What's Love Got to Do with It?

Ch. 3

OK…not as many reviews but STILL! I tried to update sooner…granted it takes me forever to write but whatevers…ONWARDS MY MINIONS!

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Koenma sat in his chair, twiddling his fingers and glancing nervously to the screen. It was school hours in Tokyo, Kyoko's gym period to be specific. Three blips of energy were on the screen, one being Hiei, another being Kyoko and another being one of the other three blips.

Earlier that day Koenma observed that in Kyoko's biology class another blip, not the one on the screen now, was on the screen.

"Perhaps it will be easier to catch these than we think…." The toddler said nodding his head slightly. "Botan…" He called.

The reaper lifted her head and entered the room, "Yes Koenma?"

"Botan…I want you to give these to Hiei, it will assist us in determining who the other three blips are…" Koenma said as a few papers came out of the printer.

Botan nodded, her hair swaying, "Yes Koenma, I will take care of this as soon as I can." She took the papers off of the printer, folding them and then placing them in her kimono. Raising her left hand her oar appeared and she flew out of the room, smiling.

Koenma let out a sigh as she left, "If it is this easy…something will go wrong…."

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Botan flew above Kyoko's school, only able to find it because she sensed Hiei. She sped down to the tree, beside the branch where Hiei was perched. "Hiei!" She exclaimed.

Hiei glanced to her, "Hn. What is it…?" The demon questioned dully. "So perky…." He thought grimly.

Botan smiled, "He's so cute when he's irritated!" She thought happily, still floating next to him. "Koenma got some new reports! It will make it easier to figure out who is which blip of energy! He circled yours and Kyoko in red since those two are definite. He has a different picture for each hour of the school day." She stated, taking the pictures out of her kimono and handing them to Hiei with a smile.

Hiei took the pictures, flipping through them and looking at the circled red blips. He figured that the one that was always off to the side was himself and the other would obviously be Kyoko. "Hrm... Thanks Botan." He said with little emotion as he looked off into the distance.

Botan let out a fake gasp, "The angry evil demon said thank you! Aw!" She hugged him and Hiei squirmed growling.

"Get off of me." He said angrily.

Botan released him, giggling like a maniac, "See you later Hiei!" She said, flying off to go make sure Yusuke was in school today.

Hiei watched her leave, as much as he hated her perky, overly happy, attitude; Hiei found her company well…enjoyable, unlike the pin-heads, Kuwabara, who simply annoyed the living hell out of him. Or it could be the fact that the idiot was infatuated with his sister… None the less Hiei did enjoy arguing with him, "Hn." Hiei looked back to the window where Kyoko was talking to Hoshi.

He sighed, looking to Hoshi, "She reminds me so much of Kurama…Why…Why am I fascinated with a stupid human school girl…" He thought as he stood, taking one last glance at her before jumping into a different tree so he didn't have to look at her. "Why."

"Like, Oh my gosh!"

Hiei turned his head and spotted none other than Kurama and the two girls he had come to know as Haya and Nami. "What's Kurama doing here? He doesn't even go to this school?" He questioned silently.

Kurama took a step back from them, "Now, um…Ladies…"

Nami squealed in delight, "It's Suichi!" (A/N I hope I spelled that correctly…)

It was at this time that Haya chirped in, "Oh! Suichi! What are you doing here? You don't even attend this school!"

Kurama sighed, "I certainly am well known…" He thought grimly. The kitsune smiled meekly, "Um…I came to visit a friend of mine. Two…actually."

The two girls squealed again and Kurama put his hands gently over his ears.

Nami smiled crossing her arms across her chest, "So who did you come to see?"

The red head closed his eyes with a sigh, "Kyoko and another girl, I believe her name is Hoshi."

Nami clenched her hands into fists, "What?" She screamed. Haya patted her on the back, attempting to calm the girl. "How did that little brat get you of all people to talk to her!"

Kurama took a step back, again, and glanced to Hiei, who remained in the tree. "Well…Goodbye." He said as he began to walk past them.

Nami simply stared in shock before turning on her heel angrily and storming off with Haya at her side.

Hiei watched as they disappeared from sight and then looked to Kurama who hadn't walked all too far. The black haired man jumped out of the tree and walked over to his friend.

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Hoshi glanced out of the window and into the tree but spotted no one, "Hey…Kyoko…"

Kyoko lifted her head, strands of raven hair swaying a bit, "Yes?"

"Where's that Hiei guy? And why was he in the tree anyway?" Hoshi questioned, tilting her head to the side with a look of confusion and curiosity.

Kyoko let out a sigh, "Well you see…" The door slid open and a tall figure with long red hair entered the room, followed by a short figure in black. "Um…."

Kurama looked to Hoshi with a smile and then looked to Kyoko, and the first person who came to mind when he saw her was none other than Hiei. "She even looks like him in the face…despite the blue eyes….and the fact that she only has two…" The red head closed the emerald eyes that resided in his head, "Kyoko it's nice to see you, who is this friend of yours?"

Kyoko looked to Kurama with a dull expression, but her eyes showed that she was thankful. "Kurama, Hoshi, Hoshi, Kurama." She said gesturing to the figured with her pale hands.

"Hn." Hiei looked away from the two girls and turned his back to them, not wanting to look at Hoshi, nor Kyoko in fear she would read his thoughts. "I'll be back…" The demon stated, exiting the room and entering the hall. He leaned against the wall, taking out the pictures the overly happy spirit guide had given him. Hiei looked to the labels, 'First hour,' 'Second hour.' He continued to flip through them, soon finding himself at the last picture that was labeled, 'After hours.'

One blip, circled in red was off to the side, where a tree would be located so he recognized this as himself. The other blip was located inside the building, also circled in red, Kyoko. Hiei studied the picture, next to Kyoko's blip there was another one…And the only person he recognized her ever socializing with after school was, "Hoshi." He stated sternly before putting the pictures back in his pocket. The red eyed man looked to the classroom he had exited suspiciously. "But I can't sense much from her…then again I can't sense all that much from Kyoko either…." "Hn."

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Kurama looked to the two girls with little expression on his face. The room was silent and Kyoko occupied this time by staring out the window at a squirrel.

Kyoko was the first to break the silence with an odd comment, "Squirrels are evil I tell you…Once threw a nut at my cousin, hit him in the head."

Hoshi refused her urge to burst out into laughter and replied with a simple chuckle. Kurama put a hand to his forehead and smiled meekly.

The room fell silent again. Hoshi let out a sigh, glancing to Kurama through her own green eyes, her chestnut hair resting on her shoulders lightly. Hoshi followed Kurama's gaze and found him to be looking at Kyoko, who continued to stare out the window. Her elbows were resting on the window sill and her chin was in her hands, black hair flowing down her back.

Kyoko's blue eyes flickered over to Kurama, a questioning look coming from them as she caught the red head staring at her.

Kurama set his hands in his pockets looking away from her and at the clock. He let out a sigh, leaning on the teacher's desk.

Hoshi stood, brushing off her black skirt before stretching her arms. "Well…I better get going…" She stated, walking towards the door.

Kyoko straightened and turned to look at her, giving a slight wave, "Ok…Bye." She said, watching the brunette exit the room.

Kurama gave a slight wave and turned to Kyoko, "You're not worried that you have a demon following you?" He questioned her with a soft smile.

Raven hair rusted a bit as the blue eyed girl turned to face him, "You're a demon aren't you?" She questioned him nonchalantly before closing her eyes, "In any case, the answer is no. If he meant me harm he would have done it already, it has been three days. He has had multiple chances to kill me…And besides, I am a telepath so I could see it coming."

Kurama nodded, "I wish to…explain more to you, about what is going on."

Black eyebrows arched as Kyoko's interest was peeked.

"Do you know exactly why Hiei is following you?" Kurama continued. Kyoko shook her head and Kurama let out a sigh as he began to explain the ordeal...

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Hoshi shut the door behind her, closing her eyes and sighing as she took a step down the hall. "Great, her again…why…" Hiei's voice cut through her thoughts. The comment angered her and her eyes snapped open. She turned on her heel looking down the hall and spotting the spiky haired man, "Do you just hate me or something?"

Hiei lifted his head, arching an eyebrow, "What are you talking about human?"

Hoshi looked to him and then realized he hadn't said anything, "Uh…I…" She trailed off, deeply confused. This had happened before at Nami's house. Hoshi sighed again and opened her mouth about to apologize for being rash but Hiei spoke before her.

"I don't hate you." He said dully, not looking to her.

Hoshi smiled, "Sorry I snapped at you…I thought you said something…This happened at Nami's house…Oh my gosh! Nami's house…Crap…AH! I got to go! See you Hiei!" She exclaimed darting down the hall towards the stairs half tripping.

Hiei simply watched her leave, "Telepathy…well that just proves it." He murmured, watching her leave.

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Hoshi flew down the last flight of stairs, almost tripping. She ran out the schools front doors, racing towards Nami's house, "Holy crap…I'm going to be so late…." She said dully as she continued running her hair flowing behind her.

The green eyed girl approached Nami's house, quickly opening the door after knocking. She took off her shoes and ran into Nami's room, "Sorry I'm late guys." She exclaimed entering the pink and purple room, almost slipping on the wooden floor.

Haya looked to her, "Where have you been?"

"Doing some of my homework at the school, I almost forgot to come here today…" She stated.

Nami looked to Hoshi, "Why did Suichi want to see you? Why didn't he come to see us as well?"

Haya sighed in a crazed fan girl way, "Oh…his red hair is so pretty…"

"Shut up." Nami snapped, "That's not important right now." Haya blushed out of embarrassment.

"Suichi? She must mean Kurama…I think…but why would he go by two different names…Oh well…" Hoshi thought, slightly confused as to who Suichi was since she wasn't the fan girl type, but she now realized who it was. "Um….I don't know why he wanted to see me….He didn't talk to me much."

"Well he also said he was going to see that brat Kyoko." Nami paused, "You weren't with her….were you?" She asked, giving Hoshi a piercing glare.

Hoshi looked to her and then to Haya without a word. She crossed her arms and looked off to the side, refusing to answer Nami, who let out a gasp.

"You were! You were hanging out with that…that…"

"Bitch." Haya finished for the blond, with a smile plastered onto her face. Haya's fake smile vanished and she looked to Hoshi.

Hoshi looked back to Nami, "And if I was?" She questioned dryly.

Nami crossed her arms, "Get out…Get out of my house."

Hoshi stood, "Alright…" She said with a shrug as she opened the door.

Nami frowned, "You're just as much of a cold, heartless, bitch as she is."

Hoshi smiled a little, "How little you know about her." With that she exited the room and left Nami's house confidently…She walked about a block and a half with her confidence before a wave of sadness hit her like a brick wall. She let out a sigh, holding the tears in. Why was she so sad anyway? It's not like Nami was the person who she should care a lot about. But still…To have that, 'friendship', if you'd call it that, taken away…

With shining green eyes she entered the park, sitting down under a tree solemnly. She let out a sigh as the first tear stroked her face. "Daggit, Hoshi don't cry…" She told herself, "What's there to cry for?"

"Yeah…what are you crying for?" A monotone voice said from above.

Hoshi looked up into the tree at the black form, "Hiei?"

The demon jumped down landing next to her, "You shouldn't cry over something stupid."

Hoshi's gaze hardened, "How do you know what happened?" She questioned.

Hiei set his hands in his pockets looking away from her and leaning against the tree. "Hn. Just don't cry over trivial matters…"

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Oh…how sweet…Hiei comforts Hoshi…in his own…way…but why? Anyhow…Events I think happened a little fast in this chapter…and by that I mean the whole Nami and Hoshi fight…ah well….R&R please….And I'll try to update faster.