"Wow! You guys actually came to school!" Keiko smiled at Kuwabara and Yusuke, who were sitting at a lunch table in front of her.
"Don't act so surprised," said Yusuke as he picked at his food.
"Mind if I join you?"
"Nah. Go ahead." Yusuke scooted over so she had a place to put her lunch down. She sat down.
"So?" she looked over at Yusuke, "How's your day going?"
"I feel like I'm wasting my time," Yusuke said in a dull voice, "How about you?"
"Well, it kind of got off to a bumpy start, but now everything's just fine," Keiko smiled again.
"What do you mean 'a bumpy start'?"
"Well," Keiko's smiled faded slightly, "Auree's never seen an alarm clock before and when mine went off this morning, she thought it was a time bomb and demolished it."
"Demolished it?"
"Yep…Pretty much."
"Bet your Mom and Dad weren't happy."
"Actually, they were fine. They said sometimes people just don't know what things really are."
"Hmm."
"Anyway, after that, everything was fine."
"Where is Auree?" said Kuwabara.
"Well, I think she's at home. She didn't want to come to school, but she'll meet me at the last bell, so I can get her to cheerleading."
"Oh yeah. Cheerleading. Is there a game today?"
"Yeah. After school."
"That should be interesting."
"What should be interesting?"
They all turned to find Auree standing beside their table.
"Auree! What are you doing here?" Keiko stared. Auree stuck out like a sore thumb. She had on her normal low-rise blue jeans and a tight black T-shirt with 'Trouble' written across the front in red, very different from the school uniforms. She was getting odd stares form people who passed, but she didn't seem to care.
"I just came because I was bored."
"Well, you're not supposed to be here!"
"I'm not?"
"No!" all three of them shouted at her.
"Oh." She ran her fingers through her hair and tossed her head back in a cute way that caught the eye of a handsome, dark-haired boy standing in a corner of the lunchroom.
"Well, fine," she glared at them, "I was going to go shopping anyway."
"You have money?" Yusuke stared at her.
"Yeah," she folded her arms, "Any girl can't go without some money."
"Could you pick up some things for me Auree?" Keiko said. Auree gave her a suspicious glare.
"I'll pay you back!" Keiko said apologetically.
"All right. Here. Let me make a list." Auree took a pen from her pocket and tore a piece of paper from one of Yusuke's notebooks.
"Hey!" he said, "You could've asked first!"
"I've never known you o have manners, Yusuke."
Keiko started rambling off things she needed as Auree scribbled them down. At this point, the dark-haired boy in the corner walked over and stood by Auree.
"Hi." He said, smiling a perfect smile.
"Hi." Said Auree intent on writing her list.
"My name's John."
"Mmm." She continued to write.
"Are you Auree?"
"Mm-hmm," she nodded curtly.
"The new cheerleader?"
"Mm-hmm," another nod.
"I've heard you're pretty good."
"Sure," she didn't seem to be listening anymore.
"I'd kind of like t get to know you better," he smiled even wider, "What do you think?"
"Yeah. Whatever." She scribbled some more down.
"You'll go out with me?"
"Sure."
"All right! Well, see you 'round," he walked away looking very pleased with himself.
"Okay. I think I've got everything-"
"Auree!" Keiko cut in.
"What?"
"You just became the most popular boy in school's girlfriend!"
"I did?"
"Yes! He asked you out!"
"He did?"
"Yeah," Yusuke stared at her as though she was crazy, "And you said yes."
"I did?" Auree blinked.
Yusuke rolled his eyes and went back to picking at his food. Keiko was still in shock though.
"Oh. My. God," she turned around to look for the dark-haired boy, "I can't believe you're John's girlfriend."
"Whoa! Wait a second! John? That's his name? John?" Auree's eyes got wide.
"Yeah."
A smile appeared on Auree's face for a moment. She turned her head slightly towards to look at it, but not give away her secret. Her smile suddenly disappeared and she folded up the list.
"Well, I'll see you guys later," she nodded and turned and walked out.
"What was that evil little grin all about?" said Yusuke as he watched her walk away.
"I don't know. What was she looking at?" Keiko turned around.
Yusuke looked too. The table to their left was the cheerleading squad's table. And sitting there, right at the end was the head cheerleader.
"Auree's social toast," said Yusuke, "Rachel has control of almost the whole school."
Kuwabara glanced at Rachel. He had a funny look on his face, but Keiko and Yusuke couldn't place it.
"I'm going." He picked up his tray and walked briskly away.
"What's wrong with him?" Yusuke stared after him in puzzlement.
"Kuwabara, you've been looking weird all afternoon," one of Kuwabara's friends looked at Kuwabara's face on the way to their last class, "What's eating you?"
"Nothin'," Kuwabara looked away. He sat down in his desk and glared at his textbook. There was something wrong. He knew it, but he couldn't quite figure out what it was.
"All right class settle down," said the teacher, "It's time to begin. Today we will be…"
The door opened with a bang and standing in the doorway was…
"John," the teacher sighed, "Why must you always make your entrance so loudly."
"Sorry," he smiled. Kuwabara felt a wave of anger came over him.
"That's the third time this week you've been tardy," said the teacher, "That means you have a detention."
"John shrugged and sat down in his chair, putting his feet up on his desk.
"Now class, as I was saying…"
Kuwabara tried to ignore John, but that anger just kept building up. He was writing his notes so hart, the tip on his pencil broke.
"Teacher," he raised his hand, glad for something to do, "can I sharpen my pencil?"
"Yes, Kuwabara." She didn't even turn around. He got up and walked to the pencil sharpener. Why was this happening to him? John was a nice guy, so why did he feel so mad? He stuck his pencil in and began to sharpen. He could see John out of the corner of his eye. He was writing stuff down, but Kuwabara was pretty sure it wasn't notes. He leaned over to see what it said.
Dear Auree,
If you don't go to this school where do you go? I hope you go…
Kuwabara squinted. He shadow of John's hand was covering the work. It began with an "s". He tilted his head.
Somewhere close by. It's nice to finally meet a girl that's different.
Different! Buddy, you don't know what you got yourself into, thought Kuwabara.
I mean that in a nice way. You just seem less gossipy and prissy like all the other girls. I like it, I like a lot.
Kuwabara turned the crank faster. John was really starting to bug him.
You're so pretty, you know that? You looked really good in that T-shirt you were wearing this morning. You really have a nice…
Suddenly, Kuwabara felt a sharp pain in his index finger.
"Ouch!" He jumped back in alarm. His pencil was nothing more than a stump now. He had sharpened for so long, he hadn't noticed until his finger had got caught in the sharpener. It was now bleeding from a few diagonal slashes on his fingertip.
"Kuwabara, are you all right?" the teacher looked slightly worried.
"You aren't supposed to sharpen your finger, stupid." Said one kid.
"No. He needs to sharpen his mind." Said another. The whole class burst into laughter. Kuwabara felt the heat crawling up his neck. He wasn't embarrassed, thought. He was mad. Mad at John, mad at his pencil, mad at himself, mad at his call and mad at…
RRRRRIIIINNNNGGGGG! The whole class jumped up and raced for the door. Kuwabara took a second to calm down. Then, he grabbed his books and ran out after everyone else.
"Now, did you know that Rachel has a crush on John?" Keiko was worried about Auree. Many of the tough kids turned to wimps with just a glare from Rachel.
"Rachel. Rachel," Auree thought for a second, "Blonde? Blue eyes? Head of cheerleading squad?"
"That's her."
"Oh yeah. She got all mad at me last night when I said John wasn't hot," Auree leaned against the wall of the locker rooms, "does she know I'm going out with him?"
"I don't know, but when she does, she'll make sure your life is misery," Keiko was still worried.
Auree shrugged, "She can just bring it on. That girl doesn't know squat on how to make someone miserable. If she tries to mess with me, she's dead."
She got up and opened her locker to put her clothes in, Keiko wondered if she meant 'she's dead' literally. Auree put on her uniform and grabbed some pom-poms. She turned and smiled.
"Don't worry about me, Keiko. Rachel doesn't know what she's gotten herself into."
Keiko sighed. That was Auree for you. She followed her out onto the football field. The team was warming up and John was right in the middle of it, being admired by the cheerleaders on the sidelines. He didn't seem interested though then, he caught sight of Auree.
"Hey! Auree!" he waved as they stretched."
"Hey John," she smiled and waved one of her pom-poms.
"Lookin' good," he smiled that perfect smile, "that uniform looks great on you."
"Thanks," Auree nodded and smiled before waving once more and yelling, "Good luck!"
The whole cheerleading squad gaped
"See ya, Keiko!" Auree said cheerfully before running off to join them. Keiko wondered if World War three was going to break out soon as she found a seat up in the audience.
"You talked to John," Rachel glared at Auree as she ran towards them.
"Yeah. So?" Auree tried to act innocent, "Is there a problem with that?"
Rachel was about to snap back at her when the referee blew his whistle for the game to begin.
"Sorry we're late," said Yusuke as he and Kuwabara sat down next to Keiko, "Kuwabara had to be convinced to come."
"I don't see why we have to come watch Auree jump around with pom-poms," grumbled Kuwabara
"Because she's our friend," said Keiko.
He snorted, "Whatever."
He glanced down at the field. There, on the sidelines, looking like any other normal teenage girl, was Auree. Wow, thought Kuwabara, she looks…different. He turned to look right at her. Had her hair always looked that silky, her eyes such a soft brown?
Stop it! He jerked his eyes from her and looked at the field. Bad idea. There was John, being the macho quarterback. He felt that anger swell up again.
No! No! No! He thought desperately and he stared at his feet.
"Do you have something on your shoe, Kuwabara?"
"Hiei! Kurama! Glad you could come," said Keiko excitedly.
"You invited them?" Yusuke looked at her questioningly.
"Well, of course!" said Keiko.
"Does Auree know about this?"
"Well…now," Keiko's smile faltered.
Hiei glared at the field just as the two teams clashed head to head.
"What an idiotic game," he said in disgust, "Using brute force to knock each others brains out. They're acting like a bunch of Neanderthals. Why did we come? Is Auree out there being knocked around?"
"No, Hiei," said Kurama patiently, "Auree is with the girls on the sidelines. See?"
Hiei took one look at the girls and rolled his eyes.
"Why must females act so foolishly at attract attention, Kurama?"
"Hey! What do you mean by that!" said Keiko heatedly.
"Dressing in such clothing and using battle maneuvers for entertainment is foolish," said Hiei.
"Well," said Kurama, "Not all girls this age are cheerleaders and can do all those fancy flips. Then again, I do agree with you on the clothing, though demon girls dress worse than this."
"Yes, I suppose you're right about that," said Hiei.
"There goes Auree's boyfriend," said Yusuke as John raced down the field and scored a touchdown.
Kurama looked at him sideways; "Shon is out there?"
"No, Auree has a new boyfriend as of this morning. It's a human named John with an ego as big as a sumo wrestler," said Yusuke. Kuwabara felt the anger rise up again. He clenched his fist, which caused his finger to start bleeding again. Keiko caught sight of the little red river running down his wrist and frowned.
"What happened, Kuwabara?"
"What?" Kuwabara said quickly.
"Your hand's bleeding."
"Oh. It's…it's nothing." He quickly wiped the blood on his pant let, "I'm fine."
"Hmm," Keiko didn't look to sure about that. Kuwabara was really jumpy.
Suddenly the whistle blew
"Half-time," said Yusuke, "Now the real show begins.
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