Yu Yu Hakusho Re Pure

by Resop

It’s one week later and Yusuke would still like to know what it all means. Fortunately for him, he finds out. It’s Yu Yu Hakusho Re Pure Episode 26 The Epilogue. Four endings to a series is better than one.

13. White Day Special

Yu Yu Hakusho Re Pure Episode 13 - White Day Special

Kayko walks down the street with purpose.

"Hey Baby! Looking good! You need a boyfriend?" Some older boys make crude comments to Kayko as she approaches. As Kayko gets closer to them the boys realize who she is and cringe in terror. However, when Kayko passes them by without noticing them they are both relieved and puzzled as to how they got so lucky today.

Kayko walks past a department store. There are two big signs outside the store, each one in front of a large pile of boxes. The sign on the left says "geri-choco" (obligation chocolate) and the the boxes in front of this sign are all white. The sign on the right says "homeo-choco" (prospective winner chocolate) and the boxes in front of that sign are all pink.

Kayko sighs and wonders how many guys will be getting their White Day presents on the way to school? The month before, on Valentine's Day, Miss Botan had come over to her place and helped her make hand made chocolate for the whole team. Do any of the boys on the team even cook?

Kayko arrives at Yusuke's place and wonders how long Yusuke will make her wait. She rings the doorbell and is surprised to find Yusuke at the door, ready to go.

Kayko puts her forehead on Yusuke's forehead. "Yusuke, are you not feeling well? You're on time today."

"Har , har. Very funny. I just want to get this day over with." Along with his book bag, Yusuke carries four boxes of chocolate. Three white and one pink.

Ohh, ooh. A pink box. Is that one for your girlfriend?

Yusuke rolls his eyes. "The boxes are for the team members."

Kayko bounces up and down, excitedly. Oh, I get it. There are four girls on the team: Me, Miss Botan, Yuki-chan, and Miss Genkai. So, which one of us gets the pink box?"

"Not telling."

"You're cruel."

"Hey, it wasn't my idea to even give obligation chocolate. But the other guys thought it would be a good gesture."

Kayko nods, but looks at the boxes closely. "Even so, if those boxes are obligation chocolate for the team, why is one box pink?"

"I guess you'll just have to find out during lunch. We're waiting to do the swap then, on the roof."

Kayko ponders this until they meet up with Kuwabara.

"Hey guys!"

Kayko notices that Kuwabara also has four boxes, three white, one pink.

"Kuwabara, I see you have a girl friend?"

"Hey, these boxes are for the team."

Kayko grabs Kuwabara by the sleeve and starts drawing a circle on his arm with her finger. "Yusuke has already told me who his pink box is for."

Kuwabara jerks his arm away. "There's no way he would do that. We all vowed to keep it a secret."

"Secret, huh?"

"Miss Botan didn't want it to be a distraction during class."

...

Botan stands behind her desk. But, instead of seeing her homeroom class, she sees a sea of pink as her desk is stacked five feet high with honmei-choco boxes.

Botan steps out from behind the desk. "Everyone! I hope this isn't going to disappoint you boys, but if I even sampled one piece from each one of the boxes here I would gain fifty pounds."

The guys in the class (except for Yusuke, Kuwabara, Kurama and Hiei) sigh in disappointment.

"I'm flattered by the effort you guys made. However, I'm sure that there are plenty of girls in this school who didn't get any chocolate this year."

"But, they're not as cool as you Miss Botan."

"Well, they might be if you gave them the chance."

Kayko leans over and taps Yukina on the arm.

"Yes?"

"Meet me after class, we should talk."

Panicking Yukina glances at Hiei. Hiei gives an approving nod. "Yes, Yukina meet Kayko after class."

...

Yukina and Kayko sit in a window sill that over looks the baseball field. "Yukina talk."

"You saw Kurama and Hiei this morning, did they both bring chocolates?"

"Yes, three white box and one pink boxes each."

"Yeah. That makes me curious. Which guy is giving which girl the pink box?"

"Yukina not curious. Hiei give me pink box today."

"I wonder if the rest of the boys will give their boxes to Miss Botan."

Yukina raises her eyebrow and giggles. "But, Miss Botan is Yusuke's girl. You say so always."

Kayko ponders this. "That might be true. But, I say it to make Yusuke mad. Not because I know it's true."

"Yukina think strange."

"I guess teasing other people on the team is really popular."

"Maybe Miss Genkai get chocolate?"

Kayko blushes. "Wow, I never thought of that. Maybe Kuwabara and Yusuke think that if they give Genkai a nice gift she won't be so rough on them in practice?"

"Maybe they like Miss Genkai?"

"But, she's a teacher!"

"Miss Botan get student chocolate."

A giant sweat mark appears besides Kayko's head. "Maybe you don't quite understand the idea, Yukina. When a guy gives honmei-choco to a girl, it means that he 'likes her - likes her,' not just that he likes her."

"Yunina understand."

"So, why would guys feel that way about Miss Genkai?"

"Because Miss Genkai attractive."

Veins start popping out of Kayko's forehead. "I see that you're not from around here."

"Yukina half ice demon."

Kayko pulls close to Yukina. "Just so that you know, Miss Genkai might be idol material in the 'old country' but around here she's not considered to be good looking."

Yukina eyes double in size. "Yukina shock. Boys around here dumb."

Kayko smiles. "At least we agree on something."

...

"Sorry I'm late!" Kuwabara shuffles onto the school roof holding four boxes of chocolate. He adds them to the other three piles.

Botan smiles. "Okay, team. Here is how it's going to work. Us gals will walk around to the other side of the stairwell and the boys will rearrange the piles so that each pile is for one girl."

Yukina pouts. "Yukina want Hiei chocolate personally."

"It will be more fun if we guess." Botan pushes the other three girls to the other side of the stair well.

Kayko taps her foot. "How long does it take them to arrange the boxes?"

Miss Genkai frowns at Kayko. "Kayko, you haven't figured out that this is an exercise?"

Kayko looks stunned.

"See me after school and we'll discuss who gave what to whom."

"An exercise, huh?"

...

The last school bell rings. Kayko grabs the boxes from her locker. She starts to walk to Miss Genkai's office but bumps into Miss Botan who also carries four boxes. Kayko gets Botan to sit down with her in a window sill. "Have you figured it out yet?"

Botan blushes. "No. I was going to sample the chocolate at home first. See if it was made with love."

"And, if it is?"

"Then I would use reasoning to figure out who it could be."

"Can't you use your psychic powers for this?"

"I could, but that wouldn't be as much fun."

Kayko keels over. "So, who do you think gave you the pink box?"

Botan blushes. "I think we could rule out two people. Hiei and Kurama. Demons and half demons wouldn't fall in love with a Shimigami."

"But, what about those demons we fought that turned to mush when you cos-played a racing queen?"

Botan raises her index finger. "They're perverts. Love is love and lust is lust. Perverts aren't going to give honmei-choco."

Kayko nods. "May I at least try to do a reading on your box?"

Botan smiles. "Absolutely. Do your best!" Botan puts the box close to Kayko.

Kayko puts her boxes behind her and concentrates on Botan's pink box. After a minute a faint image appears in her mind. "This is hopeless! I'm getting the image of a woman!"

Botan tries hard to deadpan. "Oh dear. Do you think that it's the image of a store clerk? I was so hoping for homemade."

"Oh, well. Got to run now. I have to see Miss Genkai."

"Oh, Kayko. Tonight's the last night before we go after the fourth lock. We'll have the meeting at my house at eight. Okay?"

Kayko smiles. "Those demons don't have a chance!"

...

Kayko enters the teachers office and finds Miss Genkai's desk.

"Figured it out?"

"Um, err, no."

Miss Genkai smiles. "I'll admit that this exercise is much harder than it first appears."

"I know! And, Kuwabara, Yusuke and Kurama are all guys around the same height, so doing a reading on the boxes is going to be confusing."

Genkai nods. "And, they might not have been the ones who made the chocolates. Why don't you try logic instead of psychic reading. That might narrow things down." Genkai pulls out a piece of paper and draws two columns of four circles. She labels the top two circles Hiei and Yukina and draws a line between them. "This should be pretty obvious, right?"

Kayko nods. "Yukina let me do a reading on her box and I got the image of a short kid."

Genkai smiles. "Good, shows that your powers are coming along." Genkai fills in rest of the column under Hiei with Yusuke, Kuwabara and Kurama. Genkai then fills in a circle in the other column with the word Botan.

"Oh, I know. Draw lines from Yusuke and Kuwabara to Miss Botan."

"Oh?"

"Botan said that a half demon wouldn't get a crush on a Shimigami."

Genkai draws the lines. "Good start." Genkai then fills in the next circle with the word Kayko. "Any ideas?"

Kayko shakes her head. "Well, I've known Yusuke forever. And, Kurama saved my life."

"Doesn't Yusuke bring someone lunch every day?"

Kayko blushes. "Well, I did a reading on Miss Botan's chocolate and I didn't see Yusuke, I saw a girl."

Genkai erases the line between Botan and Kuwabara. "You also didn't see Kuwabara, so why not just trust logic?"

"Okay, that means that our boxes came from Kurama and Kuwabara."

"You may do a reading on mine, if it would help."

Suddenly Kayko and Miss Genkai become aware of other people looking at them.

"Hey Kayko, aren't you forgetting that you're my body guard?"

Kayko looks up to see Yusuke and Kurama.

"Oh, Miss Genkai. Thank you for that book suggestion. I was quite enthralled."

"Kurama, school is over. Call me Gen-chan."

Kayko eyes shrink to dots as she realizes who gave Miss Genkai honmei-choco.

...

Kayko and Yusuke arrive at Yusuke's house.

"Still doing those mysterious meetings?"

Kayko smiles. "You bet. You guys are going to have a pretty easy job tomorrow."

"I dunno. Maybe us guys like a challenge?"

"The last battle was enough challenge for you for a year. Don't worry about it. It will be great."

"Whatever." Yusuke goes inside.

Kayko turns to leave but feels a spiritual presence outside the building. She walks to the alley to check on Yusuke's window. The presence is there, but it seems small and weak.

Kayko shrugs her shoulders and ponders. There are all sorts of spirits wandering around. That one couldn't be strong enough to annoy Yusuke, could it?

To Be Continued