Kyouka Ankoku Strenthing Darkness Chapter 9: Determined, a yu yu hakusho fanfic

Kyouka Ankoku (Strenthing Darkness)
9 [Determined]

[Author's Note: This chapter is rated R for a reason. Severed fingers lay ahead so do not read unless you want to, have a strong stomach or don't care. Domo arigatou!]

Hiei used all the strength he had to keep Akujin's fist away from him. Akujin continued to push harder against Hiei's sword, ignoring the amount of blood being dripped everywhere. Yusuke, Kuwabara and Botan watched silently, concentrating on the battle before them.

"What do you say little man? Give up?" Akujin asked Hiei.

"Don't call me 'little'!" Hiei shouted, as his eyes flashed white.

Before Akujin knew what happened, Hiei's strength increased several folds. Hiei's sword passed through Akujin's fingers in a bright streak of white. At first, nothing appeared to happen. But slowly, one by one, slice marks appeared on the fingers of Akujin. Soon, all 5 of Akujin's fell off his hand and onto the stone ground.

"I think I'm going to be sick..." Kuwabara answered as he covered his mouth and turned green.

Botan just closed her eyes and turned away.

"RRRRAAAAAHHHHH!!" Akujin shouted as he held his now fingerless hand in pain.

"I'm sorry. Are these your fingers?" Hiei asked, kicking Akujin's index finger towards his feet.

"You little bastard." Akujin hissed as he glared up at Hiei.

"Call me little again and I'll cut off something more important to you next time, Stubby." Hiei replied, ready with his sword again.

Akujin glared up at Hiei, boiling in anger. Viens began to appear on top of his muscles as his muscles began to grow in size. Hiei stood firm, unwavered by Akujin's actions. Slowly, all of Akujin's cuts and wounds began to disappear from his body.

"What's he doing?" Keiko asked, a bit confused.

"He's using his energy to heal himself." Numata answered, folding her arms. "Once he is completely healed, his power will increase."

Keiko looked back towards the fight, a worried look on her face.

"Yusuke..."

The ground began to vibrate again as Akujin continued to heal himself. Akujin's fingerless hand began to throb and pump out more blood. Bit by bit, something began to emerge from Akujin's stubby hand. Hiei looked at Akujin's hand, a confused look on his face.

The stubs on Akujin's hand began to bubble. Hiei just remained silent, continuing to watch what was happening before him. Before Hiei could really tell what happened, 5 blood soaked fingers appeared on Akujin's once fingerless hand.

"Did he...just re-grow his fingers?" Kuwabara asked.

"Yeah...I think he did." Yusuke answered, just as shocked as his carrot-topped friend.

Kuwabara ducked behind a huge boulder and began to barf.

The newly regenerated Akujin looked up at Hiei, an evil smirk across his lips. The popping veins on his neck and arms disappeared and his muscles shrank back down to their normal size. He stood firmly before Hiei, staring him right in the eyes.

"Now, Midget Koorime. Let's finish this little match." Akujin answered as he clapped his hands together.

Hiei removed his black cloak and tossed it aside. He put his sword gentle on the ground and cracked his knuckles. The hateful glare in his eyes increasing as he focused only on Akujin.

"Ready when you are." Akujin replied casually.

Numata felt a intense shock go through her body. She looked towards the fight and saw Hiei had removed his cloak. She looked closely at Hiei's arm and noticed a black dragon slowly began to appear.

"He...can't be serious..." Numata replied, taking a step back.

"What? What's going to happen?" Keiko asked confused.

"Whatever you do, Keiko-San, look away." Numata answered. "If you look directly at the attack, you might go blind."

Keiko was confused, but did as Numata said.

"Jaou..."

"Hiei!!" Shouted Numata.

"Ensatsu..."

"Hiei, stop!! You don't know what you're doing!" Numata screamed, realizing what he was doing.

"Kokuryuhaa!!!"

A giant black dragon was released and roared towards Akujin. Yusuke and Kuwabara tried to stay standing against the strong current of wind being pushed against them. Botan turned her head away, as she continued to hold the unconscious Kurama close to her. Keiko tightly shut her eyes as she felt the shockwave of Hiei's attack pushing against her.

"HIEI!!" Numata shouted.

Akujin stared the approaching black dragon head on. The evil grin once again crossed his lips. He clapped his hands together and planted his feet firmly into the ground. The gray sky began to swirl as black clouds formed out of nowhere. Yusuke looked down at the ground when he felt it begin to shift beneath him.

The black dragon roared at Akujin as it drew closer to him...