Chapter 79

Identity Revealed

Kurama was awoken from his sleep by some strange sounds coming from the living area of the hotel room. He got out of bed and walked to the source. He found Yusuke throwing punches at the air as if fighting someone. "What are you doing?" Kurama asked. "Getting ready for my fight with X what else?" Yusuke replied. Kurama looked at a clock. "It's 5:30 in the morning" he said. "Couldn't sleep" Yusuke replied.

"He's been at it for two hours" Hiei said from the windowsill. "Yusuke?!" Kurama said. "I'm just stoked about my fight with X, plus Kuwabara's snoring is loud enough to wake the dead" Yusuke said. Kurama shook his head and decided it would be best just to get dressed.

After putting on his Dark Tournament outfit he decided to wake up Kuwabara. "Kuwabara, wake up" he said shaking him slightly. Kuwabara grabbed him around the waist and pulled Kurama to him. "Give me a kiss Crystal" Kuwabara said in his sleep. Kurama was officially freaked out. He spent the next few minutes trying to get free while at the same time avoiding a kiss from the human. It finally stopped when Kuwabara awoke. "AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!" he said when he saw Kurama. Kurama jumped away from the bed. "What have you done with Crystal?!" he said angrily. "You were dreaming" Kurama replied.  

With the girls

"Come back here you two" Kairi said as she, Botan, and Maya chased the twins. "Can't catch us" Yugi said. Crystal walked in with a sleepy look on her face. "Sleep well?" Shizuru asked. "I just had a weird dream" Crystal said. "About?" Shizuru asked. "Kuwabara and Damien were competing for my affection" Crystal replied. "I see you haven't completely gotten over that fox" Shizuru said with a smirk. Crystal frowned. "Well, who won your affection?" Shizuru asked. "I woke up right at the moment they were about to propose to me" Crystal replied. Shizuru sweatdropped.

Nami was in the kitchen getting herself some ice cream. "Damn lid, let me at my sweetsnow" she said angrily. "Watch out!!!" a voice said. Nami looked to the side and just managed to avoid being knocked down by the twins. "Watch where you're going" Nami said.

With Muraku

Muraku yelled as he sliced through another tree. He'd stayed up all night training. "BLACK FLASH" his attack plowed through the forest. "Today Riku, I will defeat you" he said.

With Riku

Riku stood in the ceiling of the hotel watching the sunrise. Today I'll face Muraku again. I hope my training prepared me for this. I have to be at my best if I'm going to win he thought. He felt a hand on his shoulder and looked behind him. Yukina was next to him wearing a light blue silk nightgown. "Are you okay Riku?" she asked. "Look over there" he said looking slightly to the side. She looked to where was looking and saw explosions and purple energy blasts from the forest. "What is that?" she asked. "That's Muraku, he's preparing for our fight" Riku replied. "Do you think you can win?" Yukina asked. "I don't know Yukina, I honestly don't know" Riku replied.

A few hours later

"Is it me or does this place getting louder each day?" Rogato said as Sakura slept in his arms. "Well these fans get more excited with each round" Kurama replied. "These are pretty good seats" Riku said from his spot next to Yukina. He and Muraku were now allowed to sit with the group. Kairi giggled as she watched Muraku utter curses at Yugi as the kitten sat on his head.

"WELCOME TO ANOTHER ROUND OF THE DEMON KING'S TOURNAMENT!!!" The crowd cheered. "TODAY'S FIGHTS ARE THE SEMIFINALS THAT WILL DETERMINE WHO WILL FIGHT FOR THE GOLD IN THE FINAL ROUND!!!" More cheering. "LET'S GET THINGS STARTED WITH OUR FIRST MATCH. THE TRASH TALKING SPIRIT DETECTIVE YUSUKE URAMESHI AND THE MYSTERIOUS AND SKILLED X!!!"

Yusuke walked onto the arena with his usual smirk on his face. His eyes narrowed a little as X walked in front of him. "You've had quite the winning streak. But it'll end here" Yusuke said. X remained silent. "What's with the silent act?" Yusuke said. Nothing from X. Instead he drew his Ingrams out in preparation for the fight. Yusuke smirked and readied his fists.

"BEGIN!!!" X raised his guns and opened fire. Yusuke ran to the side to stay ahead of the bullets. He pointed a finger at X and prepared to fire. "SPIRIT GUN" X stepped to the side to avoid the attack. After regaining his footing X continued to fire. Yusuke was starting to get frustrated and decided it was time to retaliate. He stopped and disappeared.

X ducked to avoid a punch from behind as Yusuke appeared behind him. Yusuke threw punch after punch at X. X dodged each one with little effort. He raised his left gun and opened fire. Yusuke disappeared again before the bullets hit him. X looked around while trying to sense Yusuke.

"SPIRIT GUN" X flitted out of the way from Yusuke's attack. Yusuke had appeared in the sky and fired another blast. He growled and continued shooting. X flitted out of the way of each blast.

He spun around and pointed his guns at Yusuke. Yusuke was in midair so there was no way he could avoid the bullets. X opened fire. Yusuke concentrated and made an energy barrier in front of him. He sighed in relief as the bullets bounced off the barrier and fell to the ground. With a smirk he landed on his feet.

"You almost had me there" Yusuke said. Silence. "You know, it wouldn't hurt if you spook every now and then" Yusuke said. X raised his guns and opened fire. "SHOTGUN" Yusuke's attack managed to keep the bullets at bay but one got through and grazed his left shoulder. Yusuke growled and continued to fire.

X flitted from his spot and appeared behind Yusuke. He did a spinning heel kick and hit Yusuke's neck. Yusuke grunted but spun around and punched X in the stomach. X's entire body shook before he backed away with his left arm clutching his stomach. "Seems you're still recovering from Hiei's attack" Yusuke said. X shook his head and stood up straight.

X leapt into the air and pointed his guns at Yusuke. Yusuke flipped back to avoid the blasts. When he came out of the flip X was in front of him. He kicked Yusuke in the stomach causing him to double over. X then did a back flip kick that hit Yusuke's chin and caused the spirit detective to fly back before crashing to the ground. As X landed he opened fire at Yusuke. Yusuke put an energy barrier around his body and the bullets bounced off.

He pointed his index fingers at X. "SPIRIT GUN" his attacks hit X's guns and they blew up. X jerked his hands back and let the weapons fall to the ground. Yusuke smirked and got tot his feet. "So much for your guns. You should get something more permanent like these" he said fisting his hands.

X raised his head and looked at Yusuke. He reached behind his back and pulled something out. Yusuke's eyes got three times bigger when he saw X pull out a bazooka from his coat. "Where does he keep these things" Yusuke said. X took aim and pulled the trigger. Yusuke jumped forward to avoid the resulting explosion from the rocket. "Watch where you're firing that thing" Yusuke said as he looked at X. X had just finished reloading the bazooka and aimed it at Yusuke again. "Aw shit!!!" Yusuke said as he ran out of the blast range of the rocket. "SPIRIT GUN" his attack hit the bazooka. X threw it to the side.

"Another bites the dust" Yusuke said. X remained in place and looked to be deep in thought. "Thinking about giving up?" Yusuke asked. X looked at him and they stared each other down for about thirty seconds. X raised his hand and put his thumb and index finger in a familiar potion. "Spirit Gun" he whispered. A yellow blast fired out of his finger and hit Yusuke square in the chest. Yusuke was blown back and slammed into the wall.

He groaned and opened his eyes only to see another blast heading straight for him. He jumped to the side to avoid it. "How does he do that?" he said as he looked up at X. X was charging straight at him both fists covered in yellow energy. When he reached Yusuke he threw a right hook that Yusuke managed to deflect with his arm. X continued his assault and Yusuke either dodged or blocked each punch.

X jumped back much to the relief of Yusuke. He pointed his finger at Yusuke again. "Oh no you don't" Yusuke said as he pointed back. "SPIRIT GUN" the two blasts collide and cause a blinding flash of light. Everyone was forced to cover his or her eyes. As the blast dies down the sound of punches and kicks could be heard from the arena.

Everyone looked back at the arena and saw Yusuke and X in close range combat. They were currently throwing punches and kicks at each other and dodging or blocking each one. Occasionally they would fire a blast at each other. They both scored a punch on each other's face and stepped away from each other. They were both panting as the crowd cheered them on.

"You're not half bad" Yusuke panted. X remained silent. "How did I know you were going to do that?" Yusuke said sarcastically. X crouched slightly and fisted his right hand. Yellow energy gathered around his fist. Yusuke smirked and did the same except his energy was its usual blue. An eerie glow filled the entire stadium.

"You can feel their energies from here" Riku said. "This is going to be a big attack" Kurama said. "How does that X guy know the Sprit Gun?" Crystal said. "It's a very simple and common technique. Many use it" Kurama said. "We should be asking who this X is" Hiei said. "I can't pick up his scent" Rogato said. "He's trying real hard to hide his identity" Damien said. "They're about to attack" Kuwabara said. "Be careful Yusuke" said Keiko.

With a yell Yusuke ran toward X. X narrowed his eyes and charged. They threw their fists at each other and they two collided. The resulting explosion shook the entire arena. When the shaking stopped, the arena was concealed by a cloud of dust.

The entire stadium went quiet in anticipation. The dust started to settle. They crowd could make out two figures on opposite sides of the arena.

The dust first revealed Yusuke. His fist was still out in front of him and his back was away from his opponent. "What's that in his hand?" Yukina said. The others looked carefully at his hand to see what it was. Yusuke smirked and turned around. He raised his hand and let everyone see what he had. In his hand was X's mask.

"The mask" Rogato said. "Looks like we'll finally get to see who X is" Nami said. They all turned their attention to where the dust was starting to settle around X.

A figure could be seen standing up and turning to face Yusuke. The dust started to settle to reveal who it was. His hair was black and reached down to his waist. Most of it was behind his pointed ears except two bangs at the sides of his face. They pointed upward but then went down over his chest (Like FFVII's Sephiroth). He had a vertical scar over his right eye.

"It can't be" Rogato said. "Pinch me I'm dreaming" Damien said. "Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god" Maya said. Crystal's eyes had gotten a lot bigger. Everyone else was completely clueless. Yukina looked at Riku who had a look of shock on his face. "Riku, who is he?" she asked. What Riku said next came out as a whisper but everyone heard it.

"Kage"

X has been reveled to be Kage, Riku's friend who was killed during the war. Just how can Kage be there? Find out next chapter, which will be up on Monday.

Next chapter, the conclusion of the battle between Yusuke and Kage. Review please.