Yusuke's Competitions: Chapter 4: Cheated

By TearStar

I do not own YuYu Hakusho…

Kurama waited outside the school gate. He had been waiting for an hour now for Yusuke to come. He has been drumming his foot on the ground; he let another 1 hour pass. His patience really got short, he's getting mad. Yusuke is making him wait too long, and this is not the first time the detective kept him waiting. He gave another 5 minutes, and when no Yusuke showed up, he started to march home.

"Kurama! Yohoo!!"

Yusuke arrived, running towards Kurama. He caught up with the demon but the demon just ignored him and walked faster; determined to leave him behind. He placed a hand over Kurama's shoulder, but it was just shrugged away.

'Dammit! I really maddened him this time…'

He didn't say any word because he knows Kurama won't take it in. He just kept on following Kurama, watching him ignore him. He admits that Kurama has every right to get mad. He had done this many times, and this is the longest he had kept Kurama waiting. After an hour of walking to nowhere, Yusuke walked up in front of Kurama.

"Kurama, I was late because… I did something."

"Yusuke, you had been late in our meetings. You didn't even call nor message me if you're still coming or not… and last night, you said, no, you PROMISED you'd come back. I waited, but you did not come… bet I'm the one who should be jealous."

"What are you saying?"

"Are you with somebody last night?"

"NO!"

"Then why can't you tell me the reason why you got late? What did you do?"

"I-I… Kurama… I can't tell you yet… it's important."

Yusuke knew he chose a bad word, and that Kurama would snap on it. Kurama did.

"Important?! Why me? Am I not important to you?!... Oh, sorry. Maybe I'm just the one thinking I matter to you!!!"

Kurama said angrily, nearly changing to Youko. He knows what he could do when he's mad. He doesn't want to hurt anyone, specially Yusuke; so he just ran away.

"Kurama!" Yusuke wanted to follow Kurama, but someone had stopped him.

"Hiei?"

"If I were you, I'd leave him be for a while."

"I can't! I have to fix this now!"

"If you want to continue your relationship with Kurama, you have to learn how to wait for Kurama to settle down when he's mad… then you walk in."

"Hiei-"

"He is still mad. And I swear, when he is mad, he would kill anyone that clashes with him. Even you…"

Yusuke breathed heavily, closed his eyes, clutched his fists, and counted to ten; calming himself and just followed Hiei's advice.

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Kurama went straight to his room and tried to sleep the anger away. But he just couldn't get over it. He stood from his bed and changed to his Youko form. He jumped out the window and went to the forest; there, he poured all of his fury. He can't stop thinking of Yusuke. Of what he did today and the other similar days. He thought that maybe Yusuke had somebody else. Or maybe he just freaked out and over-reacted when there's no reason to be. But his instincts tells him otherwise. It is not the first time Yusuke did this, got late and couldn't tell him where he went or what he did. He won't explain unless you asked him to.

"Whether I'm right or wrong, I have to find out."

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Yusuke went home, without missing kicking a stone or can on his way. He could've caused the destruction of his neighborhood, if he hadn't controlled himself from punching the walls and electric posts.

"Damn! I really did it this time… Fuck it!"

Yusuke paced back and forth in his room.

"What to do? What to do?! He doesn't answer the phone!... Kurama!"

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Kurama's ears twitched the moment he stepped back into his room. He got irritated at the beeping sound of the answering machine. Nobody spoke from the other line but he knew it is Yusuke. The phone rang again, and for the tenth ring, the answering machine took it.

[ Hey… Kurama, I know you're there. Please pick up.

Yusuke's voice sounded so apologetic, but it didn't appeal to Kurama. Yusuke called again, and again, the machine took it.

[ Kurama, please pick up. I'll explain… look, I'm not cheating on you. I can't do that… Kurama, please let's talk. Let's meet tomorrow at the café at 8am… Kurama…

Kurama sighed. He is not used to hearing Yusuke pleading to him like this.

'Am I going? Will I… should I come tomorrow?... Oh God…' -Kurama felt so cornered. He just felt so… he just cried and cried all the pain out.

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The sun shone its glory on earth, washing the darkness away. Yusuke batted his eyes, it's 7 am now. That's just the time he noticed he hadn't slept. He just sat next to the phone, in hopes that Kurama might call back. He took a deep breath and let it out slowly, hoping it will take the pain along with it. He stood and nearly fell back from the lack of sleep. He stepped in the shower and bathed in warm water, hoping to drive away the sleepiness. He dressed himself up; he didn't even care if the outfit doesn't look good on him. He headed to their meeting place, hoping the fight would be fixed. He doesn't even know how but he wanted to keep his surprise for Kurama in the field which is why he is being late previously.

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It's 8 am already but Kurama's still in bed, undecided. 10 minutes more passed when he finally decided to stand up and meet with Yusuke.

Yeah, he is hell damn late; an hour and a half. But still he saw Yusuke waiting for him. Yusuke looked up and was delighted.

"Kurama! …I-uh ordered 2 coffees a while ago. They got cold so I ordered again."

Yusuke explained when he saw Kurama musing on the 4 cups of coffee on the table. Kurama didn't give any reaction, he just sat across Yusuke and took a sip of coffee. Yusuke took his coffee too, and sipped.

"Yusuke… if you're going to explain, do it now."

"…I'm not cheating on you, Kurama."

"You already said that."

"… You got mad at me and suspected when I was being late the previous days. That's because I-"

He doesn't want to break his surprise in the field, but he had no choice.

"I am doing something in Genkai's field. A surprise for you. In springtime."

Kurama didn't speak. He examined Yusuke, but he couldn't sense any lies in the detective.

"And what about the other night? You promised you'd go to the house but you did not."

"Because I fought with Wakamaru then… I sort of… forgot."

"Fought? Why?"

"Well, he is threatening you away from me."

"And where is he now?"

"He followed the messenger who suddenly pop out when we're fighting… wait, why are you asking anyway?"

"I just wanted to know."

"So… are we ok?"

"…Ok."

"Can we go out the day after tomorrow?"

"Ok."

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Kurama just finished his exams and decided to give Yusuke a surprise visit. He bathed again and changed clothes. He is up and ready to go.

He reached Urameshi's unit and heard 2 voices from inside the room. The other is Yusuke, while the other one is of someone very familiar to him. He suddenly went panic when he heard the familiar voice moan. He grew suspicious, so he opened the door. And much to his surprise, he saw Yomi atop Yusuke, on bed, both of them shirtless already.

"Oh… Kurama, it's been a while." –Yomi greeted.

"W-What's going on?" –Kurama asked with a breaking voice.

"Oh, I know it's hard to be no. 2 but, you see, me and my love are busy right now." –Yomi said as he licked Yusuke's chest.

Kurama was deeply hurt, as if the three worlds collapsed on him all at once. Yomi's words cut deep and through his heart and back again.

'No. 2? Am I no. 2, Yusuke?'

Kurama looked at Yusuke, his lover, and waited for an explanation. But Yusuke didn't speak, he didn't even dare to shove Yomi off him nor remove his arms around the blind demon's waist. The detective just stared at him.

"Y-Yusuke?... How could you?!"

Kurama ran out the room, he is so hurt that crying and thinking of revenge didn't even have a room in his heart. Pain occupied every chamber, every vessel, and every vein. Every part of his body hurt in return. His every step away from the room is burying more knives on his heart.

"I knew… I shouldn't have believed yesterday…"

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Kurama isolated himself in the forest near Genkai's forest. He screamed and changed to his Youko form. He is clenching his fists so tightly that his palms are dripping of blood.

"I hate you Yusuke… I HATE YOU!"

Kurama shouted and gigantic, monstrous death plants sprouted everywhere. He screamed once more, and more venomous plants emerged. With Kurama's shouts of anger, the plants became bigger, more vicious, and deadlier. The whole forest turned into a hell of wrath. Kurama began to breathe heavily, his whole body is shaking of anger.

"Kurama…"

Kurama viciously turned to the source of the voice. "You?!"

"Kurama…"

Yusuke tried to get closer to Kurama, but a death plant blocked his way.

"Kurama, remove these plants."

"Why would I?! Cheater!"

"I did not cheat. Yomi set me up-"

"STOP! I saw it with my own eyes! There's nothing to explain!"

"Kurama-"

"So that's why you wanted our date tomorrow, not today, for today is Yomi's day, is it?!"

"Kurama, please-"

"Don't touch me!... I am so mad… I could kill you."

"Please listen."

Yusuke tried once more, he succeeded to land his hand on the demon's shoulder; then he tried to embrace Kurama.

"I told you!!!"

Kurama pushed Yusuke so strong that the detective fell on the ground on a good distance from Kurama. Then Kurama lifted his hand; a blood-sucking plant emerged and rooted its stems on Yusuke's chest; doing exactly what it did to Karasu. Yusuke growled and changed to his demon form to adapt and fight off the plant, but it's too late. The plant had rooted deeply on his chest, and he lost enough blood, making him weak.

"K-Kurama?... agh…"

Yusuke begged. Kurama just watched as his plant feed on Yusuke. His mind is blocked out of anger; that he doesn't even care if it's his mate he's killing. Yusuke's breathing became short, and his color paled. The plant continued to suck and grow from blood.

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Genkai dropped her cup of tea.

"Genkai? What's the matter?" –Koenma

"Something's wrong near my forest…"

Genkai stood and sprinted to the source of dark, angered spirit force; with Koenma closely behind.

Genkai was frightened to see the scene: Kurama and Yusuke are both in demon form, with Kurama killing Yusuke through his plant.

"Kurama!"

Genkai let out a spirit gun, killing the death plant; freeing the dying detective.

"What's wrong with you, Kurama?!" –Koenma

"That cheater should die!!!"

"This is your mate! Have you gone insane?!"

Kurama growled and fled away.

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Kurama approached their house's doorstep. He didn't go home last night. He is certain his mother is mad and worried at the same time. He brought his hand to the doorbell button and pressed it. The door opened and revealed a worried ningen mother.

"Oh, Shuuichi! Where've you been? Were you hurt? What did you do?"

"Nowhere, mother."

Kurama took off his shoes and entered the house. He got himself a glass of water and then headed to his room.

He went straight to the bathroom and vomited. He vomited when he closed his eyes and saw images of Yusuke and Yomi together; and the image of Yusuke being killed by his death plant. He stripped and submerged himself in the bathtub.

'I-I really did that? I said that? That Yusuke should die? Did I kill him?'

Kurama buried his hands on his red hair, pulling them. He can't believe he did that to Yusuke, to the one he loves, to his mate. He doesn't even know what happened after his attack to Yusuke. He doesn't know if the detective is still alive. He shook his head and quickly dried himself. He jumped to his bed, regret and guilt is eating him up.

"I have to find him… I need to know if he's alive."

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Hiei and Touya just finished… bathing, and is eating their breakfast.

"Hiei, how's Kurama and Yusuke doing?"

"How will I know?"

"…You're still cold-hearted, colder than my ice."

"Then you shouldn't have answered me then."

Touya stopped eating, obviously hit by his mate's words. He couldn't believe Hiei's coldness, even to him, considering he is a mate.

"…Let's break up then."

Now it's Hiei's turn to stop eating.

"…Don't"

"You know, you're treating me so coldly…"

"I'm just like that… you'll get use to me… don't break up- with me."

Hiei moved beside Touya and embraced him.

"I hope I'm not disturbing anything."-Kurama stepped in.

"Oh Kurama! Come, have a seat and eat with us." –Touya invited.

"No, thank you… Hiei, I have to talk to you."

Hiei looked at Touya, asking him to leave for a while.

"Talk about what?"

"Have you… seen Yusuke?"

"…You fought?"

"Y-Yes… something happened."

"… And what could have caused your not knowing where your mate is?"

"I-I was enraged and… summoned my death plant to him."

"You killed Yusuke???"

"No! I- honestly I don't know… I am so mad then, I can't control what I'm doing…"

"And what caused your being mad?"

"I-I… please, let me keep it between me and Yusuke until it's confirmed."

"Alright… obviously, from my asking on what happened, I haven't seen the detective."

"Well… could you use your jagan to find him?"

Hiei's third eye glowed beneath the white band over it.

"I can't sense him anywhere."

Tears threaten to fall from Kurama's eyes.

"C-Could I have killed him, Hiei?" –the tears freed themselves and flowed.

"Stop crying…"

"I can't! I want to see him, I want to talk to him…"

"Why don't we go to Koenma?"

"NO… I'm scared…what if I killed him? What if he-"

"Nonsense… Yusuke's a bad grass, he won't die easily."

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TearStar: wait… what happened?! Did Yusuke really cheat on Kurama? Did Kurama kill him?... honestly…I don't know..

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