Yo. My fourth chapter. Let's all rejoice! So, anyway, here's the answer to the last question (How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?)

ANSWER: An exact number is unknown. Why? Each person's licks are different. But, as for an estimation, it takes approximently 77-100 licks to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop, more or less so.

So, I don't feel like putting up a question in this chapter. Enjoy.

I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho, just my character Naru.

School was beginning. Oh joy. Well, since she arrived three weeks ago, Kurama –whom she still knew as Suiichi- was like her big brother. He was always there when she needed help or when Hiei wasn't around the apartment.

Yusuke and Kuwubara were her two best friends, who always looked out for her when she was picked on by her height. (The last time someone picked on her height, she beat him till she broke about 5 bones.)

Hiei was…well, they were getting there. At least he didn't say "hn" so much around her. He even spoke more than three word sentences.

But then school started. It wasn't very…pleasant either. The only person she knew in her class was Kayko, and they weren't very close.

So, at first period, reading, Naru didn't say a word. Though all the weird looks she was getting, she stared straight ahead at the board, absorbing the information mentally. She didn't move a tense muscle in her body, waiting, silently scheming and waiting, for P.E. It was probably the highlight of her day.

The bell rung and she zoomed out the door, her gym clothes in hand. All the other girls gave her a weird look. "Who is she?" one whispered. "I hear that she was hanging out with Suiichi-kun earlier today," another responded. "We better watch her," the last said cautiously. "What if she steals him from us?" "Or the hott spiky-haired kid that just transferred," the first one said again.

Hiei was in the boys P.E. class, along with Kurama. For that, she was very greatful. "Hiei! Suiichi!" she called, running over to them. "Hi! I've been going crazy!" Kurama waved, and Hiei just nodded to Naru to signal he noticed her existence.

She sighed slightly. "I hope we're on the same team. I could really help out," she retorted, but scowled when a boy named Ziike from her class commented, "You? A girl? Help out on a team in sports! What a ridiculous idea!" Naru scowled again. "Why can't you just accept the fact that I'm as good at sports as any boy!" she shouted.

Ziike rolled his eyes. "Oh shut up." Hiei twitched.

"How about you shut up."

Pow! Ziike sent a fist flying at Hiei's eye. The fire demon caught his fist and threw Ziike into a wall. The gym teacher blinked. "Jaganshi! Office! Now." Hiei waved a hand before glaring at Naru. It wasn't a 'I-hate-you-glare' but a 'you-owe-me-one' glare. Naru nodded, signaling that she would pay him back and or accept his hatred for her.

Naru hummed slightly as the door to the apartment opened. "Oh. Hey Hiei. How was detetion?"

Hiei shrugged. "Could have been worse."

She walked into the kitchen. "Sweet snow?" she asked, knowing that's what he liked to call it. Hiei nodded from his placed on the couch. She came back with two cones of vanilla mint chocolate chip ice cream. "There you go." She handed him his cone…

…which was gone in a matter of seconds.

"How can you not get brain-freeze!" Naru cried incrediously. Hiei just shrugged.

"Lucky," he stated bluntly. She raised an eyebrow, and continued to eat her cone…

…until Hiei stole it.

"Hey! Give that back!" she shouted as the phone rang. "Go answer the phone," Hiei ordered. She grumbled prophanities as she picked up the phone.

"Hello?"

"Miss Naru? I'm afraid I have some bad news."

Naru twirled the cord of the phone around her hand, and her other one gripped the phone to the point of breaking it. "Y-yes, what is it?" She hesitantly inquired.

"Your brother, Derik, was killed in a car accident this afternoon." At that point, the phone slipped from her fingers. Hiei caught it, and gently put the phone to his ear. "I'm sorry. She's in shock," he stated simply. "Mind if I ask what's going on?"

And so the person on the other end of the phone began to explain what happened to Hiei as Naru slowly, ever so slowly, walked into her bedroom, shut, and then locked the door. Hiei just sighed slightly. "O.k. Whatever. Bye." He set the phone on the receiver, and walked to the bedroom door. "Naru?"

There wasn't an answer. Hiei called louder, "Naru?"

Still no answer. He stared at the door.

And stared.

And stared.

Staaare.

"Onna, open the door!" He said, pressing his ear to the door.

But all he heard was the sound of her sobs.

She was like that for a week. Never leaving her room. Never unlocking the door. Hiei was actually –dare I say it- becoming worried because of her lack of food. She occasionally asked him to grab her a banana or whatever. But other than that, she never spoke.

So, instinctively, Hiei went to the only other person he could trust.

Take a guess who.

Go on, guess.

He knocked on Kurama's front door after his final day of detention. Did ya guess right? I did!

"Hiei? Where's Naru?" he asked as soon as he saw his…smaller friend.

"In her room." He paused for drama. "Where she's been for the last week."

Kurama blinked only once before ushering Hiei in. "Care to explain?" he asked as Hiei took a seat near Kuwubara. "Wait."

Hiei leapt off the couch, and pointed to Yusuke and Kuwubara. "What. Are. You. Doing. Here?" He asked with a growl. Kurama rolled his eyes. "Is this your house, Hiei?" he asked. Hiei grumbled a few colourful words before saying, "No…"

"Well, why is naru in her room?" Kurama asked.

"Oh, yeah. That. Her brother was proclaimed dead a week ago today," the fire koorime retorted, shoveling spoonfuls of ice cream into his mouth.

Kurama stared.

And stared.

And stared.

And stared.

Staaaare.

"What?" He asked bluntly.

"This doesn't bother you…why?" Kurama inquired.

"Well, Kitsune, I do not care for the onna. Also, he is not my brother. Therefore, I do not care. Tell her that I won't be staying at her apartment anymore. I'm bunking with Yusuke." And with that, Hiei was gone.

"How rude can that guy be?" Yusuke snarled.

Kurama shook his head.

It was Hiei's way of showing he cared.