HEY READERS~ so you read there will be yaoi, and indeed there shall be but I decided to open it up with the two shot chapter where Hiei and Kurama were first introduced and such, so yaoi will be later. I have read a lot of other fan fictions and often wondered, how would a regular person take finding out about demons and take away the human magic girl aspect. How? Uhm you'll just have to read loves.


I stared at Takeshi in disbelief before frowning and turning to Maya who I expected to be crying or at the very least in shock. Instead I found she didn't seem the slightest bit perturbed. "I… never saw it like that. You think he'll talk to me, Kuro?" she asked looking upwards lips pursed. Adding to my confusion she planted her fist in her hand looking forward with a look of determination. "That has to be it. I have to be more aggressive, but not too aggressive…" she muttered to herself. Takeshi must've been just as taken aback. When you tell someone man up and talk to the guy you have crushed on and stop getting others to do it for you… usually you get more of a negative response.

"Go figure it out yourself. I am trying to talk to Aiko." He said with the same voice as before. It was a lie to chase her off. Takeshi never speaks to me much inside school. It was in the open, as he stated. Maya nodded saying her good byes and making her way towards the door. "Did you really need to be that cruel, Takeshi?" I said turning to face him with a frown on my face . He was fingering my poorly made braid, almost as if he was going to ignore the question. The partially braided strands of deep violet hair, nearly black made a ghost of a smirk appear on his face.

"Did you want to play matchmaker Ai?" he asked staring at me from the corner of his eyes. The gray orbs held a quiet mirth to them and I sighed. "I suppose not, I struggle with my own personal relationships." I said leaning back in my chair, staring out the window. I grinned as he reached over and lifted my chin tilting my face to him. "Your lack thereof, you mean?" he asked grinning now.

"Oh my, you have caught me dear Takeshi. I have no relationships and I spend my days contemplating ways to woo you into my bed so I could lay claim to your virginal body." I replied clasping a hand to my heart and turning away. I was met with a light chuckle as he whacked my nose with a finger. I smiled at him as he placed an elbow on the table and leaned against it, his expression becoming stolid again. "Aiko, normal… females your age are love struck and debating on marriage with the opposite sex. Looking at ways to attract a companion. However you wear… those things." He stopped scrunching his nose at my dingy ripped jeans and faded black baggy long sleeved shirt that hung loosely at my shoulders revealing a just as faded navy tank top underneath. "You know finding their life mates, you however-" he began. I held a hand up wincing slightly.

"Not you too. Don't you do this to me too Takeshi. I don't want a boyfriend, I just want to be a doctor. Boyfriend's don't pass my class for me." I argued swishing my hand about. "But what about Minamino?" he asked suddenly. Any retort I had on the tip of my tongue disappeared and I stared at him. Opening my mouth once, twice before uttering a simple word. "What?" I asked confused. A light dusting of red appeared on his face as he turned away from me looking straight ahead. "He is the school's heart throb isn't he? Perfect I've heard him described as sometimes. And maybe he could tutor you and help get you to pass that class." He said quickly, playing with the braid. At that point I couldn't help it and began to laugh.

"Oh Takeshi, everyone knows I am biased on the school heart throb. Shuichi Minamino may be the vision of perfect boyfriend. However, he isn't my cup of tea. I don't idolize perfection. I idolize..." I was cut off as the bell rung signaling the beginning of school. "You idolize what?" he asked eyes on mine brows knitted. I grinned, standing up. "I idolize, well… prefer... people like us." I answered before pausing eyebrows raised as the doors slid open again and Kitajima and Minamino walked in. "Look at that." I said suddenly staring at them.

Shuichi Minamino was shorter than Takeshi's 5'11 frame, I don't feel I should compare my height at 5'4 to either of them. His movements reminded me of an animal like grace that Takeshi too shared. Where they moved with muscles a regular person shouldn't have. His crimson red hair however was short and nicely kept whereas Takeshi had grown his deep violet out to hit mid back. Both heart throbs in their own right however I felt Takeshi wasn't wearing a mask. And Takeshi's features helped dissuade people from my doll like features as momma called them. I was petite, not curvy as most females, momma says it will come with age. I hoped it wouldn't. I liked being the plain Jane in Takeshi's shadow. It was hard growing up in a family where the men are far more attractive than you, but I enjoyed it. My dark black hair nearly blue under the right light, hung in a sloppy bun, the length rivaling Takeshi's, but believe me, he wore his mane better than I. While Takeshi had brilliant grey eyes that darkened or lightened with his moods, I had regular steely blue eyes that did nothing with my moods.

Maya waved at me and turned to gaze at Minamino who looked in Takeshi and my general direction. "You sure you guys are friends?" I asked my tense friend.

"I don't exactly know…" he said face blank. Emerald eyes widened as if he caught the words too before he turned to Kitajima and shook his head sitting somewhere else.

"I don't exactly know? What does that mean?" I asked him quite curious at how nearly a couple years ago they were attached at the hip. Momma had rejoiced that his young Takeshi had developed his taste in men. However lately they seemed to have drifted. I found myself often wondering what had set Takeshi to becoming more open to my family. And I say my family because Takeshi refused to call us relatives.

The classroom was alive and loud as more students filtered in. Takeshi rested his head against the wall arm on my desk stopping me from studying and infuriating me in the process. "The more you study it the more you'll psych yourself out." He said as I gently yanked the book, cracking one grey orb open and giving me a slight smirk. With a blush I turned away from him, knowing he was right.

"Again?" someone said surprised gaining my interest. "Some students have disappeared again." "I know." the first voice said. "They ran away while we're crapping ourselves here?! I'm gonna go too." another person said. "Yeah.." the next person said with false bravado.

"Missing students… isn't that odd. Why run away at 14?"I asked to myself. "

Yeah, haven't you heard Aiko?" a random girl asked, one of Maya's friends I believed. Another friend of Maya's, Tasaka, jumped in scooting over and staring at me. "I heard of a couple that disappeared too." He said in a matter of fact way. He shied away face going white revealing the freckles on his face. I turned to see Takeshi glaring at lips pulled back in a smile that mimicked a snarl.

"Maybe they went to town. The local area's pretty boring." I tilted my head at the girl's response and shook my head trying to recall if I had heard anything about it. "Yeah right. As if they had the balls for that. Be more realistic." a boy said grinning widely at her.

"At least I'm not as credulous as Kitajima Maya!" she defended quietly with raised eyebrows. "Huh?" a familiar voice questioned. I didn't notice she had wandered back over here. "Kitajima?" I questioned looking at her trying to see if she heard the girls comment. Oh Maya… I thought to myself though I found it as amusing as she did say the most out of the world things. I admired her uniqueness.

"Ah Minamino-kun! What do you think?" she called and my interests perked. Was she going to tackle it? Takeshi snorted and I looked at him. He too was interested in his own way. Shuichi looked at her and I finally thought he was going to start a conversation with dear Maya.

"They might have just left on their own." Shuichi replied nonchalantly, perhaps uninterested in her attempt at a conversation. "He is still up for grabs Aiko." Takeshi whispered with a sigh clearly giving up on Maya. I grit my teeth and glared at Shuichi.

"I have better things to do then go after a clueless and heartless animal like that." I hissed back. Turning to him to continue a conversation I was surprised to see that Takeshi was staring at me. That stare a scientist gives a lab rat after testing a vaccine on it. Sizing me up again.

"An animal? That is what you see him as? An animal, not misunderstood?" he asked then brows scrunched. "I always give people the benefit of the doubt Keshi… but he knows what he is doing. I… just know it."

"Bo-o-ring! That's not it! That's not it. There are lots of other possibilities. Aliens? Vampires? Ghosts? Black hole? A sect?" Maya went on getting closer to him wagging her finger at him. I chuckled at her; it was as though she was reprimanding him for his lack of imagination. The boy with freckles by me grumbled under his breath. His pimpled face pulled into a scowl as he stared at Maya rambling to Shuichi. I watched him amused by the green of jealousy that I was sure was going to appear. It would clash with his blonde hair and dark brown roots.

"He's not funny at all." He sneered.. The girl looked at him face grinning before poking at him. "You'd better give up. It's no secret that Maya-chan has a crush on Minamino-kun" she teased. He merely humphed at the comment before glaring harder.

"Ningen." Takeshi muttered. I ignored it, he used it just as often as he used wench. "What a creep he is wearing his school uniform here, even though we aren't mandated to! I don't like his manners. Not one bit." He continued barely able to contain his jealousy. I had seen it before. In a school with Minamino being on every girl's dream list, it made the dating pool really small. But before I could stop him I watched him peg an eraser at the unsuspecting Minamino who was talking to Kitajima. I opened my mouth to yell at the moron, we weren't kids anymore to act that foolish but stopped once Shuichi caught it midair without looking at it before staring at it confused at how an eraser appeared out of nowhere. The boy gasped startled at the strange feat.

" Wha… No way…" he said face frozen in a mask of disbelief. "Wow… he caught it." The girl said as equally dumbfounded. I simply watched as Maya stared at the retreating form of Shuichi. That jerk I said growing irritated at his damn arrogance. I stood up yanking my shirt down and ignoring Takeshi's protest. Not today Minamino.

As I got to Maya, I grabbed her wrist. "I'll talk to the m-… man." I said blushing as I caught myself. She stared at me pushing a few strands of black hair back. "But Takeshi said..." she began. "Well Takeshi doesn't have a girlfriend or any other friends but me. Don't listen to him, he's going to die with hundreds of cats." I said grinning. She was making steps, I won't let this jerk ruin that. "Aiko." She said with a grin before nodding. As I stepped to the door, Takeshi stopped me. "Why are you doing this?" he asked staring down at me.

"Because, maybe I want to knock him down a peg and figure out why you two had a falling out." I added earning a sigh from him. "You coming Kuro?" I said with a grin. He didn't answer but I knew he would. Takeshi felt it necessary to watch my six all the times. Like a body guard. He said I found trouble wherever I went. Maybe he was a little right.

We trailed down the hallway trying to catch up with Shuichi but I stopped suddenly as an awful scent hit me followed by a sense of… wrong. Dirty. It made me feel dirty and sick. "What is wrong Ai?" Takeshi asked me. Goosebumps had broken out on my flesh and I shook my head. "Aiko." Takeshi called again stepping in front of me looking around before looking at me. "Takeshi." I whispered looking up at him. He held a scowl on his face but his eyes, were intent. Dangerous. "Something is wrong." I said suddenly walking down the hall at a quicker pace. "Wait!" he called going after me. As I got close to a corner I grunted as Takeshi grabbed me moving to the staircase and pulled me close covering my mouth.

"I'm going to kill you and that bastard!" I heard a voice say. The voice made me tense against Takeshi who shushed me silently. It sounded wet, as if it were a death rattle. The sense of something being off grew and I clenched Takeshi's arm tight as my heart began to slam into my chest. He stroked my hair but kept his hand over my mouth. My head began to pound and my vision blurred at the edges. I sighed as the haze cleared suddenly and I felt as if I could breathe again.

"Shuichi… what was that? Don't tell me… was it a demon?!" someone asked suddenly. Maya! I fidgeted once again in Takeshi's arms and he pulled me tighter against him, nearly crushing me. What on earth had gotten into him? I turned my head slightly glaring up at him. He simply stared at me and my anger took a nose dive. The look was frightening, a warning for me to keep quiet. "Takeshi…" I whispered, brows furrowing. He shook his head holding his finger to his mouth. This time I merely nodded. "It's the first time I've ever seen anything like that. It was horrible." She said clearly shaken up.

"What do you mean? Maybe it was our imagination?" Shuichi asked, finally he sounded off guard… unnerved. Had he heard that threat too or maybe it was something else. Had he heard nothing, what had Maya seen? I clutched Takeshi's dark grey long shirt from behind me as he maintained control of my head fingers entwined in my hair.

"If you're trying to deceive me, it's no good. I clearly saw it and you did too. Not only that, you were speaking with it. I'm really impressed! You should go and tell someone." she rambled away. "Ever since I met you for the first time, I knew that you were somehow different from the others. How dramatic! Like a scene from a movie… what's more it happens to be the person I am in love with." she asked. I wish I could see the look on his face. Shuichi made a noise, as if he was caught off guard. The great Minamino was caught. I bit back a laugh as Maya got quiet. Maybe that is what momma meant about fools falling in love. After a moment of silence she spoke again. "You didn't know did you?" she asked suddenly. And with his silence I blushed. The idiot didn't know. And I had been ragging on and on about his foolishness for so long. The fingers in my hair loosened and I whirled around to stare up at Takeshi.

"He is off the market now Aiko." He whispered before pushing off the wall. At that I bristled and walked away from him.

"Hey, Aiko I was teasing." He whispered reaching for me. I looked at his face. A few minutes ago, he gave me a look that was clearly a threat. Something dangerous that I only saw on the faces of bad men who often walked into poppa's bar.

Had Takeshi threatened me? And if so, why did his eyes look as if he'd carried out a threat before. I moved away from him. Ever since Shuichi had shown up, I'd seen a lot of looks on Takeshi's face. When they first met, he looked at me as an ant that had managed to get in his line of sight. They had both shoved all of the kids away from them. He hurt momma with his words one time. And it changed one day, he came home looking lonely. Just as lost as when we first found him. And here I stood questioning. If I actually knew who Takeshi was. He looked confused and I gingerly scratched the back of my head.

"I'll meet you at home…" I said grinning weakly backing towards the corner. He stared in confusion before sighing and taking off down the stairs.

"Hey Aiko!" Maya called. Dammit I forgot I was incognito. I turned to her and grinned. "When did you get here?" I asked grinning and staring at a dazed Shuichi. "You appear as if a cat has bit your tongue, Minamino." I said earning a confused stare.

"Ah, Aiko how… has your day been?" he asked grasping at words. Trying to stabilize himself. "Not as eventful as yours it seems." I teased before looking at Maya. She beamed at me clearly relieved to get it off her chest. But looking as sense returned to Shuichi and that troubled look he had before he replaced it behind a mask, she was in for heartache.

Being a third wheel wasn't my idea of fun, but I understood how Maya felt with me and Takeshi. Not sure what to say in fear that Takeshi would tell her shut up, which he often did. The sun had begun to set and I walked a couple of paces behind them ignoring their conversation enjoying the crisp breeze of summer air. It was cut short as I saw Maya's shoulders slump. 'Minamino you jerk.' I mentally snapped, glaring at his back. She turned around and stared at me, smiling though her eyes brimmed with unshed tears. I smiled at her opening my arms but froze. "Aiko?" she said suddenly as my eyes widened and my body stiffened. What was this? This feeling again, I gripped my stomach feeling my jaws tighten and fingers flex. It felt like a fire was lit in my brain and was spreading along me body. But what was it? My eyes landed on Maya's shoulder as Shuichi gripped it, his eyes becoming darker… the same dangerous look as Takeshi. Goosebumps ran along my arms and I looked around. My body screamed for me to run, was Maya in danger too? "Stay close Maya, Aiko… don't move." Shuichi ordered and I nodded. At any other time I would have been happy for Maya but not now. The air was too tense.

"MAYA!" I shrieked as the clank of metal against concrete hit my ears. Relief flooded my chest as I saw her in Shuichi's arms away from the small man who had just appeared. With a sword? The man tsked and stared at Shuichi. "You were able to evade it?!" he snarled out glaring at them. He wore a long coat belted at the waist. Around his neck was a white scarf and his hair stood up as if he had dumped a gallon of gel into it. He looked at me briefly and sneered, turning back. Clearly dismissing me. Good. He had a sword, I was completely useless at this point. I gasped as the man attacked again and Shuichi moved out of the way again. It was… amazing- he moved so quickly and fluidly. Like a dancer. And I would've been amazed had he not pulled out a leaf and… made a sword from it.

I fell to my knees as I was overtaken by a headache, cross that, as a little imp in my head began to run around my skull slamming into it at different angles. Or maybe it was shock. I gasped clutching my head as the smell from earlier returned. My eyes burned with tears as I bit my lip, maybe drawing blood maybe not. My sense were on overload, I felt on fire and nauseous at the same time. I watched as Shuichi and his assassin took off as if I was far away before turning to look at the slumped form of Maya who stared at them in disbelief. " M..ay..a." I managed before collapsing vision blurring.

"Aiko!" she called weakly. She was terrified maybe in shock.

But I wasn't worried about that. "Behind… you." I croaked out consciousness fading to quiet darkness as a figure appeared behind her raising their hand.