Chapter Four

Underneath It All

A Yu Yu Hakusho and Inuyasha Fanfiction

By Momoe

Thank you again for the reviews! and la canelle, to answer your question, no, there won't be any demons in this. but there is going to be some supernatural elements to this story that will be introduced soon! Thanks for reading!

Just after midnight today I helped Yuusuke when he was in a fight. I scared the guys off, helped him back home and cleaned him up a little bit. I found out that he and I aren't so different after all. He doesn't have any family and neither do I. We were both abandoned. Although, I think it is unfair of myself to say we are similar. He didn't have a choice in his situation whereas I did to some extent.

I also discovered earlier that Yuusuke doesn't know how to cook. I cook all of my meals and I think it is somewhat pitiful that he isn't able to cook for himself, only make instant food. I decided to prepare a meal for us tonight and I invited him over to my place. I didn't know what he liked to eat and what he didn't so I just made some chicken katsu with rice and curry. I hoped he liked it.

I set my table with one extra place. I wasn't use to it at all. There was a knock at my door as soon as I finished plating everything. I ran to the door and checked myself one more time before answering. My hair looked great, my face was clean, my tank top fit perfectly and showed off my curves, and my skinny jeans fit well. I let out a small breath and reached for the handle.

I was nervous. I didn't want people to think I was weird so I never had any friends come over before. Yuusuke was the first person to step in my apartment since my family left. I opened the door and he stood there with his hair slicked back and in his normal clothes. "Come in!" I said with a smile and lead him to my kitchen. "The food's already done." I smiled and he sat down across from me.

"Wow! this looks great!" He said and immediately started eat. He ate so fast it was like he was inhaling instead of actually chewing and eating. I couldn't help but giggle a little bit as I watched him. I couldn't believe that this was the man that I used to be scared of. He is actually the first guy that didn't scare me to be around anymore. "It's so good!" He said as he finished his food.

I smiled. "I'm glad you like it." I let out a small sigh. I had to ask him some things about school. I wasn't very close to Yuusuke yet so I didn't know how he would react. "How is your homework coming?" I put a forced grin on.

He looked a little irritated. "I'm not done yet. Close, but no yet." I nodded that was great news.

"There in a few days, have you studied for it yet? Yoshizawa-sensei gave us a study sheet." He started stacking his dishes anf took them to the sink for me.

"I have but we will have to see how it goes." I nodded at him. I was happy that we ended up having dinner together. I invited him over again next week to eat with me. I told him he was welcome any time get got hungry though. Yuusuke seems like a good person despite his scary exterior

I sat in class people watching again. It was still early. Yuusuke had been attending for the most part, but he had missed a day so far this week. He was doing better so my future look like it was getting a little brighter. I glanced around the room and students from Koudo Gakuen were standing in a group on the other side of the class. My eyes my Hayashii. he was glaring at me. He must of still been pissed for me stopping him last week.

I ignored his glare and went to look over my notes from my homework over the weekend. I heard footsteps walk up to me and felt a hard kick on my desk. I looked up with a bored expression.

"Higurashi, I have a problem with you." Hayashii said. He grabbed my notebook off of my desk and threw it across the room. It landed with a loud thud. I let out a sigh.

"Let me guess… I hurt your manhood and to make things better you need to pick a fight with me?" I smiled at him. I wouldn't put something like that past him. He clenched his fist and his jaw.

"Higurashi… you're mine!" He said and grabbed my by the arm. I looked around and all the students were staring at me, but of course no one stepped into help. I could handle myself but it just upset me to know what if I was in any real trouble, no one would help me. He dragged me to the hall and up the stairs.

"Let go Hayashii. I'm warning you." I said and he pulled me up to the roof.

"Oh yeah, I'm real scared of you." He laugh at me. He pushed open the door and swung his arm around. I fell to the ground on the rooftop with a hard thud. It hurt a little. "You got a cheap shot in last time, Higurashi. If you are going to hit a guy, there is no need for you to refuse a proper fight with me now."

i let out a sigh and stood up. "Hayashii… I'm so sick and tired of you and the other students from Koudo Gakuen. You are nothing but a bunch of idiots that only fight. It's annoying! Do you know how peaceful this school was before you started attending here." He scoffed at me.

"If you weren't such a bitch I wouldn't need to fight a girl." He came at me. I prepared myself for him to hit me, he was fast, I didn't think i'd be able to block his punch or get out of the way. I closed my eyes and i heard a loud grunt. The hit never came to me. When I opened my eyes, I saw Hayashii on the ground with another student I've never seen before.

Hayashii was knocked out and the stranger was standing over him. He turned to look at me with a goofy smile. He was a really tall man, at least six feet tall. He had small black eyes and a reddish-orange hair in a unique pompadour style that I've only seen in movies. He stands out a lot.

"Are you okay?" He asked me. I nodded. I wasn't expecting his sudden appearance.

"I'm fine, thank you." I said quietly. My body was tense around him, he took a step closer to me and I could feel myself tense up even more. He must have noticed this because he took a step back and with a nervous laugh he reached his hand out to me.

"Hi!" He said in a cheery tone, "I'm Kuwabara Kazuma, Senior, class 3-B." He smiled deeply and stretched his hand out to me. I nervously reached out and shook his hand.

"I'm Higurashi Kagome, Senior, Class 3-F" this Kuwabara guy seemed a little different, but like most men, he intimidated me.

"Why was Hayashii picking on you?" He ask me and I let out a sigh.

"He always starts fights in my class. Last week I had enough of it. I kind of put him in an arm lock and made him stop. I guess I embarrassed him so he wanted to restore his pride by beating me up." It sounded completely ridiculous to me, I couldn't believe that Hayashii guy.

Kuwabara let out a small laugh. "That sounds like Hayashii. You must be a pretty tough girl, I bet you could have handled it on your own but I believe a guy should never hit a girl. I couldn't stand there and let him do it." He smiled at me. That was admirable of him.

"Thank you, that's sweet." I said. I was beginning to feel a little more comfortable around him.

"Plus it would be a shame if such a pretty girl like yourself got hurt." He giggled a bit and I saw a blush cross his face. One crossed mine to but I tried to ignore his comment. I wasn't interested in boys after all.

"Well thank you Kuwabara." I said. "What were you dong up here anyways?" I asked, successfully changing the subject.

"I was taking a nap." he said simply. "I didn't feel like being here today." I nodded.

"Well thank you again. I need to go get my stuff. I think I'm leaving for today." I started walking and Kuwabara followed me. We left Hayashii on the roof, still knocked out.

"Is there something I can help you with?" I asked as Kuwabara walked next to me.

"Well Hayashii runs with a bad crowd, I remember him from Koudo Gakuen, i wouldn't want anyone else to bother you." He said and I got to my classroom. He walked in with me and watched me pick up my notebook and gathered my bag together. I noticed everyone was staring at me and at Kuwabara. I didn't like standing out like i have been, it's embarrassing.

Kuwabara walked off of campus with me and followed me to the train station by the school. He asked me simple questions like where I attended school before here and what I planned on doing in the future. He seemed like a gentleman. I wasn't used to all of the attention I had been getting recently though. Between Yuusuke and now Kuwabara ,it was kind of a shock to my system.

"I just want to make sure you get home safe." Kuwabara said as we got off the train. My apartment was close to the station so I didn't mind.

"Do you walk all the girls you save home?" I asked with a smile. Since I had been getting more attention recently, I started getting more confidence in myself.

"No, just the pretty ones." He laughed out and I couldn't hold in my giggle.

We stopped outside of my building. "Thank you for walking me home, Kuwabara." I smiled and pulled my key out of my bag.

"It was really no problem." He smiled. "Maybe I'll see you at school again soon, Kagome?" I smiled at him.

"Maybe." I said and started to turn around. I looked up and saw Yuusuke walking down the steps. "Oh, Yuusuke, hello." I said with a smile. He didn't speak to me, he looked passed me and at Kuwabara.

"Long time no see." Yuusuke spoke to Kuwabara, the tension between them was apparent, it made me uncomfortable.

"Urameshi." Kuwabara said back matching Yuusuke's tone.

I looked back and forth between them. "You two know each other?" I asked a very obvious question.

"We went to Koudo Gakuen together." Yuusuke said. "This guy and I have fought plenty of times."

"You are friends with this guy?" Kuwabara asked me. I didn't know how to answer it, thankfully Yuusuke answered for me.

"We are classmates, and neighbors." He said. Yuusuke took a step closer to me Kuwabara, I stepped out of their way.

"She's a good looking girl." Kuwabara said and Yuusuke punched him in the arm.

"Don't say that kind of stuff about her man!" and Kuwabara laughed with Yuusuke. They started chatting like they were old friends and I looked between them, confused.

"Wait… are you two friends?" I asked and Kuwabara nodded at me.

"We used to be enemies, but we put that all behind us." Kuwabara smiled.

"How did you two meet?" Yuusuke asked us and Kuwabara went and told him the story.

"Fucking Hayashii!" Yuusuke clenched his jaw. "I'll deal with it tomorrow." He let out a sigh.

"There is no need for that." i tried telling Yuusuke but he didn't seem to listen to me at all.

"Kagome!" Kuwabara said my name suddenly and I jumped a little bit. "Do you have a boyfriend?" He asked with a red face. It was so embarrassing.

"Kuwabara, leave her alone." Yuusuke said and grabbed him by the arm. "Go do your thing." Yuusuke said to me. "We will see you later." Yuusuke dragged Kuwabara off and they were fighting over Kuwabara asking me a question like that. I didn't understand why he would but I found it uncomfortable and very embarrassing. I was surprised though. I felt like I was making some friends at school. It felt good to have people to talk to instead of being all by myself.