Disclaimer- I do not own any of the Yuyu Hakusho characters other than Akiko she's mine

"I w…want to go to the g…game" "I already told you that you can go" Kurama's basketball team had a match this week and Akiko planned to go to cheer he big brother on. "When we told mother the I could talk it was a riot. I can't believe how many times she had fainted!" she thought to herself.

She sighed and leaned against her chair. The sound of the basketball hitting the asphalt stopped. Seconds later Kurama came in out of breath and drenched in sweat. "Are you done practicing yet Shuichi?" "No I just came in for a cup of water"

Akiko was bored. She had nothing to do. Shuichi was busy practicing for the game. Mother was in a cleaning frenzy. An idea came to her head. "G…got to go!" she said and left the kitchen and ran up the steps. She went into her room and got the biggest piece of poster board she had. She went all over her room looking for markers and paint.

She went to the living room and got an old newspaper and ran back into her room. She carefully placed the papers over her floor. She got a recent picture of Shuichi in his basketball jersey. She started to work.

2 Hours Later

Akiko's creation was finished. She got up and admired her work. The board said.

GO SHUICHI! #22

Under it was a hand painted picture of Shuichi in his jersey and the rest of the team. Which included Yusuke, Kuwabara, Niko, Vander, Moni, Janessa (the only girl in the whole team) Vanjer, Serya etc.

Her clothes were covered in paint. She let the board dry while she was changing. She changed her clothes and ran down stairs to get her Shuichi and her mother.

"Mom!" she yelled. "I'm in the kitchen!" Akiko ran to the kitchen were she and Shuichi was cooking dinner. She motioned them to come upstairs. "What is it Akiko what's wrong? Asked Kurama in a concerned voice. She ran back up the stairs with Kurama and their mother following behind her.

She opened the door of her roomed and beamed with pride. "Wow Akiko you made this for me" Akiko nodded smiling. "Wow. Looks like we have an artist in the family" he said.

"Akiko so never cease to amaze me." Their mother said while studying her daughter's artwork. "Thanks you!" Akiko said with out stuttering. " Wait till my friends see this!" " Is Hiei c…c…coming?" Akiko asked. Kurama nodded. " Why do you ask?" "N…n…no r…reason" she stuttered while blushing furiously.

"Sure no reason Akiko says" he said with a little smile. "Shuichi and B…Botan s…sitting in a t…tree. K-i-s-s-i-n-g" Akiko said back. Now it was Kurama turn to blush. "Ha" Akiko said while sticking out her tongue. "Knock it of you two dinner is going to be ready soon" Mrs. Minamino said suddenly. "Sorry mother" Kurama said. "Ditto" Akiko, said.

Mrs. Minamino went down the stairs. When she was out of ear shot the argument started again. "You like Hiei admit it!' "I don't!" "You do look your blushing that proves it!" "You s…spend to m…much time with the freak of n…nature!"

The Big Game

"No mom I can't eat no more I'm tonervous" Kurama groaned. He always got the jitters before a big game. "Uh" he groaned again. He leaned into her chair. A few minutes later he heard something fall down the stairs. "Ow" Akiko yelled. Kurama rushed to the stair well. "Akiko are you ok?" Kurama said his voice full of concern. "Y…yes" she said rubbing her head. "Good" he said looking at the clock "Because it's time to go"

Sarayashiki Junior High School

Boys Locker Room

"Hey Minamino you finally made it!" Niko yelled out to him. "Sorry I'm late" "Nah don't worry I'm late all the time" Vander yelled to him. "Do you know were Urameshi and Kuwabara is?" Moni called out. "Don't worry because the prince has arrived!" Kuwabara came in smiling from ear to ear.

"Yeah and Serya is a girl. Wait I forgot he is!" Moni said giggling like mad. "Hey I heard that!" Serya yelled back. "What are you going to about it? Cry? Ha ha!" Moni challenged. "You want a piece of this?" Huh! Do you!" "Sorry no offense but I'm straight" "What you said!"

"Hey guys come on. No fighting! We got a game to play" Kurama said while putting on his jersey. "Hey guys five more minutes" the coach yelled through the door. "Yo we better hurry up," Yusuke said. "Wait I'm not dressed yet!" Kuwabara yelled.

The Game

"And Minamino scores again!" the announcer yelled out. Every one yelled out. "Go Minamino!" the cheerleader yelled out. In the bleachers Akiko and Botan held up the board that took Akiko so many hours to make. "Go Shuichi go!" Botan yelled out.

Hiei was sitting next to Akiko looking bored. "Kasanegafuchi 2 Sarayashiki 14! "Come on Hiei get into the action!" Botan said. "Minamino scores again!" "YES!" Botan yelled.

Kurama was dribbling circles around the other team. It was like he was a one-man army. But Kansane was known to play dirty. One of the players on the team got close and jabbed Kurama in the stomach with his elbow as hard as he could. Kurama coughed and fell to the floor. FOUL! Two free shots!

Kurama struggled to catch his breath. That hurt. He glanced at the clock. 30 seconds left. With those two free shots would let them win the game. The referee gave him the ball. He positioned himself. "Hey Minamino you suck!" some one yelled from the bleachers. Akiko turned around and saw that it was the boy behind her that yelled that. The girl that was next to him yelled "Hey you girl! You don't know how to play" "I bet your gay!" the boy yelled out.

"I mean you look like a freaking girl! And you're ugly too!" "H…Hey" Akiko yelled back at him "Th…That's my b…brother your t…t…talking about!' she stuttered furiously. "And?" he talked back. "W…well stop!" The boy stood up. "And what are you going top do? Stutter at me!" Akiko stood up and stepped onto the boys bleacher and brought herself to full height. (Which again she's only 4'9) "Let's see h…how m…much you stutter w…when I p…put my f…foot up your ass!"

The boy pushed Akiko. She nearly fell down the bleachers but she kept her balance. Hiei got up. "Hey how low csan you go pushing a girl" " Hey don't mess with my man shorty" the girl screamed at him. Akiko not wanting to stutter again balled up her hand into a fist and slugged the girl in the face.

Hiei punched the guy in his stomach. The boy got up and punched Hiei in the face. Hiei punched him in the face and the boy tumbled down the bleachers. The girl recovered from Akiko's blow got up and pushed her against another girl. This girl got up and slapped the girl in the face. Two minutes later it was a total riot.

Back Home

Mrs. Minamino was cleaning up the scratches on Akiko's face. Kurama was in a bad mood and locked himself in his room with Botan and Hiei. They still won the game but the riot was embarrassing. He expected that Hiei would start a fight. It wouldn't be the first time. But Akiko!

"I still can't believe that you did that Akiko" she closed her medical kit. "I understand that you didn't like the fact that he was being called names. But violence isn't the answer." She put the medical kit away. "Go and apologize to Shuichi" Akiko nodded and went up the stairs to Shuichi's room. She heard Botan talking. She wasn't the type who eavesdrops. But she thought that she'd do it at least once.

She pressed her ear against the door. "Kurama just calm down" "Kurama?" she thought to herself. "Who's he?" "Well getting of the subject King Enma has a new assignment for you" "What is it?" Shuichi said. "Well I know you remember the Dark Tournament well. This is a tournament but it's not as prestigious. But you need to enter" Botan said. "You need 4 people to enter. So we have that covered. It's in 2 weeks so prepare yourselves" Akiko put her eyes against the keyhole.

"What am I going to tell mom?" The last time I had an injury that I had to hide and Akiko found out that I was hurt"" He put his head in his hands. "This is getting even more complicated" Kurama took the pot that was next to his bed. He put his hand against it and a flower grew and bloomed in a matter of seconds. Akiko gasped. She ran into her room. She closed and locked her door and sat down at the edge of her bed. Pondering over what she just saw. "Don't worry Kurama" Akiko whispered to herself." You're not the only one with a secret!"

That's chapter 10! Was it good? Please review! Oh and just to clear a few things up. I put Kurama in the same school as Yusuke and Kuwabara and I thought it be cool if they played basketball. And Oh no! Akiko knows Kurama's secret but what about her secret? Well you have to wait for the next chapter to find out. Later. Make love not war! Latina Jun.