Okay here's ch. 4. remember I have no set schedule for updating, along with very little set plot. Oh and if i don't update for three weeks, give me a poke. this chapter is short. No hiei or Kurama in this chap. This is my (really bad) atempt at angst
"OY! Dimwit!" Genkai screeched from inside her temple. It was one of those typical summer afternoons, hot, muggy, lazy, and quiet. Or it had been quiet.
"What!?!" Yusuke hollered back from outside, just as he finished his training for the day.
"Come inside for a moment!" Genkai answered. Yusuke absently wondered where she got the lungs to yell at all day, day after day. He went inside yelling.
"Wha'da want, grandma, I finished training for the da…" He'd been walking toward where he could sense Genkai, and was surprised to see Kurama's mom.
"Oh. What are you doing here Minamino-san?" Yusuke asked, confused. He had a feeling he was missing something important in this situation.
"I'm here to talk to Genkai about my son, Shuichi. I remember him mentioning a few times so I came to talk to her," said the soft spoken Shiori. Yusuke blinked, still feeling like he was missing something.
Genkai noticed Yusuke's confusion. "She's noticed some... odd... things about her son, and wants to find out more about him, without him knowing."
'Oh yeah, Kurama and Hiei are in Great Britain.' Yusuke thought. "Okaaaaayyy... I'm still missing something here."
"I feel that way too, all the time," Shiori said. She continued as Yusuke stared. "I feel like my son has lives. Two sets of friends, two personalities... And I'm only allowed to see one of them, the one he lets the world see, that's made up of parts of the real him, but isn't really him."
Yusuke wasn't sure how to respond to that. It was the truth, but the truth as he had never thought of or heard before. Yes, Kurama basically had two lives, and Yes,his mother didn't know anything about the second life. But, nobody had thought about the fact that Shiori might of realize it, or how it would hurt her. And it had hurt her that much was clear.
"Oh... when put it like that, it suddenly sounds like a bad thing," Yusuke said, scratching the back of his head.
"He never meant to hurt you... I don't know why he hasn't told you... I think he wants to, he's just scared," he continued hesitantly.
"Scared of what?" Shiori asked, "What is he so scared of that he won't tell me, changing the subject every time I ask, and has him leaving the room when I try to bring it up." Shiori was close to tears, and Yusuke had to squash the urge to run far away. He could handle over 30 thugs attacking him at once, and powerful demons that would literally scare most humans to death, but a woman crying, a woman he knew personally and saw almost everyday, made him want to go hide under a the nearest rock.
Fortunately for Yusuke, Genkai had no such fears. "The dimwit is, wonders of all wonders, right. Your son is scared. He is scared you will reject him if you find out the truth about him." Genkai said unemotionally . She took a sip of her tea, waiting for Shiori's responce.
"But why? Why is her scare I'll reject him?" Shiori demanded, voice filled with pain.
Genkai looked Shiori right in the eye, gaze unflinching. "That is not my place to tell. Shuuichi's fears aren't entirely unfounded, and if he's chosen not to tell you, well that's his choice, not mine."
Shiori seemed to have gotten herself under slightly better control, but both Genkai Yusuke could tell it wouldn't take much for her to start to cry.
"Oi, Grandma, can i talk to you a sec?" Yusuke asked, dragging Genkai out of the room.
"What do you want?"
"Can't we te-
Genkai cut him off. "No, it's his choice, not ours."
Yusuke looked annoyed. "I was going to say, can't we tell her a little, not everything, but about Koenma and the Sprit detectives?"
Genkai thought about it for a second. "Boy, I do believe that is one of your better ideas," she said with a twinkle.