Happiness Is Back

Part 2

One year later

Yuusuke lounged on a high branch of a new tree. He watched the clouds float across the clear sky as he thought about his current life. ~Something's wrong,~ he thought, ~this doesn't feel right. I feel that I lost something when I came to stay with Runya and Ryu. Ever since I've been here, I've lost more of my memories every day. When will I return home?~

"Yuusuke!" Runya yelled coming from the prison. "They've come, Yuusuke! They want to take you away."

Yuusuke jumped down to the ground and ran to Runya. "Who's here?" He asked, holding her drooping shoulders.

"Hiei and Kurama, the traitors! They want you back," she cried into his shoulders. "I don't want you to go, Yuusuke. Please say you won't."

"Kurama? Hiei?" He thought about the names for a moment before something in his head clicked. Smiling, he ran passed her into the prison.

::Ryu?::

::What Runya?::

::He's gone to them.::

::Follow him. I'll meet him at the door.::

::Yes, brother.::

Runya began after Yuusuke, since she has been with Yuusuke, she was slowing down. Her lack of training was a result of her wishing to be with him all the time. She cursed herself for her idiocy. ~I don't know what Yuusuke will do when he sees them,~ she said to herself. ~In the human world they seemed to be very good friends.~

Yuusuke ran through the prison halls toward the front doors. Though his skills had gotten rusty but he was determined to reach the doors before either of the demons. ~I remember those names,~ he thought to himself, ~but I can't remember anything else. Maybe something will come back when I see them.~ A smiled formed on his face.

Ryu stood inside the front door, waiting for Yuusuke to arrive. When he saw the human he grinned.

"It took you long enough, human." Ryu said, grinning.

Yuusuke stopped and looked at him. "I want to see them!"

"No."

"Yuusuke, you can't win." Runya from behind him. "You won't be able to see them anymore. You agreed to stay here with us which means you work for us and with us. You're not to see those traitors anymore unless you see them in battle. "

"I'm going to see them." Something snapped within him, unleashing his dormant spirit energy.

Runya stepped back but didn't let down her guard. "He's going to force himself through, brother."

"He won't make it, sister."

They began to fight, both Ryu and Runya moved far quicker than Yuusuke could see but that didn't make him any less weaker. He waited, watching, for the one moments when he sense their movements. Cuts appeared all over him with each of the demons passing, their combined wind speed resulted in a speed boost for both of them. Laughter echoed through the castle from Ryu and Runya. He waited too long, Ryu grabbed him and threw him through the doors.

He landed between Hiei and Kurama, in serious pain. Slowly he pushed himself up to his feet.

"Yuusuke, are you okay?" Kurama asked, before seeing Ryu and Runya walking toward them.

"Stay back, Kurama." Yuusuke said, before running forward.

"Don't, Yuusuke," Hiei yelled, sensing danger. "Don't move."

It was too late, Yuusuke was already feet from Ryu with a fiery fist ready. Before Yuusuke could connect with Ryu, Ryu jumped up away from the human.

"Demon smell." Ryu smirked.

Yuusuke snarled as he began to change.

"What's happening to Yuusuke?" Hiei asked Kurama, watching his human friend change. "He's not human anymore."

"I did it!" Runya yelled, clapping and jumping. "He's changing into a demongod."

"A demongod?" Kurama whispered, disbelieving what he was witnessing.

Yuusuke continued to morph into some sort of giant monster, even Hiei was forced to back away. His short dark hair grew longer as it spread over his body. Fangs grew in his mouth as claws grew on his fingers. He looked like a giant bear.

"Yes, my demongod," Runya yelled, smiling. "He's my own creation, traitors. He'll only do as I say."

"Not quite," Hiei said, stepping forward. "Any demongod cannot be controled by a mere wind demon."

"Hiei's right," Kurama said, standing beside the small youko. "Not only that but Yuusuke is the only one who can decide who he wants to be. You're only changing his appearence not him behavior."

Yuusuke snarled before he reached out and grabbed Runya from her perch. His large hands squeezed her causing her to cry out in pain. He laughed.

"Yuu-suke!" She cried, trying to get out of his hold. "You jerk!"

Yuusuke stopped squeezing and dropped her.

"Something's wrong with him," Kurama said, looking at Yuusuke.

Runya fell to the ground, landing on her leg, breaking it in half. Crying out in pain, she looked up at her demongod. ~It's not right, he didn't complete the change.~

Ryu laughed. "Yuusuke's change hasn't completed yet," he said, jumping down to stand where Runya was. "He's nothing but a bigger idiot."

Yuusuke roared and pounded his fists against the ground, resulting in a terrible tremble.

Hiei and Kurama fell to the ground. Runya fell into a fissure in the ground that had opened. Ryu was the only one that seem to be unaffected by the rumbling of the earth. He stood laughing at Yuusuke's reaction.

"Yuusuke! Stop!" Hiei yelled out.

Yuusuke raised his fists again but this time he grabbed Ryu up off thr ground and squeezed. Ryu yelled out, surprised by Yuusuke especially quick movements.

Hiei heard the crackling of bones and looked up at the demon Yuusuke held in his fists. He stared at the brutality of his friend.

"Yuusuke, don't do it!" Kurama yelled, standing.

Yuusuke didn't hear him but he did weaken his grip 0n Ryu. He dropped Ryu into the fissure Runya had fallen in earlier. Yuusuke roared, again the ground began to rumble, this time the fissure was closing. Once the fissure was closed, Yuusuke changed back into his human form. He stood staring at the prison before falling down, unconscious.

Hiei stared.

Kurama was shocked.

Hiei ran over to Yuusuke's limp body. "Yuusuke, are you okay?"

"Bring him along, Hiei, we've got to get out of here."

Hiei nodded and picked Yuusuke up. Despite Yuusuke's size, he was incrediably easy for the little youko to carry. As Hiei followed the red-haired youko, he thought ~you'll be okay, Yuusuke. I know you'll be.~

Hiei followed Kurama to his home. Kurama entered to house through the front door but Hiei and Yuusuke entered through his bedroom window. Carefully, Hiei placed Yuusuke down in Kurama's bed then sat on the floor by the bed. Kurama entered the room, closed the door and locked the door behind him.

"Is he going to be okay, Kurama?" Hiei asked, not looking from the sleeping human.

"He'll be just fine, Hiei," Kurama said as he went into his bathroom to get some bandages. He worked on bandaging up some of Yuusuke's visible wounds while Hiei watched intentially at Yuusuke's face.

The sun finished setting when Kurama finished bandaging Yuusuke up. Kurama fell asleep at his desk doing his homework while Hiei watched Yuusuke's sleeping form. Yuusuke woke in the middle of the night, he force his tired eyes open. The room's smell and the bed's feel didn't remind him of anyplace he had been before. Looking around, he saw the slight form of his two friends in the room. Sighing, he tried to push himself to a sitting position but his arms were too tired to move. He laid back down on the bed and closed his eyes, sleep overwhelmed him.

When the morning sun shined in the window, the light woke Yuusuke again. This time he found only Hiei sitting in the room by the bed. Hiei's head rested on his knees.

Yuusuke turned on his side and looked down at the small youko. He watched as the little demon raised his head and stretched before seeing Yuusuke awake.

"How are you feeling?" Hiei asked from his seat.

"Tired but otherwise fine," the human replied, turning to lay on his back.

"Does it hurt?"

"What?"

"Your heart?"

"No."

Hiei stood and walked to stand by the bed. "I don't know what to say, Yuusuke, when you were taken away I didn't know how I felt. But now I know how I feel, It's not that easy for me to say."

Yuusuke looked at his friend.

"I didn't want to tell you before, Yuusuke," Hiei said, his voice was quiet and nearly to quiet to hear. "I want to tell you that I love you, Yuusuke."

Yuusuke's eyes widened after Hiei finished but he didn't move away. "Hiei, I'm not sure how to react to that," he sighed, "all I have to say is that I feel strange when you're near but that's how I felt when I was with Runya."

Hiei turned his head to look out the window at the rising sun.

"Hiei, come here," Yuusuke said as he tried to push himself up off Kurama's bed.

Hiei helped him off the bed and over to the window. "I don't how to act anymore, Yuusuke."

"It'll be confusing for the both of us for awhile," he said, looking down at the garden below them. "When did Kurama leave?"

"He went to eat a little while ago," Hiei said, holding him up. "He said that he'd be up in a bit."

The door opened behind them and Kurama entered with a smile on his face.

"I see you are well again, Yuusuke," he said as he walked over to his desk. "I've got to go to school but I suggest both of you spend the day elsewhere."

Yuusuke turned and nodded to Kurama. While Kurama was at school, Hiei and Yuusuke spent most of their day at Yuusuke's house. Yuusuke's mother spent most of her time out with her friends getting drunk. They had the entire house to themselves for most of the time except when Keiko would try to get Yuusuke to go to school but Hiei advise her otherwise. It would work until she realized that there was really nothing wrong with Yuusuke. At that point she ended up nearly threatening Hiei that she would enroll him in school and force them both to go. Hiei declined the offer and stopped forcing Keiko to leave without Yuusuke.

Hiei cuddled up against Yuusuke in bed that night, a shiver ran down his spine.

"What's wrong, Hiei?" Yuusuke asked, half-sleeping. "You shivered and it's still summer."

"I don't know, Yuusuke," he said, feeling Yuusuke's warmth against him. "I just thought about when you left that's all. I can't help seeing you with that girl and not

me."

"I was with her, Hiei, but that means nothing now," his lover said, quietly as he began to pet Hiei's hair. "I'm with you now and you alone."

Hiei smiled and slept. ~Mine.~

~Done~