Mafuran

Chapter 02

And almost a year later, she returns! Sorry… Eheheh… I had a lot to deal with over the past months. I moved to another state, stayed for two month in which that time was used to be a mope and get my life back in order. Then I went back home for two months to visit all my friends, and then I just forgot about my fic. Moreover, while I'm busy packing to move back home, I remember it. Kind of an incontinent time, considering I'm already procrastinating on packing and I only have two weeks to do it!

Nevertheless, here I am! I'm ready to write!

Note: Mafuran is the Japanese word for scarf. Also note that when a long period of time or a flashback occours, it will be known through parenthesis. Ex: (Time Passed) or (Flashback)

Yusuke looked down at Hiei as Kuwabara rushed into the room, with Kurama right behind him. "What the hell is going on?" Yusuke demanded, looking from Hiei to the others. Under the blankets Keiko took a tight hold of Yusuke's hand. The boy looked over at her and saw the fear in her eyes. He gently stroked the back of her hand with his thumb.

"Yusuke, we have to get Hiei out of here," Kurama said as he cautiously walked towards the small demon. Hiei's attention quickly snapped to him.

"Get away from me, fox," Hiei ordered, grabbing his sword and getting to his feet. Kurama stopped any advancement.

"Again I find my self asking… What the hell is going on?" Yusuke asked, looking directly at Kurama. The red haired demon looked back at him.

"It's a parasite," Kurama began, "Right now it's inside Hiei. He came to see Kuwabara and myself at the temple, and informed us what had gotten through to the human world from Makai. We witnessed it first hand when it had taken over Kuwabara. Hiei came here to inform you, but judging by his battered body it looks at though the parasite got to him before he could warn you."

"It came from Makai? What about the law stating that demons can't cause trouble here?" Yusuke asked, remembering back after the tournament, when the new rule of Makai deemed it so.

"Just because there is a rule doesn't mean everyone follows," Kurama explained. "We don't know much about it, but the most important thing we do know is that it can't stay with one host for too long."

Yusuke looked to Hiei with a threatening glare. "Enough with all this rambling," Hiei spoke. "I am here for only one reason." The corners of Hiei's lips tugged themselves into a challenging smirk. "I am here for the former spirit detective, Yusuke Urameshi!"

Everyone was silent. It was already a given to Yusuke that the parasite wanted him. It was rather obvious when he woke to it in his room, katana at the ready. The silence continued to fill the air until everyone looked to Keiko when she shrieked out a painful, "NO!"

"Keiko," Yusuke said calmly. He watched as her eyes began to swell with tears. One by one, they fell down her face, and she sniffled, her nosed going a little red at the tip. She let go of Yusuke's hand and threw the blankets off her body. She got out of the bed and walked to Hiei.

"I finally got my Yusuke back!" She screamed through her crying. "I finally get him back and you want to take him away from me again?! Why can't all you demons understand that he is DONE?! I won't let you take him away from me! I don't care what I have to do to make you understand that!" Keiko fell to her knees and threw her face into her hands, crying.

Hiei looked down at her, then back to the ex-spirit detective. He snickered and said in a bemused way, "while the broad is very intimidating in her night gown, I do not care for her. All I want is you."

Yusuke growled slightly in his through as he glared daggers at Hiei. He got out of bed and kneeled down next to Keiko. He placed a hand on her back and lovingly stroked up and down. "You heard her. I'm done."

"Oh, you're done are you?" Hiei laughed maniacally. "I rather think not!" He said when his laughter had ended. "I think you're just beginning." Hiei looked to Kurama, and snickered. His grip tightened on his katana, and ran. The little demon was too quick for everyone to keep their eyes on them. Before they new it, Kurama hollered out in pain.

"Kurama!" Yusuke yelled as he rose to his feet. Kuwabara caught the fox demon as he began to collapse. Kurama was left with a stab wound in his chest. His white shirt began to soak up some of the blood and stain. Kuwabara helped him to sit down, kneeling with him, arm around him to keep him sitting up.

Yusuke growled and went to throw a punch at Hiei, but the small demon seemed to flash over to the bedroom window. "Yusuke Urameshi… You have three weeks to prepare for what's in store for you. Get ready, boy. Declining this is not an option." Everyone kept their eyes on Hiei as he jabbed his elbow backwards to brake the glass window. As the glass shattered and fell to the wooden floor, and out to the street and sidewalk, Hiei laughed. He stepped backward, and up onto the ledge of the widow.

"Your friend's body is already battered enough as it is. Let's see what a drop like this will do to him." He jumped backward, and as he began to fall, a dark aura surrounded him. He at first fell slowly, as a black shadow jutted out from his chest. Hiei's fall then sped up as he went crashing down to the cruel concrete ground.

"Hiei!" Yusuke called out as he went to the window and looked out. There he saw a motionless Hiei, blood seeming to trickle onto the sidewalk from the region of his head.

"The parasite," Kurama managed to cough out. "It left Hiei's body." Yusuke looked to Kurama with worry in his eyes. He raced out of the bedroom, and out of the apartment to get Hiei.

Keiko was still crying quietly near the bed. "Don't take my Yusuke away from me again," she said to herself.

"Keiko," spoke Kuwabara.

(Time Passed)

Keiko was in the bathroom with Kurama, aiding his wound, while the others were all sitting in the living room.

"What should we do?" asked Kuwabara, as he watched Yusuke take a drink of coffee.

"Isn't it obvious, you buffoon? We kill the damn parasite," Hiei replied gingerly. "After what that bastard did…"

(Flashback)

Yusuke brought Hiei back into the apartment and laid him out on the couch. "He took a blow to the head," Yusuke told Keiko. "He's bleeding, but not too badly. If you could just," Yusuke stopped and looked to Keiko sadly.

"I'll take care of it," she told him with a sad smile. "Kurama, too. Don't worry."

Keiko tended to Hiei's wound, and left to take care of Kurama afterwards.

Yusuke had been talking with Kuwabara in the mean time, though not many words were exchanged between the two.

Hiei had woke after a while, sitting up and grunting in pain. Immediately he took a cutthroat attitude to destroy the parasite.

(End Flashback)

"Well, yeah, but how? It's a parasite. All we see of it is a dark shadow. Wouldn't we have to kill the host it takes over to kill it?" Kuwabara asked.

"If that will even kill it," Yusuke said bluntly. "Plus, how could we just kill an innocent person?"

"We shall find a way, Yusuke," said Kurama as he slowly walked in with Keiko. Yusuke looked to Keiko. She was focusing on the floor, looking as though she was holding back more tears. He knew how much she didn't want him to get involved. However, what choice did he have?

"We will… We'll find a way," Yusuke reiterated.

End Chapter 02

TBC

Thanks for reading chapter two of Mafuran! I hope that it's going decently!

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By: The Tomo

Disclaimer: I do not own anything of Yu Yu Hakusho. I am only writing this for my love of fan fiction.

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