Disclaimer: see chapter one
Chapter 24: Dates and Glares
It's been three months, since Kira's arrival to the Urameshi residence and Yusuke and Kari got to know their sister very well. She was a lot like Yusuke, minus the perverted antics, the stupidity and little respect for authority and she was a tomboy. When the school uniform came in for Kira, she didn't like considering that she hated wearing skirts to the extent and just wore black leggings. She learned about her demon lineage, when she was eavesdropping into Yusuke and Kari's conversation about Kari herself, was going to Demon World to compete in the Demon World Tournament, three weeks ago. Kira wanted to come with her to get stronger herself, but she was sent to Genkai's place to practice spirit energy. Unlike Yusuke and Kari, Kira was done in a month, that was started a day after school ended. When Kari and Kira came back Kari was just as strong as Yusuke and Kira was as strong as Yusuke and Kari, before the Saint Beasts case. Syrus and Ryoko get into arguments with no signs of peace between them and Yusuke and Keiko had to be the referees for their bouts and realized that Hell will freeze over before Syrus and Ryoko would ever get along. Yusuke, himself, actually stays in school the entire time, with a motive of becoming the next King of Games.
Yusuke called Yugi to ask about Kira, Yugi, himself, knew about Kira being his sister, but was promised not to say anything about Kira, until he or Kari sees her again.
"I'll equip Salamandra to Infernal Flame Emperor!" Keiko (KLP: 1700) declared as her monster gained a sword in its hands (ATK: 2750)-(ATK: 3450), "Now Infernal Flame Emperor attack his Gearfried the Swordmaster with Underground Torch!" The emperor shoots a fire stream to the ground sending the stream directly to the fear-stricken Gearfried, incinerates him into oblivion and Yusuke is knocked off his feet and slammed his back on the ground, as his life points went from 1000 to 0.
Keiko walked over to the fallen Yusuke with a grin on her face, knowing what this meant, before she and Yusuke made a bet, they duel and the winner gets to choose what movie to see on their last date before Yusuke and Kagome stay with Kaiba for the summer, no matter how dumb, making you want to puke and how immature they are. Keiko didn't like it because Yusuke would be gone again, but this time his life won't be in danger again, which she can live with.
Yusuke sat up and looked up to see Keiko's grin, knowing what this meant, he knew what was going to happen. Knowing the brunette for a very long time, Yusuke knew that they'll be seeing a chick flick. How he hated them so much with a passion and he couldn't bail out because Kari, Kagome and Kira would get wind of this and things won't be very pretty. Before, Keiko had mentioned to Kagome and Kira about the many times Yusuke either bailed out on their dates in the middle of them or never showed up at all. This got Kagome and Kira angry at Yusuke for hurting their new best friend's feelings so much. For the punishment, the two girls, including Kari would give Yusuke a ruthless beating that he'll never forget, if he ever bails out in the middle or never shows up on any date with Keiko. Yusuke could go to Zane for help, but since his now girlfriend, Kari, had already threatened a beating from her if Zane tries to hide Yusuke from punishment. (A/N: Poor Yusuke!)
Yusuke got up on his feet, "What movie are we gonna see, Keiko?" he asked, dryly
The brown haired girl could detect some un-enthusiasm from her boyfriend's voice, but decided to ignore it, "Don't worry, you'll see," she sang
Yusuke got a very bad feeling about this, "Oh man!" he moaned
"Come on," Keiko grabs Yusuke's arm and dragged the disappointed ex-spirit detective with her, "So, what time are you and Kagome leaving for Kaiba's?" Keiko asked
"At 9:30 am," Yusuke replied, placing his hands into his pockets of his denim jacket.
"Are you going to make it to the park on Japanese Independence Day?" Keiko asked, with her hopes up
Yusuke scoffed, "Please, that's a stupid question to ask me."
Keiko punched Yusuke's shoulder hard, in response to his answer, "I was just asking you a question," she snapped, "You know that Japanese Independence Day is very important to me."
Yusuke rubbed the spot on his shoulder, where Keiko punched him, "I know, I know, I promise that I'll make it okay!" he squeaked, "I just hope that Kaiba would find it in his heart to let me go for just one day."
Keiko felt a pang in her stomach, knowing Seto Kaiba's behavior very well, "If you can't make it because Kaiba says so it's okay." She said
Yusuke sighed and rolled his eyes, "Come on, Keiko," he said, "You know that if Kaiba said 'no', I'd sneak out of the mansion and meet you."
Keiko placed a smile on her face, knowing Yusuke would do that, "Okay, if you say so." She said
Yusuke turned his brown eyes towards his girlfriend, "Hey Keiko, are you sure you're cool with me leaving again?" he asked
Keiko gave Yusuke a pleasant look, "Of course, why wouldn't I?"
Yusuke shrugged, "Just asking, that's all."
Keiko turned to the front, "No I have no worries about you leaving, as long as you don't look at any other girls while you're at Duel Academy, considering that I know the kind of uniforms that the Obelisk girls wear." She said, in an agitated tone.
"Please Keiko, why would I do that, when I have you?" Yusuke asked, shocked at Keiko's statement
Keiko felt a rush of guilt coming to her, she knew that Yusuke was a flirter but wouldn't cheat on her, "Just wondering that's all. But I'm concerned with Kagome, you know about her so-called boyfriend breaking up with her."
"Yeah, plus the glares she gives to guys when one flints with her, especially with Kira, she just kicks them in the place that hurts us, guys."
"Now that you mention it," Keiko started, "I've noticed those glares, I felt a sudden coldness from them. Plus, she's worn nothing but black clothes since she's got here."
"Now that you've mention it, I've noticed somethings that were weird about Kagome, like she wasn't herself."
"And that black trench coat of hers," Keiko started, "You that she's worn that while at school with her uniform. I wonder if the break up with that bad."
"Well, don't worry, she'll get over it, eventually."
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Our favorite couple approached the theater and walked to the end of the line, with Yusuke's distain, forgetting to bring a burf bag. The ex-detective looked at the posters of movies were being played and he eyed the poster of the movie he wanted to watch which was, "Triple X 2". Oh how Yusuke would love to watch to that movie, but he'll probably have to watch a sappy romance movie with Keiko. Not that he hated the brunette, he love her so much.
The couple got the front of the line to the ticket booth, "Hello, may I help you?" the cashier asked
Yusuke braced himself for the sappy romance title that Keiko was going to say, "Two tickets to Triple X 2, please?" Keiko said which surprised Yusuke a lot.
Yusuke sent a confusing look at the brunette, "What are you……" Keiko gave Yusuke a ticket to shut him up, "Here!"
Yusuke got the ticket from Keiko, as they emerged from the line, "What movie did you think that I was going to have you see on our last date before you leave?" she asked
Yusuke puts his arm around Keiko's neck for a choke and gives her a noogie, "You're the best, Kei!" he said, ruffling his girlfriend's hair.
Keiko tries playfully to get out of Yusuke's grip, "Yeah, yeah, I know," she said, "Please let go of me, Yusuke!" she laughed, enjoying being in his arms.