Yu Yu Hakusho Re Pure Episode 22 - Transfer Student Pioni
"Are you sure you're okay?" Yusuke and Kayko walk to school. "You seem a little out of it."
Kayko shakes her head. "I'm okay. I talked to Miss Genkai last night and she said that Yukina and I might have headaches and dizziness today, but it shouldn't be a big deal."
Yusuke smiles. "Yeah, well, good thing you guys didn't inflict some serious damage yesterday."
Kayko nods. "I just want things to get back to normal."
Yusuke smirks. "Normal? With my life? Not a chance."
Yusuke and Kayko turn a corner and Kayko almost tips over from dizziness. Yusuke catches her.
"Wow, Yusuke, you're becoming a gentleman."
Yusuke turns up his nose. "You're my teammate. I wouldn't let Kuwabara or Kurama fall."
Kayko pokes Yusuke in the side. "And, I'll bet Ryoko could tell us why."
Yusuke rolls his eyes. "Can my life get any stranger?"
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The Scooby gang approach the school gate. Suddenly Mugimora pops up. "Yusuke, Yusuke, I sense something off in the school yard."
Yusuke nods.
The group all falls silent and scans the other side of the school yard wall for psychic images.
Finally Yusuke speaks. "There are considerably less bad vibes than yesterday, since we took out Mister Akashi last night. Is that what it?"
Mugimora shakes his head. "Be on alert." Mugimora shrinks back to the lucky charm on Yusuke's briefcase.
The Scooby gang walks through the school gate. Yusuke notices in the corner of his eye a bullying incident. Two thugs were bullying some girl that Yusuke didn't recognize.
"Come on, give us your lunch money!"
"Yeah, he's Yusuke Urameshi's cousin, so you better give us the money now!"
Yusuke turns to break up the incident. Kuwabara grabs him.
"Hey, remember you can't fight."
Yusuke smiles. "Miss Genkai has been teaching me some new fighting techniques. I want to test them out."
Kuwabara nods.
"You two again? You guys are really starting to piss me off." Yusuke walks up to the two bullies and strikes a threatening pose with fire in his eyes.
The two bullies flinch. One of them regains his composure. "Yusuke, you're a has been. I haven't seen you fight anyone in a month. The two of us will show you what's up!"
Yusuke does a melodramatic laugh. "You two losers? I would like to see that."
The two boys strike a fighting pose. Yusuke strikes a casual pose but clears his mind so that he can see his opponent's auras.
One boy lunges at him. Because Yusuke is reading the boy's spirit energy, the boy looks like he's moving in slow motion to Yusuke. Yusuke effortlessly avoids the boy's punch and then avoids the other boy's kick. With minimal force, Yusuke knocks the second boy off balance and to the ground.
"That was just with my little pinkie. Imagine what I could do with my fist?"
"Let's get out of here!"
The two boys run away. Yusuke looks around for the girl who was being bullied but she is gone.
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Miss Botan stands in front of the homeroom class. She looks bright and refreshed as if she just came from a spa. "Good morning class. I'm sorry I had an emergency to deal with yesterday, but I'm back so let's all do our best."
"Yes!"
Yusuke notes the look of relief on most of the boys' faces in class.
"Today, it gives my great pleasure to introduce to you a transfer student: Pioni Kisaragi!"
Pioni enters the room. She has poufy unkept hair and big nerdy glasses. She fidgets a lot when she stands. "My name is Pioni. I hope to make some friends at this school." Pioni speaks slowly and with a lot of anxiety.
The boys in the class look at her as if she was a Martian. Suddenly Kurama stands up. "Pioni-kun, since the other boys are too intimidated by your beauty to speak, let me welcome you to the class. Of course I'll be your friend."
Suddenly the class is electric as the girls in the class realize that they can get closer to Kurama through Pioni. They start calling for Pioni to sit besides them.
Miss Botan smiles. "I'm so happy that you all are welcoming Pioni to this class. However, she should sit in the empty chair in the back. Is that okay, Pioni?"
Pioni smiles. "Yes, Miss Botan."
Pioni walks to the back of the class, dropping a few things and walking awkwardly. Her class mates pick up for her.
Pioni stops by Yusuke's desk. "Umm. Ahh. I would like to thank you for this morning, for saving me from those b-b-bullies."
Yusuke smiles. "Don't worry about. The pleasure was all mine."
Pioni takes a seat behind Ryoko.
Ryoko turns around. "How's it going? I'm Ryoko."
Pioni smiles. "Pleased to meet you." Pioni leans forward. "Can I ask you a question?"
Ryoko smiles. "Sure."
"Who is that guy with the black hair?"
"That's Yusuke. Hey, let's be friends. I need to talk to you about something during lunch."
Kurama and Yusuke exchange a look. Kurama whispers "During lunch."
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Ryoko and Pioni sit at a table in the school cafeteria.
"Pioni, it's great that you became friends with Yusuke and Kurama, but there's something you need to know."
"Are they super popular?"
Ryoko giggles. "Well, Kurama is. Yusuke is feared for being a rough neck, but he does have some friends. But, that's not the point."
"W-w-what is the point?"
Ryoko blushes. "Well, umm, Kurama and Yusuke are, umm, together."
"They're related?"
Ryoko turns brighter red. "No. L-o-v-e, love." Ryoko waves her index finger as she spells out the word.
Pioni turns bright red.
"But, they both have female friends. The class representative, Kayko, is a good friend of both. And, Kurama seems close to Yukina."
"Oh."
"I'm just telling you this so that you don't get your hopes up of dating them."
"Oh."
"You okay?"
"Yeah. But, I would like to give Yusuke a present for saving me."
"He should be on the roof. You can take him dessert."
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Yusuke, Kuwabara, Hiei, Kurama and Miss Genkai sit around in a circle on the roof with their arms crossed.
Miss Genkai finally speaks. "I am pleased to see that you guys are always on the alert, but I'm not sure what to think yet."
Kurama nods. "It might not be conclusive, but I noticed her suspicious aura right away."
Miss Genkai looks at Yusuke. "Any thoughts, Yusuke?"
"I used a lot of spirit energy in a fight this morning. All I noticed is that her aura is a strange color. Almost a normal color but not quite."
"Hiei?"
"I saw the same thing as Yusuke. Her aura was almost like two colors fighting it out. Similar to a demonic possession."
Miss Genkai nods. "That's one thing that it could mean. Another thing that it could mean is that she has a hidden personality or talent. Something that only comes out in certain situations."
"Umm, excuse me?"
The Scooby gang turns to look at the stairwell door.
"Am I interrupting something?"
Miss Genkai smiles. "Nothing important. Come on in, Pioni."
Pioni smiles. "I wanted to thank Yusuke again for saving me this morning from bullies. I brought him dessert." Pioni hands Yusuke a slice of cake with her head down.
Yusuke smiles. "Thanks, but maybe you should also thank Miss Genkai. She's been teaching me some martial arts stuff."
Miss Genkai blushes. "Oh, come on, Yusuke, I'm just unlocking your true potential."
Pioni bows nervously. "Well, I better let you guys continue." Pioni runs away like a bat out of hell.
Kuwabara nudges Yusuke. "Yusuke has a girlfriend?"
Yusuke turns up his nose. "Come on, Kuwabara, even if she was my type, we have a world to save here."
Miss Genkai smiles. "Right answer, Yusuke. Are you becoming a suck up now?"
Yusuke rolls his eyes.
"Now, there was another reason why I came up today. The plan is to take the last lock after school in three days. We need to move fast to prevent the enemy from setting up a strong defense. Miss Botan is going to be very, very busy doing the last minute coordination and won't be able to deal with day to day nonsense. So, until the last battle, I will be taking over managing the small details."
Kurama smiles. "I'm sure you'll do great!"
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Ryoko and Pioni have an after school snack at a cafe.
"How was the first day?"
"It was okay. I just wonder ..."
"If you can see Yusuke again? Don't worry. You're talking to the genius social planner Ryoko. I'll set something up." Ryoko pats her biceps.
Pioni blushes. "I still can't imagine Yusuke and Kurama, though."
Ryoko pulls out her art sketch book and opens it. "Does this help your imagination?"
An explosion goes off over Pioni's head and she collapses in her chair with big multiplication signs behind her glasses. "It does."
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Yusuke approaches home when Mugimora pops up again.
"I told you to watch out."
"Yeah, but there was no demonic activity. I don't get what you were warning me about."
"A fan girl."
Yusuke pulls the edges of Mugimora's lips outwards. "Then say it when you warn us, next time."
...
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 Kayko 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 Kayko smiles. "Welcome to our special theater!"
Chibi Yusuke smiles. "For those who follow this segment, you might have wondered where Chibi Botan was. Well, two episodes ago she was demonically possessed and one episode ago she was in the spirit hospital." The screen shows Chibi Botan in a Lady Ninja outfit and then shows Chibi Botan bandaged up.
"And, today she is busy planning the lock six assault so I, Chibi Kayko, will be filling in." Chibi Kayko sticks her hip out and puts her index finger on her check.
A sweat mark appears by Chibi Yusuke's head. "Um, I would leave that pose to Magical Girl Pretty Sammy."
Chibi Kayko tries to giggle it off. "So, if we're not supposed to be posing, what are we supposed to be doing?"
"We're supposed to be giving background information and behind the scenes gossip on the show."
Chibi Kayko nods. "Okay, explain why you guys and Miss Genkai where sitting around in a circle with your arms crossed?" The screen shows that scene on the roof.
"That's easy. In Japan, coming to a consensus is very important. Since we didn't know what to think about Pioni-kun we decided to sit around until we came to a consensus."
A sweat mark now appears by Chibi Kayko's head. "And, sitting that way is supposed to help?"
"Of course. It's the official coming-to-a-consensus pose."
Chibi Kayko keels over.
"Now, I have a question for you. Last episode, when you came out of the spell, you blushed really bright red when you realized that you where right next to Kurama. Why was that?"
Chibi Kayko smiles. "That's a se-cr-et."
The Japanese characters for Na, I, and Sho fall on Chibi Yusuke's head. Chibi Yusuke gets back up. "That's all the time we have, so until next time ..."
They say in unison "See you later!"
Chibi Kayko strikes the Magical Girl Pretty Sammy pose again.
To Be Continued