Yusuke eyes fluttered open and saw himself within a white room, lights and peoples faces all around him. "Yusuke?" Kaiko threw herself upon the young hospitalized boy. She held him and cried, and wept, and was full of sadness and anguish… then anger. She then slapped Yusuke. "Wake up!"
Kurama immediately took hold of Kaiko and held her back from Yusuke. "Kaiko, stop it! You shouldn't hit him in this condition."
Condition?... What happened?
Yusuke sat up in bed and turned around to see himself lying in bed.
I'm dead.
Kaiko kept weeping, Kurama held her, Hiei stood in place with eyes closed, and Kuwabara wrapped himself tighter within his jacket. Getting colder.
"Guys, I feel him." said Kuwabara quietly.
Botan walked in, floating on her oar and said something not really to anyone in the room. She had tears in her eyes, and then moved and hugged air. "Yusuke!" She held air for a minuet or two and everyone looked confused.
Yusuke looked at Kaiko, Kurama, Kuwabara, and Hiei. His mother would miss him, maybe. No, she would.
"Botan!" A very low, very angry sounding voice called, that only the spirit detectives and Botan heard. "Bring him to me."
"But sir, if I do his body will die."
Kaiko cried more and went to Yusukes body. "Don't go Yusuke, don't go, please."
"Botan." said Yusuke. "Was I meant to die this time?"
Botan shook her head no and smiled slightly when she said, "You're unpredictable Yusuke."
Yusuke began to float away from his body. "Botan! Now!"
"Yes sir!"
"NO!" Yelled Kaiko and hugged the body tighter. Kurama once again, prying her away from something she has to let go of.
"I'll miss ya man." Said Kuwabara, waving in the wrong direction.
"I'll let you all know what will happen. Bye." Said Botan and she vanished threw a wall.
Her and Yusuke made their way up to King Yamas place. "I don't understand why we can't see Keonma. Its not like you haven't die before." Silence for a moment. "Why did you kill yourself Yusuke?"
Yusuke had nothing to say. What could he say? He was depressed? Everything seemed pointless? That he could never be happy?
"Yusuke? Answer me."
He still said nothing at all. There was no point in saying anything. She may care, but she wouldn't understand.
They reached Kind Yamas place and strolled inside. "Yusuke, Spirit Detective. You have died and I am giving you a choice. If you like, you can go back to earth, in your own body, with your old life, the way it was, no strings attached. Or you can die. And stay in the spirit world. So Yusuke, do you want to go back to earth?"
Botan was holding her breath. You could come home! Do it! Everyone will be so happy.
I won't be happy there. I need a new start, a new place, and new home. Or a home. I'm unhappy on earth. I don't want to go back.
It did not take Yusuke long to decide on what path to take. He figured he was meant to die once before, why deny destiny? Not like he could help it anyway.
"So Yusuke, do you want to go back to earth?"
Yusuke answered… "No."
Botan flew back to the hospital to find that Yusukes body had also died. "Hes gone. I'm sorry. He won't be coming back."
Sadness swarmed for days in some, weeks in others, and has yet to leave in the rest.
Once again, another poorly rushed fic just to get something done. Hurrah. Die Yuske, Die.