A/N: I don't remember what this chapter is about; it's been awhile since I last read it, so please excuse anything that might be wrong with it because I haven't proofread. Please review!

8. Invitation and Kuwabara's Next Victim

Finally, it was ten o'clock, the designated time to meet Kurama's cloaked stalker outside his home.

Kurama carefully slid open his window on the second floor on his house and stepped outside, greeting the clear night. The light wind blew, chilling Kurama, who was only wearing a T-shirt and thin flannel pants. He jumped down, landing catlike on the ground below. He looked around his yard, searching for the girl.

"Hi."

Kurama turned around, and there was the girl, her black cloak billowing in the night air. Kurama smiled. "Hello," he replied back.

"I missed you this afternoon," the girl said, putting her arms around Kurama's middle and giving him a hug. "Sorry about that…"

"That's okay," Kurama said, returning the hug and feeling much warmer inside. "I … wanted to ask you something…."

The girl let go and stared at him. "What's that?" she asked.

"There's a dance at my school in a couple weeks…" Kurama started, "and… I was wondering… would you like to accompany me there as my date?"

Even though Kurama couldn't see it beneath her cloak, the girl was smiling. She grinned from ear to ear, happy that Kurama had asked her. She knew about the dance, and she was happy that he didn't already have a date. She knew he was popular at school and how hard it was to get a date with him….

"Yes!" the girl cried, giving Kurama another hug. "I'm so happy!"

Kurama smiled, his face turning pink. He was happy too, that she would go with him. "It's a formal dance," Kurama then said to the girl. "Are you still going to come in that cloak?"

The girl thought for a minute. After a moment of deliberation, she replied, "No. I will not come in this cloak."

Kurama's heart skipped a beat. He was going to finally find out who the girl was! But then, his heart sank as he realized that the dance was in a little over two weeks. He didn't know if he could wait that long!

"I will meet you at the school," the girl said. "I'll be wearing red dress and carrying a red rose with a gold ribbon tied around it. Look for me." The girl gave Kurama a kiss on the cheek, then walked away.

"Farewell …" Kurama said, looking after her. He watched her until she went around the corner, disappearing from sight. Red dress, red rose, gold ribbon… I need to remember that… Kurama said to himself. Red dress, red rose, gold ribbon…

Meanwhile, at Kuwabara's house, Kuwabara was already choosing his next victim of love….

"Well, Plan A, Yukina, didn't work," Kuwabara said to himself, removing the countless Yukina pictures in his mini love shrine in his closet. "I gotta move on…"

Once Kuwabara had gotten rid of all the Yukina pictures, he looked at his drawer marked "STUFF: SHIZURU, STAY OUT!". The drawer had a padlock on the handle, just to make sure nobody but him would get in there. Kuwabara began fiddling with the lock, trying to get the right combination. Little did her realize, though, that he could've just pulled open the drawer; the lock did absolutely nothing as it was just on the handle.

Finally, after two or three tries, Kuwabara got the correct combination. Taking the lock off of the drawer's handle, he threw it aside and opened up the drawer, revealing hundreds of pictures of different girls and a camera with a few rolls of film.

"It's time for Plan B…" Kuwabara mused as he took out the top stack of pictures. He taped them into his closet, and when he was done, admired his crude handiwork.

"Plan B: Botan."

NEXT TIME - THE DRAMA CLUB PERFORMANCE AND KOENMA'S BACKSTAGE CONFESSION!

Reviewer Responses!

evilchik: I can't really say anything to your review, because if I did, there would be many spoilers included! o.o :covers mouth with duct tape: Only thing I can say is: Keep reading, and you shall find all the answers, my friend… uu

Sami Kurama's Stalker: I have no idea why I thought of puppets. I was young (barely 13 when I wrote this) and stupid with a deranged brain. Of course, my brain has become slightly more deranged (it goes like this: food hentai bishie yaoi yum more food yay! And that's my usual train of thought… uu), but… meh. Anyway, thanks for the review! This was really your favorite/ I personally hate the living daylights out of it, but to each his own. Huzzah-ness:) See ya!

heartluv: Yep. Only through reading can you find the answers. ;) Thanks for the review!

blue kitsune251: I try not to let my reviewers down! Thanks for the review:)

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