Dream: Ok, well, I've got two days until I leave for California, so I figured I may as well force myself to write an update of Dog Shows for my faithful readers!

Zero: I'm actually quite impressed. You've actually been doing things that you have to recently.

Dream: ...I've been bored.

Zero: ...I should've known that you hadn't changed your lazy ways.

Dream: Eh heh...Oh! I am pleased to announce that the winner of the air is...erm...who was it?

Zero: Technically, Winter was the first to review, but, being God, she obviously does not need air. The next review was from sapphire-glass, who knows your name.

Dream: Geh! How is that possible? Obviously, this reviewer is magical and thus deserves the air!

Zero: Actually, I think you've told...

Dream: Air for the magical one!

Zero: Oh, never mind.

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Last Time:

Flash walked out of the cave and stretched her arms. "Ah, the sweet smell of being a step closer to victory..."

"Alright, lead the way to your aunt's house." Vlad said, turning to Autumn.

Autumn nodded. Flash looked around, "Dude, where's my dogsled?"

Now:

Tune in next time to...'As the dead things slowly rot':

"When did you last see it?" Loki asked.

Flash thought for a moment, "The mummies carried it into their colony along with you guys...Gah! Those mummies stole my dogsled!"

"But what would mummies want with a dog sled?" Yusuke questioned, triggering...yup. You guessed it! A 'meanwhile' location change thing!

Doo doo doo!:

Reza was standing in the dog sled as it was being pulled by a mummy running on all four legs. Reza was laughing and yelling 'mush'. Some other mummies were watching and cheering. Suddenly, the mummy pulling the sled twitched and fell apart. The crowd quieted. Reza looked down and sighed, "Aw man..."

Back to the others:

Flash's eye was twitching. She turned around and started storming back toward the cave, "Those thieving little...just wait until I get my hands on them...!"

"Gah! Flash, stop!" Vlad grabbed Flash before she could get to the cave. She turned to glare at him. He laughed nervously, "We should worry about the sled later. Right now, the important thing is to find Autumn's aunt and get us back to normal in time for the dog show."

"...then can I kick some mummy ass?" Flash asked.

Vlad shrugged, "Yeah, sure."

"Woohoo! Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go visit Ellema!" Flash grinned and started walking in the direction of the town. The others followed quickly after. Soon, they had arrived at a small fenced in cemetery.

Kuwabara shivered and rubbed his arms, "Guys...! The tickle feeling...! I think...there are ghosts nearby!"

"Kuwabara?" Loki asked with narrowed eyes.

Kuwabara looked at him while still rubbing his arms, "Yeah...?"

"Shut up."

Kuwabara looked down in shame, "...okay..."

"Hey, cool! I can see a town from here! Looks deserted..." Yusuke stated, shielding his eyes from the sun as he stood upon a tombstone in order to get a better view of the surrounding areas.

Autumn 'gah'ed, "GAH! Yusuke, you idiot, what are you doing! Do you want to invoke the wrath of the deceased?"

Yusuke rolled his eyes, "Pfft! They're dead! What can they possibly do to me?"

"Well, for one thing, we can plague your mind with horrible repeating images of your death..."

"Oh...well, that doesn't sound very pleasant..." Yusuke stated thoughtfully.

"It isn't."

Yusuke blinked a few times, before whirling around to see who had been speaking to him. Of course, having been standing on a tombstone, this caused him to topple over onto the ground... or rather, onto Hiei. Now, anyone who's ever seen Hiei angry knows that invoking the wrath of a spirit is a far more desirable fate. Poor Yusuke had escaped one evil, only to be confronted with another.

"Eh heh heh...Nice fire demon...good fire demon...You wouldn't hurt your good ole pal, Yusuke, would you?" Yusuke asked, backing away nervously from Hiei.

Hiei's eyes were glowing red with fury. Flames appeared around him, making his body appear to be glowing as well. (Note to self: DBZ Hiei blooper.) Yusuke let out a yelp of fright before starting to run around the cemetery in terror while being chased by the flaming Hiei. The others, and the orb that was floating over the tombstone, sweat dropped.

Vlad looked at the orb, "So...I'm assuming that is revenge enough for you and you'll be letting us go now?"

"Hm...nope."

"Nope...?" Autumn pressed.

The orb erm...moved up and down in a nod... "I won't let you go until you complete...my challenge..."

"Challenge?" Flash narrowed her eyes.

A random guy in a suit and carrying a microphone appeared out of nowhere. He cleared his throat before speaking in an announcer's voice, "The Spirit's Challenge! A series of perilous tasks which will try your sanity and surely pit best friend against best friend that serve no purpose other than to amuse the spirit! But! Anyone who survives the challenge will be rewarded with a marvelous gift!"

"Ooooooh..." Autumn and Flash smiled, with starry eyes.

Flash's imagination:

"Congratulations! Here's your marvelous prize!" The announcer announced, handing Flash a key.

Flash stared at it, "What's this...?"

"It's the key to open...that door!" The announcer pointed at a random door.

Flash blinked before walking over and opening the door. Money, gold, and jewels poured out of the doorway on top of her. She surfaced with a jeweled golden crown on her head and a huge grin on her face.

Autumn's imagination:

"Congratulations! Here's you marvelous prize!" The announcer announced, handing Autumn a small penguin toy.

Autumn took the toy and squeezed it. It squeaked. Her eyes lit up with elation and she hugged it, "I shall name it Squeaky and love it forever!"

The announcer then handed her a small bottle of water with a cross on it, "And here's some holy water from our sponsors in Italy..."

"Ooooh...YAY!" Autumn took the holy water and dumped it on Squeaky. She then held him out for the world to see with an anime victory pose accompanied by an anime victory background, "Check it, yo! Now Squeaky can ward off vampires!" (Don't own, got it from 'Pope for a day' an awesome animation on newgrounds)

Back to reality:

"We'll do it!" both girls yelled at the same time.

Loki and Vlad exchanged worried glances, as if to say 'Oh shit...what have those two gotten us into this time and who's going to be paying the hospital bills...?'

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Dream: I'm so sorry that it's so disgustingly short! I wound up procrastinating until now and my plane leaves at 11:30AM and...yeah...

Zero: Yes, yes, we can all see that Dream's sorry...but let's not keep that from stopping the pitch forking...

Dream: Oh! I have a poll thingy for everyone today! Glee!

Zero: ...a poll?

Dream: Uh huh! This is it:

Put these characters in order of who you would most likely date (if they were real, of course). If you don't know who a character is, then don't include them in the list.

Males (for the girls, guys who prefer guys, or people who just feel like using the males list):

Dariken

Viern

Hinote

Vladimir

Loki

Yamihonoo

Mr. Norman Smith (Random Neighbor Man)

Zero

Females (for the guys, girls who prefer girls, or people who just feel like using the females list):

Autumn

Nuala

Flash

Okagehime

Harmony

Pip

Kumo

Reza

Lioness

Thorn

Megumi