Well, still waiting for some posts to my forums. For those of you who are just too lazy: (hey I'm a lazy person too so don't take it personal.) if I don't get some ideas (explained in the forums) then there will be no sequel to this fic. Ah finals coming up and my teachers keep giving more & more homework. Oh, and I'm sorry if some of you guys are a little stumped bout Kurome's plan to free her mind of the demon. You'll understand that in this chapter. Oh and about last chapter. I just figured that Yukina doesn't really know the meaning of the word 'love' because she doesn't really understand Kuwabara when he's talking about loving her. I think she said something about him being 'silly when he talks like that.' …But I may be remembering wrong. '

Chapter 23

Kurome tossed and turned in her bed that night. She kept thinking about ridding her mind of this demon that invaded her mind.

'And I guess I'm a little afraid of the possibilities of things not going how I'd like them to.' She thought as she sat up in her bed.

She stretched and got out of her bed. Walking over to the table in her room she found the hat and coat that she used before to hide her ears and tail.

"Guess I don't need them." She thought as she grabbed her athame and placed it in the left sleeve of her long-sleeved shirt.

Quietly she traveled down the hall, and left the temple. Then she left the temple grounds headed for the city.

Once there she just walked around, and passed by a connivance store. She took a glance, then rushed in and down an aisle.

'Eeeeee! Botan rice candy! Yam Yams!' she mentally exclaimed, then gasped.

'Ohhhh Pocky!' she continued to freak out. (The Eee..thing is her way of sqwealing for happiness.)

Alright class! Take your seats, I will start teaching this course: Japanese candy 101. And don't forget finals are in less than a week!

Botan rice candy: (No, not the ferry girl Botan. ) A citrus flavored chewy candy, that'll melt in your mouth. Some even come with edible wrappers. And there is rice flavor in it, but no rice grains.

Pocky: A seaseme stick dipped in chocolate, normally dark chocolate, but there's different types of pocky, meaning different types of chocolates. (and I think there are other flavors other than chocolate.)

Yam Yams: Mainly just like pocky, but shorter, and you can dip them flavors that come with the packaging. (normally chocolate, but there are also strawberry & vanilla dips, and some have to, or all 3 flavors.)

Alright, class dismissed!

Kurome looked around the package for a price, and she found it.

'Argh, I can't read Japanese.' She complained. Then she hit herself in the forehead.

'Yeah, and no money either.' She thought.

She felt something hit the side of her leg, and she looked down. She looked down and saw something fury. Hearing the store clerk scream, she decided it was a good time to book out of there. (In the way I used it, 'book' means to run very fast.)

"Shimmata!" Kurome cursed as she ran out of the store. (And I'm not telling you what the word means.) She turned down the nearest alley and ran into someone, knocking herself on the ground while the other person took a few steps back and grunted.

"Shimmata, just my luck." She mumbled to herself as she rubbed her side, forgetting she needed to hide now that her ears and tail were visable.

The figure took a couple steps forward and grabbed her left arm. Kurome's instincts kicked in and she reached for her athame hiding in her left sleeve. She didn't unsheath it, but pressured it against the persons arm.

"Oi, calm down it's only me!" The figure exclaimed.

Kurome looked up, shaking her head so she got her bangs all out of her eyes.

"Yusuke?" she asked.

"The one and only." He grinned while extending his right hand to help the wolf hanyou up.

"So, what are you running from?" he curiously asked.

"Well I was looking at some snacks in a store, and the clerk ended up seeing my ears, and stuff." She explained. Yusuke nodded in understanding.

"Well why are you out this late at night? Shouldn't you be resting for school tomorrow?" Kurome asked, raising an eyebrow.

Yusuke scoffed, "I don't need that place. I could make a living just kicking ass."

Kurome smiled, "Yeah, but I don't think Keiko would like that." She commented.

Yusuke grinned and rubbed the back of his neck.

"Yea, I think you have a point there." He agreed.

"You wanna come over to my place? Got a few things I want to ask you." Yusuke asked.

Kurome shrugged, "Sure, don't got anything better to do." She replied.

Yusuke nodded and they headed to his apartment.

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Another short chapter. I would wait to post this, and type more but I don't think I'll have much time. Finals are this upcoming week & I really gotta study if I have any hope at all of passing my Spanish class. (but I don't have much hope cause I'll have to get a really good grade on my final.) -- Oh and please reply to my forums!