When morning arrived, the rays of the sun shone in Keiko's room. Groaning, the brunette slowly sat up, stretching her muscles in the process. Smiling in satisfaction, she got out of bed and began to get ready.

Once, done she skipped a few steps till she reached the restaurant where her parents were there getting everything ready for business. Giving her greeting to the couple, Keiko walked out of the restaurant, grabbing an apple in the process.

After waving her good bye, the said girl thought that it would be nice to stop in her favorite bookstore/café before heading over the Yusuke's place.

Reaching her location, Keiko walked into the book store and headed straight for the café counter.

After paying for her vanilla latte, she began to browse the new arrivals. However, she stopped her browsing when she caught a glimpse of a red head. Frowning she began to study the object of her attention and smiled when she recognized Kurama. Her expression turned to curiosity when she took note of a blonde hair girl clinging onto the fox's arm.

Shrugging her shoulders, she decided to head over the couple to say hi. As she approached them, a pair of light blue eyes stopped her…Keiko blushed at the attention. Smiling, the blonde girl nudges Kurama who in turn took note of Keiko. T

he Kitsune waved as he walked up to Keiko...after the two broke the hug they shared, the red head began to study his long time friend. Keiko's hair was longer and she looked more mature than she did two years ago though her eyes were still the same. "How have you been Keiko, the teen asked?"

The said girl smiled, "good…good just browsing at the new arrivals." "What about you heard about your girl?" She smirked when Kurama blushed and smiled sheepishly at her. "I will introduce you;" grabbing her hand, Kurama led the brunette towards the blonde who was reading a magazine….looking up from reading an article, Mia smiled as the two approached.

Keiko took note of the fondness that had taken place between the couple it reminded of her and Yusuke's relationship. The blonde girl turned her attention away from her boyfriend and placed it on the brunette. "

Mia began the red head, I would like to introduce you to my long time friend and Yusuke's soon to be fiancée Keiko Yukimura." "Keiko, I will like you to meet Mia Young." The blonde smiled as she extended her hand "it is a pleasure to meet you Keiko, Kurama has told me many things about you."

"I hope its nothing bad" she asked sheepishly as she took the offering hand. Mia laughed" no, no it was all good. "

"So you know about Shuichi I take it", the brunette asked curiously. The blonde nodded "yea he told me." Than a thought struck Keiko, "Kur…I mean Shuichi, how is Hiei doing?'

The Kitsune smiled at the question though Keiko took note that it didn't reach his green eyes "he is doing well…he's grown." Nodding, Keiko looked at her watch and didn't realize how much time had passed "sorry to break this short you guys but I should get going," nodding in understanding, Mia began to speak.

"We should get together sometime Keiko, so we can get to know each other better." The said girl smiled at the suggestion, "I will like that Mia…Shuichi has my number so call me and we can work something out."

"That would be great",…shaking hands with the blonde one last time and giving Kurama one last hug, the brunette walked away from the couple and out of the shop. Keiko couldn't help but feel happy that she saw Kurama and was glad that the fox had found someone. She couldn't help but ponder at the kitsune's expression when she asked about Hiei.

"I hope the two are alright" she thought sadly…she remembered how close the two demons were and came to accept Hiei as a close friend though she figured the acceptance wasn't shared. She smiled when she remembered how happy Yukina was when she found her long lost brother.

"Yusuke told her about how Yukina came to the human world to find her brother and was not too shock to find that it was Hiei; it's the eyes that gave it away she reminded herself." She broke out of her thoughts, when she felt like someone was watching her, she stopped and looked up, seeing the one person who was just plaguing her thoughts.

"Hiei" she thought smiling at the fire demon that was leaning against a tree, not too far away from her. The demon looked up when he heard his name being called, he turned his attention to where the voice was and took note of the brunette girl walking up to him. Recognizing the stranger, he nodded his greetings when Keiko finally made it up to him.

"Been a long time huh Hiei," the brunette asked? The fire demon smiled at her and he shrugged his shoulders. "How have you been he asked?" The brunette smiled, "good just heading over to Yusuke's." Nodding his understanding, the yokai continued, "I was going to head there myself." "Well, why don't you join me…I could always use the company."

Looking hesitant at the request due to the fact that the two weren't close, he decided to comply.

Beaming with happiness, Keiko led the two towards their destination. Both human and demon were silent as they were passing people who were going to different destinations. I am so glad that it is not too hot" Keiko began breaking the silence.

"Hn" was the response she received….from the corner of her eye the girl took note that Hiei has defiantly grown…he was her height now. "It's weird," she continued hoping to get some sort of reaction out of the demon beside her.

Looking at her Hiei raised an eyebrow in curiosity. The girl proceeded, "it's weird that you are the same height as me. "I am so use to looking at you when you were shorter." she stated.

Hiei looked confused at her statement so she gave him a reassuring smile as she continued," it is not a bad thing Hiei…it's just going to take some time getting use to, that's all."

"Too bad it didn't strike back then" Hiei mumbled; laughing a little Keiko end up smiling. "Well, it happen so you should be proud" the fire demon smirked "I am."

Smiling at him, Keiko took note of the pride in his voice, "though I can't say the same about you Yukimura" the brunette smirked did Hiei make a joke. "Yea, well I guess I should be glade since I like being shorter than Yusuke; though I am not sure if it would bother Yusuke if I was taller than him" she stated. "Hn. you can never tell with Urameshi," the yokai counter.

"I have to agree with you on that" nodding in satisfaction with the girl's agreement; silence once again had fallen, though it wasn't an awkward silence but a comfortable one. Keiko was deep in her thoughts when they approached the cross road…and as she about to take a step forward into incoming traffic, she broke out her thoughts when a hand grabbed her arm and pulled her back harshly just in time before a car could hit her.

Shaking at the thought of almost being hit, she sank to her knees…she looked up at Hiei who was still holding onto her arm, glaring at the offending machinery as it drove out of sight. It clicked at what happened, Hiei saved me she thought with a shaky smiled. Kneeling down beside the shaken human, Hiei let go of her arm…."you okay" he asked? Keiko took note of the concern in his voice…"yea thanks."

Nodding Hiei stood up…after brushing the invisible dirt off himself, he offer Keiko a hand and helped her up. "You should pay more attention Yukimura" he scolded as they crossed the street….."I don't want to face Yusuke if anything happened to you while I was around."

Smiling at his concern for her safety, she complied "don't worry, if I do end up being spacey again…feel free to slap me or something…though not hard okay", Hiei nodded in agreement. "Thanks again Hiei." "Hn" was the response she received. Shaking her head the two finally made it Yusuke's apartment