Redone Chapter 5

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.

Sitting in the backseat of her parents car Cash had her forehead pressed up against the window. She had gotten up late for school since she hadn't been able to get much sleep, all night flashes of Mr. tall, foxy, and handsome kept invading her mind. Thankfully her parents didn't have to be at work early, so they were able to give her a ride to school so she wouldn't have to be late.

Leaning back into the leather seat she looked down at one of her newest drawings from the previous night, the fox man stared back at her next to him was some kind of large plant with what looked a lot like very sharp, very pointed teeth. She figured she should be somewhat afraid of the overgrown weed, but deep down she had the feeling it didn't mean her any harm…she hoped.

Honestly she could draw the tall figure with her eyes closed, she had been having visions of him since she was fifteen. Actually it was a month after her mother had told her they would be moving to Japan, when she first saw him in a dream. After that she saw him again and again, she had around six sketch pads full of images just of him. It annoyed her beyond belief that after all this time she still had no idea who or what he was.

Feeling another headache push to the front of her head, the teen shut her sketch pad and slid it into her backpack. Laying her head back on to the headrest she closed her eyes for the rest of the short drive.

LaLa had been watching her daughter carefully the whole ride to her school though her side view mirror from her spot in the passenger seat. She was really starting to worry about Cash. When her and Adon had arrived home they found their daughter curled up on the bathroom floor clutching at her back. LaLa was shocked to find a deep red mark that went from her hip and up along her back, what scared her most was the amount of negative energy coming from it.

After making sure Cash was alright, LaLa knew she had to get rid of the strong force surrounding her daughter. Filling the bathtub with warm water she set out to her stash of healing herbs she kept stocked at all times, if LaLa's mother had taught her anything it was to always be prepared. After adding vinegar, fresh rue, and salt into warm bath she lit a blue and a white candle, kissing Cash on the forehead she told her everything was going to be okay before she left her daughter to get undressed and soak in the mixture.

The bath really seemed to have helped the teen, since all the strong energy seemed to have left her once she stepped out of the bathroom forty-five minutes later. Looking back at her daughter through her side view mirror she still couldn't help the uneasy feeling she was getting.

"Skupa are you sure you feel okay, you know you could always stay home today if you want." LaLa asked her daughter while still watching her with worried eyes.

"Mom like I said I feel fine, I'm just a bit tired is all." opening her eyes Cash replied while leaning forward in her seat, and wrapping her arms around her mom's neck in a slightly awkward hug caused my the backing of the front seat.

"Alright if your sure, but if you feel any worse call us, and we'll go pick you up okay?" Cash could only roll her eyes, it was so weird for her mother to be so paranoid usually she would have told Cash to suck it up. Seeing her parents pull up in front of her school she moved over so her head stuck through the middle of the front seats.

"Okay mom, I promise if I feel at all worse I'll call. Now stop worrying so much, your starting to weird me out." laughing Cash leaned forward kissing her dad on the cheek, who was laughing as well. Seeing her mom roll her eyes at the comment Cash kissed her cheek as well, before grabbing her bag and jumping out of the car.

"Love you!" The teen shouted while smiling brightly and giving one last wave before entering the school gates.

"LaLa I really wish you would stop worrying so much." looking at her husband who had pulled away from the school and was starting to turn the car around so they could head to work. The brunette could only sigh to herself.

"I know you both keep telling me, it's just today I know something's going to happen to her." watching his wife fidget in her seat he removed one of his hands from the steering wheel while reaching for one of LaLa's smaller hands.

"If it was at all serious, I'm sure one of you would have seen something." feeling the small woman's surprisingly strong grip he could feel her slowly relax.

"You're right love, like always. Now what are we going to do about Lynch's new book, we both know it's not going to be ready on time." Adon could only smirk at how easily this women could change topics.

Running through the halls Cash made her way to her homeroom, she had less then a minute till the last bell rang and Mr. Hidaka made it to class. Her parents told her she was being paranoid, but she really believed the older man was out to get her.

Hearing the bell ring for the final time she managed to make it to the classroom door. Ripping the door that read room 113 open, she ran into the class completely ignoring the odd looks she was receiving. Just as she threw herself into her chair, almost tipping her desk over in the process, the tall gray haired teacher walked in to the class.

Hearing the rattling of Cash's desk he sent the young girl a quick glare before announcing that the class would be having a pop quiz as soon as attendance was taken, this earned a loud grown from nearly the entire class.

Mr. Hidaka had graded everyone's papers as soon as they had handed them in, everyone in class including their teacher was shocked to learn that Cash had received the highest mark in class, beating out Shuichi by three points. Personally Cash didn't think it was that big of a deal, she had always been great in History, Economics, and other such subjects, but apparently beating out Shuichi was a big deal and rarely if ever happened.

Even though class had ended five minutes ago she could still hear people whispering, well mostly the girls in her class, that she had to have cheated some how. Rolling her eyes she looked to the door when Mr. Hyogo, her advanced Biology teacher walked in. The man was in his early thirty's with dark brown slicked back hair, and was one of Cash's favorite teachers even if she hated Biology with a passion.

"Alright class, today you are all going to be paired up for a project that will be due in a few weeks." following Mr. Hyogo's announcement the class filled with voices of students asking their friends if they wanted to be partners.

"Thanks to Miss McKenzie we now have an even number of students, so each group will be made up of two members." this only brought on another wave of whispers as to who would be lucky enough to be teamed up with Shuichi Minamino.

Kurama couldn't help the sigh that escaped him, since there was usually an uneven number of students he had always managed to talk his teachers into letting him do project's on his own. Now he would have to be partnered with someone from class, he really could only hope it wasn't one of his fan girls.

"Alright, alright settle down. I have already picked everyone's partners out." this quickly turned the excited whispers into a loud grown of disappointment.

"Each group will pick a topic from the list on these sheets I'm going to pass around, once I announce your partner's name you may push your desk together so you can decided which topic you would like to choose. Now Mr. Abe your partner is Mr. Hayashi, Miss Koga you're with Mr. Inoue, Miss McKenzie you will be partnered with Mr. Minamino." after that Cash stopped paying attention to Mr. Hyogo, she could hear the angry whispers and could only imagine all the glares she was getting from every girl and a few boys in class.

Sighing she grabbed her bag so she could turn around to face Shuichi, smiling at him she had to hold in the laugh at the obvious relieved look in his eyes. The poor guy had to be worried as hell about getting stuck with one of the many crazy girls in their class.

"Seems luck is on your side today Red." Kurama had stood so he could help Cash move her desk so it was pushed up against his. Grabbing her chair Cash turned it so it also faced Shuichi's desk. Just as Cash and Shuichi sat down Mr. Hyogo placed a white sheet of paper that had about twenty or so topics printed neatly on it, onto Shuichi desk.

Smiling Kurama looked at Cash, it was obvious she could see his relief on being paired up with her. Though when he met her eyes he noticed she was looking off to his side, turning slightly he noticed the glares she was receiving. Luck maybe on his side, but the same didn't seem to go for her.

"I truly am sorry about them Cash, if you want I'll ask Mr. Hyogo if we can switch partners." looking away from the group of girls Cash gave Shuichi a soft smile.

"Don't be silly, now what topic should we pick? Honestly you can pick whatever you want." looking down at the paper in his hand, Kurama knew he wanted to do something on plant life.

"How about, "The Significance of Biodiversity: Why We Should Protect the Natural Environment" does that sound like something you would be interested in?" Cash really couldn't care less what they did their paper on, as long as it was some what interesting.

"Sure that sounds fine." flipping open her notebook Cash wrote down their topic on a blank sheet.

"Great I have a few books at home that will be of some help, one in particular that is purely on the subject. Why don't you come over to my house today after school, so we can try and get started." looking up at Shuichi she smiled the nodded her head.

"Alright sounds like a plan, Red." the rest of class was spent discussing key points they wanted to cover in their paper, Cash was really surprised to find that Shuichi seemed so genuinely passionate about the topic of plant life and the environment. She was also quite surprised as to how much he knew on the subject, it really went well pass what they teach you in school.

After talking with Shuichi at lunch a little more on their project Cash made her way to the changing room to get ready for gym class. She didn't seem to notice that three of her female classmates were watching her and whispering behind her back.

"As soon as gym let's out I think I'll have a little chat with Miss McKenzie." Emiko Kobayashi said to her two friends that simply nodded their heads as a reply, while they eyed the American girl.

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Gym had just let out and all the students made their way to the changing rooms to get ready for their next class of the day. Cash was sighing while rubbing her sore arms, today they had to play volleyball and she wasn't exactly what one would call great at it. Plus a few girls seemed to be trying to hit her on purpose with the ball, most of them were in her homeroom so she really didn't need to guess as to why.

She was just about to change back into her school uniform, when she heard someone clear their throat from behind her. Turning around she came face to face with a glaring Emiko Kobayashi, Hana Sato, and Kiku Fujii, she didn't have to be a psychic to know what they wanted.

"Can I help you girls?" this only earned her another glare from Emiko who also pointed her finger right at Cash's face.

"You think you're real cute don't you?" Emiko seethed while stepping closer to Cash, the blue haired teen had to look up slightly Emiko was actually a bit taller then herself standing at about five foot five with dark brown hair and matching eyes.

"I bet she does, Emiko." this time it was Kiku who spoke, the girl was the same height as Cash but standing in her P.E. clothes which were made up of small shorts and a tight shirt, you could see the obvious signs of muscle on the small girl. Kiku Fujii was the schools track and field star, and could probably hurt someone if she wanted to.

The next thing Cash knew she was being shoved up against the set of red lockers, where the students kept their gym clothes. Looking up she met Emiko's brown eyes they seemed to be a shade darker, making them an almost black in color. For a teen girl Emiko could be pretty intimidating if she wanted to be.

"I'm only going to tell you this one more time, stay away from Shuichi." it took everything in Cash to try and not laugh in the taller girls face. She really couldn't believe they were threatening her like this, it wasn't as if Shuichi was even interested in any of them herself included.

"Do I make myself clear." this time Cash couldn't help but role her brown eyes, looking to the other two girls, Cash noticed Hana was looking down at the floor and shaking her head. Looking back up to, Emiko she sighed. 'These girls are more territorial then a pack of wolves in heat'

"Crystal clear." with that the three girls turned on their heels and stomped away with out another word. Smirking to herself Cash knew for a fact she wasn't going to stay away from Shuichi, she considered him a friend and wasn't going to let some crazy ass teen girls change that.

Hearing the bell ring Cash cursed out loud while trying to get her locker open so she could change clothes before she was late to her next class. Mrs. Akita her Japanese teacher could be a real bitch when she wanted to be, and Cash really didn't feel like pushing her luck today.

Much to everyone's relief the rest of the day went by pretty fast, Cash had managed to make it to Japanese class right as Mrs. Akita walked in. The middle aged women must have been having a good day since she simply told Cash to take her seat.

Her last class went by without a problem Mr. Arakaki simply had her grade a few papers, and then enter the grades into his log book. With the remainder of her time she simply sat and drew at the desk that was set off to the side for her.

The only thing that really brought her day down was the fact that it was Thursday which was "o soji" day, which meant that every student had to help clean the school top to bottom. Besides having to change shoes all time, kids and teens not really being able to have much of a social life thanks to school and school work, this was the only other things she found she really hated about life in Japan.

Back in the States they had janitors to do this sort of thing, something up until now she had took for granted. When she told her friends back home about o soji they all just laughed and thought she was messing with them, she really wished she had been.

Walking back into her now empty English class, she had been appointed the job of taking the trash outside to the main dumpster of the school. Grabbing her backpack Cash knew she had to hurry so she could meet with Shuichi so that they could start on their Biology project, they had been assigned early that morning. Heading out the door she made sure to turn the lights off before heading down the hall to the staircase.

She had just reached the bottom of the flight of stairs when she was stopped by light brown haired Hana Sato, who had ran up to her stopping her at bottom of the last step.

"Hey there Cash, can I talk to you for a second. " surprised Cash could only nod her head, this was the first time Hana had talked to her, it was also the first time she seen here without Emiko or Kiku at her side.

"I really want to apologize for Emiko, she can be a bit of a hot head at times." the apology really shocked her to say the least, as she looked back at Hana she noticed the girl kept fidgeting, something was defiantly off about her.

The weird thing was besides the visible signs of nervousness Hana was showing; looking about and playing with the hem or her school skirt. If she wanted to Cash could usually feel a persons current emotions my just focusing on them, but for some reason she just couldn't feel anything least of all nevousness coming from Hana. 'What the hell is wrong with me?' Not really liking the situation Cash figured she should try and just leave as quickly as she could.

"Oh that's okay you don't have to apologize for her, Hana." every time Cash tried to step away from the stairs Hana step in her way keeping Cash trapped at the bottom of the staircase.

"Alright if your sure we're okay, I guess I'll see you around then." sending the girl a small awkward smile Cash waved her hand in a goodbye.

Just as Hana stepped away though, Cash heard someone yell her name from the level above. Looking up she noticed it was Emiko and Kiku, and they were holding something between themselves.

"Maybe this will teach you to stay away from our Shuichi." Emiko shouted while looking down at Cash. With that they turned what she soon realized was a bucket they were holding upside down.

Before Cash could even move she found herself completely soaked from head to toe. If the pine like scent indicated anything, they had just dumped the dirty water they had used to mop the floors with all over her.

Shaking off the shock Cash could hear the three girls laughing at what they had just done, Cash felt the anger rise deep in her. She also couldn't help the tears of frustration that weld up in her eyes she quickly walked away from the laughing girls, all while trying not to slip on the now soaked floor. Cash tried to avoid violence as much as humanly possible, but it took every ounce of self restraint for her to walk away instead of attacking the other three girls.

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Kurama was waiting by his usual tree for Cash to show up, she was never this late, he felt himself starting to worry just a bit. Just as he was going to head back to the school he heard someone coming whoever this was though had a very odd and strong scent to them, he could also feel a spark of anger coming from this person.

Looking to the corner he saw it was actually Cash and she seemed to be dripping wet, and the strong smell was defiantly coming from whatever was covering her. Walking up to the usually happy girl at a fast pace he noticed she was defiantly soaked and smelled of artificial pine and dirt.

"Cash what happened to you, why are you all wet?" now that he was standing in front of the short girl he could see that her black eyeliner was running down her cheeks and her eyes seemed to be slightly red and puffy, from either crying or from the water he really couldn't be sure.

The thought of someone doing this to her upset him more then he would have liked to admit to himself, he had to force down the slight growl he felt rising up. Placing his hand under her chin he used his index and middle finger to lift her chin so she would look at him, though she still kept her eyes down to the floor.

Reaching up to her eyes he wiped the smeared black makeup from her face with the edge of his school jacket's sleeve. Smiling down at her he could tell she was pretty upset, since this was the first time he had ever seen her without a smile and he could feel the definite change in her usually peaceful aura.

"Would you believe I fell into a bucket of water?" finally meeting the redheads eyes she noticed the stern and somewhat angry look Shuichi was giving her, she could only let out a deep sigh.

"Yeah I didn't think you would, it honestly doesn't matter Red. Can we just get going, I want to get out of these wet clothes the smell is giving me a headache." simply nodding his head the two headed down the block, Kurama then took off his school jacket and draped it over Cash's shoulders.

Smiling up at the red head as a thanks she slipped her arms into the jacket, she noticed it nearly covered her whole uniform. She could help but laugh at the fact that her hands didn't even reach out of the sleeves, she knew she had to look like a small child wearing the oversized pink jacket.

Kurama looking down when he heard the soft giggle Cash let out, he couldn't help the smile that came to his lips when he saw how big the jacket was on her. Watching as she tried to adjust the sleeves so she could get her hands to come out he found himself thinking just how cute this girl was.

Feeling her usual aura come back he felt himself relax almost instantly. He had never heard of anyone's aura being able to affect others like this before, and the fact that she didn't seem to have any spiritual energy didn't slip pass him as well. Maybe Koenma would be able to clear this up for him, before he could think about the subject any farther Cash's voice brought him back to the present.

"So Red I know I'm suppose to go over to your place but do you mind if I stop at my house first to shower and change?" Kurama really didn't think she had to ask, but figured she was simply being polite.

"Of course Cash why don't I just walk you home, then we can head to my house after." watching the girl he saw her shake her head.

"That's really okay, it will only take me about fifteen minutes to get ready. Plus you can find that book we need, I'll just need your address." just as they reached their stop Kurama pulled out a pen and a piece of paper and wrote down his address.

"Here you go, are you sure you don't want me to simply walk you home?" taking the piece of paper Cash nodded her head while starting to walk down the street.

"Yeah I'm sure I'll be over in twenty minutes tops." with that she waved goodbye and jogging down the rest of the street. Turning the opposite way Kurama headed home.

He had just walked up to his front door, when he noticed a very familiar scent coming from his open bedroom window. Walking into his house he headed to his bedroom, opening the door he could see the all to familiar fire demon sitting on the window sill staring out into the open sky.

"Hello Hiei, what brings you here?" putting his backpack down by the end of his bed he walked over to his large book case in search of a small purple hardcover book.

Looking to the fox Hiei noticed he seemed to be missing the jacket to his school uniform, ignoring this fact he hoped down from his perch but stayed standing by the open window.

"Koenma sent me to get you, he needs to see all of us." sighing to himself Kurama feared this was what caused Hiei sudden visit. Turning to the fire demon he simply nodded.

Hiei had grown over the year, he now stood about five foot five not exactly tall but better then his previous height of four foot ten. He had also grown his hair out quite a bit, it still spiked out at the very front but the back was held in a ponytail that reached just below his shoulders. While going on missions he still wore his worn out black cloak, which he was wearing at the moment, Kurama didn't believe Hiei would ever get rid of it no matter how tattered it became.

"I must make a quick stop before we head to meet the others." with that Kurama grab the book he had been looking for, then grabbed another school jacket from his closet. Looking back to Hiei Kurama saw him opening the large window.

"Hn, Make it fast fox I really don't feel like hearing the toddler complain as to why we are the last to arrive." Hiei then jumped out the open window and into the tree that stood just outside the window, Kurama shut it behind the fire demon while still leaving it unlocked.

After locking his front door Kurama and Hiei walked at fast pace to Sakura Street, where the fox demon realized he didn't know where Cash lived. Noticing that Kurama didn't seem to be moving Hiei looked up at the red head.

"What are you waiting for?" sending a slight glare at Hiei Kurama figured he could pick up on the strong pine scent Cash had on her when they separated, he continued to walk down the street till he turned on Shinju Lane. Following the scent he walked three houses down, the pine scent stopped at a two story brick house with a large oak tree in the front.

The thing that caught both of the demons attention though was that they could both smell the very faint hint of another demon. Jumping into the tree Hiei noticed the smell got stronger right outside of what looked to be a bedroom window, though he didn't see anyone in the room.

"Hiei do you see anything?" looking down to the fox, Hiei couldn't help but raise his eyebrow at the obvious concern showing in the fox's eyes. 'Now who could possibly live here, that would cause Kurama to worry over'

"Hn, There is nothing here the creature was no stronger then a Maki insect." hearing a door open Hiei looked back up into the window, what he saw nearly made him lose his balance on the thick branch. A teenage girl walked into the bedroom, while she wrapping a pink towel around her naked body.

Trying his hardest to fight the blush that started to rise from his neck to his cheeks, Hiei hid himself in the branches before looking down at the red head, who had been pushing a small button that was off to the side of the front door.

"I'll wait for you down the street fox, hurry up before I leave without you." looking up into the tree Kurama could have sworn he saw a red tint spread across Hiei's cheeks.

Cash had just changed out of her school uniform and underclothes, leaving the wet set of clothes in her bathroom sink so she wouldn't have to track water on to her bedroom carpet. She had just walked into her bedroom when she heard her door bell ring, throwing on a pair of small night shorts and an oversized t-shirt she walked down the stairs. Hearing the door bell once more she made her way a little faster into the hall leading to the front door.

"Just a second." she yelled while turning the knob and opening the wooden door. Once she opened it she saw Shuichi standing on her front porch looking a bit tense, he also seemed to be staring up and nodding to her Oak tree that was right outside her bedroom window. Following his eye line she saw what looked like a large shadow but it disappeared before she could make out what is was. 'Probably a bird or something.'

"Hey Red what are you doing here I was just about to jump in the shower." stepping out onto the porch she couldn't help but notice that it was starting to get a bit colder out, the thin shirt she threw on didn't exactly do much to keep her warm.

Looking at the short girl Kurama had to try and keep himself from blushing she wasn't wearing much just a large shirt that didn't really hide much, speaking of which he could clearly tell she was cold if the two hard peaks pressing up against her shirt meant anything. Worst of all she either didn't notice or simply didn't care, gods this girl was just something else entirely and his Yoko side apparently liked it very much. Trying to get his composer he focused on her confused brown eyes.

"Well yes I'm sorry to just show up like this, I didn't have your telephone number, but something important has come up and I won't be able to work on our project today. I really am sorry, I did bring you the book I was telling you about though." looking at him she saw that his eyes were currently gold again but were slowly fading back to green.

"Oh okay, and you really didn't have to do that." He simply smiled and handed her a small purple book.

"I really must be going, hopefully we can work on our paper tomorrow." nodding her head she smiled at him while he waved and turned to walk away, but there was something that was bugging her and she just couldn't leave it alone.

"Hey Red one more thing." she said before he could step off of her porch.

"Yes Cash?" he really looked on edge about something but she really had to know this one thing before he left.

"How did you know where I lived?" she could see is body tense, she knew for a fact she hadn't told him where she lived, just that she lived a few blocks down from their stop.

Turning back around to face the girl he gave her his best smile while forcing out a soft chuckle.

"You told me the first day we walked home together, don't you remember?" looking into his eyes she saw the all to familiar glint that told her he was lying. Raising her eyebrow at him she could only smirk at his reply.

"Hmm I guess I must have forgotten, Okay then I'll see you at school tomorrow. Oh and Red, be careful." she really had no idea why she said that it just seemed to come out, from the look he was giving her he didn't expected her to say it either.

With a nod of his head and one of his sweet smiles he turned back around and walked down the pathway that lead to the sidewalk. Watching him walk to the corner she headed back into her house to take a much need shower.

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