Redone chapter three!! I was looking through my states, this has 12630 hits...it's one of my crappiest fics, and this is why I'm updating it, yet everyone seems to realllly like it...oh well who am I to judge?
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"Ura..."
Cold...
"Ura...shi..."
It was dark...and cold. Was this part of Kira's game?
"Urameshi!"
Yusuke's eyes flung open, and he sat up quickly despite the head rush he received once he was upright. He looked around with his wide brown eyes to see Kurama, Hiei, and Kuwabara hovering over him looking tense. Kuwabara sighed and smiled, and Yusuke realized Kuwabara was holding him. He pushed Kuwabara off, the copper haired man merely shrugging the push off. "You okay now Urameshi?" Kuwabara asked watching Yusuke look around.
"Where...where are we?" Yusuke demanded instead of answering the question, looking around for the demon child Kira. He was very confused...all he could see was the lake, and the picnic basket. Kuwabara looked over at Kurama and Hiei, then back to Yusuke. "Uh...at the Picnic sight?" Kuwabara answered scratching the back of his head. Yusuke looked down at himself. He was in his green swimming trunks, and they were still damp. 'Was Kira a dream?' Yusuke asked himself glancing about him. He sighed and looked at his friends, everything seemed real enough...
"What happened?" Yusuke finally asked, willing to accept that Kira had been the cause of...well something.
"I dunked you in the water and...well...uhm you never resurfaced!" Kuwabara replied sheepishly laughing nervously. Yusuke's face fell, "What?" Kuwabara smiled again, Hiei and Kurama shaking their heads in amusement. "I held you under the water a little too long Urameshi that's it!" Yusuke's temper instantly flared up, the crazy dream with Kira forgotten. "You mean to say you nearly KILLED ME?" Yusuke growled, standing up, his voice getting louder as he finished his sentence.
"Well...on
accident but...your okay now..." Kuwabara laughed nervously, and
got up as well, his wet curls spilling all over his face. "I'LL
SHOW YOU OKAY!" Yusuke snarled, and swung his arm back and
punched Kuwabara in the face. "YOU ASXHOLE!" Yusuke shouted
at him as Kuwabara fell limp to the ground. At first Yusuke stood
smirking, waiting for Kuwabara to get up, but when Kuwabara didn't
get back up he frowned.
"Kuwabara?"
Yusuke walked slowly up to him and kneeled by Kuwabara's side. His friend had gone still, and Yusuke couldn't understand that. He always hit Kuwabara nowadays, and Kuwabara had never been knocked out before. "Come on, I didn't knock you out," Yusuke sighed as he leaned closer to look at Kuwabara. But he froze eyes glued on his best friend. Kuwabara's neck had been snapped, and his jaw was slack, hanging open with a bit of blood and drool dripping from it. His eyes were wide open and a pale blue. The still form suddenly began to twitch as Kuwabara blinked, his muscles springing to life.
"Kck...k..."
Yusuke stared horrified, "Kuwa...waba..." He reached to touch Kuwabara and felt a wave of ice fill him as Kuwabara's fading eyes widened with fear, and tears filled his eyes. "N...Nk..." Kuwabara gurgled, fingers twitching a little bit. Kurama and Hiei who had been standing dead still sprang to life, grabbed Yusuke and shoved him away. "What have you done?!" Yusuke heard Hiei hiss. Yusuke fell on the ground, not even bracing himself for the hit. Kurama was next to Kuwabara saying something, but the human wasn't looking at Kurama. His fading eyes were on Yusuke, betrayal hidden in those pale orbs. Yusuke opened his mouth, and moaned, "Oh my God...what did I...What did I do? Kuwabara...I...I didn't mean...Kuwabara..."
Suddenly, as if someone had struck Kuwabara, his eyes turned black, and the tears he'd been holding in dripped down his face. The three demons heard the death's rattle, and watched as the loving giant of a man went completely limp, and died.
There was a long silence. Yusuke wasn't sure when he got up, but he soon found himself standing, and leaning against a tree in disbelief. He had...Kuwabara had...He was gone. Hiei and Kurama got up, both pale with shock. Hiei turned to look at Yusuke, eyes filled with disbelief. "Yusuke...what where you thinking?" Kurama asked softly not looking at the man who leaned so heavily against the tree. "I...I didn't mean...I always m-mess with Kuwa...Kuwa..." Yusuke could feel tears in his eyes, "Is he...Kurama is Kuwabara-"
"Yusuke...you killed him!" Kurama finally gasped his voice filled with rage, as he turned to stare at his friend..
"Yusuke...what did you think you were doing?" Hiei demanded slowly clenching a fist.
"I just I...I just..." Yusuke stuttered, starring at Kuwabara's dead eyes, "I...was just..."
"You killed him!" Kurama yelled at him, "YOU KILLED YOUR BEST FRIEND!"
Yusuke looked over at his friends. Hiei was frowning, and looking at him, then at Kuwabara. The frown deepened. Kurama had this look as if he'd been betrayed. His eyes were filled with pain and he glared at Yusuke, his pain filled eyes turning to look at Kuwabara, and then back again at Yusuke.
"What the hell...WHAT THE HELL YUSUKE?!" Kurama suddenly burst making steady movements for Yusuke.
"I...I didn't mean..." Yusuke sputtered and held up his hands in defense. Kurama grabbed Yusuke roughly, "What, "didn't you mean," Yusuke?! You killed him! You snapped his neck!" Yusuke put his hands at Kurama's sides to try and push him off, when Yusuke felt a familiar sensation of his rekai leaving his fingertips. His power had suddenly jumped from his hands and sliced completely through Kurama, severing the man in half. Kurama's upper half fell backwards on the ground leaving Yusuke holding Kurama's bottom half. He screamed pushing the half a corpse away and then shakily looked over at Hiei.
Hiei's eyes were fixed on Kurama. "Kura..." Hiei whispered, his voice cracking. Hiei took one step forward, his legs trembling. He suddenly just couldn't move. He was in shock. "Kurama?" Hiei whispered again while Yusuke pulled himself away from the cut in half form. Hiei straightened himself up and looked back at Kuwabara, and then at his friend's dead body. Yusuke was on all fours, and crawled about three feet away before collapsing on the ground, and turning around to watch Hiei's next move. Hiei swallowed and removed his cloak and picked up the two pieces of his best friend, and laid them next to Kuwabara. He put Kurama back together best he could, and then used the cloak to cover Kurama's face. Hiei turned picking up the picnic blanket and moved to place it on Kuwabara.
Hiei paused, and closed Kuwabara's eyes with his palm, and then proceeded to cover Kuwabara up. He got back up off his knees and rose. He turned to Yusuke, red eyes glazed over with some emotion Yusuke couldn't describe. Without warning, Hiei roared and pulled out his sword. "YOU BASARD! WHAT THE FUK IS WRONG WITH YOU!?" Yusuke stayed seated on the ground, and shook his head, tears drenching his face. "Get up," Hiei instructed, waiting for Yusuke to get to his feet. Once Yusuke did Hiei charged Yusuke, who could barely dodge because of the weak sick feeling in his knees..
"I...I didn't...I didn't! No! I DIDN'T MEAN TO!"
"YOU'RE A MONSTER!" Hiei roared, "Your powers too strong! You'll kill everyone you touch! You killed the hum-Kuwabara...and...and Kurama! Who's next? ME?!"
"No...Hiei that isn't true!!" Yusuke sobbed, clutching his stomach. "You've become a murderer!" Hiei was shouting. "NO!" Yusuke howled, holding his head.
"AT LEAST WHEN I KILLED, I HAD REASON! YOU'LL PAY!" Hiei raised his sword, and Yusuke swiped his arm at him, and found himself holding Hiei's right arm."Uh...AYYAGHHHHHHHHH!!!" Hiei cried collapsing, his veins wriggling from his shoulder, and spraying the ground with a tremendous force.Yusuke sat there numbly, holding the bandaged left hand, blood dripping down his face...wait...
Bandaged left
hand?
"The bandages from the Darkness flame, were on his
right side..." Yusuke immediately seemed to understand...or
hoped he did. "KIRA! THIS IS A DMMED ILLUSION! COME OUT YOU
LITTLE BICH!"
The scene faded away and Kira stood their smiling calmly. "I knew you'd pass this test." She giggled, nodding her head. Yusuke looked around, there was no blood, just darkness. He looked back at the girl who smiled so serenely at him. He felt suddenly sick and weak. "Wh...Why..." Yusuke dropped to his knees. Kira smiled evilly, "Your test consists of your truth, or lies. This was a lie, so the answer to your question was correct. Only 2 more to go. The next ones may not be so easy for you..." Kira laughed and faded away. Yusuke sat alone staring at the spot, "That...that doesn't make sense..." Kira's voice giggled from somewhere in the shadows. "It's up to you to figure out if the illusions you see will in face happen. Too bad you're in control of your power! I liked the part where you ripped Hiei's arm off." Yusuke closed his eyes at Kira's laughing voice. He collapsed curling up in a ball, and screamed as loud as he could. By the time he was finished screaming he was alone in the darkness once more.
He had severed Kurama in two...
He took Hiei's arm...
He...
He had...
"Kuwabara!" Yusuke sobbed covering his face, "No Kuwabara..."
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"How do you think he's doing?" Kuwabara asked flipping through a magazine titled, "Queer Eye For The Strait Demon." Kurama and Hiei sat away from Kuwabara, their bodies tense from worry. Kuwabara had convinced himself early on that Yusuke was okay, but insisted on asking the others their Opinion every five minutes.
"I don't know..." Kurama replied bitterly.
"He's fine. He's Yusuke." Hiei muttered standing next to the mirror.
"Oh?"
The group turned.
Kira had appeared.
"Hi!" She said peppily, and to exaggerated this, she waved. Kuwabara looked at her and stood tense. This was the first time she had popped up since she had taken Yusuke. "Well?" Kuwabara whispered staring at Kira. The girl smiled, "I wish you wouldn't look at me-you're ugly." Kira giggled. Kuwabara smirked, "And I'm supposed to want a sadistic, midget-girl, to think I'm attractive?" As her face turned red, Hiei snorted hiding a laugh. Kurama however looked nervously between Kira and Kuwabara, He was stirring up trouble, and they were already in hot water enough.
The girl's green eyes flashed and Kuwabara found himself thrown into the wall, then up to the ceiling and then down on the ground. Kuwabara coughed remaining on all fours, as Kurama dropped next to his friend, Hiei stood in front of the two silently. Kira's angry face faded, and she giggled. "The test is down, Yusuke passed." She snapped her fingers, and faded away.
On the floor, a pool of black appeared, and Yusuke rose from it. The darkness faded and left Yusuke standing upright for a moment. Tears were wet on his face, and his eyes closed in some sort of inner turmoil. He moaned and collapsed on the ground with a loud thump. "URAMESHI!" Kuwabara cried, leaping up pushing past Kurama and Hiei. Kuwabara wiped his own bloody nose too concerned for his closest friend to worry about the injuries Kira had caused. Kuwabara was kneeling by Yusuke the next moment, his hands on Yusuke's shoulders.
Slowly Yusuke looked at him.
'Kuwabara...?' Yusuke thought brown eyes fixed on him, unaware of Hiei and Kurama who stood behind Kuwabara. Yusuke was hesitant to touch Kuwabara, but he had to know if that really was Kuwabara...if Kuwabara was...Reaching out, Yusuke lightly poked Kuwabara's cheek. After feeling the warm flesh beneath his fingertips, he placed his palm on the stunned man's face and then, casually touched the humans chin, and traveled up the other side. Yusuke sat up fully tears still dripping down his face, and moved his other hand to touch Kuwabara's neck gently. To say Kuwabara was mildly disturbed would be an understatement, but he was too scared to stop Yusuke. Kuwabara could sense his best friend had been through something horrid, and this was his way of trying to get back into reality.
Kurama and Hiei watched, with evident confusion, they didn't know what to do, so they followed Kuwabara's lead and remained still, and did not stop Yusuke's exploration of Kuwabara's face. Several minutes passed, and Kuwabara finally decided that enough was enough.
"Urameshi...forget about personal space?" Kuwabara asked raising an eyebrow pretending to be cool and calm.
Yusuke's eyes widened and filled with more tears, an inhuman cry fell out of Yusuke's lips as he flung his arms around his best friend, "KUWABARA!" Yusuke sobbed, pressing himself tightly to Kuwabara. Kuwabara blinked stunned, and slowly wrapped his arms around his best friend. The two had hugged before, not much, and hardly ever in public, because...well guys were guys, and guys didn't hug, or hold on to each other. Or at least that's what Yusuke, and Kuwabara both believed. But here Yusuke was, breaking his own rules, hugging and holding on to Kuwabara as if he'd never let go. "Urameshi?" Kuwabara whispered gently unsure of what to do.
"Ididn'tkillyou.Ididdn'tkillyou.Youarenotdead.You'realive.You'resafe." Yusuke babbled, clutching the startled Kuwabara to him."Urameshi...?" Kuwabara questioned again, pulling his smaller friend closer to him. Hiei and Kurama looked at each other, they didn't know what to do. Yusuke had cried before, and had hugged them all at least once, but he had never done something to this extent before. They has seen Yusuke cry when Kuwabara was, "killed," by Toguro, and had heard his regretful sobs, but these tears were hysterical, and this hug he was giving Kuwabara was so desperate. The scene was downright frightening.
"Kuwa...Kuwabara...I'm sorry...I'M SORRY! I DIDN'T MEAN TO...OH GOD...I DIDN'T MEAN TO KILL YOU!" Yusuke sobbed. Kuwabara blinked, and pet the back of Yusuke's head. "Kill me? I'm not dead! I'm right here!" Yusuke didn't answer he just held tighter on to Kuwabara.
"What the hell did you do to him?!" Hiei called out, looking for the child demoness. "Hmm...I thought his test was easy!" Her voice giggled before she appeared sitting on the coffee table. "He must care about you all a lot!" As she laughed, and faded away the room filled with a heavy tension.
What was to come out of this...if Yusuke could be reduced to tears like this...then what was to happen to the rest of them?
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revised chapter thee. Woot. much better. more angst and drama then before.
