Authors Notes: This chapter might be offensive to some in the aspect that it might be a little vulgar. This is my heads up. Bad me, bad. Sorry! Very small part, though. Very. But in my defense it is rated M. Very, very, very M. Hope no one hold it against me.
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Chapter 14: Taste of the Past
"Have you ever considered going back home?" Sui asked as they drove down to the club.
"Why?" Kuwabara responded automatically with a voice of little interest as if he had heard her but his mind was a million miles away. He was slumped down on the passenger seat next to her watching as the town zoomed past him in an amazing array of colorful lights and flashing signs.
"Well, school is about to start again and it would be nice if we both went… you know, together." She said nervously. She gave him some time to answer but when she heard nothing from him she continued. "I don't know… maybe it's not my place to say but if your sister really does care about you, she'd understand. Right?" Kuwabara remained silent and Sui was beginning to feel like he wasn't even listening. "KUWABARA!" She exclaimed.
"What?" He said absentmindedly, finally turning to face her at hearing his name.
"You're not listening." She said unaware that she was pouting, brows pushed down into a frown and he couldn't help wondered how many things were handed to her in a silver spoon with that look.
"Yeah, I am." He grouched.
"What did I say, then?"
"You know what you said."
"That's not the point, Kuwabara."
"I just don't see the point. I doubt I'll live past the age of 20… no point going back if I die." He mused, and it almost same to Sui that he wasn't even holding a conversation with her at all. It was like he was locked in his own head, talking to himself and she was left to listen to his suicidal thoughts like a much ignored eavesdropper.
Sui sighed and rolled her eyes. "Really?" She said annoyed. "I can tell you had a perfectly healthy upbringing."
Kuwabara ignored her sarcasm. His upbringing was as normal as it gets in the Kuwabara household. One family member other then himself that played the role of his sister, his brother, his mother and father all in one tall, slim, bossy package. He couldn't complain - and never did. He never wished for anything else and Shizuru never gave him a reason to. He had all the motherly love a child could ever ask for from her. She raised him, protected him, taught him how to be a person and he could finally see clearly the betrayal of his love for her. The hurt he had bestowed on her the moment he decided to leave without a word. And this was the first time he ever considered going home.
He swallowed the feeling of painful shame and self hatred that corked his breathing for everything he has done wrong up to this point; he tried his best to push it away, begging himself not to erupt into hysteria. He could feel his mask was beginning to wear thin.
Sui glanced over to look at Kuwabara and Kuwabara could feel the way she looked at him. Concern. He was becoming a burden. He wondered how much of it she could take before she realizes it was time for her to move on.
He was breaking and he didn't need a mirror to tell him he looked like death worn over. He counted the days till all of this is finally over; patients getting shorter. But he knew that if he pushed his body to feed of itself a little more and if he kept pocking himself with fatal shots of mind altering hallucinogens the choice would eventually be taken from his hand and he would be no more. Too late to do anything; too late for anyone to do anything.
He released a relaxed breath at the thought, somehow feeling comforted by it. But he was and the suicidal thoughts that lately same to swim in his brain at random intervals worked to calm him.
She once again glanced over to him and saw that he was once again staring out the window. He looked extremely pale and pasty, the dark circles under his eyes had doubled ever since he had been spending his time with her and he had lost a significant amount of weight and now he was talking like there was a noose tied around his neck and he was just waiting for the platform to fall from under him.
Sui had been aware of the monster eating away at Kuwabara for a while. She had figured that much about him. She knew there was something he was hiding from her. She knew he was unhappy. What she didn't know was how to make it go away. "Things will get better." She simply stated hopefully.
"Things are better." Kuwabara said with that voice of little interest, again. And she hated that voice. He was wrong; from as low as he was things could only be described as worse.
Sui hated this. She hated seeing him like this and she knew he was too deep in his own world for him to realize that he was hurting her with every word he left unspoken. She could feel tears forming; her nose ached with a sudden pierce of pain that came with the tears. She tried subsiding the feeling by sniffling to no avail. She didn't want to cry partially so she wouldn't ruin her makeup but mainly because she didn't want Kuwabara to know she was upset. She slipped her free hand into one of Kuwabara's that laid lazily beside his thigh, squeezing it a bit for only a second just for reassurance, if only to herself. A silent promise that thing would get better.
It took a couple of second, but he eventually squeezed hers back and to her surprise he turned to face her with a smile on his face. "You're not going to make me fallow you around with your books all day, are you?" He asked lightheartedly, a brow up in suspicion.
Her features brightened and a smile lit up as a stray tear rolled down her face. "Does that mean yes?" She exclaimed excitedly, barely able to keep herself from bouncing of her seat in happiness.
"Yes? For what?" He asked. He knew what she was talking about. He knew how he had upset her by dumping his problems on her. He needed a way to make it up to her.
"Does that mean you'll go back home?" The excitement still in her voice and he was worried that she was going to crash into something if she didn't keep her eyes on the road.
"Yes." He said awkwardly. He needed to make it up to her for all the time he spent wasting her time with his problems. He needed to make it up to his sister who he knew was probably worried to death about him. He needed to make it up to everyone he has ever hurt. He owed them an explanation. "First thing tomorrow." Kuwabara promised. His heart sped up with the feeling of fear and nervousness at the thought of seeing everyone again. Their reactions, his reactions to their reactions. A well expected welcome home punch from Yusuke, another from his sister. That would be the easiest part. He could feel himself ache with fatigue for all the time he spent on all fours trying to crawl away from his problems.
He was ready to pick himself up on his two feet, again. If only for Shizuru who he owed his life to, and his friends that stood by his side since kindergarten. It couldn't possibly be that hard to start over, he thought.
He needed to give this a chance. He needed a chance for redemption.
And if all else failed, the end wasn't that far. He leaned back on his seat comfortably, looking out the window again, he half smile to himself. All he needed was a razor and a couple of minutes to himself and it will be all over, if all else failed...
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They had been in the unforgivably bright and loud club for about two hours now and Sui had managed to dance none stop. Kuwabara didn't even know someone could dance for that long. Now she was making her way towards him accompanied with the guy who had asked her out to dance. He was tall, handsome, mysterious, tan, and whatever else that had the girls drooling over him.
Sui bowed down and gave Kuwabara a peck on the lips before taking her seat next to him and immediately pouted her lips out at him.
"What?" Kuwabara laughed out. He couldn't wrap his brain around her and her signature pout; spoiled as hell. He could just imagine her getting away with murder with that look.
"Let's dance. Please!" She begged graving a hold of his hand with both of hers.
"Remember, can't dance." He stated pointing his finger inwardly to himself.
"I don't care."
Big aqua eyes looked at him, beg for him to comply and he could just about say yes and he was about to agree, until…
"I know what he needs." The familiar snarky voice of one Ken said as he appeared through the crowds. Sui immediately turned to look at him, a smile stretching across her lips.
"Hey, Ken. Glad you're finally here." She said as she got up of her seat and embraced him in a hug.
"I know what you need." Kuwabara said under his breath as he downed his drink and slammed the glass on the tabletop. Apparently they had heard him. Sui shot him a look of disapproval over her shoulder and Ken gave him a smile that looked more like a devilish grin. Kuwabara only wished to pop it of his face.
"You need to loosen up a bit. I never did congratulate you guys." Ken said as he pulled out a bottle full of green tablets.
"Ken, no, we don't need any of that." Sui immediately said at the sight of them and turned to look at Kuwabara. "Please, dance with me."
"Sui…" Kuwabara began but was cut off by the handsome model like dude standing behind her.
"If it's no trouble at all, I would like to have this dance with you." He said bowing a little and presenting her with his hand. She took it and gave Kuwabara a hurt look before being led to the dance floor once again.
"What do you say? Want to try one with me?" Ken asked as soon as Sui was out of earshot, and Kuwabara looked at the bottle he held in his hand and then up at his face. "No." He confidently said.
"No? C'mon, I won't tell Sui you did. It'll be something between us men."
"You're no man." Kuwabara said and Ken's face stiffened in embarrassment at the offense to his persona.
"And you are? I'm probably ten years older then you, you twerp." He hissed at Kuwabara clearly taking it to heart. He snatched a shot of golden liquid from a tray of one of the passing waitresses.
"It doesn't mean you're a man. You've probably never worked for something in your life. And dealing drugs doesn't count."
"But playing video games do? What have you've done? Huh? You a man? You've probably haven't even lost your virginity, yet." Ken spat out mockingly, downing the whiskey and slamming his glass as the liquid burned down his throat.
Kuwabara didn't say anything back; he just looked down to the dance floor and saw the male model dude with a hand resting dangerously low on Sui's hip. He was astounded to see Sui was looking back at him – or them. She was probably worried that he and Ken were about to brawl it out right then and there, and he just wasn't going to give Ken the satisfaction of ending this night in ruins for Sui just because Ken stepped on one too many of his toes.
"Sorry, man. I didn't mean to rain on your parade." Ken apologized seeing that Kuwabara had settled down. "I know this is your night, we should be celebrating. Here." He said shoving a drink in his hand. Kuwabara half listened, half kept eye contact with those of Sui's. "To becoming a man." Ken toasted, bumping glasses with that of Kuwabara's and then Kuwabara raised his to Sui's before downing the whiskey in it. Seeing this probably put her at ease because she gave him a smile and turned her attention to the guy she was dancing with.
That's when he noticed it. Someone standing beyond Sui was staring back at him. Just as soon as that someone noticed Kuwabara had figured him out, it had disappeared out of sight in a blink of an eye. Kuwabara immediately started to search through the many faces to see if he could spot him again.
"C'mon, man. I'll help you with your virginity problem." Ken began, again.
"I'm no virgin." Kuwabara bluntly confessed.
"Whatever. We need to get you laid before you finally tie the knot and have to fuck the same pussy every night." Ken said vulgarly.
"Don't talk about her like that." Kuwabara said letting himself let go of his paranoia, obviously snapped out by Ken's insensitive comment. He still wasn't going to let Ken ruin this night, and he was fully aware that Ken was intentionally pushing on the wrong buttons.
"Take a look over there." Ken said, and Kuwabara glanced over to him and then to the direction Ken's finger was pointing. Next to the bar stood a very attractive lady; curvaceous hips, tiny waist and full petite chest and long sensual legs. "I can make it happen." He said and the lady waved a hand towards their direction, blowing a kiss directly to Kuwabara.
"No." Kuwabara simply said and he could almost hear Ken's rage boil up in the form of a snicker.
"Don't worry, she won't bite and I'll cover for you. Sui will never know. A couple of minutes in a bathroom booth with her, that's all it'll take. I'll just tell Sui that you had to take a leak." By this time, Kuwabara was just amused at how badly Ken wanted him out of his life. Not even Hiei had tried that hard. And it had surprised him that he had thought of Hiei. The last time he was with him he was rescued by him and he had in between the lines confessed that he had been following him. He couldn't help wonder if the eyes he had caught sight of belonged to Hiei.
Then there it was again. Beyond the lady, there was the eyes looking back at him, and once again they were gone before he got a chance to focus in on them. Whoever that was, they were fast. Fast enough to not get noticed, but Kuwabara had. It wanted him to notice. Hiei didn't usually want to get noticed, and even if he did he was sure Hiei wasn't the type to skulk about. He knew that much. This had to be someone else.
He once again looked all around the area, but to his dismay, the room began to blur. He blinked his eyes a couple of times and he immediately got his sight back.
"What's wrong? Feeling a little dizzy?" He heard Ken say from beside him but his voice sounded further away then he remembered him standing last. He turned to face him and he had his stupid grin on again. He looked pretty pleased with himself. Then Ken pulled up the bottle full of little green pills right in front of Kuwabara blurring sight. "Dissolves in water, or whiskey - you know, whatever – and it's basically flavor less." He laughed. "Now, we're having fun. Have a nice after life." Ken said and then he pushed him into the crowd of people and after stumbling backwards a bit, balance lost, Kuwabara eventually fell on his back.
No one cared about Kuwabara as many stepped over him and other unintentionally kicked him. But he managed to get on his knees and look around the crowd. His sight fluctuated into and out of blurriness and the noise in the room constantly rose and lowered in volume. He shook his head and everything went back to normal. Then the little hairs behind his neck began to stand. His body was picking up on something – something familiar.
He got back on his feet with a little struggle and as soon as he was at his tallest again a ringing in his ear began to go off. Instead of trying to go back to where he knew Sui would be looking for him, he moved towards the origin of that something he knew he recognized. Curiosity nagging at him.
Kuwabara had finally found the source. In the midst of the people there was a figure that stood out from the rest. His back was towards him, but he could see an amazing blue aura thing about him. And now that he could see it and not just feel it, it was like something had awoken in him that had spent a while hibernating.
He pushed through the crowds, closer to that familiar energy, closer to that strong energy. He had forgotten everything from that other world, and he had forgotten about his own powers. But it was all coming back to him – even the feel of it - and as he neared he suddenly wanted to get away, suddenly realizing that he wasn't ready to confront him; he halted just five yards away. Whoever that was, he was angry -strong anger, powerful anger – and he wondered why he had to follow his stupid curiosity when in all reality he never use to before. But it wasn't too late to turn back now, just then the raven head decided to show his face. It was like in slow motion, but yet his body couldn't move fast enough - if at all – to turn away now, to leave now. But he didn't, something inside of him still wanted to know, almost missed that feeling of pure adrenaline rushing through his veins, and as soon as he saw those big brown eyes, that cocky expression, that grin he always had whenever he had beaten him in another street fight without so much as breaking a sweat. Yusuke Urameshi. This was war.
Then, just like that, the energy was gone. Yusuke no longer was surrounded by the aura, and his vision blurred again for a second before he forced his sight to focus in again. He could see Yusuke glaring at him from across the room, but he could feel him nothing nor see his aura. Yusuke took a step towards his direction and Kuwabara took a step back. He knew he couldn't outrun Yusuke, no point on even attempting, but Kuwabara was never the type to back down from a challenge. It was a part of something he once called his Honor Code.
When Yusuke took another step forward Kuwabara didn't budge. Just as soon as Yusuke saw Kuwabara charging up his energy and summoning his sword, Yusuke's brows furrowed even more and the grin stretched out further on his cheeks. This definitely felt familiar to Kuwabara, almost like home should feel. If he missed anything from what or who he use to be, it was this.
"Just like old times." Yusuke said.
"Just like old times." Kuwabara agreed.
"You know you're gonna lose."
"I know I won't back down without a fight."
"You where always mostly talk. Glad to see that hasn't changed."
"You pretend to know me, Urameshi."
"Show me something different, and maybe I'll stop pretending."
Suddenly, an arm wrapped around his own and he could feel Sui's undeniable presence standing next to him, but his sight never left Yusuke who did break eye contact and was now staring at the girl whispering something into Kuwabara's ear.
"We have to go. There was word that some detectives where here and that they were looking for you." She informed him. Just then he decided to look into the crowd and there was a row of phantom people that uniformly moved in a row fallowing a not so phantom one from positions at all sides of him and one after another went and took a stand at the front and back exits, the only exits. But no one in the club seemed to notice. As he looked around, everyone else looked phantom and blurred as well. There was definitely something wrong with him, he was beginning to feel a little… weird. But no time to start worrying, he couldn't leave now.
"Go, I'll catch up. I have something to deal with first." Kuwabara told Sui as his eyes landed back on Yusuke. His sight blurred and focused again and his spirit sword disappeared from his fist.
"Kuwabara. Kuwabara. What's wrong? You don't look so hot." Sui said.
"I think you're cousin put something in my drink." He told her absently as if it really didn't bother him, but really he didn't want to make a big deal about it and frighten her or he was sure she wouldn't get off his case and he didn't need anyone to tie him down now when he stood face to face with no one other then Yusuke.
"What?"She sounded genuinely surprised and worried.
"I'll tell you later. Just go. Don't worry." He said raising the hand with the blue diamond ring on it. "We won't get separated." He said reminding her of their promise with a show of the ring.
With a kiss on the cheek she left him. When he turned back to Yusuke, Yusuke was scratching his head in estranged puzzlement.
"Jeez, Kuwabara. Gone for a month and already you have a new girlfriend. And she's not that bad, wonder what she sees in you." Yusuke said laughing at his own joke.
"Urameshi, can't you be serious for just one second." Kuwabara growled.
"Naw. That's never been my style."
Kuwabara's sight blurred again and he felt himself almost lose footing and this time Yusuke could tell there was something off with Kuwabara.
"Are you stoned?" Yusuke asked angrily and he marched the five yards to Kuwabara and immediately grabbed a hold of Kuwabara's arm. That earned Yusuke a punch to the cheek.
"My body, my rules." Kuwabara growled at him when Yusuke finally let go. He didn't need to explain himself to him.
"Okay, now you're pissing me off." Yusuke said and punched Kuwabara back, sending Kuwabara tumbling back into a crowd and disappearing from view.
"Damn it." Yusuke cursed under his breath rubbing at his pink cheek. "Not what I had in mind." He told himself, aggravated.
It took a while for Kuwabara to focus in his surrounding but he eventually did and he could tell he was on the floor again because he could see feet and they were kicking him again. He got on his knees and this time he couldn't get up any higher. He was definitely out of shape.
At a distance he could see a pillar that ran all the way up to the ceiling. His limbs shook from under him. Looking at the pillar he figured he could use its help. He slowly began to crawl his way over to it when he noticed that his hand was missing a blue diamond to his cheap metal ring.
He turned to look behind him and to his relief the diamond was just a couple of feet from where he was. Kuwabara crawled back to it till he couldn't move any further through the tightly packed crowds of legs that stood at eye level to him, then he made an attempt to reach for it. But no matter how much he stretched his long arm towards it, it just wasn't enough, he needed more rope.
Just then someone grabbed him by the shoulder and flipped him over and Kuwabara wasn't surprised to see it was Yusuke. Defensively, Kuwabara pushed him off with his feet and Yusuke stumbled back.
"What the hell, Kuwabara? I'm trying to help." Yusuke yelled, even more aggravated.
Kuwabara seemed to not be paying any attention. He pushed himself off the floor with all the strength he could and summoned his spirit sword, wasting no time as he came charging towards Yusuke, swung his sword at him and missed as Yusuke easily leaped out of the way. Kuwabara fell on his knees. He was in a worse condition than he thought; he was already sweating and his body was already feverishly boiling up with exhaustion.
Once again, he was pushing himself up on trembling legs and he then took his stance; spirit sword still summoned and in offensive mode.
"As much as I want to kick your ass for disappearing and worrying everyone to death, this just isn't how I imagined it." Yusuke yelled from around seven yards away, past the loud music.
Yusuke didn't know what he expected to see when he came down to the club after hearing word that Kuwabara was going to be there. He imagined a yahoo Kuwabara. He imagined a drunken Kuwabara. He might have even imagined a depressed Kuwabara sitting by himself at the bar. He didn't expect a withered away, drugged, sick one. He felt guilty. He wondered if he hadn't been pushed into finding him how long Kuwabara would have gone without help. But that wasn't important now. All he knew was that he was somehow going to right this wrong. If only he could convince Kuwabara to go home.
People around them where now starting to notice the small racket they were making and a couple of them had stopped whatever they were doing and turned to look at them.
"I don't feel like fighting tonight."Yusuke said at seeing his angry friend looking like he was running a 110 fever and two seconds from puking his guts out. "C'mon, we'll save this for another time. Let's just go home."
"Not tonight." Kuwabara said breathing greedily as he glared back at Yusuke.
"Yeah, tonight." Yusuke countered, glaring back at Kuwabara with the same intensity, unaware of the promise Kuwabara had made Sui earlier that evening just like Kuwabara was unaware of the promise Yusuke had made Shizuru.
Kuwabara just needed this night to be free from it all before he complied with the promise of returning on his own accord. But he failed to mention the promise to Yusuke. He was just in no mood to beg and Yusuke wasn't ready to let this go.
"I'm not kidding, Urameshi, not tonight."
"Oh, yeah. Definitely tonight. Even if it means you over my shoulder, kicking and screaming."
"Be a friend for once…"
"I'm doing this all for you."
"…and leave me the fuck be!"
"Not happening."
Kuwabara's patience was running thin and it killed him to know that Yusuke probably would have no problem carrying him out of here kicking and screaming, just like he said, and he hoped it wouldn't get down to that.
"I need this." Kuwabara confessed under a shaky, breathless voice, threading his boundaries. He was now becoming almost desperate enough to beg.
"You need help. Don't tell me this isn't a desperate cry for help, because it is."
"This isn't a desperate cry for help." Kuwabara said jadedly. He was feeling a little lightheaded and his vision blurred for a second.
A second was all it took. Yusuke stepped in towards Kuwabara ready to catch him just in case Kuwabara decided to faint after all. But he halted at seeing Kuwabara bring his sword up defensively.
"I just want to get you home." Yusuke told him earnestly looking back at him with worry.
"I said no, Urameshi." Kuwabara barely said. "Not without a fight."He was losing spirit. "I need this."He blinked away the fatigue that was washing over him.
Yusuke furrowed his brows and he too took an offensive stance. "Okay, but don't say I didn't warn you."
They both started to circle in the same direction, each one concentrating on the other as they did.
"Fight!" Someone from the crowd yelled causing more people to turn and notice.
"Give me all you've got." Kuwabara challenged.
Yusuke pulled up his arm to shoulder height and pointed his spirit gun at him. He seemed a little hesitant for a while and Kuwabara just looked back at him with anticipation, panting deeply.
Finally, Yusuke gathered some of his spirit energy into his index finger and aimed it directly towards Kuwabara. "Last warning."
"Just fucking do it already."
"SPIRIT GUN!"
Kuwabara's vision blurred again but he still had a sense of where Yusuke's energy blast was and he moved over to one side but it wasn't enough. The edge of that blast hit him square on the shoulder and Kuwabara groaned as the pain radiated down his body and he landed on his back on a cleared out space, void of the crowds that was once there.
People had now made a circle around them and most of everyone had their eyes on them until Yusuke's stray spirit blast hit a pillar, breaking it in two, and everyone turned their attention to it. Many scram in panic after it came crashing down and the crowds were now scurrying to the exits.
Kuwabara was hugging his shoulder. The blast had burned a whole through his shirt where it had hit and he could see blotches of red where raw flesh was revealed. He groaned at the pain as he pushed his body to lie back on the floor, making himself take a breather and relax.
Step one – push the pain away.
Step two – get back up.
He calmly counted his breath before willing himself to get back up. It was turning out to be harder than he expected.
"C'mon, Kuwabara. Get up! I thought you wanted this." Yusuke shouted. But Kuwabara was exhausted beyond imagined and feeling the cool floor under his burning skin was almost enough to keep him there. Until, out of the corner of his eye he saw something blue twinkle at him. He turned to see and it was the missing diamond.
He quickly flopped over on his stomach and made to reach for it and to his surprise a blast was shot near the diamond and it disappeared from view. A hand was once again on his shoulder, turning him over and quickly a blow to his jaw. He was back facing the floor, panting hard for air, sweat dripping from every pore in his body and he could taste a hint of metal in his mouth. Kuwabara could still feel Yusuke nearby. Without giving it a second thought he once again summoned his spirit sword and Yusuke was caught off guard as Kuwabara made a direct hit with his spirit sword, slashing Yusuke's flesh open just on his abdomen.
Yusuke backed off a bit, giving Kuwabara room to get back on his feet. Kuwabara once again charged and swung his sword at Yusuke but Yusuke jumped back, and still at full speed, Kuwabara kept swinging and Yusuke kept jumping back until Yusuke was backed against a pillar and he used it to push himself out of the way causing Kuwabara to slice it in half and the pillar came tumbling down, smashing loudly to pieces as it kissed the floor.
They now stood around 15 yards apart. Kuwabara panted heavily still and Yusuke seemed pretty unscathed except for his torn shirt and the bleeding wound underneath.
"Ready to go home?" Yusuke asked his exhausted friend.
But Kuwabara was once again not paying attention. His eyes had just landed on the blue twinkle just a couple yards behind Yusuke and he was just now conceiving a plan in his head on how to retrieve it. He once again charged at Yusuke, spirit sword held up and ready to attack.
Yusuke saw this and he was ready to shield it but to his surprise Kuwabara's sword disappeared from his fist and Kuwabara fell on his knees sliding past Yusuke just inches away and without wasting any time he was once again on his feet running towards the blue diamond.
Kuwabara was very close to the blue plastic speck and was just about to leap for it when he was suddenly tackled from behind and he rolled on the floor a couple of time before finally landing flat on his belly. He growled in frustration when he was again regaining his sense of space but to his relief the diamond was just at arms' reach from him.
This time, he didn't even get a chance to reach for it as he was once again flipped over and his arms where held down at each side of his head by two strong hands.
"Okay, you've had your fun. Now, we're going home. If I kick your ass any more I'm going to have some explaining to do to some very scary ladies. And believe me when I say this - this is just not worth it." Yusuke said and Kuwabara looked up at him angrily. "Let it go, Kuwabara. It's already over. Quit fighting me. I'm not the enemy. I'm your friend and I want to help."
"Let go of me." Kuwabara said squeezing a leg between them and he managed to push Yusuke off with surprising ease. He still wasn't planning on leaving tonight hand in hand with Yusuke. His plans involved one person and one person only – Sui. He only had time to crawl over to the diamond and seize it before more than just two hands where on him. Every part of him was suddenly shoved down to the floor. The air in his chest was being squeezed out by the amount of weight that was on him, and his hips were painfully being grinded to the floor. He let go of an anguished groan as his arms were forced together and bound behind his back and before he knew it he was off the floor being led out by an escort of two well acquainted men, both dressed in casual dressing, the detectives faces grinned at him. People crowded at a distance, watching with amusement and some with fear as they shoved his sweating, panting body towards the exit.
But Kuwabara didn't notice any of that. He looked over his shoulder to look back at Yusuke. To see how he was, to see if he was alright. Had they caught him, too? And all that changed when he spotted him glaring back at him. He stood with his hand on his hips, legs apart, looking back at him with a look triumph in his eye as if he had once again beat him in another street brawl.
He could feel the detective's fingers digging into his arms, bruising his flesh – probably afraid that he will somehow release himself from them but he was too deep in shock to even react to the deep stinging feeling of betrayal he felt from Yusuke.
He tried gulping down the knot that formed at his throat never breaking eye contact with Yusuke. Kuwabara almost expected Yusuke would break him lose from the men standing at either sides of him, almost expected he would help him. But he didn't, he didn't even move, he didn't even try. And he could help think that Hiei would have.