Dream: Sorry I didn't update sooner, I've been really stressed out recently. Be prepared for a chapter full of any random ideas that pop out of my head. I didn't want to write a short stupid chapter just for the sake of getting it done. well here it is… chap. 20! All your questions will finally be answered!!!!

Freckles: …if all their questions are going to be answered in this chapter then what are you gonna put in the sequel?

Dream: …be quiet…

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"I hope Kurama and the others get out alright…" Autumn said looking at the door.

There was a blinding flash before the door disappeared. Yusuke was sitting on the floor grumbling. Hiei was standing there with an expressionless face. Jin and Touya were just there. Dariken was yawning and Kurama sighed in relief. Autumn smiled before running over and hugging Kurama.

"I was so worried about you! Don't ever do that again!" Autumn blinked a couple times before letting go of Kurama and taking a step backwards. She was blushing, "heh…sorry bout that…"

Kurama smiled at her, "Don't be." He then pulled her into another hug.

Thorn was laughing as she walked over, "Well I guess Nuala was good for something after all."

Dariken put his hand on Thorn's head, "Let them have their little moment."

Just then Yusuke looked around, "Uhh…where's Kuwabara?"

"…I thought you guys were going to bring him back…" Thorn blinked.

"Oops…" Yusuke ran his hand through his hair.

"So then that means…" Kurama said, still hugging Autumn.

Everyone was silent for a moment as they let it sink in. Thorn scratched her head, "Soooooooo…that was fun."

"I never would have imagined that a weak little human girl could stand up to a demon so fearlessly." Touya pointed at Autumn with his thumb...

Autumn glared and pulled away from Kurama. "WEAK LITTLE HUMAN GIRL?????? I'LL SHOW YOU A WEAK LITTLE HUMAN GIRL!!!!!!!!" She picked up the nearest stick and swung it at Touya. He stepped to the side and Autumn's stick banged into the tree he was standing under.

"Tch. Did you honestly think you could hurt me with that?" Touya crossed his arms.

Autumn smiled at him, "Nope."

Touya blinked before a shaking was heard from the tree branches above him. He looked up just as a storm of acorns fell out of the tree on top of him. Autumn whistled and a swarm of squirrels ran over and piled on top of him while eating the acorns.

Everyone started laughing. Dariken smiled, "Like I said before, you're awfully violent for a pacifist."

"Been around Teresa and Margaret too much." Autumn dropped the stick and walked over to stand next to Kurama again. "Besides, I don't like being called 'a weak little human girl'."

Freckles walked over and put his paw on Autumn's leg. "Make Kurama give you his rose. I want to eat it." Freckles said.

Autumn blinked at him, "Guess we can't understand what the animals are saying anymore…"

"I can! I can!" Chuchu hopped over and smiled, "I can understand all languages! Speckles wants to eat Kuwama's wose."

Autumn sighed, "Little pig rabbit… Never stops being hungry…"

Meanwhile Margaret was parading around happily with a pixie stick in her hand singing 'Joy to the world! Kuwabara's dead!' Suddenly a gagging noise was heard and a portal opened back up. Kuwabara's unconscious body was flung through the portal before it closed again.

Autumn poked the body with her foot, "Is it alive?"

Kurama knelt down and felt for breath and a pulse, "I think he needs mouth to mouth resuscitation…"

Yusuke shrugged, "I think one of the girls should do it. It won't be as awkward that way."

"Gross!" Autumn, Margaret, Arielle, and Thorn said at the same time.

"How about you Botan?" Yusuke asked.

Botan shook her head fiercely. Yusuke sighed, "Well one of you has to do it!"

"Tell you what Yusuke. If you can answer one simple riddle I'll give Kuwabara mouth to mouth. If not, then you have to. Deal?"

Yusuke thought for a moment, "Deal!"

Arielle gasped, "What??? Autumn are you crazy??? If he gets it right you'll have to give KUWABARA mouth to mouth!!!!!!"

Autumn rolled her eyes, "Right, like that'll ever happen!"

"I feel bad for Yusuke. He's going to have to give Kuwabara mouth to mouth!" Thorn laughed.

"What makes you so sure I'll lose??? How hard can it be to answer a stupid riddle???" Yusuke yelled. Everyone stared at him.

Autumn cleared her throat, "Alright, here's the riddle: A blonde walks into a doctor's office. She says to the doctor: 'everywhere I touch it hurts, watch, ow, ow, ow. What's wrong with me doctor??' So? What's wrong with her?"

Yusuke blinked, "Damn! I thought you said this was going to be a simple riddle!"

Autumn shrugged, "It is."

Yusuke thought for a moment before smiling, "I know! She has a sun burn!"

Autumn blinked before smiling, "We have a winner! You get to give Kuwabara mouth to mouth!"

"So I got it wrong?"

"Yup. The correct answer was her finger was broken." Autumn smiled and pointed at Kuwabara, "We had a deal Yusuke."

Yusuke grumbled before walking over and giving Kuwabara mouth to mouth. Everyone gagged and coughed. Autumn pulled out a small digital camera and took a picture. Kuwabara started to stir and then to scream when he saw what Yusuke was doing.

"URAMESHI!!!!!!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING??? GET AWAY FROM ME!!!!!" Kuwabara stood up and took a few steps back.

"I just saved your life! The least you can do is thank me!" Yusuke yelled.

"This is definitely going on my website!" Autumn started laughing as she looked at the picture on the camera screen.

Kurama looked at the screen and covered his mouth to keep himself from laughing. It didn't work. Yusuke noticed Kurama laughing, "What's so funny Kurama?"

Autumn held out the camera for everyone to see the picture. "You two make such a cute couple!" she laughed.

"THAT'S NOT FUNNY!!!!!!!!!!" Yusuke yelled, "DELETE THAT!!!!!"

"No way, it's going on my website so all the world can see!"

"NO!!!!!!!" Yusuke and Kuwabara said at the same time.

"Autumn, where's the crystal?" Botan walked over.

Autumn reached into her pocket and took out the crystal. It was glowing brightly. She blinked, "Is it supposed to glow?"

Koenma walked over and took the crystal. The glow faded and disappeared. He moved it closer to Autumn and it started glowing again. "Odd… it seems to be reacting to your spirit energy…"

Autumn fidgeted and laughed nervously, "That's crazy. Why would it do that?"

Kurama interrupted what Koenma was about to say, "Well Nuala did say that you would be helping us locate the crystal. It probably has something to do with that."

Koenma looked doubtful but he nodded, "I suppose so…"

"Is Nuala dead?" Thorn said, changing the subject.

"No. She escaped at the last moment. Hopefully she won't bother us for a while." Dariken sighed.

Margaret pouted, "Does this mean that all of you will be leaving now?"

"Yes. Yusuke, Kuwabara, Hiei, and Kurama have a plane to catch later today." Botan answered.

Autumn crossed her arms, "Well that sucks!"

Thorn pouted, "You mean all my hard work was for nothing???"

Dariken laughed, "Of course not! They know how to use a phone!"

Thorn nodded, "Ah, yes. The phone. They can call each other."

"Wouldn't that be kinda expensive? I mean, my mom doesn't even let me talk to Margaret because of the cost. I don't think she's going to like the idea of me calling Japan…" Autumn pointed out.

"Then Kurama will call you." Thorn nodded.

"There's also email." Dariken pointed out.

"Ah, yes!" Thorn smiled.

"There just gonna keep making plans for us, aren't they?" Autumn said to Kurama.

"Seems that way." He replied.

"So, you wanna keep in touch?"

"If you want to." Kurama and Autumn exchanged phone numbers and email addresses.

Margaret started clinging to Hiei and Jin, "No!!!! I don't want you to leave!!!!"

"Let…go…of…me…" Hiei twitched.

Jin smiled, "Don't worry. We'll see each other again. Eventually."

"Hey, can we be spirit detectives since we helped get the crystal back." Mike asked.

"You did not help get the crystal back." Autumn crossed her arms, "Besides, why would you want to be a spirit detective? The whole thing seems pretty stupid to me."

"I dunno. I'd get to skip school. If we were spirit detectives you'd get to spend more time with Kurama." Mike smiled at Autumn.

"Why are we even having this conversation?" Autumn asked.

"You guys couldn't be spirit detectives. You need to be spiritually aware and able to use your spirit energy as a weapon." Kuwabara nodded.

"Kuwabara feels special." Autumn said.

"Kuwabara is special. In a bad way." Mike added.

"HEY!!!!" Kuwabara yelled.

"The evil moose will devour you soul, that it will." Autumn replied.

Margaret started laughing, "Evil moose!"

Arielle put her hand on Autumn's forehead, "Are you feeling ok?"

"I feel fine, mommy." Autumn said in a childish voice.

Arielle shook her head and walked away, "You people scare me."

"YAY!!!! I'm fulfilling my New Year's resolution!" Autumn smiled.

Chuchu started running in circles again. Freckles fell asleep. Tundra was just there and Precious was begging for attention. Jin looked around, "We should get going now. It's getting late."

Kurama sighed and took a rose out of his hair. He put it in Autumn's hair so that it was resting on her ear. He then kissed her cheek, "I'll miss you."

Autumn blushed and smiled, "I'll miss you too…and if you don't call me I'll hunt you down and hurt you."

Arielle nodded, "Trust me. I've known this girl since first grade. She's not kidding about that."

Mike laughed, "You only hurt the ones you love, right?"

Autumn kicked a rock at Mike. He blinked, "What was that for???"

"I love you." Autumn smiled slyly. She then turned to Dariken.

He stepped behind Thorn, "No! Stay back! No rocks! No pain!!!!"

Everyone started laughing. Botan, Koenma, Jin, and Touya then left. Yusuke, Kuwabara, Hiei, and Kurama started walking away.

Autumn was waving, "Bye Kurama!"

"Autumn, are you crying?" Thorn pointed at her.

"NO! I just have something in my eye!"

"That is such a bad lie." Thorn rolled her eyes.

"Shut up."

Thorn smiled, "Autumn and Kurama sitting in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G!"

"I said shut up! STOP TALKING!!!!!!!" Autumn started chasing Thorn in circles.

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Dream: Well, that's that.

Freckles: What's what?

Dream: That's the story, it's over.

Freckles: …NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dream: o.O;;;

Freckles: WHY???????????????????????

Dream: Ok…umm…how bout if I give all of you a little excerpt from the sequel?

Freckles: YAY!!!!!!!!!!!

Dream: ^_^ here ya go!

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    Autumn flopped down onto her bed. School was annoying, to say the least. All the idiots at her school were driving her insane. The racism was extremely annoying. Her town truly was 'White Islip.' She loved weekends. Two whole days without hearing or seeing any idiots.

She looked at her clock and smiled when she heard the phone ringing. It's Sunday at 4 PM. The only good thing about Sundays…

She rushed to find the phone. "ARRRGGHHHH!!!!!!! WHERE'S THE PHONE???????????"

Chuchu, who had invited herself to live at Autumn's house, poked her head out from under Autumn's pile of junk. "It's unda hea!" she said pulling out the phone.

"What was the phone doing under my junk pile? Hello?" Autumn asked after answering the phone.

"Did you misplace your phone again?" a voice said over the phone.

"No, Chuchu hid it."

"Yup! I hide things good!" Close-up of large stuffed animal "hidden" under a piece of paper.

Autumn sighed before smiling, "So how was your day, Kurama?"

"Fine. I have a surprise for you."

"A surprise?!? Yay! What is it?"

"If I told you it wouldn't be a surprise!" Kurama laughed.

"Can't you at least gimme a hint?"

"Nope. You'll find out tomorrow."

"NO! I can't wait that long! The suspense is killing me!!! ACK!!!" Autumn fell dramatically on her bed letting the phone bounce on her blanket. She lay still.

Chuchu poked Autumn. "You okay?...SPECKLES!!!!!! AUTUMN DIED!!!!!!! SPECKLES!!!!!" Chuchu started running in frantic circles.

Autumn burst out laughing and sat up. "I'm not dead!"

"Oh… I knew that…"

Autumn picked the phone back up, "Now, about that surprise…"

"What surprise?" Autumn could almost hear Kurama's smirk.

She made a sniffling noise, "You don't love me enough to tell me…"

"No! That's not it! I want you to be surprised! I do love you!"

Autumn smiled, "Aww! Ok, Kurama, I'll wait."

A loud crashing noise came from the kitchen. Autumn walked in and groaned, "Kurama? I'm gonna hafta call you back, ok?"

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Dream: So?

Freckles: I wanna know what happens!

Dream: you'll all have to wait and see! MUAHAHAHAHAHHAHA!!!!!!! *cackles evilly*