"Yusuke, are you a member of the Black Dragon gang?" Keiko asked quietly.
Yusuke froze, his mind trying to figure out how she knew. "What are you talking about?"
"I'm talking about this," she said, getting up from her seat and handing the stack of papers to him.
Yusuke looked down at what she handed him, his eyes widening. They were photographs of the mission he and his team went on the night before. 'What the hell is going on?'
"A man named Karasu came into my bakery an hour ago, saying that he was a member of the Red Demon gang and you were a member of the Black Dragon gang. And he handed me these pictures. Are you a member of the Black Dragon gang?" she asked again, her voice emotionless.
Yusuke swallowed worriedly; this was not the way he wanted her to find out. "Yes, I am," he replied, softly.
Keiko took a step back, her arms wrapping around herself. "How could you?" she said softly. "How could you lie to me Yusuke?"
"Keiko, I didn't mean to," he said, taking a step forward.
"How can you even say that!" she shouted, her emotional dam breaking. "You told me when I first met you that you were a bodyguard."
"When I first met you I didn't think I was gonna ever see you again," Yusuke replied.
"And after Yusuke? In the six weeks we've been dating it never occurred to you to tell me that you were a gang member," she said, her words flowing with anger and hurt. "Never thought to say, 'Oh hey by the way Keiko, I'm actually a Black Dragon gang member, not a bodyguard.' What, was I not worth knowing the truth?"
"No Keiko, that's not it at all, I-"
"Did you think I was stupid?" Keiko said, interrupting him as she backed into her table. "Did you think I would never find out?"
"You're not stupid Keiko; I was coming to tell you tonight," Yusuke said desperately. Everything that he feared about telling her was coming true. He had taken too long and someone had beaten him to it.
"How am I supposed to believe you!" she shouted, her eyes filling with angry tears. "How do I know this isn't just another lie you're telling me?"
"Come on Keiko, you know me."
"Do I really know you Yusuke? I thought I did, but obviously I was wrong," she said, running her fingers through her hair in attempt to calm her rising emotions. "I guess I was wrong about you."
"Keiko, I'm sorry; I never meant to hurt you. I didn't mean for you to find out this way," Yusuke said, taking another step toward her.
"You didn't mean to hurt me Yusuke? You lied to me for six weeks! How else am I supposed to feel about you? I cared about you Yusuke, I lov-," Keiko paused, a sob catching in her throat.
Yusuke felt as if his heart was being torn out of his chest at Keiko's words. Her words cut him like razors, which was what he deserved for lying to her, for hurting her this way. But when she almost said she loved him he thought his heart might shatter. "Keiko, I'm really sorry," Yusuke said, taking one final step toward her.
"Stay away from me Yusuke," she said, putting her hands up as her voice cracked. "You know what? I really am stupid. I believed you and I trusted you and I cared about you and all you did was lie to me. You lied to me the entire time when I was being honest with you and I put my trust in you. I thought you were someone special Yusuke."
"Keiko, I-"
"Get out Yusuke," she said, a single tear running down her cheek before she quickly wiped it away.
"Please Keiko, just hear me out," Yusuke pleaded.
"No, I don't wanna hear anything you have to say. I want you to go and leave me alone. I never wanna see you again," she said, her voice thick with emotion. "I said get out!" she shouted as she looked at him still standing before her.
Yusuke felt as if he was rooted to the spot as Keiko yelled at him to leave. He felt as if someone had taken a hammer to his heart, shattering it into a million sharp pieces and he knew Keiko felt the same exact way at the moment. He took one last look at Keiko, her eyes filled with unshed tears, her cheeks flushed with color. "I really am sorry Keiko," he said softly, as he turned to go. "I never meant to hurt you."
Keiko collapsed onto her knees as Yusuke closed the door behind him, her heart pouring out all the emotion she had withheld while he was there. She felt broken, not only her heart but her whole body was in pain. She realized now that she did fall in love with Yusuke in the six short weeks she had been with him, but he had broken her heart so badly. She sat there on her cold kitchen floor, sobbing until she was sure she would simply die of dehydration right there. Now she understood why people called it heartbreak. It really did feel like your heart was broken into tiny pieces.
Yusuke wanted to smash his head against the wall as he hear Keiko sob as the door shut behind him. He had ruined everything between them by lying to her. The relationship they had together, the growing love they shared, everything they shared was now gone within the blink of an eye. 'Way to go Urameshi,' he thought as he walked out of the apartment building. 'You managed to screw up the one thing that was good in your life.'
"Did you deliver the pictures to Ms. Yukimura?" Toguro asked as he leaned back in his chair.
"Yes, I hand delivered them to her a few hours ago," Karasu replied.
"Very good; the first move to dispose of the Urameshi team is completed," Elder Toguro said. "Soon we'll get rid of them all."
What are the Toguros planning? Will Keiko and Yusuke be able to reconcile or will they be forever estranged? Reviews please
