This is a crossover between 'Yu Yu Hakusho' and 'Yu-gi-oh', simply because I like the characters from both animes. If you do not know anything about the characters of Yu-gi-oh I suggest you not read this, as it may or may not cause confusion.

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho, nor do I own Yu-gi-oh. I'm not making any profit whatsoever by writing this, so there should be no reason to sue. Even if you did, you wouldn't get much. You'd probably only get the dirty sock under my bed, as that is all I actually own. I've even lost the partner to the sock!

Author's note: I've absolutely no idea where I'm going with this. It just popped into my head one day and I now feel the need to write it down. Read and review and tell me what you think so far. Should I continue? Or is it too stupid to waste time on?

I think that I'm going to be introducing the Yu-gi-oh characters in the next chapter, if I write it, but I'm not totally certain.

A Rose with no Thorns

Prologue

"Hey Yusuke, could you please come over here for a moment?" Keiko called over her shoulder, trying to sound as innocent as possible. In actuality she didn't need to sound innocent at all, as Yusuke was rather dense and wouldn't think she was about to do something less than innocent in the first place, but she wanted to do it just in case.

They were currently walking down the sidewalk, leading toward Kurama's house. They had originally wanted to go there to make sure everything was taken care of for next week, but Yusuke had gotten sidetracked. For some unknown reason, he had decided to stop at the nearby park and fight with three rather large looking people, and Keiko was getting tired of it all. She just couldn't understand why he was constantly picking fights with normal humans. He knew that he would always win, and she found it rather inconsiderate and childish.

"Hold on! Can't you see that I'm in the middle of something?" Yusuke yelled just as he was about to throw a punch to one of the guys. Keiko rolled her eyes and turned around so that she was facing the fight, her arms crossed.

"Yes, I can see what you're doing, and I want it to stop! We need to get to Kurama's house and meet up with everyone, and you're going to make us late!" Keiko was just about ready to stomp her foot and walk to Kurama's house alone. This got old after a while.

Yusuke stopped what he was doing and rolled his own eyes, turning his back to the thugs to glare at his girlfriend, "This is my job!"

Keiko threw her hands up in disgust, "This is not your job! For your information, your so called job does not involve beating up people weaker then you are!"

"How do you know they're weaker then me? And they were picking on a little kid, I couldn't just stand by and watch it-" Yusuke was abruptly cut off when one of the guys grabbed him from behind, turning him around and punching him square in the face. The other two laughed as Yusuke fell to the ground.

Kieko immediately forgot the argument they were in only moments ago and started cheering Yusuke on, "Never mind Yusuke! Knock them down!" Her boyfriend came first, after all, and when someone hurt him she would always be on his side.

Even if Yusuke's side was, on most occasion, dangerous.

Yusuke grinned, "Oh, I will." He stood up and wiped off his mouth with the back of his hand, "I've not beat up anyone since yesterday, and Kuwabara's getting too easy to beat!" He made show of cracking his knuckles, and the thug that seemed to be the leader of the group cracked his as well, clearly not realizing what he was in for.

All the while, Keiko kept cheering.

"Why'd he pick today to be late? We gotta start talking about this!" Kuwabara slammed his left fist down on Kurama's coffee table, making Kurama shake his head and sigh. Every time Kuwabara visited he always ended up breaking something, and it was getting more difficult to lie to his mother about how it was broken. Last time Kuwabara came over he broke a lamp by tripping over the rug by the door, and his mother had loved that lamp.

Well, it seemed as if the coffee table was the next thing to be replaced, "I am sure that they'll arrive soon, Keiko is rather responsible and I'm sure she won't let Yusuke wonder."

Hiei rolled his eyes, "Hn, I'm sure that Kurama appreciates the fact that you break everything in his house."

Kuwabara jumped up from where he was sitting to point his fist at Hiei, who merely regarded him through narrow red eyes, "I haven't broken anything you shrimp!"

"Yet," Hiei stated dully, and Kurama sighed again. They always argued, and if Yusuke and Keiko didn't arrive soon he feared he may go insane. Yes, he loved his friends and wouldn't trade them for the world, but they tended to get annoying after a while.

Still, he was becoming rather impatient as well and understood Kuwabara's outburst. Yusuke, he could understand being late, but Keiko was always so punctual. He had to wonder what was taking them so long, after all this was a very important meeting. His mother would be home in a couple of hours, and they needed to discuss everything before she got home.

The clock hanging on the wall opposite of Kurama chimed, indicating that it was now one o'clock in the afternoon. Yusuke and Keiko were one hour late.

"Man, I knew we shouldn't have trusted those two love birds to make it here by themselves! They probably stopped in an alley or something to get cozy!" Kuwabara couldn't help but shout, and Hiei leaned against the wall under the clock and closed his eyes, the white headband on his forehead glowing momentarily.

"They're almost here, only one block away," Hiei said tonelessly, and Kurama sighed in relief, glad that they could get on to what they needed to do.

"Finally! I'm gonna punch Urameshi's face in for making us wait!" Kuwabara said and an argument between Hiei and him started up again, making Kurama take a small seed out of his hair and swallow it, feeling the calming effects of the seed take place immediately. It was the seed of a plant from Makai, used mainly for healing small cuts while in seed form. If grown, the plant would have the ability to poison the strongest of demons, but as a seed it was harmless. The addition of his demon energy was what made it heal headaches, and he realized that he would soon need more of the helpful seeds. Kurama was running low.

"Honey, I'm home!" Yusuke suddenly called from the doorway with a sarcastic grin tugging from his lips, and they all turned and looked at him.

Keiko was taking her shoes off by the door and instructing Yusuke to do the same, something that Kurama was eternally grateful for, but what really caught his attention was the extensive amount of injuries Yusuke had. He looked terrible, though he was smiling as if he felt wonderful.

"What happened to you, Urameshi?" Kuwabara yelled out expectantly, and Yusuke only grinned as Keiko and he made their way to take a seat on the couch.

"Oh, nothing special," Yusuke said, "Just got bored with you and decided to get into a real fight."

Oh dear, Kurama thought with a secretive smile, it seemed as if another fight was about to break loose, and in his own living room as well.

Nothing special, indeed.