Yu Yu Hakusho:

A Quest for Keiko

Chapter 1

It was a Friday, and Yusuke was really happy because this has been the first time in a while that he's had a day off to just relax. His mother was off somewhere getting drunk, and knew he wasn't going to be back until morning. It felt nice for him, between the Dark Tournament and Maze Castle, two of his biggest cases as spirit detective, he's been through a lot. He's grown stronger, and his spirit energy increases by the mission. He got up from sitting on his bed, and walked over to the window, looking at the town. It was almost sunset, and the sky was filled with orange and purple. He thought to himself he hasn't seen a sunset this beautiful since he was a ghost. He also knew that this wasn't the most beautiful thing he's ever seen. He walked away from the window, and picked up a picture of him with Keiko.

Keiko is a beautiful girl that he's known for a long time. He dazed off, remembering the first time that she kissed him. It was midnight, about a week after he died, and she saved him by kissing him. Ever since then, he knew how much she meant to him. He gently touched the picture of them, smiling. The one memory that stood out in his mind was when he had to contact her through Kuwabara's body when he had died to tell her to take care of his body. He had to show her that it was really him, and she told him that she would have known anyway, not just by his stupid pranks or his smile, but she said by the way he walked and moved was something she'd never be able to forget in a million years. He couldn't help but be happy every time he thought about her. "Aw, isn't that just adorable! Yusuke is getting over his cooties!!"

Yusuke jumped, realizing someone had been watching him. He looked out the window, and saw Botan floating outside on her oar. She was the "Grim Reaper" as some would call her, except in fact she's very young and not what many people thought she'd look like. She was the one who reached out to Keiko to help Yusuke get back to earth. At one point, Keiko thought that Boton and Yusuke were seeing each other when she disguised herself as a school girl. That took a lot of explaining to tell Keiko that Boton and Yusuke were just friends. She giggled, and he looked at her blushing. "Yusuke, why don't you just tell her how you feel already?"

"Because every time I do something, you pop up." He said. "Plus, every time I try to take her on a date, I get another case."

"Well, you do realize she understands you're spirit detective now."

"But still, it's wrong that I can't even take her on a decent date! What kind of suck ass boyfriend am I?" Yusuke said, getting upset. "What's the matter with you popping in my room like that? What do you want from me now?"

"Well, I have a message from Koenma for you." She said, clearing her throat.

"Oh, what else is new. What does the little runt have to say?" As soon as Yusuke said that, Botan's face grew pale, and looked kind of afraid for him. "What's that look for?"

"I don't know, what does the runt have to say" A voice said. Yusuke looked out, wondering who it was at first, then seeing him on the end of Botan's oar. His face grew paler than Botan's was, seeing Koenma himself. Koenma jumped off the oar and into Yusuke's window.

"I have urgent news from spirit world. The world is in serious trouble. Suzaku is back! When you killed him, he had enough energy left to send a message to his brother Raidon." Koemna looked over at Yusuke, who had a look in his eye of fear. "Raidon is the most fear beast ever known to man kind, so powerful that it is said that every time he awakens, a town is hit with a lightning storm." He backed up, looked around, and then looked over at Botan. "Suzaku can't do anything without Raidon. Suzaku is practically dead. This case is very important Yusuke, because even though he is practically dead, Suzaku is still giving Raidon all of his orders. Suzaku must want his revenge on you of all people for what you did to him. Knowing him, since he knows you are human, he will find a way to attack you that hurts you most. You must be extra carful." Yusuke looked at Koenma, and Koenma didn't know what to say. He thought maybe Suzaku was doing something to hurt him. "Yusuke, say something! Are you feeling any pain? Where's the pain? Is he doing something to you?"

"Kei-Kei-Keiko..." He stammered. He grew paler than before when he saw Koemna. He looked at Botan, and she knew exactly what he was thinking. Suddenly, Yusuke bolted out the door, as Botan flew away, both leaving the toddler form of Koemna in Yusuke's room.

"Did I miss something?" Koenma thought.

Yusuke bolted out of his house, as Botan was right behind him. He knew that Suzuku knew about how much he cared about Keiko because of the time that he had fought him. Suzuku tried to kill Keiko once, but wasn't sure how lucky he, or should he say she would be this time.

Hiei was standing in a tree, looking down at Yusuke, hearing the whole thing from above the house. "Hn... figures." He said to himself. I don't understand how humans get so attached with feelings. Oh well, I don't care anyway." With that, he looked down at Yusuke running towards Keiko's house. "I better leave before I miss the excitement... hn." He said, rolling his eyes as he vanished into thin air.

Yusuke was still on his sprint towards Keiko's house, thinking to himself how he could have let this happen. He reached the house, looked at the house and saw the door opened. He stopped, and Botan landed right behind him. "WHY ARE YOU STOPPING YOU..." Yusuke had turned around and covered her mouth. "Botan is it possible for you to shut up for 5 seconds? The door is open, and there might be trouble so shut up!" She looked at him, glaring at him evilly, but knew that he was right. He saw something moving inside, and he knew that wasn't Keiko or anyone in her family. This guy looked big, and muscular, must have a lot of spirit power while he was there. Hopefully not something as strong as Suzaku's attacks. Yusuke approached the door, his hand ready to fire at anything that might be standing there to attack him. He kicked the door open. He looked around. It was very dark and it was quiet. Suddenly, a light turned on, he turned towards the switch and yelled, "SPIRIT GU-"

"SURPRISE YUSUKE! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!" A roar interrupted. He fell down, in shock, thanking god that he didn't fire his spirit gun. Keiko rushed over to him, sitting by his side. She had a napkin in her hand, wiping the sweat from his forehead. He looked up at her, noticing right away her beauty. Her beautiful brown eyes glaring into his soul. She had her dark brown hair down, it was a little longer than before now, and she was in a beautiful red skirt with a silver shirt to go with it. She looked good out of her uniform, except when he looked under the uniform. At that moment, he got a flashback of being on the rooftop of the school. Him, lifting up her skirt saying, "Hey, nice uniform." and them her slapping him in the face. He giggled, knowing that no other girl could possibly hit him as hard as Keiko did.

"And what is so funny Yusuke Urameshi?" she said sternly. "I think you just got scared."

"Scared? Nah. I only get scared when you're about the beat me one over the head." He said jokingly. He knew that he was scared... scared that he might have never seen her again. He touched her cheek, making sure that it was really her. He gazed deep into her eyes as he heard Botan giggling in the back. He finally stood up, as she stood up with him.

"Urameshi, for such a tough guy you get scared easily don't you?" Kuwabara said laughing. "And for such a tough guy you really know how to make a girl... OW!" Someone hit him in the back of the head. Hiei appeared. "Hiei? Where did you come from shorty?"

"If you call me shorty ever again, I will kill you." He said. He looked over at Yusuke, knowing why he was so fearful. "Hn." He said, turning away and then walking towards Yusuke. "If you need help, you know how to find me." At that, he vanished. Yusuke knew that Hiei knew something, didn't know what, but he knew something.

"That was quite strange." Kurama said. "Hiei just came in now, and he's gone already. Surprised he didn't threaten someone else before he left."

"Yea, good thing he didn't... hey! Wait a second! He threatened me though!" Kuwabara said. "Ha, but that shrimp knows he doesn't stand a chance to the great and powerful Kazuma Kuwabara!" As he said that, he drew his spirit sword and put it over his shoulder standing tall. The he walked over to Yukina, grabbing her hands passionately. "And if he ever tries to hurt you, Yukina, the love that we share will help me get my revenge on him."

"I would never waste my time on doing something foolish when I have more important people I could kill." Hiei said, appearing out of nowhere again, looking at Kuwabara with an evil look. Kuwabara looked over at him, confused, (like usual).

"Hey! Since when were you here again?" Hiei drew his sword, and Kuwabara stepped back. "Alright Hiei, I get it." He said and backed up. Hiei put his sword back, and Yukina looked at him with a look of familiarity.

"Do I know you from somewhere?" She said to Hiei. He looked at her, puzzled. 'Does she recognize me? How could she recognize me?' He kind of felt happy, yet scared at the same time. "Oh yes, that's right. You're Hiei." He looked even more scared now. "You were the one who beat Gui in the black tournament, and you were the kind boy who helped save me from that mean man who made me cry. Thank you again for that." Hiei looked at her, with a look of relief. Before she might have started remembering anything else, Hiei walked over to Yusuke.

"I have important information for you Yusuke." he said, whispering. "Wether you take it or not is not my problem, but you should at least acknowledge this. Meet me tomorrow outside your school at sunrise, since nobody should be there. I suggest if you get in a fight with Raidon and you need to save your precious Keiko, that you come."

Yusuke looked over at him. "How did you find out?" He said, clearly so everyone could hear. Before Hiei could answer, he walked out the door, jumped up a tree, and disappeared from sight. He decided to listen in on anything else that might happen at the party, just for fun. Everyone looked over at Yusuke, wondering what was going on. "It's nothing guys, don't worry about it." He said, putting a cheesy grin on his face to try and cover it up. Everyone kind of looked at him like what's he on. Under his breath while nobody could hear him, he cursed Hiei out.

The party continued, and finally Keiko and Yusuke went outside. The sun was almost set, so now was the time that you could finally see the colors. They started walking in her backyard, and finally sitting down on the grass. They did this often as kids, and there was always a blanket out for them. "Wow, how long has this blanket been out? Since we were like seven, wasn't it?" Yusuke said, as they both started laughing.

"Yea, probably. I come out here a lot lately, watch the sun go down, just like when we were kids, except you usually aren't here to watch it with me anymore." She said, sounding kind of upset at that. "I'm glad you're here today... what made you think of coming to my house quickly? We were going to send Yukina to say there was something wrong with Kuwabara or something to get you here... but then Kuwabara saw you standing outside. So we all hid." He looked at her, knowing that he would soon be going on another case soon, had a flashback from when the last time Sazuku attacked afterwards. She asked him to promise to tell her the next time that he had a mission. He sat there, trying to figure out how to explain it, now that she knows that he is a spirit detective anyway. "Yusuke... what made you come here?" He looked at her with such a sincere look in his eye, not knowing how to tell her this. He thought to himself, 'Oh yea, I just found out the guy who tried to kill you last time who sent all those ugly blue looking bastards after you is back. Why go after you? Because he's a fucking nutcase and knows I love you, even if you don't know it everyone else does.' Keiko looked at him, seeing that he was having trouble. "Yusuke, please, just tell me the truth... what's going on. And what happened with Hiei inside too?"

Yusuke took a deep breath. "I think I'm going to have another case soon... but I'm afraid of leaving you alone for one second. The guy that we're after, is Suzaku... the one that almost killed you," He looked at her, holding her face in his hands, on the verge of tears. He shot his face down, so that she wouldn't see the look in his eyes. "And he almost got you that time. I remember seeing it on his screen... them almost killing you. I couldn't bare to see it." She looked at him confused.

"Why did he come after me though? What did I have to do with anything?" She looked confused, not knowing what to do.

"Because..." He took a deep breath, telling himself that it was now or never, knowing that she would find out anyway after this mission, so maybe this will help her more in staying safe. 'I hope she feels the same way I do to stay alive.' he thought to himself before finishing his sentence. "Because I love you, Keiko Yukimura." He said, as he finally looked up at her again, holding her hands in his. "I realized it the day that I almost lost you... the day Suzaku almost killed you. I thought I killed the bastard for the pain that he caused you, and I did... but he had enough energy to transmit a message to him that he needed help. Now I feel like of all people he's going to come after is you, and I have to make sure you're safe." He had a brief pause, as a tear ran down his cheek. She looked at him, not sure of what to do, or what to say, so she wiped the tear as he continued on. "I remember him there, about to kill me, and then I found out you were still alive. I laughed, and he got pissed, and knowing you were alive made me sacrifice myself, just to see you live one more day." As he said this to her, the sun finally vanished, a twinkle in her eye match that of the first star appeared in the sky. They both looked up, seeing a shooting star go across the sky. Keiko was on the verge of tears. "Keiko, I never want to see you cry."

"GET OUT OF THE WAY I WANT TO SEE!" Botan screamed at Kuwabara and Kurama who were standing in front of the window watching them. The whole party was crowding around the window trying to get a peek at what was happening, except for Yukina who was sitting on the couch. Kurama smiled, and Kuwabara started laughing.

"I always knew Urameshi was a sap." Kuwabara started laughing. He saw how happy Keiko looked. He finally turned away, walking over to Yukina. "Hey, baby."

Botan ran over to the window before anyone else could. "OH I knew they were perfect for each other."

"Yes, the chemistry is incredible. Beautiful, smart, athletic girl like Keiko falling for the trouble maker." He smirked. "I guess they really meant opposite's attract."

Keiko smiled at him. "You said that to me in my dream when you died. I was so afraid of you not coming back, then you came there in my dream and said that to me." She jumped on him, causing him to fall down on the blanket, him landing underneath her. "Oh, Yusuke." She kissed him, and it caught him by surprise at first, but then, he realized she loved him back, as her hand ran across his face and his hands moved down by her waist, as they were still kissing. They separated for a minute, and Keiko ran her fingers through his hair, watching it fall down as the gel was coming out. "I love you Yusuke." Then, he kissed her, as more and more stars starting popping out from the sky.

It was about Midnight, and Keiko was asleep laying down on the blanket, as Yusuke's arms were wrapped around her. "You might want to get her inside before her parents get home." Botan went over to Yusuke, knocking him a punch on the shoulder.

"You were right, I do love her."

"Bingo. Bingo you won the prize."

"Yes... I sure did."