Chapter 1

[Kurama's POV]

I entered the doors of Meioh Private Academy, where almost evry student in the halls were talking eagerly. A girl, a first year, ran up to him with a few guys beside her.

"Oh Kurama!" she giggled. "Have you heard?"

"Heard of what?"

"There's going to be a new student and word has it she's from America!" said the guy to her right.

That was very peculiar. No one had told me about anything and I'm usually the first to find out about these things. Maybe it's nothing. Probably just a fluke.

"When is she enrolling?" I questioned nonchalantly.

"Now that's the question," laughed the girl, I think her name was Ayume or something. "No one knows!"

Five Days Later...

It had already been about a week and the talk of the new student did not cease. The absence didn't bother me. What bothered me was how worked up everyone was getting about someone who probably wasn't coming. I couldn't even study in peace.

As I was walking to school, I saw Yusuke Yurameshi waiting at the front gates. "Is something wrong?" I asked.

"Not at all," he laughed. "Koenma told me to deliver this to you." He threw me an average sized box wrapped in blue silk with the Spirtit World seal on it.

"What is it?"

"I don't know," he replied. "Koenma told me to tell you to open it as soon as you get home."

"Oh."

"Hey you still coming to the cook-out," he smiled. "Keiko's begging me for you to go. And I think your mom's going too."

I chuckled. "I wouldn't miss it. Plus if I don't go, who's going to stop Hiei from killing Kawabara when he tries to kiss Yukina."

Yusuke laughed. "Alright well don't be late," he called back as he ran in the direction of his school. "See ya!"

That boy sure was peculiar but I guess it would be strange if he weren't. Ever since I met him, life hasn't been too bad...

Half the day went by and I think the halls grew even louder... and there was something else. Something I couldn't explain. Something different in the air. I was late to class from studying in the library too long and was walking to class. A came in late to class every once and a while but the teachers didn't mind since I had the best grades in the academy.

"Mr. Minamino," the head master's voice came from down the hall. "Do you have a minute?"

I turned around to see a beautiful young girl walk behind him timidly.

She must be the new student. Her silky-smooth hair was the color of a crimson rose and her eyes were a peculiar shade of blue. She had long legs and better posture than most girls so I assumed she was a dancer of some sort. Her skin was ghostly pale but aside from that she definitely smelled like a human.

...Still there was something supernatural about her that I couldn't quite put my finger on.

"Minamino," he stopped in front of me with the girl beside him. "This is our new student. Katsura Shizure. Miss Shizure, this is the valedictorian of our academy. Shuichi Minamino." I turned back to me. "Shuichi, would you mind showing her around and making sure she gets to her classes okay? I think you to have most of the same classes.

"Not at all, sir," I replied. "I would be pleased to show Miss Shizure around." He went off down the hall. I think it was the direction of his office. I smiled at her once she was gone but she only looked away with a careless expression on her face. "Shall we?" I gestured down the hall.

She just nodded and followed behind me. As I told her where everything was, even though amazement was present on her face when she was looking around the school, she almost never looked at me. When she did, it was a bored expression and she didn't speak.

I wasn't used to people ignoring me. There's a first for everything I guess.