Just thought you'd want to know that I don't own YYH.

Ch.2

3:00am was a ghastly hour to be awake, but since the plane left at 4:00 am, that's when they had to get to the airport.

"How long is this…f-flight going to be?" Yusuke asked while trying to stifle a yawn.

"At least fifteen hours," Kurama answered, he was staring out the window with his head leaning against the glass, wishing the plane would start. Accost from him was Hiei, who seemed to be the only other person awake, and next to Kurama was Kuwabara. On the other side of Kuwabara was Botan, and that girl was cheery no matter what the time. The carrot top was already snoring, fast asleep in his seat. Next to Hiei, Yusuke yawned again.

Stupid humans, the fire demon thought.

Finally, as Kurama wished, the plane started down the run way.

I wonder how long were going to be in America?

Kurama was still staring out the window, watching the ground pass beneath them. He was keeping to his own thoughts, too tired to strike up a conversation. Besides it's not like anyone else knew the answers to his questions.

America should be a fun place. At least we got that language problem sorted out. I have to say that incantation Koenma put on us was pretty ingenious. I can understand English perfectly now.

And without realizing it, Kurama drifted off with his head leaning against the window.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaghhhhhhhhhh!" A girl screamed as she wrestled with her locker, she was losing. After finally getting everything stuffed into the locker, and quickly kicking the door shut, she managed to escape.

"That was lame," another girl said.

"I never said I was graceful…or organized," the first girl answered.

Meanwhile, at the airport.

"Aaaah, that was a long plane ride," Yusuke said while trying to stretch out his tight muscles.

"Well the airports don't look any different than back home," Kuwabara said, not particularly to anyone.

"Are you still asleep, because you're babbling nonsense," Hiei growled. The long plane ride had made him very irritable and he, contrary to his usually actions, was trying his best not to make a commotion.

"Come on, stop arguing, I want to see the city!" Kurama yelled over his shoulder as he walked away "I've always wanted to go to America," he added under his breath.

"So where do we go?" Yusuke asked Kurama as soon as they got out side and were standing in the bright sunlight.

"Well," Kurama took a piece of paper out of his pocket. "Koenma told us to meet him at this hotel," he looked around "Which should be this way." It was about a half hour walk to the hotel but it took them a good two hours to get there. Everything was so different. The first thing that drew Yusuke's attention was the arcade. He couldn't get over how different the English games were. It took Kurama, Kuwabara, and Botan to drag him out of there, only to realize that Hiei was gone. The little fire demon was peering into the window of a martial arts school. It took them ten minutes to convince Hiei to leave, sense no one the courage to try and drag him away, but once they did he walked away mumbling that it wasn't that good of a place anyway. Everyone's attention got distracted at one point or another. Even Kurama was drawn into a computer store, and then later a book store, even though everyone was amazed at the English translation Mangas. All in all, they were lucky to make it to the Hotel at all. When they finally did make it there Koenma was not so patiently waiting for them.

"So you finally decided to show up," Koenma responded as they all sat down.

"Yah, yah, shut it Jr." Yusuke retorted, as usual he had no respect for authority.

"We got a little sidetracked," Kurama answered apologetically.

Koenma continued, ignoring Yusuke's comment.

"I'm sure you've all been wondering how you're going to be following these kids."

"Actually not re-" Kuwabara started, bet before he could finish Koenma went on.

"Of course you have. I figured it would be easier to watch them without your physical bodies." Everyone started talking at once, all trying to ask him questions as to how that would work. Everyone except Botan that is.

"Actually, that makes sense, no one can see us, but sir how can we protect them, if need be, without our bodies?" Koenma, however, had the solution to that.

"Yusuke, do you remember the incantation Genkai gave you to remove the Spirit Cuffs?"

"Um, yes, it was 'Abidas' right," Yusuke said wondering what this had to do with anything.

"That same incantation should put you back in your bodies," and that answered Yusuke's question. There was a long pause which Koenma decided meant everyone had the information they needed. "Time to get to work. Watch my magic snap," and before anyone could protest, snap. The group of five found themselves floating over a school, which they could only assume was the school where most of the students went.

"Whoa!" Kuwabara yelled as he did an awkward triple quark screw threw the air, he was the only one who had never been a ghost, and he was thrilled.

"Calm down Kuwabara, we're here to work," Kurama ordered as he pulled some paper out of his pocket. It was a list of the students and pictures of them.

"Let's just find the targets and get this started," Hiei said blankly, he was not very amused. To Kuwabara's amazement, they flew through the ceiling and a few classroom walls, only to find that the kids were outside. There were four girls sitting in a circle on the pavement. Next to them were a bunch of boys and another girl standing around talking.

"Why are they outside?" Yusuke asked.

"My guess is its recess," Kurama answered. "American middle schools are very different from Japanese middle schools. But never mind that, let's see." Kurama was talking more to himself now than anyone else. He was referring to the list to try and figure out who was who. "Ok, all four of the girls on the ground are targets. That one's Aryn" he pointed to a girl with dark tan skin and short, kinky, dark brown hair which currently had a red bandana tied around it. Her eyes were a soft green color, but the gaze that came from them was anything but soft. She was ready to take on the world and knock down anyone that got in her way. "She's Elizabeth," now he was pointing to the girl next to Aryn. Elizabeth had pale skin, not white, it was a little darker than that, but it was close. Her hair was brown with blond highlights, and very wavy, which fell just short of her shoulder blades. Along with it all she had light brown eyes, slightly tinted with amber. As soon as you looked in them you knew she had an attitude but a good heart under it all. "The girl next to her is Jamie." The first thing they noticed about Jamie was how pale she was, she was white. She had light hair on the verge between blond and brown, with a bit of a red tint that reached her shoulders and was almost as wavy as Elizabeth's. Her eyes were dark brown, almost black, nothing special, but they had a hidden look to them look to them, like there was more there then what you saw on the surface. "And the last girl is Yami." Now she was definitely gothic, dressed in all black. She was very tan, though not as much as Aryn and night black hair, with just a slight wave, that fell to her waist which she always had in a ponytail. Her eyes were just as black as her hair, and though it wasn't always obvious to others, there was pain behind her eyes. What her story was, they didn't know, but her past must have had its troubles.

"Yami must be the girl they placed over seas," Yusuke pointed out, seeing how she was obviously Korean. However Kurama continued to point out the students.

"The boys are a lot easier to spot. The one with blue hair is Travis, and Mike's the one with…liberty spikes and a studded leather jacket." Mike was an obvious punk, no question, even his hazel eyes screamed delinquent. Travis was a different story he was a little quieter, though still very friendly and energetic, but his misty grey eyes, half hidden by a mop of blue hair that rivaled Botan, were soft. Kurama stared down at the paper for a minute before continuing. "Oh wait there's one more, Jordan; she's sitting a little away from the others, right there," Kurama pointed to her. "Can't tell what she's doing." At that moment the four girls called her over to come join them, and she quickly joined in the conversation. Jordan was a small girl with mouse brown hair that fell just passed her shoulders and small brown eyes, although she always kept it in a high, neat ponytail. It quickly became apparent that her size deceived her; although she was small she had an attitude big enough for anyone. Although not much heart, at least none that she was showing.

"Wait, I thought there were eleven people, that's only," Yusuke had to take a second to count on his fingers "seven people."

"The other four go to the same dojo (martial arts school) as Jamie," Kurama explained. "Like Koenma said, they are all connected some how."

"This is going to be a boring day," Hiei cut in.

"Why?" Kuwabara couldn't help but ask.

"All were going to be doing is watching these ningen…live!" Hiei shot back at him.

"Hey this is the easiest job we've had for a while, so stop complaining," Yusuke shouted, ending the rising argument.

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