Summary: After freezing in a battle Kurama has been turned human. Everyone's memories of him has been erased, leaving Hiei to watch over him just like he watches over his sister, from the shadows. That is until, Kurama gets into a fight with Yusuke, which awakens his demonside. Forcing Hiei to protect him from someone they all thought was dead. H/K
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Hiei looked up at the sky, then out at the dying sun. The sun's red rays reminded him of blood. Made him remember all the blood he had spilt. He did not regret what he had done, nor would he ever. All the demons he had killed with his sword or by his own hands, was not something he concerned himself with. It never was and never would be, but Kurama was different. And he would always be different from Hiei, but it was Kurama's difference from Hiei that had almost killed him.
It had happened a year ago on an assignment. Yusuke, Kuwabara, Kurama, and Hiei were to track down a demon that was slaughtering humans. It seemed like a simple black and white mission, but it wasn't.
The mission went quick, and the demon was disposed of quickly. But not without some complications, the demon looked so much like Yoko Kurama it was unnerving. Which caused Kurama to freeze up during the battle. They had all hoped that everything would go back to normal after the demon had been killed, but it didn't.
Kurama got sick, the doctor said it was all in his head, but Hiei knew better to think it was just Kurama. Hiei would visit Kurama every day, and every day Kurama got paler and weaker.
Hiei went to Koenma. At first, Koenma said he couldn't do anything about it, but Hiei wouldn't except that. Finally, after much "convincing" by Hiei, Koenma said that there was something he could do; the only thing was…
"I could 'suppress' Kurama's demon side, until Kurama subconsciously decided he could fight again. Until then Kurama would be fully human and have no knowledge of demons or the spirit world --- or us," explained Koenma, "Hiei, do you understand that if Kurama is fully human and a demon goes after him, he could get killed."
"Kurama could die now, turn him human, let him forget. I'll worry about his safety," replied Hiei.
Now Kurama was human, he did forget and so did most around him. Yusuke and Kuwabara were made to forget, so was Botan (otherwise, she would ruin everything with her big mouth). Everyone at Kurama's school had their memories modified; they knew nothing of Suichi Midamino's absences or his "friends" outside of school.
Hiei was one of the few in spirit world who remembered Kurama and knew who he was, what he was capable of. Hiei now watched over Kurama, or rather Suichi, like he watched over his sister Yukina, in the shadows from a distance.
Chapter 1
The students of Meio Private Academy were gathered in the hall looking at the posted grades from the last test.
"Did Suichi get first again?" asked one girl, who couldn't see over the crowd.
"No, Kaito finally beat him," answered a boy.
"What?" replied the same girl.
"Yeah, but they were both beaten by that new kid," said another boy.
The girl looked at her friend surprised.
Suichi sat at a desk next to the window reading a book, when Kaito walked in with a look of suppressed triumph on his face. He walked over to Suichi, closely watched by a black haired kid standing next to the door.
"How does it feel, Suichi, knowing that I've beaten you," said Kaito.
Suichi looked at Kaito out of the corner of his eye, but didn't respond.
"Has the world of Suichi Midamino come to a sudden halt?" asked Kaito.
"Yes, Kaito. The world has stopped spinning," replied Suichi caustically.
Kaito's eyes narrowed in anger, but Suichi ignored him continuing, "In fact there is asteroid at this moment hurtling itself at the earth, because I did not achieve a higher score then you. No, the sun has turned itself off plunging this world, as we know it into darkness and creating the new ice age, because I did not achieve a higher score then you. Aliens have now shown themselves to us, proving that there is indeed a more intelligent life form here, and that life form is you, Kaito."
"Cynical bastard," muttered Kaito stalking out of the room.
"Wait, I'm not done yet!" called Suichi.
The boy standing next to the door smirked in amusement. Suichi looked over at him.
"At least you thought it was funny, I was beginning to think that there was no one left in this school with a good sense of humor," said Suichi returning to his book.
After school, Suichi walked home intending to do his homework and basically staying inside the rest of the day, that was until some girls from his caught him and "talked" him into going with them somewhere. As Suichi was lead away he thought he saw someone following them.
When they reached, where ever it was they were going, he wasn't really paying attention when the two girls had told him, Suichi noticed that there actually wasn't anyone following them, so he just assumed that it was his imagination.
Suichi looked around for a sign so he knew where he was. The sign above the door said "Karaoke Club." The two girls' that had led him to the club walked in, Suichi followed them.
"Hay, Suichi. What are you doing here?" asked a boy from his school.
"Had nothing better to do, I guess," replied Suichi.
"Had nothing better to do? Why aren't you studying for the next test, you came in third right?" asked a boy that Suichi didn't recognize. The boy had slicked back black hair and was wearing the uniform of one of the pubic high schools.
"Who are you and how the heck do you know that?" asked Suichi.
"Oh, sorry. I guess I haven't introduced myself yet have I? My name is Yusuke Urameshi and I was informed by one of your classmates."
"Oh yeah, I recognize that name, I heard you were the number one thug at Sarayashiki, but you have a soft side reserved only for you girlfriend, how cute. I also know that your grades are the second worst at your current school, so why are you scolding me on my study habits when you just beat last place on your last test?" said Suichi.
"It seems my reputation precedes me," stated Yusuke giving a small shrug.
"I'm surprised you even know that word, Urameshi," replied Suichi.
"What?" said Yusuke.
"Precedes, it almost makes you sound intelligent, did your girlfriend teach it to you?" asked Suichi.
"Don't you dare talk about Keiko that way," threatened Yusuke.
The same black haired kid who was in Suichi's class and thought his sarcastic remarks were amusing, turned his attention to Suichi and Yusuke.
"Keiko…Keiko Yukimura? She can do way better then you," said Suichi, who had previously met Keiko, who was on the honor roll because of her high grades.
Yusuke's eyes narrowed, he was ready to kill Suichi Midamino. The black haired kid moved to stand behind Suichi, Suichi didn't notice, but Yusuke did.
"What's wrong Urameshi I thought you were going to hit me," said Suichi.
"Why bother your as weak as a little girl, I would I want to waste my time on you?" asked Yusuke.
Suichi punched Yusuke in the stomach winding him, "Who's the little girl now, pal?"
"Nice punch," said Yusuke.
"Thanks," replied Suichi.
Yusuke took a fighting stance.
"Shouldn't we move this outside," suggested Suichi gesturing to the door.
"Sure, after you," said Yusuke.
"Ladies first," said Suichi.
Yusuke and Suichi stood out on the street surrounded by their peers. Yusuke had taken a fighting stance, but Suichi just stood there with his eyes closed.
"Well," called Yusuke, "You gonna fight or what."
"I already took the first shot, it's your turn," said Suichi.
"Your going to regret that," said Yusuke running at Suichi.
Yusuke took a shot at Suichi's head; Suichi just dodged without opening his eyes. Yusuke tried repeatedly to hit him, but every time Suichi dodged, until Yusuke fake him out, going for a punch but switching at the least instant and kick him in the stomach.
From then on Suichi started losing, getting beat badly, until he was laid out on the ground. Yusuke was going to finish him off, but the black haired kid stopped him saying, "Alright that's enough."
"Who the heck are you?" asked Yusuke.1
"My name is Hiei, I'm a classmate of Suichi here and I think he's learned his lesson."
"Fine," said Yusuke.
Everyone left disappointed that the fight was over, which left Hiei and Suichi alone.
"I didn't need your help," said Suichi standing.
"Somebody had to save you from your idiocy," said Hiei.
"What the heck does that mean?" asked Suichi.
"You just picked a fight with Yusuke Urameshi," replied Hiei.
"Your point?" asked Suichi.
"Lets put it this way, if I hadn't stepped in you would have been killed, almost quite literally," answered Hiei.
"Whatever, Who are you anyway?' asked Suichi starting to walk away.
"What, didn't you hear me introduce myself?" asked Hiei following him.
"No, I heard your name, but you said you were a classmate of mine and I don't remember seeing you," explained Suichi.
"Are you blind? I'm only in everyone of your classes," said Hiei.
"You are? Were do you sit?" asked Suichi looking over at Hiei.
"Normally in the back why?" answered Hiei.
"Well, that's probably why. I tend to sit towards the front," Suichi shrugged.
"To bad that didn't help your grade on the last test, I would have loved to see Kaito's face when he saw that the new kid beat Suichi Midamino before he could," said Hiei.
"Who got first?" asked Suichi.
"You kidding, did you even look at the scores?" asked Hiei.
"No, I never have, normally I get first, so I don't need to," answered Suichi.
"Moving from first to third that's a big drop," stated Hiei.
"I guess, so back to my original question, who got first?" asked Suichi.
"I did," said Hiei looking at his watch, "I gotta go, I'll see you at school tomorrow, Suichi."
"Yeah, bye," said Suichi as Hiei turned and walked away. Suichi walked home, thinking about Hiei, he had the strangest feeling of déjà vu.
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A/N: So here we are again…you'll notice not much has changed from the first time around. I just needed to fix a couple things so it would agree with later chapters. The story has basically taken on a life of it's own and it's decided to go a different way from my original idea, which I no longer remember.
1. Koenma has given Hiei a human form that looks slightly different from his demon one. Which is Yusuke wasn't sure who he was, though Yusuke did have an idea.
