"Obligation and Duty"
Chapter 24
.oO{Yeah yeah, we know. Rei, the story and the others. Just watch YYH, anything in there is not mine.}
#Miroku stands up# Oh yeah, and the whole thing about a "Spirit Whore" is hers too. #Miroku grins wickedly#
#Author is a little flustered# Ehhehh.. yeah. That was from my sick mind... #Author bows#There's a cross-dresser warning in this chapter. #Looks at Miroku who is trying to get a peek#And also, sorry about the last chapter. I was subject to Writer's Block there for a while, so it ended up being almost exactly like the episode.
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"Miyuki, the first demon. I will be your opponent," the lady said. Kuwabara would have none of it, though.
"A woman?! You must be kidding! How can I fight a woman? No way!" Kuwabara started walking down the hall when he noticed no one was following him.
"Hey, Urameshi! Let's go!"
Miyuki didn't look too happy that she was being passed up just because she was a lady, "That's sweet, but it's discrimination. Even though you think that way, I will still kill you mercilessly."
Kuwabara wasn't expecting her to say anything like that, "I told you, no way! We have no intention to fight with a woman."
Yusuke did, though. Taking a step forward he said, "I'll fight her." Kuwabara looked surprised, "Urameshi! You can't!"
"Phehh... She's a fighter too and she's trying to get in our way. I don't care if she's a baby or somebody's grandma, I'm still fighting."
Miyuki smiled as if she was hoping for that answer and jumped back. Holding her arms in a karate position she said, "If you wish to pass, come on!"
Yusuke smirked, "Before that, I need to make sure." Yusuke runs toward her and does something so quick, that Rei only caught little glimpses of it. But even that couldn't stop her surprise.
"Yusuke..." she tried not to laugh. Botan and Kuwabara looked at her with questions in their eyes, but they couldn't ask them because Miyuki landed.
"You jerk. That is inexcusable," she gasped. She was holding her chest and she looked like she was in pain. Yusuke held up his hands and said, "But I know now."
Botan and Kuwabara turned to Yusuke with their questions.
"Hey, Urameshi. What did you do?" Kuwabara asked. Yusuke smirked, "Don't beat yourself up. You know you have no chance in winning."
That was aimed at Miyuki who turned around to him, "Shut up!" She reached into her bangs and pulled out a strand of hair. Before any of them could blink, she had transformed it into a whip. She started running toward Yusuke, who dodged the whip and rolled on the floor, sitting in front of Botan and them.
"I won't forgive you for putting me to shame!" Miyuki said, making the whip wrap around Yusuke's throat. Rei wanted to take a step forward, but Yusuke was getting what he deserved.
"Put her to shame?" Botan asked. Kuwabara thought for a moment and straightened up.
"Urameshi! Did you grab her?!" he asked, looking disgusted. .oO{You tell him, Kuwabara,} Rei thought. "I should beat you up right now! You sick guy!" Kuwabara went on.
Miyuki looked almost as mad as Kuwabara, so she jumped into the air and punches through the ceiling. There was barely any light up there, but there was something glinting.
"It's a sharp end," Botan muttered under her breath. Yusuke looked like he was struggling for air now, being held in midair with a whip around his neck.
"Hey, Urameshi, you're seriously disadvantaged at this point, ne?" Kuwabara asked. Yusuke managed to get the whip off enough to say, "If you want me to fight you that much, I will." And he started swinging back and forth until he broke through the ceiling. For about 5 seconds, they were up there until Miyuki was sent crashing to the ground again. Yusuke landed safely and she jumped up, "You bastard!"
Yusuke didn't bother dodging. He just punched her in the chest and Kuwabara started freaking out, "Urameshi! You, you, you, it is unmanly of you! How dare you aim at a girl's chest?!"
Yusuke looked behind him at Kuwabara, "What are you talking about? I'm in the middle of a fight."
"You idiot! There are certain things men shouldn't do!" Kuwabara was still mad.
"I still can't understand you," Yusuke said, just as Miyuki stood up and started running towards him. He gives her a backwards roundhouse kick and she crashes through the wall. Botan, Rei and Kuwabara run up to the scene and Kuwabara was still angry.
"Urameshi, you..." he started to say, but he was cut off when Yusuke said, "You're starting to get really annoying!"
Kuwabara put up his fists and said, "You're cruel! You hit that woman's breasts and kick her in the face! Even though she is a demon, she is still a woman! You should rethink the way you fight."
Yusuke looked like he knew all this already, "Well, if she was a she, I would treat her with discretion.... so I checked."
"What?" Botan and Kuwabara ask at the same time. Yusuke answered calmly, "She is not a woman, but a man."
"WHAT!?!" Kuwabara exclaimed. Botan stepped forward to hear more.
"Is she a transsexual demon?" Kuwabara asked. Yusuke put his hands up and did a grabbing motion, "I checked at the beggining."
Rei smacked him upside the head and he stopped the motioning. Kuwabara seemed to understand what Yusuke had done and said, "Ohh.. that moment.."
Yusuke rubbed the back of his head, "I'm not sure if they're injected or padded, but they're just plump. Not real."
Rei tried to cover her mouth as a giggle threatened to come out, because she knew what Yusuke was going to say next. "She's got that thing down there," he said, looking very careless and giving an OK gesture. Kuwabara was still very surprised and asked, "But how? How did you pull that stunt in a moment?! I don't know if I should be impressed or disgusted."
"I've learned how to do things like that fast with Rei," Yusuke answered the first question. Rei blushed all over and hit Yusuke upside the head a second time. Miyuki started getting back up, though.
"It's discrimination not to use discretion just because you now know my true gender. Even though my body is a man's, my mind is a woman's!" she said as she stood up and tried to punch Yusuke. Yusuke was too quick, though.
"Don't be stupid. If you're a man, don't act like an in-between!" he said as he picked her up and threw her. Miyuki hit her head against the wall and tried to sit up again, but couldn't. Yusuke walked up to her, "If you insist your mind is a woman's, don't leave things unfinished. Be a woman both physically and mentally."
Miyuki didn't look like she heard it all, though. "I-I lost..." she said and fell unconscious. Kuwabara came up behind Yusuke and asked, "Is she really a man? It's hard to believe."
Kuwabara bends down and looks at her and then says, "Excuse me," as he reaches for her skirt. But Botan hit him with her oar before he could look.
"Insolent!"
They all hear a camera move and Yusuke and Kuwabara turn to it. "Let's give them a show, shall we?" Yusuke muttered.
"Are you watching us, Taru-chan??" Kuwabara asked into the camera.
"After we beat two more, we'll be there!" Yusuke added and he and Kuwabara gave peace signs. Botan pulled Rei over and they joined in.
"Haha, let's go now," Botan smiled.
***
They were running down another hallway with Botan leading them. Rei was listening to Yusuke and Kuwabara's conversation, though.
"You're just crazy. What did you think you would do if she was really a woman?"
Yusuke smiled, "You idiot. If she was, I just would've been glad."
"Ohh? I'm just gonna tell Keiko about it then."
Yusuke stopped dead in his tracks and grabbed Kuwabara by the shirt. "What?! That's none of your business!"
Kuwabara chuckled to himself and said, "Actually, there is this CD I want." Yusuke barely listened before he started wrestling with Kuwabara. Rei just stood there and watched them.
"Are you trying to blackmail me!?" Yusuke asked.
"I dunno," Kuwbara answered. Botan came up and yelled, "Stop it you two! Did you forget about Yukina?"
Kuwabara and Yusuke stop wrestling and they all look at Botan. Kuwabara throws Yusuke aside and says, "You're right. It's not time for this." He tightened headband and held his pinkie back up. "Yukina, Kuwabara, a man, will rescue you soon." He ran off just as Yusuke finally stood back up.
***
Botan looked at her Spirit Compass just as it beeped. "This way," she said, pointing down the hall. Out of the blue, Kuwabara pushed the others. They looked back at him and his headband slowly started to fall off of his head; cut in half. Something appeared down the hall and said, "The second demon, Immaki, has come to see you." He was a short guy with black robes and purple clothes. He held up his hand and to it was attatched claws.
Kuwabara calmly bent down and picked his headband back up off the floor. He crushed it and said, "How dare you cut my important headband of love?! No one can cross the pure love that Yukina and I share!"
With that, Kuwabara started running towards Immaki, but Immaki disappeared.
"He disappeared!" Yusuke said.
"Thanks for pointing out the obvious, Sherlock," Rei muttered. He held up his fist at her and she smiled sarcastically.
"Someone's got PMS," he muttered. Before Rei could smack him, out of no where the claws appeared and ripped a hole in Yusuke's back. Yusuke grabbed his shoulder in pain and said, "Run!"
They all obeyed and Botan pulled out her oar. Letting the boys run, the girls rode the oar down the halls.
"Botan! Take this corner up ahead!" Yusuke shouted. Botan did and right when Immaki turned the corner Kuwabara said, "Now! Urameshi!"
Yusuke let off his shot gun and Immaki couldn't help but get hit by a few. Immaki couldn't believe it either, so Kuwabara and Yusuke had to explain it to him before he slumped to the ground. Another camera was watching them, so Yusuke and Kuwabara turned to this one and mocked Tarukane.
"C'mon you guys! Only one more!" Botan took the lead again.
***
Rei was starting to wonder if there were really three demons they had to beat when Kuwabara called out, "Watch out!"
Botan turned just as the wall broke beside her and a hand reached out for her. They stood there in surprise as the smoke cleared to show a big, red demon with three horns. Botan started jerking about, trying to get out of his grasp.
"I, the third demon, Gokumonki, am your opponent."
Yusuke powered up his Spirit Gun and said, "Eat this!"
Gokumonki puts Botan in front of him and said, "Oops, it might hit this girl." Botan stopped dead still and squeaked, "Yusuke, do something, please."
Yusuke lowered his hand and growled at Gokumonki, "You're a monster." Gokumonki only laughed at him and reached behind his back. He pulled a huge club out and swung it. The ceiling above them broke and Yusuke, Kuwabara and Rei scrambled to get out of the way. Yusuke and Kuwabara landed from their jump and glared at Gokumonki.
"Spirit Sword!" Kuwabara powered up his weapon. "Interesting," Gokumonki said before Kuwabara came running at him. Swinging his sword, Kuwabara hit the club, but the club cut off the Spirit Sword's attack.
"What's the matter, Kuwabara?!?" Yusuke yelled. Kuwabara barely turned his head to say, "I can't use my full power or I'll hurt Botan!" before Gokumonki swung the club again and hit Kuwabara down the hall.
"Kuwabara!" Botan and Yusuke called at the same time. Yusuke ran down the hall to help him just as Gokumonki swung again. Ducking, he made it past and bent down beside Kuwabara. "Are you all right?"
Gokumonki laughed, "With this girl, you both can't hit me. I'm gonna smash losers like you."
"Botan! Hold up your arms," Yusuke called. She looked confused, but did so anyway, falling out of her jacket, "Banzai!"
She ran up next to them and the boys laughed, "Stu-pid."
Gokumonki didn't like it now that his human shield was gone. He lifted his club again and just about got to swing it before Kuwabara and Yusuke jumped, "Shonen Jump!" They hit Gokumonki in the chest and he fell into the wall. He tried to get back up, but fell unconscious too quickly.
"All right!" Yusuke put up his fist. A camera had caught their entire fight on video and they did the same as the last two. Botan went and picked up her jacket and walked over to Rei.
"I don't want to do THAT again," she gasped. Rei nodded as Yusuke called, "C'mon."
They ran down the hallway and Kuwabara started talking.
"All we have to do is find her and blow up Tarukane," he said, just as Botan's Spirit Compass beeped.
"Wait a sec," she said.
"What?" Yusuke asked.
"I feel it..." Kuwabara started. They looked at him and he had that same stupid look on his face. "There's nothing evil in it. It must be her's..."
"How do you know?" Yusuke asked, raising his eyebrow.
"Faith in Love," Kuwabara answered. Botan, Yusuke and Rei all share the same look they had since they first got here. "Wait, I'll try to communicate with her."
Kuwabara stood there concentrating his Spirit Energy to send a telepathic message. He closed his eyes and put his hand to his temple. After a few seconds he said, "I got her!"
The others looked very surprised. A minute later he opened his eyes and started running down the hall. They followed him and Yusuke asked, "Well?"
"Anyway, thanks to her being out of the barrier, I found out where she is. Even if she says no, I will go and rescue her," Kuwabara told them as they ran down some steps. They ended up in a wide hallway that had an assortment of odd creatures in cages.
"What the hell is this?!" Yusuke asked as they kept running.
"Ahh... It's weird..." Botan tried to answer. Kuwabara was in the front and he looked behind him to make sure everyone was still there; Yusuke, Botan and Rei.
"Hey! The doors closing!" Yusuke pointed.
"She's in the far back room," Kuwabara said. Kuwabara, Yusuke and Botan made it through the doors before they got too close.
"Rei!" Yusuke called and tried to stop them from closing. She gave him a smile and said, "Don't lose!"
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The doors closed and Rei leaned against them. "Well, what do I do now? I could just sit here and listen to the explosions, or find a place to watch the fight from..." she sighed to herself. She decided to check out those weird animals they had passed. She passed about a dozen cells before she unexpectedly stopped outside one. For a second she wavered as to whether she should keep going or look at this one. She decided to look at it.
Rei tapped the glass that was holding it slightly and she saw a bright flash of color and a big, bushy tail. She stepped back away from the glass, hoping this monster wasn't as big as some of the others she had seen. Behind a divider, she saw a pointy ear peek out and then tear-drop eyes.
"Ohmigosh!" she accidentally squealed when the animal came out fully. It looked like a mix between a squirrel and a cat and was ABSOLUTELY adorable! Without thinking twice, Rei walked closer to the door and found it was unlocked. Easing it open slightly, she finally caught her senses back. Remembering some of the hilarious-yet-scary stories she had heard about squirrels as a child, she closed the door again quickly. She couldn't see the animal anymore, though. Feeling a slight brush of fur hit her neck she gasped.
The squirrel/cat was sitting on her head.
Rei was still very calm though. She couldn't feel any hate or anger from this little creature as she had from the others. Slowly reaching her hand up, the creature grabbed it with it's small arms and hopped onto it. She looked at it closely and it stared right back at her, cocking it's head to the side.
"You're a nice little thing. I just wonder if you'll hurt me," she told it, letting it jump from hand to hand. It was about as tall as her head and was probably thin, but Rei couldn't tell with all the fur.
"I'll name you Chiba," she said, daring to get close to this monster. It looked pleased that it had a name and squeaked, "Phwee."
Rei was quite surprised but still trusted the little thing. Setting it on her shoulder, she went around the other monsters to look at them. She found more than 5 rows of monsters, instead of just the main two they ran past. After she had looked at them all, she started back up the steps they had run down on their way to the doors. Reaching the top of the steps, Rei saw a doorway they hadn't noticed before. People were coming through it, so she hid in the shadows of the stairway.
"We have to get out of here. Tarukane is gonna flip," one of the guards said. He had a bloody nose and the other had a black eye. Rei's curiousity was going to get the best of her again it seemed.
"Phwee?" Chiba seemed to ask from her shoulder.
"Shhh... we're going through here," Rei whispered to it. As she walked down the hallway, two Spirit Energies seemed to pop out at her.
"Kurama and Hiei," she mumbled to herself as she went through a door. They turned around and asked, "What...?"
"...Is that?" Hiei finished for himself, pointing at Chiba. Rei covered it's little ears and defended it, "I found it."
Kurama was staring at it intently and it was staring back. He straightened back up and asked, "How do you know it won't bite you?"
"I dunno, I just do," Rei shrugged and Chiba hopped onto Rei's head. Hiei looked at it and turned back to the window, "Yusuke and Botan are coming up."
"Rei!" Botan bounded through the door. She stopped short when she saw Chiba. She pointed at it and before she could ask anything, Rei sighed and answered, "I found it. It won't bite."
Yusuke raised his eyebrow and Botan patted Chiba's head. Coming up behind her, Yusuke grabbed her chest.
"Yusuke!!" Rei squeaked and turned around to him. Chiba held on with his little paws but still didn't bite her.
"Did it bite?" Yusuke asked, about ready to burst out laughing. Rei glared at him and answered, "No! But I will!" and started chasing him down the hall.
Botan turned to the other two still in the room and asked, "Should we go, too?" Hiei was too busy watching Kuwabara's every move around Yukina to answer so Kurama did.
"I guess we should follow those two."
Chapter 24
.oO{Yeah yeah, we know. Rei, the story and the others. Just watch YYH, anything in there is not mine.}
#Miroku stands up# Oh yeah, and the whole thing about a "Spirit Whore" is hers too. #Miroku grins wickedly#
#Author is a little flustered# Ehhehh.. yeah. That was from my sick mind... #Author bows#There's a cross-dresser warning in this chapter. #Looks at Miroku who is trying to get a peek#And also, sorry about the last chapter. I was subject to Writer's Block there for a while, so it ended up being almost exactly like the episode.
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"Miyuki, the first demon. I will be your opponent," the lady said. Kuwabara would have none of it, though.
"A woman?! You must be kidding! How can I fight a woman? No way!" Kuwabara started walking down the hall when he noticed no one was following him.
"Hey, Urameshi! Let's go!"
Miyuki didn't look too happy that she was being passed up just because she was a lady, "That's sweet, but it's discrimination. Even though you think that way, I will still kill you mercilessly."
Kuwabara wasn't expecting her to say anything like that, "I told you, no way! We have no intention to fight with a woman."
Yusuke did, though. Taking a step forward he said, "I'll fight her." Kuwabara looked surprised, "Urameshi! You can't!"
"Phehh... She's a fighter too and she's trying to get in our way. I don't care if she's a baby or somebody's grandma, I'm still fighting."
Miyuki smiled as if she was hoping for that answer and jumped back. Holding her arms in a karate position she said, "If you wish to pass, come on!"
Yusuke smirked, "Before that, I need to make sure." Yusuke runs toward her and does something so quick, that Rei only caught little glimpses of it. But even that couldn't stop her surprise.
"Yusuke..." she tried not to laugh. Botan and Kuwabara looked at her with questions in their eyes, but they couldn't ask them because Miyuki landed.
"You jerk. That is inexcusable," she gasped. She was holding her chest and she looked like she was in pain. Yusuke held up his hands and said, "But I know now."
Botan and Kuwabara turned to Yusuke with their questions.
"Hey, Urameshi. What did you do?" Kuwabara asked. Yusuke smirked, "Don't beat yourself up. You know you have no chance in winning."
That was aimed at Miyuki who turned around to him, "Shut up!" She reached into her bangs and pulled out a strand of hair. Before any of them could blink, she had transformed it into a whip. She started running toward Yusuke, who dodged the whip and rolled on the floor, sitting in front of Botan and them.
"I won't forgive you for putting me to shame!" Miyuki said, making the whip wrap around Yusuke's throat. Rei wanted to take a step forward, but Yusuke was getting what he deserved.
"Put her to shame?" Botan asked. Kuwabara thought for a moment and straightened up.
"Urameshi! Did you grab her?!" he asked, looking disgusted. .oO{You tell him, Kuwabara,} Rei thought. "I should beat you up right now! You sick guy!" Kuwabara went on.
Miyuki looked almost as mad as Kuwabara, so she jumped into the air and punches through the ceiling. There was barely any light up there, but there was something glinting.
"It's a sharp end," Botan muttered under her breath. Yusuke looked like he was struggling for air now, being held in midair with a whip around his neck.
"Hey, Urameshi, you're seriously disadvantaged at this point, ne?" Kuwabara asked. Yusuke managed to get the whip off enough to say, "If you want me to fight you that much, I will." And he started swinging back and forth until he broke through the ceiling. For about 5 seconds, they were up there until Miyuki was sent crashing to the ground again. Yusuke landed safely and she jumped up, "You bastard!"
Yusuke didn't bother dodging. He just punched her in the chest and Kuwabara started freaking out, "Urameshi! You, you, you, it is unmanly of you! How dare you aim at a girl's chest?!"
Yusuke looked behind him at Kuwabara, "What are you talking about? I'm in the middle of a fight."
"You idiot! There are certain things men shouldn't do!" Kuwabara was still mad.
"I still can't understand you," Yusuke said, just as Miyuki stood up and started running towards him. He gives her a backwards roundhouse kick and she crashes through the wall. Botan, Rei and Kuwabara run up to the scene and Kuwabara was still angry.
"Urameshi, you..." he started to say, but he was cut off when Yusuke said, "You're starting to get really annoying!"
Kuwabara put up his fists and said, "You're cruel! You hit that woman's breasts and kick her in the face! Even though she is a demon, she is still a woman! You should rethink the way you fight."
Yusuke looked like he knew all this already, "Well, if she was a she, I would treat her with discretion.... so I checked."
"What?" Botan and Kuwabara ask at the same time. Yusuke answered calmly, "She is not a woman, but a man."
"WHAT!?!" Kuwabara exclaimed. Botan stepped forward to hear more.
"Is she a transsexual demon?" Kuwabara asked. Yusuke put his hands up and did a grabbing motion, "I checked at the beggining."
Rei smacked him upside the head and he stopped the motioning. Kuwabara seemed to understand what Yusuke had done and said, "Ohh.. that moment.."
Yusuke rubbed the back of his head, "I'm not sure if they're injected or padded, but they're just plump. Not real."
Rei tried to cover her mouth as a giggle threatened to come out, because she knew what Yusuke was going to say next. "She's got that thing down there," he said, looking very careless and giving an OK gesture. Kuwabara was still very surprised and asked, "But how? How did you pull that stunt in a moment?! I don't know if I should be impressed or disgusted."
"I've learned how to do things like that fast with Rei," Yusuke answered the first question. Rei blushed all over and hit Yusuke upside the head a second time. Miyuki started getting back up, though.
"It's discrimination not to use discretion just because you now know my true gender. Even though my body is a man's, my mind is a woman's!" she said as she stood up and tried to punch Yusuke. Yusuke was too quick, though.
"Don't be stupid. If you're a man, don't act like an in-between!" he said as he picked her up and threw her. Miyuki hit her head against the wall and tried to sit up again, but couldn't. Yusuke walked up to her, "If you insist your mind is a woman's, don't leave things unfinished. Be a woman both physically and mentally."
Miyuki didn't look like she heard it all, though. "I-I lost..." she said and fell unconscious. Kuwabara came up behind Yusuke and asked, "Is she really a man? It's hard to believe."
Kuwabara bends down and looks at her and then says, "Excuse me," as he reaches for her skirt. But Botan hit him with her oar before he could look.
"Insolent!"
They all hear a camera move and Yusuke and Kuwabara turn to it. "Let's give them a show, shall we?" Yusuke muttered.
"Are you watching us, Taru-chan??" Kuwabara asked into the camera.
"After we beat two more, we'll be there!" Yusuke added and he and Kuwabara gave peace signs. Botan pulled Rei over and they joined in.
"Haha, let's go now," Botan smiled.
***
They were running down another hallway with Botan leading them. Rei was listening to Yusuke and Kuwabara's conversation, though.
"You're just crazy. What did you think you would do if she was really a woman?"
Yusuke smiled, "You idiot. If she was, I just would've been glad."
"Ohh? I'm just gonna tell Keiko about it then."
Yusuke stopped dead in his tracks and grabbed Kuwabara by the shirt. "What?! That's none of your business!"
Kuwabara chuckled to himself and said, "Actually, there is this CD I want." Yusuke barely listened before he started wrestling with Kuwabara. Rei just stood there and watched them.
"Are you trying to blackmail me!?" Yusuke asked.
"I dunno," Kuwbara answered. Botan came up and yelled, "Stop it you two! Did you forget about Yukina?"
Kuwabara and Yusuke stop wrestling and they all look at Botan. Kuwabara throws Yusuke aside and says, "You're right. It's not time for this." He tightened headband and held his pinkie back up. "Yukina, Kuwabara, a man, will rescue you soon." He ran off just as Yusuke finally stood back up.
***
Botan looked at her Spirit Compass just as it beeped. "This way," she said, pointing down the hall. Out of the blue, Kuwabara pushed the others. They looked back at him and his headband slowly started to fall off of his head; cut in half. Something appeared down the hall and said, "The second demon, Immaki, has come to see you." He was a short guy with black robes and purple clothes. He held up his hand and to it was attatched claws.
Kuwabara calmly bent down and picked his headband back up off the floor. He crushed it and said, "How dare you cut my important headband of love?! No one can cross the pure love that Yukina and I share!"
With that, Kuwabara started running towards Immaki, but Immaki disappeared.
"He disappeared!" Yusuke said.
"Thanks for pointing out the obvious, Sherlock," Rei muttered. He held up his fist at her and she smiled sarcastically.
"Someone's got PMS," he muttered. Before Rei could smack him, out of no where the claws appeared and ripped a hole in Yusuke's back. Yusuke grabbed his shoulder in pain and said, "Run!"
They all obeyed and Botan pulled out her oar. Letting the boys run, the girls rode the oar down the halls.
"Botan! Take this corner up ahead!" Yusuke shouted. Botan did and right when Immaki turned the corner Kuwabara said, "Now! Urameshi!"
Yusuke let off his shot gun and Immaki couldn't help but get hit by a few. Immaki couldn't believe it either, so Kuwabara and Yusuke had to explain it to him before he slumped to the ground. Another camera was watching them, so Yusuke and Kuwabara turned to this one and mocked Tarukane.
"C'mon you guys! Only one more!" Botan took the lead again.
***
Rei was starting to wonder if there were really three demons they had to beat when Kuwabara called out, "Watch out!"
Botan turned just as the wall broke beside her and a hand reached out for her. They stood there in surprise as the smoke cleared to show a big, red demon with three horns. Botan started jerking about, trying to get out of his grasp.
"I, the third demon, Gokumonki, am your opponent."
Yusuke powered up his Spirit Gun and said, "Eat this!"
Gokumonki puts Botan in front of him and said, "Oops, it might hit this girl." Botan stopped dead still and squeaked, "Yusuke, do something, please."
Yusuke lowered his hand and growled at Gokumonki, "You're a monster." Gokumonki only laughed at him and reached behind his back. He pulled a huge club out and swung it. The ceiling above them broke and Yusuke, Kuwabara and Rei scrambled to get out of the way. Yusuke and Kuwabara landed from their jump and glared at Gokumonki.
"Spirit Sword!" Kuwabara powered up his weapon. "Interesting," Gokumonki said before Kuwabara came running at him. Swinging his sword, Kuwabara hit the club, but the club cut off the Spirit Sword's attack.
"What's the matter, Kuwabara?!?" Yusuke yelled. Kuwabara barely turned his head to say, "I can't use my full power or I'll hurt Botan!" before Gokumonki swung the club again and hit Kuwabara down the hall.
"Kuwabara!" Botan and Yusuke called at the same time. Yusuke ran down the hall to help him just as Gokumonki swung again. Ducking, he made it past and bent down beside Kuwabara. "Are you all right?"
Gokumonki laughed, "With this girl, you both can't hit me. I'm gonna smash losers like you."
"Botan! Hold up your arms," Yusuke called. She looked confused, but did so anyway, falling out of her jacket, "Banzai!"
She ran up next to them and the boys laughed, "Stu-pid."
Gokumonki didn't like it now that his human shield was gone. He lifted his club again and just about got to swing it before Kuwabara and Yusuke jumped, "Shonen Jump!" They hit Gokumonki in the chest and he fell into the wall. He tried to get back up, but fell unconscious too quickly.
"All right!" Yusuke put up his fist. A camera had caught their entire fight on video and they did the same as the last two. Botan went and picked up her jacket and walked over to Rei.
"I don't want to do THAT again," she gasped. Rei nodded as Yusuke called, "C'mon."
They ran down the hallway and Kuwabara started talking.
"All we have to do is find her and blow up Tarukane," he said, just as Botan's Spirit Compass beeped.
"Wait a sec," she said.
"What?" Yusuke asked.
"I feel it..." Kuwabara started. They looked at him and he had that same stupid look on his face. "There's nothing evil in it. It must be her's..."
"How do you know?" Yusuke asked, raising his eyebrow.
"Faith in Love," Kuwabara answered. Botan, Yusuke and Rei all share the same look they had since they first got here. "Wait, I'll try to communicate with her."
Kuwabara stood there concentrating his Spirit Energy to send a telepathic message. He closed his eyes and put his hand to his temple. After a few seconds he said, "I got her!"
The others looked very surprised. A minute later he opened his eyes and started running down the hall. They followed him and Yusuke asked, "Well?"
"Anyway, thanks to her being out of the barrier, I found out where she is. Even if she says no, I will go and rescue her," Kuwabara told them as they ran down some steps. They ended up in a wide hallway that had an assortment of odd creatures in cages.
"What the hell is this?!" Yusuke asked as they kept running.
"Ahh... It's weird..." Botan tried to answer. Kuwabara was in the front and he looked behind him to make sure everyone was still there; Yusuke, Botan and Rei.
"Hey! The doors closing!" Yusuke pointed.
"She's in the far back room," Kuwabara said. Kuwabara, Yusuke and Botan made it through the doors before they got too close.
"Rei!" Yusuke called and tried to stop them from closing. She gave him a smile and said, "Don't lose!"
***
The doors closed and Rei leaned against them. "Well, what do I do now? I could just sit here and listen to the explosions, or find a place to watch the fight from..." she sighed to herself. She decided to check out those weird animals they had passed. She passed about a dozen cells before she unexpectedly stopped outside one. For a second she wavered as to whether she should keep going or look at this one. She decided to look at it.
Rei tapped the glass that was holding it slightly and she saw a bright flash of color and a big, bushy tail. She stepped back away from the glass, hoping this monster wasn't as big as some of the others she had seen. Behind a divider, she saw a pointy ear peek out and then tear-drop eyes.
"Ohmigosh!" she accidentally squealed when the animal came out fully. It looked like a mix between a squirrel and a cat and was ABSOLUTELY adorable! Without thinking twice, Rei walked closer to the door and found it was unlocked. Easing it open slightly, she finally caught her senses back. Remembering some of the hilarious-yet-scary stories she had heard about squirrels as a child, she closed the door again quickly. She couldn't see the animal anymore, though. Feeling a slight brush of fur hit her neck she gasped.
The squirrel/cat was sitting on her head.
Rei was still very calm though. She couldn't feel any hate or anger from this little creature as she had from the others. Slowly reaching her hand up, the creature grabbed it with it's small arms and hopped onto it. She looked at it closely and it stared right back at her, cocking it's head to the side.
"You're a nice little thing. I just wonder if you'll hurt me," she told it, letting it jump from hand to hand. It was about as tall as her head and was probably thin, but Rei couldn't tell with all the fur.
"I'll name you Chiba," she said, daring to get close to this monster. It looked pleased that it had a name and squeaked, "Phwee."
Rei was quite surprised but still trusted the little thing. Setting it on her shoulder, she went around the other monsters to look at them. She found more than 5 rows of monsters, instead of just the main two they ran past. After she had looked at them all, she started back up the steps they had run down on their way to the doors. Reaching the top of the steps, Rei saw a doorway they hadn't noticed before. People were coming through it, so she hid in the shadows of the stairway.
"We have to get out of here. Tarukane is gonna flip," one of the guards said. He had a bloody nose and the other had a black eye. Rei's curiousity was going to get the best of her again it seemed.
"Phwee?" Chiba seemed to ask from her shoulder.
"Shhh... we're going through here," Rei whispered to it. As she walked down the hallway, two Spirit Energies seemed to pop out at her.
"Kurama and Hiei," she mumbled to herself as she went through a door. They turned around and asked, "What...?"
"...Is that?" Hiei finished for himself, pointing at Chiba. Rei covered it's little ears and defended it, "I found it."
Kurama was staring at it intently and it was staring back. He straightened back up and asked, "How do you know it won't bite you?"
"I dunno, I just do," Rei shrugged and Chiba hopped onto Rei's head. Hiei looked at it and turned back to the window, "Yusuke and Botan are coming up."
"Rei!" Botan bounded through the door. She stopped short when she saw Chiba. She pointed at it and before she could ask anything, Rei sighed and answered, "I found it. It won't bite."
Yusuke raised his eyebrow and Botan patted Chiba's head. Coming up behind her, Yusuke grabbed her chest.
"Yusuke!!" Rei squeaked and turned around to him. Chiba held on with his little paws but still didn't bite her.
"Did it bite?" Yusuke asked, about ready to burst out laughing. Rei glared at him and answered, "No! But I will!" and started chasing him down the hall.
Botan turned to the other two still in the room and asked, "Should we go, too?" Hiei was too busy watching Kuwabara's every move around Yukina to answer so Kurama did.
"I guess we should follow those two."
