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.

20. 5 x 5 The Legend of Botan

Yu Yu Hakusho Re Pure Episode 20 - "5 x 5 = The Legend of Shinobu"

All is black and still. Suddenly the sound of objects whistling by is heard.

An over head light turns on to reveal an apartment. There are several dart boards on the walls. Each one now has a Kunai (Ninja dagger) in the bullseye of the dart board.

"Yatta!" Shinobu does a little victory dance for hitting all of the targets with accuracy. She is dressed in a pink lady Ninja robe with a white headband (with a smiley face in the middle), red hair bow and a fishnet leotard undergarment. Her look is complemented by long dark gray gloves and stockings and a wide dark gray belt tied with a green ribbon. Added focus is provided by a large red ball tied to the ends of her long light blue hair.

Shinobu opens the door to the hallway. The door opens into the apartment. After looking both ways to make sure it was safe Shinobu jumps to the top of the door and hangs upside down by her knees and starts doing sit-ups to the top of the door. After fifty repetitions Shinobu hears someone coming in the hall. She flips down and closes the door.

Shinobu sits by the door and breaths a sigh of relief. "You got lucky today, neighbor. If you had saw my secret Ninja training I would have no choice but to kill you." Shinobu giggles in a sinister way.

Shinobu grabs the phone and dials a number. "Hi! Listen, you have to come to my place this morning. It's very important. Okay? Ten minutes? Great. Bye."

...

A girl approaches Shinobu's apartment and knocks on the door.

"Come in!"

The girl walks in and is ensnared in a rope trap that hangs her from the ceiling dangling her upside down from her feet.

"Kaede, what did you think of my new trap?"

The girl, swinging upside down from a rope looks confused. "Who is Kaede and why are you dressed strange?"

Shinobu leans down to look the upside down girl in the eyes. "Why Kaede is Kaede of course."

The inside of Shinobu's lady Ninja robe starts glowing. The girl's eyes go blank. "Let me down Shinobu."

Shinobu tries to gently release Kaede from the trap but screws up and both of them crash to the ground in a heap. Shinobu sticks her tongue out. "That wasn't too bad?"

"It's okay." Kaede rubs her bottom. "But, you shouldn't be fooling around on an important day like today!"

Shinobu nods. "I know. We still have to make the last minute preparations. This is my big chance to become an Idol Ninja."

Kaede nods. "Miyabi and I support you one hundred percent."

Shinobu panics. "Oh, no! I have to get her here."

Shinobu grabs the phone. "Yukina? We have an important meeting at my place. You can be here in five minutes? Great! Bye."

Kaede again looks confused. "Who is Yukina?"

Shinobu has a sinister look. "Kaede, it was most unfortunate that you heard the secret Ninja Name of Miyabi. The ways of the Ninja are very strict about such security breaches. You realize now I have to kill you?"

Kaede looks terrified.

Shinobu sticks out her tongue. "Just kidding. Yukina is just a childhood nickname I gave my little sister."

Kaede relaxes. "You really had me scared Shinobu."

Shinobu beams. "You were? Yatta! It's very important for a Ninja to be able to intimidate people."

"Really? I thought Ninja snuck up on people and took them out without warning or need for intimidation."

Shinobu sticks out her tongue. "Got me there!"

Both Kaede and Shinobu laugh.

...

Yukina does a hop, skip and jump down Shinobu's hall. She half hums half sings to herself. "No Hiei this morning. Tra la la la la. No Hiei this morning. Tra la la la la."

Yukina gets to Shinobu's door which is ajar. She notices the lights are out. "This looks bad." Yukina focuses her mind to see into Shinobu's room. She senses two people, but their locations don't seem to be in any fixed part of the apartment.

Yukina enters and turns the light on. She scans the room and sees no sign of life. Yukina shuts the door. The room goes dark.

Shinobu and Kaede leap from the area between the top of the door and the ceiling covering Yukina in a blanket.

Shinobu smiles. "Gotcha little sister. You were too slow."

Yukina fights her way out of the blanket. "Little sister?"

Shinobu looks into Yukina eyes. "Of course, you are my little sister Miyabi."

The inside of Shinobu's Lady Ninja robe starts glowing again, around the area of her upper left chest.

Yukina's eye's grow blank. "Older sister, you don't have time to be playing pranks. Today is your tryout to be a Ninja Idol. I, Miyabi, am here to make sure that nothing stands in your way."

Shinobu starts crying. "Kaede, Miyabi, I'm so lucky to have two people that I can depend on. I promise not to fail today!"

Kaede and Miyabi nod in unison.

"But what if I forget my lines? Or, slip on a banana peal?"

Miyabi's eyes grow dark. "Onee-sama, didn't I tell you before not to worry about unimportant things?"

Shinobu bows her head and bends over. "I'm sorry."

Miyabi holds her arm out and several prayer seals appear between her fingers. "Just so you don't forget, Shinobu."

Miyabi throws the seals which change into disembodied arms holding fly swatters. The arms give Shinobu a quick spanking.

Kaede whispers to Miyabi. "Miyabi, isn't that a little harsh?"

Miyabi looks serious. "Onee-sama must learn to focus if she wants to fulfill her destiny as an Idol Ninja."

The disembodied arms disappear. Shinobu rubs her behind. "I promise to be more focused!"

Miyabi smiles. "I'm sure you will be. Now, let's rehearse your song one more time."

Shinobu sticks her fist in the air. "All right!"

Shinobu walks over to a CD player. Her robe briefly glows and driving novelty music starts coming out of the CD player.

Shinobu pretends to take a microphone. "I'm a little Ninja girl, come hear Shinobu's story. I might be young and I might be new but I'll work and train for my Ninja way! As I train and do my best, I'll do the metamorphosis, I'll cast a beguiling spell and pose for all my fans to see."

Miyabi stops the CD player. "Shinobu, you should have transformed by now."

Shinobu panics. "Do the songs with the transformations?" Shinobu spazzes out and has multiplication signs for eyes.

Miyabi slumps her head. "Are you so sure of yourself that you feel you can do the transformations without rehearsing?"

Shinobu nods. "I just don't want to wear myself out. The transformations are very taxing."

Miyabi nods. "What about the clone technique?"

"That's a little easier, I could do that."

"Okay, continue." Miyabi restarts the tape.

Shinobu breaks right back into the song without missing the beat. "Here we go, hold on tight, take a deep breath. Ninja art - clone technique."

Suddenly two copies of Shinobu appear behind her as backup singers.

"One, two, three, four, I'll never give up. Go for it, go for it, that didn't work right, show me how to throw the shuriken. One, two, three, four, now let me try it. Eeya, Eeya, right in the bullseye. Cheer for me, because I'll go all out. When tomorrow comes I'll will be there, a Ninja girl!"

The Shinobu copies disappear.

Miyabi smiles. "I would have liked to see you be more well rehearsed, but I think that for your audition today you are ready onee-sama."

Shinobu falls to her knees and starts crying. "Do you really think so?"

Kaede comforts Shinobu. "I think you'll knock them dead."

Shinobu's eyes sparkle. "Kaede, Miyabi, you two have been so wonderful to me." Shinobu suddenly looks determined. "So, I will go all out on this audition!"

Kaede and Miyabi nod in unison.

"Let's just hope that Onsokumaru and his buddies don't try to interfere."

...

Shinobu, Kaede and Miyabi walk down the street past a park. They get plenty of puzzled stares as the walk by. One mother warns her young child not to look at the three girls in the eyes and hurries off.

Shinobu looks puzzled. "Kaede, Miyabi, are you two doing something weird? People are looking at you two funny."

Kaede shakes her head. "They're staring at your over the top and flashy Ninja outfit."

Shinobu laughs. "Kaede, you're so funny. They can't see me, I used Ninja Invisibility Technique before we went out."

Miyabi slaps herself in the forehead. "Shinobu, didn't I tell you that you weren't doing that technique effectively."

Shinobu panics. "You mean people can see me?"

Kaede puts her hand on Shinobu's shoulder. "There, there. Just pretend that you're going to a costume-play or an anime convention.

Shinobu grabs Kaede's hands with sparkles in her eyes. "Kaede, you always know what to say."

Suddenly Miyabi stops and Kaede and Shinobu bump into her. "Look, two cats!"

The inside of Shinobu's Ninja robe glows faintly. Shinobu rushes up to the cats and throws them into the bushes. "No time to play today, cats. I have my big audition."

The cats run off at tremendous velocity.

Kaede pouts. "Was that necessary, Shinobu?"

Miyabi nods her head. "Kaede, this is an important day, Shinobu needs to stay focused."

...

The needle over the elevator door moves to the number ten. The door opens and Miyabi, Shinobu and Kaede pile out.

Kaede looks around. "Miyabi, did you bring the room number?"

Miyabi wonders around for a minute. "Here it is!"

Kaede looks at the door. "Miyabi, are you sure? It says Idol Singer Monthly Magazine. Are they the ones running the audition?"

Shinobu laughs. "Kaede, you're so silly. A Ninja contest wouldn't hang a big sign that says 'Ninja's come here!' That would be a big security breach."

Kaede nods. "I suppose it would."

Miyabi opens the door.

A sinister looking gentleman greats them. "Welcome to the audition. We'll just need to take some information from you."

Shinobu smiles. "Of course!"

"Name?"

"Shinobu."

"Age?"

"I'm a Ninja, that's a secret."

"Sign?"

"I'm a Ninja, that's a secret."

"Blood type?"

"I'm a Ninja, that's a secret."

"Three measurements?

"I'm a Ninja, that's a secret."

The gentleman smiles. "You are a well trained Ninja, I see. But, the three of you need to wait a few minutes." The gentleman snaps his fingers and all three girls collapse on a sofa.

...

The gentleman smiles. "It didn't take them long to come. Are they more powerful than I thought?"

The gentleman snaps his fingers. The girls recover.

Shinobu stands up, a little wobbly. "Is it time to get started?"

The gentleman hides behind a changing partition.

More people rush into the room.

Shinobu snaps to attention. "Onsokumaru, I will not let you stand in the way of my dream! Ninja Art - Clone Technique!"

Suddenly two copies of Shinobu appear. All three Shinobu's draw out concealed wooden swords.

Miyabi holds out both hands, each one full of prayer seals.

Kaede hides behind the other four. "Can't you guys talk this over?"

One of the Shinobu's hands Kaede a wooden sword. "Ninja's only negotiate with combat and come to a consensus with killing."

The three Shinobu's charge. Miyabi throws her scrolls which turn into disembodied arms. The arms catch one the shortest of the intruders and start spanking him. Kaede starts swinging wildly at one of the intruders who tries to grab her.

Suddenly two cats race into the room. This distracts one of the Shinobu's enough to get her to stop swinging. "I wonder what those cats are doing?"

The cats pounce on and are able to knock over the dressing partition where the sinister looking man was hiding.

The intruder who the distracted Shinobu was swinging at points his finger like a gun at the sinister looking man.

The distracted Shinobu panics. "What are you doing, Sasuke? That man isn't part of the fight!"

The intruder "pulls the trigger" of his gun.

The sinister man grabs his chest and screams, then keels over dead.

The distracted Shinobu clutches her chest and screams. The inside of her Lady Ninja robe glows, then explodes. Everything goes black.

To Be Continued!