Yu Yu Hakusho Re Pure, Episode 2 - Kurama, The Idol Transfer Student

"I guess there is no shame in losing to an attractive older woman."

Kayko and Yusuke walk to school. Yusuke turns up his nose.

"Gee, Kayko, who would have thought that you would be the jealous type."

Kayko smirks and sticks out her tongue.

"There you guys are!" Kuwabara and his posse catch up to Kayko and Yusuke.

Kayko looks at Yusuke and then turns to Kuwabara. "So, what do you know of Miss Botan, Kuwabara? Is she some predator, out to steal Yusuke's youth?"

Kuwabara looks at Yusuke and half smiles. "I don't know much about her other than I get tingles whenever she's around, and, ..." pregnant pause, "she's a good kisser."

Yusuke turns red.

Kayko does a slow burn. "I do not know where Miss Botan is from, but here it is against school regulations for teachers to kiss their students!"

Yusuke regains his composure and acts nonchalant. "He's just messing with you Kayko. Besides, Miss Botan is way too classy for a guy like Kuwabara."

Kuwabara's gang giggle, but are shut up by Kuwabara's glare.

"Oh, like you're mister sophistication now?"

"Yeah, like Botan is my girlfriend."

Kayko and Yusuke and the rest arrive at the school yard.

Kayko pokes Yusuke in the ribs. "So, excited about seeing your girlfriend?"

"Kayko, for the millionth time, Botan is not my girlfriend."

Kayko stops, puzzled. "This is weird."

"What now?"

"No one is paying any attention to you, like they are all preoccupied with something."

Yusuke smiles. "Fine by me. I never asked for attention."

...

Botan stands at the front of the class with a new student. He has long red hair. The class is especially noisy with the girls of the class whispering back and forth.

Botan taps on her desk. "Quiet down class. It gives me great pleasure to introduce a new transfer student to our school. His name is Kurama."

The redheaded boy speaks in a gentle and sexy voice. "How do you do? I hope you will welcome me to your class."

Several of the girls squeal like he was a pop idol.

Yusuke starts talking to Kayko before turning around. "Kayko, can you believe these girls fawning over this wimpy guy?" Yusuke turns to see Kayko with hearts in her eyes.

"He's so dreamy."

Yusuke takes out his spirit lens and pretends to examine something in his book with it, then points it at the ceiling, then at Kurama. He sees that Kurama has a bushy tail.

Yusuke looks at Kuwabara and nods.

...

Kurama takes his lunch from his locker. A large crowd of females gather offering him their lunches.

Kurama smiles at the girls. "You will have to excuse me, I would like to eat my lunch of the roof."

"Let us come, too! Please, please, please..."

"I'm sorry. However, there is only one person I want to eat lunch with today."

The girls look like they are going into shock with anticipation.

"And, here he comes now."

The girls keel over.

"Mr. Urimeshi? I was wondering if you would like to eat lunch with me on the roof?"

Kuwabara whispers in Yusuke's ear. "Is this going to be okay?"

Yusuke whispers back. "Yeah, just don't let the girls come up."

...

Yusuke and Kurama face off on the roof.

"Look, pal, I know you have a demon inside you. It will hurt a lot less if you surrender now and come out of that body." Yusuke cracks his knuckles.

Kurama smiles. "But this is my body. I don't have a demon inside me, but I am one half fox demon. I am not a fugitive from the spirit world. I have as right to be here as anyone else."

Yusuke starts steaming. "Then why are you here? Get kicked out of your previous school for having a tail?"

"I am here because of the inter-dimensional door."

"Oh, recruiting a demon army?"

"I am sorry you are so suspicious of me Yusuke. I am different, I cannot deny that. But, we are not at cross purposes. We have more in common than you think. Me and my friends are coming to this school to close the inter-dimenionsal door, just like you want to."

"Friends?"

"I am the advance scout of my three person team. The other two, Hiei and Yukina, will be transferring in soon. They are also half demons. Hiei wants to rule the world and Yukina wants to be his queen."

"What do you want?"

"I grew up with loving humans as parents. I would like to see the humans ruled by someone as wise as Hiei. He would make a good leader and bring much peace and prosperity to the land."

"So you three want to take over the world?"

"Yes, by peaceful means, but, there needs to be a world to take over and if the inter-demensional door isn't sealed, Hiei will be ruler of a pile of rubble."

"So, you don't want to destroy the world?"

"No, but the those demons do, that's why the three of us are coming."

"What about Yukina? Girls always have a way of screwing things up."

Kurama is solemn. "Yukina healed my mother when she was deathly ill. That is her gift as a half ice demon. Hiei is a half fire demon, he has speed, wisdom and ruthlessness going for him. It's an odd alliance, I know, but the three of us are very capable."

"I still think I should pound you, just for being a demon."

"Why don't you ask your Shimigami assistant, Miss Botan?"

"Wow, you seem to know a lot."

Kurama smiles.

Botan walks out the door to the roof. "Some one call my name?"

Yusuke points at Kurama. "He's a half demon."

Botan smiles. "I know. Koenma has sent me a briefing. Clean record, mixed up with some seedy types, but doesn't appear to be a bad apple."

"Yusuke, I know that you don't trust me. But, considering the power of the things that we will be fighting, I think an alliance would be the best thing for both of us." Kurama reaches out his hand.

Yusuke looks at Botan who nods. Yusuke shakes Kurama's hand.

Kurama pulls Yusuke close to him and kisses him.

Yusuke freaks out and pulls away from Kurama and falls back against the wall to the stairwell.

Botan explodes with laughter. "Oh my goodness, you silly goose. Yusuke, don't you have a warm feeling inside?"

"Botan!" Yusuke is mortified.

"Kurama was transferring some of his spirit energy to you. It will help you fight and defeat more powerful monsters."

Yusuke gets up, angry. "You could have warned me, Botan."

"I could of, but, if I remember correctly, there's a certain spirit detective who prefers to find these things out on the fly?"

Yusuke sulks.

Botan slaps him on the back. "Oh come on, that's how you came back to life, remember?"

"That was different, that was Kayko!"

...

Mr. Akashi catches up to Mr. Iwamoto in the school hallway. "Is your plan running smoothly?"

"Everything is in place."

...

Yusuke, Kurama and Kuwabara walk down the hall. Mr. Iwamoto steps in front of them. "Stop right there Yusuke, you hoodlum, you delinquent. All of the school is buzzing about the thefts that occurred during lunch. I'll bet all of the stolen stuff is in your locker."

Kuwabara gasps. Yusuke stares at Mr. Iwamoto with a cold glare. Kurama keeps a poker face.

Mr. Takanaka runs up. "I got your page, Mr. Iwamoto. What's all this about!"

"I'm going to prove that Yusuke stole from people during lunch."

Kurama smiles. "That's not possible. Yusuke was with me during lunch on the roof."

Mr. Iwamoto turns on Kurama. "What were two boys doing on the roof during lunch?"

"We were kis.."

Yusuke jumps in, agitated. "We were discussing guy things! You know, like sports and girls!"

Mr. Iwamoto turns to Mr. Takanaka. "I want to show you Yusuke's locker. I'm sure that stuff is there."

Kurama pulls out a rose and blows on it in the direction of Mr. Iwamoto. Rose petals fly towards Mr. Iwamoto and they dissolve into him.

Yusuke notices this, and then realizes that the only two people who can see this is him and Kurama.

Kurama smiles. "Are you absolutely sure the stolen items are in Yusuke's locker?"

"Why of course, I planted them there myself!" Ten seconds later Mr. Iwamoto realizes what he has said. The rest of the group looks at him funny.

Mr. Takanaka looks at Yusuke. "You'll see to it that everyone gets their stuff back?"

Yusuke smiles. "Yes, sir."

Mr. Takanaka grabs Mr. Iwamoto by the ear. "Time for another talk, Mr. Iwamoto!". Mr. Takanaka violently drags Mr. Iwamoto down the hall.

Yusuke pulls Kurama to one side. "What was that?"

Kurama smiles. "It's called a spirit rose. I can give people simple telepathic commands through the petals. I told him to tell the whole truth."

Yusuke smiles. "You're okay."

Kayko and two of her friends walk by. One of Kayko's friends, Ryoko, the one with glasses, looks at Kurama and Yusuke and sighs. "Kayko, you're so lucky. It's every girls dream to be the girl friend of a gay couple."

Yusuke turns red. "What are you talking about?"

...

Botan stops Yusuke as he is leaving school. "Yusuke, please get some rest, tomorrow after school you and Kurama are going to look at the first lock of the door."

"Do we need keys?"

"No silly, like a canal lock. The demons must pass through many stages to get from their land to ours. To seal the door, you have to fight your way through all six of the locks."

Yusuke smiles. "Piece of cake."

Kurama frowns. "There's a good chance both of us will die."

Yusuke gasps.

...

Mr. Iwamoto leans over a blond younger student.

"Yes, father?"

Mr. Iwamoto gives the student a picture. It is of one of Kayko's friends, Megumi. "Seaman, you know what to do."

"Yes, father."

To Be Continued