StR: SORRY!!! I hurt my shoulder and I couldn't type for a while plus I got two new video games so I just had to play those. Guess what! We are celebrating!

Y: Celebrating what?

StR: The first year anniversary of this story.

Y: Wasn't that on 11/5?

StR: Uh…Yeah…so it's a little late. We're also celebrating something eles.

Y: That is?

StR: Come on you know.

Y: Not really.

StR/Tears/

K: Yusuke, her birthday's on Friday.

Y: Oh yeah.

StR: at least Kurama remembered. Here's the story.

The only reason that I talk to myself is because that I'm the only one whose answers I accept.

Birdie, birdie, in the sky, why'd you do that in my eye? Looks like sugar, tastes like sap. OMG! IT'S BIRDIE CRAP!"

Learn from the mistakes of others, because you can't live long enough to make them all yourself.

They say the truth will set you free. But then why is it that every time I tell the truth I get sent to my room?

Chapter 23: You're alive but I got a school exam to take

"I thought I lost another important person in my life! How are you still alive?" she cried.

"I was going to explain before someone jumped me," said Rei brushing the dirt off her shirt.

"Okay then tells us," said Kyo.

"It's a poison that demons use to put humans in a coma," she explained.

"It makes it easier for demons to eat a human soul with out…taking away the taste," Kurama went on.

"It's difficult to make, only the smartest and strongest demons can make it," said Hiei.

"Why?" asked Kuwabara.

"The Konsui plant, the main ingredient, is only found in the Forest of Shouten, one of the most dangerous forest in Makai," said Kurama.

"So what were those marks I saw on Ayame?" asked Yusuke.

"Marks that showed that the soul was ready to be eaten. Only demons can see them." Rei walked over to Ayame with shadows covering her eyes.

"You…" she growled.

"Me?" he asked frightened.

"You…you scared me!" she cried. Tears were now freely flowing down her face. Ayame looked shocked. The Rei he knew would never cry in front of a crowed unless she was really really scared. Ayame also started to cry. Rei looked at him confused.

"I know why I'm crying but why are you?" she asked.

"Because I thought that you were drifting away. You became so close to the detectives I thought I was losing my best friend!" he cried.

"Are you stupid? You're always going to be my number one best friend you loser. Your so stupid!"

"But you've never opened up to anyone has easily as you did with them."

"You taught me to open up more besides when a met all of you guys that's was right after…that's when…never mind."

"So…you're still my best friend?" Rei glared and hit him in the jaw. Ayame went flying.

"No. There's no way I'm going to be best friends with someone so stupid." Ayame came crawling up to her and bowing at her feet.

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I just not going to be the same now that Hiei's your boyfriend."

"Eh? What does he have to do with anything?"

"Well…your going to tell him everything and I'm going to be left in the dust."

"Yeah probably…" Ayame's jaw dropped, "Kidding! Besides I can't talk about Hiei to Hiei. That's wrong."

"And what would you talk about?" growled Hiei.

"Uh…how great of a boyfriend you are?"

"Nice try."

"he he…lets go get ice cream! It's on Ayame!"

"What? Why me?"

"Because you're the one that died! Duh."

"Because you're the one that died! Duh," laughed Rei.

"Sigh…It didn't work Lord Akihiko," said Jiyuu sitting on a tree branch. Looking at the young half-breed through the window, Akihiko sighed.

"I didn't want it to get this far. There's only three months until the tournament and I need those three month to get her to trust me and to train her…Shashu!" A figure fluttered down toward the lord.

"Yes?"

"Two weeks. In two weeks you know what to do."

"Yes sir."

Rei stared intently into Hiei's eyes. "Has anyone ever told you, you have the most beautiful eyes?" she said in a dreamy state. Hiei's eyebrow twitched in annoyance.

"Yes. You have. Every day since we met." Rei grinned making Hiei sigh and close his eyes.

"Hey! Come on!" Rei took her fingers and tried to pull down his lower eyelids. "Open! Open up! Please!" The setting sun caught Rei's eyes and she started to panic. "Oh look at the time! Time to go to bed! Sleep is good!" she said quickly while jumping around. She started off towards the stairs but Hiei grabbed her hand.

"It's 6:30," he said.

"Tired!"

"You're lying." Everyone's attention was turned towards Rei. "Every time when there's a night with a full moon you go to you're room before the sun sets. Why?"

"If been wondering that to," said Kurama.

"Well…um…" Rei looked out the window and saw that the sun was almost set. "You'll see." Once the sun was completely down a purple light was appearing to be pulled towards the moon from Rei's body. Rei's hair went from brown and blonde bands to pure black, while her eyes turned from a bright blue to a dull blue.

"Whoa…what happen?" asked Yusuke.

"Part of my curse…" she said sadly.

"What curse?" asked Botan.

"The Curse of the Half-Breed." Everyone was silent for a bit trying to understand. "Every half-demon has a time when all there power leaves them. Mine is every full moon."

"But I'm half-breed and I don't lose any of my power," stated Yusuke.

"You were born human, Yusuke. It doesn't affect you."

"Oh…"

"It must be just at night because the moon can be seen at day," pondered Kurama.

"Yeah, the suns rays neutralize the moon."

"Uh, how?" asked Kuwabara. Rei shrugged.

"So you're a full human?" asked Botan.

"Yup and don't tell anyone!"

"Nobody knows?"

"Well…there are a few…Jackal, Hatori, Master Roshi, Ayame, and Zoe…Ki-Ki too but that's a given…"

"Ki-Ki?" asked everyone but Hiei.

"Ahh…yeah…she lives in my head!" laughed Rei.

"She lives in you're head?" asked Kuwabara.

"Yup!"

"Freaky…"

Rei crept downstairs and into the kitchen in the middle of the night. Quietly she opened the freezer to pull out some ice cream.

"I thought cats liked to sleep," said Hiei. Rei jumped at the sudden sound of his voice and the ice cream flew into the air. Of course, gravity isn't the nicest thing in the world, it makes things, like ice cream, fall on peoples heads…Rei's head for example.

"Ah, great! Thanks a lot Hiei," she said taking the carton off her head.

"Not my fault you didn't know I was here. You just wasted perfectly good sweet snow."

"Cry me a river. I'm human remember? I can't sense you."

"Why aren't you asleep?"

"Why aren't you?"

"Onna don't avoid the question."

"You don't avoid the question!" Rei and Hiei went into a starring contest for about five minutes before Rei started laughing. "Fine I'll tell you. I just don't like falling asleep when I'm this venerable. If someone attacks me-"

"You'd be dead."

"Not necessarily. I could escape!"

"I wasn't hiding. Demons will be."

"You're not a threat." Hiei disappeared and pinned her to the ground.

"You sure about that?"

"Loser." Hiei picked Rei up and threw her over his shoulder. "Hey! What are you doing?"

"I'm taking you to bed so you can sleep."

"Are you turning in to Yusuke or something? I just said I don't go to sleep when it's a full moon!"

"You've never slept on a full moon before?"

"Well…"

To tell you the truth, I have. My mom used to come into my room and I felt safe enough to sleep, but that was a long long time ago.

"So you have."

"Yeah but it was when my mom was alive. She stayed with me the whole night."

"Fine, that's what I'll do." A deep shade of red crossed her face.

"W-what?"

"I've already slept in your bed before."

"But what if Botan finds out!"

"She wont."

"Fine."

"I'm not going to fall asleep," grumbled Rei. She was laying on her back with the covers half way up her face, just below her eyes.

"Hn," said Hiei, who was also laying on his back with his arms behind his head.

"I'm not," she yawned.

"Right."

"I know… you don't belivie…yawn…me."

"Yup."

"You…yawn…should."

"No."

"Lo…ser…" she said finally falling asleep. Hiei turned to his side to look at Rei's sleeping form. To see that she was really asleep he allowed his eyes to close.

Hiei woke up to the sound of a crash.

"Ow," said Rei rubbing her butt.

"What did you do?" asked Hiei.

"Nothing!" Rei said jumping at his voice.

"Leaving?" he asked as he saw that she was in her school uniform.

"Yeah and I'm going to be late! Bye!" she said giving Hiei a quick kiss on the cheek.

"A test between the whole school?" questioned Rei.

"Yes Rei. Didn't your teacher tell you?" sighed Kurama.

"No…well maybe. I tend to tune her out." Kurama sighed again. Rei gasped.

"Hm? What's wrong?"

"I totally just remembered a vision I had!"

"About this test?"

"Yeah! I will beat you!"

"You saw that?"

"Well…not exactly…sort of…I'm not telling!"

"You just did." Rei went silent, turned around and went into the school building. Kurama chuckled and shook his head.

"OH SHUICHI DEAR!!!!!!!!" shouted Alexandria. Kurama cringed at her high squeaky voice. Alexandria tried to latch on to Kurama's neck but he simply grabbed her arms.

"The bells about to ring. I should leave."

"Aw, don't you want to skip with me?"

'I'd rather get in the way of Rei's rocket launcher. At least I'd know I'd survive that.' "There's a school test today."

"Oh, that's right. How about Friday night we hang out?"

"I think I'm busy."

"Saturday?"

"No sorry."

"Sunday?"

ring ring

"Oh look the bell. Good day."

'That girl is annoying! I wish she was a demon so we could use my death tree on her!' said Yoko.

'Yoko! She may be annoying even more then Rei and Yusuke…'

'Plus Kuwabara and Hiei. Shes more annoying then all four of them combine!'

'Well yeah…What was my point?'

'I don't know.'

"All right! Time to get this test done!" shouted Rei.

"Miss Hino! The test has start which mean you be quiet!" yelled Mrs. Ryan.

'I wish she was a demon.'

"At the end of the day the test will be announced by me," said Ryan.

"So how do you think you did, Kai?" asked Rei. Everyone was in their homeroom waiting for the teacher to come back with the results.

"It's a stupid test. I don't care," growled Kai.

"That bad, huh?"

"I don't know anything about human history."

"That was like a whole section of the test."

"I know…that's why I copied off you."

"What?" whined Rei. "To tell you the truth I don't know that much about human history either." Kai glared at her.

"What?"

"I guessed on most of them."

"It's a good thing you're a good guesser."

"Yup." Ms. Ryan came in soon after. She sat at her desk at took a packet out of a manila folder.

"The top result with a 499 questions out of 500 right is Shuichi Minamino of class 2-D. What a shocker…what? Another person with the score with 499 questions right?"

"Who is it?" asked a random person. All the color drained from Mrs. Ryan's face.

"Rei Hino."

"Alright!" shouted Rei.

"And 3rd with 498 right was Kai Hino."

"Eh? HA! I beat you!"

"Whatever," said Kai. He really didn't care.

"Did you hear Kurama! I tied with you!"

"Congratulations." Kaitou came up from behind Kurama and put a hand on his shoulder.

"Good job Shuichi. Once again you beat me…" He was very gloomy sounding.

"What's wrong Kaitou?"

"I got fourth on the list."

"So I beat you too...Cool!" shouted Rei.

"Rei I don't think it's the right time to brag," said Kurama.

"You are Rei Hino?" growled Kaitou.

"Yup and this is Kai! He beat you too!"

"Don't bring me into this." Rei looked at her watch and gasped.

"I gotta go! Hiei's waiting for me!"

"Date?" asked Kai.

"Maybe!"

Y: Here I got you Pocky.

StR: THANK YOU!!

Y: Yeah, yeah. Oh and here's Hiei with a bow in his hair.

H:….

Y: okay I'm leaving before I get killed.

StR: I'm so happy!"