Nakoruru: Okay, I've finally gotten a chance to work out all the details of Chapter 8's line. I wasn't too sure of it in the being, which is way it took me so long to post it. But I'm getting down to the romance of this story before the guys go home.

Blazer (playing Inu Yasha again): So, who are you taking up the story with first?

Nakoruru (^ ^): Well, the story takes off from the afternoon Yusuke and Kuwabara drops in and will focus a bit on. . . (drum roll). . .Yusuke and Lita's interaction with each other!

Blazer (brow rose): A request?

Nakoruru: Yep!

Blazer: Well, okay. We would like to thank everyone who has stayed with us for this long, and hope that you will stay with us until the very end. We'll get this started now.

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Chapter 8

Lita walked home with the two boys that she had volunteered to house until they (the Sailor Soldiers), waited for the moon aliment that would send them home, two days from now. Since the fight that afternoon, the girls decided to call it a day and go home early. Lita walked beside the boy with the slick back black hair. The male with the orange hair was on the boy's other side.

Lita looked at the male beside her. A short smile came to her lips as she thought that he was cute, but not as cute as Kurama was. But there was something about him that made him stand out. *He seems nice enough though.*

"Hey, um. . .what was your name again?" The one with the orange hair looked around Yusuke to look at her.

"Her name's Lita, isn't that right?" Yusuke said.

"Yeah, that's right, Lita Kino. And your name was Kurabawa, right?"

"It's Kuwabara!" Kuwabara corrected. "Kazuma Kuwabara."

"Okay, what do you want?" Lita asked.

"Um, well, we will be able to eat stuff right? You can cook can't you?"

"Of course I can cook! Why would I stay alone and not know how to cook! Are you really an idiot or something?" Lita looked at the taller orange haired male with insult in his eyes.

"Bingo, you hit the jackpot!" chimed Yusuke with a giant grin on his face. The remark caught Lita off guard for a second. She looked at the slight shorter male as he grinned at her. Lita found a laughing rise out her throat, as she laughed at the goofiness of the black haired male. Kuwabara wasn't too happy about this and his face turned a slight red shade.

"Regular comedians, huh! If you weren't a girl I wouldn't hesitate to trash you." Kuwabara glared at Yusuke who was still laughing. "And as for you, Urameshi, I will trash you."

"Give it a rest, Kuwabara. We know that you couldn't beat me if you wanted to. It's still a hundred to zero battle score between us. Me having the hundred and you being zero. I'm sure that Lita here could take you on and win with no problem," Yusuke replied.

"Come on, Urameshi, she's a girl," Kuwabara said.

"And what's wrong with me being a girl?" Lita stepped in the conversation. Kuwabara looked at her as if she had said the most ridiculous thing ever.

"Well, guys don't fight girls for one. And two girls are supposed to be all dainty and stuff. They shouldn't fight. That's the man's job," Kuwabara said.

"If that isn't the most impious thing I've ever heard, I don't know what is!" Lita said with anger.

"I know," agreed Kuwabara with a grin, not understanding what she had just said.

"Um, Kuwabara, I think she just insulted your code of honor," Yusuke smirked.

"She did?"

"Yep," Yusuke nodded.

"You are such a rock head!" shouted Lita. "I'll take you on right now and show you how 'dainty' I am!" Lita's green eyes flared with fire as she looked at Kuwabara. "Come on, if you aren't scared that is."

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Koenma looked at Botan with an annoyed glared. Botan looked down at the ground, a bead of sweat rolling down her cheek. "Koenma. . .I. . ."

"Botan, how irresponsible are you?" Koenma cut her off. "You forgot to give Yusuke the most important piece in saving Hiei and Kurama."

"Koenma, I. . ." Botan started again, but Koenma cut her off again.

"You forgot of all things. How much more of a bubble brain can you be to have sent him off without the sphere of Rune? You realized he has no way back now, and now I'm going to have to tell my father that I lost the best spirit detective in the whole Ningen Kai, Makai, and Rei Kai! I'm in such big trouble!"

"Is the sphere of Rune really that important sir?"

Koenma gave the girl an incredulous look. "Of course it's important! The sphere of Rune would have steered them back to our dimension with no problem whatsoever once they found Hiei and Kurama. We discovered that Majira's power was akin to the sphere of Rune. But its power is far greater than Majira's. It can let a person dimension shift at will."

"I see. I am truly sorry Koenma." Botan looked down for a moment, and then an idea struck her. She looked at Koenma with bright pink eyes. "Can't we just wait for another moon aliment to come around and I go search for them. I already know the spot. I can take Majira with me and open a portal."

"Impossible," Koenma shook his head.

"Why?"

"Because, another moon aliment like that won't happen for another two years. I'm afraid by then, the Earth and the Rei Kai may be overran by youkai once they find out that we lost our spirit detective," Koenma sighed.

"Can't we use the sphere itself to transport me to the dimension?"

"That would be possible if you had stronger spirit energy. The sphere of Rune uses the wielder's own spirit energy to shift between dimensions. And since you are obviously worthless in that department, the sphere would not work in our favor. That's why it was important to give it to Yusuke! He, Kuwabara, Hiei, and Kurama have enough power to use it and then some."

"Maybe. . .they'll find their way back somehow," Botan said hopefully.

"I doubt it. But if there is a chance, Yusuke will probably find it. But it's a very slim chance."

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Kuwabara was shocked to find that Lita was a lot more skilled than he would have expected. He was having problems dodging her fists and kicks as; he kept backing up to avoid her blows. He didn't know how he let Yusuke talk him into fighting her. She was a girl, and even though she was extremely skilled, she was a girl nonetheless.

"Come on and fight me." Lita threw another punch, missing him by half a centimeter. "Ah!" Lita found an opening while he was dodging her fists. With all her might, she landed a kick in his stomach. Kuwabara felt all the air rush from his body as he felt himself flying back.

"Good move, Lita. Nice way to take him down," yelled Yusuke from the sidelines. "I haven't seen him do that since I did it myself." Lita felt a blush rise to her cheeks as she turned her attention to Kuwabara whom was kneeling on the ground.

"I didn't think a girl could kick that hard." He got to his feet, and wiped the spit from the side of his mouth. A grin rose to his lips as he held up his hands. "Alright, I give. There's no need to continue this fight."

"Don't condescend to me! I don't need you to throw a fight just because you don't want to hurt me. I've fought plenty of dudes, I can take what you want to dish out." Lita got back into her stance, waiting for him to attack.

"I'm not trying to whatever you said. I know you're tough, and I respect that. But I just feel weird about hitting girls, that's all. Let's go get something to eat, I'm hungry," Kuwabara replied.

"I'm getting a little hungry myself," Yusuke added in. "I missed breakfast searching for the stupid portal and having stupid Botan push me in without telling me how the hell to get back." (Nako's note, sorry if any of my readers likes Botan. I can't stand her myself, so I must do a bit of bashing every now and then. Sorry Botan fans. ^ ^ Don't kill me.)

"Well, you know Botan isn't that smart. She probably forgot to tell us how to get back or something," Kuwabara said.

"Yeah, but neither are you, Kuwabara." Yusuke grinned, seeing the glare that Kuwabara threw at him. Yusuke chose to ignore it as he turned his attention to Lita. Yusuke had to admit this girl was something special. He hadn't meant too many girls with her guts and fists. Yusuke admired that her large green eyes flickered with the sunlight and they appeared to be the most amazing green he had ever seen.

"Alright, let's go." Lita shifted her eyes from Kuwabara to Yusuke, only to find that he was staring at her. Her green eyes met his brown ones in a second's moment. She saw something in his beautiful brown eyes flickering. Lita was amazed to find that Yusuke was a lot cuter than she had perceived in the first place. There was pride in how he carried himself, but also strength. He wasn't too prideful, and yet there was just something about him that made her want to adore him.

Noticing that Lita did not break his gaze, Yusuke continued to study her eyes. He had never seen such mysterious eyes before, well except for Kurama's but it was completely different. Yusuke could see pride in her, and the way she moved. It could have taken his breath away moments ago. *I can't be thinking about her like this. I have Keiko, but. . .I don't know if I can stop. I've never seen anyone like her before.* Finally with a slight flush, Yusuke broke the gaze.

Lita could see the torn emotions within the male. When he broke the gaze, she realized something. Kurama had told both her and Serena that Yusuke had a girlfriend. Her name was Keiko, and Yusuke cared an awful lot about her. Lita flushed, realizing that she was starting to like him. She looked away as Kuwabara was walking over to them. He looked from one to the other with a blank stare.

"What's going on? What's up with you guys?"

"Nothing," Lita said hastily. "Just a bit tired from today's battle and the fight with you. Let's go eat."

"Um. . .okay." Kuwabara walked off, not understanding what was really the matter with them, but deciding it was nothing. Anyway, his stomach was a lot more important at the moment.

Lita took them back to her house where she got to work preparing dinner for them. She got Yusuke and Kuwabara to get blankets and pillows from a nearby closet for later when she made room for them to sleep. She heard her TV come on, which meant they had decided to watch some TV, but she was startled when she felt a presence behind her. Turning around quickly, she prepared to defend herself.

"Hey, calm down, it's only me," Yusuke said with a slight smile. Lita sighed, dropping her guard.

"Sorry Yusuke. I guess it's kind of strange to have others around here. I've lived alone for some time so it's. . .I guess it'll take me a bit of time to get use to you guys here. Was there something you needed?"

"Oh, nothing important. I was just wondering. . .if you needed some help. I'm not much of a cook, but I can be of some help if you talk me through it." Yusuke gave her another one of his goofy heart-melting smiles. Lita smiled back, not wanting that smile to end then berated herself for feeling this way. He had a girlfriend already; she couldn't fall in love with him.

"Um. . .well. . .I'm really an excellent cook. But. . .I could use some help cutting these vegetables," she replied with a soft tone.

"Okay. I can get the vegetables." Lita made way for him as she turned her attention to the rice and the other ingredients for the curry. There was silence for a long time between them. Yusuke looked over at her. He had wanted to do this to pay her back for helping them all out, but somewhere, maybe unconsciously, he wanted to get to know this girl before he returned to his dimension. "Lita?"

Lita looked up from her attendance of the rice and the curry to look at him. She found his brown eyes on her. "Yes, Yusuke?" Her heart pounded in her chest wildly. She didn't want to become close to him, but she wanted to so bad. Why did things like this have to happen to her?

"Um. . .I was wondering. . .why do you live alone anyway? Where are your parents? I don't mean to pry or anything. I just thought it would be nice to get to know you a little."

"Me? You want to know about me?" Lita realized how stupid that sounded, but she couldn't have been more overjoyed. She saw him nod his head yes. "Well, I've been transferred from school to school so many times. My mom couldn't take moving another time, so she let me stay in an apartment by myself and supports me from a distance." (Nako's note, I know this really isn't true, but it sounded nice for the story. So please don't tell me how wrong I am. I know already.)

"Why were you transferred so many times?" inquired Yusuke.

"I got into a lot of fights at my other schools. The guys always thought that I would be a pushover and started harassing me. A few times they tried sexually assaulting me, but I handled them. The principals always believed the boys because I had a history of fighting, and I was shipped to another school. No one believes me when I tell them that I fight to protect myself. They just think I'm a juvenile." Lita looked at Yusuke and saw the fury in his eyes. "Yusuke?"

"That pisses me off. How can they believe those scum over you? It isn't right! If I could go back to all your old schools, I would kick everyone's ass who didn't believe you and who messed with you," Yusuke said angrily.

"Yu-suke!" Lita felt tears in her eyes to hear those words uttered by him. Was he really that concerned about her?

"I know how it feels to be thought of as a juvenile and not to have people trust you. My life was like that before I became spirit detective. Everyone figured me for a bad apple from the beginning. No one ever tried to understand me, so I began to act like a juvenile. No one could see the real me, I think I lost sight of it too. I think only one person saw it. That was Keiko. We've known each other since we were in elementary."

"Your girlfriend?" Lita's voice was a hush, being reminded that he was taken yet again.

Yusuke heard the change in her voice, and realized what it was. Yusuke could have kicked himself. The last thing he had wanted was to sadden her. Yusuke stopped cutting vegetables and turned to her. She had turned her back to him. Yusuke placed a hand on her shoulder, turning her around to look at him. Yusuke's eyes softened, seeing the tears in the corners of her radiant green eyes. Using a finger, he wiped them away. He produced a good-natured smile, before saying, "Tears don't suit you. How about you give me that smile that fits better on that cute face of yours?"

Lita could help but smile at his remark. "Why do you have to tease me so much? You're being mean, Yusuke Urameshi."

The smile on his face widened, seeing her smile return. "I guess I can't help it. I promise that while I'm here, I won't make you sad."

"Yusuke. . ." Tears stung her eyes again as she looked at him.

"Hey, I thought I told you no tears." Yusuke playfully bobbed her on the head. "Now come on, let's finish dinner before that oaf in the other room starts bellowing about food." Lita nodded and they finished cooking, much to Kuwabara's delight. The group ate in semi silence, while one or two glances between two individuals were exchanged from time to time.

During dinner, Yusuke thought over his feelings for Keiko, and his growing feelings for Lita. He had known Keiko longer, but in a matter of hours, Yusuke felt like him and Lita had known each other forever. Lita made him comfortable when he was around her. They shared similar lives on top of everything else, which made Yusuke even more connected to her. And even though he did care for Keiko, she was always nagging him about things and chiming him for his behavior. Sometimes he wondered if he could take it any longer. At least he knew that with Lita, he wouldn't be plagued with a hundred questions and reasons for things he did.

Maybe it was better for him to like Lita than Keiko. Maybe he could. . .Yusuke had to scratch out the idea of staying. It would be easier to protect this world, but what would become of his world and everyone he promised to protect? He couldn't abandon them like that. And he had promised to never make another person he cared about cry. But he cared about Lita too. He didn't want to make her sad. So what was he to do?

Later that evening, after dinner and the spare room was set for the boys, Lita decided to go for a walk. She found Kuwabara playing her video games in the living room. Yusuke was no where to be found. Lita's heart pounded as she went on a search for the dark haired male. She found that he was no where in her apartment. As she was about to go look outside, the window of her bedroom opened. And in came Yusuke.

"What. . .were you doing out there?" Lita managed to say while on the verge of laughing at how childish he just seemed. Even more so when he broke out in a goofy grin as he walked over to her.

"I was sitting on the roof. It's nice out right now," Yusuke grinned.

"On the roof? You certainly are strange. What were you doing on the roof?" Lita watched some of the good-natured spirit leave his eyes. Lita spotted some sadness in his eyes. "Yusuke, what's the matter?" She touched his arm lightly.

"I was thinking."

"About?"

"You, Keiko, my world, yours, a lot of things. You're a really special girl, Lita. And I know I could have loads of fun with you. It would be nice if I could stay here, you know. . ." He looked into her eyes with such sincerity in them.

Lita shook her head with a small smile. She knew he couldn't stay and neglect his world. Everyone there needed him a lot more than her. "I understand Yusuke. I know you can't stay, and I can't go with you. I thought about it too. So, how about a deal Urameshi?" Yusuke gave Lita a curious look, as she winked at him. "We forget about everything for now, and worry later about the details."

Yusuke broke out in a smirk as he pulled her to him. "Not a bad idea Miss Kino. I'm game. We forget about the details of our lives for the next two days." Lita closed her eyes as he kissed her gently. But somewhere in the back of her mind before she pushed it away, she wondered if she could stick to the deal. Could she be all right with losing him in two days?

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Nakoruru (proud of herself): Another chapter finished! Tell me how you all like it! And give me an idea of who I should write about next. Mina/Kuwabara (yes I'm going to give it a try), Kurama/Raye, or Serena/Hiei. I think I may save the Serena/Hiei for last, but give me an idea.

Blazer (looking at writer): Aren't you just the little matchmaker? Keiko is going to kill you for this once she finds out.

Nakoruru (glaring at muse): She won't find out will she, Blaze?

Blazer (holding up hands defensively): I'm not saying a word.

Nakoruru: Thank you. I didn't feel like electrocuting you tonight. But let us go people. Give us a review on how you like it or hate it or what I did wrong. Just give me a review!

Blazer: Pay her no mind, she has had a 2-liter bottle of Pepsi before writing this story so she's jacked up on caffeine. We shall be going for now.