Ok time for Chapter 4. I really meant to post this earlier this week, but I just didn't have the time. Unfortunately that also means I really haven't had a lot of time to work on more chapters either -_-; But don't worry! I will get them to you as quickly as I can!

I do have a question though, I see this fic ending two ways… Keiko learns her lesson and they stay together, or they split and Yusuke falls in love with one of the boys. Which one would you prefer? I can't promise I'll do what you want, but I'll definitely take it into consideration.

As always, thank you so much to everyone who reviewed! I look forward to hearing what you have to say about this chapter.

Chapter Four

Yusuke sat staring at the moon from the porch outside his room at Genkai's temple. Keiko had left. He had stayed. He didn't plan on going back for at least a few days, but he didn't think he'd be returning permanently any time soon… if ever. He'd called one of his managers at the restaurant and informed her he wouldn't be able to come in for awhile, could she please take over for a bit? She had accepted asking if he knew when he would be back. He told her he didn't know, but he would make it a point to at least stop by before the coming weekend. Today's Wednesday, he glanced at his watch, Thursday. That gives me a few days to figure out what I'm gonna do about this… At least Grandma said I could stay here as long as I want.

Hiei watched Yusuke just stare at the moon for several hours, debating whether or not to say anything. Yusuke seemed like he needed some kind of… comfort… or at least some company. He didn't really know how to offer any comfort, but decided that perhaps his presence would be enough and appeared next to the detective. Neither said anything to the other. Hiei began to wonder if he even noticed his presence when Yusuke finally spoke,

"I know what you're going to say." Hiei stayed silent, waiting for him to continue. Yusuke chuckled bitterly, "It's my own fault, isn't it? I let her. How could I have not seen it. Every time I would suggest going to see any of you guys, she would say that everyone was busy with their own lives. Kurama and Kuwabara were busy with school, you were off who knows where, Genkai is old and probably wants her rest, Botan would be too busy ferrying souls to even think about the short time she'd spent with us. I don't even have a way to get a hold of her and Pacifier Breath. How did I not see it?"

Hiei sighed and sat down next to him. That was exactly what he was going to tell him: it was his own damn fault, but now he couldn't. One, because he didn't want the detective to think he had actually predicted what he was going to say and two, it seemed like the detective seemed like he needed more than the brutal truth. '

"Yes, Detective, it is your fault. You are too trusting. Did you honestly believe every single one of your friends would just suddenly never want to see you again?" The brutal truth is all I can offer him… He thought, for once wishing he'd paid a little more attention to the sniveling humans that often sat under his tree at the park.

"I was gone for three years, Hiei."

"So you decided, what the hell? Why not make it 5?" Hiei snorted.

"I - I…"

"You what, Detective?" He was getting frustrated; he didn't really know what to say and the entire situation itself pissed him off. Yusuke made no attempt to talk again so Hiei Hn-ed and flitted off to find the fox.

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Hiei sat in Kurama's window sill staring at the tree outside the window. He hadn't said anything since he'd showed up, just sat there and stared. "Do you know what she was thinking, fox?" he asked absently.

"Who?"

"That woman," he spat the words with the same hatred he'd used the day before. The fox sighed.

"We may not like her but she does have a name, Hiei. I don't know what she's been thinking these last two years. I'm not sure I really want to. Based on what she yelled at me when I told him we've been inviting them for the last two years, I'd say she's somehow got it into her head that we're going to steal him away from her… I've no idea where she would have gotten that from though…"

Hiei continued to stare out the window, remembering her thoughts when she had shrieked at them to stop. He'd hoped reading her thoughts would shed some light on the situation. He wasn't sure if it had helped or only stood to confuse him more. He decided to let Kurama figure it out: mind games were always his specialty.

"When she caught us sparring, the first thing that popped into her mind was 'He's going to kill him, after all these years he's going to take his revenge and kill him.'" This made Kurama laugh which, in turn, made Hiei glare at him.

"Are you surprised? You remind him of your impending revenge nearly every time you talk to him."

"Hn," So what if it was true, something still felt off about the whole thing.