• 1-Covert Operation
• 2-Roses and Chocolate
• 3-Goodbye, Stay Alive
• 4-Chapters 3-6
• 5-Returning Home
• 6-Chapter8
• 7-Chapter 9

Chapter 1

Roses and Chocolate

Disclaimer: Regrettably,
I do not own YYH or any of its characters.

Enjoy

Kurama walked swiftly to
catch up with the short spiky haired demon.
After leaving Koenma’s office, Hiei looked as if he might skin someone alive,
then boil his skin and let him watch as it melts and bubbles in front of his
very own eyes. Worried about Hiei,
Kurama decided to follow him, but it was difficult as Hiei kept trying to lose
Kurama. Kurama was concerned with the
fact that Hiei had never been as upset as he was now, not even after the time
Koenma made him sing.

“Hiei.” Kurama finally decided to announce his presence.

“Kurama.
Why are you following me?” Hiei
stopped, leaning against the trunk of the tree as he stood atop one of its
branches.

“I just want to talk,” Kurama motioned Hiei to come
down on solid ground.

Hiei jumped from the tree to the ground. “About what?”

“How do you feel about this mission?”

“So direct, Kurama. A mission is a mission.
Why should this one be any different?”

“You’re avoiding my question.”

“Maybe I don’t want to answer it.”

“Maybe I already know what’s bothering you, but I
just want to hear you admit it Hiei,” Kurama took a step closer to Hiei and
looked directly into his eyes. “Say
it.”

“Have you ever been to Shikosume’s Castle? Well, I have, and I have no intensions to
visit that place ever again.”

“You are still avoiding my question.” Kurama crossed his arms across his
chest.

“Ok. I’m
not quite confident of my abilities and my self-control once I am inside the
castle. Besides, I won’t have my
partner there to watch my back.”

“In other words, you are afraid, and you won’t have
me guarding your back.”

Hiei looked away stubbornly, unwilling to face
someone who knows him this well. “Hmp…
I’m leaving.”

Hiei took one last look at Kurama and leaped away,
too fast for anyone to see. Kurama
sighed and decided to head back to his own house.

“Quickly, Uremeshi! Go, go, go,” Kuwabara shoved the boy in front of him, hurrying
him along.

“Hush, not so loud. Someone might hear us!
I’m going as fast as I can,” Yusuke ducked to crawl on his hands and
knees. “Damn it, this hole has to be
this small. I don’t think you can climb
through here, Kuwabara. Just stay where
you are and keep a lookout for me will ya?”

“Ok, but if you get caught, I was just passing by.”

“This was your idea Kuwabara! Don’t you dare place blame on me alone.”

“But I only thought of this to help you!” Kuwabara
screamed aloud.

“Shh! Be quiet.”

“Ok,” Kuwabara whispered.

Yusuke hurriedly went through the hole and ended up
in a beautiful garden. Roses and tulips
and lilies and well, just a countless number of plants crowded the garden. Some were beautiful, and some were just
downright scary. “Shit, I think that
one can bite my head off,” Yusuke mumbled to himself, looking at a particularly
nasty plant, with spikes and thorns.

“Ah-ha!
Found them,” Yusuke smiled as he saw the perfectly grown roses, long
stemmed and fully bloom into a bright red color. Careful not to damage any other plants by accidentally stepping
on them, Yusuke managed to pick half a dozen roses up. He also ended up with many small pricked
wounds on his hands.

“Yusuke! Yusuke!
He’s coming. Hurry up. Run.”
Kuwabara shouted from the other side of the fence.

Yusuke immediately ran back to the hole and handed
the roses to Kuwabara first, keeping them away from damage as he crawled
through the hole, back to the other side.
Both running, they managed to arrive at Yusuke’s house without being caught.

“Give me the roses,” Yusuke snatched them away from
Kuwabara. He brought them on top of the
kitchen sink and took a scissor to cut them all in the same length. “There, that should do. Now all we need is a nice plastic wrap to
make it look presentable.”

“Here,” as Kuwabara handed Yusuke the wrap and
ribbon. “We almost didn’t make it out
in time.”

“Yeah, I bet Kurama would be mad if he knew we were
stealing from his garden, but since he doesn’t know, it’s all the better for
us.” Yusuke hummed a song as he made
the flowers into a decent bundle.

“But won’t he notice your footprints? I mean he’ll definitely know someone’s been
through there.”

“Fuck! I
didn’t think of that. O no, I better
change shoes.” Yusuke ran into his room
as he left he flowers in the sink, forgotten for the moment. Kuwabara picked up the roses just as Yusuke
came out of his room, wearing new shoes.

“Why are you changing shoes anyways? Being too paranoid if you ask me.”

“Well no one asked you now did they? Besides, I invited Kurama to come over
later, like o, say in about an hour.
Meanwhile, I have to get these to Keiko. It is her birthday today.
Ha, she’ll loves these babies,” Yusuke grinned as he held up the roses
for inspection.

“Why’d you invite him over if you were going to
steal from the guy today? It’s bad
enough you forgot to buy Keiko a present, but now you’ve committed thievery and
are you just going to wave those roses in front of Kurama’s face?”

“Of course not.
I’ll run over to Keiko’s place and drop them off, then run back here to
wait for Kurama.”

“Why is he coming over again Yusuke?”

“O, ya. I
need help on my homework, but aside from that, I think you should be getting
ready for your mission,” Yusuke shoved Kuwabara out of his house as he started
to run to Keiko’s house.

*At Keiko’s House*

“Oh!
Yusuke, I love them. How’d you
manage to find the money to buy these?
They must’ve been expensive, long stemmed and all. And look, you tied the ribbon
correctly. Thank you Yusuke.” Keiko was delighted to see the roses Yusuke
brought her. She gave the boy a tight
hug and proceeded to put the flowers in a vase.

“Hehe,” Yusuke scratched his head, “Glad you like
them, but I got to go now. Study and
all, so see you later Keiko! Happy
Birthday!” Yusran ran out the door
before Keiko could ask him to stay longer.
‘I hate it when she hugs me.
Well, Uremeshi, at least she didn’t attempt to kiss you like last time’
Yusuke shivered as he pictured the kiss again.

Her eyes stared into his, in a loving attentive
way. Long lashes and an oval face kept
getting closer and closer to Yusuke as he backed away, and into a wall. Panicked and nervous, Yusuke tried to step
to the side, but Keiko just didn’t get the hint. She pushed forward and pressed her lips to Yusuke’s own,
expecting him to respond. Instead,
Yusuke gently pushed her away and set his face into a grimace. “I- I’m sorry Yusuke…” Keiko backed down and
turned away, unable to face the one person she loves. Tears slid down the creamed colored cheek as she mumbled
something about going home and ran off into the night.

It’s not that Yusuke didn’t like Keiko, but he saw
her as more of a sister than a girlfriend.
Of course, the girl was cute and spirited, but no matter how much Yusuke
tried, he just couldn’t seem to like her that way. Yusuke knew Keiko and him were seen as a perfect couple, but what
others didn’t know was that they were not a couple at all. It was a strange relationship they had.

Staring intently at the ground, Yusuke was deep in
thought as he bumped into someone.
Startled as books and papers flew everywhere, he bent down to pick them
up. Yusuke mumbled a sorry as he heard
a soft chuckle.

“Yusuke.
Something on your mind?” Flaming
red hair, delicately draped around a heart-shaped face that gave a feminine
look to the boy, and eyes, as green and sparkling as an emerald, twinkled
teasingly. Soft lips lightly splashed
with a coral red glow opened and closed as he spoke. Yusuke couldn’t help but gawk at the beautiful person in front of
him.

Kurama tilted his head in confusion as he repeated Yusuke’s
name again, wondering why the shorter boy in front of him was just standing
there like an idiot. Yusuke’s mouth
formed into an “O” as he handed the books back to Kurama, and then looked down
shyly as he realized that he was staring at his teammate.

Recovering quickly, Yusuke greeted his friend. “Hi Kurama.
Funny meeting you here, I thought we were going to meet at my
house.”

“We were, but I was waiting for you in front of your
steps, and I saw you walk right pass your house. See?” Kurama pointed to
the righyouryour house is right there and you’re here. I tried to call your name, but you seemed
pretty preoccupied.”

Yusuke could feel himself growing red at his
embarrassment. “Oh. Sorry I didn’t hear you.” They both walked back towards Yusuke’s
house.

*One Hour Later*