Author's note: Do to the popularity of my Kuramaxyou quiz on quizilla, I decided to make public the origin story of "Red Rose Reality" (you can find a link to this on my profile). The extra characters in this story are very tightly based on my friends, and the other character, Tawa, who was in the original has been edited out, do to some disputes. Thank you all very much for your kind reviews and I hope this version of the story will interest you as well!

The last few weeks of summer were drearily hot and sunny. The girl down the street was hardly affected though, and as she came upon her house after her walk around the block in this horrid heat, the neighbors peered, probably from lack of much else to do, out their windows at her. She was quite peculiar it seemed. She was often seen with 'backwards' books (surely those were demonic!) and she sometimes sang to herself while walking down the street, in something that must have been Chinese, or Japanese, or whatever. But the most peculiar thing about her was that she seemed to have a crush on a cartoon character.
"He's NOT a cartoon character. He's an anime character, beotch."
Oh well. Whatever HE was (if it was a he; sometimes the neighbors were not certain) he was most likely something of hell. Violent things that girl watched…

"Hey Mom, I'm back!"
Kaira shut the door to her house as quietly as possible, waited for it to click, and the scurried over to her mother, who seemed to be digging around for something.
"Kaira-chan?" Without looking up her mother continued to look for some unknown, elusive object behind some old boxes.
"Mom, what the heck are you doing?"
"I got a call while you were gone. You're father and I have to leave for a week for a business trip."
"Ah. So where'll I be going?" Kaira blinked and watched as her mother pulled out a large suitcase from behind a box.
"You're old enough to stay here by yourself. Your brothers will be staying with your uncle for the week."
"Check." Kaira saluted her mother and turned to walk up to her room, and then stopped. "When are you leaving, anyway?"
"As soon as possible. We got late notice."
"So, tonight?"
"Probably so."
Kaira shrugged and walked over to the stairway. "I don't suppose you need any help packing?"
"No, thank you."
She continued up the stairs, her hand firmly on the railing. She let go and turned a corner to get to her room. She pushed her door open, and sat down on her bed. "Good Afternoon, Rama-chan."
The Kurama plushie on her pillow said nothing.
Kaira patted it on the head and looked around her room. Her haven. She sat down on her bed and began to read a manga with mild interest.

A few hours later, her parents had left, and she waved them goodbye, alone in the house. Her brothers had been taken by her uncle for the week. Sweet silence.
She was alone for the entire week. This was something a girl could only dream of. She walked around the table, on the intent of going into the kitchen for some food, but her foot hit a toy car, and instead she skidded downward, smashing her forehead into the corner of the table, and she lay silently, blood dripping from her forehead. Everything became hazy; soon all was dark.

Darkness. Everything was soaked in darkness. Kaira ran as fast as she could, but what was chasing her, she
didn't even know. She was barefoot, her feet splashing through the puddles of rainwater on the ground, covering her legs in water. Her normally wavy, dark brown hair was ratty and tangled around her shoulders, and her tanned face was unusually pale. Suddenly, she slid across the ground, and stopped. Standing in front of her was Kurama. She cared for him so. Her smiled at her and touched her cheek, and she put her hand into her pocket, drawing out a tiny, shimmering gold marble. "Kurama…" she whispered.

Regaining consciousness, Kaira did not open her eyes, but lay there for a moment or so. She could feel she was lying on her back, with a towel on her forehead, where she had hit it some time ago. She was still a little dizzy, but she moved to sit up.
"Hey, she's getting up!"
Wait…she knew that voice. Who was that? Kaira opened her eyes.
"Holy SHIT! I did hit my head." She blinked a few times in disbelief.
"See, Kuwabara, I told you your face would scare her."
She was too busy staring to hear the last comment.
Yusuke Urameshi, Kazuma Kuwabara, Kurama, and Hiei were standing in front of her.
"You're- you're Kuwabara!"