Yusuke was shocked that the next few letters had smudges and places where the paper had been damaged by water- tears. Why had she been crying? He felt a sudden flame erupt inside him, one of protective anger. He would do anything within his power to make her tears stop…

But, again, there was only one way to find out what had caused them, and he began to read.

February 18th

My dear, dear Yusuke,

You came to school for me… or at least that's how I see it. Of course, I went and talked to you about not going to school, and slapped you for being perverted… Is that why?

Oh, God, Yusuke, is that why you left? You went off and got hit by that stupid car. And you did it to save a kid! I didn't know you were so caring… and the story that little boy told me, it sounded so entirely unlike you, but so sweet just the same. I miss you Yusuke. I miss you.

All my love,

Keiko

February 21st

Yusuke,

I had a really strange dream, Yusuke. You just showed up out of nowhere and told me to take care of your body. You said you were coming back. Is it true? How can it be…

Keiko

February 24th

Yusuke

It is true!

I went to talk to your mom, and she told me that you had a pulse in your body. Oh Yusuke, I'm so happy… truly I am. I can't wait to see you again. I wonder how Kuwabara would react. He's really missed you Yusuke.

Keiko

February 26th

Yusuke

Today has been… odd, certainly. I was out after school with my friends, and Kuwabara runs up to me covered in bruises and… Oh Yusuke, was it for real? Did you really take control of him? I can only hope, even though your message was logical enough. I miss you so much Yusuke. Come back soon.

Keiko

February 28th

Yusuke

Just when I thought that this couldn't get any stranger or scarier, your mom left you in a filthy house to go on a drunken escapade, and someone lit your house on fire! I ran in to see if I could drag you out, and then this blue fire opened a path to the door and led Kuwabara and me to safety. It was like… I was surrounded by you.

Keiko

Wow. I am so sorry that this took so long. Me equals fail.

Also, I have just finished re-reading some of my really old stuff… Like Out of the Ordinary. I swear to cheese I MUST have been on something. Needless to say, it will come down relatively soon.

Please do me the honor of submitting a review.
~Sachie

Update: 12-23-2009
I fixed the dates so that this story would have like a remotely coherent timeline. At the end of chapter one, I was in January. And then I was back in October. So yeah, dates fixed. You'll now see that we are in February. Part three coming soon!

~SJY