Yu*Yu*Hakusho and its characters are the property of other, richer people, like Yoshihiro Togashi – not Rapunzel. The layout of the Weird World is based on a map that M.E. and the illustrious Sailor Fairy (a.k.a., Stephanie) drew for their Spanish 2 class way back in 1999 :)

"What?!" Yusuke cried. "You have got to be kidding me!"

"Could you just repeat that?" Kuwabara asked.

"You heard me the first time. I'm sending you for a week's apprenticeship to the Weird World. You guys have been getting way to normal lately," Koenma explained.

"We can fix that without going to the Weird World," grumbled Hiei.

"What's your problem?" Kuwabara asked. "I'd have thought that you'd want to do see Mandy."

"Hn. Why should I want to see Mandy? Do you have any idea how many times that girl has turned me into a carrot?!" Hiei look sad. All Mandy ever seemed to do was beat him up.

"Come on," Koenma said, "it's only for one week."

"A lot can happen in one week," murmured Hiei.

"So, where do we go now?" Yusuke asked as the W.S.T.™ closed behind them. The group stood looking out at the Weird World, totally lost.

"Hi, no da!" a voice called from behind them. They all jumped and spun around to see a smiling girl standing behind them. She was wearing all purple and had wavy brown shoulder-length hair.

"Who the heck are you?" demanded Kuwabara.

"I'm Mary, no da, the kleptomaniac seishi, no da," she explained.

"Why do you keep saying 'no da'?" Kurama asked.

"Sorry, no da. I picked up the habit from Chichiri, no da. It's addictive, no da."

A black girl, whose dark hair was pulled back in a ponytail, came around a corner. "Mary," she called, "did you find them?" She stopped when she saw the Urameshi team. "Hi. I'm Erin, Fred sent us to find you guys and take you to her house. Follow me." She turned around and led them off through the Weird World.

"Welcome to the House of Fred," Erin said.

Fred looked up over her glasses. "Thank you Erin," she smiled. Erin took this as a dismissal, and promptly left, hauling Mary off with her. Fred turned her attention to the Urameshi team. "Koenma told me you would be coming. You'll be under the supervision of the seven Weird no seishi. I'll call them all in later so that you can meet them. In the mean time, we need to find acomidations for you guys. I guess you can stay with any one of the Weird World guides."

At that moment, Jean, Anne, and Mandy came into the room. After greeting the guests, Jean said, "I can have one person sleeping over at my house." She looked hopefully at Kurama.

"I'll go with Jean," Kurama volunteered.

"I can also take one person. Kuwabara, wanna stay with me for a week?" Mandy asked.

Hiei was hurt and angry. Kuwabara?! How could she choose that idiot over him? "Why Kuwabara?" he growled.

Mandy shrugged, "He's my straight man. So, Kuwabara, are you coming or not?"

"Um, sure, I guess," said Kuwabara.

"Okay, Yusuke, Hiei, you two can stay at Anne's house," Fred declared.

"Where am I going to fit two extra people?" Anne whined.

"How about your couch and your top bunk?" suggested Fred.

"My top bunk is completely buried under junk!"

"So clear it off!"

"All right," Anne sounded doubtful. "I'll call the archaeologists when I find the rest of Lucy's remains up there."

"I just hope neither one of you allergic to cats," Anne said. Yusuke and Hiei just shook their heads. "Good," Anne replied as she opened the door to her house, "because if you were, boy would you've come to the wrong place!"

The door swung open to reveal a cluttered house filled with cats. There were three in immediate sight. Thumpeda, thumpeda, thumpeda! A large orange kitten ran up and began to viciously attack Yusuke's shoe . As Anne reached down and picked up the kitten, he began to bite her hand.

"This is Bob," she said, holding up the kitten. "You'll get used to him. I'd better show you my room before you start arguing over who gets to sleep on the couch."

Anne's room was like a zoo. She had several cages filled with parakeets and other birds, a couple of rats, and even some walking sticks (the sticks! they walk! it must be magic!). Bird seed covered the floor.

"I call the couch," muttered Yusuke.

While Anne began to clear the junk off her top bunk so he could sleep up there, Hiei looked at her animals. Inside, he was boiling. That carrot-topped idiot got to stay at Mandy's house! She had even asked him to! How could she?!

"Hey Hiei," Anne's voice brought him back to reality. "Come on, you and Yusuke still need to meet the other seishis."

Mary yawned. Why had Fred called her here? Supposedly it was to meet the four men who were staying there for the week, but she had met them.

"All right, and now to introduce you to the weird seishis." Fred began to go down the line. "You already know Jean, Anne, and Mandy. You just met Mary and Erin. This is Adrienne, and this is Stephanie."

Adrienne gave a friendly grin. Stephanie gave her sly smile, the one that made people who had just ticked her off want to run for the hills. Yusuke, who remembered her smiling at Bordom Hoggie like that before she turned him into a frog, backed up a few steps.

Mary stifled another yawn as she surveyed the Urameshi team. Suddenly she perked up a little. She looked at Hiei. There was someone she remembered. He'd helped her get her revenge on Mandy for one of her fics. He was sort of handsome with his icy countenance. But now he didn't look icy, just depressed.

As soon as he'd been introduced to the seishis, Hiei tried to bolt. He didn't get very far.

"Hey Hiei, no da!" a voice called from behind him.

Hiei turned around to glare at the girl who was following him. It was Mary, the kleptomaniac demon.

"Where are you going in such a hurry, no da?" she asked.

"Stop it with the "no da's"!" Hiei growled. "You didn't do that last time."

"That's because the last time the author decided I had to much dialogue for her to keep adding 'no da' to everything, no da," Mary replied.

Hiei: Can't you make her stop?! It's going to drive me insane!

Rapunzel: Sorry Hiei. Blue Jeans says I've got to put in there.

Hiei: To hell with Blue Jeans!

B. Jeans: Hey! I heard that!

Rapunzel & Hiei: Beat it!

B. Jeans: Mumble, mumble, stupid Hiei, mumble, dang author, mumble.

(she leaves)

Hiei: Rapunzel, I'm begging you! You're not supposed to torment me like M.E. does.

Rapunzel: Oh, okay. I'll make Mary stop saying 'no da'.

Hiei: Thanks. And while you're at it, could you kill Kuwabara? Pleeeease?

Rapunzel: Don't push your luck, Hiei.

"You still haven't told me why you were leaving in such a hurry," Mary said.

"Hn. Why are you following me?" Hiei countered.

"That's hardly an answer to my question," Mary replied.

Hiei bit his tongue to keep from telling her where she should go. This girl was annoying, but she was a weird no seishi, and, as such, he had to be polite to her. Not saying anything was the closest he could get to being polite, so he kept his mouth shut.

Mary gave Hiei an innocent look as he glared at her. ::Oo, he looks cute when he's mad,:: she thought.

(Author's Note: In case you didn't already realize this, Mary likes to hit on every available in sight, and, as in this case, even some that aren't available.)

"So," Mary said, "I hear you're staying in Anne's room. I pity you. I've been in Anne's room; it's a disaster area. If you want to, I have space in my house and you could stay there." She gave him her sweetest smile.

Hiei couldn't believe it. She was flirting with him! Not a situation Hiei was accustomed to, or one he liked. He shook his head.

"No? Oh well. See you later, Hiei," Mary said and walked off.

Hiei turned and headed back to the group. Anne's room may have been a health hazard , but he figured he was safer with a girl who already had a boyfriend. Little did he know that Mary had a boyfriend too. In fact, she had eleven or twelve of them.

"Today," the Goddess Fred said, "you will get a grand tour of the Weird World. All the seishis will accompany you. No complaining!" she added, as Yusuke eyed the seven seishis nervously.

"This is the equivalent of a down town in the Weird World," Jean said as they walked along the front of odd looking stores. Hiei stopped to stare at on that was shaped like a spatula.

"That's the Spatula Outlet," Mary told him. She gave him another sweet smile, and slipped an arm around his waist.Mandy turned around and glared at Mary. To her satisfaction, Hiei seem to resent the gesture as well. He jerked away form Mary.

::She's not very subtle, is she,:: he thought.

Mary did not seem at all bothered that she had just been shunned. Long experience told her that if she persisted long enough, Hiei would eventually give in to her.

"This is the W.S.T. Park," Anne announced as they came to a park in the center of the town. The path that went through the trees of the park was in a spiral shape. Huge carrots grew around the park, and Hiei guessed that Mandy had helped design the place.

"And here," Anne continued, "we pick up another person. Three more people actually. Fred said she'd meet us here with Hikaru and Touga for lunch." She wandered off in search of her boyfriend.

When Anne returned with the additions to the group, Mary managed to seat herself next to Hiei. Mandy glared at her. However, she forgot to be angry when Fred brought out the food.

"Oh, I'm stuffed, " Mandy said.

"Finally," muttered Erin.

Fred simply laughed. "I planned ahead and brought a lot of extra food just for Mandy." The she looked around the park. "Where's Rutherford?" she asked.

Yusuke and Kuwabara just looked confused, "What's a Rutherford?"

"Not what, who," Adrienne corrected.

Yusuke and Kuwabara still looked confused.

"The only thing that surprises us about that question is that it wasn't asked sooner," Stephanie grumbled. "Rutherford is Fred's beloved and she's forever inquiring after him."

"Have none of you seen Rutherford?!" Fred asked in distress.

"Hn," Hiei muttered.

"Anne, translate!" Fred demanded.

Since the 'hn' had meant 'no' and Fred was going to kick Hiei into the outer atmosphere if she knew that, Anne pretended that she hadn't heard her boss, and continued to talk with Hikaru.

"Anne!" Fred yelled, "You're not listening to me!"

"Oh, I'm sorry. Did you say something?" Anne gave Fred her innocent look.

"Where's Rutherford?!" Fred wailed.

"Why would you want to find that ugly dude anyway?" Mary asked.

SLAP! "Don't diss Rutherford, man," Fred growled at an unconscious Mary.

All the other seishi sweatdropped.

"Anne, I've got a problem," Hiei said.

"Mm?" Anne made a noncommental questioning sound .

"It's about Mary," Hiei continued.

"Why ask me?"

"Because of all the people from the Weird World, you're the only one I know who won't laugh or beat me up."

"What about Kurama?"

"He's not from the Weird World, and he's not here right now. Besides, you've had more experience with Mary than he has."

"That's true. I can't promise that I won't laugh, but I won't beat you up. Fire away."

Hiei told her about how Mary was flirting with him. Anne had an amused smile on her face when he was through.

"Oh, don't worry," she grinned. "This sort of behavior is normal for Mary. She has a tendency to flirt with every available guy in sight."

"But I'm not available!" Hiei protested. "What about Mandy?"

"Mary probably knows that your 'relationship' with Mandy is experiencing some 'turbulence,' to put it mildly."

"That is putting it mildly," Hiei looked gloomy.

"Oh, don't worry," Anne said as she sat down and pulled a gray cat into her lap. "I can tell when Mandy is fond of someone, and she's fond of you. It's just against her dignity to show it."

"So, what should I do about Mary?"

"Hmmm. I can't say that having Mary flirt with me is a problem I've experienced. However, most of the time if Mary's bugging me, I just ignore her. You might try that. Don't encourage her, but don't try to drive her off either, because that will only make her more persistent. This might take a while," she warned, "Mary doesn't give up easily."

Mandy stalked out of Fred's office. Talk about a long and exasperating day. They'd tried to teach the Urameshi Team to tell which W.S.T.™'s led where, without much success. To top things off, Kuwabara had fallen through one of them into the Slayers world. He'd tried to grab onto something and had ended up pulling in after him. The two of them had landed on Zelgadis, resulting in the loudest shouting match yet between Kurama and Zelgadis. Mandy's appearance had helped a little, since Zel had abandoned that argument to seek refuge from the annoyed carrot demon, but Mandy's ears were still ringing from all that shouting.

Now all Mandy wanted was to go home in peace. Her patience, which was limited at best, was nearly nonexistent. She sighed; an hour of reading a book could cure all of this. If only she could get home without any more trouble...

Dream on Mandy.

Hiei appeared in front of her. Mandy glared at him. "What are you doing here?!" she growled at him. She wasn't very happy with him. Mary had been more flirtatious than ever recently, and Hiei, while he ignored her, didn't tell her off as Mandy hoped he would.

"I'm trying to escape," Hiei muttered.

"From who?"

"Oh Hiei," Mary sang, "where are you?"

"Hn. You had to ask," Hiei said bluntly.

Mary came around the corner. She smiled at Mandy. Mandy glared back. "What are you doing here?!" she snapped.

"I just came to get Hiei. I thought I'd walk with him back to Anne's house, since I want to see Anne anyway." Mary gave Mandy a look as if to say, "What are you going to do about it?"

Mandy had had it. She was fed up. Mary's flirting with Hiei all week had been getting on her nerves, and now this.

"I suppose," Mandy said bitterly, "that being a kleptomania means you can steal anything, including other people's boyfriends!"

"Oh, really?" Mary sounded as if she didn't care. "I was under the impression that you didn't want Hiei to be your boyfriend."

"Listen, you!" Mandy snarled. "Hiei is my guy! Stay away from him!"

Hiei's eyes widened throughout this exchange. Of all the things he hadn't expected, Mandy was coming to his defense. "Do you mean that Mandy?"

Mandy's blue eyes got as big as dinner plates as she realized what she had just said. She had always tried to give the impression that she hated men and didn't care about Hiei. However, admitting the truth was probably the only way to make Mary leave Hiei alone. "Yes," she answered cooly, "I mean it." Before Mary could say anything, Mandy grabbed Hiei and kissed him.

Mary scowled and stalked off.

Hiei thought. Finally, finally she was paying attention to him.

"PERVERT~!" WHACK!

Then again, this is Mandy we're talking about.

Rapunzel: (teehee) I had way too much fun writing this.

B.J.: You realize that Mandy's going to kill for this.

Rapunzel: Of course I do.

(Mandy, Mary, and Hiei come in)

Mandy: You. Are. So. Dead!

Mary & Hiei: Ditto.

Rapunzel: Hey, wait a minute! Mandy's wrath I can understand, but what did I do to you two?!

Mary: You portrayed me as an annoying flirt.

Mandy: At least some of the plot is based on factual information.

Hiei: I thought that Mandy was supposed to really like me, but you had her hit me at the end!

Mandy: HEY!!! The end's my favorite part!!

Rapunzel: Hey, at least you got to kiss her, so shut up!

Mary: What makes you think that I would hit on Hiei anyway?

Rapunzel: Well, you did write "I want Hiei" several times.

Mary: When and where?!

Rapunzel: (holds up a rough draft of a previous fic) Here, and here, and oh! don't forget over here, and here... I imagine the purple writing is yours.

(Hiei just stares at Mary)

Mary: AHHH! It wasn't me! It was my evil twin! Besides, I already have a boyfriend.

Hiei, B.J., Mandy, & Rapunzel: We know that Mary.

Mary : (sighing and going starry eyed) His name is ****. (name is deleted because it's always changing)

B.J.: She's worse than Fred.

Mandy: (to Rapunzel) You have me kissing Hiei! That's disgusting.

Rapunzel: Mandy, if you're going to keep Hiei as your boyfriend so you can pick on him, you at least need to show some affection towards him.

B.J.: Besides, we all know how you really feel about Hiei

Mandy: WHAT?! I.V. WAKE~!

All: Must. Get. In. Touch. With. Inner. Vegetable.