Nova: Sorry for the delay in updates, but we've been sick.
Saria: I'm STILL sick, stupid dorms. (mumbles) If one person gets sick, everyone gets sick...
Tori: La la la la! (Comes in carrying a tray, to Saria) Here's your hot chocolate, though I don't think it's the best thing for you now. (Walks over to Nova) And here's your latte.
Nova: Latte?!? Who ordered a latte? I asked for hot tea! Waaahhhhh! Fine, I'll go make it myself. (Leaves room, a few seconds later you hear cabinets slamming in the background)
Tori: (sweatdrop)
Saria: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho, but I'm confident that I will eventually by this next century, Muh-ha-ha-ha! However, at the moment, I DO own this version of female Yusuke, any original characters, and my chocolate! (drools into cup of hot chocolate) AH-CHOOOO!
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Yusuke was sailing through the land of darkness and abyss. She was wallowing in her own sorrow, feeling helpless, hopeless, and hollow. Throughout this though, she kept going through her memories of Genkai.
After mulling over and over these memories for hours upon hours, for what seemed like days (it actually was days of course), Yusuke felt herself break down and refuse to do anything. Then, logic kicked in (bad logic). She figured sleeping was doing something, so she wasn't going to do it anymore.
Opening her eyes, she stared up at the ceiling. Realizing how cold it was, she wrapped the blanket closer to herself and curled into a fetal position while shivering. Nonchalantly, she rolled onto her side just find herself face-to-face with Bui! Eyes widening slightly, she rolled over onto her other side and immediately spotted Karasu, writing a letter of some sort. Yusuke then rolled back onto her back and stared at the ceiling, going back into La la land, thinking back on Genkai.
Five minutes later
Yusuke sat bolt upright in the bed, the covers falling off of her.
"Finally decided to get your butt out of bed?" Karasu asked as he turned to put the card he had been writing on into a bouquet of black roses.
"I think I'm going to throw up..." Yusuke mumbled as she shot out of the bed toward the bathroom.
Karasu instantly started screaming when he heard this comment, his hair actually standing on end. His antics of course, roused Bui, who woke to find Yusuke missing.
Jumping from the bed, he raced to the balcony to see if she was there. Until he heard Karasu screaming, "DON'T THROW UP ON ME!!!", he was in a frenzy to find her. Upon hearing the comment however, he calmed down and placidly walked to the bathroom where he found her dry-heaving into the toilet. He noticed though, that while she was doing this, tears were falling from her eyes.
Yusuke stood motionless for a few seconds, causing Bui to worry about the abruptness with which she'd stopped.
In an instant, Yusuke had pushed herself away from the commode, and fell to the floor in a heap. Tears were flowing and she was reduced to sobs.
One Hour Later
Bui saw that Yusuke was beginning to calm, and chose that moment to lift her gently off of the floor. He put her onto her feet then, while keeping his hands on her shoulders to hold her up, walked her out to the main room where Karasu sat at a lopsided coffee table with food on it. There was ramen (this one's for you Pat pat!!), sushi, and white rice. This was a meal Yusuke would have downed-it-all not even three months ago, but now, while she suffered in her own little hell, she just wasn't hungry for it.
Bui immediately shoved Yusuke down before her own little, steaming bowl of ramen while he sat next to her and helped himself to his own ramen and some sushi. Karasu on the other hand, was more finicky and kept looking at her with a paranoid look. Yusuke however, didn't notice these looks though, because she was looking down at her slowly cooling noodles.
Three Hours Later
Karasu and Bui had long finished eating. Now they stared at Yusuke who in turn, stared at her stone cold noodles. The noise of a door opening caused everyone to turn and stare at the door, except Yusuke who continued to stare at the ramen.
Neither Karasu nor Bui were surprised to see Toguro (Yusuke evidently wasn't because she wasn't even paying attention).
The first thing that Toguro noticed was that Yusuke was up. The second thing was the full bowl in front of her and he felt his impatience rise. Crossing the room to loom over the child, he stood before the girl (right behind a slightly nervous Karasu whose eyes bulged a bit). Yusuke was still oblivious to all of this, keeping her glued to the bowl, marinating in her own self pity.
At first, Toguro went for a more subtle means of catching Yusuke's attention by clearing his throat... rather loudly. Bui then nudged Yusuke a little, earning dirty look from Yusuke, before she looked up at Toguro. Even before she even realized who was standing over her (she did know) and looking like he was about to say something, she looked down at her wrinkled and dirt covered uniform. Toguro snapped his mouth shut and his lips became a straight line of frustration.
"Yusuke?" Toguro said in a gruff voice while gritting his teeth.
"Go away, leave me alone," Yusuke replied.
Toguro walked slowly, deliberately over to Yusuke and grabbed her by the front of her uniform. Yusuke stared at him at first in shock before turning her head away as a single tear dripped onto his hand. Toguro, in surprise, dropped the girl.
Yusuke then started banging her head on the dangerously lopsided table, punishing herself for letting her weakness be seen. The "bump bump bump" of her head hitting the table caused the bowl of cold ramen to turn over. Within seconds, Karasu looked like he wet his pants, Bui was on the other side of the room, and Yusuke continued slamming her head into the slush even as Toguro tried to pull her away from the table.
It took only moments for Toguro to wrestle Yusuke away and stowed her under one arm. Giving Bui "the look", he waited as Bui trudged over to him. Toguro then shoved the wiggling Yusuke (the wiggling being a vain effort to get away from Toguro), into Bui's arms.
"Make sure she eats," he gritted, then turned and left. Behind his back, Yusuke made faces and attempted to kick him.
Yusuke calmed down some once Toguro was gone again, enough that Bui set her back down. Karasu left the room immediately after Yusuke was put down.
"What was that about Yusuke?" Bui demanded.
"I don't want to talk about it. Leave me alone." Yusuke then tried to walk away.
"Oh no you don't," Bui said as he grabbed her arm and shoved her down into the couch. Yusuke tried to make a swing at him with her other arm, but was unsuccessful. "Hey, hey, I'm not the enemy!" Bui exclaimed as he grabbed her other arm and attempted to calm her down. Surprisingly enough, Yusuke stopped trying to kick or punch, but the dirty look didn't fall from her face.
About that time, Karasu arrived back in the room, this time with a bowl of apple sauce in hand. And the spoon to accompany it. He set the bowl and spoon down on the table in front of Yusuke then moved to the other side of the room. Yusuke refused to touch the bowl, choosing to instead stare out the window at the late evening sun.
"Yusuke, eat it," Bui said.
"Not hungry," Yusuke answered as she continued to stare out the window.
"Then eat it for our peace of mind," 'and safety of body,' he thought as he pictured Toguro beating on him for not making Yusuke eat.
"No," was the reply.
Karasu chose that time to move back to their side of the room as Bui picked up the spoon and dipped it into the apple sauce. Yusuke gave Bui a "You-do-that-you're-dead" look. "You need to eat something," he said as he shoved it in her face.
Many hours later
Yusuke sat up in the bed that she was once again sharing with Bui. Earlier that day, Bui had force fed the apple sauce to her. It had started out easy enough; she simply refused to open her mouth. By the end, it was a fiasco involving Karasu holding her down while Bui forced her mouth open. She had hated every minute of it, and in the end, she just took the miserable bites.
"Yusuke, lie down," came Bui's tired voice.
Yusuke, not feeling like starting another fight, did so, turning to stare out the window.
"Lie still."
Ignoring his comment, Yusuke kept her eyes fixed on the window when she noticed that something was fluttering just outside the window. Easing slightly off the bed, she crept over to the window, hoping to God it was both Jin and not Jin at the same time. She didn't want to see a very angry Bui swinging his axe at Jin. She gently pushed the window open and at that instant, a light blue little bird/rabbit with a turquoise belly and bright-reflective yellow hair popped through and landed in her hair, dropping a letter into her hands.
"Yusuke, if you jump out that window, I'm going to kick your ass!" Bui called out.
Yusuke shut the window immediately. Using the light that traveled in through the window to see, she opened the letter and read.
Dear Yusuke
I hope this letter finds you well, though you're probably tearing yourself up really bad about Genkai, right? Any who, I wrote this to let you know there is nothing to worry about. Genkai has been restored to life, like you were, and no, there was no kissing involved this time so don't ask if I got pictures of Kuwabara meeting lips.
Now, you're probably wondering what the strange little creature is that delivered the message. Congratulations Yusuke, that is your spirit beast, Puu. Everyone over here almost died of laughter when he hatched; Botan was expecting scales and beady eyes.
Keep your spirits up Yusuke; we're ready to help you when you feel the time is right.
-The Great and Mighty Koenma
Yusuke laughed slightly at the letter, Koenma hadn't changed a bit! Still, she would have liked pictures of Kuwabara kissing Genkai, and the ass-kicking he'd receive afterwards. Then it hit her, the crazy little bird/rabbit that was currently sitting on her head was her spirit beast, her inner self! This was bad! She'd never be able to live this down if word got out, heck, she'd never be able to show her face in public ever again!
Grabbing the spirit animal off her head, she quickly shoved it under the bed then ran to the bathroom then flushed the letter down the toilet. Walking back into the bedroom, she caught Bui as he was about to get out of bed to check on her. Saying nothing, she lay back down and pulled the covers over herself while Bui just lay back down.
'Everything is going to be alright...' Yusuke mentally sighed as she felt relief flood through her. Feeling herself relax for the first time since Toguro had kidnapped her, she drifted off into a happy little slumber.
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"Now is the time, her defenses are nonexistent!" the female voice exclaimed as the three reached out.
"Yes, we need to bring her here now!"
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Yusuke dreamt of the mirror again, only this time it held her actual reflection. As she watched, the figure in the mirror faded into black. Finding it very funny that a mirror didn't have a reflection, Yusuke moved forward to investigate. To her surprise, a reflection did appear, but it was of the other girl! Jumping back in shock and horror, Yusuke watched as the now richly dressed girl pounded against the mirror, trying to get out.
Yusuke's shock and horror quickly dissolved into curiosity as she once again moved closer. Before she could fully investigate, a crack around her mind suddenly widened, letting in blinding and a frigid feeling. That same instant, the mirror exploded, releasing the other girl who grabbed Yusuke and threw her through the crack. The last thing she remembered before blinding pain and coldness overtook her was Bui telling her to be still.
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Yusuke woke momentarily to an unbearable headache as she felt arms enclose around her. The last thing she remembered before drifting back into oblivion was a voice saying, "Welcome home, Yusuke," and a blanket being wrapped around her cold body.
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In the early morning, Bui rolled over and felt the other edge of the bed. It took all of two seconds for the signals reaching his brain to make sense. Yusuke wasn't where she was supposed to be.
Shooting out of the bed, he tore the room apart looking for Yusuke. This woke up Karasu, who, once he realized she was gone, joined in the frantic search for their missing teammate. Bui, remembering that Yusuke had opened the window, opened it to see if Yusuke was outside. As he was about to close the window, a strange blue creature fluttered out the window, squeaking something like "Poo!" as it went.
"We are so dead..." Bui muttered as he watched the thing.
"Now ya gone 'n done it," the window washer said.
Forming his axe, Bui immediately struck the man over the head.
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Saria: That's the end!
Nova: But there was no happy ending!
Saria: Well, that's so people will read our next one, Yusuke, The Girl, The Sequel! Mwa-ha-ha-ha-ha!
Nova: What's it about Saria? Is it the one where...(Saria covers Nova's mouth with her hand)
Saria: Shhh.(to audience) Thank you for reading my fic, please review, and don't forget about the upcoming sequel!
Saria, Nova, SA, Tori, Zas: YAY!!! AC-CHOOOO! We're going back to bed...