"Didn't know you were so quick to get a girl Hiei," Yusuke laughed when they'd reached their first class. "we haven't even picked her out yet! You know what, I think I might like being in the United States after all."

Hiei said nothing. He saw Kuragari walk into the room with another blonde headed girl beside her. He hadn't given his name, he was sure of that, but from what he sensed from her, Kuragari was a normal human girl. That didn't seem to satisfy him for some reason. Hiei finally decided to see if her mind had any secrets hidden in them. Before he could though, the teacher entered the room.

"Class, if you would please quiet yourselves down," the teacher announced. Everyone stopped and the teacher had their attention. "I would like to introduce all of you to some new students. Boys," she turned to the four, "would you each like to introduce yourselves?"

Kurama stepped up first. "Hell, I'm Shuuichi Minamino. I'm very glad that I am able to be part of your class." He gave a slight bow to show his respect.

Next was Yusuke. "Hey, the names Yusuke Urameshi. You can find out about me later." In the back of the room, Hitori mouthed the word "mysterious" to Kuragari, but she rolled her eyes in response.

Kuwabara followed. "I'm Kazuma Kuwabara, and don't you forget it!" He gave them his goofy smile, and Yusuke snorted a laugh.

When it came for Hiei to introduce himself, he didn't say anything, but after everyone just kept staring at him, he mumbled, "Hiei." Kurama, Kuwabara, and Yusuke all rushed into their seats, leaving the only one open to the right of Kuragari.

'Shimata,' he thought in the back of his mind. Then, he heard the thought echo in a nearby mind, as if someone had been listening to his thoughts. The only one who could've done that would've had to be someone with as strong mind power as he. He glanced at Kuragari and tried to read her again. Human, that's all she was. His instincts seemed to tell him otherwise, but there wasn't a shred of evidence to prove it.

Then, in the back of his mind, he felt someone smirking at him. But the person was so far into his mind that he couldn't identify the person no matter how hard he consentrated. The feeling of that person remained, almost toying with him.

"Hiei," a distant voice said, shaking Hiei back into reality. It was Kuragari. "If you're interested at all, everyone else left to their next class. We've got to get there before the bell rings or we'll be tardy. Do all people from Japan do this after class?"

"Hn," Hiei replied, standing up from his desk. He walked for the door, but Kuragari quickly cut in front of him. She took a long, hard look at the demon, looking for something.


The bell rang for the end of class, and everyone got up to leave to travel to their next destination. Everyone that is, except for Hiei.

Kuragari waited for everyone to leave before she went over to the boy. She looked at him for awhile, but his gaze remained downward towards his desk, as if he was trying to burn a hole straight through the thing.

She wanted to see what he was thinking, why he was acting so strange. 'But what if he's toying with me?' she asked herself. 'Then he'll know I'm part demon, and that I've already been inside his mind.' She sighed and placed a hand on Hiei's shoulder.

"Hiei," she said, shaking his shoulder gently. He looked up. "If you're interested at all, everyone else left to their next class. We've got to get there before the bell rings or we'll be tardy. Do all people from Japan do this after class?"

Hiei glared at the girl. "Hn," he said to her. He stood up and headed for the door.

'You're welcome,' Kuragari thought sourly, almost wanting him to hear her thinking that. She ran ahead of him.

'I need to see something,' she told herself, staring at Hiei. 'If I'm right, this Hiei character's the one that I've been searching for.' She began a scan a of Hiei's mind. There had to be the thing she was searching for somewhere in this demon boy's mind, but it was hidden. She searched closer and-

"What?" Hiei asked annoyingly. Kuragari's train of though lost, she was now aware of Hiei's gaze. How long had she been staring at him? She sure hoped not too long. She quickly thought of a good excuse that Hiei would believe that would cover up her tracks.

"What is up with you?" she blurted, trying to sound as offended as possible. By the look on the demon's face, he seemed to be believing it, so she continued. "You are so weird, Hiei! You knock into me, and then you blank out on your first day. Please don't tell me your friends are like you too! What were there names again? Yusuke, Kazuma, Ku-" She caught herself. No one had given her Shuuichi's nickname yet. "Kuuichi, was it?" She sighed, glad she didn't blow it.

Hiei stared at her, not quite sure if he should believe the girl or not. His gaze made her a little uncomfortable, so she grabbed his risk to drag him to the next period class.

Oops, bad call. Hiei thought that Kuragari was trying to jump him for some apparent reason because Kuragari soon found herself in the air, hurtling backwards, aimed at the wall.

'Makes me glad my parents put me through so much training,' she thought, maneuvering her body so that her feet gently hit the wall and landed herself perfectly on the classroom floor. "You might want to look into some more practice with your throw. It's a little off," she smirked. "Of course, that'll have to wait, 'cause we're majorly late for second period. Don't worry, I can make up an excuse. I'll just tell her that I was showing you around, kay?" Kuragari flashed him an innocent smile to complete the invitation.

'Baka onna,' she heard the demon say. She felt like saying something back, but she knew she couldn't do that. So she walked throught the door and headed for the next class.

AN: Sorry this one took so long to publish. I've been really busy, but now that school's out, I'll should be able to get more chapters out. See you soon!