Disclaimer: I (sadly) do not own Yu Yu Hakusho or Kingdom Hearts. I do, however, own all of my original characters. I borrowed names from Ayashi no Ceres, DN Angel, Fushigi Yuugi, and Full Moon wo Sagashite for some of them, though.

Chapter 3- Kayla

Riku led them up to their first class, Social Studies, in room 205. The class was about halfway over, so when Riku opened the door, the teacher stopped in mid-sentence. He was a young man with slicked back brown hair, gray eyes, and was wearing a brown suit with a blue tie.

"… Oh, Kurama, Riku… May I ask why you are so late? Wait, who is this young lady?"

Riku walked into the room, followed by Rose, then Kurama. Rose walked over to the teacher and handed him her schedule. "I'm the new student sir, Rose Knight, from America. It's very nice to meet you. I apologize for being late." She bowed, and the teacher nodded.

"Very well, I understand. My name is Mr. Mousy. I excuse your lateness, because you are new. However…" he glanced over at Kurama and Riku, who gulped. Rose became flustered and started shaking her hands.

"Mr. Mousy, they were helping me! That's why they're late. Please excuse them too."

Mr. Mousy sighed, and shrugged. "Alright, why not? But just for today understand? I expect you three on time tomorrow."

All three of them bowed and responded in unison, "YES, SIR!"

"Good. Now, Riku, Kurama, you two go to your seats. Rose, I'll have you sit next to Kayla Smith. She was born in America as well, so you probably have something in common." Mr. Mousy smiled. "Kayla, please raise your hand so Rose knows where to sit."

Rose glanced around the room, and saw a girl with icy blue hair slowly raise her hand. The same girl who had been so rude to her a little while ago. Rose tried to hide her disappointment, succeeding fairly well. She slowly made her way over to the desk and sat down. She turned and smiled at Kayla, who warmly smiled back. Now that she saw her up close, she found that Kayla had bright pink eyes, sharply contrasting her pale blue ones.

"She smiled! Maybe she's not as bad as I thought…" Rose thought to herself, and smiled again.

Mr. Mousy resumed his lesson. He was going over something the whole class, including Rose, had already learned, so no one was really paying attention. Rose started looking over her schedule, and Kayla leaned over to whisper something in her ear.

"Just so you know," Kayla whispered menacingly, "… Riku is my boyfriend, and my best friend likes Kurama. So if you know what's good for you, you'll steer clear of both of them." Kayla then straightened back up and turned to her friend sitting next to her. She had long red hair and pale purple eyes. Kayla whispered something to her, while pointing at Kurama, and the girl blushed and giggled.

Rose sighed. "So much for her being nice. Oh, well. I guess that red-hair girl is the friend that likes Kurama?" Rose felt a tap on her shoulder, and turned around. A girl with shoulder-length brown-red hair and blue eyes was smiling at her.

"Don't listen to Kayla." The girl huffed. "Or her friend Risa. They're both way too full of themselves. Kurama has no interest in Risa, and Riku's not really going out with Kayla, she just acts like they're a couple. I'm Kairi, by the way."

Rose smiled. "Thanks. It's nice to meet you. Are you friends with Kurama and Riku?"

Kairi smiled. "Yep! And Kayla and Risa are always giving me a hard time about it. But they never actually go through with any threats they make. Do you have any other classes with Riku or Kurama?"

"Yeah, I have the same schedule as them." Rose handed it to Kairi.

"Cool! That means you're with me, too! Only problem is, those two are in a couple of our other classes, as well." Kairi motioned to Kayla and Risa.

"Aw, well, we'll live." Rose grinned.

The bell then rang, interrupting Mr. Mousy's lecture yet again. All of the students hurried out of the classroom, eager to get to their next class. Kurama waited for Rose and Kairi outside the door, and Riku tried, but Kayla grabbed Riku and pulled him away before he could even say hi.

"I feel so sorry for Riku." Kurama sighed. "He has to go out with Kayla… All because of Kayla's influence on people in this school…" Kurama sighed again.

The three of them began to walk to their next class, and Kairi asked, "Hey Rose, you wanna sit with Kurama and me during our next class? You can meet some more of our friends."

Rose smiled. "Sure," she exclaimed, "that sounds great!"

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RedRoseKitsune: My writers block is gone! Yay! This chappie was longer. See ya next chappie!