CHAPTER 1

MINOLY AKARI

Minoly Akari, a girl of fifteen with long black hair and dark purple eyes, closed her locker and sighed, leaning her head against the cold metal. It was the end of her first day at her new school and she was relieved to have it finally end. She didn't know if she could stand another minute.

All day long she'd been bothered by a dream she'd been having. A dream about being hurt and pleading for help to someone with crimson red gem eyes who would jerk away and just leave her there. Walking away and not looking back.

The dream not only upset her, it frightened her. She was afraid something bad would happen and she would be left to die. She was afraid she'd be hurt worse than she already had.

"I shouldn't worry myself," she told herself, as she walked down the hall toward the school entrance. "It's not like it's going to happen. And why am I so worried anyway? It was just a stupid dream."

"Hey, isn't that the new girl?" Yusuke Urameshi asked his friend Kazuma Kuwabara, as she walked by them.

"Yeah, so?" Kuwabara asked.

"I think we should meet her."

"How come? Other than her being real cute there's no reason to talk to her."

"Because she's new," Yusuke replied, ignoring Kuwabara's comment on the cuteness of the girl. "Besides, maybe she and Keiko can become friends." The black haired spirit detective started after her. "And," he finished looking back at Kuwabara. "I got this feeling from her."

Kuwabara raised and eyebrow. "What kind of feeling?"

"We'll find out when we talk to her."

Minoly stepped out of the school, down the stairs, and onto the sidewalk. "Why should I be so worried about it?" she asked herself, as she walked. "It's not like anyone in the school is out to get me." she closed her eyes and smiled. "I should forget about it. It was just a stupid dream anyway ha ha h-!"

Suddenly she froze in midlaugh. She heard something behind her. She came to a stop in the middle of the sidewalk and tightened her grip on her favorite book Usaji No Tampopo (The Rabbit's Dandelion). Sweat popped out on her head and ran down her hair and face. The upper part of her face turned blue and her heart pounded loudly. Maybe I do have something to worry about after all...

A hand rested on her shoulder and she screamed. She quickly turned around and her right arm (the one that held the book) came flying upward. The Rabbit's Dandelion made contact with the bottom part of someone's chin.

"Ahhh!" somebody screamed.

Minoly opened her eyes (she had shut them) just in time to see a boy about her age come crashing down on the sidewalk. The instant he crashed onto the sidewalk his tongue shot out of his mouth and his eyes turned into swirls.

"Oh!" she exclaimed, putting her hand over her mouth. "I'm so sorry!" she knelt down beside the kid, who had bright orange hair. "Are you all right?"

She heard laughing and looked up. She saw another boy with brown eyes and black hair come walking up to them. "Nice work, Kuwabara," he chuckled. "You just managed to cross another girl off your list.'

"At least I have a list, you dumb punk!" the orange haired kid said, glaring up at him.

The other boy smiled, turned sideways, and closed his eyes. "I don't need one," he said.

The orange haired kid jumped up and grabbed the black haired one by the collar of his shirt. "What is that suppost to mean?" he demanded.

"I already have a girlfriend," the boy replied grinning.

The boy called Kuwabara raised his fist. "Why you!" he roared. "How would you like a knuckle sandwich!"

"Umm...," a timid voice broke into the fight.

"Huh?" both boys looked over at the person who owned the voice.

It was that girl. That cute short girl. That cute short new girl. She was staring at them uncertainly. "Is there something wrong?"

The orange haired boy put a hand on his head, grinned, and waved his hand. "Oh nothing, we're just having a little man to man..."

"Don't pay any attention to him," the other boy said, freeing himself and pointing at the taller one with his thumb. "He just gets a little cocky sometimes."

"Uh...," the girl said staring at them.

"By the way," the kid said putting out his hand. "My name's Yusuke. Yusuke Urameshi." he pointed at the orange haired kid once more. "This is Kazume Kuwabare but just call him Kuwabara."

"Um, hi," she said a bit uncertainly.

"What's your name?" Yusuke asked.

"Minoly," she replied, putting her hands behind her back and standing up. "Minoly Akari."

Kuwabara stared at her, practically drooling. "You're realy cute, you know-"

Yusuke smacked him over the head. "Knock it off!" he said.

A little farther down the block two more boys from a different school were walking home. One was a red head with emerald green eyes the other had onyx black hair and eyes the color of crimson red gems.

The red head, the taller of the two, noticed his companion was acting stranger than usual.

"You're unusually quiet, Hiei," the red head observed. "Is something bothering you?"

Hiei didn't look at the red head. "It's not important, Kurama," he said. "And I don't feel like talking about it."

Kurama said nothing for a moment. "All right," he finally conceded. "If that's what you want-"

Hiei's head snapped in his friend's direction. "It is!" he retorted.

Kurama backed off.

A little farther down the sidewalk Kurama noticed Yusuke and Kuwabara. They seemed to be congragating on the sidewalk.

Yusuke noticed the two and waved.

When the two boys reached him and the others they stopped. "Hey, what's up?" Yusuke asked.

Before Kurama could reply the girl that he'd also noticed spoke up. "Who are you?"

Kurama fixed his attention on the girl. She had black hair and purple eyes. She wore the same color uniform as Yusuke's girlfriend Keiko which ment she went to the same school.

"I'm Shuichi Minamino," he said. He tapped Hiei on the shoulder who wasn't looking at her. "This is Hiei."

The girls eyes locked on Hiei. The first thing she noticed about him was his height. He was about the same size as her (4ft/11in). Next she noticed his hair color which was a black as raven wings at midnight. The final thing she noticed was his eyes. For the brief second he bothered to look at her. They were the color of blood red gems. They complimented his face. Which to her was perfect. (His face as well as his eyes)

Yusuke noticed her staring. She had that airheaded look girls got when they had crushes on people. He also noticed she was blushing. "Are you okay?" he asked her.

Instead of answering she walked right up to Hiei and got right into his face. She smiled hugely. "Hi, I'm Minoly Akari!" she said, in a totally friendly voice and closing her eyes, making herself look cute. "I live a few blocks from here with my mom! Where do you live?"

Hiei stared at her as if she'd gone mad. Finally after a few seconds of silence he said. "I don't live anywhere."

She opened her eyes and blinked. "You don't?" she asked.

"No," he said, turning his face away from her and closing his eyes. "And don't ask me. 'Then where do you sleep?' because I won't answer."

"I wasn't planning on it," she stammered.

"Good," he said. Then he turned around and began to walk away. "Then ask someone who cares," he said over his shoulder.

"What did I say?" she asked once he was gone.

"Don't mind him,'"Kurama told her soothingly. "It's not you. He's always like that."

"Why?" she asked.

All three boys shook their heads and shrugged.

Suddenly she felt an overpowering urge to find out. No matter how long it took she would find out.

A/N

Sorry. I hope this chapter didn't disappoint you. I'm still working on it. Really. Don't get mad at me okay? Umm.. that's about it besides one more thing. I won't be having any Yaoi in the story. I hope you don't mind. :Sweat drop: Well that's it I guess. I'll have more of Hiei in the next chapter.

P.S. This story is NOT going to be mostly about Minoly in case you were wondering.

P.P.S. Sorry if anyone is out of character. I tried my best!