"Fire or Ice?"

By: Robin Maxwell

Disclaimer: I do not own yu yu hakusho, or the characters. I do however, own Archer, her parents, and whoever else isn't in the show. I'm too lazy to see who else there is...

Robin: OK, in my little world, they all go to school together, and they're all like in tenth grade. So they're about, sixteen i think. Any questions? Good. But, if you do, than just e-mail me and ask. Now, on with the story.

Chapter one

Your just a Freak

"Awe, do we have to", Yusuke whined.

"Yes, you do. Now stop your whining."

"Fine, who is he", he asked, his head hanging low as he sighed dramatically.

"Her name is Archer. And she doesn't know what she is, yet. We don't want her to accidentally blow something up! So, I want you four to look after her, and make sure that she doesn't snap, again. All right", Konema asked as he struggled with his chair to go higher, so he could actually see over his desk.

The four nodded, and Yusuke was now smiling at the mention of the demon being a girl.

"Where is she", Kurama asked.

"She's just moved from America, and should be attending your school in the next few days", he responded, as he could finally see Kurama's face.

"How convenient", Hiei said in a monotone voice, as he leaned against the wall, eyes closed, and arms crossed over his chest.

"Whatever", Yusuke said as he and Kuwabara walked out the doors.

"As long as she's hot", he called back to Konema.

Kuwabara hit him upside the head and yelled at him about Keiko. Konema sighed and looked at Kurama.

"Don't worry, we can take care of them. Can't we Hiei?"

"Hn."

"OK, be careful, and please keep him under control. I don't want her to fry him if he smacks her ass or something."

Kurama smiled and than walked out the door, with Hiei following him.

"Kami help us", he whispered to the empty space around him.

The next few days at school, they didn't see any new girl. And an American girl would have stuck out a little.

On the third day of the week, during their English class, the door opened and in walked a strange looking girl.

She gave the teacher a note, and the teacher introduced her to the class.

"Everyone, this is Archer Windsor. And you just moved from..."

The girl stared at her, and didn't say anything.

"OK, than. Please sit in the back next to Suuichi. Suuichi, please raise your hand."

He did so, and she walked to the back of the room, and sat down next to him.

Yusuke and Kuwabara were snickering behind him.

"Lucky fox", Yusuke whispered. Keiko sat next to him. She slapped him upside the head, and turned back around to face the board, and acted like nothing had happened.

Kurama studied her features, which were unlike anyone else's he had ever seen. She was pale, with ice blue eyes, and dark blue hair. She was a little shorter than Hiei, but not by much. She looked... lonely, and slightly afraid?

'Guess she's had to many accidents with her powers', he thought to himself.

She than noticed his stare, and looked at him coldly. She did not like to be stared at. He looked away, and tried to concentrate on what the teacher was talking about, but he still felt those eyes on him. They were unnerving, just as bad as Hiei's.

Hiei noticed the blue haired girl walk in the classroom, and sit in the back with the idiots and Kurama. She seemed lost, and he debated on whether or not he should see what she was thinking. He decided not to, since they didn't really know what she was capable of.

He also noticed the way almost every guy drooled over her. Some in the back of the room were trying to talk to her, but she stayed silent. One even tried to touch her, but one look from her cold eyes, and he backed away. He didn't talk to her for the rest of class.

After class, she made her way to her next class, without wasting any time. Which just happened to be Math, with Yusuke and the others, since they just happened to be in every class that she was in. They sat in the back of the room, as well as her. She didn't talk to anyone, and pulled a book out, and started to read. The teacher saw her and told her to meet him after class.

During class, she had the same effect on other guys, who scooted closer to her. She was annoyed again, and wanted nothing more than to be alone. Hiei mumbled to himself how all ningen men were pigs.

A few minutes later, after more guys had found there way over to her, the room began to get cold. At first it was nothing but a chill, but than grew into a icy wonderland. Hiei and Kurama noticed her panicked face, as she ran out of the classroom. The room went back to its normal temperature.

'Dammit, why do I keep on doing this', she questioned herself.

She walked down the hall, going no where really, since she didn't know her way around the school. Just than, a voice came from behind her.

"Archer", it said. She turned around to see a boy with long reddish hair and glowing green eyes.

"Sorry, Mr. Kaori asked me to come and find you. He was worried about you when you ran out of class like that."

"Who are you", she asked.

"I'm Suuichi Minamino."

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to worry anyone."

Her eyes suddenly went to the floor, as if they were glued to it. Kurama noticed, and than said, "Don't be afraid."

"What", she looked up at him questionably.

"Don't be afraid of who you are. You will make friends here in no time. I'm sure of it", he said with a pleasant smile.

"Oh. I hope you're right about that", she said, as her eyes traveled to the floor once again.

"We should get back to class", Kurama stated.

"You're probably right."

They turned back the way they had come and started walking towards their classroom.

"Archer?"

"Yes, Suuichi."

"Don't worry, you'll always have a friend in me. And my friends would also like you", he said with another pleasant smile.

She didn't know what to say. She just stared at the floor. When they got back to the classroom, he opened the door for her, and they walked in. They went back to their seats, with a few odd looks.

Yusuke decided to break the tension, as he got on top of his desk and started to dance. The whole class turned in their seats to stare at him and started to laugh at him, as Keiko tried to get him to come down. The teacher was starting to yell at him as he jumped down.

"Sorry, Mr. Kaori. I just needed to get that out of my system."

"Sit down Mr. Urameshi. And stay seated. Another trick like that and you're going up to the principal's office."

He turned back to the board and started to write down the problems, and Yusuke stuck his tongue out at him, laughing.

Kuwabara and the others, except for Hiei, were still laughing.

Kurama turned to face her, and said, "I think they would like you. They like almost everyone. Would you like to meet them?"

Before she could answer, Kurama started to introduce them to her.

"Archer, the one who was dancing like an idiot is Yusuke, and that's his girlfriend Keiko, she's really nice. That's Kuwabara, Yusuke's best friend, and that's Hiei. He's really quiet. Most of the times, all you can get out of him is a "Hn", but we still like him."

Everyone said, "Hi", except for Hiei who was now staring out of the window.

The teacher told them to be quiet, and she turned around in her chair, and started to read her book again.

Archer sat underneath a large oak tree outside, during lunch. She wasn't exactly hungry, and so she only had a soda, as she sat reading.

She didn't notice the darkly clad person standing in the tree above her, looking down at her. But, she felt... something. She looked up from her book, and noticed a few guys around her staring at her. A few approached her.

"Hey cutie. My name's Setsuna. What's yours?"

She didn't answer, as she looked back down at her book, and tried to ignore him and his little gang of guys behind him.

He grabbed her book and threw it to one of his friends behind him.

"I'm talking to you, you know? It's considered rude to ignore someone when all their doing is being friendly."

She stood up and approached him, and said, "A little too friendly for my taste. Now, give me back my book, please?"

He looked at her and a grin spread across his face.

"And what if I don't", he teased.

"I really didn't want to get in a fight on my first day, but, if you don't, then you leave me no choice."

"Ha, I'd like to see you tr-"

He was cut short as her fist made contact with his gut, and he doubled over and fell to his knees on the ground.

The other three guys advanced on her, and she quickly dodged a punch aimed at her face. She kicked one of them in the face, earning him a nice bloody nose. The other two tried to grab her, and she jumped up into the tree, and they grabbed each other.

She then noticed Hiei sitting on the same branch as her. They stared at each other for a few minutes, before one of the guys tried to pull her down. She jumped out of the tree, knocking him down to the ground, and the air out of him. She then punched the other one in the face, sending him back onto the ground.

They had all started to run away, now that they knew she wasn't just messing around. She picked up her book that was now resting haphazardly on the ground.

She sighed, and picked it up, mumbling, "Bastards, they messed up my book!"

Hiei smirked, and than decided to get out of there before she directed her attention towards him.

When she looked back up at the tree, she noticed that he had left. She sighed inwardly, and sat down back underneath the tree to read.

Archer walked through the door of her new home and took off her shoes. She set her bag down and made her way into the kitchen.

Her mother was busy making dinner as she walked in and grabbed a soda.

"Hi sweetie. How was your first day of school?"

"It was fine."

"Did you make any new friends", her mother asked while smiling, a somewhat forced smile.

"Uh, sorta."

"Well good, I'm happy for you."

"Thanks Mom", she said as she made her way up the stairs to her room.

She laid down on her bed and mused to herself about how things were exactly the same as the were back at home. Except, she hadn't set anything on fire yet.

She got out of bed, and walked to the bathroom in her room. She turned on the water, and took off her clothes.

She got in the shower, and started to wash her long, blue hair, and started to think about how different she looked from her parents. She had always noticed this, ever since she was a young child.

She had blue eyes and dark blue hair, while her parents both had brown hair, and brown eyes.

She sat down against the wall of the tub, and started to think about her old life back home. The room started to get cold, as she thought about her old friends, and ex-boyfriend. They had all left her, after finding out what she was.

Whatever that was?

She heard something cracking, and noticed how the water that was getting clogged up in the bottom of the tub, was turning into ice.

She stood up, and jumped out of the shower, before the water completely froze over. She turned around as she heard the cracking again. She looked at the mirror, as long cracks formed on it. She tried to calm herself down, but it had an opposite effect.

The mirror shattered into pieces, and landed in the sink and on the floor. The light bulb above her was uncovered, as they had yet to place a fixture over it, which broke and fell on her head.

She ran out of the bathroom, stepping on pieces of glass. A trail of blood followed her on the hardwood floor. She fell over on her bed, and looked down at her feet, which were bleeding from various cuts. She started to pull the glass out of her feet, as she felt a warm rush surge through her body.

The small pieces of glass started to fall out of her feet, as the cuts started to heal themselves. She was hyperventilating by now, as she stared in wander.

'What the fuck just happened?'

After sitting on her bed for about an hour, just looking at her scarless feet, she decided to get up and get dressed.

She pulled on her nightgown, and began to clean up the mess in the bathroom, and on her floor. After whipping up the blood, and throwing away the glass, she unclogged the tub. The water had already turned back to normal.

She cracked the door open, to see if anyone had heard the noises. But, no one did, as her mother hummed to herself in the kitchen, as she cooked dinner.

The next day at school was pretty much the same. Except, no guys were trying to talk to her. Which she was very thankful for.

In Math, she noticed Yusuke and his friends looking at her again. She stared right back, and they all looked away.

"Hey Arc, what you doing", Kuwabara asked.

He started looking over her shoulder at the paper on her desk.

"It's nothing. And what did you call me?"

"I called you Arc. I think it's a cute nickname. What about you", he asked smiling.

"I guess so", she said a little unsure of things, and him.

"Do you like kitties?"

She nodded, and he pulled out a sleeping kitten from his back pack. It was so small that it fit in his hands. It started to stretch and yawn, earning an, "awe", from Kuwabara and Keiko.

"Hey, Archer? How do you like school so far", Keiko asked.

"Um, it's OK, so far."

"Do I have to separate the people in the back", Mr. Kaori said.

"Sir, no sir", Yusuke said as he grinned devilishly.

"Than be quiet."

"Grouchy old bastard", Yusuke mumbled.

Archer surpressed a laugh, as Keiko smacked Yusuke upside the head.

"No", Archer repeated.

"Oh, come on. You know you want to", the tall, longed hair boy said. He was one of the hottest guys at school, and had almost every girl drooling over him. Except for Archer that is.

"No, I don't. Now leave me the hell alone, you prick."

"Oh, such nasty words for someone so beautiful", he said as he put his hand underneath her chin and lifted her face up.

She swatted his hand away, and stood up.

"Don't touch me", she said with anger.

"Mizuki, come on, let's leave. She's not interested", one of his friends said.

He ignored the boy's wise words, as he took a step forward, and placed his hand on her cheek. She punched him in the face, and he fell to the ground. Her eyes flashed a cold, dark red, and then went back to normal.

The soda can that was clutched in her other hand exploded, and she dropped the remaining pieces to the ground. The boys looked on in horror.

"Freak", they screamed, as they ran away.

She looked at her hand. It was fine, except for the singe marks on it. She picked up her book bag, and ran to the nearest bathroom.

Hiei and the others watched her from a distance.

"What are we going to do about her", Yusuke asked.

"Next time someone messes with her, we need to help out. We can't have her blowing up someone's head", Kurama stated as he had his head bowed, and eyes closed.

"Awe, what a shame. Those bastards deserve it", Yusuke said in obvious disappointment.

"You're just like them detective", the spiky haired, Goth looking boy said.

"Am not!"

"Are too", he said, a smirk gracing his lips.

"I am not, you little short bastard!"

Hiei disappeared.

"Uh oh..."

Hiei reappeared behind him, and drew his katana and placed it at the back of his neck.

Hiei was silent, but stared daggers into his back.

"OK, I get it. Just put that thing up, Hiei."

Hiei did so, and returned to his normal spot in the tree.

A few weeks had passed, and so far, Arc was becoming well aquatinted with the yu yu gang. She still didn't know what she was, but since the gang had decided to help her with the jerks at their school, she had less and less miss haps.

It was the first time, in a long time, that she had friends. Even if they didn't know what was wrong with her, or so she thought. She was determined to not let them see her bad side.

But, of course, nothing goes as planned.

"Arc, what's wrong", Keiko asked worried.

"Nothing", she said, while fantasizing about killing the girls in front of her.

They all stared at Kurama, drool apparent on their chins.

'That's disgusting', She thought.

Kurama pretended to be nice to them, as they started to talk to him about themselves.

'OK, now that's really gross. How pathetic can they be? I mean, Suuichi's not bad looking, but that's ridiculous. I would never throw myself at guy like that. Uh huh, I'd rather die.'

Hiei smirked at the girl's thoughts, which he was now reading very often.

Arc had no problem with the girls liking him, but, she however did not like the fact that they all thought that she was trying to steal him away from them. Which was absolutely ridiculous. She did not like Suuichi. She did not like anyone. She did not trust anyone.

Hiei frowned inwardly at these thoughts that raced through her mind. But, he couldn't blame her. So many people had betrayed him in his past. He was surprised that he actually trusted the idiots and Kurama.

He just wished that she could too.

Arc stared out the window, across the room, and noticed Hiei's eyes on her.

'Hiei's so... quiet compared to the others. Yusuke's the comic relief, Kuwabara's the sweet dope, Suuichi's the nice, friendly guy, and Hiei's the dark, mysterious one. Guess that's why I like him the best. I like them all, but I think that he's the only one that I feel like I can trust right now. Wonder why that is?'

She turned away from him, and looked back down at her book, and began to read.

Hiei smiled, and thought, 'She sure does like to read.'

Arc walked through the door of her house, and went straight to her room, as she noticed that her father was home. Or, al least she tried to get to her room.

"What in the hell happened to the mirror in your bathroom", he yelled at her, as he dragged her into the kitchen by her arm. He never hit her, but the way he yelled and made her feel, sometimes made her want him to just smack her, so she could get away from his screaming insults.

"It broke."

"I know that! How did it break?"

He was inches away from her face, but he still screamed. Her mother was at the table, looking at her. She had tears in her eyes. She could never stop her husband when he got like this.

"I don't know. It just did."

"You liar! Tell me the truth!"

"It just did. I swear-"

He pushed her away from him, and started pacing across the floor. He stopped suddenly, and flashed his dark brown eyes at her.

"We brought you here, hoping that you would stop doing... these things! But, you haven't! Your nothing but a freak! Get out of my sight! Now", he screamed, and she made her way up to her room.

She could hear her mother crying downstairs, and his continuos yelling. She laid down on her bed, as her whole body felt exhausted. She soon fell asleep.

( The fire grew. Trapping them on all sides. Someone was holding her, as they jumped through the fire. She, and the person holding her didn't feel anything, but the man next to them was burned badly. He dragged behind them, as they continued to run. A portal lay at the end of the dark forest clearing. They ran towards it. Demons jumped in front of them, and tried to stop them. The man turned into a dragon, and started to clear the way for them. She heard screaming and crying from the woman who held her, as she ran towards the portal again. They made it through. The woman placed the now screaming infant on a doorway of a church, and than ran back to the portal that was getting smaller and smaller. She turned into a ball of fire as she ran at demon speed, back into the portal. The portal closed behind her. The crying and screaming went unnoticed, in the chill night air.)

She woke up sweating, and shaking. It was extremely hot in her room. She looked around her room, and gasped. Everything in her room was singed and ashy. She jumped out of bed and stomped on her curtains that were on fire.

She heard yelling as her Dad and Mom came running into her room.

"Damn it Archer", her father yelled.

She just stood there, preparing herself for the screaming and yelling that was to come. That always came when she did this.

"Get out", he screamed.

She stood there, not knowing what to do next.

"I thought things would be different here. But, their not. You will never change. You'll always be a freak!"

"Charles", her mother screamed, grabbing his arm and shaking him.

"It's not her fault. Please don't do this. She's our daughter-"

He smacked her hard across the face, and she fell to the floor. Archer ran over to her and checked on her.

"She is not our daughter!"

He tried to kick her, but she moved and ran down the stairs as he yelled at her to get away from her mom. She ran out of the house, and down the street. She didn't know where her feet were taking her, but before she knew it, she was at her school.

It started to rain as she walked up to the gym. She tried to open the doors, but they were locked. It was so cold, her teeth were chattering, and her body was shaking.

She pulled out a small pocket knife, and began to pick the lock. She got the door open and walked in, shutting the doors behind her.

The lightening flashing outside brightened the room. She noticed the rows and rows of paintings and different artworks around her.

She went to go sit down on the bleachers, but noticed that they weren't out. So she sat on the floor, and began to cry.

'What in the hell is wrong with me? Why do I always do this?'

She silently thought to herself, as her crying started to lessen. Instead, she became angry. She was mad at her father for kicking her out, for hitting her mom, for always yelling at her about this. Something she can't even control.

She hated him.

She stood up, as her crying ceased, and her rage consumed her. Her eyes flashed a deep red, and her teeth started to grow. Her whole body started to turn black, and her hair tuned red. Flames started to engulf her body, and everything around her. She couldn't control herself, as everything around her went up in flames.

The flames started to swirl around her body as she was lifted into the air. Her head shot back as her body began to shake. The fire around her grew tenfold, and began taking down the ceiling.

Her mind saw the fire, but her body wouldn't react. She couldn't stop it, she never could. Her eyes began to black out, and the last thing she saw were a pair of ruby eyes.

So? What you think? I felt like I hurried through some of this, but, I couldn't exactly help it. I rewrote it about three different times. Anyway, please review, I'm dying over here without them. I don't care if it's a flame, or someone telling me how to improve. I'll take anything!

Later,

Robin