So don't worry about tomorrow.
Take it today.
Forget about the cheque, we'll get hell to pay!
Have a drink on me—
"Have a Drink on Me"—AC/DC

An End to Bliss

Chapter IV

Across the street from Yusuke and Kayko's restaurant was a local bar, and at this bar sat Yusuke Urameshi and Chu, with the tails of his blue mohawk dangling along his shoulder blades. Chu prepared to start on his fourth beer, while Yusuke continued to nurse his first.

"What's the matter Urameshi? You're drinking that beer almost as though you were a baby sucking on his mother's titty."

Yusuke laughed. "Well, I could drink faster, but I'm being careful."

"Huh? Careful of what?"

"My mother was an alcoholic, and she eventually died from alcohol poisoning. One of the goals that I've set in life is to try and not be a drunk like my mother."

"Blimey! I drink lots of alcolie and all it does is make me stronger. It doesn't kill me."

"That is—when you settle into it."

"Right mate! I'm the master of drunken fighting you know."

"Except during our Dark Tournament match," Yusuke chuckled.

Chu jokingly gritted his teeth. "Well then…I guess I'll just have to drink something stronger so I can kick your ass next time."

Chu paused to finish off his beer and turned to the bartender. "Hey barkeep, give me a shot of your strongest alcholie!" And turning back to Yusuke he added, "So, when do I get to see your sheela and little Urameshi?"

Yusuke opened his wallet, and showed Chu a family portrait. "That was taken a few months ago."

"I'll be damned, if that boy isn't the spittin' image of you, Urameshi!"

Yusuke smiled. "Thank you."

"And your wife…she looks even prettier than that day I saw her outside the stadium."

"Yeah, I think Kayko looks prettier with long hair as well."

Yusuke prepared to finish off his first beer when his cell phone rang. On the other side was Kayko—crying.

"Kayko, what's wrong?"

"Yusuke…it's Genkai."

"Genkai! What's wrong with her?"

"She's…she's dead."

"What! How!"

Kayko responded to Yusuke's question by crying.

"Kayko, calm down, tell me what happened?"

Kayko took a deep breath, but her voice was still coarse. "Somebody…somebody killed her."

"What!"

Kayko responded in the same manner that she did before, but this time Yusuke could hear Kosuke crying in the background.

Yusuke too almost cried, but he maintained his composure, though his voice was now coarse. "Kayko, listen to me. Take Kosuke home. He doesn't need to see any of that. And it might be good if Yukina and Shizuru went home as well. I'm going to call Kuwabara and Kurama. We'll go to the temple and look things over."

"O…okay Yusuke."

"Everything's gonna be all right; don't worry."

"All…all right."

Yusuke closed his cell phone and sighed.

"Is everything all right, sir?" asked the bartender.

"Yeah…just a family thing, nothing more." And turning to Chu he added, "Chu, would you follow me outside?"

Chu did as Yusuke requested. And when the two men were outside the bar Chu asked him, "What's wrong, kid?"

"It's Genkai."

"The old lady, what's wrong with her?"

"Kayko just called me…She went to visit Genkai at her temple…and she told me that she was dead."

"What! How!"

"She told me that someone murdered her."

Chu closed his fists, and gritted his teeth. "Whoever did that to her, I'll rip their fucking head off!"

"You're not the only one," replied Yusuke. "But right now I'm going to go inside and pay the bartender; then I need to call Kuwabara and Kurama. I'm going to need their help. I'm sorry Chu, but I'm afraid that I've to go now."

Chu nodded. "I understand Urameshi, but I'm coming with you."

"Huh?"

"She helped train me for the first Demon World tournament. I became stronger than I ever did before under her. That means a lot to me, and I don't forget. That's why I need to go with you."

Yusuke nodded. "I understand."