The Letter: Part One
"Hey, don't take it too seriously, Kuwabara." Yusuke said.
"What do you mean by that" Kuwabara answered.
"Don't take it seriously. Don't take my thinking of Kurama's old girlfriend as stupid seriously." Yusuke said.
"But it isn't right to think of her stupid" Kuwabara yelled.
Yusuke and Kuwabara had been bickering ever since Yusuke had voiced out his opinion on the girl in Kurama's story. Somehow Kuwabara can't seem to understand why Yusuke could ever think of a girl who left a guy to go somewhere is stupid. In his point of view, a girl like that is courageous. Someone who isn't frail enough to leave a guy and follow her dreams.
"Hey, you guys. Stop it. It's nonsense." Kurama refereed.
"Yusuke, got more of those peanuts? Kuwabara should try it. Perhaps it will do something to simmer him down." He added as he reached for his glass of liquor.
"But Yusuke here is way out of line" Kuwabara protested, not willing to just leave the argument alone.
"You know what, you're beginning to sound like…" Yusuke remarked as he watched Kuwabara closely, scratching his chin as he assessed Kuwabara's expression.
"…you're defending someone." Yusuke finished.
"Don't you think so" He turned to Kurama.
"Actually, he sounded more like…" Kurama searched for the right words.
"Like a girl left him to chase after her ambition" Yusuke finished for him.
Both of them looked at Kuwabara.
"What" Kuwabara asked his face flushed.
"Oh, Kuwabara has a girlfriend" Yusuke said laughing.
Hiei's eyes flew open. He had been listening to the ongoing argument between Yusuke and Kuwabara, and hearing that Kuwabara has another girlfriend besides his sister is one subject that caught his attention.
"So, who's your girlfriend" Yusuke asked as he grinned widely at Kuwabara.
"Yukina! Yukina's my girlfriend. - I hope." He answered his voice a little uncertain on the last part.
"So, Yukina's your girlfriend" Yusuke asked, his voice getting a little serious.
"Duh? Who else" Kuwabara said.
"Are you sure about that" Yusuke pretended to be a policeman questioning a witness to a crime.
"Yes, officer." Kuwabara answered.
"Did she leave you to go somewhere" He continued his little investigation.
"No." Kuwabara answered.
"Then Yukina's not our girl." Yusuke concluded as he shook his head at Kurama.
Kurama responded by nodding.
"So, Kuwabara. You're the only link we have to tracking the girl. Tell." Yusuke said.
"Tell what? There's nothing to tell" Kuwabara stated.
"He won't tell, Kurama. What do we do" Yusuke consulted Kurama.
"He's all yours." Kurama answered, trying hard not to grin.
"The way I see it, you got two choices. Are you going to tell us who she is or I'll force it out of you" Yusuke stood and rolled his sleeves up, as if preparing to beat the girl's name out of Kuwabara.
Kuwabara remembered what Yusuke is capable of doing with his fist. The very thought of him made him shudder.
"So? What's it gonna be" Yusuke asked again.
Silence.
Yusuke raised an eyebrow at Kuwabara as if signaling his last warning.
"Okay, okay. - But she's not my girlfriend" Kuwabara finally said.
"Wa-hoo! He finally admitted it" Yusuke yelled triumphantly.
"Nice work, Yusuke." Kurama remarked.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you." Yusuke said as he bowed down exaggeratedly at his invisible audience.
"So, who is she" Yusuke asked while he found his way back on the sofa.
"Ana." Kuwabara answered.
"Ana who" Yusuke frowned.
"Transferee. Two-three years ago."
Yusuke's frown deepened.
"The one who stayed for just about a week." Kuwabara added.
Yusuke was still frowning.
"The girl responsible for making Koji look like a total ass in the school canteen"
Yusuke's face lightened up. "You've gotta be kidding me"
"I knew you would say that." Kuwabara said.
"That man is hallucinating." Yusuke told Kurama referring to Kuwabara.
"Why is that" Kurama asked.
"That girl is a real head-turner" Yusuke said.
"He's loosing it. He's imagining things. How could a girl like that be your girlfriend" Yusuke continued.
"No offense." He quickly added.
"A lot taken." Kuwabara said.
Kuwabara got his wallet out. He opened it and pulled out something.
"What is that" Yusuke curiously asked.
"Proof." He answered.
"Here in my hand… Is a love letter given to me by Nagasaki Ana." Kuwabara said as he held the letter up.
Yusuke reached out to get the letter.
"Hep. You can't read it." Kuwabara said as he quickly hid the letter behind his back.
"How will I know it's real? That could be just some paper you keep inside your wallet." Yusuke said.
"You CAN'T read it NOW. But you CAN read it LATER. After I tell you what happened."
"So what happened between you two" Yusuke asked.
"Promise me one thing first, the three of you." Kuwabara was referring to Yusuke, Kurama and Hiei.
"What" Yusuke asked.
"Keep in mind that Ana is in my past, okay? The only girl in my life right now is Yukina, okay"
"Okay, We promise." Yusuke answered, Kurama nodded and Hiei... Hiei didn't say anything.
Kuwabara never planned to tell anyone about Ana. But heck, she's gone now. Telling the three people he trusts wouldn't make any difference. And beside, it will never change the fact that he's in love with Yukina and no one else.
And with that, Kuwabara started to tell his story on Ana and her letter.