Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghost Files Love Story – Beauty of a Rose (by Tayla Drago)
Chapter 12
'Something's about to happen here. Genkai vs. Younger Toguro…'
And so Genkai and Ami were in the woods for Younger Toguro to be waiting for them as promise. For what?
"So, we come to the big event." Younger Toguro said then he notices Ami was there with her grandmother. "You brought help, Genkai, I'm disappointed."
"I don't plan on interfering, but this is a battle I must see." She answered
"You were there with Urameshi to save that ice demon." Toguro glanced at Genkai. "I suppose you weren't lying when you said you knew, Genkai."
Genkai glares at Ami from the corner of her eye. "Ami, what did you say to him?"
"Nothing really. Just my name and that I was right that you never told Toguro about me."
"If I remember correctly you also said you would tell me who you were at the Dark Tournament." Toguro added.
"I guess I did. You want to know now before your fight with Genkai?"
"Yes. I may have questions for her and it would be a shame if she was already dead and couldn't answer."
She didn't flinch at his words. "Fine then." She looks at Toguro right in the eyes, or as best that Ami could because his sunglasses were on. "Toguro, I'm your granddaughter."
What!? Well, that makes sense! But still, Genkai had a son of Toguro's as well to marry a human woman for Ami to being born!? A deadly silence fell over the three of Ami as the words slipped from her lips. The only sound heard was the breeze and the faint cheers from the crowd far away.
For a moment Toguro face lost its usual emotionless look, but it quickly returned. "Is this some sort of joke?"
"No. I'm you and Genkai's granddaughter." She looks at Genkai. "Genkai can probably explain it better than I can."
So, it is true. Poor Ami…
Toguro looked at Genkai also. "Is she telling the truth, Genkai?"
Genkai nodded. "Yes, she is. She's is your granddaughter."
"But how?"
"I didn't even know I was pregnant, until you left after you got your wish. By my calculation it was that time right before the final round."
"You were pregnant during the finals?"
"Yes. I found out a few months later. You were long gone and I had no wish to find you. Nine months later I had our son. I raised him alone until he got married and he and his wife had Ami."
"How am I supposed to believe all this?"
"You remember your wish? You wish to be strong forever. If either of us had known at the time that I was pregnant maybe you wouldn't have made that wish. When you changed so did the DNA you shared with the child." Genkai gestured to her granddaughter, or more to theirs. "Ami's power is much like you and your brothers. She can't change her form for her uniform is part of her skin to making her stronger, but she still has the power of manipulation of the Reikai within her and the bracelet she carries on her wrist, ESP powers, and the Chinese material arts style. Ami, show him."
"Alright." Ami lifts her hand to her bracelet. It then snakes off your arm and transformed into her spear. She then twirls the spear in front of Ami and then stood the spear next to her. "Now do you see?"
"Ami has the power to manipulate energy into solid objects into weapons too besides moving really fast in her demon form at times. She calls herself the Queen of Reikai. The reason I made Yusuke my student was because I couldn't pass on all my power to Ami. I was only able to teach her a few things, but not everything. That's all there is to it."
Ami's spear morphed back into the bracelet and wrapped around her wrist. So, from fighting like Genkai and having powers like Younger Toguro all makes sense.
"Interesting story, but you know that won't change anything."
"I know, but I felt you should know. Ami, stand back."
She now knows it was time and Ami's last in seeing Genkai alive to hugging her before she fights against her former lover. So that's why she was hiding her face, not to see what she looked like 50 years later…From the two fighting together as a team, falling in love, and Elder Toguro joining them, winning the Dark Tournament, being forced to aiding Yusuke and the others, and Toguro's wish was to become a demon with stronger powers and live younger forever. Also, his brother turning into a psycho freak as well as bonus to all comes true. It makes sense now. Genkai didn't want to for she tried helping him being miserable to going with it into a monster that Ami hated; also, the reason why she needed to hide her face 'and for no demon to attack her all at once'. Now was the time for the lovers to fight off for Genkai to use three good and last three of the Spirit Gun shots for her life against him. The two hugged each other in saying their good-byes.
Ami nodded. "Goodbye, Genkai."
"Goodbye, Ami. Make sure to watch over Yusuke and the others, they are going to need you."
"I will." She steps back to the edge of the clearing.
Toguro ripped his shirt off. "Let's begin. It was nice knowing my granddaughter to witness her grandmother's death before her eyes. Time for her to go like all the trash in the world!" Toguro's muscles started to increase as his Spirit Energy shot up.
"Getting into combat mode, eh?" Genkai smiled slightly. "You haven't changed a bit."
Toguro charged at Genkai. "This is it, Genkai!"
As Yusuke wakes up to feeling something bad was about to happen. Kuwabara tells him everything where Genkai went to and not follow her, and he goes after her of course in a hurry for him to losing his friend but feeling out so much power from a far. Same with Shizuru, Botan, Koenma, Puu, Kurama, and Hiei. Except for Kayko, Yukina, and George only to be told by his boss in telling him what was going on…Hurry, Yusuke!
The fight between Genkai and Toguro was hard to watch. Ami still knew from the start that she was going to hate every minute of this fight, but it didn't make it any easier. Genkai blew a hole in Toguro's arm, but he was only using forty-five percent of his power. Toguro powered up to eighty percent and the wound on his arm healed. During the battle, you felt a familiar Spirit Energy coming closer. Ami started praying that he wouldn't make it in time; she didn't want him to be part of this. The fight continued until the impeding result. Toguro killed Genkai to punching her hard right in the stomach causing her to bleed to death. Genkai laid in a pool of blood next to a carter that Toguro had created when he had missed Genkai once. No! It was at that moment that Yusuke came running into the clearing, he arrived too late and Ami was upset.
"(No…! Genkai…!)"
"You're too late." Toguro commented looking over at Yusuke. "Time, my friend is cruel. Her last shot, infused with all the power at her commanded, barely tickled."
"Genkai." Yusuke disappeared and reappeared next to Genkai. "Genkai! It's okay! I'm here! Genkai!" Ami appears behind Yusuke and placed a hand on his shoulder. He looked up at her not knowing she was with her too. "Ami?"
"Yu…suke…" Genkai mumbled.
Yusuke looked back down at her. "Genkai! Hold on!" Yusuke looked up at Ami for help, like what it'll do any good. "Ami, hurry, use your healing powers." She stares down at the floor and didn't answer him, she couldn't even if she tried. "Ami? Ami, hurry!"
"Don't bother…" Yusuke looked back at Genkai as she spoke. "I'm…done…with this life. I knew it…on that very day." Genkai told Yusuke everything that Toguro's men had invited her and that she was once on a team with Toguro. Yusuke was surprised by the knowledge. Toguro took over and explained how he was reborn a demon when he won. "Yusuke…we must all fight against time…but he chose to avoid that fight…at the cost of his pride, his soul…his friends. Don't make that mistake…Yusuke…accept what you are…remember…what matters…and why you fight…" Genkai's eyes closed. She was gone.
"Gen…Genkai!" Yusuke yelled. Toguro made some nasty comments about Genkai that pissed Yusuke off. Yusuke went to charge at Toguro, but Ami wrapped her arms under his arm pits and around to his shoulders, holding him back. "Ami! Let me go!"
"No Yusuke! This isn't the time or the place!"
"He killed Genkai!"
Yusuke does land a huge punch at Toguro's hand to hurt badly to sending him flying for Ami's Reikai to holding Yusuke in time from going anywhere too far from the woods in saving his life. He was getting stronger. As Yusuke got back up sad and beaten a bit, Ami got mad.
"Yusuke!" Ami whips him around and punched him right in the face. Yusuke fell onto his back staring up at her. For Ami's vision was blurred slightly, but she refuses to let a single drop fall, or try to for Genkai's sake. "She was my grandmother! I know how you feel!" She looks up at Toguro. "But you have to wait until the next round." Ami looks back at Yusuke again. "Then you can have your revenge. It hurts right now…All of it does, you're as sad as I am…My Grandmother knew this day would come."
"Ami." Yusuke mumbled looking down at the ground. "You're right."
Toguro started clapping. "Very impressive, how you can hold back, Urameshi and my granddaughter."
Yusuke's head shot up. "Granddaughter?"
Now he knows. As Kurama, Hiei, Koenma, Shizuru, Puu 'feeling Yusuke's sadness', and Botan 'who's upset' sensing Genkai was gone. And Kuwabara didn't?
"I guess you did believe Genkai then." Ami pointed out at Toguro. "I don't care if you're my Grandfather, I will not forgive you."
Toguro smirked. "That's fine by me. I'll see you two at the finals." Toguro turned and walked away. Seeing his hand was hurt to healing up again, he smiles in a wicked way to be have a good fight.
"Ami, he's…" Yusuke trailed off.
Yusuke got sad for thinking about Genkai for all he went through and then punches a big tree down with all his might to coming down. He was sad, crying, angry, and feeling bad for Ami to earning the truth about her and Genkai.
"Yes, he's my grandfather. He just found out before the fight with Genkai." She looks at Yusuke smirking. "Don't worry though I'm on your team and we will destroy him and his team." Ami held her hand out to Yusuke. "Now let's go back."
"Alright." Yusuke took her hand and she pulls him back up. The two walked back in silence. "(Toguro, I will never forgive you.)"
For Yusuke needed some time near the hotel to think alone after losing Genkai as Botan takes Genkai's spirit to Spirit World being a painful one, leaving George and Koenma to leave him a message by calming him down first that Genkai left for him for Koenma to tell back. Also, Sakyo has all the money to make a machine to opening the Demon World t the Human World since he won from betting on team Urameshi and killing both Tarukane and Butajiri with Toguro's help, and killing the other Black Black Club members after that so they're gone. Hiei continues training to see how the battle field turned out from Toguro and Genkai fighting with each other.
Hours passed on that day, until the day after tomorrow will be the finals. The breeze played with Ami's hair as she walked through the forest to leaving Yusuke being for a bit. She at the time being, decided to go find Kurama. She wanted to be with him, Ami just couldn't be alone right now. That was why she was walking though the forest at this moment, for her to follow Kurama's Spirit Energy 'as he was trying to think on how to beat Karasu'. She finally finds Kurama deep in the forest fighting an imaginary enemy, as I said. Ami just waited until he stopped before she walks into the clearing.
Kurama turned around when he sensed her Spirit Energy. "Ami." Kurama walked over to her and enveloped her in his arms. She then wraps hers around his neck breathing in his scent. She then started to cry.
"I'm sorry to disrupt you, Kurama." Ami dug her face into his chest. "I just didn't want to be alone."
Kurama could sense Ami's pain to know that Genkai was really gone as Karasu told him that would happen.
"It's alright, Ami." Kurama ran his fingers though her hair. "I'm here for you." He kissed the top of her head.
"Thank you, Kurama." Ami looks up at him and smiled.
"Ami, you can cry. But for me, Genkai wouldn't mind." For that Ami does while still hugging Kurama not to let her go. For she tries cheering her up from al the pain she was going through, wish he done something sooner for her. "Ami…Its okay."
"I know." Ami tries to stop crying. "I miss her…!"
"I miss her too. She meant so much to you. It's okay to cry, we'll get back at him. I promise."
The two kissed for Ami started to feel better thanks Kurama by her side. She felt what he was doing in sensing that the other members of Team Toguro won't be so easy to beat later, Ami felt like she wanted to do something for her Kurama in return to cheering her up.
"Do you want me to train with you? It might help to have a real opponent."
"Are you sure you're up to something like that?"
Ami nodded. This is what Genkai would want. She wouldn't want her to mourn her death. "I haven't had any good fights lately. If I'm going to fight back for my Grandmother's sake, then so be it."
Kurama chuckled. "If that is what you wish." Kurama leaned down kissing her on the lips. Ami then quickly responded kissing him back. Kurama slowly pulled away from the kissing her as he was looking deep in her eyes. "Then we'll have a fight."
"Thanks." Ami and Kurama moved away from each other. She held her hand out and her favorite spear appeared in her hands of her Reikai skills. "Now, Kurama, just because I love you doesn't mean that I'm going to go easy on you."
"The same goes for you, Ami. I'll give you the best fight you've ever had." Kurama pulled out the rose from his hair and changed it into his Rose Whip.
Ami smiles at Kurama. "Good, I'll hold you to that." She kicks off the ground and charged towards him. "I know I'll enjoy this!"
Kurama jumped out of the way of her attacks and slashes his Rose Whip at you. "It's cute how excited you get when you fight."
Ami twisted out of the way letting the whip skim by her. "Now don't try to distract me, Kurama." She twirls her spear in her hand as she jumps into the air of her Spinning Bird Kick moves.
Kurama lashed out at Ami as she came crashing down where he was standing a moment ago. "I was just telling the truth."
Ami soon shot up away from the whip and kissed him on cheek. "Thank you then." This fight continued between the two of them, even though it was more of a dance then a fight. Both Ami and Kurama can small cuts here and there, but nothing too serious. The fight was more of a way for her to release the pent-up sorrow over the loss of Genkai. After about an hour of fighting, then Ami and Kurama were exhausted. The two of them returned their weapons to their original form. Ami collapses in the middle of the clearing panting. "That was great."
Were they really fighting, dancing with each other, or making out?
Kurama sat down next to her slightly out of breath. "I'm glad you enjoyed yourself, Ami. You are the fastest opponents I have fought for a long time."
She looks over to him and smiled. "Thanks. You were one of my fun fights that I ever had. I would love to fight you again, but next time no holding back on me."
Kurama smiled. "If that is what you wish."
"It is." Ami looks down at her lap. "Thank you for this, Kurama. It was exactly what I needed right now."
Kurama wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled Ami into his lap. "I promised you that I would always be here for you." Kurama brushed his knuckles gently across her cheeks. "You don't have to hold back. If you are upset, you do not have to hide it."
Ami leans her head towards his hand. "I know, but I've cried enough and I promised Genkai that I wouldn't cry anymore."
"You amaze me."
Ami looks up at Kurama when he said that to her. "What do you mean?"
"You're just amazing. You are very kind, loving and carefree, but you're also strong willed, tough and at times kind of scary." Kurama tapped your noise.
This made her be pouted. "Scary? I'll show you scary!" Ami pounces on Kurama knocking him onto his back. Her legs were straddling his waist. She then stared down at him with a small smirk on her lips. "You scared yet?"
Kurama smiled. "Oh, I'm terrified."
"You better be."
Ami leans down kissing Kurama on the lips. Kurama placed his hands on her hips gently kissing his woman back. Her hands were on either side of Kurama's head holding her up. The kiss surprising start to turn more passionate as Kurama's tongue ran over her lip. Ami opens her mouth adamantly and Kurama's tongue slips into her mouth searching every corner of Ami's mouth. She started moaned softly as Kurama's tongue ran over her begging it to play. Their tongues intertwined and danced between their mouths. Sadly, a burning started in Ami's lungs and the need for air became known. Slowly they both pulled away, but she kept her face close to Kurama's. That was cute and hot there, huh? Best make out ever!
"I think I'm going to call you scary more often now." Kurama teased.
Ami laughs a little. She leans down kissing Kurama softly. "I love you, Kurama."
Kurama brushed her hair out of Ami's face for being in the way and placed it behind her ear. He then placed his palm on her cheek. "I love you too, Ami." He pulls her back towards him kissing her again.
However, before the kiss could become deeper, the two heard footsteps and heard a voice. "Ah, sorry to interrupt you two." Ami looks up while Kurama tilted his head back and saw Kuwabara coming out of the forest, his face was bright red.
She slowly climbs off Kurama, her cheeks dusted red. As Ami helps Kurama up too, who also had a small blush on his face, to his feet and turned Kuwabara. She coughs to try to hide her embarrassment. "Is something wrong, Kuwabara?"
"Um, sorry to disturb you," Kuwabara walked closer rubbing the back of his neck, "but have you seen Urameshi?"
"No." Kurama answered.
"I saw him about an hour and a half ago." Ami tilts her head to the side. "He told me he was going to go to his room. He wasn't there?"
"No. Come on, Urameshi, where the hell did you go?!"
"Just leave him be, Kuwabara, he'll be there for the finals. Until then just leave him be, alright?"
"Ami?" Kuwabara looked at her to being confused.
She was about to answer when she senses someone else coming towards the group. "Someone's coming." Ami looks off to the side.
"Eh?" Kuwabara looked in the same direction as their visitors stepped out into the clearing.
"Do you plan on showing yourself?" Ami asked into the brush where she sensed the Spirit Energy.
A bandaged figure, with spiky blonde hair, walked out of the brush. "I was hoping to find you two alone, but," he glanced at Ami, "I suppose it won't matter that you are here."
"Gee, thanks." She mumbles under her breath.
"And who might you be?" Kuwabara asked raising an eyebrow at him.
"I'm Beautiful Suzuka, the beautiful fighter. Remember?" The guy answered. Ami blinks at him, so this is what Suzuka really looked out. Looks a lot better without the stupid clown outfit and makeup one him.
"That guy?!" Kuwabara yelled.
Suzuka chuckled. "Not much to look at now, eh? I was outmatched and, as you saw, reduced to playing the buffoon."
"I wanted to speak with you too, but you first." Kurama said being as polite as always.
"I've something for each of you." Suzuka reached into his pocket and pulled out a sword hilt and a jar. He hands the sword hilt to Kuwabara and the jar to Kurama.
Ami just glances over Kurama's arm to the jar he was holding. "What are these?"
"The seed of de-incarnation and the sword of triad." Suzuka explained. "I'd originally given to these to Shishiwakamaru and Ura Urashima." Suzuka pointed to the jar in Kurama's hand. "Ura Urashima used a vapor derivative, but if you drink its juice it might extend your time as Yoko Kurama." Suzuka then pointed to the sword hilt in Kuwabara's hand. "The Trial Sword, made from leech cedar, is a versatile weapon powered by a person's chi within them. The blade's appearance depends on the nature of the individual wielding it. I should emphasize that both are unique designs, and highly experimental. I've yet to make a study of their potential side effects. For Shishiwakamaru was the Banshee Shriek, yours might be different." Suzuka turned his back to the three fighters. "Use them, or not, as you like. See ya."
"Why give them to us?" Kurama asked.
Ami had to admit she was also curious herself. Suzuka then explained to the three that he once fought Toguro. Toguro only showed Suzuka at thirty percent 'when he was a kid' of his power and Suzuka fell to his knees begging for mercy. Toguro let him live saying ('it's no fun killing something this pathetic. You're less than a piece of lint to me.') Suzuki trained hard, formed a team and entered the tournament, but your team beat them. He wanted the Urameshi Team to beat Toguro no matter what. Suddenly a flash of energy appeared in the sky.
"I find some of you annoying, but I hate Toguro more. So, beat him. One other thing…I can't tell you the side effects of those items were only use once so you them well for your own risk."
Oh, now he tells us! For Kurama and Kuwabara can only try them out to getting through the finals. As Yusuke gets Koenma's word to say from Genkai's message to fight on and knowing that her time would end like this, to not give up after passing her skills to him. For that and George was there watching, Yusuke looks up to the skies to remember something like that she told him once about. And for that, he gets it. To fire a very powerful and big Spirit Gun within the heavens for Genkai to get the message from him to her. Wow! For Koenma and George to see that, Hiei, Botan, and Puu being happy that there was hope left, Kayko, Shizuru, and Yukina on their end, Sakyo, Toguro, as well as Suzuka, Ami, and Kuwabara. For Yusuke was going to be alright for her.
"What the blazes?!" Kuwabara yelled.
Suzuka gasped. "Unbelievable! I've never seen such power! Anyone who can do that might just beat Toguro!"
Ami smiles knowing it was Yusuke. She would recognize the remaining energy of Genkai's mixed into the blast. "Alright, Yusuke!" Ami cheered while hugging Kurama.
"That's Urameshi!?" Kuwabara was surprise to seeing the blast like that.
"Amazing. We might just win yet." Kurama said while hugging Ami back in his arms.
For that the others train carefully for one more day until the finals arrives for the heroes. Maybe there's hope for Genkai to come back, maybe…For Yusuke and Ami to know for themselves, while some sense it out of her un timing death to not tell the others who don't know about it yet, or it so to say it without hurting them. For Kuwabara, Kayko, and Yukina 'for right now' was for the best not to say anything, just say that Genkai was sick and maybe then…
'The day has come at Long Last. The Final Showdown.'
The next day, it was close to the finals of the Dark Tournament and near the end too for everyone to relax for some. Ami spends that time training with Kurama, so he could get used to the seed of de-incarnation against Karasu. Both she and Kurama arrived at the hotel and waited to see if anyone would notice the two of them. Neither Yusuke nor Kuwabara noticed. Hiei soon joined the group in the hotel room and Kuwabara asked why his arm was all chard up. Well, not before Kuwabara masters the Trial Sword to tell Yusuke about to see him training for his energy to go crazy. Then seeing Hiei with his hand all mess up to controlling the dragon power within him, ouch.
"Ew! Hiei! What the heck happened to your arm!?" Kuwabara ask Hiei in seeing that horrible sight.
"The dragon proved stubborn, so I had to get tough." Hiei answered looking at his right arm.
Kuwabara laughed nervously. "He's nuts, plain nuts! So where are Kurama and Ami? Anybody know?"
"Actually," Kurama said as the both of the guys and Ami just walking out of the shadows, "we've been here a while." Kuwabara looked shocked.
So, with everyone here and Yusuke just telling Kuwabara that Genkai was resting at the hotel and won't be joining us, he had a sub replacement being…Koenma!? He's not going to fight now, is he!? Well, he will aid the other five teams. As the morning sun rises – all was set and Botan, Kayko, Puu, Shizuru, Yukina, and George watch the fight for the Team Urameshi was good to go.
"Okay, the gang's all here! To business!" Yusuke yelled. The rest of them nodded and walked to the arena. "Alright, let's go!"
"Yeah!" Kuwabara cheered.
The five-team stood inside the arena waiting to be called out to the ring. Ami could hear the demons cheering for blood above them.
"Ami." She looks over at Yusuke. "You're going to have to take Genkai's place as our fifth fighter."
Ami nodded. "I know."
"So Genkai's really out of it?" Kuwabara asked. Ami bites her lip from commenting about his stupid question. "I heard something about her giving her powers to Urameshi here. Guess she used herself up in the semifinals, eh?"
"Sheesh," Hiei scoffed, "you really are clueless."
"Why you little…!" Kuwabara was soon cut off by Juri yelling.
"Hello, everyone, and thank you for your patience! Sorry for the delay, but now here's Team Urameshi!" The door in front of you opened and the team walked out to where the ring was. Ami ignores the crowd yelling at them again. "And presenting, Team Toguro!" Of course, the crowd cheered as Younger and Elder Toguro Brothers, Bui, and Karasu all walked out to the ring.
Juri then explained that team Toguro needed another team member to be allowed to fight in the finals. To everyone's surprise, Sakyo, of Team Toguro's manager and the man Shizuru saw and chat with a lot to her surprise. So, he's the fifth fighter...? Okay, like Koenma not going to fight, they need four wins for this one. So, all good to go!
Karasu jumped up onto the ring and looked at Kurama. He put his finger to his head and said bang, looks like he wants to fight first for Kurama was angered to killing him before he kills him and the others first, so he goes up against the bomber making demon.
"I'll take him." Kurama commented.
Before Kurama goes up, Kuwabara asks him something on Suzuka giving him the juice that he took before entering the stadium earlier this morning.
"Hey, Kurama," Kuwabara called in gaining Ami's boyfriends attention, "you gonna use that, uh, fruit juice, Suzuka gave you?"
"Yes. I had some two minutes ago."
"What?"
"I tried it a few times and found the liquid form takes a little while to work." Kurama explained.
"You mean, you've tried it, more than once?"
"Of course. Practice makes perfect you know. And Suzuka was right, one sip and I can hold my old form for fifteen minutes. That should be enough time."
"Be careful, Kurama. He's in for the kill." Ami said softly so only Kurama would hear. "You better come back to me. I don't want to lose anyone else."
Kurama kissed her softly. "I'll beat him." Ami tries to hide tears as she nodded.
He didn't promise he would survive the fight, only that he would beat Karasu. She soon felt the kiss was more of a good-bye than anything else. Kurama turned away and got into the ring.
"Forward!" Juri yelled. Both Karasu and Kurama stepped toward. "First match: Karasu vs. Kurama!" Juri threw her arm down. "Begin!"
I think it's more like Kurama will win for his team and his true love Ami, for she'll have faith for him to win. Leaving Koenma, Yusuke, Kuwabara, Hiei, and the other team to watching the rest of the fight. With Botan trying to be strong to let her friends win and not lose another dear one to her this time, it's the first fight of the final Dark Tournament fight with Kurama fighting against the freaky demon Karasu and hopefully the juice will soon kick in for Yoko Kurama to arrive in finishing the job. So here we go! Ami, better cheer on your boyfriend in this one. Go, Team Urameshi!
