Ari fell asleep in her room. She slept in her room, undisturbed by anything for the next three hours.

Ari yawned. She looked at the clock. It read 11:00. Ari got up and out of bed. She walked into the living room, yawning. Everyone was busy doing something, but stopped when she walked in.

"Hey. What's up?" Ari yawned.

"Ari?" Chetara said.

"Yeah?"

"Is there a mirror around?" Chetara asked.

"Umm...Why?"

"Just because."

Ari put her hand to her head. Her hair felt normal. Ari turned and walked into the bathroom.

"WHAT HAPPENED TO MY HAIR?" Ari yelled.

Everyone just laughed. Ari's hair and her eyes had switched places. Her hair was purple, and her eyes were green.

"I don't know." Chetara yelled. "You looked normal this morning."

Ari walked into the living room. She looked broken hearted. "My...poor hair!" Ari cried.

"Poor Ari." Chetara said. "How did that happen?"

"I don't know!" Ari cried. Her ears were still black. Ari turned and checked her tail.

"Tail's still black." She commented. She looked at the book in her hand. I bet it's this stupid book. Ari sighed. She looked so broken hearted that they couldn't laugh at her because she looked so sad. Hiei walked into the room.

"...!" Hiei politely said. He gave her the weirdest look.

"Yeah, yeah. Laugh all you want." Ari said. She had little to no emotion to her words.

"It's not worth laughing about." Hiei commented.

Ari raised one hand casually. All the shadows that belonged to people rose. She was bored. The shadows looked around them. Silent, but efficient. She realized she couldn't talk to them. She realized something. She could talk to Kuro and have Kuro talk to them. The shadows watched her. They turned to Hiei's shadow. He gestured. They all nodded. They bowed to Ari once. Except Yusuke's shadow. He just sort of stared at her. Kuro seemed to yell for a minute. Yusuke's shadow bowed maybe, a centimeter lower than his usual height.

Kuro gave Ari a weird look.

(What happened?)

"Don't laugh!" Ari cried. "I don't know. I just woke up like this."

Now EVERYONE gave her a weird look.

"What are they doing?" Chetara asked.

"Listening to Kuro. I have to have Kuro speak for them, as he's the only one I can hear. Kuro, do they have names?" Ari asked. Kuro gestured. He shook his head.

"You guys wanna name them?" Ari asked. Kuwabara's shadow tripped. "Looks like I won't use him often."

"Yeah! We'll name them." Yusuke said. "..." He thought a minute. Ari turned to Kuro. He looked bored.

Soon, everyone was tossing out ideas. Ari sighed, deeply bored. She waved her hand at Kuro. Dismiss them. You stay.

Kuro nodded. He gestured at them. They all nodded. Kurama's shadow melted, Kuwabaka's shadow melted, Chetara's shadow melted, Yusuke's shadow melted. They all melted until only Kuro was left. Everyone watched him. He sat down.

"Uh...Is he going to go away?" Botan asked, scared.

"No." Ari said, flatly. "He's staying." Everyone was scared of Hiei's shadow because shadows are were supposed to be dark and evil. Ari grinned.

(I think they're afraid of you, Kuro.) The shadow jumped up and whipped around to face her.

(Why are they afraid of me?)

(I don't know. I think they think you're supposed to be evil.)

(Why would they think that?)

Ari shrugged. (Shadows are highly associated with darkness, I guess.)

(So, the second people meet me they're going to think I'm evil and be scared?)

(Yes, usually. That's going to be our battle asset.) Ari grinned viciously. (You'll be my battle buddy, Kuro!) Kuro smiled.

(I'll do my best to serve you.)

"I'm going to go train some more..." Ari said. "I guess I'll see you, Kuro." Kuro bowed low at the waist.

(Until the next time, Ari.)

"Don't be so formal." Ari laughed. "See you." Kuro returned to Hiei. Ari got up and walked to the door and left.