DISCLAMER: Before anything else, I want to say that YuYu Hakushio is not mine. I only own Emina and the rest of my OCs and "Sin" belongs to my friend!

Staring up the blue sky, I wondered what I really saw back in the forest. Despite the fact that it happened yesterday didn't make it better. Not only did that person scared the lights out of me, but the way his eyes stared at me. His eyes were full of…confidence? His eyes didn't seem to hesitate. Maybe that's why I didn't dare to go against his will. I sighed and looked ahead. As if on cue, Emi stepped out of the street perpendicular to the one I'm in, she had a bandaged arm. Sure enough, what happened yesterday was not a dream.

She smiled at me sweetly, "Good morning!"

I stared at her in disbelief. I guess it wasn't a big deal for her. Anyway, I greeted back and we started to walk to school.

"Ne…Sin-chan." her voice sounded odd.

"Hm?" I looked up at her.

"What happened yesterday…are you…bothered?" that was an odd thing to ask. Of course I was bothered! My best friend was stabbed right in front of me! Who wouldn't have been bothered with that!?

"I was…a bit." I half lied.

"I see…" she was quiet for a while. "B-But…you don't have to be scared."

She looked at me directly. She was serious. "I'm not scared." I answered half truthfully. She grinned at me. "I'll protect you…I promise."

I sighed and chuckled a bit; she sounds like one of those prince charming guys trying to impress their princesses. But coming from her, I believed it. I trusted my best friend. "Thanks."

While approaching school, we were talking about some plans we could do over the weekend. Suddenly, we heard light footsteps. I looked up; alert and ready, and saw the cause of the footsteps.

"Yo!" said one of the guys. It was the same guys from yesterday. I growled under my breath. They had such a bad timing.

"What do you want?" Emina said looking bored as ever.

"You know what we wa-…hmm…" another guys started but completely stopped and looked at me. His eyes lingered on my body. "Such a cute friend you got there Emi-chan." the guys said it with so much intensity that it almost made me gag.

Emina shrugged then grinned at them. "I know! Isn't she the cutest?!" she literally glomped me and smirked at the guys. I grinned back knowing what my friend is planning. It's one of our secret 'techniques' when guys try to approach us.

"You know," I pulled away from Emi-chan and looked at the guys. "You guys are pretty cute. Want to go out sometime?" I smiled at them innocently. Heh, stupid morons; they were literally howling in happiness.

Emina was leaning on the wall adjusting the front of her uniform. Seems like she's giving me all the fun; beats me. It's been a while since I tried my skills on anyone. "So, what are your plans?" I asked sweetly.

"Well, we were planning on going to a karaoke bar then go to a movie." one guys said. "What do you want to do?"

"I like those choices!"

"That's great!! Oh…and to make things more fun," he suddenly leaned on me. "Let's stay for the whole night!"

I twitched. Time for the plan to continue.

"Wow…you sure got it all planned out." I grinned at him suggestively. I pulled one of them by the collar slowly towards me without breaking eye contact. He audibly gulped and I smiled at him sweetly. "I like smart guys." I winked at him.

"I-…I could be your tutor if you want!"

"Hmm, you'd do that for me? But we hardly know each other," I traced his neck and grinned secretly at Emi.

"S-So," he was panicking. "What's wrong with that?"

"You're right! Nothing's wrong! It's just," Emi turned away, probably hiding her laugh. "I don't like guys like you that pretend to be someone they're not AND picking up girls!" with that last icy tone, I kicked him hard in the crotch. Before he even hits the ground, Emina and I both bounded the high fence and used the shortcut to school.

I know it's probably wrong to mess with guys like that. I mean, with all their pride for themselves and all that, we won't be getting off easily without a fight. After that small 'meeting' with the guys from our school, Emi and I arrived in school on time. As we entered the classroom, it seemed like 'Prince Charming' was already at his desk with all the girls trying to ask him questions. I rolled my eyes at the scene and proceeded towards the desk. Emi made her way to her desk too and even though she didn't look at the girls, they gasped and said goodbye to Shuichi.

"That's an impressive way to make them leave," Shuichi turned to smile at Emi. "Good Morning."

Emi flashed her red eyes at him as if she didn't even notice him before now, "Oh…good morning."

"So guess what Shuichi!" I chirped in and sat on Emi's table; blocking his view of her.

"What?" a flash of disappointment shown in his face but I wasn't sure.

"The school's sports day is coming up! I challenge you to a match!"
I saw a grin grace his features. "Alright then, what match?"

"I don't know yet," I heard Emi laugh behind me. I pouted at her and continued talking, "We'll see when the day comes."

He nodded and I started to jump off of the chair when I suddenly heard him gasp. "What happened to your arm Emina-san?"

Emi seemed startled because she jumped up a bit. She was so serious that I almost laughed. "Er…I…cut myself accidentally with a kitchen knife," she lied. One thing's for sure, she's not very good at lying.

"How did you cut your arm? If you cut it with a knife, wouldn't your fingers be the one that were damaged?"

…busted…

I looked at Emi. I wonder if she was gonna tell him. I saw her mouth move, about to tell him something but was cut off when the teacher came. I smiled when she let out a relieved breath.

"Ne…Emi-chan…do you think that boy could've killed us?" I asked when we were alone during lunch time.

"Nah…those boys this morning were nothing more-"

"No! I meant the one from yesterday"

"Oh…that…well, yeah. I knew he had the guts," she looked at me and she probably saw the fear in my eyes for she said immediately. "Don't worry! I'll be here to protect you!" She hugged me tightly like a teddy bear. "I won't let that Spork (A/N: hybrid of spoon and fork) haired midget lay a hand on you!"

That makes me feel a bit better. I know Emi-chan's a girl but through our entire friendship, I trust her more than I trust a guy. I know that she's strong and could protect her self. I remembered the times when I was in trouble, she'll always appear like a hero; my special hero. I smiled at the memory.

"So! Wanna do anything today Sin-chan?" she smiled her genuine smile reserved for only her closest friends.

"Aren't you going to work after school?"

"Well…I do but we could stop and get ice cream for a bit," she leaned on the tree and stared at the leaves.

"Well…you should use your extra time to rest," I looked at her bandaged arm. "That arm's not gonna heal without rest you know."

"I know but…it's not really that bad! See?" she flexed her arms a bit. How can she be that FINE?! I shook my head and ignored the subject, "Anyway, I have a question."

"What is it?" she asked before she drank her tea.

"Do you like Shuichi?"

Just then, she spit out the tea and gagged/coughed, "W-What? Where did that c-come from?!" her face was obviously red. I grinned, "So he's your type eh?" I teased.

"N-NO! I-…I mean…" she looked so flustered that it was so hard not to tease her!

"Alright Emi, you can stop before you hurt yourself," I pet her head. "But seriously, if you like him, just tell him! Of course I don't think he's good for you BUT if he makes you happy then go!"

"Well…it's not that…I mean, I don't want to confess…"

"WHY NOT!?"

"Well…he doesn't like me!"

"You don't know that for a fact."

"…"

"How about this? I'll try and hook you up together!" I said with a confident grin.

"Oh my god! You'd do that?!" she seemed to hesitate but she looked very happy. One thing I know about Emi-chan is that she won't admit her feelings to anyone that easily.
"Yep! I'll work hard!"

In a fraction of a second, I got glomped straight on the ground. "I love you Sin-chan!"

She was giggling loudly. But then, I heard some snickering mixed in with the giggles and I knew for a fact that that was not Emina.

"Now what do we have here? We knew you were weird but we never knew you were attracted to the same gender!" we looked up to see one of the girls from our class. She was the person who asked the 'Strawberry question." She was with other girls from the class and they were snickering with a disgusted look on their face.

"Eeewww! They like each other?!"

"Oh my god!"

"This is terrible!"

What the hell? They thought we were gay? Before I could talk, Emi was on her feet now. "So what if we're gay? Have a problem with that?" her face was in a deadly glare. The girls acted as if they weren't affected but they were shaking a bit. "I don't have any problems against gay people, it's their lives and they're still humans. I won't let you guys talk like that."

"Why? 'Cuz you're feelings get hurt?" mocked the head girl.

"Nope. Because if you don't stop talking, I'll cut your tongue off."

"…"

Emina looked at me and I stood up with our stuff. "And just for the record, we're not gay. In fact, we like guys. But we're not so stupid as to throw ourselves to the first good looking man we see…unlike some people." she added.

I giggled at her remark. I couldn't resist not talking so I said, "Oh! Speaking of gay…you better check your precious 'PRINCE'. I've heard he was eyeing some DUDES from the higher classes."

After that, we left a gawking and horrified faced fan girls. We were laughing all the way back to the classroom. Before we sat down, I went to Shuichi's desk and grinned at him, "I sincerely apologize for questioning your sexuality." I left him with full of questions on his face. A second later, a bunch of fan girls came bursting in the door and rushed to Shuichi with tear streaked faces. Something like 'We're sorry' and 'we didn't know!' and also some 'We support you all the way!' Emi and I giggled a bit and the class soon proceeded.

After school, we headed straight to the ice cream shop. The whole school was in an uproar about Shuichi's 'coming out of the closet'. I felt a bit bad for Shuichi…but then again, I couldn't care less. While Emi was getting the ice creams, I remembered our little talk about Shuichi. I really can't believe that she likes him…but then again, I prefer him more than those other guys at school.

"Here ya go Sin-chan!" she handed me a chocolate sundae.

"Arigato," I said as I ate it slowly. "Ne…Emina…I know it's still in three weeks but…what do you want for your birthday?"

"Eh? I don't really want anything in particular," she smiled and ate a spoon full of her strawberry sundae.

"…okay…" there was a pause. I was about to break the silence but she beat me to it. "Sin-chan…if anything happens…anything at all, give me a call okay?"

I looked at her. She's probably still worried about that boy yesterday. I smiled and nodded. "I'll call you then,"

"Alright, thanks for…ah! Is that my boss? Ne, I'll be right back Sin-chan!" her face shows a bit of irritation. I nodded and watched her bound off to a young man with hazel colored hair and eyes.

(Picture)

He seemed to have a head injury since there's a huge bandage on his head; that's probably why Emi-chan's mad at him. I saw her scolding him but couldn't hear what they were saying.

"Hey, there…this seat taken?" came a familiar voice behind me. I spun around to see the red head I was just thinking about minutes ago. "Not really," I shrugged as he sat down.

"So what brings you here?" I smirked at his exhausted expression.

"You know, what you did was really horrible," he said plainly.

"I know, it's just fun. Those fans of yours were bothering me and Emi during lunch so I thought I'd give them a piece of my mind."

"By telling them I'm gay?"

"I didn't exactly told them…"

"But you implied it."

"…"

"That's wrong don't you think?"

I don't like it when he's right! "So what do you think about Emina?" To my satisfaction, he seemed to turn uneasy.

"E-Excuse me?"

"What do you think about my best friend?" I nodded towards Emina who was still talking to her 'Boss'. Shuichi looked at that direction and his face seemed to…change. I mean, when I mentioned Emina's name, I noticed that his face softened a bit, you know, not the fake expression he puts on around those girls at school. But now, it turned…deathly! It made me shiver! "Who's she talking to? A friend of hers?" he asked in a calm voice…too calm that it was scary!
"O-Oh! Er…t-that's her Boss!" I've never seen him like this. Emina went closer to her Boss and touched the bandage on his head. She's probably inspecting it. To my interest, Shuichi was turning more and more flustered. Now this is gonna be fun.

"You know, I think her Boss likes her," I started but was immediately cut off by Emina approaching the table. "Hey guys! Listen, I got to go. Kenji-san here," she motioned to her Boss, "Wants me to be early." she sighed. Kenji, on the other hand, was smiling…no, smirking behind her. She didn't see of course. "I'll see ya guys!" Emi-chan waved cheerfully and took Kenji's hand and dragged him away.

"Well that was interesting…" I stated when the two left. I turned to Shuichi. "Wanna eat anything?"

"Nah…I'm good. Well, I better get going," he stood up and started to leave.

"Hey! Wait!" I didn't know why I did that. He turned his attention to me, "Earlier, you didn't answer my question!"

"What question," I knew he was lying.

"What do you think about my best friend?"

"Nothing…I don't think of her as anything at all. I think of Emina as just my friend…-" He was trailing off and I cocked my head. He was staring at something behind me so I turned around. To my disbelief, Emina was standing there!

"E-Emi-chan, I thought you left!" this is gonna be awkward. How much did she hear?!

"I left my keys," she smiled sheepishly and looked at the table. "Ah…here it is. Well, I'll see you guys tomorrow!" she turned and was on the verge of running.

"Emi-chan, how long were you standing there?" I looked at Shuichi and to my disbelief, he was horrorstricken!

To my amazement, Emina turned around and smiled her bright smile…but being her best friend, I saw through it, "Long enough Sin-chan." She gave a last nod of goodbye and left.

=O=

This is very irritating! I mean, it's not that I blame Shuichi for saying that. It's just…I'm sad about my best friend! It's really rare for her to like someone…in fact, I never remember her ever liking someone. I sighed as I walked down the dirt path of the forest. I know I seem to be forgetting something but I ignored it. I wonder what's gonna happened tomorrow when Emi and Shuichi see each other. Knowing Emi-chan…she'll act as if nothing happened.

I looked up at the canopy of leaves over head and saw some patches of light showing through it. It's rather beautiful. The bluish sky was now tinted with every hues of red…mostly scarlet and crimson…Crimson? Then it hit me; HARD! I started shaking and almost lost my footing. So that's what I was forgetting! That crimson-eyed-spork-gravity-defying-hair dude specifically told us NOT to walk through this forest! Ah! What am I supposed to do now?! I don't have Emi-chan to protect me too! I mean, I know how to defend myself…but my training only covers normal people, not some creepy murderer! I managed to steady my breathing and whipped my forehead free from sweat. I took a deep breath and started thinking. I need to get out of here…fast! And with a burst of energy, I started sprinting through the bushy forest. I dodged some trees on the way, taking a short cut. I was glad to recognize some of the trees I passed! That meant that I'm almost out of the forest. I almost leaped for joy but I think I thought too soon for I suddenly found myself shoved against a tree, pain spreading throughout my back and something sharp against my neck. My blood ran cold as I looked up at the crimson pair of eyes staring down at me.

"Didn't I tell you not to come through here? I clearly warned you didn't I?" said the crimson eyed dude.

All I could do was nod since I couldn't seem to find my voice.

"I told you I won't be easy on you," he continued.

"P-Please…I-…I forgot!" what a lame excuse! You're dead meat Sin!

"Hn…I don't care if you forgot; it's your fault!" he then smirked an evil…but strangely attractive smirk. "Now…how should I do this?" he then ran his katana down my neck.

"Please…don't…I'm sorry…" I tried to say…I think it sounded more of a breathy whisper.

"I don't go back on my words kid," suddenly, a small pain pinched through my neck.

"S-STOP!" I whipped my hands forward and slapped him. I guess he wasn't expecting that since I actually made skin contact! ALRIGHT! GIMME FIVE!

"You BRAT!" uh oh…RUN! I started to run but found myself face down on the dirt. I tried my best not to have a heart attack and swiftly stood back up and went on a fighting position. I know I don't stand a chance since he has a weapon but at least I tried. "Hah! You're really gonna try to fight me?" he said with a hint of mockery in his voice. "Go ahead and try lowly human!" I twitched. Wasn't he human too?

I charged and planted a kick on his gut and spun around to land a punch on his face. I landed on the ground and pushed with my foot to get some leverage. I jumped up and attempted a spinning kick that landed on his arm. After what seemed like 10 minutes of kicking and punching the crimson-eyed dude, I fell on my knees, exhausted. He didn't, not even once, block my attacks yet looking at him; I don't see any bruise or cuts! I stared at him in horror. I think I grew limp when I saw him sneer at me and said, "Now it's my turn."

No sooner did he say that, I was lying on face down on the ground again. He didn't wait. He picked me up and threw me at the tree. I felt splinters bruise my face and a warm liquid trickled down my cheek. In a flash of a second, I saw him race his katana. I braced myself and concentrated hard.

I don't wanna die yet! It's too early for my short lived life!

I still wanna see Emi-chan smile her real smile.

I still…want to know this crimson eyed dude.

"Hiei!" yelled a familiar voice.

The blow didn't come but I felt a searing pain penetrate from inside my arms…wait…WHAT?! I shot my eyes open and almost screamed in what I saw.

CLIFFY!

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