Author's Notes

Disclaimer: None of the characters, worlds, or mannerisms mentioned in the following pages belong to me. They belong to the incredibly talented (and probably wealthy) Togashi Yoshihiro-sama, who created them, Shogakukan Comics and Shounen Jump, who serialized them, and to Studio Pierrot and other animation companies, who brought these beloved characters to life on the big screen. (Or small screen, depending on your TV size.) They probably also belong to FUNimation and Viz Comics now too. The only thing, sadly, that I own is this fic...and maybe a few overpriced volumes of the English version of the Yu Yu Hakusho manga.

Well, now that that's out of the way…If you're reading this, then you must have read the beautifully eloquent foreword written for me by my good friend and beta, Random Author Person. If you haven't, you should. (That's an implicit order.) Her writing far surpasses mine, and she still offered to write me a foreword and beta for me! Much love and thanks to her for editing and listening to my ranting.

Anyway, in case you missed the warning in the summary, this is SHOUNEN AI. For those of you who don't know, that means boy/boy relationships. If this sort of thing makes you squeamish and/or causes you permanent and severe brain damage and/or provokes a sudden epileptic fit, read no farther! Click the back button!

For those of you who are left, this is my first fic (as stated by Random Author Person), so that makes it my first shounen ai fic too. You'll notice that each part is labeled "part" as opposed to "chapter". That's because these were originally meant to be separate fics, and they were meant to be read in a specific order. However, I've made them into parts of the same fic on the advice of my beta, who thought that it'd be best in order to avoid confusion.

Also, for those of you who've seen (all of) Cardcaptor Sakura, you might notice that this fic bears a faint resemblance to that episode where Sakura tells Shaoran that Yukito doesn't return her feelings. I could always claim I was inspired by that and actually have a legitimate source of inspiration for this, but the truth is, this story was not really inspired by anything. The idea just popped into my head. I don't even have a muse to blame it on. It has nothing to do with that particular episode of CCS.

That's all, folks. Please continue on to the story and enjoy.

Funara

P.S. You might notice that, in the Foreword, it says "Fanfiction dot net" which is, I must concur, a very awkward phrase. The truth is, the site wouldn't let me type a seemingly Web address-y name in the text. Hence, after toiling long hard and conferencing with Random Author Person, this is the solution we hit upon.