Redone Chapter 4

Disclaim I do not own anything or anyone from Yu Yu Hakusho, that honor goes to Yoshihiro Togashi, and Funimation Entertainment. I do however own Cash McKenzie her family and everyone else not from the original show.

After a month and half at her new school Cash hadn't really made to many friends, Emiko Kobayashi the president of Shuichi's fan club made damn sure of that. After Cash's second day of school when she had declined Emiko's offer to join Shuichi's fan club, telling the girl that she really wasn't interested in him the girl seemed to have it in for her. Also the fact that Cash continued to talk to him during lunch and English didn't exactly help her case much, luckily his fan girls didn't seem to know that they walked to Sakura Street after school almost every day together.

Speaking of a certain red head Cash saw him at his desk reading a book, like always, while she walked into her homeroom. She was pretty surprised to see him, he had been missing since Friday and today was Wednesday and had missed around five other days that month alone. Walking over to her desk in front of his, she placed her bag down before turning to face him and reached to grab his book away. The second she tried though the book was moved just out of her reach.

"Good Morning Cash, how are you doing today?" Kurama had heard her as soon as she arrived at school through the open window he was sitting next to, and thanks to her ever present bracelets she always wore.

"Can't really complain Red, How about you, back from another one of your cult gatherings?" Cash really loved to mess with Shuichi, well that wasn't completely true she loved to hear the blatant lies he would come up with as to why he would miss so much school. Some days it would be he was in an out student program, other times he was sick, or something important would come up. She had always been good at reading people and the fact that Shuichi had a certain tell when he lied made it all the more fun.

"Cult gathering? Cash I was on my out student program, you know that." just as he said that he placed his book down to give Cash a confused look and sure enough there it was. Every single time he lied Cash noticed he would get this glint in his right eye, the only reason she figured no one ever noticed it before was that they were just to distracted by the beautiful emerald color of his eyes. Personally Cash never really like green, she was always more of a purple fan.

"Sure you were Red, sure you were." she gave him a sly smile while placing her left arm on his desk and leaning her chin on the palm of her hand. Looking at her left arm Kurama noticed that is was wrapped with a white bandage and that it was giving off a very low amount of demon energy.

Once he sensed the demonic energy he felt himself tense up. 'Did Cash get attacked while I was gone.' He knew he had to check the wound out but didn't know how he was going to do so with out seeming too suspicious, Cash already thought he was odd as it was.

Noticing that Shuichi seemed to be concentrating pretty hard on her arm she looked to his eyes and notice that they currently held a gold haze over them. That was the other thing about Shuichi she noticed any time he seemed to be irritated, upset, or any other number of emotions his eyes turned a gold color or would at least get a slight amber tint to them. She had really thought it was just the sun the first few times, but once she started messing with him it became much more frequent. There was just something inside of her that told her not to point it out to him just yet, since no one else ever seemed to notice it.

"Cash may I ask what happened to your arm?" with that he gently reached for her arm and extended it out so he could get a closer look at the bandages, he could defiantly feel the demonic energy coming from it now.

"Oh that, I was at the park on Monday with my next door neighbor Sora and her daughter Miki, we were playing catch when our ball rolled into a bush. I went after it and when I put my arm in the bush to grab the ball something bit me."

Emiko Kobayashi as well as her two friends Hana Soto and Kiku Fujii all members of Shuichi fan club stared at the scene between Shuichi and Cash with rage in their eyes.

"Who does she think she is getting so close to Shuichi?" Hana said while glaring at the blue haired American girl.

"Oh don't worry Hana I have a plan that should teach Miss McKenzie to stay away from OUR Shuichi. Now listen up you two, tomorrow is when we strike." with that the three girls leaned closer together, to listen to what their leader had to say.

"Cash may I look at your wound, just to make sure it isn't infected?" Kurama was really starting to feel uneasy she could get really sick if he didn't try attending to it soon, he was actually shocked she didn't seem sick or affected at all by now.

"It's really okay Red, plus it's not like you're a doctor or anything like that." with that the bell rang signaling the start of class, Cash then turned her seat back around to face her desk, while pulling out her homework and other class supplies. She really didn't feel like getting her day started with Mr. Hidaka scolding her again.

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Staring up at the clock at the front of the classroom just above the chalkboard Cash counted down the last five minutes till lunch, she was hoping she could sneak out of class and hopefully make it onto the roof of the school. She really needed to get some fresh air, ever since she had gotten bitten by whatever had been in that bush at the park she had been feeling mentally drained. She also had the worse headache imaginable from the vision that woke her up at four in the morning.

Ever since that first day when she had the vision of those protectors, she has had them over and over again. The only thing was every time the visions were different, it would be the same four fighters but the creatures or demons as her mother had learned would be different. Some would be worse but most were weak or small looking. The thing that irritated her the most was she still hadn't been able to draw a face for any of the four males, they would always have their backs to her or their faces where shadowed over.

As soon as the bell rang for lunch and their Math teacher Ms. Yamashita had left the class, Cash stood with her bag and made her way to the door. The halls were pretty much empty besides the few students that either passed out lunches, or would sneak into their friends classrooms to have lunch together. Making her way up a small flight of stairs she came to a blue door that read

Emergency Exit

She could never figure out why anyone would run to the roof of this building if there were a fire or any other emergency for that matter, since the roof was gated and didn't have a latter to get down on.

Grabbing a large rock she had placed by the door she slid it to stop the door from closing all the way, if she didn't she would have been stuck on the roof till someone found her. Sitting down against the wall she pulled out her sketch pad, and turned to the image she had drawn this morning.

It was of the four fighters again but they weren't fighting in this one, it was actually the only one she had drawn like it. They were all surrounding the one who usually had is fingers in the shape of the gun or would be beating a demon with his bare fists, he seemed to be holding a necklace with a large amulet that was a little smaller then his hand with a long chain attached. The amulet had a oval shaped jewel in the very center with a design surrounding it, though it was much to small to really make out any real details on the piece. The amulet did seem to give off a strong energy though, she just wished she knew what it did, or why it was important.

Since Cash hadn't been able to fall back to sleep, after being woken up at four in the morning she had a chance to ask her mom to try and get a reading from the picture. Sadly her mother still hadn't really been able to get anything from any of her drawings, usually just that same things like these were defiantly the same four guys and that all the drawing were of past events. Most were only by a day or two, this new one though was of the future, and would be taking place real soon. Cash only wished she could figure out if she was meant to help these four or something.

Kurama had seen Cash slip out of the classroom and waited a few minutes till he decided to follow after her. He had really grown to tolerate, he would even go as far as to say he truly like the girl, she seemed nice enough but there was just something about her that he wasn't sure about. Walking into the hall he knew she had headed up to the roof, he could follower her scent easily enough.

Her scent was the one thing he honestly knew he like about her, she had a very unique and rare scent that mixed together perfectly. It had taken him a few days but he finally placed it, it was a mix of gerbera daisies and fresh spring air. Neither scents were man made, as in perfume or anything similar, they seemed to be her actual scent. Not the type of scent someone who lived in the city would or even should have, it really made him all the more curious about her. Her scent as well being beautiful has a very comforting feel to it, and when mixed together with that aura she carried around herself made her quite irresistible to be around.

When Kurama came to the emergency exit door he noticed it was held slightly open by a large rock, pushing on the door he walked out onto the roof of the school. Walking out further he couldn't see Cash but he could feel the slight demonic energy, turning the corner of the wall he saw her sitting there with a sketch pad out on her lap. Before he could see the drawing on the page though she shut the book, then looked up at him with one of her sweet smiles she seemed wear no matter what.

"You know you shouldn't be up here Cash, you could get a detention." rolling her soft brown eyes at him she simply laughed.

"I could say the same for you Red. Now what would your fan girls say if you were to get in trouble, I think they just may die from the shock." Kurama couldn't help the slight glare he sent her way, which she only laughed harder at.

Moving her bag over to leave an open spot for Shuichi to sit down, she patted the gravel of the roof as an open invitation to her favorite classmate. He may be a habitual liar and a bit odd, but he was still very sweet and was really one of the only "friends" Cash had at school.

"Have a seat Red, if we get caught you can tell them I kidnapped you." she said while sending him a wink and a wag of her shaped eyebrow, smiling down at Cash he figured this would be his best chance to see if her wound was infected and also to try and get rid of that demon aura.

Once Shuichi sat down next to her against the wall, she could tell he was staring at her bandaged arm even though she was staring up at the clear blue sky. Rolling her eyes to herself she figured she could let him take a look. I mean what could it hurt.

Without even looking at him she stretched out her arm so it would be right in front of his chest.

"If you're so curious, I guess you can take a look. Like I said though it's perfectly fine." he obviously didn't have to be told twice since he took hold of my arm gently, like it was going to fall off if he grabbed me any harder.

She finally looked at him when he had finished unwrapping the bandages, the only sign that she had been bitten was the light yellow and green bruises that formed a small oval shape on her forearm just below her wrist. The only reason she still had it wrapped was she didn't feel like having people constantly staring at it, since it still looked pretty gross.

Getting a better look at the bruises, Kurama realized Cash had been correct it wasn't infected. The demon that had bitten her must not have gotten a good grip, since the bite looked like it hadn't been very deep to begin with.

Now that he knew the wound was fine he was just going to push some of his energy into it to get rid of what was left over of the other demon, but before he got the chance Cash pulled her arm from his grip and reached into her bag to take out her lunch.

"See I told you it was fine, now can you stop staring at it." Opening a small bag she pulled out half a sandwich and started eating it. Noticing Shuichi didn't bring his lunch with him, she held the bag with the other half out to him.

"You can have this half if you want, it's roast beef" she could tell he was going to decline her offer so she tossed the bag into his lap. She always hated eating in front of people if they weren't eating as well, plus her mom had drilled "Sharing is Caring" into her brain since she was a toddler.

Once Kurama thanked her and had taken a bite from his half, she popped open her can of soda she had grab from the fridge that morning and took a large drink. Looking to Shuichi she notice he seemed like the sandwich since he only had about two bites left.

"Want some, I swear I don't have cooties or anything." she said while holding the open can to him, not seeing any harm Kurama grabbed the blue can and took a small drink before handing it back to her with a small smile on his lips.

Kurama realized this small moment was the most normal teenage thing he has ever taken part in, and he had to admit he really was enjoying it. He knew he had to thank Cash for this simple moment some how.

"Red, can I ask you something?" she was looking at him from the corner of her eye while taking another bite from her sandwich.

"Yes of course Cash, as long as I may ask you something in return." this seemed to excite her since she put her food down and swallowed pretty fast almost chocking on her last bit of food. He really couldn't help but second guess on whether agreeing was such a good idea.

"Okay deal, why do you smell like roses all the time? I mean it's not bad or anything, it's just weird for a guy to smell so, well feminine." she said this while turning to face him and grabbing a piece of his long hair softly, then dropping it back in to place.

Kurama nearly fell over when she asked that, of all the things he had been expecting her to ask that defiantly didn't even come close.

"It just the shampoo my mother has always bought for me." once again Cash knew he was lying and she didn't even have to look into his eyes.

"Well I know for fact you're lying about that one Red, no product that came from a store smells that close to the real thing. That's defiantly natural roses I smell, but whatever. You can ask me what you like, though I don't guaranty a truthful answer now. " Her response shocked him no one not even his mother had ever seen through that lie.

He had been telling it since he had been able to manipulate his rose whip again, since that's when we started carrying a rose with him at all times which was currently hidden in his hair.

Looking to the strange girl he could see the teasing smile she wore as well as the 'don't even try and tell me different' look she sent at him. Thinking it was best to just forget her question he started to think of what he wanted to ask her, he knew there was one thing he really wanted to know.

"Why do you always call me Red? I honestly don't think you have ever referred to me directly as Shuichi." Cash really couldn't stop the laugh that followed his question, she was actually surprised as hell he had waited this long to ask.

"What can I say, Shuichi just doesn't suit you at all." she gave a small pause before adding,

"No offense." This girl just wouldn't stop surprising him, she really didn't seem to trust anything about his human side at all. He couldn't help but briefly wondered what she would think of the real him, as well as his other two names.

Figuring they had been on the roof long enough Cash pulled out her cell phone from her backpack to check the time, if they left now they would be able to beat the rush of students heading to their next period.

"Well Red it was nice having lunch with you, but I think we should head back down before anyone sees us coming down together. Don't get me wrong, I think you're a great guy but so not worth getting attacked over." getting to his feet Kurama offered Cash his hand which she gladly took.

"I really am sorry about them Cash." walking to the door that lead back inside Cash looked over her shoulder at Shuichi and sent him a beautiful smile that stopped him dead in his tracks, it was so very different from the humor filled ones that usually graced her red lips.

"Don't worry about it Red, it's not your fault you're just so devilishly handsome" with that she opened the blue door and headed down the small flight of stairs and made her way to the changing room for P.E.

Kurama could feel the very Yoko like smirk that pulled at his lips following that comment, this girl really was something else entirely. Walking down the stairs he headed back to his homeroom to grab his belonging, so he could head to his next class of the day.

The rest of the day seemed to fly by for the two teens, before they knew it the last bell of the day rang. Kurama had headed out of his English class, while Cash stayed behind adding a few grades into Mr. Arakaki's computer before she also left the classroom.

Kurama had just finished changing back into his street shoes, when he made his way to the front of the school where he was stopped by a few classmates. Most of them were simply congratulating him on receiving the highest score on their Calculus exam, politely thanking them and saying he had somewhere important to be he excused himself from the school. Slowly he made his way down block and turned the corner that led to the all to familiar woods, where he stopped and waited.

Cash had made her way out the front gates and followed the same path she knew Shuichi had just taken, turning the corner she saw the red head leaning up against a tree waiting. She had to admit the boy looked pretty damn hot standing in the shade of the tall tree with his arms crossed in front of him, shaking off the thought she walked up to him.

"Hey Red, thanks for waiting." stepping away from the tree and placing his hands in his pockets the two started to walk at a slow pace down the block.

"Of course Cash." Kurama once again tried to figure out how he was going to get a hold of Cash left arm before they separated at Sakura Street. They were talking about random things like they always did, Cash was truthfully the simplest person he had ever met to talk to. Their time together was never filled with awkward silences or repetitive chatter.

A few minutes later they came to their stop, where they would always go their separate ways. Smiling up at Shuichi, Cash raised her hand send him a slight wave before heading home.

Kurama knew this was his last chance to try and push out the demonic energy from Cash, reaching for her arm he quickly grab it while letting his own energy flow into the wound. This seemed to take Cash by surprise, but also seemed to make her a bit dizzy as well since she almost stumbled off the curb. Sliding his hand down to her hand he could feel the dark demonic aura leave Cash's body, he also grabbed on to her shoulder with his other hand to help her get her balance. Looking at Cash he noticed the odd look she was giving him, while she raising her eyebrow.

"You know Red if you wanted to hold hands all you had to do was ask, but like I told your fan girls you really just aren't my type." she said smiling at him and laughing softly, he then let go of her hand and took a few steps back. He really couldn't help but feel slightly offended by her comment. 'And why exactly am I not her type?' Kurama could feel his Yoko side getting upset, Yoko's were by nature a very vain race and that comment seemed to strike a nerve deep inside of himself.

Cash really couldn't help but laugh to herself her last comment really seemed to hit a nerve with Shuichi, his eyes had turned a bright gold in a second when usually they seemed to almost fade to said color.

"Well Red, I guess I'll see you tomorrow." she said with a smirk playing on her lips, and giving him her usual kiss to her two fingers then flashing him a peace sign.

"Yes, I'll see you tomorrow Cash, please be careful going home." with that he walked away but with a little less grace then he usually carried himself with. This kept Cash entertained all the way home. 'He really is an odd guy'

Cash had made it home within a few minutes and made her way up to her room where she had changed out of her uniform, and into some shorts and a t-shirt. Sitting in her room on the computer she check her email as well as her facebook, she had managed to finish all her homework in class for once and found herself with some free time. After messaging a few of her friends from back in the states, she decided to get something to eat since she was pretty hungry from only eating half a sandwich.

Push her chair back she stood and headed to the door of her room, she felt her bruised arm give a sudden pulse before an odd tingling feeling spread through it. Before she could even make it to the middle of her room, the tingling spread to her chest which started tightening very painfully.

Like before every vision Cash felt her head pound with pain, but instead of feeling herself pulled to paper and a pencil, she fell to her knees grabbing her head between her hands. She could feel the tears streaming down her face but at the same time almost all of her body felt numb besides her left arm and the space just above the back of her left hip. Her whole hip felt like someone had just stabbed her, if she didn't know any better she would have bet she was bleeding. It was then she knew what was happening she was pulling feelings from something or someone, the only problem was she wasn't touching anything or anyone.

When she was ten years old just like her mother, grandmother and great grandmother she acquired the ability of Empathy, then soon after at the age of fifteen the ability of Psychometry, and Precognitiontook over, her grandmother had helped her gain control over all three abilities, the latter obviously being the strongest of her abilities.

Right now though she couldn't seem to focus or control any of them, she could only try and fight off the pain rushing through her body.

Opening her eyes she looked up at herself through the mirror that hung from the back of her bedroom door, her eyes were surprisingly still brown but she had red streaks running down her face. Just as she felt herself gaining control over her body again, her yes snapped white and she rolled over into the fetal position on her carpeted floor.

She then saw flashes of different images in her minds eye, she was surprised to find she knew the man that was in every image. It was of a tall man with long hair reaching almost to the back of his knees. He wore strange period fighting clothes and had sharp almost claw like nails, he also had strange animal ears on top of his head that were either cat or fox like in shape.

The images were all in black and white, like always. Most of the images she has seen before but she had never gotten any emotions from them, they were all just still pictures. Now she could feel everything she knew he had felt, the two emotions that stood out the strongest to her were pain and anger.

The slide show came to a stop on an image she had never seen before it was of a fox with multiple tails, that seemed to be running from something. The poor animal seemed to be wounded incredibly bad, it was then that she noticed the wound was on the same area as the stabbing pain just above the back of her hip.

Whatever had caused such a strong reaction from her was defiantly a force to be reckoned with. She could only wonder how she could have come in contract with something so powerful and not know it

Suddenly the image was gone and she rolled on her back, she opened her eyes staring at her gray ceiling trying to catch her breath. Crawling over to her bed she used it to try and get to her feet. As soon as she got her balance she found her running to the bathroom where she emptied her stomach into the white porcelain toilet.

If she would have looked out her bedroom window for just a second she would have seen the small bat like creature that stood only about a foot and a half in height. It had almost human like features on it's small face, and it pitch black eyes that had been watching the whole seen with a satisfied grin.

"I believe I found you, Master will be proud." before taking to the sky and heading to the near by park.

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