Disclaimers Note: I Do Not Own Yu Yu Hakusho.

Authors Note: I am very sorry that I did not get this chapter out sooner. Things in life just go in the way and I didn't get any time to get this out. Thank you for reviewing during my "absence" but I'm back. I hope you like this chapter. This is long, maybe not really long, but it has some length. Thank you for your time.

Blue Light

Chapter Eleven

"Genkai… Genkai… Are you okay?"

Genkai groggily awoke as her eyes slowly opened and gradually focused in on the face above her. Kind green-eyes peered down at the woman, filled with worry.

"Kurama?" Genkai said once her eyes cleared. "What the hell… how the hell did I get here?"

Kurama sighed as a smile crossed his face, "Good. You're okay…"

Genkai sat up, lifting herself up with her elbows. She saw Hiei from a distance away, gazing outward with concentration. To her left stood Touya with a helping hand, bracing her back.

"We were in the forest fighting Marie and found a large tree with you attached to it." Kurama smiled assuredly, "Touya froze the moving roots and Hiei was able to cut you out. We saw a large light hovering above this place and we decided to follow it. That's when we found you almost dead, tied to this tree."

Genkai placed a finger on her temple and closed her eyes. "I didn't need your help."

Kurama just looked at the woman and was about to say something when the light of the moon fell across Genkai's face.

"Genkai?" Kurama asked confusedly. It certainly was Genkai…but she had changed.

She was a beautifully young woman with bright pink hair that gleamed with shine. Her skin had turned a cream-colored silk and her body was shaped with perfect curves and tones.

Kurama reached for Genkai, not really knowing why but then retreated back.

Touya, taking notice, turned to look at Genkai and his jaw dropped. He, too, seemed to take a step forward to reach for Genkai but then back away. Hiei had seen Genkai as well and had slowly started to make his way towards the two other boys. He copied the exact same reaction as the other two.

"Look, Kurama! I don't ha-have much time…" Genkai gasped, "Yusuke…Yusuke might be the Guardian…and I need to tell you something else…"

However, Genkai couldn't finish. Genkai's body had began to rise from the ground and slowly twirling in the air until she was upright. Her tattered began to melt away and her body quickly gained a glow. The light moved from a heavenly yellow to a pale blue color and then a shade of cherubic blue.

Such power and such beauty.

"Genkai was the Blue Light this whole time…" Kurama whispered as he gazed at the sight before him.

The other two boys didn't know what to say…

From the shadows stood a hooded figure, unknown to the boys, from behind the trees. The figure gripped the trunk of the tree and with a drop of a tear down its face.

Botan threw her legs over the side of her bed and burst out, "If I stay in this damn bed any longer I gonna kill someone!"

Way on the other side of the castle in the kitchen, Koenma and Shizuru sat eating. They looked at each other and then shrugged.

Koenma turned to his plate of food and said, "I think your rubbing off on her."

Shizuru shrugged back, "Then it's a good thing."

Back in Botan's room, Botan fell on her back on her bed. Everyone kept telling her to stay inside her room but if she didn't do something, she was going to lose it.

"Botan?"

Botan blinked at a pair of maroon eyes, gazing down at her.

"Hello, Botan!" Smiled Yukina, waving a little wave down at Botan.

"Hello, Yukina." Botan sighed but smiled nevertheless. She sat up and propped her elbows on her knees. "Hear back from the boys yet?"

Yukina's smiled faltered just a bit as she shook her head. "No. Nothing yet." The ice princess sat next to Botan and looked at her lap.

Botan, noticing the weird silence overtaking the air, looked at Yukina. "Yukina…is there something wrong?"

Yukina looked up at Botan with flushed cheeks.

Botan blinked, "Do you have a fever or something?"

Yukina gushed, "That's just it! I don't know what's happening to my body or any of my emotions! I don't get these feelings! I'm…so…" Yukina threw her face into her hands, "confused." She finally said with a long, hard heaved sigh.

Botan shook her head, trying to figure out what in the world Yukina was talking about.

"I…" Yukina's blush spread from her check and to her ears. "I didn't know where to turn to except to…" Her blushes now seemed to radiate immensely, "you."

Botan placed a finger to her temple as her brows furrowed. "Wait, what about your body is happening? And what about you emotions?"

Yukina began to become erratic with her hands and talking really fast. Not a normal thing for the sweet girl. "I get hot! My heart seems to jump and I want to jump along with my heart! Then there is my head saying I shouldn't think the thoughts that I'm thinking or feeling the way I am feeling! But then I WANT too, but I don't understand WHY and its driving me crazy! Oh, Botan, I feel this way every time I just think of him…"

Botan reddened as she started to realize what Yukina was blabbing about. "Yukina!" Botan laughed out loud, grabbing the frantic moving hands of the young princess. "Wait, who are you talking about?" Botan laughed again as she let Yukina's hands free.

Yukina threw her hands into her face, "Oh, gosh…"

Botan smiled. "It's called a crush, Yukina, dear."

" A crush?"

"Yes. A crush is like a brief romantic infatuation with someone. Or in other words, you really like this guy!" Botan explained. Her brow then shot up and she asked, "So, are you going to answer my question?"

Yukina's ears blazed and she lifted her head and leaned towards Botan. Whispering, Yukina kept her eyes down, "I think, maybe, Touya…"

"You like TOUYA!" Botan gushed, throwing her hands together and pressed them to her cheek. "How cute!" She sang.

Yukina blushed again. "I like him? I mean, I do like him…well, he seems like a very nice boy. I mean, well-"

Botan turned her head to an angle and narrowed her eyes at Yukina, "Tell me the truth, Yukina."

Yukina sighed, "I like him."

Botan burst out again, "You like TOUYA! How cute!" Her eyes sparkled and were overcome by a faraway look.

"Oh, Botan…" Yukina whispered, "I don't know what to! I want it all to stop!"

Botan smiled, letting go of her dreamy look. "Oh, Yukina. That's the fun off it all."

"What? Getting hot when he looks at me or jumpy when he is near me?" Yukina groaned, "I don't want to feel this but then-again… I feel like melting into his arms or caressing his smooth face with my hands…" Yukina looked over at Botan in panic. "Oh, Botan! I don't understand this! I don't understand this at all!" Yukina began to weep and threw herself onto Botan's lap.

"Oh…" Botan sighed, placing hand on Yukina's head. "Oh, you dear. This is your first crush, isn't it?"

Yukina just cried, soft and without missing a beat. She did, however, manage to nod.

Botan began to run her hand across Yukina's head, comforting the crying girl with a soft hum. The tune was soothing and sweet, bringing the tears that poured out of Yukina to a slow halt…

Wait?

Tears?

Yukina slowly sat up with wide eyes and a confused face.

"What's wrong?" Botan asked, confused herself at Yukina's sudden stop.

"My tears…" Yukina touched her face as she felt droplet's fall down her face.

"Yes, your tears. What about them-" Botan stopped as realization dawned on her. Her eyes widened as well, "Your tears! You have tears! I mean," Botan jumped up and pointed, "they are real tears!"

Yukina stood up as well and then rushed to the mirrors. "Oh my… they are tears!"

Botan and Yukina just gazed at each. Neither one of them could explain what they were seeing.

Yusuke shook his head. "Are you joking?"

Kin smiled, "No, my young Guardian. You are the Key to the Heart of the Blue Light. You were destined to help save this Earth-or rather, this universe!"

"But how is that possible? Shouldn't I be related to someone or should I pulled out a sword from some kind of stone?" Yusuke asked, his eyes narrowing. "I mean, how did I become the Guardian dude?"

Kin nodded her head as if Yusuke had just answered his own question. "The Guardian is chosen before each transition of the end of the previous Blue Light. It only choose the one who is closest to the Blue Lights heart and has the qualities of the guardian. For example, courage, kindness. He must have the aura of Reef, the parallel to Iris, and the opposite of light…" Kin paused and added, "Darkness. You complete her and she completes you."

"You lost me," Kuwabara growled, ruffling his hair in aggravation.

"Yusuke is like one part of a pie. The next Blue Light is the other half." Jin explained. "One half plus one half equals one."

"Ohhhh…." Kuwabara nodded his head.

Yusuke growled, "Look, lady. If I am this Guardian of the Blue Light guy-how the hell am I supposed to find her?"

Kin smiled sadly, "That, I can't help you with. The prophecy stopped at just the Guardian. But I can tell you that it starts with Genkai."

"That was a given," Yusuke muttered.

Kin laughed as she stood, "Come now. You all have much work to do." However, as Kin stood, her eyes began to cloud. "Oh no…" Kin shook her head, clearing her eyes. "Genkai! She is in trouble…"

Yusuke shot up, "Right now?"

"Yes…" Kin pressed a finger to the corner of her mouth, "She's now at full power and she will loose it in ten days. If you don't find the next Blue Light," Kin turned to Yusuke, "She will die forever along with the Earth."

"Damn it!" Yusuke turned around and exited out of the hut. "I won't let that hag die on me!" With that, the other two followed in pursuit. Kuwabara gave one glance backwards at Katara before leaving.

"Be careful, my young ones!" Kin shouted out. "I know you will save Earth! I know!"

Yusuke didn't hear her.

He needed to get to Genkai and that Blue Light.

There was no way anyone he knew would die at his hands.

No way.

Yusuke, Jin, and Kuwabara returned to the place they were at and looked at each other.

"Shit! Did anyone ask Koenma how we would get back?" Yusuke shouted.

There was flash of light in the sky and down came a magnificent blue…

Kiyoshi?

"What the…" Yusuke said as he watched the flying phoenix land. It was much larger, bigger than the gates of Inara that stood at fifteen feet. It cawed as if landed, its grand wings expanded over the earth with great length.

"I have never been this happy to see your ugly big blue butt!" Yusuke grinned, running towards the phoenix and hugging its neck.

Once everyone had climbed on the back of the winged animal, Kiyoshi flew up into the air and away.

Kurama stepped back as his eyes widened at the glorious light emitting from Genkai. "She's letting go of her power," Kurama said once he realized what was going on.

"I-I…I," Touya stammered, "I think she's dying…"

"Shit, shit, shit!" Hiei damned out loud, "She can't die!"

Then, from out of the sky, came a large bird. A large blue bird carrying…

Yusuke, Jin, and Kuwabara?

"Genkai's the Blue Light!" Kurama shouted once Kiyoshi settled on the ground.

"We know," Yusuke, Jin, and Kuwabara answered.

"Yusuke's the Champion or whatever Guardian of the Blue Light," Jin told the other three boys.

"We know," They all answered back.

"Crap," Kuwabara growled. "We came to late."

All the boys just stood there, watching helplessly as Genkai's young body started to dim.

Except for Yusuke, who had begun to walk towards Genkai. "We've got time," Yusuke said softly. His eyes were transfixed on Genkai, "We've got time." Yusuke then started to run and then jumped up into the air into Genkai. Once he and Genkai collided, the blue light that emitted from Genkai, burst out. It blinded everyone on the ground and then-

It disappeared.

Genkai and Yusuke disappeared.

Hiei ran towards the spot where Genkai and Yusuke had been.

"Where did they go?" Jin asked, looked around with the rest of the boys.

Hiei was just about say something when he felt the ground move beneath his feet. Hiei jumped just in time when out of the ground erupted two glowing bodies.

It was Yusuke with Genkai across his arms. Yusuke's clothes were torn and tattered but Genkai was perfectly fine. Her body and her clothes were now whole yet she was till young.

"What happened?" Hiei asked as the other boys gathered around Yusuke.

"The Earth." Yusuke lifted his eyes at the boys and added, "She gave the last of her strength to Genkai. We've only got a few days." He walked to Kiyoshi and laid Genkai across the phoenix's back and then turned to the boys, "We've got find this girl-the next Blue Light…"

"Or," Yusuke said. "We're doomed."

"The earth is weakening so your apparition qualities are beginning to vanish." Koenma explained. "Even some of my power is weakening."

Botan and Yukina had both run to the kitchen after they crying incident.

"Does that mean the Blue Light is…" Yukina began to ask but faded off when she saw Koenma nod his head gently.

"Here," Shizuru put an arm across Yukina's shoulder. "Lets get you to a bed. You need some rest."

"I'm really not tired." Yukina said, oblivious to her fading voice. Shizuru and Yukina exited the kitchen, leaving Koenma and Botan at the table. Botan was sitting with her head bowed, thinking about what just happened.

"Botan..."

Botan blinked, turning her head to see Koenma smiling.

"Are you okay?" Koenma said softly.

Botan sighed and smiled. "Yes. Just amazed that I just saw Yukina crying without a drop of a crystal."

Koenma glanced at Botan and then back down to the ground.

"I remember the day you came to the castle. My father just plopped you down next to me and said you weren't to bothered." Koenma smiled. "Weren't you like eight or something?"

"Nine." Botan laughed. "And I remember that you, never the one to listen, grabbed me by the ponytail to stop me from crying."

"I don't remember that!"

"That's because I turned and punched you out for a good two minutes or so."

"Tomboy." Koenma smirked.

"Crybaby." Botan sang, poking Koenma's shoulder playfully.

Silence took over, Botan smiling off into the distance and Koenma gazing down on the floor.

"Botan, when you came to my father and me..." Koenma looked up, "You were possibly the best thing for me, you know."

"Of course!" Botan laughed, "You were a spoiled little boy and someone needed to teach you right!"

Koenma laughed along with the blue-haired girl. "You'll always be like family to me, Botan." Koenma said softly, placing a hand over Botan's own. "And you still are."

Botan lifted her eyes to meet Koenma's with her eyes sparkling. Her mouth turned into a fantastic smile, "And you are always my family."

"The boys are back!" One of the ogres shouted out from the grand hallway.

Koenma and Botan jumped out of their seats and ran to the entrance.

Shizuru heard from one of the guest rooms but made sure that Yukina was situated and then went to meet the boys.

Keiko was in the garden taking a walk when she heard the call. Keiko started to make her way back to the castle but slowly.

She still needed some time to think.

Yusuke gathered Genkai into his arms and turned just in time to see Botan and Koenma walk into the hallway. During the ride from the Inara Forest, Yusuke had been but very quiet. He also showed no emotion whatsoever towards the day's events.

However, Yusuke managed a small smile once he saw Botan coming his way.

Botan took one look at Yusuke and shouted, "Yusuke!"

"Oh…hey, Bo." Yusuke gave Botan his small smile, "You look good." Yusuke shook his head as if he was trying to wring out his ears. "Don't worry about me, though." Yusuke added, "It's Genkai here that we gotta take care of."

Kurama, sensing something about Yusuke, took Genkai from Yusuke's hands. "Why don't you rest a bit, Yusuke?" Kurama suggested.

"I agree with the man, Yusuke." Jin said, "You don't look too hot."

Yusuke smiled at Jin groggily and then fell forward right on Botan. Botan caught him with help from Jin.

"Come on, Jin!' Botan threw one of Yusuke's arms across her shoulders, "Help me move him to my room. It's the closet one."

Without one word, Jin threw Yusuke's other arm across his shoulder. He and Botan than began to walk Yusuke to the room.

"Yusuke!" Shouted a voice.

Botan and everyone else looked up to see Keiko running towards them. Her eyes had begun to water once she reached them.

"He's fine, lassie." Jin assured the brunette, "He's just tired."

"Open my door, Keiko!" Botan said, "And run to the kitchen and grab a bowl of water and towels from the maids."

Keiko nodded and cried all at the same time.

Botan and Jin entered the room and placed Yusuke down on the bed. "Thank you, Jin. I think that's all for now."

Jin nodded and then walked back out of the room.

Botan lifted Yusuke's head lightly to place a pillow underneath it. She began to remove what was left of Yusuke's shirt and threw that aside.

"Here's the water and towels, Botan." Keiko entered the room carrying the things and placed them on the floor next to Botan.

"Thank you, Keiko." Botan said. She immediately soaked one of the towels in the water, wrung it, and then began to dress Yusuke's wounds.

"What happened?" Keiko whispered, mostly to herself.

Botan shook her head as her hands cleaned. She looked at Yusuke's wounds and said, "I don't know."

Keiko and Botan just stayed in silent as they stared at Yusuke.

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