Kazuma sat heavily down on a bench. He had made his way to the park he and Eikichi had spent the night in. Well, most of the night.
He sighed. He was angry with himself. He knew he shouldn't have stormed off like that....what a stupid fight. The worst part was now he didn't have any way to protect himself from Jay at all. He tried rationalizing that Jay just wouldn't bother him like that anymore, but.......
Kazuma figured he should have gone somewhere populated, maybe go play pachinko or something. After all, Jay must sense him, right? After all....... Jay was where he had most likely gotten his high spirit awareness. This thought made Kazuma nervous. Jay had been waiting for a chance to get him alone......up until now he didn't have many opportunties, but now......
Kazuma nervously glanced around because, after all, he couldn't sense Jay's spirit energy. Kuwabara wondered if team Urameshi would ever forgive him. They probably would, but not for a while.....by then it'd be too late. Kazuma sighed sadly and tears started rolling down his cheeks and he willed himseldf to stop. Maybe that's all he was.....maybe he did belong to Jay....maybe he shouldn't try to fight it.
All these thoughts made Kazuma cry all the harder. If only those thoughts wreen't true! He justed wanted to be safe, away from Jay. Everything could have been fine if Jay hadn't come back. And now Keiko knew too. He hoped she wouldn't tell anyone, it'd be too hard to face anyone ever again if she did.
While contemplating these thoughts, Kazuma missed the shadow that passed over him and the eyes watching hungrily from the dark trees.
"Hello Kazuma." A cool, smooth voice said. To Kuwabara's ears, it couldn't have sounded more sinister.
(Team Urameshi at Yusuke's house)
"Idiot! I can't believe he's so stubborn, and not only that! I can't believe he went with that guy without us!"
"Yusuke, I'm sure if you calm down-"
"Calm! Think of what could have happened! He's a big stupid ugly idiot!"
Yusuke finally sank down onto the couch after letting out his frustration. Hiei 'hn-ed' in agreement with Yusuke. Kurama was trying to get them both under control.
"I'm sure if we go find him and we all apologize, everything will work out okay."
Yusuke growled something suspiciously sounding like 'fine'. Hiei turned away from them, staring out the window. Kurama sighed and was about to get up when there was a knock at the door, several actually. They all looked each other. Hiei let out a small breath.
"The human."
However, it was the wrong human. It was Keiko. She looked surprised to see them all at first, well - except for Yusuke, after all, she had come to see him. Finally she noticed something.
"Where's Kazuma?"
It was Yusuke's turn to look confused.
"Oh, you mean Kuwabara."
"Yeah.....so where is he?" Keiko looked panicked for a second. "He's not with his father....is he? IS HE?!"
They all stared at the frantic Keiko, confused.
"Uh...I don't think so..."
After Yusuke's answer, Keiko quickly calmed down.
"So where is he then?"
"Well...we got into a fight and he ran off..."
"What?! He could be anywhere! He have to find him! NOW!!"
They all sweatdropped, minus Keiko. Finally Yusuke copped his familiar cocky attitude.
"He can take care of himself."
"No, he can't. You saw what his dad did. He put him in the hospital and-"
"So what? I've given him worse beatings than that."
"What?! How could you be so mean!" Keiko glared at him a while until her anger faded and was once again replaced with sadness for Kuwabara.
"But...it's different Yusuke. You don't understand, we just have to find him."
"What do you mean different?"
Keiko blushed faintly and opened her mouth to speak. Then closed it. She finally spoke.
"I promised him I wouldn't tell."
"You mean he told you something before telling me? His best friend?"
Keiko glared. "Best friend who beats him up?"
Yusuke scowled. "Well? What did he tell you?"
Kurama and Hiei watched the exchange quietly, afraid to get on the war path. Keiko was silent for a while.
"Keiko, I am not going to find him unless you tell me what he told you."
"He....he never meant to tell me even." Yusuke was quiet and Keiko lost her patience.
"Fine! You want to know, I'l tell you."
Author's Note
As you can tell I never finished the chapter, I thought I'd put it up anyway though.