YYF14: Hello, here's chapter 4. It's short, but this whole story is short, so... Anyway, I'll probably put up another chapter later, because SCHOOL'S OUT! Hooray! Well, R&R, and I hope you like.


Koenma POV

As I sat in my room, Botan entered and sat next to me on the bed. She frowned.

"Koenma-sama, you look distracted."

"It's nothing."

"How do you feel?"

It took me a minute, but then I finally realized.

"Guilty."

"About what?"

"…Sensui." Why was this so easy when Yusuke wasn't here?

"You're still thinking about that?" Botan asked incredulously.

"I made a huge mistake, of course I would remember. It led into my current situation. Depressed from that, got buried in paperwork, then this happened."

Botan was staring, wide-eyed.

"Koenma-sama…"

"And being around Yusuke is torture…"

I didn't know why I was saying this, but it felt so good to let it out. Suddenly, I heard a small chuckle from Botan, and I glared at her.

"You found out," she said, giggling.

"Found out what?" I demanded.

She shook her head and left. I growled and put the Mafuukan back in my mouth, activating it on myself. It quickly knocked me out, and I thankfully faded into oblivion.

-----------Yusuke POV

I was wandering around the temple when I saw Botan smiling to herself. I walked over, and asked her what she was smiling about.

"Just something that happened with Koenma-sama," she said, her smile turning slightly sad. "He's finding out about something, but he won't let himself act on it. It's sad."

I growled in annoyance.

"Everyone keeps talking about something that I'm finding out about, too, and they won't tell me what it is! It's getting on my nerves!"

Her eyes brightened. "You're finding it out, too? That's great, Yusuke!"

I made an infuriated noise and crossed my arms angrily.

"If someone doesn't tell me what the hell's going on-"

She shushed me, looking around.

"Follow me. We'll talk where it's safer."

I rolled my eyes, but followed her. The sooner as I found out what this something was, the happier I'd be.

Once we had reached a secluded part of the forest, Botan stopped and turned to face me, a delighted smile on her face.

"You're finding out about your soul mate, Yusuke."

I stared at her. "My what?"

"You're soul mate. The person who you're destined to be with."

"But what about Keiko?" Even as I said it, I knew it wouldn't matter. I wasn't as close to her as I had been. Botan shook her head.

"It's supposed to test your soul, Yusuke. There's always one person in your life who makes you think that they're a soul mate, but they're really not. It's a test to see if you can be in tune with your soul enough to find the true soul mate, and you're finding yours."

"Are you supposed to be telling me this?"

"No, but don't tell anyone. I decided to help you, since you're so confused."

"But, wait a minute… Since this is happening to Koenma, too, does that mean-"

I stopped. If what Botan was saying was true, then my "soul mate" is… Botan was nodding.

"Yes, Yusuke. And I advise you don't screw this up, since Koenma has had to wait seven hundred years for this, even though he doesn't know. If you mess it up, I don't know how long it'll take for the next soul to be chosen, and I don't know what'll happen to you if you don't get matched up with your soul mate. It's very important."

"Gee, thanks for making me feel good about this." I sighed. "What am I gonna tell Keiko? And how do I know if I'm going to feel right about this? I don't know if I feel… that way…"

"Oh, think about it, Yusuke!" Botan said impatiently. "How have you been feeling about him lately?"

"I'm… worried, because he's hurting himself… I don't want him to be hurt…"

"See?" Botan was smiling again. "And about how you're going to tell Keiko, I don't know, but there are more important things right now. We have to go back and make sure Koenma didn't do anything stupid. This might take some working at, you know."

I sighed. "Okay. Man, I wish someone could have told me this was happening…"

We made our way back to the temple, but by the time we got there, Genkai was ready for our afternoon training session.

"Alright, Grandma, I'm coming," I said, annoyed. Botan tapped me on the shoulder.

"I'll look after Koenma," she whispered. "Come to his room after training."

I nodded, and headed off, following the guys to the training field.


Okay, not much to say, so... see you next chapter, and review if you wish!