Hey guys, sorry it took so long. Hawaii was a little more hectic than I had planned. Let the story commence!

Della's POV:

When I entered the school yard on Monday I was a total mess. I had spent all weekend thinking, talking, and dreaming about Shuichi Minamino. I knew it was wierd but Saturday night I had woken up from a dream of him offering me his hand as he had done after my attack. Immediately after getting home I had called Lucy and after her initial confusion at being woken up at one a.m. she had been more than happy to listen to me describe him for about an hour before falling asleep on the phone, even if she had been incoherent most of the time.

Now as I looked around I was hoping to catch a glimpse of his red hair even though I doubted I'd see him here. I mean come on? What girl wouldn't be obsessed with the guy who had saved her from almost certain death? I shivered; I tried hard not to think about that part so much. I much preferred focusing on my savior.

"Della, what's wrong with you? I called your name like ten times." Keiko ran up to me with a smile, distracting me momentarily from my dark thoughts. "So how was the rest of your weekend? Did you do anything exciting?"

I couldn't help but smile at her; she was just one of those terminally happy people. Poor girl. "Morning Keiko, I'm sorry I didn't hear you. I was thinking. I didn't do anything terribly exciting but I was wondering, do you know a boy named Shuichi Minamino by chance?" I tried to make my tone light and not as obsessive as it sounded in my head. I didn't think I succeeded.

"Shuichi," she thought for a moment. "No, I've never heard of him, he must not go to this school. Why do you ask?" Reluctantly I spilled the beans over what had happened Saturday night and how Shuichi had saved me from my attackers. I edited how close I had really come to being seriously hurt; I didn't want her to worry. Even still, Keiko was appalled.

"I told you Kuwabara should have walked you home. It just isn't safe around here at night." I ducked my head as I listened to her ranting, trying to hide my smile. The truth was I was glad that Kuwabara hadn't walked me home, I was glad that Shuichi had saved me. Even if it meant that I had been in danger. As if summoned by my thoughts Kuwabara appeared beside us. Keiko whirled on him and began shouting, "I told you you should have walked her home Saturday, she almost got mugged by some thugs!"

"Wah! Don't yell at me! It wasn't my fault, she insisted she was fine." He turned to me, "Della just tell me what they look like and I'll beat the crap outta them myself." He slammed his fist into his palm with purpose.

I waved my hands, "Uh, no need Kuwabara but thanks anyway. Some boy rescued me and beat them up."

Keiko got an interested look on her face, " Kuwabara, you wouldn't happen to know a guy named Shuichi Minamino would you?"

Kuwabara scratched his head, and seemed to think about Keiko's question. "No but he must be pretty tough to beat up those guys like that, I'll ask Urameshi if he knows him when I see him."

"Speaking of Yusuke, where is he?" Keiko asked with false sweetness in her voice even as she advanced on him, Kuwabara took a step back.

"Please don't hurt me! Keiko I'm just the messenger but…he isn't coming today."

She grabbed the front of his uniform, "What do you mean he isn't coming!? I suppose that means you're ditching too aren't you? Aren't you?" She shook him hard. "How do you ever expect to pass school if you're never here!?"

"Waaaaah! Keiko let me go! You know it's for work!" I laughed as Keiko intimidated a tough guy like Kuwabara. She was really scary when she wanted to be, I made a mental note not to make her angry. The bell rang causing Keiko to let go, the only thing that saved Kuwabara from certain injury. I swear I had never seen a guy run so fast. "See you later guys!" He yelled from the entrance to the school before taking off down the street as if demons were chasing him. I gripped my side as I tried to breathe through my laughter.

"OOOOO, those boys make me so mad!" Keiko yelled as she glared after him. "Come on Della, we're gonna be late." She grabbed my arm in a vice grip and dragged me towards the school building, I looked over my shoulder and wished I had followed Kuwabara.

Kuwabara's POV:

Stupid Urameshi, leaving me out to dry like that, bastard. Favor my ass. How dare he give me girlfriend duty! I had barely made it out alive. That Keiko was one dangerous girl when she got pissed. Urameshi so owes me for that. I grinned, I was gonna get him back good. I kicked at a rock as I walked down the sidewalk.

Apparently Koenma had another gig for us so I was meeting the guys at my place; good thing Shizuru didn't really care whether or not I went to school or that our house was kinda like headquarters in the human world. I guess my older sister was cool like that. Of course she didn't really know what we did there; if she did she'd probably flip. When I got there Urameshi, Kurama, and Hiei were already waiting for me.

"What took you so long Kuwabara? We've been waiting forever."

"Shut up Urameshi, I had to deal with your girlfriend-"

"Keiko is not my girlfriend!"

"-and Della so cut me some slack."

"Della?" I looked between Kurama and Urameshi, who had both spoken at the same time. How did Kurama know Della?

"Uh, yeah, Della. Apparently some guys tried to hassle her on her way home Saturday but some guy kicked their asses and saved her."

"What the hell! We told her not to walk home alone she's such a stupid bitch." Urameshi was just as mad as I was, damn it, I should have insisted on walking her home. It's what a real gentleman would have done.

"So you're the friends she was with? Why did you let her walk home alone when you knew it was dangerous?" All three of us turned to look at Kurama; he was glaring at Urameshi and me.

"It wasn't our fault! She said she could protect herself. Besides nothin' really bad happened, right Kuwabara? Yeah, so no big deal. Wait, why do you care Kurama?" I looked between Urameshi and Kurama waiting for him to answer.

"Yes Kurama, why do you care about the human girl?" Hiei asked from his position on the window sill. Kurama looked slightly uncomfortable.

"Because I'm the one who saved her and believe me Yusuke it wasn't 'no big deal'."

I hope you liked it, sorry it's kinda short. I'll try and update as often as possible but bear with me, college is hard! lol. Please R&R thank you!