I walked down the hallway, considering my options. I was basically stuck at school until someone came to get me. I could call my mom to have her pick me up, or I could brave the long walk to my best friend Amy's house. I grumbled to myself, "Why did the stupid practice have to end early? Just because Sara got beaned in the head by a volleyball didn't mean they should cancel the whole practice. I mean, she was fine after the initial shock..."

As I turned the corner into the next hallway, I was still muttering to myself with my head down. I wasn't exactly paying attention so it was completely natural that I almost walked right into a boy standing just around the corner. As I looked up, I saw it was Yusuke Urameshi, a juvenile delinquent I had 'met' that morning. I had seen him getting dragged off to class by a girl on my volleyball team, Kayko Yukimura. She had been berating him about his dress-code violating green uniform and his tendency to play hooky. I had also heard his name called on the announcements many times, and there seemed to be many rumors surrounding him. Something about his recent death and 'rebirth.' I didn't give it a second thought.

But I did just then as I took a second glance at him. He was talking to someone.... a baby who was floating six feet in the air! I backed away very slowly as I asked myself if I had accidentally breathed in second-hand weed or something that morning on the way to school. I rubbed at my eyes, but the hallucination didn't disappear. The baby seemed to have no trouble speaking very coherently around the pacifier it had in its mouth, and it was saying something about spirit energy and focusing. He (I assumed the baby was a boy) motioned down the hall at a teacher, Mr. Iwamoto, who was walking away from us.

The baby talked about channeling energy into your fingertips and releasing it, like pulling a trigger. Yusuke raised his arm and pointed at the teacher's head and grumbled, "I feel really stupid, but.... POW!" At his yell, A line of blue light burst from his fingertip and flew straight for the teacher's head. It plowed into him in a shower of blue sparks and knocked him clean on his face. Yusuke and the baby walked (or floated) away, never noticing me cowering next to the wall.

After my heartbeat slowed to a rate almost normal, I wondered about what I had just seen. Was it a hallucination, or was it something real? I didn't think it was a dream, and it seemed very real to me. I could feel the wall, pressing firm against my back, and I could smell the remains of the school lunches in the cafeteria. You couldn't smell things in a dream, could you? So, I reasoned, if this wasn't a dream, and what I saw Yusuke just do wasn't a hallucination, then maybe I could do it too – the blue light thing, for lack of a better name.

I tried to recall what the baby had said. Something about focusing all your energy into your fingertips and releasing it like pulling a trigger. Wow, I thought to myself, I paid more attention than I thought. I raised my arm like Yusuke and tried to call all my energy into my fingertip. I stared hard at my finger and concentrated so hard I closed my eyes. I envisioned all my energy gathering in my finger, and I gasped and opened my eyes when I felt my fingertip grow warm. It was actually glowing with a small light. I imagined a gun in my mind and mentally pulled the trigger. My eyes grew wider than I thought possible as a line of purple light erupted from my finger and charged forward until it crashed into a wall at the other end of the hallway. I could see the dent it made in the wall from where I was standing. I giggled as I looked at my hands in delight. What fun this year would be!

~Some time later, in Koenma's office~

The Emperor Koenma was busily stamping papers at his desk with a large red seal. He yelled, "Ogre! I told you not to disturb me!" as a blue monster in a leopard-skin loincloth edged into the room.

"But, sir, I thought this might be important..." grumbled the ogre, who did not enjoy being scolded.

"Tell me later!" Koenma shouted, waving his hand in dismissal at his aide.

"But Koenma sir!" the aide yelled back, startling the toddler into quiet for the moment. "It's a video – you need to see it, sir!"

"I have no time to watch a movie today, Ogre," said Koenma. "I'm very busy. Now go away and leave me alone!"

"But sir!" the ogre protested.

"Fine, do as you wish, Ogre," he replied. "What's on the tape?"

"You'll see, sir," the Ogre said, as he pushed the cassette into the VCR, pushed the play button on the remote, and stood back next to Koenma's desk to watch.

Koenma glanced up from his work for a fraction of a second to watch the video, and then said, "It's the day I taught Yusuke how to fire a Spirit Gun...."

"Yes, I know, Koenma sir, but keep watching."

Koenma, who was steadily stamping his papers and not paying the least bit of attention, said, "What is it, Ogre? I don't have time for this."

"Sir!" the Ogre cried. "You're supposed to be watching!" He paused the video and pointed at the screen. "Look there, sir, do you see her?"

"Her who?" He sighed, looked to where the ogre was pointing, and exclaimed, "A girl!"

"I know, sir."

"What is she doing there?"

"I have no idea, but apparently you and Yusuke didn't notice her."

"So what? It's not like she could see me or the Spirit Gun anyway."

"Oh, but Koenma sir, I think she might've. Look at her face as she sees Yusuke." The ogre un-paused the video, and Koenma could see the girl gasp and back away from the boy.

"What does that prove? She saw Yusuke and was obviously afraid of him. It's not that surprising, considering he is a juvenile delinquent."

The blue monster sighed and said, "Keep watching, sir."

Koenma complied. The girl on the screen watched as Yusuke's finger glowed and then fired the Spirit Gun. Her eyes clearly followed the shot from Yusuke to the teacher.

The ogre paused the movie again. "So what do you think, sir?"

"She obviously has something of a sixth sense, but it doesn't matter. She won't tell anyone what she's seen, because she'll be afraid they would think she's crazy. Is that all, Ogre? I have work to do." Koenma said tartly.

"No, sir, you really need to keep watching. Please pay attention!"

"Ogre!"

"But sir!"

"Fine, make it quick."

The Ogre pressed the play button again, and they both watched as the girl shakily walked a few steps. Then she appeared to be thinking for a bit, and raised her arm. She closed her eyes, and when they opened, her fingertip was glowing. The shot fired like a crackling purple explosion, and flew until it made a dent in the far wall.

"Wow..." said Koenma, for once at a loss for words.

"See, sir?" said the Ogre, triumph leaking into his voice. It quickly dissolved when Koenma glared menacingly at him.

"So, Ogre," Koenma growled, "What do you think we should do about this, since you seem to believe you're so smart?"

"Uh, um, we should...." The Ogre couldn't think of anything, so his voice trailed lamely off into silence.

"Yes, I thought so," Koenma replied smugly. "Now, Ogre, if you are finished gloating, we have to find a solution to this little problem. Do you know what she's been doing since our little 'incident'? Probably been hiding in her house, cowering under her bed."

"Yes, Koenma sir, we have. Although, she isn't cowering, sir. Far from it, actually. She's been... practicing."

"PRACTICING?! How long ago exactly was this tape recorded? And.... why were you taping me in the first place???"

"Well, sir, it's standard procedure, if you'll recall...." The Ogre's voice gradually became smaller and smaller as he went on. "The last time it was needed for you to review a tape was well over four hundred years ago, so it might have... slipped your mind. Most of the tapes are put into storage, so you yourself never see them. It's perfectly natural that you could've forgotten...." His voice became stronger as he changed to a different subject. "Sir, the girl has been practicing with her spirit energy every day since the day you taught Yusuke."

"Oh, that's just great, Ogre. First, you allow some girl to see me and Yusuke, and now you come to me with it too late!"

"But sir! You're being unreaso – ."

"Nonsense, Ogre, I know you didn't bring me this bit of news right away!"

"But sir, I tried! You said that you were too busy to see me for the past week!"

"Don't try to pin this on me, Ogre! You know very well that I was occupied with catching Hiei and Kurama."

"Yes, sir, but that didn't take a week! You were 'busy' stamping papers for the last few days, sir."

"OGRE!"

"Sorry, Koenma sir...." The Ogre pouted. His face lit up at a sudden thought. "Sir?"

"You're still here?" Koenma asked, annoyance written all over his face.

"Yes, sir. You know what, sir?"

"What?" he sighed.

"That girl would have to have considerable Spirit Energy if she was even able to see you, sir. And – ."

"And to be able to fire a Spirit Gun, she must have vast amounts of untapped Spirit Energy at her disposal." Koenma finished for him, his speech getting faster as he grew excited. "Ogre?"

"Yes, Koenma, sir?"

"I think we have another Spirit Detective on our hands."

~A/N~ This is my first fanfic, so I would definitely appreciate any reviews and/or suggestions. Basically, review or die!! j/k, but plz review.... :-D (I will also try to update soon.) Thanks!~DragonGurl15