Hello all! This is my Kurama fic!! My friend forced me to start watching Yu Yu Hakusho, and now I'm totally hooked! I love Kurama and Hiei! They're awesome! Okay, well, this is a Kurama x OC fic...and please note, I have not finished watching the series (my friend banned me from watching any more episodes until I cracked down and finished writing this fic!). So if there are inconsistencies/people are out of character, I'm sorry! I just wanted to get this story out, I wasn't trying to keep everyone in character like in my Escaflowne fic. But, enough of me rambling, I'm sorry the first chapter is so short, the next one's are longer! And I have finished this story! I will update again soon!

Thanks for reading!! Reviews are, as always, greatly appreciated!

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho...although I wish I owned Kurama!!

Chapter One: The Girl and the Book

Letting his vibrant eyes fall shut, he reveled in the relaxing darkness. The bustle, the noise, and the harsh lighting of the subway faded away into a cool darkness. The pounding of the headache that had persisted since math class slowly began to disappear. Kurama sighed, letting his shoulders relax as the subway rushed him closer to home.

The subway stopped with a slight jerk. Kurama swayed, balanced himself, and flicked his eyes open. He let the businessmen and university students squeeze past him. As the people filed out and other passengers filed in, they created a human barrier near the door.

"Excuse me! Excuse me, sorry! Sorry, this is my stop!"

Kurama's green eyes fell on a slim schoolgirl trying to squeeze through two businessmen. She clutched a small stack of books and binders to her chest. Flipping her braid of brown hair over her shoulders, she finally squeezed through but only to lose her balance, trip, bump into Kurama, and spill her books at his feet.

"Oh!" she exclaimed, dropping to her knees and scrambling to gather her things. Kurama smiled kindly and knelt down to help her.

"I'm so sorry," she mumbled. He handed her a book. "Thank you."

Kurama chuckled softly. "It's fine. Glad I could help."

The girl stood up with a grateful smile, again clutching her books to her chest. Her bright blue eyes widened slightly as she finally looked fully at Kurama's face. Nervously, she fingered the end of her braid.

The doors of the subway began to slide close. The girl blinked and gasped. "Oh! Thank you for helping me!" Then she turned and ran, barely slipping through before the doors shut.

Kurama moved to a sear, chuckling to himself. What a strange girl, he thought. The subway started moving gain, and something blue slid across the floor near his feet. Frowning, Kurama bent down and picked up the slim book. His eyes widened in realization.

That girl...She must have dropped this when she tripped and didn't notice in her haste to leave... Curious, he turned it over to read the title. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. He opened the front cover and saw, written in blue ink, the name Mika Arasaka. A phone number, a school name, and the school's phone number followed the name. Kurama blinked. She goes to my school... He opened to the first page and began reading.

"Once when I was six years old I saw a magnificent picture in a book, called True Stories from Nature, about the primeval forest.

"It was a picture of a boa constrictor in the act of swallowing an animal. Here is a copy of the drawing..."

Mika turned her bookbag upside down and shook it roughly. Pencils, pens, and scraps of paper tumbled out, but no book. Panicked, she tugged on her braid, casting her gaze frantically around her room.

"Oh no, oh no...I know I had it!"

Her mind raced, retracing her steps, rushing through all of her actions until she slammed into the answer.

"The boy on the subway!" She groaned loudly and flopped onto her bed. "It's long gone now, probably on the other side of the city under a seat somewhere..."

Thanks for reading!! My French class is reading Le Petit Prince (the original French version) and I couldn't help but connect it to Kurama!! If you haven't read the book, I've tried to make every reference as clear as possible. It's a really good book, go and read it!! Thanks again!!