Thanks Fae Black. I know…I needed an excuse for Kurama to use the rose whip…

-- You have no idea how much that chapter has tormented me…

And Anonymous person whose complaining about different language, p Because realistic-ness is my key…

Kassandra stared for a moment but decided not to make a comment about it. She had bigger problems. Like…well…. none at the moment, but she'd be able to come up with one or two soon enough.

She collapsed into a chair.

"This is insane…"

Kurama nodded.

"Granted, I bet this is a bit of a shock."

"A bit? Try a lot…" She placed her head in her hands and groaned. "Too much in one day. Far too much…Headache…. Bad headache…"

Kurama began to feel a bit uncomfortable.

"Maybe I'll leave. Tomorrow is Saturday; we can work more on our project tomorrow. Is that okay with you?"

Kassandra simply nods. Too tired to do anything else.

Kurama noticed though, and that was enough.

"Tomorrow then…"

He walked into the hallway, pausing to let Dylan chase a 4 year old across the hall. He opened the door and shut it carefully behind him.

"Kass…there is something familiar about your new friends." James said.

"Oh, you don't recognize them? They're the Reikai Tantei…"

James stared at her for a moment.

"Good one, Sis! You almost had me convinced there for a second."

Kassandra sighed. That was good. He wouldn't believe her, so no one else would. Except for maybe…

She jumped up and ran to the phone.

She dialed the number she knew by heart and waited as it rang once.

Twice.

Three times.

"Come on Sam! Pick up!"

The fourth ring did it.

"Hello?"

"Sam!"

"Kass! What'd you find out?"

"They're for real alright…"

"You serious?"

"Totally."

"No. Way."

"Way."

Kassandra tells her friend about her little encounter. Sam was silent for a long while after she finished.

"Wow…"

"Wow is right. And guess what!"

"Do I want to know?"

"Maybe. They just moved in next door."

"Pinch me. I think we're both having the same sugar induced fantasy dream."

"That's be pretty strange, but not as strange as this. I'm afraid to say this, but this is real."

"Would now be a good time to tell you I've found a boyfriend?"

"Yes. That would take my mind of this….right…so tell me…"

Not going into details, but Sam seemed pretty happy.

"By the way, Kass, what do you want for your birthday?"

"Huh? But that's ages away!"

"No its not you dolt! It's in two weeks!"

"It is? Which one is this? 14th, 15th?"

"try 16th."

"Really! Who's turning 16?"

"You are."

"I am?"

"Yes…"

"YES! Finally! Drivers license! Extended curfew! DATING!"

"I know. Now calm down and tell me what you want."

"Want? I just listed them off! I want a date, a drivers license, an extended curfew!"

"But I can't give you any of those…"

"Then randomly guess. That usually works."

"True…Ah, crap…Lee's tramping through the door, and he doesn't look or sound happy. I don't want him yelling at me… Gotta go!"

"Bye…"

Kass hangs up feeling considerably better than she did before the conversation.

"Kass. Dinner. Shut down the computer."

"I'm not on it!"

Kass says as she marches down the stairs.

Her mother looks at her in surprise. "Is that possible?"

"Yes Mom, it is. I just had a rather taxing day, a very LONG taxing day, and I had no energy to get on."

"That's strange. You've never let that stop you before, but hey, who am I to complain?"

Kassandra didn't answer. She really didn't feel like answering. She had far too much to worry about. Like, nearly getting kidnapped. Surprisingly, instead of picking at her food like she usually would, she wolfed it down and rushed upstairs. Bed sounded strangely comforting right now. She was asleep before her mother even came up to say good night.

Kurama picked at his food. Mainly because it was Yusuke's turn to cook.

"Hey Kurama! How's the project going?"

He winces. Now he'd have to tell them.

"Well…we got a topic established, then we went out for a walk. We, or should I say, Kassandra, got attacked by a demon, who threatened to take her back to the Makai with him."

"And of course you wouldn't stand for that, and so you kicked his a-"

Someone's hand covered his mouth. Not sure whose.

"Yes. And then of course I had to explain to her about the spirit world and demons and the like."

"And she just sat there and listened like a good kid and then fainted?"

"No. She sat there and listened then, shrugged it off saying she ,lready suspected something like that."

All three of his companions stared at him.

"She did?"

"Yes she did but moving our attention away from Kassandra…How are we going to find this demon?"

"Simple. We wait for anyone who acts strange."

"That could take forever."

"No. We only have to wait until some time in the next 4 weeks. The demon will most likely break free on the hosts 16th birthday."

"you know this how?"

"Hacked into Koenma's database…or more specifically, Youko hacked into Koenma's database…"

They all did anime face falls at got at least one sweatdrop. Except for Hiei of course. It takes a lot to make him do that….

Kurama managed to somehow finish his food. Despite that it was burnt to a crisp.

He rushed up stairs to finish setting up his room. Then he started trying to search for any trace of demon energy in the town.

To his surprise, he found three, but since his senses were nowhere as awesome as Hiei's, he couldn't tell where.

Sorry for shortness…I have to get off the comp and anted to get this out so I have all night to figure out what to type tomorrow. My life is wonderful isn't it.

And Kurama's gonna kill me for that last comment regarding his senses…well…he won't…but Youko will most definitely not be happy with me…

I can't please everyone…