Conquering All Odds

Chapter Eleven: Human Again

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Snow: Ah, yes here's another installment to the story called "Conquering All Odds" I hope you like it!

Hiei: No, they won't.

Snow: Shut up!

Disclaimer: SnowLion no Miko doesn't own Yu Yu Hakusho!

Snow: Now! ON WITH THE FICCIE!! ::dun dada duuun::

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Despite that, he walked determinedly over to the kitsune. "Meow." He purred and rubbed up against Kurama's side. He wasn't afraid anymore...he knew how he felt. He didn't know if Kurama felt the same way, but when he gets transformed back, he knew what he had to do. And he didn't care what anyone thought about it.

'I-I'm sorry, Kurama.' He thought, closing his eyes and laying beside the kitsune.

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Botan brushed some hair away from Kurama's face, he looked so peaceful. If it wasn't for him breathing, she would've thought she'd killed him when she hit him on the head with her oar.

Then she glanced at the sleeping bundle of fur laying comfortably beside Kurama's chest. Yusuke looked absolutely exhausted, probably because of the beating Kurama gave him. She noticed that Kurama's ears hadn't turned back to normal at all and became worried. What if he was still under Atsuki's control? She shuddered at the thought.

Yukina was sitting beside her and looking on, "Are they going to be okay?"

Botan was snapped out of her thoughts. "Yes, of course."

Yukina smiled at her reply. "That's good."

This made Botan nervous. She hated lying to the ice apparition. The truth is she had no idea of what was going to happen.

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Hiei blocked another blow with his katana. Atsuki saw that the fire youkai was edging nearer and nearer to the side of the cliff, and looked like he was about to fall off to his doom. He smirked and struck him with his axe. "Damn it." Hiei cursed.

"Now, now then," Atsuki taunted. "Do you want those to be your last words?" He smiled sadistically and blocked his katana with a swipe of his broad weapon.

Hiei backed up some; his foot was nearing the edge. Atsuki struck his katana again with his axe. Hiei grunted at the massive strength of the impact, he couldn't believe it...Atsuki was pushing him back!

Hiei's black clad foot balanced on the edge of the cliff. Suddenly, some of the rock underneath him began to crumble. Hiei's eyes widened...

...and he fell.

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Genkai ran through the fog, "Where is the bastard?!" She said to herself as she ran faster. She turned a corner and felt her body connect with something. "Oof!" She exclaimed as she fell to the ground. She squinted her eyes to get a better look at the "wall" that had stopped her.

"Kuwabara?!" Genkai said in a rage.

Kuwabara turned around dumbfounded. "Huh, oh, hey Genkai!" He smiled in a dopey way.

"Have you seen any trace of Atsuki?" Genkai asked.

"No, not at all." Kuwabara stated simply, scratching his head.

"Let's go, we have to find him...and Hiei." Genkai said, running off with Kuwabara following.

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They had only been running for a few minutes when Genkai spotted something glowing in the distance. She ran to it. There in front of her was a regular wooden brush. It glowed with an evil black aura. In its bristles were strands of red hair. Curiously, Genkai reached out to it. Then out of nowhere a ray of black energy shot out and zapped Genkai's wrinkled hand. "Ah!" The master of the Spirit Wave gasped in shock and backed away. She brought her hand to her face and looked at it. In the area between her index finger and thumb was a rather large bloody wound.

"Are you alright?!" Kuwabara exclaimed walking over to her.

"Yes, I'm fine." Genkai reassured him. Then it hit her. "Oh, no..." She muttered under her breath.

"What?"

"When Botan came and got me, she said that Atsuki could control people if he had a sample of their DNA like blood or hair." She pointed to the brush. "So...the neko is controlling Kurama."

"Wha?! How did you know that?!" Kuwabara gasped in shock.

"Duh, moron, who else has long red hair?" Genkai said blatantly.

"Oh, yeah!" Kuwabara chuckled nervously.

"So we have to destroy the brush."

"Why?"

"Because the only way to get Kurama back to his normal self is to destroy the item of power, in this case it is a comb." Genkai said, rubbing her temples in aggravation.

"Oh, okay." Kuwabara said; the information was finally sinking in.

"What are you waiting for? Use that Spirit Sword of yours and destroy it." Genkai commanded.

"Alright." Kuwabara said, his eyes were determined. He held out his hand and a ball orange light formed in the palm of it. He grabbed the ball and it morphed into a sword. He charged at the brush and slashed with his sword, the two pieces of the item fell to the ground, the aura dissipated as well.

"Yup! That's me the great Kazuma Kuwabara! Fighter of Love and protector of Yukina!" He smiled goofily.

"Come on lover-boy, let's go." Genkai grabbed his ear and dragged the boasting boy away.

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"Yukina look!" Botan gasped as she saw Kurama start to glow. Yukina's ruby orbs glanced at the kitsune's body.

"What's happening to him?!" She exclaimed, jumping up. "Is he getting more powerful? Is he evolving?"

"He's not a Pokemon, Yukina."

"Oh, eh heh heh." The ice apparition laughed.

Kurama floated in the air, his ears moved back down his head and turned into the normal pink human ears. The tail shrank back into his normal spine. His long claws turned back into dull human fingernails. Yusuke looked up in awe as he was slowly lowered back to the ground.

Botan and Yukina rushed over to the kitsune. Botan felt his ears. "He's back to normal, Yukina!"

"Yay!" Yukina cheered.

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Hiei fell for what seemed like forever, he then sunk his sword into the side of the cliff. "Heh." He smirked. Using the sword, the flung himself back to the top of the cliff. Where Atsuki awaited him.

The stupid cat didn't think that Hiei would be finished that easily. If he did, he was a fool.

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Atsuki looked down at the steep cliff where Hiei had met his doom. He laughed to himself, that is until Hiei came zooming up the side of the cliff. His sword was drawn. When he reached the top, in mid-air he smiled creepily at the demon and sank his sword into the flesh of the neko's stomach.

Hiei jumped onto the ground. Atsuki's blood splattered on the cold ground. A satisfied smirk made its way onto the jaganshi's face. Atsuki fell to the ground and Hiei walked over to him.

"Now, what can turn Yusuke back into a person?!" He demanded, positioning the sword at Atsuki's throat.

"Why, Hiei, it's all over the ground..." Atsuki trailed off and closed his eyes, never to open them again.

"All over the ground?" Hiei repeated to himself, then he realized. "His blood." He said, kneeling next to his body.

"Thank you," He uttered. "For a good fight."

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"Yukina, I have to take Yusuke and Kurama to the Shinjuku forest to meet Genkai and the others there." Botan said. "Umm I don't know if you would like to..."

"I'm fine, Botan." Yukina smiled. "I'll just go home to Genkai's temple and wait for her return."

"Okay." Botan smiled. She donned her oar, she placed Kurama on the back of it and the little kitten in her lap. "See ya later."

"Bye!" Yukina called to her as she flew out the door.

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"Hiei!" Botan called out to the fire youkai. She flew above him on her oar with the unconscious kitsune on her oar, caused the demon to quirk an eyebrow.

"What happened to the fox?" He called up to her. Botan flew downward to get level with him.

"He was being controlled by Atsuki." She smiled, but her cheery exterior faded when she saw the mentioned demon all bloody on the ground. "You did this?"

"Yes." He said simply. "Did Kurama do anything to hurt anyone while he was under Atsuki's control?"

Botan opened her mouth to say something, but clamped it tightly shut when she realized. 'Oh no! If I tell him that he held a knife to Yukina's throat, he'll never forgive him!'

"He held a knife to Yukina's throat?!" He raged.

'Oh crap, I forgot he was a telepath!' Botan thought, embarrassed at her foolishness.

"You could've told me." Hiei was surprisingly calm with his answer. "As long as she wasn't hurt, I'm fine." Hiei walked over to the kitsune and brushed away some of his hair from his face. Then turned to look at the kitten aka Yusuke Urameshi.

"So, detective, I know the antidote." Hiei smirked when he saw the cat's eyes widen in surprise. "But should I tell it to you, or not?" He smiled evilly.

'He wouldn't! Ohhhh damn it, I'm gonna get him for this!' Yusuke thought madly as he jumped off of Botan's lap and landed in front of Hiei. 'First he flirts with Kurama in front of me and NOW he's threatening to not let me be human again!'

"I think I'll tell you," Hiei reached down and picked up the small animal when he heard the shouts of Kuwabara and Genkai, who had just reached them.

Hiei turned around and faced them. "Well, well, well, you two are too late." He said, turning back around. "I've already disposed of Atsuki..."

"Mmn." Kurama moaned as he opened his eyes and looked around. "Where am I? And why does my head feel like I was hit with a speeding baseball? Why is Yuki here?"

"And he gave me the antidote for Yusuke." Hiei smirked, carrying the puzzled kitten over to a pool of Atsuki's blood. He sat the small animal down and commanded. "Drink it. It's the only way to turn you back." He then walked back to Botan and stood beside her.

Yusuke looked taken aback by this; he didn't want to drink blood of all things. Maybe an alcoholic beverage, but not blood. But if it could revert him back to his human form, he was willing to do anything, even if it meant drinking the blood of a cat demon.

Yusuke sighed and leaned his head over the pool of blood; he could faintly see his own reflection in the crimson liquid. He lowered his head and began to lap up the thick fluid with his tongue.

The instant the first few tastes of blood touched his tongue, he felt a wave of nausea wash over him. Maybe this was some kind of sick joke that Hiei was playing on him? But he didn't think Hiei would lie to him. He was far too loyal.

Suddenly, his body was enveloped in a bright blue light and he was lifted into the air. He felt his limbs lengthen and the fur recede to become pink flesh. His ears changed from pointy and furry to soft and fleshy. The rest of his cat features morphed into his human appearance and he was lowered to the ground, his back was facing Botan and the others.

"I-It worked." He was shocked by the resonating sound of his own voice; he hadn't talked in such a long time. He stared at his hands; he hadn't seen those hands in so long. He felt his face; it was real, this really happened to him. His thoughts were interrupted by the snickering of his friends and then he heard Genkai.

"Nice ass, Yusuke!" She fell over in laughter. Even Hiei couldn't suppress a chuckle. Kurama just looked away and blushed in a mixture of confusion and embarrassment. Botan was giggling and blocking what she saw with her kimono sleeve and Kuwabara was saying something about sexual harassment.

Yusuke looked down and realized what they were laughing at, "Oh sweet kami..." His face blushed a deep crimson as he covered his "manly" part with his hands and turned around.

"Does anyone have a pair of pants I can borrow?!"

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Snow: HA HA HA!! ::rolls over laughing:: Yusuke the streaker!

Yusuke: I AM HUMAN! ::runs around naked::

Snow: My innocent eyes... ::covers eyes with Hiei's cloak::

Hiei: Let go of that! ::grabs::

Snow: See ya next chappie! Please R&R!

(Um, in chapter ten, "What2callmyself" asked me "Why was Yusuke sorry?" Well, he was sorry that he put Kurama through this mess. I hope that explains it. Thanks!)

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