Kouken Gurentai

by Noelani

This story is about a girl who has been named the new Spirit Detective. Like Yusuke she loves a good fight & she has demon heritage, but can she control it long enough to conquer it? With the help of 2 street kids & fellow youkai, we'll just have to see.

13. Part 13

Part 13

Tyler's transformation commenced immediately before everyone's eyes, only taking a few minutes to complete. "My turn," Dais replied, "Wolfblood Mix!" He howled as his body began to mutate into the werewolf creature I had told everyone about. As soon as he was changed Dais lashed out at Tyler who dodged every attack with ease.

Dais growled loudly, "Come on and fight me, chicken!"

Tyler stopped jumping around and nodded, "Alright, but like I said, your funeral." He forged his twin spirit blade and rushed at Dais. Dais swatted Tyler away and was given a death glare from he wolf demon. Out of no where a blast of energy blasted straight at Tyler. "Spirit Explosion!" His sword exploded and nullified the energy, "This is getting on my nerves, Zenshinfuzui Kiba!"

Dais froze in his place as Tyler walked over to him. "I'll kill you, wolf pup!"

Tyler laughed, "You aren't going to be doing anything of the sort!"

My eyes grew wide as I noticed Dais was just playing around with Tyler, "Move you idiot!"

Tyler looked back at me and was smashed across the back by Dais. He stood up, "How in the hell did you do that? How are you immune to my Total Paralysis Fang?"

"I'm a wolf, aren't I?" Dais laughed as he launched at Tyler once again. Tyler forged another twin spirit blade, knowing it was the only way he could kill Dais.

"Tyler, he's a werewolf, think moron!"

His eyes lit up, "Duh! Futago Tamashii Yaiba transform to Gin Tamashii Yaiba!" A bright light shot out from the twin spirit blade and began to pulsate as the sword changed forms into a pure silver spirit blade. Muteki's clan of wolves were not like werewolves, they were not allergic to silver. They learned to harness the power of silver so they could fight off the werewolves who tried to take over their part of Makai many times. Tyler shot his arm forward and Dais ran right into the blade. It pierced through his stomach and Tyler released the hilt, smiling. He jumped away from Dais, "Silver Spirit Explosion!"

The sword exploded and Dais with it. I ducked right before Dais' arm hit me in the head, "Watch where you're exploding that thing!"

"And that's it for the first battle, Dais has been totally annihilated, so Tyler is the winner! Now can we get some clean up here?" Trenia asked as cleaners came to clean up the mess of body parts that were scattered all over the arena floor and grass. When they were done, Yamako entered the arena with Tyler. "Next is Tyler against Yamako, now fight!"

"This is going to be your last fight," Yamako laughed evilly, "Souls' Revenge!" The whole arena was shrouded in darkness as souls began to appear from all over the place. Some of them I recognized as fighter's our team had killed earlier in the tournament, but I didn't see any of the girls from the first bout except for Marianu.

Tyler didn't move from his place on the floor because he knew one wrong move and he'd become dessert, "What in the hell am I supposed to do? If I move I'm toast, but if I stay here I'm a target."

"You can't escape my souls, they will find you no matter where you run! Now go, destroy him!" Yamako exclaimed as the souls all rushed at Tyler. He jumped up into the air and surrounded himself with a water barrier, which was stupid since the souls could go right through it. Marianu hit Tyler, sending him crashing down to the arena floor. Okado laughed as he picked Tyler up and smashed him into the floor multiple times. Eventually Okado left him unconscious on the stone floor and Yamako walked over to him.

I knew he was going to kill him so I did what I could only think of, I opened my big mouth, but I didn't even get a chance to say anything. Tiffany had beat me too it. "KILL HIM AND YOU'LL BE NEXT!"

He turned his attention away from Tyler and walked over to us. He knelt down, "Is that a threat?"

"No, it's a promise," she snarled, for she was already transforming. I knew very well that she could see the souls more clearly than any of us when she was transformed.

I smiled, "If anyone can beat him, it's her."

"Fine, I'll spare his life, but I want to fight you next," Yamako told her, "Trenia, count him out, he's not getting up."

Trenia nodded and counted to ten, "Tyler is officially down and out, so Yamako is the winner! Will the next fighter enter the ring!" Tiffany and I jumped into the arena. I walked over and picked Tyler up, returning to the outside of the ring. I dumped him on the grass and Yukina came down instantly to heal his wounds. I returned my attention to the fight that was about to start. "Tiffany versus Yamako, fight!"

"Semai Wan, the Cat's Cradle Element Claw cannot defeat his souls, I need something that can! Give me the power to defeat him!" Tiffany pleaded.

A light appeared as another soul arrived and it was a young neko girl. She walked over to Tiffany and smiled, "I'll do all that I can." She walked into Tiffany and Tiffany's eyes turned white. She held up her hand and a ceremonial bow used to drive off evil appeared.

"Isn't that a hamayumi?" Kurama asked.

"Sure is," I replied, none of us having seen the soul of the girl, just the actual light.

Tiffany took ahold of the bow and pulled the string back. Dark rays shot from the sky and began to form an arrow in the bow. Suddenly the rays stopped and she pulled the arrow back a little further. "Ankoku-no-Tsuki Tamasii Hakaiya!" Tiffany screamed, releasing the arrow.

My jaw dropped, "Did she just use what I think she did!"

"That's the Dark Moon Soul Destruction Arrow!" Yukina exclaimed as the arrow broke into hundreds, shooting into each soul that Yamako had summoned from the afterlife. Tiffany pulled the string back once again and another arrow appeared.

She aimed it right at Yamako, "Say hello to your friends in Meikai!" Tiffany released that arrow and it shot straight into Yamako's heart. The dark rays overtook his body as he was destroyed from the inside out. When the rays disappeared all that remained of Yamako was the pendant he wore around his neck that allowed him to control the souls. The bow disappeared and Tiffany's eyes returned to their normal color.

Trenia walked over and held her hand up, "Tiffany is the winner against Yamako, giving Kouken Gurentai a score of two to one!"

Tiffany left the stage and sat down next to Yukina, "Someone else can go, I'm tired."

"I'm not surprised, that attack took a lot of spirit energy to pull off, especially since you pulled it off without any mistakes," Yukina told her.

Kurama transformed into Youko and took the stage, "This seems to be a popular time for transformations, so I'll fight again."

Mewalan entered the arena, "This one's mine..."

"Alright, now it's Youko against Mewalan, let the bloodshed continue!" Trenia announced happily.

"Rock Punches!" Mewalan exclaimed loudly as he smashed his fists into Youko's body over and over. Youko flew out of the ring and landed hard on his back.

He stood up, "You'll regret that..." Mewalan rushed out of the ring and smashed into Youko, sending him into the arena wall. Youko's eyes locked onto Mewalan, "Death Ray!" A ray of spirit energy flew out of Youko and enveloped the surprised Mewalan. He shot backwards at least twenty feet before crashing into the ground. Youko fell to the arena floor and walked over to Mewalan who was bleeding badly all over the grass.

Mewalan smirked, "I deserve no pity from you or anyone on your team. I know what my team's doing is wrong, but Kyoni is my best friend...I'd never let him do it alone... Do you understand?"

I walked over to the both of them and put my hand on Youko before he could finish the job, "Don't, Youko, your fight is over." I released him and knelt down beside Mewalan. I moved his bangs out of his eyes and smiled, "Hey, old friend, I warned you guys about Team Kouken Gurentai, we're ruthless."

He laughed, "Yeah, but they've got a good leader with her head on right."

"Shh...you shouldn't talk," I smiled, "Let me tell you something, you are a human of demon descent, like the rest of your team is. So, because of that, you will go to Reikai. When you get there I promise that I will have Koenma take good care of you. You didn't deserve this, any of this. Kyoni began down the wrong path years ago, even when I was still around. I trusted him and he broke that trust, and he broke yours; but because he meant so much to you, you stayed by his side, and it brought your death."

"Thank you, Stephanie, you don't know how much this means to me."

"I told you to be quiet, moron," I replied as I placed my hand over his eyes, "Sleep, old friend, and may happiness await you in the other world." He placed his hand on my own and smiled as I felt his life energy disappear. His hand fell off of mine and I stood up and turned to Trenia, "He's dead."

She smiled and nodded, "That does it for the third round of the Dark Tournament! Youko Kurama is the winner against Mewalan! Two more team members remain on Team Mekyotai; can they win against the seemingly unstoppable Team Kouken Gurentai? The tides may yet turn!" Youko changed back into the regular Kurama and he walked back over to our team with me.

I looked at everyone, including Tyler who had recently regained consciousness during Kurama's fight, "I'm going next, any objections?"

"No," Hiei told me, "Just be careful, Stephanie, I think they were saving the strongest for last."

"And we did too," I replied, jumping into the arena as Taichi joined me.

"The fourth round of the finals will be Taichi against Stephanie! Fight!"

We both stared at one another with hatred and the lust to kill in our eyes. I was pissed because of what Kyoni had created of a team, manipulating them into doing in his dirty work, and Taichi wanted revenge for my team killing his team mates. Finally I grinned and ran at him. I jumped and roundhouse kicked him in the side of the head. He flew across the arena, landing on his feet. He came back at me, swinging for my face and landing a hard hit to my cheek. I stumbled back a few feet as Taichi moved in and uppercut my chin, sending me flying on my back. He came at me and as soon as he was in range I kicked up and sent him soaring over me. I jumped up and drop-kicked him into the floor.

Taichi stood up, laughing, "We haven't done this in years, I sure miss it."

I grinned as I popped my neck, "Yeah, I forgot how much of a workout fighting you was. It's not as bad as you and Kyoni fighting me at the same time, though, that brings back good memories...probably because you both lost just about every time."

"Whatever, you just happened to have better luck than us," he replied, "But now, I'm afraid, I have to take this battle into my own hands."

"Do you really believe you'll defeat me?"

"Defeating you is not my job...controlling you is. Mind Manipulation!" he yelled as his eyes grew wide. I lost myself in them before realizing I was no longer in the arena. I had no idea where he had taken me, only that Taichi was in my mind and it was doubtful I was going to be able to break out of it without hurting myself as well.

"Can she break free?" Ogre asked Koenma.

Koenma sighed, "Taichi's Mind Manipulation can control upto A-Class demons, it is unlikely she will regain control."

In the stands Jin was getting ancy, "What is goin' on? She said that he can control A-Class demons'n lower, so is she stuck in his control?"

Touya shrugged, "I don't know what her class is, but I'm pretty sure it's no higher than a low or mid B."

"So she's going to remain in his control..." Rinku trailed off, concerned.

"Most likely," Botan replied.

Back on the arena floor Taichi and I hadn't moved since he used his Mind Manipulation attack. "You shall destroy the Kakai Barrier...the barrier which separates Makai and Ningenkai...the demon and human worlds..." a voice echoed in my head.

"Kakai Barrier? Wait...I remember overhearing Koenma mention that it was what kept powerful demons from slipping into the Human World from Makai. If I destroy that barrier, everyone I know will be destroyed..." I said to myself as images of Yusuke and the others flew through my head, "I won't be used as a tool of war! ELEMENTAL BLOOD FUSION!"

Spirit energy burst from my tired body as Taichi looked on in awe, "You broke free! How is that possible! Nobody has that kind of power here!"

My eyes glowed red as I released a hellish onslaught upon Taichi. With every blow I made to his body, my own burned even more. I was out for blood, and lots of it. "Nobody tells me what to do...nobody!" I screamed as I blasted Taichi with a discharge of hellfire, incinerating him instantly.

The four team mates of mine who were standing outside of the arena all got a look of surprise on their faces when I stopped after killing Taichi. I glared over at Kyoni, who was watching me closely from the side of the arena. He smiled as Trenia announced me as the winner of the bout.

Kyoni stepped onto the stage, "You seem to be looking for blood, Stephanie. T-t-t, you should be ashamed of yourself, you're falling to pieces..."

"And you're going to be soon too," I growled at him.

"Temper, temper, well, let's go then. I hate to tell you this, though, I can't let you win. You see, if you win against me, your team wins the tournament, and, well, my team is looking forward to making our desires come true..." he trailed off with an evil smirk.

"Alright, it's Stephanie against Kyoni, now fight!" Trenia exclaimed.

Kyoni put his hand out in front of him and snapped his fingers, sending hellfire straight towards me. I dodged it only to be met with a knee to the stomach and an uppercut to my lower jaw. Dazed, I stumbled backwards a few steps and then locked my eyes on Kyoni once again. Again, he snapped his fingers, causing hellfire to shoot after me. When I dodged the fire I saw Kyoni coming up behind me and turned, sending my elbow into his cheek. He flew across the arena floor and landed hard near the edge where my team was standing.

"What's wrong, Kyoni, did I hurt your pretty face?"

He stood up and spit out blood, "You can't hurt me, you're just a frightened child!"

"I'm not a child!" I growled as I ran over and tackled him off the stage. When he landed on the grass he used his legs to knee me off of him. I landed on my feet and rushed back at him again. He dodged me and hit me across the back, sending me flying back onto the stage.

"Did I hurt you?" Kyoni jumped up next to me and walked over smiling.

I stood up and laughed, "Nice try, but no."

We instantly went back into fighting stances and then rushed head first at each other. Both of our fists flew right at one another, but we both blocked. I grinned and headbutted him with my head. This time we were both dazed as we stumbled backwards. I shook my head and ran over to him, kicking him in the chest. I landed on the ground and tripped him. A loud smack was heard around the arena when his back hit the concrete. I jumped on top of him and held his shirt.

"You aren't thinking of killing me like you did Taichi, are you?"

"That's exactly what I was thinking, it's your fault Mewalan died! If you weren't such a self-obsessed asshole he'd still be alive!"

He closed his eyes with a smirk, "He fought to help our main objective come alive. Besides, what about Hiei and Jin? You killed them both in cold blood as well, did you not?"

"I lost control of my body, Kyoni!"

"That's where you're wrong, Stephanie!"

I jumped up and walked backwards, shaking my head, "No...no, you're wrong! I didn't mean to kill them! It was an accident!" My wings appeared and I flew up into the air away from him.

Kyoni stood up and stared up at me, "Of course it was..." I looked down at him only to see him snap his fingers. "Dragon of the Hellfire Flame!" I closed my eyes as the hellfire dragon, a weaker replica of the darkness dragon, shot towards me.

"Stephanie, what are you doing!" Tiffany yelled at me, "You can't lose!"

My eyes shot open as the fire dragon hit me and I plummeted towards the bleacher's cover. I landed on top of it and everyone looked up to see what was going to happen next. Within minutes the hellfire dragon disappeared and I was no where to be found. Trenia announced Kyoni as the winner as tears weld up in Tiffany's eyes. Rinku jumped down from the bleachers and joined the others on the field, taking my place, "Tiffany, it's okay..."

She buried her head in his chest, crying, "She's dead...I can't believe she's dead..."

Hiei took the stage, his eyes burning with hatred. "Alright, our next fighter against Kyoni is Hiei! Fight!" Trenia announced.

"You will die for what you did to her!" Hiei growled, removing his cloak, "And I will make sure you suffer much more..."

"If your leader could not beat me, what makes you think you can?" Kyoni replied with a smug look.

"Because, you're not the only one who can use the hellfire," Hiei said taking off his headband, revealing the Jagan. Before everyone's eyes the dragon tattoo upon his arm began to pulsate and come alive, "Dragon of the Darkness Flame, come forth!"

The dragon burst forth from Hiei's arm and began to circle around him. Goukaryuu flew down to the arena and entered the Kokuryuhaa's body, instantly becoming part of him. The Kokuryuhaa solidified and attacked Kyoni, sending a giant burst of dark hellfire straight at him. Kyoni jumped up and dodged the attack, only to be met by Hiei and his sword.

Kyoni's eyes grew wide as Hiei thrust his sword through Kyoni's chest, piercing the demon's heart. Kyoni fell to the ground, his life force draining rapidly. Hiei landed beside him and glared down at him, "You didn't even deserve to touch my sword."

"I still defeated Stephanie...that's all that I wanted to do... Mewalan, I'll see you soon..." he trailed off as his life force finally disappeared. Hiei pulled his sword from Kyoni's chest and wiped it with his headband, cleaning it off. He returned it back to his sheath.

"And the winner is--"

"Ahhh!" Everyone turned to see Mr. Carewallen running out of the arena entrance and onto the field. "Someone help me! There's a ghost after me!"

My team watched as white fire appeared from the entrance as well, following the freaking out human. "It's the Tora Hino Shiro..." Keishou thought to himself.

"HELP MEEEE!" The white fire began to take the form of the Tora Hino Shiro as it continued towards Mr. Carewallen. It stopped when he tripped and fell to the ground. Everyone watched as from the flaming tiger appeared a shadowed figure. A bright flash erupted from the figure as a sword appeared. The figure ran over and shoved the white flaming sword through his chest, sending him to the Spirit World as well.

The sword disappeared as the figure turned to the Tora Hino Shiro, "Thanks for saving me, Tora-sama. I would have surely died if you wouldn't of acted as quickly as you did." The figure put their right arm out, "You may return back to where you belong..." The Tora Hino Shiro nodded and ran up the figure's arm and the shadow disappeared, revealing me.

"S-Stephanie...!" Tiffany exclaimed, running over to me, still crying. She tackled me and gave me a huge hug.

"Sheeze, kid, get off me! I wasn't gone that long!"

"I know, but I thought you were dead!"

I laughed as Keishou walked over and pried her off of me, "Welcome back."

"Thanks," I smiled as I turned to Trenia, "I think you have a victory to announce."

"Oh, yeah! Hiei defeated Kyoni, the last active member of Team Mekyotai, and giving their team a three to two standing! Team Kouken Gurentai is the winner of this year's Dark Tournament!" Trenia exclaimed.

The remaining team members and friends we had in the stands left their seats and ran out onto the field. Botan wrapped her arms around me, giving me a huge hug, "You did it!"

"Of course!" I grinned widely, squirming out of her grasp. I walked over to where Hiei stood, "Here." I took his headband and put my hand over it, draining the blood from it.

He took it back and put it back on, "Thank you."

"No, I should be thanking you for winning the tournament for us!" I beamed giving him a huge hug.

"What are you doing?"

"Hugging you, moron!" I released him when I saw a member of the Dark Tournament committee walk out onto the field.

"Please, follow me," he said to us.

We all nodded and followed him out of the stage area and through a bunch of halls and doorways. Finally we entered a room and I saw Koenma and Ogre standing there waiting for us. "Welcome, Team, I am very proud of everyone one of you. Stephanie, I do need to speak with you later as well..." I gulped as the guy who had led us to the room sat down with a few others.

"Team Kouken Gurentai, as you know, by winning the Dark Tournament, each of your fighters are entitled to a wish. Make it and it will be yours."

My team looked at one another, each wondering who was going to go first and what everyone else was going to ask for. Finally, Rinku stepped forward, "I want new yo-yos and tops!"

"I'll take an island," Jin requested.

Touya thought quietly for a moment and then smiled, "Actually, give us a big island, one where I wouldn't have to see his ugly face every day."

"Don't be making fun of me like that, I can kick your ass, you know," Jin spat at him.

"Yeah right..." Touya trailed off.

Kurama smiled, "I've been looking for some interesting books, maybe there are some here in Makai you could find for me."

Tiffany beamed, "I want money to help Kuwabara's cat shelter!"

"And I want money too," Tyler told them.

"I want a new sword," Hiei replied.

I looked at him, "That can't be what your original wish was."

"It isn't, but it's what I'll live with," he told me.

"I want to know if my parents are still alive," I said looking at Keishou, "Alright, it's your turn."

"I don't want anything," he replied, "What I want I'll get on my own."

"Alright," one of the committee nodded, "You may stay the night at the hotel and tomorrow we will give you your requests."

"Okay," I nodded as my team left the room. We headed back to the room at the hotel. Everyone went inside besides myself and Koenma. "We'll be there in a minute..." I told everyone and closed the door, "So, Koenma, what do you want to talk to me about?"

"You went berserk during the fight with Taichi, my father was not happy," he told me.

I sighed, "I knew that one was coming. Koenma, you don't know what he was trying to manipulate me into doing. He was trying to convince me to destroy the Kakai Barrier, and by what I know, it has only been threatened one other time by Sensui, one of your former Spirit Detectives. If I hadn't gone berserk, I would have destroyed the Kakai Barrier."

"Is that really what happened?"

"Yes, Koenma, I wouldn't lie about it. I don't want to die again, I have too much I want to do in my life, and I have family to take care of. Tiffany and Tyler would be lost without me around, you know?" I smiled putting my hand on the door, "Everyone inside of that room is my family, including Ogre, and you. When I was a kid, I was a thick-headed jerk with no friends who worked for the Black Market. Toguro killing me was probably the best thing to ever happen to me, because if I hadn't died, I would have never of met anyone here or have so many wonderful memories."

Koenma smiled, "Stephanie, my father may have been displeased with your berserk outbreak, but he did say he was proud of you for what you did. He knew that Mr. Carewallen has been trying to break the Kakai Barrier using underground means, if you know what I'm talking about." I nodded. "And he also wanted to say that he will not retract your contract, because you have made a name for yourself, and are becoming quite the Spirit Detective."

"Really? Thank you!" I beamed, hugging Koenma, "You don't know how much this means to me."

"Yeah, I do," he replied, "Now let's go inside and enjoy the rest of the day."

"Sounds like a plan," I said as we headed into the room.

A few hours later there was a knock at the door. Yukina answered it and it was Shanie and Trenia. "Hello, can I help you?" she asked them.

"Yeah, will all of you please follow us?"

We all stood up and followed them out of the room and downstairs. They lead us to the banquet room where at least a hundred demons were waiting for us. "What's this for?" Koenma asked.

"It's our way of congratulating your team on their victory in the Dark Tournament," Shanie smiled.

"Well, then, let's not let it go to waste!" I replied running over to the buffet, my stomach growling all the way there. I sat down next to Hiei who had sat down on a couch. I held my plate in front of him, "Hungry? I got more than enough for me."

"Sure..." he nodded taking a piece of the food. I smiled and went to munching down on what I had. "Stephanie?"

I swallowed the food I had in my mouth, "Yeah, Hiei?"

"I really thought I'd broken my promise today..."

"What do you mean...? Oh, you mean about sacrificing yourself to allow us to go on, huh?"

"Yes," he concurred, "I thought you were dead."

"Everyone did," I sighed, "But that's okay, because I'm not, right? Besides, you should know by now, I'm like you, I'm too stubborn to die."

He looked at me, smiling slightly, "I guess you're right."