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This story has been stuck in my head for quite some time now. And, although it's very far ahead in my mind, I have yet to catch up in writing it, since I just started. (How smart of me. *sarcasm*)

Anyway, this is a love story. Yes, a love story. I am a major Youko Kurama fan girl, but not one of those fan girls that would blow the whole world up just to have him. I respect him for who he is, and that he belongs to the creator of Yu Yu Hakusho. So, on with the story! (I know I didn't say much about it, now did I?)

Chapter 1 original character(s):
Nozomi Kajuji
Spiritual Officers (Didn't know what else to call them. ^^;; )

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-----------------------Chapter 1-----------------

A young girl sighed heavily, carrying her brown bag in her left hand. Her long, light brown hair danced around in the wind, her head slightly hung. She walked down a dirt path, surrounded by trees and nature; the birds fluttering in the wind, singing their song as loud as they could for all to hear. The young girl looked up slightly, seeing a house in the distance. Sighing again, she quickened her pace, wanting to get home as quickly as possible before night fell, and the sun was just beginning to sink in the horizon.

Her extremely short, light, yet very vibrant, purple skirt fluttered slightly in the wind, as her shirt, which appeared to be in the fashion of a sailor shirt, was also the same color of the skirt. At least, the neck part was. The skirt formed gracefully around her legs, showing more than she wanted, but was just long enough to cover what she was wearing underneath. Her shirt outlined her features. A skinny body, but not extraordinarily skinny, and a little above average breasts. She never really liked to wear things that revealed too much of something, but, for school, she didn’t really have much of a choice.

As she approached her house like mansion, she noticed the door was ajar, and felt as if she were being watched. She looked around the front of the house. Her small garden up front was destroyed; very few plants remained, but they were scattered and trembling like fragile children. She walked closer slowly, knowing that someone, or something, was still in her home.

She felt slightly annoyed. She’d been living in peace and quiet, not to mention solitude, until now. She did get a bit lonely from time to time, but she didn’t mind it much. She just wanted to go inside, have a nice cup of hot tea, and relax in her comfortable clothes. One of her windows was also broken. Sighing again, she bravely, and uncaringly, walked into her home, closing the door after she was in.

Before turning around, she said in a semi-loud voice, “Anyone who would break into this house is a fool. There are no valuables in here.”

As she turned around, her eyes were covered suddenly, so she couldn’t see who had her, and her mouth was covered with a white cloth. The two culprits that had managed to gag her lead her over to her sofa, which was, surprisingly, unscathed, and sat her down before taking the blindfold off.

She glared at them; both of the culprits were men. As she looked around her living room, it was full of men, who were just staring at her hungrily. She suddenly remembered that she was still wearing her uniform. She silently cursed them as her eyes landed on the one closest to her. He was tall, his long black hair put up into a high pony-tail, decorated with a broken witches hat that had a golden buckle just around the base of the hat. He wore tattered clothes that seemed to be a blackish-purplish color.

“Where is your leader, thief?” She asked coldly, her voice showing no fear.

He got closer to her face. “I could ask you almost the same question. What are you doing here?”

“This is my house.” She growled, giving him a colder glare.

He smirked. “Well then, we’re moving in, whether you like it or not.”

“Since when did you become the leader, Kuronue?” A powerful and deep voice filled the room.

Kuronue backed away from the young teenaged girl, who was looking in the direction of whence the voice came. A tall man, with silvery white hair and sharp golden eyes entered the room, his arms crossed. His eyes were on the girl, but he was addressing the man.

“Sorry Kurama. But, it looks like they’re still trying to find us, and we may have to lay low for a while.” Kuronue replied, stepping away from the girl.

Ignoring him, the man with golden eyes walked over, his eyes still fixed on the girl.

“Tell me...why are you not afraid?”

“Because, I know I’ve done nothing wrong. It’s you who has, however. You broke into my house! What lowlife breaks into someone’s house in which no valuables are hidden? I expected something more suiting for the King of Thieves.” She replied, looking away with her eyes closed.

He didn’t back away. Instead, he got closer, getting almost to her face. “And tell me, how is it you know who I am? If I’m not mistaken, only fellow Youkai’s know who I am. How is it that a human knows who the great King of Thieves is?”

She didn’t reply at first, but she said in a slightly quivering voice, “That is none of your concern.”

He smirked, knowing that he had got her into a corner. She would either attack, or tremble at his feet, which he doubted.

“Kurama!” Someone shouted. It was another man, running in from the outside, panting heavily. “They’ve….they’re almost here! We have to hide!”

Kurama looked down upon the young girl, who seemed to be looking at the clock.

“I will set you free. However, you must house me and my men. You must cook, clean, and take care of us until we leave. Is that understood?”

She turned her cold gaze to him. “Are you threatening me inside my own house? How low can you go, Youko Kurama?”

His eyes narrowed. “If you do not agree, I will have to kill you. Now, I’m positive a beautiful girl, such as yourself, has no desire to die at such a young age, now do you?”

She didn’t reply, but merely hung her head. “Fine, I’ll do what you want. But, no one, and I mean NO one, is allowed to go upstairs, not even you, King of Thieves.” She replied in a soft voice.

Satisfied with the answer, he cut the ropes, then ordered his men to hide throughout the house, but to not go up stairs. He respected her wish, and her courage, so he allowed her of her wish. He hid himself near the kitchen, where she had gone.

She sighed as she began washing the few dishes that were in the sink. Just as she was putting the last plate away in the cupboard above the sink, the front door was practically blasted off its hinges and men wearing the crest of King Yama rushed into the house. Most of them surged into the kitchen, hearing the noise of water running. The leader of the men stopped, causing the others to stop as well.

“Nozomi! By order of the king of Spirit World, we order you to tell us everything you know about the whereabouts of…” He suddenly had a good look at her. “….my you look lovely today….. I don’t believe I’ve ever seen you in your school uniform… It really brings out the......woman in you….”

She glared at him. “I’m sure King Yama will understand if I went to him personally and told him that his men were slacking off in their jobs just because of a girl.” She replied coldly, crossing her arms.

The leader laughed nervously. “Now, now… There’s no need for a threat. I was just asking…have you seen the King of Thieves? We thought we felt his presence in your house. If you are, please tell us. He is a dangerous man! He must be brought in by us!”

“Why? So you can reap the reward? That’s all men ever think about these days; greed. It’s as if you have no life... Besides, I believe that the King of Thieves is kinder than he thinks.” She continued, still glaring at them.

The leader laughed nervously again, then cleared his throat and looked around. His eyes landed back on Nozomi, who was now chopping a vegetable, in an attempt to begin to cook her dinner.

“What happened here, Nozomi?”

“The house was broken into, I’m sure that’s fairly obvious. However, nothing was stolen. Thankfully, there is nothing to steal in this house anyway. Now, would you be so kind as to leave? I would like to spend the evening in the tranquility of my home, not to be interrogated by a bunch of low lives such as yourselves.” She responded coldly, not looking up from what she was cooking.

“Alright…but, if you see or hear anything out of the ordinary, you know how to reach us. Farewell!” And they disappeared in a puff of smoke.

“Honestly… If they can do that to leave, why can’t they do that to enter as well? Instead of making my house look worse than it already is?” She said to herself quietly, chopping another green vegetable with slight anger in her chops.

Youko came out of his hiding place, watching her curiously. He didn’t want to say anything, for there was no point in doing so. There was a dull thud in the wall next to his head. Right next to his cheek was the knife Nozomi had just been using.

“You owe me, Youko Kurama. You owe me for saving you and the lives of your men. Even if I am doing this because you forced me to.” Giving him one final glare, she turned around and resumed her cooking, getting the big dinner ready. “They’re gone!” She called out, still cooking. “You can come out now!” But added in an undertone, “Filthy cowards…”

Youko’s ear twitched, having heard that last comment. He took the handle of the blade that had wedged itself into the wood and walked over to her. Coming up behind her, he put the blade to her throat and rested his head on her shoulder.

“Now, my dear, I don’t believe you would want anything bad to happen, considering that you don’t want to die yet.” He said quietly, looking down at what she was making.

She remained silent, but didn’t continue what she was doing. He soon placed the knife down on the counter next to her hand, and let her go, exiting the kitchen. Resuming her cooking, Nozomi merely glanced over her shoulder with a small smirk on her face.

--Later that Evening--

“Here’s your dinner. Enjoy, and don’t complain about it.” Nozomi said simply, having set the table for the bandits that were now living in her house.

They looked at her strangely, since she was still in her school uniform, then slowly began to sit down and eat the soup that was there.

“Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going upstairs. If you need me, just call.” She continued, before turning and walking towards the exit.

“Nozomi.”

She froze, then turned around to glare at Youko Kurama, who was leaning against the wall on the other side of the room. The men looked between them both, hearing this conversation.

“What is it you want, Youko?”

“Tell me, did you put poison in the food?”

“No.”

“Anything at all that could harm my men?”

“Not unless they’re allergic to food itself, no.”

“Hm…” Youko said quietly, smirking amusedly. “So, what did you put in it?”

“Eat it and find out, King of Thieves. We may have made a deal, but I am not your maid. Enjoy your food, and do not bother me.” And with that said, she walked up the stairs and out of sight.

The men remained silent for a few minutes, along with unmoving. But, pretty soon they were all eating the food.

“Damn, this is good!”

“You said it! It’s awesome!”

“Yea! Hey, maybe we can ask for seconds when she comes back?”

“I dunno if she’s going to come back… At least not until tomorrow…”

“Hey, you never know. I think we killed her house enough, I won’t barge into the kitchen to try and find food like some desperate person…”

“….whatever. Just shut up and eat.”

Youko heard these conversations, but said nothing to either be included, or to stop them. He glanced up the stairs, making it very hard to notice that he was looking there, then began heading towards the living room. There was another way to go upstairs, and he didn’t want his men to think that he was going up there for her. He was merely going up there to see what was so important to her that she wanted no one to go upstairs.

“Hey! Kurama! Where are you going?”

“I’m going for a walk. I’ll be back later…” He called back, before leaving the dinning room, closing the door to the dinning, so that they wouldn’t see where he was going, and began heading towards the other stairs that lead upstairs.

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That's the end of Chapter 1. Please tell me if you like it or not, or wish for me to re-edit it. The second chapter will be up soon. Hope you like it! (Please comment!)