"ISN'T IT?"  Kuwabara cavorted around in circles.

 "Uh, no."  he rolled his eyes.

 "..."  he made a face.

 "By the way, Kuwabara, have you seen Keiko?"

 "Yukimura?  Not today."

 "Ooh."  he glanced down.

 "Why?"

 "Ah, just curious."  the boy stood up.  "You seen Botan?"

 "Yeah, by the river."

 "When?"

 "Before I came here."

 "Okay, maybe she'll still be ther-"

 "She was with Kurama."

 "Oh."  he sighed.  "Then maybe I shouldn't go-"

 "Why not?  YUKINA-SAAAN was there."

 "You're sure?"  he narrowed his eyes suspiciously.  "Why aren't you there, then?"

 "???"

 "Since you're always with Yukina."

 "No I'm not!"

 "Are too."

 "Are noooooooooooot~!!"  he complained.

 "(Well, at least you always wanna be with her.)"  he mumbled.

 "URAMESHIIIIIIIIII!!!!!"

 "I'll be back later."  he turned.  "I'm gonna see if I can find her."

 "Who?  YUKINA-SAN?"

 "No, stupid!  Botan!"  he left.

 "..."  he blinked.  "Oy, URAMESHIIII!!!  WAIT UP!!!  GIVE ME BACK THE MAGNIFYING GLASS!!!!"  he rushed after him.

 "Here!"  Yusuke threw the glass behind him and ran off.

 "AAAHHHHH!"  he stumbled over the tree trunk to catch it.

********************

 "Botan!?"  Yusuke looked around, annoyed.  "BOTAN!?  YOU HERE???  ANYWHERE???"

 "What?"  the girl tilted her head, appearing behind him.

 "AHHHHHH!!!!"  he jumped.

 "What?"  she repeated.

 "Jeez!  You don't have to scare me like that~!"

 "..."  she shrugged.  "I didn't think I would scare you."

 "Well, think about it!  If someone appeared behind you, wouldn't you be scared?!"

 "Not really.."

 "Well,"  he shook his head.  "Nevermind about that!"

 "So..why were you looking for me?"

 "Have you seen Keiko?"

 "Keiko-chan?  Um..nope.  Sorry."

 "D*** it!"

 "..."  she blinked.  "Maybe Kurama or Yukina-chan know where she is?"

 "Where are they?!"

 "Over here."  she smiled.  "Follow me."

 "Huh?"

 "Follow me!"  she hopped onto her oar and zoomed off.

 "H...hey!  Wait up!"  he rushed after her.

********************

 "So you guys haven't seen her either?"  he sighed.

 "No, sorry."  Kurama shook his head.

 "Aw, bother."

 "Why are you looking for her?"

 "I wanted to tell her something."

 "Oh."

 "..."  Botan widened her eyes.

 "Hmmm?"  he turned to her.  "Is there something wrong?"

 "...I have the weirdest feeling that.."

 "That?"

 "..."  the girl put her hand to her head and fainted.

 "Huh?!"  Yusuke stepped over to her.  "Botan?!"

 "Are you okay?"  Kurama leaned down, holding her in his arms.  "Botan?"

 "..."  Botan opened her eyes.  "Where..am..I..?"

 "Are you okay?"  he repeated, concerned.

 "..."  she blinked and jerked away.  "Don't touch me!"

 "Huh?"  he raised his eyebrows.

 "..what the.."  she looked down at her clothes and made a face.  "Why in the world am I wearing a f***ing dress?"  she narrowed her eyes.  "And this annoying voice.."

 "..."  he stared at her, confused.

 "..Botan!"  she stood up in disgust.  "What the h*** am I doing here?  Why the h*** am I in her?!"  she scowled.

 "...um..Hiei..?"

 "What?!"  she glared at the redhead.

 "Oh.."  he sighed.  "What happened..?"

 "How the f*** should I know?!"  she made a face.  "(What a very annoying voice!)"  she complained.

 "..."  he sighed.  "..I wonder what happened to the real Botan.."

 "YUKINA-SAN?"  Yukina blinked.

 "Uh-oh..."  Yusuke gestured to the girl.  "Guess who's in her."

 "Bastard.."  Botan glared at the girl.  "Out of all people.."

 "Kurama?  You're still Kurama, right?"  Yusuke questioned hopefully.

 "Mmm-hmmm."  the redhead nodded.  "For now."

 "Okay, good."

 "URAMESHIIIII!"  Yukina cavorted around in circles.  "HAVE YOU SEEN YUUKINA-SAAAAAN?"  she blinked.  "(I must be hearing things.  I sound like YUKINA-SAN.)"

 "Kuwabara, she went that-a-way."  he pointed to his right.

 "OKAY!"  she rushed off.

 "...at this rate, he's going to kill her."  Botan scowled.  "Stupid baboon that he is."

 "How true."  Yusuke made a face.  "Hiei, do you have any idea where the real Botan is?"

 "Maybe she's in Hiei?"  Kurama suggested.

 "Yeah, maybe."  he pointed at Botan.  "Hiei!  Where would you be now!?"

 "..."  Botan glared at him.

 Somewhere else...............

 "AAAHHHHH!!!!!"  Keiko blinked in the mirror.  "I CAN'T SEE MYSELF!!  ALL I SEE IS KUWABARA-KUN!!"  she scowled.  "How disgusting."

 Another place.................

 "Huh?!"  Botan tilted her head.  "Keiko-chan?!  Why are you here?!"  she put her head in her hands.  "I'm having the worst headache..I'm beginning to think that I sound like Keiko-chan."

 Back near the others................
 
 "Ara?!"  Hiei fell off of a nearby tree.  "Where am I?"  he rubbed his head.  "Ouch..."

 "Botan?!"  Yusuke ran over to her.  "You okay?"

 "I'm not Botan-san..."

 "You're not?  Then who are you?!"  he made a face.  "This is confusing..."

 "Yukina."  he tilted his head.  "You can't tell?"

 "..."  he fell over.  "Don't look in the mirror and don't listen to your voice and you'll be fine."

 "Isn't Botan-san right over there?"  he pointed at Botan/Hiei.

 "No, that's Hiei."

 "???"  he blinked.

 "Nevermind about that.  You're in Hiei's body right now.  Dunno why, though."

 "...I am?"

  "Yep."

 "..."  he stared at the other boy, confused.

 "Forget about that, don't worry about it."  he sighed.  "This is weird...Kurama?"

 "Yes?"  the redhead turned to him.

 "Kurama and I'm the only ones with our normal bodies?"  he glanced down.  "Uh...I think I'm still normal."

 "Yes."  he sighed.  "I wonder if there is a way to change everybody back.  There must be a reason for this to be occurring.  Maybe we should talk to Koenma about this."

 "..."  he shrugged.  "You do that.  I'm gonna look for Keiko, I still need to tell her something."

 "Okay."  he gestured to Botan.  "Take Yukina back to Genkai-shihan's temple and see if she knows anything about this."

 "..."  Botan looked at him as if he was crazy.  "Me!?"

 "Yeah."  he smiled slightly.  "Unless you want to talk to Koenma instead."

 "Hn."  she scowled.

 "Okay?"

 "..fine."  she grunted a reply.

 Later on................

 "KEIKO!?  OY, KEIKO!"  Yusuke opened the door, impatient.  "KEIKO?!  YOU HERE?!"

 "Huh?"  Keiko stepped out.  "Oh, Yusuke.  What do you want?"

 "Oh good, you're here."

 "No, really."  she rolled her eyes.

 "You're still Keiko, right?"

 "What are you talking about?"

 "There's something going on around here...Yukina's in Hiei's body, Hiei's in Botan's, Kuwabara's in Yu-"

 "Then what about you?"

 "I'm still the same.  Kurama and I'm the only others who are the same.  You're Keiko, right?"

 "Who else would I be?" she made a face.

 "Yep, I guess you are."

 "What do you mean, you guess?!"  she crossed her arms.

 "Sorry, sorry."  he glanced down.  "Anyways, I've been looking all over the place for you."

 "Why?!"

 "..."  he looked around.  "Um...Keiko..."

 "What?"

 "I...I...love you.  Will you marry me?"

 "WHAT?!"  she widened her eyes.

 "You heard me."  he stated shyly.

 "..."  the girl sat down slowly.

 "And your answer?"

 She glared at him.

 "..."  he grinned slightly.  "No again?"

 "Yusuke, I.."

 "..huh?"  he blinked as a tear fell from the girl's eye.

 "I'm not Keiko."

 "What?"  he blinked.

 "It's me..Botan."

 "What?!"  he blinked again.  "Why didn't you say so?!"

 "Sorry.."

 "..."  he moved forward, wiping the tear away from her eye.  "What's wrong?"

 "..I..know that I..I'm not supposed to fall in love with a human..but.."  she glanced down.  "I..I was in love with you.."  she shook her head.  "I know that you were scheduled to marry Keiko-chan sooner or later..I knew I couldn't change it..but..but..I couldn't help myself.."

 "..."  he turned away.  "Sorry."

 "No..I'm sorry."  she stood back up.  "I'm sorry that I met you in the first place!"

 "..Botan..."  he grabbed her by her shoulders.  "Why!?"

 "Because..if I never met you..then I would have never fallen in love with you.."

 "Bo...tan..."  he tilted her head up.  "..sorry."

 "..."  she glanced at him.  "Yusuke.."

 "Hey...sorry about...this..."  he smiled slightly.  "But...that marriage thing was a little joke between me and Keiko."

 "???"

 "I didn't mean it..."  he leaned over and kissed her gently.

 "..."

 At that time..........................

 "YUUUUUUKINA-SAAAAN!?"  Yukina cavorted over to the mirror.  "YUKINA-SAAN?"  she beamed, throwing her arms around the mirror.

 Outside.......................

 "Hn."  Botan glared into the room where Yukina was in.  "(If only I had my normal body back..I hate this stupid oar.)"  she crossed her arms.  "(Then I wouldn't have to ride this in the first place.  It's already bad enough that I have to be in her in the first place, but since I'm in her, I can't do anything.  I don't even have a sword with me.)"  she scowled.  "(I'll just have to find one..)"

 In a different area........................

 "Mou!"  Kuwabara made a face.  "I can't even go home now that I'm in Kuwabara-kun!  Now I have to find myself and switch back into me!  Ugh!  And I have a biology test soon, too!  I don't have enough time for this!"  he thought of something.  "Oh, no...does this mean that since Kuwabara-kun's in my body, he'll have to take the test instead!?"  she groaned.  "There goes my biology grade...and I've studied so hard, too!"

 "..Kuwa~bara."  a masked man walked in front of him, blocking the door of his house.

 "H...huh?  I...I'm not Kuwabara-kun!  I'm just temporarily in his body, okay?  I have to find myself to get back in me, I think.  Afterwards, you can bug Kuwabara-kun as much as you want, okay?"

 "What in the world are you talking about, Kuwa~bara?"

 "Get out of my way."  he growled,  "I don't have time for this!"

 "So?  What better do you have to do?  You're the one picking the fights with us!"

 "..."  the orange-haired boy turned to go back into his house.

 "Haha!  Loser~!  Are you chicken?  Afraid and have to go back to your house~y?"

 "..."  he looked back, fire in his eyes.  "What did you say to me?"

 "You're such a loser, you're even trying to deny that you're yourself!"  the man laughed.

 "..BAAKAAA!!!"  he slapped the man in the face and left, scowling.

 "..."  he fell over, rubbing his face.

 Back at the Yukimura household.....................

 "A..ack!"  Keiko turned away.  "Yusuke, do you know how I can get back into my own body?"

 "Huh?"  the boy blinked.  "Uh, no."

 "Oh.."  she sighed.

 "..."  he sat down.  "Maybe Kurama will kno-"  his eyes widened and he doubled over, gasping for breath.

 "Y..Yusuke!"  she moved over to him, concerned.

 "I'm...okay."  he smiled weakly.

 "..."  she dropped to her knees.

 "Botan?"

 "..."  her head fell forward and she blackened out.

 "Botan!"  his mind went blank.  "...what...'s...happening...?"  he shut his eyes, falling to the floor.

 At Hinageshi's dojo...................

 "Hello?"  Kurama knocked on the door.  "Hinageshi?"

 "Yes?"  the girl opened the door.  "Oh!  Kurama!  What brings you here?"

 "There's something wrong with everyone."

 "Huh?!"

 "..."  he sighed.  "Everyone isn't in their normal bodies.  Yusuke and I are the only ones still in our original state."

 "..oh.."  she blinked.  "Oh, yeah..would you like to come in..?  Have you talked to Koenma-sama about this?"

 "Sure, thanks."  he smiled gratefully.  "And yes, I have spoken to Koenma.  He didn't know why this was happening, either."

 "Oh.."

 At Genkai's temple.......................

 "Hmmmm."  Genkai thought.  "This is interesting.  I've never heard of such a thing."

 "Really...?"  Hiei questioned.

 "Mmm-hmm."  she tilted her head.  "I wonder if Kuwabara or Keiko has the same problem."

 "..."  he glanced around.  "What happened to Hiei-san?"

 "I don't know."

 "..." he sighed.  "I wonder how long this is going to last..."

 "So do I."  she made a face.  "There has to be some logical reason for this to be happening.  Maybe Koenma knows what's going on."

 "Kurama-san went to talk to Koenma-san."

 "Okay, good.  Is he coming here?"

 "I'm not sure."

 "Okay, then."

 Again, at the Yukimura household................

 "..mmm.."  Yusuke stirred.  "H..huh?"  he glanced over at the mirror.  "Oh my gosh~!"  he widened his eyes.  "Now I'm in Yusuke?"

 "Huh?"  Keiko woke up.  "What's happening-"  she blinked.  "AHHH!  Me!"  she pointed in disbelief at the boy.

 "Yusuke?"

 "Yeah?"  she looked in the mirror and sighed.  "So I'm in Keiko, now?  Are you still Botan?"

 "Mmm-hmm."  he made a face.

 "This is weird..."  she stated.  "I've never had anyone else be in my body."

 "Same here.."

 "..."  she crossed her arms.  "This better not be permanent."

 "I hope it isn't."  he said nervously.  "I don't think I could really live like this.  I'm not used to switching bodies."

 "Neither am I."

 "..."

 Back at Kuwabara's house............................

 "Kazu!"  Shizuru glanced around.  "KAZU!!!!!!!!!!  I NEED YOU TO DO SOME SHOPPING FOR ME!!!!"

 "Coming!"  Kuwabara hurried over.  "What do you need, Shizuru-san?"

 "..."  she fell over.

 "Ack!  Are you okay?"

 "You're not the Kazu I know."  she blinked.  "Oh, Keiko-chan!"

 "Huh?"  he scratched his head.  "How could you tell?"

 "You're the only person I know that would go out and get me something willingly."  she smiled.  "And I can tell because there's no rei-ki around you."

 "Oh."

 "Why are you in Kazu, though?"

 "That, I don't know."

 "Oh."

 "You're still Shizuru-san, right?"

 "Yep."

 "Hmmm..."  he sighed.  "How weird.  I was wondering if anyone else had this happen to them, but every time I step outside, some guys come over and threaten to kill me."  he rolled his eyes.

 "Why don't you call them?"  she smiled slightly.  "And Kazu was always picking fights with everyone."

 "Maybe Kuwabara-kun's in me."  he said thoughtfully.  "I was thinking that maybe that was what happened, but I'm not sure."

 "Yeah.  Well, the least we know is that Kazu is in someone else, too, unless he has some sort of twin."  she smiled.  "And if he has a twin, I feel very sorry for him (the twin)."

 "..."  he sweatdropped.

 Somewhere else...................

 "YYYYYYUUUUUUUUUUUUUUKINAAAAAAAAA-SAAAAAAAAAN?!"  Yukina screamed, cracking the mirror in half.  "..."  she turned around.  "YUKINA-SAN?"  she sweatdropped.  I see her in the mirror, but she's not really here...maybe I'm seeing things...  she glanced to her shoulder and shrieked.  "AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!  THIS ISN'T ME!!! I'M IN YUKINA-SAN, THAT'S WHY I KEEP SEEING HER!!!!!!"  she fell over.  "THE GREAT KUWABARA KAZUMA IS SUPPOSED TO BE IN HIS OWN BODY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 "Did you just figure that out?"  Keiko asked dryly.  "Oy, Kuwabara, we're going to go see who else switched, come on."

 "HUH!?"  Yukina blinked.  "How did you know it was me?"

 "Because of the way you screamed, okay?!  Come on!"

 "(Urameshi?)"

 "Nah, really."  she scowled.  "Botan's in me."

 "Oh."  he blinked.  "Who's in me?"

 "I don't know.  We haven't found out yet.  (But we haven't run into any monkeys around here.)"

 "URAMESHIIIIIIII!!!!!"  she ran after the other girl/boy.

 "A...ah!"  a familiar voice cried out nearby.

 "Huh?"  the two girl/boys turned.  "What...?"

 "G...get away!"  Yusuke hid behind them.  "I...I'm not Yusuke, she...um...he is!"  he pointed to Keiko.

 "What the he** are you guys talking about?"  a man appeared.  "(Hey, didn't Kuwabara say something like the same thing...?)"

 "HUH!?"  Yukina leapt over to him.

 "Anyways, Urameshi-kun, we're here to give you pay back for what you've done to us."

 "Not until you're done with me."  Keiko grinned and punched him into the street.  "Let's go, we'd better hurry, that's near Keiko's house...maybe she's in him."  she made a face.  "(Great, that makes Kuwabara even worse.)"

 "NANI!?"  Yukina shrieked.

END chap. 1