Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Yu-Hakusho or the characters. Just the plot and the additional (?) characters.

Summary: It's time to relax and hope for the best. But who says relaxing is just not doing anything? To some relaxing requires thinking.

Warnings: Some language, and a quick yaoi kiss scene.

Miscellaneous: BOREING, still no action…well not my kind of action *cough*Fighting*cough*. Either way, ENJOY!

~Relax, Recuperate, Redefine~

~BRYIN'S POV~

The next day was bright and warm, as if nothing had happened…as it should seem. Not surprisingly I was the first one up. It was in my nature to be the first one up. Of course there was no help to how Kushin and Chouwa treated me. They "taught" me to be the first one up. But even if so, I use to wake up first even before I was captured. But there was other things they engraved into me that isn't in my nature. For instance, cooking. Not that I don't enjoy it…but I never cooked until I was considered old enough in their book…after I was captured. But just as soon as I forced myself out of the kitchen I got the sudden urge to clean. Unfortunately I failed at fighting that part and found myself in a random room scrubbing the floors. After five minutes I sighed in frustration, threw the cleaning brush and stomped out the door. A battle against myself…how fun. I took a walk around Genkai's temple. When I came back to the starting point I found Kuwabara and Hiei standing outside looking at the bright morning sun.

"Oh, morning Bryin!" Kuwabara called out with his usual giant smile.

"Good morning Kuwabara." I said with a faint smile.

"So how is this war going to continue?" Hiei butted in.

"Good morning to you too Hiei." I simply answered smiling.

"Geez Hiei, can't even say good morning." Kuwabara mumbled.

I gave out a soft laugh. "The war will continue as is, hopefully with no one getting hurt."

"And when will you be going back to…Heaven?"

I could feel Hiei was pushing for this to be done and over with. Oh, how I couldn't agree more with him. "I really don't know." Was all I could say.

"Man Bryin, why answer to that? Actually why make someone like Hiei? So mean and horrific." Kuwabara yelled at Hiei.

"Why make someone like this giant brick right here? He is stupid and annoying." Hiei retorted.

Hiei and Kuwabara went at it. Even though they involved me by asking me why I made them in such a way, the blows was really aimed at each other. Nervously laughing I stepped around them and continued back inside the temple. I just hoped one day they would realize I didn't make them in any way. I simply allowed them to breath. And even if I did, just like their creator…I would have made them the way they are for a reason.

At the next turn I ran into Kurama.

"Oh Bryin, I was wondering where you ran off." Kurama greeted.

"Oh?"

"Yes, you see I have been thinking…if this war is truly suppose to be separated from the life of the living…why is it that Yusuke and the rest of us was able to help you. Forgive me, usually I don't jump to the gun like this, but the question has been bothering me for quite some time." Kurama explained.

I couldn't believe I didn't realize that until now. He was right…why were the Spirit Detectives able to get involved in this? Yes at that point and time it was mere torture. But…something should have prevented the curiosity of getting the better of them. It didn't make sense.

"Bryin?" Kurama grabbed my attention again.

"You brought up a very good question, Kurama. Because you're right…it doesn't make sense." I finally announced.

"I think…maybe we should look into it."

"I would…but I think we have bigger problems to deal with." I replied walking away.

I continued to rummage around Genkai's temple in deep thought about that question.

~ZETSUMEI'S POV~

"DAMN!" I punched through the biggest rock I could find; 15 feet tall, 10 feet wide boulder.

"Zetsumei, can we please get out of here? This place gives me the creeps. It's all relaxing and shit. I want to go back to hell." Chouwa complained.

"Shut up. I don't give a shit what you want. Besides, you owe me." I growled.

"What? I do not! Kushin and I both did exactly what you asked of us. Reborn Bryin and make his life a living hell…"

"For 20 years. You are short 5 years 6 months and 13 days."

Chouwa was speechless of how precise I was. "Oh big whoopee! So we we're off by 5 fucking years! What difference does it make?" She finally yelled when over the shock.

"It makes a world of difference! It takes 20 years for it to go into effect! He now has the power to deflect it when it gets ready too…UGH! You better hope it works, or I'll kill you myself." I was so frustrated I couldn't think straight.

"Oooh, I'm sooo scared." Chouwa became sarcastic.

In an instant I was in her face my hand at her throat.

"Technically I have no more use for you, so killing you now wouldn't bother me either."

Finally, fear rung threw her veins.

"That's what I thought." I pushed her aside breathing in deep trying to get my thoughts together.

'Even though the plan was to give it 20 years to go into effect, it doesn't mean it won't work. It just means the percentage of it is reduced by about 10%. This means I still have a good chance of getting it to work. But we learned even what a small percentage is. After all…it was suppose to be 100% that Bryin wasn't going to be rescued. I saw how that turned out. So how am I going to decrease that 10%? …but of course…I have to weaken him. Sure, in human form he is already weak…but I don't know how much power it takes to throw my plan out the window, so the more vulnerable…the better.' I chuckled at my own thoughts.

Not even in hell this was going to be easy. It will take absolute determination, and more power than normal. But, if getting the results I want means putting Bryin's life on the edge of death…then so be it.

~BRYIN'S POV~

I walked around inside Genkai's temple with the question Kurama asked me completely swarming didn't make sense as into why they were able to interrupt the war. Not that I am not grateful. I couldn't be happier to be out of Zetsu's grasp. But still that was a question not to be left out of the loop…well…at least not for too long.

So caught up with what was on my mind I didn't realize a door had slid open quite some time ago and that a figure was standing at its entrance. Pulled into the room, out of shock I yelped, which was muffled by a hand. When I got my focus straight it was Yusuke.

"Yusuke? Oh geez, you almost gave me a heart attack." I sighed relived.

"Sorry. You were thinking so much you didn't respond to anything I said." He apologized.

"Oh? Sorry about that. Just, something was brought to my attention that I didn't see before." My mind sort of drifted.

After a minute Yusuke caught my attention again snapping his finger in front of my face. "Hey snap too."

"Oh, sorry. Was there something you needed to where you had to "kidnap" me into this room?" I asked a bit sarcastic.

"Not really ask."

"What is on your mind Yusuke?" I became slightly worried. He wasn't acting his usual self.

"Have you been feeling weird lately? And I mean not like…being stalked by that Zetsu-or-whatever. But a funny feeling?" Yusuke couldn't keep his eyes on me.

Just by the signs I had figured what he was talking about, but at the same time, thinking about the situation we were in, I really didn't want it to be true right now. So I wasn't going to believe what I was thinking unless I was slapped in the face by it. So I tried thinking of other things that would fit that description and of course, nothing came to mind. So as my answer I shook my head and smiled.

"Oh."

That was probably one of the saddest oh's I have ever heard in my life. …and I heard a lot of oh's.

"You know you can speak what is on your mind, right Yusuke?" I tried to comfort.

Suddenly a fist was next to my face against the wall behind me.

"I didn't mean to make you made." I jumped, trying to stay calm.

"I'm not mad; I'm just…frustrated with myself." Yusuke talked threw greeted teeth now.

"Yusuke I…"

I didn't dare to make another sound. Literally, our faces were only a few centimeters apart. I could practically taste the air he breathed. We stood like that what seemed forever, but what was only a mere few minutes…five at the most. Finally Yusuke sat back a little and I let out the air I just realized I held in.

"Sorry." Was all that was muttered.

Without giving him a warning our lips touched, even though it was for a solid second, it felt like a millisecond.

"It's the least I owe you for saving my life." I covered my action with a lie.

But I played along, smiling, getting up, and silently leaving the room; leaving Yusuke in surprise.

I quickly walked back to my room muffling out everyone's call. I walked right past who ever I came across as if they weren't there, went into my room and closed the door as quietly as possible. I couldn't believe how hard my heart was pounding. Quickly shaking my head to snap back to why I allowed it in the first place.

'He was touched by death. Did he really come back to life?'

It didn't matter what happened. The fact was…death has touched his soul, and he is still here. Which means, technically…he is no longer bounded by the life of the living. …at least not completely. And that is why Yusuke was able to hold even the slightest curiosity in me.

Sighing I felt like a load was lifted. But then it hit me. I JUST KISSED YUSUKE! My faced turned deep red, and…I got the feeling that I didn't want in the first. I kept trying to sooth myself, reminding myself it was only to tap into his life; what made him different from everyone else. But it didn't work. I just turned more and more red. Barely touching my lips, I instantly had to cover my mouth to hold back a laugh. It was official…there was no way I would be able to leave this room until I calmed down and can even handle the thought of seeing Yusuke in person.