Disclaimer: see chapter one

Duel! Keiko vs. Kira

Kari was making breakfast for herself, her mother and sister, in the morning. She had her apron on, covering her blue shirt, along with a pair of red jeans. At was 9: 30 am; Atsuko and Kira were still sleeping right now. Just then, the sound of the door being unlocked occurred. Kari knew that it was only Keiko, unlocking the door.

The door opened up, "Hello!"

Kari was right as she walked out of the kitchen, "Morning Kei……" she waved

Keiko noticed that the elder Urameshi was before her, "Hey Kari." She sniffed the air in disgust, "You're cooking again."

"Yeah." Kari noticed what Keiko was wearing which appeared to be white dress shirt and a pink sundress, "Why are you dressed so nicely?"

"I'm taking Kira out for the day."

"While good luck on that," Kari said

Keiko grimaced, knowing that Kira would be sleeping right now and has the same sleeping state as Yusuke. It's been a month since, Yusuke and Kagome were at Kaiba's mansion. Keiko missed her best friend and boyfriend so much.

"Kari, you should know that I don't need luck to wake Kira up," Keiko walked over to Lina's door and knocked on it, "Kira."

There was no answer and Keiko opened the door and saw a mouth of a Tyrannosaurs Rex roaring blowing her hair back, followed by Keiko's scream.

"Keiko!" Kari ran to the brunette's aid, which was knocked onto the floor, "What's wrong!?!" Kari asked

Just then, laughter was heard as the image of the dinosaur had disappeared. Kari and Keiko were stunned just knowing that the image of the dinosaur was a Duel Monster, Black Tyranno, plus they were angered because the fell victim to another one of Kira's practical jokes.

The two girls walked into Kira's room and saw the youngest Urameshi laughing her head off, "Oh man!" Kira laughed, "I can't believe that you actually believed that there's a tyrannosaurs in this room!"

Kira sat up on her bed and eyed her older sister and best friend, "Hello dinosaurs are extinct!" she said, with a grin, "Plus, a tyrannosaurs is too big for this room to keep."

"Still that wasn't funny!" Keiko snapped, glaring at her best friend, "You scared the living daylights out of me!"

"Yeah, but since Yusuke's not here to fall for my pranks, so I need a victim," Kira said. Kira had a knack of pranks on people and Yusuke was usually her normal target.

Kari sighed, in disbelief of her little sister, "You acted like Yusuke, everyday."

"Yeah, next thing to happen is that I may have to slap her for her stupidity," Keiko seethed, still angry at Kira.

Kira sniffed the air, "Uh! What's burning, sis?" she asked

Kari's eyes widened, "Oh shit!" she dashed into the kitchen

Keiko sighed at another of her best friend's neglecting of kitchen duties, "So, what brings you here, Keiko?" Kira asked

"Well, I was wondering if you'd like to spend the day together," Keiko replied, "You know just us girls."

Kira had know Keiko for months and knew what Keiko's idea of fun would be, which would be going shopping for endless of hours or see a sappy romance fic, which wouldn't be her idea of fun. But if dueling or dinosaurs were on the list then she'll gladly accept, considering it was her hobby.

"Okay, but I've got an idea," Kira said.

Keiko raised an eyebrow, trying to anticipate Kira's idea would be, "What is it?"

"Well, how about we duel and the winner gets to choose what to do for the day and if we happen to go to a restaurant, loser would have to pay."

Keiko placed her finger onto her cheek and thought about it for while, "Okay, just need to get my Deck and Duel Disk."

Later, Kira came out of her room wearing a green shirt, khaki pants and black boots and was covered in her purple dress shirt, unbuttoned and with a Duel Disk attached to her left arm and a hat on her head, kind of like Rex Raptor's hat, except it has her initials, KU. She walked over to the living room, "Okay Keiko, I'm ready."

Kari walked into the living room, with a sheepish grin on her face and feeling completely flustered, "Uh! Guys, it looks like breakfast is ruined."

"Much like your cooking," Kira muttered, so no one could hear her.

Just then, there was a knock on the door, "I'll get it," Keiko walked over to the door and opened it. A guy with long blue and white hair, blue eyes and earrings was standing right in front of her. This guy's face was pale white and was wearing an Obelisk Blue graduate robe, "Hello may I help you?" Keiko asked, looking at the man carefully as the Urameshi sisters walked behind her

The man placed a sincere smile onto his face, "Yes, I came here to see if I could talk to a Mr. Yusuke Urameshi."

"Exactly, what do you want with my little brother?" Kari asked, with concern

"You see, Ms. Urameshi, I came here to get an interview with him and to see if he would like to work for me, after he graduates Duel Academy." The man said, "My name is Saiou Takuma and I manage many professional duelists."

"You mean like a pro-duelist," Keiko asked

Saiou looked at Keiko, "Exactly, my dear and I'm hoping to see if he's around." He said, 'So she must be Yusuke Urameshi's weakness, now I know what to do now.' He thought, "Is Yusuke home though?"

"Unfortunately, he's not in right now," Kira replied, "But if you give me your information and I'll be sure that my brother would get it."

Saiou shook his head in reply, "That's okay, I'll be sure to run into him, soon," Saiou turned heel, "Good day, ladies." He said, sending a wave towards the girls as he walked down the hallway.

The Urameshi sisters didn't like the feeling coming from Saiou and had a feeling that he came here other than talking to Yusuke.

Saiou walked downstairs and plant a smirk on his face, 'Fools, I knew that Yusuke Urameshi wasn't home and thanks to them, I got what I want.' He thought

Later, Keiko and the Urameshi sisters walked over to the Yukimura diner and as the walked in they spotted Syrus, sitting on a chair, in there, "Morning girls!" he greeted

"Morning Sy!" Kari greeted

"What brings you here?" Keiko asked

"Syrus is going to get a confidence boast," came a voice

Just then, Mr. Yukimura walked from the back, "Seeing how Sy, here, gets nervous during duels, we'll be going though a training schedule."

"That's a great idea, dad," Keiko commented

"Exactly that's why I want you to do Syrus's training regime."

Keiko placed an anime puzzled look on her face, "Huh?!"

Later Keiko walked outside with her Duel Disk to find Kira waiting for her and they, including Kari and Syrus walked to the park and the two duelist got twenty feet from each other, with Syrus and Kari watching, "Let's go!" the duelists declared as their Duel Disks activated and both Life Point meter goes to 8000.

Little did the teens know, a pair of red eyes was watching them from the tree, 'Hn……stupid humans and their little card game.'

"I didn't expect you to be here, Hiei."

Hiei looked down to see Kurama looking directly at them, "Why have you come here, Kurama?" he asked, "Place don't tell me that Koenma sent you here from another stupid mission."

"No," Kurama replied, "I spot a Duel between Keiko and Kira and I want to see it."

"Then, go see the stupid game between the detective's onna and sister," Hiei said, in a bored tone.

"Why don't you give watch it with me?"

Hiei death glare at Kurama, "Hell no!" he replied, "How could you like that game? It's a pointless game. However, this game has sparked on my curiosity on how Yusuke and his cousin were both knocked unconscious."

Kurama thought about it for a second, "Yes, I've noticed it and it happens whenever the Life Points hit zero," he said, "Then, the cards are shot from the Duel Disk and the duelist is rendered unconscious. Maybe this Duel would give us some answers on why did it happened."

"Hn…fine, let's go!"

"Boku no time, draw!" Keiko announced as she drew her sixth card and placed it into her hand, "I'll activate my Spell Card, Terraforming!" she slid the card to the slot and the image to the card appeared in her field, "Now I can bring a Field Spell from my Deck and place it in my hand!"

Keiko took her Deck from her Disk and searched from the card she needed. "Next, I'll play my Field Spell, Molten Destruction!" Keiko slaps the card into the Field Spell slot and the entire field turned into layers on a volcano.

"Now my fire monsters will get a 500 attack bonus and well detract 400 points from their defense points!" Keiko said and pulled a card from her hand and slapped it to her Disk, "I'll summon Molten Zombie on the field in attack mode!"

From the ground, fire and lava appears, rising up to take form of a zombie made of lava (ATK: 1600), "And thanks to Molten Destruction, my zombie gains 500 attacks at the cost to 400 defense points."

The flammable monster roared madly as it becomes stronger. (ATK: 1600/DEF: 400) – (ATK: 2100/DEF: 0), "I'll end my turn with three facedowns!" Keiko slid three cards and they materialized behind her zombie.

Just then, two figures came by Kari and the eldest Urameshi turned and noticed them, "Hey Kurama, Hiei, what brings you two here?" she asked

"We noticed a Duel and came to see," Kurama turned his head to the Duel

"Ore no time, draw!" Kira pulled the top card off of her deck and added it to her hand, "I'll summon Gilasaurus in attack mode!" Keiko watched in astonishment as a thin, brown dinosaur appeared on the field. (ATK: 1400)

"And as you know, that was a special summon meaning I get to special summon another Gilasaurus in attack mode!"

"What!?! Another monster!" Keiko gawked, as another thin, brown dinosaur appeared by his counterpart (ATK: 1400)

Kurama gaped his mouth, "Remarkable, the setting between Keiko's volcano and Kira's dinosaurs is the appropriate for the hypothetical theory of the extinction of the dinosaurs." He commented

"Hey you're right," Syrus added

"Next, I'll sacrifice both my Gilasaurus to summon Black Tyranno in attack mode!" the two dinos disappeared a surge of yellow light and in their place was a huge dark brown Tyrannosaurs Rex and roared loudly at its appearance. (ATK: 2600)

"Great, it's dino that scared the living hell out of me," Keiko muttered as she meets the huge dinosaur in the eye.

"Black Tyranno, destroy that Molten Zombie with Dino Mega Stomp!" Lina pointed at her monster's target as Black Tyranno roared and charges towards Molten Zombie and stomps onto it. Keiko blocks the impact with her Duel Disk as her Life Points went down by 500. (KeLP: 8000) – (KeLP: 7500)

Keiko gritted her teeth, "I'll activate my Trap card, Backfire!" One of Keiko's face-downs opens up, "Now since you've destroyed one of my fire monsters, you take damage of 500 points."

"Huh!?!" a circle of fire surrounded Kira and was shot up. Kira was screaming as her Life Points decreased (KiLP: 8000) – (KiLP: 7500)

"Both of them are in a tie," Syrus commented

"Yes, but it's still early, Syrus," Kurama said, "Kira's Black Tyranno has a devastating special effect."

"I'll place a face-down and end my turn!" Kira announced as one card materialized behind Black Tyranno.

"Boku no time, draw!" Keiko announced as she drew her next card, "I'll summon Darkfire Solder #1 in defense mode!"

In a blaze of fire, a man with long blonde hair wearing some kind of armor appears and crotched to his knee and his arms folded (DEF: 1150), "That will do for now!!"

"Ore no time, draw!" Kira grinned at her newest card, "I'll activate the Field Spell Card, Jurassic World!"

Everyone watched as the image of an active volcano was replaced with palm trees and non active volcanoes. In the distance, the roars of ferocious beasts echoed.

"Now all dinosaurs and winged-beasts monsters gain 300 attack and defense points, and not only that, they aren't affected by your trap cards. Finally, if they get attacked while in attack mode, they have the ability to switch themselves into defense mode," Kira explained, "And speaking of dinos, I think it's time for Black Tyranno to power up!"

Black Tyranno roared as it became powerful (ATK: 2600/DEF: 1800) – (ATK: 2900/DEF: 2100)

"And Black Tyranno has a special ability, whenever your monsters are in defense mode, he can attack you directly."

"Huh!" Keiko gawked, as she took a slight step backward, while knowing the amount of damage her Life Points will be.

"Black Tyranno, Direct Attack!" Kira declared, pointing at Keiko.

After it lets out a ferocious roar, the colossal dinosaur leapt over the brunette's monster and planted its right foot on Keiko, sending smoke and dirt all over the place.

"Hey Keiko, are you okay!" Syrus called out, as the smoke cleared out leaving Keiko lowering her arm as a huge chunk of her Life Points were gone. (KeLP: 7500) – (KeLP: 4600)

"That's enough!"

"Boku no time, draw!" Keiko drew, and smirked as she looked at her card. "Perfect!" She said, placing the card into the slot, "I'll activate Harpie's Feather Duster, now your Jurassic World and face down is destroyed!"

A tempest of feather winds was produced, but it didn't wear down Kira's smirk as Keiko hoped, "It's time to clear the field with this, Volcanic Eruption!" Kira's face-down card had opened up.

Keiko's mouth gaped open, knowing the effects of Volcanic Eruption, "Now every card on the field is destroyed," Kira said, as the volcano of Jurassic World had erupted.

"It's exactly like the hypothesis of the dinosaurs' extinction!" Kurama pointed out

The blaze of the flames from the volcano stormed the field destroying everything in its path and leaving the scene with nothing but virtual smoke, "What happened?" Syrus asked

"Everything is destroyed!" Kari replied

The smoke cleared up and Kira's Life Points had taken huge hit from 7500 to 5800, "What!" Kira gawked, looking at her Life Point meter, "How did I lose points, Volcanic Eruption doesn't have that kind of power!"

"No!" Keiko replied as she eyed the image of a Trap Card at her right, "But my Spiritual Fire Art – Kurenai Trap Card, inflicted damage equal to my Darkfire Solder's attack points to your Life Points! Now I'll summon Flame Ruler in attack mode!"

A brown muscular monster in a red robe appeared onto the field (ATK: 1500), "Flame Ruler, Direct Attack!" Keiko pointed at Kira

Flame Ruler hurls a flame ball at Kira and the braid haired duelist is hit. (KiLP: 5800) – (KiLP: 4300)

"That ends my turn!"

The virtual flames were out, leaving a grimacing Kira behind, "Ore no time, draw!" Kira drew her card and grinned at the sight of it, "I'll summon Hydrogeddon in attack mode!"

A triceratops-like monster, formed from thick hydrogen gasses appeared. (ATK: 1600), "Hydrogeddon, attack with Hydro Gush!"

Hydrogeddon blasts a stream of hydrogen at the Flame Ruler and destroys it. Keiko shields herself from the blast. (KeLP: 4600) – (KeLP: 4500)

"Hydrogeddon has a special ability, whenever it destroys a monster in battle, I get to summon another Hydrogeddon from my Deck and to the field." Another Hydrogeddon appears next to the first (ATK: 1600), "Hydrogeddon, Direct Attack!"

Hydrogeddon blasts a stream of hydrogen at Keiko, knocking the brown haired girl down. (KeLP: 4500) – (KeLP: 2900),

Keiko slowly got onto her feet and placed her hand onto her Deck, "Boku no time, draw!" she said as she drew and looked at it, and then slid it into the slot, "I'll play Pot of Greed!" an green pot with an ugly face appears onto Keiko's field, "Now I'll draw two cards!" the pot explodes as Keiko drew two card from her Deck, "Next, I'll summon Raging Flame Sprite on the field in attack mode!"

In a blaze of orange light, a boy with an orange hat and orange clothing appears on the field (ATK: 100)

"Hate to break it to ya, but my two Hydrogeddons can easily destroy your sprite," Kira said.

"Yeah I know that," Keiko replied, with her eyes closed and a smirk on her face, "But he has a special ability to bypass your monsters and attack you directly!"

"Huh!?!"

Keiko's eyes shot open, "Raging Flame Sprite, Direct Attack!"

The sprite grinned and giggled as he jumped from his spot, over the Hydrogeddons and punched Kira's cheek, snapping her head sharply to the side.

After his job was over, the flame spite bounced back to Keiko, landing in front of the brunette.

Kira slowly turned her head forward, "Ow…that hurt," she complained as she rubbed her cheek, (KiLP: 4300) – (KiLP: 4200)

"And my sprite has another special ability," Keiko said, "Whenever he attacks an opponent directly, his attack points go up by 1000."

The sprite glowed orange for a few seconds as it powered up (ATK: 100) – (ATK: 1100), "I'll place this card face-down and end my turn!" Keiko called out as a card had appeared behind her sprite

"Ore no time, draw!" Kira said, as she drew and grinned at the sight of her newest draw, "I'll summon Miracle Jurassic Egg in defense mode!" a huge white dinosaur egg appears next to the Hydrogeddons (DEF: 2000) "Hydrogeddon, attack that sprite!"

"That's not going to happen, Gravity Bind!" Keiko announced as her Trap opened up and a transparent barrier had appeared between her field and Kira's, "Now all monsters that have more than three stars can't attack, as long as I have this card out."

"That would mean that Keiko can attack, while Kira can't," Syrus said

Kira grimaced, "Damn it" she muttered

"Boku no time, draw!" Keiko drew her next card and grinned at the sight of it, "I'll summon Little Chimera in defense mode!"

A fox like monster appears by the flame sprite (DEF: 550)

"Thanks to the special effects of Little Chimera gives my sprite 500 extra attack points,"

The sprite glowed orange for a few seconds as it powered up (ATK: 1100) – (ATK: 1600), "Raging Flame Sprite, Direct Attack!" Keiko declared, pointing at Kira

The sprite powers up a fireball from his hand and throws it at Kira. Kira screams as she's hit with flame and had her Life Points blown a chunk. (KiLP: 4200) – (KiLP: 2600), "Plus, there's my sprite's effect, now he becomes more powerful by 1000 points."

The flame sprite glowed about several seconds as he becomes powerful (ATK: 1600) – (ATK: 2600),

"Now Keiko's sprite has enough attack power to destroy one of those dinosaurs," Kari pointed out

"That ends my turn!" Keiko said.

"Ore no time, draw!" Kira drew her card and grinned at the sight, "I'll place this facedown!" a card behind the dinosaurs, "Then, I'll switch my Hydrogeddons to defense mode (DEF: 1000) and that ends my turn!"

"This isn't looking to well for Kira," Kurama said, "With Keiko's sprite's attack points at 2600 and the special ability to bypass her monsters and her directly, Kira will lose the Duel."

"Boku no time, draw!" Keiko drew next card and used it to point at Kira, "Raging Flame Sprite, Direct Attack!"

Both of the flame sprite fists were on fire and blasts a stream of fire at Kira, "Sorry, go Magical Arm Shield!"

Keiko grimaced as Kira's face-down Trap activates and a shield appears; "Now I can redirect your attack to one of your monsters!"

The shield opens up and pillars came out and grabbed Little Chimera and pulled her to Raging Flame Sprit's attack was burned, which caused him to get weaker. (ATK: 2600) – (ATK: 2100)

Keiko growled in frustration, "Oh no!"

"Kira's saved herself!" Syrus commented

"For now!" Kari added

"Ore no time, draw!" Kira drew her card from her Deck and eyed it, "I'll end with this!" a card materialized behind her dinosaurs

"Boku no time, draw!" Keiko drew her next card and eyed it, "I'll play my Card of Demise Spell Card, I get to draw until I have five cards in my hand as long as I discard my entire hand in five turns." Keiko drew up until she was holding five cards in her hand, "I'll summon Solar Flare Dragon in attack mode!"

In a blaze of fire, the fiery dragon appears onto the field (ATK: 1500), "Solar Flare Dragon, attack with Flame Ball Crush!" Keiko declared pointing at the monster in the middle as he dragon blasts a stream of fire towards it.

"Go Draining Shield!" Kira's face-down opened up and a barrier was formed; "Now I negate your attack and gain Life Points equal to the attack of your Solar Flare Dragon!"

Keiko smirked, "That's the move I was waiting for," she said, pulling out a card from her hand and slid it into the card slot, "I'll activate Trap Booster, now by discarding one card from my hand to the Graveyard, I can activate a Trap Card from my hand and I choose Trap Jammer to negate your Trap Card!"

The barrier was broken and Solar Flare Dragon's attack went through and destroyed one of the Hydrogeddons, "Raging Flame Sprite, Direct Attack!"

The sprite charges up his attack and fires it at Lina and hits her directly. (KiLP: 2600) – (KiLP: 500)

"That ends my turn!" Solar Flare Dragon shots a flame ball at Kira and hits her and her Life Points had gone to zero.

"What happened?" Syrus asked, "Why did Kira's Life Points gone to zero?"

"Solar Flare Dragon has a special ability," Kurama said, "Whenever the owner of the dragon owns his or her turn, it can inflict 500 points of damage to your opponent's Life Points."

The images disappeared as Keiko walked over to Kira, "Good duel and as promised, the winner has to choose what we do for fun," she said.

Kira had a very bad feeling what Keiko had in mind and gave a defeated sigh, "Okay."

Hiei turned to the side and left, "Hiei, where are you going?" Kurama asked, noticing that the fire demon retreating.

Hiei eyed the back of his head as he stopped, "Watching that game was a complete waste of my time, I didn't see anything out of the ordinary." He replied

"Maybe it needs some time," Kurama said

"Hn…" Hiei said, "I don't see what you, Yusuke and these humans see in this pointless game."

"It's all about strategizing and learning to anticipate your opponent's moves," Kurama explained, "It's kind of the same as fighting."

"Hn…I still don't see the point."

Kira and Keiko spent the whole time of the day, shopping, going to the library to study on dinosaurs and hanging around in the mall doing whatever girls do.

At the evening, the girls made it to the diner, where the spotted Syrus and Ryoko arguing at the table as usual and a familiar face, eating his ramen noodles, "Hello!"

"Reginald, how've you been?" Kira asked

"Oh, I've been fine," Reginald replied, slipping his last noodle and eying Syrus and Ryoko yelling at each other's throats, "They act like a regular married couple." He commented

"Gee is it that obvious," Keiko added, in a bored tone

"Yeah, we have to watch it, before they actually kill each other." Reginald said, as he eyed Keiko for a bit, "Hey Keiko, I have a question to ask you?"

Keiko looked at the blonde haired duelist, "Yeah, what is it?"

Reginald looked down and looked away as if he was blushing, "I always had a love for only dueling and dueling is my only love, but……"

"But what……"

"But there's this girl that I'm crazy about this girl and I'm trying to convince myself that dueling is my only love but it seems to newest feeling won't go away."

Keiko gave a puzzling look at the blonde, "Dueling is a great game but it shouldn't be your only love. I mean I love dueling and I love Yusuke a lot."

Reginald gave Keiko an apologizing look, "What should I do?"

Keiko thought about it for a second, "Wait, Yusuke and I are going to be at the park watching the fireworks on Japanese Independence Day; a month for now, maybe you should come and bring this girl with you."

Reginald smiled, "That's a great idea," he got from his seat and bowed, "Thank you!"

Later, Keiko went up to her room and dialed Kaiba's number so she can talk to Yusuke.

"Hello!"

"Hello, may I talk to Yusuke Urameshi?"

"Oh! Yes, Ms. Yukimura,"

Keiko waited for the phone to get to Yusuke, "Hello!"

"Hey Yusuke, how've been?"

"Fine, how've you been?"

"Great," Keiko replied, "I've sent the day with Kira and you remember Reginald Haga."

"Guy I dueled and have a huge love for dueling."

"Yeah that's him. It appears that he's fallen in love with someone."

"Good for him, maybe he'll spent some of his time with someone, rather all of his time dueling," Yusuke replied, "Dueling's a great game, but it shouldn't be someone's life."

"Yeah, I know," Keiko said

"Hey Kei, there's bad news," Yusuke said, "It's about the Japanese Independence Day Fireworks Show."

Keiko's hopes were slipping away from her, "Oh no!" she said, fearing that Yusuke would that say that he wouldn't make it.

"It appears that I'll be running an hour late to pick you up," Yusuke said, "So go on without me and I'll meet you there."

Keiko's hopes rose up, knowing that Yusuke would show, but late and that was enough and she sighed with relief, "Okay, see you then, Yu," she hang up the phone with a smile on her face.

-Keiko's Deck List-

New Cards Used

Card of Demise (S), Darkfire Soldier #1 (M), Flame Ruler (M), Gravity Bind (T), Harpie's Feather Duster (S), Little Chimera (M), Pot of Greed (S), Raging Flame Sprite (M), Solar Flare Dragon (M), Spiritual Fire Art – Kurenai (T), Terraforming (S), Trap Booster (S), Trap Jammer (T).

-Kira's Deck List-

New Cards Used

Black Tyranno (M), Draining Shield (T), Gilasaurus (M), Hydrogeddon (M), Jurassic World (S), Magical Arm Shield (T), Miracle Jurassic Egg (M), Volcanic Eruption (T).

Japanese Words

Boku no time-My turn (Polite)