I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho.
He waited until school had finished. Throughout the day I had followed him around his classes. All the while, he excused my presence for the teachers. "Anything for you Mr. Minamino." They were very courteous and respectful towards him, something I had never seen between student and teacher before. His marks must be very high. When the last bell rang, he and I slowly made our way to a bench, to determine what our next step would be.
"We must introduce you to Yusuke next," He said to me, drumming his fingers quietly over a textbook. "And we can find him at one of two places, school or the arcade." He stood, extending a hand towards me to help me stand.
"Thank you," I murmured, and took it. I was very shy. I had hated to spring myself upon him like that, but it was the only way. I was already safe, as Kurama now knew me and accepted me after I explained myself to him. But I feared for Yusuke, Kuwabara, and especially Hiei. I had heard of the cold-hearted demon. It was said that he had no compassion or empathy for any other living soul. Well, his sister, Yukina, was the exception. I had heard much of her from Koenma, and was advised by him, Botan, and Genkai not to mention her at all. They placed emphasis regarding any situation in which Kuwabara was present. This was well enough.
We made our trek across the city, and a half an hour later, we arrived at the junior high that both Yusuke and Kuwabara attended. Students were still milling about and, after searching for some time, Kurama spotted Yusuke and Kuwabara.
"Urameshi! Come back here and say that to my face!" A red-haired boy shouted, his oafish stature causing him to seem increasingly intimidating. The boy he was shouting to, undoubtedly Yusuke, turned to face Kuwabara, running his fingers through his dark, gelled hair.
"Alright, if you insist." Yusuke was just about to turn and throw a punch at Kuwabara when Kurama quickly intervened. With animal-like agility, he jumped in between the two boys, catching Yusuke's fist and holding Kuwabara back.
"It would be unwise to fight on school property." He said to them. "I must speak with you both." Kurama turned back to face me, Yusuke and Kuwabara following his gaze, confused. "Stay here, please. This will only take a minute."
The three walked away, but as they did I could still hear their voices.
"Who's she? She's pretty!" Kuwabara said, his voice fading out as the murmur of the students in the common overpowered it.
I kicked my shoes against the concrete, waiting for them to finish their conversation. As I did so, I could not help but think about the 'evil' Koenma described. It couldn't be up to us to determine what it was, could it? Koenma would have to tell us. There were not any strange happenings in the city, none, at least, as far as I could tell. Thinking long and hard, I tried to trace the mannerisms of everyone I had encountered over the past few weeks. Yet, I was interrupted by laughter, coming from nearby.
Looking up, I saw that the boys were heading back towards me. Kurama stood by me.
"Yusuke, Kuwabara, I would like to formally introduce you to Amaya Morie."
"Hello there."
"Hey."
"Now we must meet with Hiei. He is as much a part of our team as anyone else. Where can we all meet without arousing suspicion?" Kurama looked sternly at Yusuke, Kuwabara and I.
I was about to volunteer my own home, as I lived by myself, but Kuwabara spoke before I had my chance.
"Hey we can come back to my place. Shizuru is always complaining that I'm never home anyway....But then again I don't know if I want Shorty there..." He scratched his head and looked, presumably, in the direction of his house.
"I assure you, he will not be a problem for you."
"Well, okay then."
I smiled, feeling that I was being too quiet. If I was going to work around these boys, I would definitely just have to overcome my shyness.
"Great," I said. "Lead the way!"
Kuwabara turned the knob on the door, and we were greeted by a very tall woman with long brown hair.
"Hey, Kazuma." She said, a cigarette in her lips. "It's about time you brought your friends over." She waved a greeting toward Yusuke and Kurama, but here eyes stopped on me. She looked at me for a second, a serious look on her face. She studied me for a minute, then smiled and stuck out her hand.
"I'm Shizuru, Kuwabara's older sister. You're gonna help them kick ass? Good for you! It's about time we had permanent female representation."
I smiled and blushed, once again, my shyness was getting the better of me. I did not ask her how she knew all this, it was quite clear that she had an above-average psychic awareness.
I was about to formally introduce myself to her but then...
"Permanent? Hah! Don't make me laugh." An icy voice came from behind us, chilling my very bones to know whose voice it was. Yusuke and Kuwabara moved inwardly into the house in order to make room for the fifth party and, in doing so, I saw him for the first time.
He stood there, in all his solitude and glory, his black cloak adding to the mystery of his very being, as well as his horrible attitude. His black spiked hair gave him the illusion of being taller than he really was, which was still around the same height as me. Hiei. His hands were crossed behind his back, and I felt myself becoming very frustrated. Who was this arrogant demon, who did not even know me, to judge me?
Kurama and Shizuru ushered us both into the house. Yusuke and Kuwabara were already sitting on couches. Kurama sat to join them. Still very shy of Shizuru and too intimidated to sit anywhere near Hiei, I planted myself between Kuwbara and Kurama.
"Hiei, Amaya is the newest member of our team she-"
"Team? If you want to call it that." Hiei looked away from us.
"Be courteous Hiei, we have Botan's assurance that she is very skilled."
"This girl is clearly not special. Her spirit energy is only twenty percent above that of the average human, nothing to brag about. I wouldn't use the term skilled so very lightly, Kurama."
I glared daggers into Hiei, knowing that it would have no effect. How could someone so small anger me so greatly? My face began to get hot, and, in the next room I could faintly hear the sound of water running.
"I'll get that!" Said a cheery voice from behind all of us. Startled, we all turned to see Botan. She disappeared quickly into the other room to shut off the running water OOPS and then came back to join us in the living room. "I knew Hiei would have a hard time adjusting to this change, so TA-DAAA! Botan to the rescue. Here I am! And what seems to be the matter, Hiei?"
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