Yu Yu Hakusho Re Pure

by Resop

It’s one week later and Yusuke would still like to know what it all means. Fortunately for him, he finds out. It’s Yu Yu Hakusho Re Pure Episode 26 The Epilogue. Four endings to a series is better than one.

15. Kuwabara Daioh

Yu Yu Hakusho Re Pure Episode 15 - Kurabara Daioh

Kuwabara walks down the street. He doesn't hurry because he still has some time left before he is supposed to meet Yusuke.

"Kuwabara!" Members of Kuwabara's gang greet him as they hang out on a corner.

"What's up guys?"

Okubo smiles. "My mom is getting better. By summer, I might be able to retire from that job."

Kuwabara smiles. "Yeah, you should get some time for yourself. You're only a teenager once."

One of the other members pipes up. "Are you still doing that spook chasing thing?"

"Yeah, it's going pretty good."

The other members of the gang shudder.

Kuwabara holds his arms out with his hands down. "Those vengeful spirits haven't bothered me at all." Kuwabara uses a spooky voice.

The other gang members cringe.

"You guys are a bunch of sissies."

One of the gang members hangs his head. "We're afraid of ghosts."

"Don't worry, I'll take care of them!" Kuwabara pats his biceps turns and continues on his route. He sees a clock on the wall that tells him that he is still ahead of schedule so he stops in front of a pet store.

"My name is Strawberry."

Kuwabara looks at one of the kittens in the window. Ever since he started training with Miss Genkai, cats had started to talk to him. Kuwabara makes eye contact with Strawberry.

Strawberry rubs her face with one of her paws.

"I think Strawberry likes you."

Kuwabara turns to see a tall girl with long black hair also looking at the cat. "Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't see you."

"My name is Sakaki. Do you like kittens?"

"Ye-ye-yes."

"Your uniform, you go to the juvenile delinquent school?"

"Yes."

Sakaki suddenly looks very serious and apologetic. "I'm sorry we had to dump our problems on you. But, we had no other choice."

Kuwabara looks at her funny. "Huh?"

Sakaki turns to walk away. "Oh, Strawberry will tell you that she's a pirate. Don't believe her. She's really only a cat."

Kuwabara stands still, stunned as Sakaki walks away. He turns to Strawberry. "Pirate?"

Strawberry jumps back on her hind legs. "Avast ye maties!"

Kuwabara shakes his head and continues walking down the street. He passes a music store which has speakers in the front. From the speakers plays a soft, inoffensive tune, suitable for morning traffic (and somehow sounding exactly like typical background calliope music for Azumanga Daioh).

Kuwabara reaches the appointed corner. He is not late, but Yusuke and Kayko are only a block away on the other side.

Kuwabara shakes his head. Kuwabara hand rests on a street sign. He suddenly notices that he has bent the sign with his hand. He immediately fixes it.

Kuwabara composes himself as Yuskue and Kayko catch up to him. "Morning, guys!"

Kayko smiles. "Hey, it's a good thing you're on time today. Miss Botan called this morning. There is a school assembly before classes today. Something about a new teacher."

Yusuke looks thoughtful. "I thought it was odd that Mr. Iwamoto vanished recently."

Kayko nods. "He was a jerk who had it in for you and Kuwabara. Maybe his bad deeds caught up to him?"

Yusuke shakes his head. "I doubt if life really works like that."

Kuwabara looks over Yusuke. "Hey, Yusuke, did you bring that perverted plushy with you today?"

Yusuke points to a charm around the handle of his briefcase, shaped like Mugimora but much smaller. "He's in this form now. He can pop up if needed, but hopefully he'll be quiet."

"How can I keep quiet with all the girls in school uniforms?

Yusuke makes a fist. "Mu-gi-mo-ra?"

"I'm shutting up. You don't need to tell me. I won't make a..."

"Shut up, shutting up."

...

Kuwabara and the rest of the school's students assemble in the gym. He wonders what Sakaki might have meant with the 'dumping our problems' comment.

The scooby gang sits in a line on the chairs set up in the gym. Kuwabara is on the left most end of the line. Kuwabara notes that the humans and the demons sit with each other and Yukina sits between Kurama and Hiei.

Miss Botan and Miss Genkai are in the front of the gym by a raised podium. Miss Botan takes the podium. "Good morning students!"

"Good Morning Miss Botan!"

"We recently had a teacher leave us, so we have hired a replacement. He is a transfer from the school just North of here."

Kuwabara sits straight up, now realizing what Sakaki might have meant.

"Let me introduce to you to Mister Kimura!"

Mr. Kimura, a tall, sloppily dressed, poorly groomed skinny man takes the podium. He leans too close to the microphone and treats the students to some deafening feed back. "Hello. My name is Mr. Kimura. The girl uniforms here are nice." Mr. Kimura walks off the podium to stunned silence.

Yusuke elbows Kuwabara in the ribs. "Hey ghost boy, any vibes from this weirdo?"

Kuwabara stretches Yusuke's mouth. "He's too far away from me."

Kayko elbows Yusuke. "Miss Botan and Miss Genkai are right there. I'm sure they would notice something."

"I thought you guys were my bodyguards."

Kuwabara lets go of Yusuke's mouth. "I'll look into it."

...

Botan relaxes in the teachers lounge. Kuwabara surprises her.

"Miss Botan."

Botan puts down and tries to hide the magazine she was reading. "Yes, Kuwabara?"

"Did you pick up any vibes from that new teacher?"

Botan double checks to make sure that Kimura is not in the area. "Other than he's a pervert?"

Kuwabara shrugs his shoulders. "I think everyone picked up that vibe."

Botan nods. "He seems very preoccupied with thoughts about teenaged girls. But, there was no demonic taint that I could detect."

"Botan, why did he transfer from the other school?"

Botan leans over for a whisper. "I heard he was kicked out because seven of the girls complained that he was making inappropriate remarks to them."

Kuwabara nods, wondering if Sakaki was one of the seven girls. "Okay. Oh, one more thing. Cats can't be pirates, right?"

A giant sweat mark appears by Botan's head. "I suppose they could, but I have never heard of a cat pirate before."

Kuwabara sneaks a peek at Botan's magazine, then makes his goodbyes.

Botan imagines a cat in a pirate outfit. "Cute."

...

Yusuke meets Kuwabara at the school gate after school. "Any luck with Miss Botan?"

"She couldn't detect anything."

Yusuke starts walking home.

"Hey, aren't you waiting for Kayko?"

"She has detention."

Kuwabara is shocked. "The class representative Kayko gets detention?"

"She slapped Mister Kimura."

"You're kidding!"

"Nope. He was hanging around the field during girls gym. He apparently said something to Kayko about her gym uniform."

Kuwabara nods. "So where is Kurama and company?"

"Yukina is also in detention."

"She slapped Mister Kimura, too?"

"No, she slapped Kayko."

"This is just too weird."

"Tell me about it. And, Hiei was totally upset all day, to the point where Kurama had to walk him home."

"Hey, did your plushy get a whiff of Mister Kimura?"

Mugimora pops up to full size. "I don't see what the big deal is. He seemed perfectly normal to me."

Both Kuwabara and Yusuke keel over.

Kuwabara dusts himself off. "Were you there for that fight? Why would Yukina slap Kayko?"

Mugimora goes into deep thought. "Yes, yes. Judging by the blushing cheeks and hearts for eyes, I would say that Yukina has a crush on Mister Kimura."

Kuwabara and Yusuke are stunned to silence. Wind whips a tumbleweed past them.

"Hey, she's a foxy girl, but she's still a half demon. She's not going to be attracted to the same type of people that humans would be."

Both Yusuke and Kuwabara nod.

"But, it is hard for me to imagine that Yukina would dream of spreading those long smooth legs for ..."

Mugimora is sandwiched between the fists of Yusuke and Kuwabara. "Ouch ..."

Yusuke frowns. "Too much information Mugimora."

"I'll have to work on that."

Kuwabara remembers something. "Hey. Yusuke, have you heard of the magazine Idol Singer Monthly?"

"I've seen it on the news stands. I thumb through it occasionally to look at the pictures. The articles are all girly stuff though."

"I saw Miss Botan looking through a copy."

Yusuke has a blood vessel pop out of his head. "Oh, I'll bet I know what she'll say. 'Oh, I was only looking at it because of the Lock Four battle.' She'll never own up to wanting to be an idol singer."

Kuwabara nods. "Yeah, that sounds like your girlfriend."

Yusuke punches Kuwabara in the shoulder, rather ineffectively.

Yusuke and Kuwabara reach the normal morning meeting corner.

"Hey, Yusuke, is it okay for you to walk the rest of the way by yourself?"

Yusuke nods. "Thanks to Miss Genkai's training I can use my spiritual awareness to detect and avoid trouble."

Kuwabara walks on. As he passes the pet store, he looks in the window but Strawberry is gone.

Another cat is there who stares at Kuwabara. "Are you looking for Strawberry?"

Kuwabara nods.

"She's raised the Jolly Roger and now sails the seven seas."

Kuwabra gives the new cat a stern look.

"Okay, she was bought this morning. It just sounded better the other way."

Kuwabara sighs and walks on wondering how the shift in the team dynamic was going to affect their effectiveness in combat.

...

And now for part two of our show:

From the Circular File of the Spirit Detective!

Mugimora slaps two sticks together to produce the sounds of a play opening.

Chibi Yusuke and Chibi Botan are on stage behind a podium. They stand on the right side of the stage and a giant screen is in the middle of the stage.

Chibi Botan smiles. "Welcome to our special theater!"

Chibi Yusuke doesn't look too enthused.

Chibi Botan pulls Yusuke's mouth into a smile. "Oh, come on. It's our first omake theater. Let's smile."

Chibi Yusuke forces a smile. "I'll learn to read my contract more closely the next time."

Chibi Botan recomposes herself. "Wasn't that an interesting episode? I wonder what's going to happen to Hiei and Yukina?"

"They're half demons. I don't even want to try to guess."

"Yes, yes. That's really true. Anyway, today our omake theater will highlight one of the aspects of this show that often doesn't get a lot of attention. The show's opening."

"What are you talking about? We're in a fan fic. Fan fic's don't have openings!"

Chibi Botan shakes her hand in front of her face. "Let's not worry about the small details."

Chibi Yusuke rolls his eyes. "Okay, what about the opening?"

Chibi Botan smiles brightly. "Our show so far has had three openings. That is, if you don't count the first five episodes of the original show."

"Three openings?"

"Oh, yes. Our episodes one through eight had the Stepping Out' opening number." Botan points to the screen that shows the cast members in a choreographed dance sequence, coming off as looking like a low budget remake of the opening sequence for Hana Yori Dango, featuring the same music. "There's even a frame capture of the opening sequence online."

(pointed to in the author's profile)

"Why do I not remember doing this?"

"Let's not worry about the small details. We had to change the opening sequence for episodes nine and ten because those episodes were pretending to be an epilogue. We then went back to the original opening for episodes eleven through fourteen, and then switched to the new opening starting this episode."

"I'm afraid to look."

"But, we can't talk about that today, because we're out of time. So ..."

Chibi Yusuke and Chibi Botan say in unison "See you next time!"

To be continued