Disclaimer: see chapter one

Chapter 29: A Girl from Kagome's Past

"So, well be seeing you two," Atsuko said, to Yusuke and Kagome, who were by the limo saying their goodbyes to their family and friends.

"You two take care of yourselves," Kurama said, with a sincere smile

"And if Kaiba does anything funny, you know who ta call," Joey said, with a smug look.

"I doubt that Kaiba would do anything to Yusuke or Kagome, Joey," Yugi said.

Keiko was fiddling her fingers, in nervousness, 'Yusuke's leaving again,' she thought, 'I know that he's no longer a spirit detective and he won't be getting it back. But I can't shake this feeling that something is going to happen to him, maybe I've been getting this feeling when Yusuke leaves, I've gotten used to it.'

"Keiko?"

The brunette looked at her boyfriend, "Is something wrong?" he asked

Keiko knew Yusuke didn't want her to be worried about him a lot, but she couldn't help it, she loved him more than he know, "No, I'm fine, Yusuke." She replied, with a fake smile.

"You sure."

Keiko nodded, in reply, "Yeah, I'm fine," she replied, "Don't worry about me." Keiko's lips formed a smirk, "Plus, if I ever here from Kagome that you're slacking off, then there wouldn't be a security guard alive at Kaiba's place to keep me from ringing your neck."

Yusuke gulped and cringed at his girlfriend's threat, knowing she'd do it, "Yes ma'am." He squeaked

Kuwabara laughed, "Oh man, Urameshi, after all the guys you've fought, you get scared your own girlfriend, now that's just pathetic!" (A/N: For once, Kuwabara made some sense)

Yusuke slams his bag at the back of Kuwabara's head, making the carrot-top slams his face onto the ground, "Shut up!" he snarled

"You can't necessary blame the oaf, for making sense," Hiei said, looking at Kuwabara, who was on the ground.

Kaiba walked out of the Duel Dome, "Okay, kids, are you two ready?" he asked

"Yeah!" Yusuke replied

"Yep!" Kagome added

Kaiba sent a death glare at the others, "I'll see you, dorks later," he said, as he got into his limo.

"Bye guys!" Yusuke and Kagome said in unison as the got inside the limo.

"Roland, let's go home," Kaiba commanded.

"Yes sir," Roland said, as the limo drove off the parking lot.

"Oh man!" Syrus said, as the limo carrying Kaiba, Yusuke and Kagome had left the parking lot and driving onto the road, "I can't believe that they're gone already and for the whole summer, too."

The small blunette felt hands onto his shoulders and he looked up to see Keiko above him, looking at him with a smile, "Don't worry, Sy," she said, "I'm sure that they'll talk to us while away."

"That is if Kaiba'll let dem," Joey grumbled, with his arms crossed

-With Yusuke and Kagome-

Yusuke was staring into his Deck hard, for the past 10 minutes, wondering what could have caused his cards to shoot out from his Duel Disk and him blacking out. He could still remember what happened after the Duel with Kaiba.

Flashback

"Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon," Kaiba said, "attack with Shining Neutron Blast."

The dragon powers up its attack and fires at Gilford, "Go Trap Card," Yusuke said, "Mirror Force! Not only your attack is stopped, but it destroys your dragon in the process."

Kaiba smirked, "I really hate to say this, but Trap Cards won't work on my Shining Dragon."

"WHAT!" Yusuke yelled, as his cried out and vanished in a flood of brilliant blue energy. Yusuke screams as his life points hits zero and a rush of light hits him hard. The ex-spirit detective stood motionless as his hair wasn't gelled, anymore, his clothes were covered with virtual smoke and the holograms faded.

Yusuke winced as his cards suddenly shot out of his duel disk and rained down all around him.

Yusuke noticed that all of his cards were spread out on the ground, "My cards… Something's not right…" Yusuke gasped as he fell backwards, knocked out.

End Flashback

He didn't sense anything abnormal from the Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon card and the same thing happened with Kagome, before.

Kagome looked at her cousin, who was staring at his Deck. She knew that he was thinking about what happened earlier in his Duel with Kaiba.

"Okay kids," Kaiba said, "I forgot to manage that you'll have another student in my mansion."

"Another student?" Yusuke repeated

"That's right," Kaiba said, "Her name is Catherine Maxwell and she's a talented duelist. I don't need to tell people of your ages to behave."

"Is she in the mansion, right now?" Kagome asked

"That's right."

"We're here, Mr. Kaiba," Roland said.

The limo approached through the golden gates and parked by the manor. Kaiba got out of the limo, along with the cousins.

"Wow, look at the size of this house!" Yusuke gawked, at the sight of it.

"Yeah," Kagome added

Kaiba looked at the teens, "Okay kids, let's go," he said, as he walked towards the door and opened the door, with the cousins following him while carrying their bags and luggage.

"Yusuke, Kagome, how are you two," came a voice

The two turned to see a tall young man in his twenties with long black hair and violet eyes, wearing a white shirt and jeans and a brown trench coat. Yusuke recognized him, "Mokuba is that you?"

Kagome blinked twice, "Mokuba," Kagome dropped her things and flung herself to him to give him a hug, "Hey Kagome," Mokuba returned the hug, "You two have grown since the last time, I've seen you."

"I didn't expect to see you here, Higurashi," came a feminine voice with an Australian accent.

The four turned to see a sixteen year old girl, walking towards them. She had long brown hair to the knee, tied to a single braided ponytail, with three large bangs, her eyes were piercing cobalt blue, and her pale skin was soft and smooth. She wore a green tank top with jeans, her body was semi-flawless, with curves in all the right places, she had an innocent smirk on her face as she looked at the shocked expression on Kagome's face, "It's you!" she said, pointing at the girl.

Yusuke gave his cousin a puzzled look, "Someone you know," he asked.

"You remember the girl that dueled me and when I lost, I was knocked out after my cards were shot out!" Kagome replied

The braided haired girl rubbed her head, sheepishly, "I didn't know that you were knocked out," she said and eyed Yusuke and her heart stopped, 'Wow, he's so……' She shook her head, "Hello, the name's Catherine Maxwell."

Yusuke smiled, "Nice to meet you, my name's Yusuke Urameshi."

Catherine's eyes widened, "You're the Great Yusuke Urameshi!" she squeaked, "The one who at his whistle can summon 1,000 bad guys with knives Urameshi."

Yusuke rolled his eyes, "Half of it, yeah." He replied, "I can't whistle."

"Oh! But you don't duel, right?"

Yusuke raised an eyebrow, "But I can duel." He replied

Catherine smirked, "Then, you wouldn't mind if I duel ya," she suggested.

Kagome dashed over to Yusuke, "Yusuke, this girl is dangerous," she said and glared at the brunette, "She has cards that I've never seen before."

"So, what, we'll be going to Duel Academy and there will be all sorts of challenges that I can't run away from."

"Then, it's settled." Catherine said.