chapter 1

I'm gonna take a shot at writing out the script of yu yu hakusho manga! Can't give you the pictures my scanner doesn't work, don't really know how I'd get them on the site anyways! But at least you can read whats going on! Here ya go! * means sound effects by the way

Yu Yu Hakusho vol. 1 GOODBYE, MATERIAL WORLD!

Story and Art by: YOSHIHIRO TOGASHI

Chapter 1: Goodbye, Material World!

Chapter 2: Test for Resurrection!!

Chapter 3: Time for Departure!!

Chapter 4: The Old Dog and the Boy

Chapter 5: Her First Christmas!

Chapter 6: The Lonely Journey

Chapter 7: The Promise!

Chapter 8: The Temporary Resurrection (part 1)

Yusuke Urameshi, 14 years old-a truly obnoxious punk.

The star of this manga? Your looking at him!

driver: I didn't see him! He leapt out of nowhere....

guy: man, this doesn't loko good.

guy: Call an ambulance! Hurry!

*weeooo weeooo* (ambulance driving by)

Problem is, He Died.

Goodbye, Material World!

Yusuke: What the hey's going on? That....looks like me on the ground! (he's floating around in the air over the scene)

doctor: step aside please!

doctor2: give us room!

doctor: The little kid's okay. Just some scratches.

doctor2: This guy's a goner I'm afraid...

Yusuke: Hey, wait a second...

doctor: We'll take the little kid in, just to be safe.

Yusuke: Hey man, Hold up! THAT'S not me, whatever it is! I'M right HERE!

Yusuke: Dammit listen up!

*whoom* *whiff* Yusuke attempts to punch the doctor but goes right through him*

Yusuke:........This is nuts! What's happening to me? Okay, calm down, think about this...let's see, I went to school, first time in 'bout 10 days...

Sarayashiki Public Junior High

Loud speaker: Yusuke Urameshi! Report to Mr. Takenaka in the student Guidance room!

Keiko: I figured you'd be on the roof! And SMOKING again! You....you delinquent!

Yusuke: Nice to see you too Keiko. Now shut up, why don't you?

Keiko: Shut up?! Smoking kills and it's disgusting! You think you're so cool, though, huh! and what are those...street shoes? Can't you behave yourself the few times you bother to show up at shool?! you play hooky so much you're sure to flunk as it is!

Keiko:*grraar graarr* You know Mr. Takenaka's looking for you! I'm class officer! If you don't go see him, it's my butt that's gonna get hauled!

Yusuke: AWRIGHT ALREADY! I'll go, I'll go, sheesh. You're a regular pain, you know that?

Keiko: I don't enjoy getting on your case you know! It's just I've had to put up with your crap since kindergarten. Ah, what's the use! Just get going, okay?

Yusuke: jeez *snuk* Whoo, them's some bug-ugly panties. crack-stained too.

Keiko: IDIOT! PERVERT! Just Die, why don't you!

Yusuke: *gyuk gyuk gyuk*

Keiko: Jerk! He hasn't grown up one little bit! Yargh! He got away again! Sheee......

girl:....K-Keiko! Is it over?

Keiko: What are you guys doing over there?

Keiko's friend1: Hiding from Yusuke...He's scary!

K's friend2: Where does she get the guts to talk to him?

K's friend1: Beats me! He's got a lot of teachers scared!

Keiko: Really? He IS vulgar and foul-tempered, but harmless...

K's friend1: But the rumors, like Junior High and High school punks all over town wanting him dead....or that three different gangs want him to join, or that he has 2000 goons at his beck and call....

Keiko: Oh please, that's all nonsense! I'll admit he's antisocial, gets intofights a lot, and some shady characters do visit his house pretty often.

K's friends: There you go!

Keiko: But he hardly knows how to direct himself, let alone 2000 other people. He has very few friends. With all those empty rumors flying around, it's no wonder he's so badly misunderstood!

K's friends: but, we just...

speaker:Urameshi! Urameshi report to the student guidance room, NOW!

Yusuke: Takenaka! He just won't give up. I swear his one joy in life is harassing me.

guy: Way! 15,000 Yen! some punk tried to hassle me downtown, so I said I was Urameshi's cousin. *flick* (lights cigeret)

2nd guy: And he gave you his wallet? pretty slick...If Urameshi finds out, though....You're dead meat.

1st guy: I ain't worried. Lotsa students here use that dodge. Survival of the weak and smart, y'know? It's like they say about idiots and scissors, it's all in knowing how to use them. *hehehe*

1st guy: huh?! *DOOM*(yusuke appears) Yack! Urameshi!

Yusuke: *trup trup* (walking towards the guys)

1st guy: uh...I...oh gawd...D-don't hurt me. eek!

*slam* yusuke pushes them against the wall

Yusuke: name dropping fee: 500 yen.

1st guy: uh...oh, sure! You bet! Right away! (gives him money)

Yusuke: thanks. (begins to walk away)

2nd guy: we're still alive....*whew*

Voice: HEY! What's going on here?!

2nd guy: Oh...Mr. Iwamoto...

Iwamoto: you again...you dirty scum.

Iwamoto: you two care to tell me what he did? c'mon he can't do anything to you now. He took something from you right?

2nd guy: no, he didn't...

Iwamoto: You're afraid to tell on him. Don't be. Unlike most of the teachers here, I don't look the other way. Any slime I find, I boot 'em right out of this school.

Yusuke: talkin' 'bout me?

1st guy: um...really, he didn't...

Iwamoto: ! (see's cigarette)

1st guy: oh crap...!

Iwamoto: hmm....a cigarette...Why am I not surprised? You know Urameshi...People like you who can't follow the rules are belly-crawling pond scum! They don't belong in school! Especially not my school!

Yusuke: aw, shut up. I do what I want.

Iwamoto: that's it get out!

Yusuke: on my way. Grump what a load of----*flick* (lights cigerette)

*BONK* (Yusuke gets slapped on the head)

Yusuke: Oww! that hurt! who the he--! ack! Takenaka!

Takenaka: That's Mr. Takenaka. Where do you get the nerve to light up just outside school grounds?!

Yusuke: leave me alone.

Takenaka: Ten straight absences, then when you do grace us with your presence you just take off before noon?! Are you some kind of corporate president now, Yusuke?! Let me guess: you got fresh with Mr. iwamoto.

Yusuke: I didn't do nothin'.

Takenaka: ...all right, I'll hear your story. In the student guidance room! We'll talk over a cup of tea. *tromp tromp* (graps Yusuke by the ear and drags him)

Yusuke: OWW!! That hurts! Lemme go, you bastard!

takenaka: and have you go skipping off? no chance! Do you hear me?! Hm? GAH!! (he is now holding a doll of yusuke)

Yusuke: Over here *hohohohoho*

Takenaka: You'd pull that ninja stuff on me?!

Yusuke: see ya. *shoopity-shoop shoop-dee* (yusuke runs off)

Takenaka: You'd better be in school omorrow! Yusuke! ..........

*ding dong ding dong*

Yusuke: Hmph...the one day I felt like going to school...and every know-it-all decides to chew my ear off. or yank it off! I got better ways to waste my time!

*bowf bowf* (sign reads Atsuko & Yusuke Urameshi)

Yusuke: You just got up, mom?

Atsuko: yuh...make some coffee, willya? Eh...shouldn't you be in school?

Yusuke: I got pissed off, so I ditched.

Atsuko: always ditchin'...so just quit! School ain't free, y'know. Had to earn tuition money myself when I was your age. aah, my head...

Yusuke: gee, another lecture. My day's complete. *glub glub glub* (yusuke is pooring coffee)

Atsuko: You don't want lectures, you can just move your lazy carcass outta here.

Yusuke: sure, sure. What a lusy, rotten day! I'm so steamed, I wanna kick somethin'! *gggrrrrr*

lady in front of shop blocks entrance, doors slam

Yusuke: Swell, just swell. My rep's so bad around here I can't go anywhere. They blame all the shoplifting by schoolkids on me. It's mostly me but...

*strum strum strum strum stum stum* DOOM Yusuke is suddenly surrounded by 4 guys

Beat up guy: Urameshi!

Yusuke: Kuwabara. You again. Don't you ever give up?

Kuwabara: Shut up! Nobody talks that way to the toughest mug in Sarayashiki, you got it? You'll lick the bottoms of my shoes today!

Yusuke: really. Okay, I've got a swell bad mood going....*grin* ....so this oughta work out fine. *WHAM* take that! and this! and summa these! *yusuke beats kuwabara to a pulp!*

Kuwabara's friend: he's a demon....jeez, thats brutal.

Yusuke: thanks, I feel much better. *Kuwabara on ground beaten up pretty badly*

Ku's friend: Y'know, mebbe we should leave Urameshi alone from now on.

Kuwabara: Stuff it! I'll beat 'im! Sooner or later, I'll beat 'im! I never lost a fight to any guy my age until I met him. I'll beat 'im or die trying. nuthin' else matters.

Floating Yusuke (remember that was flash back): ....Yeah I'd caught hell at school and at home, and I cleaned Kuwabara's clock as usual...and then....I met this kid.

*doing* *bump* (ball rolls up to yusuke)

kid walks up to yusuke

Yusuke: Hey, short stuff. You shouldn't be playing here! Way too many cars.

(yusuke puts ball in front of his face and makes a weird face. repeats this 2 times)

Yusuke: Huh! The kids usually love these.... *kid is staring at yusuke*

Kid: hahaha silly man!

Yusuke: yeeho yeeho yeeho (yusuke is jumping around dressed like some monster) Heh....I've still got it. Now listen, it's too dangerous here. Go play somewhere else, okay? *he gives the ball back to the kid*

the kid is seen kicking the ball around

Yusuke: ....oh great. Stupid kid didn't here a word I said.

kid: *pomp* ! (the ball rolls into the street)

Yusuke: Hey. (kid starts to go after ball) Hey! Watch out! Stay on the sidewalk!

*a car is seen speeding towards the kid now holding the ball* *the people are too busy laughing in the car to know whats going on*

passenger in car: Gah! look out!

driver in car:Huh?! YIIIII!!!!!! *screeee* *Yusuke pushes kid out of the way and *wham* gets hit*

end of flashback

Yusuke: ...oh yeah...I got hit by that car.

doctor: nothing we can do

Yusuke: so....I died....then...what am I? A ghost...?

lady flying on a stick: ding ding ding You caught on quicker than I thought you would. Most people don't get the idea after accidents like this. They can't grasp their death, can't rest in peace, and become restless ghosts!

yusuke: .....who...or what...the hell are you?

Lady: Botan, guide to the river styx, at your service. I have a lot of names, but they all mean death, I suppose. Nice to meet'cha.

*yusuke stares at botan*

Yusuke: Hey, Lady....what do you mean, "nice to meet'cha"?

Botan: Now, don't go trying to stare down the messenger of the underworld.

Yusuke: Look, I'm dead, and not feelin' too cool about it. Why aren't you all grave and gloomy, like you're supposed to be? I mean death goes "ding ding ding"? c'mon.

Botan: hehehe I see by the grade book that you're just how you're supposed to be. No wonder you don't respect me, let alone fear me. Yusuke Urameshi, 14-year old. Crude and violent, impatient and reckless, has sticky fingers and a stupid brain.

Botan: Fights, extorts, shoplifts, smokes, drinks, gambles, has a reserved seat in the guidane counselor's office, etc. etc....A real devil's delinquent, ain'tcha. No loss to anyone, obviously. Whoa, you did that too?

Yusuke: Can we just move on? by the way...What happened to that kid I rescued? Is he okay?

Botan: like you care? let's go see, why don't we?

Doctor: He's got some scrapes on his head and hand...but no signs of concussion or other injury.

mother of kid: Oh! That's such a relief! um...what about....the boy who saved him?

doctor: I'm sorry ma'am...

mother: !! oh...oh no. you mean he died to save Masaru...?

Yusuke: okay then...*phew* so he's all right. *yusuke smiles* so am I, Y'know? I got no regrets. Botan, was it? Might as well take me to hell or wherever I'm going.

Yusuke: What's so funny?

Botan: You've got the wrong idea. I'm not here to take you anywhere. I'm here to see if you're interested in taking the test to come back to life.

Yusuke: test...? come back to life...? What're you talking about?

Botan: hmm, how should I put it? Maybe this way: your death was...unexpected, down in the underworld. Not even the Buddha had any idea that you would risk your life to save a child. So... there's no place for you yet, in Hell or in Heaven.

Yusuke: No...frickin' place for me?! You're sayin' my dying to save that kid...wasn't on your schedule?

Botan: Well, I wasn't going to tell you this, since it would only bum you out...but that kid was supposed to get run over, yet miraculously escape without a scratch!

Yusuke: Huh? Without a scratch...?

Botan: Yeah, the ball was to act as a cushion. so, much as I hate to say this...your death was totally pointless!

*big words Pointless fall on Yusuke's head*

Botan: Yeah, I'd feel pretty terrible about it too, haha Instead of no one getting hurt, the kid gets a few scrapes and you die! Nice work moron!

*the words: moron, death and pointless all fly around Yusuke's head* *Yusuke is getting ready to punch Botan*

Botan: Now calm down! death isn's always permanent. Not in your case, anyway. You can take the test I mentioned.

Botan: I'm told this sort of thing crops up now and then, about every 100 years or so on average. And really I'm as new to the idea as you are. You won't rest in peace in your current state, that's for sure. I can't say what the test is but you have nothing to lose by taking it. It's not a bad deal, if you think about it.

Yusuke: ....naw, I'll pass.

Yusuke: can't see anything wrong with being a ghost. What would I amount to if I came back to life, anyway?

Yusuke: no one I know is gonna miss me. They'd only curse their luck if I ...revived. My mom's still young, just 29. If I weren't around, she might stand a chance of finding a decent man.

Botan: So fatalistic....and you're only 14? Well, you don't have to decide right away. think about it whilde you attend your wake. You can give me your answer afterward. *botan flys away*

*at yusuke's wake* *yusuke is watching the wake, his mother is just sitting on the ground looking confused*

Yusuke: Hey....some kids from school. ! what the...I'm dead and they're laughing?

*Keiko is seen crying*

Voice: This is twisted, man! Forget it!

2nd voice: I won't! Lemme go!

Yusuke: Gack! Kuwabara!

Kuwabara: Damn you Urameshi! You think dyin' squares us? I'm the one who's supposed to put you down for good, y'hear me?!

Ku's friend 1: Jeez, Kuwabara, we're at a wake!

Ku's friend 2: as if he could, you idiot!

Kuwabara: No stallin'! Git outta that coffin! Get out and fight me, you frickin' bastard!

ku's friends: excuse us! *they drag kuwabara out of there*

Yusuke: eh...haha What a brain case....

Iwamoto: who were they?

other teacher: Apparently Urameshi used to hang out with some of them.. Bunch of thugs, of course.

Iwamoto: o fcourse. Their kind don't respect anything. Well, at least Urameshi died doing a good deed. That actually improves our school's reputation...

Other Teacher: Personally, I think he chased the kid out into the street and just happened to get in the way of that car.

Iwamoto: heh...more than likely.

Yusuke: Arrr.....Those creeps...twisting things around.....

*yank* *takenaka grabs the two teachers*

Takenaka: Taking what those thugs did, and what you just said...which of you is truly lacking in respect?

Yusuke: Takenaka.....

*takenaka bows to Atsuko and sits in front of a picture of Yusuke*

Takenaka: ....Yusuke, I was surprised....when I heard you saved that child. You of all people...but...somehow I'm unable...to bring myself to praise you for it.

Atsuko: Yusuke.....*huck huck hiii aaahh mwuuuuhhh* *she brakes down crying*

*little boy that yusuke saved and his mother come*

*mother bows, little boy follows her lead*

Mother: Now, pay your respects to the nice boy....

Boy: okay. Hi Yusuke! Thank you very much! ....?

Yusuke: Don't thank me ya twerp. I didn't.....I didn't do anything worth anyone's thanks.

Boy: mommy? Why was the boy inside the box? was he sleeping?

mother: y-yes he was.

Boy: Mommy! We should come back when he's out of the box! That way I can thank him when he's awake!

*Yusuke looking on in shock*

Mother: we...can't do that.

Mother: We can't....*she hugs him*


	chapter 1 I'm gonna take a shot at writing out the script of yu yu hakusho manga! Can't give you the pictures my scanner doesn't work, don't really know how I'd get them on the site anyways! But at least you can read whats going on! Here ya go! * means sound effects by the way Yu Yu Hakusho vol. 1 GOODBYE, MATERIAL WORLD! Story and Art by: YOSHIHIRO TOGASHI Chapter 1: Goodbye, Material World! Chapter 2: Test for Resurrection!! Chapter 3: Time for Departure!! Chapter 4: The Old Dog and the Boy Chapter 5: Her First Christmas! Chapter 6: The Lonely Journey Chapter 7: The Promise! Chapter 8: The Temporary Resurrection (part 1) Intro: Yusuke Urameshi, 14 years old-a truly obnoxious punk. The star of this manga? Your looking at him! driver: I didn't see him! He leapt out of nowhere.... guy: man, this doesn't loko good. guy: Call an ambulance! Hurry! weeooo weeooo (ambulance driving by) Problem is, He Died. Goodbye, Material World! Chapter 1 Yusuke: What the hey's going on? That....looks like me on the ground! (he's floating around in the air over the scene) doctor: step aside please! doctor2: give us room! doctor: The little kid's okay. Just some scratches. doctor2: This guy's a goner I'm afraid... Yusuke: Hey, wait a second... doctor: We'll take the little kid in, just to be safe. Yusuke: Hey man, Hold up! THAT'S not me, whatever it is! I'M right HERE! Yusuke:..... Yusuke: Dammit listen up! whoom whiff Yusuke attempts to punch the doctor but goes right through him* Yusuke:........This is nuts! What's happening to me? Okay, calm down, think about this...let's see, I went to school, first time in 'bout 10 days... Three Hours Ago Sarayashiki Public Junior High Kuung Kuung Kuung Loud speaker: Yusuke Urameshi! Report to Mr. Takenaka in the student Guidance room! Keiko: I figured you'd be on the roof! And SMOKING again! You....you delinquent! Yusuke: Nice to see you too Keiko. Now shut up, why don't you? Keiko: Shut up?! Smoking kills and it's disgusting! You think you're so cool, though, huh! and what are those...street shoes? Can't you behave yourself the few times you bother to show up at shool?! you play hooky so much you're sure to flunk as it is! Yusuke:..... Keiko:grraar graarr You know Mr. Takenaka's looking for you! I'm class officer! If you don't go see him, it's my butt that's gonna get hauled! Yusuke: AWRIGHT ALREADY! I'll go, I'll go, sheesh. You're a regular pain, you know that? Keiko: I don't enjoy getting on your case you know! It's just I've had to put up with your crap since kindergarten. Ah, what's the use! Just get going, okay? Yusuke: jeez snuk Whoo, them's some bug-ugly panties. crack-stained too. SMACK Keiko: IDIOT! PERVERT! Just Die, why don't you! Yusuke: gyuk gyuk gyuk Keiko: Jerk! He hasn't grown up one little bit! Yargh! He got away again! Sheee...... girl:....K-Keiko! Is it over? Keiko: What are you guys doing over there? Keiko's friend1: Hiding from Yusuke...He's scary! K's friend2: Where does she get the guts to talk to him? K's friend1: Beats me! He's got a lot of teachers scared! Keiko: Really? He IS vulgar and foul-tempered, but harmless... K's friend1: But the rumors, like Junior High and High school punks all over town wanting him dead....or that three different gangs want him to join, or that he has 2000 goons at his beck and call.... Keiko: Oh please, that's all nonsense! I'll admit he's antisocial, gets intofights a lot, and some shady characters do visit his house pretty often. K's friends: There you go! Keiko: But he hardly knows how to direct himself, let alone 2000 other people. He has very few friends. With all those empty rumors flying around, it's no wonder he's so badly misunderstood! K's friends: but, we just... speaker:Urameshi! Urameshi report to the student guidance room, NOW! Yusuke: Takenaka! He just won't give up. I swear his one joy in life is harassing me. voice: no way! guy: Way! 15,000 Yen! some punk tried to hassle me downtown, so I said I was Urameshi's cousin. flick (lights cigeret) 2nd guy: And he gave you his wallet? pretty slick...If Urameshi finds out, though....You're dead meat. 1st guy: I ain't worried. Lotsa students here use that dodge. Survival of the weak and smart, y'know? It's like they say about idiots and scissors, it's all in knowing how to use them. hehehe 2nd guy:!! 1st guy: huh?! DOOM(yusuke appears) Yack! Urameshi! Yusuke: trup trup (walking towards the guys) 1st guy: uh...I...oh gawd...D-don't hurt me. eek! slam yusuke pushes them against the wall Yusuke: name dropping fee: 500 yen. 1st guy: uh...oh, sure! You bet! Right away! (gives him money) Yusuke: thanks. (begins to walk away) 1st guy: ha...haha 2nd guy: we're still alive....whew Voice: HEY! What's going on here?! 2nd guy: Oh...Mr. Iwamoto... Iwamoto: you again...you dirty scum. Yusuke: yah? Iwamoto: you two care to tell me what he did? c'mon he can't do anything to you now. He took something from you right? 1st guy: uh...no. 2nd guy: no, he didn't... Iwamoto: You're afraid to tell on him. Don't be. Unlike most of the teachers here, I don't look the other way. Any slime I find, I boot 'em right out of this school. Yusuke: talkin' 'bout me? 1st guy: um...really, he didn't... Iwamoto: ! (see's cigarette) 1st guy: oh crap...! Iwamoto: hmm....a cigarette...Why am I not surprised? You know Urameshi...People like you who can't follow the rules are belly-crawling pond scum! They don't belong in school! Especially not my school! guys: urk! Yusuke: aw, shut up. I do what I want. Iwamoto: that's it get out! Yusuke: on my way. Grump what a load of----flick (lights cigerette) BONK (Yusuke gets slapped on the head) Yusuke: Oww! that hurt! who the he--! ack! Takenaka! Takenaka: That's Mr. Takenaka. Where do you get the nerve to light up just outside school grounds?! Yusuke: leave me alone. Takenaka: Ten straight absences, then when you do grace us with your presence you just take off before noon?! Are you some kind of corporate president now, Yusuke?! Let me guess: you got fresh with Mr. iwamoto. Yusuke: I didn't do nothin'. Takenaka: ...all right, I'll hear your story. In the student guidance room! We'll talk over a cup of tea. tromp tromp (graps Yusuke by the ear and drags him) Yusuke: OWW!! That hurts! Lemme go, you bastard! takenaka: and have you go skipping off? no chance! Do you hear me?! Hm? GAH!! (he is now holding a doll of yusuke) Yusuke: Over here hohohohoho Takenaka: You'd pull that ninja stuff on me?! Yusuke: see ya. shoopity-shoop shoop-dee (yusuke runs off) Takenaka: You'd better be in school omorrow! Yusuke! .......... ding dong ding dong Yusuke: Hmph...the one day I felt like going to school...and every know-it-all decides to chew my ear off. or yank it off! I got better ways to waste my time! bowf bowf (sign reads Atsuko & Yusuke Urameshi) Yusuke: You just got up, mom? Atsuko: yuh...make some coffee, willya? Eh...shouldn't you be in school? Yusuke: I got pissed off, so I ditched. Atsuko: always ditchin'...so just quit! School ain't free, y'know. Had to earn tuition money myself when I was your age. aah, my head... Yusuke: gee, another lecture. My day's complete. glub glub glub (yusuke is pooring coffee) Atsuko: You don't want lectures, you can just move your lazy carcass outta here. Yusuke: sure, sure. What a lusy, rotten day! I'm so steamed, I wanna kick somethin'! gggrrrrr murmur mutter lady in front of shop blocks entrance, doors slam Yusuke: Swell, just swell. My rep's so bad around here I can't go anywhere. They blame all the shoplifting by schoolkids on me. It's mostly me but... strum strum strum strum stum stum DOOM Yusuke is suddenly surrounded by 4 guys Beat up guy: Urameshi! Yusuke: Kuwabara. You again. Don't you ever give up? Kuwabara: Shut up! Nobody talks that way to the toughest mug in Sarayashiki, you got it? You'll lick the bottoms of my shoes today! Yusuke: really. Okay, I've got a swell bad mood going....grin ....so this oughta work out fine. WHAM take that! and this! and summa these! yusuke beats kuwabara to a pulp! Kuwabara's friend: he's a demon....jeez, thats brutal. Yusuke: thanks, I feel much better. Kuwabara on ground beaten up pretty badly Ku's friend: Y'know, mebbe we should leave Urameshi alone from now on. Kuwabara: Stuff it! I'll beat 'im! Sooner or later, I'll beat 'im! I never lost a fight to any guy my age until I met him. I'll beat 'im or die trying. nuthin' else matters. Floating Yusuke (remember that was flash back): ....Yeah I'd caught hell at school and at home, and I cleaned Kuwabara's clock as usual...and then....I met this kid. back to flashback doing bump (ball rolls up to yusuke) kid walks up to yusuke Yusuke: Hey, short stuff. You shouldn't be playing here! Way too many cars. kid: ..... Yusuke:..... (yusuke puts ball in front of his face and makes a weird face. repeats this 2 times) Yusuke: Huh! The kids usually love these.... kid is staring at yusuke (all of a sudden) Kid: hahaha silly man! Yusuke: yeeho yeeho yeeho (yusuke is jumping around dressed like some monster) Heh....I've still got it. Now listen, it's too dangerous here. Go play somewhere else, okay? he gives the ball back to the kid the kid is seen kicking the ball around Yusuke: ....oh great. Stupid kid didn't here a word I said. kid: pomp ! (the ball rolls into the street) Yusuke: Hey. (kid starts to go after ball) Hey! Watch out! Stay on the sidewalk! a car is seen speeding towards the kid now holding the ball the people are too busy laughing in the car to know whats going on Yusuke: Stay back! passenger in car: Gah! look out! driver in car:Huh?! YIIIII!!!!!! screeee Yusuke pushes kid out of the way and wham* gets hit* end of flashback Yusuke: ...oh yeah...I got hit by that car. doctor: nothing we can do Yusuke: so....I died....then...what am I? A ghost...? lady flying on a stick: ding ding ding You caught on quicker than I thought you would. Most people don't get the idea after accidents like this. They can't grasp their death, can't rest in peace, and become restless ghosts! yusuke: .....who...or what...the hell are you? Lady: Botan, guide to the river styx, at your service. I have a lot of names, but they all mean death, I suppose. Nice to meet'cha. yusuke stares at botan Yusuke: Hey, Lady....what do you mean, "nice to meet'cha"? Botan: Now, don't go trying to stare down the messenger of the underworld. Yusuke: Look, I'm dead, and not feelin' too cool about it. Why aren't you all grave and gloomy, like you're supposed to be? I mean death goes "ding ding ding"? c'mon. Botan: hehehe I see by the grade book that you're just how you're supposed to be. No wonder you don't respect me, let alone fear me. Yusuke Urameshi, 14-year old. Crude and violent, impatient and reckless, has sticky fingers and a stupid brain. Yusuke: ..... Botan: Fights, extorts, shoplifts, smokes, drinks, gambles, has a reserved seat in the guidane counselor's office, etc. etc....A real devil's delinquent, ain'tcha. No loss to anyone, obviously. Whoa, you did that too? Yusuke: Can we just move on? by the way...What happened to that kid I rescued? Is he okay? Botan: like you care? let's go see, why don't we? general hospital Doctor: He's got some scrapes on his head and hand...but no signs of concussion or other injury. mother of kid: Oh! That's such a relief! um...what about....the boy who saved him? doctor: I'm sorry ma'am... mother: !! oh...oh no. you mean he died to save Masaru...? Yusuke: okay then...phew so he's all right. yusuke smiles so am I, Y'know? I got no regrets. Botan, was it? Might as well take me to hell or wherever I'm going. botan stares Botan: teehee Yusuke: What's so funny? Botan: You've got the wrong idea. I'm not here to take you anywhere. I'm here to see if you're interested in taking the test to come back to life. Yusuke: test...? come back to life...? What're you talking about? Botan: hmm, how should I put it? Maybe this way: your death was...unexpected, down in the underworld. Not even the Buddha had any idea that you would risk your life to save a child. So... there's no place for you yet, in Hell or in Heaven. Yusuke: No...frickin' place for me?! You're sayin' my dying to save that kid...wasn't on your schedule? Botan: Well, I wasn't going to tell you this, since it would only bum you out...but that kid was supposed to get run over, yet miraculously escape without a scratch! Yusuke: Huh? Without a scratch...? Botan: Yeah, the ball was to act as a cushion. so, much as I hate to say this...your death was totally pointless! big words Pointless fall on Yusuke's head Botan: Yeah, I'd feel pretty terrible about it too, haha Instead of no one getting hurt, the kid gets a few scrapes and you die! Nice work moron! the words: moron, death and pointless all fly around Yusuke's head Yusuke is getting ready to punch Botan Botan: Now calm down! death isn's always permanent. Not in your case, anyway. You can take the test I mentioned. Yusuke: ....... Botan: I'm told this sort of thing crops up now and then, about every 100 years or so on average. And really I'm as new to the idea as you are. You won't rest in peace in your current state, that's for sure. I can't say what the test is but you have nothing to lose by taking it. It's not a bad deal, if you think about it. Yusuke: ....naw, I'll pass. Botan: Huh? Yusuke: can't see anything wrong with being a ghost. What would I amount to if I came back to life, anyway? Botan: gee Yusuke: no one I know is gonna miss me. They'd only curse their luck if I ...revived. My mom's still young, just 29. If I weren't around, she might stand a chance of finding a decent man. Botan: So fatalistic....and you're only 14? Well, you don't have to decide right away. think about it whilde you attend your wake. You can give me your answer afterward. botan flys away Yusuke: .... AND SO at yusuke's wake yusuke is watching the wake, his mother is just sitting on the ground looking confused Yusuke: Hey....some kids from school. ! what the...I'm dead and they're laughing? Keiko is seen crying Yusuke: Keiko.... Voice: This is twisted, man! Forget it! 2nd voice: I won't! Lemme go! Yusuke: Gack! Kuwabara! Kuwabara: Damn you Urameshi! You think dyin' squares us? I'm the one who's supposed to put you down for good, y'hear me?! Ku's friend 1: Jeez, Kuwabara, we're at a wake! Ku's friend 2: as if he could, you idiot! Kuwabara: No stallin'! Git outta that coffin! Get out and fight me, you frickin' bastard! ku's friends: excuse us! they drag kuwabara out of there Yusuke: eh...haha What a brain case.... Iwamoto: who were they? other teacher: Apparently Urameshi used to hang out with some of them.. Bunch of thugs, of course. Iwamoto: o fcourse. Their kind don't respect anything. Well, at least Urameshi died doing a good deed. That actually improves our school's reputation... Other Teacher: Personally, I think he chased the kid out into the street and just happened to get in the way of that car. Iwamoto: heh...more than likely. Yusuke: Arrr.....Those creeps...twisting things around..... yank takenaka grabs the two teachers Takenaka: Taking what those thugs did, and what you just said...which of you is truly lacking in respect? Other teacher: .... Iwamoto: hmph! Yusuke: Takenaka..... takenaka bows to Atsuko and sits in front of a picture of Yusuke Takenaka: ....Yusuke, I was surprised....when I heard you saved that child. You of all people...but...somehow I'm unable...to bring myself to praise you for it. Atsuko: Yusuke.....huck huck hiii aaahh mwuuuuhhh she brakes down crying little boy that yusuke saved and his mother come mother bows, little boy follows her lead Mother: Now, pay your respects to the nice boy.... Boy: okay. Hi Yusuke! Thank you very much! ....? Atsuko: .... Yusuke: Don't thank me ya twerp. I didn't.....I didn't do anything worth anyone's thanks. Boy: mommy? Why was the boy inside the box? was he sleeping? mother: y-yes he was. Boy: Mommy! We should come back when he's out of the box! That way I can thank him when he's awake! Yusuke looking on in shock Mother: we...can't do that. Boy: why? Mother: We can't....she hugs him Boy: How come? Mother: WE just can't.... Yusuke: Hey...Botan. Botan: Speaking. What's up? Yusuke: ....I've decided....I've decided to take that test.