Okay, I had to fix this and cut it up into smaller chapters.Was getting annoying.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Yu Yu Hakasho chars and never ever will. But Setra, Setria, Vance, ect. ARE mine. This lasts through the whole story, I don't want to type it every time..

I slowly walked down the sidewalk, focusing on where I was putting my feet, trying to ignore the girls trailing me. They did this every day; it was annoying, but I put up with it every day, in school between classes and after school on my way home.

Suddenly, I felt myself lurch forward; I lost my balance and went pitching forward with a cry. I heard someone shout and a strong hand caught the back of my shirt, jerking me to a stop with my nose an inch from the pavement, but choking me.

"You alright?" someone asked, hauling me back up to my feet. I found myself facing a girl with reddish-brown hair and bright blue eyes with a dark ring around them. Oddly enough, she wore no makeup and, apparently, she didn't style her hair.

"Yeah," I said, grinning, "Yeah, I'm fine."

The girl grinned. She looked about my age. "I'm Setra. And you?"

I wondered for a moment what name I should tell her before saying, "Kurama."

"Nice to meet you!" Setra said, grinning and holding out a hand. I shook it; her grip was strong, but her hands felt delicate.

"You too," I said, smiling. I knelt down and started to pick up the books I had been holding; Setra followed suit and began to pick up her books. "Sorry for tripping over you. Why'd you drop your books?"

"S'okay," Setra said, grabbing her last book and shoving a pencil behind her ear. "Some boys tripped me for fun."

I frowned, a bit annoyed; why did people pick on others? "What boys?"

"A guy with orange hair and another guy with black hair." She said, getting to her feet.

"Umm.Just out of curiosity, did the guy with the black hair have it slicked back?" I asked, standing up and shooting her a side glance.

She gave me a funny look. "Yeah, why?"

"Yusuke." I grumbled, shaking my head and beginning to walk.

"Who?" She asked, falling in step with me.

"Yusuke. He's a friend of mine, so I'll chew him out for you." I said with a smile and a shrug.

"Nahh, s'okay!" Setra said, laughing. "I didn't get hurt or anything, it was just kinda mean."

"That's why I should talk with him," I explained, smiling. "So he'll know he shouldn't have done it! Kuwabara too."

"Kuwabara?" Setra asked, glancing at me sideways.

"The guy with the orange hair," I explained.

"Oh!" Setra laughed. "Well, this is my house." She motioned towards the walk they had reached. I gave an involuntary start of surprise; I hadn't realized we had been walking so fast! I looked up at her house; it was actually very pretty and reminded me a bit of my house, except that the garden was much bigger and had more plants, some of which I'd never seen. I wanted to go in and look at these plants; they looked interesting..

"Oy! Set!" A boy with black hair and large, slanted eyes that were almost red raced down the walk and threw his arms around Setra in a hug. He was younger, only about eight or nine.

Setra laughed and patted him on the head. "Nice to see you, too, Vance, we've been apart for a very short time yet it must have felt like an eternity to you!"

Vance looked up at her face, beaming. He remind my a bit of Hiei, except that he was a lot nicer.Until he turned to look at me, that is.

"Who's he?" He asked, his voice becoming sharp. "Why did he come here?"

"Cool it, Vance, he's just a friend!" Setra snapped, glaring down at him.

"Okay..." Vance let go of Setra and stepped back, looking me over. He snorted and started back up the walk. Setra smiled.

"Sorry about that, he's just jealous." Setra said, laughing. "See ya around, Kurama!"

I waved as I watched Setra make her way up the walk after Vance, whistling a tune that sounded tauntingly familiar....