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Early in the morning there was a knock at the door. The sky was still dark, and the dew was still wet on the long grass. The cuckoo clock chimed seven. But still there was a knock at the door.

The residents of the house were still sleeping soundly. The boy rolled over in his sleep, ignoring the sudden noise, still intent on dreaming pleasant dreams.

His sister was not so lucky. She was a very light sleeper. The slightest sound could wake her up, and her Awareness didn't help. She moaned as the knocking got louder. "Go 'way Kazuma, I'm trying to sleep," she groaned.

The knocking increased to a pounding sound. The girl's eyes shot open. "Kazuma!" she shrieked, bolting out of bed. She flung the bedroom door open. "I thought I told you..." To her surprise, no one was standing in the doorway.

The pounding on the door continued, now accompanied by someone yelling. "Hey, c'mon Sleeping Beauty, wake up and answer the door!" Shizuru recognized the voice as Yusuke's. "Yusuke, what are you up to now?" she muttered in annoyance.

She slid a robe over her shoulders and ran to the door, glancing at the hall clock along the way. "Seven! Urameshi, you'd better have a good reason for this!" She reached the front door and flung it open.

There in the doorway was Yusuke, still screaming his lungs out for Kuwabara to wake up. He jumped when he saw Shizuru standing there. "Will you quiet down? You'll wake up the whole neighborhood!" she hissed. Yusuke scratched his head apologetically. "Sorry."

Shizuru gestured for Yusuke to sit while striding to the coffee pot and pouring two cups. "What are you doing here at this hour?" she asked while setting one cup in front of the Detective. She sat down opposite the Spirit Detective and started to sip her coffee. "I have to see Kuwabara," Yusuke answered. "Yeah, I could tell," the older girl said with a hint of annoyance. "But what's so important that you have to come pounding on our front door at seven in the morning when most normal people are asleep?"

Yusuke turned slightly pink. "I, uh, I dunno Shizuru, I just have to, uh..." he stammered, trying desperately to avoid telling his friend's older sister the happenings of the previous day. Shizuru's eyes seemed to glow, showing her Awareness. "You're avoiding something, Yusuke. Tell me."

Yusuke scratched his head. "I, uh, I don't know what you're-" The older girl slammed her cup on the table, spilling some of its contents. "Tell me Urameshi!"

Yusuke jumped at the sudden noise. The chair he was sitting in skidded on the tile floor of the kitchen. One of the legs caught in the carpet directly behind it and sent the chair, and its resident, toppling backward. "Aaahhhh!!!" the Detective wailed, waving his arms franticly in the air, trying to maintain his balance. But he was unsuccessful, and he and the chair were brought to the floor with a crash. "Yusuke!" Shizuru jumped out of her chair to help the teenager.

"I'm okay," the Detective mumbled, his legs high in the air. He scrambled upright with many bangs and crashes and scraping sounds.

The silence that followed was broken by a rather loud snore from the bedroom, the telltale sign that Kuwabara was still fast asleep, and both Yusuke and Shizuru burst out laughing.

The older girl set Yusuke's chair straight again and poured herself a new cup of coffee. After a glare of distaste at the chair, Yusuke sat slowly back down. Shizuru did the same.

"So, why are you here?" Shizuru asked again. Yusuke thought it best not to make her angry again. Besides, he'd probably never get out of that house alive if he didn't tell her.

She started to take a swig of her drink. "Hiei and Kurama are gone," the Detective said. Shizuru choked on her coffee. "What?" she coughed. "I really don't wanna go through this whole thing again, so can we wake up Sleeping Beauty first? Then I'll tell you everything."