Remember Huminshou? I'm back at that comedy/romance thing, this time with Yusuke and Kurama! Some familiar characters may show up as well, including Hiei, Kuwabara, and our favorite Universe! Eerm…Universe? Yes, this was the main character of Huminshou, and may it show no mercy in Mischief 101. Of course, Chapter 1 has a much different feel; due to the character of Kurama in contrast to Hiei…but it works.

Read, review, and enjoy!

Warnings: Shounen-Ai (Boy-Boy Romance), casual light swearing, wacky comic mischief/violence, parodies and intelligent humor, and possible references to delinquent teenage activities such as smoking and alcohol use.

Disclaimer: Yu Yu Hakusho and all related characters and plots © Yoshihiro Togashi.

Mischief 101

By Zelia Theb

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It was a beautiful afternoon, the sun was shining, filtering through the skyscrapers of the city and touching the heads of only the very luckiest passing pedestrians. The wind was a light breeze, warmed by the sun, and barely moving red locks of hair.

Red locks of hair which belonged to a certain seventeen year old boy.

A seventeen year old boy with emerald eyes and a fox-demon soul merged with his own soul.

A boy with two different types of souls yet one mind, eagerly trying to stop an impending crime.

Shuichi Minamino, otherwise known as Kurama to those who know him as the notorious thief of the Demon World, was racing into a nearby comic book store. His friend and ally, the infamous Spirit Detective with wildly slicked back ebony hair, had just informed him that he was going to steal some manga.

"But Yusuke!" Kurama called out, causing heads to turn and nasty stares to come his way (after all, silence was golden).

"Shh!" the delinquent returned, pulling Kurama by Shuichi's maroon school-uniform in between two tall rows of bookshelves, "Ya don't wanna get me caught, do you?"

"That's precisely my point!" Kurama whispered, so close to the detective that he could taste the chocolate on the boy's breath, "I have the en, and would be happy to loan it to you!"

"This coming from the great thief Youko Kurama?" Yusuke retorted sarcastically, "Come on, man. Save it for some flowers…eer I guess some tea for your mom or something. It's fun to get away with stuff! I'm so sick of playing a 'regular save-the-day-super-hero'!" With that comment, Yusuke let go of the fabric of his ally's clothing and began browsing the shelves.

"Yusuke…" Kurama murmured nervously. He was well aware that the staff of the shop had eyes on both of them, and quite possibly Koenma as well. Using his demon knowledge to assist Yusuke would not fit well in Koenma's diet, but a haphazard theft would surely get the both of them caught, and cause his mother Shiori great heartbreak.

However, Yusuke would not heed his warning. He found the precise manga that he had come for; volume one of a new comedic manga.

"You're really going to read that, Yusuke?" Kurama asked, curious as to why Yusuke would be interested in a romance comic anyway.

"Keiko said it was cool," the slightly shorter boy answered, studying the art on the cover, "I guess it's about this team of humans and demons, and one day one of the demons gets in trouble and is forced to live with one of the humans…" Yusuke paused, then added, "With comedic results…"

"Uhm…yes, but you do know what "Huminshou" means, don't you?" Kurama inquired, referring to the title of the soon-to-be-stolen manga. The detective shrugged his shoulders, and Kurama sighed, "It means a sleep disorder. It's a romance story where the demon and human fall in love because the demon discovered that the cure for his insomnia was…"

"Ah, stupid Keiko!" Yusuke cursed. As he took the book out of the jacket of his green uniform (because during Kurama's explanation, he had procured it), the two of them were startled by the owner of the store. Due to the Universe's odd sense of humor, he just had to be big, burly, and intimidating. And by intimidating, they really meant scary. Oh, he was scary.

And he was yelling.

"I knew it!" the owner yelled, "Get over here right now and give me that book!"

Kurama's eyes went wide as Yusuke did the opposite of what he was in the process of doing; and put the book back into his jacket. He sped out the store faster than lightning, telling Kurama to follow. And in that split second, the boy left behind decided that a punishment from the Prince of Spirit World was worth saving his mother the ache of discovering that her son was some sort of thief.

Simply put, the two of them high-tailed it out of there. The burly man was only a few paces behind them, following them around every corner they turned (which had eventually led them around the block and back to the store). As they turned that first corner a second time, they were greeted by the local police, who the staff had called to apprehend the shoplifters.

"Go!" Kurama shouted to Yusuke, his eyes pointing in the correct direction of escape (a predictably nearby alleyway). Yusuke nodded and made haste to the escape route, while Kurama did something drastic.

He put them to sleep, and not in the sad six-feet-under kind of way either. A more radical, more tasteful, and definitely more elegant way; by using his powers to grow Demon World flowers with sleep-inducing pollen.

Unfortunately, said alleyway was a predictable dead-end, and the burly shop owner was predictably invincible to the pollen (although he was in awe of the strange plants bursting forth from the pavement).

So, predictably and ironically (Would the Universe have it any other way?), they were caught. Six hours and three grueling parental discussions later, Yusuke found himself pissed off and perched on a tree branch level with the window to Kurama's room. Okay, so his mother wasn't all that surprised that Yusuke was in trouble.

She wasn't all that much of a mother, either.

The window slid open, and Kurama glared at him from his bedroom. He was angry, but still invited him inside, under the condition that he keep quiet so that his mother would not awaken from her sleep.

"How'd it go?" the teen asked his friend, chocolate eyes showing the utmost of regret for his friend.

"She wept, until I assured her that I was merely in the wrong place at the wrong time…"

"Ah…" Yusuke sighed in relief, kicking off his shoes and making himself comfortable on Kurama's neatly made bed, "I don't mind if ya place the blame on me, seeing as it was my dumb ass that got us into this mess."

"Yes, but it was mine that delivered naptime to the police, Yusuke," Kurama reminded him. He joined his friend on the bed, seating himself next to Yusuke's head and relaxing his back on his bedroom wall.

"Sorry man," the other boy apologized, "I wish…"

"It is worse, I'm afraid," Kurama sighed heavily, "The Academy that I attend got word of our fiasco…I've been expelled." Yusuke choked; he had really…truly…screwed up.

Yusuke went to apologize once more, sitting up and moving to rest a hand on Kurama's shoulder, but the fox-demon just brushed him aside. It wasn't that Kurama was angry with him, it's that he could swear he heard some sort of ringing, like…an urgent phone call, or something.

Huddled into his knees, unsure of what to say next (as Yusuke believed Kurama was really upset with him), he watched with surprise as the other boy pulled out a compact make-up mirror and greeted it with a soft tone. That's it, the fox was driven mad!

Or…Yusuke was just an idiot. In fact, he was, as Koenma pointed out over Kurama's communicator (the so-called "make-up mirror"). Yusuke angrily stared back at the short and royally adorned toddler; whose expression was a mix of seriousness and laughter behind his shiny blue pacifier.

"What's up baby breath?" Yusuke said, being careful not to get too hot-headed and wake Shiori.

"Well, Yusuke…" the young prince began, folding his hands on the desk he was seated at, "You and Kurama are in some serious trouble." Kurama exhaled his heaviest sigh of the day, prompting Yusuke to drape an arm over his shoulder and give it a tight squeeze. After all, it allowed him to get a better view of the tiny screen.

"It's not just the fact that you two were causing trouble, more-so, that you were causing trouble, Yusuke," Koenma continued, "What really gets to me is that Kurama used his powers in public on innocent human civilians! It was a serious matter, and I had to send some of my employees here at Spirit World to wipe that memory from every victim and witness' mind! It was rather difficult, not to mention expensive on our payroll!"

"I'm sorry, sir," the redhead apologized, his breath somewhat short due to the fact that Yusuke was still squeezing him.

"Well, the punishment that I had in mind is no longer necessary, so I changed yours to fit our troublesome detective's." Yusuke's grip lightened as he listened more intently; "It wasn't difficult to have one of my employees convince Atsuko…I mean, your mother, Yusuke, to send you off to boarding school; at the expense of the 'Delinquent Teen Reformation' organization." Kurama immediately clamped a hand over Yusuke's mouth; and it's a good thing he did. Shiori would have woken up for sure.

"You mean, at the expense of Spirit World then," he stated calmly in place of Yusuke.

"Precisely," the toddler replied, "And seeing as you were expelled from your school, Kurama, I made arrangements for you to attend as well. You'll be roommates with Yusuke; essentially his babysitter; as your punishment. On the plus side, the school is rather prestigious, so your education isn't as marred as you believed a moment ago."

The long-hair boy clapped his hand back over Yusuke's mouth, but he still managed to utter, "You mean I gotta go to school every day? And where do you get off using the word 'baby-sitter'? What the he-rmph!" A moment later, Kurama whisked his hand away, having felt something wet touch his palm. He looked over to Yusuke for some sort of explanation, and he answered, "I licked it."

Looking back into the communicator (and finding that Koenma's eyebrows were quirked up from the licking comment), Yusuke argued once more, "You mean to tell me that there is a conveniently placed boarding school right here smack dab in the middle of the hustle and bustle of Japan?"

"…Yes."

"That makes no sense!"

Koenma grinned as he observed Kurama shove a fluffy white pillow into Yusuke's face. Before signing off of the communicator, he announced, "Start packing! You boys start tomorrow. Koenma, out."

And the screen flickered to a dull black.

Truly, the school was conveniently placed smack dab in the middle of the hustle and bustle of Japan…right on the outskirts of the city, sandwiched between vast mountainous forest and tall buildings. The uniforms were midnight blue with ivory and gold trim; green jackets and long hair was not an option for the dresscode here. Kurama was forced to either tie his hair back into a low ponytail, or 'cut it off' completely. After thinking about it; he decided to tie it back. He shuddered just thinking of the many other places to hide his demon world plants; and most importantly, his rose whip.

Their dorm was located at the end of a very long hallway, consisting of marble floor tiling which alternated deep blue and crimson like a checkerboard, and beige walls with tall Western-style archways. Prestigious indeed…but that was just the hallways.

Their room itself, was small, but nicely decorated. Two beds sat together, a bit less than a meter apart, in a corner cove to the right of the doorway. A rather pleasant and quaint desk stood beneath a single pane window, and opposite of that were two closets, a dresser, and the door to a bathroom; where there was both a toilet and a standing shower (1). All of the wood and trim was stained with a cherry finish, the carpeting a midnight to match the school uniforms, and creamy-white and blue finished off the décor of the shades, walls, and bedding.

It was too fancy and organized for one Yusuke Urameshi.

"Why didn't they just give us one giant bed? I mean, we'll practically be sleeping that way since the place is so cramped up," the detective remarked, trying desperately to find something to complain about.

Kurama chuckled as he unpacked his suitcases into the left closet, joking, "Oh Yusuke, you know that they don't want to discourage abstinence."

Yusuke grinned from ear to ear; well, it was more of a devilish smirk. He plopped his backpack down next to Kurama's suitcase and wrapped his arms around his ally's waist, whispering, "Damn, you got me. I was just about to suggest that we push the beds together." The boy could not see the blush that dyed his friend's face (mostly because he was behind him), but that wasn't going to stop him from doing what he wanted to.

Which was tickle Kurama at his sides. And so Kurama allowed the shirt that he was hanging up to fall to the ground, finding that prying Yusuke off of him was his priority. A knock at their dormitory door halted their fun.

Upon answering it, they were greeted by an overly giddy cerulean-haired girl, dressed in a white blouse and a dark blue pleated skirt. Violet irises were obscured by her smile. Yep; it was the Grim Reaper (and also Koenma's assistant when it came to Yusuke), Botan.

"Oh crap, what now?" Yusuke remarked, shutting the door behind Botan as Kurama led her inside.

"Nothing!" Botan answered.

"I take it that you're going undercover here just as you did at Yusuke's old school," Kurama noted.

"Bingo!" Yusuke answered for Botan, sticking a finger up into the air and trying to make his voice sound as feminine as possible. The ferrywoman smacked him in the back of the head and shook her finger at him in retaliation.

When the boy had finished rubbing his head through his black locks of hair, he remarked, "So…Botan…what room are you staying in?" He was about to fondle her Keiko-style (also known as trying to snatch a free grope) when Kurama held him back.

Only to add to hilarity of the situation, adding, "Yes, Botan, what room are you residing in? I wouldn't mind studying with you some day…" He wasn't serious, but for some unknown and omni-stellar reason he wanted to make Yusuke jealous.

It worked, but it also made Botan blush; what with the two boys flirting with her in competition and all. A series of eyebrow raises and demonically impure smirks exchanged between the two boys, and Botan couldn't help but laugh and scold them at the same time.

"You two! You're rubbing off on each other already!" she yelled, fists balled up and arms straight at her sides, "You know that I can't guide souls over to Spirit World and have time to go to school! This is just so I can walk around the halls and not have to explain how I can fly on an oar!"

"Damn…" Yusuke muttered sarcastically, also pondering why he had to go to school and fight demon bad guys at the same time. Kurama chuckled for the second time that day, and Botan breathed a sigh of relief (there was always a lot of sighing to be done when Yusuke was up to his old troublemaking ways).

The boy sensed that he would be able to change Kurama, and show him what being a teenaged human boy was all about. Sure, he wouldn't be able to skip school, or possibly even smoke anymore, but he would show him…oh yes…he would definitely show him how to live life to its fullest. After all, in a sense they had both been given a second chance when it came to being alive, so why should he be so polite yet regretful at the same time?

To Be Continued…

1 - In Japan, and some other countries as well, sometimes the toilet is not in the same room as the shower. Also, showers are different there, and are used to wash oneself before entering a very hot bath. Not always though, but this is just to clear up any confusion.

Author's Note

I've made it my mission to finish all of my unfinished fanfictions before May. I was actually aiming for the end of March, but I didn't want to break any promises. This means my YGO fanfictions too. If Only She Knew, my co-write with kurama-sweethart does not count here! Anyway, this means that the only things I'll be working on is my cosplay costume for AN2005 and fan-fictions.

If you haven't joined the Thebes Forum (click link in my bio) yet, do so now; you won't regret it!

I apologize if this is lacking…somewhat. The introduction chapters are always the toughest hooks to write! I hope that everyone enjoyed the hidden parodies and such. Expect Hiei and Kuwabara to drop in between Chapters 2 and 3.

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Thanks for reading.

Zelia Theb