Disclaimer: see chapter one
Chapter 51: Pasts Unveiled
"It's all right, Mr. Urameshi."
Yusuke stopped, 'That voice…'
The Obelisk turned to see Saiou before him, "Saiou!" Catherine called out.
Yusuke and Kagome looked at the brunette with confused looks on her face, "Wait Catherine, you know him?" Yusuke asked.
Kelly got up on her feet and looked at Saiou with a smile, "That was a good duel, Saiou," she said and looked at Yusuke, who was giving her a confused look, "Kelly, what are you doing here?" Yusuke asked
"I called Kelly here to test her dueling skills, Yusuke," Saiou said. "And I see that you, Kagome and Catherine are adjusting pretty well with your new lives. Now getting to the business at hand, Kelly possess a similar power as the three of you have."
"Okay, I think that people around here have some explaining going on here," Yusuke said.
"Gladly," Saiou stepped towards the four teens, "The reason why I've brought myself here was for Ms. Storm, here. Plus, I wanted the four of you to be gathered here before me."
Kagome tiled her head with confusion, "Why's that?"
"I'm glad you asked, Ms. Higurashi," Saiou said, he went for his pocket and pulled out a small pink spherical jewel, which made Kagome widen her eyes, "That's the Shikon Jewel of Four Souls!"
Yusuke, Catherine and Kelly gave Kagome a puzzled look, "You know something about that jem," Catherine inquired.
"Yeah," Kagome said, "But that dog eared freak of nature, Inutrasha, told me that it was stolen from the shrine."
"There's a reason why I have this jewel in my possession," Saiou said, "So, I can do it to make your lives better than they already are. But first," Saiou looked at Catherine, "Ms. Maxwell, care to share the reason why you wanted to stand by my side."
Catherine slightly gasped, with uncertainly, "But, I……"
Saiou places a hand onto her right shoulder for comfort, "Don't worry, my dear," he said, "You're with friends, now, so you have nothing to worry about."
Catherine looked at her friends, "Well…my past life was nothing to brag 'bout," she said, "See, I was a total outcast in my school. Like Yusuke and his sisters, I'm an illegitimate child. My father, died when I was eight, a year before he taught me, how to fight, and my mother was unemployed and loved to drink, all the time. The most popular student in school, jocks, cheerleaders, including the teachers, made fun of me, for it, along with my friends, Aaron and Moon Lee. They were siblings."
Yusuke and Kagome sense a cold feeling from Catherine, "What happened, next?" Kagome asked
Catherine sighed, "I had somewhat of a crush on one boy," she said, while blushing, "His name was Aaron Lee. I've known him since we were five. Back when we were kids, we had our fights, but we were always been there for one another."
Yusuke clenched his fists in anger, 'That sounds familiar,' he thought and let's out a low growl from his throat.
Catherine's frown deepened, "Later on, I told him how I really felt about him and…" she tried to hold back the incoming tears, "…he rejected me, because he was in love with another girl. She was the captain of the cheerleading squad, Kiki Looke." Catherine sounded disgusted when saying the name, "He said that he only like me as a friend and nothing else. I was both hurt and disgusted with it, but didn't let him know it."
"You poor thing," Kagome murmured, feeling remorse and pity for the pony haired girl
"Later on, I was going on a walk to clear my head. I wondered to the park and to get on a swing. When I walked to the swing set, I saw Saiou here swinging. He told me that my only friends, my best friends, didn't care one millimeter about me." Catherine got on her knees and broke out crying, while covering her face with her hands, "Saiou gave me a peek into their minds and hearts. It was because of me that Aaron couldn't get Kiki to love him and it was because of me that Moon didn't get more friends, so she wouldn't hang around with a loser like me!"
Catherine continued sobbing, "I try to be a good friend, but…"
"Don't worry I know how you feel, Kat." Yusuke murmured. "I had…"
With a sudden reflex, Catherine shot a glare at Yusuke, "I didn't ask you for any pity, mate!" she snapped. She got onto her feet.
"Catherine, is that a way to talk to your fellow half Ma-zoku," Saiou told her
Yusuke gasped, sharply, "You're a Ma-zoku as well," he pointed at Catherine.
Catherine nodded solemnly, "Not too long ago, after my rejection from Aaron, a bunch of guys came and almost tried to capture me." She said, "They told me that I'll be a danger to humanity if I stayed here in this world."
"Did these guys happen to wear dorky looking uniforms?" Yusuke asked.
Catherine blinked, "Yeah."
"The Spirit World Special Defensive Force," Yusuke snarled, "Or what I'll like to call them 'tools'. A month ago before coming to this school, those tools came and tried to capture me. You remember that brat, I used to call my girlfriend, right?"
"You mean Yukimura," Catherine said.
"I hate you."
"Yeah, she was only using me the entire time," Yusuke snarled. "Saiou took a look inside her heart and like your so-called friends, she didn't care one ounce about me. She hated me from the get-go and there's no need to stay in a relationship, when someone doesn't care about anyone, but themselves, only."
Kagome clenched her shaking fists, "Using others for greed," she snarled, "I had my taste of that, before."
"What you thought that we loved and cared about you……"
"You were nothing but a jewel detector for us." Miroku added.
"No Kagome, we're not playing now………I can't believe that you actually believed that all of us cared about you from the very beginning. Now I see someone, who's actually dumber than Inuyasha."
"Please, jewel detector, you must be complete stupid, thinking that I, Koga, leader of the wolf demons, would consider making YOU my woman! To tell you the truth, Kagome, Inuyasha and I were only playing with you to make you think that I hated him. I don't hate Inuyasha, however I DO hate you!"
"So, now you're beginning to understand, Kagome………We never cared about you, we hated you."
"How do you know that we really care about you, Kagome?"
"Do you honestly think that we love you as a sister to us?"
"Please Hag-o-me, you were nothing for us,"
Kagome tried to hold her incoming tears, "Those feudal freaks I used to call my…augh…friends, including those losers I used to call my best friends from my old school before I went to Sarayashiki Junior High, were only using me." Kagome wiped her tears away, "I hate them! I FUCKING HATE THEIR GUTS!"
"The only people we trust are my twin sisters and our friends; Jaden, Syrus, Chumley, Alexis, Bastion, Zane, and my old spirit detective team," Yusuke said. "Except for that pacifier sucking freak I used to call my boss and friend. He and his huge grown ox of a daddy tired to have me captured and executed those tools of theirs. They were afraid that I would be a more of a threat to humanity, since I was heartbroken. Until Saiou showed my light, which opened my eyes to the truth."
The three Obelisks looked at Kelly, "Hey Kelly, what was your reason that you're with Saiou?" Kagome asked.
Kelly grimaced, "My case was totally different from you guys," she said, "I had no friends, what so ever. However, I had a person, who I looked up to and that was my big brother, Raven. You see my parents died in a car accident, nine years ago and left both my brother and I alone with my aunt to leave with."
"What happened next?" Catherine asked.
Kelly wiped a tear from her eyes, "Seven months ago, Raven was driving home from school and…sniff…a drunk driver sped towards my brother. Raven tired to get away but…sniff…it was too late. From that on, I've been trying to move on with my life, but I can't do that without Raven."
"I promised her that if she'd work with me," Saiou said, "I'd help her get on with her life."
"I need you four to scope out the island and find the best duelists in Duel Academy." Saiou said.
"What for?" Yusuke asked.
"I can't tell you that, Mr. Urameshi," Saiou said, "It would be a surprise for the four of you and I'm sure that you'll love it."