Repreview: Three of the Saint Beasts have been destroyed. What will happen to the other three? Its Kuwabara verses Bayako in this chapter of Yu Yu Hakusho Revised.
Last time we saw Kuwabara was when he was getting his butt kicked by Bayako, the white tiger. Let's see what's happening now
" Hey Bayako! I'm gonna kick your butt!" Kuwabara said as he swung his Spirit Sword at the giant white tiger.
" Really? The only thing you seem to be doing is making me stronger!" Bayako laughed.
" Not this time!" Kuwabara said unleashing his Spirit Sword once again.
" Your puny attacks have no effect on me human." Bayako said laughing.
" That tiger looks familiar . . . " Kitty thought to herself as she watched the fight in the shelter of Hiei's arms. " He looks like someone I used to know . . . but who?"
" Kitty, you okay?" Hiei said as Kitty moved his arm closer around her.
" I'm fine . . . just thinking." she replied looking into his eyes.
" Okay . . . what are you thinking about?" Hiei asked smiling.
" That tiger looks familiar, like I know him from somewhere . . . " Kitty said hugging Hiei's arm closer to her as Bayako unleashed a powerful blast of fire.
Hiei sheltered Kitty from the blast with his other arm. He then rested his head in her hair.
" You think you met him in your other life?" Hiei asked Kitty.
" Wait, . . . yes that's where I know him from! He's my uncle on my dad's side. Uncle Bayaki. My dad never claimed him as a family member though. Said that I took after him because I was a cat demon. Still don't know where I got my ice and wind powers though . . . " Kitty said looking up into Hiei's eyes.
" Your uncle? That's a surprise. You're related to one of the Saint Beasts. And the stupid oaf is getting beat by him. That's kind of ironic." Hiei said looking back down into her eyes.
" Kurama, doesn't that Bayako look like my Uncle Bayaki?" Kitty asked Kurama right before Kuwabara came flying over toward them.
" Yes . . . now that you mention it . . . he kind of does fit your description of him." Kurama said dodging the air born Kuwabara.
" Hey Kuwabara, maybe you should let Yusuke fight. You're taking too long in beating this guy." Kitty said looking down at Kuwabara who was laying on the ground beat up.
" I'm fine, tabby. Shut up and leave me alone!!" Kuwabara said getting up just as a fire blast came their way.
Hiei pulled Kitty out of the way just in time.
" That was too close for comfort. Thanks Hiei." Kitty said hugging his arm closer to her.
" It's okay . . . " Hiei said putting his other arm around her and hugging her close to him.
"Ummhmm." Kitty said putting her head underneath his chin.
Hiei just smiled and laid his chin in her hair, it was still damp from her fight with Sora.
" Kuwabara! The only thing your doing is getting your ass pounded into the ground! Let me fight him!" Yusuke yelled again as Kuwabara was thrown into a door and flew through it.
Bayako followed him and the gang heard screaming. They ran in to see what had happened. Kitty ran in and stopped short just inside the door and screamed.
" Kitty are you okay? What is it?" Hiei said running in behind her. " Oh God . . . "
He saw a room full of lava with plateaus sticking out of the lava. Kuwabara and Bayako were fighting on the plateaus.
" Welcome to my lair, the Room of Hell." Bayako said laughing as Kuwabara about slipped and fell into the lava.
" I better be careful . . . one slip up and I'll be toast, literally . . . " Kuwabara thought to himself as he caught himself just before he fell into the lava.
" Kill him! Kill him!" Kitty was yelling from the sidelines.
" Well look. I've got Kitty rooting for me." Kuwabara said smiling.
" You? I was rooting for the tiger." Kitty said looking at Kuwabara.
Kurama, Alaira, and Yusuke all got anime sweat drops and fell over anime style.
" WHAT?!! YOU WERE ROOTING FOR THE DAMN TIGER, AND NOT KUWABARA!!!" Yusuke yelled in Kitty's face, spraying her with spit.
" I guess she decided she wanted to be on the winning side, so she rooted for the tiger." Hiei said wiping Yusuke's spit off of Kitty's face.
Kitty stuck her tongue out at Yusuke. Yusuke just flicked her off.
" Wait . . . that sounded like my niece Sheena who disappeared 16 years ago." Bayako thought to himself. He then shouted, " Sheena is that you?!"
Kitty was taken back. She hadn't been called Sheena in a really long time. She didn't call back. Bayako walked over to the gang and looked at them. He asked, " Who over here is called Sheena?"
" I was, but I'm not anymore. So leave me the hell alone." Kitty said hugging Hiei's arm tighter.
Bayako reached down and picked her up by the scruff of her neck, pulling her out of Hiei's arms.
" Put me down! Put me down! You son of a bitch!" Kitty yelled flailing her arms around, claws outstretched trying to scratch Bayako.
" That's no way to talk to your uncle, Sheena." Bayako said looking Kitty over.
Kitty was still putting up a struggle biting and scratching Bayako's arm.
" Your dad was right. You may be an ice apparition but you have the attitude of your great-grandfather. You're as arrogant and stubborn as him." Bayako laughed.
" I said put me down! I don't know you!! Go away! I'm not Sheena. I'm Kitana now! So put me down before I have to hurt you!" Kitty yelled as Bayako dropped her from a height of twenty feet.
Kitty turned a complete back flip and landed on her feet un phased by the long fall. " That's not the way I had in mind but it worked." she said looking up at Bayako glaring her tail puffing up.
" You are a cat, aren't you? Your father was right." Bayako said laughing.
" I said leave me the hell alone, bastard!" Kitty said as she kicked Bayako in the shin, then she jumped behind Hiei.
" Hey Bayako! Are we gonna finish our fight or what?" Kuwabara yelled, standing where Bayako had left him.
" Right. Good luck to you Kitana who was Sheena." Bayako said as he walked back over to where Kwabara was.
" Now let's finish this!" Kuwabara said spitting into the lava.
" I agree. Let's fight." Bayako said charging at Kuwabara.
Kuwabara dodged aside. " Since you took your little break, I had time to think about your fighting strategy. I've come up with a way to counter it!!" Kuwabara laughed.
" You may have . . . " Bayako said
" Let me show you how!" Kuwabara said charging Bayako.
Kuwabara pushed Bayako into the lava. Bayako sunk beneath the surface of the lava and didn't come back up. Kuwabara had run so fast that he fell over the edge of the plateau and was hanging onto a tree that stuck out of the plateau side by a piece of his shirt.
" Guys! Someone come and help! Help me!" Kuwabara yelled.
" Maybe we should go over there . . . let's go." Yusuke said jumping across on the plateaus.
" I don't wanna go . . . I don't like lava and it's probably extremely hot over there in the middle." Kitty said grabbing onto Hiei's cloak.
" Kitty, I'll carry you across and if it's too hot I'll bring you back. Is that okay?" Hiei said looking at her.
"Yea. But you promise to bring me back if it's too hot?" Kitty asked looking back at Hiei.
" I promise. Now let's go." Hiei said sweeping her off her feet and jumping across the plateaus after Kurama who was carrying Alaira.
" Hey Kuwabara. Keep hanging in there while we come up with a plan to get you up!" Yusuke yelled down to Kuwabara.
" Now do any of you have any ideas of what to do?" Yusuke asked turning around to the gang. Kitty was still in Hiei's arms.
" Somebody could climb down and let Kwabara grab hold of their neck and then they could climb back up." Alaira suggested.
" That would work . . . but who would climb down. They need to have long fingernails to dig into the rock, and they have to be sharp too." Kurama said looking at Kitty.
" Kurama . . . don't even think it. That's too close to fire for me. I've already had one near death experience with fire, you remember. I could melt!!" Kitty said shaking her hands in front of her face.
" I know, but you're the only one here with really sharp and long claws." Kurama said looking at Kitty with big green puppy dog eyes.
" You can't do that to me! It's not fair Kurama! You know I can't say no to puppy dog eyes. Please stop! Ok . . . I'll do it. I'll save the imbecile." Kitty said.
Kurama gave Kitty a big smile and said " That's the spirit. Go on down!"
" How did I talk myself into this?" Kitty thought to herself as she carefully dropped over the edge of the plateau digging her claws into the rock.
" Come on! You're sending the smallest person down here?! Kitty can't possibly be strong enough to carry me back up!" Kuwabara yelled as he saw Kitty coming down toward him.
" Oh . . . so you don't want to be rescued? Okay. I'll just go back up then." Kitty said reversing her direction.
" That's not what I meant! Come back! Save me!" Kuwabara yelled almost letting go of the tree he clung to.
" Fine . . . you owe me though. I'm risking my life for you . . . " Kitty said climbing back down.
As she got closer to the lava, she got increasingly nervous. " Remember . . . can't lose it . . . not now . . . hang in there Kitana Sesshome Koragame . . . " Kitty thought to herself as she reached for Kuwabara's hand.
" Now put your arms around my neck." Kitty said, " Now here we begin to ascend."
" Are you sure your not gonna slip?" Kuwabara asked. He could sense Kitty's nervousness.
" I'm fine . . . just don't talk to me." Kitty said looking up. Trying really hard not to look down. She thought to herself, " Okay . . . just a couple more feet . . . just a little bit more."
" Come on Kitty. You're almost there." Kurama said biting his lower lip.
Kitty's hand reached over top of the plateau and her head popped up just after that. " Get this idiot off me. He's been blubbering the whole way up. Get him then pull me up." Kitty said looking up at Yusuke.
" Right . . . yes ma'am!" Yusuke said laughing.
" Shut up and hurry!" Kitty said as her claws began to slip.
" Kuwabara, let go of Kitty's neck and grab my hand." Yusuke said reaching his hand out.
" Fine. Here Urameshi." Kuwabara said taking his arm from around Kitty's neck and reaching it out to Yusuke.
" Good. Now that you're up. Hiei get Kitty." Yusuke said pointing at Kitty who had slipped down the rock, which was crumbling underneath her claws.
" Hurry! I'm gonna fall if you don't hurry!" Kitty screamed.
" Kitty, give me your hand." Hiei said laying on his stomach, reaching out his hand to Kitty.
" I'm scared . . . I don't wanna melt!" Kitty said taking one hand out of the rock and thrusting it into Hiei's outstretched hand.
" Good . . . now give me the other one . . . " Hiei said reaching his other hand down. Alaira held onto Hiei's ankles to keep him and Kitty from falling into the lava.
Kitty took her other hand away from the wall and put it into Hiei's other hand. She closed her eyes and held her breath.
" Alaira, pull me back." Hiei said turning his head around and looking at Alaira.
" Right. Here we go!" Alaira said pulling Hiei back from the side of the plateau.
They pulled Kitty up onto the plateau. She flung herself into Hiei's arms. Hiei just put his arms around her. He ran his hand through her hair trying to comfort her. " It's okay, Kitty." Hiei whispered into her ear.
" Hey guys. Let's get out of here before Kitty has another nerves attack." Kuwabara said pulling on Yusuke's arm.
" Yea. Hiei carry Kitty. She doesn't look like she should be walking." Yusuke said looking at Kitty's small shaking body.
Hiei just nodded his head and picked Kitty up. She buried her face in his cloak and put her arms around his neck. Hiei just followed the others out of the room, lagging a bit behind them so they couldn't hear Kitty's quiet sobs.
" Kurama, what did Kitty mean that she's already had a near death experience with fire?" Kuwabara asked quietly so Hiei or Kitty wouldn't hear him.
" I'd rather not talk about it, Kuwabara." Kurama said quietly, he put his arm around Alaira and walked away from Kuwabara to join Yusuke.
" I wonder why he doesn't want to talk about it . . . " Kuwabara thought to himself as Hiei ran up behind him and bumped into him.
" Go on. Hurry . . . the others are leaving us." Hiei said running to catch up with Yusuke, Kurama, and Alaira.
" Hey! Wait up! Wait for me!" Kuwabara yelled running after the others.
He caught up with the others standing in a room with a lot of doors.
" Hey . . . Kuwabara . . . here's a time that you can be useful. Pick a door." Yusuke said motioning Kuwabara over.
" Okay . . . " Kuwabara said concentrating his spirit awareness energy into locating the right door. " There's something evil behind this door. Something so terribly evil it's unimaginable . . . " he said walking up to the door second to their right. He flung the door open to reveal a dark hallway. the camera moves down
" Squeak!" goes a mouse sitting on the floor.
" AHHHH!!" Kuwabara screams and runs back out of the door.
" Kuwabara you really had me going. Your speech was very climatic!" Yusuke said laughing.
" Yes . . . quite." Alaira said. Everyone looked at her because she usually never insulted Kuwabara. " What? I had to throw in a line for Kitty. She still hasn't gotten over her nerves attack."
Kuwabara went up to Kitty who was still in Hiei's arms. " Kitty wake up! Whatever you've been through can't still be that scary! Cut the act!" he yelled as he hit Kitty in the back of the head.
" Kuwabara! That was uncalled for! You want to know what happened to Kitty? I'll tell you!" Alaira yelled scaring Yusuke, Kurama, Kuwabara, and Hiei. She never yelled. Kitty, who was still in Hiei's arms, put her fingers in her ears.
" Kitty and Kurama's house caught on fire when she was five, Kurama was seven. Kurama thought that Kitty had made it out. She hadn't . . . she was stuck on the second floor of her burning house . . . Kurama went back in to get her. He found her on sitting in the middle of their mom's windowless room crying and holding her head in her hands. Fire surrounded her and almost killed her. In fact she had serious burns on her arms and legs from trying to force her way through the flames in the hallway. She had to have special surgeries to hide the burn scars . . . do you understand why she's afraid of fire now? It's not only because she's an ice demon either . . . " Alaira yelled.
Kuwabara looked stunned. He had never heard about that. Yusuke was just staring at the small figure lying in Hiei's arms with disbelief. " I never knew that about her. She never told me that." Yusuke said.
" She wouldn't have told you. That's something she never talks about . . . " Kurama said going over and petting his little sister on the head. " Come on Kitty. You need to get up . . . it's okay . . . we won't talk about it again."
Kitty looked up at him. Her large hazel eyes were brimming with tears. " Okay . . . " she said quietly as she got out of the safety of Hiei's arms.
She wiped the tears from her eyes and looked at the group. She smiled and said " Let's go . . . the next Saint Beast is waiting for us."
She walked off down the hallway behind the door that Kuwabara had chosen.
" That girl really scares me . . . " Yusuke said following Kitty down the hallway. Hiei ran and caught up with Kitty. Kurama and Alaira ran to catch up with Kitty and Hiei. Kuwabara and Yusuke stayed behind a bit.
" Those four . . . it's like they're inseparable . . . like they'll always be together no matter what. They look out for each other. The only thing that holds both groups together is that Kitty is Kurama's sister . . . if it wasn't for that . . . Kitty and Hiei would be off by themselves and Kurama and Alaira would stick together . . . " Kuwabara said to Yusuke.
" Right . . . just don't hurt Kitty's feelings again or I'll join Hiei, Kurama, and Alaira in kicking your ass. I'm not about to let you hurt that girl's feelings again." Yusuke said running to catch up with the rest of the group.
" Looks like I'm all alone with this one . . . " Kuwabara said to himself as he ran to catch up with the others.
TO BE CONTINUED
Preview: Kuwabara has beaten up Kitty's Uncle Bayako, the giant white tiger. The flame Saint Beast. Will the next Saint Beast be of Ice or Lightning? Will it be Yusuke or Hiei who has to battle? To find out read the next chapter of:
YU YU HAKUSHO REVISED