Disclaimer- all disclaimer and no fic makes Megumi a dull girl. Of course I don't own YYH, dumbasses. Wow...spellcheck thinks that 'dumbasses' should be 'debases'.

Boredom comes too easily these days. Left with nothing to do but long walks or sit around the house, alone I found myself wandering in maze-like patterns, as if to confuse myself in vain. I even found myself hoping for a random demon to pop out of nowhere, as I may find some enjoyment there.

"Kurama."

Not exactly what I had in mind, having Hiei pop out of nowhere.

"Well, Hiei. I suppose you're facing the same predicament I'm in."

"I've been stuck in this city for over a year, now with nothing to do but watch these fools waste their lives. You answer that question for yourself."

"I'll take that as a 'yes'. By the way, have you seen Yusuke or Kuwabara lately?"

"Why do you care?"

"The same reason you do. Boredom."

"Hn! Boredom, hah! Besides, how would you even know if I was bored or not?"

"Well, you're still standing right next to me and making conversation, so..."

"Do you enjoy having a voicebox?"

Before I could reply, however, a tremendous amount of energy just...erupting, in a word, out of a person. Hiei and I exchanged no words; we simply knew it was best to investigate.

Ishizuru's POV

"You know, Ishizuru, you really need to stop doing that..."

I paused before I lit my cigarette. "Why, Botan? Tell me that."

"Well, for one, it's just disgusting, and two, smoking kills!"

"Hey, may as well go before our inevitable, horrible, bloody end."

"Oh, come now, you should be less pessimistic, at least." I slumped back at Botan's response.

"And I'm hearing this from the Grim Reaper, here."

"That's only a name, I'll have you know!"

"Sheesh, you and your cheesy accent, Botan. C'mon, live a little!" I tossed her a pack of cigs.

"HWAA! GET THOSE THINGS AWAY FROM ME!"

I let Botan do her usual fussing. She's just like a tea kettle- leave her alone, and she'll eventually stop whistling. Whining, in this case.

"PuuUUU!!! PUUUU!"

"Whoa...what the hell's wrong with Puu?"

"That's what I'd like to know..." both Botan added. Puu was ramming his head against the wall, over and over again.

"Kinda looks like Kazuma trying to think," I thought out loud.

"PU?!" The blue penguin-rabbit whatever looked pretty surprised. At first, I was wondering what, but my question was answered in about...oh, five seconds, give or take.

"W-where'd all that energy come from?" Botan asked. A humongous burst of energy just...well, burst.

"That's weird...I thought we took care of all those freaks out there, not counting Kazuma. Buuut (I did that on purpose) we shouldn't be worried. Nothing the guys can't handle," I said.

I suddenly felt a pretty big chill. Like the premonition-to-pandemonium chill I had before we took on team Toguro at the Dark Tournament. Botan noticed.

"Ishizuru..." she started.

"Then again, I could be wrong."

Short and sweet. R&R...I'm stuck on what to do next. I HATE THOSE FUCKING WRITER'S BLOCKS......