Disclaimer: Yu Yu Hakusho belongs to Yoshihiro Togashi and this is just a fanfiction. With the exception of my original characters and story plot, I do not claim any other characters.
A Glitch in Time
Chapter 1- Shaky Beginnings
Ashley: Hey, I'm the author of this fic. Completely off the topic, but have you ever tried learning Chinese? For me it was like a losing battle. Then my dad decided to enroll me in a Chinese school. Unfortunately my writing skills are so pathetic I had to start in the first grade with all the 6 and 7 year olds. But the sadder thing is they can all write better than me, and I'm twice as old xp. Ok, now continue with the story!
The bell rang, announcing the start of another day at Meiou High. Mei trudged through the classroom door and seized her usual chair, the one at the back of the room and adjacent to the only window. Today was supposed to be a special day, but however special it may be Mei was determined to hate it. After all, she had always hated assignments involving more than one person. Why do they always need partners for a project? What happened to independence? She heaved a sigh as her classmates filed in.
A boy with long red hair and clear green eyes sat down in the front row. The typical group of girls that entered with him settled nearby, chattering away animatedly. Shuichi Minamino was the smartest and most gorgeous guy in the entire school. Mei noted his expression; immobile calmness and a friendly smile masking something incomprehensible. She turned away.
"Alright everyone, quiet down," Mr. Takahashi commanded. The class gradually fell silent. "As you've all known you'll be assigned a research project today. This project will last for two weeks and the expectations will be very high." He paused, letting the importance of the words sink in. "The research topics are slightly different from what you're used to. They're not solid-based. Different people have different theories, and none of them is wrong. Err... what is it Mei?"
"What you mean is that we're doing a research on topics that aren't factual?" Mei had never believed in anything unless she saw it with her own two eyes. If she was supposed to do this assignment, there better be a realistic and proven foundation.
"That's not what I meant. I will show you the list of topics available in a moment. But right now, I must tell everyone who they'll be partnered with for this project." He proceeded to read out names with a hint of annoyance in his voice.
"Saiyo Toriyama and Miki Kamiya..."
Mr. Takahashi said that's not what he meant. So then, what did he mean? A few golden leaves danced across the window. It's hard to tell if the petals were happy to be free from the tree, or discontented to be leaving it. Autumn was such a strange season, beautiful in its sadness.
"Excuse me." Mei snapped back. Shuichi was standing in front of her. "We're partners," he smiled. "Would you like me to get a topic for us, or do you prefer to?"
"Umm..." She cursed herself for daydreaming before answering. "Could you please get it?"
"Sure."
Looking around, Mei spotted the topics on the blackboard. "Dreams/meaning, Life/purpose, Time/travel, Right/wrong. I guess those are better than demons and ghosts and love at first sight."
"You don't believe in them?" Her partner had made it back with a slip of paper at hand.
"Demons and ghosts are made by those who are scared or superstitious, and love at first sight is just a person fooling himself. When I first saw you I-" She stopped, horrified at what just slipped out of her mouth. Shuichi was wearing a curious expression. "I meant that... umm..." a heat steadily crept up her face and she looked at anything but the pair of green eyes in front of her.
"Here's the topic we received." Shuichi gave the piece of paper to Mei without further questioning, and taking it gratefully, she read:
TIME/TRAVEL
3-5 Page report on the meaning of time and whether you believe if time travel is possible. Support your position with details and other sources. Give dates, names of those who attempted time travel, scientific data, etc. A 5 minute presentation is required.
Date Due: October 22 (Two weeks!)
"I guess we're researching time travel," Mei said still not looking at her partner. "When do you think we should-" The teacher rose from his desk.
"Please return to your seats. This is an outside school project therefore I hope you've arranged some way to work it out. If not, you'll have plenty of time later." He waited while the disgruntled students trooped back to their chairs. "For our next lesson we'll be covering cellular respiration, a very interesting area of biology indeed..." But inside the mind of a certain girl sitting next the window with her head resting in her arms, Mr. Takahashi's words were already part of a faraway dream.
Ashley: So this is the first chapter. I hope it isn't too bad... Ok, the real reason I'm writing this fanfic is because I couldn't get into an honors English class in my new school; I didn't get the required grade for my writing test. So hopefully I can improve my writing skills xp. I've also really wanted to write a yyh fanfic anyway.
Second Author Note: I rewrote this first chapter but decided to keep the original author notes. Anyway if this is your first time reading this chapter I hope you enjoyed it. Plz review bows Next year the counselors said I could go to honors English! Yay:) English this year is my easiest class yet (second only to pe).