Chapter 6.5 thanks to your request!
Warning! If Yusuke and some parts sound different than the anime, it's because of Chikako. She changed Yusuke in a way during the time they were together, also he sees her not like a mother! He sees her like a very close friend, a big sister even, and a mentor that helped him in a way no one could have.
"talking"
'thinking'
(yusuke commetns)
(ANs and comments)
===Yusuke POV===
After Chikako-sensei died I did everything I could to not return to how I was before. I even still keep the gloves and mask, although they are too small to fit me. Now I wear similar gloves but with metal studs on the knuckles and a similar mask, I found a shop where they sold such items in one of the ghetto's alleys. I still carry the armbands with me and put them on from time to time. I kept my grades high, not like those nerds that lick the teachers' shoes and are like backstabbing robots, but around and a bit above average in some subjects. Of course I ended in the same school with Kuwabaka and Keiko-chan. I won't admit it but I was glad the two people I got along with were in the same school. The teachers still hate me and try to sabotage me but I can deal with them after school. Qute a few of their items 'mysteriously disappeared' , theur houses were a mess, cars all scribbled and underwear hung on the front gate of the school. It was quite hilarious seeing them try and hide their underwear (especially the pink boxers with unicorns) without students seeing.
I also got in a few fights in school when those bastards went too far with their bullying and bullsitting. That got me a few detentions but no suspensions. For everything else, I took Chikako-sensei's advice and attacked when they were out of school and far enough from police stations. Boy, it was good but I still feel pain over Sensei's death and how her parents talked about her on the funreal. Those people didn't deserve to be her family! At that time I had wished something bad to happen to them I could swear I almost tore a muscle.
My days continued mostly the same way untill that day. The day when I saw a small boy running right in front of a car. My body acted on pure instinct and I pushed the boy away. I died right after. It was quite the shock but I managed to handle it. One of the things Chikako-sensei taught me first was how to hide my thoughts and emotions, also how to compose myself and fake emotions to confuse others. It worked quite well if you ask me. By the time Botan came I was calm, internally still freaked out but calm and rational on the outside. When she told me about me being a ghost, (Well, duh, genius! How would you call an invisible, untouchable entity outside of its body?!), I accepted it, alredy having passed all other 4 phases of loss. Then she went on a long tale about how she was a Ferry girl serving some dude called Koenma and about her role of guiding spirits to the spirit world, also I had to meet Koenma. I was like: "ok." (Insert Onepunch-man like face)
'I thought the ruler was Enma and not this Koenma dude. Well, whatever. I'll go and see, I don't have anything to do. Maybe I could see Chikako-sensei there...Nah. She probably is not there anymore but IF I see her, I would make sure to thank her properly!'
It turned out that this Koenma guy was just some baby with an adult's mind and a teen's character. (Are we in some fantasy manga or somethin'?!) He gave me an egg after a half-assed explanation, to me it seemed like he wanted some kind of thing from me but didn't even TRY to ask me for help or something! After a few days of pure crazyness and nonsense I wanaged to return to the world of living. I relaxed but expected Botan or someone of the Pacifier's minions to come. By the end of day 1 I was proclaimed the new Spirit detective. (Couldn't you bastard wait a bit?! Right on day 1, seriously?!)
I went on a few other missions and like in some shounen anime (DBZ) two of my targets quickly joined me. Kurama was a nice guy, although scary at times. Hiei on the other hand was an OK guy after you broke his Tsundere-emo shell but that's oly if you can pass past his sword, LITERALLY! He tried to stab me qite a few times in the beginning.
I tried imitating some of their fighting hand-to-hand styles and some kung fu masters on the internet. It turned qute well, due to some reason after a few goes I could do the katas and forms better than the person and even did some adjustments for myself and even wanted to try using them with the Spirit gun but I would have probably blown a hole through the wall. I went out secretly one night to try out what I learned on some gangsters or yakuza. I beat the shit out of like 20 of them before the sirens of the police were heard.
'Looks like I am able to use them qute well in combat even though I managed to learn them yesterday. I wonder why? Maybe I'm just awesome...No,no! Remember what Chikako-sensei told you-"Getting cocky will get you a one-way ticket to the gutter! Ya hear me? Give me 20 more push-ups!". There are way stronger people out there, I'm sure, and I have to become stronger!'
(He hadn't realized his Mazoku inheritance from Raizen had started to awaken MUCH earlier.)
So, after that Koenma sent me on a mission to beat up some guy named Rando. The catch was that I had to go and compete with some other people to become an 'aprentice' to some old hag named Genkai. Rando was aparently after her techniques. So I was woken up very early and headed for the temple. As I climbed the RIDICULOUS amount of stairs I started to wonder what I'm supposed to do, then I realized I knew next to nothing about the Rando bastard.
'Seriously?! You didn't give me anything to work with! All I know is he's strong and uses many stolen techniques. You didn't even tell me what techniques!'
With a new vigour and energy provided by my anger, I crouched down, hands clasped behind my back, and hopped up the stairs in probably a record time. I know I might have looked like a weirdo but Chikako-sensei taught me it's better to exhaust your anger by exercising or training rather than it clouding your judgement in a pinch. It also gave her more material to work with while she trained me in self-defence. By the time I could finaly see the temple most is not almost all anger had disappeared. I felt some strange sensation at one time, it was like passing a liquid or a thick spider web but I chose to think about it after I finish my work here. I stood up after hopping on the last step and stretched. I entered the yard where many people from almort all ages had gathered to participate in the competition. My fist started to itch after I passed a groub of stuck up thugs but restrained myself because there were many other people and I had to sve up strenght. Also I got some strange feeling from qute a few of them, it was something I couldn't explain but I sometimes noticed similar feeling from some of the people I passed on the street but never this strong.
Suddenly the doors opened and a...very miniscule old lady in funny hat appeared. Eh, it turned out that was Genkai and our first task was a lottery. I thought is was unfair and hoped I won't get a red paper but I got one.
"Eeeh, I got red?!" - a very annoying and familiar voice sounded.
"Kuwabaka?!" I finaly noticed him next to me "What are you doing here?"
"Wwell, I came to ask for Genakai's help but it turned out there was a tournament, so I...WAIT! Don't call me Kuwabaka! I'll beat ya up!"
"You just noticed it, huh? Well we both don't have much of luck, I don't wanna be here and ya suck at fighting. We're in da same boat I guess."
"I don't suck at fighting!"
"Says the guy that gets beaten up systematically." - I smirked as he started tu murmur insults and threats.
After that some dude wanted to cause trouble but he was KOd in a single hit. Genkai then led us to some other place. Just then I noticed that only people that had that 'feeling' (coughreikicough) had come. Those without or with weak had been sent away. As I looked at Genkai and the paper again, I had the feeling those papers weren't normal. We reached a huge room filled with different games. We then had to compete on them. At first I was sceptical but after she explained they measured our potential I tried them in hopes I may fail and go home. Welp, it didn't happen. On the punching game I got 195, on the Jankenpa I got 9 wins and in the karaoke I got 98 percent. I passed the secon phase to my dismay.
===End POV===
"Gather up! The third phase will start!"
Genkai led the remaining people to a scary looking forest and instructed them.
"Go!" - she said as they rushed inside.
Yusuke had no Idea what to do but his intuition told him the genetal direction the tree they had to reach was, so he mowed his way straight through the forest. He was confronted by vicious vines that tried to strangle him but by instinct he fused his reki with his fist as he imitated some move he saw in an anime, blowing a huge hole and destroying the roots of the vines.
'Holy smucks! This shit actually worked! It was an accident but still, HOLY! And it used no more reiki than a Spirit gun! I'm definetely using this baby in the future! I wonder if it'll work with the other techniques I learned last week?' - Yusuke wondered as he ran towards the tree.
He then faced a swamp full of stinky water which was either toxic or had something dangerous in it. Thankfully it wasn't too big but big enough to be unable to be jumped over.
'If I try at most I would reach to the middle or a bit pat the middle. Hmmm...what if...Let's try it!'
He tried and concentrated reiki in his feet, he then ran and when he was about to jump he used the reiki to propel himself higher. A bit too high but he jumped over...and landed on top of a tree.
"Haha! That was awesome!"
He looked around and saw the tree a few hundred metres to his left.
'What the heck?! I was going in the wrong direction! Damn it!'
He jumped down and ran towards the tree, much did he know his reiki perception had been leading him on the fastest way towards the tree and he would have been the second to arrive instead of second last. As he reached a clearing a batman or is it manbat confronted him. He talked big but Yusuke beat the wuss in the matter of seconds. He then hung him upside-down on a tree and continued. he then reached a seemingly endless wall of thorns.
'Well, what now. If only I had something to cut them with...'
A lightbulb lit up over his head. He then made his hand like a knife, concentraled his reiki and slashed. The Reiki slash cut some of the thorns but many more remained.
'No good. I'll use too much reiki if I continue slashing like that. I have to concentrate on keeping the reiki around my hand and not let it float away!'
After a few tries he succeeded and cut his way through. That day he made the later named Reiken Fu, not knowing how hard it is to create new working trchniques. In the end he was second-last. he groaned in furstration as he flopped on the ground.
The fourth phase was a fighting tournament. Yusuke faced the scary smoking karatist and Kuwabara discovered his new talent in using a Reiki sword.
===Yusuke POV===
I had won thanks to the element of surprise. That guy had obviously not thought I could come up with new and unexpected attack in the nick of time. But to be honest, I also didn't know about it. True, back in the forest I did quite a few things for the first time but back there I was calmer and not figting a Hulk-wannabe with night vision! I was going to lose but in the last second I won. That guy had tilted his head and was going to avoid my kick but at that moment some of my reiki got out from the back of my leg, formed a small blade he didn't see because it was in his blind spot, and hit the guy. He was sent flying and fainted. Thankfully the blade wasn't sharp or he would have probably lost helf his neck. Instead he got knocked out and slightly cut where the tip had hit him.
After I came out of the darkness, all bruised and beat up, I learned from the devil had I had to not only climb another mountain but the next fight was also mine. And when I asked her about rest, she told me ahem: "Your rest may wait. I won't take in a disciple that can't handle this little hardship!"
Yeah, right! I haven't had these powers for even two months old hag! And everyone here, well except Kuwabaka had YEARS of experience! And you dare belittle me without knowing!
'Grrrr! If only I could...! No, calm down...breathe. I won't allow my temper to get to me right now! I'm currently trying to find that Rando guy. It's either the nija or the dorky monk. I have to be prepared for anything!'
We reached the top, which was a swampy area with many holes full of water and mud. I had to fight the ninja. He had these crazy shuriken that followed you anywhere. I won by luck when I fell in a trench and his shuriken hit him instead. He was human, so the dorky monk must be Rando.
"OI! Kuwabaka, be careful with that guy! 'E is dangerous!"
"Shut it Urameshi! I know what I'm doing!"
He didn't listen and got severely hurt. Rando used some spell I couldn't hear at all. I was going to ckean my ears from the mud but when I saw what happned to Kuwabara, I sectertly stuffed some more in.
In the final I fought the bastard Rando. He was crazy strong! He had hell piranha, (I felt like I was in that movie when piranhas attacked an american lake and ate a ton of people.), some almost invisible blades of air, the shrink spell and many others. Thankfully my gut was right to put more mud in my ears and he shrunk himself, after that it was a piece of cake. I was accepted as Genkai's aprentice, to be frank I was also a bit curious about her technique after I saw that dude being KOd in one hit. I cleaned myself and headed down the mountain, hopping down the stairs to relieve my stress.
'Damn that Pacifier! At least he could have told me what techniques the Rando bastard had stolen but NO, he was too lazy to get out of his chair and tell me! I wonder what Chikako-sensei would have done if she knew? Heh, probably make him miserable. I bet she would have kicked that Rando bastard so hard in the balls he'll become a woman!'
===Somewhere in Makai===
BOOOOM! Crash!
A building made of stone and decorated with many bones and sculls blew up, crashed down and its remains started to burn with blue flame. It had once been the stronghold of the 'Demon scull group' , a group of lowlife scum and weaklings that served their leader, Sullerd.
"D-damn you! Yozoraaaaa!" - Sullerd shouted all beaten and bloodied.
This place had once been his stronghold, he had worked for decades to build it and gather capable underlings. He had decorated his 'castle' with the bones of his enemies and hunting trophies. he had even raised to high C class and was sure in a year or two was going to be a D class but now everything was ruined because of one single person.
-Flashback-
It had been a calm evening, as calm as it could be in Makai, when the caw of a giant wonster bird sounded. They all got up and ready to fight if the bird attacked but whrn they looked, they could only hear it but not see it. The bird had hidden itself in the night sky's darkness. As they waited one of the guards shouted.
"Something is falling!"
Indeed, a figure in black robe and white striped pants had aparently jumped down from the bird and was falling towards them. The figure turned feet down and it's speed suddenly slowed down. It calmly floated the last few metres and landed without a sound.
"Who the heck are ya brat?!" - a one horned purple demon shouted.
The figure looked small and frail, its height was about 168 cm., wearing a black robe with low hood, making the face disappear completely in the darkness, he even wondered if the figure had a face. The figure wore big military-like boots, a black boken (wooden katana) strapped horizontally on the back, hands in pockets.
"Are ya the Demon scull group?" - a boyish voice sounded.
That person was either a young boy or a woman with boyish voice.
"Yeah, we are. What do ya want?!" - Sullerd asked.
"All good then...heheheeee..." - the voice was now demonic and was like two or more people talked at once.
Everyone gripped their weapons out of instinct, this voice gave them all chills.
"You attacked the Mongura river bazaar yesterday, right?" - the voice asked in a sick glee.
"Yyeah, what if we did?"
"You see, I had paid a LOT to get my hands of a VERY rare ice peach that bears fruit only once every 20 years. It grows on an island where Koorime tribe lives, also it's very hard to get to the trees without the Koorime killing you, so the fruit is quite pricey. And you bastards attacked just before I could even cut it! You threw your bomb which caused it to fly up and it then got TRAMPLED by the croud! You will pay for this...with your miserable lives!"
"You're delusional! Get him! Let's show this runt what happens to those that come here seeking trouble!" - Sullerd commanded.
-End-
After that, it was hell. Before he could understand what exactly happened, his stronghold was in ruins. Fireballs had blown the building up. Sharp vines had shot up, killing all the livestock and hore than half of his underlings. The other half were decapacitated by the black boken that aparently was not only sharp but could conduch electricity. Now in front of him were only burning ruins and a mountain made of the bodies of his minions.
"Damn you! I'll get my revenge!" - he charged with his sword.
He smirked when he stabbed Yozora in the back but froze when he realized it was only an afterimage.
"Die."
And with a few swings his body was cut to cubes. Yozora swung the boken, removing the blood and wistled. A demonic crow monster swooped low and took a few dead bodies as a snack while Yozore mounted it. Then they rose high up, only leaving destruction and death after them.
"Good job Quroi! You're a good boy!"
She patted her pet/mount in satisfaction. She had already made quite a name for herself but still prefered to hide her identity. The time she was in a gang taught her that fame wasn't good. She had been in the Makai for a few years already. How many, she didn't bother to check, she had even become stronger but which class she was, she had no idea.
'Ranking was always overrated! With some strategy and lick even a weakling would beat a bodybuilder.'
"Achoooo!"
'I bet Yu-chan is thinking about me. I wonder how he is? I'll go and see him as soon as I make the teleportation technique I've been working on work! Because of that damn barrier, I can't go to the Human world. Not that I won't be able to pass but if I open a portal, they'll notice me and take me back by force! I don't want to reincarnate yet! I just learned the Demonic Voice technique, all I need now is a pair of horns and I'll be a proper rogue Demon lord!'
===Human world, Genkai's temple===
"Damn you hag!" - Yusuke shouted while trying not to fall to his death.
"Keep it up, boy! Are you a man or what?" - she said as she sipped tea.
He grumbled but continued. He had decided to learn her Reihado Ken and wasn't giving up. Genkai sat there and watched him secretly.
'He's much better than most people his age. He must be some genius although his knoledge of the Spirit world is ridiculously small. But it's impossible, he must be just a bit dumb, he works for Koenma and by the looks of it he know quite a lot of fighting and even one meditation technique. Someone must have taught him beforehand.'
Yes, he had been taught by Internet and TV-sensei how to do some of them, while he learned self-defence in middle school for less than a year by a now dead teacher of his. Even if she was old, Genkai should have checked about his history a bit in case she did something that may anger him so much he exploded.
===Timeskip===
I had been worked to the bone by the hag for a few months untill Koenma sent me on a mission to stop some demon , I also got my ass handed to myself when I faced those Four? whatever dudes with their bugwhistler leader. I won by pure miracle and steeled myself and trained more after my wounds healed.
Turned out Hiei had a sister, a Koorime named Yukina, she had been captured by a greedy bastard that used her tears to get easy money. We fought and saved her but Hiei should have told her he was her brother, at least it made sense to me. There was also where we first met the Toguro brothers. The small one was practically screaming "I am a creep!" by just looking at him. We fought and lost but they left.
===Timeskip===
After Koenma told me the 'joyous' news we were going to participate in the "Dark tournament" which often led to death of both participants and spectators from what I heard, but the fact I could settle the score with Toguro made me hold my protests back.
We arrived at the place where we were shown our room where we stayed to rest. The first day of the tournament I steeled myself for the inevitable danger, my heart raced, pumping blood and adrenaline rapidly, even though I looked fairly calm on the outside. Just before I was pushed inside the arena by te flow of partisipants I heard a somewhat familiar voice, I just couldn't remember from where.
"WHAT?! One fukin ticked for ONE match costs this much!? Yer not swindleing me, are ya ya lil bastard?"
====Chikako POV===
At first I was excited to come and watch the tournament but after I heard the ridiculous prices I exploded. For this amount of money I at least expect to see the whole tournament instead of ONE match! I swar those CEOs are becoming even more vicious than the Piranhas back in Makai!
I decided to give up and walked away grumbling. I ent into the forest, breaking every branch and rock that came close, and suddenly an idea came to me after I kicked a tree.
'How could I be so stupid?! I don't need tickets, the arena's top is open.'
I found a nice tree on a small hill southeast of the arena. I climbed on a comfy branch and used my powers to make the tree grow. When it got to the perfect height, I took a few snacks, a soda and a pair of binoculars from my magical bag. I never come to a tournament without binoculars, they are very useful when you can't find a first/second row seats. Of course the downside of me being on a tree, watching for free, was that 1) I couldn't hear almost anything and 2) I couldn't bet on who will win.
After all the ceremonies finished, the contestants came on stage.
'Wow, those guys are entirely new team! Lets see...the flamehead one...looks like I've seen him but I can't remember. Oh, there's Genkai! I know she was very strong but wouldn't have guessed she would participate. The next one is...a pouty one with a Jagan? if I judge by the bandana.' I popped a few peanuts and sipped from my soda 'The other two..!WHAT?!' I spewed evrything out 'Kuwabara and Yyyyyu-CHAN?!'
There was no mistaking it, those two were my ex-students. With Kuwabara's hair and Yusuke's eyes, it was 100% sure it was them! I was shocked, surprized, horrified and happy at the same time. I could see Yu-chan again.
'When they finish, I would go there and congratulate them!'
Unfortunately when I went to meet them they were together with a Ferry girl and the so-called ruler of the Spirit world, Koenma. I had terrible experience with a Ferry girl, she dragged me and tossed me like I was a bag of yams! Also, if I'm noticed by Koenma, I would surely be sent on a 1 way trip to the reincarnation cycle! So, I decided to wait and watch from the shadows untill I got my chance...but I want to see them SOOOO bad!
===End POV===
Yusuke and the gang had just met Koenma and were heading towards their hotel room when Kuwabara suddenly stopped and looked around.
"What's wrong?" - Kurama asked.
"I just felt like someone was watching me."
"Don't be so paranoid Kuwabaka, nothing's going to happen untill at least the semi-finals! I'm hungry and beat-up, so why don't we eat and go to bed?"
Just like that Chikako tried to meet with Yusuke or Kuwabara while they were alone, because she suspected the others could tell Koenma, but never managed. Well, untill one night when Genkai took Yusuke out late at night to train. She followed them.
===Yusuke POV===
The semi-finals were up and the had decided to go training JUST NOW! Couldn't she have done it earlier? But I knew from Chikako-sensei to always respect the elderly, especially id they were stronger than you or tried to teach you something. I decided to do what she told me to. She then explained me how she would transfer most of her powers to me through some ball-like glowie but although I didn't understand this fully, it didn't sit right with me.
"No way in hell, old hag!"
"What? Here I'm giving you a chance to finally end Toguro and all the suffering he'll cause and you refuse?! Weren't you the one that wanted to beat him?"
"Yes, I indeed have a score to settle with the bastard."
"Then why refuse? You are too young to understand fully what the current situation is! Toguro was once a human, a friend of mine, but he made his body that of a demon to keep his strenght and youth! While I...grew old and weak. I'm giving you a chance here, boy!"
"No! You aren't! In first place, this thing is YOUR strenght, I want to beat him with my own strenght! Secondly, you aren't giveng me a chance, you are giving me means to finish what you two started! Beat him yourself! I know you are much stronger than me. And finally, don't you dare to talk like you know what I've been through! You don't know what hardships I've passed, you probably made assumptions about me! Well, flashnews, I'm a fuking newbie in terms of all THIS!" he gestured all around himself " It's been at most half a year since I first heard of the Spirit world, all because of a car crash! And the damn Pacifier didn't even ask me if I wanted to be a Detective, it's cool and I like it now, BUT he could have at least asked me! Day ONE since I came back to life and he dumps me a case without any warning or preparation! Also sent me after three demons ALONE on my second case, without any training! I only had botan and a few shots with the Reigun as my weapon! I almost lost to the Rando bastard and won by pure gut feeling and luck! Did they gave me any information or some tool? NO! They only told me he stole many techniques and could possibly be ANYONE there!"
"Wha...!"
"And you! You train me and I do progress, I'm thakfull for it, but at least you could have explained more to me! Also you choose to tell me about Toguro NOW! Seriously, at the semis? Also you try and give me your powers. I don't fuking want them! Also, you might be wondering from where I learned how to do some of the techiques I've known before I came to you, I'll tell you. I learned from Internet and TV-sensei! Also, Chikako-sensei." - he smiled at the end as he looked down.
"Who's this Chikako you speak of? Why haven't you told me someone else is also training you?! This might-"
"Because she's DEAD! DEAD!" he shouted, tears on the verge of falling "She was my Japanese teacher during first year in middle school. She was the first and ONLY teacher that looked at me and not the 'delinquent brat with alcoholic mother' everyone portrayed me as! She was ran over by a truck while saving a mother and her baby! Heck, she couldn't even finish her first school year as a teacher but she was the best! She helped me raise my grades and with my temper! She was like the caring tomboyish big sister I could goof around with after school! I wnt to her funreal and what did I see? Myself, the police investigators, the family of the woman she saved, the principal and her parents."
She noticed how he spat out the word.
"Heehee! At first I wanted to talk to them but then I heard them badmouthing her. They even called her a 'good for nothing brat'! On her funreal! Who does that?! Answer me! And now everyone pushes all those new things on ME! I also have a breaking point! You want me to solve your biggest trouble YOU had for decades? Sorry, do it yourself. I'll fight Toguro MY way, using my powers, means and skills because I have my own grudge with him!"
Clap,clap,clap.
They turned towards the trees and saw Toguro coming out, clapping.
"Bravo. I didn't expect such a good show when I came here but you surprised me qute well."
"What do you want?" - Yusuke asked him.
"Nothing with you. I have buisness with her."
He then disappeared and appeared behind Genkai. She dodged his blows but was eventually hit pretty hard. When Toguro was about to finish her a black figure appeared and easyly stopped his fist with a palm. The figure sunk its fingers in his massive fist, drawing blood, then hit him with its other arm covered by crackling arcs of energy. He was sent flying and crashed in a tree. His abdomen scorched and skin on the fist torn away by the force.
"Leave this place and keep your strenght for the finals! I don't want to watch a boring fight!"
"Tch. Fine. Urameshi, I'm waiting." - he looked at Yusuke and left.
Genkai was still heavyly wounded a few metres away and Yusuke was looking at the hooded figure suspiciously. The figure then waved its hand in Genkai's direction and she was enveloped by green light, her eves closing.
"Who the hell are you bastard?! What did you do?"
The figure then turned and faced him. He looked it over. It was frail looking and weak, with a dark gray hoodie with what looked like horns, purple yoga pants, bare feet, gloved hands and a wooden staff on the back. The figure slowly pulled the hood down, revealing Chikako's face, the only diference was a pair of small blue horns on both sides of her head.
"YU-CHAN! I missed you!" - she hugged him almost to death.
He just stared at her gobsmacked.
"What? You can't recognise your best sensei after a few years? I'm soooo heartbroken Yu-chan!"
"Chikako-sensei?! What are you doing here?"
"Ah, I came to watch the tournament but I never hoped I would meet you or Kuwabara here! Also, I put her under a healing stasis. The spell, as I like to call it, puts the body into a stasis while the wounds are being healed by the reiki!"
"OK then. But I thought you died! If you were fine, why didn't you come?"
"Well, some pretty strange things happened. Sit here and I'll tell you."
They sat under a tree and she started telling him her story up untill now. She had heard most of his.
"Let's begin. I really died that day but because of the shock of the icident and the operation where they tried to save me, I didn't even notice that damn Ferry girl that jus' grapped and tossed me on a line with a bunch o' other souls like a friggin' sack of yams! After I got to my senses I accepted the fact at first but after I felt the stabbing of my parents' words I stormed out and came back to the Human world. I tottaly made them cry and beg for forgiveness. It was good but then a bunch of demons came and took me to the Makai. I was still angry so I beat the shit out of them and became the boss of the place. Some other crazy stuff happened and I became famous! They call me Yozora and still can't seem to figure I'm a deceased human! I wonder what their faces would be? Ah, but don't tell anyone! There's a barrier between Makai and the Human world so strong demons won't be able to pass freely, also any portal bigger than a roll of toilet paper sets off an alert. That's the reason I couldn't come to see you earlier. For the bast 2 years I've been working on a teleportation technique to allow me to bypass the barrier. Today was my first successfull try and I was going to visit you after the tournament. I wanted to see you but I was afraid that Koenma guy would send me on a one way trip toward reincarnation and I'm still not ready to pass on! That's about it."
"So, what do we do now? I've also missed you and don't want you to leave but..."
"Don't worry, leave the thinking to your sensei! Tomorrow are the semis, right?"
"Yes."
"Ok, then I'll prepare you! Come at me! I want to see what you can!" - she got in position.
"What's up with the horns by the way?"
"Oh, a disguise." she took them off, it turned to be a diadem "Most demons have horns or are really strange, also I look cool with them, don't I?"
He only sweatdropped.
They fought eachother for qute a while. It was a bit before sunrise Chikako put a stop to their fight.
"OK, I got the sitch. Yer using the old lady's style but a couple of times I've seen you use diferent attacks, you even stopped yourself a few times, which wasted time and energy. Why?"
"Because I decided to use the old hag's style untill I learned it well! I train by myself in my free time but I don't have as much time."
"Still angry at her?"
"Yeah, not only her but the others too."
"Hehe. We'll use this as an advantage then! C'mere, I'll teach you an easy and powerfult secret move to use when angry. I call it the 'Seadragon fury' attack. Basically you bottle up all your anger and release it all in a deadly attack at the right time. Very practical with assholes in my opinion. Wanna try it?"
"Heck yeah! They usually don't ask me and make me do it but if you teach it, it must be super cool!"
She showed him how to do it and demonstrated a few times. She explained each step in great detail, especially the gathering of anger and how to find the right moment and place to strike. Yusuke listened without complaining and learned it by sunrise.
"Good job Yu-chan! You are still the same sponge you were back then. Every teacher's dream pupil!" - she ruffled his hair.
"Stop it! I'm not a kid anymore!"
"You are 14 and something, I'm over 10 years older, to me you are a kid untill you pass 18! I'm going back to my camp to get my things and get ready for the semis. I'll be watching and don't use your other trump cards! Toguro will be shocked when you suddenly switch styles in the finals!"
"Heck yeah! The bastard will get what he deserved!"
"See ya later and meet me here tonight at 7:30! I have to talk about you later!"
"OK!"
She left in a blur and Yusuke was about to leave when he remembered about Genkai, so he took her towards the arena. Halfway there she woke up and punched him. After that she yelled at him to explain what happened.
"None of your buisness! It's something personal!" - he yelled.
"...I'm sorry for yelling and apologise for my previous behaviour."
He was surprised by her apology but then smiled and teased her, recieving a kick in the face.
In the semi-finals he had to face some dude with a really tough body. He used the Seadragon fury with his Hadoken to defeat him. The end result wasn't pretty, having a hole almost punched through your gut is not good thing. The guy was knocked out and he won, the others won their matches and were going to face Toguro's team the next day.
===Timeskip===
It was hard to sneak out without being noticed for Yusuke but he arrived there a bit earlier. He waited in the crown of a tree, hidden just how Chikako had taught him after some thugs almost caught him once.
"When you arrive arlier to a place, hide and wait for the other to come! If they don't come 20 minutes after the agreed time, go home." - she told him that day after she pulled him before the thugs saw him.
So, he waited intill Chikako came and signalled him to come out.
"Yu-chan, I have something to ask you. Something important that may change your future."
"What?"
"I told you how I have a home it the Makai, right?"
"Yeah..."
"I want to ask you if you want to come with me and become my student again. I met a few other people who may help you a lot, if you want to. What do you say? Wanna come with me after the tournament ends? You don't need to hurr-!"
"Yes! I want to come!" - he hugged her.
That night Yusuke made a decision that would change his future completely.
"Now, after everything is set and done, show me the moves you invented. Don't worry, I put up a barrier." - she stretched her arms.
===Timeskip===
The Toguro bastard had hurt his frienemy Kuwabara, Yusuke was fuming but bottled his anger for the right time. He got in the basic stance for the Reihado ken and charged at Toguro. Expecting what would happen Toguro got ready to take the attack, knowing it won't hurt him but just before he was hit, the reiki became thick and sharp like a blade on the tip of Yusuke's hand. The Reiken pierced Toguro's flesh and drew the first blood. This surprised everyone. After that the two engaged in a deadly battle. Toguro was like a bull with his immence strenght and Yusuke was like a wolf, agile, a bit weak but still deadly. He attacked from all directions, switched styles in the matter of seconds and never repeated a combo. Especially the reiki blades Yusuke produced from every point of his body greatly shocked everyone. Toguro gave in and unleashed his full strenght. Yusuke only smirked and charged in.
'Was Yusuke always this strong? Or was it that mysterious figure?' - Genkai mused.
"Die, Urameshiiiii!"
"No way in hell! YOU will pay!"
Yusuke barely dodged the last attack and went for Toguro's throat. He realized the only outcome from this battle would have been death last night, so he went for the kill. Just when his fist aproached the throat he unleashed all the anger he had gathered.
"Dragon cannon!" - Yusuke shouted.
A huge burst of deadly reiki and a sliver of youki shot from his fist in the form of an angry eastern dragon. Light covered the whole arena and a deafening explosion sounded. When everyone came to their senses, they saw how Toguro's decapitated body fell backwards. Yusuke stood there, panting and sweaty, but fine.
The rest is not important. Shortly put, everyone cheered, the bad guys were caught, the plan to make a pseudo makai portal destroyed and team Urameshi got the title of champions.
Yusuke split from the crowd and headed for the tree where Chikako was waiting him.
"Urameshi! Where are you going again? We have to leave!" - Kuwabara yelled.
"Sorry, Kuwabara, but I'm not coming with you. It's good to be with you guys, don't be mistaken, but I have decided to leave."
"What are you talking about Urameshi?!"
Kuwabara then noticed the figure standing behing Yusuke.
"Goodbye, and tell the others I'll be back as soon as possible!"
"See ya Kuwabara-chan!"
"Cchikako-sensei?!"
A portal opened and swallowed them both, dumping them roughly on a carpet in Cikako's home in Makai.
The End