Sorry this took so long. Curse writer's block.

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Yu Hakusho

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Chapter 9

Dreams

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Echo was tossing and turning all night. It was not that she couldn't sleep. It was the dream she was having.

***Dream Sequence***

"Ryan? Shaun? Where are you guys?"

"Over here Echo! This way! Come save us!"

She was in some kind of warehouse. It was very big and there were a lot of doors. She was in a big room that she thought must be the center of the building.

"Which way? Which door?"

"Go right! Now forward. No! Go back one!"

Echo was following their directions as well as she could. This dream seemed so real!

"Where is this place? Are you guys ok? Has Onimaho done anything to you?"

"Onimaho? He is stupid. We snuck in here and found out how to work this big metal thing. He said that it would make people have dreams. We watched him work it before. He made some little kid with a binkie have a dream about you," said Shaun.

"Yeah. Now come find us and get us out of here. Onimaho might find us soon. He is scary looking. His eyes look like they are popping out of his head. You look different Echo! Why do you have dog ears?" said Ryan.

"YOU TWO BRATS! What do you think you are doing?" said Mr. Droleci's voice. It sounded different though, like he was hissing or something.

"Onimaho! Give me back my cousins!"

"Come get them yourself. Anyway, this is just a dream. It doesn't mean anything," said Onimaho.

"No! Echo! It is real! Come rescue us! We want momma!"

***End Dream Sequence***

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Earlier that night.

***Dream Sequence***

Koenma was walking around in a forest. This girl with a pacifier came up to him. She was very pretty by Koenma's standards.

"Get rid of the new girl! She is trouble! She is deceiving you. Her real plan is to kill you and take over," said the girl.

"I don't think so. She seems nice to me. She may make fun of me, but I don't think she wants to kill me!" said Koenma.

"I do not lie. She is the bad one. Your only chance is to side with Onimaho. Give him the girl."

***End Dream Sequence***

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Some other time that night.

***Dream Sequence***

"Father! Father where are you? I'm lost! Help me," said a young spirit fox.

"Go away! I don't want you!" said a fleeting shadow.

Kurama was watching this happen. That young fox reminded him of someone.

"What do you mean? Why did you leave me hear?" asked the little fox.

"I told you I didn't want you! Go make your own life as a bandit. Don't end up like me!"

"I'm confused father!"

***End Dream Sequence***

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Late, late that night.

***Dream Sequence***

"Hey get back here!" yelled Hiei.

A brown-haired girl with a hat was running away from him. She was crying. He didn't know why he was following her. Who was she?

"Stop! Come back! Why are you crying? You humans are so weak!"

She took off her hat to reveal fox ears.

"So you aren't human. Who are you?"

The girl just kept on running. She seemed so familiar, but he couldn't remember who she was.

***End Dream Sequence***

When Hiei woke up, he wouldn't remember the dream. Everyone else would remember his or hers though.

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Sorry. It is kind of a strange chapter. Tell me what you thought.