BACK WHEN WE FIRST MET written by HieiKitty

Written on May 17th, 2005

Chapter Thirty: The Difference Between Faking and The Real Thing

After a while, the group of seven got closer and closer to the school. Kurama took a deep breath before walking up beside Rei. She looked at him with a questioning look before she remembered what they were going to have to do while in school. Kari and Toga laughed at the two as Kurama wrapped his arm around Rei's shoulders and brought her close to him. Rei rested her head against him as the two continued to walk, trying to look as normal as possible.

"I'm really sorry about this whole thing, Rei. I'll make it up to you, I promise." Kurama whispered into her ear as they entered the school grounds. Rei sighed and poked him in the chest. "Yeah, well, don't worry about it, Fox Boy. And yes, that's what I'm going to call you. It's not like the student body knows the story behind the name anyways so don't you say anything."

"Hey, why don't you two get a room?" Yusuke teased the two of them before walking off with Kuwabara and Kari, all three of them laughing their heads off. Toga smirked at Rei. "Well, good luck with Kurama's crazed fans. Speaking of which here they come. Don't get killed, Rei. And use protection if you and Kurama decide on doing something!"

"Why, you stupid little b-" Rei started as she pulled away from Kurama and was about to go after Toga who had ran away when he saw that she was going to make an attempt at going after him but something stopped. Kurama grabbed a hold of her wrist and she looked back at him with a raised eyebrow. Kurama cleared his throat and a slight blush appeared on his face. "Didn't you forget something? You have to give me a hug and a kiss before you can go."

Rei just stared at him like he had just grown an extra head or something before she noticed that there were a lot of people watching them. She sighed and promised that she was going to make either Maya's or Kurama's life a living hell, mostly like Maya. A blush also came to her face as she felt herself nod to what Kurama had told her. She walked back over to him and the two of the embraced. Rei could just feel the glares on her back. Kurama looked down at her, looking a bit more flustered. "Um, you don't really have to kiss me, okay, Rei? I'm not going to make you do something you don't want to do."

'Yeah, and that's exactly why I'm acting like your girlfriend, genius.' Rei thought to herself then another thought hit her. She wasn't actually minding pretending to be his girlfriend. At first she did, because he had just done it out of nowhere and didn't give her a warning of any sorts. Before Rei knew what she was doing, she wrapped her arms around Kurama's neck and stood up on her tip-toes. Her lips gently made contact with Kurama's which made the arms that were already wrapped around her waist tighten possessively as he reacted to the kiss by bringing her closer.

They heard Yusuke and Kari doing catcalls from the roof of the school and the two of them immediately pulled away from each other. Both didn't look at each other while their faces were slightly red. Rei cleared her throat then turned and smiled at Kurama. "There, are you happy, Shuichi? Now, we have to get to class and I still need to go to my locker."

"Go on ahead, Rei. I have to do something before the bell rings." Kurama told her avoiding her gaze. Rei looked at him questioningly before turning to Hiei who had been standing there the whole time and he didn't look very happy either. She motioned for him to follow her and the two of them made their way into the school with silence in between them. Rei stopped at her locker and looked over at Hiei only to see that he had disappeared. She sighed and rested her head against her locker. "Man, what's his problem?"

"Hey, you're Reina Takashi, right?" Rei heared someone ask her from behind. She lifted her head and turned around. There stood a small group of girls. For a second, Rei thought it was Kurama's fan club but it looked way too small if the club was going to confront her about dating Kurama. The female kitsune hanyou rested a hand on her hip as she gave the group a questioning look. "What if I am? What do you guys want?"

"We just wanted to know if you were really dating Shuichi. Don't worry. We're not with his fanclub. We were just curious." One of the girls told her. Rei stared at the group before turning back to her locker, laughing quietly to herself. "You're actually serious. Wow, I didn't know that there were actually girls in this school besides myself and my sister who weren't completely obsessed with Shuichi. Maybe that's why he choose me and yes, we're dating."

'I can't believe how easily that came out.' Rei thought to herself as she finished what she was saying. She opened her locker and got the nessecary things before closing it again. The female kitsune turned back around to face the group of girl only to recieve many cold glares. "YOU'RE NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR HIM! YOU'RE NOT PRETTY AT ALL AND I HAVE NO CLUE WHY HE WOULD WANT YOU!"

Rei glared right back at the girl who had said that. She opened her mouth and was about to say something when someone put their hand on her shoulder stopping her from speaking. Rei turned her head, looking to see who it was and who rewarded with Kurama standing beside her now. The group of girls stopped glaring at Rei and smiled flirtiously at Kurama. Kurama smiled slightly at them. "Actually, I'm not good enough for her. Rei's perfect and I don't deserve such perfection."

"Don't lie, Shuichi. I'm no where near perfect." Rei said in a timid voice, a blush on her cheeks. She couldn't explain it but when Kurama said that she felt out of place, remembering that their relationship was simply a fake one and Kurama was just saying those things to make it seem more realistic. Rei didn't think that she liked Kurama in that kind of way but now, she wasn't so sure. Kurama turned his head and looked down at her. "I'm not lying, Rei. You're everything that I could ever ask for."

Rei just stared at him after he said that. He sounded so honest like he was taking this whole situation seriosly. She felt her cheeks heat up even more and she let a smile grace her lips. Kurama let out a small sigh of relief when he saw her smile instead of having that look on her face that made her look like she was regretting everything. The red head turned his attention back on the girls who were now proceeding in glaring at Rei again. "Well, we should all go to class now before the bell rings."

With that being said, Kurama moved his hand then put his arm around the kitsune hanyou's shoulders. THe two quckly walked passed the group of girls who were muttering curses and headed towards their first hour that they shared with the others. There were barely anyone in the hallways since it was so close to the time for the bell to ring. Rei laughed to herself and rested her head against Kurama. "Well, you just made my day, Fox Boy."

"How did I do that exactly?" Kurama asked in amusement as he looked at her with a raised eyebrow. Rei pulled herself from Kurama and started walking backwards in front of him so that she was facing him. "Well, first of all, no one has ever said that about me. I don't care if you were just saying that because of the whole pretend relationship thing or what not, but it still felt good to have someone say it. So, thanks."

"You're welcome but I really made your day by just saying that?"

"Hey, you never know. Someone could out do you, Kurama. Then you'll have some problems. Maybe I should just give up our quote unquote relationship and go find me a hot human boy." Rei said with pretend dreamy eyes. Just then a boy in their class walked by them and Rei smirked. She turned around and started walking after him. "In fact, there's one right now so later, Fox Boy."

Kurama grabbed a hold of her wrist before she could even get two feet away from him. He didn't know why he reacted so suddenly since he knew that she was just kidding but something told him that if he didn't he would end up losing her somehow. Rei looked back at him with a huge smile on her face. "I knew you wouldn't be able to let a foxy girl like myself get away but you can't keep me for long. After all, I have a job to do and it's called finding myself a man...you know, that Hiei is kinda hot."

Rei laughed at face Kurama made when he heard this. The female kitsune hanyou proceeded to pull her wrist away from him. "He is a FIRE apparition, after all."

Rei shrugged with a sigh then walked in to the nearby classroom. She almost died laughing when she saw a huge crowd of girls asking Hiei to take them to the dance. Yusuke, Kari, Kuwabara, and Toga were off to the side of the classroom by themselves. She walked over there but not before she made eye contact with Hiei who glared at her. "Hey, you guys."

"Hey, Rei! Did you see Hiei's fan club?" Toga asked her as he pointed to the group surrounding the fire apparition. Rei nodded and sat down on top of one of the nearby desks. "So, has he accepted to take any of those girls to the dance yet?"

"You know him. He hates humans, even more so female humans." Kurama said as he walked up to the group. They all nodded then shared a laugh. Rei smile cheekily. "So, I take that as a no."

Just then, Hiei pushed his way through the crowd of his fangirls and went over to Yusuke and the others. Kuwabara was about to try to insult the already angered fire apparition but Hiei cut him off. "Get them away from me."

"Just tell them that you're not going or that you already have a date. That should get them off your back, Hiei." Rei told him like it was the most obvious thing in the world. Kari snickered then smikred. "We already got him to tell them that but they won't believe him. Wait, I just came up with the perfect plan! Stay right here and don't move a muscle. Just go along with whatever I do, okay?"

With out waiting for an answer, Kari pushed Hiei over by Rei then cleared her throat to get the attention of the hoards of girls. "Hey, I'm sorry to tell you guys but our little Hiei-chan is not longer available to take to the dance. He's going to the dance with the one and only, Reina Takashi, my sister. But that's no reason to get your hopes down. Since Rei's going with Hiei, that means that the red head over there, Shuichi Minamino is available to take anyone of you on a date."

Instantly, the girls turned to Kurama and swarmed him. Rei turned and looked at her sister with a shocked and questioning look. She couldn't helped but sweatdrop mentally for Kari sounded like she was selling or something when she was telling them that. Kari just winked at her then started to talk to Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Toga. A light blush came on to Rei's face and she turned to Hiei. "So, I guess you're stuck with me this Saturday."

"Hn, just go with the kitsune." Hiei told her. Rei stared at him trying to see if he was being sincere but Hiei was able to hide every single little emotion very well and she couldn't tell what exactly was going on in his mind. She sighed and smiled at him. "Nah, if I don't go with you, you won't go at all and we can't have that. If one of us go, we all go! And that includes you!"

"Rei, can I speak with you?" Kurama asked as he pulled a girl off his leg. Rei looked over at Hiei who was glaring at Kurama and the red head was returning the glare. Rei nodded and pulled Kurama out of the classroom before the two got into a fight. Once outside, she sighed and leaned against the wall. "You two are seriously going to kill each other someday."

"Why didn't you deny it?"

End of Chapter Thirty

HieiKitty: Sorry about the whole long period that you guys had to wait before I updated. I've just been a little busy. We only eight days of school left and finals are coming up quickly. That and I have to update all my fics, including my CYOAs and the ones that I don't feel like updating. SIGH. Oh but there's good news! SUMMER TIME! I'll work on my stories in between the time I don't have work and other stuff. The summer, I'm planning on taking tennis lessons to become better at that evil sport. I GET TO GO TO CANCUN FOR SPANISH NEXT YEAR! WOOT!

Hiei: Hn, review so that the onna doesn't cry.

Youko: Yeah, like that time no one reviewed for a while and she was all depressed.

Kuronue: Was that when I first showed up?

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