hi all, Kairi here and Quistis has somehow mystically disappeared, oh well, now i get to write things the way i want them to be writen--oh yeah, i don't own the yu yu hakusho! for those of you who are wondering, this is a repost because the first time i put this out they removed it because the rating was to low, i had 15 reviews, and yes, i am VERY pissed about the whole thing, oh well, read away!

On the way to school, Yusuke and Keiko stopped by the manor on the hill, "Does Hiei really hang around this place?" Yusuke asked.

"Yep, I saw him here a couple of days ago in the tree near Nozomi's (no-z-om-as in 'mom'-ey as in 'hey') room when I came over here to talk her parents into letting her attend public school instead of being home schooled for the rest of her life." Keiko replied.

"So that's what this is all about, Hiei has CRUSH on her, doesn't he?" Yusuke said.

"Good morning to you too detective." Hiei said from behind Yusuke.

"Whoa!" Yusuke exclaimed turning around.

"Hello Hiei, hello Kurama." Keiko smiled.

"Hope you haven't forgotten about me either!" Botan called from above them.

"Good morning Botan!" Keiko called shielding her eyes from the sun.

"Hey Botan, you mind gettin' down before somebody sees you, I mean it's not everyday people get to see a blue haired girl on a flying oar." Yusuke said.

Botan frowned and landed, "And good morning to you too Yusuke." she replied. "Now where is Kuwabara, he's going to be late for school." Botan said putting her hands on her hips and looking around.

"You guys!! Please don't leave, I had this wicked-awesome dream about Yukina and I must've slept in!!" Kuwabara called running up the street.

Everyone turned to him, "Are you sure you just didn't break your bathroom mirror while you were looking in it, you know we'd find that excuse more believable." Hiei said.

"Talk all you want shrimpy but that dream about Yukina's not gonna let you ruin my day." Kuwabara said, then turned to the manor. Kuwabara's face turned pale, "Um, you guys, somethin' tells me that we shouldn't be here." he said.

"Calm down Kuwabara, we're waiting for a friend." Keiko said.

"But we're all here, who else do we need?" he asked.

Just then a blue figure came running down the manors walk. Hiei's eyes widened as he and the others watched Nozomi run down towards them. "Thanks for waiting Keiko, I'm sorry I took so long, this is my first day and..." her voice trailed off as she reached the front gate and her run slowly turned to a walk. She slowly opened the front gate, and looked around at all of the people in front of her house. "Um, Keiko, Yusuke, Kuwabara who are these people?" she asked cautiously walking out of the gate and slowly closing it behind her. "Oh, this is Botan, Kurama and Hiei these are some other friends of Yusuke and mine, I hope you don't mind me bringing them along." Keiko apologized.

Nozomi looked around and then smiled, "No, of course not, the more the merrier." she said.

Hiei stared at Nozomi with astonishment as everyone started on their way to school, she had jet-black hair, blue eyes, and was a head shorter then he was, he was amazed to find someone that short. He watched as she, Botan and Keiko talked and how beautiful she was, then he tripped over the sidewalk-

BOOM!

Everyone quickly turned around, "Are you alright?" Keiko asked.

"Yeah, I never thought you were so short that you would trip over some baby crack in the sidewalk Hiei." Kuwabara laughed.

Yusuke looked at Hiei, and saw that he was actually embarrassed by one of Kuwabara's comments, "Hey knock it off Kuwabara." Yusuke said.

"Huh? Who's side are you on Urameshi?" Kuwabara asked in shock.

Hiei looked up at Yusuke, who just gave him a simple smile and walked behind everyone else with Hiei and Kurama. "Thank you Yusuke." Hiei started.

"Hey no problem, but I've known Nozomi for a pretty long time, and she doesn't want some wimpy guy, she wants someone that will protect her and take care of her." Yusuke replied.

"Yes Hiei, it was embarrassing for even me to watch you take that in front of the girl your in love with." Kurama agreed looking down at Hiei.

"Hmph, I don't know what you're talking about." Hiei said walking slightly ahead of them