Chapter 5: Who IS she? What is she?

Solaris: Well, I only have a minute before they show up to drag me back to Princess Mononoke, so here's a summary and my disclaimer. Last time, Rose told Kurama about her dream and the strange things about it. What does it mean? (My advice: Don't break out the dream dictionaries yet, y'all.) What's in store for Rose and Kurama, and the rest of the Reikai Tantei, for that matter? Read and find out. Oh and here's my disclaimer: I don't own YYH. Foxglove doesn't own YYH. All we own are issues of the Shonen Jump with the YYH manga in it. So, don't sue us.

Foxglove: SOLARIS! GET IN HERE, NOW!

Solaris: Yes, my stubborn muse without whom I'd be… much better off on some days.

Foxglove: I HEARD THAT!

Solaris: I know you did.

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Kurama sat at his desk the next evening. Homework had been piled on all the students of Meiou High, and it was only the 2nd week back. Everything that anyone had gotten used to doing on Fridays had been moved to Saturday nights, including Rose's kareoke singing.

"Let's see, the sum of x+95 times pi…" he mumbled, working the sum out on a scrap sheet of paper. (A/n: I'm just thinking on that problem, I'm not even sure if it's a real problem. I'm only in Algebra 2, for crying out loud!) Just then, the phone rang. Kurama sighed in relief; he really didn't look forward to trying to work that problem. "Moshi Moshi?" he said after picking up the phone.

"Kurama? Hey, you found out anything on that girl?" came Yusuke's voice. There was a low, incoherent mutter and Yusuke sighed in frustration. "Kuwabara's here too. He wants to know if she's available. Hey, baka, I thought Yukina was your one true love!"

"Strangely enough, so did I." Kurama said, mentally laughing at Kuwabara's idiotic antics. Then came a voice over the phone that was Kuwabara's.

"She is! I was just curious!" he shouted. Then Yusuke reclaimed the phone.

"So, found anything out yet?"

"Yes. She's been having weird dreams all her life. Dreams that she's a fox girl thief. I say we schedule a visit to Koenma sometime this week to ask him about it." Kurama suggested, hitting the eraser end of his pencil against the desk for something to do.

"Great idea. I'll see about it. Well, sayonara." Yusuke said, and hung up the phone.

Kurama hung up and stared at the sheet of paper for a moment before finishing the problem. Then Hiei said "hn" loudly, alerting Kurama to his presence. Kurama turned around to see the fire youkai sitting on the end of his bed.

"Dreams, huh? You sure you need to wait to see Koenma? He might want to know about this now." Hiei stated.

"No. I'd rather wait. He told me that the knowledge of her probable reincarnation might shatter her life. I don't want that to happen." Kurama told him. He had another reason, and he hoped Hiei didn't know it. Unfortunately, Hiei knew.

"You like her, don't you? That's why you've been going to hear her sing and helping her on her homework. I thought so," he said in a sort of superior way. Kurama looked down and turned back to his homework. Hiei "hn"-ed and left.

Kurama finished his homework shortly after and ate dinner. He couldn't help feeling that something was not right. He grabbed his jacket and left after telling his mother he was going out. As Kurama walked, he thought distractedly of different things. He found himself walking to the park he had met Rose at a few nights previous. He heard the sound of a person walking, but just barely audible. As he looked around, his eyes fell on a familiar shade of red hair in a braid… ROSE! She seemed to be sneaking around, and he noticed something else strange: she had a fox's tail and ears.

"Rose…" he whispered.

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Solaris: What is Rose doing? Why is she sneaking around? And for the Kurama plushie question, how in the three worlds did she get a fox tail and ears? Read the next chapter to find out.

Foxglove: Read. Review.

Kurama: No flames please. Now girls, why did you sneak off to?

Solaris and Foxglove: Somewhere.