Guys I'm really sorry about the long wait but school is being a bitch and I have a huge project due next week! IT WAS ASSIGNED ON THE FIRST FUCKING DAY DO THE TEACHERS ACTUALLY EXPECT OUR BRAINS TO BE FUNTIONING PROPERLY!

(clears throat) anyway enough of my rambling I'm sure that your all really here for the chapter and I am going to say this once! I WILL NOW BE UPDATING ONCE WEEKLY! Every FRIDAY I will now update every single one of my stories. If for some reason I become detained it will be updated on the SATURDAY instead.

ON to the chapter and my hatsukoi HIEI!

Chapter 5

Bring. It. On

For the rest of the day Kari drove around town on the bike finally remembering that she was supposed to go grocery shopping but she figured that she would do that the next day since they were going somewhere that night (hopefully somewhere with good food). She was driving home when she noticed that Kurama's friends (Yusuke and Kuwabara wasn't it?) getting into a fight. Actually Kuwabara was getting the shit kicked out of him so it wasn't really a fight, more of a slaughter. She pulled up beside them and flipped up the visor of her helmet.

"What's up boys?"

"Do I know you lady?" Yusuke asked stupidly.

Kari didn't even bother to honor him with an answer before jumping straight to her next comment. "You know he really isn't that much of a challenge." Kari said as she took off the helmet and let her braid fall out.

"HOLY SHIT!" Kuwabara had just gotten back on his feet and he fell straight back down on his ass as soon as he saw Kari sitting on the back of a motorcycle.

"Whatever."

"Does Kur-erm I mean Suichii know you're here."

"Aren't you two doing out of school?" Yusuke scratched the back of his head innocently and then opened his mouth to give her some excuse when she just raised a hand and said

"Never mind I don't want to know. Any way I have to head back I see you guys later.

She pushed the helmet back onto her head and sped off in the opposite direction.

When she got home she went in through the back door because it was closer to the kitchen and to the stairs. When she went in the door the only thing she heard was "Anyway while we're here would you mind explaining who the strange girl staying with you is?"

Kari looked around the corner a little bit and found that there was a teenager with 'JR' stamped on his forehead and a girl with blue hair that Kari was sure she had seen somewhere before, though she wasn't sure where, wearing a pink kimono and holding an oar in her hand. Also there was the boy that Kari had run into twice the previous night sitting on the window sill. Apparently they were talking to her cousin.

"Well you see Koenma-" The rest of his sentence was cut off because Kari was too busy mentally freaking out. 'WHAT THE FUCK IS KOENMA DOING HERE? AND HOW THE FUCK DOES SUICHII KNOW HIM! THE FUCKING PRINCE OF SPIRIT WORLD IS IN MY LIVING ROOM WELL THIS IS JUST PERFECT AND-' This and tens of other questions flooded her mind all at once as she tried to calm herself down and listen to the rest of the conversation. Kari may have had a calm cold exterior but inside her temper was constantly fuming at the complete idiocy of the human race.

"Kurama," said the girl with blue hair "that's impossible she couldn't possibly be your cousin. I know for a fact that your mother is your only living blood relative."

Kari heard this and just rolled her eyes and herd Suichii say "Relativity doesn't always have to do with blood Botan. In fact Kari is like my little sister and just so people don't ask questions I say that she's my cousin. In fact she's the adoptive daughter of my mother's deceased best friend."

Botan and Koenma nodded their heads and turned their heads towards the kitchen and for a moment Kari thought that they had scene her. Fortunately it was just the phone which Kurama got up to answer. 'Wait a second the phones in the kitchen… oh shit.' She 'silently' ran up the stairs and no heard her, except Hiei though he passed it off as Kurama making noise in the kitchen. Kurama came back into the living room not knowing that Kari was watching through the bars on the stairs. "Yusuke said him and Kuwabara are going to be there in a couple minutes."

"Good." Replied Koenma.

"Kurama." For the first time since she had been watching the conversation the boy said something. Koenma and Botan looked toward him as did Kurama as he asked "When is the girl getting back.

"Probably any time now why do you ask?"

Hiei slightly smirked as he looked toward the doorway…to the stairs…. where Kari happened to be staring at him.

'this is where I now make my grand exit.' She thought as she heard the steps of Kurama come toward the staircase. She jumped from the window in her aunts' room to a tree branch and down to the ground. She quickly hid in one of the bushes that framed the edge of the house. Unfortunately it was a rose bush and she got scratched a couple of the thorns. Though she was grateful for the roses would hide her own scent. 'why the hell am I worried about my scent! This ISN'T MAKAI. Okay, okay pull it together Kari and just be quiet.' As it turned out Suichii just looked around the room and didn't bother to look out the window.

Back in the house

"Hiei there was no one up there and-' Kurama instantly cut his sentence off when Kari walked in through the front door of the house and into the kitchen, completely scratch and rose free.

"Who were you talking to?" She asked as she sat down and grabbed an apple off of the counter.

"No one. It's nothing."

"Hn. Fine don't tell me." She replied as she scrutinized the apple and said "Is there a decent training ground around I want to brush up on my skills."

"Uhm.." Kurama was getting more and more surprised by Kari this afternoon. First why did she smell like roses when she normally smelt like cinnamon and why did she act like everything that she touched was going to kill her.

"Never mind I think I remember where one is." She got up and started to walk away from the table, apple left forgotten on the table.

Kari was getting more and more distant by the day and it was really starting to get on Kurama's nerves. First she didn't even seem to care that he had left early for school that morning when before she left for that school in America she would pester him to make sure he had eaten breakfast every morning. Now it seemed as though she didn't care what happened to anyone.

"Kari is something wrong you seem distressed by something?"

She turned to him with a blank expression on her face although there was a bit of surprise showing in her eyes. "You haven't asked me about anything like that since I went on my first date. Why would you think something was wrong?"

She seemed more curious than hostile at this point causing Kurama to think for a second that the old Kari was possibly resurfacing so he decided to dare asking another question.

"Well ever since you got back you seem more….." He stopped to think for a second as if trying to put his finger on the word that he wanted to use, "distant. You flinch whenever someone I brush by you and you're completely emotionless." By the end of his rant he was practically whining at her to give him a response.

"Kari you're worrying me and I know I probably sound like your father but…" The rest of his sentence fell on deaf ears because Kari walked right past him to the stairs and began to walk up.

"Hn. Whatever give me a second I have to get changed."

"Do you understand what I'm saying Kari!" Kurama was getting annoyed and exasperated. "This is what I mean you're being more antisocial than Hiei

"Who?"

"That's beside the point."

Kari then shook her head and went up the stairs and Kurama sat in a chair at the kitchen table muttering something that sounded an awful lot like 'why me?'

After 5 seconds Kari came back down the stairs in a pair of black capris and a black shirt with one tank top strap as well as an arm glove on her opposite arm. Her hair was up in a high ponytail like the previous day and on her feet were a pair of black and red Chinese slippers. In her hand was a katana in its sheath. The sheath itself looked old but she had had gotten that weapon from her 'mother' for her 12th birthday as a present. Kari lifted the sword to her face and pulled it slightly out of its sheath as if looking for something. As soon as it seemed she had found it she pushed it back in and looked at Kurama.

Kurama on the other hand was still in to much shock to do anything but watch as she rolled her eyes and strapped the weapon to her hip and walked toward the door.

Wow

#Damn#

Youko?

#Yes?#

Shut up

#You're not being very nice today#

Look just be quiet.

………..

#………. I like cheese#

WHAT?

#Nevermind. What are you thinking about?#

Kari

#And#

And what

#Don't lie to me there's something else#

Her 'boyfriend'

#You don't like him?#

You just noticed!

#(sigh) here we go#

He's obnoxious, egotistical, stubborn, abhorrent...(etc)

Kurama continued to ramble on like this until Botan popped into the room causing Kurama to almost fall off his chair.

"Botan what are you doing here?"

"Lord Koenma just tracked a serge of demonic energy and wants you guys to check it out."

"Where are the others?"

"Well we have to pick up Yusuke and Kuwabara but Hiei is already headed over there."

Botan used her ring and made the oar and portal poof into the air, as they stepped into it they disappeared leaving the house empty of all life, except Kurama's plants.

o.O.o.O.o.O.o.O.o.O.o.O.o.O

With Kari

She closed the front door of the house behind her and stretched her arms high above her head. Hearing her back crack in numerous places she let her arms droop to her sides and let a slight smile touch her lips. 'I think I need some exercise.'

With that decided Kari walked over to the park that she used to play in all the time as a kid with her cousin. She pulled herself up into one of the many Sakura trees that had just began to bloom and slid the black arm glove off of her arm. She then undid the clasp that was holding her black and red chain bracelet closed and slid it off. She felt a huge surge of her own energy returning to her as the concealment charm come off and she became herself. Her hair once again had the red streaks and times and her eyes had turned from the dark colour to a red that matched her streaks. She reached a black clawed hand up to touch her slightly pointed ears and smiled. Her senses had improved and she felt unstoppable. She slid the bracelet and slipped the bracelet into a pocket in her capris and smirked again.

She smirked again and jumped to the next tree and the next. The only thing you could see was well……….. nothing. She was going really fast and no human eye could see her. Kari continued traveling that way for a few minutes, found the dojo with mini minimal complications and slowly walked inside.

To her dismay there was no one of any real strength there some of the men were more interested in her body than her skills it seemed. There was no one that really caught her eye as someone that could really help her brush up on her skills. She probably could have beaten all of them on one foot with one hand tied behind her back.

One of the guys came up to her and said "This is no place for a lady like you."

"Oh." He was wearing and pair of loose jeans and a brown t-shirt. His short mocha coloured hair looked as though it had never been introduced to a comb and he seemed to think that acting like an idiot was the best way to get a girl's attention.

"Yes you could get hurt. Especially carrying a sharp sword like that." He replied putting an arm around her shoulders and the other hand on her sword hilt. Kari flinched at the contact and she said nothing in reply. What did he think she was in kindergarten? With one fluid motion he had been flipped over her shoulder and onto his back. Her katana was pointed at his jugular and her eyes narrowed as she spoke. "Don't. Touch. Me."

She pulled the weapon up and sheathed it as she turned around and saw two extremely tall, stupid looking twin men with black hair that also looked as though it had never seen a comb. Sure it was okay to be strong but did they honestly not have time to have a shower!.

"So you think you're tough girlie?" one asked her.

"I don't think so, I know so."

"Ha, YOU believe that you could beet US? Don't make me laugh.

These two had to be the densest of the entire group. Kari did a quick power analysis and found out that they were of average strength. For humans that is.

In response to their comment she just smirked walked over to an empty spot in the dojo.

"Come on. Two on one take your best shot." She taunted.

Both men came into the ring and waited for her to make the first move she just stood there calmly as one of them chose to charge blindly at her. Kari just rolled her eyes and side stepped while sticking her foot out causing the bigger man to trip and fall on his face causing crimson liquid to fly out of his nose.

"You little bitch!"

Kari just rolled her eyes while she picked at her nails absent mindedly. On the other hand the smarter (though not by much) looking older brother growled and said.

"Come now brother at the same time."

This time both of them rushed at her and drew their fists back, one coming from each side of her. Kari simply jumped out of the way at the very last second causing them to punch each other square in the face and fall to the ground unconscious. Kari walked away from the awful scene for any other human to behold.

She had gotten a good 20 feet away from them when she found herself facing another guy who surprised her by drawing a sword of his own and pointing it at her. "Bring it." He said with a smirk.

She walked past him and said "This is a waste of my time." While thinking 'Note to self go to MAKAI to train!' The man surprise her again by bringing it down on the back of her head. Though he had made a valiant effort he made as much noise a herd of elephants, Kari had turned at the last second catching the sword with her left hand and kicking him in the stomach, knocking him to the ground.

"Don't underesti-" The rest of her sentence seemed to die on her tongue because the man that she had flipped earlier was running toward her, to her 'rescue'.

"She's just a girl Hiroshi don't hurt her!"

That seemed to push Kari off of the deep end. Kari stopped staring down at the boy at her feet and walked over to the other one drawing her sword and placing it at his throat. She was pissed beyond control and her aura was beginning to flare. Before she could stop herself the dojo and everyone inside were beginning to get hot.

Very Hot.

Okay peoples there's the end of the chapter I'll update next Friday. REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW.

BI

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