Chapter 7: A Sad Reveal

At the movie theater, Atsuko and her ex-husband exited the movie theater. "I think it is safe to say that we have Bond back again." Atsuko enjoying the film. "I still don't get why it took six years to make another Bond film?" Yusuke's father said. "Come on, Tao, they wanted to make sure that they get it right this time. Sound familiar?" She looked at him. "Very funny." Tao not liking that, but he had to deal with it. "I had that one coming." Both he and Atsuko laughed. "Hey, I never got to tell you that I'm sorry that you had to raise Yusuke on your own." Tao apologizing. "As much as I cursed your name and told Yusuke how much of a complete loser you are when you weren't around, I think the blame is on me as well and we were both young and stupid." Atsuko taking the blame as well. "I know I ask this all the time but when do you think it will be okay to tell him that I am back." Tao asked, hoping to tell Yusuke. "I think at the wedding, when he and Keiko get married." Atsuko answered. "I think that will work out great because then I come back to his life and bust his balls that I beat him by four years." Tao gloating his plan. "You forgot to add five minutes." Atsuko reminding him about the night Yusuke was conceived. "Hey, it was our first time and on your parents' bed!" He tried defending himself. "I still don't know how you managed to seduce me." Atsuko wondered and attempted to light a cigarette, only for Tao to take it from her. "I think it went something like this when I took your cigarette and told you that a first kiss is better without the taste of death in your mouth." He put the cigarette out on his hand, not showing any signs of pain. Atsuko stunned he can still do that. "Is it wrong to say that still turns me on?" She asked. "Let's find out." He said and went to kiss Atsuko, and she didn't stop him.

The moment was ruined when someone screamed out Atsuko's name. "Atsuko!" Botan screamed out, causing Tao to pull away before making contact with Atsuko. "Oh great, what is it now?" Atsuko annoyed by the interruption. Botan motioned Atsuko to come to her. "Friend of yours?" Tao asked. "Really actually one of Yusuke's friends." Atsuko said back to him. Tao looked at his watch. "Well, I need to go to work to start the nightshift." He said, disappointed not kissing Atsuko, before he leaves, he kisses her on the check. "Until next time." Tao walks away. Atsuko walks to Botan, who is breathing heavily after what appeared to be that she was running instead of flying. "Atsuko, thank goodness I found you." Botan happy to see her but when Atsuko got closer to her, Botan saw the Devil. "Uh, Atsuko?" Botan started to get scared. "This better be good or I am going to spay you like the little kiddie that you are." Atsuko threatened Botan, making Botan make a scared catface. "Meow." Was all Botan could say.

At the hospital, Kuwabara was sitting on his bed with a bandage around his head with Yukina healing him with her powers. "Kazuma, how many times do I have to tell you to please take care of yourself?" Yukina, helping to heal Kuwabara. "Every day my ice beauty." Kuwabara sucking up to Yukina. "I'm sorry I left you and Eikitchi at the pet hospital." He apologized. "It's alright, Kazuma, it took longer and Botan was able to tell me why you weren't there." Yukina accepted his apology. "So, Kurama is okay?" He asked her. "I went in to heal him and it didn't look like he had any life-threatening injuries." She answered while healing Kurama's head. "So, you don't remember anything since that headbutt?" Yukina asked. "No; the last thing I remember is being in the ambulance and transported here." Kuwabara explained. "Which brings me to my next question, who dropped you off since I don't think Botan has a drivers license." "Shizuru dropped me off and I think she went to find a parking spot but that was an hour ago." Yukina explained how she got there. "Typical." Kuwabara knew why she didn't come in. "Kazuma, please don't blame her, she just broke up with him and now hearing that he is in a hospital is not something she is ready for." Yukina trying to defend Shizuru. "I guess you are right." He agreed with her.

"Thank you." She kissed him on the top of the head. "That feels good." Kuwabara enjoying this. "But it still hurts." Kuwabara lying. "Where?" She asked, wanted to help Kazuma. "Here." He pointed to his cheek, and Yukina kissed it. "I feel I see this from a movie." She said suspecting something off. "I don't know what you are talking about Yukina." Kuwabara playing it safe. "Ow, now it's worse!" He lied again. "Where?" Yukina asked. Without saying a work, Kuwabara pointed to his lips. "I don't see how that hurts but okay." Yukina accepted this impossibility, and leaned in for a kiss, only for Kuwabara to fall asleep on the bed. "Huh, now I know seen this from somewhere but from where?" Yukina still not seeing what Kuwabara was doing. "I wonder how Yusuke is doing?" She asked herself.

In a different room, Yusuke, with his head bandaged as well, is dreaming of the recent encounter that he had with Shi No Akuma. "And if I refuse?" Yusuke asked, but what was different is that Keiko was there, chained and barely covered. "Keiko?" He asked, horrified with what he sees. "Yusuke." She said weakly. "Maybe I'll give that whore of yours a nice honeymoon." Shi No Akuma said and his clothes disintegrated, going completely nude and forced a kiss from Keiko with fire around them. "KEIKO!" Yusuke screamed as he jumped to Shi No Akuma, only for Keiko to scream. "Yusuke!" He woke up to see he was about to punch Keiko, he stopped from hitting her, with the fist being an inch away. He pulled it back, knowing he could have hurt Keiko. "Keiko, I'm sorry, I wasn't trying to hurt you." Keiko, without saying a word, hugged Yusuke. "Kuwabara told me what happened, I don't blame you for being scarred." She said, more concerned about Yusuke then what he was about to do. "Keiko." He said relived to see her and hugged her back. "Keiko." He said, knowing she is okay. "Yusuke, I want you to tell me what happened out there and who is doing this." She asked, begging for his side. "I swear this wasn't supposed to happen, I was supposed to see you at work, but I ran into Kuwabara and he sensed something wrong. We went to the park to save Kurama and when we got there." Yusuke stopped. "What's wrong?" Keiko asked. "We couldn't stop him Keiko! We could not save Kurama! He just did that to Kurama and there was nothing me and Kuwabara could do to stop him!" He told her breaking down even more, covering his face as tears ran down his face. "Yusuke, Kurama is alive." She informed him. "What?" He asked, shocked by this news. "He's recovering and besides the wounds to the chest, nothing seemed fatal." She said, but Yusuke got out from his bed. "What are you doing?" Keiko concerned what Yusuke is doing. "Take me to him." He asked her. "What, but you need to rest Yusuke." Keiko trying to help him. "Keiko, I need to see Kurama, please?" He begged her. "I'll take you to him, but you might need to get past someone else." She told him. "Who?" He asked and the door swung opened and Yusuke is immediately hugged by his mom. "Yusuke! Your alive!" Atsuko crying and relieved her son is alive and she wasn't the only one as Botan came in to hug him as well. "Yusuke, I thought you were a goner!" As much as Yusuke wants to protest, he allowed it because he thought he was going to die tonight. "I'm sorry, to all of you." He said to the three important women in his life, with Keiko shedding tears as well.

In Kurama's hospital room, the song Who Wants To Live Forever from Queen is being played while he has a visitor. "This was our first song that we listen too when the best night of my life happened." Shizuru talking to Kurama. "When you didn't arrive for our date, I felt you made up your mind until I heard the sirens and then I arrived to see my brother and his friend along with you being transported to the hospital, that's when I knew something bad happened to you." Shizuru walked to the roses that she brought for Kurama and picks one up and walks back to Kurama and places it on his chest. "I still remember that day that you made me feel like a real woman." She kissed Kurama on the lips and heads out. "My biggest mistake was not being honest with you, Kurama. I guess I felt my past relationships were not the best as they tried to expose me and make a fool out of me and then you showed up. It made me feel things that I guess a lot of women feel when they get the right one." She exits the room, but takes one last look at the fox demon before she closes the door.

Shizuru walks down the whole and see's Yusuke and doesn't say a word at first as he passes him, Yusuke doing the same as he is about to enter the room. "He's mortal now." Shizuru told Yusuke, who turned to her. "What?" He asked, confused. "Whatever that bastard that attack you guys did; he took away Kurama's powers." She explained to Yusuke. "If he wakes up, he better tell you why that guy did what he did because he kept you and my brother from losing your powers." Shizuru said and took out her cigarette and started to smoke. "Oh look, it's raining." She said, but Yusuke saw the window, and there was no rain.