"Finally!" Yusuke said as one of the doors opened. They raced through before it slammed shut again. Continuing they came across another one.
"Oh, what the hell. What is this, a fun house? If this is supposed to be a joke then I'm not laughing!" complained Yusuke punching the door. The last one he attempted to punch had gotten a dent at least but this one didn't seem affected at all except for a loud clang. Kuwabara tried to slice through it with his Spirit Sword.
"Darn this one is even stronger than the last! This is all just a big heapin pain in the butt!" said Kuwabara. Hiei walked to one of the corners of the door. The door slid open.
"What the? How'd you do that?" Yusuke shouted. Hiei moved away just in time for Yusuke to see a number panel sink back into the wall.
"Hn, Kurama sent me a note." Hiei simply stated walking through the door.
"Woah, that was cool." Said Yusuke following after Hiei. Kuwabara stood there in awe not noticing at first that the door was beginning to close. He ran through just as the door shut. Their progress sped up phenomenally.
Sairi ran down the hall way looking for Tora.
"Kyoko, can you find where she is?" she sent.
"She's- oh no."
"What? What's oh no?"
"Um, Sairi-sama, you should really get to the 113th floor."
"Is Tora there?"
"Yes, and someone else."
The boys progress came to a halt when they opened another door. In the hallway stood the fire girl from before. Her good eye was burning with hate as she walked through the door closing behind her. The boys stepped back, Hiei drawing his sword, Kuwabara bringing out his Spirit Sword, and Yusuke powering a Spirit Gun.
"You killed him." The girl said quietly. The boys looked at her confused.
"YOU KILLED HIM!" she shouted throwing a blast of fire making the boys separate. Yusuke and Hiei on one side Kuwabara on the other. She sent dual blasts toward Yusuke and Kuwabara. Yusuke pulled a matrix falling on his back while Kuwabara dodged clumsily falling on the floor and still getting his clothes singed. Tora looked around and realized something. She briskly landed a kick in Hiei's chest as he tried to catch her on her blind side. He was thrown back but he got up and charged her. She blocked his attacks her hands aflame. Hiei suddenly teleported away to reveal a blast from Yusuke coming at her head on. She took both of her hands and sent an explosion of fire towards the sphere knocking it off course. A gravelly shout was heard behind her as Kuwabara jumped up and tried to bring his Spirit Sword down on her head. She formed a blade of fire on her hand and stabbed him. Kuwabara fell holding his chest.
"SPIRIT WAVE!" Yusuke shouted. Tora looked at the blast like a deer in headlights. The blast hit. The boys stood there a moment and watched Tora fall to her knees. The girl looked up her expression sad and ashamed. Yusuke sighed in relief and walked up the whimpering girl.
"I'm…sorry." She said quietly. Yusuke looked at her in understanding.
"Don't worry, every thing is going to be fine now." He reassured.
"Yes, but I'm sorry…" she looked up her expression a glare, "Sorry, I haven't killed you yet!" A flame sword appeared and she attempted to stab through his neck. A whip wrapped around her arm stopping her. She was pulled to the ground. Yusuke looked and there stood Youko Kurama.
"Where the hell'd you come from?" Tora snapped. Sairi stepped out and stood next to Youko Kurama. She looked at Tora with a disappointed glare. Tora twitched and glared back at her. The end of the whip turned to ashes and she jumped up attempting to get Youko Kurama. A wall of rock rose out of the ground stopping her. Another one appeared in back of her and on both sides of her. They merged together and trapped her fitting to her body like a mold. Sairi sighed in relief. Youko Kurama turned back into Kurama. Yusuke went over and helped up Kuwabara. His wound wasn't that deep but he was still bleeding. Hiei walked over to Kurama and shook his head.
"You're a mess." He simply said.
"You're not looking too good yourself." replied Kurama. Sairi smiled but turned when a hissing noise came from the rock cage. A part of the rock glowed in a lava state and oozed to the floor. Tora pulled herself out her temper raging even more.
"Betrayed. By my own sister too. Tsk, tsk, shame on you. What possibly could bring you to do this?" she said her aura growing as she spoke.
"You're completely losing it! You must stop now or someone is going to die!" Sairi shouted.
"That's what I was aiming for. I want revenge. They killed him, Sairi. They killed him. THEY KILLED SENSUI!" Heat blasted into the room raising the temperature through the roof, "They destroyed not only our only chance out of here but the only man I ever loved!"
There was silence as Tora's aura continued to burn. Tears of blood flowed from her eyes. Both of them cried. Yusuke stepped forward.
"I killed him." He said. He just stood there in front of her, "I realize you're in pain, but it had to be done. Sensui had gone out of his mind. If he was still alive right now you probably wouldn't have been able to recognize him. He didn't care about anything anymore." Tora looked at him and glared.
"You're lying! He cared about me! He was going to come back! He was going to come back, and you killed him! He promised me! He promised me!" she screamed at him. She attempted to stab him but her hand suddenly became cold. She looked at it and realized it was completely covered in ice.
"What? What is this?" she yelled trying to warm her hand back up, but it stayed cold. A choking noise came from the door Tora had entered in at the beginning. Kyoko knelt there gasping for breath. A path of ice leading from her to Tora's hand.
"Please…stop." She spoke her voice barely above a whisper. Her blank eyes looked at Tora pleadingly. The girls both looked shocked. Sairi ran over to her. Tora just stood there but after a while she walked over. The boys watched in silence.
"What the hell are you doing out of your tank?" scolded Tora.
"Kyoko, you fool! You're going to die!" said Sairi trying to get her to pick her up to carry her back to the womb.
"No…I'm sorry…you can't…you can't kill them." She said her voice not gaining any volume.
"Thanks a lot the embodiment of my conscience. Now get back in your tank!" ordered Tora.
"No!" Kyoko said almost a yell.
"Alright, I'm completely confused." Said Yusuke scratching his head.
"Explanations can come later, Yusuke. What you should concentrate on is what is happening now." Advised Kurama. Yusuke continued to watch staying silent.
"You shouldn't speak. Use your mind." Sairi told her.
"No!" Tears flowed from her eyes, "You can't kill them! You can't-" she cut off
in mid sentence. "Run"
"What?" asked Tora.
"Run!" Kyoko yelled. A crash erupted when a wall collapsed. A deep laughter erupted from a large newly made black cave. Eight eyes stared out of the darkness. Sairi stood up and walked towards the cave.
"No! Run!" shouted Kyoko she began to cough. Tora groaned.
"Hey, Big Red! Make yourself useful and take her back would you!" shouted Tora running up to join Sairi. Kurama watched her and looked at Kyoko. She was having a hard time holding herself up. He walked over and picked her up bridal style.
"No!" she squeaked desperately trying to hit him. He stopped and looked at her.
"You're losing your strength." He said. She looked at him her face tear stained.
"I'm not going back!" she sent not being able to use her voice anymore.
"You have to." Countered Kurama aloud.
"No I don't!" she argued. Kurama started walking down the hallway. All of a sudden an intense pain entered his head.
"Take me back!" she ordered. Kurama looked at her the pain not ceasing. She didn't look like she was enjoying doing this to him.
"Okay." He finally agreed and took her back.
Sairi looked at the eight eyes her expression was filled with sorrow. The monster began to come into the light revealing it's ugly appearance. Sairi clutched a hand over her heart.
"Reizo." She said. Tora stood behind her along with the boys. Yusuke, Kuwabara and Hiei were preparing to fight. Tora shook her head lightly.
"No. This fight is Sai's." She glared over at Yusuke. "Besides, after this you're mine, and I wouldn't want you dead by anyone else's hand. Or claw."
"Sairi-chan, you look well." Reizo said, "sadly can't say the same for me."
"Reizo, please, go back to the bottom floor." Pleaded Sairi. Reizo laughed.
"Go back? Why? So I can spend the rest of my life, hoping to be turned back? Don't be naïve!" he snarled, "I've been given something, and I'm going to use it! If you would just let me out then I could get even stronger! I must feed!"
"Like you did the others?" she said looking at him like she was remembering something painful, "You want out so you can devour and use more people? That's what you want? That's not Reizo. You're not Reizo. You're a monster!" she shouted. Reizo was silent but his tail slammed down, Sairi barely able to dodge in time. He continued to attempt to stab her leaving holes in the floor.
"A Monster? A Monster is what you call me? I'm better than you! I have power! I can leave this god damn place! I'm not a monster! I'm a full bred Demon!" he shouted. Sairi threw some boulders at him striking his legs and making him lose his balance. She jumped up and threw a stone directly into his eyes. She attempted to push off but Reizo grabbed her in his mandibles. Sairi panicked. There was the sound of blood gushing.
Tora and the rest stood there in shock looking at the beast. Sairi was limp in it's mandibles. She looked up and pulled the mandibles apart. A sharp spike of stone pierced through Reizo's body and into his heart leaving the body hanging in midair on a stalactite. Blood flowed like a fountain down onto the floor. Sairi stood looking at the creature as pieces of flesh liquefied and fell onto the ground. What was left was the figure of a man with dark black hair. Sairi stood there in shock before running over to him. She shattered the stalactite taking the man's body and cradling his head in her lap.
"Reizo…my Reizo." she sobbed. The man's eyes opened revealing two bright blue spheres.
"Sairi…thank you." He said using his final breath. Sairi broke down in sobs her tears falling on her loves face.
"So, what happened to the monster that was stabbed through with the giant stone pillar?" asked Kuwabara.
"I think you answered your own question." Said Tora walking over to Sairi.
"Huh? I don't get it." Said Kuwabara.
"Kuwabara, shut up. You've accomplished something I didn't think was possible, you're getting to be even more of a fool than you already are." Hiei said walking off towards the tunnel Kurama had taken to take Kyoko back.
"Dang it, Shrimp! I ought to kill you for that!" threatened Kuwabara.
"Well, this leaves us with an interesting ending." Said Yusuke still watching the two girls. The sound of running made him turn around. Kurama stood there without Kyoko. The girls had looked too. Tora immediately stood up.
"You took her back, right?" she challenged. Kurama nodded.
"Yes, but she wasn't in good shape." He informed them sounding worried.
"Yeah, she gets like that, the little idiot. I'd say she set a record though. She must have been really worried about something to make her stay out for so long. Doesn't come to mind what though." Sairi walked over and smacked her over the head.
"Ow!" complained Tora.
"You're stupid." Sairi said beginning to walk back to the Womb, Reizo's body over her shoulder, "Oh, yes. Gentlemen, you must be tired. If you wish to rest then you are welcome to come to our home."
"What? No way are they coming! Besides Fried Rice and I still have a fight to finish." argued Tora.
"Rest up then finish your fight. I don't think Kyoko will be too happy with you if you kill him though." She warned heading down the hallway. The boys all looked to Kurama who nodded telling them that is was okay. They all followed, Yusuke offering to help carry the body but Sairi refused.
"You've got to be joking!" shouted Tora running to catch up,"Get your butt back here and fight like a man!"