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The last thing Yusuke Urameshi remembered about his dream was the shining sun and the sound of waves lapping against warm sand. He was in his uniform, feeling uncomfortable walking alone. But then his vision was filled with Keiko, sitting calmly, wearing nothing more than a bathing suit and a smile.

"Come over Yusuke," she called in a gentle voice. He obeyed her command, as if he were unable to do anything else but stare at her. "Why don't you take off your shirt? It's getting hot." Keiko asked in her typical, school girl-like voice. He shook his head nervously at the thought, but with her large brown eyes piercing his own, his top half was bare in seconds. He sighed heavily and leaned back, eyes closed and head tilted up to catch the sun's rays. "Yusuke," Keiko called with a giggle, making him straighten with a start. When he looked at her, she asked him the question, "Can you put some suntan lotion on my back?" He hesitated at first, but he was powerless to her wishes. Soon, his hands were oiled down and he was quickly on his way to rubbing her body.

It was then that Botan woke him up.

"Yusuke!" the blue haired woman nearly screeched. Because he still was motionless on the bed, Botan found the only way to wake him was to give him a swift kick in the lower back. This sent him sprawling on his floor. "Wake up," she added for good measure.

"You've gotta be kidding me!" The boy muttered angrily to himself in a sleep filled voice as he slowly lifted himself up. Standing and running a hand through his inky black hair, he shot his spirit guide a dark look. "Do you know what time it is?" As he asked this, he pointed a finger at the digital clock that was beside his bed. The red numbers informed the two that it was 3:43 am. "What the hell do you want?" Yusuke's voice rose loud and husky.

"Really Yusuke," Botan responded in her normal, cheery manner. "You shouldn't be so cranky." The girl waved a hand through her light blue mane. "You know it's your job to be Spirit Detective. Sometimes you don't get to choose the hours."

Yusuke muttered something rude as he sat on his bed, eyes half shut.

"I swear," Botan said slightly annoyed, "You human teenagers ... so moody."

"Botan, if you don't tell me what you want... I swear..."

"All right," the woman held up her hands in defeat, "Koenma's got a job for you."

"What would that job be?" Yusuke was more annoyed by the second, especially after thinking about his dream. "And what would be so important to wake me up at this hour?"

"Well," Botan grew serious, "there's this big demon competition that's going to be taking place in Tokyo. There's supposed to be some very powerful entities arriving there- most of them are demons who are infamous throughout Spirit World."

"Ok, that's great and all... but I still don't get why you woke me up at 3 to tell me all this?"

"Because you have to get ready!" Botan exclaimed. "It's going to happen in a few hours and you have to meet up with Kuwabara, Hiei, and Kurama." The teenaged Spirit Detective moaned as if in pain.

"You know," he said to no one in particular, "Sometimes I wonder about how nice and peaceful it would have been if I had just stayed dead."

"Don't say that!" Botan shouted, "If you had died, you'd have never fought against the four spirit beasts... or saved Hiei's sister... or saved countless other people."

"My point exactly," the boy growled in a low voice.
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Meanwhile, in Spirit World:
"Koenma, sir, the files are ready," a nameless red ogre stated, holding out a stack of papers in his hands.

"Just leave them there!" Koenma responded in his typical flustered manner with his pacifier in mouth. "I've got more important things to do than paperwork right now!"

"What's going on Sir?" another ogre asked gently, not wanting to disturb the 'child'.

"What's going on?" He cried. "Is anyone paying attention to the screen?" The child waved a hand at the large television-like screen that showed Yusuke and Botan chattering together in the dark.

"Well... yeah, but nothing's happening, sir."

"Didn't anyone hear what Botan was saying?" Koenma waited a minute before sighing heavily at the incompetence he was surrounded by. "A tournament- a demon tournament, to be precise. It's going to be held in just a few hours and we need to catch the more powerful competitors."

"Why must we do that, sir?"

"Be-because," Koenma looked down in worry, "Because if we don't my father will have my ass!"
"And why is that sir," a demon questioned.

"Well... it wasn't my fault that the demon Batos escaped from his prison." He shot his underlings an evil look. "But apparently he did escape while under my watch. Word has it that he's supposed to be competing there- so Yusuke can defeat him and bring him back and father won't even know the difference."

"That's genius, sir," someone said, boosting the boy's ego enough that he smiled. Within seconds, though, there was a scowl on his face and his features were hard.

"Yusuke better find him!" He shouted loudly.
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Please...for the love of darkness...R&R