YYF14: Ok, random thing before I start. I'm commenting on a comment I made last chapter. I don't want to write a SONGFIC songfic.I changed my mind. It didn't seem like it'd a whole lot of fun, so, I guess I'll decide on what I'm doing when I do it. I still have this and another story to post before it'll matter. Anyway, I'll stop talking and you can get to reading... chapter 5, I think.

It was three in the morning. Keiko peered out the door of her room again. The weird shadow was gone, thank goodness, and the young man was gone. She couldn't see the teenager…

He probably was in the room next door. Keiko looked at the window that was in her room. It didn't show the outside, or anything for that matter, but she suspected that it led to the room next door. Then she could see if the boy was alright… Keiko didn't know why she cared about the boy, but he just seemed… familiar…

She opened the window with some difficulty, but this room was darker than hers, so she had to wait for her eyes to adjust. Once she could see, she frowned sadly. The boy was sitting on his bed, holding his knees to his chest, staring blankly at the wall. He was wearing his clothes, but they looked ripped. Keiko thought he was taking this rather calmly. If this had happened to her, she would probably be crying like there was no tomorrow.

Since there was no one in the larger room, Keiko exited her room, and walked the few steps to the boy's room. She knocked on the door, but frowned when she heard a sound like a whimper.

"It's okay, I'm not here to hurt you," she said in her most gentle voice. "Can I come in?"

There was a small sound of affirmation, and Keiko opened the door. Once she had entered and closed the door, she looked around for a light switch. Finding one, she clicked it on, and looked over at the boy on the bed.

From this short distance, he looked even more familiar than before. Keiko knew she had seen him before, but she couldn't remember where. She knew she had seen him at the tournament Botan had taken her and Shizuru to when they had first found out about Yusuke being a Spirit Detective…

"Are you that person from the Spirit World that Yusuke works for?" she asked hesitantly.

The boy murmured something that Keiko couldn't make out.

"What? I- I couldn't hear you."

The boy's gaze moved from the wall to Keiko.

"Yes, I'm from Spirit World. I wasn't expecting you to want to talk about Yusuke, though, after what happened."

Keiko blinked in surprise. "How did you know about Yusuke?"

The boy's eyes suddenly widened, realizing what he had said, and fixed his gaze rigidly on the wall again. However, Keiko had gotten enough clues.

"Are you the boy Yusuke was talking about? His… boyfriend?"

The boy clenched his eyes shut, and nodded timidly. Keiko looked the boy over again. She certainly didn't blame Yusuke for liking him. He was cute. But then again… something in how Yusuke acted about it didn't seem like it was because of that. There was something… -deeper?- about it than that. She sighed.

"Look, I'm not mad at you for what happened with Yusuke," she started. "It looks like there's a reason that you two are together, and I don't know what it is, but I want you two to promise me to tell me about it when we get out of here."

The boy looked up at her, and Keiko noticed he had something blue in his mouth.

"What is-" she stopped, seeing him start to blush.

"Don't ask, please. I just don't want Sensui to get at it, and he will if it's not with me… Apparently here, if it's in your pocket, that counts as not with you."

Keiko nodded, remembering what she had seen earlier.

"Did… did it hurt?" she asked uncertainly. His eyes widened, a fearful look on his face.

"You saw?" he asked worriedly. When Keiko nodded, he shook his head.

"Wonderful…" Suddenly, Keiko felt an odd feeling in the room, and looked at the boy confusedly. He didn't meet her gaze, seeming to stare past her, then he winced. His eyes refocused, and he started to stare at the ceiling.

"I'm sorry, Keiko… This just isn't my day…"

Keiko sat next to him on the bed tentatively, ready to move if she was told to.

"I know this isn't the best time to be asking, since we haven't talked before now, and because of the circumstances, but… what's your name?"

The boy looked over her for a moment, then said a single word.

"Koenma."

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"Kurama? Can we stop? I'm tired."

"Yusuke, we have to keep going. I know we're all tired because of how early it is, but it is imperative that we rescue Koenma. When you are away from your soul mate for too long a period, it isn't pleasant."

Yusuke blinked. "What d'you mean?"

"Well, it gets stressing, and can have other emotional effects on the two people…"

This seemed enough to get Yusuke moving again.

"Yusuke? Why so energized all of a sudden?" Kurama asked jokingly.

"Shut up. Koenma's had enough to go through, and he doesn't need more tormenting," Yusuke replied heatedly. "Especially from his mind."

Nobody else knew what he was talking about, but the pace was quickened. Only Botan would have understood what Yusuke had said, but she was back at the temple with Shizuru, and both were asleep. It was also thought that Keiko was there, too.

After a few more minutes, the group stopped in a clearing. It was about three thirty, so it was still dark.

"Hiei, can you light a fire so we can see?" Kuwabara asked. "It's cold, too."

"Hn." A fire appeared anyway, illuminating the entire clearing.

"Wait a minute…" Yusuke murmured, staring at a dark patch. "That's not a shadow… that's a- hole?"

Everyone stared at the hole for almost a whole minute, then Kuwabara blinked in surprise.

"Urameshi, I think that's where he is."

"Are you serious, Kuwabara? It's a huge hole, how do we know what's in it?"

Kuwabara rolled his eyes. "I have Spirit Awareness, remember? I can tell that Koenma's down there."

"I guess it's time for you to start using that link, dimwit," Genkai advised. "Before we go down there to find some demons that are all too willing to chop off our heads."

Yusuke shrugged, and tried to concentrate. Okay, need to think about Koenma… I have no clue how to do this… Here goes nothing…

K-chan? You there?

Inside the "hole," Koenma was startled to hear Yusuke's voice inside his head, and nearly fell off the bed. Keiko looked at him curiously.

"What is it?"

"Nothing, nothing…"

Yu-chan? Since when did you know how to do telepathy?

I don't know, I just thought about you, and wow, here we are. Listen, Kuwabara thinks we've found you. Are you in a place underground? 'Cause we found a hole in the forest, and it looks a little big for gophers.

Yeah, I think it's underground. I do remember a hole… But Yusuke, there's something you should know. First off, remember that bat demon that you fought against in Genkai's tournament? His spirit's here, and so's Sensui…

Yusuke's eyes widened.

Sensui? Damn… We'll be down in a minute.

Okay. Just be careful--…

Yusuke frowned as the link went dead.

K-chan? K-CHAN!

"Well, Urameshi? Is he there?" Kuwabara asked. Yusuke nodded absentmindedly.

Something had happened. Koenma needed help. And Sensui was there. His Spirit Energy level started to rise in his anger. If Sensui had done what Yusuke was thinking, he would gladly kill Sensui all over again, and this time he would do it himself.

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Keiko watched in horror as what had happened earlier started to happen again. They had been sitting in Koenma's room, talking, when he went all quiet, and that was okay, but then that older man came in and dragged Koenma out.

"Shinobu- why? Just a few hours ago- you…" Koenma trailed off as Sensui pinned him down. Sensui smirked.

"Yes, I know, but Baldock wanted more entertainment, and I was only too happy to oblige. But we can't have this, can we?" he asked in a murmur, taking a hold of the Mafuukan and taking it out of Koenma's mouth. Koenma glared at him.

"Well, I can't take too many precautions, can I?" After posing that question, Sensui chuckled softly.

"I know you're tired, and probably can't activate the Mafuukan, but it's so much more fun to see you helpless with no way to stop me."

"Shut up. Yusuke's coming, I'm sure of it."

Sensui's eyes glinted. "Rudeness. Seems like we must cure you of that. Besides, do you think that I would let myself be so easily taken out? Of course there are demons that are guarding this place. Oh, Koenma, don't you see that you were so wrong back then, choosing me? You were so foolish back then. Now, your punishment. Learn from it."

YYF14: Okay, I hope you guys liked this chapter. It was a long one. Not REALLY long, but okay long. So... I'll update tomorrow, ja ne till then,and review if you wish!