I have discovered sad news, my friends/allies/strange people who were
drugged and forced to read this fic against their will, sad news indeed. It
appears that Cartoon Network will once again put YuYu Hakusho into repeats.
I must profess my confusion and anger as to why they do not air THE LAST
SIX EPISODES of *the second* season/whatever the hell they're called. I can
only hope that this travesty of programming is soon resolved
satisfactorily. On the bright side, there is always Tremors: The Series
(Sci-Fi Channel) and the new Spider-Man series (MTV), both on Friday
evenings, with repeats sprinkled throughout the weak. But I still wish
they'd put Rurouni Kenshin back on Toonami, but oh well. On with the story!
Chapter 19: Journey to the Temple of the All Seeing Eye (a Peeping Tom's dream, and a nubile young woman in a shower's nightmare)
"You are all a bunch of freaks, you know that?"
"Indeed I do, Yusuke. Sad. But true nonetheless."
"Uhhhhhh. . . yeah. How do we get to this Temple of the All Peeing Fly, anyway?
*Idiot.* Thought everyone again, still marveling at Kuwabara's stupidity.
"IT'S TEMPLE OF THE ALL SEEING EYE! WERE YOU DROPPED ON YOUR HEAD AS A CHILD OR SOMETHING?!" Screamed Botan.
"Heh, you don't know Shizuru. She'd not only drop me, she'd drop kick me. But if it weren't for her, I wouldn't be the most powerful human here!" Kuwabara exclaimed proudly, showing everyone that only the truly stupid are proud of their protective layering of ignorance that always surrounds and guards them against anything that might make them think about recent events.
*Retard.* Thought everyone who knew what it meant, which, considering how most of the demons present had no formal education, was mainly thought by Yusuke and his group.
The clerk-demon with the three ears sighed deeply, also knowing the meaning of the word 'retard' and merely pointed vaguely to the east. "You'll find the Temple somewhere over there, assuming you don't get completely lost. It's fairly large; it was designed to be seen from thousands of miles away."
"Then why is it one of our tests?"
"Because it *is* thousands of miles away." He answered, but before the shock could get full control of our heroes' faces, he also added: "And in this realm, time passes differently. I can assure you, you'll only be a few months older by the time you get to the Temple. At least *if* you get to the Temple. There is food and water on the way, but your second test will begin immediately after you get there. I suppose I should wish you good luck, but if your luck isn't good normally, than there is little I may do for you." And with that, all of the demons that had been surrounding them, including Yoko and the clerk, vanished.
"Ya know? I really should learn that sometime. That always was one of the coolest tricks I've seen a demon do, but nobody ever taught me." Said Yusuke to himself. "Anyway, what say we get our rears in gear, eh? We've got several months work of walking to do."
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Over the months of walking, our heroes didn't actually have too much trouble. Food and water was scarce, but there was enough for the group to subsist on; and probably for the same reasons, they didn't have too much trouble with demons and other bandits. What trouble they did have though, came from each other. Yusuke and Kuwabara didn't normally get on well with each other under normal circumstances, to say nothing of how Kuwabara and Hiei interacted, and being stuck together under such a relentless landscape as the desert they were trekking did little to ease their moods. And then they saw the Temple.
"Hoooooollyyyy. . . shit. That thing is HUGE! But it actually does still look to be several thousand miles away, it's impossible! How can anything be that big?" exclaimed Yusuke, on first sight of the, as previously mentioned, large pyramid like structure, which actually did have what looked like a giant human eye at its apex, that was almost as large as the Temple on which it rotated gently. They did not notice the skeletons until it was almost too late.
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"Yoko, they are at the Temple!"
"Excellent. Now we may see how they fare against a true monster."
Yeah, Yoko. Let's see how they fare against a true monster. Jeez! Why can't these obscenely powerful demon bandits ever try something realistic for an initiation test, like a spelling bee, or a bake-off?
Chapter 19: Journey to the Temple of the All Seeing Eye (a Peeping Tom's dream, and a nubile young woman in a shower's nightmare)
"You are all a bunch of freaks, you know that?"
"Indeed I do, Yusuke. Sad. But true nonetheless."
"Uhhhhhh. . . yeah. How do we get to this Temple of the All Peeing Fly, anyway?
*Idiot.* Thought everyone again, still marveling at Kuwabara's stupidity.
"IT'S TEMPLE OF THE ALL SEEING EYE! WERE YOU DROPPED ON YOUR HEAD AS A CHILD OR SOMETHING?!" Screamed Botan.
"Heh, you don't know Shizuru. She'd not only drop me, she'd drop kick me. But if it weren't for her, I wouldn't be the most powerful human here!" Kuwabara exclaimed proudly, showing everyone that only the truly stupid are proud of their protective layering of ignorance that always surrounds and guards them against anything that might make them think about recent events.
*Retard.* Thought everyone who knew what it meant, which, considering how most of the demons present had no formal education, was mainly thought by Yusuke and his group.
The clerk-demon with the three ears sighed deeply, also knowing the meaning of the word 'retard' and merely pointed vaguely to the east. "You'll find the Temple somewhere over there, assuming you don't get completely lost. It's fairly large; it was designed to be seen from thousands of miles away."
"Then why is it one of our tests?"
"Because it *is* thousands of miles away." He answered, but before the shock could get full control of our heroes' faces, he also added: "And in this realm, time passes differently. I can assure you, you'll only be a few months older by the time you get to the Temple. At least *if* you get to the Temple. There is food and water on the way, but your second test will begin immediately after you get there. I suppose I should wish you good luck, but if your luck isn't good normally, than there is little I may do for you." And with that, all of the demons that had been surrounding them, including Yoko and the clerk, vanished.
"Ya know? I really should learn that sometime. That always was one of the coolest tricks I've seen a demon do, but nobody ever taught me." Said Yusuke to himself. "Anyway, what say we get our rears in gear, eh? We've got several months work of walking to do."
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Over the months of walking, our heroes didn't actually have too much trouble. Food and water was scarce, but there was enough for the group to subsist on; and probably for the same reasons, they didn't have too much trouble with demons and other bandits. What trouble they did have though, came from each other. Yusuke and Kuwabara didn't normally get on well with each other under normal circumstances, to say nothing of how Kuwabara and Hiei interacted, and being stuck together under such a relentless landscape as the desert they were trekking did little to ease their moods. And then they saw the Temple.
"Hoooooollyyyy. . . shit. That thing is HUGE! But it actually does still look to be several thousand miles away, it's impossible! How can anything be that big?" exclaimed Yusuke, on first sight of the, as previously mentioned, large pyramid like structure, which actually did have what looked like a giant human eye at its apex, that was almost as large as the Temple on which it rotated gently. They did not notice the skeletons until it was almost too late.
**********************
"Yoko, they are at the Temple!"
"Excellent. Now we may see how they fare against a true monster."
Yeah, Yoko. Let's see how they fare against a true monster. Jeez! Why can't these obscenely powerful demon bandits ever try something realistic for an initiation test, like a spelling bee, or a bake-off?