Chapter 10- Mysterious savior
"I choose...YOU!" He then let out a burst of spirit energy which blew back Geode. He then dashed towards Volcannon who said. "How did I know you were going to say that?" Just then, a wall of ice formed in front of him and quickly grew spikes. Yusuke stopped and jumped over it and as he was about to land he was hit with a beam of light that smashed him into the other side of the wall.
While he was getting up he was thrust upward on a stone pillar and was about to be crushed in between another one that had formed and was headed towards him. "SPIRIT GUN!" Yusuke fired his spirit gun destroying the pillar that was headed towards him.
He then jumped off the pillar he was on and as he landed, a beam of light was headed towards him from one side and a blast of ice from the other. Yusuke jumped and got hit by a fire ball, burning him, and knocking him down. This gave Geode the opportunity to grab him again.
Just as the giant was reaching down, Yusuke sprang to life and delivered a crushing uppercut. It was so powerful that when it connected, the ground around them was raised up slightly "I cant fight them all at once!" Yusuke thought to himself as his rage subsided. Another fire ball came at him, he dodged it and continued running around the village, trying to think of a plan.
"Lets finish this my brothers!" Volcannon said as he burst into flames. The others followed his lead and surged with their own elements. "TUNDRA CANNON, GROUND CRUSH, HELLFIRE DRAGON, SHINE WAVE!" They all fired their most powerful attacks which quickly merged together and made such a huge explosion it created a mushroom cloud that went several hundred feet up. The wind from the explosion put out the flames of the village but destroyed most of the houses. It also blew away Inuyasha and Kagomes unconcious forms which mysteriously vanished. Then it destroyed the earth and ice prisons that held everyone else and blew them away too. Then they also disappeared. The same happened to Kuwabara as he ran back to the battle field from where he had gone to battle Spark.
"HAHAHAHAHA! See! No one defies me! No one!" Volcannon said with a bit of insane happiness. He then looked around and didnt see anybody but his brothers, minus Spark. "WHERE ARE THEY? No matter we will deal with them later. SPARK!" He then yelled for his brother. There was a clap of thunder and the purple clad knight was before him. "We have to leave now. We have to report that Yusuke Urameshi has been disposed of." He said. "Yes brother." Spark said as everyone put a hand on him and disapeared with another clap of thunder.
A flock of strange insects and a boy in a familiar looking black and blue armor then left after they had watched the others retreat as well.
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"Ugh...Where am I?" Yusuke looked around the strange room he was in. He then saw that the others were there with him laying in beds that were made out of a strange type of cloth. "What the -" His thought was cut off when two young girls wearing strange dark clothes and black masks walked in. The masks only showed their eyes and nose from the front. From the back, only their hair which were in ponytails were shown. The clothes they wore seemed to be made from a finer quality of the material the beds were made of.
"I see you are awake. Good I will get the master." The girl with the black ponytail said.She left the room and the girl with the blonde ponytial bowed politley to Yusuke who was still half asleep. "The master will be in shortley. In the mean-time would you like something to eat?" She then asked with a small shy voice unlike the other girl who had a courageous and brave sounding voice.
Yusuke could be an idiot at times but he wasnt stupid. "No thanks, I'm fine." He said still not knowing if he could trust these people. The girl bowed again and left the room. He looked over at his fiends to make sure that they were all there. To his dismay, Inuyasha and Kagome were missing from the group. "Well thats not good." He thought as he looked around the room again. He saw two windows which had sunlight pouring in and brightning the blood red carpet and black walls. He then ran over to one of the windows to see were he was.
When he looked out he gasped and his eyes widened when he saw that he was in a room that was at least twenty stories up! He backed away from the window and looked around the room. The beds were pretty much the only thing in the room besides the small tables next to them. He then remembered that his friends were still sleeping. He put an ear up to Kuwabaras mouth and heard his breathing, so at least he knew they were alive.
Just then the door opened again and six women walked in, all in the same outfits as the other two followed by a man wearing something completely different. He had on a white worn down mask similar to the one Genkai wore during the dark tournament. He also wore a worn down cape which was also white. He had on brown boots and gloves that looked worn in but not old like his mask or cape. He also had brown leather armor that looked similar to Sangos battle suit but had more layers on it, making the man look more built.
Judging by his size he looked about three or four years older than Yusuke. The girls that had walked in the room seemed to be about his age though. "Hi there! I'm glad your finally awake cause you've been out for the entire day!" He said in a friendly voice. "Where are we?" Yusuke asked him. "We're in my home. Its called "Judgement tower"." He informed him.
"So is there a reason I'm here? And what happened to my other two friends?" Yusuke asked worried that he still didnt know what was going on. "Who? Kagome and Inuyasha? They're fine, they woke up before you and I took them to the dining room for breakfast. They were pretty beat up but we took care of it." He told him. This lifted alot of weight off Yusukes shoulders now knowing he could trust them. "So who are they?" Yusuke asked looking at the girls who were now taking care of his unconcious friends. "Oh them? They live here with me. They kinda act like servants even though I think of them more as sisters." He told him. "So whats your name anyway?" Yusuke finally asked. " Oh! right sorry. My name is Tentou Touken." He bowed and then said "Everyone around here calls me master, I think its kinda wierd so you can call me Touken" He told him.
"Okay, so can you take me to Inuyasha and Kagome?" Yusuke asked. "Sure follow me!" Touken then opened the door to a very wide hallway where there were alot of doors. The blood red rug was also covering the entire floor and even the stairs that they had started walking down. Just then a cat demon jumped on his shoulder. It looked exacly like Kirara except it was a little bit bigger. It had grey fur and blue eyes where as Kirara had blonde fur and red eyes. They both had the same black markings though. "Hey Shiro!" Touken said as he pet the cat on the head. I then looked back at Yusuke and stared at him. Even though it was only a cat, this made Yusuke very uncomfortable, like being put under a spotlight after forgetting all your lines at a school play.
They had finally reached their destination.The staircase seemed to go down several floors before they got to where they were going. He then opened the door which revealed a large room with small tables and pillows and of course the blood red carpet. "I'll bring your friends down here when they wake up." He then said as he continued walking down the stairs. Yusuke looked around the room and saw that the cat had followed him.
He then saw the table that Kagome and Inuyasha were sitting at and walked over. "Hey guys. Whats up?" Yusuke asked lazily as he sat down on one of the many pillows that were on the floor obviously used as chairs. The cat demon then jumped into Kagomes lap as she began to pet it. "Good morning Yusuke! Hello again Shiro." Kagome said with her normal cheerful morning voice. Any injuries that either of them had were now patched up or gone all together. Kagome was the worse of the two. She had been covered in bandages and what-not, some from the feudal era and some from the present time.
"This place is really wierd." Yusuke said to them. "Yeah I know and I dont trust that guy." Inuyasha said looking at Shiro who was still being pet by Kagome. The cat gave him a dirty look and then curled into a ball and started sleeping. "He seems nice. And besides he said that he saved us from Volcannon and the others. So I dont see whats not to trust about him." Kagome said defending their savior. "Well for one thing him and all these servant girls wear masks. He carries around a bunch of swords and he reeks of demon blood. I would say those are some pretty good reasons not to trust him!" Inuyasha told her.
"Maybe wearing masks is like their religion or something. Alot of people carry swords around, you for example. And you said Sango had the smell of demon blood on her when we first met her. So maybe he's a demon exterminator too." She said. Yusuke watched the back and forth go on for about five minutes before Miroku, Kurama, and Hiei walked in. They all sat down and looked at the strange cat demon. "We should leave as soon as the others wake up. I dont trust these people." Hiei said after Kagome and Inuyashas "discussion" had ended in a "sit". "Yeah I know! thats what I've been saying the entire time!" Inuyasha said proudly that he wasnt the only one that thought so.
"I disagree, he seems like a good person." Kurama said. "Yes and he keeps very good company." Miroku said as he watched two of the hundreds of women seemingly living in the tower leave the room. "Sango then walked in wearing her normal clothes instead of her battle suit. Holding Kirara in her arms she sat down next to Kurama and Miroku. She then looked at Shiro then at Kirara and then back at Shiro. "Wow they look like they could be related! The markings are exactly the same!" She then said as Kirara jumped out of her arms to see a possible playmate. "I still dont see how he could have saved Yusuke though. That blast of energy was much to close for him to have gotten him out of the way. Plus judgeing how powerful it was i dont think he could have put up a barrier that was strong enough to protect him" Miroku said with a serious face.
Kuwabara then walked in with Shippo laying on his shoulder, still sleeping. Touken walked in behind him and they both sat down. "Hey Touken." Yusuke said as the masked teen sat down with them. "So why did you bring us here? And why did you save us? And where are we anyway? I want some answers!" Inuyasha barked rudely. "Inuyasha SIT!" With that Inuyashas face hit the ground with a large thud. "Sorry about that. He isnt really one for manners." Kagome apologized as Inuyasha sat up and held his head high.
" Well I suppose I owe you an explanation, let me start from the begining. My family has been fighting those knights you're chasing ever since they got here. I am the only surviving member of my family as of now. So anyway I always help people that have become victims of those knights. As you can see my "sisters" are not the only people living here." He said as he pointed to a family of people without masks. "I also try my best to save anyone in trouble with them as you were. The knights never really bothered the outside world beyond the mountains. But since their leader, he calls himself "Big brother" found out about the Shikon jewel being shattered, he has started to make himself known. They started looking for fragments shortly after it shattered. I myself have a few pieces of it." He then took out his necklace and showed them several pieces of the sacred jewel. "Oh yeah I forgot to tell you guys that I sensed his jewel shards. heh." Kagome said turning a bit red at her mistake. "I,ve been pretty much just been collecting them for fun. That and to make Volcannon angry heheheheh!" He said laughing at his reason.
"Anyway Kagome told me about your quest for the jewel so you could have them if you want." Kagome gasped at her sudden surge of happienes and hugged him "Thank you! thank you! thank you!" She then snatched the necklace from him and looked at it. "Wow he had even more than we did!" She exclaimed as she looked at the shining pieces. "I think theres about twelve on there." He said. "So still doubt him Inuyasha?" Miroku said as Kagome was cheering along with Shippo that they had found so many pieces. Inuyasha grunted and turned away ,feeling embarrased that he was wrong. "Hold on! I never said you could have them for free..."
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