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For those who waited patiently (and impatiently) the second chapter is here.

Me? I was bored. Really, really bored.

My Buddy? He was depressed. Really, really depressed.

He hasn't been the same ever since he saw that red-head, and has been pining for him ever since.

It was irritating the hell outta me.

I was sulking; he was pining.

But still, you're not the one who gets to spend the rest of eternity with him.

I, recognizing the red-head's uniform, ended up dragging my little floating friend to see the spawn of Sata- I mean, the red-head.

It was pure coincidence that we arrived just after a double-period of Algebra started.

Not.

What was coincidence was the ELCOD turning up a few minutes after we arrived and joined me in snickering at the sweating red-head as he tried to ignore the floating ball of ectoplasm hovering around his head like a love-sick bumble-bee.

After around an hour of random happenings involving two transparent balls of light, one red–eyed demon and a red-head which shall not be named, said red-head asked to go to the nurse's office.

Which brings us to now. The red-head's room is kind girlie if you ask me.

The red-head was lying on his bed with his pillow over his head, the ELCOD, whose name I had learnt was Hiei, was lounging on the windowsill, smirking, while watching my Buddy circle the red-head. I was just hovering over Hiei's shoulder, once again bored out of my random little mind.

"We really should get in contact with Koenma and let him know that these two have turned up."

I blew a raspberry.

Hiei snorted. "Sounds like she doesn't agree with you. What do you want to bet they both take off the moment you get out the communicator?"

The red-head looked up at Hiei. "She?"

ELCOD snorted. "Of course she's a she. What else could she possibly be with a personality like that?"

I blew another raspberry, only this time at Hiei.

We all watched my buddy, who, by the way, is a swirl of purple and black, as he floated contently above 'Kurama's head.

If I was a betting swirl of energy, I mused to myself, I'd say he'd have jumped Kurama's bones by now if he had a body.

Hiei let out a surprised bark of rough, ill-used laughter that sent Kurama rolling off the bed and into a battle stance while he looked for the source. The look on his face was rather comical when he saw that the sound had come from the ELCOD.

Hiei stopped and gave me a Look. "ELCOD?"

Evil Lepricorn Child of DOOM. I clarified.

"Oh." He pondered for a moment before offering a "I am neither a child nor a lepricorn and would appreciate it if you would stop calling me that."

Kurama was watching us with a bemused half-smile on his face. I should imagine the conversation would be rather odd if you could only hear one side of it. He didn't even notice that my buddy was attempting to snuggle into the crook of his neck like a kitten.

What would you prefer, then? I inquired archly of the fire demon. Honey lamb? Snookums? Pumpkin Pie? Snuggle-umpkins teddy-weddy bear?

Hiei's face contorted into a cute little nose-wriggle of horrified disgust at the last name, prompting an odd little tinkling from me that passed for laughter.

You're cute. I told him.

He blushed.

You're blushing.

"I am not BLUSHING!" He hissed at me.

I tinkled at him as his friend held in a smile. "Yes you are, Hiei."

Red eyes darted around like a trapped animal's before landing in the vicinity of Kurama's neck.

"At least I don't have a ball of ectoplasm making out with my neck!"

My tinkling this time was the clatter of a tray of wine glasses crashing to the floor. Even Hiei let out an evil cackle when Kurama noticed my friend and scrambled to get away, the look on his face was mortally embarrassed and the beginning of a grand hickey was forming on his neck.

My friend trailed after like a blind puppy following his mother's body heat. My laughter tinkled away into bewilderment.

There was something in the way my friend followed the red-head, a familiarity, a yearning, that just wasn't right. The only time I had seen him act anything like this was when he thought of the silver-haired youkai.

I sent the thought towards Hiei, who looked at me sharply, the laughter leaving his face without a trace and settling into a frown.

He turned to Kurama, speaking abruptly. "Kurama, does he seem familiar to you?"

Green eyes turned to gaze at them, thoroughly startled. "What do you mean?"

"She," A dark head was inclined to me, "says that he," he nodded to my friend, who was now back cuddling against Kurama's neck, "only ever acts like this when he thinks of, quote 'the silver-haired youkai', unquote."

Kurama frowned in thought. "Maybe it was another youkai."

Nope. I informed the ELCOD. This only started after he heard the Spore call him 'Kurama'.

Hiei repeated what I had told him.

Kurama moved away and looked at my friend, a most curious look appearing in his eyes.

"…Kuronue…?"