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Episode 11

"I am Arashi Tsukai Keisui, the Storm Shinobi!" Keisui yelled. "I can use all elements, making me invincible! You may have been lucky before, but your luck ends now! I'm gonna kick your –"

"I don't know about the invincibility, but I do know that you talk way too damn much," Yusuke interrupted, sticking his finger in his ear. "Can we just fight already?"

"Don't interrupt me, you fool!" Keisui scolded, whacking Yusuke in the head. "I didn't finish talking!"

"Which proves my point! Let's just fight already!"

Before the Shinobi leader could reply, the announcer, Kori, yelled, "Well, since Yusuke seems so eager to fight… Ready? BEGIN!"

"How annoying. Humans are so impatient," Keisui sighed. A gust of wind blew across the stadium, chilling everyone to the bone. "Well, if you're so eager to die…" Lightning struck down on various points around the stadium, vaporizing youkai that were too close. The largest lightning bolt yet struck right were Yusuke was standing. The shocked Spirit Detective jumped back, his shirt slightly singed. He barely had time to recover because Keisui was already sending more lightning bolts at him.

"Damn it!" Yusuke swore as gashes appeared on his arms and legs.

"What's wrong, Urameshi? Tired already?" Keisui laughed. He put his hand out, palm up. Keisui's bright green spirit energy gathered into a rapidly spinning ball. "Die!" He smirked, charging at Yusuke.

"Hell no! I'm just getting started!" Yusuke yelled, shooting his Spirit Gun at Keisui's ball of reiki. The explosion rocked the entire stadium, covering it in dust and debris.

"Can you guys see anything?" Kuwabara asked.

"Well, I can't see the fighters right now… can anyone else?" Kori coughed. "Well, we'll just have to wait till the smoke clears!"

"I hope Urameshi's ok…"

"He'd better be. Or else you'd have to fight him and then we'd be in real trouble."

"Shut up, midget."

The stadium eventually cleared, revealing the two fighters standing right in front of each other, looking around. The moment Keisui spotted Yusuke, he whacked in on the head.

"What the hell was that for! We could have both been killed, dumbass!" He yelled.

"Oh, shut up! We're fighting, aren't we!" Yusuke yelled back. The two glared at each other, then jumped back.

"Spirit Gun!"

"Hell Fire Blast!"

Spirit Energy and Fire met with another ground-shaking explosion. The stadium was once again covered with dust and smoke.

"I am disgusted," came Keisui's voice. "I expected the previous winner of the tournament to have at least SOME fighting grace." He brushed dust off his pants. "BUT YOU!" He yelled, pointed his finger accusingly at Yusuke. "YOU fight like a BRUTE! Randomly blowing things up!"

"Look who's talking!" Yusuke yelled back, giving him the finger. "Rooster head!"

"You little—"

"Don't you call me little!"

"This is… unexpected…" Kurama said, as the two team leaders bickered onstage.

"He does look kind of like a rooster…" said Kuwabara. "A green one."

"All right, Yusuke. You asked for it!" Keisui muttered darkly. He held out his hands like he was holding basketballs in them. "Watch closely, Spirit Detective! This is my ultimate technique that few are privileged to see."

"I feel so special," Yusuke said sarcastically.

"You better." A sea green ball of reiki the size of a basketball appeared in Keisui's hands. Small flashes of electricity and flame scurried around the balls as they vibrated and hummed. "Nobody who has been up against this has ever survived."

"Well, I'll be the first!"

"Doubtful," Keisui smirked. "The reiki is spinning very quickly, and as soon as it hits you, it'll blow a nice clean hole right through you."

"That's easy. I just have to keep away from that ball!"

"Not really. Now DIE! Inner Storm!" The shinobi leader charged. Yusuke stood his ground.

"URAMESHI! What are you doing! GET OUT OF THE WAY!" Kuwabara screamed.

"Be quiet, you fool."

"Shut up shrimp!"

"That stance!" Junsui gasped, awake now. Everyone looked at him. "But… I don't remember where!"

Everyone fell over with a loud thud.

"Yusuke used that technique in the last tournament," Kurama said.

"You mean THAT technique?"

"Yeah…"

"Don't tell me he's going to…"

"Well, he's taking the stance!"

Keisui ignored all of the hissing and whispering, charging straight at the spirit detective. Spirit energy gathered around Yusuke's left hand, causing it to glow slightly. When Keisui's ball of energy struck at Yusuke, he used his left hand to block and knock it out of the way. The ball of reiki landed a few feet away, drilling into the stadium and splitting the stadium into two places. Keisui didn't look surprised, but his astonishment grew when Yusuke punched him as hard as he could in the stomach with his right hand.

"Spirit Wave!"

The force of the punch sent Keisui flying into the audience.

"Whew," Yusuke whistled, looking at his left hand. It was burnt and blistered badly. "Glad I put some spirit energy into that…"

"Damn you…" Keisui rose up out of the rubble, snapping, "that HURT dumbass!"

"Well, we're FIGHTING aren't we!" Yusuke retorted.

"Yeah, I guess you're right…" Keisui muttered sleepily. "I'm a wee bit tired dad… I'm gonna go to sleep…" and he slumped to the floor. The surrounding youkai stepped forward cautiously.

"Well, it seems that team leader Keisui is… unable to battle?" Kori said uncertainly as braver demons crept forward to poke the unconscious shinobi with sticks. "In that case, Yusuke Urameshi is the winner!"

"Yes!" Yusuke laughed. "Now… one more idiot to go!"

"Heh, like you'll have a chance­ to beat me!" Reisho replied arrogantly.

"That's easy," Yusuke snorted.

"Excuse me, Team Urameshi!" A girl dressed in a red qi pao said quietly but clearly into a microphone. All heads turned. The girl had long, reddish black hair. Two small, red-feathered wings peeked around her arms. The demons behind her could see a tail of long, red feathers waving gently as she walked down the stairs. "I would like to know where your fifth team member is," she continued, putting her hands on her hips. Her tone of voice was quiet and soothing, but commanding all the same.

"Well, she's not feeling well," Yusuke replied automatically. "Who are you?"

"My name is Tori. I was supposed to be the commentator, but I was unable to attend earlier." She swished her long hair. "If your fifth member is not present, you are to be disqualified."

"What? But no one cared before!" Yusuke yelled.

"You were lucky, as no one noticed it. Whoever did notice, however, did not bother to mention it," Tori replied calmly, raising her eyebrow at Kori, who looked nervous.

"Well, what do you want me to do? Our last member's—" Yusuke was interrupted by a loud BANG. Several demons suffered whiplash after turning their heads so quickly,

"Yo, Urameshi. You guys still alive over there?" Akuryou asked, strolling briskly into the stadium. Small twigs and leaves stuck to her clothing and hair. Her face seemed neutral, but her eyes were smoldering. The red in her eyes was slowly darkening back to black. Unseen by most, a black shadow flitted away into the audience.

"Psh, of course we're alive. We're glad you came, though. If you hadn't—"

"We would have been disqualified. I know."

"Well, whatever."

"So, how many are left?"

"One guy. Reisho," Yusuke replied, walking up to the stadium. Akuryou cut him off.

"If I may. I have quite a bit of frustration to blow off."

"Go ahead."

As the assassin approached the stage, Reisho shivered with the recognition of his opponent.

"Long time no see, eh Reisho?" Akuryou smirked, cracking her knuckles.

"Well, since the 5th member of team Urameshi has shown up, shall the battle commence?" Kori said, glancing warily at Tori. The bird girl nodded. "In that case, let the match BEGIN!"

"I hope the hospital here has room for one more," Akuryou said, leaping in for the kill.

"Wow! Reisho never stood a chance! In less than 5 seconds, the assassin has completely destroyed him!" Kori yelled into her mic. Akuryou stalked off the stage.

"Decapitated, more like," Yusuke muttered as the commentator started her count.

"Well guys, that concludes the second round of our Ankoku Bujutsukai! Team Urameshi, rest up for the third round! We will notify you when it will take place. Thank you!" As soon as Kori finished her little speech, she jumped off the stadium and ran as fast as she could toward one of the side entrances, Tori hot in pursuit.

) Later (

"Well, I guess we did pretty OK!" Yusuke said happily, settling into a couch.

"Speak for yourself," Kuwabara grumbled. "I didn't get to fight at all."

"Sorry 'bout that," Akuryou said, taking a sip of her tea.

"No problem."

"I wish there was someone here worth fighting though," Yusuke said.

"What makes you say that? Some of the strongest fighters in all three worlds come to participate in the Ankoku Bujutsukai," Akuryou said, raising an eyebrow.

"Yeah I know, but there's been stronger people. Like Toguro—"

"TOGURO! You want to fight TOGURO again!" Kuwabara yelped. "Last time, you guys wrecked the entire ISLAND!"

"No that was Sakyo's bomb…"

"Well, you know, fighting someone Toguro's level would be fun. I haven't met someone I couldn't beat easily since… … well, there was Sensui too," Yusuke sighed with remorse. At his last comment, Akuryou choked on her tea and coughed violently for several moments.

"Shinobu," she finally managed to choke out.

"Eh?" Yusuke looked bewildered.

"Shinobu," Akuryou turned to fix the spirit detective with a fierce glare. "How did you know him?"

"Wha—? I…"

"How did you know him?" the assassin's eyes glinted with a hostility that Yusuke and the others had not seen from her before, each word strongly emphasized. Kuwabara, Kurama and Hiei watched quietly, unsure of what to do or say.

YOSH! FINALLY finished another chapter

Me: I'll do the preview this time

Kori: I want to do it! I am the announcer after all!

Me: … if you say so…

Kori: Yay! so, WELL, it seems that Akuryou has some acquaintance with previous Spirit Detective Sensui Shinobu! You think she'll be mad if she finds out Yusuke's the one that killed him? gasps tee hee. I sure hope not he's really cute… And what happened to that creepy stalker demon Korosu? When's the next fight going to start? Will some new friends show up? Find out next time, on Yu Yu Hakusho!