The minutes passed all too quickly before Emily was cast into dreamland, which was the last place she wanted to be at the time. Her eyes fluttered open, and she gazed around the surrounding scenery that was unfamiliar to her. She sat up on the grass-like ground underneath her, shaking her head in disgust.

"Oh, well this is just lovely…" she groaned as she slowly stood up and looked around, not knowing what supposed place she was thrown into. Emily sighed and began sauntering through the ridiculously large, but frightening trees, touching them as she went by. This place was spooky, like nothing she's ever seen before, and she just couldn't figure out why she was put in this area instead of a happier surrounding. She continued to walk as she examined closely what was around her, making sure she didn't fall into likely death traps along the way. Emily stopped pacing for a moment as she then sat down and leaned her head against a tree, looking up through the colossal trees at the strangely red sky. The wind calmly brushed through her long, brown hair while she closed her eyes to breathe it in.

"For being insanely creepy, this place isn't half bad." Emily muttered to herself, crossing her arms over her chest. Suddenly, she was taken off guard by a boulder flying directly at her. Emily struggled to her feet and quickly dodged the flying object.

"Holy shit!" she gasped, standing up once again. "I take back what I said about this place being half bad, this is just psycho!" She stood in the middle of a small clearing, trees everywhere, and her eyes glancing in every direction available to see if she would have to dodge any other inanimate objects. Emily's eyes suddenly widened as something moved through her body, making her quiver.

"What was that?" she said. She then focused her eyes to where the thing that went through her was, but as she stared at it closely, she noticed it wasn't a thing exactly, it was a person. This person was familiar to Emily, along with the others that were also there.

"Oh my god, Jenny, Naomi, guys!" Emily yelled, running up to her friends. "What's going on? Where are we?" All Emily attained from them was silence and blank, emotionless stares as she followed behind them. She then ran up to Kurama, who looked just as dull.

"Kurama, do you know what's happening?" she turned to face the rest of the group. "Hiei… Yusuke… Kuwabara…?" Still, no one listened to her. "Am I speaking Portuguese or something, why won't you listen to me!?" She swung her fist toward Kuwabara, but it just went right through his head, like she were a ghost. She stopped and gazed down at her hand, wondering why she couldn't talk to, or even touch the people around her, it was all way too bizarre. Finally, Hiei muttered something for the first time while the others took their stances right where they stood.

"He's coming."

"Who's ---" Emily began to ask before she stopped herself. There was no reason for her to ask questions if no one would answer. Her racing thoughts were finally answered when a monstrous, green demon with purple marking all over its ugly body appeared from behind a group of seemingly dead trees. Everyone stood in their proper positions, glaring at the oncoming enemy as it slowly walked toward them, making the ground quake with every step it took.

"I…Isn't that Ren?" Emily stuttered, still not expecting an answer, but answering the question herself as she vividly remembered the horrifying picture that was on the television in Koenma's office. "But how am I not here…? I mean, I'm here…but not really…I can't even fight with my own companions… I don't understand what's going on in this freaking dream."

"I'm sorry you went through the trouble of coming here, because none of you will be leaving here in one piece." Ren growled, revealing his malicious fangs in an evil grin. Yusuke laughed as he took a few steps forward.

"Ha. You are nothing compared to some demons I've fought in the past." Hiei smirked with Yusuke, glancing at the atrocious creature standing before them.

"You are but a mere obstacle in our path, your pathetic existence with be exterminated quickly." Ren burst into a roar of laughter, obviously mocking Hiei's threat. Jenny glared at him, becoming fidgety with the strong urge to strike their foe. Finally, Kurama gave them the signal for attack. Yusuke, along with everyone else, shot toward Ren like a bullet from a gun, hitting him from opposite sides. Jenny used her out-of-control speed to quickly pull out her new sword and swing as hard as possible into the enemy's left arm, cutting a chunk from his shoulder, causing Ren to scream in agony. She was then grabbed and thrown to the ground with Ren's good arm, making her gasp as she fell. Jenny gradually staggered to stand from the painful blow, but someone helped her stand up to a point where she wouldn't fall over. She glanced up to notice Hiei was the one assisting her as he then turned to nod, which was a slight compliment for her swift attack. Hiei whipped back around and disappeared into battle once again. Emily stood still for the longest time, growing irritated that she couldn't help at all as she then stamped her foot on the ground. She was happy for her friends though, they had watched over her ever since they were born. They made sure she was safe and would risk their very lives for her, even if she had but a second to live. A crooked smile placed itself on Emily's face; it was about time they did something for themselves. In the middle of her thought, Yusuke stepped into her view, not even six inches away. She opened her mouth to protest, but again, stopped herself because he wouldn't hear it. Everyone stepped back suddenly as Naomi used her Fire Claw to give the official kill. Ren fell to the ground with a sickening crack, shaking the earth as he took his last breathe. They all looked at each other and nodded in triumph at their successful mission as they turned to leave. Emily walked up to examine the lifeless body on the ground, but her eyes widened at what she saw. Ren was still alive, but barely breathing. Emily turned to her comrades, not caring if they didn't hear her.

"Hey guys, this guy's not de—" Before she could finish her sentence, Ren cautiously lifted his right arm, not making a sound. The massive arm unexpectedly extended toward the others. Emily tried to run to maybe attempt to stop this calamity, but it only seemed like she was running in slow motion.

"NO! LOOK OUT!" she shrieked at the top of her lungs, almost losing breath. She got to the others in time to see the demon's dagger-shaped fingers stab through one of her friends body's. Emily fell to her knees, gazing up to see who received the fatal blow.

"No…wake me up from this nightmare…" she sobbed, letting the tears fall onto the dry soil.