Lunch time came as it always did. Shuichi's mother had packed him a lunch as always, but he was too busy reading his books to eat it. His curiosity made him look up to see Yurimora had no lunch at all and had put her book down, staring out the window. Shuichi decided maybe he should introduce himself. He stood and walked over to her. "Hello Ms. Yurimora." He said. She was not startled by him, as if she felt him approaching. She looked up and gave a smile. "You must be Shuichi, the girls in all my classes say many nice things about you." She said. Shuichi gave a small laugh. "You have just arrived and already you know my first name and call me by it without asking permission. You either have guts or you have no manners." He said in a joking voice. She hummed a small laugh. "I read in a book that it's easier to ask forgiveness rather than permission." She said, turning back to the window. "May I join you Ms. Yurimora?" He asked. She looked to him and nodded. "Call me by my first name; Kanade. I'm not fond of my birth father's name." She said, her tone masking a secret sorrow. Shuichi nodded and sat in the desk in front of her. "So, Kanade, what brings you here from Tokyo?" he asked. She shrugged. "No reason really." She replied, looking down at her book which she closed. She met his eyes and gave a small smile. "If I told you the possibility of you believing me is slim to none." She said. Shuichi rested his chin on his hand, leaning forward to study her. "There are few things that surprise me Kanade, if that makes you feel better." He said. She gave a laugh at the curiosity in his voice, a laugh that was painfully familiar. "Alright well here's a story for you, but it may take some time." She said. He gave her a look that told her to continue. "Well, my father was not the most respectable man. He drank and slept with other women, not that my mother was much different. She went to bars and picked up men for money while dad spent that money she made on women. It was a terrible cycle. I had many siblings." She said. "Had?" Shuichi asked. She gave a nod. "Yeah, they were to young to handle my dad's blows. You see, he didn't like that my mother birthed these children with other men. " She said. Shuichi tried to hide the horror and shock from his face. He only heard of such horrors from demon parents, never a human. "How terrible." He managed to get out. She averted her eyes to the book in her hands. "Yes I know. But soon my father had even begun to question my siring. I thought that I would join my siblings as well. That was when it came. It shot some sort of power at me , in the form of this ring, and killed my father; Then left." She said, holding out her hand to him to show him. Shuichi bit his lip as he felt the powerful spirit energy emanating from the black band.
This ring was evil.
"I had visions of a woman physic. All they could tell me was one name. Genkai." She said. Shuichi gasped. The old physic? How could any human know her name? "So that's why I'm here. So now that I told you that would you care to tell me how you became a human?" She asked. Shuichi's eyes grew huge for a moment and then he gave a slight laugh. "I guess I should have realized your spirit awareness was quite high, but my story is one that is meant for another time. Class is about to start." He said. She nodded. "Of course, but don't think you'll get away from me so easily Shuichi. I'll be waiting." She said with a smile. Several girls who walked into the class room glared at Kanade when they saw Shuichi's interest in her as he returned her smile and replied with a "But of course."