Disclaimer: see chapter one

Chapter 36: The False Truth

Yusuke, Kagome and Kira made it up to the Urameshi resident, with Yusuke opening the door. After the door was opened, they walked inside, "Hey anyone home!" Yusuke called out

Out from the kitchen, Kari ran towards her brother and hugged him, "Hi Yusuke!" she greeted.

Yusuke wrapped his arms around his sister's back, hugging her back before the twins were pulled apart, "Where's mom?"

Kari rolled her eyes, "Do you have to ask?" she asked, in a bored tone, "Take a guess."

Yusuke rolled his eyes, "Friends getting drunk again," he replied, in a bored tone, "Typical. I'm going to bed." Yusuke walked away from his sister, "You're going to bed early."

"Yeah, I'm tired now." Yusuke said, as he walked inside his room and place threw his bag and jacket to the side, thinking that he'll take care of it tomorrow. He just slumped onto his bed then falling asleep.

-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-

Yusuke moaned as he opened his eyes and found a bunch of people wearing weird uniforms surrounding his bed.

Yusuke sat up and opened his mouth, "Spirit World Defense Force…" he said. He looked around the room and found the dead bodies of Kurama, Kuwabara, Hiei, Kari, Kira, Syrus, Zane and Kagome lying before him. Yusuke was angry, "You damn tools! How dare you do this!" he yelled

"They were in the way!" came a voice that Yusuke knew too well, but couldn't believe it

Yusuke turned to see a figure walking towards one of the corpse that belonged to Syrus. The figure was a girl, with short brown hair, stomped onto Syrus's back and smirked cruelly at Yusuke, "Keiko…why are you……" Yusuke stared at his ex-girlfriend hard, "Hey, just because I broke up with you, doesn't mean that you go and kill our friends! That was your fault that it happened!"

Keiko returns the glare, "Actually, I'm doing this to protect my new boyfriend, so he'll be safe from you and your family and friends' wraths. Now taking him away, men!" she ordered, pointing at Yusuke.

The SDF jumped towards Yusuke, grabbing him in the process, "Let me go, you dorks!" he demanded, trying to get free from their grips. They carried him away from his room, "Have nice trip in hell, Yusuke!" Keiko laughed cruelly as Yusuke was trying to pull himself from the SDF grip, "Damn it!" he cursed.

-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-

Yusuke was moaning and groaning in his sleep as Kuwabara and Kurama tried to shake the ex-spirit detective to wake up, "Yusuke, wake up!" Kurama told him

Yusuke grunts, "Let me go, you dorks!" he demanded, in his sleep.

"Urameshi, come on!" Kuwabara demanded, shaking Yusuke, "You're having a bad dream, Urameshi!"

Yusuke lets out a loud grunt, "Leave me alone, you damn tools!" he demanded, as he punched Kuwabara in face, sending the carrot top five inches away from him.

Yusuke sat up as he regained consciousness and panting hard. He looked around the room, where Kurama, Kari, Kira, Kagome and Syrus were at his bedside and Kuwabara was on the field, groaning in pain, "It was just a dream," he huffed, "Just a damn dream. But that felt so real to be a dream."

Kuwabara got out on his feet and rubbed his bloody nose then glared at Yusuke, "Urameshi, you punk that hurt!" he yelled

Yusuke panted slowly, while Kurama looked at his friend with concern, "Oh Yusuke……" he said.

"You had another bad dream, didn't you?" Kagome asked

Yusuke nodded, in reply, "It's nothing to worry about," he said, with a fake smile.

"Are you sure?" Kurama asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine," Yusuke said, with the fake smile still showing

Later, Kagome walked into her room and went got ready for bed and jumped onto her bed then fell asleep.

-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-

Kagome moaned and groaned as her eyes opened to see a pair of golden eyes, "Inu…yasha," she muttered sitting up and rubbing her eyes.

Inuyasha crossed his arms, "I was looking all over for you," he spat and grabbed Kagome's wrist, "Come on!" he demanded, pulling the black haired girl from bed, "What's going on?"

"I need you to find the jewel shards," Inuyasha said, dragging the girl from her room.

Kagome narrowed her eyes as she yanked her wrist from Inuyasha's grip and crossed her arms, "Why don't you get your precious clay pot help ya!" she spat

"Kikyo was flattened because of that damnable 'sit' command of yours!" Inuyasha replied, "So you're coming with me!"

Kagome was flared up with anger and hatred for the silver haired boy, "Sit boy!"

Kagome was expecting, Inuyasha to slam on the ground as usual but he was still standing with a cruel smirk on his face, "Oh I'm sorry," he said, yanking the rosary from his neck and dropping it to the ground, to Kagome's dismay, "I found my own way of getting this damned rosary off of me. So that means no more sits for now on, jewel detector!" he sneered

Kagome tried to make a run for it, but Inuyasha grabs her wrist, "Oh no you don't, wench!" he said, "You're coming with us!"

Kagome looked at Inuyasha with a puzzled look, "What…do you mean by 'us'?" she asked

Just then, three figures came to Inuyasha's side, while dropping the dead bodies that belonged to Yusuke, Syrus, Zane, Kari, Keiko and Kira onto the floor.

"Kagome, long time no see," the young woman with a ponytail sneered, with an evil grin on her face sheathing her katana

"Yes, Lady Kagome it's been a while," a young man with black monk clothing added. This monk had a fox kit on his shoulder, who was glaring at Kagome, "Yeah jewel detector!"

Kagome's eyes widened, "Sango, Miroku……Shippo, not you guys!" she whispered, "I thought that……"

"What you thought that we loved and cared about you……" Sango sneered, "You were nothing but a jewel detector for us." Miroku added.

Kagome looked at Shippo with plea, "Shippo…please tell me that….."

"No Kagome, we're not playing now," Shippo sneered, "I can't believe that you actually believed that all of us cared about you from the very beginning. Now I see someone, who's actually dumber than Inuyasha."

Kagome couldn't believe the things that her 'friends' were telling her. She couldn't breathe because she was trying to hold back her tears, "So, now you're beginning to understand, Kagome," Inuyasha said, with a cruel grin, "We never cared about you, we hated you."

Kagome was having a hard time, holding back her tears, "So, you……you guys were just using me."

"Now you're catching on, Kagome," came a voice that Kagome would never thought that she would here.

She turned to see a young man with blue eyes and black hair tied to a ponytail, "Ko…koga……"

Koga walked over to Inuyasha and placed his hand onto his shoulder, "You actually thought that I hated Inuyasha," he sneered, "Please, dork, you must be complete stupid, thinking that I, Koga, the of the wolf demons, would consider making YOU my woman! To tell you the truth, Kagome, Inuyasha and I were only playing with you to make you think that I hated him. I don't hate Inuyasha, however I DO hate you!"

Kagome couldn't hear what she was hearing, "I…"

Inuyasha grabs Kagome by the collar, with a smirk on his face, "It's time……and this time you're not coming back here!" he said.

Kagome tried to get away from Inuyasha's grip on her as she could hear the cruel laughter from her so-called friends.

-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-

Kagome was moaning and groaning as Yusuke shook her to wake his cousin up, "Kagome, wake up!" he said, shaking her.

Kagome's eyes blotted wide open as she sat up and panted heavily. She looked around the room, first at the bright sun by her window and found Yusuke by her bedside, with a concern look on his face, "Bad dream, huh?" he asked

Kagome brought her legs together and nodded, "Yeah……" Kagome looked at her cousin, who was wearing a pair of jeans, a red plaid shirt with a yellow sweater, a green jacket with orange cuffs and collar plus white sneakers and gelled hair, "What are you doing this early in the morning?" she asked

Yusuke shrugged, "I'm going to take a little walk," he said, "That's all."

"Okay, see ya," Kagome said, as Yusuke walked over to the door and closed it.

A few moments, Yusuke walked out of his apartment complex and towards the narrow streets of Tokyo. As he was walking with his hands in his jacket pockets, Yusuke was thinking about what happened to him. Thinking about his dreams that he had have since he lost that duel with Kaiba. His dreams sometimes contain Keiko betraying him and sending the SDF on him. But it was ludicrous because, why would they take orders from a human being.

"Yusuke Urameshi……"

Yusuke stopped his tracks and turned around and found seven familiars in strange uniforms, "What do you tools want, now?" he snarled, remembering his last encounter with them.

The one with brown hair stepped out of the group, "What does it look like, Urameshi? You're under arrest."

Yusuke had a 'WTF' facial expression on.

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Not too far from Yusuke, Syrus was riding on his bike on the sidewalk. As he was riding, Syrus could feel the wind in his light blue hair, even though he was wearing a helmet. As he was going to the corner, a figure was pasting, which made him hit the brakes of his bike to a stop.

"Hey watch it, Half Pint, you nearly ran me over!" came a voice that Syrus found really annoying

Syrus opened his blue-gray eyes and found a glaring brown eyes pointing at him, "Oh great, it's only you, Ryoko." He said, with venom.

Ryoko crossed her arms and stared at Syrus hard, "Well…."

Syrus raised an eyebrow, "Well, what Pigtail!" he sneered, glaring at the blonde, "If you're expecting me to apologize, forget it! Because you should have gotten out of……." Syrus was trailed off, when he saw a familiar face with gelled hair walking at the other side of the street, "Yusuke…"

Ryoko looked back and found what was Syrus saw, "What's Urameshi doing up this early?" she said and spotted a group of people, wearing strange uniforms, "And who are those guys?"

Syrus drove away from Ryoko and towards a car and lowered himself with Ryoko following.

The two enemies peeked their heads and saw the group, grab Yusuke, which alarmed Syrus, "Yus……" Syrus was interrupted, when Ryoko placed her hand onto Syrus's mouth, "What are you doing, moron! If they're able to get Urameshi, what do you think that they'll do to us!"

Yusuke was trying to get free of the SDF's grip, but it was all in vain, "What the hell are you dorks think you're doing?" he said, "I haven't done anything wrong! Let me go, you freaks!"

"True, but King Emma and Lord Koenma feels unsafe that you're wondering in the Living World," one of them said.

Yusuke was at shock, because he knew that King Emma didn't like him, but Koenma. He trusted him and he does this, "Pacifier Breath!" he screamed, with now his hatred for the Spirit World Prince, "Damn you! Let me go, Dork Squad!"

"I'd leave that boy alone, if I were you." Came a voice

The SDF members turned to see, who was the one to tell them to leave Yusuke alone, with Yusuke looking as well, a young man with long blue and white hair, blue eyes and earrings was standing right in front of them. This guy's face was pale white and was wearing a white robe.

"Excuse me, but who are you," the captain asked

From their hiding place, Syrus and Ryoko looked at the man, who was coming to Yusuke's rescue, "Any idea, who's the guy?" Ryoko asked

Syrus glared at the blonde, "How should I know?" he shouted

The man walked towards the captain, "I'll ask this again," he said, glaring at the captain, "Kindly leave this boy alone or you'll be sorry," he sneered

"Are you threatening us?"

"You were warned," the man's eyes started to glow purple and all of the members of the Spirit World Defense had screamed as the disappeared and dropped Yusuke onto his backside and leaving Syrus and Ryoko skeptical, "Wh…did you just see what happened?" Syrus asked, not leaving his eyes from Yusuke and the man

"Yeah……" Ryoko added, doing the same as Syrus.

The man held out his hand to the fallen Yusuke, "Here."

Without question, Yusuke grabbed the man's hand and was pulled onto his feet, "Why did you just save me from Dork Portal?" Yusuke asked, "Better yet, who the hell are you?"

"Forgive me, my name is Saiou Takuma and it's a pleasure to meet with you, Mr. Yusuke Urameshi." The man bowed.

Yusuke took a step back in shock, "How the hell did you know my name!" he gawked, pointing at Saiou

Saiou closed his eyes, "Yusuke Urameshi. Ex-Spirit Detective of the Earth, former street punk of Sarayashiki Junior High and heir to the thrown of Toushin Raizen. Age 15. Hair, black. Eyes, brown. Height, 183cm. Weight, 56 kg. Mother is an alcoholic and the middle of the Urameshi triples." he replied, calmly, "As you can see, Mr. Urameshi, I know everything about you."

Yusuke was shocked beyond relief, "Well, I don't know anything about you, except that you're really creepy," he said then remained calm, "What is it that you want from me?"

Saiou opened his eyes, "It's simple, you see, I understand that you've been getting dreams about your unfaithful girlfriend, Keiko Yukimura and I'm willing to help." He replied

Yusuke twitched in annoyance, as Saiou mentioned his ex's name, "Look I don't want to talk about HER!" he snarled, with disgust, "However, I want to know why I'm getting these dreams though."

"You'll get your answer has soon if you face me in a Duel, that is," Saiou replied.

Yusuke blinked twice, "A Duel."

"Yes, of course."

Yusuke shrugged, "Sure why not."

Saiou nodded, "Follow me, Yusuke." He said, as he walked ahead with Yusuke following.

From their hiding places, Syrus and Ryoko followed their gazes towards Yusuke and Saiou's retreating backs, "I wonder where they're going," Syrus said.

"I don't know and who cares," Ryoko said, as she got up, "If we follow them, then that guy would do the same to us that he did to those guys."

"Fine," Syrus got on his bike.

"Hold it, Truesdale," Ryoko said, "You're seriously going to follow them."

Syrus went a puzzled look at Ryoko, "Well, yeah, Yusuke's my friend and what if he'll be in trouble," he said, "And I don't think you care or anything, Lyon, but Yusuke's still heartbroken after what happened a month ago."

This grabbed Ryoko's interest, "Urameshi, heartbroken," she repeated and looked at Syrus, "What happened?"

"Well, a month ago, Yusuke was supposed to meet Keiko at the park to watch the fireworks display for the Japanese Independence Day. Yusuke took Keiko that he'll be late to show up, because of Seto Kaiba. As Keiko was waiting, Reginald Haga shows up and tells Keiko that he loved him, but Keiko was with Yusuke. Afterwards, Reginald forces a kiss to Keiko and she just gave up resisting, then Yusuke shows up and saw it."

Ryoko's mouth opened, "Oh no," she whispered, "Did Urameshi beat Reginald up and hurt Keiko?"

Syrus growled, "No knock it off!" he spat, "Yusuke wouldn't hurt Keiko in a million years, get it to your thick head! However Yusuke and Keiko ended up the victims, when Yusuke, who believed that Keiko was cheating on him, broke up with her. Keiko was broken up and tries to finds ways to get Yusuke to talk to her."

"So Urameshi doesn't know that Reginald forced the kiss?"

"Believe me, if Yusuke knew that then Reginald wouldn't be alive to pester Keiko for a date." Syrus said and looked in front of him and tighten the strap to his helmet, "Now if you'd excuse me, I have to find Yusuke."

Just then, Syrus felt weight onto his bike, "I'm coming with you," he said, "So we could tell Urameshi what really happened?" Ryoko placed her arms around Syrus's waist, "Well, start peddling, Pipsqueak!"

-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-

Yusuke followed Saiou to the park, "Excuse me, Saiou," Yusuke said, "But I have my Deck with me, but no Duel Disk."

Saiou stopped walking and turned around to Yusuke and his eyes glowed and attached to Yusuke's left arm was a Duel Disk, but not the KC2 Duel Disk, but a newer version.

Yusuke looked at the Duel Disk, "Hey this looks like the Duel Disks that the students from Duel Academy wear," he said and looked at Saiou, "But where's your Duel Disk."

"I don't need one," Saiou said, as fog appears, freaking Yusuke out, "What's going on?" he asked, as a table appears in front of Saiou, "Uh! You do realize that's a table, right?" Yusuke activates his duel disk.

"Let's Duel!" Yusuke declared pulling out five cards from his Deck

"Nothing will please me more," Saiou said as he drew five cards. (SLP: 8000/YLP: 8000)

Just then, Syrus and Ryoko arrived at the park and found a tree to hide from the two duelists, "Okay, they're going to Duel!" Syrus said.

"Urameshi's going to beat that guy though, since the training he had with Kaiba," Ryoko added, "But why is that guy using a table, instead of a Duel Disk?"

"Ore no time, draw!" Yusuke drew his sixth card and placed it in his hand and pulled out another, "Talk about a good start, Masked Dragon, you're on!"

In a blaze of red light, the red and silver dragon appears on the field (ATK: 1400)

"Well done," Saiou complemented, "A monster with a special ability that could be in handy."

"Damn you're creepy," Yusuke muttered and pulled another card and slid it in the spell/trap slot, "I'll place these two face-down and end my turn!"

"That's Masked Dragon," Syrus said, "It's a good start though, Masked Dragon has a special ability that whenever it's destroyed in battle, Urameshi can take a dragon, with 1500 attack points or less from his Deck and summon it to the field." Ryoko added

"Watashi no time, draw!" Saiou said, drawing his sixth card and placing it in his hand and pulling out another card from his hand, "I'll begin with this. Arcana Force I The Magician in attack mode."

A weird looking monster appears in front of Saiou (ATK: 1100). A card that belonged to the Magician appeared on top of the monster and begun to turn clockwards.

Syrus and Ryoko's mouths gaped opened, "No way!" Syrus gawked

"That guy's monster came to live without any holographic devices," Ryoko said, "How could he do that?"

"What the hell is that!" Yusuke asked

"Do you believe in destiny, Mr. Urameshi?" Saiou asked, "Everything is pre-determined, but often life gives the illusion free will."

Yusuke rubbed the back of his head, in confusion, "Huh!"

"Observe, this card gives you a choice," Saiou said, sensing Yusuke's confusion, "For it possesses two distinct special abilities and you get to decide which one is used. Notice how it rotates, it can stop right-side up or upside down. When it stops, it's up to you. Its position determines its ability."

"I get the point," Yusuke said, clenching his fist, "It's a game of chance, now let's move on. Make it stop!" Yusuke said, pointing at Saiou's monster.

Saiou gives off a chuckle as the card stops right-side up, "Arcana is right-side up." Saiou announced and grinned, "So whenever a Spell Card is play, it gets stronger, by doubling its attack points."

"Oh man!" Syrus said

"Oh what do you know, bad luck I guess," Yusuke said, with a sheepish grin on his face and rubbing the back of his head.

"So you think, but you have a lot to know about the forces of destiny," Saiou said, with his grin standing.

"Oh shut up!" Yusuke snapped, "Look Saiou, if that card isn't about luck, then why have it spin?"

Saiou closes his eyes, "Simple, human beings makes the illusion of choice," he answered, "It comforts us, but the harsh reality is that nothing happens by chance. It's all meant to be, including your being-dead-then-coming-back-to-live experience and the betrayal of your beloved Keiko. How could you be sure that she was trusting from the very beginning?" he said, as his eyes opened.

Yusuke growled in anger, "Shut the fuck up! Don't talk about her at all!" he snapped, "How could you be sure that she wasn't trusting from the very beginning! Keiko Yukimura has always been trusting, since we were little kids!"

Saiou laughed, with his eyes closed, "That's rather sweet," he said and he opened his eyes, "Sad, but sweet, however your sentiments changes nothing. Destiny awaits, Yusuke. Allow me to show you the way." Saiou pulls out a card from his hand and shows it to Yusuke.

"Can it with your fancy talk!" Yusuke snarled

"I activate my Future Vision spell," Saiou announced, "Since you have a monster out on your field, I get to flip open the top cards in your Deck, until another Monster Card appears."

Yusuke steps back in shock, "You're kidding me!"

"Is a warrior in your future or perhaps a spellcaster?" Saiou asked, walking towards Yusuke, "Then again, maybe an Insect awaits you."

Yusuke pulls out his Deck from his Duel Disk and hands it to Saiou, "I already know what it is. A dragon!" Yusuke said, with pride and smirk, "Now go ahead and flip, pal."

"Very well," Saiou begins to flip the top cards in Yusuke's Deck, "You seem confident, but are you right?"

Saiou was starting to pissed Yusuke off with his talk, "Well, well, it's a dragon in deed good for you," he said, as he placed the cards back onto the Deck and gave it back to Yusuke, "Since, it's the same type as the monster on your field, you automatically gain 1000 extra Life Points. And the cards return to the order that they were."

Yusuke chuckles evilly at the power up (YLP: 8000) – (YLP: 9000) as Saiou gives Yusuke back his Deck, "Thanks for the boast." He said

"You're most welcome," Saiou turned around and walked back to his spot.

"I don't get it." Syrus said, "He knew it was a dragon, why would he help Yusuke out?"

"It must be a reason," Ryoko added and her eyes widened, "A spell was played that means that, that monster's right-side ability activates by doubling its attack points."

"Oh yeah!" Syrus panicked

True to Ryoko's words, Arcana Force 1 The Magician glowed light blue for a few seconds as it becomes stronger (ATK: 1100) – (ATK: 2200)

Yusuke lets out a small yelp as he took another step back, "Now Arcana Force I, attack his Masked Dragon, Spheroid Stream!"

The monster powers up and green smoke comes towards Masked Dragon and destroys it. Yusuke (YLP: 9000) – (YLP: 8200) blocks the impact with his Duel Disk. Yusuke brought down his arm as he grinned, "Since you destroyed Masked Dragon that means that I get to summon a dragon-type monster from my Deck as long as it has 1500 attack points or less so rise Armed Dragon LV3!" he declared as a small, orange dragon with grey armor appeared on his field, glowing at Saiou (ATK: 1200)

"Armed Dragon, now there's no way that guy can win!" Syrus cheered.

"Next I'll activate this," one of Yusuke's face-down cards opens up, "Infernal Reckless Summon, it allows us to summon in attack any monster from our hands, Deck or Graveyard that has the same names as the one that we have on the field." Two more Armed Dragon LV3s appeared on the right of the first one, glowing at Saiou (ATK: 1200)x2

Saiou smiled, "Most impressive, I can see why you're the cousin of the current King of Games," he said, "Unfortunately, I don't have any more Arcana Force Is to summon, but I can survive with a card face-down, thus ending my turn." Saiou said as his monsters attack strength dropped to its original (ATK: 2200) – (ATK: 1100)

"Ore no time, draw!" Yusuke draws a card from his Deck, "Since it's my Standby Phase, my three Armed Dragon LV3's effect activates by sending the three level 3 dragons to the Graveyard, I can summon three Armed Dragon LV5s to the field!"

"What…" Saiou said, in shock

The three small dragons shone for a moment, and it grew in size, changing into a much larger red and black dragon with spikes all over its body. (ATK: 2400)x3

Yusuke smirked, "Now let's see you try to get out of this Armed Dragon 1 attack his magician with Infernal Roar!" he commanded as he pointed at Arcana Force and his monster blasts a stream of crimson blast at its target sending it to oblivion.

Saiou (SLP: 8000) – (SLP: 6700) flinched as he braced himself from the impact of his destroyed monster, "Oh don't think I'm done with you yet," Yusuke said, "Now my Armed Dragons attack with Spiked Spinner and Infernal Assault!"

The dragons lunged towards the shocked Saiou and knocked him down and made a huge dent on his Life Points (SLP: 6700) – (SLP: 1900)

Yusuke laughed, "Well Mr. Destiny, it looks like you didn't see that coming, did ya!" he said, "Maybe next time, you should spend less time talking and more time defending yourself from me! Oh by the way, my Armed Dragon that destroyed your Arcana Force gets to evolve from a level 5 to a level 7 monster."

Yusuke's dragon glowed and it grew in size yet again and more dangerous-looking than before (ATK 2800)

"It's Armed Dragon LV7!" Syrus gawked

"Yeah, I can see that!" Ryoko said, glaring at Syrus

"Watashi no time, draw!" Saiou said, drawing his card from his Deck and looking at it, "Interesting! I'll play Pentacle of Ace!" the card image appears above Saiou, "Destiny moves forward and it's up to you to stop it."

"Alright, stop!" Yusuke called out

The card stops at right-side up, "The card points right-side up, so that means that I get to draw a card from my Deck," Saiou draws a card from his Deck, "And I gain 500 Life Points (SLP: 1900) – (SLP: 2400)!"

"Oh well, lucky you," Yusuke said, with sarcasm

"Lucky, you still don't get it do you," Saiou said, "Let's try this again. I summon Arcana Force XII The Chariot!"

Another weird looking monster with blaster-like hands appears on the field (ATK: 1700) and a card image appears above the monster, "Go ahead you know what to do." Saiou said.

Yusuke was frustrated, "Stop now!" he yelled as the card stopped upside down, "What now!" Yusuke was with annoyance.

"Its upside down effect activates, whenever it gets destroyed, it gets summoned to your side of the field," Saiou said

Yusuke laughed in pleasure, "No complains, here!"

"We'll see about that, now Arcana Force XII, attack his Armed Dragon LV5!" Saiou commanded

Yusuke blinked twice in confusion, "But why……"

"Urameshi's dragon is stronger," Ryoko said

"I know, he messed up big time," Syrus added.

The Chariot floats towards the Armed Dragon LV5, "Attack him at once," Saiou ordered as his monster blasts a water-like attack towards the middle dragon, "Big mistake, buddy!" Yusuke sneered, "Armed Dragon, counterattack!"

Armed Dragon roars as it sends a crimson blast at The Chariot sending it to oblivion. Saiou (SLP: 2400) – (SLP: 1700) braced himself from the impact, "Very well, since The Chariot was upside down it summons to your side of the field."

True to Saiou's words, The Chariot appears onto Yusuke's side (ATK: 1700) and the card image appears above it and rotates, "The future of this Duel is in my hands." Saiou said, "Stop right there!" the card stops at upside down

Yusuke laughed as he placed his hands onto his hips, "Was there a point to that move?" he taunted, "Now when it gets destroyed, we'll be back where we started."

"Oh really," Saiou pulled a card from his hand and placed it onto the table and the image appears above Saiou, "It's called……"

"Not another one!" Yusuke interrupted, with annoyance

"I'd listen if I were you," Saiou said, "If you'd expect to win, you should know what you're up against. So let me explain this card. It's called Suit of Sword X, it stops right-side up, then all of your monsters are destroyed, but if it stops upside then mine are destroyed."

Yusuke blinked twice, "Just stop!" he called out

Saiou chuckled as the card stopped right-side up, which alarmed Yusuke, "Oh crap……"

"Now your monsters are destroyed."

"I activate," Yusuke said, as his face-down card activates, "Wish of Final Effort! Now when one of my monsters is destroyed I gain Life Points equal to the monster's attack strength that I choose and the monster I'm choosing is Armed Dragon LV7!"

Yusuke's monsters were disappeared and his body glowed light blue as his Life Points dramatically increase (YLP: 8200) – (YLP: 11000)

"Then, I'll play this," Saiou's face-down trap activates, "My Ace of Wand, if this card lands right-side up then you gain life points equal to the combine points of the four monsters that that were destroyed this turn, but if it stops upside down however, you take damage."

"So how many points are we talking about here?" Syrus asked, counting his fingers.

Ryoko sighed disappointingly at her blue haired enemy's pathetic attempt to figure such an easy math problem. She couldn't help but find it cute. Wait a sec, Syrus Truesdale cute, she shook those thoughts out of her head, 'He's your enemy.' She thought, "Don't hurt yourself, it's 9300 attack points worth of Life Points or Direct Damage."

As Saiou's trap kept turning, Yusuke was so flustered at when to say 'stop', "What's wrong?" Saiou taunted, "Can't you see? You're in control of what happens. Now choose your fate."

As Saiou's trap kept on spinning, Yusuke growled, "Stop there!" he said, pointing at the card as it stopped upside down.

"It landed upside down," Saiou's card started glowing and produced wind, blowing at Yusuke, "So you take Direct Damage. Do you understand what's happening? You can't stop what's meant to be."

The wind blow at Yusuke and he braces himself when his Life Points took a huge drop (YLP: 11000) – (YLP: 1700)

"Don't be so hard on yourself, Mr. Urameshi," Saiou said, as he sees the ex-detective panting hard, "Our stories have already been written. There's nothing you can do to stop destiny."

"Oh man," Syrus said.

"Urameshi looks like he's going to crack," Ryoko said, "I never seen him like this. All this talk about destiny is really getting to him."

Yusuke was starting to doubt himself at this, knowing that in every move Saiou was able to counterattack and doesn't know if he could win. Yusuke shook those thoughts from his head, "Ore no time, draw!" Yusuke said, drawing a card from his Deck and looking at it. His eyes widened, 'It's this card.'

Flashback

Five-year-old Keiko goes to Yusuke's aid, "Yusuke, here!" Keiko gets out her deck and pulls out a card and gives it to Yusuke, "It should give your monsters a helping hand."

Yusuke smiled and pecked Keiko's right cheek, making the little girl blush, "Thanks Keiko!" he said

End Flashback

Yusuke smiled at the card that Keiko gave to him a long time ago. It made him win some of his Duels with Kuwabara and hope that it could give him luck, "I'll summon Blast Magician in attack mode!"

In a blaze of fire, a magician in orange robe appears onto the field (ATK: 1400).

Saiou smirks at this, "Oh the Blast Magician, the very card that Keiko gave you when the two of you were really young." He said, "However, how do you know that it will help you? I mean, did she really cared about you from the beginning."

"Shut up!" Yusuke snapped

"I'm just saying what is the truth, Yusuke, nothing more," Saiou said, "I mean, I could tell you that she didn't care anything for you. All she cared about was her own reputation at Sarayashiki Junior High and as for you in her eyes as well as everyone else, you were nothing but a hopeless street punk, who was born as a mistake."

Yusuke growled and glared at Saiou, "Shut it, kisama!" he snapped, "Blast Magician, Direct Attack!" he commanded as he pointed at Saiou

Blast Magician leaped in the air as he twirled his rod and blast an orange stream at Saiou hitting the blunette hard (SLP: 1700) – (SLP: 0300)

Blast Magician returns back to Yusuke's side, "Ha! That'll shut you up!"

Saiou brought his arms down and looked at Yusuke, "I, however, see you something even more than Keiko could ever see you as, Yusuke."

"Just go!" Yusuke growled

"Watashi no time, draw!" Saiou said, drawing his card and looking at it, then grinned, "I'll play Snatch Steal to take control of your magician."

"What……" Yusuke helplessly sees Blast Magician jumping from his side to Saiou's side. Yusuke remembered a scene like this a month ago, but chose not to believe it. He refused to believe that Keiko was only playing with his emotions all these years.

"Next, I'll increase Blast Magician's attack strength with Book of Secret Arts!" He said, as the spell card glowed purple and Blast Magician glowed for a few seconds as he becomes stronger (ATK: 1400) – (ATK: 1700) and laughed cruelly. Saiou chuckled, "See what I mean, Yusuke," he said, "Keiko never cared or loved you. All those talk about how much she cared about you were all lies. It's just like in this Duel at this very moment, she walked out on you like the Blast Magician that she gave you. She wanted the perfect time to have your heartbroken."

"You're lying." Yusuke whispered, "She kissed me, which brought me back to life, why would she..."

"The reason, why would she even bother bringing you back was that she needed you to make herself like good in front of her teachers. She felt nothing towards you, so in other words, she hated you, for a long time. Plus, when you asked her to marry you, she wanted to yell a big fat 'no' at you, but her father there to see it so she couldn't do that. She was playing with your feelings and emotions this whole entire time." Saiou said.

"That can't be true," Yusuke whispered again.

"If that's the case then, why did you break up with her," Saiou said, "Why didn't you just stay and listen to her side of the story at the time, when she kissed that boy? Was it that you felt doubt for her? I'll tell you why, you're senses were accurate, Mr. Urameshi. You're senses believed that you didn't want to hear the ugly truth."

"No, no, no—" Yusuke whispered, holding his head tight cradling himself as unnoticed tears streamed down his face.

Suddenly Yusuke found himself standing. He was on the school grounds of Sarayashiki Junior High, though something seemed weird.

"Hello, anyone here," Yusuke looked around and found a familiar figures walking out of the school doors, "Keiko..."

Keiko looked at Yusuke and smiled as she made her way to him, "Yusuke, you know you could be an idiot at times."

"Yeah, I should have listened to your..."

"You actually think that I actually cared for you, a worthless street punk not to mention a pathetic half breed." Keiko asked grinning evilly, "I was lying from the beginning. Playing with your heart. Hurting you in every way possible, but probably knowing you, you'd think this isn't real. Open your eyes to reality, dork. I hate you."

Suddenly Yusuke felt very weak. It couldn't be. But everything seemed so real. He could feel the wind and sharp pain in his back as he looked back to see Keiko stabbing him with a knife.

"Heh, don't worry Yusuke, this will be painless," Keiko began driving the knife further to his back with delight, "Now, I know why your father was gone, so he could be away from you and that pathetic whore you call 'mother'."

Yusuke screamed in pain, not because of the pain of his back, but the person, who he believed cared about him would try to kill him. Unknowing as he yelled, through the pain in his now heavy, heavy heart, tears had formed in his eyes and he found himself at the park staring at Saiou.

Yusuke fell onto knees as he put his hand onto his back and didn't feel any blood or pain, "What…" he said weakly, "What was that?"

"That is what's going to happen if you stay with your past feelings for Keiko." Saiou told him.

Yusuke now thinks about his former girlfriend, like his enemy. He felt betrayed. Yusuke was having a hard time breathing, 'No it can't be true,' he thought, 'She couldn't be playing with me after all this time.'

Saiou chuckled again, "What's wrong? Finding it hard to believe that it's true," he said, "If you want more proof, how about those dreams that you have of her betraying you and having to take away by the Spirit World Defense Forces. Blast Magician, show Yusuke Urameshi the light!"

Blast Magician jumped high into the air and twirled his rod. Yusuke looks up and as the magician, he pictures Keiko coming at him and hits him with the rod, "no it can't be……" Yusuke said, as he falls onto the ground and his Life Points went down to zero (YLP: 1700) – (YLP: 0000). The image of the Blast Magician disappears as Saiou walked towards the fallen boy.

Syrus and Ryoko were horrified at this, "Oh no! Yusuke's fallen!" Syrus gawked

"You know never seen Urameshi like this at all," Ryoko said, "It's so sad that I felt sorry for him."

Yusuke looks up to see Saiou towering over him, "You know the truth." He said

Yusuke remained silence, while thinking that he was being used all these years by the one person, who he cared about more than himself, "Tell me, how do you fell?"

Yusuke stared at Saiou hard as he got on his feet, "How…how do you think I feel?" he whispered sadly, "I felt that I was being used like a tool and thrown away. It's sickening to think about the many times, I've risked my life for her. When I fought against Yomi at Demon World, I should have died, right there because I made a promise to her that I would be back in three years, but instead was only gone from this world, three weeks. It hurts so much that I……"

"……never want to fall in love ever again," Saiou finished

Yusuke looked at Saiou, "Yeah……"

"Just like your cousin, Kagome Higurashi," Saiou said, "She wanted never to do with anything that has to do with romance ever again."

"Kagome……" Yusuke whispered, "What do you know about her?"

"Well, for one, she's the reincarnation of the Priestess Kikyo," Saiou said, "Plus Kagome was in love with a half demon that went be the name of Inuyasha. Inuyasha cared nothing for Kagome, she was a jewel detector to Inuyasha and his friends, the demon slayer, Sango, the lecherous and fake monk, Miroku, the fox kit Shippo and the wolf demon, Koga."

Yusuke grunts at that, "Some friends they were……" he said and his eyes widened, "Wait the overly possessive boyfriend was that half demon, Inuyasha?"

Saiou nodded.

"Hey do you know what they're talking about?" Ryoko asked

"No!" Syrus replied

"Needless to say, I told Kagome everything as for her so-called friends, she knew about that in her dreams." Saiou said, "Those dreams that you and Kagome have were visions of the future, Yusuke."

Yusuke's eyes widened, "The future……" he said, "So that means that……" Yusuke looked at Saiou, "That in the future, Keiko would have someone to have them to kill you, when your guard is down. As for your ex-employer, Koenma, he'll keep finding many ways to capture you, since you'll go mad with your heartbreak."

"I see. That spell that you put on Kagome," Yusuke said, "Could you put it on me as well? I want to show my only passion towards Dueling and nothing else."

Saiou nodded in reply and placed his hand onto Yusuke's forehead. He sends white energy waves to Yusuke's head and Yusuke's brown eyes had glowed purple. After he was done, he placed his hand down, "How do you feel, my friend?" he asked

Yusuke opened his glowing purple eyes, "I feel better than before. Thanks." He said, coldly.

"You know, Yusuke," Saiou said, "This meeting has to be kept a secret to any us and Kagome."

Yusuke nodded, as his eyes turning back brown, "Sure thing, now that I have a new respect for my ex-girlfriend," he said, with sarcasm, "I feel that I could trust you the most and if that binky sucking freak, Koenma comes at me again I'll see to it that he meets the other end of my fist!"

"Remember this meeting as to be kept a secret," Saiou said, "Because I fear that if my enemies get wind this then my power that has your and Kagome's ability to refuse any romantic emotion will be withered away. The reason why that I gave this power to you and Kagome because in time, you'll probably forgive the one who's played with your emotions."

"Heh, don't worry, Saiou." Yusuke snarled, "That was the old stupid and perverted Yusuke Urameshi, this new Yusuke Urameshi will not be so forgiving. Wait.." Yusuke looks at Saiou with curiosity, "That glare that Kagome given to guys, who flirt with her and the black wardrobe, was that the symptoms that came with the ability to never fall in love."

Saiou nodded, in reply, "Yes," he replied, "You see, Yusuke, unlike Keiko, who sees you as a worthless street punk and a pathetic half demon, I see you and Kagome with lives with value. I couldn't just stand there and let them ruin your lives with their lies."

"That's the first time, besides Takanaka, has anyone told me and they really meant it." Yusuke said, "You know what, Saiou, I think that you're the only one I could really trust with anything."

Saiou smirked, 'Perfect, everything's going according to plan.' he thought

-Yusuke's Deck List-

New Cards Used

Blast Magician (M), Infernal Reckless Summon (S), Wish of Final Effort (T)

-Saiou's Deck List-

New Cards Used

Ace of Wand (T), Arcana Force I The Magician (M), Arcana Force XII The Chariot (M), Book of Secret Arts (S), Future Vision (S), Pentacle of Ace (S), Snatch Steal (S).

Author's Note: I'll let you guys on to a little secret. I've been reading some fan fictions where, Keiko breaks up with Yusuke, or vice-versa, and that makes me really feel BAD, so I'm gonna to prove to those bastards/bitches that both Yusuke and Keiko are made for each other. If anyone else has something to say against that then I got two lovely words to say (clears throat!) FUCK YOU! Got it! And for your information, the only time that Keiko would hit Yusuke if he actually deserves it.