A loud voice could be heard saying, "I can see the ghosts, so I am the only hope for humanity to vanquish them and save the world."

Admiring the hero on the big screen, Kuwabara, "That's me."

Elsewhere in the theater, Urameshi Yusuke loudly complained, "This is the worst movie idea I have ever seen."

Kuwabara glared and muttered under his breath, "Urameshi."

To reprimand the situation, Yukimura Keiko, Yusuke's girlfriend, grabbed him by the ear and told him, "You're coming with me," as she dragged him out from the showing of the poorly reviewed Gore Monster from Hell.

Once back in the lobby, she continued to reprimand Yusuke for the vast majority of his vices: drinking, smoking, gambling, and his perverted nature especially.

He, almost begging, said, "Keiko?"

Obviously still mad at him, she said, "Yusuke, don't beg me for money so you can go on a pachinko spree, again."

In a bit of resignation, he said, "Fine, fine. I won't ask you for money. However, I promise I won't play pachinko for another year if you let me look up your skirt."

With a statement like this, Keiko's face turned red and she yelled at him, "HELL NO, YOU PERVERT!" Then she slapped him, making sure that he wouldn't initiate his plan anyways.

Under his breath, he muttered, "It was worth a try."

Resigned to Yusuke's behavior, Keiko disappointedly told him, "You're never going to go anywhere with your life if all you think about are girls, money, and busting up demons." Then, giving him a nasty glare, she asked him, "And when are you planning on quitting smoking?"

Yusuke simply responded, "When you and I get married. That's when I'll quit."

As a challenge to his question, she asked him, "Well, what if I won't marry you until you quit?"

As if that didn't faze him, Yusuke told her, "Well then, it's going to be a long engagement."

Having had her fill of his attitude, Keiko told him, "I don't know how they treat you as a spirit detective. But here in real life you don't get everything you want. It's not that easy."

Retorting in a pissed-off attitude, he said, "Oh trust me, I don't get everything I want. I hate it there." Under his breath, he muttered, "Mental note: kill Koenma."

Hearing his muttering, she concernedly asked, "Why? What's the matter this time?"

In typical Yusuke fashion, he told her, "He's just annoying. Not to mention, he's constantly putting my life in danger."

"Well then," she started, "then can you tell me about your latest mission?"

Thankfully, he responded, "Um, I don't know about it yet. Botan hasn't informed me about it yet."

Before Keiko could respond to Yusuke's comment, Kuwabara entered the lobby and said, "Urameshi, I knew you were out here."

Calmly yet furiously, Yusuke told him, "Kuwabara, get out of here or I swear I'll kick your ass so badly that your own family won't recognize you."

Ever-stupid Kuwabara decided to stay near Yusuke, subsequently getting his rear end handed to him. In his defeat he muttered, "Damn you, Urameshi."

Leaving the lobby, Yusuke started on his way home. Keiko decided to follow him, not quite done talking to him about how he was acting that day.

Once she caught up to Yusuke, Keiko asked him, "Yusuke, tell me why you do stuff like that."

He responded, "I don't know; that's just how I am."

Furiously, she responded, "You know what? I think you take everything for granted. Maybe that's why you're the way you are: so intolerant."

In his own defense, Yusuke said, "I don't take everything for granted."

Doubtful, she inquired of him, "Name one."

Yusuke's simple response was simply, "You."

Completely surprised, Keiko asked, "What?!?"

After a few moments of silence, Yusuke said, "You heard me."

Having had enough of his attitude, Keiko asked him, "Then why do I not hear from you for weeks, and then when you come back you just talk about how annoying Koenma is and how you're going to kick Kuwabara's butt?"

Randomly, Kuwabara appeared again and asked, "Yeah, Urameshi, why do you always threaten to kick my ass?" After asking that stupid question, Kuwabara, yet again, received a beating from Yusuke. Keiko and Yusuke continued to move on.

Yusuke was stunned by the truth he heard in Keiko's reaction. After a little silence, he defended himself with, "Um, I'm always thinking of you."

Keiko was taken aback by Yusuke's response again, saying, "I…I find it hard to believe that you think of me half as much as I think of you." She added, "There is a difference between me and my ass."

Sweet as he could, Yusuke told her, "I don't know, Keiko, I think of you quite a bit. You keep my going in most of my fights. And while your ass is nice to think about, it's not always what I think about."

Yusuke's actions had caused Keiko to blush a shade of red. She then asked her, "Then what do you think about."

"I already told you, I think about you."

"Well, Yusuke, as far as we are concerned, what do you think about? Do you think about the past? Do you think of the past?"

"Keiko," he started, "I think about you the way you so often appear to me."

"How do I appear to you?"

"You appear to me as an angel, looking out for me."

After a moment of silence, Keiko asked, "Yusuke, why are you being so nice to me? It's so weird." Soon after saying that, her cheeks again developed a noticeable red tinge.

"Keiko," Yusuke started, "I love you."

Amazed, she said, "Yes? You do?" However, to make sure, she added, "You do realize…how serious that is to say, don't you? Don't play around with me."

Confidently, Yusuke added, "I am serious here, Keiko. I'm not playing around with you."

"Yusuke…" she timidly asked, "do you really want to marry me?"

In his typical fashion, Yusuke responded, "Didn't I propose to you?"

She quietly continued, "Well, yeah. But how would things change us if we get married? Wouldn't we be the same? What would you want to have happen, Yusuke?"

"Um, I just want to be with you always." Under his breath he added, "Besides, seeing…………………………is a wonderful thing."

Appalled, she asked, "How could you say such a thing."

In a cocky manner, he said, "I didn't say what I was thinking. I let you figure that out for yourself."

She glared at him, saying, "You know, that's not always a good thing to do."

"So?"

She sighed, telling him, "So, you're incredibly immature, especially for your age."

Again, Yusuke responded, "So?"

Musing, she told him, "That's what makes me wonder what it would be like having one kid to deal with right off the bat."

Yusuke abruptly changed his attitude and asked her, quite surprised, "Hold on a second. Why are you thinking about kids? I haven't done anything like that to you."

Again, Yusuke received a slap, "You're damn right you haven't done anything like that to me. If you even tried to do that, I'd make sure you were dead. But the reason I mentioned kids is because YOU are such a GREAT BIG CHILDISH MESS sometimes!"

Trying to defend himself, Yusuke said, "Contrary to popular belief, I pull my own weight, Keiko. Who do you think did most of the cleaning around my house?"

Almost cynically, she told him, "Oh you, no doubt. That's why the place is always such a pigsty."

Still trying to defend himself, Yusuke reminded her, "I was dead when the place became so messy."

She reminded him, "The key word is 'was' in this conversation."

"I haven't really been home much since that time."

"While that is granted, I think you should go and see your mother soon. I'm sure Atsuko misses you terribly."

"Then you know what, Keiko? I'll go and see her tomorrow, I promise I will."

"Aw, you know what, Yusuke?"

"No. What?"

"That's really nice. I think that it's really sweet that you're going to go see your mother."

He thought, 'And to think I was just following her orders.' In an attempt to pump up his ego, he said, "Well, you know me by now."

As if she had read his thoughts, she told him, "Following orders can do great wonders some times. Don't forget that."

Surprised, Yusuke asked her, "Can you read my thoughts?"

Almost glaring at him, she said, "You're transparent sometimes."

Taking that as an insult to his manhood, Yusuke reminded her, "I'm alive now. I have been alive for a little while actually."

Sarcastically, she laughed, somewhat at Yusuke, somewhat to herself. She reminded him, "You are only alive… because of me…"

To affirm his gratitude, he told her, "And don't think that I don't remember it every day."

Knowing what common knowledge a statement like that held, she said, "Well, I know that. Still, no matter how much trouble you end up getting into, I never regret that decision. I think… I'll never be able to do something like that."

Somewhat quietly, Yusuke asked, "Can I have another one?"

After a small silence and an obvious blush appeared on her face, Keiko told him, "I'll think about it. But only if you behave yourself."

"I'm so glad. Thank you, Keiko." After a short pause, he softly asked her, "Hey Keiko, can we set a date soon?"

"Yusuke?" she asked, intrigued and joyous.

"Yes?" he asked, completely clueless.

"I would love that."

Yusuke smiled, while thinking, 'Man, I'm starting to sound too much like Kurama.'

Keiko continued, "But then what would we do? Where would we go? What do you want to do?"

Frankly, Yusuke responded, "I don't know. But I do know that things will find a way to work themselves out."

She reminded him, "You know that it might go a little more smoothly if we planned these kinds of things out ahead of time."

He nodded in agreement, but eschewed any responsibility by saying, "You're the one with the plans."

Surprised, she asked, "You mean that you're leaving all of the plans up to me?"

"Yes, if you don't mind."

"Well," she said, "I'll do it. I hope you don't have any objections to my ideas."

All he said in response to that was, "Just don't make it too girly."

Insulted, she said, "HEY! Do you think I'd do something like that? Do you?"

As an attempt to defend himself, Yusuke said to her, "I'd just like some dignity. That's all." In an attempt to keep these arrangements somewhat secretive, he said, "Don't tell Botan about this, she's got too big of a mouth."

Suddenly, Botan appeared on her trademark oar, as if from nowhere, asking him, "Don't tell me what?"

Keiko decided to help Yusuke out by saying, "Oh, don't worry about it. Yusuke said not to tell you about how Kuwabara has been laying unconscious about two or three blocks back for a good twenty minutes."

A somewhat shocked, somewhat expectant expression had appeared on Botan's face. "Well, I'd better make sure that he's not hurt too badly. I'll see you two later."

With his eyes opened wide, Yusuke watched as Botan flew away on her oar, making sure that Kuwabara wasn't dead at the hands of Yusuke. He was barely able to utter, "…Keiko…I'm touched."

Surprised, she asked, "You? Touched? Are you really Yusuke?"

"I thought that it would flatter you, not lead into some discussion about whether or not this is really me."

"Don't get me wrong, Yusuke. I am flattered by this, very flattered indeed."

Before Yusuke knew what hit him, Keiko grabbed him by placing her arms behind his neck, drew him close to her, and kissed him softly. Yusuke's eyes opened wide in surprise, but soon after, he closed them and joined in that kiss.

Afterwards, he said, "Damn. I forgot how good your kisses really are. Would you do me a favor, Keiko, and make that date sometime pretty soon."

Keiko was again flattered. Yet again, she softly kissed him as he joined back.

However, by that time, they had reached Yusuke's home and it was time for the two of them to part ways.

"Well," Keiko began, "Oyasumi (Goodnight), Yusuke"

Yusuke gave her a goodnight kiss and told her, "Oyasumi, Keiko." After a long pause, Yusuke said something for the first time in his life, "Aishiteru."

Quickly, Keiko blushed and told him, "Aishiteru yo. Wasurenaide (Don't forget that)."

"Don't worry Keiko, I won't. You won't let me."

Once again, the two youths softly kissed in the moonlight.

She told him, "You bet I won't let you forget."

Yusuke rubbed the back of his neck, a little embarrassed at the situation. He simply told her, "Thank you. Thank you, Keiko, for everything."