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Finally chapter four of You and Me is here! I've been taking a lot of time to try and see where I left of and how I was going to continue the story. I've actually found the manga from my friend Hiei, so I'm quoting from there. Little bits and pieces, just the parts I can't remember so that way it fits with the beginning of the story. Yea... Okay enough rambling from me, here is chapter four of You and Me; You
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Just as things started to settle down, you appear out of nowhere again.
All of this seems like deja vu to me.
Getting to know you seemed so easy and you and I became friends really fast.
After that fight for the stolen artifacts, you didn't seem bitter after losing.
Now, we train and argue all of the time.
So much about you seems so familiar and I bet you feel the same.
How come it is I have these strange feelings for you, ones I can't put words to?
I wonder what this really means, our friendship and how we feel like we've met before?
Here we are in the ninth grade, proud of the strength we've obtained since the last time we met.
I hope that if anything happens to me, you'll be the one who helps me get back on my feet.
Ever since that fight, I haven't really seen you around.
I hope we meet up soon, because all I seem to think about is...You.
Yusuke sat in the park, his favorite spot to be when he's bored or troubled. This time it was a bit of both. Botan had given him and Kuwabara an hour for preparation and then it was time to go to Maze Castle. Yusuke looked at the park clock, it had been nearly five minutes since he was given his time. 'Damn.' Yusuke thought as he rolled on his side and drifted to sleep.
His dream was pitch black and all he could hear were voices. His and another. But the other voice was muffled, as if it was speaking through a sock. He could hear the voices in a casual conversation. He could also hear things from his voice that he himself would have never said. He was so intrigued, he listened hard.
"You promise? You won't leave me, will you?" Yusuke heard his voice plead, as if he were desperate to find the answer.
"I promise...Why is it you sound...so desperate? What hurt you so badly...that it made you act this way..?" The second voice was barely heard by Yusuke, but he could still make some of it out.
"It...It's hard to explain...It hurts too much..."
"Well try...I want to know what it was...so I can avoid it happening...in the future."
"I...I thought I really loved this one person. I tried my best to give her whatever I could to make her smile...But she betrayed me. She cheated on me and repeatedly slept with some other man...One she said was more capable than I was...She said I was inexperienced...It...It...killed me...Just like that, my whole world crumbled and everything I had once cared for had disappeared..." his voice trailed off as if he were reminiscing the moment right there.
The other voice gave a slight chuckle.
"I have no reason to leave you. There isn't another guy in the whole world who is like you and that's why I like you. You and no one else. That's why it's just you and me..."
"Yusuke! Wake up, you lazy bum!! It's time to go!"
Yusuke opened his large, brown eyes to a pair of bright pink ones. Ah, the grim reaper herself, Botan. She was wearing a leather jacket and a pair of red Capri's. How non-cliché; it caught Yusuke off guard when he first died. However funny it may seem to Yusuke, Botan finds it about as unappealing as staring at pigs all day. She hates how people assume what the grim reaper is supposed to look like and laugh at her when they find out what death really looks like. And we all know what happens when you assume. Her bright and bouncy blue hair swayed as she knelt over Yusuke, trying to wake him up.
"Hurry! I said an hour, not and hour and a half!" she said as she shook him gently to get him from that dazed look he held. "Kuwabara, Kurama and Hiei..." was all Yusuke heard.
'Hiei?!' Yusuke thought as he sat up quickly, immediately clashing heads with Botan. Yusuke fell back and Botan staggered away, holding her head.
"Ow!!! Owie!!" she let out a string of curses as Yusuke sat up and stretched out.
"Wow, Botan, who knew that you had such a colorful vocabulary!" Yusuke laughed.
Yusuke and Botan met Kuwabara at their meeting spot ten minutes later. After everything was said and done, Botan gave one last piece of advice and the two were off, heading into the demon world to save the human world from the Makai insects. Immediately after making it to solid ground, the two were greeted by numerous lackey demons. Yusuke and Kuwabara didn't waste time attacking and destroying the demons. The battle seemed to go on forever and just as the two boys were near exhaustion, they heard a voice call to them.
"Looks like you two could use some help."
Yusuke and Kuwabara turned around to see Kurama and Hiei standing on a tree branch. Yusuke felt relief at the sight of Hiei, he felt energized and able to destroy the demons without so much as breaking a sweat.
"You don't know what that means to hear you say that." Yusuke said as the two boys jumped from their branch and attacked the demons, helping to diminish the onslaught in a matter of moments.
After the battle, Yusuke looked to Hiei, longing to talk to him like back after that fight, but he knew that now wasn't the time. They made their way into the castle, entering a long hallway that was barely lit. As they made their way to the end of the hallway, they were stopped by a lowly bat demon with only one eye. It let out an evil chuckle as it pulled a lever. Before Yusuke could realize what was going on, the ceiling was pressed above his head. His party held up their hands to keep the wall up as the lowly demon laughed and explained the rules for survival.
"This is The Wall of Betrayal," it said devilishly. "This wall is no ordinary wall, it zeros in on each of your stats and applies the exact amount of pressure that each of you can tolerate. If one of you even attempts to relax, you'll all die. If one of you strives to escape, the others will be flattened. If none of you attempt the betrayal, you'll exhaust your energy and die together." it cackled.
"Damn." Yusuke thought as he scanned the area for a way out. His eye was caught on the lever that the demon had pulled in the beginning. "We gotta get to that switch somehow." He looked around again, searching for something that could get to the switch. He looked over at Hiei.
"Hiei! You're the fastest, run to the switch and pull it!" Yusuke ordered out.
Hiei stared in slight bewilderment and then gave a cocky smile. "What makes you so sure that I'll do as you say? What if I just leave and take the glory all for myself?" he asked with an evil grin.
"He's right, Urameshi!" protested Kuwabara. "He may just betray us!"
Yusuke simply gave a disarming smile and shook his head. "I trust you."
Hiei stared in slight disbelief before Yusuke grew serious. "I'll hold up your part long enough fro you to flip the switch. Now, go!" Yusuke said as he strained his strength.
Hiei stared for a moment and then took off, reaching to the switch in a matter of seconds. He reached for it and then hesitated when the bat demon called to him.
"Don't be so quick to pull that lever. Think about it, Hiei. Being no longer bound by your weak teammates. You'll have a name for yourself here amongst the Four Saint Beasts." It said darkly.
Hiei paused for a moment and then flipped the switch. The second he did, a boulder shot out from the wall above and crushed him right where he stood.
"Hiei!" Yusuke called out. He felt his resolve crumble just as the wall retreated into the sky. Just then, Yusuke heard a cry from the bat demon.
"Tell your masters that if they have any last wishes, they'd better make them now." Said a familiar voice.
Yusuke and his teammates crawled from beneath the wall and greeted Hiei.
"Jeez!!" yelled Kuwabara. "I thought you were gonna let us die!"
"Yea, Hiei, you really had us going there!" Yusuke said with a grin.
"Don't get the wrong idea. I just need you incase I run into any more annoyances. Allies are a crutch for the weak." Hiei said shortly as he walked away.
"Don't worry," Kurama said to Yusuke as he walked up. "That's his way of saying 'You're welcome.' I think he's warming up to you."
Yusuke smiled. "That's good." He said as he followed the fire demon.
There are many secrets
Lost in your eyes
Waiting to be told
I'm here for you
With arms open
Waiting for you to tell me…
That is the end of Chapter four of You and Me. OMG its so short…Sorry it's taking so long. I've had these troubles with my own Hiei and it's kinda killed my inspiration for writing. But since its all over, I can get to the good ((and bad)) parts of the story. Just wait until chapter 5 of You and Me – Me comes out!!
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