#4: Requirements For Lovers
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   In this episode,a little girl detective from Spirit World named Sayaka is sent by Koenma to investigate if the people who know Yusuke truly wish him to return. Sayaka states that it's a very important condition for Yusuke's resurrection.
    Sayaka first examines Yusuke's "girlfriend" Yusuke denies it saying Keiko and him are just friends. She sees that Keiko is an excellent student, good at sports, kind and gentle. Along with Yusuke and Botan, she watches as the cutest boy in the school asks Keiko to be his girlfriend, but Keiko turns him down.
    After school, Keiko goes to the Urameshi's house. Atsuko isn't at home and has left a message for Keiko to take care of her son. In Yusuke's room, Keiko sees his body lying on some blankets, covered by dust,and surrounded by beer cans and trash. Sayaka points out that Atsuko is a completely undependable mother.
    Keiko cleans Yusuke's face and suddenly leans to kiss him.Yusuke panics that she is about to kiss his hopeless body.
    The sound of  loud speakers on a car outside startles Keiko. It's broadcasting a warning for the population to be cautious with fire, since the weather is dry and many houses in the neighborhood had already burned down. Embarrassed for what she was about to do, Keiko gets up and leaves the house.
    Soon after, an unknown man shows up carrying a can with a cloth as a wick. He lites the cloth and throws the can through the window of the Urameshi's house. In the middle of the trash scattered by the whole house, the flames spread quickly while Yusuke's body lays helplessly. Botan flies to call Kuwabara to come help.
    A few blocks away Keiko sees the smoke and that the building Yusuke lives in is burning, so she runs back to the house hoping that she isn't too late.
    Botan finds Kuwabara practicing his punches against a dummy with Yusuke's face drawn on it. Since he can't hear her voice, she runs her hand through his body to get his attention. Feeling an icy shiver run down his spine, he looks up and sees the smoke rising from Urameshi's neighborhood.
    A crowd surround the house, and Keiko has to squirm her way through in order to get to the house before she goes in shes takes water from a bucket and pours it over herself for protection. Inside, the fire is growing fast, and it's already burning Yusuke's bedcovers. Keiko gets rid of the covers, wraps Yusuke's body in the sheets and tries to drag him out, but the flames are blocking the exit.
    Botan is back, and Yusuke begs her for help, but she says that she can't do anything. Sayaka tells Yusuke that the energy of the egg he's carrying might open a path through the fire, so Keiko can escape. But the energy of the egg would be completely wasted, so he'll lose his only chance of being resurrected.
    Yusuke hesitates for a second, and throws the egg into the fire. The flames turn blue and cold, and a path is opened between Keiko and the doorway, through which Kuwabara appears. He helps Keiko carrying Yusuke's wrapped up body outside. When he looks at what is inside the wrapped sheets he discovers the body of his late rival.
    Later at night, Atsuko apologizes to Keiko for all the trouble, Keiko's hair had been partially burned in the fire. Kuwabara is extremely happy, now that he knows Yusuke will be alive, and that his rival will eventually come back to fight him again... Atsuko hopes her son will be back soon.
    The ghost Yusuke, very depressed, watch them from above, knowing that now that he lost the egg and he'll never return again.
    However, a huge image of Koenma appears before  him and says that since Yusuke sacrificed himself for Keiko, he will be granted another chance to resurrect.
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