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"Again."

Tsuki took a deep breath and steadied herself as she stood firmly in her fighting stance. Her divine bells were pointed directly at her grandfather, ready for his attack. They were standing in a large open green field behind the Saito's Shrine main building. It was now 5 o'clock in the afternoon and they had been training since noon.

Breathing heavily, Tsuki watched her grandfather wearily. Despite his age, her grandfather was quick and his strikes were faster than the eye could catch. She wasn't sure if she could handle another powerful blow from him, and her stamina was weakening as the day stretched on.

"Spirit beam!" He chanted. Tsuki watched as a white beam of energy shot out of his white medium size spiritual energy flew rapidly in the air, coming straight at her. There was no time to dodge, and his blast hit Tsuki's clear barrier.

Tsuki groaned from the impact, the force of the blast nearly knocking her breath away. The blast felt like a giant boar ramming into her and she began to feel her strength leave her.

She started to panic when she could hear her barrier cracking under the pressure of her grandfather's beam. Finally, when she felt that it would be easier to just get hit by the beam, her father relented and stopped his chanting. The beam vanished and Tsuki promptly fell down hard into the grass.

"Again."

"Grandfather!" Tsuki huffed. "I have been doing this for an hour! Can't we give it a rest?!" She didn't even raise her head to look at her grandfather, she was beyond exhausted.

"Not until you can withstand a proper blast. A spiritual barrier can protect us from almost any harm. You must learn how to use it to your advantage."

Tsuki's eyebrow twitched. She was hungry, tired, and upset. Today was Saturday and she was supposed to meet up with Keiko three hours ago.

It had been almost two weeks since the fire incident. Atsuko had managed to find a brand new apartment thanks to her various errands she ran.

Keiko had managed to help Atsuko with the move. Today was supposed to be the day where the girls were going to visit Yusuke and make sure that he was okay at his new home.

I shouldn't have told him about that damn fire incident, Tsuki thought as she slowly stood up, wiping the sweat from her brow. Her grandfather was training her harder that she had ever experienced before, alarmed from her demon encounter in Yusuke's previous apartment.

Finally, she spoke, "I understand that grandfather, but I have my powers under control."

Tsuki watched as her grandfather walked slowly towards her with an amused look, her guard instantly rising in case her grandfather decided she needed a good hit to the head.

"What would have happened if your friends hadn't come in and get you?"

Tsuki gulped. She thought back to when the black smoke went into her lungs. How she felt extremely dizzy when she was kneeling down on that hot floor as the fire continued to spread around her and Yusuke.

"I...I would have figured it out," she said, avoiding her grandfather's gaze. She wished she had sounded more confident, but truly, she was left shaken by the incident.

"You say that but there will not be a next time. Tsuki, stronger opponents will come. I want you to be ready next time." Grandfather causally walked back to his spot.

"Now, again."

Tsuki sighed and got into her fighting stance. Keiko would have to wait a little bit longer for her.

After her training, Tsuki took a quick hot shower and got dress. She decided to wear a red t-shirt and plain black jeans for the casual day.

She finally decided to call Keiko. She hoped that Keiko wasn't too angry at her tardiness, and surely by now Keiko understood how her grandfather could get.

Tsuki raised her eyebrow as she checked her caller log. She didn't receive any missed calls from Keiko.

That's strange. I thought Keiko would have called to check in on me, Tsuki thought as she dialed Keiko's number. After a few rings, the call went to voicemail.

Hey! This is Keiko. I'm not available to take your call. Please leave your message and I will reach back to you as soon as possible. Thanks!

"Huh, interesting," Tsuki muttered, hanging up before the beep for voicemail came on. Keiko usually answered the phone when Tsuki called.

Tsuki redialed her phone number. Once again, it went straight to voicemail. She tried again, the call went straight to voicemail. Tsuki took a deep breath, getting slightly worried. She decided to leave a voicemail.

"Hey, Keiko. This is Tsuki. I'm sorry for getting back to you so late. I'm still available to meet up with you. Call me."

After ending the call, Tsuki decided to take a nap to pass the time. Her sore body needed to recover.

Tsuki was awakened some time later by her phone, and she sat up with a jolt trying to remember where she was. She instantly regretted because her body protested the quick movement and she realized she had been training with her grandfather all day. She checked her phone and was quickly relieved to see that it was Keiko was calling.

"Hey Keiko, do you still want to meet up?"

"Sorry, Tsuki. I should have called you. I'm at the hospital right now," Keiko said in an urgent tone.

"Are you alright?" She asked, hopping out of bed and looking for her shoes. "I'll be there soon!"

"I'm fine. It's my mother. She fainted while she was at work."

"Is she okay?"

"We don't know yet. My dad and I are waiting on the results right now."

"I'm on my way as soon as possible."

"No, that's okay," Keiko said, her voice wavering. "I'm going to be here for a while. I don't even know if I'm planning on seeing Yusuke today. It's already 8 o'clock. "

"Don't be silly Keiko," Tsuki said. "I don't mind being there with you. I'll tell my grandfather. He should be okay with me visiting you.

There was a brief pause before Keiko finally answered, "Alright, I'll see you soon. Thank you, Tsuki."

Tsuki hung up and sighed. It felt that there was a lot of negative energy floating about and plaguing the people around her. It was bad enough that they had to endure a fire two weeks ago. Now Keiko's mother was in the hospital. As Tsuki stepped out the front door, she hoped for happier days to come.

"Excuse me, I am looking for Yukimura's room," Tsuki exclaimed to the hospital receptionist. She was carrying two cups of steaming hot green tea and thought it would be a nice gesture for Keiko. The receptionist nonchalantly looked at the room board and pointed down the hallway.

"Room 311. Straight down to your right."

Tsuki quickly thanked the lady, and made her way to the room, knocking on the door gently with her foot. To her surprise, the door had been slightly open and the door opened slightly.

"Keiko?" Tsuki peeked inside, slowly entering the room. The room was silent and dark and she began to panic. She spotted Keiko's figure resting peacefully on a chair next to her sleeping mother who was laying down on the hospital bed and quickly calmed down.

Putting the how drinks on the night stand, Tsuki slightly shook Keiko's shoulder to wake her. Keiko slowly opened her eyes and yawned. Her eyes landed on Tsuki and a smile lit her face.

"Hey Tsuki," she said as she stretched her arms in the air. She was wearing a pretty white dress that put an emphasis on how brown and silky her hair was. Tsuki smiled and gave her friend the green tea. Keiko eagerly accepted the drink.

"Thank you."

"How is she?" Tsuki asked. She noticed Asako had a huge bandage on her left wrist.

Keiko sadly stared at her sleeping mother as she sipped her drink.

"Overworked with a flu. My dad said she looked very sick when she was working. The doctors took more tests just to see if she might have pneumonia, but they say she should be fine."

Tsuki grabbed a spare chair from the corner of the room and sat down next to Keiko.

"My father says hi by the way. He was here but he had to go back to work. He told me to go home but I decided to stay. I just wanted to make sure my mother was alright." Tsuki nodded, understanding that Keiko was just the type of person who could sit idly by as her mother rested in the hospital.

"How are you feeling?" Tsuki asked as she sipped her tea. She noticed Keiko's cheeks were puffy and red.

"Honestly, I'm feeling like there has been a ton of weight on my shoulders lately. These past few weeks have been stressing me out. Not only do I have to worry about school, but I have to make sure that my mother and Yusuke are okay."

Tsuki nodded, listening attentively to her friend.

She continued, "I know you are probably feeling the same way Tsuki. Are you okay? I've noticed you've been exhausted at school for the past few days. You even slept throughout Taneka-sensei's lecture. Your grandfather isn't being too hard on you right?"

No, I'm not okay. My life is getting crazier each and every day. I feel like there's a lot of pressure on me, Tsuki thought. Tsuki couldn't bear to tell Keiko this, and cause her more distress.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Everything has just been a bit hectic for me. But it's nothing that I can't handle," Tsuki smiled, reassuring her friend.

Deep down inside her heart, Tsuki was scared. Her normal life was falling apart, but she didn't want Keiko to worry. Keiko had her own problems to deal with.

Tsuki slumped in her chair, releasing tension from her sore muscles.

"I just want my life to be normal again."

Keiko got out of her seat and wrapped her arms around Tsuki.

"Well, if you want to talk, I'm here for you Tsuki."They both hugged each other, taking comfort that they could rely on each other to be there for one another.

"Thanks, Keiko," Tsuki said as she hugged her friend tighter. "I appreciate it."

"No problem, Tsuki."

"How's Yusuke by the way? Sorry that I couldn't help Atsuko move to her new place."

"He's fine. Luckily, the fire didn't cause any damage to his body. Thanks for being there. Kuwabara was able to help bring in new clothes for Yusuke."

"That was nice of him," Tsuki said with a smile, Kuwabara was really a good guy. Sometimes,

Tsuki would see Kuwabara at school. They would greet each other and talk like they were old friends. He reminded her of Yusuke. He was just a misunderstood but sweet boy.

Keiko's eyes lit up suddenly, startling Tsuki.

"Oh! That reminds me. I've seen Shizuru when I went grocery shopping with my mom. She says hi. She wanted to know if we wanted to go shopping with her soon."

Tsuki smiled. "That would be great." She missed Shizuru. Shizuru was like an older sister that she never had. Keiko bit her lip, pushing to prevent her next question from coming out.

"Are you alright?" Tsuki asked as she observed her nervous friend.

"Tsuki, did you have a strange dream last night?" Keiko blurted out.

"No," Tsuki grumbled. Her grandfather trained her extra hard on Friday. Right after she came back from school. "I was so exhausted last night, I don't know if I even had a dream."

Keiko lightly blushed, nervously squirming in her seat. "Well, I had a dream that I kissed Yusuke."

"Well, you do have a strong attraction towards him," Tsuki teased. "I'm not the slightest bit surprised that you had a dream about him."

Keiko shook her head, her face turning redder than a cherry tomato.

"Not like that! This dream was different! His whole body was glowing. I kissed him and then he suddenly opened his eyes."

"Oh," Tsuki blinked. Yeah, that was definitely different.

"Right? He literally opened his eyes and got up. I didn't know it was a sign or not, but after we were done talking on the phone, I tried to call Atsuko to see if Yusuke was okay. She didn't answer."

Tsuki rolled her eyes. "You know how Atsuko is. She's probably busy."

"I know but," Keiko furrowed her eyebrows. "I am getting worried. There still hasn't been any sign of Yusuke yet. I just want to make absolutely sure he's okay. I don't want another fire incident again."

"You're right. We promise Yusuke we would look after him," Tsuki agreed. She haven't seen or talked to Yusuke since the fire. She was getting a bit worried too. "What do you want to do?"

"Well-" Before Keiko could answer the question, there was a knock on the door.

"Yukimura?" The doctor said as he entered the room. He had a brown clipboard in his hand. Keiko got up from her chair and looked at the doctor anxiously.

"Yes?"

"The tests results came out negative. There is no sign of pneumonia. It looks good but we will still monitor her for the night. As long as she rests properly tonight, she'll be okay."

Keiko bowed to the doctor. "Thank you. Thank you so much."

Tsuki breathed a sigh of relief. She was happy to hear that Asako was going to be okay.

"Since she had taken some codeine two hours ago, she won't be waking up today. You can wait here for the test results but we can just call you when it's ready."

The doctor left the room, closing the door behind him.

Tsuki saw the relief that flooded Keiko, and felt that her hopes were finally being answered.

Keiko turned to Tsuki, tears brimming her eyes.

"I'm going to call Atsuko again. Who knows? The dream was probably just a dream," she exclaimed, feeling more light-hearted than she did moments ago

"Yes, you should. In the meantime, I'm going to go to the bathroom. Then, we can figure out what we need to do."

"Okay, the bathroom is down the hall on your left-hand side," Keiko said as she dialed Atsuko's number.

Tsuki exited out of the room and made her way towards the bathroom. Before she made it however, she decided to get some water from the faucet. As she sipped the fresh cold water, she thought about Keiko's dream. Was it a coincidence? Or had Keiko just had one of her fantasy dream? Something was up.

"Tsuki!" Tsuki almost choked on the tap water. Yusuke and Botan were now in her presence.

"Yusuke! Botan!" Tsuki exclaimed. She didn't know if this was coincidence but those two had always caught her off guard. "What are you doing here?"

Yusuke flew to her face. "There's no time to explain. Tsuki, I need you to kiss me." Tsuki almost gagged.

"Yusuke, I'm not going to kiss you."

"Why not?!"

"Because that's gross."

"I'm not asking you to make out with me. I'm asking you to revive me woman!" Yusuke screeched as he rapidly moved his arms up and down.

"Still," Tsuki said as she scratched her head. "I feel weird doing that."

"Oh for the love of-"

"For heaven's sake!" Botan flew past them, heading directly towards Asako's room.

"Botan, where are you going?" Yusuke questioned the soul reaper.

The two both watched as Botan entered the room, leaving the clueless teenagers behind.

Yusuke growled. "That damn Koenma. Why do I have to let someone kiss me to get back to my body?"

Tsuki raised her eyebrow. "Why kissing?"

"Getting kiss by a living being will help bring life back into my body. I didn't know it would be so difficult to find someone that could kiss me!"

Keiko came busting out of the room, running towards Tsuki.

"Tsuki, we need to go now. We need to revive Yusuke!" She tightly grabbed Tsuki's wrist, tugging her into the elevator. Keiko quickly pressed the first floor button.

They jumped in and the elevator door closed behind them. Keiko faced Tsuki, they were within arm's reach of one another and Keiko took a deep breath.

"My mom just talked to me. She told me my dream was more than just a dream. I have to revive Yusuke by kissing him."

So that's what Botan did, Tsuki thought.

"Then let's go!"

As the elevator door opened, the girls immediately ran out of the hospital. Luckily for them, Yusuke's new home was only ten blocks away.

The girls ran in the dark cold night. They did not stop until they reached the apartment complex.

As they made it to the building, Keiko pressed the elevator button. The elevator was slowly making its way down the seventh floor.

Losing her patience, Tsuki pointed at the stairway.

"Keiko, let's take the stairs!" The girls rushed up quickly through the staircase. They had been running for so long but no one felt like giving up on this important manner.

They were ecstatic when they finally made it to the six floor. They were only a few steps away from Yusuke's room.

As they stood in front of apartment number #601, Keiko scrambled through her brown pouch to find the apartment spare key. She didn't even bother removing her shoes, running straight to Yusuke's room.

"Yusuke!" She yelled.

"Yusuke!" Tsuki was trailing behind her, trying to catch her breath.

When she entered Yusuke's room, Keiko was already removing her lips from his. The girls sat in silence. They could hear the clock ticking in the distance as they waited for Yusuke to wake up. Keiko eyes began to water. Did the kiss not work?

"Am I too late?" She said, her voice cracking.

Suddenly, Yusuke eyes began to open, blinking as if he have woken up from a long sleep.

Keiko and Tsuki gasped.

Yusuke lifted himself up, giving Keiko a cheesy grin. He had lost some weight and his hair was messy. However, he still looked like his normal self.

"Hey Keiko. Nice kiss," Yusuke said shyly as he blushed. "Your hair is pretty too."

Tears of happiness began to fall down Keiko's puffy face. She couldn't believe it. Yusuke was back home.

"Oh, Yusuke!" She reached and wrapped her arms around Yusuke's warm body, smiling as he instantly hugged her back.

Tsuki wiped her tears as she stared at her childhood friend. Yusuke was the first person she ever told her Saito tribe secret to. The boy who saved them from the fire. Now, her old friend was back. But somehow he was different.

Tsuki could see a new blue aura swirling around Yusuke's body, invisible to the naked eye. She had never seen that aura before.

Her eyes widened. Her grandfather was right. Yusuke powers were emerging, slowly but surely.

Yusuke looked at Tsuki and winked. There was so much that needed to be said between them, but right now it was time to celebrate.

"Yusuke, I want you to call me tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock. Not 10 o' clock. 8 o'clock in the morning. "

"Yes, ma'am."

Keiko swatted Yusuke's shoulder.

"Don't you "yes, ma'am" me. I don't know when Atsuko is going to be back from her trip. I want to make sure you are okay for the weekend."

Yusuke rolled his eyes.

"Okay, I'll call you. Geez, I just got back from my body and you are already nagging me."

They were outside of Keiko's house. The porch light was on as they stood in front of the door. Keiko ignored his comment and hugged him tightly.

"I'm glad you're back, Yusuke," Keiko whispered. Seeing and hearing his voice brought warmth to her heart.

After they broke from their hug, Keiko hugged Tsuki.

"Good night, Tsuki."

"Good night, Keiko," Tsuki said, patting her friend's back comfortingly.

"Remember Yusuke, 8 o' clock. Keiko waved a final goodbye and closed the door behind her.

Yusuke and Tsuki headed to the Saito Shrine.

"Tsuki, thank you for watching over her," Yusuke said after they casually walked a few blocks.

Tsuki smiled.

"No problem Yusuke. I am just glad that you are back," she paused. "How was it like being out of your body?"

"It was fun. The only downfall was that I couldn't yell or punch at the people that were irritating me and there were quite a few."

Tsuki laughed. It felt great having her friend back.

"Did you tell Keiko anything?"

Tsuki shook her head.

"Keiko only knows and understands the Human World. I didn't even tell her about my family secret. I'm keeping it that way. It's for her safety."

"I see," Yusuke's said as he stared at the night sky. "Was that the reason why you were hesitant to tell me?"

Tsuki stopped in her tracks. They were near the Saito's shrine stairwell.

"Yes. Yusuke, ever since I was a little girl, I've always felt alone. I had never told anyone my secret. What normal human being could possibly understand a girl with spiritual powers that already had a foreseen destiny? When I first met you and Keiko, I didn't think about the Saito tribe. I didn't think about my fate. I felt free from the burden and just enjoyed your company. That friendship alone made me determine to decide my own fate."

Yusuke nodded.

"I get your point. Being outside of my body made me realize there's more to it than just the Human World. Even if I cannot grasp it right now, I know life didn't leave me stranded. I know I was destined to do something in this world. That's why I got revived, right?"

Tsuki gave her friend a hard stare, remembering Inari's wise words.

"Yusuke, it's not over yet."

"I know," Yusuke said as his brown eyes turning serious. "When I woke up, I felt different. I feel a new source energy bursting through my body. I don't know what that means, but I'll be ready for anything."

Tsuki removed the strands of her black hair out of her face as the hard wind blew past them. "I do not know what in store for us, Yusuke. But, I have your back no matter what."

"I appreciate it, Tsuki."

They both hugged. At that moment, Tsuki realized Yusuke's friendship gave her something more. She didn't have to hide anymore.