YYF14: Sorry. I had wanted to get this chapter out yesterday, but I was really busy. Anyways, nothing much to say today, so just go ahead and read.
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-afternoon of eleventh day-
Koenma woke, feeling Yusuke's restless ki. He opened his eyes and frowned, concerned. Something felt wrong. Yusuke didn't look too different, but his breathing was a little off. Koenma felt Yusuke's forehead and grimaced. Yusuke had a fever…
"Yu-chan? Yu-chan, wake up."
He shook Yusuke's shoulder, and Yusuke stirred.
"It hurts… K-chan…"
"Yu-chan. Open your eyes."
Yusuke did so, but his eyes were unfocused.
"K-chan, I'm cold…"
Yusuke clutched at the cloak covering him, pulling it tighter around him.
"Yu-chan, you're sweating… How can you be cold?"
There was no response. Koenma shook his head and sat up. It was still raining.
Wait a minute…
"Yu-chan, are you thirsty?"
Yusuke nodded and tried to sit up, but he was too tired. Koenma helped him up, and took Yusuke outside. Yusuke protested, but Koenma shushed him.
"I'm sorry, Yu-chan, I know you don't like it, but it's the only way you can get a drink."
However, since rain never falls into your mouth when you want it to, Koenma had to collect water by cupping his hands, him and Yusuke drinking like that.
When he and Yusuke were done drinking, they went back inside, Yusuke quickly falling back asleep. Koenma brushed the stray hair away from Yusuke's face, knowing the original peacefulness of sleep wouldn't last long. He felt terrible about Yusuke being sick and didn't know what to do. He couldn't just take Yusuke to Reikai, because the stay between places, however brief, wasn't a good thing for your body if you weren't healthy.
Yusuke… please be okay…
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-morning of twelfth day-
Botan stared out the window from her room in the Reikai, and sighed. Koenma had been missing in the Ningenkai for a while now. Well, not as long as Yusuke had been missing, that was sure, but still. No one knew where either one was, and no one was able to sense them. That was unusual in itself, seeing that both of those boys had very powerful energy that usually was very easy to pick up. A knock at the door was heard.
"Come in."
Kurama and Hiei entered, Kurama sitting on the bed next to Botan, while Hiei leaned on the wall next to the door.
"Is there any news?" Botan asked hopefully. Hiei shook his head.
"No," Kurama replied. "And it is difficult to find them, not just because of the missing energy, but because the weather is very bad, and the news predicts it to be like this for the next few days. What a terrible way to start off the summer."
"Oh, Kurama, what if we never find them?"
"We will, Botan, we will. Hiei and I are searching the city as best we can, piece by piece. We'll have to find them eventually. We're half done the city, anyway."
"But if it took you three days to do half the city, then by the time you find them…" Botan trailed off.
"They're fine, Botan. You'd feel them if they weren't, right?"
"I hope you're right, Kurama."
-that afternoon-
Koenma woke, suddenly feeling lightheaded. He looked at Yusuke, who was sleeping more peacefully than he had been. His face was flushed, but his breathing was all right.
Koenma shivered, feeling chilled for no apparent reason. He had been warm enough up until now… He moved closer to Yusuke, hoping the infuriating rainfall would stop. This wasn't summer weather at all.
An hour later, an unwelcome presence made itself known. Koenma sat up and frowned. It wasn't a demon… He looked outside and cursed mentally. Sensui was standing in the alley.
"What do you want?" Koenma demanded.
Sensui smiled slightly. "I brought your friends."
Kurama and Hiei stepped out from behind Sensui. Koenma frowned.
"Why are they with you?" he asked.
"I told them I knew where you were, and they followed me," Sensui replied.
Koenma tapped Yusuke's shoulder.
"Yu-chan, Hiei and Kurama are here."
Yusuke stirred and sat up, leaning on Koenma.
"Hey, K'rama, hey, Hiei… You guys gonna take us somewhere?"
Hiei shook his head. "Quite the opposite, detective. We're leaving you here. Everyone's quite glad you're gone. Kuwabara actually gets to be leader for a change, without you there to hog the spot. And everyone's glad that the toddler is gone, bossy baby he is."
Yusuke stared, confused.
"Why'd you come all the way here jus' to tell us you hate us?" he asked. "You coulda jus' left us here…"
"We wanted you to know," Kurama said quietly. "It only seemed fair. Now, please excuse us. We have to be somewhere."
Kurama and Hiei disappeared Sensui leaving only seconds later, smirking to himself. The Detective seemed to have bought it. 'Hiei and Kurama' had been low-class, easy to manipulate youkai, skilled enough to fool almost anything into believing they were something they weren't. Knowing how close the Detective was to his friends, hearing this would bring down his will to live, and in turn, Koenma's.
Yusuke shook his head. "No, this isn't right… K-chan? Are you okay?"
Koenma nodded, closing the dumpster lid tightly against the cold. He then lay down, trying not to shiver. Yusuke watched him for a moment, then covered Koenma with the cloak as well, wrapping his arms around him.
"We'll be okay, K-chan…" he murmured, drifting off into sleep.
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YYF14: Well, hope you guys liked this chapter. I'll do my best to update tomorrow, and review if you wish!