Disclaimer: see chapter one

Chapter 60: The Ice Deck

I hate you

"I was lying from the beginning. Playing with your heart. Hurting you in every way possible, but probably knowing you, you'd think this isn't real. Open your eyes to reality, dork. I hate you."

Those words haunted Yusuke Urameshi, as he sat at the back of the Slifer Red Dorm, with his arms wrapped around his legs and held close to his chest. Like Kagome, Yusuke also had nightmares as well about being betrayed by someone that you last expect. He dreamt Keiko convincing Koenma to arrest Yusuke, because he'll might kill her 'new boyfriend' when he's angry. That made him even more and more angrily and his heart even colder towards any girl that wants to date him. Or course, most of the Obelisk students think he was crazy to do so, but he didn't care, because he knew that if he start to fall in love, again, then he'll get nothing but pain and Kagome believes the same thing. He still remembered the first he's experienced his first heartbreak.

Flashback

"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 thought that seeing his former girlfriend in the arms of another guy was the worst thing imaginable, that is until Saiou told him the 'whole truth'…

-.-.-.-.-.-.-

"I'd leave that boy alone, if I were you." Came a voice

The SDF members turned to see, who was the one to tell them to leave Yusuke alone, with Yusuke looking as well, a young man with long blue and white hair, blue eyes and earrings was standing right in front of them. This guy's face was pale white and was wearing a white robe.

"Excuse me, but who are you," the captain asked

The man walked towards the captain, "I'll ask this again," he said, glaring at the captain, "Kindly leave this boy alone or you'll be sorry," he sneered

"Are you threatening us?"

"You were warned," the man's eyes started to glow purple and all of the members of the Spirit World Defense had screamed as the disappeared and dropped Yusuke onto his backside

The man held out his hand to the fallen Yusuke, "Here."

Without question, Yusuke grabbed the man's hand and was pulled onto his feet, "Why did you just save me from Dork Portal?" Yusuke asked, "Better yet, who the hell are you?"

"Forgive me, my name is Saiou Takuma and it's a pleasure to meet with you, Mr. Yusuke Urameshi." The man bowed.

Yusuke took a step back in shock, "How the hell did you know my name!?!" he gawked, pointing at Saiou

Saiou closed his eyes, "Yusuke Urameshi. Ex-Spirit Detective of the Earth, former street punk of Sarayashiki Junior High and heir to the thrown of Toushin Raizen. Age 15. Hair, black. Eyes, brown. Height, 183cm. Weight, 56 kg. Mother is an alcoholic and the middle of the Urameshi triples." he replied, calmly, "As you can see, Mr. Urameshi, I know everything about you."

Yusuke was shocked beyond relief, "Well, I don't know anything about you, except that you're really creepy," he said then remained calm, "What is it that you want from me?"

Saiou opened his eyes, "It's simple, you see, I understand that you've been getting dreams about your unfaithful girlfriend, Keiko Yukimura and I'm willing to help." He replied

Yusuke twitched in annoyance, as Saiou mentioned his ex's name, "Look I don't want to talk about HER!" he snarled, with disgust, "However, I want to know why I'm getting these dreams though."

"You'll get your answer has soon if you face me in a Duel, that is," Saiou replied.

Yusuke blinked twice, "A Duel."

"Yes, of course."

Yusuke shrugged, "Sure why not."

Saiou nodded, "Follow me, Yusuke." He said, as he walked ahead with Yusuke following.

-.-.-.-.-.-.-

Saiou chuckled again, "What's wrong? Finding it hard to believe that it's true," he said, "If you want more proof, how about those dreams that you have of her betraying you and having to take away by the Spirit World Defense Forces. Blast Magician, show Yusuke Urameshi the light!"

Blast Magician jumped high into the air and twirled his rod. Yusuke looks up and as the magician, he pictures Keiko coming at him and hits him with the rod, "no it can't be……" Yusuke said, as he falls onto the ground and his Life Points went down to zero (YLP: 1700) – (YLP: 0000). The image of the Blast Magician disappears as Saiou walked towards the fallen boy.

-.-.-.-.-.-.-

Yusuke looked away from her eyes, as Keiko could feel her heart being ripped in half. Yusuke looked back at Keiko and sighed, "Keiko, I can't say that I feel the same way about you." Yusuke narrowed his eyes, cold-heartedly, "…at least not anymore."

"W…wha…what!" Keiko gaped, thinking this can't be happening.

Keiko could feel a piece of her heart get broken off, "B…but… I thought…"

Yusuke looked at his ex-girlfriend, with a cold and superior glare, "Did you honestly think by that apology and new outfit that you'll win me over that easily!?!" Yusuke yelled loudly.

Keiko couldn't believe this was happened, she knew that Yusuke was a pervert and at least try something, but she realized that Yusuke was really angry with her and she just made it even worse, "Besides, didn't I made this clear to you that we're through? It's over! I'll appreciate it, if you would just leave me alone, in the future." He said cold-heartedly and turned and ran away from Keiko.

"Yusuke, wait, just let me explain!" Keiko ran after Yusuke, in desperation.

Yusuke was running in the hallway, while knowing that Keiko was running behind him while calling his name.

Yusuke stops running and whirls ferociously, then intensely glared at Keiko, who stops before him, "Do you realize how old this is getting!?!" he asked, in a cold tone.

Keiko finishes her panting and looked Yusuke, "Yusuke, I don't know why you're trying to run away from me!" she said, "But whatever, it is we can……" Keiko was about to touch his check when Yusuke pushed it away.

Yusuke took another step back away from Keiko, "I thought I told you that I don't want you anywhere near me, anymore, you disgusting vermin!" he said, in a cold tone

"Yusuke? What…?" Keiko stared at the person that she loved in front of her "Yusuke, what the hell has gotten into you?"

Yusuke snorted and crossing his arms, fixing his glare, "Nothing's gotten into me, but revelations, so just drop the 'I really care about you' shit, I know!"

"Know what?"

"You don't care for me. You never cared for me. After all, who does love a worthless street punk not to mention a pathetic half breed? You…never did you care for me."

Keiko was having a hard time register what Yusuke is saying, 'Never cared…' she thought, "Yusuke, how could you say that!?! Of course, I do care about you!?!"

"It's not a lie, it's the truth! I'm not going to fall of that, again! Not anymore! All you cared about is your pathetic reputation as a model student! All those things, including that kiss, which brought me back from the dead a year ago, that you've done for me was all out of pity!" Yusuke yelled. "You didn't think that I'm always hurt on what Iwamoto and the other teachers say about me and my mother! When you see that four-eyed old loser, tell him that Yusuke Urameshi nobody's mutt!"

"Nobody's mutt…" Keiko repeated, "Yusuke, where are you…"

Yusuke swatted the air between him and his ex-girlfriend, "Don't you dare lie about that! You know, it's a blessing that I have good friends like Kuwabara to tell me what goes on in school, when I'm not there, including those two friends of yours, trying to set you up on a date with other guy, in order to get you away from me, fearing that one day I may hurt you! Well, you know that's the other way around! I'm actually glad that I'm going to Duel Academy, so I'm far away from you, the person who I blame for all my confusion, anger and frustration on!"

-.-.-.-.-.-.-

"Yusuke, wait!" she called again.

Yumi appeared by Yusuke, "Yo Yusuke, let's humor her some more before we actually leave."

Keiko grabs Yusuke's sleeves of his trench coat and made him turn around to meet with her, "If you came here to waste my time, then you're doing a good job." Yusuke sneered, in a cold tone.

"Yusuke, I want to let you know that, I still care about you!" Keiko cried, "I don't understand why you would actually say that I don't care about you! Besides, you've done your share of mistakes and that doesn't meant for me that you didn't care about me. I did just one mistake!"

Yusuke yanked his wrist from Keiko's grip, "If your referring to those days that I had to leave you on our dates for Pacifier Breath's little demon hunting errands than you must be the most selfish person that I've ever known. Did it ever occurred to you that I didn't enjoy leaving you! And for your information, Keiko Yukimura, that one mistake really did some damage to me! I admit I don't have one romantic bone in my body, but kissing another guy, while playing with my emotions is ten times WORSE than the shit that I've been though in my LIFE!"

Keiko got this realization into her head just now. Sure Yusuke's ditched her on her dates, because of Koenma. That meant that Yusuke enjoyed having her company, the same that she enjoyed his company.

"Here…" Yusuke threw a card at Keiko and the brunette caught it. She looked at it and her eyes widened, "Blast Magician…" she murmured and looked at Yusuke, "Yusuke, why are…"

"It seems that you didn't have me in your heart, so what's the point of holding this card? I used to have a special place for you in mine, before you showed your true colors to me that night. Maybe you should give it to your new boyfriend," Yusuke explained

"Yusuke, you're not making any..."

"In case you're a bit slow to get this…YOU DISGUST ME AND I WANT YOU TO GET OUT OF MY LIFE, PERMENANTLY!!"

-.-.-.-.-.-.-

Since then, ever since his ex-girlfriend mailed him, his sisters' and cousin's birthday presents, Yusuke never heard from Keiko, since, which would be a blessing to him, because he couldn't take the hurt and pain that she's 'given' him. He would have to avoid seeing her and just hang around with mainly Kuwabara, Kurama, Syrus, Bastion and Jaden considering that he lived near their houses. Besides, if he meets up with Keiko's 'new boyfriend' he won't get jealous like he usually is thanks to Saiou and his pendant.

Just then, a familiar female voice in Yusuke's head booms, "I don't think so, Yusuke."

Yusuke turned to see Yumi, by him in spirit form, and says, "Hey Yumi…what's up?"

Yumi laughed, nervously, and says, "Uh…Yusuke, remember what I said about those pendants making you immune to anything that relates to romance…?"

Yusuke nods his head and says, not liking where this conversation was going, "Yeah?"

Yumi says, nervously, "Well, you and Kagome aren't gonna like this, but…the magic of the pendant is about to ware out…"

Yusuke screams out, angrily and worriedly, "What!? No way! That would mean…I'll turn back to that…" Yusuke gets out his PDA communicator and presses a few buttons to contact Kagome. Just then, Kagome's face appeared on the PDA and she says, "Yusuke, what's up?"

Yusuke says, in a worried tone, "Kagome, come to the Slifer Red Dorm for a private meeting!"

A few minutes later, Kagome arrived at the Slifer Red Dorm with Yusuke waiting for her and Kagome asks her cousin, "Okay Yusuke, why did you call me?"

Yusuke told Kagome what Yumi told him and like Yusuke, Kagome wasn't pleased. Kagome yells out, angrily and worriedly, "What!? No, I don't want to experience love ever again!"

Yumi says, plainly, "I've given a message from Saiou and he said that there's a way to make you two completely immune to anything related to romance."

Yusuke yells out, impatiently, "Well, hurry and tell us!"

Yumi says, plainly, "You're acting more of your old self…okay the way for you two to regain your immunity to romance is through the two decks of the Ice in your old schools, Sarayashiki Junior High School and Mangoska Junior High School."

Yusuke says, drolly, "You mean to tell me that I have to go back to my dorky old school, Sarayashiki Junior High School."

Yumi nods her head and says, sadly, "I'm afraid so and the ones, who has knowledge about is Takanaka and that four-eyed dork, Iwamoto from Sarayashiki Junior High and Kagome's old principal Mr. Seaditchi from Mangoska Junior High."

Yusuke says, in a confident tone, "Now that I know that Takanaka knows about those Ice Decks, I bet he wouldn't mind if I have them…Now I actually can't wait until I go back home to get those cards."

Kagome says, in a confident tone, "With those cards, we'll add them to our decks to strengthen them. Plus, we have the whole summer to come up with new strategies for new year."

Yusuke tells Kagome, "We better start packing, Kagome…"

Kagome smiled and nods in reply, hoping that things will go her and her cousin's way for the summer.