Thanks to all who reviewed! (Passes out chocolate chip cookies) Yay! Chapter three! I was told this place could use more humor, so I'll try to throw that in! Anyone up for future Kuwabara bashing? I found another dinosaur with the same claw, Dynonichus (sp?) But raptors are cooler! Did I mention my new shirt that reads 'I don't own YYH!'

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"-were found lying in an alley, both in critical condition. Police believe it may have been the same person who attacked Dr.Harrison.

"He was super strong, and, and he had a tail. Some people may think I'm crazy, but his tail is how I got this bruise on my back.

"Both students will remain in the hospital until the doctors can finish with them. With the 6:00 morning news I'm.."

Click.

"Interesting." Kurama said to seemingly no one. "What do you think, Hiei?"

Hiei stepped out of the dark corner, there was no sneaking up on Kurama. "I think the ningens are overreacting. Some humans are walking around messing with the moron's heads."

"How does that explain a tail?"

"It doesn't. He's making up excuses to get police away from his criminal record."

"......If you say so, Hiei..."

Click.

"Hello, Kurama, Hiei." Koenma's annoying baby face appeared on the TV which turned itself back on.

"Hello, Koenma." Kurama said, slightly aggravated because he still had to get ready for school.

"Hn."

"I've got another mission for you two, Yusuke, and Kuwabara." Koenma's face vanished into pictures of several sallow, very pale, and/or strangely dressed people. "These are the neighborhood vampires and vampire worshippers. I need you four to keep an eye out on them, I'm pretty sure they are responsible for what's been happening lately."

Hiei stared straight at on of the pictures, which had a teenager with black and white hair, and white eyes.

Raptor.

"These are the vampires that are in the city now?" Kurama asked.

"Yep. Most of them buy their lunch at butcher shops, from what I understand..."

"You? Understand? You're kidding." Hiei interrupted.

"But a few still have victims."

"You don't know which ones?"

"Err... no. That's why I need you to do it for me."

Click.

"I'm out of here." Hiei said, opening the window. "Do us all a favor and get something lower than a ninety-seven eventually."

Kurama frowned slightly. "That was a hard test, okay? It was rigged."

"Chapter nine: How mammals choose a mate."

"I wouldn't know that, I wasn't picky." Kurama smiled.

Hiei sighed heavily in defeat. "Baka." He muttered before going out the window.

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Raptor looked around carefully. If that kid described him he might as well stake himself now and save time. And to add to his problems, he couldn't see in the sunlight. If any police came after- wait. How could a blind guy attack people? He couldn't.

"It's sad. Making up an alibi already." He said to himself. Then, he bumped into something warm, a human, and judging by the crinkle noise he was holding a newspaper.

"Hey, watch it! What're you, blind?" The guy said. He was in the shadows, so Raptor could barely make out the orange hair and that the person was tall.

"Uh, yeah." Raptor said sarcastically. What a moron.

"Oh. Hey, I thought only old people were blind!"

"You never saw 'Daredevil', did you?"

"No."

"Ah, that explains it." Raptor said.

"Hey, Kuwabara!" Raptor heard someone run up to them.

"Urameshi, what took you so long?"

Yusuke looked at Raptor warily. "Who's your friend? Wow. You actually have one."

Kuwabara scowled for a second. "I dunno. He bumped into me. I was about to pound his face in when I found out he was blind, and you know me, I respect the handicapped."

"You respect yourself?" Raptor spoke. "Didn't strike me as that kind of person."

Yusuke smirked. "I like this guy. So, you go to school around here?"

"Just got out." Raptor lied.

"That stupid 'seniors can get out in December' thing?"

"Jealous?"

"You know it."

"Hey, Urameshi, we gotta go. Don't want to get Keiko mad do you?"

Yusuke gulped. "Later, blind dude!" He ran off.

"Wait up, Urameshi!"

"Interesting." Raptor sneered. In a clawed hand, he held a shred of Yusuke's uniform. He held it up to his face to sniff it. "A hanyou."

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Hiei looked down, watching the green and blue uniformed boys run off. His jagan, though, stayed focused on the demon who had been nicknamed 'zebra head' a long time ago. He put his headband back on, still watching Raptor.

What are you doing here?

He saw Raptor tilt his head slightly from curiosity. Jaganshi? Wow. Haven't heard from you in a while. Where are you?

Nowhere you'd find.

Aww, you're still no fun. I thought I smelled you earlier. Been here long?

Silence.

Hiei......Apparition, where did you go.........

How long have you been here?

Oh, he speaks! Heh, about two weeks. Maybe more.

LEAVE.

What? Why?

Spirit world doesn't like what you've been doing, Raptor. They sent detectives after you.

How do you know that?

I am one, sort of.

Rekai's got you chained? I told you I wouldn't go with you to steal that sword seventeen years ago, when did you take it?

Three years ago.

Heh. You should have listened to me. I said it was a bad idea.

Worked out fine. I got rid of you.

So, are you going to stop me?

They will.

Hm? Who?

Kuwabaka and Yusuke.
Them? Does the one know he's a hanyou?

He's Raizen's son.

WHAT?! No way. Raizen? Raizen-the-psychotic-demon-ruler Raizen?

Hn.

Not that again.

Hn.

Okay. What about the other guy?

............He's strong, beatable, but strong.

Stronger than you?

He tried to get a restraining order against me.

How far?

One hundred miles.

Oh-kay. So that's a no.

Meet me later.

Where?

I'll find you.

Hiei!

Silence.

"I pick the worst cities."

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Meiou High School

"Kurama!" Hiei called sharply to the red head.

The girl sitting next to him looked in the direction of Hiei.

Hiei sighed, of course, he thought. "Suiichi!"

The girl tapped Kurama on the shoulder. He took his headphones off. She said something to him disapprovingly. Kurama shook his head then walked up to the fence where Hiei stood on the opposite side.

"Why is it that no one I know likes you, Hiei?" He smiled.

"Call it off."

"Call what off?"

The vampire search. Hiei said in some demon language.

Kurama turned around. Two teenagers, one looked like he'd
lecture you about Star Wars for hours and follow it with a Lord of the
Rings speech, the other looked more like he was one of those guys who
would have all the cheerleaders after him (evil cheerleaders!) if it
weren't for Kurama's existence.

"Who's the short guy, Minamono? Your boyfriend?" The jock said.

"I'm your sister's boyfriend. Didn't you know where she was
Saturday night?" Hiei sneered, knowing how to annoy guys like him.

Kurama barely avoided laughing.

"Be glad you're on the side of this fence, midget."

"Well, Jon, maybe if you were smart enough not to fall into
such obvious traps, he couldn't insult you." Kurama said neutrally.

"Minamono," Kaito began, "You know this person? He's obviously
not in school."

"I'm... overqualified." Hiei smirked. Then, to Kurama, Who are
these idiots?

Jon's jealous of the girl factor, and Kaito is mad because my
grades are better than his.

Ningen idiots.

I'll agree with you this time.

"What the hell are you saying?" Jon demanded.

"I've never heard that language before." Kaito said, confused.
He knew almost as many human languages as Kurama, but that one threw
him off.

"Do you mind?" Hiei asked Kurama.

"Go ahead."

Kaito and Jon suddenly turned around and walked off. The glow
under Hiei's headband subsided.

"Why do you want it to stop?" Kurama returned the conversation
back to vampires.

"Just stop it. I'm not going through with it. The vampire will
stop, trust me."

"Tell me why, Hiei."

"He will kill Yusuke, Kuwabara, you, and your family, Kurama.
If you throw him off his path, he makes a new one, with you in the
middle of it."

"Are you threatening my family, Hiei?" He said in a scarily calm
voice with a hint of rage. "You have seen firsthand what happens to
people who do that."

"It's not a threat. I'm warning you about a potential one. I'm
interested in living, so I'm going to back off, stay away for a
while."

"So you're betraying me."

Hiei's eyes saddened. It was almost impossible to see the
change.

Kurama saw it.

"Go ahead and condemn them, fox." Hiei's expression suddenly
flared to hate. "If they die, the blood will be on your hands, not
mine."

Hiei vanished, leaving the black blur for a split second.

Kurama stared at where Hiei stood. What was he doing?

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I'm leaving it there. Didja like it? Poor Kurama, poor Hiei,
poor everyone who saw Kuwabara's face in public! sniffles It's so
dramatic, not really. I'm thinking of making a YYHHP xover fic, so, of
course, flames go to burning down the Buccaneers!
(That super bowl was rigged...) So, please R&R! This time,
you get, what else, RAMEN!
YAY! I have to go feed MewMew now! BYE!