All, except Tori: (sitting around the kitchen table with one brownie in the middle of the table. All are eyeing each other suspiciously)

Tori: (casually walks in) Oooh! One more left and it's mine! (giggles as she reaches for the brownie)

Everyone else: (Rise as one and each pounds Tori on the head with a weapon of choice: one mallet, one cookbook, one ax (held so the broad side hit Tori), and one chair)

Everyone except Tori and Saria: (stares at Saria)

Nova: Couldn't you be more creative?

Saria: My creativity was shot down due to the fact that I WAS TRYING TO BE RESOURCEFUL, MISS COOKBOOK!!! (sits back down on broken chair)

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SA: That's it! It's mine!

Zas: The hell it is! (a fight immediately ensues)

Nova: (leans over and whispers into Saria's ear) Psst! I've got double chocolate cupcakes in the oven. They should almost be done.

Saria: (stares at Nova as Nova nods) Alright! Oops... (looks back at Zas and SA who are now duking it out) (both sneak away quietly)

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Saria: (Zas and SA are still duking it out) None of us here own Yu Yu Hakusho, probably never will, however, we DO own this female Yusuke, our original characters, their attacks, and almost anything else not seen in the series.

Yusuke's sleep wasn't peaceful that night, she tossed and turned constantly, even kicking the walls several times. Toguro checked in several times, but didn't awaken her. She wasn't aware of any of this though, the dreams that haunted her at first contained the Elder Toguro laughing at her as she crouched in the cage from her previous dream, the Younger stood not far behind him. He watched seemingly uninterested as the Elder taunted her with the keys, holding them just out of her reach. Then, when her hand was extended, trying to get the keys, the Elder grabbed her and yanked her toward him.

She woke then, screaming her head off. (What disturbed her the most about the incident was how high pitch her voice was.) Of course, a second later Toguro ripped the door open, wanting to know what all the fuss was about. He had given her a sharp eye after doing a visual once over of the closet, then slammed the door shut.

Soon after the incident, Yusuke reentered the realm of dreams again. This time however, Yusuke dreamt that she was in the relative safety of her mind, but she saw the cracks that had begun to form. Behind these cracks, she 'heard' the three talking, felt them pressing on the cracks, trying to get in. Her attention however, was drawn away from the cracks as a mist formed, pushing its way in through the cracks that the three couldn't get through and solidified into the now familiar vortex.

'Let us in,' one of the voices called from the dark end of the vortex. Even as it spoke, she became aware that she could still feel them shoving at her minds defenses, trying to break them.

"GET OUT!" she screamed as she grabbed her head, unknowingly lashing out with her mind at the presences that were attempting to contact her. To her surprise, the vortex shattered around her and the pressure around her mind lifted. But she still felt one presence just outside her mind, felt it shove something through the cracks that it had been pushing at. Then, as she stared, the mirror materialized in the darkness.

"The mirror..." she murmured as she stared at it. "Get it out!" Once again she lashed out with her mind, shattering the mirror. Then, as if it were liquid, the dark mirror reformed itself, its dark surface gleaming eerily. As Yusuke continued to stare at the newly reformed mirror, it seemed to glide up to her as its surface took in her reflection, and once again she saw her reflection in the mirror. Once again, her reflection shifted and her eyes became light purple with the red swirls. Her hair became horribly long and white, and the purple-grey marks once again appearing on her skin. But the mirror continued to come at her.

Yusuke tried her best to step back, but there seemed to be an invisible barrier behind her back, keeping her in place. The mirror inched closer and closer, like a predator moving in to devour its prey. Her minor struggles turned into desperate attempts to escape. Still, the mirror advanced, it was now less than a foot away, half a foot. Yusuke closed her eyes, fearing to look into the mirror anymore. She tried to prepare for the touch of the cold surface...

Toguro was checking on Yusuke at the present time. He had been hearing heavy breathing and was a little concerned. He didn't want to have to pay for carpet cleaning if Yusuke was sick again, at least that's what he told himself.

As he watched Yusuke's face for some sign that she was going to be alright, the girl's eyes sprang open and she sat up abruptly. She was panting heavily and looked quite shaken.

"...T-the...mirror..." She mumbled between pants, completely oblivious to Toguro's presence. Her breathing slowed slightly, and before Toguro's eyes, she began to shake and sweat profusely. It almost looked as though she had a fever.

Toguro reached his hand down and gently touched the girl's sweat covered forehead (or at least that was his intent). Before he knew anything, Yusuke let out a shriek unlike any he had heard before as she slapped his hand away and launched herself backwards, her glazed eyes widened and filled with fright. The force of her 'attempt to widen' the space between her and Toguro had landed her with a nice blow to the back of the head as she ran into the wall behind her. This didn't render her unconscious, but it did however, pull her back into reality. Immediately, her left hand went to the bump that had now surfaced on the back of her head.

Toguro, who had been shocked since the scream came, decided not to ask and simply closed the door. Once the door was closed and locked again, he noticed a slight ache from his hand. Looking down, he found that his hand had several burn marks where Yusuke's palm and fingers had made contact. It looked almost as though she'd done a full palm Spirit Gun, yet he'd not sensed her using any energy. Odd, definitely odd. Shrugging it off, he went to make some phone calls.

The three stared in complete shock at the fried oracle who still lay in the circle she had drawn on the ground to help her focus. The beings once smooth, pale skin now looked as though it had been blackened over an open fire then torn apart. All features were now nearly unrecognizable, and parts had even been melted into the skeleton.

"We have to bring her here soon," one said quietly. "I may be blind, but I recognize that distinct odor."

"She's getting stronger and more dangerous as the days go by. Her emotional stability is becoming questionable."

"Her emotional stability? What about her mental stability? I believe she is quite insane, but learning the power that her emotions can give her. She's positively insane, did you see how she reacted to the mirror?" This was from another oracle that stood nearby. "If you..." The oracle never finished because at that point, the wrath of the oldest of the three came upon him.

"She'll regain sanity as soon as she feels it's safe to do so. This present state is the only thing keeping her going. In her original state, she would have..." He didn't finish this comment when he noticed the tensing of the old one, he really didn't want any wrath today.

To everyone's surprise, the old one approached the oracle who had spoken. Once he was just inches from brushing noses with the other, he whispered, "Are you certain that this is just a defense?" The other nodded dumbly, not wanting to anger his superior. "We'll see," was the next thing whispered. "We'll see. Replace that oracle," he ordered as he stocked off.

"Get up," Toguro gruffly ordered the once again snoozing Yusuke.

Yusuke's eyes fluttered slightly at his voice, so he repeated his order. "Get up, now."

"Ok, ok...I'm up," Yusuke replied as she pushed the blanket off of herself. Standing up, she felt a slight stinging in the back of her head. "Ugh, what did I do last night?" she mumbled as she rubbed the back of her head.

Toguro, for his part, remained silent, as always, though he did raise an eyebrow which Yusuke never saw. Moving aside from the door, he said, "Come on, breakfast."

Yusuke jumped up when she heard the word 'breakfast', but soon realized something else. "Don't I get to use the bathroom first?" she asked as she felt her now full bladder make itself known in the form of a slight pain.

Sighing slightly, Toguro saw he wasn't going to get anywhere with this argument. Nodding slightly, he pointed to a door that was right next to hers and said, "Make it fast."

Yusuke gratefully waddled into the bathroom, trying her best to keep her hands from going to her crotch or crossing her legs. She really didn't want to look like Kuwabara when he was waiting in line for a toilet. The memory made Yusuke giggle a little but stopped fast when she felt herself almost lose it.

As soon as her business was done, Yusuke calmly walked back out the door of the bathroom. Toguro, unsurprisingly, was just outside the door and didn't seem in the least bit uncomfortable about it. Yusuke felt a slight chill run up her spine by just thinking about it.

Toguro took the lead and led her back to the main room that he'd shoved her through just the last night. He had her sit on the floor in front of the coffee table as he moved toward a small cart she hadn't noticed before. A second later, a plate of plain scrambled eggs and a glass of water were set before her.

Yusuke stared at the food in astonishment. "Is this it!?" she exclaimed before catching her tongue.

Without a word, Toguro reached down to retrieve the untouched meal. He once again raised his eyebrows when she offered no complaint about getting nothing. He dumped the plate back onto the cart, and still Yusuke didn't make a peep. This behavior was a bit shocking to Toguro, then again, Yusuke's attitude was all or nothing, there was no in between.

Less than a minute later, Yusuke found herself back in the closet. Yusuke hadn't minded having the food taken back, but she hadn't had any intention to eat it anyway. The dream was still too fresh in her mind. Besides, she didn't care that much for eggs in the first place.

Team Wave sat in their room playing cards yet again, this time over breakfast dishes. Kuwabara at the present time, was screaming that Hiei had to be cheating since he had correctly called b.s. on Kuwabara for the third time. Kurama in the mean time, was trying to get to know the fifth member of their team better.

The girl's name was Tekei (think Tay-kay, ok?). She was 17 years old, an orphan, and a powerful psychic. Her hair was light brown and eyes were a faded green. She was attractive but not beautiful. She also had two little sisters that she'd brought along to the tournament. They were twins and the most adorable three year olds you'd ever seen with their pig tails and chubby cheeks. Their names were Lerei (Lay-ray) and Lesei (Lay-say). Unfortunately, they were identical and inseparable, but they each had their own traits that made them distinguishable. Lerei was bold and fearless, ready to pick a fight rather than apologize. Lesei was a little more sedate and shy, trying to apologize her way out of every fight. Tekei had already decided that Lerei, when old enough, would be trained as a warrior, but hadn't chosen anything for Lesei, she didn't know if the child could stand being separated from her sister.

After an hour of being told about her sisters, Kurama was finally able to distinguish some about Tekei herself. Her father had died shortly after her birth and her mother remarried about 10 years later, making Lerei and Lesei her half sisters. Their father had died in a fight when her mother was almost 6 months pregnant. This had destroyed the woman and she only had the will to live long enough to give birth and name the twins. Tekei detested her for giving up on life. They had tried staying with family at first, but no one wanted to take care of three girls (especially a set of infant twins). Not wanting to split up the twins, Tekei had quit school and taken up an apprenticeship with the agreement that the twins would stay with her. Master Bob had been more than happy to have the girls (all of them), and treated them like his own. It had been through Master Bob that she'd met Genkai, who had taught her a few lessons (she had also offered to take her as a student as well, but Tekei had declined not wanting to abandon her sisters). Now she was repaying the favor.

Without warning, something jumped onto Tekei's back. She whirled around instantly and saw, standing in the doorway, clutching a blanket, was a yawning 3 year old, Lesei. So, obviously, the something on her back had to be Lerei.

"Finally got up, sleepyheads?" Tekei asked good naturedly.

"Mm-hm, we wanna play!" Lerei answered. In the doorway, Lesei nodded also.

"Would you like to play Go-Fish?" Kurama asked.

"We're playing B.S. here! We're not going to stop for two little brats." Kuwabara shouted. He was instantly given the stare down by Tekei while Kurama gave him "the look".

Lerei, seemingly unabashed, replied, "No, we wanna play B.S. too." Tekei looked at Lesei again to find she was also nodding.

"Sissy, what does B.S. mean?" Lesei asked in her quiet voice.

"Bull sh..." Hiei started to answer before he got "the look" from Tekei. It was down right scary even to him.

"Bologna Sandwich," Kurama shouted, in an attempt to cover up Hiei's voice.

Kuwabara looked at Hiei as well, but he was aghast. "Dude, even I know you're not supposed to say bull shit in front of little kids... Oops." This ended in "a look" from everyone at the table, except from Hiei who simply smirked.

"Aaaaaaauummmmm!" Lesei said as she covered her mouth. "You said a bad word."

Lerei calmly jumped off of Tekei's back. Lesei, a few seconds later, came running to her and they whispered quietly for a second before Lesei ran out of the room.

"Where is she going?" Tekei questioned.

"The bathroom," Lerei replied.

Sure enough, Lesei returned a few moments later with blanket in tow. She handed something to Lerei before retreating to Tekei's side. She cuddled up to Tekei's side, still shy of the group.

Lerei charged at Kuwabara at full steam. Before he knew what was what, he was on his back and Lerei was shoving the soap she had in her hand into his mouth.

"Get off of me you little brat!" Kuwabara screamed.

Tekei would have stopped this within seconds had Lesei not tangled herself into her legs, clever little brat. However, this didn't stop her from yelling.

"LEREI! GET OFF OF HIM THIS INSTANT!!"

"But he said a bad word, so I'm washing out his mouth! That's what you do to me." Lerei replied just as Kurama reached her and plucked her off Kuwabara. Lerei didn't like this and started kicking. "Put me down," she pouted.

Kurama put her down a few seconds later. Lerei sat with an undignified 'plop' while crossing her arms and giving them all "the look". Seconds later, Lesei stood and copied her sister, giving them all "the look" and crossing her arms, hers wasn't as believable though. She kept looking at her sister, trying to calculate Lerei's next move so she could copy it.

Tekei stood before the two and in an indifferent voice said, "Lerei, Lesei, you don't act like that."

Both girls, turning on their puppy eyed looks, said in unison, "But he said a bad word."

"I don't care, I'm going to have to punish you."

"Aww, but they're so cute. It's ok." Kuwabara declared suddenly after seeing the puppy dog eyes and being reminded in his mind of Yukina, somehow.

"You know they're being punished because you got beat by one of them." Hiei added.

"Shut up shrimp."

"Maybe we should have that child replace you since a three year old is stronger than you. We may even have a chance at finishing this tournament undefeated."

"I'm a real man! I don't hit women or children."

"A man that got defeated by a THREE year old."

"You want a piece of me? I'LL KICK YOUR ASS!"

Everyone gave Kuwabara the look again even as Lerei jumped up and declared, "I'll get the soap!" She was grabbed moments later by a disgruntled Tekei while Lesei held her knees and rocked back and forth, apologizing in hopes that the yelling would stop.

Saria: (yawns) I think I'll go to bed now... (walks away from computer)

Nova: Me too.

Tori: (appears in bathrobe with a beauty mask on her face) Why do I have to do this? And dressed like this?!?! Oh well, end of chapter, thanks for reading. Please review, if you don't, well, just think of the worst thing and I'll make you dream it as well as cover your face with my mask.