Urameshi skipped school frequently. Every time Urameshi skipped, Kuwabara got annoyed. He cared for school just as little as Urameshi did, so it was torture to sit through dull classes when Urameshi was off having a great time doing who knows what. After the first few months of school, Kuwabara couldn't take it anymore.

"Where are we going, Kuwabara?" Okubo asked as they left the school at the end of the day.

"We're hunting down Urameshi," Kuwabara said determinedly.

"We are?" Sawamura asked. "Are you going to fight him again?"

"Yep," Kuwabara said. "And this time I'm going to beat him!"

Kuwabara knew where to look for Urameshi. They hung out in the same sort of places after all, so finding the other boy wasn't all that difficult.

"Urameshi, you punk! You're going down!" Kuwabara yelled in challenge.

Urameshi turned and smirked in response. "As if!"

Kuwabara started off well, but the end result of this fight was the same as in all the others.

"That's sixty-seven to zero," Okubo said.

"Wait, that can't be right," Kirishima said. "They had to have had more fights than that over the years."

"Well, they have," Okubo said, "but you can't count the fights that get broken up by teachers. I also don't count fights that Urameshi starts, 'cause those aren't a proper challenge from Kuwabara."

"I see," Kirishima said. "Then yeah, I guess that sounds about right."

"Guys?" Kuwabara said.

"Yeah?"

"Shut up and help me off the ground already."


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