Chapter 3

Author Note - Hey! Thanks sooo much for all the reviews!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ^^ Hope you like this chapter !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Disclaimer - I don't own..... (sigh)

Another thing - in this, for now, I'm using Kurama's human name Suichi. This'll all make sense later.

* Last time we left off for Flash Back *

The next day was a weekend and she descided to give Yusuke a quick visit before going to her parents restaurant to help out.

She dressed quickly in a simple blue skirt and white blouse, and pulled her long hair in her regular ponytail.

Keiko walked quickly, and meeting on the way was Yusuke's best friend Kuwabara. "Hi! Ummmm.. Do you know if Yusuke's home?" Keiko asked. She had met Kuwabara a few times and thought he was pretty nice, though he could sometimes be a real jack ass.

"Errr.. I'm not so sure you want to go there. But I'm just on my way to Yukina's house."

Yukina was his long time girlfriend. She had no idea how they ever got along, for Yukina was just the opposite of him. Soft spoken, kind and nice. Where Kuwabara was well. a bit like Yusuke. He went and got into a fight with any guy who could make a fist. But she had to admit one thing, he was adorable when he was with his two greatest loves, Yukina and his kittens.

"Uhhhhhh ..... okay..."

"Hey why don't you come with me to Yukina's? Were going over to Suichhi. Come on, it'll be fun."

Suichi was another long time friend of theirs. His mother had just recently gotten over a sickness and was making a excellent recovery. He had also come back from meeting his childhood best friend across town.

"Oh! Suichi is back?"

"Yeah. Uhhhh... come on we can have uhhhh... like a 'welcome back' party."

"I'd really like too but Yusuke and I had some trouble lately and I really want to make it work. You understand, right?"

Kuwabara started sweating and kept on mumbling about something. "Come on, er... Suichi will be really upset if your not there and Yusuke will be there at the party, you can talk to him then."

Kuwabara looked really serious and Keiko felt bad, "Alright. Lead the way."

He looked extremely relieved and took her hand in a friendly brotherly way, and started walking. Keiko sighed, and started walking too, she was thinking how she just got tricked.

*One week later*

Keiko had never felt better. Her and Yusuke had patched things up, she was graduating high school with top scores and going to the best University in Japan.

She was about to leave the house, when a phone call came. "Hello, Ukimoro residence."

"Keiko?" a hollow voice on the other end spoke.

"Yusuke? Is that you?" Keiko asked.

"Can you come over my house real quickly?"

"I was just on my way to meet Botan," Keiko told him.

"Please. It's important." He continued to plead.

"I guess I can come over for a few minutes. Okay? Bye." Keiko said hanging up.

She quickly ran out and started jogging to his house. She opened the door and called out his name, "Yusuke? Yusuke?"

He came down the steps with purple shadows under his eyes. His eyes were slightly red and he looked tired.

"Yusuke! What happened to you?" Keiko asked conserned. She ran over to him and tried hugging him but he pushed her away.

Keiko looked hurt and started to speak but he stopped.

"Listen.. We need to talk..."

"What about?" Keiko asked, leading him into the living room and sitting down on the couch.

"I .... I ...."

"Yusuke. I don't have the time to talk right now okay. I'll see you later." And before he could say anything, Keiko quickly left, leaving a relieved Yusuke.

I wonder what that was all about. Keiko muttered to herself.

As she walked into the restaurant where Botan was suppoused to meet her.

Keiko heard a voice yell, "I can't believe you did that!"

She sounded very familiar. Wait a minute, that was Botan!

Keiko leaned against the door that separated them and she listened intently.

"So what are you going to do about it?" an unfamiliar voice taunted.

"I'll tell you what! I'll beat the living hell out of you for doing this to Keiko! And Yusuke!" Botan shriekied.

Keiko frowned trying to understand what she was saying. Not that she couldn't hear what was going on, but it didn't make sense. What was Yusuke doing n this conversation?

"I guess Keiko should choose her boyfriends more carefully. Yusuke did seem pretty eager." The voice continued to laugh.

Keiko heard a loud 'smack' and figured Botan had slapped her.

"I cant believe Yusuke would sleep with such a friggin slut!"

Keiko took a step back and gasped. Yusuke had slept with someone else? Could that be what he was trying to tell her today?

She opened the door and walked in slowly. For some reason, tears never came out of her eyes.

"Is that true?" Keiko asked crossing her arms.

Botan gasped and guilty looked away. The other female spoke up and smiled, "Of course it is. Did you honestly think a guy would wait for you?"

Keiko's tears now came and she tried brushing them away. She realized who the girl as. Her name was Galen. She was a transfer student from America and was the biggest whore.

Galen had dirty blond-brown hair and startling brown eyes. Every guy Keiko knew had wanted her. But never did she think Yusuke would have slept with her.

Keiko walked out, hearing Botan's yells of protest to come back. She heard none.

Anger, hurt, betrayal, those feelings pulsed through her as she made her way, running to Yusuke's house again.

Keiko opened the door and slammed it shut shouting Yusuke's name.

He ran down the steps looking worried.

Her eyes hardened and Keiko looked at Yusuke through cold eyes.

Yusuke looked at her confused, then a look of realization came to him. "You know."

It wasn't a question, but a statement. Yusuke turned away, breaking her cold stare.

"Is that.. what you wanted to tell me this morning?" Keiko asked, her eyes now beginning to fill with tears. "When did this happen?"

Yusuke continued looking away.

"TALK DAMMIT!" Keiko shrieked. With that, Keiko once again opened the door and slammed it again. She started running across the street, hearing Yusuke yell after her.

"Keiko! Keiko!"

She heard no sounds. All she did was run to her house.

As she went in, she heard the door open again.

"Keiko!" Yusuke cried out.

"Get away from me! I don't even want to look at you! I hate you!"

"Keiko! Please! Can we talk about it!" Yusuke asked trying to reach for her.

"Alright! You want to talk about? You want to talk about it? Lets talk. So, how was she?"

"What?!" he cried, his eyes widening.

"You heard me Yusuke! How was it?"

"I'm not going to answer that!"

"Alright then. WHY?!" Keiko yelled, sitting down on the sofa. "Why? I thought what we had was something special!"

"It is. I don't know... something just came over me."

Keiko shook her head and wiped her eyes. "I just don't understand. I don't understand how you could do something that would jepordize our relationship!"

"I was stupid, I didn't know what I was thinking."

"That day when Kuwabara came -------"

"Wait, wait, wait. Kuwabara knew about this? He knew about this?"

Yusuke looked at her guiltly, "Why does it matter?"

"I was going to visit you, to try to fix our relationship. Till he stopped me. He said that they were having a 'Welcome Back' party for Suichi. I cant believe it!" Keiko continued to shake her head.

"Why all of a sudden are you telling me this?"

Yusuke looked down and bit his lip. "She's .... pregnant."

Keiko uttered a sob and looked at Yusuke with pure hatred and disgust.

"Get out! Get the fuck out! I don't want anything to do with you! I hate you! Get out!"

Yusuke looked at her with helplessness and started toward her. "Please Keiko. Keiko. I. I .... can't live without you. Please... please." He stammered, hugging her. He started crying and so did Keiko.

"Yusuke... I can't .. I can't ever forgive you. I used to think of you as a person who would NEVER hurt me. I can't look at you as the same person anymore. I .. I just can't." Keiko sobbed. "And the picture of you and Galen together... oh.. I can't .. I can't.. I won't ever be able to see you without her in the picture."

"Please Keiko. Please. Please . please." Yusuke continued to moan. Hugging her tighter.

"No Yusuke. I can't. It may have worked, but your.... your.... Going to have a baby with her. I can't. Please... just go.. just go!" Keiko choked out, trying to speak in between cries.

Keiko pushed him away and walked to her room.

Keiko didn't see this but knew Yusuke was standing there with tears running down his face.

Finally she heard a door close and Keiko sighed, leaning against her bedroom door.

* End of Flash Back*

"So that's what happened. Are you happy? You finally got to hear what happened to me long ago." Keiko muttered, sitting on the bench, twisting the tissue Hiei had given her.

While Keiko had told Hiei the story, a slight rain had started but she didn't mind.

Hiei looked at her and hugged Keiko. When he heard the story, he had felt her sadness. He could actually feel the pain and anguish she had to go through.

"So what happened to Yusuke and Galen?"

"Galen gave birth to the baby, Yusuke married her but then they divorced. Still after that, they remained together. Not married, but fucking each other each time they felt like it." Keiko said, smiling leaning against the wooden bench.

She hadn't told Hiei about the promise she made to herself. The promise in which she would never fall in love again. She'd remain independent and shut her heart out of all emotions of love and hope.

Hiei looked at her brown eyes. They looked troubled. His own eyes moved down to her lips and he felt a sudden urge to kiss them. Without thinking, he moved his lips down to hers and gently brushed them.

Keiko looked up startled at the gentle feeling on her lips and saw Hiei. What the hell is he doing? Keiko thought wildly. But her own instincts took over, and Keiko, without her normal thinking, she deepened the kiss.

Their lips continuing to kiss each other. Their tongues battling to control. Keiko moaned a little, falling into Hiei's embrace.

The rain pounded harder, soaking their bodies, but each could feel the warmth of them.

She had never felt this good. Until realization hit her. Keiko broke away and stared at Hiei. Breathing deeply, Keiko slapped him and walked away.

Hiei continued looking at Keiko as she walked, his heart hammering, his lips wanting hers, and his body wanting the warmth she gave him.

Keiko furiously walked, ignoring the stares the people gave her. She knew what she must look like. Hair messed up, eyes and nose red. Clothes soaked. Keiko sighed and continued to walk.

"Oh! I'm so sorry!" she cried, bumping into somebody.

Keiko looked up and saw a red hair man, with startling green eyes. "Suichi!"

"Keiko! How nice to see you again!" he cried, a look of surprise and wonder. "I haven't seen you since college."

"I know. How's your mom? Is she okay?"

"She's fine." He said, laughing. "Have you been crying?" he asked, noticing her red eyes.

"I'm fine. Come on, lets go get something to eat." She quickly said, trying to brush away the subject.

"I'd absoutly love to, but unfortuantly I can't. I'm busy at the moment. How about we have dinner tomorrow."

"Sure, that sounds great!" Keiko said, smiling. It was so nice to see him again.

"Well I'll call you okay?" he yelled, turning around as he walked away.

"Wait, you don't have my phone number!" Keiko called after.

"I'll find out." He called back, giving a small smile.

Keiko laughed. He was in away like a fox. Sly, and tricky. But he was also very kind and soft spoken.

*Later*

"Hello?" Keiko asked, picking up the receiver.

"I told you I'd find away."

Laughing, Keiko walked the phone over to her room.

"So about the dinner tomorrow, is it okay if I invite another friend?"

"Sure! As long as it's okay if I invite my friend." Keiko said laughing again. She was always eager to meet new people.

"Hmmmmmmmm.. I'll have to consider this." Suichi joked.

"Oh shut up!" Keiko joked. "Eight sounds good?"

"Yeah. We can meet at the Rainbow Room."

"Great! See you then!"

Keiko hung up the phone and called Botan, wanting to know if she was free tomorrow night.

*Tomorrow Night*

"Botan! Come on!" Keiko called.

"I'm coming."

Keiko looked at what she wore to make sure her outfit wasn't wrinkled.

Her black halter top was silky and Keiko loved the feeling of the material on her skin. Her black short skirt that clung to her thin legs looked great with her pointed boots that went up to her knees. Her long brown hair was pulled up with chopsticks and her skin glittered, which gave her an unnatural glow.

Keiko's eye lashes were black and thick which gave her a mysterious and dangerous look to her. Her lips were covered with a pale lip gloss that showed it's fullness.

She looked at Botan and smiled. Keiko looked like a creature of the night, were Botan looked like a creature of the light.

Botan wore a light pink spring dress with one spagettia strap. The dress had tiny white and pink flower buds on it. She wore white high heeled sandels and pulled her blue hair up in a high ponytail.

People may say that blue hair was really weird, but Keiko thought it matched perfectly with Botan's pink eyes.

Botan's eyes had a light pink eye shadow, with blue mascara on. Her face had blush on it which showed her high cheek bones. And her lips had a ready - to - be - kissed look.

Keiko smiled and started walking out the door with Botan following her. "Lets PARTY!" she heard Botan yell.

Keiko smiled and hauled a taxi. No way were they going like this on a bus.

Suichi looked around the club, looking for Keiko.

"Kurama. When are they coming?" Hiei asked bored already. The only thing on his mind was Keiko and what had happened today.

"They'll be here. Be calm Hiei."

He spotted Keiko and called her over.

"Suichi!"

Hiei didn't see Keiko but heard Suichi and asked, "Why does she call you Suichi. I thought that was your adopted name."

"It is. But she doesn't know I was adopted. Nor that I found out my real name. Here she comes."

Hiei reluctantly looked up and saw Keiko walking towards them. He suddenly became rock hard at the sight of her. She was just so god dam beautiful. Good looking and pretty were too plain and ordinary words.

Keiko had spotted Suichi and was starting to walk towards him and then she saw Hiei!

When she reached them, she asked, "What are you doing here Hiei?"

Author Note - Wow! That was a long chapter! Anyway, HOPE YOU LIKE IT! PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!