Important An: I had originally plained to make this a one shot story but there was a lose end or two I thought needed to be tied up. That's why I added this chapter. Also I was given two ideas of how I could make this into a story. I figured I would let people vote on what they want to read. The first was turing this into a dark fic where Yusuke turns against spirit world. The second was to make it a Yusuke/Kurama fic. I suppose I could do both, having Kurama be the one to help Yusuke deal with the pain of losing Keiko. But I do have to warn you that I've never written Yaoi of any kind. I'll probably have someone looking it over and helping me so it won't be trash.

Any way let me know if you want to see this go further or if it should stop here.

Disclaimer: Still don't own it. X p

Two months later

Yusuke stood alone, looking down at the stone angel that marked the place where the only person he truly loved was resting. He always had that little voice in the back of his mind that told him he wouldn't be able to hold on to her forever. Never did he realize it was going to be this soon. Why was fate so cruel to him?

A warm gentle breeze blew, sending the short hair pieces flying in different direction. He had stopped putting gel in it, as a matter of fact he stopped doing a lot of things. Like getting into fights all of the time. It would just make him think of all of the times she would yell at him for being so reckless.

He closed his eyes letting the suns rays warm his body.

'Keiko would have loved this weather.'

Turning back to the stone he could feel a familiar presence approaching him from behind. He didn't make a move to leave because he already knew who it was.

"Hey, Kurama."

"Yusuke, it's been a while. I see you've been doing well."

"As good as can be expected... I have a question that I was hopping you can answer."

"If I can help you know I will."

Yusuke stopped and thought for a moment before putting words to how he was feeling. "Does it ever stop hurting?"

He heard Kurama let out a sigh as the redhead turned to face him. "The pain of losing a loved one never truly goes way. It may reduce over time, however if I were to tell you it would go away completely that would be a lie. Believe me when I tell you I know your pain."

Yusuke kept his eyes on the grave, trying to push aside the empty feeling in the pit of his stomach. "Kuronue?"

The kitsune avatar simply nodded his head that the name.

"You two were really close weren't you?"

"Yes, we were. Even now I still find myself thinking about him. Everything we went through together... Our situations aren't all that different. I'll always miss him."

"You mean-"

"Yes, things were different back then. Even though he didn't take his own life, it was ruled as a suicide. I don't know why, but someone in spirit world decided to classify it that way. That's why he way never reincarnated."

"I'm sorry Kurama."

"Don't be. It is the past and there is nothing that can be done to change it." He looked Yusuke right in the eyes as he continued. "I hope you will be able to work through this. If there is anything I can do for you please don't hesitate to ask. I know Keiko wouldn't have wanted you to stop living your life. Everyone is worried about you. When you're feeling up to it stop by Genkai's temple. I'm sure they will be happy to see you."

With that said he left the ex-spirit detective to think over what he said.

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