"What the hell was that?" Yusuke said under his breath as he hurried up the streets.
The people who didn't yell at him to slow down and watch where he was going were whispering about earthquakes.
Yusuke would've laughed if he wasn't running so fast. Whatever it was, this had been no earthquake.
He couldn't imagine anyone could mistake it for one.
Youki was so thick on the air he was almost choking on it.
"There." he said to himself and came to a skidding stop in front of a construction zone.
There was a pile of rubble where once a buidling had stood. The fence behind which Yusuke stood was bowed out; the force of the blast had done that.
Yusuke had left Kuwabara sleeping at his place. The red head hadn't even budged as the sky (at least to Yusuke's eyes) lit up blood red. The fight with Togoro had taken a lot out of him.
He wondered now as he scaled the fence whether he should have dragged him out here anyway.
He walked across the empty yard and noted whatever had happen had snapped a crane in two. He walked over one half of it. The other half was upside down on the other side of the yard.
Suddenly, he stopped.
He could see two figures just ahead.
Yususke tensed as one of those figures suddenly sat up and looked straight at him.
"Hiei?" Yusuke said.
The Jaganshi's clouded gaze cleared and then he just scowled back at Yusuke.
"What the hell happened?" Yusuke demanded as he came over to the fire demon.
Hiei didn't answer. He was looking at the figure that lay beside him.
As Yusuke came closer, he saw that the other figure was Kurama. "Hey..." Yusuke said as he crouched down and reached towards the green eyed fox. "Is he OK?"
"Why should I care?" Hiei said after a moment, but his eyes lingered on Kurama. Abruptly and a bit shakily, Hiei stood and in the next instant, he was gone.
"Damn it, Hiei." Yusuke said to no one. He sighed. Well, at least it wasn't some pissed off demon about to end the world..."Hey, Kurama." Yusuke said as he shook the other boy's shoulder.
Kurama was more than pale-he was white.
His thick red hair fell over his face, spilled around him. It was funny...Yusuke had never noticed how long his hair was...Yusuke's eyes narrowed...It did seem really long now that he looked at it...
Yusuke's eyes widened.
That's when Kurama suddenly stirred in Yusuke's arms and opened his eyes to see a very wide eyed Spirit Detective looking down at him.
"Yusuke...?" Kurama whispered. He felt...strange. "Where's Hiei?" Yusuke was just staring at him. It was an almost funny look of shock on his face-Kurama would've laughed, but suddenly Yusuke leaned close and his eyes narrowed. "Yusuke?"
Instead of answering, Yusuke reached towards Kurama and touched his hair.
Kurama started.
"Yusuke?" he repeated.
Yusuke's eyes met his and suddenly, he pulled at something on Kurama's head.
Kurama yelped and reached towards Yusuke's hands.
The Spirit Detective let go and leaned back. Kurama, touching his own head, met his gaze. For a moment, they just stared at each other.
Yusuke had meant to demand what the hell had happened. What was that blast of Youki? What the hell had Kurama and Hiei been doing?
That's what he meant to say.
Instead he just pointed and laughed and Kurama stared with the most perfect look of suprise on his face as he ran his hands to the points of the two new fox ears on his head.
...to be continued...