Chapter 15: Kenji vs. Ari
Hey, it's me again. ButI didn't write this chapter. My good friend, WT, brings this wonderful chapter of The New Spirit Detectives to you. He writes such better fights scenes than I do. And if ya like him, I'll ask him to do more guest chapters. And if anybody else wants to do a guest chapter, just email me the chapter and I might post it. So away we go!
After discussing it with his teammates, Ari stepped up into the
Ring again, as ready to fight as ever.
"Okay, who's gonna fight now?" Kyo asked, sitting on the ground
Since his little victory dance had taken the last of his energy away.
"I'll go," said Kenji, cracking his knuckles. "I need a chance to
use my new techniques properly."
"But.... shouldn't the team leader fight the other team leader?"
Kuronue noted.
"Peh, Kenji still has a way to go before he'll be good enough to
be any kinda leader," Elijah muttered.
"We'll see about that," Kenji grinned. "I have a few tricks up my
sleeve that none of you guys even no about."
"I guess it's settled then."
Elijah was actually curious to see what these new tricks' were.
The black-haired teenager hopped up to the ring, dropping his
jacket onto the grassy outer area. "Alright punk! Let's see if you're any good when you can use your powers to steal stuff."
Ari merely smiled. "Oh, believe me, I am. I'm gonna beat you so
hard, your team-mates will feel it!"
"All I see is your mouth movin', why don't you just show me if
you're that good?"
The female fox-demon announcer finally spoke-up. "Alright! That
last match was a great one wasn't it?! Now, our next match will be Kenji going up against Ari, who already won his fight but apparently didn't tire at all from it. Let me remind you folks that Kenji is the son of Yusuke, who's team won the last time they came here."
The demons all started booing, but Kenji had his eyes fixed on
Ari, that cocky grin plastered across his face. "Ya' know..." he said,
getting in his fighting stance. "...the only thing that worries me is that when I beat you, everyone will say it's because you were tired from your last match."
"Maybe so...but you got one thing wrong: I am not going to lose."
"Both fighters ready?! .......FIGHT!!"
Both fighters just stood there, apparently waiting for the other
to strike first. When neither did after five seconds, both of them
launched themselves at each other at the exact same time. Their fists connected with each other's cheeks, and they both were knocked back.
"Eh.... That's one way to start..." Kenji growled, hopping to his
feet. But as soon as he was up, he got knocked down again with a strong punch from Ari's fist. The white-haired demon took a short leap into the air, then brought his fist down hard toward Kenji's stomach. But Yusuke's son realized what he was about to do. He pointed a finger up at Ari and yelled, "Spirit Gun!!"
A tiny blast of green energy shot from his finger tip and smacked
the dog demon on the forehead, knocking his head back and sending him higher into the sky. Kenji practically rolled backwards into a hand-stand possession then pushed off, literally launching himself up at Ari. Ari's vision still a little blurry from the assault on his head so he didn't see Kenji's attack coming, as Kenji's feet smashed right into his stomach, making him fly farther up in the air.
Kenji landed perfectly on the ground, and looked up, waiting for
Ari to fall back to the ground.
As Ari fell back towards the arena, he regained his senses and was
able to land on his feet, but instantly dropped to his hands and knees.
"Ready to give up yet?" Kenji smirked.
"Heh....you kidding?" Ari said, getting up. "I'm just getting started."
Kenji was shocked. He was sure that last kick was enough to finish
him.
"That fool," Elijah said. "He should have kept attacking him while
he was in the air and couldn't retaliate."
"But did you see how much power was in that tiny little bit of
spirit energy?" Kyo exclaimed. "His spirit energy was green too...instead of blue."
Interesting....maybe he could have....no, not Kenji. There is no
way he learnt to master that kind of powers...' Elijah shook his head
and started watching again.
Kenji, his hand still at his side, started charging spirit energy.
"Heh, looks like I'm going to have a challenge after all. No more
holding back!"
Ari grinned and ran towards him. As soon as he was close enough,
Kenji raised his hand and fired. To his surprise, Ari side-stepped out
of its path and threw a punch towards Kenji's head. As fast as it
happened, Kenji knew what he was going to do as soon as he moved away, so when Ari's fist was about to connect with his face, he forced it away with his right hand and then sent a kick strait into his kidneys.
Ari was knocked away, then landed and rolled out of the ring. The announcer started counting. "One....Two....Three...Four...."
Kenji stood there, wiping his brow. "Pew... I barely got that last attack in..."
".....Ten!! Ari was unable to get back in the ring, therefore
Kenji wins!!"
The demon crowd booed, but the Urameshi family and friends all
cheered and clapped. Kenji dropped out of the arena and smirked at Elijah.
"Well? What do you think of that? I didn't even get hit once."
"He was just weak. The only reason he won against Kazuma was because he used his powers to grab the spirit sword."
"Ha! Whatever Elijah! You just don't wanna face that I've gotten
better than you."
"In your dreams."
"Guys! Calm down!" said Kazuma, who had returned from the healer.
"Nice to see you're feeling better Kazuma," said Kyo. "Not that
we'll really need you or anything."
Kazuma ignored Kyo's joke. "I should've known better than to keep
using my spirit swords. I should have just negated the one he stole and stuck to punches and kicks. I would have beaten him if I had done that." Kazuma sighed and looked at the ring. "But it's too late to be coming up with strategies now."
Kyo looked around and saw Kenji running off. ".....Where is he
going?"
"When you gotta go, you gotta go," Kuronue shrugged.
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Kenji snorted as he walked out of the bathroom. "Man....that is the
most disgusting bathroom I've ever-"
"Urameshi!"
Kenji looked to the right and saw... "Ari? Well, well, back from
the healer already? That was fast."
"I didn't go to the healer. I purposely stayed out of the ring
because I wanted us to finish this match outside the ring, by ourselves were there aren't any crowds yelling or anything."
"You're not serious."
Ari raised his shirt halfway and showed him the bruise.
"You are serious..... Alright then, fine. Let's go."
Ari turned and walked out of the arena, Kenji following closely.
A shadowy figure watched them leave then silently followed.
Blu's note: Wasn't that fun? I love the part with the bathroom. When I first read that part I cracked up. My buddy WT is a great author. You guys should read his fics. I command you to.