This is my very first fic. I'm really excited, as you can imagine. This is mainly a KuramaxBotan fic. There will also be some KeikoxYusuke and KuwabaraxYukina moments as well. And don't worry Hiei fans, your favorite three-eyed koorime will definitely be present throughout this fic. Please read and review. I would really appreciate it. Constructive criticism will be welcome, which also includes flamers. But I have to warn you, if you choose to flame, please choose your words carefully. Other than that, on with the story……….

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho. If I did, Kurama and Botan would have hooked up, and so would have Mukuro and Hiei.
Haunted

Chapter 1

He ran towards a familiar figure. He was shouting her name frantically, his heart racing. He couldn't wait to tell her. She was standing in a field filled with beautiful flowers. She fell to the ground. He ran even faster to her side, his eyes filling with worry and concern. He lifted her into his arms and turned her around. He felt a warm liquid pass through his fingers.

The liquid was warm and crimson. The liquid was blood.

Tears streamed down his flawless visage. He had lost her. He would never again hear her laugh or revel in her company. He cradled her lifeless body in his arms, all the while rocking her as if she were asleep. He began to sob uncontrollably.

"I told you that she would never be yours…." cackled an eerie, yet familiar voice.

He jerked out of bed. He blinked a couple of times before realizing that he was back inside his room. He glanced at the clock. It was 3:35 am. He had a couple of hours left before he had to wake up for school. He then noticed that he was drenched in his own sweat. His shirt and pillow were soaked. He was trembling, something that came as a great surprise to him.

He wiped the sweat from his brow and changed his shirt and his pillow. When that was all said and done with, he finally drifted off into an uneasy sleep.

Little did he know that someone else had had thesame exactdream in reverse. The only difference was that she could not, and chose not, to go back to sleep. She eventually cried herself into an uneasy slumber.

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"Finally, everything is going according to plan. Soon, stage two will be put into action," said the eerie voice, as he watched the two from his observation mirrors.

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Shuuichi Minamino, better known as Kurama, walked down the street towards Sariyashski High School. He was still exhausted from the events of last night. Never had there been a dream, or nightmare rather, that had riled him up so much. He could not put his finger on it, but something was bothering him immensely. He was so deep in thought that he did not even notice when two of his closest friends had begun to walk with him. Yusuke Urameshi and Kazuma Kuwabara had been arguing when they laid eyes on the kitsune.

"You really need to think about getting a brain transplant, Dufus boy!" shouted the raven-haired teen.

"You just wait, Urameshi! I'll pound your face into the ground so hard that even Keiko wouldn't look at you!" the tall boy replied.

"Like you would have a snowball's chance in hell! Right, Kurama," said Yusuke, but he never got a response. The red-haired teen had never even heard a word of the conversation. He was too caught up in his own thoughts.

Yusuke could obviously see this and was curious to know what could have deterred his friend so much that he could not even pay attention to his petty fight with Kuwabara. He decided to take matters into his own hands.

"HEY, EARTH TO FOXBOY!"

"Oh! Yusuke! Kuwabara! When did you arrive?" asked a very surprised Kurama, sweatdropping when he saw both teens staring at him.

"What could have possibly been so important that you had to ignore me and Kuwabara?"

"Just wondering about the teachers' lessons plans for today," the clever kitsune answered quickly.

Yusuke fell down anime style. He wasn't buying it, but decided to go along with the fox's story anyway. "I swear, Kurama, is that all you ever think about?"

"You can read me like a book, Yusuke," replied a slightly nervous Kurama.

"Hey, what are you two babbling about?" came a familiar voice from behind the two teens. They had almost forgotten that Kuwabara was with them.

"It's nothing to worry about Kuwabara. Yusuke and I were just talking about today's upcoming school day," Kurama said.

"Oh, well then, if that's all. I was just making sure that no one was leaving me out of the loopty-loop."

"You don't have to worry about that, Kuwabara. You do a wonderful job of that all by yourself," came Yusuke's expected reply.

Kuwabara hit Yusuke and their domestic squabble began again. Kurama forgot about the dream and smiled at his two companions.

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The school day went by without a hitch. To Yusuke and Kuwabara, it was the end to another boring day, but to Kurama, it was the grueling end to an already stress-filled day. When the final bell rang, he ran to his locker and gathered his belongings. He exited the school and decided to wait for Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Keiko Yukimura, Yusuke's girlfriend. He was startled when he felt a hand tap his shoulder. He spun around, surprised at what he saw before him.

Hey, that's the end of Chapter 1. Sry that it was so short before, but I fixed that problem.The next chapter will be longer tho. Hope that ya liked it. Sry for the cliffhanger tho, I just couldn't resist myself, hehe... Please R&R. ;-P