Yusuke walked into the arena the next day barely able to suppress a tired yawn behind his hand as he walked. Despite being up all night doing various things.

Running, practicing some of the martial arts moves that Genkai had taught him specifically for the Dark Tournament, as well as working on his spirit energy- he hadn't bothered to attempt sleeping even though he had practically run himself into the fucking ground with all his work.

Not that he believed anyone would notice, much less ask him- "Ah, Yusuke. How are you this morning?" Kurama asked in an obnoxious overly chipper tone that made the dark haired teen roll his eyes and think, Ugh- Does he have to be a morning person? As Kurama came out of practically nowhere and fell into step beside the spirit detective.

Yusuke didn't really answer him, though he did cast him a very peculiar look through tired, dull brown eyes.

But then Kurama hadn't really expected him to say anything, not with how exhausted he looked to the fox demon/human hybrid. However due to the fact that they were supposed to be a team- he felt he should at least keep tabs on the teen. Even if it did more or less mean stalking him just to figure out what he did when no one was around. Especially in a place with so many demons around.

One wrong move around the demons on the island and Team Urameshi could very well lose it's star fighter.

Could, of course being the operative word as Hiei finally made an appearance along with Kuwabara and the masked fighter. Each of them falling into step either beside or behind Yusuke as he walked.

"You look tired detective." Hiei said after taking a moment to study the dark circles under Yusuke's eyes.

Yusuke cast him a brief glance as if to say, Tired or not I can still kick your ass shrimp. Which made Hiei growl in annoyance and turn his head away with his nose in the air.

Like any punk who thought themselves better than others. Hiei was acting true to his demonic character. Yusuke supposed as they rounded a corner to head down to the arena and something suddenly slammed into him with enough force to almost knock him back into Kuwabara.

He grunted softly and automatically brought his arms up to grab the thing that had slammed into him and blinked as he glanced down and noted with some vague amusement that it wasn't a 'thing' that had slammed into him, but a person.

Not just any goddamn person- a girl. His mind hissed at him as his manners automatically kicked in.

"Whoa, slow down there doll. You nearly bowled me over." He said as he slowly started to put the girl away form him when she tilted her head back to look up at him from under long black bangs. Her teal/green colored eyes locking with his own as his heart made a sudden leap up into his mouth.

His grip on her arms tightened a bit.

Not enough to truly hurt her, thank god, but enough to make her look uncomfortable for a moment. Which was all the time that he needed to finish looking her over.

She was young, perhaps a year or two younger than himself. She had drop dead gorgeous features, oddly akin to Kurama's human form. Her body was slightly smaller than his own- the top of her head barely reaching his collarbone. Her thick dark hair hung over her shoulder in a thick braid that by his calculation wound end around the small of her back.

She wasn't thin. But wasn't exactly fat either.

Her body's build was at that happy medium between the two. Probably due to her age. And the curves of her body, though he had felt them only briefly, were more than enough to be found attractive by anything male.

All in all she was a beautiful girl.

But that wasn't what nearly had him grabbing her up and tossing her over his shoulder and running out of the arena like hellfire was trailing after him.

No- as pretty as she was, as pleasant and attractive as he found her- those things weren't what had his fingers flexing against her shirtsleeves.

It was her eyes.

That distinct, yet oddly lovely shade of both teal/green combined. Only one other person he had ever met had had eyes the same exact color as this girl's. And that had been her.

The one that he had failed to protect.

The one true love of his life.

He was about to release her and walk away, now before it was too late for them both, when he was jolted out of his thoughts by her small hands coming up to very gently to grasp his wrists in her own causing an electric shock to run though him.

Exhaling his breath left his lungs in a soft hiss as he abruptly let her go and rubbed at his hands in a subconscious gesture in an effort to alleviate the strange feeling of electricity running through his hands of where she had touched him as he muttered an almost inaudible, "Sorry."

The girl said nothing. She didn't really have too. Yusuke could see the spark of awareness in her eyes, though she quickly masked it.

He motioned to the others to go on ahead, earning a combo of curious/funny looks from his friends before they walked on only to stop several feet away and look back at him. Wondering just what the hell he was doing when back there when they had a tournament to win.

The moment everyone was out of earshot, Yusuke looked at the girl again. His dark eyes taking in everything that his tired mind could think of to help him find her again later. Everything from her height, to the details of her clothing (like size, style, and color) was carefully memorized as he asked softly.

"What's your name?" It wasn't so much as a question as it was a demand. Though it sounded more like one than it did the other.

She moved her lips as if she were going to answer him, however there was no sound behind the action which caused his eyes to narrow slightly as he thinned his lips slightly in displeasure before opening his mouth to ask again when a demon guy came running up to the two of them, startling them both.

Yusuke's first instinct the moment the demon ran up to them was to reach out and snatch the girl away from the guy and hold her closely against his side and pin the son of a bitch with one of his more menacing glares until he felt so intimidated that he ran off again, however the moment that the guy opened his mouth- he gave Yusuke the very thing he had wanted to know.

The girl's name.

Yuki.

The demon took the girl's hand in his and with a cautious look towards Yusuke, pulled her away from him and then wrapped an arm around her slender shoulders as he babbled, "Yuki-girl, you shouldn't ta be running around unescorted! You could get your little self into trouble, ya know."

Yuki didn't seem all that concerned. But it didn't stop the demon from carrying on, "Now lass, you're a sweet little thing but tis far too dangerous for ya to be wandering around by yerself. So you just stick to my side girly, and ol Jin will take care of ya." The demon said as he fondly ruffled the girl's hair and gave her a fanged grin before taking her small hand in his own and began to tug her along behind him as he started walking away.

Not wanting 'Jin' to take off with Yuki just yet Yusuke thought about yelling at the bastard or something but in the end decided that for now this might be for the best.

He couldn't afford to be distracted with his upcoming match. But once it was done...

He cast a glance over his shoulder at Yuki's back and felt his lips curve just a little bit at the corners. After the fight was an entirely different story.

He would have more than enough free time to track Yuki down and get to know her a bit. Turning back around, he shoved his hands into his pants pockets and started walking, not really realizing that the others had seen the whole damned exchange.