Urd yawned and turned to her alarm clock.  "It's only nine, Belldandy. Whatcha doing up so early?"
    Belldandy smiled as she combed her hair.  "Today is the fifteenth." she stated as though everyone knew what a special day the fifteenth was.
    Urd didn't.  "Yeah, so?" she scowled.
    "Don't you remember?"
    "Remember what?"
    "Today is the day that I get to see Keiichi-san again!"  Belldandy put the brush down.  "I am allowed to stay with him for a whole week!"
    "Whoopy."  Urd buried her head in her pillow.  "Have a good time."
    "Are you not coming?"
    "Huh?"
    "You and Skuld are allowed to the human world for the week, too.  You can take a break from your work."
    "Really?"  Urd grinned, jumping up.  "Yipee!"  she hopped around the room getting ready as Belldandy sat, bewildered.  At last, Urd went over to the mirror and asked,  "Well, how do I look?"
    "Great, except..."
    "I need more makeup."  she finished, dabbing on more powder and looking once again into the mirror.  "Voilà!"
    Skuld came into the room.  "URD!  Where'd you put my brush!?"
    Urd looked away, smiling sheepishly.  "Um...what brush?"
    "The brush you took last night!  Where'd you put it?"
    "I don't remember.  I forgot I even borrowed it."
    Belldandy handed her little sister her own brush.  "Here.  You can borrow mine."
    "Thanks!  You're the best!"
 

    "Okay, are we all ready?"  Belldandy asked her siblings.
    "I am, but I don't know about this little brat here."  Urd stated.
    "I am, too.  And I'm not a little brat!"  Skuld stuck her tongue out at her older sister.
    "I'll be going to Keiichi-san's house, so, you two, don't get in too much trouble."  Belldandy cautioned.
    "Righto."  Urd agreed.
    "I don't know why I have to stay with her!"  Skuld pointed at her.  "I can take care of myself!"
    "We know that you can, but you have to stay with someone you know."  Belldandy said.
    "It's not like I was the one who wanted a little brat following me around."  Urd intervened.
    "I'll pretend I don't know her.  Can't I stay with you and Keiichi?  And I'm not a little brat!"  Skuld whined.
    "Are too."
    "Are not."
    "Are too."
    "Are nooooooooootttt!!!!!"
    "Are tooooooooooooo!!!!!!"
    "You can't stay with us because we won't be able to watch you all of the time."  Belldandy explained patiently.
    "Are noooooooootttttt!!!!!!!"  Skuld complained.
    "ARE TOOO~!"  Urd yelled back.
    Belldandy sweatdropped.  "Are you guys listening to me...?"
 

    Later on, in a hotel room....
    "Are not are not are not are not are not are not!!!!"
    "Are too are too are too are too are too are too are too!"
    "I wish I didn't have to stay with you.  Then I could do other stuff besides sit here and watch you put on makeup."  Skuld sighed.
    "Well, I wish the same thing.  Then I wouldn't have to watch you for a whole entire week!  I have an idea.  You go outside and drag someone here.  If we get to know him, he could watch you instead!"
    "Huh?"
    "Belldandy said if you were with someone we knew, then we'll be okay."
    "Oh.  Okay.  But does it have to be a guy?"
    "Who cares!?  Now go find someone!"  Urd pushed her little sister out of the room and locked the door.  "And don't come back unless you're with someone!"
 

    Skuld sighed.  "How boring.  No one's on this floor."  She turned the corner.  "There's so many rooms here, too...hmmm?"
    The door to her right was opened slightly.  She could see several people sitting on the floor of that room.  "That's it!"  Skuld hopped into the room as the startled people gaped at her.
    A boy stood up.  "Who are you?"  he demanded.
    Skuld jumped up and down.  "You have to come with me!"
    A different boy stood and went over to her.  "Is there something wrong?"
    "No...my sister said I have to call someone into our room to watch me."
    The first person began to laugh as the second glared at him.  "Yusuke.  Don't laugh."
    Yusuke continued to laugh.  "Think about it, it's actually funny!  Hey, Kuwabara,"  he turned to an orange-haired boy in the room, "isn't it funny?"
    The boy named Kuwabara stared at Yusuke for a moment of silence, then at Skuld, and then back at Yusuke.  Then, he too, began to laugh.
    "Kuwabara-kun!  Yusuke!"  the other boy cried out, noticing how the little girl was beginning to turn a bright red color.  "Stop it!"  he pleaded.
    Kuwabara fell over.  "I...can't!  It's too...funny!"
    This time a girl stood up.  "What's so funny about it?"  she turned to Skuld.  "What is your name?"
    "Skuld."
    "AHAHAHAHAHAHAH~!"  Yusuke laughed even more.  "What a stupid name!"
    "Baka Yusuke!"  another girl who was sitting next to him slapped him hard in the face.
    Yusuke finally stopped laughing.  "Okay, okay."  he grinned to himself.  "(But it was funny.  You guys have no sense of humor.)"
    "Yeah, Urameshi's right."  Kuwabara chimed in, still laughing.
    The first girl ignored them.  "My name is Botan,"  she went around the circle, first pointing at the redheaded boy standing next to Skuld.  "He is Kurama."
    Kurama bowed.  "Yoroshiku."
    "Yusuke.."
    Yusuke grinned at her.  "Sorry about that.  But,"  he shrugged and added,  "It's not my fault that you have a funny name."
    "Yusuke!"  Everyone else except for Kuwabara turned to glare at him.
    "What?!  It's true--"  Yusuke looked around the circle of people.  "Sorry."  he muttered.
    "Kuwabara-kun.."
    Kuwabara smiled goofily in Skuld's direction, finally done laughing.  "Hey."
    "Shizuru-san.."  Botan gestured to the woman with a cigarette in her hand.
    "Don't mind Yusuke."  she advised,  "He and Kazu are as brain-dead as people can be."
    "Hey!"  Yusuke cried out as everyone laughed.
    "Yukina-chan.."
    A girl with light-green hair stood up timidly.  "Hello."
    Skuld waved at her.
    "Atsuko-san.."  Botan pointed out a woman who had a can of beer in her hand.
    "He...llo.  How arrrr yuu?"  Atsuko slurred out.
    "Don't listen to her.  She's my stupid mom."  Yusuke pointed out.
    "Wha, Uuusuke?  Who yuu calling suupid?"  she threw the half-empty beer-can at him.
    "Yi!"  Yusuke got out of the way just in time.
    "Keiko-chan.."  Botan continued.
    The girl who had just gotten drenched with the fly-away beer-can stood up.  "Hi."  she turned to the boy.  "Yusuke!  Look what you did to my dress!"
    "Hey, I didn't do it!"  Yusuke backed away.
    "Baka Yusuke!"  she slapped him again.
    "and Hiei.."  Botan looked around quickly.  "Now where did he go?"
    "Huh?"  Kuwabara got up.  "What happened to that little shrimp?"
    "Hiei?  Oy?  Hiei!?"  Botan called out.  She sighed.  "He was here a couple of minutes ago.."
    "He's stupid."  Kuwabara informed everyone.
    "Who's stupid?"  a small boy with black hair appeared out of the window and scowled.
    "There you are!"  Botan chirped,  "Skuld, this is Hiei.  Hiei, Skuld."
    Hiei glared at the stranger.  "Hn."
    "Um...hi."  Skuld shuffled her feet.  "Will someone come with me...?"
    "I will."  Kurama smiled at her.  "If it's okay with you."
    "Okay!"  Skuld grinned back at him.
    "I'll go too..?"  Botan looked at the other girl as if to ask permission.
    " 'Kay! Let's go!  My room's on the next floor!"
 

    Urd sat impatiently tapping her fingers on a table.  "What's taking her so long?"  she thought aloud.
    "Urd!  Open up!  It's me, Skuld!  Open the door!"  there was a sound of banging on the door.
    "Took you long enough--"  Urd opened the door.  "You actually found someone?"  she stared at Skuld's new friends.  "Hi.  Come on in.  I'm Skuld's sister, Urd."  she looked approvingly at Kurama.
    She held the door for them.  "Hey!  Wait up!"  a voice called from the hallway.
    "Yusuke!"  Botan blinked at him.  "What happened?  Did you get kicked out of the room by any chance?"  she looked at him suspiciously.
    "No...I just wanted to see who...her sister was..."  Yusuke panted, out of breath.
    Urd glanced at the boy up and down and decided that she approved of both of the boys.  (Though she thought the redhead was more of her type...)
    Skuld stuck her tongue out at him.  "You again?"
    "What?  Am I not allowed in your room?"
    "No, you aren't!"
    "Wait!"  Urd took Yusuke by the arm and dragged him in.  "He can come."
    Skuld stared at her.  "Great.  Are you going to hit on him, too?"  she hissed.
    Urd blushed and whispered back,  "What are you talking about?"
    "You already know."
    "Shut up."
    "No."
    "Yes."
    "No!"
    "Yes!"
    "NOOO!"
    "YESSS!"
    "Um...excuse me for interrupting, but what did you want us to do?"  Kurama asked timidly.
    Urd resisted the urge to say something nasty and instead said,  "Watch her!"  and then screamed,  "She's such an annoying brat!"  practically into his ear.
    "O...kay...when do you need to us to watch her until?"
    "From now 'till the end of the week!"
    "Huh?  That long?"
    "Here.  Let me make you all a deal.  You watch her for a week.  You can use this room and I'll find somewhere else to stay.  At the end of the week, I'll be back."  a puff of smoke enveloped her.  "Bye now!"