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Episode 6

Kurama's POV

How did the assassin know who Gouki was? I don't remember that he was involved with anyone/thing really big before Hiei and I met him... Or maybe they knew each other before...?

That wasn't my only problem. How did Akuryou know that Yusuke's weapon was the spirit gun? She had never seen him use it, and we had never mentioned it. She also knew about Hiei's Black Dragon, as well as the Fist of the Mortal Flame.

Thirdly... Her eyes. When I first saw her, her eyes looked like that of a dead person's. But earlier, in the cabin of the boat, her eyes were red when she was having the panic attack. After it however, the faded back to dull blue. That morning, when she had smiled for no apparent reason, her eyes lighted up to a clearer, brighter blue. I suppose her emotion can be told through her eyes, but wouldn't that be sort of a weakness...? I thought that an assassin at her level would have learned to be able to control and hide their emotions. It's a basic principle.

Anyhow, enough of my thinking. Yusuke was still fighting and his opponent didn't seem to care. He sat there, unmoving, as Yusuke landed punch after punch. Or more... Punch after bounce after punch.

I think the force of Yusuke's punch was what made him bounce so hard, but I don't think that if he had poked Pako it would have made any difference damage wise. And Akuryou's hint about Gouki made no sense to me. Unless it had something to do with the way that Yusuke had defeated him... I wasn't there, so I wouldn't know.

"Bonehead," Akuryou muttered. "Total bonehead."

"DAMNIT!" Yusuke yelled. "SPIRIT GUN!!!"

The huge ball of reiki connected with Pako's stomach... and bounced straight back at Yusuke. He jumped out of the way just in time. The explosion blew up nearly a fifth of the stadium.

"Damnit!" He said again.

"Kurama."

"Yes?"

"Does Yusuke know how to shoot different types of 'bullets'?"

"What do you mean by that?"

"Well, if he could shoot a thinner, more concentrated beam, it might have some effect. Or, he could go back to the original method I had in mind."

"I don't think so..."

"SPIRIT GUN!" Yusuke yelled again. This time, he aimed for the basketball sized head of his humongous opponent.

"Alright! GO URAMESHI!" Kuwabara called out. "I doubt his head has as much fat as the rest of him!"

"It won't work." Akuryou said darkly.

Just before the reiki hit, Pako opened his mouth wide and swallowed the shot whole. He burped, and then continued to grin.

Yusuke looked at loss of what to do.

"Well, I guess that settles it," Akuryou said. "He'll have to be able to concentrate his beam then."

"So... originally you thought for him to shoot his shot into his opponent's mouth?"

"Exactly. Unfortunately, it seems that Pako's insides are made up of a lot tougher stuff that Gouki's were..."

"That fat ass seems fatter than he was before," Hiei observed.

"What?"

"He's right," Akuryou agreed. "His throat is bulging out more."

"How can you tell?" Kuwabara asked.

"Well, he had a triple chin. Now it's a quadruple." (A/N: Is there such thing as a triple chin? Haha)

"How can you tell from here...?"

"My eyes. I use my eyes."

"That's helpful..." He muttered. Then he brightened up. "I know! This happened when we fought Byakko! He kept eating my spirit energy until he exploded!"

"Yes, but I doubt Pako would perish that easily. Byakko was a fool who bit off more than he could chew..."

"Yeah well..."

"But you do have a point. If Yusuke can figure it out... I think he did."

Yusuke was yelling obscene words at his opponent, all the while shooting huge balls of reiki at him. Pako swallowed every ball shot at him, and continued to grin.

"Aargh! That stupid grin of yours is really starting to piss. Me. Off!" He yelled, slamming his fist as hard as he could into Pako's face.

In a split second, Pako's mouth was open and clamped around Yusuke's wrist. Yusuke's eyes widened in surprise. He tried to pull away, but this caused the punctures in his wrist to tear, making blood spurt out.

"DAMN IT LET GO!" Yusuke yelled.

"Now, if he could shoot a more concentrated beam into Pako's head, it might come out the other side..."

"Now that's a happy thought..."

"Excuse moi."

Kurama, Kuwabara, Hiei, and Akuryou all looked down to see the familiar, ratty demon.

"What do you want?" Hiei asked rudely.

"I would like to speak with ze misses."

"Sorry, she's not available right now," Akuryou said shortly.

"But zey inseest..."

"Alright! Don't get your panties in a knot!" She fumed. "Stupid 'authority'"

She stormed after the rat demon.

) Akuryou (

Honestly. I don't see the point of asking to see someone, then making him or her wait for an hour. Sure, I'm patient... but not THAT patient. Besides, my team was fighting. I should be able to see what's happening...

"Zey will see you now," Said the rat demon, emerging from the meeting room.

"About time," I grumbled. I stood up and walked briskly past him. The meeting room was rather large, with a big, elliptical table in the center. There were beings seated around the table. Some were human. Some were demons. The rest of the crowd... I don't know what they were. One of the "what"s strongly resembled something made up of a swarm of bugs, all hovering together to form a shape. The figure looked human/demon enough, but you could see its skin was moving, shifting around. On closer inspection, it was a being made up of bugs.

"Greetings," Said one of the men. He was fat. Not as fat as Pako, but there was some resemblance.

"Yo," I replied shortly. I glanced around at the beasts assembled around the table.

"You do remember us, don't you?" He asked. He talked slowly, wheezing slightly. Perhaps it was the effect of smoking, I guessed, seeing the cigar in one hand.

"Of course," I replied. "How could I forget faces as ugly as yours'?"

"Very funny, assassin," The fat man said dryly. "But there is a new member of our little group that we would like you to meet."

The member stood up. I stiffened, narrowed my eyes, and hissed the name "Zakoro".

He smiled. "It's a pleasure to meet you." Zakoro. He was exactly the same as when I first met him... His hair was a pale, creamish color. His features showed two catlike eyes, the left one yellow, the right red and tanned skin. He wore a black karate uniform, and had a black cape slung over his shoulder.

He acted as if we had never met before, but his eyes told the truth. His eyes laughed, taunted, jeered at me. My hand moved to the scabbard at my waist. The members of the "council" closest to me saw my movement, and their eyes widened. In a second, my dagger was drawn and I was holding it against Zakoro's neck.

"Akuryou!" The fat man gasped. "What are you doing?"

"You..." I hissed, ignoring him. "I will kill you!"

"Akuryou..." Zakoro smirked. "Still bitter from our last encounter?"

My arm jerked violently, and a thin line appeared on his neck.

"I'm warning you..."

"Tsk tsk, this isn't the way you should act to your superiors," He said. The entire table was watching us.

"Superior my ass! Stop fooling around!" I made the motion to sever his head, but he was gone. He reappeared behind me, a smug look on his face.

"Superior, Akuryou. I am superior to you in everyway," He smiled eerily and leaned slightly forward to whisper in my ear, "I know every one of your weaknesses, Akuryou. I will use them to destroy you... Slowly and painfully..."

"You can't kill me," I said. I hoped he couldn't hear the tremor in my voice.

"No, but I can leave you wishing I could," He whispered. Then he straightened up and smiled.

"Well, I suppose that will be all..." The fat man said nervously, watching Zakoro and I with great confusion.

"Until we meet again," Zakoro said pleasantly, waving to me. I said nothing, and walked outside angrily.

I stormed back to the stadium angrily, and saw that a new match was well under way. Hiei and Hitan were flashing around on the stage.

"What happened?" I asked.

"Urameshi blew his guts out," Kuwabara explained. "Figures that Pako's got some sort of storage for swallowed reiki. Yusuke shot another spirit gun; I think to make Pako let him go. Then he just... er... Blew up."

"It wasn't pretty," Said Yusuke. "Dude, it was like fireworks..."

"That's gross Urameshi!!"

OWCH! THAT'S GOTTA HURT!!! Kori's voice boomed out from the arena.

Hiei landed on our side of the arena, a large gash opening on his arm. Hitan landed on the opposite side, and the bandages around his head were cut.

"Shit," He hissed, tearing them away. His hair was jet black. There was a strange black marking in the middle of his forehead. It resembled a thin arrow point pointing downwards, with two wings on both sides.

Kurama gasped. "That mark!"

"What about it?" Kuwabara asked.

"That tattoo is the sign of... Something," He said, chewing his nail. There was a loud thud as Yusuke and Kuwabara crashed to the ground.

"Geez Kurama, we thought you had something there!"

"That's the mark of a gang, bonehead," I said. "And not just any gang. Hitan is one of the Yakubyougami, the Angels of Death." (A/N: Yakubyougami means angel of death, but I altered the meaning a bit)

"What's a Yakubogame?" Kuwabara asked.

"It's Yakubyougami, bonehead. They're a pretty feared gang, considering they're responsible for the deaths of..." I paused, counting in my head. "A couple hundred thousands of demons a year."

"Hn. Is that supposed to make me scared?" Hiei smirked. "I killed a few of those idiots last week."

"Only fools aren't scared of us," Hitan said. "Besides, the ones you killed last week were grunts. I was a high level member."

"What do you mean, was?"

"I quit. Those fools were recruiting too much riff raff. It ruins our reputation," Hitan replied. "I don't need them anymore." He withdrew three shuriken and threw them casually at Hiei.

The fire apparition disappeared with a flash, and the shuriken stuck in the ground. Hiei landed a few meters to the left. The gash on his arm wasn't pouring blood anymore, but it hadn't stopped bleeding either. A small cut appeared on his cheek.

"This will be fun," Hitan smirked, taking out more shuriken.

AN: Haha, I like drawing Hitan... His name in Kanji is written the same as Feitan from Hunter x Hunter, I just realized...

Preview

Akuryou: Zakoro is a bitch.

Kurama: () That's not really a preview...

Akuryou: Fine. So, Hiei the midget is going to fight someone from the Yakubyougami. pretends to be excited Will Hiei be able to defeat someone from the legendary killing gang? Or will he be yet another unfortunate victim? Find out next time, on Yu Yu Hakusho! ­ glares at Kurama better?

Kurama: Much better