Author's Note: Gee Sims 3. I would totally have finished this fic and started a new one if I wasn't busy playing you. **SPOILER WARNING** If you have not yet reached Chapter Black or The Three Kings in the Yu Yu Hakusho series, I suggest not reading the author's note on the bottom of this chapter. Well, there's your warning, I better not be getting any angry messages. Much Love, me.
Rescue Mission
Yusuke, Hiei, Kurama, Kuwabara, and Jin have all fought off Takeo at one point; they all knew the extent of his power. Yusuke and his crew have been fighting him off for months now; Jin dealt with him once and barely managed to flee with Amane. The other boys were going to be needed for this mission. "You found them?" Yusuke started. "Great, but we are going to need all of you."
"All of us?" Rinku asked, "How strong can one guy be?"
"He gets stronger every time he absorbs life energy." Kurama started, "We don't know how powerful he currently is. Or if he's absorbed Amane's life energy." Kurama's words were like daggers to Jin.
"Let's go, now!" Jin urged. He walked outside and got the wind surrounding his body, the winds he moved lifted him up. Shishi, in imp form, flew up to accompany Jin. Everyone else traveled by foot. Jin lead the group, occasionally looking down to see where the boys were. Hiei used his speed to travel tree to tree. Yusuke, Kurama, and Touya lead. Rinku and Suzuka followed. Kuwabara and Chu straggled shortly behind. Jin looked forward, he was going at his max speed; unfortunately, the winds were very slow that day and it didn't take him anywhere quickly.
Jin looked down and landed, Shishi follwed Jin down. They turned and waited for the rest to come. "Why stop?" Yusuke asked. The rest arrived and waited for the wind master's response.
Jin pointed to the water. "Under there." Everyone looked at Jin confused. Jin explained, "There be an under water cavern in there."
"Wow," Kuwabara started, "Sure hope everyone here is a good swimmer."
"Actually, it doesn't seem to be that far from the surface. I'd say it's about a two minute dive; make it there in about four minutes." Jin continued explaining. That's all the group needed to hear. They all walked to the edge of the beach and looked into the ocean's blueness.
"When we get to the cavern we all wait. Our opponent is no fool. We must make our plan, while we still have the element of surprise." The boys nodded and all jumped into the water. Jin led the boys deeper into the water. He pointed to a strange rock formation. They all swam closer to it. The boys followed the wind master as he moved closer and deeper down into the ocean. Jin pushed himself through a crevice. Chu struggled fitting through it for a bit and managed to slide himself through, everyone else fit into it fine. The boys surfaced slowly. The cavern was much bigger than they imagined. Silently they swam to the wall and moved forward behind a large rock like formation. They all hid behind it as they made their plans.
"What do we do now? Who knew this place was going to be so big." Shishi started.
"If you ask me, I say we split into groups and cover more ground." Suzuka suggested.
"We would be too small in numbers. We need to be in one group as we are now." Kurama said. And as usual, he was right.
Yusuke was stressed out by this whole thing, They have never been so close to catching Takeo as they are now. "How about we make him come to us?" Suzuka, Hiei, and Chu agreed. The others agreed with Kurama. All Jin wanted to do was find Ayame.
"Kurama's idea was best," Touya started, "I say we proceed with caution." The boys nodded. Touya looked at his shinobi companion and muttered to Kurama. Kurama looked hesitant, but he nodded in agreement. "Jin, when we find Takeo, go look for Amane. We will hold him off." Jin looked up. He did want to find Amane, but he also wanted to fight by his companions' sides. Touya could read Jin's torn expression like a book. "Jin, this should be no contest."
That's all Jin needed to hear. "Right."
The group was led by Jin and Touya. They were the Shinobi; they have had years of experience working in the darkness. Jin and Touya walked within the darkness, looking over their shoulders, every direction, and over every corner. Adrenalin ran through all the boys, the nerve wracking feeling Takeo could show up in any second was unbearable. The cavern was like a maze, Touya and Jin were nearly certain they would hit a dead end soon. Jin and Touya stopped; the rest of the group mimicking their movements also stopped. A noise, footsteps, was approaching at a slow, calm speed. Yusuke took the lead quietly. He knealt down in front of Jin and Touya; Spirit Gun ready to be fired.
Touya put a hand on Yusuke's shoulder, "Not yet." They waited for the footsteps to become louder while a dark silhouette approaches closer. The Ice master let go of Yusuke's shoulder. Now!" And with that, Yusuke fired his trademark Spirit Gun. The blast soared through the air. The target moved quickly. He was much faster than before. At an incredible speed Takeo rushed to his attackers. Touya glanced over to Jin, "Go, hurry!"
Jin tried using his wind powers. No use. There is no wind in the caverns. Jin wasn't a fan of doing anything by foot, but right now it was all he could do. The wind master ran for it as soon as Takeo readied his claws to pierce into the spirit detective. Jin was not noticeable and slipped away safely. Yusuke hoped Jin would find Amane alive.
Hiei swung his sword at Takeo; Hiei was fast, but Takeo was faster. Shishi, in his regular form, and Touya rushed into the sword battle. Shishi wielding a sword in his hands. An icy sword surrounding Touya's hand. The two charged as Hiei struggled to hit Takeo. Takeo felt Shishi and Touya's presence. He vanished. The three swordsmen stopped and looked around. Shishi let out a scream in pain. Everyone looked to see an energy wrapping around him. Shishi was trapped in Takeo's energy; he swiped his sword against the walls, failing to cut through. They all saw Takeo next to the energy trap, the ice master in his hands. Touya struggled to break free from the demon's grasp. Hiei charged up to Takeo, sword ready to strike. His speed quickened as he moved up behind Takeo and rised his sword up for a kill. Takeo turned quickly and tossed the ice master at Hiei. Yusuke fired his spirit gun while Takeo had his back turned to him. Takeo got out of the way and put the spirit gun blast to Hiei and Touya direction. Hiei grabbed onto the stunned Touya and pulled him out of the way. Chu charged in, he swiftly threw punches at Takeo. And just as swiftly as Chu delivered them, Takeo dogged them.
Chu pushed him back, distracting him with punches into Kuwabara. Kuwabara summoned his Spirit Sword and slashed at Takeo. His sword grazed Takeo's skin as he moved out of the way. 'So close,' Kuwabara thought to himself. Takeo suddenly appeared behind Kuwabara and punched him in the back of his head. Kuwabara fell forward in agony. Kurama rushed towards his companion and stood above him. Kurama pulled out his rose and created his rose whip. Tactically, Kurama swung his whip towards Takeo. Takeo blocked with his arms, his arms cut up with every slash. He moves in closer to Kurama, held on to his whip and attempted to punch Kurama in his stomach. Kurama moved back.
Rinku and Suzuka did all they could do to free Shishi. Exhausted, they looked back to see where Takeo was. Yusuke and Takeo were fighting. They looked at each other. "I think we need Jin." Runku muttered to Suzuka.
Meanwhile, Jin raced around the maze like rock formation. He became desperate. "Amane!" He called out. No response. Jin ran faster, soon enough he saw a dim light ahead. He saw a small room, there were stairs off to the side. Jin looked down to the bottom, he saw Amane passed out in a chair. He hurried down the steps and rushed to Amane. Jin knelt down to look Amane in the eyes. Her eyes were opened slightly, they looked empty and expressionless. Jin reached out and touched her chest, no heartbeat. He bit his bottom lip and looked down. "No…" he mumbled to himself. He looked back up and held her face in his hands. He blinked the tears away, her skin was cold, but he could still feel some warmth from her skin. "Amane…?"
"Jin?" Amane muttered.
A small smile crossed Jin's face. "You're alive? Thank goodness." Jin slid his hands down her face and held her hand. "Stay strong. I'll break you out of this." Amane gave no response, she didn't have the strength. Jin grabbed onto the first metal piece and tried to pull it off. Amane winced in pain as the shock ran through her body. Jin stopped as soon as he realized he was hurting Amane. He knelt down to Amane. "I don't see how to get around this…" Amane blinked and nodded. Without words Jin understood what she said. He stood up and gripped tightly on the metal cuff and pulled as heard as he could. Amane yelped in pain. Jin pulled harder and managed to pull it off; stopping the shock. He looked at the cuff in his hands, he just caused her so much pain; Jin was uncertain he could do it one more time. "I can't do it."
"Keep… going." Amane muttered under her breath, in between gasps.
Jin was hesitant, but he did as he was told. He reached out, tightly gripped the last cuff and pulled as hard as he could. Amane gritted her teeth, trying not to show how much pain she was going through. Jin pulled it off and the pain slowly stopped. He took Amane in his arms. "What has he done to you." He muttered to her as he held her tightly. Jin stood, there was no way to sneak past Takeo, hopefully he was already dead. Jin moved to the stairs and walked up them. He took her up to the stairs.
Up ahead he saw the group. They were all injured, including Takeo. Takeo turned to see Jin; Amane in his arms. "When did you find her?" He growled. Jin didn't answer.
He loved a good fight, but he didn't want anything to do with this one. All Jin wanted was Amane and his friends safe. Takeo charged towards Jin to retrieve Amane. 'This is my last shot!' Yusuke thought to himself. He readied himself and put in all the energy he had left into one last Spirit Gun blast; he fired. 'Please hit him.' he chanted in his head as he watched the blast move to Takeo at full speed. The distracted demon took the hit, he laid on the floor dead; his body burned nearly to ashes. Within seconds Shishi was freed.
"You did it!" Rinku exclaimed happily. All but Yusuke relaxed. He was exhausted and lost his balance several times. With the help of Kurama he helped Yusuke on Kuwabara's back. They had their victory, everyone was to celebrate when they were all better. But for now, everyone wanted to get back to Genkai's temple.
They all walked in silence which Kurama broke when he asked Jin, "How is she doing?" "Not so good," he started. He wasn't sure how to explain the rest to everyone, "she has no heartbeat."
Everyone stopped in their tracks. "Doesn't that usually mean a human is dead?"
Jin nodded, "She's clearly alive. It's faint, but I've been feelin' a different aura from 'er since I carried 'er. Somethin' has changed."
They all gathered around. As time passes and the aura got stronger it became clear to everyone but Kuwabara and Yusuke. This was no human aura, but demon.
Author's note: *Spoiler Warning* …okay, you have been warned. So, I was thinking about which direction I wanted to take this and I've been watching Yu Yu Hakusho while thinking about it and a question came across my mind. Raizen said that he planned his part demon descendant to show up 44 generations from then. I thought about how I made Yusuke and Amane the same age. Sooo… wouldn't that make her in the 44th gen with Yusuke? I think so. Anyway, next chapter is coming up soon and next fic is coming very soon. I promise. Much Love, Me.
