Rei says: Hello everyone! This is my first story on fanfiction...it may not start out good, but it's getting better, don't worry. Please, no flames, but I love reviews. They make me happy. So yeah. There's not much to say about this. It's the first chapter, I'm just introducing the story. Enjoy!

Chapter 1

Riiiing….Riiiing….

What the hell was that?

Riiing….Riiing…

The alarm clock…

Riiing…Riiiing…

A girl turned over in her sleep, muttering incoherently.

Riiing….Riiing…

The girl's eyes snapped open as she tried to grab the clock and throw it across the room. "Argh! I'm awake! I'm AWAKE!" Instead, she ended up on the floor, bed sheets tangled around her in a comfortable mess. Her black hair was in a complete disarray, her yellow eyes unfocused and sleepy.

Riiing…Riiing…

"KANA! TURN THAT THING OFF!" A male voice shouted from the other room. The girl, Kana, got to her senses and stumbled to where the alarm clock was. She slammed her fist on the snooze button, still half-asleep. As she tried to untangle herself from her blankets, her brother appeared in the doorway. He was three years older than she, with dark purple hair and yellow eyes stood out against his pale skin, so much like her own. She smiled tiredly. Together, they've been through so much crap, it's hard to ever get mad at him. Kana groaned.

"Having fun?" Aki asked, leaning against the door frame, amused. Kana scrunched up her nose. "You know, you better hurry up and get ready."

"Ready…? For what?"

Aki rolled his eyes. "What's wrong with you? Hello! You've got school today."

Kana pushed some strands of black hair behind her ears. "School?"

"Yes. School." He nodded his head slowly, making sure she got the point.

Kana cursed under her breath. "Oh. When does it start?"

He flicked his gaze over to the watch on his wrist. "In 10."

"10…what?"

"Minutes."

"10…minutes?"

"Yup."

"Oh…" she paused. "SHIT!" Kana stumbled to her feet as she hurried to her closet, throwing it open with such force that it slammed into the wall behind it. Aki laughed his head off, turning around and heading into the kitchen as she threw her school uniform on in such a hurry, cursing to herself for sleeping too late. She pushed past him as she gathered up her shoes and grabbed a Pop-Tart that sat on the counter.

"Hey! That was my Pop-Tart…" Aki protested. Kana shoved the Pop-Tart in her mouth and shrugged.

"Not anymore, it isn't." Kana said as she grabbed her bag, along with the sheet that explained her schedule and her locker number and ran out the door.

"You look nice." Aki said, smirking at the blue skirt and top the girls at this school had to wear.

"Akiiii, you know I don't like this thing..." Kana whined, managing to play-punch her brother in the arm before bolting out the door.

"I'm going to be at the shop today so don't bother coming home!" Aki called after her. Kana waved her hand in an answer as she took off down the road. "Have fun little sis!"

Kana arrived at the school just in time. There were still people hanging around in the hallways, so she figured she wasn't late. She sighed in relief and looked down at her schedule.

"What the…?" She stared down at her paper in disbelief. This wasn't her schedule…it was a damn advertisement, most likely from the mail Aki had gotten yesterday. Somehow she must have grabbed the advertisement instead of her schedule by mistake. "DAMMIT!" She yelled as she threw her paper down on the floor. People stopped and stared at her oddly as she jumped up and down on it angrily. "Ahh, now what?" She growled to herself.

"Excuse me…"

Kana turned and saw a boy, a year younger than she. "What is it?" She said a bitter edge in her voice.

"Do you need any help?" He asked. Kana looked at the boy for further inspection. He had a muscled build with scraggly dark brown hair and brown eyes. She had a bad feeling about him. Her eyes narrowed as he stepped closer. "I could…you know…help you." Kana pulled away, really REALLY disliking him.

"No. I don't need any help. Not from you, anyway." Kana said and stormed off, completely unaware of where she was going. He followed her.

"Where's your class?"

"I DON'T KNOW!"

She could hear him following behind her. "Great! I'll come with."

Kana stopped and whirled around to face him. The guy's face was twisted into a mock-frown. She narrowed her eyes. "Get away from me."

He grinned. "Well, maybe I don't want to."

Kana's hands formed into fists. "You're really pissing me off."

"Oooh, I'm so scared." He said, putting his hands in the air. "What'cha gonna do, bitch-slap me to death?"

Kana lashed out with one fist, connecting nicely with the guy's cheek. He was sent flying backwards and landed with a thud on the hallway floor. "Have a nice day," she said as she walked away.

"That was nice," said a voice. Kana looked around and saw a boy with black hair and brown eyes in a green jumpsuit. "Ka-pow! Right outta there!" He grinned.

"Don't get used to it. I'm amazed I even hit the guy." She shook her head, a little dazed. "Who are you, anyways?" Kana asked.

"I'm Yusuke Urameshi." He said with a grin, putting his hands on his hips like a super-hero.

"Kana. Kana Iokuzo." She said. This kid was a little cocky, but she started to like him.

"Well, Kana, I don't think I've ever seen you before. You new here?" Kana nodded. "I feel sorry for ya. You just stepped into a prison." The bell rang and kids stumbled past each other to their classes. "See ya." He waved as he walked away.

"Where are you going?" Kana asked.

"Me? I'm going on the roof. To sleep." Yusuke yawned and grinned.

"Wait, Yusuke," she called after him. He turned and cocked his head. "Where's the main office?"

"Oh, there? Down the hall to the right. You can't miss it. I've been there a million times; I should know." Yusuke explained with a cocky grin.

"Troublemaker?" She raised an eyebrow.

He grinned, nodding. "You could say that."

Kana smiled. "All right…well. Thanks anyways."

"No problem-o. See you around."

Kana headed down the hallway to the main office, hoping that at least there they'd have a copy of her schedule.

"How may I help you?" A secretary greeted her as she walked in uncertainly.

Kana shifted her feet, a little awkward. "Uh, well…I lost my schedule."

"Oh, no problem. Your name, please?" The secretary-lady asked her.

Kana blinked. "Oh…um…Kana Iokuzo."

The secretary-lady clacked noisily on her computer. "Oh, are you new here?"

"Yeah."

She smiled and handed her a sheet of paper, along with a tinier slip. "There's your schedule, along with a late pass. Have a good day!" She smiled as Kana left the office.

Good day…Yeah. She thought. Already this day was screwed up. She sighed.

According to the newly-printed schedule, she had to go up the stairs to Science. She sighed and ascended a flight of stairs. She stood in front of the classroom door, pausing for only a moment before walking in.

"…so that's the rules of—" The teacher looked at the door, startled. "Oh, a student. Hello." Kana walked over and gave him the late pass. "Are you the new student here?" When Kana nodded, he clapped his hands three times and smiled. "Good, good." He cleared his throat. "Class, this is…." He looked at her for help with her name.

"Kana." She said, looking at the class.

"Kana, class, class, this is Kana." He introduced quickly. "She's new here, so please don't be hard on her." He turned to her. "I'm Mr. Kertai. Please, have a seat. You may take the empty one over there." He pointed to a lonely desk nearby the window in the back. When Kana was seated, he began the lesson again. Kana tried to pay attention, but the students in the classroom kept looking back at her as if she were some weird alien specimen. She ended up just blocking them out, watching the skies out the window.

The bell rang many minutes later, and Kana gratefully got up and walked out of the classroom. As she left, she heard Mr. Kertai say, "Have a good day!"

Kana headed down the hallway, hating the uniform she, along with every other girl, had to wear. It was a skirt! How long has it been since she wore a skirt? She groaned and looked at her schedule again. Grrr. This was going to be a long day.

To her surprise, somehow Kana made it to lunch. For some reason she kept getting weird stares. What was wrong with her? Was she that odd-looking or something? She sighed and purchased her lunch, looking around for a table to sit at. She spotted that guy in the green suit…Yusuke, his name was, wasn't it? As she approached, she saw he was sitting with another guy, with a blue suit and ugly orange lumpy hair. Yusuke looked up and smiled.

"Hey…Kana, right?" Yusuke said. As Kana nodded, he motioned to an empty seat right across from him. She sat down.

"Who's that, Urameshi?" The orange-haired one asked.

"Kuwabara, Kana. Kana, Kuwabara." Yusuke said. He swiveled his chair. "So, Kana. How do you like the school?"

"I don't know…everyone likes to stare a lot." Kana said. Yusuke laughed.

"Well, that's probably 'cause you're here with me." Yusuke said.

That was a weird answer. "Why?" Kana asked.

"'Cause I'm special, that's why!" Yusuke cried.

"Urameshi, you're not special." Kuwabara said as he ate some of his sandwich

"What could you possibly know about being special, Kuwabara?" Yusuke countered. Kana watched them both as they got into a fight about being 'special'. She cracked a smile and ate some pizza. Suddenly she noticed how all the kids at the lunch room were all carefully trying to avoid Yusuke and his table. Why was that? First the staring…

"Everyone thinks Urameshi is so scary. But then, it's probably 'cause he has to beat up everyone he sees." Kuwabara explained Kana's unsaid question.

"I'm so tough, everyone fears me." Yusuke said proudly. Kana snorted.

"What?" Yusuke said, looking at Kana.

"Nothing."

"Riiight, so, where'd you move in from?" Yusuke asked, stealing a potato chip from Kuwabara and stuffing it in his mouth.

"Ah, not far from here. Maybe about fifteen minutes away?" Kana said, looking up at him.

"Do you miss it?"

"No, not really. I'd rather not go back there anyways." Kana said, rubbing her temples.

"Oh…sorry." Yusuke took another one of Kuwabara's chips.

"No, it's all right." Kana said, shaking her head. She watched as Yusuke stuffed yet another chip into his mouth.

"IF YOU WANT THE CHIPS SO BAD, TAKE THE BAG!" Kuwabara cried as he thrust the bag in Yusuke's face.

"…What? Oh. No thanks." Yusuke said, blinking. Kana laughed. Kuwabara sighed and muttered angrily, putting the chips back onto his tray.

"Yusuke Urameshi." An adult voice said. Kana looked up and saw an old man with a suit.

"Ah, hey Mr. Principal. What's up?"

"You've been skipping classes again." He looked up to the ceiling, obviously tired of this routine.

"Yeah, so?"

"Come with me." The principal said, sighing. This guy must have been doing this for a long time, Kana realized.

"Maybe I don't want to." Yusuke said, taking another chip from Kuwabara.

"Yuuusukkkeeee…."

"All right, fine, fine, I'm going." Yusuke sighed and got up. He waved to Yusuke and Kuwabara. "See you guys later." Kana waved back as he walked off with Mr. Takanaka.

"Heh heh…Urameshi's in trouble again." Kuwabara said. Just then, the bell rang. Kana got up and looked at her schedule, seeing she had English next.

"See you Kuwabara. I got English." Kana said. Kuwabara nodded.

"Oh, hey." He turned, just remembering something. "After school I'm gonna get Urameshi and some friends to the arcade. Why don't you come with?" Kuwabara asked. Kana shrugged.

"Sure, why not?" Kana smiled.

Maybe this day wasn't so bad after all.

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