YYF14: New chapter! Yay! I thought I had writer's block, but I still got this done. And since today was a half day at my school, I got time to update! So, on with the disclaimer:

Yusuke-clone: You already know it. I'm not sayin' it anymore.

YYF14: - -# Whatever. R&R, people!

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Koenma left the office around noon, heading toward the kitchen. He hoped it was unlocked this time. He was getting a little hungry.

But, the door was locked.

"Why does the stupid door have to be locked?" he muttered, turning to leave.

As he opened the door to the office, he heard his father's footsteps behind him.

"…Hey, Dad. Did you want something?"

"Where were you?"

"I went to get something to eat, but the door's locked."

"You left work again. I told you earlier not to do that."

Koenma nodded, entering the office. "I promise I won't do that again."

"If you do, you know what will happen."

Enma left, and Koenma closed the door to the office.

'Is he following me or something? He always knows when I'm not here…'

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About a half hour later, Botan entered the room.

"Koenma sir, I was just speaking with Yusuke and- oh my goodness… What happened to you? You've got cuts again!"

Koenma shrugged, continuing his work. "And your point?"

Botan rolled her eyes. "You keep getting these cuts, and you never tell me how you get them. Will you ever tell me?"

Koenma shrugged again. "I don't know."

Botan sighed. "Well, let me heal them, then."

As soon as she started to, though, Koenma cringed.

"Stop it…"

Botan did so, confused. "Are you alright, sir?"

Koenma shook his head. "No, it stings."

Botan frowned. "Koenma, you've got to tell me how you're getting those cuts! At least let me heal the ones you have!"

Koenma shook his head.

"They're just going to get worse…" he whispered.

Botan blinked. "What?"

Koenma froze, realizing his slip up.

"Umm… never mind, Botan… just forget I said anything."

As Koenma rose to leave, Botan grabbed his arm, unknowing of his cuts. Koenma bit down on the pacifier and turned into toddler form, slipping out of Botan's grasp.

He entered his room and turned back to teen form, closing the door.

"I've got to see Yusuke…" he mumbled.

He closed his eyes and disappeared, reappearing in the Ningenkai.

Koenma made his way to Yusuke's house quickly, wanting to tell Yusuke about what was happening in Reikai.

He knocked on the door to Yusuke's apartment, hoping Yusuke would answer the door instead of Atsuko.

But of course, Atsuko answered the door, as Yusuke was at the Yukimura noodle house with Keiko now.

"You ain't Yusuke," Atsuko said softly. "So get out!"

Koenma left, confused.

'I thought Yusuke went back to his mom… now where to look?'

He decided he would try Keiko's place, then Kuwabara's if Yusuke wasn't there. He knocked on the door of the noodle house, hoping Yusuke was here.

Keiko's dad answered the door, a confused look on his face.

"Umm… do I know you?"

Keiko was coming downstairs from her room after berating Yusuke about leaving without telling her, and saw her father standing at the door.

"Hey, Dad, what's up?" she asked, walking over.

She blinked, seeing a teenage boy with cuts on his cheek and a pacifier in his mouth standing at the door. Then she remembered: it was one of Yusuke's friends from the Reikai.

"Dad, he's one of my friends, let him in."

Her father shrugged and went back to work, leaving Keiko and Koenma alone.

"Thanks, Keiko," Koenma said. "Is Yusuke here?"

Keiko nodded. "Yeah, c'mon up."

She turned and led Koenma up the stairs to her room.

Yusuke looked up, hearing more than one person enter the room. His eyes brightened as he saw Koenma.

"K-chan! You're here!" Yusuke said happily, giving Koenma a tight hug.

Once they broke apart, Yusuke frowned.

"What happened to your face?" He looked down.

"And your arm?"

Koenma's sleeve had some red on it from when Botan had grabbed him.

Koenma shook his head. "Nothing… Actually, I wanted to talk to you. Alone."

Yusuke looked at Keiko, who nodded and left.

The two boys sat on Keiko's bed, Koenma looking down. Yusuke looked down as well, noticing Koenma's hands.

"Man, K-chan, you got a lotta cuts. Where're you getting them from?"

Koenma took a deep breath.

"Yusuke, they're from my father."

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YYF14: Remember this scene: D

Yusuke-clone: I remember.

YYF14: Good. K-chan, you remember too, right?

Koenma-clone: I wasn't here for that. You only had a Yusuke clone.

YYF14: Whatev. Review if you want, peoples!