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Chapter 13

The next day after class, Yusuke got up from his seat and begun to walk away.

"Are you coming to my promotion duel, Yusuke?" asked Keiko, who was at the entrance door

Yusuke looked at her, with those hateful orbs of his; "Maybe…" he replied, "Now, get out of my way!" he demanded in a harsh tone and walked past her. As he got out, Keiko grabbed Yusuke's wrist, "You know that I wouldn't accepted a 'maybe' answer."

Yusuke then glared at her, "Look, I thought that I made it perfectly clear to you! I don't even know or care why you here!" he yelled then yanking his arm away

"But, Yusuke..."

"But, nothing, just get away from me, okay, I HATE YOU!" Yusuke screamed at her face

Keiko was now hurt from Yusuke's words, "You do?" she asked as she thought, who can blame him after what she did

Yusuke snorted and walked away from the hurt brunette, "Stupid girl…" he muttered then it came to him, maybe he should go to the duel to see the look of defeat and humiliation on Keiko's face, when she loses.

At Obelisk arena, Chandler Shepherd, Chazz and Dr. Crowler were waiting for Keiko's appearance.

Chazz was getting impatient, 'Where is that Slifer Slacker?' he thought

Just then Kari, Keiko, Ryoko, Jaden, Syrus, Chumley, Bastion, and Alexis had come into the arena.

Chazz smirked, "So, she finally show her face."

"Of course, I never back down from challenge, Chazz!" Keiko said

"You should've, you Slifer School Scum!" Chazz spat

Keiko grunted at that insult, "Watch it…" she said, as she got onto the stadium.

"Remember this is a promotion test, duelists ready!" Dr. Crowler declared

"Ready!" Keiko said

"Yeah, to be set up and knock down, you loser!" Chazz said

"DUEL!" both duelists said as their duel disks were activated (4000/4000)

Keiko drew her card, "Fox Fire, rise in defense!" she commanded as a fox with the tip of his tail on fire (300/200), "Then, I'll end my turn with two facedowns!"

Chazz drew his card, "Your Fox Fire is about to be put out! Rise Chthonian Soldier!" a warrior with armor and a big sword appears (1200/1400) "It's Fox Season, Keiko! Windstorm Slash!" he commanded as Chthonian Soldier charges towards Fox Fire and slashes it with his sword and destroys it, "I'll end my turn with a facedown card, you Slifer Slacker!" Chazz declared as a familiar fox appears on the Keiko's side, "What, why did your fox come, Keiko! Tell me!" he yelled

Keiko chuckled, "My Fox Fire has a special ability, when it's destroyed in battle, it can come back, Chazz!"

Just then, Yusuke came into the arena seeing that the duel has already started.

"Hey Yusuke, you came just in time." Jaden said

Keiko glanced at Yusuke, who had just came to the arena, "Yusuke…" Then, remembered that his words, 'I HATE YOU!' then felt sadness and hurt

"What's the score?" Yusuke asked

"Well, there equal now!" Bastion replied

Keiko then faced Chazz, as soon as Yusuke was looking at the duel.

'Come on, Chazz take her out!' Yusuke thought

Keiko drew, "Ultimate Baseball Kid, rise in attack mode!" a ten year old boy with an orange baseball uniform, with a matching helmet appeared on the field, with his spiked bat (500/1000)

Chazz laughed, "You're joking! That kid is weak compared to my monster!"

'Don't underestimate that monster, you moron!' Yusuke thought

"That's what you think, Chazz! See this is why you're a snobby Obelisk, because you underestimate your opponent even though they're lower than you in rank. Plus, for your information, Ultimate Baseball Kid gains 1000 points for every fire monster on the field. In case you're too egotistic and dumb to do the math he's at 1500, because of my Fox Fire!"

"What!"

"Then, I'll switch my Fox Fire to attack mode and now, Ultimate Baseball Kid attack Chthonian Soldier with Fast Fireball Attack!" Keiko commanded as the kid produced a fireball in his hand, threw it into the air, and hit it, with his bat towards Chthonian Soldier, engulfing him. (3700/4000)

Just then Chthonian Soldier's sword came and went all the way through Keiko's stomach.

"Keiko!" Ryoko and Kari yelled, while Yusuke smirked

The brunette kneed down and clutched her stomach (3700/3700)

"Hate to disappoint you, slacker, but when you destroyed my soldier, you activated his special ability, giving you the same amount of damage as me!" Chazz explained then chuckled

Keiko, who had recovered from that attack, got up and glared at Chazz, "Bastard!" she said quietly, "You're going to be pay for that, now Fox Fire attack Chazz directly with Flame Bullet!" the fox shoots a fire bullet at Chazz, "I don't think so, you Slifer Slacker! I've got a trap card, Call of the Haunted!"

"What!" Keiko yelled

"With this card, I can..."

"Summon a monster from your graveyard to attack mode!" Keiko interupted, with annoyance, "I know how the card works, Chazz! I'm not stupid!"

"Oh! Believe me, slacker!" Chazz insulted, as his Chthonian Soldier comes back and hits the flame bullet, with his sword and sends it back at Fox Fire and it destroying it (3700/2800), "Coming into this school and believing that you could beat me was the most stupidest move any Slifer Slacker can make!"

"Excuse me!" Keiko argued, "Who has lost to one Slifer and one Ra, I believe that's you, Chazz! And soon, you'll be defeated by two Slifers by the end of this duel!"

"Yeah right, Slifer Slime!" Chazz replied, "That'll be the day!"

"I sure hope that Keiko can turn this duel around." Syrus said

'I certainly hope not!' Yusuke thought

"Without that stupid fox, Keiko, your monster attack is decreased!" Chazz said

"You forgot all about his special power, Chazz, it can come back!" Keiko said, as Fox Fire comes back in defense mode

"That fox is starting to wear out his welcome!" Chazz said as he drew, "I'll sacrifice my soldier to summon Mefist the Infernal Warrior!" A dark warrior with armor and a big battle axe on an giant goat appeared on the field (1800/1700)

Keiko grimaced at the site of this monster, "Okay, prepare to feel the power of my warrior, you loser! You might have been somebody back at home, kid, but here in this school, you're nothing a sniveling second-rate amateur!" Chazz said, "Now, Mefist attack that brat with Axe Smash Attack!" Mefist charges at the kid, slices him and destroys him (3700/2500), "You belong in Slifer and that's where you say, you Slifer Slacker!"

Keiko smirked, "I was hoping you were going to attack me!"

"Why's that?" Chazz asked

"Because that stunt you just pulled, set off my trap!" Keiko said "Go Backfire!"

'I know that trap anywhere!' Yusuke thought, 'Chazz was a fool for attacking!'

"What does Backfire do?" Syrus asked

"It's a trap that when a fire monster on your side of the field is destroyed and sent to the graveyard, 500 points are drained from your opponent's life points." Bastion replied

Just then, a circle of fire forms around Chazz and rises up, engulfing him. Chazz screams (3200/2500)

"My trap card can deal 500 points worth of damage to your life points, Chazz!" Keiko explained, "Think of it as payback for that Chthonian Soldier's ability!"

As the fire disappeared, Chazz falls on his knee and glared at Keiko, "You little bitch!" he muttered and smirked, then got on his feet, "I believe that, I'll be the one, who gets the last laugh, Keiko!"

"Oh! How's that, Chazz!"

"Whenever my monster deal damage to your life points, a card is chosen randomly from your hand to the graveyard."

Keiko looks at her hand, "Oh no!"

"Oh yes, Keiko, now say goodbye to half you hand!" Chazz declared as a card had disappeared from the Slifer's hand

"I'll regret that, Chazz Princeton!" Keiko yelled as she drew, "I'll play my Call of the Haunted trap card and I'll resurrect my Ultimate Baseball Kid!" Ultimate Baseball Kid rises from the grave.

"A lot like that monster would do you. He's totally weaker than my Mefist!" Chazz said

"I know that's why I'm going to boost his power again by summoning Raging Flame Sprite!" A boy with messy spiked orange hair with an orange hat appears on the field. (100/200)

"News flash, slacker, it's puny and weak and so are you!" Chazz spat

"And I got news for you, Chazz! First of all, Keiko Ukimura is no slacker, got that and secondly, since I've got two fire monsters my kid gains 1000 points for each! (2500/1000)"

"Oh no! He's more powerful than my warrior!" Chazz cried

"You got that right! Now, I'll switch my fox to attack and now, Flame Sprite attack Chazz directly with Flame Fist Attack!" The sprite charges at Chazz

Chazz smiled, "You idiot, that has got to be the most amateurish move, I've ever witnessed in my dueling career, you can't attack me directly if I have a monster out. Why don't you go back home and play with your little dollies and leave dueling for the big boys?"

Yusuke rolled his eyes, 'What an idiot, he doesn't even know about that sprite's power.'

"You just keep underestimating me, Chazz! My sprite has an ability to bypass your monster and attack you directly!" Keiko said

"What!" Chazz yelled as the sprite evades above Mefist and hits Chazz's chest pushing him back a bit (3100/2500)

"It gets worse for you, Chazz anytime my sprite attacks an opponent directly its attack points are increased by 1000!" Keiko said as Raging Flame Sprite turns on his aura and gets stronger (1100/200)

"Now Baseball Kid attack Mefist with Fast Fireball Attack!" Keiko commanded as the kid produced a fireball in his hand, threw it into the air, and hit it, with his bat towards Mefist, engulfing him. (2400/2500)

"Don't think for one second that you're off the hook, yet, Chazz! Fox Fire attack him with Flame Bullet!" the fox shoots a fire bullet at the Obelisk and hits him hard (2100/2500)

"Oh yeah!" Ryoko exclaimed

"It appears that Keiko is in control for now." Alexis said

'No! She can't win!' Yusuke thought

Chazz drew, "That was lucky, I'll summon onto the field V-Tiger Jet in attack mode (1600/1800)"

"Are you stupid or something? That jet won't stand a chance against my kid!" Keiko said

"I'm not going to attack your kid, I'm gonna weaken it!"

"How so?"

Chazz smirked, "Your brat's powerful when there's fire monsters on your side of the field, right?"

"Yeah?"

"Kind of like, in real life the child is stronger when there's adult around, but in this case your fire monsters, am I getting warmer."

"Yeah, what's your point?" Keiko demanded getting impatient with Chazz's taunting

"I'll tell you my point, you Slifer Slacker! V-Tiger Jet attack Raging Flame Sprite with Missile Claw!" Chazz ordered as the Tiger Jet shoot its missiles at the sprite and destroying it (2100/2000)

"Forget, Snobizlla!" Keiko reminded, "As soon as my fire monsters are destroyed and sent to the graveyard, you take 500 damage, courtesy of my trap card!" the fire circle is formed around Chazz once again and engulfs him (1600/2000)

"I know what Chazz is doing!" Alexis said, "He's trying to weaken Keiko's Baseball Kid and to do that he has to give up life points to do it."

"No wonder!" Ryoko said then looking at the duel, 'Come on, Keiko, you have to win and faced through the dorms.'

"Ha! Without two fire monsters out, Keiko, that punk's power is downgraded!" Chazz spat as the Baseball Kid is drained of his 1000 attack points, "I think I'll play a facedown card to end my turn!"

Yusuke chuckled; 'It's only a matter of time!' he thought then realized that someone else is here. He glanced over to the stands to see a familiar reaper there, 'Oh great, Botan, what's she doing here?'

"Okay Chazz, my move!" Keiko said, drawing, "I'll switch both my monsters into defense mode and play one card facedown."

"That's the best that Keiko can do at this point." Bastion said

"Hey, look at the bright side if Chazz destroys her monsters, he'll lose life points!" Chumley exclaimed

"Okay slacker, I'll summon W-Wing Catapult in attack mode (1300/1500). But wait, Keiko, there's more! Now, I'll combine my catapult with my jet to create the powerful VW-Tiger Catapult! (2000/2100), it's only matter of time, Keiko, before you go bye-bye."

Just then Chazz heard sobs coming from Keiko, "Ah what wong, baby, things are looking grim for ya!" he said, in a baby voice

Botan grimaced, "What a creep! Bullying a poor girl, like that."

Just then the sobs had turned to chuckles, "Hey are you crying or laughing!" Chazz yelled

"Sorry to disappoint you, Chazz, when you summoned that catapult, you set off a trap card. A trap that you might be familiar with, go Chthonian Polymer!"

Chazz's eyes widened in horror, "No, notthat card!" He exclaimed

Yusuke was surprised at this, 'So, she got some new cards, while I was gone.'

"Now, I tribute my fox to the graveyard and I know you know what's next, right Chazz!"

Chazz growled, "You take control of my monster!"

"That's right!" Keiko exclaimed as the fox disappears and VW-Tiger Catapult is brought to the brunette's field, "And don't forget the effect of my Backfire trap card, since my fire monster is sent to the graveyard, you take 500 points of damage!" (1100/2000) "Ah what wong, baby, are you mad that I stole your monster!" she said, in a baby voice similar to Chazz

Chazz was glaring at her, "Lucky twerp!"

"Not lucky, Chazz!" Keiko said, drawing, "Okay Chazz, you, my dear, are about be royally crowned and not in a good way."

"Oh and how do you figure that, Keiko?" Chazz asked

The brunette smirked at the Obelisk's question, "Two days ago, you heard the rumor about the Ra Yellows being defeating by a transfer student."

"Yeah!" Chazz replied, raising an eyebrow, "Yeah, I've heard about that, so what?"

"Did anyone knew about this new duelist, who happened to defeat the Ra Yellow duelists?" Keiko interrogated the Obelisk duelist

Everyone was giving each other strange looks, "Yeah, I've heard about that too!" Alexis said

"Same here!" Bastion said, "I've heard students from my dorm, mentioning it for two days straight."

Yusuke eyed this with interest.

Jaden eyed Ryoko, "Hey Ryoko, did you know who was the one, who took out these Ra Yellows?"

Ryoko nodded, "It was Keiko, she was the one, who defeated them."

Everyone, including Chazz, was skeptical at this, 'What!' Yusuke thought, 'She was able to defeat them!'

Chazz turned his glare towards, "So what? You defeated a couple of rodents, it would change a thing, slacker! You're still gonna lose!"

Keiko smirked, while showing her teeth, "Oh! I don't think so, Chazz! The monster that was responsible for their defeat is the one, I have in my hand. Now, I'll sacrifice my two monsters to summon, Infernal Flame Emperor!" the monsters disappeared, "And thanks to my trap card you take 500 damage!" (600/2000) Just then a flame monster with four legs and flame wings appears on the field. (2700/1600), "And thanks to its special power, all I need to do is remove Fox Fire from play to destroy that facedown card!" The emperor shoots a fireball at Chazz's facedown and the grief-stricken Obelisk is thinking that he'll be defeated by two 'Slifer Slackers'

"No wait, please don't stop!" Chazz begged

"Stop! I don't think so! Now Infernal Flame Emperor give Chazz here a king sized clobbering, with Underground Torch!" The emperor shoots a fire stream to the ground sending the stream directly to the fear-stricken Chazz head on, "Bye-Bye!" Keiko said, in a sing along tone. Chazz panicked as the fire stream was heading his way and hits him, throwing him back off his feet. As he was flying, he cursed both Yusuke and Keiko for his third humiliation. Chazz then crashed to the floor off the arena (0/2000)

Yusuke couldn't believe it, Chazz lost to someone, who he thinks hurt him. He begun to walk off from his seat and left the arena, without anyone to see him.

Jaden thrust his fingers at Chazz, "That's game!"

Chazz glared at Jaden, "Shut up, you Slifer Slacker!"

"Keiko Ukimura, you have passed your promotion exam and I grant you promotion to Ra yellow!" said Chandler Shepard, "And again, we're sorry about your exam graded wrong."

Keiko smiled, "Thank you, Chandler! Plus, it's okay now!" she said, then everyone ran up to her giving her congrats and of course Kari ended up giving the newly Ra Yellow duelist, her bear hug.

Yusuke, who was outside at sitting up and at the edge of the cliff, was watching the ocean and thinking of another way to avoid Keiko, now that she's a Ra Yellow duelist. Just then Yusuke heard footsteps. He knew it had to be Keiko because he could tell footsteps like those from a mile away.

Yusuke looked back to see that he was right, Keiko was right behind him.

"Hey!" she said, with glee

Yusuke snorted and looked away which was followed by Keiko sighing in frustration, "You're mad that I didn't lose that duel against Chazz Princeton, aren't you?"

Of course he was mad and he got up, then begun to walk away but an arm was in his way, "We have to talk, Yusuke!" Keiko demanded, holding up her arm in Yusuke's way.

Yusuke glared at the brunette, "Well, I don't have to talk to the likes of you and if would excuse me, I have a lot of work to do to get promoted to Obelisk Blue, so I don't have to see you most of the time," he said, "Now, get the hell out of my WAY!" he said as he pushed Keiko's arm away and walked past her.

Keiko got the courage to run in front of him and look hard at Yusuke's cold brown eyes, felled by hatred, "That would never work, even if you get to Obelisk Blue, I'll still find a way to get to you."

Yusuke grunts, "Just go AWAY!" he yells at her face, "I don't want to see YOU!" and then begun to walk away but instead felt a strong force pressed against his chest and knocking him down to his backside. Yusuke looked at the person, who had pushed him as that person kneed down to him, "Would you at least let me say what have to say?" Keiko asked

Yusuke looked away from the brunette's glance, "No, besides all I know is that anything that you say to me is a complete lie." He said, "I can't believe I got suckered into being your……Augh...boyfriend."

Keiko winced at that comment that she gotten from Yusuke, but she knew that she deserved it, after what she's done to him, "Yusuke, remember what you said, about you hating me?" Keiko asked, in a hurtful tone

Yusuke snorted in reply and the brunette took that as a 'yes', "I know why you hate me and have good reason to." Keiko added

Yusuke was surprised that she figured it out and looked away from her, "You have?"

"Yeah, it's because of what happened that day before you left Japan, when I kissed that guy and betrayed your trust."

Yusuke could remember that day, pretty well and didn't want to bring the matter of the past back, so begun to get up but, something grabbed him by the wrist.

"Kindly remove your hand off my wrist, please." he demanded, a venom tone, not even bother looking at the brunette

Keiko looked at him, with those remorseful brown eyes of hers, "Not until, you hear what I'm going to say, Yusuke."

Yusuke snorted, "There you go again!"

"There I go what again?"

"You just don't know when to stop! Can't you just leave me alone for once in my life? I was doing perfectly fine by myself, without you in my life, and here you are bring things from my stupid, failure, old life!"

"No," Keiko said, clenching a fist and yanking Yusuke down to her, "I'm not leaving you alone until I talk about what happened!"

"Why should I listen to someone like you?" he asked stubbornly then yanking his wrist away from Keiko's grip, so he can cross his arms and looked away from her, "You've hurt me! You've humiliated me! Worse of all you acted like nothing happened, like you don't give a damn!"

Keiko let out a sigh, "Yusuke, listen..." she began, as she gently placed her hand onto Yusuke's cheek, making him face her, "That's not true, I do care and you should..." she was cut off when Yusuke grip her wrist, "Don't. you. dare. touch. me!" he said, in a cold venomous tone and throwing Keiko's hand away from him. Yusuke then got up from his spot and glared at Keiko, "Drop the romantic crap act," he said, "That might has helped you in the past with me, but I'm not that fool, who let's himself be tricked by things like that!" he said then began to walk away

Keiko got up from her spot and started to walk towards the angry Ra Yellow. She then grabbed Yusuke's wrist as he was walking, "You know," Yusuke began, "This 'grabbing-my-wrist' thing is really getting old, Keiko. Plus, I thought I might it perfectly clear to you that I hated you AND I don't want you touching me!"

Keiko was really hurt by those words coming from Yusuke's mouth, "Okay Yusuke, I promise, if you only listen to what I have to say then I'll leave you to your new life that you don't want me to be a part of." she said in a sad hurtful tone

Yusuke glared at her with more hatred than ever, "You're impossible, you know that! What's done can't be undone, you know! Here's an idea, why don't we just go our separate ways?"

"What do you mean?" Keiko asked

"It's pretty clear that you definitely don't need me and I definitely don't need you!" he snapped and yanked his hand away from the brunette's grip, "Now do me a favor, Keiko Ukimura, LEAVE ME ALONE!" he yelled and got up then begun to walk away

Keiko wasn't the type that would give up that easily, "But Yusuke, I do need you!" she cried

That stopped him, 'She just never quits!' he thought and glared at her again, "Oh! I guess I should show how I think you right now." He said, "Oh look at me, I'm Keiko Ukimura, I get all straight A's in my class and I have a sorry excuse of a boyfriend, who I've known for eleven painful years! The way I torture him is by talking him clothes shopping for god knows how long and forcing him to go to a click flick. I know that he hates click flicks so much that it makes him want to puke, but I just love torturing him. The only reason, why I kissed him for him to come back to life was that I NEEDED him for my own personal punching bag and to do tricks, like a dog! One time, I did a good number in his pride, when I kissed a guy on the lips letting him see that, ripping his heart out, tearing it to shreds and stomping it on the ground! Then, I ruthlessly, literately spat and laughed at his face, after I was done!" he said imitating Keiko

"Is that how you see me?" Keiko asked

Yusuke narrowed his eyes, "Yes, that's how I see you, a spoiled brat, who treats the person, who actually cared about her, like a rabid mutt! Let me tell you something, Yusuke Urameshi is nobody's mutt, you got that! I'm aimed only to be the world's best duelist in world, like Yugi is, now. The only things that's in my way to become the next King of Games is things from my old life and you're a constant reminder of what my old life was like. And to think it got Seto Kaiba to give me some advice!"

Keiko's eyes widened at that, "What did he say?"

"He told me to forget all about you and this meaningless romances and lecherous emotions to the trash where they belong. So, rather keep feeling sorry for myself, I should make some plan to get me into a position where people respected me, besides violence! Now, I want people to respect me, instead of fearing me, like Yugi was when he was a teenager. And that's what I'm going to do, I'm going to be the next King of Games, which means there is nothing to stand in my way, including you!" he said then panting and still glaring

"Are you done, yet?" Keiko asked, with her bangs covering her eyes, "Because I have something to say to you, Yusuke Urameshi! Ever since, I came here, I've been trying to get you to talk to me and all you've been doing was not making it any easier by giving me cold stares, harsh remarks and try to avoid me, like I was a rabid wolf! I've trying tell to you the main reason why I'm here, its concerning about what happened that day. That kiss that you just saw was an accident, it never should have happened!"

Yusuke looked at her with some remorse, "An accident!"

"That's right!"

The barrier around Yusuke's heart remained strong, "You expect me to believe that, I told you I'm NOT going to believe everything that comes out of that mouth of yours!"

Keiko winced at that again, knowing that Yusuke wouldn't believe that, "I knew you would say that, I mean I would have said that if someone I really cared about has betrayed my trust, like I did to you. I should've him push him away, but instead I just let myself by controlled by my temptation, Yusuke! I felt just as bad as you did! When you didn't say goodbye to me, when you went to Duel Academy, I wondered why you would have done that. Jaden Yuki and Alexis Rhodes told me what happened and it made sense. It must have tore you inside. You have every right to be angry at me and to hate me for what I did to you." Keiko said beginning to cry, "But, you've got to believe me, I'd never intentionally do anything that would tear you inside. When you were gone, I never stopped thinking or caring about you, not for an instant!"

"You haven't?" Yusuke asked, feeling his barrier beginning to break

"No, I haven't, I'm sorry, okay!" Keiko cried, "I just wanted to let you know that, those harsh words that you've been giving me really hurts! Plus, getting me into a duel with someone, who completely hates people, lower than others, was really the worst thing that you could have done to me, but I deserved that. But, there's something that I don't deserve that you've done to me, giving me the assumption that the only reason, why I kissed you to return to life was to take my anger on. The reason why I returned you back to life was that I wasn't ready to let you leave me, yet and I haven't told you how I really felt about you, yet. If I did something to humiliate you then I'm sorry. There I've said it, so I'll do what I've promised I'll get out of your new life, forever, so you can be the next King of Games. Just remember that I'll always love you and wouldn't stand in your way anymore." She said as she begun running away from him

As Yusuke glanced at the departing brunette, he was confused on whether to believe her or to hate her. A part of him knows that she's telling the truth, while the other thinks it's just another one of her cheap emotions tricks to get him off guard. But, the other part of him thinks that Keiko isn't the type to stoop to dirty tricks and that apology sound sincere, on the other hand there's a first time for everything, she could have picked up that trick from one of her school friends.

Just then he heard a loud thump behind him, he turned to see both Jaden and Ryoko on lying on the ground, moaning in pain.

Yusuke walked towards the two noisy Slifers, "What were you two doing?" he asked

"Oh Yusuke, hi!" Jaden said, "We, uh...we were looking for……."

"My duel disk!" Ryoko said

"Yeah, what she said!" Jaden said

"You two have got to be the worst lairs I've ever known!" Yusuke yelled, "You two you eavesdropping weren't you?"

"Yeah, we were sorry" Jaden said

"It's okay, Jay!" Yusuke said, in a forgiving voice

"So you know the truth?" Ryoko asked

"I'm not so sure, my personality is split into two."

"What do you mean?" Jaden asked

"Well the part of me believes that she's telling the truth, while the other believes that something stinks about her story."

"But Keiko isn't the type to lie to people, who she really cares about." Ryoko said

"Well, a part of my believes that to but the other thinks that there's a first thing for everything, including Keiko's lie!"

"But, she's not lying!"

"That's the thing, Ryoko!" Yusuke said, "Damn it, how could this be so confusing!" he said snatching the back of his head

"Where are you getting this other self from? Is it from your new personality?"

"I don't know, maybe or maybe not."

"Think back what happened after you saw Keiko kissed that freak."

"Okay, after I saw that, I went over unconsciously to the Kaiba Corporation building and punching it in frustration. Then, I saw Seto Kaiba, himself, asked me why I was punching his building. While I was dueling, he could tell that I was holding back, which I was. After he told me that I could be the next King of Games, he gave a little secret into being the best. He told me to forget about Keiko and throw all meaningless romance and lecherous thoughts to the trash. That's where I've made a vow to take his word for it and I've been fine ever since. I'm now one of the best duelists here at this academy."

"He told you to forget about Keiko then that must have been it!" Ryoko said

"What could be it?" Yusuke and Jaden said

"The reason for Ura- I mean Yusuke's confusion. Kaiba's words must have been messing up with his head." Ryoko said

"How could you be sure?" Jaden asked

"Because Kaiba was Yugi's dueling rival, I was a kid, Yugi told me that Kaiba was always trying many ways to defeat him and win both his King of Games title and his three Egyptian God cards." Yusuke replied

"Egyptian God Cards?" Ryoko said, "I've heard about them, there considered back then the most powerful cards in duel monsters! Obelisk the Tormentor, Slifer the Sky Dragon and the most powerful of all gods the Winged Dragon of Ra!"

"Yeah, Yugi told me that before he got all three Egyptian God Cards, he had only one and that's Slifer the Sky Dragon, Winged Dragon of Ra belonged with Marik Ishtar and as for Obelisk the Tormentor belonged to……"

"Seto Kaiba!" Ryoko finished

Yusuke and Jaden looked at her, "Hey, how did you know?" Yusuke asked

"It's a hunch, after all this is his own academy and considering Kaiba is known to have seriously huge ego."

"What does that got do with anything?" Jaden asked

Ryoko rolled her eyes, "His card was Obelisk and he put Obelisk as the highest rank in this school!" she replied, in a bored tone

"Oh! No wonder!" Jaden said

Yusuke and Ryoko pulled an anime fall, 'And this is the guy, who defeated three Obelisks and tied with a Ra!' Ryoko thought with a sweat drop on her temple

'This is the guy that I tied in a duel!' Yusuke thought

Later in the evening, Yusuke walked over to the Slifer Red dormitory, thinking how would deal with this confusion about his feelings towards Keiko. He can't decide whether to love or hate her. The other part of himself wants to forgive and forget what happened that made him, try to hurt and humiliate the person, who cared about him, while the other part wants to forget about her and try to move on to be the next King of Games, like Yugi. Then again, he remembered Yugi as a kind hearted duelist, always trying to forgive and forget and never holding a grudge. The only reason why he become the King of Games was that he had friends that supported him and was there for him through the worst of times and he did the same. There was one time that he caught Tea Gardener cheating him with another guy, which was an accident and he forgave her for it. The way Yugi did things was so much easier for him and Yusuke, himself, doesn't know how he can deal with this pain. When he got to the Slifer Dorm, he saw Prof. Banner outside watering some plants. Yusuke walked over to the Professor, "Hey Prof. Banner!" he said

Prof. Banner looked at Yusuke, "Well, if it isn't the one of our best students in the school, Yusuke Urameshi! How are you liking Ra so far?"

Yusuke shrugged, "It's okay! Hey Professor, have you seen Keiko anywhere?"

Prof. Banner sighed disappointing, "Yes, but unfortunately she decided that she was going to leave Duel Academy now."

Yusuke felt a slightly painful jilt in his stomach at the answer, "I see,"

"What a shame too," Bannersaid, while shaking his head,"I could tell she tries to pay attention in class when she's not nudging Jaden Yuki to wake up. I couldn't help but look at her, when she's constantly looking at you plus I could tell by the look in her eyes that she had sadness and hurt in them. As a matter of fact, she came to tell that she's sorry that she wasted my time with her. I didn't know what she meant by that but I could see the hint of sadness in a voice. So, she said that she was going to leave Duel Academy and go home, so she won't stand in anyone's way, is something the matter?"

"No, not at all Professor Banner thanks!" Yusuke said running off.

Elsewhere Keiko was walking towards the school,while in deep depression of what occurred her and Yusuke. Because of her, Yusuke really hated her and would never trust or forgive her for what she's done to him, not that she deserve it, "It's for the best," she muttered in sadness,"Yusuke never wants to see me again."

"Hey Keiko, wait!" a voice said, which made Keiko break her thoughts as shegot to the door of the school, 'That's Yusuke's voice,' she thought but realized that Yusuke didn't want to see her ever,"Great, now I'm hearing voices," she said

"Hey Keiko, wait up!"

The brunette turned to see Yusuke running to her, "Y-yusuke," she stuttered in surprise, 'Is it an illision,' she thought and pressed her hand onto Yusuke's chest. Keiko's jaw dropped, 'He's real,' Then, something glinted in her eyes, "What do you want, now? I'm getting out of your new life, like you wanted!" she spat, with a glare "All I need to do is to talk to Chandler Shepherd that I'm dropping out of Duel Academy!"

"You can't leave now!" Yusuke yelled, "You haven't told me, why you came here in the first place? You don't even what to be the best duelist in the world!"

"Why do you care? I thought you hated me!" Keiko yelled back

Yusuke was taken back by that comment, it was true he did hate her, "Yeah, but now I'm curious to find out why you came here. Besides, you didn't have plans to come to here before, why the change?"

Keiko sighed in defeat, "Okay, fine!" she told Yusuke about what happened, everything, to no surprise, he was very pissed, but in this case the words 'very pissed' were understatements, "WHAT! THAT BASTARD TRIED TO RAPE YOU!" he yelled, probably loud enough for the whole campus to hear and probably enough to break the whole island. Even Keiko was surprised at Yusuke's sudden outburst, it sounded to her that Yusuke cared, "Yeah that right, he did."

"And you're going there back home?" Yusuke asked, with a murderous tone

Keiko nodded in reply

Yusuke thought that he'll never see the day that he had to scream these words at the brunette, "YOU IDIOT, HOW CAN YOU GO THERE WHERE THAT PERVERTED FREAK IS?" he yelled, in a very angry and loud voice and glaring at Keiko at the same time

Keiko returned the glare, "WELL, MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE WHAT I'VE DONE TO YOU IS WAY WORSE THAN THAT FREAK CAN DO TO ME!" she retorted, in the same loud tone as Yusuke

Yusuke was freaked as he missed Keiko's screaming at him, "Besides, you said that you never wanted to see me again!" Keiko yelled again, while forming tears in her eyes

"So, that doesn't give you the right to go back home where that freak is there waiting for you!" Yusuke yelled, "How could you pull something this stupid!"

"Because, I can't forgive myself for hurting the person that I really love and care about," Keiko replied, with tears coming down her face,"That's why I'm getting away from you so you can get on with your life. A way that I could make any amends for what I did to you. I admit I screw UP I screw UP BIG TIME!"

Yusuke grunted and averted from Keiko, "You idiot, you think that going back home and getting raped is making amends for what you've done to me. It would be a big waste of your time." he said,trying to stop his own tears, "Ever since that day, the day that YOU betrayed my trust, I was crushed, I felt that my heart has been ripped out by YOUR hands and stomped on. I was in deep depression because of YOU, until I absentmindly went to KaibaCorp and met up with Seto Kaiba, himself. We dueled and he won with that Big Eyes Shining Dragon of his and somehow refreshed me completely. That's where I made up my mind to do whatever it took to become the next King of Games, even if it meant throwing you out of my life!" he lectured, dealing every verbal blow towards Keiko, who was baring every verbal hit that Yusuke gave her, but she deserved it, every word. Keiko sniffed and wipped out tears from her eyes, "Why?" her body was shaking and glared at Yusuke, "Why are you still here!" she asked, with venom, "I'm letting you live up your life, why won't you let me live out mine! Besides, it would look bad on your reputation if you're seen taking to a lousy 'Slifer Slacker' like me!"

Yusuke grunts again, "There's a few things wrong with that statement, Keiko Ukimura!" he yelled, "One: unlike most of the Obelisk Blues and Ra Yellows, I don't go bully or judge people lower rank than me. Two: I was a Slifer before, you know. Three: I have three very good friends in Slifer. Four: YOU have two friends in Slifer. Five: at home, you've beaten me more times than I can count, so I hardly can call you a loser, a backstabber maybe, but never a loser, because you're not. Six: You're going to threw your whole FIFTEEN years of your life away, just for a one mistake! That's just plain weak and coward-like!" Yusuke yelled, with a barrage of verbal blows, "And something that the Keiko Ukimura I know would never do!"

Keiko winced at the words that her ex-boyfriend was saying towards her. She was realizing the mistake she was making because of her weakness and fear of losing Yusuke, "You know something, Yusuke," she said, "You're right, I was going to make a mistake, the biggest mistakes that I would ever make in my life. But, what can I say, but I love you."

Yusuke grimaced, "Backstabber, stop saying that," he said, firmly, "Ever since, I came to Duel Academy, I wanted to throw any meaningless garbage from my old life, so please stop saying that, when it doesn't mean anything anymore. I'm trying to forget about you completely and you...you're that you still love me."

"That's right," Keiko said with a smile, "Besides, you can't get rid of me that easily, you should know that by now. Plus there's another reason why I'm here. It's because to see how you are doing, because I was worried that if you're going to cut classes again, or giving the teachers lip as usual, but it turned out that I was wrong and I'm glad." Keiko realized that when Yusuke said that he hated her, he didn't actually mean it, he was hurt and felt betrayed.

Yusuke growled in annoyance, "Please...stop..." he said as his barrier was demolishing

Keiko shook her head slowly, with a smile and took a step towards Yusuke, "I can't.." she said

Yusuke took a step back as his barrier had was being destroyed by Keiko's kindness, "Please...just leave...me alone, I hate you, you can't..."

Keiko ignored Yusuke's words, "I'm not listening," she sang, as she continued to walk towards the Ra Yellow, who was backing away from her. As Yusuke was beginning to run, Keiko managed to get her arms around Yusuke's neck, hugging him furthering destroying his barrier, "Let me go!" he demanded, "I hate you, you're supposed to get lost not hug me."

"Oh really, if you really hated me then you would have try to hurt me, but you're not able to can you?" Keiko taunted, while gripping her arms around Yusuke's neck

"Oh is that a challenge," Yusuke said, "If it would get you out of my life then so be it!" Yusuke clinged his fists and raised his right to deliver the blow to Keiko's back. Then, something happened in his heart. The barrier that had surrounded his heart, that would be love and romance proof was destroyed completely, which meant that Yusuke wasn't able to hurt Keiko anymore or to hate her, "Now, look what you've done." he said, wrapping his arms around Keiko's waist. Keiko could feel Yusuke's body shaking, which surprised her and felt a tear on her shoulder, "Yusuke..."

Yusuke got on his knees, while taking Keiko down to her knees then cried on her shoulder, "Now, I can't hate you anymore."

This was a surprise for Keiko, because all her time that she's known Yusuke, she never seen him crying. She brushed Yusuke's hair down and sighed, "I'm sorry, Yusuke," she whipered, trying to comfort him, "I'm very sorry, please don't leave me again." she added then begun to sob uncontrollably

Yusuke begun to crease his crying as he felt tears on his neck and realized that Keiko was back in his arms, "I need you." Keiko cried, "I..I mean it, please don't leave me again."

"Idiot, how can I leave you again?" Yusuke asked, playfully and pulled her off of him and looked her in the eye. Keiko was stunned to see that his eyes no longer were tanned with hurt, betrayal, malice or hate, but kindness, purity, remorse, and forgiveness, "I forgive you okay." Yusuke took his hand and wipped a tear trail from Keiko's face and smiled, "I don't want to see another tear coming from your eyes, okay."

Keiko smiled, "I'll try, Yusuke, I'll try." She said as she kissed the Ra yellow duelist's lips. As he felt the brunette's lips pressed onto his, Yusuke could felt all hurt, betrayal and hate just slip away from him, like it never happened as he felt the brunette's arms wrapped around his neck. Yusuke, gladly, returned the passionate kiss and gripped his arms around her waist and put his other hand onto her back and pulled her to him. While kissing, the Ra yellow duelist then slowly put his tongue into his renewed girlfriend's mouth and Keiko accepted this gesture. Keiko knew that she couldn't leave here, yet and not just the crisis at home, but she still needed Yusuke by her side. The same was for Yusuke; he still needed Keiko by his side, once again and didn't want the Ra yellow brunette to leave just, yet. He missed her smile and warmth and wasn't ready for her to get out of his new life. Little did they know a certain Obelisk duelist, with vengeance in his mind, was looking at them from the bushes, 'Enjoy this happy moment, now, Yusuke.' Chazz thought, 'Because, I'll see to it that you and Keiko are given the humiliation that you two have gave me, along with that lousy Slifer Slacker, Jaden!'

The renewed couple pulled away from their kiss and looked into each others' eyes, "I've never been this happy, ever since I've came to this island." Yusuke said, with a smile, "I'm never going to leave you, again."

"I'm glad to hear it, Yusuke," Keiko said, with a smile then turned into a frown and looked down, "I still don't know how you can so forgiving after what I've done to you. And I know what you're going to say, Yusuke. You're about to say, 'Don't worry about it, Keiko.' but it's not that easy to forgive myself after..." Yusuke got Keiko to shut up by crashing his lips against her, for a long-lasting kiss.

Hello guys, Yusuke Urameshi, here! I can't believe that I was such a jerk to Keiko, the girl that I loved! On the next chapter, I try to fix things up between us and when I find that bastard, who tried to have his way with Keiko, then I'm gonna make sure that he never walks or touches Keiko or any girl again!

(Japanese The Sun Will Rise Again)

When my letter reaches you, don't break the seal, just leave it alone, after some time has passed, I'm sure you will understand how I feel now.

This is my first and last request.

As gently as we could, it wasn't very hard, with one purpose, we foolishly embraced.

As twilight closes in, I shoot an arrow of courage from a distant window, toward your back, as you leave.

Although it still has not stopped raining outside, the drenched people and the city still believe in the sun.

An old melody and a blurred silhouette.

Living the easy life doesn't make for a very good picture.