"Talking"
'Thinking or mind talk'
Stressed Words
It was finally Friday and school was letting out for the rest of the summer. A male with black hair was wearing a green jumpsuit as he waited under a tree. He looked up into the tree and waived at the short fire apparition above him. He grinned as he watched the man in a blue jumpsuit run towards him and trip. The man in green laughed as the one in blue just growled and got up.
"You think you graduated Meiou High Yusuke?" The one in blue asked.
"Kuwabara, I don't really care if I did or didn't," Yusuke said as he looked bored.
"What will Keiko say if you failed?" Kuwabara asked.
"Keh, I don't care what she says," Yusuke stated as Kuwabara shook his head.
"You must be a masochist," Kuwabara said as he looked out towards a fuming Keiko.
"I agree with the idiot," the fire apparition said as he sat in the tree.
"I think I just died again. Hiei agrees with Kuwabara," Yusuke said in disbelief.
"Hiei even knows you don't want to piss of a woman," Kuwabara said as he moved aside for Keiko to get to Yusuke.
"Yusuke, how did your finals go?" Keiko asked as she stood in front of him.
"It went …fine," Yusuke hesitantly answered.
"Are you sure you passed?" Keiko suspiciously asked.
"Yeah," Yusuke assured.
"Fine, but what college are you going to?" Keiko asked.
"I haven't applied, what about you?" He asked.
"I've been accepted to a college in Osaka," Keiko answered.
"That's cool," Yusuke said. Kuwabara got the hint and walked towards the front of the school and Hiei left.
"I'm going to be moving to Osaka," Keiko said.
"What?" Yusuke asked.
"I'll be moving in a month," Keiko said with a said smile.
"You can't go, you can't just leave me," Yusuke quickly said.
"Yusuke, this is my future and I have to go. It's not like I just get a job in Reikai and expect life to be perfect," Keiko said.
"What about us?" Yusuke asked.
"You know that there will always be an us," Keiko said as she hugged Yusuke.
Keiko wasn't afraid of what the school would think of her hugging the 'bad boy'. It had already passed, the stage of rumors had played their final act and left last year. Every now and then a rumor would manage to catch Keiko's ear and she would find the source and prove it a lie. There had once been a time where she wouldn't even let Yusuke touch her in school because she was afraid to ruin her reputation.
School affection wasn't openly allowed, but she and him would meet on the roof where they would just sit and she would lean on his shoulder. Then one day a teacher caught them and within the hour students were making up stories. One of the rumors that almost made her break up with him was the one about Yusuke dating another behind her back. She thought it was true when he would disappear from her for days. Then when she found out about Reikai he gained her trust again.
When Reikai came out from him he began to tell her everything. There were times when he scared her with his honesty. She vowed nothing could part them. Since then her parents had gave her little grief about dating the 'bum'.
"When will you come back?" Yusuke asked as he released her from the hug.
"I'll come back on breaks and you can pop over when ever you want," Keiko said with a bright smile.
"Fine," Yusuke reluctantly agreed.
"Hn, human love," Hiei mumbled.
"It reminds me of Yukina, expect she's prettier," Kuwabara said as he began to walk down the block.
Yusuke finished talking to Keiko and she left in the opposite direction of Yusuke. He followed the same path of Kuwabara and met up with him at the end of the block. Yusuke and Kuwabara stared across the street and saw Kurama sitting in the far distance near some woods. Yusuke could feel Hiei's ki in the distance.
"What do you think Kurama's doing?" Kuwabara asked.
"He does this every year and yet he doesn't tell," Yusuke said.
"It is the business that only youkai would understand," Hiei said. Kuwabara looked down and saw Hiei standing next to Yusuke.
"Should we go over there?" Kuwabara asked.
"Yeah, as soon as this damn light changes," Yusuke said
Suiichi sat pensively in the grass as he took in the surroundings. He stared into the woods and sighed. He could feel Yusuke's and Kuwabara's energy, he could even smell them. He was gaining more of Yoko's features everyday. He was just waiting for his aging to slow down to the speed of a Youkai. Suiichi stretched his legs out in front of himself and laid his head on his hands. He knew that people would never notice him coming to this area.
It had been five hundred years since he had last seen the person he came to honor. Suiichi didn't know this person, and he never even seen them face-to-face. He only knew the person by memory. He could feel Yoko's every emotion as memories came to the surface like every lonely year. It may have been only eighteen years since he last seen her, but in reality it was longer. Yoko stared at the area and if he could have he would of rolled around in the exact spot he met her. He couldn't because people would stare and call the cops.
'How much longer do I have to stay here and wonder who this girl is?' Suiichi asked Kurama.
Yoko rolled his eyes in frustration. He knew that secrets from Suiichi were never good since they shared a body. Suiichi and him were stuck together until one died or they both merged into one being. The options weren't real cheerful for either of them. Yoko turned his eyes back to the spot where he met her and sighed. Only this day made him depressed, knowing that he could have done something to change the past. He knew it was finally time to tell Suiichi who she was.
'Her name was Kagome, and she was the girl I wanted as a mate,' Yoko answered.
'You, take a mate?' Suiichi doubtfully asked.
'Yes, I wanted her as a mate and I almost had her until my accident,' Yoko growled.
'I understand you want to keep her memory alive and honor her spirit, but you can't use a dead woman as an excuse to keep me from dating,' Suiichi said.
'I know she isn't dead. Yesterday I felt her soul and it was calling out to me when we walked near that shrine,' Yoko explained.
'That is the shrine I've seen in your memories,' Suiichi said.
'If that shrine survived, then why not her?' Yoko asked.
'She was human,' Suiichi argued.
'She was from a different time,' Yoko stated smugly.
'Then she could be a baby still,' Suiichi said. Yoko gave a disapproving look.
'I want to search for her so I can finally set things right,' Yoko said.
'What if she is dead?' Suiichi asked.
'She's not dead,' Yoko growled.
'We could always search at a shrine,' Suiichi suggested.
'I'm sure we can't walk into the Sunset shrine and ask if we could use their stuff,' Yoko said.
'Let's try somewhere we know, like Genkai's,' Suiichi said as he stood up and turned around only to see Yusuke and Kuwabara being sent to Reikai by a portal.
'Why didn't they come get us?' Yoko wondered before they began walking to Genkai's temple.
Yusuke growled in irritation when they arrived in Reikai. Kuwabara walked into the office making sure to keep his distance from Yusuke. A short little toddler wearing a blue kimono outfit was stamping papers while a blue ogre was running around frantically. The toddler finally pushed the papers into the ogre's arms and pushed him out of the room. He sucked three times on his pacifier before he looked up and saw the two people he summoned.
"I brought Yusuke and Kuwabara," Botan cheerfully said.
"Kurama is here?" Koenma asked.
"He's off somewhere," Botan assured.
"Good, go stand watch and make sure they don't show up," Koenma ordered.
"Hai," Botan said before she left the room.
"What's so damn urgent and secretive?" Yusuke asked.
"This is of highly classified information and most not be mentioned to Hiei and especially Kurama," Koenma warned.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever," Yusuke said as he stared at Koenma. Koenma glared at him from over his pacifier.
"I think the toddler is serious," Kuwabara said as he looked at Koenma.
"Reikai was created three hundred years ago by a woman that went by a name never given. Before you ask, she was known as Sha," Koenma began.
"What does this woman have to do with Reikai?" Kuwabara asked.
"She made Reikai so souls could have a choice in what they wanted," Koenma answered.
"Why isn't her real name given?" Yusuke asked as he watched Koenma.
"She is a person that gave her name to few in order to survive. Yusuke, this woman is over five hundred years old. She has offered you two jobs," Koenma answered.
"What type of job?" Yusuke curiously asked.
"She has offered to help find people that would make potential spirit detectives," Koenma said as he reclined.
"Where do we come in?" Kuwabara asked.
"She would need experienced people in order to train the students," Koenma said.
"It sounds like a good offer," Kuwabara said.
"When do we meet her?" Yusuke asked.
"You'll meet her tomorrow," Koenma said.
"Why can't we tell Kurama and Hiei?" Yusuke asked.
"This woman carries a great burden. She is the guardian of the Shikon no Tama," Koenma said as he closed his eyes and imagined the jewel.
"Isn't that just a legend?" Kuwabara asked.
"You thought youkai were legends, but that proved wrong. The Shikon no Tama is dormant for reasons unknown. It's power was used up, but it has only awakened once for only a few seconds," Koenma explained.
"The jewel could grant wishes," Kuwabara stated.
"Yes, and now one knows what Hiei would use the jewel for," Koenma said.
"Then why keep this hidden from Kurama?" Yusuke asked.
"Suiichi I wouldn't mind telling this to, but Yoko Kurama is a different story," Koenma said, as he looked Yusuke in the eyes.
"Is that because Kurama is a thief?" Kuwabara asked.
"This goes beyond Yoko Kurama's thieving history," Koenma said.
"Then what is it?" Yusuke asked as he showed his annoyance.
"Every youkai has a desire to mate, that is their nature. They find the youkai or human they want to be with and they mark them," Koenma said as he began to blush.
"So, Kurama had a mate," Yusuke scoffed.
"Kurama was killed before he could claim her."
"I still don't know where this is going," Yusuke said.
"Kurama's mate wasn't any youkai or human. She was the guardian of the Shikon no Tama."
"So you want to keep them apart?" Kuwabara asked.
"No, but it must be done for reasons," Koenma said as he looked away from the two detectives.
"Yoko Kurama isn't going to like this," Kuwabara said.
"We won't volunteer the info, but we won't go down with you if Kurama finds out your secret," Yusuke warned.
"So cruel," Koenma cried.
"Where do we meet her," Yusuke asked.
"Go to Sha-Inu corp.," Koenma said before Yusuke and Kuwabara left Koenma's office.
Author's Note: If anybody ever read the orignal Sweet Sorrow, It is posted on my website. It's at jetkit23.tripod. remember the .com and stuff.
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