Yes, to past readers, I did change Kagome to Kaori. I just didn't like that name as much as I thought it would. But, essentially, she is still the same person, just with a different name. Oh yeah, this chapter is little more centered on Akira and Kaori, since I think Akira needs more face time. And so I don't forget, I don't claim Danny Phantom.

Chapter 6: Tutoring

Today was a typical day in class: Dash was making Mikey do his homework, Paulina and Star were gossiping, and Mr. Lancer was teaching as if everything was silent, course that may had something to do with the earplugs in his ear…

"Okay, Miss Katherine, please answer the question on the board…"

When he didn't get answer, he walked over to her desk and saw her sleeping on the table.

"MISS KATHERINE!"

Kaori's head snapped up and she looked around, eventually noticing that Lancer was glaring at her.

"Oh hey Mr. Lancer…" murmured Kaori.

"Miss Katherine, I have noticed that you have been sleeping frequently during school and that your grades have been slipping also. So, I'm assigning you to be tutored. You are to report to this place after school."

He gave her piece of paper with an address and directions on it before the bell rang.

"Oh this is just great… ghost fighting AND tutoring?" snarled Kaori.

"Hey, don't worry. We can take over ghost fighting and you just worry about tutoring, okay?" Danny said.

"Besides, now Danny can pick up his own slack!" snickered Tucker.

"This is coming from the guy that caught Kaori instead of the Box Ghost with the Fenton Thermos!" Danny yelled.

Noticing that Kaori was a little nervous about leaving those two alone, especially since Paulina was 'in mortal danger' more than usual and were prone to be more distracted with her around, Sam said, "Don't worry. I'll make sure that they'll keep their heads in the game."

"Oh, thank you. I don't really wanna hear about Phantom and Paulina again…"

Kaori waved goodbye and followed the directions Lancer wrote on the piece of paper.

'Hmm, his writing really sucks… Ah, here's the place…'

Kaori looked up and saw that it was an apartment building and that there was nothing public about it.

"What the hell? This place is a freaking apartment building! How the fucking hell am I supposed to find this person?" screamed Kaori.

"The person is right behind you."

Kaori 'eeped' and fell on her butt freaked that someone managed to actually catch her off guard.

"Akira!" she yelled, pointing at him.

"Yep, that's my name, don't wear it out." Akira said, smirking.

"You're such a jackass!" snarled Kaori.

"Aww, that isn't very nice…" teased Akira.

"Oh, just shut up and get this stupid tutoring thing done with!"

She stomped away from him and entered the building, forgetting the fact that she didn't know where his apartment was.

"Kaori, my apartment is in the other direction!"

You then heard a kick and a very pissed off girl stomping in the other direction.

'So easy to anger…'

^_^ Apartment 309 ^_^

Kaori and Akira were sitting on the kotatsu, textbooks spread all over the heated table. They were working for an hour, before they took a break.

"Hey, do you want a drink?" offered Akira.

"Huh, oh yeah, thanks." she replied.

Kaori stretched and stood up, looking around, her eyes falling upon a picture of a man and a boy, both with hazel eyes.

'This must be Akira and his dad when they were younger…' thought Kaori.

"Yeah, that's my dad, if you're wondering." Akira said, suddenly appearing behind her.

She jumped up a little, surprised that he came out of nowhere, and dropped the photo frame, the glass shattering.

"I'm sorry!" she exclaimed, picking the glass with her hands.

"It's okay! You'll hurt yourself if you continue picking the glass with your hands."

"No, it's my fault. I shouldn't be touching stuff that isn't mine. OUCH!"

The glass gave her a big gash on her palm, the blood dripping on the floor. Akira got off the floor and got his first aid kit before cleaning his wound.

"You need to be more careful around glass. Don't you know you're not supposed to touch glass with your hands?"

"Heh, I keep forgetting about that."

"How do you forget about…"

Akira suddenly furrowed his eyes and got up close to Kaori's face, making her uncomfortable.

"Hey, too close there!"

"Are…you wearing contacts?"

"Uh, yeah…"

"Why?"

Kaori sighed and said, "Because I wanted to give it a try. See how identical we actually look. Only my friends can actually tell the difference in our faces."

"You may look like each other a little, but you actually have a couple of differences. You have dimples but your sister doesn't. Your hair is soft and Sam's has more of a shine to it. "

"You actually pay attention to stuff like that?"

"Uh… what is your actual eye color, anyway?" said Akira, trying to change the subject.

"Heh, you'll see. By the way, the water is overflowing." Kaori pointed out.

Akira ran into the kitchen, turned off the stove and got the tea ready. She finished bandaging her hand before drinking the tea.

"Umm… if it isn't a problem…why do you live here by yourself? Don't you live here with your dad?"

"Actually, I moved here from Japan. I'm here on a special football program that I signed up for. And as for my dad…he's…"

Akira was reluctant to say because his father died when he was young and he wasn't told the reasons why and how he had died.

"Actually, that's a sensitive issue I'd rather not talk about…"

"No, it's okay. I shouldn't be asking too much. We don't know each other very well after all."

"You actually want to get to know me? I thought you hated me."

"Well, you're a little better, but it's gonna be a while before I stop hating you."

"I just going to have to prove to you I'm not just stupid, annoying jock."

"Well, you're not stupid. Now let's get back to tutoring."

"Okay, but I'll still prove I'm not an annoying jock."

"When that day will come is the day that I'll fall in love and marry you."

"So is that a deal?"

"Yes it is."

"I'm gonna win."

"No you're not."

"Yes I am."

"No you're not."

"Yes."

"No."

"Yes."

"No.

"Yes."

"NO!"

"YES!"

They argued for the rest of the session before Kaori screamed and stomped off. Akira just glared at the door before he laughed and cleaned up his apartment.

^/^ the next day ^/^

Danny, Sam, Tucker, and Kaori walked in the school, acting like how they normally did. But everyone else was gaping at a certain member of the group.

"Hey, what is everything looking at?" asked Akira, walking over to Dash, Paulina, and Kwan.

"It's Kaori…"

"Her eyes…"

"They're…"

As Kwan and Dash were saying this, Kaori turned around looked at her with her dark green eyes, and smirked before turning around.

"Why did she just smirk at you?" asked Paulina

"Oh nothing you need to know…"

'Oh, it's on Kaori…'