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"Scent of Past"
Disclaimer: I do not own any rights to YuYu Hakusho or any of its characters. this is just my way of making the animae world more creative on the part of its viewers. the characters and plot here that i included to the original ones are mere products of my imagination. enjoy the story... thanks
Chapter 1
School days were normal for Dennis. He became accustomed to waking up early, enjoying a heartily breakfast prepared by his mom and walking a rather long distance from his home to school. He actually never understood why his friends Eugene and Alfred always had a hard time understanding the importance of education nor in Vincent's case why he did not even give school a try. Every time he would open this topic with Vincent, the latter would just turn his back from him indicating his non-interest on the subject.
It has been a while after their encounter with Sensui, their adventure in the other world and his last talk with Yomi. They all went back home, even Eugene after staying there for 3 years, fulfilled his promise to Jenny and continued on with their lives. And school was one indicator that Dennis had truly went back to his normal life, although Vincent would always tell him that it was not a life the King of the Wolves should be living.
"Here, I'm just Dennis. No more, no less", Dennis would say to Vincent.
And now as Dennis start for school on that Monday morning, he tried to picture in his mind the possible things that might transpire that day and his possible plans of actions. That, was one thing he differed from Eugene or Vincent, he anticipates things. During times of troubles, his friends would always count on his calmness. Unlike them, Dennis had this habit of thinking before acting; he avoided being impulsive like Eugene. And in that way, Dennis always had been remarkable for his friends and other people.
Another remarkable thing about Dennis was his intelligence. For the past years in high school, he always topped the honor list and aced his examinations. His mother was actually called several times by the principal, telling her how exceptional his son was. The principal consistently advised his mother to place him in the accelerating program of the school and be immediately promoted to first year college from second year high school. Dennis disapproved this, and so he stayed in second year high school with Eugene and Alfred.
"Dennis, congratulations! You made it again. I knew you would bag the first place again!", Eugene shouted as he greeted Dennis at the lobby.
"One of these days you must tell us your secret in studying so we could somehow end up like you", Alfred added from Eugene's back.
"Sure, why not", Dennis said with a smile.
"Not in this world nor in the others you two would be able to emulate Dennis", Jenny remarked.
"You are so mean!", Eugene said to Jenny.
"Come on you guys, the class is about to start. Dennis, we'll see you after class, ok?", Jenny told Dennis.