Hello all. Firstly, well, in...twelve day I'm off to my wonderful home state of Indiana for five weeks. Yep, that's right. Five weeks. Now, I don't want to spend five weeks in Indiana. I mean I have lots of family but not that much...(sigh)...So I'm typing up as many chapters as I can and I will give them to Nissi (who will again be account sitting) and she will post them every two days, okay? Sound reasonable? Hope so, cuz I'm not changing.

Secondly, I'd just like to give a shout out to Kokoro Sabishii's story, as it has 49 reviews and is still growing, I'm sure. Woot, woot to you! Hahaha, I've been with Ariel too long...dun ask...And thirdly--here's your next chapter!

Disclaimer: I don't own anything of Yu Yu Hakusho.

I do happen to own most of the bad people in this story...

I will be very mad if I catch any part of my story somewhere else without my permission, okay?

Chapter Twenty-one

"I have not felt this bad since I had to endure Ms. Gwynn's tortures last year," Meagan groans, walking down the dusty road as fast as her tired feet allow.

"Look on the bright side, Meg," Olivia pats her back softly. "No where else to go but up when you're as low as we are."

The high school looms off in the distance and the Destinies run for it--not like they want to. They just know that it will take some time to remember where the office is. First they will go left, then they will go right, and then they will realize that they somehow ended up on the second floor and the office is on the main floor two buildings over. They don't want that, so they will watch where they walk. Nissi moves in front, leading them down unfamiliar hallways. But that's what they get for not coming on time.

"You know that once we find the office we'll have to find this door again so we can find our way to the stairwell and head off to class," Malia murmurs, not at all liking the sound of that.

"We'll manage," Vanessa assures her. "We always do."

Five minutes later...

"WE'VE FOUND THE OFFICE!"

The Destinies pour in, never so happy to see the weird looking lady at the front desk. "May I help you girls?"

"We need to sign in. We overslept."

"All of you?"

"Yes..."

The lady eyes them suspiciously but as it is not her job to question them this early in the morning she signs their hallpasses, changes the attendance so they are marked in, and shooes them out of the office. Much to the Destinies surprise as they walk out, they notice a trail of...breadcrumbs? Yes, a trail of mashed up bread that marks their path back to the doorway. Eyebrows raised, they glance at their pockets.

"Whoops. Guess it was me," Olivia shrugs. "But how bread was put in my pocket...I don't think I want to know. Anyways, lets go before they think it was us."

"It was us," Malia prods her.

"Not the point."

From the door at which they started it is easy for the Destinies to find the stairwell. And from the stairwell it is easy to find their lockers. And from their lockers it is easy for them to find their respective elective classes; because if one can't find their classes from their lockers then that person should be wrapped up in toilet paper and stuffed in a locker, cuz that's just pathetic.

Meagan, all alone, heads for French I. Nissi and Vanessa move for Spanish I. And Olivia and Malia, together, head for Spanish III. Loudly, Malia slams the door open, stomps up to Senor Leon's desk with their excuse notes, pushes Olivia to her seat, sits her down, and then sits herself down. Their two other table companions, Chris and Philip, stare at them weirdly--as does everyone in the class. Needless to say, the other Destinies make much quieter entrances.

"Hola, Olivia y Malia."

"Hi."

"What's up?"

In their own Spanish class, Vanessa and Nissi are working on basic introductions. Ms. Urquilla has split them up into pairs and since they are the two late ones, they get to be paired with each other. "Practice! You have only ten minutes."

Squaring off, Vanessa and Nissi face each other determedly.

"Ready?" Vanessa asks.

"No. I cannot learn a foreign language, Vanessa. My brain does not hold that type of knowledge!"

"Just try."

"You start."

"Fine. Hola, como estas?"

"M-muy bien, gracias. Y tu?"

"Bien, bien. Cual es tu color favorita?"

"M-m-mi color favorito es negro, y tu?"

"Mi color favorito es azul. Es un placer conocerte."

"Igualmente..."

Vanessa beams at her friend, "See you've got it."

"I've got it now. But as soon as I get up there...everybody stares at you. How can you take it?"

"Vanessa, Nissi--you're up."

The two spin and stare at their teacher, who points to the front of the class. That wasn't ten minutes...Sighing at their misfortune, the two shuffle slowly to the front as everyone takes their seats. The class seems so big when you stand at the front. Twenty pairs of eyes watching you, waiting for you to screw up. Nissi closes her eyes and tries hard to shut them out. Her concentration flies out the window, as does all of her knowledge of what she is supposed to say. And from the look on Vanessa's face, so has she.

"Ready when you are," the class stares at them, unblinking.

The two silently freak, not knowing where to start. But suddenly, with everyone's eyes on them, the memory starts to come back. The words fill their mouth, even some that were not even planned. The class continues staring, wondering where they suddenly found the confidence to do more than what was planned. Upon the end of their dialogue, the class erupts in applause, causing the two to blush and take their seats.

"Excellent work, you two. A plus' for both of you."

In the Spanish III room two floors up, Malia and Olivia grin.

In French I, Meagan is having her own fun as well. It turns out that no one in the class understood the homework, fitting in perfectly with Meagan's excuse of "I didn't get it." And as apology for giving such hard homework and not checking to make sure that everyone knew where to go with it, the French teacher declared today a day of relaxation and put on a movie for the class to watch. She is surprised by her own kindness but as she just figured out that she was getting promoted, it's easy to see why she is in a good mood. (a/n: Ah, if only my teachers would be so nice to do that...)

Lunch comes quickly for the Destinies, and they meet each other in the hallway; each of them grinning. Marching down with their lunches in hand, they choose to sit in the cafeteria and choose the table closest to the corner. Sitting down they proceed to tell each other of the wonderful day that they've been having. From having a party to getting an A+ to being excused from a project because they had done the extra credit, it is most definately shaping out to be the best day of school the Destinies have had in...forever.

And to make things better they had two unexpected visitors drop in for lunch. How do they know? Well...lets just say crowds tend to follow the youkai's no matter where they go.

"Hiei!"

"Kurama!"

"OVER HERE!"

The two overwhelmed demons push through the crowd of curious girls and make their way towards their friends. Kurama reaches it first, throwing off the other girls. Hiei passes through quickly. So quick that it leaves the girls confused for several moments--enough for the youkai to get in a few words.

"We have to leave now..."

"Who's we?"

"We is everybody except you five and Yukina," Hiei growls, eyeing the crowd of girls that is advancing again.

"I've already dealt with my over-extatic girl. One of you guys go..." Meagan rubs her eyes.

"I've dealt with a boy..." Nissi defends.

"Vanessa? You up for it?"

"Sure." 0.o A thought enters her head.

She makes her way to the crowd of girls pushing to get to the boys and clears her throat. In a low voice she tells the girls something that instantly pushes them away into the farthest corner of the cafeteria, and when they feel that isn't enough they retreat outside to make more space between them. Beaming with pride, Vanessa comes back and sits herself back down. Hiei eyes her suspiciously.

"What did you tell them, onna?"

"I told them that you were gay."

"I thought it would be something like that," Olivia ruffles Hiei's hair to divert his attention to her so he wouldn't massacre Vanessa.

Kurama smiles gently, "Yes, many people make that assumption about me."

"Eh? Really?" Nissi prods her sensei. "Anyways, what do you mean you have to leave."

Kurama proceeds to explain that Jin and Touya called for them to come, saying that they got a location on the demon who was trying to kill Malia. The girls perk up at that. He continues to say that they will be leaving first thing in the morning, just as soon as they clear up some things back at the mansion.

"And explain to us again why we can't come," Meagan glares.

"You have school," Kurama shoots back. "Education is important."

"Not to mention we said no," Hiei adds.

"Have we ever listened to you, Hiei?"

"Hn."

"That's what we thought," the Destinies smile.

"Well, enjoy the rest of your day. We'll see you at home."

After School; At Home...

"That was the best day of school ever!" Meagan jumps around squeezing the life out of her friends.

"Gaah. Get off me!" Olivia shoves her away, rubbing her neck and grinning. "But after that long run in P.E.--curse them, right after lunch, too--I think we need to change clothes, ne?"

"Yup."

The girls split up, shower, and move to their dressers only to find that...

"WHERE ARE OUR CLOTHES!"

In the living room, Kuwabara and Yusuke snigger behind their hands. It had been so easy to cut school, double back to the mansion, and hide all of their clothes. Now what would they wear? Sighing impatiently, Kurama and Hiei walk to their charges rooms, knock on the door, and hand them a pair of their clothes when they open the door. Vanessa, Malia, and Meagan wait impatiently before screaming at Yusuke and Kuwabara to bring them some clothes. Yusuke brings two pairs as Jin is not around to give some to Malia.

Moments later each of the girls open the doors and steps out. They stare at each other momentarily before busting out in uncontrolled laughter. Malia and Meagan are sporting Yusuke's green school jumper, Vanessa in Kuwabara's blue one. Nissi is wearing a very nice outfit of Kurama's: a yello shirt complete with matching pants. The original Rekai Tantei team recognizes it as the outfit Kurama wore during much of the Dark Tournament. And Olivia was in Hiei's long cloak and dark pants. They fit her surprisingly well, despite the height difference.

"We look so weird. Well, except you, Nissi. We love that outfit. It's the only normal one."

"Thank you. I like it too."

"Now," Vanessa's eyes stray towards Kuwabara, "we must find our clothes."

"You boys," Meagan adds, directing her stare to Yusuke, "wouldn't have had anything to do with this sudden disappearance, would you?"

o.0 "W-who, us? No, never!" Yusuke and Kuwabara stutter, backing away.

"Save for the simple fact that your thoughts have told us otherwise," Malia and Olivia grin, tapping their foreheads lightly. "You just won't let us know the location, for which we are very impatient for."

"Spill," Nissi commands.

With a look at each other, the two school-boys shake their heads firmly. "N-no."

"Oh? You're pretty stubborn. But don't worry--we won't hurt you."

"Y-you won't?"

"No," Meagan pats his head. "We'll leave that to her."

She indicates to the girl coming in with Hiei. Her short brown hair bounces around her face and her brown eyes snap and crack with fury. It's Keiko. Her hands are balled into fists but she gives the Destinies a nice smile. They smile back--she's on their side. Keiko marches up to Yusuke and slaps him with all that she has.

"Oww. Keiko, what are you doing here?"

"I took the liberty of asking Hiei to go retrieve her for us," Meagan grins. "From what you've told me, she can get anything out of you. So she's going to help us get our stuff back. Not to mention you skipped out of school today."

"Yusuke you jerk! Not only did you skip, you came to hide their clothes. I'm just happy they called me so they wouldn't have to take your crap!"

WHACK! Now Kuwabara is pulled into the slapping. The two try pitifully to defend themselves, and fail. Keiko continues her whacking for a few more minutes before they run off to retrieve the clothes, red all over. Keiko turns to Meagan with her eyes still burning.

"Honestly I don't know what you see in him but good luck. Sorry about all the trouble."

She walks out the door. The Destinies call good-bye after her. Olivia pulls at Hiei's clothes.

"You know...I kind of like this outfit. I think I'll keep it."

"I like mine as well," Nissi informs them.

The other three shake their heads simultaneously, "Not me. I'm getting out of these clothes."

Right on cue, Yusuke tosses them their clothes from afar--one trash bag for each of them. Surprisingly they are still folded neatly. Shrieking in delight Malia, Vanessa, and Meagan dive for their clothes, still keeping them neat. They shuffle off, as do Nissi and Olivia. Oh yes, they think to themselves as they shut the doors to their rooms, this is most definately the best day of school ever.

(sigh) Whew, I'm finished. Finished! o.0 Ah, the chores are getting to me. Must watch Yu Yu Hakusho...my dad didn't sell them after all. That's what he told me. Heh. Vanessa Carlton is such an inspiration--you readers should listen to her when you write. Or maybe that just works for me...or maybe...no, forget it. I'm not even going to continue on that thought. Props to Meagan for the whole clothes idea. Blerg...Ja ne!