Nightmare: Okay. This is my first real fanfic, so... yeah.
Yusuke: Because that says... so much.
Nightmare: You be quiet!
Yusuke: Hmph. Just read and review so Happy-Go-Lucky here shuts up.
Nightmare: Happy-Go-Lucky? Oh that's cute. Idiot...
Yusuke: I heard that.
"Has anyone seen Kurama?" Yusuke wondered, "I haven't seen him all day."
Hiei was sitting at the windowsill. He didn't look at him, but simply responded, "Hn."
Yusuke frowned, "You're a real help, Hiei. Really." He crossed his arms and grunted.
Kuwabara yelled in dismay and threw a game controller across the room as a big "GAME OVER" appeared on the television screen. He collected himself and suggested, "Did you check the school?"
Yusuke raised an eyebrow at him. "On a Saturday?" He shook his head. "No point in checking if you know he's not going to be there."
"Well, you know Kurama. He probably went to go study… or something…" Kuwabara defended. "Why so interested, anyway?"
"Because I haven't seen him all day! He's a demon thief. Who knows what kind of trouble that foxboy could get into?" Yusuke snapped.
Kuwabara flipped through a gaming magazine, "Okay, okay! Geez, never would have thought of you as the protective type."
He was right. Yusuke was acting strange…
Hiei shifted. "Kurama's fine. Plus, he's resourceful. You needn't worry about the fox."
Yusuke and Kuwabara both looked at him quizzically. "Something still doesn't feel right," said Yusuke. "I'm gonna go look for him." With that, Yusuke stepped out the door.
"Hey wait, Urameshi! I'm coming with! C'mon! Wait up! Don't leave me here with Captain Happy!" Kuwabara shouted as he scrambled to his feet. At that moment, Hiei had stepped in front of him. "Hiei? What are you doing?"
"I'm coming with you."
"Why?" Kuwabara asked.
"Hn," was all he said and he began walking in the direction of Meiou High. Within just a few seconds, he was gone, leaving Yusuke and Kuwabara behind.
Yusuke frowned, "Something's eating at him… Something's wrong."
Kuwabara nodded, "Let's go." The both of them began following, running in Hiei's direction towards the school.
Yusuke and Kuwabara finally caught sight of Hiei, who seemed to have found his target. The two boys ran towards Hiei and to Kurama, who was sitting on a bench reading a few yards ahead. The three of them caught up to each other and walked towards Kurama.
"There you are! We've been kinda worried about you. Have you been here this whole time?" said Yusuke.
Kurama looked up from his book at Yusuke with a confused expression. "I-I'm sorry… Have we met?"
Yusuke looked back at him with an equally confused expression, "Uh, yeah. Duh, it's me, Yusuke!"
"Sorry, I don't think I know you…"
Yusuke glanced at Kuwabara, who simply shrugged and shook his head. "C'mon, Kurama. Stop it. It's not funny."
"Kurama? I'm sorry, but I believe you've mistaken me for someone else… My name is Minamino—"
"Shuichi. Yeah. I know. Hiei? Can I talk to you for a minute?" Yusuke grabbed the koorime by his scarf and dragged him off to the side. "Hiei, what the Hell is going on?" he whispered.
"Get your hands off me, Detective."
Yusuke glared at him. There was a moment of silence between them, and then Yusuke released him. "What's going on?"
Hiei brushed himself off and grunted. "I'm not sensing any yoki from him…"
Yusuke blinked, "What're you getting at?"
"Kurama's a demon, right?" said Hiei. Yusuke nodded. "Then it would only be normal for him to emit some demonic energy. I'm not picking up anything. No demon energy, not even any spirit energy."
Yusuke was getting frustrated, "Okay, quiz-monkey, what's the deal, then!"
"That's not Kurama."
Yusuke was slightly taken aback by this. "W-what?"
Nightmare: There we go! End of chapter one! WOO HOO! So what's up with Kurama? Some freaky case of yoki-removing amnesia perhaps? You'll have to wait for chapter two to find out! AHAHAHA!
Yusuke: You dork.
Nightmare: You're so mean to me!