Here's chapter 5. Please review. The more reviews we get the faster we'll
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NOTE: Cordiers and I wanted our Characters to fight, but there are only four Saint Beast, so we added too more demons. They aren't necessarily Saint Beasts, but we couldn't replace another fighter for Denji and Cordiers. The matches are too good.
Disclaimer: We still don't own Yu Yu Hakusho, just Denji and Cordiers.
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The six of them climbed the last of the stairs and entered a large room with flickering torches the only light. At the far end there was another set of stairs. The trip up had been quiet. Kuwabara was very confused and out of his league. Yusuke was just quiet, as was Hiei.
Denji had to admit that she was impressed that Hiei hadn't even flinched as she had charged him. Kurama kept looking at her, wondering, and Cordiers, well, Denji didn't know what was up with him. He hadn't said anything. Denji wondered if it was something she had said. She hoped not. They stopped in the center of the room. Yusuke looked around.
"I guess we just keep going up," he said. He took a step forward.
"Don't be so sure." A deep voice echoed around the chamber. A strange creature came out of the shadows. It looked to be made of rock.
"You've gone far enough. I am Genbu, the only Saint Beast you'll meet."
Yusuke clenched his hands. "Yeah, whatever. We can take you, you overgrown pebble!!"
Genbu laughed." Go ahead and try, human." saying human like a swear word.
Kurama stepped forward. "No, Yusuke. Let me fight."
Yusuke shrugged. "Whatever." He moved back with the rest of them to watch Kurama fight.
Denji watched as Kurama stepped forward. She could see his power growing as he prepared to fight.
"How can he fight?" Kuwabara asked.
"Obviously you are underestimating Kurama. Do you know why I chose him to be my partner? To avoid fighting him myself. Watch, he's more cutthroat than I when it comes to battle and even more precise." Hiei commented.
Genbu lunged and Kurama dodged. Genbu vanished.
"Uh, where's he go?" Kuwabara asked.
Denji searched the room with her mind, but could sense nothing but rock. Suddenly Genbu appeared behind Kurama, who barely dodged out of the way. Kurama fell to one knee, a hand holding his stomach. Denji felt his pain and saw blood dripping from his hand.
"If Kurama's hurt, we're going to have problems." Hiei stated.
Denji looked at him. "The wound isn't deep. After the fight, I can deal with it." Kurama stood and pulled a rose from his hair
"If he's trying to win the guy over, I don't think it's going to work." Kuwabara said.
"Well, everything's coming up roses." Yusuke joked.
Denji rolled her eyes.
"It smells girly...I don't think I like it." Kuwabara complained.
"Oh, so I guess he should be a tough guy like you and be obsessed with kittens." Yusuke retorted.
"Quiet, you two!!!" Denji hissed at them. She needed to concentrate. She needed to see Kurama's strength so she could know how much he could be counted on in this mission and how he fought for when she killed him later.
The fight progressed. Kurama cut Genbu into tiny pieces with his Rose Whip. The fight seemed to be over. Denji took a step forward to help Kurama, when a massive amount of Spirit Energy smacked her senses. She moved to shout a warning, when Kurama jerked his head up and brought his Rose Whip to bear. Genbu reassembled himself.
'Ok, that isn't good.' Denji thought. Kurama continued to fight, breaking Genbu into pieces and watching him pull back together. Kurama found Genbu's weakness. One stone held everything together. As long as that stone was intact, Genbu wouldn't die. But Kurama's whip found it and Genbu was defeated.
Denji knelt down next to Kurama, who had fallen to his knees once the fight was done. He looked up in surprise when she touched him.
"Let me see it," she commanded.
"It isn't bad," he said.
Denji shook her head. "No, even if it is not, there is no need for you to bear it any longer. I can Heal it and still have plenty of Power to fight with."
Kurama studied her for a moment and Denji felt a slight blush coming to her face. He gave her a small smile and removed his hand from the wound.
"Thank you." he said quietly.
Denji swallowed and placed her hand over the wound. It was bad enough, but nothing she couldn't handle. She fed her Energy into the wound through her hand. A blue glow spread from her hand to his wound and the wound closed. She waited a few more seconds, making sure the pain was gone. The blue faded and she helped Kurama to his feet.
Cordiers patted Kurama on the back. "That was awesome, I've never seen anything like it before in my life! If this is the life of a Spirit Detective, sign me up!"
Hiei looked at him disgustedly. "You idiot, he would have killed you in seconds."
"You've never seen anything like it? Then you just admitted that you don't have powers. If you did that wouldn't have been so exciting," Denji accused. "Though it is true that Kurama is a very skilled fighter."
Cordiers sighed. "Your logic still doesn't make any sense, just because I've never seen somebody with a crazy whip cutting up a big stone guy, you assume I don't have any abilities? Can't you just take my word for it?"
Denji sighed. "My logic makes perfect sense. First off, Kurama's Rose Whip is a pretty basic Technique, if you thought about it. While is looks cool to those who have no pervious exposure to such things, it is clearly a basic attack. It only uses Spirit Energy to summon the Whip in the first place and a small amount to maintain the form. Second, when you develop your Spirit Energy, your presence or aura grows. Only the very skilled can alter their aura to mask their power. Your aura hasn't grown much at all since I first met you."
Cordiers shook his head. "Whatever, just think what you want and get off my back, take my friggin word for it."
Denji threw up her hands in frustration. Her eyes shifted to black and a faint blur outline could be seen at the edges of her fingertips.
"I hate pride. There is nothing wrong with not having power. Admit it. A stronger man admits when he has reached his limits. What I wouldn't give for a few Clan members right now. None of these stupid, idiotic ego trips, even the males." She turned to Kurama. "Are you alright? Is there any more pain?"
He shook his head. "I am alright, thank you. Perhaps you should just let him be. If what you say is true, then he is quite new to this. It would be difficult to adapt to all of this at once. While many of our Techniques are simple enough when coming from a knowledgeable point of view, it can be quite overwhelming to a newcomer."
Denji sighed. "You're right. I'll leave him be." They headed up the stairs toward the next Saint Beast.
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The group entered a large room draped with black curtains, in the middle stood a tall dark figure. The shadows of the room seemed to gravitate towards it, all that could be seen of the body was two brilliantly shining red dots.
"I Jonjel, I strong, stronger than stupid Genbu, I crush you all! Most painful!"
Hiei smirked. "At last, it seems as if we have found Kuwabara's mentor."
"What?" asked Kuwabara, not catching the insult.
Hiei didn't bother to answer, instead he stepped forward. "Let me fight this fool-"
"No," Cordiers broke in. "Let me. I've gotta prove to you all that I actually can fight."
Hiei scowled at him. "He'll tear you to pieces."
"Well, then you won't have to worry about me will you?" Cordiers retorted. Before the others could protest he stepped up. "I'll fight you, you overgrown...nothing."
Hiei grimaced, the fight would be miserable short, the truth was that Jonjel was strong and the boy was not, he doubted if Cordiers would take even one hit.
Jonjel rumbled with laughter. "You die fast puny human!"
Cordiers stepped into the defensive stance.
Jonjel started to shake, shaking uncontrollably, a horrible groan escaped him. Then before you could say 'bob's your uncle' he had shifted into a shadowy snake.
Faster than lightning he slithered towards Cordiers, his coils snaked out, wrapping themselves around him. Jonjel tried to pin Cordiers' arms to his sides. Cordiers desperately flailed about, success, they were free.
Denji watched as Cordiers fought. Her hand rested on the hilt of her katana, ready to jump in if needed. She would let him prove himself, but wouldn't let him die. She winced as she felt a new pain in him. She could almost feel the ribs cracking.
Denji started, that was bad! If she was so attuned to Cordiers that she could feel his ribs cracking, then she trusted him a lot more than she thought. Kurama and Hiei both turned at her sudden movement. Denji shook her head and motioned to the fight. Hiei turned back, but Kurama leaned over.
"Are you alright?" he asked. "You look like you're in pain."
Denji nodded. "I'm fine," she said shortly, trying to keep the pain out of her voice. She turned back to the fight.
Cordiers almost screamed out in pain, the snake was crushing his body, he was helpless, the pain was overwhelming. The snake's coils pressed against his body and he felt a strange pain in his chest, so slight was the pain and yet it bothered him.
Suddenly it hit him, it was his sunglasses. Jonjel pulled his snake head up and hissed at Cordiers.
Cordiers spat back and reached down, he snatched the sunglasses out of his shirt pocket and smashed them in his hand, blood trickled down his wrist. Jonjel squeezed tighter.
Cordiers gripped the lens shard tightly and shoved it as hard as he could into Jonjel's eye.
The shape shifter screeched with pain and immediately released his grasp. He slunk off to a dark corner of the room.
Cordiers draped to the floor and panted for breath.
Jonjel slid back, the shadows gathering towards him. He changed again, this time into a large wolf.
"You hurt Jonjel. Now Jonjel hurt you bad!"
He sprang at Cordiers, his paws flashing out.
Cordiers cried out, the paws cut a huge gash across his chest. Jonjel rumbled with laughter once more.
He sprang again, but this time Cordiers caught him in the throat and brought his knee smashing up into the wolf's stomach.
Denji groaned as Cordiers was hurt worse. She could feel every pain as he got them. She wanted to jump in there and save him, but knew that unless his life was threatened, his pride wouldn't let him accept her help. She felt a hand on her shoulder. She looked up into Kurama's eyes.
"You feel his pain, don't you?"
She nodded and bit back a cry as he was struck again. She fell to one knee, Kurama half catching her. He kept his hands on her shoulders, to support her if needed. They both watched as Cordiers continued to fight.
Jonjel slunk away, yelping in pain, he returned to the center of the room and growled deeply at Cordiers.
"Me not want to use this, but now me have to. Now you die bad, all of you!"
Jonjel started his shivering routine, Cordiers waited for him to change into his next beast.
The shadows gathered around Jonjel once more, his body mass started to grow, larger and larger.
Cordiers eyes grew wider with every foot he grew.
Jonjel reached his peak and let out a giant roar. "You like Form of Shadows?!"
Cordiers smirked. "You think I'd go into battle without my own little 'special' weapon."
Cordiers stretched out his arm, electricity began to crackle in his palm, it formed into a ball and then burst into a bright red flame. He shot a look at Denji which was easily read as 'I told you so.' He frowned briefly as he saw Denji. She was sitting on the floor, Kurama holding her shoulders, pain in her eyes. He turned back to Jonjel.
"This is my Spirit Fireball, I hope you like it."
Cordiers flung it at Jonjel with all his might. It sped towards him, burning the air behind it.
Jonjel put up his right hand and caught it. He shoved it down his throat. "Hmmm Good! More, Jonjel want more!"
Cordiers jaw dropped, Denji looked as if she was about to spring into action, Hiei looked nonchalant, Kurama looked worried, Kuwabara looked...like Kuwabara and Yusuke was a mirror of Denji.
Jonjel charged, his fists swinging from side to side, he stopped right in front of Cordiers and raised his fist high into the air. "Now Jonjel smash you!"
"Move you idiot," shouted Hiei.
Cordiers was frozen to the ground. Suddenly Jonjel looked as if he changed his mind. A muffled thud rose from his belly and smoke drifted out of his mouth.
'Oh great'! thought Cordiers, 'now he's going to breathe fire on me or something!'
But Jonjel didn't move, he stood there stock still, a small trickle of black blood dribbled onto his chin.
Kurama was the first to speak. "He's dead."
Cordiers almost fell over in shock. Dead?! How did that happen?!
"Yes," pointed out Hiei, "It seems as if the fool's Spirit Fireball exploded inside of Jonjel."
The team rushed over to Cordiers, Kurama helping Denji stand.
"Good strategy Cordiers," congratulated Kuwabara, "I never saw that one coming!"
Denji, Cordiers, Kurama and Yusuke sighed.
Hiei sneered up. "That wasn't strategy you idiot, that was dumb luck."
Denji carefully walked over to Cordiers. Every breath was like fire.
'His ribs must be almost broken,' she thought. Kurama had helped her stand and was now walking next to her, one arm around her waist for support. She stopped in front of Cordiers.
"Well, I'm not so prideful to admit I was wrong, Cordiers." she said, wincing in pain.
Cordiers smiled weakly. "Thanks, that's all I wanted to hear." He stumbled forward. "Now if you don't mind, I'm gonna pass out."
He fell forward onto the hard stone.
Denji shot forward to catch him, whimpering as her own 'wounds' screamed in pain. She felt a hand on her shoulder. She looked up to see Kurama.
"Hey, are you alright?" Yusuke asked, kneeling down.
She laid Cordiers down on the stone floor.
"I will be." She touched Cordiers chest. Her hands started to glow blue and she sighed as her own pain faded. It only took a few minutes for Cordiers to be Healed.
"You must be a great Healer," Kurama said. "To feel his pain as your own."
She looked up at him, startled.
"What do you mean?" Kuwabara asked.
Kurama looked at him. "Every time Cordiers was injured, she felt it."
"Oh, so that's why you were sitting on the floor. But why didn't you do that with Kurama?"
Denji sighed. "I don't know Kurama well enough. I didn't think I knew Cordiers well enough either, or I would have shielded my mind." She looked at Kurama. "I don't know about a 'great' Healer. I'm one of the stronger on my generation, but..." she shrugged and helped Cordiers sit up as he woke back up.
"Sorry, I couldn't heal everything. I can't use all my powers yet. I may need them later, but you're mostly better."
He stood and Denji climbed to her feet. The team headed for the next set of stairs.
NOTE: Cordiers and I wanted our Characters to fight, but there are only four Saint Beast, so we added too more demons. They aren't necessarily Saint Beasts, but we couldn't replace another fighter for Denji and Cordiers. The matches are too good.
Disclaimer: We still don't own Yu Yu Hakusho, just Denji and Cordiers.
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The six of them climbed the last of the stairs and entered a large room with flickering torches the only light. At the far end there was another set of stairs. The trip up had been quiet. Kuwabara was very confused and out of his league. Yusuke was just quiet, as was Hiei.
Denji had to admit that she was impressed that Hiei hadn't even flinched as she had charged him. Kurama kept looking at her, wondering, and Cordiers, well, Denji didn't know what was up with him. He hadn't said anything. Denji wondered if it was something she had said. She hoped not. They stopped in the center of the room. Yusuke looked around.
"I guess we just keep going up," he said. He took a step forward.
"Don't be so sure." A deep voice echoed around the chamber. A strange creature came out of the shadows. It looked to be made of rock.
"You've gone far enough. I am Genbu, the only Saint Beast you'll meet."
Yusuke clenched his hands. "Yeah, whatever. We can take you, you overgrown pebble!!"
Genbu laughed." Go ahead and try, human." saying human like a swear word.
Kurama stepped forward. "No, Yusuke. Let me fight."
Yusuke shrugged. "Whatever." He moved back with the rest of them to watch Kurama fight.
Denji watched as Kurama stepped forward. She could see his power growing as he prepared to fight.
"How can he fight?" Kuwabara asked.
"Obviously you are underestimating Kurama. Do you know why I chose him to be my partner? To avoid fighting him myself. Watch, he's more cutthroat than I when it comes to battle and even more precise." Hiei commented.
Genbu lunged and Kurama dodged. Genbu vanished.
"Uh, where's he go?" Kuwabara asked.
Denji searched the room with her mind, but could sense nothing but rock. Suddenly Genbu appeared behind Kurama, who barely dodged out of the way. Kurama fell to one knee, a hand holding his stomach. Denji felt his pain and saw blood dripping from his hand.
"If Kurama's hurt, we're going to have problems." Hiei stated.
Denji looked at him. "The wound isn't deep. After the fight, I can deal with it." Kurama stood and pulled a rose from his hair
"If he's trying to win the guy over, I don't think it's going to work." Kuwabara said.
"Well, everything's coming up roses." Yusuke joked.
Denji rolled her eyes.
"It smells girly...I don't think I like it." Kuwabara complained.
"Oh, so I guess he should be a tough guy like you and be obsessed with kittens." Yusuke retorted.
"Quiet, you two!!!" Denji hissed at them. She needed to concentrate. She needed to see Kurama's strength so she could know how much he could be counted on in this mission and how he fought for when she killed him later.
The fight progressed. Kurama cut Genbu into tiny pieces with his Rose Whip. The fight seemed to be over. Denji took a step forward to help Kurama, when a massive amount of Spirit Energy smacked her senses. She moved to shout a warning, when Kurama jerked his head up and brought his Rose Whip to bear. Genbu reassembled himself.
'Ok, that isn't good.' Denji thought. Kurama continued to fight, breaking Genbu into pieces and watching him pull back together. Kurama found Genbu's weakness. One stone held everything together. As long as that stone was intact, Genbu wouldn't die. But Kurama's whip found it and Genbu was defeated.
Denji knelt down next to Kurama, who had fallen to his knees once the fight was done. He looked up in surprise when she touched him.
"Let me see it," she commanded.
"It isn't bad," he said.
Denji shook her head. "No, even if it is not, there is no need for you to bear it any longer. I can Heal it and still have plenty of Power to fight with."
Kurama studied her for a moment and Denji felt a slight blush coming to her face. He gave her a small smile and removed his hand from the wound.
"Thank you." he said quietly.
Denji swallowed and placed her hand over the wound. It was bad enough, but nothing she couldn't handle. She fed her Energy into the wound through her hand. A blue glow spread from her hand to his wound and the wound closed. She waited a few more seconds, making sure the pain was gone. The blue faded and she helped Kurama to his feet.
Cordiers patted Kurama on the back. "That was awesome, I've never seen anything like it before in my life! If this is the life of a Spirit Detective, sign me up!"
Hiei looked at him disgustedly. "You idiot, he would have killed you in seconds."
"You've never seen anything like it? Then you just admitted that you don't have powers. If you did that wouldn't have been so exciting," Denji accused. "Though it is true that Kurama is a very skilled fighter."
Cordiers sighed. "Your logic still doesn't make any sense, just because I've never seen somebody with a crazy whip cutting up a big stone guy, you assume I don't have any abilities? Can't you just take my word for it?"
Denji sighed. "My logic makes perfect sense. First off, Kurama's Rose Whip is a pretty basic Technique, if you thought about it. While is looks cool to those who have no pervious exposure to such things, it is clearly a basic attack. It only uses Spirit Energy to summon the Whip in the first place and a small amount to maintain the form. Second, when you develop your Spirit Energy, your presence or aura grows. Only the very skilled can alter their aura to mask their power. Your aura hasn't grown much at all since I first met you."
Cordiers shook his head. "Whatever, just think what you want and get off my back, take my friggin word for it."
Denji threw up her hands in frustration. Her eyes shifted to black and a faint blur outline could be seen at the edges of her fingertips.
"I hate pride. There is nothing wrong with not having power. Admit it. A stronger man admits when he has reached his limits. What I wouldn't give for a few Clan members right now. None of these stupid, idiotic ego trips, even the males." She turned to Kurama. "Are you alright? Is there any more pain?"
He shook his head. "I am alright, thank you. Perhaps you should just let him be. If what you say is true, then he is quite new to this. It would be difficult to adapt to all of this at once. While many of our Techniques are simple enough when coming from a knowledgeable point of view, it can be quite overwhelming to a newcomer."
Denji sighed. "You're right. I'll leave him be." They headed up the stairs toward the next Saint Beast.
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The group entered a large room draped with black curtains, in the middle stood a tall dark figure. The shadows of the room seemed to gravitate towards it, all that could be seen of the body was two brilliantly shining red dots.
"I Jonjel, I strong, stronger than stupid Genbu, I crush you all! Most painful!"
Hiei smirked. "At last, it seems as if we have found Kuwabara's mentor."
"What?" asked Kuwabara, not catching the insult.
Hiei didn't bother to answer, instead he stepped forward. "Let me fight this fool-"
"No," Cordiers broke in. "Let me. I've gotta prove to you all that I actually can fight."
Hiei scowled at him. "He'll tear you to pieces."
"Well, then you won't have to worry about me will you?" Cordiers retorted. Before the others could protest he stepped up. "I'll fight you, you overgrown...nothing."
Hiei grimaced, the fight would be miserable short, the truth was that Jonjel was strong and the boy was not, he doubted if Cordiers would take even one hit.
Jonjel rumbled with laughter. "You die fast puny human!"
Cordiers stepped into the defensive stance.
Jonjel started to shake, shaking uncontrollably, a horrible groan escaped him. Then before you could say 'bob's your uncle' he had shifted into a shadowy snake.
Faster than lightning he slithered towards Cordiers, his coils snaked out, wrapping themselves around him. Jonjel tried to pin Cordiers' arms to his sides. Cordiers desperately flailed about, success, they were free.
Denji watched as Cordiers fought. Her hand rested on the hilt of her katana, ready to jump in if needed. She would let him prove himself, but wouldn't let him die. She winced as she felt a new pain in him. She could almost feel the ribs cracking.
Denji started, that was bad! If she was so attuned to Cordiers that she could feel his ribs cracking, then she trusted him a lot more than she thought. Kurama and Hiei both turned at her sudden movement. Denji shook her head and motioned to the fight. Hiei turned back, but Kurama leaned over.
"Are you alright?" he asked. "You look like you're in pain."
Denji nodded. "I'm fine," she said shortly, trying to keep the pain out of her voice. She turned back to the fight.
Cordiers almost screamed out in pain, the snake was crushing his body, he was helpless, the pain was overwhelming. The snake's coils pressed against his body and he felt a strange pain in his chest, so slight was the pain and yet it bothered him.
Suddenly it hit him, it was his sunglasses. Jonjel pulled his snake head up and hissed at Cordiers.
Cordiers spat back and reached down, he snatched the sunglasses out of his shirt pocket and smashed them in his hand, blood trickled down his wrist. Jonjel squeezed tighter.
Cordiers gripped the lens shard tightly and shoved it as hard as he could into Jonjel's eye.
The shape shifter screeched with pain and immediately released his grasp. He slunk off to a dark corner of the room.
Cordiers draped to the floor and panted for breath.
Jonjel slid back, the shadows gathering towards him. He changed again, this time into a large wolf.
"You hurt Jonjel. Now Jonjel hurt you bad!"
He sprang at Cordiers, his paws flashing out.
Cordiers cried out, the paws cut a huge gash across his chest. Jonjel rumbled with laughter once more.
He sprang again, but this time Cordiers caught him in the throat and brought his knee smashing up into the wolf's stomach.
Denji groaned as Cordiers was hurt worse. She could feel every pain as he got them. She wanted to jump in there and save him, but knew that unless his life was threatened, his pride wouldn't let him accept her help. She felt a hand on her shoulder. She looked up into Kurama's eyes.
"You feel his pain, don't you?"
She nodded and bit back a cry as he was struck again. She fell to one knee, Kurama half catching her. He kept his hands on her shoulders, to support her if needed. They both watched as Cordiers continued to fight.
Jonjel slunk away, yelping in pain, he returned to the center of the room and growled deeply at Cordiers.
"Me not want to use this, but now me have to. Now you die bad, all of you!"
Jonjel started his shivering routine, Cordiers waited for him to change into his next beast.
The shadows gathered around Jonjel once more, his body mass started to grow, larger and larger.
Cordiers eyes grew wider with every foot he grew.
Jonjel reached his peak and let out a giant roar. "You like Form of Shadows?!"
Cordiers smirked. "You think I'd go into battle without my own little 'special' weapon."
Cordiers stretched out his arm, electricity began to crackle in his palm, it formed into a ball and then burst into a bright red flame. He shot a look at Denji which was easily read as 'I told you so.' He frowned briefly as he saw Denji. She was sitting on the floor, Kurama holding her shoulders, pain in her eyes. He turned back to Jonjel.
"This is my Spirit Fireball, I hope you like it."
Cordiers flung it at Jonjel with all his might. It sped towards him, burning the air behind it.
Jonjel put up his right hand and caught it. He shoved it down his throat. "Hmmm Good! More, Jonjel want more!"
Cordiers jaw dropped, Denji looked as if she was about to spring into action, Hiei looked nonchalant, Kurama looked worried, Kuwabara looked...like Kuwabara and Yusuke was a mirror of Denji.
Jonjel charged, his fists swinging from side to side, he stopped right in front of Cordiers and raised his fist high into the air. "Now Jonjel smash you!"
"Move you idiot," shouted Hiei.
Cordiers was frozen to the ground. Suddenly Jonjel looked as if he changed his mind. A muffled thud rose from his belly and smoke drifted out of his mouth.
'Oh great'! thought Cordiers, 'now he's going to breathe fire on me or something!'
But Jonjel didn't move, he stood there stock still, a small trickle of black blood dribbled onto his chin.
Kurama was the first to speak. "He's dead."
Cordiers almost fell over in shock. Dead?! How did that happen?!
"Yes," pointed out Hiei, "It seems as if the fool's Spirit Fireball exploded inside of Jonjel."
The team rushed over to Cordiers, Kurama helping Denji stand.
"Good strategy Cordiers," congratulated Kuwabara, "I never saw that one coming!"
Denji, Cordiers, Kurama and Yusuke sighed.
Hiei sneered up. "That wasn't strategy you idiot, that was dumb luck."
Denji carefully walked over to Cordiers. Every breath was like fire.
'His ribs must be almost broken,' she thought. Kurama had helped her stand and was now walking next to her, one arm around her waist for support. She stopped in front of Cordiers.
"Well, I'm not so prideful to admit I was wrong, Cordiers." she said, wincing in pain.
Cordiers smiled weakly. "Thanks, that's all I wanted to hear." He stumbled forward. "Now if you don't mind, I'm gonna pass out."
He fell forward onto the hard stone.
Denji shot forward to catch him, whimpering as her own 'wounds' screamed in pain. She felt a hand on her shoulder. She looked up to see Kurama.
"Hey, are you alright?" Yusuke asked, kneeling down.
She laid Cordiers down on the stone floor.
"I will be." She touched Cordiers chest. Her hands started to glow blue and she sighed as her own pain faded. It only took a few minutes for Cordiers to be Healed.
"You must be a great Healer," Kurama said. "To feel his pain as your own."
She looked up at him, startled.
"What do you mean?" Kuwabara asked.
Kurama looked at him. "Every time Cordiers was injured, she felt it."
"Oh, so that's why you were sitting on the floor. But why didn't you do that with Kurama?"
Denji sighed. "I don't know Kurama well enough. I didn't think I knew Cordiers well enough either, or I would have shielded my mind." She looked at Kurama. "I don't know about a 'great' Healer. I'm one of the stronger on my generation, but..." she shrugged and helped Cordiers sit up as he woke back up.
"Sorry, I couldn't heal everything. I can't use all my powers yet. I may need them later, but you're mostly better."
He stood and Denji climbed to her feet. The team headed for the next set of stairs.