Chapter 12: Walk on the Wilde Side Part II

Bayville Mall, Music Store

On one side of the store, Tabitha popped in her favorite CD into the huge stereo, and her favorite song went on. The song was loud enough to echo half-way down the mall, and Tabitha started dancing…

I'm just your sweet next-door neighbor

I do it on a told

And I never cause any trouble

I'm so much more than meets the eye

But there's something that I keep deep in side

Tabitha danced over to Amara who was trying on some black sunglasses and pulled her away, then went over to Jean and they all went into the clothing department. Jean went to grab a red shirt, but Tabitha pulled her away and grabbed a black shirt and pulled her towards the dressing room. Then they all walked out of the store with bags in their hand, put on rollerblades and stopped some teens from tagging a wall.

Don't mess with my kind

Don't play with my mind

I'm only a girl but I can move the world

Don't put me down

Or kick me to the ground

I'll be up in a flash

A superhuman blast

Tabitha then convinced Keiko and Kitty to join their group, and later that day they stopped a purse snatcher with Kitty phasing through a brick wall and Keiko invisibly kicking him high. Back at the mall they convinced Botan and Rogue to join their group, and decided to get their outfits all set.

I may be out to have a little bit of fun

I've got a life of my own and it's just begun

I've got powers you can't deny

Treat me wrong, and I'm gone

In a blink of an eye

Tabitha was wearing a one piece black tank top, with black jeans and high rise boots. Jean was wearing a black vest tank top with black jeans. Keiko was wearing a black parker over her new black tube top with black shorts. Botan was wearing a black kimono she brought from Spirit World. Amara was dressed in a different style of black tank top, red gloves and boots were accompanied by black pants. Due to her powers, Rogue wore a black jacket over her tank top with long black pants and boots. Kitty was wearing a black tank top and black jeans that stopped right under her knees. Finally, Tabitha, Jean, Keiko, Botan, Rogue, and Kitty had black gloves on and they all had sunglasses on and were wearing their hair back.

Ohh…

Don't mess with my kind
Don't play with my mind
I'm only a girl
But I can move the world
Don't put me down
Or kick me to the ground
I'll be up in a flash
My superhuman blast

Rogue stopped a guy from stealing a car by knocking him out with her absorbing powers. Botan formed an oar and slammed it at a guy's head who had stolen a mountain bike. Jean used her telekinesis to pull a guy right back to them who had stolen a purse from an old lady, and they all phased back into the wall before anyone knew what happened.

Don't mess with my kind
Don't play with my mind
I'm only a girl
But I can move the world
Don't put me down
Or kick me to the ground
I'll be up in a flash
My superhuman blast

They began to dance around the store when the song began to wind down, and when it was over, they fell down laughing. They all walked out of the mall, done for the day at what needed to be done. Tabitha took her CD out and they all walked out of the mall.

Kuwabara, Evan, and Bobby entered a little later, and Kuwabara was carrying with him his own music. Putting in a 3 Doors Down CD, Kuwabara tuned to the song…Kryptonite.

"Yeah…let's get started!" Kuwabara cheered as the guitar started playing.

I took a walk around the world to
Ease my troubled mind
I left my body laying somewhere
In the sands of time
I watched the world float to the dark
Side of the moon
I feel there is nothing I can do, yeah

Kuwabara grabbed a black bandana and some sunglasses, and went into the whole tough guy act with Bobby and Evan. Grabbing more black bandanas; they prepared to get their outfits ready.

I watched the world float to the
Dark side of the moon
After all I knew it had to be something
To do with you
I really don't mind what happens now and then
As long as you'll be my friend at the end

Kuwabara, Evan, and Bobby showed up at bank robbery when the thieves were fleeing, and Bobby froze two right in their tracks. Spyke flattened their tires with his spikes, and when they tried to flee, Kuwabara beat the hell out of them. Before the cops arrived, they went back into the shadows.

If I go crazy then will you still

Call me Superman

If I'm alive and well, will you be

There holding my hand

I'll keep you by my side with

My superhuman might

Kryptonite

Kuwabara managed to convince Lance to join their new group, and Avalanche became a good teammate. They started chasing a rapist who was caught in the act, and Lance shook up the whole place leaving the rapist to fall off his feet. Bobby then froze him in place for the police to arrive.

You call me strong, you call me weak,

But still your secrets i will keep

You took for granted all the times I

Never let you down

You stumbled in and bumped your head, if

Not for me then you would be dead

I picked you up and put you back

On solid ground

Finally, walking through the toy store, the four new 'heroes' met up with Jamie, and quickly convinced him to join the group. There was some drunks bothering an elderly couple, and Jamie multiplied. His clones and Kuwabara charged in and laid down a major beat down on the drunks and left them tied up and on a telephone pole.

If I go crazy then will you still

Call me Superman

If I'm alive and well, will you be

There holding my hand

I'll keep you by my side with

My superhuman might

Kryptonite

They got their new costumes ready, and went into the dressing rooms. Kuwabara came out with the black jacket with black tape wrapped around his waist with dark back pants and a bandana wrapped around his black head. Evan had a black helmet over his, with a black tank top and chords to match. Bobby had dark blue shades on, dark blue tee shirt, and dark blue jeans. Lance had a red bandana on his head with a black tank top and black pants with red boots. Finally, Jamie had chosen to wear a black jacket with a black tee shirt under it and black jean shorts. They were all wearing black sunglasses and bandanas either on their faces or wrapped around their heads.

You called me strong, you called me weak,
But still your secrets I will keep
You took for granted all the times I
Never let you down
You stumbled in and bumped your head, if
Not for me then you would be dead
I picked you up and put you back
On solid ground

Some hit men drive up to a local bar, where their rivals are hiding out. Taking out machine guns, they prepare to fire. Their rivals notice this, and take out their own. Before they could fire at each other however, a wall of ice sprouted up and some of the guns froze. The ground started shaking, making some of them fall to the ground. The gunmen looked over and started firing at five figures, but some spikes shot out at their guns making them fall to the ground. The tallest figure slapped the smallest one, and a couple more smaller guys appeared. They charged the hit men and their targets, beating them up and messing up the bar.

"HEY!"

"Put it on our tab," the tallest one told the bartender, before they ran out of the bar before the cops came about.

If I go crazy then will you still
Call me Superman
If I'm alive and well, will you be
There holding my hand
I'll keep you by my side with my
Superhuman might
Kryptonite

In the mall, the boys started sparring a bit, knocking each other around. Evan started break dancing, so Kuwabara had to put him out of his misery. Jumping off the second floor area, Kuwabara landed with ease and threw Evan into the wall, and Evan retaliated in smacking him. Bobby and Lance dodged each other's punches as the next chord of the song started.

If I go crazy then will you still
Call me Superman
If I'm alive and well, will you be
There holding my hand
I'll keep you by my side with my
Superhuman might
Kryptonite

Kuwabara side kicked Evan who dodged and grabbed his leg, and then he dropped and tripped the former gang leader. Lance blocked Bobby's kick with his forearm, smirked, and dropped his guard. They were all calling attention to themselves, and security was coming. All five of them started laughing, letting the mall cops see that they were just fooling around, and they left.

If I go crazy then will you still
Call me Superman
If I'm alive and well, will you be
There holding my hand
I'll keep you by my side with my
Superhuman might
Kryptonite

A woman was being chased by five men turned around to see them all knocked out and frozen or pinned to the wall. She sees five young men disappear into the shadows after that.

Yeah!

Kuwabara, Evan, Bobby, Lance, and Jamie put their hands in the middle while sitting around the food court, and yell at the top of their lungs as they threw their hands into the air, swearing an oath of honor for their group. They chugged their sodas, and started walking confidently toward the exit.

If I go crazy then will you still
Call me Superman
If I'm alive and well, will you be there
Holding my hand
I'll keep you by my side with
My superhuman might
Kryptonite

Whoa, whoa, whoa

Whoa, whoa, whoa

Whoa, whoa, whoa

Xavier's Mansion, Kitchen

"And so, in just a few short days, Bayville's crime rate has dropped down to a non-existent level all due to two mysterious groups of crime fighters, referred to as the Sirens and the Dragons."

"Chief Rothman, do you have any clues on the identities of the Dragons and the Sirens?"

"Not yet, but we swear we will put a stop to their vigilantism," Chief Rothman told the reporter, making Scott, who was watching the news in the kitchen with a cookie in his hand, pause for a second to think about the two groups.

Warehouse on the other side of the city

A sickly looking man in a business suit puts down his cigar, and looks at the news reports. His business has been very strained lately due to these attacks by the Sirens and Dragons.

"Boss, what are we going to do about this?"

"I'll handle it…these children need to be taught a lesson…" he lifted his hand, and a spiked tentacle shot out at the television, destroying it, "Send out more of my demonic insects, we'll need more men to deal with them. Put them at the chop shop and our extortion headquarters."

"Yes sir!"

The businessman leaned back in his chair as his underling fell back. Most of the men he had recruited were being controlled by the demonic insects, and he didn't want to lose the foothold he had on this city.

"I think I'll supervise the extortionists operations…"

Bayville High, the next day

The next day in school, the girls strutted down the hall. The way they walked caught everyone's eye. They looked like they were walking on cloud nine, and people noticed. Guys dropped their books, their girlfriends got jealous, and Kitty blew all of them a kiss. Scott was at his locker, and he could sense them coming, but he hit his head on the top of his locker with his head. He rubbed it and looked to see the girls pass him.

"Wow those sirens are awesome!"

"Some people are even saying they have special powers!"

Scott then realized who the Sirens were, and he ran over to Kurt, who was looking for a book in his locker. Someone then grabbed Kurt, and he hoped it wasn't a football player.

"I didn't do it!" Kurt yelled as he struggled.

"Kurt, cancel your plans for tonight," Scott told him as he calmed down, "We have a secret mission to take care of."

On the other side of the school, Kuwabara, Evan, Lance, and Bobby strutted their stuff. Jamie couldn't make it, since he was in middle school. They kind of got the opposite effect that the girls got from the guys, since they were acting all tough and high and mighty. The girls sighed longingly as they saw them pass, and one of the football players that used to hang out with Duncan dropped his books, quietly picked them up, and left.

'This feels just like how it was back in Tokyo…but we are a gang…' Kuwabara thought as he smirked confidently, leaving all the guys to back away.

Yusuke had heard about both the Dragons and the Sirens, but he dismissed it as just some wanabee heroes. He then heard Kuwabara laughing behind him, and saw Evan, Bobby, and Lance following him.

'Guess Kuwabara has a new gang…' Yusuke thought, and closed his locker and went to class.

Xavier Mansion, circa 9:00 PM

Yusuke and Kurama were getting ready for their nightly patrol of the city. Sitting on a rooftop, they surveyed their surroundings. They still haven't found anything on the demonic insects, but they seemed to congregate in one area of town for some reason. Before they left, Yusuke saw Kurt and Scott in Scott's convertible. Kurt was looking over the wall as Lance's car drove up.

"Hey, I wonder what's happening…" Yusuke mumbled as he looked down and saw Tabitha driving, and then saw Jean, Rogue, Amara, Kitty, Botan, and Keiko run to the jeep. Yusuke scratched his head, "Now, this is bizarre."

Kurt fell back into his seat and both he and Scott ducked in their seats in Scott's car. Jean went to close the gate, and she noticed Scott's car parked about 20 meters away from the gate; she smirked, then closed the door and went to the car.

"Hey, Kurama, was there a girl's night out scheduled for tonight?" Yusuke asked the fox demon.

"No…but they might get into some trouble. Tabitha is with them and we know how she gets," Kurama started, "I think they've all been sneaking out for the past week or so…"

"Maybe you should tail them Kurama, just in case. We don't want them to get hurt," Yusuke told him, "Just, keep it quiet, make sure they don't see you unless they get into trouble…"

"I think Scott's already gotten that idea," Kurama said as the girls filed into Lance's jeep and they drove off, and Scott began to follow.

"You go man, maybe you'll get to save Rogue from making a mistake…"Yusuke hinted and grinned, then he turned around, and Kurama was already gone, "Kurama pulled a Hiei!"

Yusuke then looked down to see Lance running towards the mansion. He wondered what he was doing running towards the mansion, then he looked over to see Kuwabara, Bobby, Evan, and Jamie snuck out of the mansion. He ducked behind the wall, and continued to look down and listen.

"Hey Lance! Where's you jeep?" Kuwabara yelled as quietly as he could, and Evan and Bobby shushed him.

"Tabitha took it again…" Lance replied, hiding the anger underneath his breath, "I even chained it up! She just breaks the chain and steals it from right underneath my nose!"

"Quiet man, we'll just walk," Evan told him, "I found out where the extortionists are based, we'll be able to round them up in one swoop."

"Then we'll continue to ride the whole hero thing," Lance concluded, liking Evan's plan.

"We'd better hurry. Urameshi is probably still in the area, and we don't want him or Kurama spotting us," Kuwabara whispered, "Now, let's go!"

The five of them ran off, leaving Yusuke to figure out what they were doing.

"Now I get why Kuwabara was so high in mighty in school today!" Yusuke laughed, "I guess they are the Dragons that have been on the news so much!"

Yusuke continued to laugh, and then he straightened himself up. He saw a demonic insect land near him. Instantly, he caught it and crushed it in his hands.

"Now I got to do some more pressing matters," Yusuke said as he looked at the crushed insect, "Now where did this thing come from…"

Two Hours Later

Kuwabara and the other Dragons had reached the extortionist's headquarters. There were guards everywhere, and there were people running in and out of an office. The Dragons crouched as they surveyed the area.

"You guys ready?" Kuwabara asked, and all of them nodded, "Lance, you start shaking things up."

"Can do…" Lance rose to his feat, put out his hand and his eyes rolled back.

The ground underneath the exterior of the headquarters began to shake violently, throwing the men guarding it to their feet; it also alerted everyone inside of the Dragons' presence.

"Let's take 'em out as quickly as we can boys!" Kuwabara yelled, and they all sprang out of the alley they were hiding in, punching through the nearest guards.

Two of the guards began shooting at them, but Evan shot his spikes at them, knocking their weapons out of their hands and pinning them to the wall. Bobby shot out ice that froze the remaining guards to the ground and Kuwabara broke into the extortionist compound using a powerful sidekick.

"Kill them!"

All the guards pointed their weapons at Kuwabara, but he slapped Jamie who was near him, and Jamie split up into his copies. The guards were surprised at this, and both Kuwabara and Jamie's copies charged them while they were stunned.

"They're just kids! Kill them!"

"I don't think so," Bobby yelled, shooting some ice at the guards' weapons, freezing them up and making them inoperable.

"Nothing can stop us Dragons!" Jamie added, as he got hit by one of the bigger guards, but instantly more copies of him appeared and they attacked the guard.

Kuwabara heard some guns clicking behind him, meaning they were ready to fire. Doing a back flip, he palm fisted the guns to the ground, and punched out their users.

Lance appeared in the doorway, and began shaking things up. All the guards fell as they tried to get to him, and they were knocked out by the falling crates in the building. In a matter of minutes, the whole compound that the extortionists were using for operations was put out of operation.

"Now let's get these guys ready for the cops to take them," Kuwabara told his fellow Dragons, and he cracked his knuckles, "Wait, there's someone coming out of that office up there…"

The leader of the extortionists came out and looked down at the Dragons. He grimaced angrily, and began walking down the stairs.

"I must commend you children…between you and the Sirens, my operations have slowed to a halt…"

"Okay buddy, who are you?" Kuwabara yelled, shaking his fists, and suddenly he felt the 'tickle feeling' coming off of this man, "Or what are…."

The windows began to shake, and the Dragons looked up to see thousands of insects swarming outside of them. The force of the insects pounding against the glass shattered all the windows, and they swarmed on the man.

"Why, I am a demon, boy…" the man started to explain, "And a demon of the highest class no less. I am a descendant of the great Kairen, but I have grown fond of this world, and it's money…I am the local crime boss in Bayville right now, and there is nothing you can do to stop me."

"I'll handle this joker," Evan said confidently, "Your bugs don't scare me."

"No, Evan, wait!" Kuwabara shouted before Evan shot his spikes at the demon, who just batted them away like they were nothing.

"No way…" Evan muttered as the man started to grow in size.

"Now, now, I haven't finished my introduction," the man's voice became raspy and deep, "My name is Shiren, and I have all of my ancestor's powers…including one of my own…"

The demon insects then flew at the Dragons, who began punching and kicking at them, trying to knock them off.

"Playtimes over kids…you're in the big leagues now…" Shiren growled as the Dragons began being overwhelmed by the demonic insects.

"Argh…you're right! Playtime is over!" Kuwabara grabbed his training sword, and channeled his spirit energy threw it, making his flame sword appear, "YAH!"

With one swipe of his blade, the demonic insects around his friends were burnt up and killed. He began charging Shiren, with his blade down at his hip.

"You're going to die for all the suffering you caused to the people in the city Shiren!" Kuwabara roared as he leapt into the air with his fiery blade over his head.

"I don't think so boy!" Shiren yelled as he raised his hand and tentacles shot out, hitting Kuwabara's shoulders and hip.

"KUWABARA!" Lance, Evan, Bobby, and Jamie yelled as Shiren impaled their friend on the tentacles.

"AHH!" Kuwabara screamed in pain as the pressure points on his body were hit, "This…is nothing…I have…dealt with this before!"

"You have? Then I better take it up a notch!" Shiren roared as his tentacles grew longer and Kuwabara was thrown back.

Kuwabara continued to scream as his body was ripped apart by the speeds that the tentacles launched him at. He was slammed through a nearby building, right through the brick wall.

On the road on the opposite side of the building, the Sirens were returning home from Shiren's chop shop.

"We were lucky that cop let us go," Jean said to everyone, "We would have been arrested if we didn't stop."

"But it was fun while it lasted, right Tabitha," Botan asked, and Tabitha muttered something under her breath as the jeep continued to drive.

"Hey, you guys here something?" Keiko asked them, and something crashed through the wall they were driving near.

The object slammed into Lance's jeep, knocking it off the road into a nearby wall. Luckily, none of the girls were hurt, and the jeep managed just to get a huge dent on its left side and was still on all four wheels.

"Is everyone all right?" Keiko asked, and all the Sirens shook their heads.

"What the hell was that?" Tabitha asked, and they all unbuckled and got out of the jeep, "Man, Lance is going to kill me…"

They got out to see what was jammed into the wall, and there were wiry like things connected to it. They looked in further and red liquid was seen. Keiko and Botan leaned in further, and they saw who it was.

"It's Kuwabara!" they both yelled as the wiry like tentacles shot out of his arms and legs.

"Is he still alive?" Jean asked as the former gang leader coughed up some blood, "He's still alive…"

"What…are you…girls doing…here?" Kuwabara weakly asked as Botan and Keiko lifted him out of the hole in the brick wall.

"These wounds are life threatening, what did this to you?" Botan asked Kuwabara who was drifting out of consciousness, "Without his Spirit Energy, he isn't as nearly as durable as he was before."

"Is he going to be okay?" Tabitha asked quietly, seeing the condition Kuwabara was in.

"Not sure, but we have to get him back to the Institute," Jean replied as evil laughter was heard from the area where Kuwabara was shot through.

Suddenly, a person crashed through the window on the building that Kuwabara had crashed through. He landed, a bit scratched up but no worse for where. It was Evan.

"Ow…what hit me?"

"What are you guys fighting over there?" Kitty asked as she ran over to her friend, and then an earthquake was felt, "Is Lance over there?"

"Yeah, he's apart of our group, the Dragons," Evan replied as Lance was heard screaming, "We got to get back over there!"

Kitty realized the urgency from the scream, and they all ran over to where Bobby was trying to hold off Shiren. The demon cackled evilly, shaking off the ice that he was coated with like it was nothing. His eyes glowed brightly and Bobby crashed into a nearby wall on the other side of the parking lot of Shiren's headquarters.

"Oh, look, more fresh meat, and I bet you ladies are the Sirens who have been ruining my carjacking business!"

"What the hell is that thing?" Tabitha gasped as Kitty ran over to Lance, who was lying on the ground unconscious.

"He's still alive, what did you do to him!" Kitty yelled angrily, tears swelling up in her eyes.

"I just tapped him lightly. I didn't know his body was so fragile…" Shiren replied, "You children don't stand a chance against me…I am a demon of the highest class, and a descendant of the great Kairen! I am Shiren!"

"We'll just have to see about that!" Jean retorted, and she started using her telekinesis to lift Shiren up into the air, "Amara! Tabitha, hit this thing with everything you got!"

"Gotcha!" Amara and Tabitha began hurling fireballs and time bombs at Shiren.

They exploded on the demons skin, and smoke surrounded the area. When it cleared, however, Shiren's skin wasn't even singed.

"No way…" Amara gasped, and Shiren began to struggle in Jean's hold.

"Can't…keep him up…much longer!" Jean cried, and then she dropped Shiren, "He…has his own psychic abilities…but he broke my hold so easily!"

"Your weak telekinesis was nothing against me. And those attacks of your little girls were not even worth my notice…."

"This thing has a really big ego, doesn't it?" Rogue commented, as she started to take off her gloves, "Want to play with meh, tough guy?"

"Taking off your gloves…" Shiren growled, and his eyes glowed brightly again, "I won't let you touch me though!"

Rogue was hit by a strong blast of red demonic energy from Shiren, and she screamed as her body flailed about in the blast.

Kurama leapt across the gaps between the buildings, and he saw Lance's jeep on the side of the road with a pretty beat up side. He also saw the holes in buildings and the broken windows.

"What happened here…?" Kurama asked himself, and then he heard a scream, "That's Rogue!"

He jumped down to ground level, and ran down through the alley at startling speeds. He saw Rogue caught in the demonic energy, and he ran over to her as it disappeared. Without a second thought he caught her with his bare hands, luckily on one of the areas where the cloth of her costume wasn't torn.

"Rogue, please be alright…" Kurama cradled her, and she coughed, "Please be alright…"

Rogue opened her eyes and looked up at Kurama.

"Ah'll be fine…Kurama…just go get him…" Rogue raised her gloved hand and put it on Kurama's face, "Go get em, sugar. Ah'll be alright…"

"Thank god…" Kurama put his hand on Rogue's and rose to his feet with a shadow cast over his eyes.

"Your just going to be one more kid for the slaughter…" Shiren growled, and then Kurama's body began to glow, "That's…demon energy…"

"You'll pay for what you did to my friends…" Kurama grabbed the rose bud in his hair, and grabbed a blade of grass that was on the ground with his left hand. Instantly, a blade harder and sharper than any steel blade formed in his left hand and his rose whip formed in his right.

Kurama yelled a battle cry, and charged Shiren at full speed. Shiren laughed, and instead of tentacles shooting out from his fingers, they shot out from his back. Kurama avoided them by sidestepping, and cut them with his blade. Shiren screamed in pain as his black blood spewed up of the severed tentacles.

Kurama leapt into the air, and twirled the whip over his head. The petals began to fall off the whip and they surrounded him.

"Rose whiplash spiral!" Kurama roared as he severed all of Shiren's limbs with his rose whip, blade, and the rose petals.

Shiren collapsed to the ground, and Kurama thought it was over. He changed his Rose Whip back to its original form and put it back in his hair. He also transformed his blade back into its original form and put it in his pocket. He closed his eyes and began to walk away from Shiren's lifeless body.

"Whoa…remind me never to get on Kurama's bad side…" Evan gasped as he ran over to help Bobby up, who was beginning to get up, "Where's Jamie?"

"He's over here, and he's okay," Keiko replied as she found Jamie hiding behind some crates.

"At least it's over…" Jean said as she was helped up by Botan, "And we can get Kuwabara back to the Institute for healing."

Shiren's body began to stir, and Kurama felt it. He turned around to see Shiren laughing deeply.

"Ha…ha ha ha….that surprised me kid…" Shiren mocked, as tentacles shot out at his severed limps, and pulled them towards his wounds, "I thought I was the only demon in this town, yet I was wrong. Even so, your powers pale in comparison to mine…"

'This is just like what Elder Toguro could do…' Kurama thought as Shiren's body healed itself, and he rose to his feet.

"You look stunned, Demon boy…" Shiren chuckled, and then shot a tentacle out of his finger at the stunned Kurama.

"Kurama, watch out!" Keiko yelled, not wanting to see her other friend get hurt.

"Huh?" Kurama gasped as he realized the tentacle approaching him in slow motion, and it was aimed at his heart.

As quickly as he could, he tried to side step the projectile. It hit his left arm, and sank in deep. He let out a bloodcurdling yell; the tentacle had hit one of the nerves in his arm. Shiren cackled, and retracted his digit. Kurama dropped to one leg, and clutched is limp left arm.

"Little demon boy hurt? Aw, I'll make it better…" Shiren taunted as he ran full speed at Kurama.

Nearly six blocks away, in the abandoned part of town, Yusuke had finally decided to take a break. It seems all the demonic insects were gone from this area, since, apparently, there were no people here for them to feed on. On the rooftop that he had stopped to take a rest on, he looked around to see anyone coming.

"Man, why are the streets so dead tonight?" he griped, and laid down on the rooftop, "All the other areas of the city have people walking around, and it's a Friday night for Christ's sake! But this place is like a ghost town! At least there should be some hookers and muggers out, but there's no one…"

He then took a deep breath and began to close his eyes. Then, he heard an extremely loud yell, a scream in fact, belonging to someone who was a male. He shot up, and his mouth widened.

"That's Kurama…" he gasped, "No time for a nap, my friend needs my help! He probably found the source of the demonic insects as well!"

Yusuke closed his eyes, and focused his Spirit Awareness. He found Kurama's Spirit Energy, but he also found something else…

"Kurama's not alone…and I recognize the others with him…" Yusuke's eyes widened, "I…I feel Keiko's…and Jean's…and Kuwabara's! His is very weak too! Yet…there is another…and it is strong…"

Without a second thought, he leapt down to the ground and began running towards the area where the Spirit Powers were.

Shiren backhanded Kurama on the face, making the fox demon crash into the nearby brick wall. He clutched his shoulder, and bore his teeth. Desperately, he ran at full speed towards Shiren, who just laughed at this new effort.

"What's this? One more desperate attack before you die?"

'My only chance is to plant the death seed on Shiren's body…I hope I can inflict a wound deep enough to accomplish that!'

Kurama didn't realize that Shiren had read his mind, and was expecting the death plant maneuver. Taking his bloodied hand off his wounded arm, he leapt into the air screaming a loud battle cry. He threw two kicks at Shiren's head, which would have been powerful enough to knock any human's or demon's head clean off, but they didn't even scratch Shiren's body. Faster than the eye could see, Kurama reached into his pocket and pulled out the death seed, but before he did he shot a sharpened piece of grass at Shiren.

Shiren grinned, and let the grass hit him. He winced in pain for a second, and Kurama followed up by throwing the death seed at the wound. Siren snickered, and caught the seed before it hit his wound, which healed up in an instant. He crushed the seed between his index finger and thumb, and grinned evilly.

"That was your last shot boy, and your vision is beginning to dim…pretty soon you will go to the netherworld…" Shiren growled, and he ran full speed at Kurama, hit his injured arm, and tossed him at Rogue.

The pain of being struck on his injured arm was so intense; Kurama passed out while he was in the air. Before he touched the ground, he was already passed out.

"Now…I think I'll feast on his and the girl's body to gain more power…" Shiren licked his lips, and walked over towards Kurama and Rogue.

Rogue opened her eyes, and she saw Kurama lying on the ground near her, not moving. Then she looked up to see Shiren leaning over her and him.

"I think I better kill you first girl…so your power won't work…" Shiren snarled, and he began to lick his teeth, "You and the demon boy will make a most satisfying meal…"

"Get away from them monster!" Tabitha yelled as she began hurling her strongest time bombs at Shiren, each exploding harmlessly on the demon's skin, "Take this, and that!"

Shiren growled, and began to walk towards Tabitha, "You're starting to get annoying girl…"

"I won't let you hurt my friends!" Tabitha screamed as she hurled more time bombs at Shiren, each leaving no effect after the last.

Shiren roared, making her drop a time bomb near herself. Tabitha was thrown back by her own attack, and Shiren blitzed her at super speed, back fisting her on the side of the head. She screamed in pain, and Kuwabara's eyes shot open.

"NO!" Kuwabara yelled, and he got up even though he was in extreme pain, "You bastard, you're a coward! Attacking people who are weaker and smaller than you! I am smaller, why don't you pick on me!"

"Kuwabara, are you crazy?" Evan asked, and Kuwabara continued to roar, and he grasped his training sword.

"Spirit Sword!" Kuwabara roared, and he charged Shiren.

Shiren didn't react quickly enough this time, and Kuwabara brought his blade down on the demon's back. The demon opened his mouth and roared in agony. Kuwabara kept slashing his back, not letting up. He wouldn't let Tabitha get hurt, he just couldn't, but each slash healed itself.

"BACK OFF!" Shiren roared, and he expanded his demonic aura and blew Kuwabara off, "I should have finished you off first, and you have no more Spirit Energy left!"

Kuwabara's blade immediately fizzled out, leaving the former gang leader virtually defenseless. He began panting hard, and Shiren hit his stomach with an uppercut. It through him into Bobby, who was trying to aim an ice blast at the demon.

"Now…you will all die! I've prolonged this too long!"

Upon hearing that, Keiko vanished and ran over to Lance, who was conscious again.

"Lance, I need your help," Keiko pleaded with him, reappearing before his eyes, "We can both hit him with out earth quake attacks."

"Are you crazy Keiko? I did all I could and he beat me down like nothing!" Lance told her.

"We can at least keep him shaken up. Now, we have to do this to save our friends," Keiko told him sternly, and he nodded in agreement, "I'll become invisible to launch mine, you launch yours from here."

"Gotcha," Lance nodded, and he pushed Kitty to the left, "This is going to be big, Kitty, you take the others to my jeep and drive away as fast as you can. We'll hold him off."

"Yeah, sure…" Kitty then kissed Lance on the cheek, "You be careful, don't let yourself get killed."

"I won't die so easily, no go!" Lance ordered Kitty, who ran towards the others, "Time to take it up a notch! Ready Keiko?"

"Ready!"

"Let it loose with everything you got!" Lance yelled, and he threw out his arms.

Kitty did the same, following his movements. The ground began to shake violently around Shiren; it was like a class 10 earthquake was being centered around the demon.

The shockwave was so intense; it knocked Shiren off his feet, and also gave away their location. Yusuke zeroed in on his friend's location, and began the homestretch towards the extortionist hideout.

"I'm close!" Yusuke told himself as he picked up his pace.

Shiren rose to his feet, enraged at this development. He through out his right arm at Lance, forming a fist and shooting it at him, and Avalanche was hit hard, and collapsed to the ground. Yusuke passed the jeep, took a quick glance at it and saw that it was still drive worthy, and then he ran off down the alley. He then found Keiko, and backhanded her just as Yusuke reached the battle site.

"KEIKO!" Yusuke yelled as he saw Keiko reappear right before everyone's eyes, and he ran to her. There was blood trickling out of her lip, and he bent down to her, "Please be alright Keiko…please be alright…"

Keiko coughed, and opened her eyes, "Y…Y-Yusuke…"

"Rest here…I'll handle this creep…" Yusuke told her, "You! Demon, how dare you hurt my friends, you son of a bitch!"

"Another hotshot…?" Shiren asked, and he felt Yusuke's Spirit Energy, 'This kid's power is incredible…almost overwhelming…who is he?"

Yusuke bore his teeth and yelled, running full speed at the demon. Spirit Energy gathered in his fists, and before Shiren could react, Yusuke began throwing punches at a rate faster than a machine gun. He focused on Shiren's head and torso, leaving impact marks on the demon's body. In just a quarter of a second, he had already unleashed around over 1000 punches!

He kept yelling angrily, his rage increasing his strength. Shiren stepped back as his body was pummeled by the assault, and he collapsed to the ground. Yusuke wasn't finished yet, he followed up by leaping into the air and dropping down with his fist in front of him. It glowed brightly, and he dropped it on the demons chest. The ground cratered deeply from the impact, and he kept laying on the attack. Feeling that the demon was dead, he back off, and leapt out of the 10 foot deep crater.

"Incredible…" everyone conscious gasped after witnessing Yusuke's rage.

Yusuke then turned around, and put his right index finger out. He felt that Shiren's body had stirred, moved on its own. Everyone then heard a loud roar, and Shiren leapt out of the crater.

"You fool, you thought I would be killed by such an assault?" Shiren roared, and he readied his own fist, "NOW DIE!"

Yusuke turned around right as the punch was thrown. He sidestepped it making it hit the pavement, and rose his hand and braced it with his opposite hand. It was glowing brightly, and it was pointed right at Shiren's head.

"Die…SPIRIT GUN!" Yusuke roared as he shot a tremendous blast of Spirit Energy right at Shiren's head and torso.

The blast hit dead on, vaporizing Shiren's entire body. There was nothing left, not even a cell survived the blast. The bolt of Spirit Energy shot off into the sky, and there was no more Spirit Energy belonging to the demon. Shiren was dead.

"It's over…" Jean said conclusively.

"I guess he was also the source of the demonic insect too," Yusuke said, and went over to Keiko, "We have to get back to the Institute. It won't be long before the cops arrive to check out what my blast was, and they'll see the damage here."

"Right, let's all go home…" Jean said as everyone conscious went over to the injured, and picked them up.

To be continued…in Aftermath of Walk on the Wild Side….please read and review…