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Alright...Well this is my newest [ I think] And longest story so far...The first chapter is really...I don't know I personally don't care for the first chapter but things do get pretty interesting...

There are four characters that I created and you may notice that two of them are similar to Hiei and Kurama and there is a huge reason for this that I will explain when I am finished with the story.

I hope to get some comments/ critisism [THE HELPFULL KIND MIND YOU] for this story. I do not mind if you comment between my posting of chapters because this story is not done in the least...^_^;;; I think this will be a long one...[ I hope I finish it, I'm such a procrastinator...]

Also note that there is a large possibility of grammar mistakes...sometimes I type to fast and leave out words or punctuation marks...

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Botan floated above the city, sitting on her oar and looking around frantically. “Oh gosh…Is Yusuke in school today?” The grim reaper darted towards the school, heading towards the roof. She skidded to a stop, her kimono sleeves still swaying, “Or is it Saturday? Oh….I don’t have TIME for this!” She exclaimed, going back up into the air. The blue haired woman let out a sigh, closing her pink eyes. “Even if it was a school day…Yusuke probably would have skipped, so in that case….” She thought, putting a finger to her chin.

Smiling happily Botan began to fly at top speed towards the tunnels that were by the park. “Ok…Yusuke here I come.” She said defiantly…

XXXXXXXX Some school in Tokyo…..

Kyoko sighed, her elbows on her desk and her shin resting in her hands as the teacher gave a boring lesson on biology. Her bright blue eyes glanced down at her clothes, the school uniform certainly didn’t suit her…Not one bit, well maybe the black skirt…But the light green top was out.

Letting out a sigh Kyoko glanced out of the window, looking at the tree with a half lidded gaze. She looked into the eyes of a fire demon, which looked right back at her angrily. Said demon, leaned back a little repositioning himself and crossing his arms.

The school girl sighed and looked to her right at the person who sat beside her, Hoshi. Chestnut hair rustled a bit as Hoshi turned her head and looked to Kyoko with a smile. She took out a piece of paper and scribbled something down before sliding it to Kyoko.

Kyoko looked at the note which read, “I’m overflowing with boredom…you?” Kyoko smiled a little and wrote something down and slipped the note to Hoshi.

“Yes….I can see the purple slime coming from the top of your head….”

“Really? It’s purple? Wow. OH! I see it too! On your head!”

Kyoko laughed at this, a little too loud. A few heads turned and stared at her awkwardly but the teacher didn’t seem to notice.

Hiei quirked an eyebrow at this, leaning forward a bit, interested. “What strange practice is this girl doing?” He questioned, staring at the piece of paper intently. Though he was still hidden in the shadows, a pair of green eyes spotted him.

Hoshi said nothing and simply watched at Hiei stared back into her eyes, locking them. “What is it about that….girl…?”

Hiei growled slightly as a shrill ringing noise filled his ears. He jumped back, breaking his gaze, “Stupid human devices….” He muttered angrily.

Hoshi stood, shoving the note into her pocket, waving goodbye to Kyoko as she headed towards her history class.

Kyoko waved and let out a sigh, her emotionless mask once again covering her porcelain face as she headed towards the gym, where Nami would be waiting with Haya trying to out do her in sports. Sometimes she succeeded but most of the time she failed miserably. She pulled open the door to the locker room and changed her clothes….

XXXXX With Botan and friends….

Yusuke looked at Botan, “So let me get this straight…Four girls, one being Kyoko, have wavelengths showing up on Koenma’s screen?”

Botan nodded, “Yes, that is correct, and Koenma’s latest observations have show that during school hours they all are in the same area. That leads me to believe that they all go to the same school.”

Yusuke smirked and crossed his arms, “I’m not that stupid Botan you don’t have to explain everything to me. Nope.” He smiled brightly.

Botan sighed, running a hand through her pony tail and sighing. “Whatever…The point is you need to be on the safe side. Weather or not these, blips, are dangerous is unknown, but they are getting stronger day by day. So something big may happen soon.” She explained.

Yusuke quirked an eyebrow, you could practically see the multiple question marks floating above his head.

“GAH!” Botan thrust her hands up into the air in anger, “Just…Be cautious…We don’t know what could happen. You know what they say, under the right circumstances it could all go wrong.”

Yusuke rubbed the back of his head, “Since when did they say that?”

Botan sighed and turned on her heel, “You’re so hopeless…..” She said quietly to herself…

XXXXXXXXXX At…um…READ AND FIND OUT!

Hiei sat in a tree, looking down at the outdoor volleyball court. “Stupid humans and their idiotic practices.” He glanced down at Kyoko and watched as she stood a few feet away from the net. A taller girl with blue and orange hair tossed the ball in the air, hit it with her hand and set it flying over the net to the other people.

The demon’s red eyes followed the ball as it was hit back to the starting side. Kyoko passed the ball to another teammate who spiked it down onto the ground. A girl from the second team tossed the ball into the air and hit it over the net. Kyoko hit it back, scoring another point as it bounced along the ground.

Another shrill sound made Hiei wince and almost fall out of the tree. He continued to watch intently as a woman with a red metal item in her hand walked up to the court. “Very good very good.” She said with a smile, “Nami could you switch teams with Kuguri?”

Nami nodded, “Yes Miss Heike,” the fake blond said bowing her head and switching over to the other side, her position next to Kyoko. Nami shot the raven haired girl a glare and smiled smugly. “Finally…a chance to beat Kyoko in volleyball.” She thought tossing her hair over her shoulder.

Kyoko glared right back, “Bring it b***h…” She thought angrily, clenching her hands into fists. Miss Heike blew the whistle again and the ball was served…

Hiei leaned back in the tree, letting his arms hang loosely. He closed his eyes and sighed, almost sleeping until he heard a scream and a curse word. Red eyes snapped open as he scanned the area, looking at the situation on the court.

The volleyball was on the ground of the second team’s side, Kyoko was on the ground with a bleeding knee and the one he had come to know as, Nami, was next to her on the ground with a bleeding elbow.

“You pushed me! Miss Heike she pushed me!” Nami whined, though it was more of a high pitched scream. Hiei covered his ears wincing, “She’s worse than the shrill noise that the woman made….” He said lowly and growling.

Miss Heike put her hands on her hips, “Nami I saw what happened, Kyoko tried to set the ball and you jumped in front of her as her hands went upwards. It may have looked as if she pushed you but in actuality you landed on her….” She said looking to the bleeding girls. “Go to the nurse…You’re excused for the rest of class.”

Kyoko looked towards Nami with a smirk before standing and walking towards the building. Nami followed, staying a few feet behind.

Hiei looked down at the scene, now on the top of the roof, “Hn…Humans…”

XXXXXXXXXX After school with-------

Hoshi sat in her desk, still slightly asleep. The bell had rang but she found herself too tired to get up and leave. Suddenly she heard the door open and footsteps followed.

“Damn.” A familiar voice said, “Where did I leave…Oh…Found it. Hm? Hoshi? What are you doing here it’s time to go.”

Hoshi lifted her head with half lidded eyes and looked up at Kyoko, “Too tired.” She muttered, rubbing her eyes. Kyoko smiled a little and then looked out the window to see Hiei, closer to the building than he usually was.

Hoshi looked up at Kyoko, seeing her stare off into a different direction. She quirked her eyebrow and lifted her head looking in the same direction and catching sight of the spiky-haired demon. “Who’s that?” She asked, too tired to be frantic and jump back in shock.

Kyoko jumped slightly, looking down at the green eyed girl. “Um….that’s….Hiei….” As she said his name he blinked twice, staring at the two teenage girls.

Hoshi tensed a bit, “He’s a demon…”

Kyoko turned to her, “You can tell then?” She asked astonished and wide-eyed. “How can you tell?”

Hoshi shrank back a bit, “I just...can…You sure do act more joyful around me. Not as quiet…” She commented resting her head back on the desk and staring at Hiei. Their eyes locked again, green into red and red into green.

Hiei broke the gaze and turned his back to the window, stubbornly crossing his arms, “Stupid humans…Always staring.” He muttered angrily before glancing over his shoulder at them….

XXXXXXXXXXX Somewhere…Else…Later that night.

Kurama crossed his arms, leaning against the apartment complex and looking up at the sky. Sensing Hiei he looked over his shoulder and spotted Kyoko walking with her hands in her pockets, black hair flowing behind her. “This must be Kyoko…I can sense Hiei following her….” He thought looking upwards and finding the fire demon.

Kyoko looked to the red haired boy through icy eyes, “I see…You know Hiei and my name?” She spoke aloud. “Sorry…I can hear thoughts sometimes…not on queue though.” Kyoko said closing her eyes and standing still, waiting for Hiei.

Said demon ran up to his kitsune friend, and nodded his head, “Hn.”

“Hello to you too Hiei.” Kurama said, chuckling a little. Hiei glanced to Kyoko with an odd expression.

Kyoko nodded, “Go ahead, I’m sure you’re getting bored with this anyhow…” She said waving slightly and looking at them with a dull expression.

Kurama looked to her and smiled, “Goodbye Kyoko.” He stated also waving as she walked off into the night. He turned back to Hiei, looking down at him, “So how is it going?”

Hiei turned slightly, “Well her and this, Nami, person are always at war, she has a friend named Hoshi who reminds me of you…”

He was cut off by Kurama, “How does she remind you of me?”

Hiei looked to him, eyes half lidded, “Green eyes...Anyways…I’m bored.”

Kurama nodded and began walking, beckoning Hiei to follow, “Koenma said that four strange blips have been appearing lately. All of them appear to be in the same area during the school hours…”

“Hn…” Was Hiei’s only response.

“He’s going to check to see when they are grouped and when they are not, perhaps it will help identify them, well, besides Kyoko who we know is one of the blips.” Kurama continued, setting his hands in his pockets. “The blips appear to be very strong; it’s amazing anything chaotic hasn’t happened yet.”

Hiei glanced to him, “Key word being, ‘yet’.” He replied dryly and looking back in front of him.

XXXXXXXXXXXXX With….

Hoshi sat down in her room on the dark wooden floor in her pajamas, thinking. Her hair was tied up into a pony tail and her arms were crossed as she replayed the scenes of the last few minutes of school.

“That Hiei guy…” She thought looking down at the floor, “He was staring at me…why?” Hoshi sighed, “Him and Kyoko are very similar….”

The phone rang and Hoshi sighed picking it up, “Hey Nami, hey Haya.”

“Three way calling, a miracle…” Hoshi thought with heavy sarcasm.

“Like, you won’t believe what that b***h Kyoko did to Nami today!” Haya chirped.

“Yeah…such a b***h don’t you think?” Nami questioned, her voice practically told you she was smirking while throwing darts at an, “I love Kyoko shirt.” ((thanks Whitewillowboulevard, INSPIRATION!))

Hoshi sighed inwardly, sitting on her bed, “Yeah….such a b***h….”

Koenma sat in his chair, twiddling his fingers and glancing nervously to the screen. It was school hours in Tokyo, Kyoko’s gym period to be specific. Three blips of energy were on the screen, one being Hiei, another being Kyoko and another being one of the other three blips.

Earlier that day Koenma observed that in Kyoko’s biology class another blip, not the one on the screen now, was on the screen.

“Perhaps it will be easier to catch these than we think….” The toddler said nodding his head slightly. “Botan…” He called.

The reaper lifted her head and entered the room, “Yes Koenma?”

“Botan…I want you to give these to Hiei, it will assist us in determining who the other three blips are…” Koenma said as a few papers came out of the printer.

Botan nodded, her hair swaying, “Yes Koenma, I will take care of this as soon as I can.” She took the papers off of the printer, folding them and then placing them in her kimono. Raising her left hand her oar appeared and she flew out of the room, smiling.

Koenma let out a sigh as she left, “If it is this easy…something will go wrong….”

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Botan flew above Kyoko’s school, only able to find it because she sensed Hiei. She sped down to the tree, beside the branch where Hiei was perched. “Hiei!” She exclaimed.

Hiei glanced to her, “Hn. What is it…?” The demon questioned dully. “So perky….” He thought grimly.

Botan smiled, “He’s so cute when he’s irritated!” She thought happily, still floating next to him. “Koenma got some new reports! It will make it easier to figure out who is which blip of energy! He circled yours and Kyoko in red since those two are definite. He has a different picture for each hour of the school day.” She stated, taking the pictures out of her kimono and handing them to Hiei with a smile.

Hiei took the pictures, flipping through them and looking at the circled red blips. He figured that the one that was always off to the side was himself and the other would obviously be Kyoko. “Hrm... Thanks Botan.” He said with little emotion as he looked off into the distance.

Botan let out a fake gasp, “The angry evil demon said thank you! Aw!” She hugged him and Hiei squirmed growling.

“Get off of me.” He said angrily.

Botan released him, giggling like a maniac, “See you later Hiei!” She said, flying off to go make sure Yusuke was in school today.

Hiei watched her leave, as much as he hated her perky, overly happy, attitude; Hiei found her company well…enjoyable, unlike the pin-heads, Kuwabara, who simply annoyed the living hell out of him. Or it could be the fact that the idiot was infatuated with his sister… None the less Hiei did enjoy arguing with him, “Hn.” Hiei looked back to the window where Kyoko was talking to Hoshi.

He sighed, looking to Hoshi, “She reminds me so much of Kurama…Why…Why am I fascinated with a stupid human school girl…” He thought as he stood, taking one last glance at her before jumping into a different tree so he didn’t have to look at her. “Why.”

“Like, Oh my gosh!”

Hiei turned his head and spotted none other than Kurama and the two girls he had come to know as Haya and Nami. “What’s Kurama doing here? He doesn’t even go to this school?” He questioned silently.

Kurama took a step back from them, “Now, um…Ladies…”

Nami squealed in delight, “It’s Suichi!” (A/N I hope I spelled that correctly…)

It was at this time that Haya chirped in, “Oh! Suichi! What are you doing here? You don’t even attend this school!”

Kurama sighed, “I certainly am well known…” He thought grimly. The kitsune smiled meekly, “Um…I came to visit a friend of mine. Two…actually.”

The two girls squealed again and Kurama put his hands gently over his ears.

Nami smiled crossing her arms across her chest, “So who did you come to see?”

The red head closed his eyes with a sigh, “Kyoko and another girl, I believe her name is Hoshi.”

Nami clenched her hands into fists, “What!?” She screamed. Haya patted her on the back, attempting to calm the girl. “How did that little brat get you of all people to talk to her?!”

Kurama took a step back, again, and glanced to Hiei, who remained in the tree. “Well…Goodbye.” He said as he began to walk past them.

Nami simply stared in shock before turning on her heel angrily and storming off with Haya at her side.

Hiei watched as they disappeared from sight and then looked to Kurama who hadn’t walked all too far. The black haired man jumped out of the tree and walked over to his friend.

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Hoshi glanced out of the window and into the tree but spotted no one, “Hey…Kyoko…”

Kyoko lifted her head, strands of raven hair swaying a bit, “Yes?”

“Where’s that Hiei guy? And why was he in the tree anyway?” Hoshi questioned, tilting her head to the side with a look of confusion and curiosity.

Kyoko let out a sigh, “Well you see…” The door slid open and a tall figure with long red hair entered the room, followed by a short figure in black. “Um….”

Kurama looked to Hoshi with a smile and then looked to Kyoko, and the first person who came to mind when he saw her was none other than Hiei. “She even looks like him in the face…despite the blue eyes….and the fact that she only has two…” The red head closed the emerald eyes that resided in his head, “Kyoko it’s nice to see you, who is this friend of yours?”

Kyoko looked to Kurama with a dull expression, but her eyes showed that she was thankful. “Kurama, Hoshi, Hoshi, Kurama.” She said gesturing to the figures with her pale hands.

“Hn.” Hiei looked away from the two girls and turned his back to them, not wanting to look at Hoshi, nor Kyoko in fear she would read his thoughts. “I’ll be back…” The demon stated, exiting the room and entering the hall. He leaned against the wall, taking out the pictures the overly happy spirit guide had given him. Hiei looked to the labels, ‘First hour,’ ‘Second hour.’ He continued to flip through them, soon finding himself at the last picture that was labeled, ‘After hours.’

One blip, circled in red was off to the side, where a tree would be located so he recognized this as himself. The other blip was located inside the building, also circled in red, Kyoko. Hiei studied the picture, next to Kyoko’s blip there was another one…And the only person he recognized her ever socializing with after school was, “Hoshi.” He stated sternly before putting the pictures back in his pocket. The red eyed man looked to the classroom he had exited suspiciously. “But I can’t sense much from her…then again I can’t sense all that much from Kyoko either….”

“Hn.”

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Kurama looked to the two girls with little expression on his face. The room was silent and Kyoko occupied this time by staring out the window at a squirrel.

Kyoko was the first to break the silence with an odd comment, “Squirrels are evil I tell you…Once threw a nut at my cousin, hit him in the head.”

Hoshi refused her urge to burst out into laughter and replied with a simple chuckle. Kurama put a hand to his forehead and smiled meekly.

The room fell silent again. Hoshi let out a sigh, glancing to Kurama through her own green eyes, her chestnut hair resting on her shoulders lightly. Hoshi followed Kurama’s gaze and found him to be looking at Kyoko, who continued to stare out the window. Her elbows were resting on the window sill and her chin was in her hands, black hair flowing down her back.

Kyoko’s blue eyes flickered over to Kurama, a questioning look coming from them as she caught the red head staring at her.

Kurama set his hands in his pockets looking away from her and at the clock. He let out a sigh, leaning on the teacher’s desk.

Hoshi stood, brushing off her black skirt before stretching her arms. “Well…I better get going…” She stated, walking towards the door.

Kyoko straightened and turned to look at her, giving a slight wave, “Ok…Bye.” She said, watching the brunette exit the room.

Kurama gave a slight wave and turned to Kyoko, “You’re not worried that you have a demon following you?” He questioned her with a soft smile.

Raven hair rusted a bit as the blue eyed girl turned to face him, “You’re a demon aren’t you?” She questioned him nonchalantly before closing her eyes, “In any case, the answer is no. If he meant me harm he would have done it already, it has been three days. He has had multiple chances to kill me…And besides, I am a telepath so I could see it coming.”

Kurama nodded, “I wish to…explain more to you, about what is going on.”

Black eyebrows arched as Kyoko’s interest was peaked.

“Do you know exactly why Hiei is following you?” Kurama continued. Kyoko shook her head and Kurama let out a sigh as he began to explain the ordeal.........

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Hoshi shut the door behind her, closing her eyes and sighing as she took a step down the hall. “Great, her again…why…” Hiei’s voice cut through her thoughts. The comment angered her and her eyes snapped open. She turned on her heel looking down the hall and spotting the spiky haired man, “Do you just hate me or something?”

Hiei lifted his head, arching an eyebrow, “What are you talking about human?”

Hoshi looked to him and then realized he hadn’t said anything, “Uh…I…” She trailed off, deeply confused. This had happened before at Nami’s house. Hoshi sighed again and opened her mouth about to apologize for being rash but Hiei spoke before her.

“I don’t hate you.” He said dully, not looking to her.

Hoshi smiled, “Sorry I snapped at you…I thought you said something…This happened at Nami’s house…Oh my gosh! Nami’s house…Crap…AH! I got to go! See you Hiei!” She exclaimed darting down the hall towards the stairs half tripping.

Hiei simply watched her leave, “Telepathy…well that just proves it.” He murmured, watching her leave.

XXXXXXXXXXX

Hoshi flew down the last flight of stairs, almost tripping. She ran out the schools front doors, racing towards Nami’s house, “Holy crap…I’m going to be so late….” She said dully as she continued running her hair flowing behind her.

The green eyed girl approached Nami’s house, quickly opening the door after knocking. She took off her shoes and ran into Nami’s room, “Sorry I’m late guys.” She exclaimed entering the pink and purple room, almost slipping on the wooden floor.

Haya looked to her, “Where have you been?”

“Doing some of my homework at the school, I almost forgot to come here today…” She stated.

Nami looked to Hoshi, “Why did Suichi want to see you? Why didn’t he come to see us as well?”

Haya sighed in a crazed fan girl way, “Oh…his red hair is so pretty…”

“Shut up.” Nami snapped, “That’s not important right now.” Haya blushed out of embarrassment.

“Suichi? She must mean Kurama…I think…but why would he go by two different names…Oh well…” Hoshi thought, slightly confused as to who Suichi was since she wasn’t the fan girl type, but she now realized who it was. “Um….I don’t know why he wanted to see me….He didn’t talk to me much.”

“Well he also said he was going to see that brat Kyoko.” Nami paused, “You weren’t with her….were you?” She asked, giving Hoshi a piercing glare.

Hoshi looked to her and then to Haya without a word. She crossed her arms and looked off to the side, refusing to answer Nami, who let out a gasp.

“You were! You were hanging out with that…that…”

“b***h.” Haya finished for the blond, with a smile plastered onto her face. Haya’s fake smile vanished and she looked to Hoshi.

Hoshi looked back to Nami, “And if I was?” She questioned dryly.

Nami crossed her arms, “Get out…Get out of my house.”

Hoshi stood, “Alright…” She said with a shrug as she opened the door.

Nami frowned, “You’re just as much of a cold, heartless, b***h as she is.”

Hoshi smiled a little, “How little you know about her.” With that she exited the room and left Nami’s house confidently…She walked about a block and a half with her confidence before a wave of sadness hit her like a brick wall. She let out a sigh, holding the tears in. Why was she so sad anyway? It’s not like Nami was the person who she should care a lot about. But still…To have that, ‘friendship’, if you’d call it that, taken away…

With shining green eyes she entered the park, sitting down under a tree solemnly. She let out a sigh as the first tear stroked her face. “Daggit, Hoshi don’t cry…” She told herself, “What’s there to cry for?”

“Yeah…what are you crying for?” A monotone voice said from above.

Hoshi looked up into the tree at the black form, “Hiei?”

The demon jumped down landing next to her, “You shouldn’t cry over something stupid.”

Hoshi’s gaze hardened, “How do you know what happened?” She questioned.

Hiei set his hands in his pockets looking away from her and leaning against the tree. “Hn. Just don’t cry over trivial matters…”