Author Note: This chapter is all Tommy's work. I messed up on the first chapter and I am completely and utterly sorry. Wrote it in school, psh. - Rei.

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Tommy Wakatsuki - Rei Hi

"...I drank communion wine

but I don't remember why,

the fire burned so high.

Can't you see we're burning?

Are the fires real?"

- Breathe For You by Flesh Eating Foundation.

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Chapter 1:

Can't You See?

The class filled with the students whom continued, to look half-asleep- in her mind anyway. The class was beginning to pile up and luckily for her, she managed to grabbed her schedule before the havoc day.

It was her first chance to attend a school that wasn't religious nor was it a place were she was used to while working for Nagira-san.

Taking a glance at the sheet of paper that held numbers and kanji that was her now life assembled to. A soft sigh escaped her lips as she sat down at a desk in the back of her first class. Not having the required uniform was earning her stares from the older students who filled into the room.

"Anima, can you come here for a second?" An elderly stern voice filled her ears. Nodding and of course obeying she went over to the teacher. "I know you're from Europe but please tell me how to pronounce your name."

"Ah-nee-mah. I suppose..." She told the teacher softly. "Hino is Japanese."

The teacher nodded and smiled at the new girl. "Of course." She eyed the 'Anima' closely and smiled a bigger grin. "You're a half-ling. How wonderful."

Taking a step back from the teacher out of instinct and tilt her head to the side and closed her eyes. "Pradon?[1]"

The teacher's head snapped up and stared at Anima for the longest time, as if she grew an extra head. "What did you say?"

Snapping her eyes open, she looked at her new teacher with confusion. "I say

something?"

"Your japanese is weird, girl. Learn to speak."

That earned more confustion to the transfered student.

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"Keiko, I'd told you I'd go to school, but you never said anything about attending class!" Yuusuke whined out to her brown haired girlfriend- who at the moment was ready to deck him. Walking through the busy hallway when the morning bell rang and of course Keiko dragged her ever-relentless boyfriend into the double doors. Walking down the first hallway where Keiko's locker was held, negotiations were being held.

Keeping her voice is control but the fire in her eyes made Yuusuke want to crawl into a hole somewhere in Makai than to face 'The Rath Of Keiko.' "Yuusuke. We've been over this too many times. I never get to see you anymore and there's no way in hell or heaven you can graduate by skipping all the accursed time." Turning her head on ward her locker and turning to it. Fumbling with her combination and swinging the door open that almost hit Yuusuke. She took out a textbook and slapped her boyfriend in the head with the current weapon of choice. "I'm making you go... that's final."

"I'll attend first through 3rd. Better?" Keiko gave her death-glare at Yuusuke. "Fine fine, all classes. Just for today."

"Good." She said and walked towards her own classes. Turning her head and yelled at her boyfriend who was currently nursing a bump on his head. "I'm expecting you hold your promise!"

"Yeah yeah..." He mumbled back and walked into his first period class. "I'm probably gonna' end up givin' the Hag a heart attack." He snorted and kept walking into his class and sat in the back, as usual. Ignoring the new student and the teacher who was dubbed 'hag'.

Yuusuke's attention was finally drawn to the conflict up on the front of the class. The same girl from this morning was in here...and the Hag seemed quite irritated at her. Cocking an eyebrow in amusement he decided to enjoy this little show.

Watching her step back with a shocked expression on her face. When it finally calmed she tilted her head to the side and smiled lightly. "Pradon?"

The hag turned and glared at the young woman in front of her. Yuusuke recognized that look all too well. "What did you say?"

Watching as her face changed from amused to 'what-the-hell-is-going-on' expression and Yuusuke was seriously enjoying this little show. 'Feh, that batty ol' hag got a new number one on her hit-list.' He thought, cracking up inside.

"I say something?"

Now Yuusuke was having his Reikai Tantei stirring inside of himself. 'She's a foreigner!'

The teacher then glanced back down on her desk looking at the sheet of paper before signing it. "Your Japanese is weird, girl. Learn to speak."

"Oi Hag, don't be messin' with the new girl. She ain't gonna' be a problem." Yuusuke yelled from the his current position.



The teacher was now looking rather shocked to pissed then back to firious. "Urameshi. Damn it, I thought I told you NOT to come back to this class until you got your act straight."

Yuusuke started to get up out of his desk to get the hell out of the prison. However, the teacher gave him a venomous look. "I'll get going. Thought I'd appear but whatever.."

The hag cut him off and sounded down-right pissed. "You are not going anywhere, young man. When the headmaster hears of this, kiss this school 'goodbye'."



"Feh, like I WANT to be here?"

The girl's voice broke up the little argument between them. "I'd like to see the councilor. I may I have someone to come with me?"

The Hag and Yuusuke looked at the girl. "I'll take ya'. Laters hag." Yuusuke grabbed the girl by her arm and left right when the bell rang.



"I'm sorry to have disrupt your little fight between Sato-sensei." The girl said softly to Yuusuke.

"Nah, no prob. I wasn't ready to get kicked out again. It's funner to walk out with an argument then actually being in front of the sonabitch." Taking in the girl's confustion and gave a shrug. "I never attend. I don't know their names and I don't want to."

The girl nodded and laughed softly. "I suppose that's true. I never really attended school either but I have to go or else my 'brother' would be really pissed off at me."

"Yeah. Same.. only replace brother with girlfriend." Walking down the main office hallway Yuusuke took a look at the new girl and stopped suddenly. "What's your name?"

Stopping and turning around to face the young punk she gave a small smile. "Hino Anima. You?"

"Urameshi Yuusuke." Was the reply.

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At the HQ in the STN-J building. The mix-matched group gathered under the multi-coloured lights and strobs that held information and pictures of their next 'victim'. All in the search, no pictures were found nor no name. Just the facts that were given.

"Michael what could you gather about this witch?" Ask a short brown haired woman. "Other then he died?"

"Apparently he's 16, and is attending Sarayashiki high school on the north side of Tokyo. He was hit by a car when he was 14 while saving a kid.. other than that? He was brought to our attention by an anonymous source. She said that he was able to make a glowing light..." Michael looked at the group. "It's too...weird."

"Karasuma, do you know anything about dead-teenagers?" Asked the dirty blond at the end of the the long table. "Aside the fact that they're dead."

Karasuma quirked an eyebrow at the teen on the end who was having a rather smart-ass demeanor this morning. "No Sakaki. This will obviously be a first."

A blond haired girl gave a sigh and looked over at the group. "Can't we just, I dunno', Investigate? It would be easier to have Robin or Amon here and all...."

Sakaki looked over at the balding short man at the other side of the room and looked slightly interested. "Hey Chief, didn't you say we would get new hunters this week?"

"We'll only be getting one."

Sakaki looked at Michael and started to make his wheels turn. "You did say that he was 14 when he keeled over, then why didn't we hunt him 2 years ago? Why did we wait so long?"

Michael looked over at Sakaki with a look 'Hell-if-I-know'. "He wasn't on the list, nor was his death paid attention to when he sprung back to life. The problem I have the most is that we don't have his name."

The Chief stepped forward and gave a glance down at the group. "Sakaki, Doujima, Michael... are you guys prepared to do some undercover work?"

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[1] Pradon : Italian : Pardon.

--- Everyone, this is written by Tommy. I'll look over the first chapter to see if there's spelling mistakes and other things of the like. I am in a vague on the plot-line so there is going to be plot holes, slowness and other asorted junk.

I never seen Yu Yu Hakusho. I read up charater profiles and shit like that. I am being appologatic on the OOC-ness. Keiko was based off of my own little love life and it's rather torcherous.

-T.J.W

REVEIW RESPONCE (by Rei)

A LONE BLADE: Thank you for liking it. I am very um... english illertate. I haven't SEEN any YYH/WHR fics out there floating about. I thank you for enjoying. I'm sure Tommy liked your reveiw as well.

CRAZLEY: KEKE Damn straight. What they DON'T KNOW is that this kid died TWICE! Once as a strong human and second as a hanyou. HELL YEAH!

SKITTLES the SUGAR FAIRY: I am glad you like this. I figured this would SOMEHOW work. Sadly though, I am based the charater on the episodes I watched (That means I only seen 7 in a 3 year span. Sad.)

REI HI. ('.')