Finals are over and I got the weekend off work. Already painted a picture and now Imma stretching my fingers out on the keyboard.
If there was one thing Yusuke couldn't stand, it was obviously being outta the loop. Granted he spent the better part of the past decade putting himself in this postion. It still pissed him off to no ends.
So with his usual grace, Yusuke was able to politely ask, "What the fucks been going on? Kuwabara get his ass handed to him trying to defend a litter of kittens?" Yusuke gave a heated glare at the security guards as the trio passed on their way out. Though he asked for his detainment, he still hated any kinda authoritative figures over him; even if he could have easily kicked their asses to Spirit World and back.
"I poisoned him," was the crisp reply Yusuke got.
Yusuke jerked to a stop as if those three words were a physical wall he'd slammed into. "You What?" Yusuke yelled through gritted teeth. Hiei jumped back as Yusuke's spirit energy flared and struck out sporadically while Kurama firmly stood his ground at Yusuke's side, not even flinching and a cut appeared along his cheek.
"I assume this is the reason you came for me," Kurama intoned, continueing on with his theory. "Yukina was not able to heal him. So this poison is unknown to both you and her and Kuwabara's spirit energy is unable to purge this foreign invasion from his body."
"That's correct," Hiei confirmed. He kept a tense hand on his kantana and a wary eye on Yusuke, though his spirit energy was now reigned in.
"You wish for me to heal him," Kurama went on. Hiei gave a brisk nod. "I know you cannot stand for another human you love to die so untimely."
Hiei's scathing, callous words tore at Kurama's heart. Although it did not beat as a human's did, Kurama placed a hand over him heart as though it had stuttered to a stop. Yusuke froze before snapping back his arm and striking the wall. With his arm still buried in the wall and a trickle of blood making its way down to his elbow and head bent to shadow his face, he spoke in a crushed voice. "Don't you ev'a speak 'bout Kuwabara like that."
"He is human and that is what they do. They live for a brief moment and then rot. For the most part they do not even matter." Hiei left the two in a stunned silence by turning away and walking through the exit at the end of the hall.
A good while passed before either of them moved other than to breathe; even then Yusuke only bothered to yank his hand outta the wall to let it hang loosely at his side. As he removed his hand the wall crumbled to the right of him while Kurama remained steady stone on the left. The little bit of blood redirected from Yusuke's elbow to down the tip of his middle finger where a droplet would occasionally break free to fall to the ground.
An even greater amount of time passed before a word was spoken. "We should hurry to Kuwabara's side so I can tend to his aliments." Kurama murmured. Yusuke sighed, looking Kurama dead in the eyes. "We should'a never left his side'n the first place."
The agreement Kurama felt at Yusuke's words were reflected in his saddened eyes. The moment between Kurama and Yusuke broke as Kurama squared his shoulders, his eyes hardening with a determination, and marched off in the direction Hiei disappeared in. Yusuke allowed a tense smile to work its way on his lips in relief at seeing the old Kurama make an appearance. Then he stalked down the hall after Kurama, catching up to him just as they passed through the doors.
There were a great many scenes Yusuke and Kurama had thought they would encounter as the doors clicked shut behind them. Hiei lounging in a tree waiting for them. Hiei standing impatiently to the side of the doors. To be honest, Yusuke had even briefly thought they'd find Hiei covered in blood surrounded by the mutilated corpses of the security guards. Kurama, more reasonably, thought Hiei might have already left and expected them to find the way to the nearest portal on their own. What they came face to face with was entirely different; so bizarre to the point where it was laughable and Yusuke snorted out a confused scoff.
Before them stood Hiei on the oar of a ferry girl. Smiling. Not just the small evil smirk the remembered, but full blown smiling, teeth and all. And if that wasn't completely flipping Yusuke and Kurama out, it was the fact that the ferry girl was not Botan, but someone that looked very similar to - "Shizuru?" squeaked Yusuke.
Kurama shook his head. "That is not Shizuru, Yusuke. She has black hair instead of brown." Hiei smirked as the Shizuru imposter cast the two demons a cool indifferent look, just as Shizuru would. Yusuke could just picture her puffing on a cigarette and blowing out a cloud of smoke when she drawled out, "You're pretty close. I'm her daughter."
Considering the approximate age of the girl in front of him and what had been going on around the time she was most likely conceived, Kurama was quick to come to a conclusion. "May your father happen to be Sakyou?" This was said as a question, but implied he already knew he was right.
Yusuke recoiled at the thought. "There's no way she'd've fuck with that sicko," he exclaimed. From on her oar, the girl smirked in the same way Hiei was. "Bingo," she said dryly. "You're fairly smart. You must be Kurama." She glanced at Hiei to see him nod in confirmation. "And you, Urameshi." Said with a tilt of the head in Yusuke's direction.
Yusuke was irked in the way she said his surname, like she was challenging him to a fight; kinda made him wanna punch her to the ground like he did Kuwabara. "Yeah, well, you got a name ferry," he sneered. The girl glared at him from her perch, "Yeah, it's Kuwabara, Dipshit."
Hiei nudged her sharply in the side with his leg. She left out a great sigh through her nose and ground out, "Name's Sayuri. Now get on my oar so I can take you to Dad."
"What?" Kurama asked confusedly while Yusuke glared eye to eye with Sayuri.
"Shizuru's dead. Kuwabara raised her." Hiei reported in a clipped fashion as he settled down behind Sayuri and waited for the others. Sayuri snorted and gripped her oar in both, "Way to be blunt, Hiei. Since we're in a share and care mood might as well tell you Genkai's dead."
Yusuke felt like he'd been hit by a speeding car and been taken out by Sensui at the same time. He couldn't believe Genkai was dead. He felt like shit for not being there for the old bat. But most importantly, Yusuke felt pissed off that Sayuri had a triumphant look on her face like she'd won a fight. So just to take her down to the level he was at he said to her, "Guess you get your underhanded ways from Sakyou," as he jumped on behind Hiei. Kurama was lucky to straddle the oar just before Sayuri growled in anger and wrenched them all into the sky.