YYF14: Ok, so I did get to update today. I was listening to the new Avril Lavigne CD, Under My Skin, and I was thinking. Her songs Who Knows and Fall to Pieces kinda make me think of Yusuke and Koenma are acting in my stories. I'm thinking of using the songs, maybe not all of them, but definitely the chorus of them, in some of my fics. I might use one in the next one, and the one after that. If you don't know the songs, listen to them if you can find them. They're really good. Now onto the chapter!
"Stay right where you are, and you won't get hurt."
Koenma followed the instructions, but the dogs continued to growl menacingly.
"Why won't they stop?" he asked, hoping for an answer.
"Those dogs can tell where a person is by seeing their aura, of which you have none, by seeing movement, and since you are staying still, they can detect your fear. Calm down, and they will go away."
Koenma did as he was told, and the dogs started to look around confusedly. One of the dogs, which seemed like a leader, barked, and the rest of the dogs followed him away. Koenma sighed in relief.
"Now follow me."
"Follow you? How can I follow you if I can't see you?" Koenma asked, annoyed. The forest was pitch black, and he couldn't even see his hand in front of his face.
"Shut up and follow my voice. If you can't do that, I'll raise my energy enough so you can sense it, even with your pathetic senses."
Koenma growled, insulted, but did as he was told, listening carefully for any sound, and trying to sense the voice's energy. He didn't want to be lost in the forest.
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A few minutes later, Koenma was continuing to follow the voice, but in toddler form. He was tired, and didn't feel like borrowing from the Mafuukan. Right before he was about to give up, the clearing he was in lit up. He looked around, hoping to see the person he'd been following all this time, but all he saw were trees and plants… and a rather large hole in the ground. He opened his mouth to ask what the hole was, but a hard blow came to the back of his head, knocking him out.
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Yusuke was jarred awake, feeling extreme pain in the back of his head. He sat up, rubbing the injured spot.
"What was that from?" he mumbled. "Nobody's in the room… K-chan!"
He shook his head angrily. Why did I have to say that to him? He's gonna get hurt, and I can't help him!
Yusuke quickly got up and put on his green school uniform. If he had to fight, he wouldn't care if these clothes got ripped.
When he was ready, he left the temple, trying to sense Koenma's energy. Finally, after about a minute of focusing, he felt it. It was a weak pulse, but it was there. The bond hadn't helped any. That probably meant that he was out of energy. That just made Yusuke move faster. If Koenma got injured, Yusuke would probably never forgive himself. As he headed towards the forest, he didn't notice a person watching him from the temple steps.
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"Are you sure about what you saw, Shizuru?" Keiko asked. Shizuru had come up with Keiko to watch Kuwabara train. Keiko had been there for Yusuke until she had heard the news. Shizuru had been sitting on the temple steps when she had seen Yusuke head towards the forest, mumbling something about trying to find someone.
"Yes, Keiko, I'm sure. I heard it with my ears, and I felt it. His friend's in trouble, and Yusuke's going into that really dangerous feeling forest to find him."
Keiko sighed. "Wow… If he's willing to do that… He must really love the guy…"
Her thoughts strayed to the meeting she'd had with Yusuke.
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"Keiko, I need to talk to you."
"What is it, Yusuke?"
"Well…" Here Yusuke paused. "First of all, and you're not going to like this, we… can't be boyfriend girlfriend."
The last bit had come out in a rush, and Keiko blinked in surprise.
"Yusuke? What do you mean?"
"Exactly what I said. I…" Yusuke took a deep breath. "I have a- a boyfriend…"
Keiko remembered feeling stunned, then angry. She had slapped Yusuke as hard as she could, yelling at him.
"Yusuke, how could you do this to me? What, did I do something wrong? Why does it have to be a boy? You're such a jerk!"
It went on like this for a few minutes before Yusuke left, his head down. Thinking back on it, Keiko remembered seeing something that looked like a tear on Yusuke's face, but when it had happened, she had been too angry to care.
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"Oh, Yusuke, I'm sorry… I didn't give him any chance to explain… Shizuru, is there any chance of him coming back alive?"
"He's done it before."
"I know, I mean this time, though! You said the forest felt dangerous!"
Shizuru shrugged. "He can take care of himself."
Keiko looked out the window at the forest and sighed.
"I hope you're right, Shizuru. I hope both of them will be alright."
YYF14: Well, I hope you guys liked this chapter. Oh, I almost forgot! Thank you, comicfancat, for reviewing. If that's not the right name, sorry, but it was an anonymous, so I can't be sure. But that was the one written, so oh well. I'll update tomorrow, ja ne till then, and review if you wish!