4

Keizou fell back onto the floor of his treehouse and let out a satisfied sigh. "I'm finally done. It took longer to make than I expected, but it's finally done." He sat back up and looked at his work. He had stayed up all night sewing together a Shounen Beat cape, gloves, and mask for Keita.

He hadn't ever given many gifts in his life, and definitely never gave a gift to another boy, so looking at the one he had made for Keita filled him with apprehension. Would it be a good enough apology? Would Keita forgive him? Would Keita even like the gift?

Keizou rapidly rifled his hands through his hair and let out a frustrated grunt. He had no clue how this apology would play out and wasn't even sure what he would say if Keita even showed up. Heroes saved the day after some else causes trouble; He never saw an episode of Guts Kamen where Guts Kamen made trouble and had to apologize to Shounen Beat.

A shot of inspiration came to him. He knew exactly the person he could ask these questions to. No, he knew exactly the youkai. He dug into his pouch of youkai medals and pulled out Fuyunyan's. "Come on out, my friend, Fuyunyan. Youkai medal, set on!" With a flash of light Fuyunyan appeared before him and he could feel tears almost form in his eyes. Only about a month had passed since he had last seen him, but after all that the two had gone through a month felt closer to an eternity.

Fuyunyan floated over to Keizou and hugged him, and Keizou quickly returned it. "Long time no see partner."

The two let go of each other. "Yeah, it has been a while. How have you been?"

"I've been well, just floating around Japan, enjoying the sights, meeting new youkai. How about you? I figured I'd have to wait a lot longer before you decided to call on me."

Keizou's face became solemn. "I called you today to get a favor. Well, not exactly a favor, more like I need your advice."

"Oh? Well go ahead and ask. I'm not confidence that I can give you the best advice possible, but I will try my best."

"Well, you remember Keita right?" Fuyunyan nodded his head. "Well he actually came by for a visit the other day. And I kinda caused him a lot of pain and made him cry."

"How in the world did you do that?"

Keizou sighed. "It's a long story. I'm not even sure what I did wrong myself. Anyways I called you here because I'm not sure how I should apologize."

Without missing a beat Fuyunyan responded. "Well, where do you think you should start? I wasn't there for the situation and you don't know what you did wrong so I need you to give me a starting point." He motioned toward the handmade gift he had on the table. "I made him a gift, but I have no clue how I should give it to him or what I should say when I do." Without warning Fuyunyan burst out into laughter causing Keizou to become flustered. "What the hell is so funny? I'm trying to do something nice for someone!"

"I'm laughing because you don't need my help. You're just as bad at expressing you emotions as always."

"Waddaya mean I don't need your help? If I didn't need your help I wouldn't have called you."

"It's simple Keizou; you put your hard work and love into making that gift so all you need to do is give it to him, smile, and say you're sorry."

Keizou tilted his head in confusion. "Th-that's it? I don't gotta put together a whole speech or something?"

Fuyunyan shook his head. "Not at all. Actions speak louder than words. Guts Kamen was one of the things that got you and Keita close so this gift will say a lot more than any apology can. Just be sincere about it and I'm sure he'll accept your feelings."

Keizou smiled widely and hugged Fuyunyan. "Thanks. I knew calling on you would help."

Fuyunyan smiled back. "Any time partner. Now if you'll excuse me I have some business with a youkai to attend to." Knowing neither of them were good with goodbyes Fuyunyan quickly floated out of the treehouse and began to drift away. Keizou followed him and, understanding Fuyunyan's actions, just smiled, waved, and watched as Fuyunyan disappeared into the distance.