Dark Decisions, Hidden Secrets
Ch. 4

Saria: *is running around directionlessly* Chocolate! Need chocolate!!!

SA: What happened to her?

Tori: Don't worry, she's just a chocoholic who goes insane when she can't have chocolate.

SA: Dare I ask what happened to it?

Tori: I took a majority of it to save, but her little sisters stole the rest, of course!

SA: *holds up chocolate bar* Saria! You can have this if you'll write the fic!
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Yusuke knew she was becoming conscious again because she was now somewhat

aware, meaning she'd be up again soon. The question now was where would she wake

up? She had a feeling that the park where she'd originally lost consciousness in was now

far behind her.

Several moments later, she felt her other senses awaken as well. Moving her fingers

gingerly, she pressed the tips against whatever it was she was lying on. Cloth, probably a

blanket of some sort, but under the blanket there was a definite hard surface, meaning she

wasn't on a bed. She didn't know whether to take comfort in that or not.

Slowly, as she gathered her wits, Yusuke gently pushed herself up as she opened her

eyes to take in her surroundings. Just as she thought, she was lying on a blanket that was

halfway wrapped around her, more specifically, her blanket from her bed. She was lying

in what appeared to be some sort of cell made out of stone with a single, heavy looking

door over what seemed to be the only entrance.

'How typical' she thought as she kicked the rest of the blanket off of her, relieved to

see that she was still in her in pajamas. "You're probably locked, aren't you?" she asked

the door. Reaching out, she continued, "Still never hurt anyone to just try." Yusuke was

given the surprise of her life when the door simply opened when she pushed, meaning

that it hadn't been locked to begin with! Feeling a little foolish, she pushed the door open

a crack more and peered out into what appeared to be an empty hallway. Listening

carefully, she heard no sound that resembled approaching footsteps. Instead, there was

simply dead silence, letting her know something was really wrong.

Pushing her way out of the room through the still barely opened door, she noticed a

door almost identical to the one she had just pushed past just a couple of feet down the

hall from her. The difference was that this door had a small view port near the top.

Creeping up to the door and standing on her tiptoes, she just barely saw into the room.

Like the one she'd woken up in, it was very plain and done up in stone. Unlike hers there

was a bed though shoved up against the far wall and a...being was asleep on it.

Pushing away from the door, she had just made up her mind to find an exit,

immediately, when a sudden, loud bell sounded. She heard the demon in the room behind

her stir and her heart jumped, she couldn't get caught now!

Dashing through the hall, she desperately sought for a hiding place, somewhere,

ANYWHERE! But there wasn't even a dark crevice in the wall or ceiling for her to hide

by, much less a statue or a closet of some sort. Turning the corner, she felt her spirits lift

when she saw a small, dark crack in the wall, small being about 15 inches. It would be a

tight fit, but maybe she could hide in there. The back of the crack ended up being a good

4 feet back and widened to about 2 feet across, still not very comfortable, but better than

she could have hoped for otherwise.

A shuffling of feet and a few murmured voices passed by her spot several minutes later

and died down quickly, but still Yusuke refused to extract herself from the space. She

was too busy trying to figure out what had happened. First Toguro had shown up with his

brother and two other guys, one of them had hit her with an axe and knocked her into a

tree while the other threw bombs. Shaking her head, still so engrossed with her thoughts,

Yusuke completely failed to notice first the approaching footfalls, then the hand that

reached into the crevice and grabbed her long pink hair. At least until it began to drag her

out of her hiding place, but by then it was too late to grab for something.

She was thrown to the floor the second she was out of the protection of the crevice and

looked up to not see Toguro, but the two strange guys from last night. The one that had

dragged her from the crevice was obviously the Samurai-wannabe because the other one,

Maskman, was carrying an armful of dull gray clothes.

Throwing the clothes at her, Maskman said quickly, "Put these on."

Looking down at the clothes, Yusuke crinkled her nose slightly, they stank! "But these

st.."

"Just put them on." Maskman said in a voice that sounded very final. "Unless you

would prefer to train in your present attire."

"Train?" Yusuke asked, her voice quite visibly showing her confusion.

"Unless you plan to dress there, you'd better find a better place to change." That threat

was quite visibly no joke. He meant business, no more stalling.

"Why do I feel like I'm not only missing something, but that I'm also not going to

enjoy this?" Yusuke asked herself more than anyone as she headed back up the hall

toward the room where she'd woken up.
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Toguro watched with a grim sort of pleasure as his slaves filed up from the "dorm"

area. A few of them were wearing the gray uniforms that had been sent to Yusuke to

signify her as a newbie here. Others were wearing blues, mint greens, or yellows, each

meaning a higher level. Yusuke would be tested today to see what level she would fall

under, and Toguro was certain that she would surpass them all, with the exception of

Karasu and Bui.

Wearing the grim smile that had spread over his face, Toguro turned and headed down

the hall where his breakfast and personal training room were located.
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Saria: CHOCOLATE!!!*is dancing around holding the candy bar*

Tori: She looks happy.

SA: Also, Saria doesn't own Yu Yu Hakusho, sorry if that came late. Now, REVIEW ALL OF YOU IF YOU WISH TO KEEP YYOUR MORTAL SOULS!!! HA HA HA HA!!!!!