This chapter focuses mainly on Yusuke and his mom. Enjoy!

The Demon House

Chapter Five

Beware the black sword. Yusuke wondered what that meant. It was so weird though! Two of his friends were dead! The gang really couldn't imagine a mission without Kurama's knowledge or him and Icelena flirting with each other the whole time and worrying what was going on when they had to split up and the two were alone. But now they were gone. What they all referred to as heavens couple were gone. Yusuke tried to imagine Icelena mourning over Kurama before she, too, died and he broke down in tears right there.

Atsuko came down into the kitchen and found her son standing there with the phone in his hands crying. She walked up to him looking quite worried, unlike her, for she had never seen her son cry like that. It must have been something bad.

"Yusuke, what's wrong now?" she said with a bit of an attitude for she was trying to cover up the fact that she was worried and act like her old self. Yusuke replied without turning around.

"Why do you care? -his voice wavered a bit- You never cared about me! You were always too drunk to care about anything!" Atsuko acted more like her old self.

"Fine! Don't tell me what's wrong and cry like a baby for all I care! Oh, I guess you're right! I DON'T CARE!!!!" And she stormed out of the kitchen, leaving Yusuke to cry all he wants. She could hear his sobs from all the way in the living room. Maybe she shouldn't of yelled like that. Why had she done that? Her son was crying more than he ever has before and what does she do? She yells at him even more. And she didn't even know what was wrong. Dang it.

But then something happened. She heard Yusuke mumbling to himself. He was saying something along the lines of 'Why did you guys die?'. Atsuko listened in. Oh, no...'Kurama, Icelena, and Hiei almost......dang you, Kuronue.....DANG YOU!!!!!!!! 'Now she felt remorse. Much remorse. It was awful. Yusuke was going into denial and all she could do to help was scream and hurt him even more. But this was.....just...she couldn't describe it. There were no words to describe it. His friends just died. Passed away. His friends were all he had. And she wasn't making his life any easier. How unexpected regret can appear. And then she heard more of Yusuke's ranting. 'And Hiei...why did you try to kill yourself? I mean, Kurama was your closest friend and all, but did you really have to slit your throat? Was that really necessary? Was trying to take your own life really smart? I mean, I know you're not as smart as Kurama was but come on! Are you really that stupid? Dang it, Hiei....'

Suicide. That sounded good right now. She wasn't doing him much good in the first place. So Atsuko walked into the kitchen, still seeing Yusuke in there, and went over to the drawer. A huge knife was laying there seeming to call her in. She picked it up and held it to her neck, but hesitated. She saw out of the corner of her eye, her son. He was wearing that cute, 'don't do it' face you always see on little kids. Her eyes swelled up with tears and she whispered, her voice wavering.

"Yusuke, I haven't seen that face on you since...." And then, in the cutest little kid way, Yusuke mumbled:

"Mom, what are you doing? Are you going to...no....DON'T!!! I've lost my friends...I can't lose my mother too. Please don't make me an orphan, mom, please. Mom, I'm begging....please. Mother! Mother, no! NO!!!!" The knife edged closer and closer to Atsuko's neck, so close that a small scrape was formed on her neck and a sliver of blood trickled down her body. She saw Yusuke's child-like face and just couldn't do it. Atsuko threw the knife down and ran to her son. And for the first time in years, they hugged.