You Are My Super Star
chapter 25—First
Time Seto Cries
by YYY
"Who is your master? Who do you serve?" The lord asks as he tortures Joey ruthlessly.
"The princess is my lord! I serve the Jade emperor!" Joey says. The lord starts
"I asked you again, who is your master and who do you serve?" The lord says as he continues his torturing.
"My lord is the princess and the Jade Emperor is the only one I serve! There are no other ones!" Joey screams.
(Seto, give me strength. If I break now the lord of Destruction will head to earth. I have to hold on as long as possible.) Joey thinks as he bites his teeth tight together.
Seto, Yami and Yugi return to earth. "So, what are we going to do?" Yugi asks. How can the three of them stop the Lord of Destruction?
"Let's go and see Hisoka first. I asked Tristan to go pick him up before we left the club." Seto says. The Three of them get to Tristan's apartment.
Tristan opens the door and yells, "what happened to the three of you?"
The yelling wakes Hisoka up. The Honey-blonde jumps off the bed and runs out the room. Seto, Yami and Yugi are all seriously wounded. Hisoka shouts, "where is Joey? What happened to Joey?"
"Captured." Seto says.
"Joey is captured? By whom?" Tristan asks.
"By the Lord of Destruction. He already destroyed heaven and hell. He is now coming to destroy Earth." Seto says.
"Hmm…" Tristan looks at Seto.
"I don't have time to convince you that I'm not crazy, Tristan." Seto says. "Hisoka, Joey is stalling time for us to find a way to save Earth. Any ideas on how we can do that?"
"I'm sorry. If I have any ideas on how the Lord of Destruction, I would have saved Hell in the first place." Hisoka says.
Sanzo appears with Gokuu in his hands. "Sanzo! What happened to Gokuu?" Yugi says.
"He is trying to destroy the crackpot of Lord of Destruction." Sanzo says, "the Lord of Destruction put my uncle and the prince of light into the crackpot to cook them."
Yugi shivers. Getting cooked in a crackpot is not fun.
"The Lord of Destruction wants to eat my uncle and the Prince of Light to absorb their powers, so he is cooking them. Gokuu is trying to slash the crackpot opens, but he is too weak to do it. He lost too much blood during the war." Sanzo says, "Gokuu is dying. I want to bring him back to Earth since Earth gave birth to him."
"Gokuu is the Earth Spirit?" Hisoka asks.
"Gokuu is the earth spirit monkey born from the earth essences, he goes to heaven to stay with me. This little monkey leaves everything behind for me. The least I can do is let him pass on in his birthplace. Please take care of him. I'm going to get back and try to open the crackpot again." Sanzo says, "I'm sorry, Gokuu. I was a lousy lover. I should have taken better care of you. Remember I love you."
Sanzo stands up and get ready to leave. Hisoka looks at Sanzo. He starts to remember the moment when Hell is destroyed.
(Flashback)
Hades' Castle is going to be destroyed any second. Tsuzuki uses the last bit of his strength to throw Hisoka out of the castle. "Sorry I'm leaving you, Soka. I will always love you. Don't ever forget that." Tsuzuki says.
Hisoka watches as the whole castle collapsed with Hades, Tsuzuki, Watari and Tatsumi inside.
"No!" Hisoka screams as tears fall out from their eyes.
(End of Flashback)
"Here, take this." Hisoka says as he give Sanzo a small perfume size bottle. Sanzo looks at the bottle and asks, "what's this?"
"My tears. Hades' blood flows inside me. My tears can stop human from dying. I don't know if it's gonna work on the Earth spirit, but it's worth a try." Hisoka says.
When Hisoka was three, he was attacked by demons and lost a lot of blood. Hades saved Hisoka and gave Hisoka his blood so Hisoka would survive.
Human can cheat death if they drink Hade's tears. Since Hisoka has Hade's blood inside him, He has Hades' power. Hisoka's tears work just like Hade's tears.
"Take care of Gokuu. Let me worry about saving the Jade Emperor." Hisoka says.
"I'm going with you." Sanzo says, "I know I won't be able to open the crackpot, and you probably can. There might be no used for me being there. But even if I'm useless, I can't stay here while you risk your life!" Sanzo says.
"I don't mean you're useless!" Hisoka says, "There is something else you need to do. In the palace of the East Sea King there is a powerful weapon, nyoi-bou. Only the Earth Spirit can control it. If Gokuu gets that needle and Earth will have a chance."
"Gokuu will not want me to let you go to heaven alone."
"It matters not! My home is destroyed and everyone around me is gone. I have nothing left." Hisoka says, "don't argue with me! Let me worry about your uncle, you get Gokuu well. Earth doesn't have much time, Joey can't hold on for too long."
"Joey…" Seto says worried.
--At the Moon Castle—
"Who is your master? Who do you serve?" asks The Lord of Destruction keeps torturing Joey.
"The princess…The Emperor…" Joey says weakly.
"Lord! He cannot take any more of your torture…" The other demons say.
"Shut up! I will not stop until he says my name." The Destruction Lord says as he continues to torture Joey.
"My lord! Hisoka is at the Jade Emperor's crackpot now! He is on a rampage! We're getting crushed!" A demon says to the Lord of Destruction.
"Lock the bunny up. I'll go and take care of that brat." The lord of destruction says.
"The demons put Joey into the dungeon. "Sorry, bunny, this blanket is the only thing we can do for you."
Joey close his eyes and moans, "so cold…so much pain…"
--At Heaven—
The once huge and elegant Jade Emperor Palace is now gone. The site is now a wasteland and there is nothing but debris. A giant crackpot is in the middle of the wasteland. There are a bunch of demons guarding the crackpot but they're no match for Hisoka. The young boy beats all of them away and reaches the crackpot.
"Come on, Gokuu. Help me save your Emperor." Hisoka says as he hits the giant crackpot with Gokuu's sword. The pot is so strong, Gokuu's sword doesn't even leave a crack.
The Lord of Destruction appears and says to Hisoka, "I know you're gonna be trouble; should have killed you at Hell. No matter, I'll kill you now."
"I'm not afraid of you!" Hisoka screams. He fights the Lord while continues to hits the pot. But the lord and the pot are both too strong. Hisoka keeps getting beat up by the lord and the pot won't break. The Lord of Destruction shouts, "Give it up! There is no way you can crack it!"
Hisoka is losing his consciousness, but he still holds himself up and yells, "I'm not giving up." The Lord kicks the boy and makes the boy flies. Hisoka hits the pot and falls to the ground.
The teenager is about to faint from pain and exhaustion when he hears something. The clash between him and the pot makes the pot cracks. Water comes pouring out of the crackpot as the Jade Emperor, the prince, Hakkai and Gojyo fall out.
"I'll make a new pot and cook them again, right after I kill you little brat!" The Lord of Destruction says as he walks up to Hisoka. The boy is too exhausted from the fight and the others are too weak from getting cooked. No one has the strength to fight back when The Lord of Destruction tries to stomp on Hisoka.
For some reason the foot of the Destruction lord will not go down on the boy. "Hisoka, get out of there!" The voice of Hades comes out form inside of the Lord.
"Hades is still inside the Lord of Destruction!" The prince of light shouts. Hades cooked and ate Hades earlier, it takes little while for the Lord of Destruction to absorb Hades. Right now Hades is fighting the Destruction from inside so the Lord cannot harm Hisoka.
The Jade Emperor cast a spell and the Destruction Lord's stomach starts to glow. "Cut that part and Hades can come out!" The Jade Emperor says. Everyone charges toward the Destruction lord but no one can get close. They're just too weak and too tired.
"You guys are no match for me." The lord says as he waves his arm. Everyone get flicks away like they're feathers in the air. Hisoka is flying away from the Lord when Gokuu catches him.
"Gokuu! You came!" Hisoka shouts. The earth spirit throws Hisoka toward the Destruction Lord. The Lord tries to attack Hisoka but Gokuu blocks the attack with a staff. Hisoka cuts the Destruction lord opens. Hades, Tsuzuki, Watari and Tatsumi jump out from the dark lord.
"You got the nyoi-bou!" Hisoka says to Gokuu as he sees Gokuu's staff.
"I'll get you all!" The dark lord shouts. "Even without your power I'm still much stronger than you!"
"Light come forth!" The prince of light shouts. A bright light shine and it blinds the Destruction lord. When the lord can see again everyone already run away.
After they reach a safe place Hades holds Hisoka tight. "When the Destruction lord cooked me and ate me. I was just gonna give up and let him absorb me. But I can't let him hurt my little boy.
"I'm not a little boy!" Hisoka says.
"I'm glad you are okay." Tsuzuki says as he walks up to hug Hisoka, but Hisoka hits him in the stomach instead.
"Ouch, what's that for?" Tszuki asks.
"How care you leave me and die. Don't you dare do that again!" Hisoka cries.
"I'm sorry, don't cry. We're together again now." says Tsuzuki as he hugs Hisoka.
"Thanks for coming, Gokuu. You saved my lord and my friends." Hisoka says.
"Don't mention it. I'm just glad that I can wake up and get there on time." Gokuu says, "besides, I'm the one who should be thanking you. Your tears saved my life."
"We should get going. The lord of destruction will come for us soon." Tatsumi says.
--At Seto's mansion—
Seto is playing melancholy song on his saxophone in the dark.
"Hello, Seto. I come to spend some time with you and your brther since we don't usually spend time together. Where are your brothers?" says Gozaburo as he walks in the house, "I heard Joey is going to do a concert at the Tokyo Dome. Good job."
Seto doesn't answer; he just continues to play his saxophone.
"I know there are a lot of people interests in Joey in the US too. Joey is going to be an international super star. I'm so proud of you." Gozaburo says. He walks up close to Seto and sees Seto is covered with bruises and cuts.
"What happened to you?" Gozaburo asks.
"I lost Joey. I watch people captured him and there is nothing I can do. I'm so useless and pathetic." Seto says as a small strain of tears fall down from his eyes. Gozaburo is a little shocked. Seto never cries in his entire life.
"Don't be mad at yourself. We'll get Joey back! I'll die before I let you loose Joey. You're my son." Gozaburo says.
"We'll help you get Joey back." Hades appears.
"Hmm…who are you?" Seto asks. (He hasn't meet Hades before.)
"This is Hades." Sanzo says to Seto.
Hades looks at Gozaburo. "I was going to leave. I'm getting too old for war and The Lord of Destruction is too powerful for me. I want to hide until I get a better chance at fight back. But I was wrong. When a man get old he should stop thinking about himself care more about his son."
Hades puts his hand on Hisoka's head. "That moon bunny find your happiness when he gets Tuszuki back for you. He is your friend and you will not leave if he is in trouble, so I'm gonna stay and fight. You're like a son to me and like I'll die before I let you out to a war zone without me." Hades says to Hisoka.
"I'll make healing potion to get us better, than we will get going." Watari says.
"Yes! Joey still have to do the concert at Tokyo Dome!" Gokuu says.
"Let's get my daughter and her bunny back together." The Jade Emperor says.
"I don't believe this is happening. I'm Partnering Up With My Mortal Enemy The Jade Emperor So We Can Get A RABBIT TO A POP CONCERT." Hades mutters.
"Life is full of the unexpected." Hisoka says.
"Joey got a bunch of healing herbs and roots from the Moonlite Garden at the back room. I'll go get them for you." Seto leaves.
"Seto?" Gozaburo calls.
"Hmm?" Seto replies.
"Hades? Jade Emperor? Who are these people?" Gozaburo asks.
"Let's just call us your in-laws for now." The Jade Emperor smiles.
--At the Moon Castle—
The Lord of Destruction walks into the main hall and sits down at the throne. "Get me the Moon bunny right now!" He yells. He really needs to blow off some steam and he wants to do so by torturing the bunny.
"Hmm…sorry, sir. The bunny escaped." The demons say.
"Escaped? How?" The Lord of Destruction says.
"Hmm…he digs a tunnel on the ground…" The demons say. (How else will a bunny escape?)
Joey wonders around the tunnels under the Moonlite garden. There are millions of tunnels in the ground of the garden. It is impossible to dig through all the tunnels and no one can find their way around in the maze of tunnels except for the bunnies. All the bunnies are hiding from the Lord of Destruction in the tunnels.
"Who are you?" The other bunnies ask when they see Joey. Joey is all grubby and worn out, no one recognizes him.
"I…I don't remember." Joey says.
"Where are you going?" the other bunnies ask again.
"I'm going home, to the one who I love and loved me."
"Where is home? Who is the one you love?"
"I don't remember either…"
"Then how do you know where you are going?"
"I'm following the music…"
"What music?"
"The music from the one who loves me. He is playing saxophone for me." Joey walks away.
TBC…