Part Five: Yusuke Versus Suzaku
The four ran down the hallway, but were stopped by a bunch of veggie humans blocking their path.
Yusuke growled. "Damn it! We don't have time for this!"
"Yusuke! You run ahead!" Kurama called to his friend. "We'll hold them back and help you as soon as we can!"
Yusuke nodded, and decided to use his favorite way of travel. He jumped, landing on the head of a Veggie-Guy, he firmly jumped up a couple of guys, going up the stairs by bouncing off their heads.
"That boys' a monkey, I swear." Kurama muttered, before going back to slashing the Veggie-Guys apart.
Yusuke ran up the stairs, finally making it through the stupid Veggie Heads.
He pushed through the very end, ran across a stone courtyard, and up a thousand and three stone steps.
Is everything in here made of stone?
Finally, he was able to open the door that would lead him to Suzaku. He kicked open the door. "Suzaku!" he yelled.
He looked around the room, only to see…
Whoa! Damn, finally I meet a cute guy in this castle and I've gotta kill him! What god up there hates me? (Okay, you've gotta admit, Suzaku is hot.)
Suzaku sat there on his throne, calm as could be. "Well, it's nice to meet you Yusuke." He stood, allowing Yusuke to see him fully.
His golden-blonde hair sticking up every which way with two red strands hanging in front of his face, a red tunic that hung down between his legs, white slacks…and very girlish violet eyes.
He was a pretty-boy, no doubt about it.
"Now, Yusuke. I believe you're here to destroy my whistle?" Suzaku asked in a conversational tone.
"Yeah. Now hand it over and I won't have to beat your face in!"
"Ah-ah-ah. I don't do that, Yusuke. Sorry." Suzaku gave him a cruel smile. "You'll have to kill me first."
Yusuke rolled his eyes. "Always with the 'I'd rather die' comments. Stop being boring! Everyone who says that dies!"
Suzaku snorted. "Well, that didn't tell me you were so sarcastic. So, I take it these are your friends?" the screen behind him lit up with an image of Kurama, Hiei, and Kuwabara.
"Yeah…what of it?"
"Well…I got a little bored."
Yusuke looked closer at the screen and saw Makai insects flying around them, with them constantly swatting at them to keep them away while trying to fight off the Veggie Heads.
"Hey! Call your stupid Pest Brigade off of them!"
"But they're coming up here to help you. Not that it will do you much good." Suzaku smirked. "Now, shall we get on with our fight?"
Yusuke growled. "Okay, Suzaku. Let's get started. Spirit Gun!"
Suzaku was taken by surprise and got hit by the bullet. He flew back, hitting the wall, sliding to the floor. "Ugh. Well, you're quick." He wiped a bit of blood off his chin from biting his lip. "But, I've been wanting to try this on someone again." His body became surrounded by orange-yellow lightning, forming a bow and arrow. "Storm of Torment!"
Yusuke screamed as the lightning surrounded him, the arrow shooting over her shoulder and hitting right on. Unfortunately, it cut through the string of his necklace, making it fall to the ground and shatter.
Yume fell to the ground, gasping for breath as the pain spread like fire through her very veins.
Suzaku blinked. "So, you're a girl? Well, that makes things interesting."
Yume gasped, looking down. "Shit! Koenma's gonna shoot me!" If I don't die from this first!
Suzaku smirked. "Y'know, since I'm so bored right now, I think I'll make the odds even worse for you." Suzaku concentrated. "Prism of Seven!"
Suddenly, there were seven Suzaku's.
Just great. I was having a hard time with just one Suzaku. Now there's seven! I'm dead! Again!
The seven powered up, and shot the Prism Storm of Torment at Yume, who screamed bloody-damned-murder.
She fell to the floor, her outfit torn and ripped, blood dripping onto the gray stone. She gasped, trying to stand up. She ignored the pain that erupted in her legs and back, pushing herself up to stand.
But two of the Suzaku's grabbed her arms, holding her in place.
She squirmed. "Let me go!" she yelled, concentrating all of her Spirit Energy.
With one blast, she screamed. "Shot Gun!"
The bullets flew everywhere, hitting all of the Suzaku's…and most of them, except for one, disappeared.
Yume collapsed to the floor, completely out of Spirit Energy. Damn it…I can hardly move…maybe that wasn't such a good idea.
Yume saw the whistle by her, the little bird Muroku, trying to keep her from it.
Yume crawled towards the whistle, only to have her hand stepped on by Suzaku's foot.
Suzaku wiped the blood off his face. "Well, Yusuke…it seems that you don't want to die. Why not? I mean, do you have anything to live for? Who in that world has proved that they loved you? Who has said that they cared? Has anyone risked their lives for yours? Or has it always been you giving and not getting anything in return? Your friends are about to die, you do know that. Or are they even your friends? Can you call them that?"
Yume blinked through her haze of pain. What is he talking about…but he does have a point…I guess. I mean…damn, I…
Don't you even start thinking like that, Yume! Came Hiei's voice in her head.
Hiei?
No, it's the stupid Easter Bunny. Of course it's me! How many of your friends are telepaths?
Uh…is that a tough question?
Stop being such a smart-ass! Don't listen to him! I've been listening to your thoughts since you left.
Hey! I feel violated!
Oh shut up. Yume, don't listen to him! You can't even say that you think that we don't care about you. Would I be here talking to you if I didn't?
I don't know. I don't understand you.
Do you want to?
No duh. I hate being left in the dark.
Well if you want to be able to understand me and Kurama, you have to live through this! Look, I haven't forgotten our deal…but I'm beginning to regret it.
What, when you asked me to be your mate? Is that what you regret?
No. When I said I'd never even touch you again if you won.
Well…oh. Yeah. I forgot about that. But, forget about that! Okay, I need to find a way to beat him.
Can't you use your…you used up all your energy, didn't you?
Heh heh…uh…whoops?
BAKA ONNA! Okay, now Kurama is looking at me weird. I yelled that out loud.
If it hadn't been such a serious situation, Yume would have laughed.
Suddenly, the connection was lost. Hiei? Hiei? HIEI!
"Your friend was getting annoying." Suzaku muttered. "I could tell that you were talking to him."
Yume growled. This guy was really getting on her nerves.
"Maybe after I'm done torturing you, I'll kill your friends. One by one…or maybe when they get up here, I'll torture them in front of you, so you can hear their screams." Suzaku let out a cold, bone-chilling laugh.
Yume growled again, and started to summon up her energy from her body.
He looked down at the girl. She was glowing again. But her Spirit Energy was gone. She's…using her Life Energy?
Yume kicked him off of her, and powered up a Spirit Gun big enough to send King Yama to his grave. "Spirit Gun!"
The bullet hit straight-on, also blowing up the rest of the tower they were in.
Yume fell to her knees. "Ow…" her entire body was so heavy. She couldn't stay up…
Yume heard someone calling her name, and felt someone's arms wrap around her. Judging by how warm the arms were, she was guessing it was Hiei.
"Hiei…" she muttered, now on her back in his arms. She blinked, eyes half-closed.
She looked straight into his eyes, drowning in the crystalline rubies that were his eyes.
"You are…such a chibi…" she whispered, her eyes closing. "Good night…chibi…"
Her breath left her…her heart stopped for the second time…and Hiei felt the ice around his heart crack and shatter.
Kurama came up behind him, eyes sad. "She…expanded herself past her limits…didn't she?"
Hiei nodded, his fists clenching in the fabric of her shirt.
Kuwabara was shocked. "No! She can't be dead!" Kuwabara grabbed her. "Urameshi! Wake up, damn it! Wake up! You've already died on me once! I'm not gonna let you do it again!"
Kurama looked at the ground. "You…can't help her Kuwabara. She used her Life Energy to power that last blow."
Kuwabara's eyes narrowed. "Then I'll just give her some of my own!"
"Kuwabara! That could kill you!"
"Urameshi and I came into this Spirit Detective business together, and that's how we're going to come out of it!" Kuwabara knelt near Yume, his hands over her heart. "Get ready Urameshi. Cause here it comes."
Both started to glow, Kuwabara pouring half of his life energy into his best friend.
Kurama shook his head. "Well, I guess it seems we'll be carrying both of them back to Living World on our backs."
Hiei scoffed. "Like I said, baby-sitting. But what I don't get is why she gave her life for this."
Kurama smiled. "Suzaku was threatening our lives, correct? With the…Organic Humans and the Makai insects. One thing that Yume cannot stand is someone threatening her friends."
Hiei scoffed. "Baka onna."
Kurama smiled at his friend. "Don't say that, you know you care for her as well."
Hiei's only answer: "Hn. Baka kit."
Kurama blinked. "Are you calling me a baby!"
"Take it as you will, KIT."
Kurama growled. There were only two people who could ruffle his feathers. Yume, and the jerk-face in front of him. "Jerk." Kurama muttered.
"Great come back, kit."
"Stop calling me that!" Kurama yelled that just as Kuwabara fell to the ground, landing on top of the KO'ed Spirit Detective.
Kurama shook his head. "Let's get them to Living World."
Quickly, Hiei picked up Yume. "You carry Kuwabara. He's too tall for me to carry."
Kurama smirked as he threw Kuwabara on his back. "Well, I guess you're now admitting that you're short."
"Hn."