"It could have been better" Keiko sighed as she pulled on her pajamas and slid into bed. As soon as she had gotten home from her date, Kira had called, and to Keiko's displeasure, began interrogating her about the night. She had to know every little detail, which after awhile, got a bit frustrating. The worst part was, after telling her that Haru proposed, Kira wouldn't let the subject drop.

"Alright Kira, I'll talk to you tomorrow, okay?" Keiko said hoping that she would agree, and that the next time they talked, Kira would have forgotten about her engagement.

"Kei, I'll never understand you, the guy freakin' proposed and you're acting as if nothing happened!"

"Kira," Keiko was obviously starting to get really annoyed by her friend. "It's been a long night and I really don't want to talk about it right now." Sensing the irritation in her friend's voice, Kira finally gave in.

"Alright, talk to you tomorrow, then?"

"Sure"

"Okay, Bye Kei!"

"Bye" she said hanging up, thankful that was over, but as she settled down in her bed and tried to fall asleep, she found that she couldn't. Her mind seemed to be arguing with itself again.

'You're making a big mistake, Haru isn't the guy for you'

'Yes he is, he really loves you'

'But do you love him back?'

It kept going on like that until Keiko finally drifted off into a deep slumber.

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"Yukina, I'm going out for a walk, I'll be back in about a half hour" Kazuma Kuwabara called to his wife as he walked out the front door of their small, but comfortable house. He and Yukina had been married almost a year, they were yet to have any children, but they lived a content and happy life. Besides, they had only recently gotten Hiei to agree to stop tormenting Kuwabara.

As it was fairly late at night, the streets of Tokyo were pretty much deserted. He walked along passing various buildings until he stopped at one particular one, gazing up at it with a hint to sadness in his eyes.

It had been 6 years since he had last entered this building, only to see that one of his best friends was getting ready to go off to Makai, again. That was the last time he had ever seen him. Yet, as he looked up at the towering building a hint of light coming from one of the top most windows caught his eye, but it wasn't just any window, he was quite sure that it was Yusuke's window. Convinced that he had to be imagining this, since Yusuke's apartment had been abandoned since his departure, Kuwabara blinked and stared back up at the light. This couldn't be happening, this couldn't be possible. Had he really come back?

After recovering from a slight state if shock, Kuwabara rushed into the building, and sprinted up the stairs, determined to find out the answer to that question himself.

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Yusuke hadn't realized how late it was when he had returned. Considering most of Tokyo was asleep, he had decided to go home and wait until morning to see everyone. He returned to his apartment, as he entered he realized just how glad he was to be home.

He had only been home for 10 minutes when there was a loud pounding on the door. Annoyed at who the hell would be coming at this hour, he opened the door only to find an out of breath Kuwabara.

"Ura-Urameshi?" he gasped, still trying to catch his breath "You-You're alive?"

"You know of all the moronic things you've said to me, that has got to be the worst." Yusuke said staring at his friend with a look of amusement on his face. "Besides, why wouldn't I be alive?"

"You were gone for 6 years!"

"So?"

"Well, what were you doing then?"

"It's a long story, I was forced to enter another tournament and one thing led to another, and I wasn't able to get out...."

"You do realize everyone thinks that you're dead"

"What?"

"Does anyone else know that you're back?"

"Well...no, I figured it was too late to go see anyone"

"So Keiko doesn't know?"

"Well, I think she would kill me if I showed up at her house this late"

"She would want to know that you're back"

"Kuwabara, it's almost midnight"

"I really don't think she'll care"

"Fine, I'll go see her"

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Keiko awoke with a start at a loud banging on the door. Glancing at the clock and seeing that it was 12:30, she figured that it was just her imagination, but when the pounding continued for a few minutes, she began to wonder who was so persistent to see her this time of night.

Slowly getting out of bed and walking to the front door, she opened it to see a familiar figure standing in the doorway.

"Hey Keiko"

All the weariness she had felt in the last few minutes vanished.

"Y-Yusuke?"


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