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hope you all enjoy this. I know my writing's a bit fast-paced, and I
sincerly hope it doesn't bother anyone, but I like for things to move along
quickly and be high-action. Oh, and Black Dragon, don't worry, I won't pair
Hiei with anyone. Please put the tatoo away. Also please keep the reviews
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Yusuke woke everyone up bright and early the next morning. Sai groaned loudly and pulled her sheet over her head, refusing to get up. Yusuke laughed, reminded of Kido when Genkai had woken everyone up so long ago to split up and search the Musiyouri town. His laughter changed to grief, however, as he remembered Kido lying unconscious on the floor, blood spurting from his wrist. He hadn't beaten the doctor in time to save him. Then he thought of Genaki-he missed that old lady dearly. She'd been like a grandmother to him. "At least she'd die happy", Yusuke mussed. "Urameshi- san?", Istas asked, walking into the room and breaking his chain of thought. "What's going on?". "I can't get her to wake up", Yusuke replied. "Let me handle this", Istas said, shooing Yusuke out of the room. "OIIIIIIII!!!!! BAKA!!!!!! WAAAAAAAKKKKKEEE UPPP!", she shouted directly into her friend's ear. Sai turned over and pulled her pillow over her head. Istas smirked evilly. She went into the bathroom and turned on the water in the tub. Then she went down into the kitchen and retrieved as many ice cubes as she could. "You get her up yet?", Yusuke asked, blinking at the ice demoness carrying enough ice to drop the tempurature in a swimming pool. "Nope". Istas walked back into the bathroom and dumped the ice in the tub. Then she went over to Sai and lifted the slight smaller girl. Istas carried her, blankets and all, to the tub and unceremoniously tossed her in. The scream that followed was deafening.
Fifteen heads turned towards the blood-curdleing shouting. A few seconds later Istas was darting out, followed closely by a dripping wet Sai, who'd slipped part way back into her demon form. She was swinging her sword at Istas's head. "Hey Now! No killing allowed!", Shishiwakamaru called. Suzuki rolled his eyes, but felt best to keep his mouth shut. Aries, however, had not learned the concept of keeping thine tounge in check, and said "ShiShi, you're the last person to say "no killing", Mr. Flareing Temper", she said. Before another fight could break out, Kazuma cut in. He pointed out poor, sweet Keiko and said "We don't need to give her a heart attack when she's so close to delivery.". Everyone calmed down and watched Hiei and Touya argue over what a good tempurature for the house would be. "You know, we should really see how Kaito and Yanagisawa are doing", Yusuke commented. "Yeah, and check up on Mitari and Hagiri, see if they finished highschool, all that fun stuff.", Kazuma said. Then he paused and added "Crap, I've forgotten how young Mitari is! He'd still be in highschool, wouldn't he?". "He'd be in his last year.", Kurama said, stareing at the floor. Yusuke looked at him. "Aren't you going to see your Okaasan and Shuu-Kun?", he asked. "I can't. I won't put them in any more danger.", Kurama replied. "I'll visit Kaito and Yanagisawa, but I won't risk any more harm coming to Okaasan or Shuu-Kun", "It's ready!", Enki cried, rushing in, breathless. "Lord Yusuke, the GateWay's open! Your group must go now.". Yusuke grabbed Keiko's hand. "Ok, people! Let's go now!", he called.
5 Days Later...
"Are you sure you're going to be OK?", Yusuke asked Keiko nervously. "I don't want to leave you alone". Keiko kissed Yusuke's cheek. "I'm fine", she assured him. "I'm not alone, Natsume's coming over with Sai. We'll call you if anything happens.". "You sure?", Yusuke asked. "Yes, I'm sure. Now go before you're late!", Keiko said, practically shoving Yusuke to the door. "Call me!!!", Yusuke shouted as he climbed into the car. By the time Yusuke got to the train station, his friends were allready there. "Urameshi- san!", a young man with curly black hair called. Yusuke grinned broadly at him. "Kaito. How are you? Where's Yanagisawa?". "Ah, Yano went to get some drinks. He'll be around soon", Kaito replied. Kurama and Hiei got off the bench and walked over. "It's been a long time, hasn't it?", Kurama asked. "Three years.", Kaito replied, looking at the ground. "So, what have you and Yanagi doing?", Yusuke asked tentatively. "We're both in college to be lawyers. We're gonna open up a firm called "Mitsunari and Yuu" when we get out of law school.". Yusuke laughed-not because of Kaito being a lawyer, but because he'd never imagined Yanagisawa as the "lawyer" type. "URAMESHI- SAN!!! MINAMINO-SAN!!!!!! JAGANSHI-SAN!!!", a loud, cheerful-sounding voice cried out. Yanagisawa Mitsunari was running up to the rest of the group, carrying five cans of soda. He passed around the sodas and grinned. "Yano! How are you?", Yusuke said happily. "Good, good. As good as I've ever been." He paused, looked at the floor, and then continued: "I think...", he said slowly, his voice breaking. "I think...we should go visit the cemetary 1st...Kido gave his life...to save ours...". Yusuke put his hand on Yanagisawa's shoulder. "Don't worry. We're going to go there now.". Hiei gave Kurama a confused look, and Kurama smiled sympathetically. "Deal with it", he mouthed. The fire demon crossed his arms, not understanding why they were upsetting themselves over a death three years ago. "Hiei, Kurama! Come on!", Kaito called. "Come", Kurama said, grabbing Hiei's wrist. "Let's go". They hurried to join the other three.
The Cemetary was a cold, gloomy place that immediately dampened the spirts of everyone. Even Hiei found himself chilled by the dreary sceanery and cool gray tombstones. "Where's Kido's grave?", Yusuke whispered, hugging the roses he'd bought to his body as he looked around. Yanagisawa gripped his own boquet of yellow roses tightly and said "Follow me". He led them towards the back of cemetary. There on a grey slab was scriped the name "Kido Asato" and his dates of birth and death. Just sixteen years space between the first date and the second. Yusuke, Kaito, Yanagisawa, and Kurama all placed boquets of yellow roses on his grave. Hiei kind of stood in the back and watched his friends pay respect to Kido. He, of course, would not be seen kneeling infront of a dead boy's grave, crying, like a human weakling. Plus, he hadn't really known him, and had no reason to cry. Yusuke, Kaito, and Yanagisawa were crying. Kurama was not, but he had his head bowed, and his eyes glittered with the start of them. The kitsune stood up and strode over to Hiei. "Can we go yet?", Hiei asked. "All this sadness is making me uncomfortable". "Let them calm down a little.", Kurama whispered, motioning to the other three guys. "What are we gonna do next?", Hiei whispered. He was growing very bored with all of this. "We'll get you some sweet snow". Hiei immediately brightened at the promise of sweet snow.
Hiei was very happy with his sweet snow. He abandoned his usual no- nonsense manor and was bouncing around cheerfully. "It's like alcohol for him", Yusuke mussed, watching him. Kurama laughed. "Hiei with any kind of sweets gets dangerous", he said. "So, whatever happened with you guys' powers?", Yusuke asked. He wondered if the kids-most of them no longer kids- kept their powers, or if the powers were lost with the defeat of Sensui. "They're gone. That Dark Magic Portal was what gave us the powers to begin with. Each day, Kaito and I wake up, praying they won't come back. For them to come back would be a very bad thing", Yanagisawa said softly. Kaito nodded. "It would mean someone was trying to reopen the Black Magic Portal...". The black-haired young man pushed his glasses up and looked around at Yusuke, Kurama, and Hiei. "So, care to tell us why you three are back? And why Minamino-san....yeah". "We're hiding.", Yusuke whispered so only Kaito and Yanagisawa could hear him. "Well, not really hiding, but we're laying low for a while. We're hated in the Makai...". Yusuke trailed off as his cellphone gave a loud ring. "Yusuke speaking", he answered. "Yusuke", Natsume's voice said tearfully over the other end of the phone. "It's Keiko...she's been kidnapped". Yusuke felt his heart plummet. "Keiko's been kidnapped!?", he cried. About fifty heads turned to stare at their table. "Y-yes", Natsume sniffed. "Youkai from Yomi's territory...You have to hurry, I don't know what they're gonna do with her...". Yusuke's insides turned to ice. "Are you and Sai allright?", he asked. "We're fine.". "Ok. Hang on.We'll be right there", Yusuke said, trying to be reasonably calm.
Yusuke woke everyone up bright and early the next morning. Sai groaned loudly and pulled her sheet over her head, refusing to get up. Yusuke laughed, reminded of Kido when Genkai had woken everyone up so long ago to split up and search the Musiyouri town. His laughter changed to grief, however, as he remembered Kido lying unconscious on the floor, blood spurting from his wrist. He hadn't beaten the doctor in time to save him. Then he thought of Genaki-he missed that old lady dearly. She'd been like a grandmother to him. "At least she'd die happy", Yusuke mussed. "Urameshi- san?", Istas asked, walking into the room and breaking his chain of thought. "What's going on?". "I can't get her to wake up", Yusuke replied. "Let me handle this", Istas said, shooing Yusuke out of the room. "OIIIIIIII!!!!! BAKA!!!!!! WAAAAAAAKKKKKEEE UPPP!", she shouted directly into her friend's ear. Sai turned over and pulled her pillow over her head. Istas smirked evilly. She went into the bathroom and turned on the water in the tub. Then she went down into the kitchen and retrieved as many ice cubes as she could. "You get her up yet?", Yusuke asked, blinking at the ice demoness carrying enough ice to drop the tempurature in a swimming pool. "Nope". Istas walked back into the bathroom and dumped the ice in the tub. Then she went over to Sai and lifted the slight smaller girl. Istas carried her, blankets and all, to the tub and unceremoniously tossed her in. The scream that followed was deafening.
Fifteen heads turned towards the blood-curdleing shouting. A few seconds later Istas was darting out, followed closely by a dripping wet Sai, who'd slipped part way back into her demon form. She was swinging her sword at Istas's head. "Hey Now! No killing allowed!", Shishiwakamaru called. Suzuki rolled his eyes, but felt best to keep his mouth shut. Aries, however, had not learned the concept of keeping thine tounge in check, and said "ShiShi, you're the last person to say "no killing", Mr. Flareing Temper", she said. Before another fight could break out, Kazuma cut in. He pointed out poor, sweet Keiko and said "We don't need to give her a heart attack when she's so close to delivery.". Everyone calmed down and watched Hiei and Touya argue over what a good tempurature for the house would be. "You know, we should really see how Kaito and Yanagisawa are doing", Yusuke commented. "Yeah, and check up on Mitari and Hagiri, see if they finished highschool, all that fun stuff.", Kazuma said. Then he paused and added "Crap, I've forgotten how young Mitari is! He'd still be in highschool, wouldn't he?". "He'd be in his last year.", Kurama said, stareing at the floor. Yusuke looked at him. "Aren't you going to see your Okaasan and Shuu-Kun?", he asked. "I can't. I won't put them in any more danger.", Kurama replied. "I'll visit Kaito and Yanagisawa, but I won't risk any more harm coming to Okaasan or Shuu-Kun", "It's ready!", Enki cried, rushing in, breathless. "Lord Yusuke, the GateWay's open! Your group must go now.". Yusuke grabbed Keiko's hand. "Ok, people! Let's go now!", he called.
5 Days Later...
"Are you sure you're going to be OK?", Yusuke asked Keiko nervously. "I don't want to leave you alone". Keiko kissed Yusuke's cheek. "I'm fine", she assured him. "I'm not alone, Natsume's coming over with Sai. We'll call you if anything happens.". "You sure?", Yusuke asked. "Yes, I'm sure. Now go before you're late!", Keiko said, practically shoving Yusuke to the door. "Call me!!!", Yusuke shouted as he climbed into the car. By the time Yusuke got to the train station, his friends were allready there. "Urameshi- san!", a young man with curly black hair called. Yusuke grinned broadly at him. "Kaito. How are you? Where's Yanagisawa?". "Ah, Yano went to get some drinks. He'll be around soon", Kaito replied. Kurama and Hiei got off the bench and walked over. "It's been a long time, hasn't it?", Kurama asked. "Three years.", Kaito replied, looking at the ground. "So, what have you and Yanagi doing?", Yusuke asked tentatively. "We're both in college to be lawyers. We're gonna open up a firm called "Mitsunari and Yuu" when we get out of law school.". Yusuke laughed-not because of Kaito being a lawyer, but because he'd never imagined Yanagisawa as the "lawyer" type. "URAMESHI- SAN!!! MINAMINO-SAN!!!!!! JAGANSHI-SAN!!!", a loud, cheerful-sounding voice cried out. Yanagisawa Mitsunari was running up to the rest of the group, carrying five cans of soda. He passed around the sodas and grinned. "Yano! How are you?", Yusuke said happily. "Good, good. As good as I've ever been." He paused, looked at the floor, and then continued: "I think...", he said slowly, his voice breaking. "I think...we should go visit the cemetary 1st...Kido gave his life...to save ours...". Yusuke put his hand on Yanagisawa's shoulder. "Don't worry. We're going to go there now.". Hiei gave Kurama a confused look, and Kurama smiled sympathetically. "Deal with it", he mouthed. The fire demon crossed his arms, not understanding why they were upsetting themselves over a death three years ago. "Hiei, Kurama! Come on!", Kaito called. "Come", Kurama said, grabbing Hiei's wrist. "Let's go". They hurried to join the other three.
The Cemetary was a cold, gloomy place that immediately dampened the spirts of everyone. Even Hiei found himself chilled by the dreary sceanery and cool gray tombstones. "Where's Kido's grave?", Yusuke whispered, hugging the roses he'd bought to his body as he looked around. Yanagisawa gripped his own boquet of yellow roses tightly and said "Follow me". He led them towards the back of cemetary. There on a grey slab was scriped the name "Kido Asato" and his dates of birth and death. Just sixteen years space between the first date and the second. Yusuke, Kaito, Yanagisawa, and Kurama all placed boquets of yellow roses on his grave. Hiei kind of stood in the back and watched his friends pay respect to Kido. He, of course, would not be seen kneeling infront of a dead boy's grave, crying, like a human weakling. Plus, he hadn't really known him, and had no reason to cry. Yusuke, Kaito, and Yanagisawa were crying. Kurama was not, but he had his head bowed, and his eyes glittered with the start of them. The kitsune stood up and strode over to Hiei. "Can we go yet?", Hiei asked. "All this sadness is making me uncomfortable". "Let them calm down a little.", Kurama whispered, motioning to the other three guys. "What are we gonna do next?", Hiei whispered. He was growing very bored with all of this. "We'll get you some sweet snow". Hiei immediately brightened at the promise of sweet snow.
Hiei was very happy with his sweet snow. He abandoned his usual no- nonsense manor and was bouncing around cheerfully. "It's like alcohol for him", Yusuke mussed, watching him. Kurama laughed. "Hiei with any kind of sweets gets dangerous", he said. "So, whatever happened with you guys' powers?", Yusuke asked. He wondered if the kids-most of them no longer kids- kept their powers, or if the powers were lost with the defeat of Sensui. "They're gone. That Dark Magic Portal was what gave us the powers to begin with. Each day, Kaito and I wake up, praying they won't come back. For them to come back would be a very bad thing", Yanagisawa said softly. Kaito nodded. "It would mean someone was trying to reopen the Black Magic Portal...". The black-haired young man pushed his glasses up and looked around at Yusuke, Kurama, and Hiei. "So, care to tell us why you three are back? And why Minamino-san....yeah". "We're hiding.", Yusuke whispered so only Kaito and Yanagisawa could hear him. "Well, not really hiding, but we're laying low for a while. We're hated in the Makai...". Yusuke trailed off as his cellphone gave a loud ring. "Yusuke speaking", he answered. "Yusuke", Natsume's voice said tearfully over the other end of the phone. "It's Keiko...she's been kidnapped". Yusuke felt his heart plummet. "Keiko's been kidnapped!?", he cried. About fifty heads turned to stare at their table. "Y-yes", Natsume sniffed. "Youkai from Yomi's territory...You have to hurry, I don't know what they're gonna do with her...". Yusuke's insides turned to ice. "Are you and Sai allright?", he asked. "We're fine.". "Ok. Hang on.We'll be right there", Yusuke said, trying to be reasonably calm.