Spirit:^^ Hiyo!

Hiei: Hn *nods to you*

Botan: ^^ Hi! Well, in the last chapter, Hiei took me to our room and stayed with me until he woke up! ^^ He's so sweet!

Spirit:*laughs like a manic* @@" *wheeze*

Hiei: ¬¬ *smack!*

Botan: --" Like I was saying, Hiei and me had some *cough* quality time and then we got a call from Kuwabara and Yusuke....grr...

Spirit: ^^ And then she beat them up while I was stuck in a stone cell! " Man....that place was smelly.Kurama *swoons*, Hiei *drools in secret*, Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Botan went to Daisuke and learned that they must either forfeit or defeat him in the finals.

Hiei: *nods* Baka ningen almost got beat up by a girl.

Botan and Spirit: What was that?! ¬¬

Hiei: *Gulp* Hn. Back to the baka onna, they still have no way to escape.

Spirit: So that's about it! ^^ Read and Review! Ja for now! *jump on Hiei*

Hiei: X_x

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"You idiot! Get away!" Botan opened her eyes. There they go again. Sure enough, either Tenshi or Kuwabara yelled back.

"I'm telling you, you have to flip the egg over!" Tenshi yelled. There was a pop and someone gave a small oops. "Water! Get some water!"

Botan sighed. From what she could tell, something was on fire. Probably the egg, she thought. Hiei was sprawled on the bed beside her. He was listening to the frantic running. Botan leaned over and gave him a small kiss. He looked at her.

"Brush your teeth." Hiei only remark was. Botan glared at him. She kicked him off the bed and wrapped herself in the blanket. Hiei groaned.

"You baka[1]." Botan said, unwrapping herself. She walked to the bathroom as Hiei stood up and pulled on his shirt. (Yes people, he is shirtless *swoons*) Quietly, he left the room to see what was going on.

Yusuke was fanning a large pan that was on fire while Tenshi and Kuwabara ran around stupidly. "Watch out, Hiei! I got this under control!"

Hiei sighed, grabbed a large bucket, walked calmly toward the bathroom and filled it up with water. Just a calm, he walked back to the kitchen. Yusuke, Tenshi, and Kuwabara watch as he got right in from of the burning pan and threw the water on it. It hissed and smoke appeared. Hiei stepped back and turned towards the ningens. He gave them a pity look.

Tenshi opened up a window. "I was just about to do that, Hiei. Good job." He grinned. "Does that mean we eat out for breakfast?"

"What did you three do?" Botan asked, fanning away the smoke. Hiei picked up the wet pan.

"I think the egg caught on fire." Hiei said, throwing the pan into the trashcan. Tenshi smacked Yusuke.

"I told you to flip it over!" Yusuke elbowed him in the stomach. The door to Kurama's room opened and Kurama walked out.

He coughed. "I don't want to know." He joked, giving a small smile. "Shall we eat out?"

Tenshi stood by the door. "Let's go!" He ran out. Yusuke and Kuwabara shortly followed him. Hiei left Botan and Kurama.

"Are you okay?" Botan asked gently. Kurama gave a weak smile and nodded. Botan followed Kurama out the door and watched as Tenshi made a fool out of himself.

"Are you okay?" Kuwabara asked. Tenshi dusted himself off and tried to save what little respect he had.

Very smoothly, he replied. "I'm good. Now let's eat!" He ran towards the cafeteria and piled up. Once everyone had been seated, the speakers came on.

"Hello! Today will be the pre-finals, where we elimated for two days until only two teams are standing! Let me tell you what teams will be fighting against each other." There was a shuffle of paper. "Hito team versus the Okina team. The al bends versus the Ethelion. Owari versus the red team and finally, Musica versus Rave. Thank you and have a nice day!"

Yusuke bit into his pancake. "That good, we can see Botan and them...." His voice trailed off as everyone looked at Botan. She had frozen into place.

"What's up?" Tenshi asked.

Botan gave a small gasp. "Have you guys noticed something?"

Kuwabara shrugged. "I dunno, ask Mai. She probably knows...." Kuwabara got what Botan was saying. "Oh."

"I'll have to forfeit." Botan said quietly.

"No you don't." Yusuke said. "All we gotta do take there place."

Kurama shook his head. "That's not possible. In this tournament, you can't."

"I got it!" Kuwabara said. "The rules say that if one of your team members die, you can recruit another. Let's fake Tenshi's death, tie him, throw him in a closent, and join Botan in our team!"

Tenshi glared at him. "Since when do you read?" Yusuke went into fits of laughter.

Botan laughed. "No, it's okay. I think this is good for me."

"What." said Hiei. Botan nodded and gave one of her cheeky, bubbly smiles.

"This way, I can spend my time as a ferry girl and find out where they are." Botan disappeared into a puff of smoke and reappeared. She was wearing her pink kimono and sandals. "Contact me if you need me." With that, she left. Kurama stood up, wiping his lips with his neatly folded napkin.

"I'm going to tell the committe about Botan's forfeit." Hiei stood up.

"I'm going too." Kurama nodded and both of them left.

Yusuke shrugged and pulled Botan's untouched plate towards him. "More for me!" The remaining boys clinked their glasses together and drank it down.

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"Spirit....wake up you lazy bum." Mai shoved Spirit lightly. "Wake up! Don't make to much noise." Spirit opened her eyes. The torch on her wall was burning brightly. She sat up.

"What...what's going on?" Spirit asked. Samara and Miko stood by the open door, taking watch. Mai handed her a metal tray.

"Shh...no time to talk now. We have to move." Mai said. Suddenly, she slapped Spirit. "I know, it hurt. Sorry. Now get up!"

Spirit felt wide awake, even without Mai's slap. Silently, she waved the torch around so it lit out. Mai gestured to the small hole in her dungeon walls. Spirit slipped through, she had to crawl for a while. Finally, she could see grass. She struggled out and took in the fresh air. Miko's head popped up and Spirit pulled her out. She was shortly followed by Mai and Samara. Quickly, Spirit turned around.

"Going somewhere, ningens?" The firey red demon smirked at them, holding a sharp knife. Without thinking, Spirit smashed the metal tray on his head. He gave a loud moan and dropped dead. Spirit left the tray and grabbed the knife.

"Let's go!" The four girls ran into the thick forest. Not far behind from them, other demons where on their trail. They were holding whips, knives, and dull swords. Spirit looked back at them, she could see they were not going to catch up.

"Spirit, watch out!" Spirit turned her head to the front and everything became black....

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Yusuke groaned. His stomach was grumbling, but it wasn't because it was hungry. It was groaning in pain. "I think I ate to much..."

Kuwabara was sprawled on the floor. He just gave a simple groan. Tenshi looked up from his place on the couch. "I'm going to hurl...I never want to see food again.."

The door opened and Kurama and Hiei entered the room. Kurama walked around Kuwabara and Yusuke. "I'm assuming it's stomach pains?"

Hiei stepped on top of Yusuke's stomach. "Hn." Yusuke gave a yell of pain.

"GET OFF SHORTY!" Yusuke rolled off to the side and Hiei jumped off.

"Maybe you should go to bed." Kurama said. He helped Tenshi up and led him towards his bedroom. Yusuke stood up and clutched his stomach.

"How did it go?" He asked, taking small steps.

Kurama gave a small nod. "They moved the red team up without questions."

The window opened and Botan jumped into the room. "That's great, Kurama. Thank you."

Yusuke nodded towards Botan. "So what did you find out?"

Botan shook her head. "Nothing, but Koenma said a few demons reported strange things happening in the forest on this island. We later found out it was only a group of people training." Botan took a look at Yusuke. "What happened? You look a bit sick."

"Don't ask." Yusuke said. He shut the door to his room and Botan shrugged. Botan smiled happily.

"So, I think I take a shower." She giggled and left the boys in awe. Kurama looked a bit confused. Hiei shook his head.

"I'll talk to her." He said. Hiei followed Botan into their bedroom. Botan was un-tying her hair.

"Hi Hiei." She said cheerfully. Hiei didn't say anything. "What's wrong?"

Hiei gave her a percing stare. "Something's wrong."

Botan gave him a confused look. "What do you mean?"

"You're a bad liar." Hiei snapped. Botan looked at him, her once happy eyes was clouded with darkness. She sat down on the bed, her eyebrows were furrowed together. Hiei sat down next to her.

"I..." Botan started. She hugged herself. "I can't find them. This is hopeless! I just....I just want to be a ferry girl again." Botan buried herself into Hiei's chest. Hiei placed her arms around her, rocking her back and forth. Once Hiei thought Botan had finally calmed down, he spoke.

"It's going to be okay." Hiei said softly. "This is just like the last tournament."

"No," Botan objected. "This is like Jerry Springer." Hiei rasied an eyebrow.

"Who?"

Botan cracked a smile. "You'll learn in time, Hiei." She gave him another kiss. Hiei smirked.

"You still haven't brushed your teeth." Hiei noted. Botan glared at him.

Pow!

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Spirit: --" You never, ever tell a lady that, Hiei!

Hiei:But it's the truth.

Botan: *grabs a toothbrush and toothpaste* I'll be back!

Hiei: --" Review, bakas.

Spirit: ^^ Bye!