Author: Well, I will warn everyone reading this that I will not be posting this weekend… and I now have a job so I may not be able to write as much as I could before, but I will try my hardest to post about one chapter on a story a day… maybe not on the weekends though. I will be out of town this weekend, so I will not be posting this weekend… so sorry!

Hilu: I think they will forgive you since you are getting to see a friend you haven't seen in over a year and a half.

Author: I hope so… well enjoy this chapter!

"Hiei's telepathy"

"Hiei's thoughts"

Kurama's thoughts

Youko's thoughts

Karein's thoughts

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Chapter 2

At the sound of the voice in the alley Youko let go of Karein's hand, and quickly let Shuichi take over again. Shuichi turned around and saw a boy about his age. His eyes were chocolate brown, and he still slicked his hair back. Shuichi grinned.

"Yusuke, it's been a while. I would like for you to meet my neighbor and the newest girl in my school, Etaima Karein. Karein, I would like for you to meet a good friend of mine Urameshi Yusuke," Shuichi said.

Yusuke held his hand out to shake Karein's, but he noticed she would not look at him, and her hand remained firmly at her side. Yusuke looked at his friend and partner. She smelled demonic, but not strongly. He couldn't figure her out.

"Karein, it's ok. I have known Yusuke since I was in Junior High. Would you like for me to warn him first?" Shuichi asked.

"No, I have to go I have homework. Thank you for the offer of tea, but I have more homework than I realized. Maybe I will see you later. It was nice meeting you Urameshi-sama," she said and quickly left before either man could gather his mind enough to protest.

"Wow she is touchy," Yusuke said.

"It's her eyes. Even Youko will tell you that. They are greener than mine. I lost control of Youko when she smiled. I think he scared her," Shuichi said.

"Is she a demon?" Yusuke asked.

"I think so I was planning on asking Koenma about it and seeing if a demon is loose in Ningenkai. She said she moved to Tokyo from Akita, but I'm not sure if I trust her. Youko does, but I think that might be the lust talking," the redhead told his friend.

Yusuke laughed. So Youko did have attractions that were the same as most. He had never heard Shuichi say that so that just made him laugh harder. Suddenly he stopped laughing. He had just noticed that green eyes had turned gold.

"Heh heh, sorry Youko. Well, gotta go," then he was gone.

Inwardly Youko sighed. He gave control back to Shuichi, and hoped that he would be able to speak to the beautiful girl again. Shuichi walked back to his apartment with Youko telling him all the things he should do to get Karein to open up to them.

When Karein had made her excuses to leave the two guys and head back to her apartment, she hadn't expected to daze out so much on the walk home that she would gain the attention of a gang. But she had. Now they were following her making cat calls and trying to get her to acknowledge them.

"Come on honey. Just a little bit of fun," one taunted.

"You know it's rude not to speak to someone who is speaking to you," another called.

One by one they were beginning to get angry. Karein knew it was unwise to acknowledge them, but they were beginning to get angry. And she was beginning to get scared.

"If you don't say hello we will have to cut your tongue out you bitch," one said.

"No, we will have to make her learn how to respect a man. With eyes like that any guy will be turned on. We can use her for practice," the leader said.

Now Karein was really scared, but she was not going to show it. She knew they would thrive on the knowledge that they had scared her. Keeping her eyes down and her not answering them was the best thing to do.

Suddenly the guy she had met earlier the one with chocolate brown eyes was beside her. He glared at the other guys and then turned to Karein.

"Hey, Karein. Why didn't you wait for me? You know I would have walked you home," Yusuke said.

At first Karein wasn't sure what to do. She was just thinking that she would ignore this one too when she heard a voice in her head.

"Don't ignore him. He is going to protect you and bring you back here. I don't know what the damn kitsune is doing, but he didn't answer me so I had to call the dumbass. Just answer him."

"Hey, Yusuke. I just had a lot of homework to do," she said quietly.

"Well, were these guys bothering you?" he asked glaring at the gang again.

"No, I believe they were leaving," she said giving them a chance to leave quietly.

"This your onna?" the leader asked Yusuke.

"What if she is… what are you gonna do about it. Just so you know I don't like other guys looking at MY girl," Yusuke said.

Karein noticed that he hadn't claimed her as his woman. But neither had he said that she wasn't. But she knew one thing no matter what she would not make the mistake of looking at him. She knew how that would make things turn out.

"Well, is she or isn't she?" the leader asked again.

"No, she isn't his woman, but he helps me protect her when I can't be here to do it myself," Hiei said suddenly appearing next to her.

"Look at me. Hug me. Acknowledge that I'm here."

Karein was so astonished that she did look up. Hiei almost gasped when he saw her eyes. Yusuke did, but he recovered quickly before anyone but Hiei noticed. Hiei put his arm around the girl and glared at the boys. They apologized and ran for it. Apparently Hiei was scary. Karein couldn't see it. He was handsome. And he seemed to want to protect her.

"No wonder you wanted to get away so bad when you met me earlier. Your eyes make Kurama's look dull. He warned me, but I didn't quite understand what he meant," Yusuke said.

Hiei groaned inwardly. Yusuke had forgotten that to everyone outside the Reikai Tantei the kitsune was referred to as Shuichi. The ningens used his ningen name. He hoped that the girl wouldn't ask.

"Who is Kurama?" Karein asked.

"Your neighbor," Yusuke said.

"My… no his name is Shuichi… right?" she asked turning to Hiei.

"Kurama is another nickname. I have so many of them it just isn't funny. Very few people call me Kurama, and it seems Yusuke has forgotten that," Shuichi said appearing beside her just like Hiei had done.

"Oh, I see. I've never had a nickname," Karein said quietly.

"Karein… doesn't that mean beautiful rain?" Shuichi asked.

Karein smiled, "Yes it does."

All three boys stared at that smile. Suddenly green eyes turned gold again. Youko looked down at the girl and smiled at her. Karein noticed the change in her new friend for the second time that day. So apparently did the other two boys.

"Shuichi!" Yusuke said quickly.

A small frown crossed the man's face before his eyes went back to the beautiful green that they were before. Karein did not understand. He seemed so different when his eyes changed like that. But why they changed she had no idea. She knew it was strange, but then again they were all a little strange. Hiei's eyes as she had just noticed were red, and his hair defied gravity. It was also two toned. Black with a white starburst.

The other two boys were looking at Shuichi, and he looked upset. Karein couldn't figure out what was going on. But she knew that she had homework to do. Softly she excused herself. She somehow knew the boys needed to talk to Shuichi. She said that she would see them later and began walking to the apartment. She noticed they were following her far enough behind that she couldn't hear.

"What the hell happened?" Yusuke asked worried.

"It happened before when you came the first time. Youko can't stand it when she smiles. It drives him nuts. And when he gets like that I can't stay in control anymore. He is just too strong. If he really wants to come out he can and there is nothing I can do about it," Shuichi said sadly.

"Why didn't you tell me kitsune?" Hiei asked.

"I didn't think it was important. Youko was content to just battle when needed. Until he saw Karein," Shuichi answered his partner.

Suddenly Hiei glared at his friend. And once again Youko took over Shuichi's body and glared back. Yusuke didn't know what to do. He guessed the demons were fighting over the beautiful new girl, but he didn't know anything about her. She was hot, but they didn't know anything about her. He had plans to go to Reikai and see if Koenma knew anything. He told his friends about this and said that Youko needed to lay low until they knew more. He hoped his friends would be ok until he could return.

Karein walked into her apartment and shut the door. Those two were getting out of hand. She did not understand it. Earlier Hiei could not have cared less about her, and now he seemed to be paying as much attention to her as Shuichi was. She hoped they did not like her. She liked them both thought they were great guys, but she was not into the whole relationship thing. That had never ended well for her. She walked into her bedroom and dug around in one of her bags and got out a pair of pajama shorts and a tank top, changed into them and decided to take a nap before attempting her homework.

Yusuke came back to Ningenkai a little disappointed. Koenma had never heard of the girl. And he didn't know of any demons living in Ningenkai. When he got back he decided to see if his teammates were still alive or if they had killed each other before he had had a chance to get the information and get back. When he knocked on the door he heard scuffling then a few moments later a panting gold eyed Shuichi opened the door.

"Oh, it's you. Come on in," Youko said smoothly.

Yusuke watched as his friend came back into possession of the body. This had to be hard for the red head. He was not used to having control of his body snatched away from him so often. Yusuke sighed inwardly. This was going to be difficult.

"Guys, we have a mission. We have to find out everything we can about Karein. Koenma agrees that she is demonic, but he does not know anything about a missing demon, or any demon that fits her description that lives in Ningenkai. And the strange thing is he doesn't have a file on her in all of Reikai," Yusuke said.

As the two demons began to fight again Yusuke sighed to himself. It was going to be a long few weeks.

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Author: Whew… that was a long chapter.

Hilu: Well it was good though.

Author: Then I should get lots of reviews. Ja ne!