Warm Winds Chapter 5: New Winds, a yu yu hakusho fanfic

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New Winds

Yusuke watched as Kurama entered the room, followed by a new kind of wind, one he couldn't place.

He noticed that Kurama didn't meet his eyes, that he just looked down at the floor. His hand was clasped tightly in the other.

Stains of crimson on normally clean flesh.

Kurama took a seat away from Yusuke, far away. It was as if he were in Maikai...

The red-haired demon did not look up. He was almost afraid to meet Yusuke's brown eyes, to see them one more time.

'Get yourself out of this before you regret it.' He heard in his mind.

Before you regret it...

He would never regret being in love. Never. It was impossible to regret something like that.

Kurama looked down at his injured hand. Still bleeding lightly, still stinging.

"Kuwa, why don't we go get something to eat," Said Shizuru, "We might be here for a bit. I think that Yusuke might want to talk to Keikos parents."

The brother and sister left soon after that.

The new wind was back in the room.

The warm winds were gone.

The cold winds were gone.

The sad winds were gone.

The old winds were gone.

The new wind was here.

Kurama felt a presence above him, and he looked up, surprised. Yusuke stood over him, looking down. The demon felt a tinge of heat go over his cheeks.

"What happened to your hand?" Asked Yusuke, kneeling so that he was at eye-level with Kurama.

"Nothing," Said Kurama, snapping his hand away. Yusuke looked hurt.

"What's wro-"

Kurama cut him off in a uncharacteristic display of rage with: "EVERYTHING!"

Yusuke fell back, surprised. He had only heard Kurama yell a few times before...

"What do you mean, 'everything'?" Asked Yusuke, keeping calm.

"I mean... I..." Kurama tried to find the right words, "I was visited by... Youko."

"Youko? You mean, the other guy?" Asked Yusuke, confused.

"Yes... He said that... I should stop this before I regret it..."

Emerald green eyes met chocolate brown ones, looking for answers... for comfort.

"But the thing is, is that I could NEVER, NEVER regret being in love with you. I could never... It's impossible." Said Kurama.

"I see... Maybe Youko's just jealous. You know..." Said Yusuke.

A new wind around them, a comforting one. Just like the warm winds that had started it all.

They were both tired of walking their lonely roads.

They were ready to walk the road together. The road of life.

"I could never regret loving you, either. I never could, would, or will." Said Yusuke, taking Kurama's bloody hands in his own.

Crimson... crimson like his hair.

Crimson like the sunset outside.

"You won't regret it?" Asked Kurama.

He had felt regret too many times before.

He had felt alone too many times before.

"I won't regret it." Answered Yusuke.

He had felt pain too many times before.

He had felt despair too many times before.

They were both ready to face regret, loneliness, pain, and despair together.

The new wind that had found it's way around them warmed.

Warm winds...

This new wind was love.

Warm winds...

This new wind was love.

Warm winds...

This new wind was hope.

And love.

Hope and love.

Love and hope.

Warm winds push away cold winds, like when light floods a dark room.

New winds push away old winds, like when someone opens a window in a musty room.

A lonely road should never be walked alone.

A lonely wind should never blow alone.

A warm wind is always there.

A warm wind would always be there for Kurama and Yusuke,.

Always.

The warm wind of life, hope, and happiness.

The warm wind of love.

The love that would be there until the winds themselves died.

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I would like to thank everyone.

The reviewers.

Greenday for supplying the music.

My Mom and Dad.

And my best friend, who died on a warm August day.

Her name was Wind.

And we all miss her.

Dedicated to Wind Renay,

9/12/90 - 3/8/04