Did you like the twist at the end of the last chapter? What do you mean you saw it coming? Oh, fine then, next time I'll really surprise you: I'll have Yusuke attacked by a giant hamburger. Or maybe not. If you want me to keep writing this piece, you gotta review!
I do not own any YYH characters. They belong to their author/creator Yoshihiro Togashi. The "Black Widow" name is also used by Marvel; I don't know anything about that character, so any similarities beyond name are completely coincidental.
Kura's body began to tremble, and sweat broke out all over her. She raised her hands and wiggled the fingers as if playing Cat's Cradle with invisible string, but nothing happened.
Scorpion laughed and laughed and laughed. "You didn't think I'd let some uppity bitch like you boss me around for long, did you? How do you feel, sweetheart? I've been told my poison is incredibly painful. Of course, what's more important is that it makes you lose control of your reiki." The demon made a wide circle around Urameshi to avoid all of the threads, then approached his fallen partner. "Tell me, honey, how does it feel to be helpless?
"Goddamned coward," she hissed. "You don't have the guts to do this without backing. Who hired you, freak?" Scorpion landed a kick in her stomach, driving the stinger deeper into her vitals. Black Widow curled up into a fetal position, but didn't make a sound.
"Same ones who hired you, bitch. I have signature of every Guild Senior on the contract to kill you." He grabbed her chin, forced her too look into his beady eyes. "You don't know how long I've been waiting for this moment, Kira . . . If you cooperate, I won't hurt you--much--before the poison kills you. Or, you can struggle, and I'll find out just how many of your bones I can break before you die of shock." The Scorpion leered at her, his deformed, bumpy face inches from hers. "I hope you'll struggle. I've never found it as interesting to screw a girl as torture her.
Kira's finger's curled around the kodachi's handle; with a jerk, she stabbed at the demon's stomach, where his armor was softer. The knife scored the armor, but couldn't cut deep enough to draw blood; the tip jammed and broke off. Scorpion was forced to back off for a moment, and Kira scrambled to her feet and away from him. She backed away, towards Yusuke.
Scorpion sneered, "You think the boy would help you, even if he could? You tried to kill him, remember?
Kira shrugged painfully. "Don't you remember? ÔMy enemy's enemy . . .'
"Then say ÔGoodbye' to your new friend!" The second tail struck, aiming for Yusuke's heart. The Spirit Detective never saw her crouch and jump, only saw her flying through the air in front of him. Then she fell to the ground and lay still. The second stinger was buried in her right shoulder. She was breathing hard.
"What do you think you've accomplished?" Scorpion hissed, "You're still going to die.
He was shocked by the serene smile on Kira's face. "Everyone dies," she whispered, "but you'll die before me.
"WHAT?
"When a wolf is caught in a trap, he'll gnaw off his own foot to free himself. You're a coward; you couldn't understand." The dying youkai looked up at Yusuke. "It's up to you now, Urameshi.
The threads dissolved, dropping the Spirit Detective to the ground. Before his feet touched, he screamed "SHOTGUN!" and hit Scorpion with a barrage of shots. They bounced harmlessly off his armor. "Kuso!" Urameshi swore.
The female demon was saying something. Yusuke crouched down to hear her. "Aim for the belly. His armor is softer. And . . . the back of the neck. There's a gap . . ." She coughed up some blood. "Watch the tails . . . no more poison, but . . . still dangerous.
Scorpion roared and lashed out with his tails, smashing up the concrete where the two had been a moment before. Yusuke, who had scooped up Kira out of instinct, heard her berating him in a whisper: "Baka! I'm already dead. Don't bother with me." He could feel her struggling to breathe; her body was shaking. One stinger was still deep inside her belly; the other was buried in her left shoulder. Both wounds were bleeding steadily. Yusuke couldn't help but notice that when her strange eyes were closed, she looked very human.
Urameshi propped Kira up against one of the walls and charged Scorpion. Aim for the belly or the back of the neck, hmm? The youkai wouldn't know what had hit him.
Rapid-fire punches and kicks from all directions confused and angered the demon, but didn't seem to harm him. Even on the belly, the creature's skin was just too thick. He sent off his spirit gun at point-blank range at the back of his neck, but it tilted its head back to close the gap in the armor. Yusuke was getting desperate: his reigann wasn't inexhaustible.
Scorpion lowered his head and charged the Spirit Detective, then froze in his tracks and roared, "You BITCH!" He whirled to face his former partner, scrabbling with his clawed hands at the hilt of the kodachi stuck deep into the gap in the armor; it wedged the crack open.
Yusuke saw his chance. The blast from his spirit gun entered the crack and exploded inside the monster's head. Eyes wide, Scorpion's corpse crashed to the ground.
I do not own any YYH characters. They belong to their author/creator Yoshihiro Togashi. The "Black Widow" name is also used by Marvel; I don't know anything about that character, so any similarities beyond name are completely coincidental.
Kura's body began to tremble, and sweat broke out all over her. She raised her hands and wiggled the fingers as if playing Cat's Cradle with invisible string, but nothing happened.
Scorpion laughed and laughed and laughed. "You didn't think I'd let some uppity bitch like you boss me around for long, did you? How do you feel, sweetheart? I've been told my poison is incredibly painful. Of course, what's more important is that it makes you lose control of your reiki." The demon made a wide circle around Urameshi to avoid all of the threads, then approached his fallen partner. "Tell me, honey, how does it feel to be helpless?
"Goddamned coward," she hissed. "You don't have the guts to do this without backing. Who hired you, freak?" Scorpion landed a kick in her stomach, driving the stinger deeper into her vitals. Black Widow curled up into a fetal position, but didn't make a sound.
"Same ones who hired you, bitch. I have signature of every Guild Senior on the contract to kill you." He grabbed her chin, forced her too look into his beady eyes. "You don't know how long I've been waiting for this moment, Kira . . . If you cooperate, I won't hurt you--much--before the poison kills you. Or, you can struggle, and I'll find out just how many of your bones I can break before you die of shock." The Scorpion leered at her, his deformed, bumpy face inches from hers. "I hope you'll struggle. I've never found it as interesting to screw a girl as torture her.
Kira's finger's curled around the kodachi's handle; with a jerk, she stabbed at the demon's stomach, where his armor was softer. The knife scored the armor, but couldn't cut deep enough to draw blood; the tip jammed and broke off. Scorpion was forced to back off for a moment, and Kira scrambled to her feet and away from him. She backed away, towards Yusuke.
Scorpion sneered, "You think the boy would help you, even if he could? You tried to kill him, remember?
Kira shrugged painfully. "Don't you remember? ÔMy enemy's enemy . . .'
"Then say ÔGoodbye' to your new friend!" The second tail struck, aiming for Yusuke's heart. The Spirit Detective never saw her crouch and jump, only saw her flying through the air in front of him. Then she fell to the ground and lay still. The second stinger was buried in her right shoulder. She was breathing hard.
"What do you think you've accomplished?" Scorpion hissed, "You're still going to die.
He was shocked by the serene smile on Kira's face. "Everyone dies," she whispered, "but you'll die before me.
"WHAT?
"When a wolf is caught in a trap, he'll gnaw off his own foot to free himself. You're a coward; you couldn't understand." The dying youkai looked up at Yusuke. "It's up to you now, Urameshi.
The threads dissolved, dropping the Spirit Detective to the ground. Before his feet touched, he screamed "SHOTGUN!" and hit Scorpion with a barrage of shots. They bounced harmlessly off his armor. "Kuso!" Urameshi swore.
The female demon was saying something. Yusuke crouched down to hear her. "Aim for the belly. His armor is softer. And . . . the back of the neck. There's a gap . . ." She coughed up some blood. "Watch the tails . . . no more poison, but . . . still dangerous.
Scorpion roared and lashed out with his tails, smashing up the concrete where the two had been a moment before. Yusuke, who had scooped up Kira out of instinct, heard her berating him in a whisper: "Baka! I'm already dead. Don't bother with me." He could feel her struggling to breathe; her body was shaking. One stinger was still deep inside her belly; the other was buried in her left shoulder. Both wounds were bleeding steadily. Yusuke couldn't help but notice that when her strange eyes were closed, she looked very human.
Urameshi propped Kira up against one of the walls and charged Scorpion. Aim for the belly or the back of the neck, hmm? The youkai wouldn't know what had hit him.
Rapid-fire punches and kicks from all directions confused and angered the demon, but didn't seem to harm him. Even on the belly, the creature's skin was just too thick. He sent off his spirit gun at point-blank range at the back of his neck, but it tilted its head back to close the gap in the armor. Yusuke was getting desperate: his reigann wasn't inexhaustible.
Scorpion lowered his head and charged the Spirit Detective, then froze in his tracks and roared, "You BITCH!" He whirled to face his former partner, scrabbling with his clawed hands at the hilt of the kodachi stuck deep into the gap in the armor; it wedged the crack open.
Yusuke saw his chance. The blast from his spirit gun entered the crack and exploded inside the monster's head. Eyes wide, Scorpion's corpse crashed to the ground.