Yusuke! You Jerk!

Chapter 2: The First Candidate!

"I can't believe I ditched class yesterday!" yelled Keiko at herself, "Okay Keiko, pull yourself together. It was just a silly argument. Tomorrow when you go back to school everything will be fine again. Oh, no it won't. I broke up with Yusuke and now he's probably disgusted with me. What am I going to do? I'm just so sad." It was true since yesterday Keiko had fallen into a deep depression; she couldn't on concentrate on classes, on homework, even on where she was going. All she could think about was...Yusuke. She sat in her room huddled on her bed silently weeping. Then she came upon a thought. What if she found a new boyfriend, one that was kind, devoted and caring. That would surely cure her depression. The only thing was... It was hard to let Yusuke go. They'd known each other since they were little kids. They understood each other in the deepest most understanding way, but they were still completely different.

"I guess it wouldn't hurt to try." thought Keiko," But who do I know whose kind, devoted, and caring." She thought for several more moments. Then it hit her.

"I know now! Kurama! Next time I see him I'll ask him out." Keiko rushed over to her daily planner and searched for next time they would meet.

"Hmn, Let's see when's the next meeting." said Keiko out loud, "Ah, here it is! This Thursday at 6:00pm. Today's Monday so in four more days I'll ask him out!" The next few went along fine. In fact Keiko was starting to anticipate Thursday. Thankfully Keiko didn't see Yusuke all week or else she would have changed her mind. Her classes all went well and Keiko made up all the work she missed. Finally Thursday arrived. The gang was supposed to meet outside the YMCA in the town center. It was Botan's turn to plan what to do and she planned a swim meet, so they had to deal. Well anyway everyone met outside the Y as they were supposed to. Even Koenma came, but one person was missing. Yusuke. Keiko started feeling slightly guilty, but soon shook the guilt away. Everything went along fine besides the fact that Botan forgot to arrange means of transportation and they ended up riding the bus to the mountain where Genkai lived and walking to the lake nearby her dojo.After about 15 minutes everyone except for Hiei and Genkai were in swimsuits.

"Hey you guys why aren't you in swimsuits?" asked Kuwabara.

"Well..." started Genkai in a very annoyed tone," I've been told seeing me in a swim suit is like having a very bad nightmare."

"Oh." said Kuwabara rather embarrassed for asking Genkai such a personal question," How 'bout you Hiei?"

"I don't have a swimsuit." responded Hiei in a rather bored tone as if he had but purposefully left it at home, where ever that was.

"Oh that reminds me Hiei." said Kurama," I brought a spare swimsuit just in case someone forgot theirs."

Hiei grunted," Might as well." In two minutes Hiei was dressed and ready to swim.

"Hey! Look at the runt he's wearing jeans!" yelled Kuwabara. True fully Kurama's swim suit was almost jean patterned and very long on Hiei.

"Watch your mouth Kuwabaka. I mean Kuwabara."responded Hiei teasingly.

"Hey!" yelled Kuwabara

"Now break it up you two we don't want a fight." said Kurama to Hiei who was sneaking up behind Botan he said," And no pushing people into the lake."

"Now's my time to move in." thought Keiko.

"Hey Kurama!" Keiko yelled from behind him he instantly turned and looked at Keiko.

"Yes Keiko." answered Kurama

"Could I have a private word with you?" Keiko whispered.

"Sure." Kurama answered," What do you want to talk tome about?"

"Well..." said Keiko who practiced the line about a hundred times before the swim meet," I was wondering if you'd go out with me." Kurama was stunned he thought Keiko was Yusuke's girlfriend. Something serious must have happened between them and she was looking to him for comfort. Not good. Telling by the way that Keiko talked she'd been practicing this for hours and would surely cry if he turned her down, and Yusuke would not like for Keiko to cry even more than if he went out with Keiko. He sweat dropped. She made puppy-eyes. He came to a decision. He would go out with Keiko, but tell Yusuke about it and why even though he'd probably blast his head off. The wait was starting to get to Keiko.

"Sooooo?" asked Keiko.

"Sure." answered Kurama rather nervously," Tomorrow at 7:00pm?"

"Sure!!!" said Keiko happily.

For the rest of the meeting everyone including Hiei and Genkai had fun. It was 8:00 and it was about time he told Yusuke. He took a bus to Yusuke's house after phoning his mom on his new cell phone. Kurama went to the door of Yusuke's house and knocked. Yusuke's mom answered the door surprisingly she wasn't drunk tonight. Weird.

"Hello is Yusuke home." asked Kurama.

"Why yes he is." responded Atsuko, Yusuke's mom," Come on in. He'll be with you in a second." After a few minutes Yusuke appeared.

"Hey Kurama. What's up!" greeted Yusuke.

"Well..." started Kurama," It's about Keiko..." and so Kurama began to explain what happened.