Hikari: Sorry i haven't updated ina loooonnnngggg time, but between summer camps, trips, and what not i've not had anytime...
Kurama: Band geek...
Hikari: Psh... shut up... as if you had anything better to do than read... ... Hope you enjoy this chapter and i appologize for the length... ja ne!
Chapter 6
Better than a C
In a hidden cave at the edge of town, Valentine sat on a rock nursing her wounded hand. "I'll get her for this," she cursed. She only looked up when she heard footsteps coming up behind her. Valentine saw that the footsteps belonged to a tall silhouette. It reached for her as it stumbled forward. "Stay where you are! Don't come any closer!" She yelled shakily.
"V-Valentine… help m-" It said, falling heavily to the floor.
Valentine gasped, pulling her hand to her mouth as she ran to the blood soaked figure. She quickly undid his black lace up vest and let his long, black hair loose. He was breathing heavily, and his pulse was weak.
"I thought you were dead…" she wept. "You're going to be okay. I promise you… Kuronue…"
Hikari finished bandaging Kurama's wounds just as he finished his explanation.
"Well," she said thoughtfully, "May I call you Kurama outside of school, and I'll call you Shuichi at school?"
"That'll be just fine," he said with a half smile. "I'm going to have a lot of homework when I get back, and I bet my friends must be worried." He thought out loud
"About your homework…" Hikari said trailing off.
"Yes."
"I've been typing it up so Mr. Nakano can't see the difference in handwriting and turning it in for you."
"You what!"
"I hope they're up to your standards." She handed Kurama a stack of graded papers.
Kurama took the stack and began studying the work. They were straight hundreds, nothing less. He looked at Hikari confused. "You've never gotten more than a C or high B."
"I've never tried." Hikari looked away embarrassed. I'm going to the park to study, tell me the names of your friends, and I'll tell them you're okay if I see them." She smiled and picked up her backpack.
"I'll go with you…" he said attempting to get up, only to fall back with a yelp of pain.
"I think you should stay put for at least one more day." She said laughing to herself. Hikari walked over to her desk and again proceeded to ask Kurama for the names of his friends.
Kurama thought carefully, and then gave her the names Yusuke Urameshi, Kazuma Kuwabara, and Kayko Yukimura.
" The Yusuke Urameshi!" She said in disbelief as she finished writing the names on a sticky note.
"The one and only," He responded, "and…" as if reading her mind, "They also know me as Kurama."
"Hey! Are you psychic or something!"
"Quite possibly…" He added with a smirk.
"Anyway, I'll be home in an hour to make us something to eat."
"What time is it now?"
"Five o'clock." As she said this she turned to walk out of the room.
"Hikari, wait!" Kurama called after her. She froze. "Thank you, for everything."
"No problem." She said giving Kurama a sweet smile. And with that she spun on her heels and walked out of the room, before anyone could notice the rosy tint take over her face.
Kurama heard her walk down the stairs, then open, close and lock the front door.
No sooner had she left, that a little black demon figure was standing on the window that had been left open next to Hikari's bed.
"So this is where you've been hiding fox…" It said seriously.