Nakoruru: Hello again everyone. Chapter 15 is now at your feet. Hope you
all enjoy it. It was put off for a while, but we finally got to do it.
Rinka: I thought I couldn't work on chapter 15?
Blazer: You can't.
Rinka (pouting): Then what am I doing here?
Nakoruru: Like I know. Well, forget what I was saying. Okay. I finally got a hold of some lines to check my email. And I would love to thank Nicole, Sakura Joy, The Masked Mistress, Lady Love, Anime Princess (hope your vacation is cool), Kayla, and Lethal Purple Crayon.
Rinka: What happened to everyone else?
Nakoruru: I guess summer fun. Bunnychu still is gone and so is Mitsukai. And Anime Princess. Oh, and welcome to the story Neko, hope you continue to like it.
Blazer: On an important note, we would like to state the following. Jin will not be talking in his Irish accent that was found in the English version of Yu Yu Hakusho. We decided it would be too much work to have him talk like that. Thank you very much.
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The day seemed perfect to take a much needed vacation. Serena stood at the window of her bedroom wrapped in only a blanket, watching the sun rise. The morning sun reminded her of Hiei. Not just the redness of it, but the warmth and calm that it gave her. She felt a smile rise to her lips as felt the koorime stir from his sleep. Turning her head towards the bed, she found that he had moved. A pair of warm, strong arms wrapped around her, drawing her to the warm body that she had grown so accustom to. Lifting her head upwards, she found him looking down at her with such love.
"Good morning," she remarked with a smile. He didn't say a word as he leaned down and kissed her good morning. Turning around in his embrace, she wrapped her arms around his neck, returning his kiss. When he pulled back, Serena couldn't help to grin up at him. "Wow, what a good morning that was."
Hiei gave her a slight devious smirk as he lifted her into his arms. "You haven't seen my good morning yet." Serena squeaked playfully as he carried her over to the bed.
"Hiei!" Serena said as he placed her on the bed, climbing on top of her and pulling at the cover that draped her body. The koorime looked down at her with a curious stare.
"The door's locked," he replied, moving in closer. Serena laughed, but was silenced with a passionate kiss. There was no resisting him, like she would want to anyway. She was his, and that was the way she wanted it for the rest of her life.
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Raye smiled as she watched Kurama looking at the morning sky, enjoying the tranquility. Her breath always seemed to be taken away when it came to him. A moment later, the youko turned his eyes on Raye, smiling at her. Raye smiled back, getting up from where she laid and walked over to him. She seated herself beside him, looking out at the morning too. For a long minute things remained like this until she broke the silence.
"So we take the trip to your world today. I'm excited. I get to meet your family. I hope they like me," Raye said, looking down at her hands. She found Kurama reach over and grip her hand, squeezing it lightly. His smile remained as sweet as when she had first fell in love with him.
"My mother will love you as much as I do. There is no doubt about it," Kurama said. Raye wrapped her arms around his neck, hugging him.
"Thanks for the confidence. And I think I will like her as much as she will like me," Raye smiled.
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The morning passed by quite quickly for the group that would be heading to the Hakusho dimension. Everyone spent the morning gathering things to take with them to the other dimension. The air was filled with both excitement and anticipation. Serena's heart pounded continuously. She was going to see Hiei's world, and finally get to see what Yukina looked like. Serena wondered would Hiei finally tell Yukina. He had to, she did deserve to know.
Serena looked down at Rini who was running around Hiei. The male looked down at the little girl with much love in his eyes. He had changed so much since they first met. From that stubborn proud glacier he tried to be, to. . .this. It made Serena's heart fill with warmth to realize it had been her love for him that had caused him to change.
"Mommy!" Rini ran up to Serena, her red eyes glistering with joy. "Are we going to take a trip? Otou-chan said we take a trip! We really take a trip!"
Serena knelt down and picked up the little girl. "Yes, we're going to take a trip. We're going to see your otou-chan's home. Me, you, Hiei, Raye, Mina, Lita, Amy, Kurama, Botan, and Kuwabara. We're taking a trip to see their home." Rini's eyes widened with joy as she began bouncing around in her mother's arms, cheering.
About this time, Raye, Kurama, Mina, Amy, and Lita walked in. They stopped and smiled, seeing how happy Rini was. Serena turned to the five with a smile. Raye grinned at her, seeing how Serena had a glow to her. "So, are we about ready to get going? I'm so psyched about leaving."
"We're waiting on Botan and Kuwabara," Serena said. "Botan has to drag Kuwabara from the mirrors. He must be excited about going back home."
Mina looked around but saw that the outer senshi were not there. Mina frowned wondering if they were going too. "Hey, is Setsuna, Haruka, Michiru, and Hotaru going with us?"
"No, they're staying with Luna and Artemis. Setsuna said that someone should still be here to watch over things. Haruka and Michiru agreed to stay here and watch over things with Setsuna. Hotaru wants to spend as much time with her father as she can. It has been a while since she saw him, after all," Serena stated. The others nodded, understanding.
"So I guess it's just us five senshi going then," Lita grinned.
"Is everyone ready?" Botan came out of the hall, dragging Kuwabara with her. In her hand was the Ring of Rune. (A/N: When I went back and looked at One Strange Day, I noticed that it was a sphere instead of a ring, sorry about that. Ring sounds better anyway, so we're going to stick with ring. The two objects are the same if you wondered.)
"Yeah, we're all here," Lita said.
"All right then, let's get moving. I'm sure that Yusuke has ran Koenma up a wall by now." Botan handed the ring to Hiei. "Now let's all gather around Hiei while Kurama and Kuwabara use their energy to help power it." Everyone did as told, and the three males concentrated their energy on the ring. The ring began to glow, encircling its light around the ten individuals. The light brightened, then dimmed, causing the group to vanish from sight.
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Koenma tapped a pencil on his desk as he sat in his chair rapidly sucking on his pacifier. Ogre looked down at his boss as he moved a pile of paper from the little ruler's desk. "Koenma sir, I don't think that is helping anyone. You're making me nervous sir." Koenma turned his eyes on Ogre.
"Well you think of something for me to do then! It's been almost half a week since they've been gone. I wouldn't have thought it would take that long to get things done. And it's not just that, it's Yusuke. He said something bad was happening or going to. I don't like not knowing what is happening. If only there was some way we could get in contact with them." Koenma continued to suck on his pacifier rapidly.
"Maybe we should have sent Yusuke with them. It might have changed things," Ogre suggested.
"Maybe doesn't help us now, does it!" shouted Koenma.
Suddenly, a bright light engulfs the room, startling Koenma and Ogre. Koenma saw the outline of ten individuals in the center of the light. As the light dimmed, Koenma recognized four of the six people that stood in his office. Finally the light dimmed completely, revealing the people to him. Kurama, Hiei, Kuwabara, and Botan, along with a long haired woman with a pink haired little girl, a raven-haired woman, a brunette, a woman with short blue hair, and another blonde.
Botan stepped from out of the circle of people to smile at him. "Hello Koenma sir! We're finally back. And the mission has been accomplished. I'm sure you want all of the details, but first you're wondering who are the other people we brought back."
"Is that the ruler of the Rei Kai?" the raven-haired girl pointed, speaking to Kurama. Kurama nodded his head at the woman. She stepped forward and bowed to him. "It's nice to meet you. It's so nice to meet the ruler of the Spirit World. My name is Raye Hino."
"Hey Raye, you might not want to do that. It goes to his head," came a voice that sounded a lot like Yusuke. Lita turned around to find the man coming in with his usual grin.
"Yusuke? How in the world. . .?" Botan said.
"I could feel the shift between dimensions, I came as soon as I could." Yusuke looked over the group, then looked at Lita. As always his eyes were warm and friendly. "Hey, so you guys decided to come here and see us, cool."
"It's nice to see you again too, Yusuke," Raye said.
"So, question. Whose kid is that? And you better not tell me it's who I think it is child." Yusuke's eyes were directly at Serena and Hiei with a mischievous smirk. Rini sort of bound out of Serena's arms and into Hiei's. Wrapping her arms around his neck and beaming at Yusuke. She liked how this new person felt. He was all warm and happy feeling.
"My name is Rini! I'm two. And this my otou-chan!" Koenma and Ogre's eyes widened to the size of dinner plates as they stared at Hiei. Yusuke on the other hand was grinning from ear to ear.
"Is that so? Nice to meet you Rini. No doubt that you're definitely Serena's." The male turned his eyes to the long haired blonde. "So, is it true?"
"We didn't do anything before he left. She just thinks that because they both have red eyes," Serena explained with a slight blush. Yusuke continued smiling, looking at Hiei.
"Well, too bad. But she certainly claims you, that's a good thing. So, what are we standing around for, let's have some fun since you decided to come here. Botan, fill Koenma in on whatever there is, you know where to find us," Yusuke remarked. "Let's get going guys."
"Actually Yusuke, I was going to take Raye to meet my mother, we'll catch up with you later," Kurama said.
"And I want to go check on Yukina and see how she's doing," Kuwabara said. "I'm sure my love has missed me so much."
"I want to so totally sight see," Mina said. "I'll rain check things for now. Amy, you coming with me?"
"All right, it would be fascinating to see the schools and bookstores here," Amy said.
"Let Lita go with you, Yusuke. And we'll catch you later. I'm curious to see Yukina since Kuwabara talked so much about her," Serena gave the male a knowing look which did not surprise the male that she knew. He felt a smile curve his lips as he nodded to her. Yusuke turned his attention to Lita, smiling at her.
"So I guess it's just me and you then Lita. Come on, and I'll introduce you to everyone." He had the feeling they all did that so the two would get a chance to talk alone. There was much that they needed to talk about too. He just hope she wouldn't cry, he had promised not to make her cry after all.
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Yusuke looked over at Lita as they walked towards where Yusuke and Keiko stayed. It was close to the apartment that his mother still lived in. Yusuke cleared his throat finally, catching her attention. Yusuke looked over at her. She was still as beautiful as when he had left. His heart stung a bit to think that they couldn't be together, but it stung worse to think about not being with Keiko and Emi. "So, how have you been? It's been quite a while eh?"
"Yeah, it has. You're looking good, Yusuke. And it seems that you've hardly grown up since I last saw you," Lita replied. Yusuke gave her a teasing look.
"Was that a compliment or an insult, Miss Kino?" He cocked a brow up, playfully raising his fists to her. "Trying to start a fight already." Lita laughed at him, her heart tumbling over with joy. Yusuke laughed along with her.
"It seems like nothing has changed between us, don't you agree?" Lita said wiping the tears from her eyes. Yusuke nodded in agreement. Lita looked at the sky, not feeling so sad that she had lost him. They could still joke and be friends with each other, and she was sure that she could find a new love. Maybe he would be just like Yusuke. "So, you're married now. To Keiko?"
"Yeah. We have a little girl now. She's three. Her name is Emi," Yusuke said.
"She must be a beautiful kid," Lita smiled.
"Well, here she comes now. You can meet her." Lita looked to where Yusuke's eyes were. A little girl with brown hair and dark brown eyes came running up to Yusuke. A woman with brown hair and eyes was walking towards them. Yusuke bent down, picking up the little girl when she reached him. A giant grin spread across his face. "Hey there kid, meet a friend of mine."
The little girl turned to Lita and gave her a giant sweet smile. "Hi! I'm Emi!"
"Hi, Emi," Lita replied. The little girl was exactly like Yusuke in every way. "My name is Lita. It's nice to meet you." The little girl held out her hand to Lita. Lita shook the little girl's hand, then turned to the other woman that was approaching. So this was Keiko. She could understand why Yusuke wouldn't want to betray this woman. She seemed like a nice person.
Keiko stopped, seeing the brunette with green eyes standing with Yusuke. The woman was studying her with a quiet reflective look. Keiko wondered if this was the girl from the other dimension that Yusuke had liked while he was there. She didn't seem like someone that would want to take anybody's boyfriend and didn't care. "Hello."
"Hi, my name is Lita Kino. You must be Keiko. I've heard a lot about you. It's nice to finally meet you," Lita bowed. Lita smiled, blushing a bit. "You're a lot pretty than I thought. I hope we can be friends."
Keiko gave the taller woman a soft smile, extending her hand as her daughter had done. Lita took her hand, shaking it. "I want that too. You seem like a very nice person. And I'm glad I finally met you, Lita. I extend my welcome to you and would like you to come back to my house."
"I would love that," Lita said. The senshi would have thought that things would be disastrous when they had met up, but this was actually turning out better than she would have hoped. They seemed to be hitting it off, but it was also the knowledge that an understanding had gone on long before she got here. *I'm glad I get the chance to understand her and to be friends with her.*
Keiko then turned to Yusuke who looked relieved that there would be no fight going on. Keiko gently smiled at him. She sort of understood now what he had liked in this woman. And she wasn't going to hold a grudge. "Oh, Yusuke. I saw Jin not too long ago, he told me to tell you that we should be careful. Some sort of youkai has been looking for you. Jin said he chased him off somewhere, but lost track of him."
"Jin's back around? Hmph, well all right, I'll keep an-" Just as Yusuke was about to finish his sentence, he felt the youki of some sort of youkai. Looking up, he told Keiko to get Emi out of here. He put the little girl down who ran to her mother. Yusuke then moved out the way before the youkai could pounce on him. The youkai was a regular looking youkai, one of the uglier types.
"What is that thing? It can't be a youkai? That things too ugly to be anything," Lita said with a grimace. The remark brought a smirk from Yusuke, but the youkai was very angry at the remark. He turned his attention to Lita. His sulfur like eyes narrowing.
"You'll die first girlie for that remark." The youkai rushed at Lita, cocking its fist back. Lita saw the attack and dodged out the way of it. Yusuke sat down and watched the fight, believing that Lita could cream this guy.
"Go get him Lita," Yusuke cheered.
"Right!" Dodging another attack, Lita saw an opening and drew her fist back. The youkai didn't see what happened as the fist smashed into his face, causing him to fly back. Lita waited for the thing to get up, but it never did.
"Man, Urameshi, whose she? She's packing quite an arm there." A male with red hair floated down from the sky. He was dressed in normal street clothing, but Lita could tell he was not a normal person. For starters, his ears were way too long to be normal. And two, just the fact that he was suspended mid air told her he was a youkai. His blue eyes went over her, studying her. For a split second, he reminded her of Yusuke.
"Oh, so there you are. Meet my friend Lita Kino. Lita, this is Jin. He's a youkai who controls wind," Yusuke introduced. "I meet Jin back when I fought in this tournament. He gave me quite a battle."
"Nice to meet you, Lita. That really was some punch. Knocked him out with one blow, even if he was a weak one. I'd hated to get in a fight with you. If your beauty doesn't get me off guard, then your fists will," beamed Jin. Lita blushed; there was no mistaking it, he definitely reminded her of Yusuke.
"It's nice to meet you," Lita said. Her heart did something that she hadn't felt since meeting Yusuke. Her heart did flips in her chest. Lita figured that maybe she could move on without pain. She might have just found the guy she was thinking about. With a smile and attitude like that, there was no way she could resist this wily youkai.
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Nakoruru: Hey, I got through the chapter in one piece. We got to see Lita and Keiko meet, Jin-chan's appearance, and a possible new love for Lita! Yeah!
Rinka: End-(hit with a harisen)
Nakoruru (_): I told you to stop that!!
Rinka (X_X): . . . . . . . . .
Blazer (^ ^;;): Um. . .well, I think we better go now. Thank everyone for reviewing and chapter 16 will be out Friday. We're taking a small trip today and won't be back until late Thursday. So early Friday you can find the next chapter. Thank you.
Rinka: I thought I couldn't work on chapter 15?
Blazer: You can't.
Rinka (pouting): Then what am I doing here?
Nakoruru: Like I know. Well, forget what I was saying. Okay. I finally got a hold of some lines to check my email. And I would love to thank Nicole, Sakura Joy, The Masked Mistress, Lady Love, Anime Princess (hope your vacation is cool), Kayla, and Lethal Purple Crayon.
Rinka: What happened to everyone else?
Nakoruru: I guess summer fun. Bunnychu still is gone and so is Mitsukai. And Anime Princess. Oh, and welcome to the story Neko, hope you continue to like it.
Blazer: On an important note, we would like to state the following. Jin will not be talking in his Irish accent that was found in the English version of Yu Yu Hakusho. We decided it would be too much work to have him talk like that. Thank you very much.
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The day seemed perfect to take a much needed vacation. Serena stood at the window of her bedroom wrapped in only a blanket, watching the sun rise. The morning sun reminded her of Hiei. Not just the redness of it, but the warmth and calm that it gave her. She felt a smile rise to her lips as felt the koorime stir from his sleep. Turning her head towards the bed, she found that he had moved. A pair of warm, strong arms wrapped around her, drawing her to the warm body that she had grown so accustom to. Lifting her head upwards, she found him looking down at her with such love.
"Good morning," she remarked with a smile. He didn't say a word as he leaned down and kissed her good morning. Turning around in his embrace, she wrapped her arms around his neck, returning his kiss. When he pulled back, Serena couldn't help to grin up at him. "Wow, what a good morning that was."
Hiei gave her a slight devious smirk as he lifted her into his arms. "You haven't seen my good morning yet." Serena squeaked playfully as he carried her over to the bed.
"Hiei!" Serena said as he placed her on the bed, climbing on top of her and pulling at the cover that draped her body. The koorime looked down at her with a curious stare.
"The door's locked," he replied, moving in closer. Serena laughed, but was silenced with a passionate kiss. There was no resisting him, like she would want to anyway. She was his, and that was the way she wanted it for the rest of her life.
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Raye smiled as she watched Kurama looking at the morning sky, enjoying the tranquility. Her breath always seemed to be taken away when it came to him. A moment later, the youko turned his eyes on Raye, smiling at her. Raye smiled back, getting up from where she laid and walked over to him. She seated herself beside him, looking out at the morning too. For a long minute things remained like this until she broke the silence.
"So we take the trip to your world today. I'm excited. I get to meet your family. I hope they like me," Raye said, looking down at her hands. She found Kurama reach over and grip her hand, squeezing it lightly. His smile remained as sweet as when she had first fell in love with him.
"My mother will love you as much as I do. There is no doubt about it," Kurama said. Raye wrapped her arms around his neck, hugging him.
"Thanks for the confidence. And I think I will like her as much as she will like me," Raye smiled.
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The morning passed by quite quickly for the group that would be heading to the Hakusho dimension. Everyone spent the morning gathering things to take with them to the other dimension. The air was filled with both excitement and anticipation. Serena's heart pounded continuously. She was going to see Hiei's world, and finally get to see what Yukina looked like. Serena wondered would Hiei finally tell Yukina. He had to, she did deserve to know.
Serena looked down at Rini who was running around Hiei. The male looked down at the little girl with much love in his eyes. He had changed so much since they first met. From that stubborn proud glacier he tried to be, to. . .this. It made Serena's heart fill with warmth to realize it had been her love for him that had caused him to change.
"Mommy!" Rini ran up to Serena, her red eyes glistering with joy. "Are we going to take a trip? Otou-chan said we take a trip! We really take a trip!"
Serena knelt down and picked up the little girl. "Yes, we're going to take a trip. We're going to see your otou-chan's home. Me, you, Hiei, Raye, Mina, Lita, Amy, Kurama, Botan, and Kuwabara. We're taking a trip to see their home." Rini's eyes widened with joy as she began bouncing around in her mother's arms, cheering.
About this time, Raye, Kurama, Mina, Amy, and Lita walked in. They stopped and smiled, seeing how happy Rini was. Serena turned to the five with a smile. Raye grinned at her, seeing how Serena had a glow to her. "So, are we about ready to get going? I'm so psyched about leaving."
"We're waiting on Botan and Kuwabara," Serena said. "Botan has to drag Kuwabara from the mirrors. He must be excited about going back home."
Mina looked around but saw that the outer senshi were not there. Mina frowned wondering if they were going too. "Hey, is Setsuna, Haruka, Michiru, and Hotaru going with us?"
"No, they're staying with Luna and Artemis. Setsuna said that someone should still be here to watch over things. Haruka and Michiru agreed to stay here and watch over things with Setsuna. Hotaru wants to spend as much time with her father as she can. It has been a while since she saw him, after all," Serena stated. The others nodded, understanding.
"So I guess it's just us five senshi going then," Lita grinned.
"Is everyone ready?" Botan came out of the hall, dragging Kuwabara with her. In her hand was the Ring of Rune. (A/N: When I went back and looked at One Strange Day, I noticed that it was a sphere instead of a ring, sorry about that. Ring sounds better anyway, so we're going to stick with ring. The two objects are the same if you wondered.)
"Yeah, we're all here," Lita said.
"All right then, let's get moving. I'm sure that Yusuke has ran Koenma up a wall by now." Botan handed the ring to Hiei. "Now let's all gather around Hiei while Kurama and Kuwabara use their energy to help power it." Everyone did as told, and the three males concentrated their energy on the ring. The ring began to glow, encircling its light around the ten individuals. The light brightened, then dimmed, causing the group to vanish from sight.
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Koenma tapped a pencil on his desk as he sat in his chair rapidly sucking on his pacifier. Ogre looked down at his boss as he moved a pile of paper from the little ruler's desk. "Koenma sir, I don't think that is helping anyone. You're making me nervous sir." Koenma turned his eyes on Ogre.
"Well you think of something for me to do then! It's been almost half a week since they've been gone. I wouldn't have thought it would take that long to get things done. And it's not just that, it's Yusuke. He said something bad was happening or going to. I don't like not knowing what is happening. If only there was some way we could get in contact with them." Koenma continued to suck on his pacifier rapidly.
"Maybe we should have sent Yusuke with them. It might have changed things," Ogre suggested.
"Maybe doesn't help us now, does it!" shouted Koenma.
Suddenly, a bright light engulfs the room, startling Koenma and Ogre. Koenma saw the outline of ten individuals in the center of the light. As the light dimmed, Koenma recognized four of the six people that stood in his office. Finally the light dimmed completely, revealing the people to him. Kurama, Hiei, Kuwabara, and Botan, along with a long haired woman with a pink haired little girl, a raven-haired woman, a brunette, a woman with short blue hair, and another blonde.
Botan stepped from out of the circle of people to smile at him. "Hello Koenma sir! We're finally back. And the mission has been accomplished. I'm sure you want all of the details, but first you're wondering who are the other people we brought back."
"Is that the ruler of the Rei Kai?" the raven-haired girl pointed, speaking to Kurama. Kurama nodded his head at the woman. She stepped forward and bowed to him. "It's nice to meet you. It's so nice to meet the ruler of the Spirit World. My name is Raye Hino."
"Hey Raye, you might not want to do that. It goes to his head," came a voice that sounded a lot like Yusuke. Lita turned around to find the man coming in with his usual grin.
"Yusuke? How in the world. . .?" Botan said.
"I could feel the shift between dimensions, I came as soon as I could." Yusuke looked over the group, then looked at Lita. As always his eyes were warm and friendly. "Hey, so you guys decided to come here and see us, cool."
"It's nice to see you again too, Yusuke," Raye said.
"So, question. Whose kid is that? And you better not tell me it's who I think it is child." Yusuke's eyes were directly at Serena and Hiei with a mischievous smirk. Rini sort of bound out of Serena's arms and into Hiei's. Wrapping her arms around his neck and beaming at Yusuke. She liked how this new person felt. He was all warm and happy feeling.
"My name is Rini! I'm two. And this my otou-chan!" Koenma and Ogre's eyes widened to the size of dinner plates as they stared at Hiei. Yusuke on the other hand was grinning from ear to ear.
"Is that so? Nice to meet you Rini. No doubt that you're definitely Serena's." The male turned his eyes to the long haired blonde. "So, is it true?"
"We didn't do anything before he left. She just thinks that because they both have red eyes," Serena explained with a slight blush. Yusuke continued smiling, looking at Hiei.
"Well, too bad. But she certainly claims you, that's a good thing. So, what are we standing around for, let's have some fun since you decided to come here. Botan, fill Koenma in on whatever there is, you know where to find us," Yusuke remarked. "Let's get going guys."
"Actually Yusuke, I was going to take Raye to meet my mother, we'll catch up with you later," Kurama said.
"And I want to go check on Yukina and see how she's doing," Kuwabara said. "I'm sure my love has missed me so much."
"I want to so totally sight see," Mina said. "I'll rain check things for now. Amy, you coming with me?"
"All right, it would be fascinating to see the schools and bookstores here," Amy said.
"Let Lita go with you, Yusuke. And we'll catch you later. I'm curious to see Yukina since Kuwabara talked so much about her," Serena gave the male a knowing look which did not surprise the male that she knew. He felt a smile curve his lips as he nodded to her. Yusuke turned his attention to Lita, smiling at her.
"So I guess it's just me and you then Lita. Come on, and I'll introduce you to everyone." He had the feeling they all did that so the two would get a chance to talk alone. There was much that they needed to talk about too. He just hope she wouldn't cry, he had promised not to make her cry after all.
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Yusuke looked over at Lita as they walked towards where Yusuke and Keiko stayed. It was close to the apartment that his mother still lived in. Yusuke cleared his throat finally, catching her attention. Yusuke looked over at her. She was still as beautiful as when he had left. His heart stung a bit to think that they couldn't be together, but it stung worse to think about not being with Keiko and Emi. "So, how have you been? It's been quite a while eh?"
"Yeah, it has. You're looking good, Yusuke. And it seems that you've hardly grown up since I last saw you," Lita replied. Yusuke gave her a teasing look.
"Was that a compliment or an insult, Miss Kino?" He cocked a brow up, playfully raising his fists to her. "Trying to start a fight already." Lita laughed at him, her heart tumbling over with joy. Yusuke laughed along with her.
"It seems like nothing has changed between us, don't you agree?" Lita said wiping the tears from her eyes. Yusuke nodded in agreement. Lita looked at the sky, not feeling so sad that she had lost him. They could still joke and be friends with each other, and she was sure that she could find a new love. Maybe he would be just like Yusuke. "So, you're married now. To Keiko?"
"Yeah. We have a little girl now. She's three. Her name is Emi," Yusuke said.
"She must be a beautiful kid," Lita smiled.
"Well, here she comes now. You can meet her." Lita looked to where Yusuke's eyes were. A little girl with brown hair and dark brown eyes came running up to Yusuke. A woman with brown hair and eyes was walking towards them. Yusuke bent down, picking up the little girl when she reached him. A giant grin spread across his face. "Hey there kid, meet a friend of mine."
The little girl turned to Lita and gave her a giant sweet smile. "Hi! I'm Emi!"
"Hi, Emi," Lita replied. The little girl was exactly like Yusuke in every way. "My name is Lita. It's nice to meet you." The little girl held out her hand to Lita. Lita shook the little girl's hand, then turned to the other woman that was approaching. So this was Keiko. She could understand why Yusuke wouldn't want to betray this woman. She seemed like a nice person.
Keiko stopped, seeing the brunette with green eyes standing with Yusuke. The woman was studying her with a quiet reflective look. Keiko wondered if this was the girl from the other dimension that Yusuke had liked while he was there. She didn't seem like someone that would want to take anybody's boyfriend and didn't care. "Hello."
"Hi, my name is Lita Kino. You must be Keiko. I've heard a lot about you. It's nice to finally meet you," Lita bowed. Lita smiled, blushing a bit. "You're a lot pretty than I thought. I hope we can be friends."
Keiko gave the taller woman a soft smile, extending her hand as her daughter had done. Lita took her hand, shaking it. "I want that too. You seem like a very nice person. And I'm glad I finally met you, Lita. I extend my welcome to you and would like you to come back to my house."
"I would love that," Lita said. The senshi would have thought that things would be disastrous when they had met up, but this was actually turning out better than she would have hoped. They seemed to be hitting it off, but it was also the knowledge that an understanding had gone on long before she got here. *I'm glad I get the chance to understand her and to be friends with her.*
Keiko then turned to Yusuke who looked relieved that there would be no fight going on. Keiko gently smiled at him. She sort of understood now what he had liked in this woman. And she wasn't going to hold a grudge. "Oh, Yusuke. I saw Jin not too long ago, he told me to tell you that we should be careful. Some sort of youkai has been looking for you. Jin said he chased him off somewhere, but lost track of him."
"Jin's back around? Hmph, well all right, I'll keep an-" Just as Yusuke was about to finish his sentence, he felt the youki of some sort of youkai. Looking up, he told Keiko to get Emi out of here. He put the little girl down who ran to her mother. Yusuke then moved out the way before the youkai could pounce on him. The youkai was a regular looking youkai, one of the uglier types.
"What is that thing? It can't be a youkai? That things too ugly to be anything," Lita said with a grimace. The remark brought a smirk from Yusuke, but the youkai was very angry at the remark. He turned his attention to Lita. His sulfur like eyes narrowing.
"You'll die first girlie for that remark." The youkai rushed at Lita, cocking its fist back. Lita saw the attack and dodged out the way of it. Yusuke sat down and watched the fight, believing that Lita could cream this guy.
"Go get him Lita," Yusuke cheered.
"Right!" Dodging another attack, Lita saw an opening and drew her fist back. The youkai didn't see what happened as the fist smashed into his face, causing him to fly back. Lita waited for the thing to get up, but it never did.
"Man, Urameshi, whose she? She's packing quite an arm there." A male with red hair floated down from the sky. He was dressed in normal street clothing, but Lita could tell he was not a normal person. For starters, his ears were way too long to be normal. And two, just the fact that he was suspended mid air told her he was a youkai. His blue eyes went over her, studying her. For a split second, he reminded her of Yusuke.
"Oh, so there you are. Meet my friend Lita Kino. Lita, this is Jin. He's a youkai who controls wind," Yusuke introduced. "I meet Jin back when I fought in this tournament. He gave me quite a battle."
"Nice to meet you, Lita. That really was some punch. Knocked him out with one blow, even if he was a weak one. I'd hated to get in a fight with you. If your beauty doesn't get me off guard, then your fists will," beamed Jin. Lita blushed; there was no mistaking it, he definitely reminded her of Yusuke.
"It's nice to meet you," Lita said. Her heart did something that she hadn't felt since meeting Yusuke. Her heart did flips in her chest. Lita figured that maybe she could move on without pain. She might have just found the guy she was thinking about. With a smile and attitude like that, there was no way she could resist this wily youkai.
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Nakoruru: Hey, I got through the chapter in one piece. We got to see Lita and Keiko meet, Jin-chan's appearance, and a possible new love for Lita! Yeah!
Rinka: End-(hit with a harisen)
Nakoruru (_): I told you to stop that!!
Rinka (X_X): . . . . . . . . .
Blazer (^ ^;;): Um. . .well, I think we better go now. Thank everyone for reviewing and chapter 16 will be out Friday. We're taking a small trip today and won't be back until late Thursday. So early Friday you can find the next chapter. Thank you.