Fatal Disease: Life or Death
03: Fight
Later that same day, everything went as if nothing had happened to Yuusuke or Reiyna. It was as if she was always there and he had never gone anywhere.
Yuusuke found Reiyna and Kurama outside by the garden, talking. Not wanting to interupt he stayed back and turned to leave but stayed when he heard mention of Sen's name.
"...still coming. I know it," Reiyna said, turning her head upwards toward the sky. "I can sense his energy coming closer to this temple. Unless he regains his complete strength soon, he won't be able to defend himself against Sen."
"I know Yuusuke and he'll somehow manage to return to normal just before Sen arrives to take you and him back," Kurama replied, also looking up at the sky. "I am sure that he will be able to defend himself along with Hiei, Kuwabara and I."
"I do hope you are right, Kurama." Reiyna said, standing. "I will see you later, I must give Yuusuke his medicine now."
"Yes."
Yuusuke moved quickly back to his room and arrived there just before Reiyna entered.
"Here you are, Yuusuke." She said, handing him a small bottle. "Drink this." Reiyna watched as Yuusuke drank the medicine.
"I heard you talking to Kurama," he said, handing the bottle back to her. "You said that Sen is coming back for us, what do you mean?"
Reiyna looked up, surprised. "Yuusuke, it is nothing that you need to worry about now. Right now you must concentrate on regaining your energy."
"No!" Yuusuke turned to face her, angry. "He said that I would need to defend you and everyone else here when Sen comes. I *have* to worry about this."
"Please, Yuusuke, we have this all under control--"
"Listen, Reiyna, just because I *was* sick doesn't mean that I can't know about our problems," he said, standing. In the few hours he had been up and around, everyone was surprised that he had regain most of his energy. "I am the leader of this team and I do have the right to know our current situation."
Before she could say another word, Yuusuke had left. ~But Yuusuke, Sen is too strong for the four of you to handle on your own. You *must* wait until I am ready to attack him,~ she thought to herself as tears forced themselves from her eyes.
Yuusuke walked down the hallway with his hands shoved in his pockets. ~I don't see why those two are hiding these things from me,~ he grumbled. ~I have the right to know about these things, Kurama should've known that.~
"Stop sulking, Urameshi." A familiar voice said from down the hall a ways. "Moping about it won't make them tell you anymore than you already know."
Yuusuke looked up and saw Hiei standing about ten feet ahead of him. Hiei's red eyes glowed in the light from the setting sun. He smiled as he walked up to the small youko.
"I wasn't sulking, Hiei," he said, walking passed him.
"It sure sound like a sulk to me," the small fire demon said, following Yuusuke out into the evening. "Do you enjoy yelling at Reiyna, Yuusuke?"
"No..." Yuusuke stopped and looked down at Hiei. "I guess I have been doing that a lot, lately."
"Yes you have and it has been pushing her closer and closer to Kurama." Hiei stated, still walking passed the dark-haired human.
"Jealous?" Yuusuke grinned.
"Hn."
Yuusuke shook his head and sat on the temple's steps. "I should apoligize to her, shouldn't I?"
"That would be the human thing to do," was Hiei's reply.
"Ugh! Hiei, you aren't helping at all."
Hiei grinned. "I'm not trying to help, Yuusuke."
Weeks passed and Yuusuke regained his full strength. By now he was training again with Hiei and Kurama. He usually stayed in his room alone at night, awake. To others he complained that he was not tired and couldn't sleep even if he wanted to. He told them that he felt a new and different prensence in the temple. Of course, no one else could feel this new prensence. Not even Kuwabara who was very spiritually aware.
Reiyna sat in the room she shared with Yukina and Keiko. She couldn't sleep. Quietly, she closed her eyes and called upon her own spirit energy. A red ball of energy appeared between her hands as she meditated. Sweat droplets appeared on her forehead as she did so. She was careful not to disturb eith Yukina or Keiko. From her chest, a long bead of red energy shot toward the far end of the room in the direction of Yuusuke's room.
"Please, Yuusuke, sleep," she whispered as she concentrated more on the ball of spirtual energy in her hands. "You must be rested for tomorrow's fight. It is going to be long and difficult for you and the others."
~I don't know how long I will be able to help them but I know what I must do,~ she thought to herself as she absorbed the ball of spiritual energy. ~Sleep is what I need but I fear I may not get any tonight.~
Hiei lay sleeping in Yuusuke's room, against the far wall. His nose twitched as he sense a rise of someone's spirtual energy. When he opened his eyes, he saw Yuusuke sitting with his head facing the outside. ~He's not sleeping again, tonight?~ He yawned as he walked over and sat by Yuusuke.
"You should rest, Yuusuke." Hiei said, not looking at the human's face. "I feel that you will need your sleep for tomorrow."
"Sen's coming, isn't he? Tomorrow, I mean."
Hiei nodded. "Yes."
"Why is he so content on getting Reiyna and I back with him?" Yuusuke asked, looking down at Hiei. "I would think that he'd be glad to get rid of us."
"That's what everyone would think but not Sen. Sen wants Reiyna because once reaches a certain period in her life, she will send her energy to the one she serves. When she was with Sen, it was him who she would've given her power to," Hiei replied, crossing his hands over his chest, "but now that she is here, she has pledged herself to you. Which means you will get her energy." He paused, glancing at Yuusuke. "The soul purpose he wants you is because, you killed his brother. He wants revenge for his brother's death."
Yuusuke sighed. "When is this certain time in Reiyna's life?"
"Not for a long time, but she is preparing for the battle tomorrow. Even now I can sense her energy pulsating with agitation," the small youko said, shifting to a more comfortable position. Again, he yawned. "I am going back to sleep. You should do the same, Yuusuke."
Yuusuke looked down and saw Hiei fall asleep, leaning against Yuusuke's arm. The human smiled as he picked Hiei up and placed him on the mat. As he covered Hiei up, Yuusuke yawned and found himself equally as tired. He laid down and slept beside Hiei.
The morning sun woke the inhabitants of the temple. Despite how little sleep he had gotten, he was wide awake when he finally woke. He walked out of his room, leaving the empty room and making his way to the front of the temple. Once outside he found, Kurama, Kuwabara, Hiei and Reiyna standing at the top of the stairway.
"He's here, Yuusuke," Hiei said, standing behind the others. "Sen is in the park. He is awaiting our arrival."
Yuusuke nodded and they all left. Hiei and Kurama arrived first and found no one in the park. But when Yuusuke, Kuwabara and Reiyna arrived, they found Sen in the park. He appeared in front of them all.
"So many just to beat me," Sen laughed, putting his hands on his hips. "I would imagine that neither Yuusuke or Reiyna are willing to come with me without force."
"We aren't going back, Sen!" Reiyna yelled, as her spiritual energy flared.
Sen raised one eyebrow. "Are you going to change in front of all the humans?"
Hiei smirked. "We aren't going to fight here, Sen," he said, taking the white bandage from his over his jagan eye. Light flashed from the eye and seem to tranport the group to an area away from any human eyes. "We'll fight here."
"A soft heart, Jaganshi? That is strange of you," Sen said, almost laughing. "Anyway, let's get this over with. I want my prisoner and servant back. The prisoner could die for all I care but he dies by my hands alone."
Sen attacked Yuusuke. Yuusuke jumped to the side, dodging Sen's blow.
Hiei and the others stood back and watched, not believing the sight in front of them. Yuusuke was moving so quick compared to how he moved when he fought Ende. Reiyna knelt down on the ground and was murmuring something as she changed from the human form to the form of what looked like an angel. Two elegant wings protruded from her back as her clothing changed to a soft white linen dress.
"Sen isn't strong enough to beat Yuusuke now," she said to the others as she stood and watched the fight. "But he will gain his usual strength just as he lands a killer blow on Yuusuke."
Hiei paled and opened his mouth.
"The good thing is that Yuusuke is now much stronger and more powerful than any of the attacks Sen can land on him," she said before Hiei could say something. "Yuusuke will appear dead to Sen but to us he will still appear alive. The medicine I was giving him wasn't to ease Yuusuke of the disease, it was to allow me to get deep within Yuusuke and change him. For the better, I think."
"What did you do to him?" Hiei asked, clenching his fists at his sides.
"I simply transplanted my store of energy that I was holding for him into him," she replied, again summoning the orb of red energy in front of her. "It is to help him along his journey in this world, Hiei, do not fear for him."
Hiei watched as she raised her hands and the orb above her head. He couldn't hear her but he saw that her lips were moving as the orb grew.
"To help Yuusuke, you all must give me your energy store so I can transport more into Yuusuke when he is knocked out," she said, slightly raising into the sky. "You must hurry."
Hiei turned to Kurama and Kuwabara. They nodded and concentrated. Soon the orb had grown into a large orb of red and black energy. Unfortunately this left Kurama, Kuwabara and Hiei without any energy but their life energy. Reiyna floated above the ground, continuing to move her lips with no words coming from them.
Sen feinted to the left. When Yuusuke went for him, Sen changed and landed a blow against Yuusuke's chest, sending the boy to the ground. Sen laughed at Yuusuke.
"Do you really think you can beat me, boy?" He asked, laughing at him. A bright light shined behind him, making him turn to look.
"You are going to lose, Sen!" Reiyna yelled as she sent the large store of spiritual energy toward their enemy.
03: Fight
Later that same day, everything went as if nothing had happened to Yuusuke or Reiyna. It was as if she was always there and he had never gone anywhere.
Yuusuke found Reiyna and Kurama outside by the garden, talking. Not wanting to interupt he stayed back and turned to leave but stayed when he heard mention of Sen's name.
"...still coming. I know it," Reiyna said, turning her head upwards toward the sky. "I can sense his energy coming closer to this temple. Unless he regains his complete strength soon, he won't be able to defend himself against Sen."
"I know Yuusuke and he'll somehow manage to return to normal just before Sen arrives to take you and him back," Kurama replied, also looking up at the sky. "I am sure that he will be able to defend himself along with Hiei, Kuwabara and I."
"I do hope you are right, Kurama." Reiyna said, standing. "I will see you later, I must give Yuusuke his medicine now."
"Yes."
Yuusuke moved quickly back to his room and arrived there just before Reiyna entered.
"Here you are, Yuusuke." She said, handing him a small bottle. "Drink this." Reiyna watched as Yuusuke drank the medicine.
"I heard you talking to Kurama," he said, handing the bottle back to her. "You said that Sen is coming back for us, what do you mean?"
Reiyna looked up, surprised. "Yuusuke, it is nothing that you need to worry about now. Right now you must concentrate on regaining your energy."
"No!" Yuusuke turned to face her, angry. "He said that I would need to defend you and everyone else here when Sen comes. I *have* to worry about this."
"Please, Yuusuke, we have this all under control--"
"Listen, Reiyna, just because I *was* sick doesn't mean that I can't know about our problems," he said, standing. In the few hours he had been up and around, everyone was surprised that he had regain most of his energy. "I am the leader of this team and I do have the right to know our current situation."
Before she could say another word, Yuusuke had left. ~But Yuusuke, Sen is too strong for the four of you to handle on your own. You *must* wait until I am ready to attack him,~ she thought to herself as tears forced themselves from her eyes.
Yuusuke walked down the hallway with his hands shoved in his pockets. ~I don't see why those two are hiding these things from me,~ he grumbled. ~I have the right to know about these things, Kurama should've known that.~
"Stop sulking, Urameshi." A familiar voice said from down the hall a ways. "Moping about it won't make them tell you anymore than you already know."
Yuusuke looked up and saw Hiei standing about ten feet ahead of him. Hiei's red eyes glowed in the light from the setting sun. He smiled as he walked up to the small youko.
"I wasn't sulking, Hiei," he said, walking passed him.
"It sure sound like a sulk to me," the small fire demon said, following Yuusuke out into the evening. "Do you enjoy yelling at Reiyna, Yuusuke?"
"No..." Yuusuke stopped and looked down at Hiei. "I guess I have been doing that a lot, lately."
"Yes you have and it has been pushing her closer and closer to Kurama." Hiei stated, still walking passed the dark-haired human.
"Jealous?" Yuusuke grinned.
"Hn."
Yuusuke shook his head and sat on the temple's steps. "I should apoligize to her, shouldn't I?"
"That would be the human thing to do," was Hiei's reply.
"Ugh! Hiei, you aren't helping at all."
Hiei grinned. "I'm not trying to help, Yuusuke."
Weeks passed and Yuusuke regained his full strength. By now he was training again with Hiei and Kurama. He usually stayed in his room alone at night, awake. To others he complained that he was not tired and couldn't sleep even if he wanted to. He told them that he felt a new and different prensence in the temple. Of course, no one else could feel this new prensence. Not even Kuwabara who was very spiritually aware.
Reiyna sat in the room she shared with Yukina and Keiko. She couldn't sleep. Quietly, she closed her eyes and called upon her own spirit energy. A red ball of energy appeared between her hands as she meditated. Sweat droplets appeared on her forehead as she did so. She was careful not to disturb eith Yukina or Keiko. From her chest, a long bead of red energy shot toward the far end of the room in the direction of Yuusuke's room.
"Please, Yuusuke, sleep," she whispered as she concentrated more on the ball of spirtual energy in her hands. "You must be rested for tomorrow's fight. It is going to be long and difficult for you and the others."
~I don't know how long I will be able to help them but I know what I must do,~ she thought to herself as she absorbed the ball of spiritual energy. ~Sleep is what I need but I fear I may not get any tonight.~
Hiei lay sleeping in Yuusuke's room, against the far wall. His nose twitched as he sense a rise of someone's spirtual energy. When he opened his eyes, he saw Yuusuke sitting with his head facing the outside. ~He's not sleeping again, tonight?~ He yawned as he walked over and sat by Yuusuke.
"You should rest, Yuusuke." Hiei said, not looking at the human's face. "I feel that you will need your sleep for tomorrow."
"Sen's coming, isn't he? Tomorrow, I mean."
Hiei nodded. "Yes."
"Why is he so content on getting Reiyna and I back with him?" Yuusuke asked, looking down at Hiei. "I would think that he'd be glad to get rid of us."
"That's what everyone would think but not Sen. Sen wants Reiyna because once reaches a certain period in her life, she will send her energy to the one she serves. When she was with Sen, it was him who she would've given her power to," Hiei replied, crossing his hands over his chest, "but now that she is here, she has pledged herself to you. Which means you will get her energy." He paused, glancing at Yuusuke. "The soul purpose he wants you is because, you killed his brother. He wants revenge for his brother's death."
Yuusuke sighed. "When is this certain time in Reiyna's life?"
"Not for a long time, but she is preparing for the battle tomorrow. Even now I can sense her energy pulsating with agitation," the small youko said, shifting to a more comfortable position. Again, he yawned. "I am going back to sleep. You should do the same, Yuusuke."
Yuusuke looked down and saw Hiei fall asleep, leaning against Yuusuke's arm. The human smiled as he picked Hiei up and placed him on the mat. As he covered Hiei up, Yuusuke yawned and found himself equally as tired. He laid down and slept beside Hiei.
The morning sun woke the inhabitants of the temple. Despite how little sleep he had gotten, he was wide awake when he finally woke. He walked out of his room, leaving the empty room and making his way to the front of the temple. Once outside he found, Kurama, Kuwabara, Hiei and Reiyna standing at the top of the stairway.
"He's here, Yuusuke," Hiei said, standing behind the others. "Sen is in the park. He is awaiting our arrival."
Yuusuke nodded and they all left. Hiei and Kurama arrived first and found no one in the park. But when Yuusuke, Kuwabara and Reiyna arrived, they found Sen in the park. He appeared in front of them all.
"So many just to beat me," Sen laughed, putting his hands on his hips. "I would imagine that neither Yuusuke or Reiyna are willing to come with me without force."
"We aren't going back, Sen!" Reiyna yelled, as her spiritual energy flared.
Sen raised one eyebrow. "Are you going to change in front of all the humans?"
Hiei smirked. "We aren't going to fight here, Sen," he said, taking the white bandage from his over his jagan eye. Light flashed from the eye and seem to tranport the group to an area away from any human eyes. "We'll fight here."
"A soft heart, Jaganshi? That is strange of you," Sen said, almost laughing. "Anyway, let's get this over with. I want my prisoner and servant back. The prisoner could die for all I care but he dies by my hands alone."
Sen attacked Yuusuke. Yuusuke jumped to the side, dodging Sen's blow.
Hiei and the others stood back and watched, not believing the sight in front of them. Yuusuke was moving so quick compared to how he moved when he fought Ende. Reiyna knelt down on the ground and was murmuring something as she changed from the human form to the form of what looked like an angel. Two elegant wings protruded from her back as her clothing changed to a soft white linen dress.
"Sen isn't strong enough to beat Yuusuke now," she said to the others as she stood and watched the fight. "But he will gain his usual strength just as he lands a killer blow on Yuusuke."
Hiei paled and opened his mouth.
"The good thing is that Yuusuke is now much stronger and more powerful than any of the attacks Sen can land on him," she said before Hiei could say something. "Yuusuke will appear dead to Sen but to us he will still appear alive. The medicine I was giving him wasn't to ease Yuusuke of the disease, it was to allow me to get deep within Yuusuke and change him. For the better, I think."
"What did you do to him?" Hiei asked, clenching his fists at his sides.
"I simply transplanted my store of energy that I was holding for him into him," she replied, again summoning the orb of red energy in front of her. "It is to help him along his journey in this world, Hiei, do not fear for him."
Hiei watched as she raised her hands and the orb above her head. He couldn't hear her but he saw that her lips were moving as the orb grew.
"To help Yuusuke, you all must give me your energy store so I can transport more into Yuusuke when he is knocked out," she said, slightly raising into the sky. "You must hurry."
Hiei turned to Kurama and Kuwabara. They nodded and concentrated. Soon the orb had grown into a large orb of red and black energy. Unfortunately this left Kurama, Kuwabara and Hiei without any energy but their life energy. Reiyna floated above the ground, continuing to move her lips with no words coming from them.
Sen feinted to the left. When Yuusuke went for him, Sen changed and landed a blow against Yuusuke's chest, sending the boy to the ground. Sen laughed at Yuusuke.
"Do you really think you can beat me, boy?" He asked, laughing at him. A bright light shined behind him, making him turn to look.
"You are going to lose, Sen!" Reiyna yelled as she sent the large store of spiritual energy toward their enemy.
