I'm sorry that the last chapter was so short, but guess what? I HAVE INTERNET BACK ON MY COMPUTER:does a dance:

Sorry the first chapter was so short. I'll try to make this one long.

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"Yusuke…"

"Laila…"

"I'm not doing it. You're doing it."

"Oh, come on, Laila! I can't!"

"Well why the hell not? It was your idea!"

"Yeah, but…I have no money…"

"Urgh, FINE," Laila yelled and she pulled a wad of money out of her pocket and threw it onto the counter. "I'll pay this time. You owe me, Yusuke."

"Alright, fair enough," Yusuke raised his hands in defeat before grabbing the cases of soda and walking out of the store. Laila shook her head, sighed, grabbed the bags full of food and followed Yusuke out the door.

"Where exactly are we going again?" Laila asked as she walked side by side with Yusuke. As Yusuke was about to answer, a voice called out to them.

"Hey! Wait up!" the voice yelled from behind them. Laila and Yusuke turned around and watched as a girl wearing short blue jeans, a white tank top and white tennis shoes running after them. She has light brown hair that was pulled up into a high ponytail and blue eyes.

"Who the hell is that?" Yusuke whispered, but Laila ignored him and waved to the girl.

"Kiona!" Laila greeted her as she stopped beside them. Kiona took a moment to catch her breath before standing upright and turning to face Laila and Yusuke.

"Geez…I really need to start working out again…"she huffed. Kiona smiled and watched Laila place the bags of food on the ground before she attacked her with a giant hug.

"Alright, Alright!" Kiona cried as the friendly hug became a bear hug. Laila laughed and released her friend.

"How are you, Kiona? Hey wait, school isn't out yet, what are you doing?" Laila asked. Kiona shrugged.

"Well, that comes from a interesting story. You see, I was ditching with a few of my friends, and some bitch from my class told on me, so I grabbed a trash can and threw it at her, knocking her out before I ran out of the school." Kiona said and she glowed with glory. Yusuke stared at her dumbfounded as Laila laughed.

"That's the Kiona I know!" Laila said as she grabbed the bags. "Hey, Kiona, do you have anything planned right now? Yusuke and I are going to one of his friend's house; wanna go?"

"Hell yeah! It's not like I have anything better to do," Kiona chirped as she started walking. Yusuke and Laila watched as she walked to the end of the block before she turned around and yelled "HEY! WHERE DOES THIS FRIEND LIVE, ANYWAYS?"

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"Hey Shuiichi, it's Yusuke, open up!" Yusuke yelled as he banged his fist against the door. Laila and Kiona sweat dropped.

"Um, Yusuke, I think he heard you the first fifty times…" Laila said.

"No, let me do it!" Kiona yelled as she pushed Yusuke out of the way. Yusuke almost lost his balance, but caught it, glaring at Kiona.

"This is how you do it," Kiona stated as she brought her leg up behind her.

"Kiona, wait!" Laila shouted, but as Kiona went to kick the door, the door opened and Kiona kicked the person who opened it. The person yelped and fell to the ground, grasping his leg.

"Ow, that hurt, damn it!" The guy screamed, and Kiona stood there staring at the fallen guy.

"Aw, stop being such a baby, Kuwabara," Yusuke said as he stepped on him to get inside. Laila and Kiona blinked and stepped over him.

"Sorry about that," Kiona muttered to him as she stepped over him.

"Hey Kur- I mean, Shuiichi, how you doing?" Yusuke greeted. Laila and Kiona looked up and saw Yusuke talking to a guy with long red hair and beautiful green eyes. The man, who Laila and Kiona figured was Shuiichi, turned and smiled to them.

'Whoa, he is hot…' Laila thought as he walked up to them.

"Hello, I'm Shuiichi. And you are…?"

"Hi! I'm Kiona and this is my friend, Laila!" Kiona greeted happily as she smiled. Shuiichi smiled back and then turned to Laila. Laila felt herself blush as he smiled to her.

"Hello Kiona, Laila."

"H…Hi…" Laila stuttered embarrassingly. Kurama smiled again, and Laila felt her blush deepen.

"Hey there," a voice said.

"GET YOUR HANDS OFF ME!" Kiona screamed. Laila and Kurama turned and watched as Kiona took Kuwabara's arm that was around her shoulder and flipped him over into a sitting up position. Kuwabara, surprised by the sudden flip, sat there dumbfounded.

"HI YAH!" Kiona screamed as she kicked Kuwabara right in the face. Kuwabara's head whip lashed backwards so fast that his whole body fell backwards. Kiona did a karate stance and smirked.

"Don't mess with me, I know Tai Chi!" Kiona said proudly as she smiled big and bowed. Laila and Yusuke, who came in before the whole incident, stared at her before looking at each other and laughing. Kurama shook his head and chuckled.

"Ok, enough Kuwabara bashing. I set up the food outside for us," Yusuke announced as he walked back outside.

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After the whole Tai Chi incident with Kuwabara, everyone settled down outside and chatted as they ate and drank. Most of the time Yusuke and Kuwabara would argue about something, and then they would start to wrestle. When they did, Kurama would sigh and turn to talk to the girls. A few hours went by before Kurama looked at his watch.

"I'm sorry everyone, but I have some homework to do and it's getting kind of late," he said as he started to pick up the trash.

"I'll help clean up before I go," Laila said as she jumped up and started to clean. Yusuke shrugged and yawned.

"Yeah, I should get going, I'm tired and my mom might throw another fit if I'm late." Yusuke stood up and threw his jacket over his shoulder. "See ya."

"Hey Urameshi, wait up!" Kuwabara yelled as he ran after him, tripping over his feet a few times as he did. Kiona laughed and turned to help Laila and Kurama clean.

After they finished, Kiona said goodbye to them and walked on home. Laila walked to the front door with Kurama following.

"Well, I guess I'll see you later," Laila said as she turned around to face Kurama. Kurama smiled and nodded.

"Yes, that would be nice." Kurama said as he handed her a bag with the left over drinks and food.

"Ok, well, see you," Laila smiled and turned around to walk.

"Wait," Kurama said. Laila stopped and turned around. "Yes?"

"How would you like to go on a date with me, tomorrow afternoon?" Kurama asked. Laila's heart started to beat fast.

'Whoa, he's asking me out on a date?' Laila thought to herself.

"Um, sure. That sounds good," Laila said, smiling.

"Perfect. I'll see you then," Kurama smiled back. He closed the front door and Laila walked away slowing, her heart jumping with joy and excitement.

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'Shit.

I don't have his number! And I don't know what exact time!'

Laila hit herself mentally as she quietly walked upstairs to her room, careful not to wake up her father and step-mother. Softly closing her bedroom door behind her, she took off her shoes and plopped down on her bed.

'I'll have to ask Yusuke for his number tomorrow at school. If he's there, that is…' Laila sighed.

Suddenly, a loud bang came from her bedroom door. Laila jumped and sat up, her heart beating with fear. A few more bangs were heard, and suddenly the door flew open. Laila couldn't make out the person in the dark, but she knew instantly it was her step mother, Trisha.

Trisha stomped over to her bed and grabbed her neck. Laila started to gasp for air as Trisha squeezed tighter.

"Where were you?" Trisha growled. Laila tried to explain, but she couldn't, due to her lack of air. Trisha glared at her before throwing her fiercely to the ground. Laila landed with a 'thud' and she gasped, happy to breathe again. Trisha grabbed her ankle and dragged Laila towards her.

"You're not getting away from me this time," she whispered.

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