Rei says: Chapter 2! Dun dun dunnn!

Chapter 2

The final bell rang and Kana bolted out the school entrance. Despite what Aki said, she was definitely going home and changing. T and the others wouldn't let her live it down if she showed up in a school uniform! And with a skirt, no less. She used the key to the apartment and unlocked the door, heading to her room to change. As she slipped into some jeans and a black band t-shirt, she thought about the day. Yusuke and Kuwabara were pretty nice. She should go meet them at the arcade after visiting Aki.

Kana shut the door behind her as she began heading down the sidewalk to The Heat, the music shop that Aki worked at. Before long, she was at the front door. She looked up at the store's name, which was black emblazoned with fire streaks running along the top. She opened the door and was greeted by a heavy metal music blasting at top volume. Looking around, she saw T, the store's owner, at the counter. He spotted her and waved.

"Yo, it's Yellow!" He said, using his nickname for her. She gave him a high-five.

"Nice hair," Kana commented, noting how his Mohawk changed from black to red.

"You like it? I dyed it just last night." He said; the chains on his oversized black pants jangled as he jumped over the counter. "Aki's over there," T pointed to the purple head sorting CDs in the corner.

"Thanks T!" Kana said and sneaked up quietly behind her older brother. She leaned over just enough to get close to his ear…

"HEY!" Kana yelled. Aki jumped sideways, cursing.

"What the hell--!" Aki looked at her and then let out a huge breath. "Jesus, Kana…"

Kana fell into a laughing fit. The customers, all black-clad emo/gothic kids, looked at her for a moment, and then turned away. They had better things to do than watch some girl be weird. She got up and grinned. "You should have seen your face…" she said, after calming down.

Aki rolled his eyes. "Yeah yeah. I'm just so amazing." He looked at her, realizing she wasn''t wearing her uniform. "Oh, you changed. I wanted T to see you in your cute little outfit…" Aki said.

"No kidding." She glared at him. "I hate that damn thing. Of course I changed."

"I know." Aki smiled.

"I can't stay and help out today. I'm going to the arcade place." Kana said, watching Aki put some CDs away.

"Oh? The arcade? With who?" Aki asked.

Kana shrugged. "Just some kids."

He looked at her funny. "Kids as in like, kids you met today?"

"Yup." She nodded.

"All right then. Have fun." Aki gave her a hug before she left.

"Yellow, you're leaving so soon?" T asked as she walked past him.

Kana turned around, facing T. "Yeah, sorry. I gotta be somewhere."

T nodded. "All right then. See you soon, Yellow."

Kana stood in front of the arcade after getting lost for a while, ogling at the bright lights flashing on the outside. When she opened the door, she was blown away by screaming kids and game sounds. Where was Yusuke and Kuwabara?

"URAMESHI! GIMME MY TOKENS BACK!" Kana heard the familiar scratchy voice of Kuwabara nearby. She followed the noise and saw Yusuke running top-speed with Kuwabara right behind him.

"Hey!" Kana called out and extended a hand to grab Yusuke's shirt. He stopped short, sending an unnoticing Kuwabara crashing into him. They both fell.

"Oh, hey Kana! When did you get here?" Yusuke looked up and grinned, sweatdropping.

"Hn. Do you two have a brain at all?" Kana looked up and saw a rather short guy with black spiked hair and red eyes. "I can't understand how anybody could have fun here," he continued.

"Um?" Kana said, looking at the Gothic kid.

"Ah, right. Kana, that's Hiei." Yusuke said.

"Oh, how wonderful. Another ningen." The short guy named Hiei said. He looked off to the side, as if totally bored with everyone here.

"Here Kana," Yusuke said, ignoring Hiei, and handed her some tokens, obviously Kuwabara's. She took them and looked around. "I challenge you to Gravity Smash 7!" Yusuke cried, pointing to an arcade game nearby.

"All right." Kana said, and put some tokens in. Yusuke grinned, that cocky little grin of his, and when the screen blipped to life he began to pick his character, a guy with a ponytail in a spacesuit. She chose an alien wearing go-go boots. This was…really weird. Suddenly the screen read 'GO', and Kana, not knowing what to do, began pushing the buttons randomly. After a while Yusuke's little spacesuit-clad man fell to the ground and the screen read "K.O.".

He leaned back, his jaw dropping. "Whoa! You beat me!" Yusuke said. Kana started grinning.

"Awesomeness!" Kana cried, doing a little dance as she skipped around the arcade.

Yusuke and Kuwabara watched her with wide eyes. "Kana watch where you're—"

Kana walked straight into a door, just as it was opening.

"—going." Kuwabara and Yusuke shook their heads, as if to say, 'don't say I didn't warn you'. Kana smiled weakly, rubbing her head awkwardly.

"I'm so sorry; I should have looked before I opened the door like that…" The boy who had opened the door she walked into bent down, offering a helping hand. Kana looked at him. Bright emerald green eyes stared into her own yellow ones. His emerald orbs held her gaze, and Kana was unable to look away.

"Kurama, you're here. What took you so long?" Yusuke yelled, throwing a high-five at him.

"I'm sorry; I had to help my mother." Kurama smiled apologetically. Kana looked at him oddly. Who is this guy?

"Ah….um," Kana said, rubbing her forehead, not really knowing what to do.

"Finally, someone who isn't totally brain-dead." Hiei smirked from where he stood. Kurama turned and saw him.

"So Hiei, you're here." Kurama said, smiling. "I didn't think you'd come."

"I don't know why though. This is hardly what I'd call fun." Hiei glared at some passing kids, who were screaming and yelling as they ran past. Kurama laughed.

"So, who are you?" Kurama asked, his eyes focused on her intently. Kana shifted uneasily under his gaze.

"Kana. I'm new to the school." Kana looked at Yusuke, who was playing Gravity Smash 7 with Kuwabara. By the way Kuwabara was mashing buttons like there was no tomorrow, she guessed he was losing.

Kurama nodded. "I see. Where'd you move from?"

"Not far away…" Kana said, shrugging. "But it seems all right here. Much quieter, safer."

Kurama's eyes flashed, and for a second she saw something…what was it? Worry? Fear? "What do you mean?"

Kana shook her head. "I'd rather not say."

Kurama remained silent this time, seeming to study her features more closely. It made her uncomfortable. Their eyes met again, and Kana asked:

"Hey, Kurama…what's wrong?"

"What?" Kurama looked at her, was it alarm in his eyes this time?

Kana shook her head. "Never mind." She smiled and turned around when Kuwabara called out her name to play a round of Gravity Smash 7. Before leaving Kurama, she smiled once more. "Gravity Smash calls," she explained, and ran over to Kuwabara.

Hiei finally came out of his spot to talk with Kurama. "That girl…"

"Kana?" Kurama and Hiei watched her play that silly game that Yusuke and Kuwabara loved so much.

"Yes. She's an odd one. I'm not sure why…but something's not right with her." His red eyes sharpened as he watched her win again.

"…Really." Kurama raised his eyebrows, crossing his arms over his chest.

"Keep an eye on her." Hiei said, and the discussion ended there.

Kana finally arrived at her apartment and, weary, tumbled into bed. Aki was already home, she realized as she heard him shift in the room nearest hers. It must have been really late…Kana sighed and closed her eyes, trying to fall asleep. When she did, though, she had nightmares.

"IS THERE ANY REASON WE'RE HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT!" Yusuke complained as he opened the door to Lord Koenma's room, slamming it behind him. Kuwabara, Kurama, and Hiei were all there.

"Oh, you're all here. Good. Very good." Koenma ignored Yusuke's yelling and stacked some papers.

"BUT WHY ARE WE HERE SO DAMN LATE?" Yusuke cried.

"I have an assignment for you all."

"At 11 at night!" Yusuke yelled.

"Oh, that late? I didn't realize." Koenma muttered to himself. To the Rekai Tantei, he said, "Here is your assignment. There is a powerful demon loose in your town. Apparently it's a wolf demon, and, as you know, wolf demons are powerful yet very rare. The only problem is I cannot identify who it is, or their gender, at all. Even more frustrating is the fact that whoever it is, though, is not aware of their power at all. I have no real information to give to you to help you. Just keep your eyes out for anything suspicious from anyone."

"AT 11 AT NIGHT!" Yusuke repeated. Koenma rolled his eyes.

"Oh, shush." He said, turning his attention back to the mounds of paper on his desk. "That's all. Good night, everyone."