Hey everybody, sorry for the late update! I had SAT's! (can u believe it was right after Midterms!)

(AF playing on the computer in her room)

(Juri quietly slips in through the window without AF noticing)

(Juri peeks over AF's shoulder to see an RPG computer game with cute avatars and graphics)

AF: DIE GIANT SLUG! Ha! That's 200 gold pieces for me! WHO'S NEXT!

(Juri continues to peek over AF's shoulder as Hiei hops in the room through the window and eyes the game over her other shoulder)

Hiei: What a stupid game. Juri, why don't you tell her to stop messing around and update?

Juri: If I do, she might write something that I wouldn't like to do in the story because I interrupted her game.

Hiei: You're such a scardy cat!

Juri: Then YOU do it, tough guy!

(Hiei rolls his eyes and is about to tap AF on the shoulder)

AF: I wonder if I should start updating now. Hm… If someone were to interrupt my winning streak now, though, I will have to exploit and embarrass them on the new chappie. If it was Juri, I would have her being chased by a mad group fan boys while she is in her towel cuz she was just getting out of the shower. If it was Hiei, I would have him be hog tied by his fan girls and… well I don't want to get too descriptive about that! Those girls are freaky!

(Juri and Hiei's eyes pop out big and begin to sweat chibi style, but Hiei's hand is still reaching for AF's shoulder)

AF: if I caucht BOTH of them trying to get me off this game, I will have to give them a giant make out scene infront of the YYH gang, plus both of their fan clubs, so that way, both of them will have to face the obsessed fan peoples wrath!

(AF turns looks behind her to see no one at all)

(AF smirks)

AF: works every time! Enjoy the chappie!


Juri was leaving her last class with a glum look on her face. She had just ran into the student body staff who was putting the festival together. She didn't stand a chance against their attack.

Flashback…

"Ah Juri! How are you feeling?"

"Much better, thanks"

"Can you do us a little favor, Juri?"

"Huh? Sure, what?"

"Our soloist from the Musical Arts club got a bad case of the cold at the last second. She had an amazing voice, but in her condition she can't sing a thing."

"We need you to fill in for her, if that's ok?"

"GAH? Me! I'm sorry, but I-"

"WE can't take no for an answer. We must have you sing!"

"Ah, but, I-I-I'm not very good-"

"Don't lie to us, Juri! We heard you sing by yourself a few days ago in the band room. It was so beautiful! So it's settled then. You will sing!"

End Flashback…

"Those girls never gave me a chance to say that I don't sing in public! How is it that every time I would try to say something, they could interrupt me with their innocent, pleading eyes and continue!" Juri thought of Tawainai and how he would do that when he wanted something at home or when they were walking. "Well, I guess I'm a sucker for the cute and innocent."

Juri spotted Keiko waiting for her at the school gate and thought about those girls once again. "Why couldn't I have just said 'No'?" By the time she thought she had a good answer, she was already walking with Keiko. "I heard that you are filling up for Kimiko, Juri. That's really nice of you."

"What else could I have done? By the way those girls acted, it was like they wouldn't give up, even if I would run off somewhere I think they would never find me! Determination could get you far in life, believe me!" Juri's father had once told her that while she was still young and training with the other children in her village. He was always their inspiration; especially hers. "Good times…"

She looked up to see that Keiko with 'worry' plastered all over her face. She quickly put on a smile and said, "Don't mind me! I was just reminiscing about some stuff."

"If you say so." They returned to their normal conversations till they reached Keiko's apartment. "You wanna come inside? We could do some homework and tehn go catch a movie." Remembering what Juri said about determination, she put up her most convincing look and waited for her answer. After seeing that same look on Keiko that Juri saw in the other girls at school, and remembering the advice that she had given her earlier, Juri agreed. Keiko beamed with glee.

"Great! We could call in Boton and Yukina to come with us. It will be a girls day out!" Going over homework was easy since the teachers hardly assigned them to do anything because of the festival. All except their EVIL History teacher, who gave them as much homework and projects that he legally could. "He is such a pain in the neck" agreed both girls as they looked through their history books.

After about half an hour later, both girls were looking through Keiko's closet to see anything good to wear. "Keiko, try on this halter with these pants! The guys will be all over you!" Keiko laughed nervously at Juri's selection and shook her head. "Modesty is the best policy. Let's try something else!" They continued to look for a perfect outfit for the festival until the sun was close to setting.

Keiko finally decided on pink blouse with a long white skirt with ruffled laces. "What about you, Juri? You wanna borrow some of my clothes?" Juri rubbed the back of her head and blushed a little. "Sorry, but I don't think we're the same size, if you know what I mean." Keiko looked confused a bit. "But I'm positive we are the same size. Look, our uniforms are both the same." Juri sweat dropped and continued to blus. Wasn't it obvious? "Maybe you should look a little harder in the chest area of our uniforms and we'll leave it at that."

Embarrassed at the obvious, Keiko and Juri started laughing. "Don't worry though. I got some stuff at home that I've been dying to try on. Boton bought them for me a while back, but I couldn't fit into them properly yet." Keiko eyed Juri with a motherly expression of her face, and Juri immediately caught the hint. "Don't worry! Modesty will be my best quality."

After waving good-bye from outside, Juri walked toward the store. "I didn't get to play with Tawainai for a while because of school and my injuries, so I should get him something!" She went to the best pet shop to buy a big chew bone and a new doggie bed. Once again though, Hiei followed her from a distance and was only able to catch in on some portion of her thoughts.

Well, he was out when the Yuske and his friends came by. But he'll be glad to see me when I get home! But I shouldn't have to buy him a bed, since he sleeps with me in mine. If he was a naughty boy though, I might have to make him sleep outside. But then I'll feel bad about him shivering in the cold and would bring him inside any way. He's so cute! I just wanna-

Hiei starts to grind his teeth after he cuts the telepathic link between them."Grrr! This crazy girl is driving me up the wall! Who is this guy she's always talking about?" Hiei didn't notice that she came out of the petshop though, and didn't conclude that Tawainai was a dog, so he continued to follow her. He continued to watch her from a far, restraining himself from wanting to hear more about this 'cute' guy Juri was constantly thinking of.

Juri walked down the sidewalk with all the other busy shoppers looking for good deals and went to a floral shop. She noticed some familiar looking red hair behind a few rows of plants. "Kurama?" The red hair moved toward the end of the row and then revealed Kurama, wearing a white button up t-shirt and jeans. "Hello there, Juri. Please remember that out in public, I'm Shuichi. By the way, how are you?"

"Oh, I'm fine. I just came form Keiko's house. What are you doing here?" Kurama looked around the shop to see if anyone was looking at them and pulled her behind one of the rows of plants to the 'Rose' section. "There is a bunch of crazy girls out there looking for me. They do this every 2 weeks, hoping to catch me off guard, but they never do. Sadly, this is the last place they didn't check yet, and I'm beginning to run out of hiding places."

A light jingling of bells noted that the entrance had just opened. Juri peeked over the leaves and saw a group of girls wearing matching shirts with Kurama's face printed on it. Juri almost laughed at how they signaled each other with hand motions as if they were in the military. The girls split themselves up into groups of three and spread out through the store. Juri ducked back low again and grabbed Kurama's wrist.

"There coming from the left, middle and right aisle. We could sneak out through the back door if we get there quick enough, but we're going to have to stay down low. We're going to have to stick together though, because I'm sure you never escaped like this before." Juri was concentrating on a path to the back door that she didn't see Kurama smile in amusement at what she said. Reluctantly, he followed her instructions and kept low to the ground and they were out the back door before the crazy fan girls got to the 'Rose' section.

Outside, Juri and Kurama were running through the alley behind all the shops and took a short cut to Juri's house through the park. When they were out of sight, Juri and Kurama sat on a bench overlooking the lake, panting a little from the exercise. "Whew!" said Kurama, "That was interesting. Thank you for your help, Juri. I wouldn't have been able to get out of there if it wasn't for you." In reality though, Kurama was still chuckling inside when he remembered her grabbing his wrist and telling him that he wasn't used to making escapes like that.

"It's no problem, but I'm sorry I kinda took over like that." Juri looked across the lake and admired the moon's reflection. "It's beautiful isn't it?" said Kurama. His thought about how the beauty of the scenery was startled Juri. "O-oh, yes. It is." Even though Juri was still unaware of Hiei's presence, Kurama wasn't fooled. He pretended to look up to the starry sky, but instead was looking at Hiei's burning crimson eyes.

'What are you doing with the girl, Fox?'

'Just small talk, Hiei.'

'Feh, I know what you're doing.'

'What? I'm not doing anything.'

'Liar. You like this girl, don't you?'

'I'm just having a nice conversation with her, Hiei. At the same time, I could keep her company when I walk her home.'

'What do mean walk her home? You shouldn't have to do that, Fox! We don't have to keep and eye on her!'

'So, why are you following her?

'………'

'Well, isn't that peculiar.'

'What's peculiar?

'You like Juri. I just never thought I'd see the day you'd-'

'Don't get your hopes up, Fox. I don't like the woman.'

'But don't you think she fits your type?'

'I don't have a type of woman. Who needs someone nagging in your ear when you could leave free from all such annoyances?'

'Hmm… that means you won't mind if I walk Juri home?'

'Do whatever you wish, Fox.'

Kurama looked down at Juri who was still gazing across the lake, but she was shaking from the cold. He didn't have a coat with him, so he did the next best thing. He pulled her in for a big hug. "Kurama! Wha-wha-what are you doing?" Juri blushed furiously as her head was buried in his chest and his arms wrapped around her shoulders.

"Forgive me Juri, but you're freezing cold and I don't have a jacket with me to offer. It would be best to get you home now." Juri nodded her head, but she felt the warmth rush back to her body a little bit. "Thanks, Kurama."

Of course, Kurama felt an intense glare coming from the back of his head. The heat in Hiei's eyes was enough to make Kurama warm enough to keep Juri from freezing. 'Thanks for the power up, Hiei,' thought Kurama as he walked Juri home with his arms still around her. Hiei continued to glare and mutter curses under his breath as he folloed them to Juri's house.

"Thanks for walking me home, Kurama. That was really nice of you." Kurama shrugged his shoulders and watched her open her door with her house keys. "No problem. Thank you for assisting me earlier today at the flower shop. I'll see you next time." She smiled at him before closing the door. "What a sweet guy," she said, and Kurama was able to hear it through the door. So did a certain fire demon who was fuming in the inside, and so calm and unbothered on the outside.


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