, duh, you idiot." She said.

"Hey! Who you calling an idiot!" Yusuke laughed. Allia turned around, laughing with him.

"So," he said, "you gonna tell me what this nightmare of yours was about?"

Allia thought about it. The man from her dream, with his frightening eyes and hideous face, was still so clear in her mind. And when he'd touched her face, it still felt like it had happened in real life. Allia didn't know if she could just imagine a pain like that. Allia touched the side of her face again. It was still warm. Too real to be a dream... she thought. Allia glanced at Yusuke.

"Nah, It's fine. How about we go to the arcade? I bet I could totally kick your ass at that new Goblin City game." Yusuke grinned

"Ha! I'd like to see you try!" They grabbed their jackets and headed towards the door. Yusuke grabbed Allia's arm before she could reach the doorknob. Allia looked up at him.

"Hey, you'll tell me about it later, right?" he asked.

Allia smiled at him and what she liked to call his 'big brother voice.'

"Sure thing. Now lets go!"

Well there you go, the second chapter. I'll get started on the next one as soon as I can. See ya!