chapter 14 : The Dark Tournament
"Hey Genkai-chan Naurto said the the pinkette he saw her after seeing his enemy so he decided to tell what had happened during his whole week with Yusuke and Friends.
'So Naruto kun Toguruo finally showed up i didn't think he would be there but if he was interested in Yusuke like you said then there no doubt that he would want to fave him in the Dark Tournament. She exclaimed.
''Well Genkai-chan, when they were fight Toguro wasnt using his full power so i would say he even more powerful than you and i don't know if even Yusuke could beat him. Naurto said having some doubt in his voice.
After that Naruto decided he needed to leave and before he did that he kissed Genkai on the cheek to with she blushed a bit but back with our hero.
Later
Kuwabara is bummed because Yukina had to return to the Ice World in which she previously resided. Yusuke asks Hiei why he doesn't tell her that he's her brother. Hiei explains that he's a convicted felon, and they're siblings through father only... so he feels she'd be better off not knowing. Yusuke asks him if the reason he got the Jagan Eye was to keep constant watch over her... and Hiei doesn't answer.
Meanwhile, back in the city, Yusuke is finally spending some quality time with Keiko, when a huge chunk of a building is blown up. He goes out to see what all the commotion is, when a masked man comes up to him on a motorcycle... it's Toguro. It seems that after Yusuke and Kuwabara "defeated" the Toguro Bros, Sayko contacted them. They were working for him the whole time, and had staged their defeat to allow Sayko to win all of Tarukane's money.
They let the girl go since she wasn't even part of the plan. Toguro, however, is intrigued by Yusuke's power, and asks him if he will enter into the Dark Tournament, a tournament thrown by greedy human mafia bosses and demons every year, for an all-out bloodfest. Yusuke declines, but Toguro brings up the other part... if he doesn't join, Toguro will kill Yusuke, and all of Yusuke's friends and family. He goes on to tell Yusuke that he was only fighting at 20% of his true strength when they battled before.
He demonstrates 60% of it by taking out an entire column of a parking garage. Needless to say, Yusuke is convinced, and rounds up Kuwabara, Hiei, and Kurama to be on his five-man team to enter the tournament. Yusuke goes off to train with Genkai, and Kuwabara trains with Naruto, Kurama and Hiei for the 5 months before the tournament. On the final day, Kuwabara, Hiei, and Kurama are waiting to board the ship to the island, and Yusuke hasn't shown up yet.
The demons gather around a ship that is going to Hanging Neck Island, where the Dark Tournament is taking place. Yusuke arrives, and meets with the rest of his team. He introduces the fifth fighter for their team, known as the Masked Fighter. Team Urameshi boards the ship, and Yusuke is soon sleeping while the rest of the teammates eye the demons.
The captain of the ship soon announces that only one team from this ship will be making it to the actual tournament, and that the ship is like a preliminary round. A ring appears in the middle of the ship, and the captain instructs each team to send one fighter to the center, and they will compete in a battle royale. Whoever wins is going to compete in the Dark Tournament. Kuwabara and Hiei argue about who should go up, but the masked fighter silently walks up to the ring. The monsters anticipate an easy kill, but as soon as the captain says to start, the masked fighter uses a technique familiar with Yusuke, and beats all the demons in an instant. Everyone is surprised, and the team all realize why Yusuke chose this person to be their fifth fighter.
The demons don't seem to want to accept a human team as the victor, however, and they gang up on Team Urameshi. Hiei slashes through them and Kurama lashes through them with his rose whip, and using a technique called Rose Whip Thorne Wheel. The masked fighter knocks around a lot of them, and Kuwabara nails a few with his Spirit Sword. One demon approaches the sleeping Yusuke, believing it will be easy to kill him in his sleep. Yusuke, however, mysteriously stands up and punches the demon hard in the face.
The team realizes that Yusuke is still asleep. He shouts in his sleep, and Kuwabara recognizes what he said as a nickname for his mentor, Genkai. Kuwabara becomes suspicious that the masked fighter might actually be Genkai in disguise. Back in Yusuke's town, Kurmi ,Keiko and Kuwabara's older sister, Shizuru, confront Naruto and Botan about where Yusuke and Kuwabara spills the story, and they demand that she take them to the Dark Tournament. It also didnt help that Kurmi was trying to use her womanly charms to persuade Naruto to which made Botan mad as well as Shizuru.
Koenma and his blue ogre bodyguard also make plans to depart for Hanging Neck Island. With all the opposing teams slaughtered, the ship docks at the port, and Team Urameshi is taken to a hotel. Inside their hotel room, they notice some unexpected visitors. One is a small kid, with star tattoos and a hat, and the other is a tall blond muscular man. They tell everyone that they will be their opponents tomorrow, and they're anxious to kill them. Then they exit, leaving the Team Urameshi in wonder.
Naruto, Kurmi, Botan, Keiko, and Shizuru, Kuwabara's sister, arrive at the tournament site to watch Team Urameshi duke it out with their first opponents, Team Rokuyukai. Koenma is there as well, and reveals an adult form, to impress everybody since he's tired of being called a toddler. Everyone takes their seats, and the kid with the colorful outfit, whom Team Urameshi met last night, Rinku, steps up to take the first match. Since Yusuke still seems to be asleep, Kuwabara takes the first match. The match begins, and Rinku demonstrates his incredible speed by running in flashes around Kuwabara. Kuwabara's training seems to have payed off, however, when he can easily detect Rinku's movements.
He deals him a few crushing blows, and it looks like Rinku is down. He grins, though, standing back up and telling Kuwabara he was just playing around to begin. He reveals his true weapon, eight Yo-Yos, four for each hand. He launches them forward to Kuwabara. Kuwabara reveals his newly-improved weapon, double Spirit Swords. They can't stop the Yo-Yos, however, when the strings bend and twist to manuever around his Spirit Swords and slam into him, fueled with spirit energy. Kuwabara is knocked back, but quickly gets back up.
Rinku launches them again, and Kuwabara's defenses prove no match for the child's incredible toys. Kuwabara starts to get mad, and Rinku launches a ground attack towards him. He starts unearthing the tiles of the ring to block the attack, but they just slam through and hit him again. He's taking a horrible beating, and Rinku decides to try something else. He throws out his Yo-Yos, but this time, wraps them around Kuwabara's limbs. He goes into his "Around the World" move, launching Kuwabara into the air only to bring him down face-first onto the ring. After some of that, he takes Kuwabara up into the air. With a drop from that height, Kuwabara's likely to die.
Rinku drops Kuwabara to the ground, preparing to deal the finishing blow. In a last-ditch effort, Kuwabara fires his Spirit Sword from his hand, using it as a cushion to stop the fall. It changes his direction from downwards to towards Rinku, and he prepares to knock the kid out. Rinku, in retaliation, fires his Yo-Yos again, but Kuwabara has one more trick up his sleeve. He can maneuver his Spirit Sword as well, and twirls it around the strings and hits Rinku straight through the chest. His Yo-Yos strike home as well, and both fighters are sent out of the ring. The announcer says that the fighters can only stay out of the ring for ten seconds, and begins the count. Rinku comes up after five, and Yusuke , still presumably sleeping, shouts for Kuwabara to wake up. Kuwabara gets mad, and gets up and confronts Yusuke. Just then, Rinku stops from healing himself and causes his Yo-Yos to squeeze Kuwabara, preventing him from jumping back in the ring. The announcer finishes the count, and Rinku is awarded the first win. After a moment, the second match begins: Roto vs. Kurama. Hiei encourages Kurama to go for the kill because they need the victory, and Kurama replies with a very cold "Naturally." Kurama goes on the offensive, but as Kurama is about to deal a finishing blow, Roto quickly reveals his trick:
He has a demon brother that's been tracking Kurama's human mother for some time. He has a device that, when activated, will tell his brother to kill Kurama's mother. He warns him not to move. Kurama flicks a pebble at him, and Roto laughs and starts to beat him up. It seems as if Kurama isn't willing to put his mother's life on the line, and continues to take the abuse from Roto. After a while, Roto grows bored of the torment, and raises his foot and tells Kurama to lick the slime off. Kurama declines, and Roto threatens to press the button. Surprisingly, Kurama tells him to go ahead and press it. Roto raises his arm, when suddenly, he finds himself unable to move. Kurama reveals a small puncture in his chest. He threw a "Death Seed" in Roto, after he used the pebble to divert his attention away. It takes a few minutes, but after a while it will bloom and thorned vines will sprout from the opponent. Kurama takes the device, and Roto pleads with him to stop, and asks if Kurama has any mercy. Kurama replies: "No." The Death Seed sprouts, and Kurama is given the win.
Koto calls for the next pair of fighters to step into the ring and Rokuyukai's leader, Zeru surprises Kurama and Kuwabara by entering on behalf of his team. Hiei volunteers to fight for Team Urameshi. Both fighters exchange trash talk prior to the fight. As soon as the match begins, Zeru tries to intimidate Hiei by emitting massive amounts of energy. Hiei merely laughs in response, and is soon forced to start dodging Zeru's fireball attacks. A portion of the upper deck of the stadium is destroyed as a result, along with a decent fraction of the audience. During a brief ceasefire, Zeru continues to emit heat energy, and then begins absorbing the flames into his own body, augmenting his already deadly abilities. With a great lunge, he puts his right arm through the midsection of Hiei, with the heat transfer setting Hiei ablaze. Then, with Hiei still airborne, he releases a massive ball of heat which makes direct contact with Hiei. Everyone sees the match as finished with Hiei appearing to be burnt to a crisp. Zeru then throws additional insult at Hiei, continuing to demonstrate his arrogance.
Hiei is in fact, alive and smoldering as he gets back on his feet and begins preparation for his ultimate technique, Dragon of the Darkness Flame. As Hiei begins releasing his energy, as he lures the Dragon to the planes of the living, Kurama and Koenma express disbelief that Hiei is actually attempting the technique, given the difficulty and extreme danger involved. This will be the first time Hiei has ever performed the technique and everyone watches in horror-shocked awe as Hiei releases the Dragon. Zeru at last shows signs of fear as the attack closes in on him before engulfing him entirely, pulling him into oblivion. All that remains is an outline of Zeru's body where the Dragon burns out on contact. Afterwards, Kuwabara expressing fear of what Hiei could do with the Dragon in the future, but Hiei assures him his honor code prevents him from breaking their alliance.
After Hiei is declared the winner, two members of Team Rokuyukai flee in fear of Hiei and are killed by the team's true team leader, Chu. He informs the crowd that the only reason he wasn't on the starting roster was because he lost at Paper, Rock, Scissors. Initially, everyone underestimates Chu as they cannot feel his complete energy, even when he dealt with his teammates. Koto calls for an opponent to enter the ring, andYusuke surprises everyone by jumping energetically into the ring. The smell of alcohol awoke him from his recuperative slumber, and he prepares to fight Chu, showing that he still has his trademark cockiness and confident attitude. Soon after, the "kill Yusuke" chant begins. Both Hiei and Kurama feel that something feels off when it comes to Chu, suspecting that he is in fact the true team leader, a strong and formidable opponent. Chu, continues to drink during the prematch happenings and when he finally begins to engage Yusuke in battle, his drunkenness is revealed to be his strength. Yusuke is in for a tough match, for Chu is in fact a master at Suiken.
Yusuke Urameshi has just jumped into the ring to face Chu, the true leader of Team Rokuyukai. If he wins, his team advances to the next round of the tournament. During a tense standoff, Shizuru Kuwabara, Koenma, and Botan all express concerns over the coming bout. Soon enough, the match begins and Chu begins to release his energy and dance around the ring in the Sui-ken style as Yusuke struggles to follow his movements. His unpredictability gives him the early edge as he punches Yusuke five times in a split-second. He continues to press his advantage against Yusuke, who can't seem to land a single blow. Yusuke at last connects with a massive right hook, but Chu turns the tables quickly, kicking Yusuke out of the ring and into the adjacent crowd barrier. Throughout the fight, Chu continues to talk to Koto in a drunken stupor.
Right before the conclusion of a ten count, Yusuke jumps back into the ring. At this, even Keiko is rejuvenated while cheering Yusuke on. It's at this point that Yusuke seems to realize Chu prefers to fight to the death. He fires a spirit gun blast destroying a portion of the stadium roof in an attempt to indimidate Chu. Chu responds by going into his own secret move, pulling out a bottle of ogre killer which ironically, revitalizes his energy and brings out his true power. As his power continues to increase, the entire stadium is eclipsed by Chu's aura. As a side effect of drinking the strongest alcohol known to man, Chu vomits, killing the previously tense atmosphere.
A flashback of Chu coming to Rinku's rescue gives a sneak peek into the power Chu wields when he's consumed his strongest alcohol, demonstrating that alcohol does not affect him in the normal way. Chu begins to create an orange energy ball, which Hiei recognizes as his finishing move. He throws his attack just as Yusuke fires his spirit gun. The energy clash results in an anticlimactic draw. Both fighters then launch into offensive flurries of blows, not even bothering to block the other's attacks. Chu then creates a much larger blast of energy and throws it at Yusuke, and it looks like the end of the match for Urameshi. Yusuke surprises everyone by firing the last of his spirit gun ammo in rapid succession a barrage he calls the Spirit Gun Double. Both Chu's and Yusuke's energy connects with their targets, leaving both fighters helpless on their feet. Chu has a proposition to end the fight once and for all...
The fight continues with both Yusuke and Chu completely drained of their energy. Chu proposes they end the fight with a Knife-Edge Deathmatch, and after Yusuke eagerly agrees despite not knowing what the deathmatch entails they wait for a decision from the tournament committee. While waiting for approval, Chu proceeds to explain the rules of the deathmatch: the two will fight to the death with their fists after placing their feet in front of knives stabbed into the ground. Rinku seems confident Chu will win, while Team Urameshi remains more neutral with the exception of Kuwabara who seems completely clueless. The committee wavers on the decision, but eventually allows the match into play.
The weather takes an ominous and foreboding turn as the match gets underway and both competitors begin to pummel the life out of each other with heavy punches. Everyone watches in suspense and admiration as Chu and Yusuke exchange impressive flurries of body blows and uppercuts. Meanwhile, an enigmatic demon makes his first appearance of the series in the halls of the stadium, leaving the security guards smoldering on the concrete. His name is revealed to be Karasu, and he is a member of the favorites Team Toguro. Keiko gets worried about Yusuke and leaves the stands crying, and Shizuru follows but loses her and is ganged up on by numerous low class demons. Fortunately for her, Sakyo diverts her path and rescues her from a gruesome fate.
Keiko reappears on the arena floor and confronts Kuwabara about why he isn't helping Yusuke, who has flashbacks of Toguro. He explains to her about how they got trapped into fighting at the Dark Tournament and that as a team, they want to be there fighting to settle things once and for all. Keiko then understands as she sees the exhileration on Yusuke's face as he trades blows with Chu. The two then end the fight with a double headbutt, Chu's trademark, and it seems the stronger head will prevail. Chu goes down and Koto counts him out. After the match, he tells Yusuke to finish him off in accordance with terms of the match. However, Yusuke refuses, telling him they'll fight again when he's better. The two show how honorable they are through this exchange and the Urameshi team wins the round!
Having successfully won their first round, Team Urameshi has a day to rest while they wait to see who will be their next opponents.
Yusuke is lounging in the forest, when he's approached by a fighter named Rugby. He's been watching Yusuke, and wants to sample his Spirit Gun. For some reason, Yusuke doesn't want to show it to him, and dodges Rugby's rugby. Then, Rugby's superior, Topaz, arrives, and berates him for attacking the Spirit Detective, a job he wanted to do himself. Rugby refuses to stop, and Topaz eventually throws a tomahawk into his back. Topaz tells Yusuke he looks forward to killing him in a future round, and then departs. Kuwabara appears, and asks Yusuke why he didn't just shoot his Spirit Gun. Yusuke reveals that he can't, he's so worn out from the previous fights that he can't fire a single shot. Kuwabara gets really worried. Meanwhile, Hiei is on a beach alone, trying to practice. It's hard, considering his right arm is beyond useless. Using a sword with his left hand seems to be his best bet. In the arena, the Dr. Ichigaki Team is fighting another team of demons.
They take care of them easily, paving their way to the next round. Kurama is watching the fights intensely. The Toguro Team is up next, however, only the younger Toguro brother is standing in the ring. His opponents are the Spirit Warriors Team, with Topaz as their captain. Toguro asks them if it's alright if he fights them by himself. They laugh, but he doesn't crack a smile. They wonder who will go first, but Toguro says he wants to fight them all at once. They attack him head on, and he easily destroys them, using only using 45% of his power, even the massive Topaz falls. Yusuke and Kuwabara go back to the hotel room to find out who they are fighting next. Since the number of teams seems to be uneven, they're one of the two teams that has to go through four rounds to reach the finals. Yusuke curses his luck, and the masked fighter appears and speaks up. Kuwabara is surprised, since he thought that the fighter was Genkai in disguise, but the female voice he heard was definitely not that of an old grandmother. Yusuke looks closer at the roster, and sees that their next opponent is the sinister Dr. Ichigaki Team.
So after all that Naruto went to go see the mask fighter,"so Genkai hows our student chances of winning and has my technique been working for you he asked the now unmasked woman who looked much younger. I like our chances a lot Naruto kun but im not sure about Toguro team i might actually die she said to him. " So Genkai- chan you don't have much time i suggest we use all the time we have left before you go he said to her with that they both went to sleep together only waiting for the next day of the Dark Tournament.
Next day
The battle begins between the Dr. Ichigaki Team and the Urameshi Team. Since the other two members of the Urameshi Team, Kurama and Hiei, haven't shown up yet, the doctor suggests a 3-on-3 battle. . .it seems his other two haven't shown up either. Yusuke accepts, and he, Kuwabara, and the masked fighter step up to the challenge.
Meanwhile, Kurama and Hiei are on their way to the ring, when they are sidetracked by two men, one who looks like a panther/jaguar and the other, resembling a python. The python rushes them, and is quickly disposed of by the two. The other, however, is more resourceful, and calls on a huge robot, built by the doctor himself, that is mostly robot, and a little demon, that knows no pain, to take care of the two fighters.
Back in the ring, Yusuke and Kuwabara are having a tough time against the three fighters. They each like to rush one person all at once, using devastating moves to deter them from attacking. The masked fighter gets a few good hits in, but it's nothing to subdue the three. Dr. Ichigaki begins to calculate the Urameshi Team's percentage of victory, at it eventually comes to a 99.95% chance of them losing. . .which means a .05% of a win. He cackles at the thought, and watches the battle with relish.
In the forest, Hiei and Kurama are busy avoiding the robot's ever-stretching spiked arms. Hiei tries whacking it with his sword, but it's to no avail, and he's quickly cornered against a tree by the robot's claw. Kurama quickly comes and intervenes, rescuing Hiei and causing the two claws to smash into each other. He finishes off the job with his Rose Whip, easily slashing the vital circuits to the robot. He informs the tiger-man that not being able to feel pain is truly a weakness, since it neglects to tell a creature about not exposing its vital points for an attack.
Meanwhile, Kuwabara gets some strange visions from the opposing team. It seems, before they were employed by Ichigaki, the three fighters were students under a strong fighting master. He undercame a strange illness one day, however, which stunted their training. That's when the Dr. Ichigaki appeared, with a proposal. He would cure their master's illness, if those three fighters would become his test subjects for a bit. It seemed he regretted to tell them that they would be his test subjects for the rest of their life, and be forced to kill. With mindless drones as their opponents, it's looking bleak for the Urameshi Team.
The Urameshi Team continue their fight against the Dr. Ichigaki Team. Kuwabara wants to stop fighting, however, and save the mindless souls inside. The masked fighter is forced to take a hit for Yusuke, when he's busy yelling at Kuwabara. She's thrown back and slammed into the side of the ring, presumably unconscious. It's up to Yusuke and Kuwabara to fend for themselves in the ring. . .and they're failing miserably. Kuwabara still refuses to fight, however, intent on rescuing from their dark fates. Ichigaki eggs them on, still in glee over the Urameshi Team's .05% percentage of victory. Kuwabara leaves himself open for a critical blow, still trying to figure out what's wrong with them, but the masked figher once again does crushing blow to his attacker, sending him sprawling. Her mask in tatters, she's revealed to be a short, young woman with pink hair, and a beautiful face. Everyone is surprised that the fighter isn't Genkai, like they had assumed.
She berates them for standing still, and Kuwabara insists that they're still good of heart, somewhere, deep down there, and tells the woman the visions that he sees. She elaborates, informing them that Ichigaki was actually what CAUSED their master the disease in the first place. . .which means they were stuck inside this murderous job long before they were aware of it. Enraged at the sick doctor, Yusuke and Kuwabara go to attack him, but they're repelled by the three fighters. Kuwabara shouts at them, trying to snap them back, but it can't break the hold Ichigaki has on their body systems.
Suddenly, from the sky, the two other fighters from the Ichigaki team come crashing down, along with Hiei and Kurama, standing on top of the totaled robot. They tell everyone what happened, and try to enter the fight. The announcer stops them, telling them both teams already agreed to a 3-on-3. Hiei and Kurama are forced to watch from the sidelines.
Kuwabara still tries to snap them out of it, and they pummel him to the point of death, sending him flying out of the ring. The pink-haired woman tells Yusuke something interesting, however - it seems that the fighters intentionally missed hitting all his vital points by mere inches. . .meaning they are actually at war with their bodies, little by little. With Kuwabara out of commision, Yusuke is forced to end it. He realizes they haven't been saying just "KILL" all along. . .but "KILL US". Forced with no other option, he rises up into the sky and prepares an immense Spirit Gun, capable of decimating the entire Ichigaki Team. .
The masked fighter stops Yusuke from using his Spirit Gun, and tells him she'll do it herself. She starts chanting in a strange tounge, and then seems to paralyze the warriors in their tracks. She stabs them each in the heart with her finger, and then stops, and they fall to the ground, presumably dead. Kuwabara and Yusuke are both shocked at her methods, but she assures them that it was all that she could have done.
With that done, the Urameshi Team confronts Ichigaki himself. The coward still tries to weasel himself out, saying that their master is still sick, and only he has the cure. Hiei and Kurama prove him wrong, however, when the master of the dojo appears from the hallway, standing, although a bit weak. Hiei says that after beating up Ichigaki's fifth fighter, they found the whereabouts of the master, and Kurama easily created a cure for the minor illness. With no other way out, Ichigaki injects himself with a strange serum, morphing him into a huge, hulking beast with stretchable arms. He attacks them all, and when Hiei steps up to finish him off, Yusuke insists that he be the one to take him. He gives Ichigaki a ruthless beating, yelling at him the whole time, and eventually gives him a supercharged uppercut straight into the stands. With the Ichigaki Team dissolved, the Urameshi Team has won their second round.
The win is short-lived, however, since Yusuke and Kuwabara are still depressed about the death of the innocent fighters. The masked fighter tells them to look again, and the three fighters get up. She tells them that she used the "Spirit Wave" technique, a technique that uses an opponent's spirit energy against him. If their true heart is evil, then their spirit energy will destroy them, but if it is truly good, then they won't die. Yusuke and Kuwabara are thrilled to know that no innocent lives were lost. The fighers are re-united with their master, and all seems well.
Suddenly, the voice of the committee blares out through the arena, stating that the next match will begin immediately and Team Urameshi will be fighting it. Everyone is in shock that they're being forced to fight two matches back to back, especially when everyone is still in bad condition. The next team appears, five fighters in dark black cloaks, from Team Masho.
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