Neo Zaku: Sorry everyone for the late update. Fate seemed to conspire against me and have the upload system go down as soon as I had one ready.
Genkai: Stop whining and making excuses.
Neo Zaku: Hey, you're not in this chapter. You aren't even in the story yet.
Genkai: Well stop your complaining and get to writing you slacker.
Collision
Yusuke watches his opponent for a few moments. Well my spirit gun could do the trick if I could use it. Wait a minute…Yusuke looks past Deimos and smiles to himself. Well what do you know, all that is behind him right now is ocean. Slowly charging up his spirit gun he shouts.
"Well buddy, its been a blast. Sorry you have to go!" An enormous build up energy begins to collect in Yusuke's finger.
Back at the hotel Kurama suddenly gasps and then shakes his head. Looking to Botan who is looking at him worriedly he sighs.
"It seems that I was wrong about Yusuke not running into any trouble. I am sensing an enormous build of spirit energy that could only be him. It seems he is going to fire his spirit gun."
"In a crowded city!?! Is he insane?! The damage would be catastrophic, not to mention the loss of life."
"Have faith. I doubt even Yusuke would be so reckless as to fire his spirit gun if it would hit the city, no matter how dire the fight seemed to be going." Kurama says trying to comfort Botan while moving to the window. Trying to get a better fix on the location of the energy he almost misses Botans reply.
"I wouldn't be so sure about that. You were sent here to watch Yusuke because of his reckless nature. Where are you going?" She inquires watching him open the window and begin to climb out.
"To try and find Yusuke of course." Jumping off the edge his plant glider furling out behind as he falls. Gliding off into the night Botan is left watching from the room sighing.
"I just hope he can make it in time."
Deimos's sensors are climbing through the roof as he watches the young boy in front of him gather an enormous amount of energy. Red warnings begin flashing in his vision that the present levels of energy represent an extreme threat to himself and the surrounding area. Shifting his position in the sand he waits. Raising his hands up he begins shifting resources over to the devices implanted in his palms.
"Nice form but it's not going to save you. Spirit Gun!" A massive ball of blue energy launches from Yusukes finger, causing some of the sand to be turned into glass as it flies towards Deimos. Smashing into his palms Deimos immediately begins trying to siphon the immense energies into his own reserves. His arms strain and begin to buckle against the raw force being applied against them. Even shunting all the stolen energy to healing was proving insufficient as he couldn't use it up fast enough. Warning, energy reserves reaching critical levels. Please disengage power consumption and run off reserves only. Failure to do so could result in damage to vital circuits. His internal sensors warn.
Yusuke can only stare as he watches Deimos catch the blast. "The crazy bastard is going to try and take it head on. Well he's got some serious balls, I'll give him that. Not a lot of brains but definitely balls." His surprise only grows as he watches the blast begins to shrink to about half size over the course of about a minute.
Deimos tries to throw himself to the side of the blast before his own energy reserves overload. Leaving his left arm up continuing to absorb energy he activates his chronometer, slowing his own perception of time immensely. His cyborg body was faster then his human mind could properly utilize. By slowing his own perception of time, he could be as fast as his body truly was. It unfortunatelyisvery energy consuming during and disorienting afterward. However at present energy was not in short supply. Even dodging inhumanely fast to the side the edge of the blast still catches his left arm and part of his torso pushing him into the water. The spirit gun blast continues flying out seaward, creating a wave of displaced water as it flies to the horizon. People across the city look out their windows in shock as something blue and glowing hurtles across the bay.
Kurama glides towards the bay, giving him a birds eye view of the blast. Watching it fly out to sea he sighs with relief. "At least he had enough sense to fire it away from the city and the bridge as well. I can't imagine how Koenma would have reacted to Yusuke destroying something like that."
Yusuke began smirking and then begun to shake his head. "Gotta admit, he definitely gave me a workout." Looking out over the ocean waters which had begun to calm down and return to their normal motions he realizes something "Oh crap, half the city had to have seen that blast. And I know Kurama sensed it…" His attention is grabbed by a few bubbles appearing on the surface near shore. "Must just be some fish." Turning around he groans as he hears the sound of water being displaced. Turning back to the sea he looks and sees Deimos standing there. His left arm is nearly melted off and a fair sized chunk of his torso had been torn apart by the blast but he is still very much alive. Even as Yusuke watches the damage was beginning to repair itself. "What the Hell does it take to kill you?!?" He shouts at Deimos.
Deimos could hear Yusuke but only barely. His human mind still registered damage to his body as pain. Even with the powerful chemicals being introduced into his system he is still only barely maintaining consciousness. His living metal skin had saved his internal organs from the brunt of the attack but not all of it. One of his lungs was currently useless and his left arm would not be useable for several minutes. Internal sensor began doing diagnostics but Deimos didn't need their reports to tell him he was royally fucked up. Wading as best he could through the waist deep water he begins to make his way towards shore. Internally he is hoping that Yusuke doesn't have another one of those up his sleeve. Suddenly he hears his sensors warn. Due to the extreme threat posed by the enemy Ragnarok protocol will be initialized. All upper cerebral functions will cease for the duration. Ragnarok protocol engage. Deimos suddenly is lost to the deep dark of sleep.
Yusuke is still slightly stunned that Deimos had survived taking a spirit gun blast head on. "Ok, you're a tough bastard I'll give you that. How about we just go our separate ways for now so we don't end up destroying the city." Deimos's head drops down, his face no longer visible as Yusuke watches. "Maybe he passed out standing up. I mean I've Kurama pull that one off before." As Deimos's head begins to straighten itself Yusuke grumbles "No such luck."
Deimos's energy suddenly flares immensely, spirit energy and demon energy all mixing together. His wounds heal over nearly immediately as Yusuke gasps. Not moving he remains still for what seems like forever but is only in reality about 20 seconds. Back in the government facility that served as the staging ground for Deimos, technicians hurry to and from machines trying to regain control, contact, anything. This protocol wasn't in any of the blueprints or schematics, something was very wrong. Staring at Yusuke his one natural eye is blank, soulless. Like all the life and mind of the person had been swept away. The artificial eye is glowing an intensely bright red and it stares directly at Yusuke.
"Oh this can't be good." Yusuke manages to groan right before Deimos launches himself impossibly fast at Yusuke. "What the…" Suddenly Yusuke is on the defensive, attempting to ward off a fury of blows. "When did you suddenly become like Hiei?!?" Yusuke shouts causing a momentary distraction that Deimos capitalizes on. A devastating right hook suddenly snakes past Yusuke's defenses and catches him squarely in the jaw. Flying through the air Yusuke skims across some sand before impacting into the stone wall before the streets. Launching onto his feet Yusuke curses. Damn, suddenly he's become a lot faster and way stronger. Rubbing his jaw his runs towards Deimos launching a counter-offensive series of extremely rapid punches. Deimos's hands move to catch each blow in his palms. As Deimos does so Yusuke can feel himself wearing out way too fast. Why the Hell am I getting so tired? We haven't even been fighting that long. And he seems to just keep getting stronger while I'm… wait a minute. I've seen this trick before, when Kuwabara fought that Byako thing. He absorbed Kuwabara's spirit sword energy to make himself stronger while weakening Kuwabara. This punk is just going to wear me out then finish me off. Suddenly inspiration hits Yusuke like a ton of bricks as another one of Deimos's puncheslands squarely onhis chest. Ducking under Deimos follow up Yusuke quickly stands in the position required for the Spirit Wave. Haven't used this one for a while, hope it does the trick. As he energy flares Deimos governed only by instinct and the programming of his battle systems tries to jump back as Yusuke drives his fist into Deimos's stomach. "Spirit Wave!" A beam of intense energy launches Deimos skyward as Yusuke raises his finger and takes aim. "Lets see if you can take both barrels asshole! Spirit Gun Double!" Twin balls of light fire in rapid succession into Deimos who manages to try and block with his palms as he is hurtled skyward, higher and higher until he and the balls of light vanish into the sky. News channels all across the United States suddenly begin airing reports of a strange light phenomenon being seen all across the country. Plopping down into the sand Yusuke huffs for a few moments before Kurama shows up. Sensing the fox demon land near him Yusuke smiles and turns still sitting. "Hey Kurama, got here too late."
"Yusuke we must hurry and get away from here." Kurama says angrily grabbing Yusuke's arm.
"Calm down Kurama, I got him." Yusuke gives his usual smirk and thumbs up. "So don't worry"
"I am more worried about the authorities arriving. Surely they saw at least one, if not both blasts and have probably traced it's path back to here. And while nothing they could bring here could catch either of us remember we are supposed to keep knowledge of the supernatural to a minimum. Using our powers to escape would not only end up with many people being hurt but runs the risk of exposing knowledge of the supernatural spreading." Tossing Yusuke into an alley. "But your recklessness aside we have another problem. Kuwabara and Hiei have both gone missing."
"What? How could anyone catch those two? Even a high level demon would have a tough time of it. For all we make fun of Kuwabara he isn't exactly helpless and Hiei is most definitely anything but helpless." Yusuke retorts tilting his head to look around the corner.
"They both disappeared somewhere in demon world. Apparently it was Hiei's idea and it somehow involved Kuwabara. I don't know what Hiei is up to, but they have been missing for nearly two weeks now and some of the lower class demons are beginning to catch wind of the fact there's no spirit detective in Japan."
"Well our case here is pretty much a wrap. Lets head back, smash some demon heads and then find Kuwabara and Hiei." Yusuke replies running back towards the hotel.
