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Chapter 41: Memories
Hurt, rejected and broken on what Yusuke had told her, Keiko was walking in the narrow streets of Tokyo, after getting out of the train from the KC dome. Yusuke wanted nothing to do with her, anymore. She remembered this feeling, it was when Yusuke first died. Until that day, she didn't know that she loved him. She could remember the memories she's had with them from childhood.
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When Keiko noticed someone, about her height behind Yugi, she walked over to see a nervous Yusuke behind him, "Hi!" she said, with a smile
"Hello!" Yusuke said, in hasty voice, "My n-name is Yusuke!"
"Nice to meet you, Yusuke!" Keiko said, grabbing Yusuke's hand, "I'm Keiko!"
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"Happy 5th birthday Keiko!" 5-year-old Yusuke said, giving the now 5-year-old Keiko a Duel Monsters Card.
The little girl looked at it with awe, "Draining Shield…" she looked at Yusuke, "But why are you giving me your prized card?"
"Because you're my best friend, Keiko." Yusuke replied
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"Yusuke, here!" Keiko gets out her deck and pulls out a card and gives it to Yusuke, "It should give your monsters a helping hand."
Yusuke smiled and pecked Keiko's right cheek, making the little girl blush, "Thanks Keiko!" he said
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Six-year-old Keiko screams at her now destroyed sandcastle by her best friend, "YUSUKE, YOU JERK! I HATE YOU! YOU DESTROYED MY SANDCASTLE!" she yelled then cried
Six-year-old Yusuke felt guilty about what he's done and tries to comfort her, "Don't cry, Keiko!" he begged, "I'll fix it! Please don't cry! It would be our home after we get married!"
Keiko stopped crying and gave Yusuke a smile, before lunging at him, hugging him, "Okay Yusuke, you can help me." She whispered
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"Here Keiko, you can have mine," Seven-year-old Yusuke said, handing his ice cream cone to the crying seven-year-old girl, after having hers being thrown to the ground. Keiko opened her mouth, with a grin and took the cone from Yusuke and hugged him, "Thank you." She whispered, pecking him on the cheek.
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"Leave her alone!"
A bunch of eight-year-old boy, who were bullying a seven-year-old Keiko, looked to see an enraged eight-year-old Yusuke charged at them. Yusuke slammed his fists hard at the boys' jaw and they ran away from him.
Yusuke scolded at their retreating back and looked at the crying Keiko. He walked over to the brunette girl and hold her arms, "Keiko, are you okay?" he asked
Keiko looked up with her watery eyes at Yusuke's brown ones, "What did they do to you?" Yusuke asked.
Keiko didn't waste anytime to wrap her arms around Yusuke's neck, hugging him, "It's not that important, Yusuke." She murmured
Yusuke returned the hug, "I promise I'll always be there for you, Keiko, no matter what." He whispered.
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Nine year old, Keiko was sitting on the steps of her family's diner, with her hairs covering her sobbing face, "Keiko, why are you crying?"
Keiko looked up to see Yusuke towering above him, "Yusuke, I don't have a Duel Disk of my own!" she cried.
Yusuke places his hands onto Keiko's arms, "Hey Keiko, don't cry!" he plead, "Come on!"
Yusuke grabbed Keiko's hand and dragged her onto her feet.
"Yusuke, where are you taking me?" Keiko asked.
"To my house of course."
The two nine-year-olds approached Yusuke's apartment and walked through the door.
"Here you go." Yusuke gives Keiko a box that read the words 'Duel Disk'.
Keiko opened the box and her eyes widened, "A Duel Disk!" she looked up to Yusuke and lunged him, with her arms around his neck, hugging him, "Thank you, Yusuke." She whispered, then pecking his cheek.
Yusuke returned the hug, "I just want to see that smile of yours."
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"Yusuke, what do think you're doing!" yelled a ten-year-old Keiko. She saw her best friend standing onto the bridge railing, where the river was below. Keiko ran towards him and pulled him down from the railing.
"Let me go, Keiko… I can't take this anymore. I am so tired of them all! I'm gonna jump to end it!"
"Yusuke," Keiko started,. "Whom are you talking about? Who would make you do this?"
"All of the teachers, and some of the kids at class.. And some of the older guys follow me around and get into fights with me… they keep calling me a stupid bastard…. Ever since both Zane and Syrus left here, I'm always alone. They hate me, everyone hates me! Hikari hates me! My mother hates me! Even my dad, who's not here hates me!"
Keiko quickly turns him around and hugs him, "I don't hate you." She whispered. "And you're not a bastard in my eyes. You're Yusuke Urameshi, my best friend, I won't leave you for anything."
Yusuke wrapped his arms around Keiko, "Okay Keiko, I'll live, only for you." He said.
"Glad to hear it."
"Thanks for saving my life."
"No problem."
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"Nice uniform."
An angry fourteen-year-old girl, with a pigtailed hairstyle, wearing a blue sailor shirt, with a matching skirt appeared before her rebellious best friend, with her arms crossed, "It's what girls wear in this school."
Yusuke looked the other way to ignore the brown haired aggravated girl, which made it worse and resulted her hitting him upside the head, "The boys wear blue jumpsuits, which I don't see you in!"
Yusuke snorted, "Give me a break, Keiko, I look better in green." He said.
Keiko grunts, "I swear, your brain must be messed up! You give our school the worst attendance record, which makes me as class rep., look bad. You know, sometimes, I don't think of anyone, but yourself and you don't even do that right! Yusuke, have even heard a word that I've just said!"
"Nice skirt."
Keiko was now angry beyond and mega ton slapped the pervert to the floor. Yusuke got up and stumbling to walk, with a stupid grin on his face, "Yusuke, you perv, people like you should be run off the streets!" Keiko barked
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"Hey Keiko, nice uniform!"
"Yusuke, you pervert!" Keiko slapped a boy with orange hair hard enough to hit floor. She realized that she hit the wrong person and remember that Yusuke's dead, after that car accident, "Who the heck are you?"
The boy looked at Keiko, "It's me, Yusuke."
"Yusuke?"
The boy rubbed his cheek, where Keiko slapped him, "I don't care what any guy say, your punches hurt the most!" he said.
"Don't play around, Yusuke, is it really you?" Keiko inquired
"Yeah it is, I'm just borrowing someone else's body. Now I need to give you my message because I only have one minute left before I give this oaf his body back, so…take care of my body and tell my mom to stop the funeral because I'm coming back. Okay? So just wait for me and believe."
"Oh Yusuke, I knew it was you since the first moment you spoke. And it's not because of your stupid gags, and I'll wait. I'll wait forever if I have to."
"Whoa…let's not get mushy right now," said Kuwabara/Yusuke receiving a hug from Keiko, "Keiko, I have to leave now."
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"Hey nice kiss." Those were Yusuke's first words back from the dead, after Keiko kissed him.
In joy, Keiko wrapped her arms around Yusuke's torso, "Yusuke, I'm so glad that you're back!"
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Those images came into Keiko's mind and it hurt her that Yusuke would believe lies over her. She remembered first knowing about his job as a spirit detective when she had to convince to Botan to tell her. She had to take care of Yusuke's unconscious body at the Dark Tournament. The last dates that she had with Yusuke before he left for Demon World and Seto Kaiba's house for the summer.
It ended when…
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"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…"
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.
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"Keiko, why…" Yusuke whispered as a he was having a hard time to breath 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.
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.
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The two words that she now despised in the world were Reginald Haga. If it wasn't for him, she'd be still with Yusuke right now.
"Fancy meeting you hear."
Keiko growled, in anger realizing as her now hatred for the blonde was increasing. She glared at the blonde with hate in her eyes, "What…do…you…want?" she snarled, while gritting her teeth
Reginald could sense anger from the brunette, "I take it from your anger that Urameshi's yet to forgive you." He said.
"Yeah, because of you, so piss off!" she snarled. Keiko wasn't the type of girl for very harsh words, but now she was angry beyond reason.
"Listen Keiko…" Reginald took a step towards the brunette and Keiko took a step back, wishing Yusuke was here, "…since Urameshi won't forgive you, I want you to be my girlfriend."
"What…" Keiko snarled, now getting anger.
"Since Urameshi's too stupid to see that you still love you, it's about time that you moved on." Reginald said, "Besides, why would you want that worthless street punk, anyways."
Before realizing, Reginald felt a huge blow to his nuts, like someone kicked him there. Reginald wailed in pain, holding his nuts, "That was for that kiss that got Yusuke to brake up with me!" Keiko spat and slammed her fist into Reginald face, which made him hit the ground, "That's for calling him a worthless street punk!"
The enraged brunette grabs Reginald's collar and punches his face hard and kept going, "You! Worthless! Whelp! Don't! You! Dare! Call! Yusuke! Stupid! When! You! Don't! Even! Know! Him!" Keiko seethed, while punching Reginald's now bleeding face, "In other words, only I can call him 'stupid'!"
Keiko kept on her assault on the blonde, "You! Ruined! My! Life!" she seethed and then ready to give one last punch, but someone caught her wrist, "Whoa Kei, what da hell do ya think ya doing!?!"
'I know that voice.' Keiko thought, putting Reginald and whirled around to see Joey and Mai behind her.
Keiko panted as her anger was slowly deteriorating.
"Whoa." Mai examined Reginald's unconscious body, "What did you do to the kid?"
"He…made…Yusuke." Keiko fell into Joey's arms and crutched his shirt and cried her eyes out, "Oh Keiko." Joey wrapped his arms around the crying brunette.
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