" Secret move?" Akarenjya said. " What is Showtaro talking about? He doesn't have a secret move."
" Yeah," Gavin said. " Wait a minute. Yesterday I was woken up by strange noises. I followed those noises and found someone absorbing the light and darkness. I sleuthed through the trees and saw a man. It was still dark so I couldn't see the face of that person. But I remember seeing sharp claws against the trees. I think they were Showtaro's."
Showtaro's body glows with the same color as his amplify ability. Darkness was absorbed everywhere. Showtaro absorbed it from everyone's shadows. Each shadow halve like a clean cut through the center.
All the darkness went to Showtaro's right hand. Kuwabara tried to summon his Spirit Sword, but for some reason nothing happened with his Spirit Sword. Showtaro's hand became a giant sword made from the shadows of everything in the stadium, and solidified into a deadly weapon. Showtaro raised his sword up and slashed.
" Burning Creed Slash!"
Kuwabara tried dodging Showtaro's attack. Remaining shadows created chains around Kuwabara's legs. He couldn't move. He was stuck in the induced chaos when Showtaro sliced through his chest. Showtaro turned his giant sword back into his hand, and Kuwabara fell down, wriggling like he suffered a seizure.
" Kuwabara!" Yusuke jumped off the grass and ran into the stadium to help Kuwabara.
" Hold it!" Juri said " The rules state that no other teammate can enter the stage until the match is over."
" Screw that! My friend Kuwabara is skewered!"
" Rules are rules. And you will obey them if you want to-"
" It's alright, Juri." Koto said in the announcement booth " At least let Yusuke check to see if his friend is alright. It's what an honorable person would do."
Yusuke pushed through Juri as he ran up to Kuwabara. Juri thought about how rude Yusuke was. Genkai then jumped on the stadium and pushed through Juri as well. Genkai used her spiritual healing on Kuwabara. After the healing Yusuke picked Kuwabara up and walked out of the stadium with him.
" Since Kuwabara is too weak to walk for himself, the winner of the fourth round is Showtaro."
Everyone had a chance to fight. Ugo fought Hiei, Akarenjya fought Genkai and won, Iyo fought against Kurama and lost, Showtaro just beat Kuwabara with an attack no one even knew he possessed. The only ones left were Gavin and Yusuke. They both knew they would face each other eventually, and that's why they climbed on the stadium together.
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" How you absorbed all of her venom?"
" Mina doesn't have any venom left. We can kill a baby lamb with this venom. What do you think would happen if we used it on a human?"
" Let's find out."
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" The last round will be between Yusuke Urameshi the leader of Team Urameshi against the leader of Team Maddening Whispers Gavin."
Gavin and Yusuke walked into the center of the stadium. Yusuke looked at Gavin the same way he would look at Toguro if they fought: someone whom he despised but liked at the same time. Gavin raised his hand out for Yusuke to shake.
" We meet face to face for the second time, Yusuke. Let's shake hands to commemorate this righteous battle. Let's punch each other like girls and laugh like kids. It will be anarchy and people love it." Yusuke was never asked to shake hands with anyone in the tournament. He was sure what the little trickster Gavin was up to, but he squeezed his hand. He felt a strong electric jolt in his hands. " Bwahahahaha! I got you with the electric buzzer. It never fails. Do you still have the Spirit Cuffs on?"
" No. I lost them when you permanently strengthen me against Toguro."
" That was probably the brightest and dumbest decision I have ever made. Would I make that decision again to stop Toguro? Probably. If I didn't stop the brothers on that hill, away from all those innocent demons, then those demons would die."
" Are you some kind of pacifist? Let's fight already."
" Oh, but Yusuke, we haven't even done are workout exercises."
" What workout exercises?"
" These ones. I call them my hipper goblins."
Gavin took out a large ball of clay from his pocket. In just two minutes he turned that ball of clay into five tiny little goblins. The five clay goblins became real goblins. They hoped around Yusuke making loud, uproarious sounds. Gavin then danced to the goblins moving his body up and down.
" In a whimsical move Gavin has summoned five hopping, jittery goblins to fight Yusuke. The goblins seem to be only playing with Yusuke, but with those giant sickles they could decapitate him at any moment."
" Workout is over. Time to get serious."
The five goblins turned into little puddles of clay. Gavin dashed towards Yusuke and punched him in the face. Gavin was strong; stronger than Kuwabara but nowhere near as strong as Yusuke. Yusuke grabbed Gavin's arm and threw him out of the stadium. Gavin used his ice powers to create a giant slid of ice.
" Spirit Shotgun!"
Yusuke fired hundreds of small blue projectiles towards Gavin. The Spirit Shotgun was much larger than Genkai's Spirit Shotgun, and Gavin had to thank his mother giving Yusuke some of her powers and Gavin's acceleration for that.
A small fireball burned in Gavin's right hand. Gavin consumed the fireball in his mouth. He moved the fireball around in his mouth like eating a whole potato and breathed a flamethrower into Yusuke's Spirit Shotgun. His attack overpowered Yusuke's shotgun, and then burned through the center of the stadium.
" Ask me how I would like to die?" Gavin said.
" Okay...How would you like to die?"
" When I'm one hundred years old, in a beach, with my very attractive demon wife, and choking on a piece of shrimp."
Yusuke was confused. Why did Gavin always try warming up to him? Yusuke hardly knew him besides he was Genkai's son. Gavin consistently told the same jokes to him, laughed at him, and looked at everything with a smile. He was the nicest boy Yusuke ever met.
" There's only you and me, Yusuke. If you win our team will be tied. If I win then our team wins. But just because we are trying to beat each other doesn't mean we can't be friends. Want to hear something funny?"
Gavin walked up to Yusuke with a friendly smile on his face. Yusuke growled as his fists created a burning spirit energy. It would take more than spirit energy to scare Gavin away. He leaned into Yusuke's right ear and whispered a joke about a chicken and an overpriced sushi bar.
" Hahahaha! You crazy bastard!" Yusuke and Gavin laughed in union. Together they looked like two merry idiots. Botan, Keiko, Shizuru, and Yukina were silent. " I'm still going to beat you, but we can still be friends."
In the top of the stadium next to groups of other demons, there was a person wearing a cloak made of spiders watched Gavin make a fool of himself with Yusuke.
" You did well trying to recorrect what should have been the world's demise. You are an authentic boy. It's too bad you didn't have the aptitude to know when things go too smoothly. The Egen sends their unhappiest welcome."
A spider crawled down from the man's cloths and crawled into his hand. It transformed into a long needle. The tip contained very small but potent venom. The needle flew out of his hand, sailing through the crowd of demons; it went right into Gavin's neck.
A small red trickle dripped from Gavin's eye. It trickled once and trickled again. Gavin coughed loudly for everyone to hear. His eyes changed from white to yellow, and his pupils were scarred with black teeth marks. Genkai jumped on the stadium. She barely had time for her spiritual healing. She healed Gavin's wound, but she couldn't stop the effects. She and her son were too late.
To Be Continued—Demon Alliance
