YYF14: Well, here's the next chapter.
Yusuke-clone: You'd better give K-chan's memory back!
YYF14: You'll see.
Yusuke-clone: -grumbles-
Koenma-clone: I do remember everything, Yusuke. It's the me in the story that doesn't.
Yusuke-clone: I don't care, and I'm doing disclaimer: She doesn't own us, and I'm very glad for that!
YYF14: Shut up. Now, please read, peoples.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chapter 8: Memory Revived / New Problems Arise
Yusuke blinked. "Koenma… it's me, Yusuke."
Koenma backed away from Yusuke.
"I- I don't know you… l-leave me alone…"
Yusuke tugged Koenma's wrist. "C'mon, Koenma, this isn't funny!"
Koenma cringed, and Yusuke quickly dropped his wrist.
"Sorry! It was an accident!" Yusuke said apologetically, backing away.
Koenma looked around, his eyes falling on Botan.
"Botan! W-what's going on? I- I don't know-"
"It'll be okay, Koenma sir," Botan said soothingly, kneeling next to him. "Let's go back to Reikai."
Koenma nodded and stood up carefully. As Botan made the portal, he was confused as to why the boy was coming. He recognized the girl, but he ignored the boy, telling himself that he was probably just a helper that Botan had brought along.
He hurried off to his office, but as he started stamping the papers, he winced.
"Don't use the left…" he muttered to himself, and switched to his right hand, continuing his work.
Yusuke walked back to his room, eyes downcast. Botan frowned and followed him, but by the time she reached his room, the door was closed.
Yusuke leaned against the door, eyes brimming with tears.
"Ah, screw it!" he yelled. He flopped onto his bed, curling around the pillow, and started to cry.
Botan heard his sobs through the door, and bit her lip with worry. If Yusuke got really upset, she wondered worriedly what he would do.
Koenma could faintly hear the strange boy's cries. He was having a hard time concentrating, while knowing there was someone he didn't know so near him.
Botan entered the office.
"Koenma sir, Yusuke isn't feeling very well. Maybe you could cheer him up."
Koenma hesitated. "I don't know him, though. I won't know how to cheer him up."
Botan frowned. "Koenma, what do you mean, you don't know him?"
"Exactly what I said!" Koenma cried. "I don't know him! How does he know me?"
Botan's eyes narrowed.
"He's your Rekai Tantei, Koenma!" she said in an annoyed tone, poking him in the chest. "I can't believe you would forget- Koenma, are you alright?"
Koenma had wrapped his arms around his chest, eyes clenched shut.
"Botan… please don't do that…"
"Are you okay, Koenma?"
Koenma nodded, going back to his work.
"I'll stop at 9:30, Botan."
Botan nodded and left the room, heading for Yusuke's.
As she entered his room, Botan saw that Yusuke had cried himself to sleep. She sighed and sat on the edge of his bed, and wiped away the tears on his face with the sleeve of her kimono.
"Yusuke… It'll be okay…"
Yusuke woke around 9:30, and sat up slowly, rubbing his eyes. He looked around, his eyes falling on Botan.
"… Botan? What are you doing here?"
Botan gave a small smile.
"I wanted to make sure you didn't do anything stupid."
"Like try and kill myself again?"
Botan nodded and Yusuke sighed.
"I wasn't really thinking of it, to tell you the truth."
Botan smiled in relief. "Good."
"But I'm still upset. I mean, we just realized we liked each other, and now he's saying he doesn't even know who I am!" Yusuke sighed again. "We just got started…"
His eyes started to fill with tears again, but he wiped them away.
"So, you're still feeling bad, huh?"
"Hey, Kiara."
Yusuke closed his eyes as Kiara entered the room.
"Yeah, I feel like crap. So what else is new? I mean, I've been feeling like this for weeks. First my mom, now this, what's gonna torture me next?"
He lay down and buried his face in the pillow.
"-mumble-mumble- die."
"Yusuke, I don't think I heard you," Botan said.
Yusuke sat up quickly and glared at her and Kiara.
"I should just die!" he yelled. "If I'm just gonna have a crappy life, then why don't I just die! I loved him…"
Koenma was listening from behind the door, and he sighed. This boy… Yusuke… seemed to have a past with him. He'd try and remember. It seemed to be very important to Yusuke that he remember everything, because he didn't want Yusuke to kill himself, and second, he seemed to have a… relationship with Yusuke.
He sighed again and entered the room. Yusuke looked up and saw him.
"K-ch-… Koenma? Do you remember anything yet?"
"Your name. Yusuke. But that's it. I'm sorry."
Yusuke's face fell. Koenma sat next to him on the bed.
"I'm trying to remember, Yusuke, but it's cloudy…" He turned to Kiara. "Kiara? Does your father have any mind-wiping powers that you know of?"
Yusuke frowned. "You remember her, but not me?"
Kiara sighed. "My father can wipe away a person from someone else's memory, and a certain amount of time. He announces it when he does it, so he has to erase that part of their memory also."
"Is there any way to cure it?" Yusuke asked hopefully.
"You have to do something that will remind the person of what they forgot."
Then Kiara grinned. "Oh, this'll be interesting."
"Why?" Yusuke asked suspiciously.
"You know, what Koenma forgot," Botan said, smiling.
Yusuke groaned.
"Get out, then."
Botan and Kiara left, and shut the door behind them.
As soon as they left, Koenma fingered his chest, an unhappy look on his face.
"Koenma? Are you okay?"
"My ribs hurt…"
"You think Hiokami broke one?" Yusuke asked.
"Probably. My wrist, too."
"I'll be careful, then."
Koenma looked at him curiously. "What do you mean?"
Yusuke took a deep breath. 'Please remember, K-chan.'
He leaned forward and captured Koenma's lips in a gentle but passionate kiss.
As they broke apart, Koenma blinked and touched his lips. "That's what I forgot?"
Yusuke nodded. "Do you remember anything?"
Koenma thought for a moment. "You're my Reikai Tantei, along with Kuwabara, Kurama, and Hiei. And…" His eyes widened. "Maze Castle? Four Saint Beasts? Dark Tournament?"
Yusuke chuckled. "Yeah, it's been busy."
"I remember… all but one thing."
Yusuke frowned. "What is it?"
Koenma grinned. "Kiss me again."
Yusuke laughed. "You were kidding, huh? Well, ask and ye shall receive."
Botan and Kiara were listening from behind the door. Botan chuckled.
"Well, they're happy," she said. "I'm glad."
Kiara shrugged. "Yeah, but there's one more thing we need to take care of."
Botan raised an eyebrow. "And what's that?"
Kiara's eyes narrowed. "My father. He's not in captivity anymore."
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Yusuke-clone: Damn.
YYF14: What? You'd think that I'd end the story that short? The whole thing's just 10 pgs on Word!
Yusuke-clone: I don't care, I want it to be over.
Koenma-clone: It will be eventually, and besides, do you want it to be over that fast so she can make a fic that tortures YOU next and not me?
Yusuke-clone: ... Good point.
YYF14: No, not really, I'm always putting you two in there somewhere. Ignore them, readers, and please review.