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.

19. Song of the Demon World

Yu Yu Hakusho Re Pure Episode 19 - "The Lock Five Battle - Song of the Demon World"

Miss Sakaki walks to school. She walks alone, because the corner where she meets up with her Scooby gang is still several blocks away.

"Miss Sakaki!"

Miss Sakaki looks around, then down. "Strawberry, Parfait! Please, call me Sa-chan."

Strawberry ignores her. "Miss Sakaki, there is big, big, big trouble. We found a castle that was oozing evil energy. Worse, we know Chewy is feeding off of it."

"Good work. Any individuals that seem to be the source?"

Parfait nods. "A larger older human."

Sakaki nods. "Older than the others in the castle, like a teacher?"

Both Strawberry and Parfait nod.

"Which way?"

Both Strawberry and Parfait point with their paws.

Miss Sakaki thinks for a minute. "It's not unusual for evil energy to ooze from the delinquent Junior High School. Was the teacher thin, with glasses?"

Strawberry shakes her head. "No glasses, heavy set."

Miss Sakaki nods. "That rules out Kimura-sensai. Anything else?"

Strawberry pushes her front paws together and blushes. "Well, that young guy you were talking to, the one who could hear me talking? He also goes to that school."

"I knew that from his uniform. But, with his spiritual awareness, he could be in some danger." Miss Sakaki nods decisively. "Okay, the plan is for you two to investigate the large evil guy and try to get a positive id."

Parfait sits up. "Oh, I just remembered, that guy trashed the office that had taken me in, some singing place."

"Good, meet me here tonight and I'll bring a sketch book."

Strawberry blushes again. "Miss Sakaki, is that young guy your ..." Strawberry waves her left front paw, then realizes that she doesn't have an pinkie finger.

Miss Sakaki smiles a little. "I don't have a boyfriend, and he isn't my outside lover. You have some imagination Strawberry."

"Sorry."

"I have to run. Do your best!"

Strawberry and Parfait shout in unison. "Yes!"

...

Mister Akashi sits at his desk in the teacher's office during lunch. After waiting until there was no one was close, he taps his phone three times.

It rings. "Mister Akashi. I hope that your backup plan is in place?"

Mister Akashi smiles an evil smile. "It is."

"I hope it will work out better than the plans of that incompetent lackey of yours, Mister Iwamoto."

"There is no way this plan could fail."

"Excellent."

"Word on the street is that those punks are going to attack tonight. Should I wait to start my plan until after they try to take Lock Five?"

"No. I would be better to set the wheels in motion today so that you can attack them right after they return."

Mister Akashi nods. "I see. I guess you're not confident in your crew's ability to stop these kids?"

The voice on the phone turns angry. "There will be nothing left of them after this crew is done. However, if by some miracle they survive, they will be greatly weakened so your attack should succeed."

"I am happy you're giving me this support."

"Akashi, this is no joke. We could lose hundreds of years of progress if they can compromise lock six."

"There is no way I would let that happen."

"Mister Iwamoto said that as well."

"And, I'm sure that you've said that 'there was no way those punks could survive' at every level of the locks."

The voice on the other line seethes. "Just do it!"

"I will."

...

One by one the lights go out in the evil castle. Strawberry and Parfait stand guard by the front gates of the castle. Soon, their patience is rewarded and the man who oozes evil energy leaves. They start tracking him at a conservative distance, not wanting to engage an enemy so powerful.

...

Yusuke stands by the door leading to the fifth lock. He tries to breath slowly to control his anxiety. "Shouldn't Hiei and Kurama go in with me?"

Miss Genkai shakes her head. "That would ruin the mood for them."

"What if they rip us to shreds the moment we walk in?"

Kurama pats Yusuke on the shoulder. "They never kill anything slowly."

"Very funny. Give me a break Kurama, I have a lot of stuff to remember! Ryoko drilled me for a whole hour on how to do Yaoi correctly. And, with Kuwabara under a Spirit Rose spell, I'll have to do all the work."

Kuwabara gets mad. "Hey, Yusuke. What are you complaining about. No one is going to see you perform, I'll have to kiss Kurama in front of everyone."

Yusuke rubs his eyes to mimic crying. "I am so sad for you, Kuwabara, especially since I had to do exactly that in the last battle."

"You probably liked it."

Yusuke and Kuwabara glare at each other then turn away with their noses up.

Kurama wraps his arms around the feuding full humans' shoulders. "Come on guys. What happens in battle stays in battle. And, it's better to be embarrassed but victorious than proud and dead."

Yusuke and and Kuwabara push him off and say in unison "Says you!"

Botan comes over to make the peace. She grabs Yusuke and Kuwabara but the lapels of their school uniforms. "Guys," Botan starts sniffling, "I'm so impressed that you two are willing to make this sacrifice. I'm sorry that we had to face Yaoin demons but I'm just so proud that you two were willing to step up to the plate."

Yusuke turns away. "Oh, brother."

"Miss Botan, I promise you that I will not fail in this mission!"

Yusuke turns back to see Kuwabara bowing to Miss Botan. "Suck up."

Kayko comes over to Yusuke. "I brought something special for you. Ryoko thought of it at the last minute and made me bring it." Kayko sprinkles a packet over Yusuke's head. "With this glitter you'll be the absolute sparkling image of a Uke."

Yusuke looks like he's going to explode, but then calms down and smiles. "Thanks, Kayko. If I'm going to do this, I'm going to do my best to make sure those demons go down."

Both Kayko and Botan smile and nod at Yusuke.

Kurama takes his spirit rose out. "Okay, everyone knows their role. Yusuke, after the kiss, Kuwabara will be charged up for five minutes so don't drag the play out too long."

"No problem there." Yusuke waves his hand in front of his face furiously.

"Good. Yell when it's safe and we'll rush in to line up the demons."

Yusuke nods.

Kayko gives Yusuke a hug. "Knock them dead."

Yusuke nods again. "That is the idea."

Kurama holds his Spirit Rose up. "Let's do this."

The petals of the Spirit Rose swirl around Kuwabara. Kuwabara's eyes go blank. Kurama kisses Kuwabara. Kuwabara eyes change again and look cruel.

Kurama turns to Yusuke. "He has his instructions. Let's go!"

Yusuke stands next to the door. Kuwabara grabs Yusuke, opens the door, throws Yusuke into the room and follows, closing the door behind.

Botan holds her hands to her chest. "This is horrible. I can't stand not knowing if Yusuke and Kuwabara are safe."

The rest of the Scooby gang line up by the door. Seconds pass that feel like hours.

Finally, after what feels like an eternity they hear a demonic roar.

"All clear!"

The gang rushes into the room to see four large demons walking around in a daze.

Kurama runs to Kuwabara and claps his hand in front of Kuwabara's face. "Show time, guy!"

Kuwabara snaps out of it and helps Miss Genkai, Kayko and Hiei line up the demons in a straight line.

"Spirit Gun!"

The demons collapse. Miss Botan pulls out her Spirit Hula Hoop and stretches it out extra wide.

Thirty seconds later, the demons are all in Koenma's holding cell.

Koenma passes out through the Spirit Hula Hoop a very large board. Kurama and Hiei grab it and install it across the lock six door.

Kurama wipes his brow. "That should hold it for a while."

Suddenly Kurama, Yukina and Hiei look sick. Their eyes bulge out and they hold their heads.

Miss Genkai screams. "Get them to Lock Four now!"

Yusuke grabs Kurama, Kayko grabs Yukina and Kuwabara grabs Hiei and they practical throw them back into Lock Four.

Kurama recovers first. "What happened?"

Miss Genkai gives him a hug. "Proximity sickness. Lock Five is so close to the demon dimension that the demon half of half demons will try to emerge." Miss Genkai takes a stopwatch out of her pocket. "I knew this might happen, but at least now we know that the effect takes ninety seconds to take hold." She holds the stopwatch up to confirm the time.

Kurama nods gravely. "And, if you hadn't gotten us out of the room?"

Miss Genkai shakes her head. "You three had a decent shot at killing the rest us. Yusuke could have got you guys with Spirit Gun, but then the three of you would have been in the hospital for several months."

The rest of the gang files into Lock Four.

Yusuke shakes his head. "I'm not embarrassed to say that the three of you scared the daylights out of me."

Miss Genkai nods. "As well they should. This is going to make the logistics for Lock Six much tougher."

Miss Botan nods. She holds up the Spirit Hula Hoop. "You have a plan for this, right Koenma?"

Koenma puts his hand to his head. "I'll get right on it."

Yukina comes to and sees Hiei who is still out of it. "Hiei!" Yukina rushes to his side.

Hiei comes to. "What a migraine."

Yukina realizes what she is doing and turns away, her nose up.

The rest of the gang giggle.

Botan hugs Yusuke and Kuwabara. "Did everything go okay?"

Koenma sticks his head through the Spirit Hula Hoop. "I can show you a replay."

Kayko smiles. "Can you make an edited tape for Ryoko?"

Koenma smiles. "Shouldn't be too hard."

Yusuke crosses his arms. "You guys might as well watch it. I'd rather you see what really happened rather than imagining something worse.

Koenma positions a monitor so it can be seen on the other side of the Spirit Hula Hoop. The screen turns on.

A door opens and Yusuke is thrown in a room. Yusuke sparkles in the dim light. Kuwabara follows with a cruel look on his face. "You've resisted my advances for the last time. Tonight, I will make you mine."

Yusuke cowers against a wall. "You're cruel and evil. How could I ever submit to a man like you?"

Kuwabara pins Yusuke against the wall and pulls Yusuke's uniform to expose one of Yusuke's shoulders. "Who could resist my desire? And, you, with your purity and innocence, how could I resist corrupting you with my passion."

Yusuke's eyes grow wide and his pupils small. "Oh, no. Please don't!"

Kuwabara kisses Yusuke's shoulder.

Yusuke lets out an "involuntary" moan.

"Tonight I make you mine." Kuwabara kisses Yusuke on the lips. The Demons, off screen, roar.

Yusuke pushes Kuwabara off. "All clear!"

The screen goes blank. Koenma sticks his head through the Spirit Hula Hoop. "Excellent job, Yusuke."

Yusuke smiles. "I had a conscientious teacher." Yusuke turns to Kurama. "You liked the performance, right Kurama?"

Kurama smiles. "It definitely got the job done."

"Good, now I won't have to lie to Ryoko if she asks if you liked it."

Kayko grabs Yusuke. "Hey Yusuke, that was kind of hot."

Yusuke jumps four feet. The rest of the gang, even the hurting half demons, laugh.

...

Strawberry and Parfait follow Mister Akashi to a apartment building. He stops by a mailbox and puts a piece of paper inside. The mailbox starts glowing with evil energy. Mister Akashi waves his hand over the mail box and it stops glowing.

Mister Akashi walks back the way he came. Strawberry checks the lettering on the mailbox. It says "Miss Botan".

Strawberry and Parfait leave, continuing their surveillance on the retreating Mister Akashi.

One minute later Botan pulls up on her bicycle. She pulls her compact out. "I don't know if I can do this."

Koenma's face appears in the compact. "But, you're a Shimigami. This is what you do."

"But, I've been a human for a while now."

Koenma nods his head. "We both knew the dangers involved. I can't judge you Botan, since I haven't had to deal with human hormones for several months, but I will set a back up plan in motion tonight."

Botan starts crying.

"Botan, no one else could have done half the job that you have. Let's just keep putting one foot in front of the other until the full job is finished."

Botan sniffles. "I understand."

Botan closes the compact. She absentmindedly grabs the mail and walks inside. The apartment starts glowing with demonic energy.

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 smiles. "Tonight we'll discuss some more details about the show."

Chibi Botan nods. "By the way, excellent job today."

A giant sweat mark appears besides Chibi Yusuke's head. "I need to have a little talk with my agent. Anyway, many people might want to know about the height convention that was discussed in the previous episode."

"Yes, yes. Is that really true?"

"As odd as it might seem, it is true. Almost all works of fan fiction that pair up Kurama and Hiei will make Kurama the Seme and Hiei the Uke."

Chibi Botan's eye's grow huge. "My goodness, so the soft spoken and gentle Kurama gets to dominate the macho Hiei just because he's taller?"

Chibi Yusuke nods.

"Amazing!"

"And, for our second detail, since we were dealing with Yaoi-girl Ryoko a lot recently, I thought I would revisit episode seven when she was possessed by a demon."

Chibi Yusuke nods. "Yes, she was making a lot of really weird references. What was that all about?"

Chibi Yusuke looks serious. "Apparently the demon was a fan of the American television show 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' and manipulated Ryoko by making her think that she was the character 'Faith' from that show."

The screen in the middle of stage lights up and shows a scene with Ryoko and Kayko from episode 7:

In the girls foot locker aisle Kayko sees Ryoko. "Good morning, Ryoko!"

"How's it going girly girl?"

"Ryoko, are you okay?"

"Five by ... I'm fine." Ryoko corrects herself in mid-sentence and tries to fit in.

The screen goes blank.

"I got it. So that's why nothing she said made sense."

"Exactly. We have some more details, but we're out of time."

"So until next time ..."

Chibi Botan and Chibi Yusuke say in unison "see you later!"

To Be Continued!