Note: I put three chapters together because they all ended up being really short.

Chapter 2

Yusuke opened the door to the classroom.

"Ah Mr. Urameshi, you've finally decided to join us," the teacher announced. There was a tall boy with orange hair standing next to him. "Hurry and take your seat. Now that everyone is here, let me introduce our new student: Kazuma Kuwabara. Sit in any of the empty seats. Class, please open your textbooks to page..."

Yusuke tuned him out as he sat next to Hiei in the back. Hiei was whispering to Shuichi Minamino, an honor student with long red hair and delicate features that made Yusuke think he was a girl when they first met. For some reason, Hiei had an instant connection with Shuichi which led to rumors that the two were a couple.

"Come on, you gotta show me," Hiei silently begged. "I couldn't do it last night because of my dad."

Shuichi sighed. "You said that last time. Do you even take your textbooks home?"

Hiei remained silent.

"No Hiei, you have to do your own work."

The small boy huffed and leaned back in his chair; a homework assignment was due and Hiei was failing. It was not that Hiei was stupid, he was actually very intelligent but he thought school was a complete waste of time.

"Was your old man wasted again last night?" Yusuke asked.

Hiei remained silent, staring at the ceiling. Just then, the teacher stopped talking as a hand was raised.

"Yeah, I don't get it," the new student asked. His voice was loud and obnoxious, in Hiei's opinion. "Isn't an allusion a trick that magicians do?" The class erupted in laughter and the boy's face turned red but he did not look away from the teacher.

"No Mr. Kuwabara, that is an illusion. An allusion is a reference."

"Idiot." Hiei did not bother to lower his voice. Kuwabara turned and glared at him but Hiei continued to look at the ceiling.

"Mr. Jaganshi, insults are not tolerated in my class. I expect you and Urameshi to stay after school in detention."

"Why me?" Yusuke asked in disbelief.

"For being late and smelling like nicotine. Smoking on school grounds is prohibited." He then returned to the lesson.

Chapter 3

Kuwabara was having a hard time looking for his next class: algebra. He roamed the halls, looking at a slip of paper with his schedule that seemed to place him at a room that did not seem to exist. He stopped in the hall to try and get his bearings. With his sudden stop, he felt someone bump into his back. Kuwabara stumbled but managed to stay on his feet, but the person behind him hit the floor and he heard a small voice.

"Ow." Kuwabara turned and saw a small girl with braided teal hair on the ground with papers scattered around the hall.

"Oh I'm sorry," Kuwabara said as he crouched by the girl. "I didn't know someone was behind me. I'm new and I'm just trying to look for my class."

"It's alright, I suppose that was my fault; I wasn't looking where I was going." The girl smiled, her red eyes sparkled. Kuwabara felt his heart beat pick up and his palms started to sweat. The pair started picking up all the papers in the hall. "I could show you where your class is; I've been all over this building because I like to help the teachers."

"Umm," Kuwabara stumbled for words. "I'm looking for room 213."

"Oh, that would get you lost," the girl giggled lightly. "I'll have to show you. That room isn't in order with the rest. I think there might have been a slip up with assigning room numbers." The two began to walk down the hall and, to Kuwabara's dismay, walked down to the first floor.

"I'm Yukina, by the way."

"Umm, Kazuma." Kuwabara was too intimidated by this girl's pretty face to give his whole name.

"Kazuma," Yukina said with a smile. "I like that name." Kuwabara felt his heart leap.

"Yukina is a pretty name."

"Thank you, my mother named me."

They reached room 213 and Yukina turned to leave. "It was nice meeting you, Kazuma. If you need any more help, I'm usually in the front office."

"Thanks. I might get lost again, so see you soon." Kuwabara started waving, too caught up in Yukina's attention to really think about what he was saying or doing. The small girl laughed and waved back before walking away.

Chapter 4

Later that day, Kuwabara was in biology class. He was in need of a lab partner because they were doing a dissection and he had lucked out with partnering up with Shuichi. Hiei, who was Shuichi's partner, was skipping class with Yusuke, who was supposed to be in PE.

"So Kazuma," Shuichi began as he pinned the frog's legs down. "How are you liking our school?"

"You can just call me Kuwabara, everyone else does besides my family." Kuwabara looked over the list of organs they had to identify. "I mean, it isn't a show that I don't like you. I just respond to Kuwabara more than Kazuma."

"All right then, Kuwabara could you please pass me the scalpel?" The orange haired teen did as asked.

"This place is okay, better than my old school where they thought I was an idiot. But I guess my question in my first class didn't really change people's opinion."

"Don't be upset. You had a question that you wanted answered. How you phrased it could have been better but no one thinks you're an idiot." Shuichi started making precise incisions across the amphibian's belly.

"That one guy does. What was his name?"

"Hiei. But I wouldn't take anything he says too personally. He has a tendency to lash out."

"Doesn't matter anyway. I met this one girl who made me feel good."

"Oh? Here one day and already have a crush?" Shuichi pulled back the skin flaps to expose the frog's insides.

"I wouldn't call it a crush; I know what a crush feels like and this is different." Kuwabara turned green when Shuichi began extracting organs. "Oh man, this is gross."

"Try to focus on something else. If you don't mind my asking, why did you leave your old school?"

"My sister hated how the teachers were treating us. She said growing minds don't flourish under a pile of crap. So as soon as she could, Shizuru convinced Dad to enroll me in a different school."

"Your sister sounds like she cares a lot about your education." The boy moved without hesitating, removing the assigned organs and talking at the same time.

"You're really good at this. Are you planning to become a doctor?"

"Maybe."

They sat in silence while Shuichi continued removing organs. Finally, "Do you mind if I ask you something?"

"Of course not, what is it?"

The teacher chimed in. "Scalpels down, time to check your work."

"Is it true what they say about you?"

"What about me?" Shuichi placed their tools off to the side.

"You know, that you're gay."

"What?!" Shuichi stumbled a bit, knocking their tools on the floor with a clatter.

Kuwabara threw his hands up. "Other people said it, not me."