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sumi101: Domo arigato gozaimasu! For the last chapter I put it twice because the first was from Yusuke's perspective and the second was from Hiei's perspective. Hope that answered your question!

I worked carefully around the small fire pit I'd made in a hole near the cot I'd set my guest in. I was wondering where he'd come from. I mean, why the hell would someone collapse on the beach? Unless they'd been washed in by the tide from some ship wreck... Or they had health problems... In any case I was cooking the last bit of food I'd been able to afford over the fire... I box of Mac and cheese. If there's one thing I thank God for, it's Mac and cheese. The stuff's almost as cheap as going through a dumpster to find food... Only better tasting... A hell of a lot better tasting.

I jumped a bit when I heard a thump behind me. I turned around to find that my guest had fallen out of the small cot I'd finally been able to purchase off the small $2.00 wage I had saved up from doing odd jobs around the house for this old lady. As well as my job at one of the fast food restaurants downtown. Yah she and the restaurant were cheap, and I couldn't afford anything to eat for a while (she gave me a few bucks one time so I went on a shopping spree... meaning I got two boxes of Mac and cheese) but it was pretty much the only income I could get due to my lack of education. But I'm getting off track here; I walked over to where my guest lay on the floor and picked him up. He looked at me with these unnerving green eyes, and he didn't blink. Not once in the entire two minutes I looked at him. It made me jump when he started talking.

"Where... me?" The kid must have been retarded. Well might as well introduce myself and then tell him where he was.

"Uhh... I'm Kuwabara..." I pointed to myself

"Kunabuwa?" Yup, someone must have crossed two wires in the dudes head.

"Noo... Kuwabara."

"Kuwa... bara..." He stumbled over the word.

"Yah, Kuwabara." The dude suddenly broke out into a huge smile.

"Kuwabara! Kuwabara! Kuwabara! Kuwabara!" There was just one little problem... He was pointing at random stuff and calling it Kuwabara. Shit. He then pointed at himself.

"Kuwabara?" He asked it as a question so I shook my head.

"Hell, I have no idea who you are."

"Who... am... I..." He scrunched his nose up. Guess I'd have to find a name for him. I couldn't walk around calling him dude now could? Well I'd always wanted to name someone.

"Hmm... I'll think of something. Right now have some Mac and cheese."

"Mac and cheese?"

"Don't tell me you've never had Mac and cheese." God this kid was more screwed up then I thought...

"Mac and cheese?"

"Well come and have some, can you walk?"

"Walk?" I slapped my forehead. He copied me. I sighed.

"Here I'll help you."

"Help!"

"Yah... help." I hauled him off the bed (I'd already checked for any injuries and found just one... It was a small wound in his arm. I knew what it was as soon as I saw it. A bullet wound. I'd become well acquainted with those...) and brought him over to the small fire pit. When I let go of him he just kind of fell... it was really weird. One minute the kids standing the next he's on the floor smiling... I can't believe I brought a crazy person into the house... shack... damn.

After we'd finished off the last of the Mac and cheese I look at the grubby old watch on my wrist. It had been a birthday present from my sister and the only thing that got me by in the world. If it weren't for this watch my benefactor would have fired me a while ago. But I digress. So I looked at my watch and saw it was time to leave. The problem being I didn't know what to do with... I guess he's still 'The Dude' since I haven't named him yet.

"hmm..."

"Hm?"

"Yah I'm thinking of what I should name you." The boy tilted his head to one side then the other. Suddenly I smiled.

"I'll name you..."

Yusuke....

I yawned as the rain started to slow down. Even when it did stop I wouldn't be heading home. Hell no I'd go on the road and start my own ramen stand... Okay did that sound as stupid to you as it did to me?

My eyes shifted over to the other occupant that was standing next to me in the bus stop at the moment. He was standing there with a glare that could have melted the polar ice caps. I shivered. F-ing rain. I scowled.

'Maybe you should go back.' A small voice in my head said.

'Oh be quiet.' I growled. The boy next to me raised an eyebrow. Great, he must think I'm crazy or something. And maybe I am. Either way, he stared at me. And stared. Two minutes later and he was still staring. What the Hell was up with this kid?

"Why are you staring at me?" Do I feel some déja-vu coming on?

"Hn... You don't seem like the kind of person that would be standing out here in the rain."

"And why do you say that?"

"You look rather healthy. You clothes are in good shape. You look like you've had a shower recently." I snorted. Just because someone looks good doesn't mean that they are in someplace where they're happy. The parents might just be trying to cover it up. I told him so. He smirked.

"What secret are you hiding?" He asked me.

"Like I would tell you anyway." He nodded. Another few minutes went by. The rain had stopped and the sun was starting to peak through the clouds. I smirked a bit. A new beginning...

coughs ummm.... Hiei's a bit out of character... But it's AU right? So that means I can mess around with them a bit smirks.

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