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Chapter 2: Strange Meeting
The pair that had just entered the classroom walked over to the teacher. Keiko said something to the teacher, and the other girl handed him a slip of paper. Yusuke and Kuwabara watched closely as their friend took her seat. Unfortunetly for the other, the teacher kept her at the front of the class.
The new girl looked like a gothic punk. Her long hair reached her waist and was black with bright red tips. Scary, empty black eyes looked over the students. She either lacked her school uniform, or she was rebellious like Yusuke. The outfit she wore consisted of black flared jeans, a red tanktop that read "If you are reading this clearly, BACKOFF!", and black combat boots. The teacher glanced at the paper before directing his class. "Class, this is our new student, Kurenai Nokimura."
Everyone stared, mesmorized by this new girl. "You may sit in the desk next to Kuwabara,
Ms.Nokimura." She nodded and sat down where she was told. "Urameshi! She's creepy. And do you feel that?" Kuwabara said in a hushed whisper. The spirit detective concentrated on this Kurenai. He did sense it. She had a strong source of spirit energy. His thoughts trailed away from Kuwabara and the lesson being taught. 'Could she be the reason for the energy surges?'
Yusuke soon found out that Kurenai was in all of his classes. This valuable information came from a good source, Keiko. The 'A' student had been assigned to show the new girl around the school. Keiko told him that Kurenai was a polite and kind young lady. That theory was looking quite true when lunch came around.
The door to the roof flew open to reveal a yawning teenager. He walked to his favorite spot and plopped down. "Geez, if it weren't for Keiko, I would have ditched a while ago." he said aloud. Yusuke was about to take a bite out of an apple, but he then felt the presence of another. The red fruit dropped to the ground as he jumped up.
"Chill, will ya?" Yusuke turned around and looked for the speaker. "I'm up here." A hand waved to him from atop the raised part of the roof. The person sat up so he could see who it was. Once he saw the reason for his alertness, his muscles tensed. "Why are you here?" he asked suspiciously. "To be alone." Kurenai answered.
Her face was emotionless, however her eyes weren't. He couldn't really place it, but Yusuke saw something resting in her dark eyes. His thoughts were shattered when the door opened. "Yusuke, have you seen Kure-" Keiko stopped at the sight of the one she had been searching for. "Oh here you are. Have you two introduced yourselves?"
Yusuke and Kurenai looked at each other and then back at Keiko. "Not really." Yusuke mumbled. Kurenai held out her hand to the boy. "Kurenai Nokimura." she said. Keiko nudged him to take her hand. "Yusuke Urameshi." They had a friendly handshake before returning their arms to their sides.
Kurenai grabbed her bag. "We should get going. Lunch will be over anytime now." The other two blinked. "Yes. I'll come with you." Keiko turned to go downstairs. The strange girl stopped in front of the door. "Tell your friend, Kuwabara, that I'm not as scary as I look." She smirked and disappeared. The spirit detective stared after them. 'She doesn't seem evil, but then again...'
As two girls left, one arrived. Botan stood next to him. "Any news?" he asked, startling the grim reaper. "Uh, I'm not sure. All he said was to gather you and the others for a meeting."
Yusuke said nothing. He stepped through the portal to the spirit world that Botan had made. She told him to go on and that she would get Kuwabara.
In just a few minutes, the spirit detective team was assembled in Koenma's office. The toddler sat in silence behind his desk, stamping papers that were piled up. "Would you stop that and tell us what you called fo!" Yusuke yelled at the child ruler. The stamping stopped abruptly. Koenma glared at the one who yelled. "Don't yell at me!" Yusuke was about to reply when Kurama cut in. "Please, Koenma. Why have you called us here?"
The loud yelling halted. "Hey," Kuwabara started as he looked at the fox. "Are you okay?
You don't look so good." Everyone else suddenly became interested in the pale red-head. "It's nothing. Just a restless night is all." Kurama covered his mouth and a yawn followed. "You've been having a lot of those lately." Hiei commented. Kurama then felt something in his mind. He quickly blocked it off, but not quick enough. "The reason is a dream. One of the memory when Kuronue died." the fire demon finished.
"Well, back to the meeting." Botan changed the subject for Kurama's sake. Their attention returned to Koenma. "Right. As you know, the power that has been surfacing can be a threat. But we have limited the area in which it is coming from. From what we can deduct, it is someone from Kurama's neighborhood." Once again, all eyes fell upon the unsuspecting kitsune. "I have not detected any abnormal activity." he said.
Yusuke stood still for a moment before deciding to give his information. "Koenma, do you know if the source is demon or human?" The toddler shook his head. "Why do you ask?" The spirit detective didn't answer right away. "Kuwabara and I sensed a lot of spirit energy from a kid at school. I couldn't determine if it was demonic in any way." Kuwabara realized who he was talking about. "Yeah, the new girl. She has got some issues."
"A girl?" Koenma was a bit surprised. Kuwabara continued his rambling. "Yep. And she was scary. Creepier than some of the demons we've fought. Oooff!" Yusuke brought his fist back from Kuwabara's stomach. "Shut up and let me talk." No one bothered to aid the oaf. "What do you mean creepy?" Hiei asked. The talkative teen recovered from the blow and spoke again. "Like you. She was wearing black and red and looked like she could kill someone by glaring." The apparition was very close to pounding on him.
"Enough of the creepy buisness. What is her name?" Botan interrupted. She looked from Yusuke to Kuwabara. The annoying spririt detective opened his big mouth for the hundreth time. Yusuke punched him in the face and then replied. "Kurenai Nokimura."
