This is my first fanfic that I've actually written down and posted... ever. Actually, I thought of this back when I first saw YuYu Hakusho last spring or so, but in this, I changed the storyline a bit, so it's different than originally.

Disclaimer: KazeNekoYouki dose NOT own YuYu Hakusho, even though she wishes she could own Jin. Or at least figure out how to write him.


Chapter 1.

The cat ran through the forest, a silvery-pink blur in the underbrush of Makai. It was looking for something, or someone, and it wasn't going to stop until it had found whatever it was. No matter how long it would take, or what would happen in the process.

15 years later

The sun shone down on the streets of Tokyo, distributing its light and heat between occupants of the city. One certain occupant found himself in Honors Lit. Class, 4th period, listening as his teacher explained the curriculum for the novel they were going to start the following day. A Midsummer Nights Dream by William Shakespeare. A very different play than his Romeo and Juliet, which the level II class was reading. Most of the students had fallen asleep during the droning of the teacher, so the boy smirked slightly as the bell rang, making them all jump up in surprise. Exiting the classroom, he had taken less than three steps before he heard someone calling his name.

"Shuichi! Hey, Shuichi Minamino, wait up!" A girl in the usual school uniform, glasses framing her bright hazel eyes, and dark brown hair, almost black, pulled back into two long braids. Every girl in the hallway looked at her, wondering who she thought she was. "Hey, Shuichi, can I borrow your Literature notes? I can't find Misty anywhere, and you're my last hope."

"Of course you can, Awia-san. By the way, how did the meeting go?"

"Not so well, those geeks in the Tech. Ed. department need to get a life. Imagine, they turned down the show I've been working on for the school network. The one I've been working on for two years, since Junior High! They will pay, both for turning me down, and for making me miss Lit. class just so they could. Anyway, thanks for the notes, but I have to get to Spanish. See you at lunch!" With that, Awia hurried off.

"Still putting up this charade, Kurama? When will you return to who you really are?" With out looking behind him, Kurama smiled, knowing Hiei was perched on a branch outside the open window Kurama was in front of.

"I don't know, Hiei. As long as I feel the need to, I believe. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to find Misty and drag her to Latin." Kurama left, walking down the long hallway, towards the stairs leading to the roof, to check and make sure the girl wasn't hiding up there, as she usually did, when skipping a class or two.

"Hn. He pays so much attention to that girl, and yet she treats him like crap. Unlike the other human females, who treat him like some god." With that, Hiei flitted off, but not without noticing the lone girl on the roof of the school, red hair blowing in all directions, as she played the keyboard she had lugged up there from the band room. Then he was gone.


"Misty, there you are." Kurama approached the girl, who, in return, ignored him. "Come on, we have to go to class now. You'll get a detention if you skip again." At this, Misty rose from the bench, stuffing the keyboard beneath it. She stalked past Kurama, in a major huff. Shaking his head, Kurama followed after, to make sure she actually went to class, instead of dodging into the girl's restroom or something.

"Look, pretty boy, I don't need you following me around like you're my baby-sitter. I'm 14 going on 15, not 2, so stop treating me like it!" Looking up, Misty pointed to the door. "We're here. Are you happy?" Without waiting for a reply, she walked into the classroom, leaving Kurama standing in the hall alone. Shrugging his shoulders, he smiled and stepped through the doorway, then headed for his seat in the second row.

Looking at the teacher, he saw that the two of them being late wasn't important at the moment. The teacher, Mr. Delano, wasn't very happy with something, or someone, else. His eyes were clouded over, and his lips were set in a frown.

"Miss Goku, how many times have I, or any other teacher for that matter, told you that your uniform is not standard. Your skirt should be twice the length it is right now. Not half way up your thighs, but knee-length, just like the rest of the girls. Now, I expect you to be wearing the actual, non-altered uniform tomorrow." Mr. Delano then turned to the board and started to write something down. "Today, class, we will be starting on the future verb tense. Please copy down the endings on the board."

Kurama finished writing down the verb endings quickly, and took out the notebook he had received from Yusuke and Kuwabara as a joke. Opening it up, he wrote the date down. Some people, most of the boys and Misty, would laugh at him for keeping a journal, no matter what it was for, but he planned to leave it for Shori, him human mother, when he returned to Makai for good. She deserved to know about him, when the time came. It was only right. Shori had taken care of him as well, while his true, demon mother had not. As Kurama started to write, he felt the book pulled out from his grasp by a hand with black, sparkly nail polish.

Misty turned back around in her seat, looking at the red, velvety notebook she held. She noticed that the design of a rose was sewn onto the cover. "Girly boy," she muttered, opening it up. Misty's eyes opened right up, surprised to find herself holding, not his notes, but what looked like Shuichi's diary or journal. Someone tapped her on the shoulder.

"Can I have my notebook back now?" Kurama asked sincerely, hoping she didn't see anything important in it. Misty quickly handed it back to him, but not without seeing the words written in the first couple of sentences.

My name isn't Shuichi Minamino. I'm not even human. My real name is Youko Kurama, and I am a demon. The spirit fox, to be exact.


KNY: Not bad for the first chapter of the first fanfic I posted, right?

Aris: I want a bigger part.

KNY: You have a big part. Shut up.

Aris: Can I have a boyfriend then?

KNY: ...

Awia: Do I get more stuff in the next chapter.

KNY: Yes. Now both of you, go away. And please, readers, review, even if it's a flame.