"I've heard from an underling that Yusuke Urameshi has been injured in a late night scuffle," Toguro said, smiling wickedly.

"You speak to underlings?" Elder Toguro said, surprise leaking into his voice.

"No but I do keep an ear out for certain names. Urameshi fought six men last night and one person is positive they stabbed him well."

"Will he die?" Elder Toguro said.

"Probably not; he's a fighter. He'll most likely be out of commission for a few days," Younger Toguro replied.

"Should we make our move now?"

"No. Let's wait and see. We have time to plan our next move. It will have to be well-planned," Toguro said, picking up his phone. "I have to call in another favor."

Yusuke groaned as he slowly regained consciousness. He felt like he had been trampled by a pack of elephants. 'What happened?' he thought, too sore to even force his eyelids open. The night came back slowly: him interrogating the Red Demon member in the alley, the other guys that showed up to help the little weasel, the fight that ensued, the blood, there was so much blood, and ringing Keiko's doorbell. 'Keiko!' he thought, his eyes snapping open. The first thing he noticed was someone's head resting near his stomach, their hair covering their face. 'It couldn't be.' Yusuke felt his heart pounding as he gently pushed the hair from the person's face, a small smile on his lips. 'She's here,' he thought happily, gently running his fingers through her hair. He didn't have much energy to do anything else anyway. He didn't want to wake her; he knew she'd be out the door once she saw he was fine. Yusuke was happy just to enjoy that moment. He watched as Keiko's eyelids fluttered slowly, her warm brown eyes opening to look up at him.

"Yusuke?" she said sleepily.

"Hey," he replied, smiling at her. 'Well she's not running.'

"Yusuke!" she exclaimed, jumping up to hug him, tears running down her cheeks.

"Ow, Keiko that hurts," he groaned, his arms wrapping around her. He tightened his arms around her as she tried to pull back, blushing slightly. "I didn't say to go anywhere; just don't tackle me like that again."

"Okay," Keiko laughed through her tears, gazing at Yusuke. "I'm so glad you're awake."

"Yeah, so glad you're crying," he said sarcastically, sitting up as he brushed the tears away from her cheeks. He pulled her onto the bed next to him, holding her hands gently. "You don't need to cry over me."

"You scared me so much Yusuke," she said softly, looking down at their intertwined hands. "When I found you, you had lost so much blood. I-I thought…I thought I w-was gonna lose y-you," she said, a sob escaping her throat.

Yusuke felt his heart clench as he looked at Keiko's heartbroken face. "Hey it's okay," he said, pulling her into his arms, allowing her hot tears to wet his chest. "It's gonna take more than a little stab wound to do me in; everything's alright now." Yusuke rubbed her back gently as Keiko cried herself out; all the tears that went unshed the night before finally coming out in a torrent of emotion.

Keiko finally regained control of her emotions, sniffling slightly as she calmed down. She pulled back slightly, looking at Yusuke with red-rimmed eyes. She hesitated for a moment before she slowly leaned in, kissing Yusuke slowly. The kiss quickly escalated, their weeks apart driving them forward. "I missed you so much Yusuke," she said as they pulled apart.

"I missed you too Keiko," he replied, brushing his thumb across her cheek gently. "I was going crazy without you."

"Do you think…do you think we could try again?" Keiko asked hesitantly.

"Why Keiko did you miss me?" he teased.

"You bet I did," she replied, grabbing his shoulders and pulling him in for a passionate kiss.

They finally parted as the need for oxygen grew. "I wanna start over with us," Yusuke said, resting his forehead against hers. "No secrets this time I swear; I won't lie to you again."

"I'd like that," Keiko replied, smiling happily. This is where her heart wanted to be.

"Well thanks to Yusuke's incredible investigating skills-" Kurama said.

"Hey, don't be jealous just because I got the information pounding some guy's face in instead of trying to find it through less violent ways," Yusuke said from his seat on the couch. The entire gang sat in the living room, gathered for an informal Black Dragon meeting.

"I suggested your method Yusuke," Hiei said from his perch on the chair arm next to Yukina. "Kurama disapproved."

"Well Kurama is the level headed one," Kuwabara said, putting his arm around Yukina. "Look what happened to Uramehsi; I don't wanna end up like him."

"I had a six-on-one fight and got stabbed in the side and I can still hand your ass to you Kuwabara," Yusuke said, cracking his knuckles. Keiko laughed as she watched Yusuke and Kuwabara argue with each other. Even in serious situations, the guys were joking around.

"Like I was saying!" Kurama yelled, keeping Yusuke and Kuwabara from pummeling each other. "Thanks to Yusuke's information we know we're looking for someone at the top of the Red Demon ladder."

"The real question is why are they coming after us?" Kuwabara asked.

"I'm thinking it has to do with all of the shipments we've been intercepting fool," Hiei said coolly.

"Hiei is right; that's the most likely reason that someone is trying to attack the people we care for. The only question is who is at the top. No one seems to know who it is that runs the Red Demons," Kurama said.

"Do you think we should go see the old hag and try to find out if she knows anything?" Yusuke asked, pulling Keiko closer to him.

"We were actually thinking about that yesterday while you were out interrogating people. She's the most likely person to know about this," Kurama replied.

"Then that's that," Yusuke said. "We're gonna take a field trip to go see Grandma, kiddies."

Who's Toguro gonna call for a favor? What is he planning? What are the boys gonna learn? Review please