AU – Tatakoe koukou no shusseki suru: Attending Tatakoe High
(alternate universe, shonen ai) Kurama and Hiei are normal humans attending regular, everyday human school. NOT YOUR USUAL SCHOOL 'AU' FIC – because THIS time they DON'T go to the same high school . . . pairings; KurHiei, YusKei, KuwYuk, KoeBot.
Shonen ai (perhaps some yaoi) eventually. n.n;;
BE WARNED if you don't like it, ok, minna-san? =n.n=
Pairings: Kurama x Hiei, Yuusuke x Keiko, Kuwabara x Yukina, Koenma x Botan
Disclaimer: Kita doesn't own yuyu. So don't you/you sue.
Semi-important notes . . .
1- Yuusuke, Keiko and Kuwabara's school is still Sarayashiki Junior High (Yuusuke, Kuwabara and Keiko are all fourteen).
2- Hiei's school is Tatakoe High (the next step for students in Sarayashiki Junior High).
3- Kurama, Yukina and Botan's school is Meiou High. (Hiei, Kurama, Yukina and Botan are all sixteen).
4- Hiei lives across the city from where everyone else lives (a completely different part of town).
5- You'll find out about Koenma later ('wink' n.n;; )
6- Ah, yes! =n.n= in leiu of watching when 'Yuusuke's abducted', I actually found out that 'Yuusuke' is completely and utterly CORRECT! =n.n= sugoi!!
(if ya want to know, they had the hiragana for 'yu' then, separately 'u' then 'su' then 'ke' ! so the sound's doubled! =n.n= in ADDITION, with me wanting this fic to be as realistic / valid [ based on the series ] as possible, I'm going to use 'Yuusuke' from now on . . . not 'Yusuke'!! :3 )
well . . . I'll at least TRY to REMEMBER to use it, minna-san. n.n;;; lol . . .
::shrugs:: the other reason I'm doing this is because I'm apparently using the 'correct' version of 'Meiou' (instead of 'Meio') . . . and thanks for the clue, shadow priestess-san!! =n.n= arigato gozaimasu!!
ok, not TOO much (more) inane rambling before the fic ( ;.; sigh . . . u.u;; )
. . . but ANYWAY, thankies are at the end and, yes, the so-called 'main character' of yuyu will be seen today!
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SUGOI!!
lol n.n;; . . .
ok, I'm moving on now . . . ( -.-;;; ) . . .
[ ah, yes, and btw, the 'x's are the dividers because f a n f i c t i o n . n e t won't let you use ANY non-letter things as breaks anymore!! ;.; ::cries:: u.u;; . . . ]
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Friday morning
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. . . beforehand . . .
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Already-narrowed garnet eyes took in the scene below . . . that of the pale-green-haired schoolgirl hurrying over to her friends . . . and almost immediately afterwards, how a large mob of girls crowded around the tall, redheaded teen at the gate . . . as the bearer of the crimson gaze stood atop the roof of the building next to the school, watching . . .
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Chapter Four
Another rival
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Ch.
Disgusting . . .
If that popular pretty boy was planning on playing his sister, kami had better help him, for otherwise there would be no way for the redhead to escape . . . scoffing, he turned his gaze back to his kin, the ghost of some soft feeling finding its way into his normally stoic gaze . . . then again, she DID look somewhat happy . . .
After stealing another almost wistful glance at his sister, Hiei abruptly turned around, walking across the roof, and climbed down the nearest fire escape within a matter of minutes.
He was in no especial rush to get back to the other side of town . . . to attend school . . . while walking down the street in a bored fashion, he found himself wandering upon a different school . . . the short, spiky-haired teen stopped at the gate, gazing up at the sign . . .
Hn.
A kid school; the 'public' junior high, or middle school, depending on your generation . . .
Catching sight of something moving in the courtyard, beyond the gate, he spotted some . . . ahem . . . CHILDREN . . . having a fist-fight. He made a mental note that one of them was in green; while the rest dressed in dark blue. Leaping up to perch on the wall, under the concealing shade of a tree, he watched the proceedings with a bare amount of interest.
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"Man, don't you guys know any better?" the punk complained, using a finger to dig in his ear, one eye closed in uncertainty. "Even new guys should know not to mess with me—"
"We don't care who you THINK you are, kid!" one of the group of three spoke up boldly. "WE'RE the new punks at this school, now!"
"Yeah!" another boy put in, though slightly nervous . . . the last of the trio choosing to remain silent; eyeing the punk's blatant refusal to conform to the uniform code and the casual demeanor in how he was speaking to them . . . the boy was beginning to doubt whether his friend challenging him had been a good idea or not . . .
The punk sighed.
"It's your funeral." And he pulled a cocky grin. "Come and get it, boys." The foremost, perhaps the leader, charged forward, bringing his left fist back for a bone-crushing punch . . . but Urameshi beat him to it, getting the inexperienced kid in the gut and sending him to the ground. The other two looked on, backing up a bit as the brown-eyed teen stood over the boy that was currently clutching his stomach.
"You give up yet? Or do I have to beat it into you?" The chestnut-haired kid looked up, eyes watering with the force of the blow, but stood up, staggering toward him, calling out names.
"You coward! Hitting me like that! In the GUT! What's WRONG with you? Don't you play FAIR, cheater?!?" Urameshi scoffed, dodging the swaying boy's punches easily and landing a few solid ones of his own. The kid hit the ground, unconscious, and his two friends hurried and dragged up and him away, running inescapably fast.
"And don't you forget it!" he yelled after their retreating backs. Then he laughed, pulling a smoke out of his pocket and lighting up, walking over to lean against the cold concrete of the school wall.
"D—n . . ." he mumbled to himself. "Why'd they have to lock the gate? Knew I shouldn't have come to school today . . ."
"Hn." The sudden sound startled the boy, who now leapt away from the wall, the newly-lit cigarette still in his mouth.
"Baka." continued the voice (apparently . . . ) in the tree. Yuusuke squinted his eyes, trying to discern . . . before the insult sunk in.
"NANI?!? Hey, I'm no baka! Who are you, anyway!?!"
"Ch. You're a fighter and yet you smoke." The figure jumped down from his perch so quickly, it almost looked as though he just . . . appeared . . . on the ground . . . but still he was nothing but a vague silhouette in the shadow of the tree's leaves from above. "You ARE a baka . . . Baka." Yuusuke blinked, then started laughing.
And here I was thinking it was some THREAT . . . he thought, amused with himself for getting so worked up over a little punk kid that was OBVIOUSLY still in elementary school . . .
"Hahaha . . . hey, kid, you should get back to school before they miss you . . . skipping's for the BIG boys, haha . . ." He heard a growl, that somehow managed to cut through his laughter, and looked up as the 'kid' stepped forward, into the light. His brown eyes widened.
Intense crimson eyes glared back at him coolly from the sharp, emotionless face. The black uniform was unbuttoned at the collar, the dull grey undershirt flaring out a bit around his neck. Spiky black hair with blue highlights stuck almost straight up, like flames. But the greased-haired teen's gaze was irrevocably drawn back to the eyes . . .
. . . red . . . RED?!? . . . NO ONE'S eyes should be red . . .
Yuusuke quickly recovered himself, though, putting on a hasty smirk.
"Yea, well, sorry man. I smoke. Nuttin' you can do 'bout it." The unusual-eyed teen opposite him scoffed, looking away condescendingly.
"Ch. It's none of my concern whether you die from the inside or the outside . . . demo—"the sparking gaze focused back on him from the corner of the one crimson eye he could see, "—I am no child." Yuusuke shrugged, taking another drag.
"Whatever. You're a midget either way." he calmly stated, not taking his gaze from the black-uniformed teen across from him, noting with satisfaction as he saw the tiniest of tremors shake the other's body . . . from anger, not fear. His smirk grew. "You heard me, RUNT." Yuusuke continued, baiting him.
Now the punk teen had the effect of a full-out glare aimed at him, but he just smiled.
"You don't think so? Then prove me wrong." he murmured arrogantly . . . Yuusuke knew he was testing the devil, provoking this guy . . . there was something . . . dangerous . . . about him . . . his adrenaline started to rush in anticipation of a fight . . .
It happened so fast he nearly failed to register it.
All he could remember was the continuous volley of punches and kicks that he was suddenly dodging . . . pretty easily, despite the speed . . . this guy OBVIOUSLY didn't have that much experience with hand-to-hand combat . . . but . . . his precision suggested that he had trained . . . in SOME form of battle . . . during a brief respite, where both Yuusuke and the kid were on opposite sides of the schoolyard, he called across to the black-uniformed teen.
"Hey, man . . . you're pretty good . . . what's your name?" Then the shorter teen was running toward him again and Yuusuke cursed as he felt his foot slip . . . the red-eyed boy pinned him to the ground during the moment of vulnerability, letting a smirk cross onto his cold face as he looked down at his opponent. Yuusuke could tell by the look in those hard eyes that the guy had just been WAITING for him to slip up . . .
" . . . Jaganshi . . ." the boy atop him answered in a darkly amused tone, his eyes reflecting a bare bit of the hardly discernable emotion in his voice, though his face was kept carefully blank . . . Yuusuke's brown orbs filled with a bit of confusion . . . Jaganshi? . . . wasn't that . . . the name of someone . . . who'd mastered . . . something . . . ? ". . . Jaganshi Hiei." Yuusuke smirked, shifting his body just the slightest bit in preparation.
"Well, Jaganshi, thanks for telling me." The other's eyes narrowed, most likely trying to figure out the confident tone, but before he could speak, the boy previously on top soon found himself thrown onto the ground; their positions reversed so fast he could only gape, staring, slightly wide-eyed, in surprise at the mocking brown gaze above him . . . the factor of weight.
Yuusuke took the look in with a smirk of his own; he could tell by the furious glare that the guy now pinned was cursing himself for forgetting the WEIGHT difference . . . "—It's always good to know who you beat, ne?" Jaganshi's eyes narrowed, his free hand slowly drifting closer to his right pocket, talking to his adversary as a distraction . . .
"Then who are YOU, then?" . . . and it worked. Yuusuke smiled broadly, thinking he had already won, and not noticing the stealthy hand moving to the black uniform's pants pocket . . .
"Urameshi Yuusuke! And don't you—"his breath was stopped short as he felt something cold and undoubtedly sharp pressing against his neck. Flicking his eyes down as he began to sweat, he realized that . . . he . . . Jaganshi . . . . . . he had . . . a . . . ". . . blade . . . ?" he whispered hoarsely, not trusting to speak too much . . . what with the well-polished steel edge that was a smooth threat against his flesh, just to the left of his Adam's apple. Yuusuke met the garnet eyes, and the 'runt' smirked darkly once again, eyes showing real intent.
He . . . WOULD . . .
"Hn. Very intelligent. You might want to remove yourself, Urameshi." the crimson-eyed teen spoke in a low voice, filled with the venomous promise and a slight increase of pressure to emphasize what would happen if the punk refused. Slowly, the green-uniformed teen backed off, and Jaganshi followed him, sitting up, making sure to keep the blade at the frightened boy's neck. Then he was standing, red orbs glaring directly down into brown eyes that struggled valiantly to hide the fear embedded deep within them.
"Don't forget this, Urameshi. YOU'RE the child here, and so you should take the chance to learn from this . . . NEVER pick a fight with someone older than you . . . . . . . . . ch." After the long pause, and at the last comment, he expertly flipped the blade back into its hand-held sheath, and leapt up to the top of the wall all in the same instant, about to leave, when a somewhat raspy voice called up from behind him.
"C—coward!" Jaganshi looked down, eyes narrowing at the brown-eyed teen, who was now sitting raggedly on the ground, breath a bit faster, as compensation for NOT breathing only a few moments ago . . .
"Nani." he stated dangerously, eyes nearly flashing, and Yuusuke repeated it, louder.
"You're a COWARD! You need that blade to win! You're no REAL fighter!" The garnet gaze narrowed, but Yuusuke ignored the look, chestnut eyes flaring as his voice rose. "You have no HONOR . . . it's the truth and you KNOW I'm right, Jaganshi!"
"Ch." The teen on the wall gave Yuusuke a prime view of his back. "Baka." And he leapt off, disappearing out of sight.
Yuusuke dropped back, feeling his neck and the small trickle of blood that had sprung from it, still thankful that the guy hadn't killed him . . .
"What a cutthroat . . ." he mumbled, vaguely noticing when Keiko rushed outside, ready to yell at him for skipping class—AND fighting—no doubt . . . but she saw the blood on his neck and hurried to his side, asking what happened. He glanced at her sheepishly, as a familiar carrot-top sauntered up behind the girl.
"No, don't worry about it, Keiko . . . I just . . . cut myself . . ."
"WHAT?!? Yuusuke!! Don't tell me that!! I KNOW someone pulled a blade on you!" The tearful girl cried. Surprised, Yuusuke looked up to Kuwabara, who nodded.
"I saw the whole thing, Urameshi. Made it down here as fast as I could, and Keiko caught up with me, but—" the carrot-top looked up at the spot on the wall where the guy had disappeared. "—D—N . . . that shrimp's QUICK . . ."
"Oh, Yuusuke!" Keiko cried, hugging him around the neck. "Don't you ever fight him AGAIN!!" He awkwardly patted her on the back, turning a light flush at the show of affection from the brunette spitfire . . .
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"Oi, Keiko . . . you can . . . let GO now . . ."
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evil, evil Hiei, ne?
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lol! n.n;;
but seriously, that's sorta what I was trying to do . . .
. . . get the 'seriousness' and 'intensity' of his character from the anime . . .
::shrugs::
please tell me what you think of it, minna-san!
:3
I'd truly LUV to know!
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lol!
- Kita-chan n.n;;
PS
Arigato gozaimushta . . .
Volpe di Spirito (::wide grin:: I'm not saying another WORD about Hiei's bandana!! ;3 lol! ::zips mouth shut:: [ oh yea, and please hurry and update for that KxH fic where Hiei's been turned into a cat =n.n= it's so cool! I want to read MORE, girl! =n.n= ] )
Hiei's Gothic Angel (::checks review page:: hey!! you didn't keep your word! ;.; oh well u.u;; . . . like your username, though =n.n= coolness . . . and thanks for reviewing, chica! ::peace sign:: =n.n= )
Br Lr (=n.n= thankies!! I always feel so special when someone adds me to their list =n.n= domo! lol n.n;; )
What2callmyself (ah! HI!! =n.n= I've seen your username before . . . in review responses in fics I've read, lol! X.x; erk!! n.n;; ANYWAY, thanks for the multi-story compliment! =n.n= arigato!! And yea, I agree with you about the 'small world' comment [ Oo;; ] odd that the torture [ a.k.a. 'school' -.-;;; ] begins for us on the same day, ne? . . . [ n.n;; lol . . . ] )
Hixku (thanks! =n.n= )
fugen (oi! fugen-chan! hello! n.......n [ a variation of the 'poor dead anime smiley' with the many lines at the bottom to signify happiness u.u;; ] soo glad you checked out my fics and liked the pic!! yay! =n.n= once again, domo, fugen-chan! :3 )
Crystal-Kuramas-gurl (n.n;;; eheh . . . glad you like it though . . . eheh . . . heh . . . [ Oo;;;;;;;;;; ] . . . . lol!! n.n;; nuttin but peace, chica! :3 )
shadow priestess (muahahaha; YES! the pocky will consume us all!! [ boy, if there ever was a contradiction in the world X.x;;;; ] n.................n [ yet ANOTHER variation of the 'poor dead anime smiley' that had the many lines at the bottom to signify happiness u.u;; ] lol, when I wrote that last chappie I had jus had my first box of (chocolate) pocky [ n.n;; ] eheh . . . haven't even TRIED the stawberry kind so far ;.; . . . the store I get mine at doesn't carry it [ yet? ]!! wah! T.T . . . BUT anyway . . . MONSTER-SIZED?!?! SWEET!!! ::dreamily:: over a foot long . . . centimeter thick . . . pocky . . . mMmmm . . . and, ah yes, back to the fic! n.n;; lol! suki [ for the review, as well ], shadow-san! =n.n= )
fox gal (danke! [ German again -.-;;; ] sorry, but you'll have to wait a bit, now . . . you just READ the new chappie, ne? lol n.n;; )
Ja ne, and much luv, everyone! =n.....n=
Peace out! :3