The story of Rika PART 1

"What we need to do is get some sort of gadget that will let us search for them," a 17 year old boy with slicked back black hair said while talking to a big goofy looking orange headed man and another non-goofy looking red head. They were walking on their ways to school; soon the red head would leave them and travel right to his own school while the other two kept on straight to a different school.

"Do we have that kind of technology?" The goofy orange headed monster looking man asked.

"We must somewhere; it seems like something simple even if we don't already have an artifact like that made. Do we?" Yusuke asked the red head Kurama.

"I don't ever remember anything like that, but something might have come along that we haven't known about recently. Well good-bye." Kurama turned right and waved good-bye to the other boys. As Kurama started walking he noticed a figure in the shadows following him.

"Why do you stalk me like that? Just come walk beside me," Kurama said stopping and waiting for Hiei to jump out of the darkness.

"Well I have some news," Hiei said trying to get Kurama not to notice his little blushing as he landed feet first next to his friend.

"Is it exciting news? Or is it we have to go fight news?" Kurama pondered not wanting to miss yet another day of school.

"We have a new arrival, some guy from America. He got in some trouble and was sent over here," Hiei said not excited though it was in fact exciting news. "He doesn't go to school so he should be able to fight a few demons on his own while you are at school."

"Well that's good, what's his name?"

"I'm not sure Rieckey I think is what he said," Hiei struggled with the unfamiliar sounds.

"Uhm…that sure is unusual, so what does he look like?" Kurama asked hoping he would look like someone he could spot in a crowd.

"I don't know, but I gotta go you're almost to school," Hiei announced jumping back into the shadows as Kurama entered his schools court yard.

YUSUKE DEBATED GOING TO CLASS AS Kuwabara searched for his first hour books. Yusuke was leaning against a locker next to Kuwabara's when some girl he wasn't familiar with asked him to move out of her way.

"Oh sorry," He said moving out of her way so she could open her locker. He turned back to Kuwabara and began talking about not wanting to be there and how tired he was from the night before and the tough training Hiei and him had been doing together.

The girl of course eavesdropped in on their conversation, and like they had assumed she didn't know what they were talking about. She grabbed her book and then slammed her locker and began walking down the hallway. She watched as the boys both jumped at the sound of her closing locker. "Jeez," she heard Yusuke say under his breath.

A few minutes later the two headed for class slowly, but amazingly they got there just before the bell. The teacher looked at them and gave them a sly smile and was glad they were on time for once. The boys wandered on over to the girl they had seen earlier and took the two open seats next to her. She was busy talking to some other guys to the right of her. Obviously she was some popular girl, which could be why Yusuke never recognized her from before.

As soon as the teacher began speaking they stopped and paid attention to him, except Yusuke who was studying the girl.

"Class we have an exchange student in our class this year her name is Rika Gato and she travels here from America. So will everyone give her help if she needs it," the teacher announced proving to Yusuke that his first guess was way off. Rika stood up and bowed to the class like she had been taught to and then sat back down. She looked over at Yusuke and gave him a smile. The teacher announced to the class that it was a work day and that they could all talk quietly.

Yusuke instantly stood and walked towards the door when he heard the new girl ask Kuwabara where he was going. He turned around and walked back over to them, "Would you like to find out?" He asked her just out of nowhere.

"Sure, we won't get in trouble will we?" She gave him a quizzical look as if it was some sort of game.

"Who cares?" He said laughingly.

"True," She agreed and got up and walked with him out of the classroom and eventually the school.

"So you're willing to skip your first day of school, huh?" Yusuke asked as they began walking towards Kurama's school as he put his hands behind his head and smiled up at the sun.

"Well, I've never really enjoyed being at school, I've never really gone," She confessed looking around at the passing cars and people walking around and the drop out kids hanging out in the many video game arcades.

"Really? I thought you had to be a really good student to become an exchange student?" Yusuke took his hands off his head and stopped to look at her. She was staring in a store window at the pretty jewelry and dress. He walked over and looked in at the shiny pearl necklaces and stunning diamond earrings.

"You do, and you also have to have money." She said sounding sadly and continued walking down the street. Yusuke watched her; he had no idea where she was from or why she was pretending to be someone else. If she didn't have any money how did she get here? She was definitely American; it was a mystery.

He ran to catch up with her, "Where do you think your going? You don't know where I was headed."

"Well I assumed you wanted to go see someone from that school," she said awkwardly as her face blushed pink.

"Well actually I was but, how did you just assume that?"

"I'm a woman?" She stated bluntly before changing the subject. "So who are we going to see?"

"My friend Kurama, he doesn't need to be in class so we are going to pull him out for the rest of the day," Yusuke smiled at her like he was some sly guy. Quickly her faced twitched as if she had heard that name before; most people wouldn't of caught it but, Yusuke's eyes were trained. He figured it was just nothing and didn't ask her about it. The walk was silent the rest of the way.

"MR.MINAMINO, YOU GET TO LEAVE," Kurama's teacher told him as he hung up the classroom phone. Kurama stood up and left the class knowing exactly what he was pulled out of class for. 'Yusuke said he was going to be at school all day today. Oh well this will give us a chance to meet the new guy.' He thought as he reached the office and saw Yusuke and a girl he had never seen before standing outside waiting for him.

"Kurama this is Rika Gato. Rika this is Kurama Minamino," Yusuke introduced them to each other.

"It's a pleasure to meet you," Kurama held out his hand to shake hers but she didn't do the same. "Okay." He said slowly taking away his hand.

"What's wrong?" Yusuke looked at her and she was making a disgusted face.

"I don't touch dirty animals," she said promptly before walking away.

"What? A dirty animal? The cleanest, handsomest man I know gets called a dirty animal by a girl he doesn't even know," Yusuke laughed trying not to fall on the ground. Kurama stood there wondering why she would say that to a person she doesn't even know. Unless she knew him somehow from somewhere, her name did sound familiar. Maybe at a party he had met her, or a few years ago somewhere, he didn't remember.

He began to run after her; he caught up to her quickly. "Excuse me but, do I know you?" He asked wanting to know what gave her the right to call him that.

"Yes you should now stop talking to me like we are friends, you screwed me over big time when you died," she yelled at him as teachers instantly came out to the hallway to see if everything was okay and when they saw it was they shut their doors and went back to teaching.

"What are you talking about? Who are you? And would you please not scream inside of the school?" He asked her one after another trying to escort her outside.

"Will you stop, if you don't remember me that's fine just don't talk to me I have some place to be," She screamed ripping her arm out of his hand and ran out.

"What the heck?" Yusuke still slightly laughing walked up to Kurama.

"Let's go to Koenma's and look her up," Kurama suggested as him and Yusuke headed out the door.

AT KOENMA'S THEY SAT at the data main base. They had looked her up and instantly Kurama recognized the picture of her. "She's the one that screwed me over, she's the one that told about me stealing the artifacts and almost got me killed!" Kurama almost shouted as the anger flared up in him, he wanted revenge, or at least Youko did.

"Whoa buddy, don't kill the girl, she's kinda cool," Yusuke tried calming him down as Koenma walked in the room.

Koenma studied the picture and information before saying, "How did you guys find out about your new team member?"

Both of the boys turned around and gave him a shocked look before Yusuke burst out laughing again. The fact that Kurama had to fight crime with a person he hated was pretty funny if you thought about it. As Yusuke slowly stopped laughing and wiped the tears out of his eyes Rika walked in.

"You," Kurama breathed harshly standing up out of his chair, his eyes glowing gold as Youko shown through him. He was about ready to slice her into pieces but he stopped him self, though the snarling look never left his face.

"Calm down, I know I did that to you but that was in the past. I'm willing to forget it," She took a step back and put her hands up in surrender.

"I'm sure you are," He growled through gritted teeth at her trying his best to hold himself back

"Please don't hurt me, I'm sorry I'm so sorry, just can I talk to you about it alone?" She whined moving closer to little Koenma as if he could protect her if he decided to come after her.

"You wanna talk to me about it?" His face went back to normal though he still looked pissed off. "Well I guess I have time right now," Kurama's green eyes finally came back and his smooth voice returned as he walked towards the door and motioned for Rika to follow him. Rika followed as they walked down the hallway and then finally out of the spirit realm. As they exited they were right in front of a house that seemed to be in the middle of nowhere.

"I don't know if I wanna talk to you alone without anyone around," she stated getting a little scared of what he might do with her.

"Do you know how stupid that sounded?" Kurama slightly laughed as they entered the house. "The owner is here but she's out in the woods with Hiei I guess. Just so you know too I am doing all I can to keep Youko inside I want talk to you not him, he could take it too far and then Koenma would kill me. Would you like anything? Sake?" He asked actually sounding nice.

"So I guess you're not mad at me for calling you a dirty animal then, huh?" She looked embarrassed for what she had done to him earlier even though she knew it was Kurama and not Youko. "I'm really sorry about that too, I'm actually really sorry about everything, like the stuff back then. I guess it was just like cat and fox instincts."

"So you don't want anything you just want to get right to it? Well let's sit at the table then," He interrupted her and walked with her over to the table and sat on opposite sides and he motioned for her to continue.

"Well I guess okay I was extremely mad that you had stolen it before I could, and that you weren't willing to let me steal it with you. Cats are just as sly as foxes you know." She paused and looked at him square in the eye and then at her hands.

"Is that it?" He looked at her and tried to get her eyes to come a focus back on his. While she was talking he had noticed something unfamiliar about her eyes. Just didn't look up but shook her head no. "Well then continue," he offered.

"I can't say it to you, I want to see Youko all of him," she looked back up demandingly and Kurama saw it. Her eyes were changing colors, before they had been a rusty blue and now they were slowly going a bright blue. He was enchanted and was not paying any attention to her as if he totally forgotten what she had demanded of him. Rika gave him a questioning look as one of her eyebrows arched up. She asked him again but he never flinched. He was entrapped watching as the bright blue slowly seeped from out of the brown's cracks.

"Jerk," she screamed standing up and walking away. Kurama snapped out of the trance and shook his head. He rubbed his eyes astonished that something like that could happen. He attempted to reach Youko but he had gone completely and not even a hint of him left. It was just Kurama alone in his own body. He stood too and walked to where she was in the living room area she laid on the couch and looked around.

"I'm sorry I was watching your eyes," he confessed standing behind the couch looking at her. "Youko's gone so I'm afraid you can't talk to him but, you can still tell me I'll listen and tell him later," he said leaning over and resting his elbows on the back of the couch.

"Where did he go? I guess never mind it doesn't matter anymore. But is he still mad at me?" She looked up at him with a blank face.

"I don't think he is anymore but you never know," he smiled at her.

"You know what?" She eyed him smiling back up at him.

"What?"

"You're kinda cute," she said telling him the same thing he hears all the time all day.

"Yep, I get that a lot," he sighed knowing his chances of just being a team mate were demolished.

"You do? I mean your attractive but not that attractive; I guess your just not my type. I go out with Yusuke before you," she tried saying trying to tell him that she didn't mean really anything by telling him that.

"Oh, well that's good then. I really just wanted to be friends and not have to worry about you trying to trap me," he laughed extremely relieved. Rika laughed too though a little embarrassed for admitting she liked Yusuke.

"Awe, I don't think I've ever heard that one," she giggled more and sat up and motioned for him to join her on the couch. He did and she turned sideways on the couch and crossed her legs 'Native American style'. "So whose house is this? Cuz if the owner doesn't return I might just have to live here," she told him looking around the room thinking of brilliant ideas she could do to make the house look more livable.

"Well actually someone does and she'll be back soon bu-,"

"A she lives here? No way," Rika cut him off mid-sentence with a surprised expression on her face. There was no way in hell a woman lived here; it was decorated like a man would decorate a house, ugly.

"Yes, but as I was saying I'm sure she wouldn't mind letting you live here, she always needs more help around the house," he said just basically offering her a place to live without asking the owner.

Rika sat and pondered for a few and then asked, "Does anyone else live here?"

"Yeah I think Hiei lives here, or at least I think every time I come by here he's here," Kurama shrugged unsure where his best friend actually lived.

"Oh Hiei I haven't seen him in forever," she gasped getting excited though she held back the urge to jump up and down on the couch, "I wanna live here too."

Kurama was almost scared of this never before had he seen such a sensible looking and talking person act this way. 'Oh the things sugar does to a person,' he thought to himself watching Rika slowly return to normal though she still had a big smile on her face.

Just as this was happening the front door opened and in came Genkai and Hiei they both looked dirty and worn out. A hard day of work can really tucker out someone real fast.

"Good afternoon, Kurama are you using my house as a place to bring your girlfriends now?" Genkai insulted giving an evil eye to Rika.

"No, I'm not his girlfriend I'm a new team mate," she said trying not to smile and get on her bad side. She seemed like the type of person who didn't appreciate bounciness.

"You're the new team mate I thought it was a boy," Hiei stated trying to keep back the blush of humiliation.

"Well its me; aren't you excited?" She asked Hiei as he rolled his eyes. "Whatever then; anyways my name is Rika Gato or my other form is The Legendary Rika Gato." Rika introduced herself walking up to Genkai and bowing politely.

"Well nice to meet you," Genkai smirked starting to like the girl. She had manners, which was a change from the rowdy boys she was always around. "I'm glad to have another girl on board, Kurama can pass as a girl for awhile but eventually it gets boring," Genkai laughed at Kurama's girl ness.

Rika looked back at Kurama and gave a little laugh and sent him a mental message, 'That's why you're not my type'.

"I'm not gay," he said out loud trying to defend him self.

"Mmhmm," Rika giggled with Genkai as Hiei just walked out of the room. "Anyways Master Genkai I have a question for you," Rika tried changing the subject.

"And what's that dear," she turned her attention back to the new girl.

"I was wondering if you had anymore room here and maybe if you didn't mind I could live here and help out around the house as payment," Rika asked sincerely trying not to sound too whiny.

"Well I don't have any problem with that at all as long as you promise to obey me."

"I promise," Rika gave her word.

Sorry it took long I'm a bad girl. Spank me in your mind, I'll feel it. Though now I've gotten back into the grove of things I will more than likely be done with this story soon I got about like 3 more chapters or so. Rika is a big character so I just want like a big background story on her. Okay lattes