(Juri walks in her room, tired from chasing AF around the place)

Juri: (sighs) Man, AF may not be able to run that fast, but she can hide pretty good!

(Juri's about to jump on her bed when she sees Hiei resting on it)

Juri: Nani! Get off my bed and out of my room!

Hiei: I'm not budging, Onna.

Juri: You always sleep in the trees! Go out there!

Hiei: No. I claim this bed mine.

(Juri starts fuming so much that smoke comes out of her ears)

Juri: GET OUT!

Hiei: Make me.

(Juri whistles for Tawainai)

Hiei: you think this dog can get me to leave? You're an idiot.

(Juri whispers something to Tawainai, the dog nods his cute head and leaves)

Hiei: what are you up to?

(Juri and Hiei look outside the window and sees Tawainai 'marking' Hiei's tree)

Hiei: why you… I'M GONNA KILL YOU, YOU STUPID DOG!

(Hiei is chasing Tawainai around while Juri sleeps on her bed)

Hope you enjoy the chappie!


The sun was out and shining and its light pierced though Juri's window and lit up her room. Her sleeping form remained on the bed, unaware of the sun's warmth overcoming her. As she continued to snooze, the pitter patter of Tawainai's paws came closer and closer to her door. He pushed the ajar door with his short pointed nose and trotted his way toward his mistress.

He tilted his head to the side as he watched her breathing evenly and steadily, and then turned his attention to the window. His brain went over these things:

# 1. The sun is out

# 2. Mistress likes to get up early

# 3. Mistress needs to eat

# 4. Mistress needs to walk with me

So, with that kind of logic, the puppy began to lick Juri's face! "Tawainai!" Juri groaned, "It's too early for me to get up." But unfortunately, Tawainai's plan of getting her up worked. She was unable to go back to sleep and the look on his face was so innocent, like that of a child.

"Hm, I wonder what it would be like if I can make you into a half wolf demon. Wouldn't that be fun?" She slowly rose and examined herself and her bandages. "I think that I should get rid of these, don't you think?" Tawainai barked in agreement and chased his tail while Juri began to sing once again.

The tune was unmistakable to Tawainai. He remembered when his mistress used it to heal him, and that was how there bond had began. When he was finally able to get a nip at his tricky tail, Juri was as good as new. "It's almost 12:00 so that means we have to hurry up with our chores." She walked out her room, followed by the loyal puppy, but then she caught a glimpse of her tattered uniform.

"I forgot that I have school! Yesterday was the first day, after all!" She looked at the remaining shreds and then at the house. Half empty chip bags were scattered on the floor, shoe marks and scuffs on her wooden furniture and her refrigerator was open, only to reveal the few morsels of food left. "Guys can be pigs when it comes to free food and an open house."

Throughout the day, instead of going to school, she cleaned up the entire house. (With the help of Tawainai, of course)! By the time she was done, she was exhausted. "Now that that's done, I have to go buy some more groceries." Juri thought back to the time when she encountered the small group of boys that were harassing her after she had bought some food last time.

"I don't want to go back and go through that again! Especially after that fight with Hiei, I'm pumped for another round!" Even though she had just said this, Juri knew that she had to buy food. But when she was about to change out of her oversized shirt and boxers, she heard her knocking coming from her front door. Who could that be?

Unwilling to think of possibilities of who it could be, Juri went to the door. When she opened the door, Keiko and Kurama stood at the doorway with grocery bags and books at hand. "Hey Juri! You look much better," said Keiko, who was still wearing her uniform. "Wow," said Juri in surprise, "You guys didn't have to do this." She let them inside and helped them set everything on her clean kitchen counter top.

"Well after seeing how Yuske and Kuwabara made your room into a natural disaster, we decided to come over and help clean up," said Kurama, "But it looks like you already went through the trouble. Your cleanliness is remarkable." Juri laughed and blushed a bit. She wasn't used to being praised for cleaning. She saw Keiko swiping her finger across table and laughed at her expression when not a speck of dust was found. "This is how I choose to live: neat and tidy. It's a weird habit."

Then her attention was brought to the pile, or mountain of books that her guests had brought. "Oh, this is your homework," said Keiko. Juri's mouth dropped anime style at the site. "Don't worry, it's not as bad as you think! Well, maybe it is." She looked at Juri's sulking face at joked, "Now you're being overly dramatic like Yuske."

Kurama sat down beside Juri, who had collapsed on her white couch; this made her blush a bit since she was still in her pajamas. "We promise to help you with your homework. It could be like a study group thing." Of course Kurama made things much better.

"Ok then," agreed Juri. She asked Keiko and Kurama to wait in the living room while she would go and change. When she closed her bedroom door, she was grinning from ear to ear. Yeah! Having friends is awesome! Now I can get through my homework and not worry about that short meanie coming in and watch me! She changed into a regular gray shirt with black sweat pants and joined her companions. She found them with their books open and pencils out. This is going to be an interesting afternoon…


In the trees of the abandoned park, Hiei was lounging around a tree branch, hidden within its green leaves. He noticed that some of the leaves were beginning to turn red and yellow, but that didn't bother him. The sudden Fall winds didn't send shivers through his skin, as he remembered humans bundling up during this time.

He thought about last night when he announced that he would go to their festival. He scowled at the thought of him being paired up with Juri. That weak 3rd rate demon isn't even worth going with. Why did I want to go in the first place. That girl must have tricked me! She'll pay…

Since he started thinking about his unfortunate pairing, he couldn't stop thinking of Juri. He tried to ignore his thoughts of her by going farther into the woods of the park and train on his own. With his black cloak off and katana out, he would slice through the air as if there was an opponent three times his size. But with each swing of his sword, it brought memories of their first fight.

He growled even more at this! He put away his weapon and picked up his cloak. "Some meditation should work." He said out loud to no one in particular. "Stupid girl. You're nothing but a thorn in my side!" He sat on a giant boulder besides a dried up stream and began his meditation.

Everywhere was at peace and Hiei breathed deeply with his eyes closed. He cleared his mind of everything, or at least tried. It felt as if the environment around him had a bit of Juri inside them. The songs of the birds was her voice, the trees secluding him from everything outside was like her protective nature over her dog, and the suns warm rays reminded him of when he had grabbed her before she hit the ground of their fight. She was warm, too…

Hiei snapped back to reality, disgusted with himself! He had just MET her and he couldn't get her out of his mind! I've been around these humans too long. They let their emotions run wild and make hasty and regretful decisions! He pulled on his cloak and jumped back into the trees. I need to get some sleep.


It was close to 9 o' clock by the time the three were done with their studying and their homework. Juri thanked Keiko and Kurama for their help and walked with them to the door.

"No need to thank us! It was fun studying with you," said Keiko. "At least you want to study and not goof off like some people I know." They all laughed picturing Yuske and Kuwabara doing everything that wasn't productive or had any point. "Maybe Kuwabara went to look for his cat, while Yuske's laughing at him for actually believing that his cat ran away when Yuske hid him under a laundry basket!"

"That's usually the case," chuckled Kurama. When Juri opened the door to bid them good-bye, sure enough, there was Kuwabara running around the block crying, "Eikichi! Where are you!" Sure enough, Yuske was snickering behind him. "Those guys are so predictable!" said Keiko

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