BACK WHEN WE FIRST MET written by HieiKitty

Written on Friday, July 15, 2005

Chapter Thirty-Two: A Secret Revealed

Kurama searched through out the city but he couldn't sense Rei's spirit energy. He thought that it would be easy to find her but it wasn't. It seemed like she had just disappeared. Kurama decided to head over to the apartment where she lived to see if she had gone home. He quickly went over there and knocked on the door, hoping that she was there, though he still couldn't sense her spirit energy. There was no response to his knocking. He sighed and went left her apartment, hoping that where ever she was, she was okay.

Kurama began to walk back to the school but suddenly stopped at the entrance of the city park. There. It was small but he was sure that he could sense that Rei was close.Kurama walked into the park and started to walk towards the source of Rei's spirit energy. When he found her, he also found why he hadn't been able to sense her that well. Rei was sitting slumped on a park bench, sleeping. Kurama let out a sigh of relief and sat down beside her on the bench. He didn't know what exactly he was going to say to her when she woke up. He wondered if he should tell her the reason why he and Hiei had been fighting. Maybe then, she would understand. Kurama sighed again and ran a hand through his hair as he looked up at the sky.

"I don't want to hear why the two of you were fighting. Just don't do it again, okay?" Kurama quickly turned his head and looked at Rei. She was now sitting properly and was rubbing her eyes as if to get rid of the feeling of sleepiness. Rei yawned then looked at him. "I was thinking about it before I fell asleep and came up with the conclusion that I really don't care what your reason was. Just don't do it again, seriously."

With that said, Rei then stood up and stretched. "Well, come on, Fox Boy. We still got to go to school though we'll have to think of something as to why we're late and Hiei's absent. Eh, I'll leave that part up to you. You're the brains here." She told him and began to walk off. Kurama stood up and walked after her. Soon, the two of them were walking side by side through the city heading back to the school. Rei sighed and looked down at the ground. "Sorry."

Kurama looked at Rei with a questioning expression. Rei sighed again and looked up in front of her, avoiding Kurama's gaze. "I shouldn't have yelled at you. It wasn't your fault that I was mad at myself. You just seemed to be the perfect scapegoat at the moment. I hated the feeling of being hated by Hiei and I had to take it out on someone. I don't exactly think that I should be telling you this but it feels like you're the only one who will listen and understand. It just tears me apart to think that Hiei hates me and only thinks of me as a mission. To tell you the truth, I think that I may love him."

Kurama's eyes widen and he froze on the spot. Rei noticed that he wasn't walking beside her anymore and stopped. Kurama stood there staring at her. His mouth opened as to say something but it quickly closed again. A gasp escaped Rei's lips as she finally realized what she had just old Kurama. Her face flushed a deep red and a hand quickly covered her mouth as if she was afraid to say anything else. The two of them just stood there in silence. After a while, Rei took her hand away from her mouth and looked back down at the ground. "I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have said that."

"Rei…" Kurama walked up to her. Rei looked up in time to see that Kurama stopped in front of her. There was a look of determination in his eyes but there was also a look of hurt. Her eyes widen when Kurama suddenly embraced her. He ran a hand through her hair then rested his own head on top of hers. "Look, Hiei can only cause you pain. Think it over. You don't have to give me an answer now. I know I can make you happy, Rei."

"Hey, is it my imagination or has Kurama and Rei been avoiding each other?" Kuwabara asked as they sat in their last class of the day. He, Toga, Yusuke, and Kari were sitting at the back of the classroom. Rei was sitting towards the middle on the right while Kurama was sitting at the front on the left side. Toga looked at Rei then at Kurama and shook his head. "Nah, I've noticed it too. Ever since they came back, they've been avoiding each other. They must have got into a fight or something."

"Well, I can't believe that Kuwabara actually noticed something like that." Yusuke said as he stretched. Kari nodded then put on a thoughtful look. "But he does have a point. They must have argue about something, probably Hiei, and got mad at each other. That's the only thing I can think of."

"Hey, Kari, did you know that you look like Kuwabara when you're thinking?" Yusuke asked then snickered as did Toga but Kuwabara just glared at him. Kari, who wasn't really listening, nodded. "Yeah, thanks, Yusuke……YOU BASTARD!"

Kari launched herself at Yusuke, looking furious. Toga and Kuwabara sweat dropped as they watched Yusuke barely dodge the punch that was aimed for his head. Kari continued to throw punches at him until Yusuke finally grabbed a hold of her hands, successfully stopping her or he thought so. Kari just smirked at him and Yusuke just looked at her confused. She suddenly lifted her leg harshly, hitting Yusuke between the legs. A pained look came onto his face and he immediately let go of Kari's hands. He then fell to the ground and curled up into the fetal position. Kari, meanwhile, was laughing her head off.

On the other side of the room, Rei sighed and shook her head. She could her sister laughing her head off. Curious, she turned her head to see that Yusuke was on the ground curled up while Kari stood over him, laughing. Toga and Kuwabara saw her looking and Toga waved. Rei sweat dropped as they made their way over her which meant they had to step over Yusuke. Toga stepped over him but Kuwabara actually stepped on him. "Hey, Rei!"

"Hey, what happened over there with Yusuke and Kari?" Rei asked as she turned her attention on the book on her desk that was assigned for homework. Toga shrugged. "What else? They fought. Yusuke said that Kari looked like Kuwabara when she thinks."

"What's going on between you and Kurama? Why are you avoiding each other?" Kuwabara suddenly blurted out and Toga glared at him. Rei visibly tensed then let out a small laugh. "To the point, eh, Kuwabara? Anyways, there's nothing going on and I'm not avoiding him. He might be avoiding me though. Go ask him yourself to make sure. You never know with him."

"Rei, are you okay?" Toga asked his voice full of concern for his friend. Rei gave him a small smile and nodded. "Trust me; I'm better than I was earlier. I'll be fine. Don't worry about it. You should go check on Yusuke though. He might need to go to the nurse."

"Right." Toga said with a small nod though he was still uneasy. He and Kuwabara rushed over to Yusuke when they heard him whimper for Kari was now kicking him repeatedly. It seemed that he had said something else while curled up on the ground. "YOU DAMNED PERVERT!"

End of Chapter Thirty-Two

HieiKitty: Okay, I know that it's taken me a long time to write this chapter but I couldn't think of anything. -.-; So, I wrote this during work. WOOT!

Kuronue: You do know that this chapter's not as long as the others,right?

HieiKitty: Don't remind me. Yes, people, if you haven't noticed this chapter was shorter than the others. When I was typing it, I thought that it was long enough but when I checked, I saw that it shorter than my most recent chapters. Sad, isn't it?

Kuroune: Anything you do is sad.

HieiKitty: That's it. No more alcohol for you.

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