Well, this is the 2nd story that I've made. They go in order so if you haven't read the first one, read it! Read that first, then this, if you chose not to, what ever, but it'd be easier if you did. This story is for Kurama-lovers and dedicated to my evil friend who loves Kurama…hi evil friend!
Ume was sitting on a chair near a desk in the family dojo. She was to help any customers and register them in for martial art lessons. He saw an elderly man come in with a little boy and she greeted the man that owned an apartment a couple of blocks away.
"Hello Mr. Tanaka. Are you here to register Akira for lessons again?" she said as she started writing.
"As a matter of fact, yes."
"Alright. You know what to do. By the way, I hear that someone moved into the apartment you own. Who is it? Anyone I know?"
"Why are you so curious?"
"Well, your apartment isn't very far away, I can be a good neighbor and say 'hello' some time."
"Well, she's some orphan, was at some kinda boarding school when she was found. No parents, a shame really. Ya mind giving a tour of the city, just to be a nice neighbor and all."
"Uh, sure, why not? Ok, Akira is done being registered. Good-bye Mr. Tanaka."
Just as the aged man was taking his leave, a young girl came into the dojo and was looking around.
"Hello. If you wish to register, please come to the counter." Ume bellowed to the girl.
"Oh, I don't want to learn martial arts, I was just taking a look around. You see, I moved in just a couple of blocks and I noticed this place. You don't see many dojos in the middle of a huge city like this."
"And that's exactly why we have so much business."
"Makes sense, I think."
"You're the new kid that just moved here right? I've never seen you around before, so you must be. What's your name?"
"It's Ts-. I mean, Kami. It's Kami Taiko."
"Mines Ume." They shook hands.
"Well, you said you wanted to see the place right? I'll give you the tour."
"What about your job?"
"Huh? Oh, I'll just take a break. It's not like the parents can fire me, my mom won't let my dad do it." She said as she started writing something on a piece of paper. She folded the paper and made it stick up on the counter. It read, "Back in 10 minutes."
"Your parents own the dojo?" she inquired as they walked around.
"Yep."
Ume showed every part of the dojo to her new found friend.
"Well, that's it."
"What about there?"
She pointed to the 'house' section of the building.
"Did I mention I also live here and my parents don't let anyone they don't know, into the 'house'?"
"Actually, no, you didn't."
Suddenly Ume's phone rang and she picked it up. The caller was her friend, Yusuke.
"Hurry up and get your butt over here! We're at the café. Hurry up!" he said so loud even Kami was able to hear him.
"Was that your friend?"
"He's a pain in the neck, but yea, he is."
"Guess you should get going. It sounded urgent."
"You can come along and meet my friends."
"Just don't get near Hiei." She thought to herself, showing signs of anger.
"Uh…alright, but I don't mind not going if you don't want me to." She noticed Ume looking angered.
"Huh? No, no, I don't mind…"
They made their way to the café down a couple of blocks. There, three guys were waiting at a table. When the two girls spotted them they made their way over to the table.
"Hey guys, this is a new neighbor of mines, Kami. Kami, these three are Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Hiei. Hey, wait. Where's Shuichi?"
"He has some exam and had to study. I don't see why he cares so much."
"Who's Shuichi?"
"Another friend of theirs." Hiei replied coldly while pointing to the other three, implying that he wasn't their friend.
"What's that around your neck?" Ume asked, pointing to a shiny object around Kami's neck.
"It's just a necklace."
"Oh. I could of sworn…" she just stopped herself from saying, "I could of sworn I sensed something weird about it…" but she just let it go and sighed.
The next day, it was Monday. Yusuke, Kuwabara, Ume, and Hiei were going to their school as Kami went off to a different school.
When Kami arrived she had trouble finding her classroom, up until she bumped into a red-haired boy and dropped all her books. She scrambled onto the floor to try and pick them up as the red-haired boy did so as well.
"Sorry about that, I wasn't watching where I was going, I was studying for an exam." The boy apologized.
"Why does this sound so familiar?" she thought.
"It was really my fault, really."
"I don't believe I've seen you here before; are you new?"
"Yes, my name's Kami."
"My name is Shuichi.
"Oh, you must be Ume's friend, right?"
"Yea. How do you know Ume?"
"We met yesterday, along with some of your other friends. You have great friends." She said, but then she caught a hint of awe while talking to Kurama and she just stopped talking and blushed slightly,
"Thanks, oh, here, I think I took some of your books by mistake." He handed her the book. "What's your schedule?"
Kami handed Shuichi a piece of paper and he looked through it.
"Great, we have all the same classes; I can tell you which classes to go to."
"That's great." She had that sound of awe (the respect kind of 'awe', not the 'terror' kind) in her voice again. "But I have a question…"
"What's up with all the girls swarming around you?" she asked, slightly frightened and pointing at the herd of girls.
"I guess I'm pretty popular…but don't mind them, they won't do any harm…" he didn't look as though he was sure of what he said but Kami trusted him anyways.
The second story came so fast because I was thinking about ideas at school because I had nothing else to do. What else was I was gonna do? Pay attention; psh, yea right.
