(Authoress Note: this is the end of the epilog of ITNH, I just changed it a bit, like a new character entered.)

Chapter 1: A Surprise

Today was just like any other day. I woke up, went to Keiko's house to go shopping for my birthday, but on my way, I was stopped. I felt something coming close. I froze, trying to sense where it was coming from. I realized that it was just Botan, and continued walking. I didn't want to make Keiko wait, although we are friends now, I didn't like to deal with her when she was mad.

"Katsumi?" I had heard someone yell. I turned to look in their direction.

"Oh, hi Botan. What's up?" I asked watching her land.

"I wanted to give you a birthday present," she happily told me. "Here hold out you arm and close your eyes." I did as she told me. "There you go," she told me.

I opened my eyes and looked at what she placed on my wrist. I was shocked no one has ever given me a present like this before. It was beautiful. It was silver and had colorful gems around it that changed colors when I moved my wrist.

"Thank you so much, Botan. I didn't think that anybody remembered. I never have gotten a gift like this before," I cried giving her a huge hug and looked at the bracelet again.

"This is so that you can use your powers here in the human world with out getting tired. It would be like you were in the demon or spirit world. Your mother, Koenma even though he didn't like the idea that much, and I thought that you should be able to have some fun. Don't worry, Koenma thinks that you have it so that you could fight in the human world with out sleeping after attacking someone," she explained to me. "Well, what we told Koenma is true, but your mom and I thought you was responsible enough to use your powers wisely," she snickered.

"Why did you have to tell that pacifier junky?" I questioned.

"You see, those gems are the power source, and the only place that you can find them is you have to asked Koenma for them."

"Oh, okay. I love it," I said to her with a smile.

"I forgot. The boys have another mission, and they need your help. Don't worry, I know that you are going to have fun," she told me before making her oar appear and jumping on. I nodded made my oar appear and followed her.

"Botan, do you know what it is that they have to do?" I asked flying next to her.

"I think I heard Koenma saying that there is nine thick headed demons that had gotten together," she smiled over to me. "Well, only about three are thickheaded, one is stupid, a sly one, then there was one that nobody really listens too and the rest helps keep the peace between them."

"So, what else is new?" I chuckled. "Well, there was never nine, but that does make things more fun. They sound like the Spirit detectives. Thickheaded ones are Kuwabake, Yusuke, and Hiei. The stupid one is of course Kuwabake. I'm the sly one; Koenma is the one that nobody listens too. And Kurama and the girls would be the peace keepers."

I heard her give a snicker. We flew for what seemed to me about ten minutes. I really wanted to get the information about the nine Kuwabaka's trying to take over the world, so that I could have fun tricking them.

We arrived in the Spirit World. Botan led the way to the baby's office. When we stepped in, I wasn't expecting it to be dark. I thought that it was a trick, and everyone was hiding, but I couldn't sense any one.

"Okay, Botan. What are you planing? Where is everyone?" I asked her giving her a 'come on, I think I know what is going on' look. I rolled my eye's over to where she was standing. I wanted to read her mind, but I didn't want to. Something inside me said don't. As I started to roll my eye's back to the room, the light's came on, and I was covered in confetti. After the cheering and everything, I was able to get a better look around.

Everyone was there, even shorty, but he was standing against the wall as he normally does with his arms crossed over his chest. Yusuke and Kuwabaka were arguing as always, while Kurama was trying to stop them. Shizuru, Keiko, Yukina, and my mom were talking to each other. Botan and I were talking. Also, I noticed the baby was talking to my father, Ryo. Koenma had given my dad a wedding ring that would make him age like a demon so that he could be with my mother until the end. Which he never took off, if he did then he would age faster to his human age.

The party was fun. There was cake of every flavor imaginable, ice cream the same, games, and gifts.

I had gotten shirts, some gag gifts from the girls, like some cat toys and such, a sword and something else from shorty, which was surprising to me and apparently everyone else. He told me that he gave it to me so that I could fight him properly and the other part of the gift was that he was going to teach me. I also had gotten a compact from Yusuke; well he gotten that from the baby, but Yusuke gave it to me. The baka had given me his word to protect me, which I kindly took, but I told him that I didn't need it. Of course, he was stupid and didn't believe me, so, naturally I showed him. I didn't thank him for the gift. Kurama gave me two orders of breadsticks, which I let him have some. My dad gave me a cat, named Kage. He said that she was likes Yusuke's Spirit Beast, Puu.

She was adorable, little, neko. She was the same color as my tail and hair. She had the same crystal blue as I did. In other words, she looked like the neko formed of me. She taught Kuwabaka a lesson when he tried to pet her. She bit his hand and started to hiss at him. When she did, he immediately backed away. Everyone laughed at the sight.

This was the best birthday I had ever had. I was sitting in the same room with all of my friends. Yes, I truly had found friends. Well, Botan was right. We did have a mission. We were trying to get together. All of us, three thickheaded, one stupid, one sly, one that nobody paid that much attention too, and the rest trying to keep the peace. I loved how she could keep secrets. Well, she could, but she always found away to tell me.

I had the best time with everyone.

We had played a few games for about a couple of hours before Keiko announced that she should be heading back to her house to help her parents with the shop. We had cleaned up the mess that we made and said our good byes.

"Mom, Dad, thanks for all of this," I said giving them a hug.

"Kitty, we didn't do this. We were just told to come here for a party," my father said with a chuckle. I gave them a confused look.

"What do you mean?" I asked trying to grasp what they were talking about.

"Honey, you're friends are the one that asked us to come. They are the ones that set this whole thing up," my mother told me.

They are the one's who set this thing up? I guess that they are truly my friends. And I thought that the only reason that they were my friends is, because I thought that were afraid of what I might do to them if they weren't nice to me, I pondered. "Mom, dad, I am going to the human world to hang out for a while," I told them walking away with Kage close on my heals.

"Okay, just don't stay out too long," my mom joked.

I turned around and gave them both an innocent smile. "Okay, I won't," I sarcastically.

I walked away and Kage followed, as I thought that I had true friends.