Hi. This is my new fanfic. Yet again another Yusuke and Keiko fic. I
can't think of any other pairing. Yeah. I have to type four chapter's for
all my stories today. I hope I will. Not for each, for all. Well, on
with the story. It starts in Yusuke's pov.
The King ~ Chapter 1~ Destiny arrives
Being a king is a troublesome job. Trust me. You do not want to be a king. Criminals brought in everyday, stinky filthy peasants that steal to get food. It's sad really.
"Sir. We have brought another criminal." One of my so-called "trusty" soldiers brings a woman in rags. She stares at me with strong, determined eyes, as if she was going to....kill.
"So. What did she do?" I ask with a tiresome voice.
"King Yusuke. She has stolen three loaves of bread." The poor girl looked at me with sad eyes. She was young. My age. I'm not the right age for a king. I'm only a teenager.
"So?" This is really too tiresome.
"It is a crime sir."
"Whatever. What is your name woman?" I turn my look to the girl.
"Keiko Ukimura." She answered with a snarl.
"Ok. Let her go. She shouldn't be punished for three goddamn loaves of bread." I waved my hand in a simple motion.
"Excuse me sir?" This soldier, I could tell, was stupid.
"Let her go."
"But sir......" This kid was really bothering me.
"JUST LET HER GO GODAMMIT!"
"yes um sir." It's about time the little idiot started obeying.
He leads her out.
"May I ask why you did that Yusuke?" For some strange reason I am always surprised by that gentile yet sly voice I hear all the time.
"Kurama?" Kurama is sort of my co-ruler. Hiei, Kurama, and Kuwabara help me calm down this crazy fiasco of a world, the Makai.
"Yes it is me." "Oh." I leaned back into my chair. "Did what?"
"You let her go Yusuke." Kurama looked at me with those deep emerald eyes (he's in his human form).
"Yes. I did. That stupid guard was being an idiot." I closed my eyes and breathed in. The air was murky and cold. I didn't like it.
"You still have not answered my question." I felt Kurama look at me. He seemed to make me open my eyes.
"I let her go because she showed determination. Most of the robbers don't have those kind of eyes." I smiled in a smug manner. I was satisfied with my answer.
Kurama nodded and walked away. I should go take a walk too. I need some fresh air. I stand up and stretch my arms.
I walk down the dark corridor, which leads the way out of this musty, crappy place. On the way I hear a stifled sob. Someone's crying but trying to hold it in. I follow the voice into a black room where there was no sunlight. I didn't even know this room was here.
"Who's in here?" I'm not good at demanding things, especially in dark places.
Another choked sob.
I peer into the strange room. It was the girl. Keiko Ukimura. She was bleeding all over the floor. Blood flowed freely from a wound on her back that I couldn't see.
"What happened to you?" Am I being kind? Wow. I didn't know I could.
She managed to mumble two words. "Guard......belt."
"The guard that led you out?"
She nodded. I knew that bastard of a soldier was cocky.
"He hit you with a belt?" That was strange. He probably couldn't find a whip or something. I bet he was a demon. No human could do so much damage with only a belt.
"Hmm." She's mumbling more and more. I think she's passing out. That's not good. I grab onto her bloodied arms and shook her a tiny bit. She coughed. Blood.
I finally manage to take a look at her back. It's terrible. Welts and deep gashes all over. I felt like my dinner was going to come up any minute but I held it in.
"Oh my god. I need to get you out of this damn room." I put her on my shoulder delicately and walk out of the room.
"Yusuke, what happened?" Kurama runs up from behind me. "I went out to take a walk and I hear your voice and a cry of a sort." He looked at the girl on my shoulder. "The guard?"
I nodded at my very intelligent friend. He was the smartest of us all. He always figures out the enemy's plans or something like that.
"Let me heal her." Kurama stared at the girl's deep gashes. He didn't even wince. It was like he was used to seeing this. He probably was though. After all, he is the infamous Youko Kurama.
"I'm going to put her in my room. Then you can heal her." I was walking quickly. She was light. Kurama nodded.
~~~~~Yusuke's room; Keiko's POV~~~~~
"Are you okay? Can you hear me?" As my vision slowly cleared up I see a man with jet-black hair and another man with red hair. As I squinted my eyes I realized who I was talking to. The king.
"Is she awake Kurama?" The man with the red hair peered into my eyes. His eyes were a huge swirl of ancient intelligence. I gasped.
"Since she is making noise I must that she is." I assumed his name was Kurama since the king called him that. The name sounded very familiar.
"Can you understand me?" The king spoke and I could tell that he was no older than I was. I nodded.
"What happened?"
I tried to open my mouth but it was so dry. I couldn't speak.
"She needs water Yusuke." I didn't know anyone called the king by his first name only. He must be a very close friend.
The king poured some liquid into my mouth that tasted like sweet heaven.
I felt much better. I finally could speak. "I was coming here to look for a job, maybe as a maid or something, when the strange guard told be to act vicious or else he would kill me. He told me to act as if I had stolen a great amount. Afterwards, when you said to let me go, he got mad." "Cocky bastard. He wasn't even a real soldier," King Urameshi spat.
My eyes widened at this. "You mean, he wasn't a soldier?"
King Urameshi shook his head.
I sighed, but very quietly.
The king looked at me. "You said you wanted to work here?"
"Yes sir." I had to be as polite as possible.
"I have a friend who rules with me. His wife, Yukina, is looking for a maid in waiting. I think you would be good."
'Truly sir?" They were being so nice to me.
He laughed. "You don't have to call me 'sir', just Yusuke is fine."
"But sir, I mean, Yusuke, I don't know if I'm in a very good condition to work." I was ashamed. I said I wanted to work but I couldn't. I looked down.
"You're fine. Kurama healed you very well." The king smiled.
I looked at my back and indeed it was not even scarred. "Thank you Lord Yusuke and thank you Lord Kurama."
Now Kurama laughed. I was getting confused.
"You don't have to call me Lord Kurama miss. I'm just regular old Kurama."
"But you're not old sir."
"You're right. I'm only 600 years old." (A/N: I don't his real age.) They both laughed. Six hundred years old! He was a demon. Then the name Kurama came back to me. The legendary Youko Kurama, the thief, and the king of Makai were sitting right next to me.
"So tomorrow, after you get some rest, I'll take you to see Yukina." Yusuke smiled once again.
I suddenly got very nervous. I guess it was showing because Yusuke said, "Don't worry, she's a very nice woman. Just watch out for Kuwabara. Now he can be crazy."
Now I started laughing. This was funny. I heard that the king had three other comrades that helped him rule. Lord Kuwabara was one of them. And here the king was, calling his friend crazy.
"Sure," I said. And then, I fell asleep.
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Did you like the story? You know, strangely, I got this idea from an American history text book. Boy, I'm weird.
Anyway, please review!!!!!!
The King ~ Chapter 1~ Destiny arrives
Being a king is a troublesome job. Trust me. You do not want to be a king. Criminals brought in everyday, stinky filthy peasants that steal to get food. It's sad really.
"Sir. We have brought another criminal." One of my so-called "trusty" soldiers brings a woman in rags. She stares at me with strong, determined eyes, as if she was going to....kill.
"So. What did she do?" I ask with a tiresome voice.
"King Yusuke. She has stolen three loaves of bread." The poor girl looked at me with sad eyes. She was young. My age. I'm not the right age for a king. I'm only a teenager.
"So?" This is really too tiresome.
"It is a crime sir."
"Whatever. What is your name woman?" I turn my look to the girl.
"Keiko Ukimura." She answered with a snarl.
"Ok. Let her go. She shouldn't be punished for three goddamn loaves of bread." I waved my hand in a simple motion.
"Excuse me sir?" This soldier, I could tell, was stupid.
"Let her go."
"But sir......" This kid was really bothering me.
"JUST LET HER GO GODAMMIT!"
"yes um sir." It's about time the little idiot started obeying.
He leads her out.
"May I ask why you did that Yusuke?" For some strange reason I am always surprised by that gentile yet sly voice I hear all the time.
"Kurama?" Kurama is sort of my co-ruler. Hiei, Kurama, and Kuwabara help me calm down this crazy fiasco of a world, the Makai.
"Yes it is me." "Oh." I leaned back into my chair. "Did what?"
"You let her go Yusuke." Kurama looked at me with those deep emerald eyes (he's in his human form).
"Yes. I did. That stupid guard was being an idiot." I closed my eyes and breathed in. The air was murky and cold. I didn't like it.
"You still have not answered my question." I felt Kurama look at me. He seemed to make me open my eyes.
"I let her go because she showed determination. Most of the robbers don't have those kind of eyes." I smiled in a smug manner. I was satisfied with my answer.
Kurama nodded and walked away. I should go take a walk too. I need some fresh air. I stand up and stretch my arms.
I walk down the dark corridor, which leads the way out of this musty, crappy place. On the way I hear a stifled sob. Someone's crying but trying to hold it in. I follow the voice into a black room where there was no sunlight. I didn't even know this room was here.
"Who's in here?" I'm not good at demanding things, especially in dark places.
Another choked sob.
I peer into the strange room. It was the girl. Keiko Ukimura. She was bleeding all over the floor. Blood flowed freely from a wound on her back that I couldn't see.
"What happened to you?" Am I being kind? Wow. I didn't know I could.
She managed to mumble two words. "Guard......belt."
"The guard that led you out?"
She nodded. I knew that bastard of a soldier was cocky.
"He hit you with a belt?" That was strange. He probably couldn't find a whip or something. I bet he was a demon. No human could do so much damage with only a belt.
"Hmm." She's mumbling more and more. I think she's passing out. That's not good. I grab onto her bloodied arms and shook her a tiny bit. She coughed. Blood.
I finally manage to take a look at her back. It's terrible. Welts and deep gashes all over. I felt like my dinner was going to come up any minute but I held it in.
"Oh my god. I need to get you out of this damn room." I put her on my shoulder delicately and walk out of the room.
"Yusuke, what happened?" Kurama runs up from behind me. "I went out to take a walk and I hear your voice and a cry of a sort." He looked at the girl on my shoulder. "The guard?"
I nodded at my very intelligent friend. He was the smartest of us all. He always figures out the enemy's plans or something like that.
"Let me heal her." Kurama stared at the girl's deep gashes. He didn't even wince. It was like he was used to seeing this. He probably was though. After all, he is the infamous Youko Kurama.
"I'm going to put her in my room. Then you can heal her." I was walking quickly. She was light. Kurama nodded.
~~~~~Yusuke's room; Keiko's POV~~~~~
"Are you okay? Can you hear me?" As my vision slowly cleared up I see a man with jet-black hair and another man with red hair. As I squinted my eyes I realized who I was talking to. The king.
"Is she awake Kurama?" The man with the red hair peered into my eyes. His eyes were a huge swirl of ancient intelligence. I gasped.
"Since she is making noise I must that she is." I assumed his name was Kurama since the king called him that. The name sounded very familiar.
"Can you understand me?" The king spoke and I could tell that he was no older than I was. I nodded.
"What happened?"
I tried to open my mouth but it was so dry. I couldn't speak.
"She needs water Yusuke." I didn't know anyone called the king by his first name only. He must be a very close friend.
The king poured some liquid into my mouth that tasted like sweet heaven.
I felt much better. I finally could speak. "I was coming here to look for a job, maybe as a maid or something, when the strange guard told be to act vicious or else he would kill me. He told me to act as if I had stolen a great amount. Afterwards, when you said to let me go, he got mad." "Cocky bastard. He wasn't even a real soldier," King Urameshi spat.
My eyes widened at this. "You mean, he wasn't a soldier?"
King Urameshi shook his head.
I sighed, but very quietly.
The king looked at me. "You said you wanted to work here?"
"Yes sir." I had to be as polite as possible.
"I have a friend who rules with me. His wife, Yukina, is looking for a maid in waiting. I think you would be good."
'Truly sir?" They were being so nice to me.
He laughed. "You don't have to call me 'sir', just Yusuke is fine."
"But sir, I mean, Yusuke, I don't know if I'm in a very good condition to work." I was ashamed. I said I wanted to work but I couldn't. I looked down.
"You're fine. Kurama healed you very well." The king smiled.
I looked at my back and indeed it was not even scarred. "Thank you Lord Yusuke and thank you Lord Kurama."
Now Kurama laughed. I was getting confused.
"You don't have to call me Lord Kurama miss. I'm just regular old Kurama."
"But you're not old sir."
"You're right. I'm only 600 years old." (A/N: I don't his real age.) They both laughed. Six hundred years old! He was a demon. Then the name Kurama came back to me. The legendary Youko Kurama, the thief, and the king of Makai were sitting right next to me.
"So tomorrow, after you get some rest, I'll take you to see Yukina." Yusuke smiled once again.
I suddenly got very nervous. I guess it was showing because Yusuke said, "Don't worry, she's a very nice woman. Just watch out for Kuwabara. Now he can be crazy."
Now I started laughing. This was funny. I heard that the king had three other comrades that helped him rule. Lord Kuwabara was one of them. And here the king was, calling his friend crazy.
"Sure," I said. And then, I fell asleep.
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Did you like the story? You know, strangely, I got this idea from an American history text book. Boy, I'm weird.
Anyway, please review!!!!!!