Chapter 8: Early Morning Wake Up Call, and The Interesting School Week

5:24 AM, Kura was being nudged awake by Sakura, who looked like she had been crying because someone had interrupted her sleeping period. "Kura..." She moaned. "Get up now! Your boyfriend has a problem! He woke me up!" She continued to whine until Kura sat up and looked at her.

"What the hell are you whining about?" Kura said, yawning.

"Hieiwokemeup... And hetold meto get you up...!" Sakura said, whining angrily.

"Why?..." Kura asked simply.

"Because he's... gonna... take us.. to.. train.. before school.." Sakura said, still slightly angered, as she climbed off the bed and waited for Kura to get out of the bed.

Kura sighed. "Just stop whining, please..." She mumbled as she got out of bed and went to her closet. She got out her school outfit, a red skirt, white shirt and a red "jacket", and her school shoes. She sighed again. "I hate wearing this thing..."

"Then don't put it on until we get done." Hiei's voice said, from the door.

"Okay.. you know, if those foxes wake up.. it's not my fault.." Kura said, whispering from her position at the closet.

Sakura rolled her eyes and whined again. "Can we just hurry up and get this over with?"

"You're not wearing that are you?" Kura asked her friend.

"Just shut up and give me some clothes..." Sakura glared, then Kura tossed her some black pants and a black t-shirt. For herself, Kura got out a white t-shirt and black pants along with her boots. She laid her school clothes on the bed and quickly put her hair in a pony tail.

"okay... Ready.." She said, not sounding very excited.

Sakura followed Kura after she had changed her clothes also. Hiei rolled his eyes at the two girls and then led them off to Demon World.

In Demon World, Kura had her hands on her hips. "What exactly are we doing here, Hiei? I mean, seriously! I need my sleep to! Besides.. Sakura and I had school in a couple of hours!"

"You'll be back in time.." Hiei told her.

She sighed heavily. "You still didn't tell me what we're doing here."

"Yeah! And I don't know why I had to come too!" Sakura pointed out.

"Because.. If I have to suffer, you have to too!" Kura stuck out her tongue.

"Enough. Will you two just be quite?..." Hiei said, throwing his cloak to the side and standing a few feet away from both of them. He stood ready to pull out his sword. He stood ready to fight. "Now.. who wants to try first?"

Sakura and Kura looked at Hiei, then looked at each other, smirking. "I'll go first!" Sakura said, smirking at her friend still. When she looked back at Hiei, he was crouching beneath her with his katana about 2 centimeters from her throat. She gulped.

"You would've been dead by now... You should always keep your guard up. That's lesson one.." Hiei said standing up.

Kura looked at her friend who looked as though she had just seen a ghost or something. "You okay, Sakura?"

"Uh..y-y-yeah.. I t-t-think I am." She answered, her eyes wide as she looked up at Hiei.

"Hiei...? Why exactly are you doing this? I mean, we're both tired and it's not like we wanna be here.. Just what do you want to accomplish by waking us up early in the morning and bringing us to Demon World...?" Kura asked him.

"no reason, actually.." He answered, re-sheathing his katana.

"WHAT! You meanyou-you-you woke us up for practically no reason!" Sakura's mouth flew open.

"Hn." Hiei smirked.

"C'mon Sakura.. It can't have been for NO reason.. You get to hang with me!" Kura smiled, stupidly to make her friend laugh or at least cheer up.

Sakura looked at the look on Kura's face and giggled slightly.

"Sakura...?" Kura started. "You're gonna stay, right?"

"Yeah! Don't worry..." Sakura said, smiling.

Then, both girls looked at Hiei.

"let's just get this over with.- We've not got that much time before we have to be at school, Hiei." Kura informed him again.

"Okay..." Hiei said, and then the three of them started "training".

Four Human hours later

Kura, Sakura and Hiei stood in front of each other, all sweating and catching their breaths. Sakura looked at her watch. "HOLY HAND GRENADE!- We've gotta go! We're already almost late!" Then, Sakura started back tot he Human World as Kura looked at Hiei. "Maybe you and I can do this again sometimes... See ya after school!" Kura took off.

(After the two got back and changed into their uniforms) Sakura and Kura separated as soon as they got inside the school. They were already 45 minutes late to their classes.

Sakura reached her class, breathing hard. Everyone in the class, including Kayko, Yusuke, and Kuwabara, looked at her. "Um... Uh..." She was a little embarrassed. "Sakura, please take your seat. You have yet another detention.What is that now? About your 50th?" The teacher told her as she took her seat behind Yusuke, who, like Kuwabara, was holding in laughs. "Shut up!" She muttered, then class resumed.

Kura got to the hallway which her class was on. She stopped running and caught her breath before going in. She opened the door and the class went silent as they all looked at her, including Briar and Kurama. Kura's cheeks turned pinkish as the teacher addressed her. "Ms Minamino... This is the first time you've ever been late. Detention, after school.Don't make a habit out of this. I would hate to see a great student like yourself turn into a delinquent. Have a seat."

"Yes ma'am." Kura said, sitting down behind her brother near the back of the class. The class resumed.

Finally, it was lunch time. Everyone met up in their usual spot which was behind a sakura tree in the "back yard" of the school.

"So..." Yusuke started as he sat down at the trunk of the tree. "I heard you were late too, short cake." Yusuke directed it to Kura.

"What did you say, Uncle Yu' Yu'?" She asked him, kneeling down beside of him with a threatening look in her eyes and on her face.

"Nothing.." He said, simply as he continued to try and hold in laughs, which didn't work.

"You piss me off sometimes, Urameshi..." Kura mumbled as she stood up beside of Sakura.

"So... you got detention?" Sakura questioned.

"yeah! My first one ever!" Kura whined.

"It's okay! It's lots of fun!" Sakura giggled.

"That's only because you have it like every day!" Kura added, her hands on her hips at this point.

"Yeah. But still!"

"You two..." Kurama started. "It's okay, Kura. I think you'll survive."

"No. I don't know that I will..." She blinked.

"Oh, Kura... Don't worry.. It can't be that bad.But, how would I know? I've never gotten detention either!" Briar said, seeming as though she was torturing her.

"Very funny." Kura glared.

"okay.. Who wants to share their lunch with me!" Yusuke asked, putting on a cheesy smile.

"No!" Sakura and Kura said, in unison.

"I'll share with you Yusuke." Kayko sat down beside of him and smiled.

Yusuke thought in his mind, behind his smile, I love this girl! No matter what!

"So... who wants to skip the rest of the day?" Sakura asked.

"NO! NO WAY SAKURA!" Briar "yelled". "You're not getting any more detentions! NO MATTER WHAT!"

"Okay okay! Sheesh!" Sakura pouted.

Kura giggled, then she looked at a crowd of girls swarming over two people. Kura stood up, trying to get a good view of who the fan girls were swarming over. "Oh my god!" She said, once she was able to see the two. She looked at Kurama.

"What?" He questioned his little sister.

"HieiandJinare being pummeledbyobsessed girls! OVER THERE!" Kura pointed in the direction.

Kurama was quick to look also. The rest of the group looked also, seeing Hiei looking very annoyed and Jin looking like he was enjoying this.

"Come on Sakura!" Kura grabbed her friend's wrist and pulled her over to the group.

"Move it! Move it! Come on! MOVE!" Sakura practically yelled, pushing past all the females to get to Jin and Hiei in the middle.

Kura followed. She arrived in the middle of the group with her friend and they came "face to face" with their bishies. "HIEI!" Kura said, quickly throwing her arms around his neck. "Sorry about all this!" She whispered to him, as the girls continued to horde around them.

Hiei put his hands around her waist. "Just help us out of this!" He said, throw his teeth, showing annoyance.

Kura continued to hug him as Sakura had an alien idea ((yes yes, very strange for Sakura to have an idea:snicker:)) pop into her head. "SHUT UP YOU IDIOTS!" She screamed at the girls, making them all going quiet and still. "Now, listen here! These two aren't to be touched, talked to, or even looked at! ALRIGHT?" She yelled, very sternly.

The group of girls fled, quickly, in fear.

Kura released Hiei slowly, looking around them. "Thanks Sakura."

"No problem!" Sakura smiled as she hugged Jin. After she hugged him, she slapped him on the back of the head. "WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!"

"OY!" Jin put his hand on the back of his head where his kanojo had just hit him. "Wha' was tha' abou'! we're were jus' comin' to visi' ya!"

"Yeah well.. I'd appreciate it if you'd TELL US before you come HERE! Sheesh..." Sakura and Jin started walking back to the group.

"You came to visit me?" Kura asked, giggles trying to over come her.

"Yeah... Why is that so funny to you?" Hiei asked, eyeing her.

"I don't know.. I guess... I guess it's cute... That's why I'm laughing.. It's cute." Kura's giggles grew slightly.

Hiei let out a small laugh, one that you could barely hear, then he took Kura's hand and walked over to the group.

"Well, well...! Look who we have here! The infamous Hiei has decided to come and join us!" Yusuke mentioned.

"Yeah! Hamster Legs decided to come back to the Human World. What? That makes... 5 times in 2 days!" Kuwabara snickered.

"Now now, children..." Briar began. "Be nice! It's not every day that we see Hiei here... and not hostile..."

Hiei glared at Briar and then rolled his eyes.

"So, Hiei," Kurama started. "Why have you suddenly started to show more affection to Kura lately?"

"Kurama!" Kura looked at her brother. "Maybe he's doing it just because he wants to.. Did you ever think of that?"

"Calm down. I was just kidding." Kurama laughed at his sister's out burst.

Sakura laughed also.

"You guys are so mean to me!" Kura pretended to whine, only pretending.

The school bell suddenly rang.

"Oh look. It's time to leave already." Yusuke said, in a very ungrateful.

"Oh, just come on Yusuke. We only have two more hours left.." Kayko said, standing up.

"yeah? Two of the longest hours ever!" Kuwabara said.

"Let's just go." Kurama said, as he and Briar started to lead the group back inside. "Kura! Sakura!" Kurama called, as they just walked inside.

Sakura and Kura were standing with Hiei and Jin.

"So Jin," Sakura started. "Ya wanna help me get outta here for the next two hours? I have detention after school but I don't feel like staying for the rest of the day... Please?"

"Sakura!" Kura said, glaring at her friend.

"Never mind..." Sakura sighed, kissing Jin on the cheek and headed inside quickly.

Jin left, so now it was just Kura and Hiei. "Sorry about earlier. I didn't know that you two were coming or else I would've met you somewhere so you wouldn't have been crowded like that by those girls."

"hn. I don't know why Kurama enjoys going to a school with a bunch of obsessive, loud, annoying girls." Hiei said.

"I don't know..." Kura sighed.

"Sorry. I didn't mean it like that." Hiei apologized.

"It's okay. I've gotta go. I'll see you later, right? At the house after school?"

"Yes." Hiei answered.

Kura kissed his cheek, then ran towards the door as she waved good-bye.

Hiei waved good-bye slightly and then left in a flash.

Kura got back inside and sat down. The class ressumed.

At 2:30 the bell rang and school let out. Kura and Sakura walked down the hall after meetin up with each other.

And Sakura grinned. "Are you ready for detention?"

"No. Not really." Kura sighed.

"Don't worry. It'll be fun!" Sakura grinned even more.

"Riiiight." Kura rolled her eyes. "Let's just get there so we can get it over with..."

"Alright..." Sakura sighed as she skipped down the hallway to the detention room.

"And how long do we have detention for again?" Kura asked.

"I have it for an hour and you have if for half an hour since it was your 'first offense' as we call it." Sakura said, as they walked in and signed in on the sheet.

Kura followed Sakura to hte back middle, but before Sakura sat down, she smiled at Mr. K. "Hey, Mr. K! Guess what!"

"Yes, Sakura?" Mr. K looked at her.

"I have your favorite drink today!" Sakura waved a cheerwine in front of Mr. K's face.

Mr. K perked his eye brow at her, then took out his Mellow Yellow and held it out to her, for an exchange.

Sakura smirked. "Thanks Mr. K!" Sakura got the Mellow Yellow from Mr. K and then sat the cheerwine on his desk, skipping to her seat in front of Kura.

Kura Sighed. Only half an hour...

Pretty soon, Kura's half an hour was up. She got up, left the room and went to the front steps of the school to wait for her friend to finish up her sentence.

Finally, Sakura came out of the front doors of the school; she had a smile on her face.

"What's with that smile?" Kura asked, standing.

"HEY! I'm happy any day when I get out of detention!" Sakura giggled.

"Let's just go. I've had enough of school today." Kura sighed, straightening her school uniform.

"You? Kurama's sisterhave had enough of school?" Sakura giggled still, but in a joking way.

"Very funny, on! I wanna see Hiei!" Kura started towards Kurama's apartment; Sakura followed.

Finally, the two arrived at Kurama's apartment, finding that Kayko, Yusuke, Yukina, Touya, Jin, Hiei, Kuwabara, Kurama and Briar were ALL there, in the living room.

"Kurama?" Kura asked, confused.

"Briar?" Sakura asked, also, confused.

"Come on, you two! We've been waiting!" Yusuke smirked.

Kayko hit him on the arm. "Can you be anymore barbaric?"

"Aww! Come on Kayko!" Yusuke whined, taking a hold of her hand.

Sakura and Kura smiled at each other, then Kura looked at everyone. "I'm gonna change. I'll be right back..." She headed off towards her room, going inside, shutting the door. She changed out of her school uniform and into some black sweat pants, a gray tank top, and some white socks. She got her black hoodie and put it on, over her head. She put her hair up in a some-what messy pony tail. Finally, she left her room and joined everyone else. With her, she had taken some clothes for Sakura to change into. She threw them at her friend.

"AAAAAAH!" Sakura said, when the clothes hit her in the face. Kura giggled as she took her seat between Yukina and Hiei.

Sakura went into the bathroom and changed. When she came out of the bathroom, she was wearing black, baggy pants, a gray shirt and a black hoodie over it. She sat down between Hiei and Jin.

"So.. what the hell are we doing here, now?" Sakura asked.

"We're gonna play 'Truth-or-Dare'! muwahahahaha!" Yusuke pretened to be all-mighty, but failed miserably.

"Are you kidding me?" Sakura asked.

"What? It seems fun..." Kura said, beginning to realize that it was just a little cold in the house. She pointed it out. "Kurama... It's just a little cold in here.."

Kurama got up and checked the thermostat. "50 degrees! Holy cow!" Kurama said, putting the button on 70 degrees. "There we go. It'll warm up in a few minutes.." Kurama sat back down beside of Briar.

"Ready to start when you guys are!" Briar said, sounding very enthusiastic.

"Okay.. hm..." Yusuke looked at Sakura with a grin across his face. "Truth or dare?"

"Dare!" Sakura smiled.

"Okay! I dare you to take a tub of whipped cream and pour it over your best friend's head."

Sakura bit her tongue as she stood up. Almost everyone in the room was laughing. Sakura smirked as she took out the tub of whipped cream from the refrigerator. She walked over behind Kura, who was now closing her eyes and slightly squeezing Hiei's hand. Sakura opened the tub and stuck her hand in the tub, scooping some whipped cream out and now smearing it all over Kura's hair and head.

Everyone around them was laughing; Hiei was actually one of those holding in laughs and doing a really good job of hiding it within himself. When Sakura was done, she fell on the floor, laughing. Kura didn't want to open her eyes. She continued to slightly squeeze Hiei's hand.

"Ku-ra?" Kurama asked, through small fits of laughter.

"W-what?" Kura asked, still keeping her eyes shut.

"Are you gonna open your eyes?" He asked.

"NO!" She quickly answered.

"OY! COME ON! It'sallinthefun!" Jin laughed.

"No! I'm-I'm good!" Kura said, hearing all the laughs.

Sakura suddenly shouted out, "It's a strawberry!"

Yusuke laughed harder. "It's- more- like- a shortcake!"

The laughs grew slightly.

Kura opened her eyes, looking at everyone. They're crazy... they're all crazy... She looked at Hiei who just kept his eyes closed, calmly sitting there; he seemed as though nothing phased him at all.

"Okay! How about someone get me a towel so I can attempt to get this crap outta my hair." Kura asked.

Sakura scrambled to get a towel for her friend.

Kura got the towel from Sakura and got most of the whipped cream out of her hair.

As the room settled down, they resumed the game.

It was Sakura's turn to ask someone. "Kura!" She started. "Truth or dare?"

"Hm... Dare!"

"okay! I dare you to eat ice cream in front of Hiei! A whole bowl!"

Kura froze for a moment, then she looked at Sakura, then to Briar (who was holding in laughs) and then to Hiei. His eyes were wide as he looked at her back. Kura slowly looked back to Sakura, who had already fixed a bowl of ice cream. She grinned. "Come on!" She giggled.

"..." Kura slowly reached up and took the bowl from Sakura. She moved to where she was positioned right in front of Hiei. Kura let go of Hiei's hand and started eating the ice cream.

Everyone started cheering. "Kura! Kura! Kura!"

Hiei watched her, thinking in his head: This is total torment... that girl knows how I love that stuff... arg...

Every bite she took, Hiei watched. Hiei had gulped about 10 times between about 20 bits.

After what seemed like forever to Hiei, the bowl was finally empty. Everyone clapped for Hiei. "Good job Hiei! You didn't even move!" Briar laughed.

"Shut up... That was total torment and you know it." He growled.

Kura sat the bowl beside of her and took her original seat beside of Hiei, taking a hold of his hand again. "Sorry. But I had to do it!"

He didn't answer, he just nodded.

"Alright! Hiei! truth or dare!" Kura said, smiling.

"Hn. Turth.."

"Okay... what's your relation to Yukina?"

Everyone in the room silenced for Hiei's truthful answer.

Kuwabara, Touya, and Yukina payed the closest attention.

"She's..." He started. "She's my sister..."

"WHAT!" Kuwabara jumped up.

Touya just had a priceless, surprised look on his face.

"You're kidding me!" Kuwabara gasped.

"Hiei! That's wonderful!Yukina! You now know who your brother is!" Kayko smiled, happily at Yukina who was smiling, but you could tel she was shocked.

"Are you r-really my brother Hiei?" Yukina asked softly, the smile still on her face.

He nodded.

"That's wonderful.I must say, I'm glad that it's you and no one else..."

The words that came from Yukina's mouth practically flooded Hiei's mind after they were breathed.

Touya looked from Yukina to Hiei. "You're kidding.What are you playing at? Toying with this girl's emotions!"

"Touya! He's not joking!" Kura defended Hiei.

"He's really not." Kurama backed her up.

"Let's just continue." Yusuke said.

"No. I think we've had enough now... There's been quite a lot of... stuff happening... The truth of Hiei's relation to Yukina has struck all that didn't know with quite a shock. We should just all return to our homes and get some rest." Kurama said, standing up.

"Aww! No fair!" Sakura whined.

"Maybe Kurama's right, you guys..." Briar suggested.

"Oh. Woof." Sakura sighed, heavily.

"C'mon... Sakura... you, Jin, Hiei and I can so and hang out on the roof for a while. There's a clear sky tonight..." Kura said standing up

Hiei stood up also; then Jin and Sakura.

"Good idea Kura!" Sakura smiled, leading Jin up to the roof. Hiei and Kura started to make their way to the roof also, but Kurama called his sister back.

"Yes, Kurama?" Kura asked him.

"Don't stay out too late, alright?" He winked at her.

She smiled. "I wont. See you in the morning!" Then, she left. She caught up to Hiei and they joined Sakura and Jin on the roof, under the star-filled blanket of dark sky.