Chapter 7
Genkai rose to her feet, walking towards the exit, stepping over rocks all over, wiping the tears from her eyes, as the group started walking towards the door. Genkai grabbed Yusuke's hand before they continued on. "Yusuke, do me a favor." She said, quietly as the group kept on ahead.
"What is it?" He asked, as Genkai sighed deeply.
"Promise me that no matter how powerful you become, you will never end up like that bastard Toguro Ani. Promise me that you will never use your power for anything but what you're doing now, and the only thing you'll do after you're as old as I am..." She stopped, her big auburn eyes glowing, her pink hair in a long braid in the back of her head. She sighed, and kept her fear in the back of her eyes as she spoke. "Promise me that you'll only take my orb and give it to the next successor, the next spirit detective."
Yusuke looked at her, realizing how Toguro fell in love with her. She was so brave, hiding the fear in her eyes from him, but he saw it. He saw the fear. She loved Toguro so much, and she couldn't handle his lost. It's like her motivation for fighting is gone now that he is. "I promise." He said.
"Well, we better catch back up with the group." Genkai said, as her and yusuke started running towards them.
They caught up, and then suddenly Yusuke felt something in his pant pocket vibrate. He reached into his jeans and picked up the compact. "BOTAN!!!" He screamed, realizing that she must have snuck it into his pants. He opened up the compact and looked into it. He saw a clear image of Botan in it. She was wearing a pair of black pants and a deep blue coat with a black tank top underneath it. "Botan, I thought I told you I wasn't going to use this stupid compact! It makes me feel like a girl!"
"Yusuke, this is important, stop kidding around. Remember the last time you were in here and there was that whistle that controlled the Makai insects?" Everyone gathered around the compact as yusuke nodded. "Well, the insects are back on the street, but instead of turning them against us, it's just making people sick! I'm catching as many as I can, but here's a sample of one." Suddenly, the compact had a diskish part open up from it. There, a makai insect was dying, it was injured, not fully dead. If it was dead it would disappear. Kurama picked up the insect, and looked at it. He dropped it, as if he was afraid of it some how. "What is it Kurama!" Botan screamed.
"It's... filled with a weird liquid inside of it. A liquid that smells like a rotting corps. It's definitely a cousin of the Makai insect, but a different breed. It's dangerous... there's something about it I can not pin point about it, but whatever that is which is making everyone sick, it's a result of that liquid!"
"Thanks Kurama." Botan said. "Yusuke, how far have you gotten?"
"We just finished off Toguro Ani, thanks to Genkai." He said.
"Nice to see you looking young again, Genkai." Botan said. "Well, These insects are starting to flock even more than before. People are just falling on the streets, and their skin glows yellowish, having this feint musky smell to it. I'll try and find out more information about this." She said, as she disconnected.
"Here Kurama, you hold it." Yusuke said, as he handed the compact to Kurama. "If she has any more reports about this, I know that you'd be able to help more than any of us."
They continued going through the stairs, as they reached a door. They opened the door, seeing a small tower they stood on previously, then, there was nothing ahead of them. "Oh great, the great disappointment has once again ruined our chances." Hiei said. He smirked, as he looked at Kuwabara. "Because you could not beat that ugly white tiger Byakko last time, now we're not going to get to where we need to go!"
"Hold on." Kurama said, looking up. "There's the tower that we reached the next room in last time. The tower was surrounded by stone, and there was a cubic boarder along the corridor." 'If I could just find the nawabari seed in my pocket.' He took out a few seeds in his pocket, finding a bright orange seed which glowed. He picked it up, and looked behind him. "Everyone, stand behind me." He said. 'This will take a good amount of my demon energy, but I have to do this... I have to avenge my dear Hoshi... she would have been my wife... but now that will never happen. My sweet love, I will avenge you!' He thought to himself. He held the plant in his hand, closing his eyes, focusing all his energy into his fist.
His body glowed a silvery color, as lightining flashed from the sky. Silver hair sprouted out of the top of Kurama's head, covering the red and replacing it with silver. Two ears popped out from beneath the long stream of silver. His green eyes had disappeared, as when he opened his eyes they were now a gold with specks of black in them. A tail had grown out, as instead of the pink jumpsuit he was wearing, he was covered in loose, white fabric that had looked as if it were a jumpsuit with a brown tie around his waist. Looking at the seed in his hand, a purple vine started coming out of if vigorously, growing, leaping out to the other side where they were stranded. The vine wrapped around his arm, touching the floor, and when it touched the floor, the other end had hit the other side where they had targeted to move next. The vine suddenly straightened, as a ladderish form came to be. "Shall we go?" A mysterious voice said. Everyone stared at him in shock. "What, what do you fear? I look different, in fact I am different, but I am still the Kurama that entered this horrible place with. I've seen much worse places than this, far more challenge and far more blood. If we wish to save the humans we must hurry fast. I'm usually not up for the heroics so you best take advantage while Shuichi is still controlling my brain."
Hiei smiled, seeing the old pal he once knew quite well. "Youko has returned, they cried." Hiei said, smirking at Kurama.
"You remember well, old friend." Kurama said, as they all followed Kurama in shock.
"Oh goodie." Nibori said. "Fox boy has finally come back. Now I shall seek my revenge on the bastard." He stuck his scrawny fingers in his jacket pocket, in his dark business suit as he started walking towards the exit. "Now it's my turn to make a mark on this team."
The walked into a familiar, yet different room at the same time. Kuwabara finished off Byakko, well we thought he did in this room. There used to be molten lava on the bottom, but somehow it hardened up, and it's rock solid now. Now, instead of there being podiums scattered throughout the room, there were stairs leading downward. The room was a lot darker than the last time they had been in this room, since the lava made it easier to see in this room, but now it was seemingly cold in the room as well. They walked down the stairs, since there was no other way to get to the other side of the room since the majority of the poles had been knocked down from the fight that Kuwabara and Byakko held here.
They made it safely to the bottom, when all of a sudden, Kurama felt a stream of energy. Kuwabara backed up, chills running through him, as he fell down to the floor. "I... can't take... this power anymore... these creatures are so... strong... I feel myself weakening just feeling their energy... THEIR STUPID ENERGY!"
"It's understandable... Kuwabara." Said a mysterious voice. Suddenly, a stream of red energy ignited, as a figure so lanky and looking so bony had fallen down from the top. He landed, as he regained his poise again. His ora looked as Bui's did, surrounding his entire body, shooting out from him. The man's black hair was full, as he stared down Kurama. "So we meet again, Youko." He said, staring him down. "I see your fox side has finally taken control. You're a disgrace to all demons."
"HEY! If you have a fight with Kurama, you have a fight with me." Kuwabara said. "Let me take this guy. He looks freakish enough for me to take."
"Don't you dare take a step forward Kuwabara." Kurama said, very sternly. "You take one step forward I'll be forced to kill you myself." Everyone looked at him, surprise. He never spoke to anyone that way. "I'm not a believer for mercy, so go ahead, try getting in my fight, and see what happens to you."
"Wow... sorry..." Kuwabara said, looking into Youko's golden eyes. There was something about the way that he was looking at Kuwabara that made him take a step back, scaring him, showing such hatred for what he had said. Youko turned away and looked at Nibori, who had stepped closer to him.
"It's been a while, huh Kurama." The man said, as his eyes turned red as he spoke. "But then again, It's been longer since I've seen Youko, not the disgrace to the Makai, Shuichi Minamino, who fell in love with a human. Oh, you poor sapling."
"Enough, Nibori. I'm sick of you." Kurama said, strongly. "You killed Hoshi, now you will pay."
Kurama sprung towards him, unleashing a plant from his arm. It was green, looked like an ivy vine a little bit, with piercing red seeds on it. The plant extended all the way out and hit Nibori right in the chest, piercing through the skin. Youko looked at him, surprised. Nibori started laughing. "I'm sorry Kurama, just because I'm a business man, you think I'm a weak fighter. Come on, try to lay another hand on me." Kurama laughed back, knowing that there was much more to do. He sprung towards him, as Nibori's energy had increased, knocking Kurama to the wall, indenting his print on the wall. "Come on Kurama, give me a challenge." Kurama ran towards him, knocking him solidly in the face, as Nibori answered back with a kick to the stomach.
Kurama fell to the floor, then leaped back up. A tree unleashed from his arm, hitting Nibori straight on, cracking his nose. His nose bled, it was obviously broken. His eyes tears, as Kurama knew this was his chance for a solid attack. He ran to him, kicking him in the face, as the pray fell to the floor. Kurama came closer, as suddenly, Kurama had a burst of energy hit him in the leg, energy holding his leg down. Kurama closed his eyes, as the energy wrapped around his leg broke. Nibori stood up, wiping the blood off of his face, as well as his nose. He took in an inhale of his energy, and suddenly the ground shook a little bit, as he powered up. Muscles packing on top of muscles, as suddenly his lanky face had more color to it, had more meat to it. His nose went back to the way it was, as he looked brand new. His hair, changed, instead of the jet black it had formerly been, it had turned to a red, a blazing red with orange and yellow streaks, as suddenly, he screamed, as a huge burst of energy had flared out from his body, extending. "You like it, Youko Kurama? This is what you get when you own your own Spirit Factory. Didn't you use the tree trick when you freed all my people from the factory? Pity, running out of tricks."
"A real man gets what he earns, not steals. You're pathetic and a waste of space."
"You fool, why would you want to train when you could be the greatest demon of all? Just taking what everyone else earned!"
"I'm not a fool, I'm just warming up. It's been a while since I've looked through my gold eyes, I'm used to green. Now I can see the world for what it was when I was still like this. A horrible place, and no thanks to you I was caught and turned into Shuichi. And besides, a true demon trains to become better, not take other's honor. So you best be ready to feel my wrath."
Youko Kurama closed his eyes, focusing hard, trying to use his energy to prepare for his next attack. "What? Already burnt out?"
"You should know better than that Nibori." Kurama said silently, eyes still close focusing. "You've fought me more than this, I'm disappointed. Underestimating is never a good thing."
"Well, I'm sorry but I've killed many humans before, I feel that you will be no different."
Kurama stayed silent for a minute, then silently spoke. "Then here's something that no human will be able to do!" Suddenly, the ground started shaking, shaking hard. The floor started breaking, and pieces flying upward. Kurama stood still, looking down, as suddenly his eyes shot up at Nibori, having full contact and full focus. Nibori was looking all around, trying to figure out what was happening. He glanced at Kurama, seeing a hateful look in Kurama's beautiful golden eyes.
"That's enough, now you die!" Nibori said, running straight on to Kurama. The ground uplifting still, as rocks started directing everywhere. Everything was being broken, rocks being pummeled in the air, shot down towards Nibori. Nibori quickly dodged, punching a few, trying to make his way towards Kurama.
"Geeze, when Kurama's mad he really lets you know it." Yusuke remarked, as Kuwabara falls over in the background from the shaking. They all step back, going under the stairs, out of dangers way.
"How didn't I pick up Kurama's energy? I've never felt him so powerful!" Kuwabara said, trying to get back up.
"It's because he can hide it, you idiot." Hiei said. "He's a thief. If Youko Kurama would have his energy shown, do you think he could have done all the things he's done? He'd be caught within 5 seconds if he energy was shown you moron."
Suddenly, the shaking stopped, as Kurama's focus was still on Nibori. Hiei looked around, finally realizing what Kurama was about to do. "He's... going to do it. He's going to do his trade make move."
"I thought his trade mark was his rose whip!" Yusuke said, screaming. "What the fuck is this supposed to be!"
"Fool, rose whip is Shuichi's trade mark... this is Youko now."
Nibori suddenly took a deep breath, thinking whatever Kurama tried doing failed. "As I said before, your human side is bringing you down."
"On the alternative, it might be making me stronger." Kurama said, still maintaining eye contact. Suddenly, a large green stalk had risen from the ground, going higher, higher, past all of them, towards the ceiling of the room. Suddenly, it burst open, as red, yellow, blue, green, purple, pink, orange, every color imaginable had shown on the petals of these flowers. Kurama didn't look up, he kept his focus on Nibori. Didn't let anything distract him. Nibori stared at the large creature, as it moved, opening the middle, pollen spraying, making a screen, so nobody could see. Kurama, although, has Nibori's spirit locked on, keeping contact with him, no matter where he moves.
The creatures vast center opened, revealing large teeth in a circle around it, as two eyes appeared on the upper two petals, as these fierce red eyes locked on Nibori. "I have now locked my target." A deep voice said, as it started swaying back and forth.
"Kurama, what the fuck is this?" Nibori screeched, as the creature started getting wider, as it was starting to move closer to the pair, in between the two combatants.
"This is the Jigaderu Hyakka. It locks onto you and betrays you as much as you've betrayed others. It takes whoever in the room has the most betrayals on their soul, and will double the amount of pain that you caused others. It's a combination of many different colors, sizes, and it picks out it's appearance for the sinner. You're disgusting, and you don't deserve to around. Go to hell where you belong, it's been too long that you've been around, kegarawashii buta." Suddenly, the flower was so massive, spreading along the room, taking up almost three fourths of the room, as the teeth of the creature has enlarged completely, as suddenly, the creature's beautiful green stem turned black, with red sparks shooting up it, you could see right through the stem, as the red shot up from the top. The flower petals faced flat, looking upwards as the red had come out. Suddenly, red sparks were flying everywhere, as the red all turned into white, as now white was spreading throughout the room. They were souls, traveling around the room, wistfully screaming at Nibori, telling him how honor-less he was. The souls started coming towards him, as his red energy vanished, as the white souls all took bits of spirit energy away from him. He was finally defenseless, as he fell to the ground, his ripping muscles suddenly vanishing, the beautiful red hair with orange and yellow streaks, fell out, revealing a bald man. The plant finally moved it's petals downward, locking on his target. Kurama's eyes closed, as he teleported a message to the plant, as the plant suddenly opened it's fierce mouth even more. "This is your betray, the people you killed. The people you effected will bring you to hell. This is your last moment, so take it in quick, before you get eaten, Kurama beats you, for good." The final words of the beautiful plant, created off of it's prey's soul, their crimes. The plant swayed down, as the teeth hit the ground, surrounding Nibori on the inside, trapping him in while he sucked out any remaining energy. Suddenly, the plant closed, petals wrapping around, underneath the teeth, as you heard a vivid scream, the cry of fear.
"I love that sound, the cry of fear." Kurama turned around, walking to his team mates. "He's being tortured for all his crimes right now. In a minute or so, the plant will engulf him, sticking his teeth into the body of the poor lost man." Kurama looked at the plant, proud of this creation. "I've never seen it act this barbaric before. Sweet innocent plant, having to be revealed to the evils of this man."
Suddenly, you heard a crack, as the plant devoured it's meal, as it shot up in the air, as he shot out the skull, landing at Youko Kurama's feet. The plant slowly started shrinking, as it hit the ground, turning into a red seed.
"Wait a second, I saw that seed on something... when did you use a seed?"
"This seed was on my first attack, on the vine from my arm when I pierced it into his body. As I was trying to distract him from realizing the seed went into the body, I faught on, let him think he was winning. Then, I realized it was time because a shot of red energy had shot up from his energy. You couldn't see it, or him. He figured it was just more of his own energy. That's when I knew to start."
"Once again, planning ahead works for you." Yusuke said. "You're a genius."
Suddenly, the silver spirit fox had started to die down, as the human, Shuichi Minamino started to appear once again. "And once again, I must leave my true self, and I will discover away to escape my prison inside of Shuichi."
Authors Note:
Hey, sorry i haven't updated in a while... between writers block wit this story & just stress i haven't been able to update. R&R! Next up will be Kuwabara's fight!