Disclaimer: see chapter 1
Chapter 32: The Duel and the Sting of Betrayal
"Yusuke, we need to talk," Keiko said quietly, avoiding looking at the teenage boy walking right next to her. They both were walking down the narrow streets of Tokyo, Japan. Searching for a nice place to sit and spend time together.
Taking a right down another long road, Yusuke glanced at Keiko with a look of curiosity, "About what?"
She sighed and closed her eyes, "About our relationship."
Yusuke didn't say anything or like where this was going, but just kept walking on, looking forward.
He pointed at the park and glanced over at Keiko for an approval, "That place good enough to talk?"
She nodded solemnly as she went ahead of him, jogging up to a bench, and sitting down, watching him walk over to her.
He sat down and they both turned to look at each other, Keiko spoke up, "So to start it up, I have to ask you. Do you have any idea why I wanted to talk to you about our relationship?"
Shaking his head he looked at her, "Not a clue, though from the looks of it. It's not gonna be good."
She sighed sadly, "You're right, it's not good. It's actually really bad. To you mostly."
Taking a deep breath he looked at her, "I know what it is." She looked at him with a horrified expression, "You're gonna break up with me, aren't you?"
Her eyes watered as she looked at him, "I'm sorry, Yusuke. I didn't know what to tell you."
"I just have one question. And I hope you answer it truthfully," He looked straight into her eyes; she nodded telling him she would answer as best as she could, "Who is he?"
Her eyes crock in confusion and realized what Yusuke was talking about, "Actually, it's not that is the reason."
Yusuke looked at the brunette with confusion, "Then, why are you breaking up with me."
Keiko looked away from him with shame, "Well, you remember that time that I said that I'll still love you, even though you're a demon now."
Yusuke narrowed his eyes as his anger and hatred for the brunette was starting to boil, "Yeah."
Keiko got out from her pocket a remote control and pressed a button, "I never meant to end it this way Yusuke. I hope you can forgive me."
Just as Yusuke was going to say something, five figures came behind and grabbed him. Yusuke looked at the figures and his eyes widened, "The Spirit World Defensive Forces!" He tried to get free but was in vain, "Let me go, you damn tools!" he demanded and looked at Keiko, with regret, "Keiko, why……"
"I'm sorry Yusuke, but I'm afraid that since you're a demon now, I'm afraid of you now. I have my own life to think of you know and besides, you're just a burden to me, my reputation and I'm sick of you now."
Yusuke looked at his now ex-girlfriend with hurt and betrayal, as she ran away from him. He trusted her with no limits, he adored her and he loved her.
"Yusuke, wake up!"
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Yusuke was tossing and turning, while moaning in his sleep. Kagome shook him for him to wake up, "Yusuke, wake up!" she demanded as she jerked his pillow and hits him over the head with it, while demanding her cousin with it.
Kagome kept striking the pillow to Yusuke's head, until his head, "Ouch! Ouch!" he wailed as he regains consciousness.
Yusuke grabs the pillow and yanked it away from Kagome's grip, "What's the idea!?!" he snapped, glaring at Kagome.
Kagome glares back at her cousin, "Well maybe, if you would weren't such a heavy sleeper then I wouldn't do that, would I?"
Yusuke holds his throbbed head and moaned in pain, "Gees did you have to hit me that hard," he complained.
"You were moaning in your sleep and tossing and turning," Kagome said, with her feelings softened
Yusuke thought about it for a while and realized the dream that he had. For the past month, Yusuke was getting dreams about Keiko, either betraying his head and it was starting to wonder if Keiko was really trustworthy. He shook his head in confusion to get those thoughts out of his head, thinking that Keiko is completely trustworthy and dreams are only dreams, nothing more. Speaking of he knew that today was Japanese Independence Day and promised Keiko that he'll make it and has never broken a promise to her.
"Oh I remembered something, Kaiba wants us downstairs now," Kagome said
Yusuke yawned, "Yeah, whatever…" he muttered getting out of bed and towards the bathroom.
For the past two months with the Kaiba brothers, Yusuke, Catherine and Kagome had their dueling skills increased by four-fold. Surprisingly, Yusuke was actually smarter than he was before, but he's still the same Yusuke Urameshi that his family, friends and girlfriend knew and love. Kagome still hated anything that leads to romance and still haunted about what happened in her past life. As for Catherine, she learned to open up to Yusuke and Kagome, who she gets into arguments with. Her father was a great duelist when he was a teenager and was in the army and her mother was alive and still lives with her, but there's a dark secret that she wouldn't easily tell them. (AN: It would be brought out at the later chapters.)
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At the Urameshi residence……
"KIRA!!!" came a scream of an enraged Kari
Kira dashed into the living room, where Keiko and Botan were and threw herself onto a nearby couch and laughed her head off.
Keiko sighed at the youngest of Urameshi triples, disapprovingly, "Kira, what did you do, now?" she asked, knowing that Kira played another one of her pranks.
Kira placed a sheepish grin on her face, "Oh, I just did the old shaving cream prank on Hikari that's all." She replied
"Oh yeah, she's Yusuke's sister, alright," Botan said, in a bored tone
Kari dashed into the living room, with shaving cream on her face and glared at her younger sister. Keiko and Botan held their laughter at the sight of the eldest Urameshi's face.
Kira gave an innocent smile at Kari and waved, "Morning sis," she greeted
"You are so dead!" Kari yelled
Kira jumped out off the couch and dashed away as Kari lunged at her. Kira hid behind Keiko, as Kari went after her sister, but Botan grabbed her as she went any further.
"Lemme go, Botan!" Kari demanded as she tried to get out of the blunette's grip.
Kira poked her head over Keiko's shoulder, "Come on, sis," she said, with an amused grin on her face, "Don't you have a sense of humor?"
"It looks like a harmless prank," Botan said, "I'm sure that it's not that serious."
Kari calmed down a bit, "I've had it with Kira's pranks!" she said.
"But Yusuke's not here to be my victim and I'm bored," Kira pouted
Keiko eyed the back of her, "Don't you think you should stop with the pranks, Kira?" she asked
Kira gave the brunette a quizzical look, "How could you say that, Keiko?" she asked, "Besides, dinosaurs and dueling, pranks are my life. Besides, it's not like I'm doing anything too serious though."
"Okay, since you won't do it willing," Kari wiped the shaving cream from her face, "Then, how about a duel. If I win, you'll stop pranking forever and……"
"STOP PRANKING!" Kira cried, which made Keiko winced as she was near Kira, "But what could I do if I'm bored!?!"
Kari rolled her eyes, "Okay fine, you'll stop pranking for two weeks," she said, giving into her sister's plea and grinned evilly, "Plus, you'll be my servant till the time we leave for Duel Academy."
Kira thought about it for a bit, "Okay! But if I win then you'll be my servant till the time we leave for Duel Academy."
Outside the apartment complex, the Urameshi sisters were a good twenty feet away from each other with their Duel Disk attached to their right arms, with Keiko and Botan watching from the sides.
"DUEL!" the girls called out as their Duel Disks activated and their Life Points meter went to 8000.
"Watashi no time, draw!" Kari announced as she drew her sixth card and placed it into her hand, then pulled out another one, "I'll play Pot of Greed!" a green pot appears onto the field, "Now I'll draw two cards from my Deck," Kari drew two cards as the pot explodes, "Next, I'll summon Regenerating Mummy in attack mode!" a mummy hand popped out of the ground and pushed out a decaying mummy, which didn't frighten Kira that much (ATK: 1800)
"I'll place three face-downs and end my turn!" Kari declared as three cards materialized behind Regenerating Mummy.
"Ore no time, draw!" Kira announced as she drew her sixth card and placed it into her hand, then pulled out another one.
"Go Trap Card! Ojama Trio!" Kari's face-down card opens up and three creatures in spandex jumped onto Kira's side of the field.
Kira was taken back at this, "What's going on? What are these things?"
"Simple, Ojama Trio special summons three Ojama token and they take up three of your monster slots and when they're destroyed you lose 300 Life Points!"
Kira grunts at this, "Alight, I'll summon Sabersaurus in attack mode!" in a flash of light, a pink triceratops shows up and roared as it waved its saber-like tail furiously (ATK: 1900)
Kari grinned, "That sets off another of my Trap Cards! Torrential Tribute!" another one of Kari's face down cards open up and a tribal wave came out of the card image and washed away all of the monsters on the field to Kira's surprise, "Hey what's going on!?!"
The water cleared out to reveal that the monsters and the Ojama tokens were wiped out, "My Trap Card destroys all monsters on the field and since the Ojama tokens are destroyed you lose 300 Life Points for each token destroyed."
Kira winced as three pops occurred by her (KLP: 8000) – (KLP: 7100). Kira growled as she pulled a card from her hand and slid it into the slot, "I'll place a face-down and end!"
"Kira's wide open for a direct attack from Kari's monsters," Keiko said.
"Watashi no time, draw!" Kari pulls out a card from her Deck and looked at it, "I'll summon another Regenerating Mummy in attack mode!" a mummy hand popped out of the ground and pushed out a decaying mummy, which frightened Kira, now since she was wide open, "Then, I'll play my face-down, Rush Recklessly!"
Kari's last face-down card opens up, which appeared to be a Quick-Play Spell Card, "Now my Regenerating Mummy's attack points increases by 700 points……"
"I don't think so, sis, I'll activate my Goblin Out of the Flying Pan Trap Card!" Kira's face-down card opens up, "Now at the cost of 500 Life Points (KLP: 7100) – (KLP: 6600), your Spell Card is negated and is placed in your hand!"
Kari's Spell Card disappears and it appears in her hand, "So what! You're wide open for a direct hit, Regenerating Mummy, Attack!"
Regenerating Mummy charges towards Kira and slaps her across the face and went back to its owner.
Kira rubbed her cheek as her Life Points went down (KLP: 6600) – (KLP: 4800).
"I'll place one face-down card and turn it over to you!" Kari said, as a card appears behind Regenerating Mummy.
Kira's eyes narrowed, knowing that the face-down might be Rush Recklessly and need to play it cool for now, "Ore no time, draw!" she draws a card from her Deck and looks at it, "I'll summon Kabazauls in attack mode!"
In a flash of light, a huge pink hippo-like dinosaurs appears on the field as he roared (ATK: 1700)
"Hate to break it to ya, sis," Kari said, "But your hippopotamus is too weak to defeat my mummy."
"I know," Kira pulls out a card from her hand and slid in the Spell/Trap slot, "That's why I'll activate the Spell Card, Riryoku!"
Just then, Kari's mummy shrieks as it glowed blue for a few seconds (ATK: 1800) – (ATK: 900), "My mummy! What the hell's going on!?!" she demanded
"Riryoku drains half of your mummy's attack strength," Kira said, "But it didn't go to waste because they've been added to my hippo, for this turn only." True to Kira's words, Kabazauls glowed red as its attack strength increases. (ATK: 1700) – (ATK: 2600), "Now Kabazauls attack her Regenerating Mummy now!"
Kabazauls got on fours and charges towards Regenerating Mummy and head butts it to oblivion. Kari blocks the impact from the explosion from her monster's destruction (HLP: 8000) – (HLP: 6300).
"That ends my turn!" Kira said, as her hippo glowed blue for a few seconds as its attack strength got lower (ATK: 2600) – (ATK: 1700)
"Wow, and I thought that Hikari has this in the bag," Botan said, with Keiko nodding
"Watashi no time, draw!" Kari draws her cards and looks at this, "I'll summon Vampire Lady in attack mode!" Then a coffin came up to the surface and it opened. A lady vampire with green skin and hair, wearing a formal dress and had her fangs ready to strike. (ATK: 1550)
"But your vampire is weaker than my hippo!" Kira said
"Now for long, go Rush Recklessly!" Kari's face-down Spell Card opens up, which got Kira to know what was going to happen, "Now my vampire's attack points go up by 700 points!" Vampire Lady glows red for a few moments as her attack strength increases (ATK: 1550) – (ATK: 2250).
"Oh great…" Kira muttered
"Alright, Vampire Lady, attack Kabazauls!" Kari declared, pointing at Kira's hippo as vampire jumps at the hippo dinosaur and sinks her fangs into his neck then destroys it. Kira shields herself from the impact (KLP: 4800) – (KLP: 4250).
"Then, the special ability of my Vampire Lady activates," Kari said, with a grin, "Whenever, she inflicts Battle Damage to your Life Points, I get to choose one card type and you have to select one card of that type from your Deck and send it to the Graveyard and the card I choose is Monster Cards!"
Kira grimaced as she pulls out her Deck from her Disk then searched through it and pulled out the card and slid it to the Graveyard slot, then placed the Deck back to the Disk.
"And I'll leave it at that!"
"Ore no time, draw!" Kira draws a card and places it in her hand then pulls out another card, "I'll place a face-down and I'll summon Miracle Jurassic Egg in defense mode!" a card appears on the field followed by the dinosaur egg (DEF: 2000), "That ends my turn!"
"Watashi no time, draw!" Kari draws a card and places it in her hand then pulls out another card, "I'll sacrifice my Vampire Lady to summon Vampire Lord in attack mode!"
In a whirl of wave and light, the Vampire Lady disappears and a coffin came up to the surface and it opened. A male vampire with green skin and hair, wearing formal clothing and had her fangs ready to strike (ATK: 2000), "That's it!"
"Ore no time, draw!" Kira drew her card from her Deck and looked at it, "I'll place one face-down and I'll summon Babycerasaurus in defense mode," a card appears on the field followed by another white dinosaur egg. The egg cracked and popped out a green baby stegosaurus with blue eyes (DEF: 500)
"Aw…it's so cute!" Botan complemented at the sight of the dinosaur.
"That ends my turn!"
"Watashi no time, draw!" Kari draws her card and looks at it, "I'll summon Double Coston in attack mode!
A small purple ghost-like monster appears on the field (ATK: 1700), "Double Coston, attack that baby dino now!"
The ghost charges towards the baby and splashes onto impact and the baby dinosaur is destroyed, "Okay, whenever a dinosaur is sent to the Graveyard my Miracle Jurassic Egg gets two counters!" Just then, the egg cracked a little, "Next, the special ability of my Babycerasaurus is activated, since it was destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, I get to summon one level 4 or below dino from my Deck to the field and I've got just the one, now rise, Tyranno Infinity!"
In a blaze of light, a Tyrannosaurus Rex appears next to the dinosaur egg (ATK?)
"Why did you summon a monster that gets stronger when you remove dinosaurs from play by 1000 attack points?" Kari asked.
"I've got that one covered," Kira said, pointing at her face-down, "My Trap, Survival Instinct!" Kira's face down card activates, "Now I get to remove from play any amount of dinosaurs from my Graveyard and I'll remove all four of my dinosaurs!"
Just then, four of Kira's dino monster cards slid out of the Graveyard slot and Kira takes them and places them in her Deck holder at her side, "And for every dinosaur that's removed from play, I gain 400 Life Points!" Kira glowed blue for a few moments as her Life Points increase greatly (KLP: 4250) – (KLP: 5850), "Next, the special ability of my Tyranno Infinity activates, for many of my dinosaurs that's remove from play it gains 1000 attack points!"
"And since Kira remove four dinosaurs that would mean that her Tyranno Infinity gains the total attack points of 4000!" Keiko explained as Kira's dinosaur roared loudly as it becomes powerful (ATK????) – (ATK: 4000)
Kari growled, "I'll switch my Vampire Lord in defense mode and end my turn!" Vampire Lord gets one knee and crossed his arms in defense (DEF: 1500)
"Ore no time, draw!" Kira draws her card and looks at it, "I'll summon Hydrogeddon in attack mode!"
The hydrogen monster appears in a hush of hydrogen and roared (ATK: 1600), "Now Hydrogeddon attack Vampire Lord with Hydro Gush!"
Hydrogeddon blasts a stream of hydrogen from its mouth onto Vampire Lord, destroying it, "Next, my Hydrogeddon's effect activate, whenever it destroys a monster in battle, I can summon another Hydrogeddon from my Deck, so rise Hydrogeddon!"
Another Hydrogeddon appears onto the field, next to the other one (ATK: 1600), "Now Tyranno Infinity it's meal time!"
The huge Tyrannosaurus roared as it charges towards the ghost. The ghost gives a loud screams as it's chomped down by the dinosaur's sharp teeth.
"No my monster," Kari said, as her Life Points dramatically dropped (HLP: 6300) – (HLP: 4000)
"Now Hydrogeddon, Direct Attack!" Kira commanded, as she pointed at Kari and her monster blasts its attack at the eldest Urameshi. Kari tires to withstand the attack, but a huge chuck of her Life Points were taken out (HLP: 4000) – (HLP: 2400)
Kira grinned, "One more attack and this duel's done, sis, then you'll be my servant," she said
Kari grunts, "Watashi no time, draw!" Kari draws a card from her Deck, "I'll summon Pyramid Turtle in defense mode!"
The blaze of light brought out a pyramid with a turtle head (DEF: 1400)
"She's playing a pyramid," Botan said, with a quizzical look
"Don't be fooled, that turtle has a special ability," Keiko said
"Ore no time, draw!" Kira draws her card and places it in her hand and pulls another one, "I'll sacrifice both of my Hydrogeddons and summon forth Ultimate Tyranno in attack mode!"
As two streams of hydrogen appear and the two hydrogen matter monsters had disappeared and in their places was a huge dinosaur with spikes and claws and gave a huge roar (ATK: 3000), "Since I've sent two dinosaurs to my Graveyard, my egg gains four more counters, which is just what I need to sacrifice it to summon Dark Driceratops!"
In the dinosaur egg's place now stood a flying green dinosaur with purple wings and a yellow beak (ATK: 2400).
"Now that Kira's field has three monsters with attack points over 2000, Kari's going to lose the duel!" Keiko explained
"That's right, now Dark Driceratops attack, Flying Phantom Nosedive!"
The dino roared as it took flight towards the pyramid and rams onto it, destroying it and tackling Kari from behind as her Life Points were hit. The brunette gets on her knees as the dino returns to Kira's side (HLP: 2400) – (HLP: 1400)
"What just happened?" Botan asked, "Why did Hikari lose Life Points?"
"Because of Dark Driceratops ability to inflict damage, even though Kari's monster was in defense mode," Keiko replied
Kari gets on her feet, "You've triggered my Pyramid Turtle effect, now I can summon from my Deck a monster with 2000 or lower defense points and I've got just the one. Go Patrician of Darkness!"
A coffin has risen from the ground and was opened. A vampire with blue skin and white long hair sits up and rose from his coffin and landed onto the ground (ATK: 2000)
"Big mistake, sis," Kira said, "Ultimate Tyranno attack her vampire!"
Ultimate Tyranno roared as it charges towards the vampire, "Actually Kira, you've made the mistake of attack my Patrician and you'll see why." Kari said
Patrician's eyes glowed red as Kira's dinosaur charged towards him. Tyranno's eyes glowed red and halt its attack, "What the hell's going on?!" Kira demanded
"My Patrician's ability allows me to choose your monster's attack target and the monster I choose is your Tyranno Infinity!"
Ultimate Tyranno roared ferociously as it went over to its fellow Tyranno to attack, but Tyranno Infinity had better ideas as it roared and sunk its huge teeth onto Ultimate Tyranno's right shoulder and destroys it. Kira grimaced as her Life Points decreased dramatically (KLP: 5850) – (KLP: 4850)
"Kira's in real trouble here," Keiko said, "As long as Patrician of Darkness is on the field, Kari can choose which target of Kira's dinos to attack."
"Watashi no time, draw!" Kari draws her card and eyes it, "I'll activate Card of Sanctity, now we can draw until we're holding six cards."
The Urameshi sister twins drew until each was holding six cards, "Next, I'll activate Book of Life!"
"I don't get it," Botan said, "Why would Hikari play something that would increase the attack and defense strength of Kira's Tyranno Infinity?"
"Even if it did increase the strength of Kira's dino, Kari still has that Patrician to redirect the attack," Keiko explained
"Now I'll summon for the grave, my Double Coston!" Kari's ghost appears onto the field (ATK: 1700), "And since I used Book of Life to revive my monster, I get to remove from play one of your monsters from your Graveyard and I choose Ultimate Tyranno!"
The Ultimate Tyranno card is slid out of the grave slot and Kira's places the card into her Deck Holder, "But now Tyranno's strength goes up by another 1000 points!" Tyranno Infinity roared as it becomes more powerful in attack (ATK: 4000) – (ATK: 5000)
"I know that, but you can't choose your attack target remember," Kari explained, with a grin
Kira gritted her teeth, while glaring at Patrician of Darkness, "Oh yeah, your bitch of a vampire is on the field," she said, "But it's only a matter of time before he goes bye-bye!"
"I'd love to see you try and do that," Kari shouted, as she pointed at Kira, "Now my Double Coston's special ability activates, whenever it's sacrificed to summon a Dark monster, it counts as two sacrifices!"
"No way!" Kira exclaimed
Double Coston splits into two separate ghosts, "Now I'll sacrifice my monster in order to summon forth my Despair from the Dark!"
The ghosts disappeared and in their places a gruesome monster with the look of pure evil as surfaced the earth (ATK: 2800), "Wait there's more next I'll equip it with Black Pendant to increase its attack strength by 500 points!"
The dark creature screeches as it becomes more powerful (ATK: 2800) – (ATK: 3300), "Now Despair from the Dark attack Dark Driceratops now! Dark Claw Smash!"
Despair from the Dark roared with excitement, preparing for attack.
Kira had other plans as she pressed the button of her Duel Disk, "Go Negate Attack!" her face-down card was activated and Despair from the Dark stopped its attack, "Now your battle phase ends for the turn!"
Kari pulled a card from her hand, "I'll activate Ectoplasmer, now at the end of each player's turn we can sacrifice one monster from our side of the field and inflict damage equal to half of the sacrificed monster's attack points!"
Just then, the soul of Despair from the Dark came out of the body and rushed towards Kira and went through her, making her Life Points go down (KLP: 4850) – (KLP: 3200)
"Since my Black Pendant was sent to the Graveyard, you lose 500 Life Points!" Kari said, which was followed by Kira's body glowing red and she winced as her points go down (KLP: 3200) – (KLP: 2700), "Ore no time, draw!" Kira draws a card and places it in her hand and pulls two cards out, "I'll place two face-downs and sacrifice my Dark Driceratops to inflict damage to your Life Points!"
The soul of Dark Driceratops comes out of the body and rushes towards and through Kari fast and the eldest Urameshi withstands it as her Life Points takes a huge chuck (HLP: 1400) – (HLP: 0200)
"Watashi no time, draw!" Kari said, eyes the card for a bit and smirked and looked at her sister, "Kira, this duel is gonna end," she said, "I'll activate the Spell Card, Harpie's Feather Duster to clear the field of your face downs!"
A tempest of feathers wiped away Kira's two facedown cards, "Next, I'll activate Soul Release to remove all four of your dinos from play!"
The four dino cards slid out of Kira's grave slot and Kira grabbed them and places them in her Deck holder, "But now my monster becomes even more powerful than ever, what were you thinking?" (ATK: 5000) – (ATK: 9000)
"Why would Kari play something that helps Kira out?" Keiko asked herself
"I was thinking that I'm going to win and you'll be my little servant," Kari said, "Now I'll activate the Spell Card, Misfortune!"
"Oh crap……" Kira cursed herself, knowing the effects of the spell
"Kira's going to lose," Keiko said
"Now I can have your dinosaur attack you directly and half of its attack strength is inflicted to your Life Points!" Kari said. Tyranno Infinity stomps onto its master and smoke and dust were formed as her Life Points went to zero (KLP: 2700) – (KLP: 0000).
The image of Kari's vampire disappears and Kari walked over to her falling sister, while grinning very wildly like the Cheshire cat who swallowed the canary, "I won and you remember the condition to our deal, right?" she asked.
Kira hung her head in defeat; remember the pact that she had with her twin, "Oh man…"
Botan clapped her hands with delight, "Well, I guess that we have don't have to worry about Kira's pranks for a while," she said
"Yeah, no kidding!" Keiko said.
Botan looked at Keiko, with a grin, "So Yusuke's coming to the park, tonight right?"
Keiko gave a quizzical look to the blunette, "Yeah." She replied, "He's arriving late curiosity of Kaiba."
"I see…" Botan said, "Let's just hope that he doesn't forget about this."
"Botan, Yusuke may be an idiot at times, but there's no way that he'll forget." Keiko replied
In the evening at the Kaiba residence, Yusuke, Catherine and Kagome had finished their work for the day. Everyone was at the dining room, sitting at the dining table with Kaiba sitting at the head of the table, "I hear that all three of you have been doing far better than I expected in your studies," Kaiba commented and looked over to Yusuke, who was sitting by him at the left side, "Especially, you Yusuke. At first, I thought that you'd slack off." Kaiba grinned, "Glad that to see that I'm wrong."
Yusuke grinned, "So, you've been underestimating me, is that it."
Kaiba narrowed his eyes, "Watch it, kid." He said, "I'm letting you go see your little girlfriend in my generosity."
Yusuke grimaced at this, thinking that he should cool it for now, "Fine…" he muttered as Catherine and Kagome giggled at the ex-spirit detective attitude.
Catherine's little crush on Yusuke was growing a bit by the time and knew about Keiko, so she was a bit jealous of her and was trying not to let Yusuke know that.
"Hey what time is it?" Yusuke asked
Kaiba looked at his watch, "It's 7:30pm, I'm letting you go now." He said.
"Thanks…" Yusuke gets up from his seat and dashed away from the room.
Catherine looked at Yusuke's retreating back, but didn't notice the cold glare of Kagome. Kagome noticed Catherine's crush on Yusuke, she couldn't let them stay alone for one moment, otherwise Keiko is going to have one HUGE broken heart and didn't want that to happen. If it did then she'll have to kill both Yusuke and Catherine for hurting her brown haired best friend's feelings.
Yusuke went to the bathroom and got into the shower and closed the curtains and stripped his clothes off of him. He then ran the water down his body. As he was in the shower, Yusuke couldn't get that dream out of his head. Keiko's the most dependable and trustworthy person he knows, but he couldn't fathom why that dream is bothering him. He loved the brunette more than his own life and would gladly give his life for her.
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Sartorious was at his little white table and smirked, "It's only a matter of time," he said, "All the pieces have been placed and ready to be played."
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"I'm going now!" Keiko called out as she left her house with her denim jacket in her arm. She placed it on herself covering her black shirt and red skirt to the ankles. She was also wore brown clod shoes that was walking her to the park.
Unknown to the brunette, a shadow figure was gazing onto her retreating back in a nearby alley, 'Everything's going according to Master Sartorious's plan.'
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"Ding! Dong!"
Kari came out of her room with a light blue tank top, with a spagetti strap, with a green skirt to her knees with a denim jacket. The brunette walked over to the door and opened it to reveal Zane and Syrus behind it.
Zane was wearing a blue shirt with jeans and white sneakers and Syrus was wearing a yellow shirt with jeans and red sneakers, "Hey guys!" Kari greeted
"Hello Kari," Syrus made his way into the apartment, with Kari walking out the door, "Bye guys, don't do things that you have regret," Syrus teased
Zane's eyebrow twitched in annoyance of his little brother, "Syrus. Shut. The. Hell. Up!" he was gritting his teeth and glared at Syrus, while blushing and Kari giggled at the blunette's outburst as the door closed.
Kira came out of her room and spotted Syrus, "Hey Sy, is Kari gone?" she asked
Syrus looked over to the braided haired girl, "Yeah, why?"
Kira sigh and closed her eyes, "Because all day she's been driving me crazy, this morning we dueled with her being the winner. Now, I'm her servant til the day we leave for Duel Academy and no pranks for the next three weeks."
"Gee sorry to hear that," Syrus said, "Keiko canceled my confidence tutoring and sent someone to help."
"Ding! Dong!"
Kira's lips scrunched up, "Hm…I wonder who could that be," Kira walked over to the door and opened it to reveal a certain red head that made the youngest of the Urameshi twins blush, "Kurama!"
Kurama bowed his head, "Hello Kira, Keiko told me that Syrus will be here." Kurama made his way inside and spotted the little blunette below him, "Hey Kurama!" he greeted with a wave
"Hello Syrus, you ready?" Kurama asked
Syrus nodded, "Yeah!"
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Yusuke walked down the stairs. Yusuke was wearing a pair of jeans, black shirt and a red jacket and a pair of white sneakers, "Hey Yusuke, hold on!"
Yusuke stopped at his tracks and spotted Mokuba walking to him, "Here!"
Mokuba handed Yusuke some money, "Seto told me to give this to you and instructed the driver to past by the jewelry store before you head over to the park with Keiko. As Seto hates to be any part of this 'romance junk', he feels that you should buy little something for Keiko."
Yusuke smiled, "Thanks Mokuba!" Yusuke made his way down the stairs and to the door, not noticing someone was watching him, "How long were ya watchin' me, Higurashi?" Catherine turned her blue eyes to the cold brown eyes of Kagome.
Kagome crossed her arms and fixed her glare at the braided tailed girl, "I'm just asking you, why you have been staring at my cousin, lately?" she asked
Catherine shrugged her shoulders, "I'm not doin' anything wrong by just staring at him, am I?" she asked, "I think you're been too paranoid, Higurashi, that's all."
Kagome narrowed her eyes, "Look Maxwell, I know that you have a crush on Yusuke and in case that you're not aware of this, he already has a girlfriend and wouldn't leave her for an instant."
Catherine smirked, "Oh really," she snickered, "But the real question is, does she really loves Yusuke?"
Kagome growled, "What are you trying to say?" she snarled
"I'm sayin' that is this Keiko girl really that trusting or she's been leading Yusuke on all those years."
Kagome growled louder, "How dare you say that?" she snapped, "I've known Keiko Yukimura since I was a little kid and she's very trustworthy and would never do such a thing!"
Catherine turned her head away and not taking her eyes off of Kagome, "Oh since you were a little child," she said, "Don't you know that in time things and people change their ways? Or things aren't the way they seem? I mean didn't you have a someone, who you trusted, but only to stab your back in the end?"
Kagome growled, remembering her last betrayal, but shook her head of those thoughts, 'No, you can't think about HIM. Filthy half-breeded scum!' she thought
Catherine giggled with malice and whipped her head for her ponytail to be wrapped around her neck, "I'll leave you to your thoughts," she said, as she brushed by Kagome.
Kagome glared the back of her head at Catherine's retreating back, 'How dare she say that Keiko's untrustworthy? I definitely don't trust Maxwell not one bit. Unlike her, Keiko is 100 percent and more trusting.' She thought
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Keiko had arrived at the park surrounded by a population of couples and families. The brunette found a place to sit to wait for Yusuke, without any doubt that he'll show up. Unlike the dates that he never showed up for, Yusuke would remember it; otherwise, Yusuke would be in for a world of hurt.
"Hey Keiko!"
The brunette looked up to see Zane and Kari towering her, "Hey guys!" she greeted back
"So, you're waiting for Yusuke, right?" Zane said
Keiko nodded, in reply, "Yeah, he's just running a bit late and you know how Kaiba is." She said
Kari nodded in confirmation, "Well if he doesn't show up, you'll tell me and when he comes home, he'll be at the Great Beyond, soon enough!"
Keiko placed a smile on her face, "Okay, don't worry, Kari, I'm pretty sure that Yusuke will show tonight."
Zane and Kari walked away from the brunette to look for a spot.
Keiko sighed, hoping that Yusuke would show.
-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
The limo carrying Yusuke left the jewelry store and drove onto the street. Yusuke looked at the jewelry box that contained Keiko's present. Yusuke smiled at the thought of his girlfriend's reaction to it.
-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-
Keiko had her back onto the tree with her arms crossed, impatient of Yusuke's arrive. Just then, a shadow towered above her, which caused her to look up, hoping that was Yusuke, but she was wrong, "Hello Reginald…."
"Hello Keiko!" he greeted, "So Urameshi hasn't come yet, huh?"
The blonde duelist sat by Keiko, "Well, he said that he'll come late, so I'll take his word on it." Keiko said.
"Hm…"
"Reginald, Yusuke Urameshi is a few blocks away from here," came a telepathic voice in Reginald's head. Reginald nodded, in affirmation.
Keiko sighed, "Oh!" she looked at Reginald, "What happened to that who you had a crush on?" she asked, as the fireworks started.
Reginald blinked twice; "Oh!" he looked away from the brunette and scratched his head, "Say Keiko?"
"Yeah!" Keiko was looked at the blonde boy with quizzical
"What do you think of me?" Reginald asked.
Keiko blushed at bit and shook it off, 'No…remember Yusuke, Keiko, remember Yusuke,' she thought, "Well, to tell you the truth, Reginald, I think that you're a great guy and I…." she was cut off as he felt Reginald's arms slide around her waist and pull her close to her.
Keiko eyed Reginald, "Hey Reginald, what are you doing?" she asked, not liking where this was going.
"Keiko, that girl I was talking that I'm in love with is you."
Keiko was shocked at this and pulled away from Reginald's arms, "I'm sorry, Reginald but I've got Yusuke now and……"
Reginald pulled Keiko to him again to interrupt the brunette, "Just...forget about him. Forget about Urameshi. You've got me now."
Keiko got out of Reginald's embrace. "Look...Reginald. You're a great guy...and all...but..." She trailed off, unable to put her feelings into words. Slowly, she turned around to face him. Her brown eyes widened at the sight of him.
"I-I see..." Reginald said softly. He gazed down at Keiko. "Keiko...please hear me out! I know I've only known you for a few, so this may sound totally crazy but...the minute I met you, I felt something click inside of me. And when I'm around you...there's this sense of craziness in my heart." He reached out and gripped Keiko's hand in his own. "Keiko...I love you."
Keiko's eyes widened even further as Reginald pulled his hand out of her and places it onto Keiko's waist.
"Reginald...I never knew you felt that way...but that doesn't change anything. You're a nice guy...and I almost wish I could return your feelings. But...I'm sorry. I don't love you. I can't love you."
"I-it's Urameshi isn't it?" Reginald whispered his voice nearly cracking.
Keiko smiled slightly and nodded, "Yeah! I love him!"
Reginald sighed, as the sound of fireworks occurred and he managed to whisper, "Keiko...can you do something for me?"
Keiko took Reginald's hand away from her waist and looked up at him, with pity, "Yeah!" she replied
Reginald took a deep breath before meeting her eyes. "Keiko...I understand how you feel about Urameshi...and I should move on...please in order for me get through this...would you...kiss me?"
Keiko's eyes were the size of saucer, "Whoa!" she gawked, pointing an accusing finger at him. "Hold on, I'm not going to–"
Keiko was interrupted when Reginald's lips have met with hers.
Keiko was both angry and confused and she had a good mind to slap Reginald into next week. But somehow she was being control to deepen the kiss. She put her arms around his neck and pulled him down, deepening the kiss.
Reginald found warmth for his arms inside Keiko's jacket around her waist. Keiko tried to stop, but it was as if someone was controlling her body and hoped Yusuke doesn't see this.
While outside the park, Yusuke got out of the limo and inside the park and begun to find Keiko, as he took out his present for Keiko. Yusuke went through the couples and families and scanned the area to find the brunette, but no luck.
"Yusuke, I'm glad that you could make it."
Yusuke stopped and looked down to see Zane and Kari below him, with Zane's arm around Kari's waist, "Hey sis, have you seen Keiko around?" he asked
"Yeah, we saw her by herself by the tree." Zane replied, eyed the back and to his surprise he saw something that he'd would never see, "Oh no," he said, softly.
The Urameshi twins looked where Zane was glancing on, which they were shocked, mostly Yusuke, "What the fuck…" he muttered, he walked over slowly to get a better clearing as he got closer and his heart cracking as he got closer.
Yusuke was now closer to something that disgusted him the most. Keiko, his Keiko, in the arms of another boy and kissing and quite passionately. Yusuke felt that his heart was ripped out from his chest and stomped on. He felt the same thing in his dream, he was hurt and angry.
"Keiko, why…" Yusuke whispered as a he was having a hard time to breathe and he dropped Keiko's gift.
However hearing her soon-to-be ex-boyfriend whisper her name, even though the fireworks were fired, Keiko eyed where Yusuke was, which was enough to push Reginald away from her.
"Yusuke…" Keiko said, looking at the ex-spirit detective's brown eyes, tainted with hurt, anger and betrayal as she got on her feet, "It's not what it looks like."
Keiko took a step to Yusuke, but Yusuke took a step back, "How could you……I trust you……."
Keiko shook her head wildly, "No Yusuke, it's not…" she took another step to him.
Yusuke took another step back, "Stay away from me……" he whispered, with a little tear coming from his eyes, "Just stay away from me……Keiko Yukimura…just stay the hell away from me, it's over!"
Keiko couldn't believe the words from her now ex-boyfriend, "No Yusuke, please just…"
It was too late, Yusuke dashed away from Keiko as fast as he could.
"Yusuke, wait," Kari called out as her brother dashed pasted her ignoring her as he made his way through the park exit.
Wishing that this was horrible dream, Keiko felt the most horrible about this as her watery eyes gazed down to the jewelry box that Yusuke left behind. She crotched down and grabbed it and it said: To Keiko From: Yusuke
Keiko opened it and her eyes widened. She looked at the shinning golden locket, shaped in a heart. She opened the locket and had a picture of her and Yusuke on each side, with a note go with it. She opened it and read:
Hey Keiko,
This is a little something that I wanted to give you for being the best girlfriend that a guy could have.
Love Yusuke.
Keiko opened her mouth, feeling a lot worse than before by getting this gift, it made her sick to her stomach. She wasn't the best girlfriend that Yusuke had. Yusuke trusted her, he loved her. But now, it was shattered because she destroyed that trust. Keiko loved him as well, but now Yusuke's too angry with her to speak to her.
Zane and Kari looked at the broken Keiko with wary, "Oh man…" Kari said, "It looked like Keiko was hurt the most of this." Zane said.
The couple got on their feet and walked over to the depressed Keiko, "Hey Kei…" Kari called as she placed her hands onto Keiko's arms.
Reginald got on his feet and looked at three and walked slowly, "Hey Keiko, are you…."
Reginald was cut off when a fist was planted onto his face by a pissed off Kari. Kari grabbed Reginald's shirt, "You little shit!" she spat, "I'm gonna…"
"Kari…" Keiko said, with a broken voice, "Turn him to me."
Kari followed her best friend's words and turned Reginald to the angry eyes of Keiko Yukimura, "You…." She snarled, "You…ruined…everything!"
"Keiko," Reginald pleads, "I really, really love you."
Keiko growled like a tiger ready to pounce onto its prey, "I don't care that you really love me," she spat, "I love him, I love Yusuke Urameshi! Now because of you……" Keiko couldn't think right now because she felt something in her throat.
"Keiko, I…"
Keiko glared at the blonde with hate, "No! I don't care! You don't love you! Hell I don't even like you!" she yelled, with tears streaming down her eyes. Keiko whirled around and spirited away from the three.
"Keiko!" Kari looked at Zane and throw Reginald at him, "Take care of him!" Kari spirited after the brunette.
Zane glared at Reginald, "Do you know what you've done?" he snarled
"But I…"
Zane grabs Reginald by the shirt, "If I ever see you anywhere near Keiko again, I swear I'm going to make you suffer!" he said and throws Reginald away and walked over to where his girlfriend and best friend went.
-Kira's Deck List-
New Cards Used
Babycerasaurus (M), Dark Driceratops (M), Goblin Out of the Flying Pan (T), Kabazauls (M), Negate Attack (T), Riryoku (S), Sabersaurus (M), Survival Instinct (T), Tyranno Infinity (M), Ultimate Tyranno (M).
-Hikari's Deck List-
New Cards Used
Black Pendant (S), Book of Life (S), Despair from the Dark (M), Double Coston (M), Ectoplasmer (S), Harpie's Feather Duster (S), Misfortune (S), Ojama Trio (T), Patrician of Darkness (M), Pot of Greed (S), Pyramid Turtle (M), Regenerating Mummy (M), Soul Release (S), Torrential Tribute (T), Vampire Lady (M), Vampire Lord (M).