Yusuke: So...what's up?
Kurama: She has four ideas she wants to write but...it's 6:00 Sunday, and she still has homework.
Hiei: Her own fault shouldn't have put off her homework until the last minute.
Kuwabara: Gotta say I agree.
I DON'T OWN ANYTHIIIIINNNNGGGG-oof!
Yusuke: ugh...I'll go peel her off the wall.
Genkai: This switches from first to third pov.
Kuwabara: You've never been here before...
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It was a misty day the day we buried him. He was 97 years old, can you believe that 97? That's so young...
or at least it was for me.
He wasn't a demon, but I was...demon's normal time of death, if someone didn't kill them was at least in their eight-hundreds. There were many crying faces, but my eyes remained dry, as well as someone else's. Yusuke Urameshi. He didn't shed one tear, and he was the one who cared more for Kuwabara than anyone else in this circle of people that had come to love he that was being buried so much. I had...I had truly loved him.
Kazuma Kuwabara.
I stayed behind as everyone else, wandering away...I don't think they knew where they were going. Just anywhere but here, and his white headstone. His headstone is made from marble, donated from his students at his dojo, and his closest friends, Yusuke, Kurama, Hiei, Koenma, Yukina, Boeton...me...
When we first met, I was little...and...and we weren't close at all. We were out to kill each other-well, I was out to torture him more than anything else...but that changed the night Chu was hurt, the nigh I was hurt.
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twenty-three year old Kazuma Kuwabara, and Yusuke Urameshi entered Genkai's house, soaked to the bone from rain. Kurama, Hiei, and Koenma where already there. On the floor little Rinku lay stiffly coved on a large white comforter. His hair was wet, and head bandaged. His cheeks were wet, crystal clear tears running down his three stars on his cheek. Genkai approached Yusuke and Kuwabara, and whispered to them, "He and Chu were attacked...Chu is held captive somewhere, but Rinku managed to escape...he barely made it."
Kuwabara looked over at the little boy with compassion, and picked him up, cradling him in his arms. "Rinku..." Sad brown eyes looked up at Kuwabara, and then quietly the little body snuggled against the taller being, and small hands gripped his soaking shirt, "Chu..." He sobbed suddenly loud sobs breaking the silence. Kuwabara closed his eyes, and rocked the boy as he sobbed.
Yukina and Genkai were starring at Kuwabara, "Remarkable boy..."Genkai whispered. "He hasn't said a word in 6 hours..." Yusuke smiled at his friend, "That's Kuwabara for you." Yusuke approached the little boy and ran his fingers through his brown hair, "You've grown...at least a few inches huh?" Rinku just quivered. Kurama nodded his head, and Yusuke followed him and Hiei out onto the porch.
"Well?" Yusuke whispered as the soft rain could be heard on the porch. "There are burn marks on his body, and signs of..." Kurama cleared his throat, and even Hiei looked uncomfortable. Yusuke's eyes widened, "Are you-you serious!" Kurama nodded, "He gave us enough details to get inside and get Chu...God knows what he's going through right now!" Yusuke nodded, "When do we leave?" Hiei looked up at him, "As soon as the rain stops." Yusuke nodded, shaking his wet head, "I'll go tell Kuwabara-" Hiei caught his arm, surprising Yusuke. "No."
"No?"
"I think we will be fine-"
"Yeah, that's why I'm getting Kuwabara."
"No Yusuke:WE: as in, You, me, and Kurama...I do not..." Hiei sighed. "I fear for Kuwabara's mental and Physical state...tell him he can't go...tell him Rinku needs him. The little urchin sees him as someone like Chu, tall, strong, caring...stupid." Hiei sighed letting Yusuke go, "Make him stay." Yusuke smiled at Hiei, "Thanks Hiei." As he turned to go inside he tossed over his shoulder, "It's nice to hear you :do: care!" Kurama smiled at Hiei, whose ears had gone red. "Do not!" The small warrior muttered as Kurama took his hand.
Kuwabara had changed from his wet clothes into a white robe given by Genkai. Rinku lay on the bed covered in blankets, and surrounded by pillows. He watched Kuwabara, and took the older man in. His hair was down, and curled around his face, he seemed different. Stronger, he'd grown maturely into his body, and had exited the awkward stage of teenaged years. And as always Kuwabara was kind.
"Kuwabara?" Rinku whispered, causing the redhead to immediately look at him. He came to him, sitting on his knees by the bed. "Yes Rinku?" Rinku felt his face warm up at that gentle expression. "Kuwabara...I'm sorry when we first met-" Rinku turned beat red, as lips pressed against his brow. "It was different back then, we were enemies...trust me Rinku...I'm going to take care of you now as long as you need it." Rinku smiled back at Kuwabara, when a knock at the door disturbed them.
Kuwabara got up, ruffling Rinku's hair as he went. Opening the door, he stepped outside to talk to whoever had knocked. Rinku got up, and opened the door to peek out in the hall. Yusuke was talking to Kuwabara.
"Kuwabara...you can't come with us."
"I know."
"You-you know?"
"Yes. Rinku needs me here...when-when are you going?"
"As soon as the rain stops."
"Oh..."
Rinku's eyes widened as he watched Yusuke put his arms around Kuwabara's waist and pull the taller man to him. Yusuke pressed his head against his broad chest, while Kuwabara hugged him back. "Kuwabara...I'll come back fine...don't worry just take care of Rinku." Kuwabara nodded, but turned his face away from Yusuke. Yusuke looked up at him, and pulled Kuwabara's face down to his own, and kissed Kuwabara with a kind of tenderness Rinku would not expect from him. "I love you Kuwabara."
Rinku went back to bed, and the last thing he heard before he fell into a deep sleep was, "I love you too...Yusuke."
The next day, Rinku had dressed and followed Kuwabara around, who happily entertained him. He took him to movies, which Rinku had never even heard of. Treated him to ice cream, another thing he'd never heard of, and then a park where there were human kids. He was careful not to play rough with them, if he pinched any one of them, their arms would fall off. Rinku looked at Kuwabara with adoration from then on. Kuwabara was amazing.
When Rinku hung from the moneky bars, he starred at him. His hair was up in that orang cocoon as when he first met RInku. He wore a red shirt tucked into ripped blue jeans, a black belt completing the outfit. He sat on the bench, arms resting on the top of them, and his head was turned to the sun, so that it reflected off him. Rinku was so busy looking his grip loosened.
A gasp left his mouth as he fell, but he never hit the ground. The children clapped, and gasped as Kuwabara held Rinku. He smiled at them all nervously, and set Rinku down holding his hand. Rinku looked up at him, and remembered the kiss he'd seen Yusuke share with him the other night. He wanted to do that...he wanted to deliver that kiss to Kuwabara. He took Kuwabara's hand, who looked at him surprised, but then shrugged it off with a smile. Rinku held his hand all the way to Genkai's.
A week flew bye, the best week of Rinku's life, and then on the beginning of the next week, Yusuke was said to be coming home. Rinku sat still in his borrowed room as Kuwabara told him with excitement that Chu was okay, hurt, but okay. He looked absolutely thrilled when he mentioned Yusuke was coming back. Kuwabara stopped talking when he saw Rinku hug his knees, and heard soft crying.
"Rinku?"
"Thi-this means I-I won't see you ever again will I?"
Kuwabara sat on the bed next to Rinku, "You can come see me when ever you want Rinku." The small boy looked at him, "Kuwa...Kuwabara...I..." His eyes closed tight and he whispered, "I want to be with you...I love you Kuwabara." Kuwabara went quiet and eventually whispered, "Your just a boy Rinku." Rinku looked at him shaking his head, "NO! NO, I'M NOT!" He took Kuwabara's hands, "I age slow...I'm actually well into my eighty's...please Kuwabara...I-" Kuwabara took him in his arms and hugged him pressing him tightly to him. "Don't say anymore Rinku...I belong to someone else." Kuwabara pulled away and showed the boy his hand.
A silver and gold band was wrapped around his ring finger.
"I'm Yusuke's, and he's mine." Rinku looked away hiding his face in shame. Kuwabara frowned sadly, and pulled Rinku's hands away from his round face, tilting his head to look at him, "You will find someone Rinku...someone who you love. I'm...I am just a crush...like Yukina was for me. She was just a crush. Yusuke in my love. You will find someone...I am just a crush. Your love...he or she is out there looking and waiting for you Rinku..." Rinku sniffed, "Is that-Is that supposed to make me feel better." Kuwabara shook his head, "No...it is to help you understand...this how life is, but it won't always be like this...you'll be alright Rinku." Rinku sniffed, and looked away.
Kuwabara turned Rinku towards him, and shocked the small boy with a warm kiss on his lips. Rinku starred at Kuwabara, his mouth open. The tall man looked at him, "Remember that...when you find someone...someone you really love...that kiss will seem like nothing." The two stayed silent, and as a minute ticked by, Rinku rest his head on Kuwabara's arm, "That's not possible...that kiss was everything." Kuwabara chuckled, "we will see."
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"You were right...I did find someone." I whispered, covering my face. I was tall now...I had allowed myself to grow...demons can do that when they mature enough. Change how they look in age...
I jumped as a hand slipped in mine. Turning I smiled at who was there. "Katsu..." Katsu was who I found...it's almost ironic that it happens to be Kuwabara's grandson. He is 19 years old, orange curls, brown eyes, pale skin, a slim face. He's shorter than me, and his elegant hands always clutch so fiercely to my own. "Rinku..." He sniffed wiping his eyes, "You were so found of Grandfather." My lips dance across his, "As were you my little cat."
I would have kissed him again, when a hand came to my shoulder. Katsu looked at his other grandfather, Kuwabara's husband, and father of the children they had bore. Yusuke smiled at me. He hadn't aged a day. "Yusuke...I...I am so sorry." He smiled, so strangly, and looked at his lover's grave. "Don't be...I am going to be with him..." My mouth dropped and Katsu clutched at my arm. "WH-WHAT?" He smiled that cocky smiled I remembered seeing almost in all his fights in the Dark Tournament.
"As a half demon, I age like a demon, and I can not die like a human...I-I am to live on, but I can't do that. I am going to allow Koenma to speed up my death, so that by tomorrow morning I'll be dead. Kuwabara and I will be reborn, and we'll find each other again. Kurama and Hiei will find us, and with Koenma's help, help us remember who we were. He'll be reborn a human again, and me a half demon. We'll repeat our cycle for all eternity...and I couldn't be happier." Yusuke grabbed his youngest grandchild's head, "Take care of your uncle...tell him everything's okay...tell your uncles, and aunts Katsu...I am going to be with the one I love, but this is not or last meeting."
He turned, and hugged me. "What will you do Rinku?" I froze as I listened to what he had to say, "Katsu will die just like Kuwabara." My arms held onto Yusuke for all it was worth, "I'll do exactly what your doing now...I won't let him go." He pulled away from me and with a smile whispered, "Good boy." He left, and Katsu held onto me as I comforted him. It was night when we left, but I had one last thing to do before we went. Dropping to my knees I kissed my first love's headstone good-bye.
"No matter what you say Kuwabara...you were still, and always my first love...but I did find happiness...thank you."
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ew...crappy story.