I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho. This is fan fiction only.
All the items were returned to the vault without King Yama becoming aware that they had been stolen. Koenma was quite happy that the case did not take so long because he knew the punishment his father would give him for letting these items be stolen. "Yusuke Urameshi, On behalf of the human world, spirit world, and my poor behind I thank you for your efficient retrieval of these items."
Koenma decided to tell them about Yusuke's next mission. "As you see that proper training is not possible with only Botan's help I am sending you to a tournament of sorts for two purposes. The first is to capture a deadly demon Assassin that will more than likely try and kill a very good friend of mine. The second reason is for you to win a chance to train with my dad's friend Master Genkai."
Koenma waited to hear Yusuke complain about not wanting to train with an old hag. When the supposed complaint did not come he took it as a clear sign of approval of the idea. "Master Genkai is rather eccentric and will only train the strongest of applicants. That is the reason why you must win that tournament it is our belief that Rando will try to learn everything he can from her and then kill her."
That is when the first series of complaints came not from Yusuke but from Shizuru. "Ok, my husband is going off on your own typical long training trip, but let me ask you two things if you would be so kind to answer?" Koenma nodded his head and waited to hear the questions, he would be surprised enough to fall out of his chair when he heard them.
"My husband is risking his life here so when do we get his salary and his hazard pay? Last but not least I want a report on how he is doing. I don't want to be a widow anytime in the future. " Koenma was sure he actually never expected Shizuru to be so down to earth about the potential salary.
" If my husband is risking his life I expect him to be paid accordingly. I am not putting him or my happiness at risk for free, we don't run a charity here. " Botan could see that she was going to be quite the firm hand in dealing with her family's finances.
"You will of course receive detailed reports from his assigned liaison. That is Botan if you are wondering who your liaison is. As to payment you do not need to worry, I happen to pay my people quite well and I even have a retirement plan for them. You will get your pay every 15 days the same as in the human world. "
She walked over to Yusuke and kissed him passionately on his lips." That is just a taste of what you can expect when you make it back to me. So make sure you get back to me safe and sound Yusuke. I love you and I don't want to imagine my life without you. " Shizuru walked out of the room and headed towards the kitchen. She was heard cooking something and humming a rather pleasant tune.
Too bad for them they did not know the lyrics were probably some of the most gruesome music lyrics ever heard by man or spirit world. It was an old lullaby his father taught his mother in his dreams and she learned it from her.
Botan was wondering what Yusuke would do when he finally met Master Genkai, it was no secret that the master was no better than an old hermit when it came to social graces. If anything the reason she has no students up until now was largely due to her lack of social skills and her pushy personality.
She hoped if not prayed that Yusuke have enough patience to endure the tournament without actually killing one or more of his fellow applicants out of sheer anxiety. For some odd reason ever since she knew him she knew somehow Yusuke had absolutely no problem killing be it demon or monster he simply looked it was as natural to him as breathing.
She, of course, had no clue that it was in fact the effect of his demon blood slowly changing him, as it were he was making good progress towards the transformation that most of his kind underwent at the moment of their supposed first death.
The path up to wear the supposed master lived was lined with seals and other things that made Yusuke feel sick and glad that he skipped breakfast or he might have thrown up. The higher he went the worse he felt. When he final finally made it to the top where the massive mansion was he suddenly felt better.
"I guess the path was the first test. If this is her introductory test I am almost afraid to see what is coming next. " Yusuke heard a young-looking monk say this as he sat down. Yusuke realized that his suspicions were right. Botan came down from the air and looked at him. " So think you will win this thing? Or have you found Rando already?"
"Both actually, I think Rando is the young monk sitting over there. He is trying to look innocent and weak to make himself not a major threat. I can see that it is just an act, I will let him think that till the finals and then he is going to get the surprise of a lifetime. " Botan knew that he would waste no time in finding his target.
" By the way Botan whatever happened to your kimono? You usually were that instead, you are wearing these tight jeans and shirt? " Botan stepped a little closer," Two reasons actually first I want to be able to see this tournament without some jerk touching me in a way he shouldn't, Second I am also paying a visit to Master Genkai. "
Yusuke looked at her and tried to look at the nice cleavage she was showing." Hey, I won't touch you without your permission, you know full well how much I respect you. " Botan hit him on his shoulder," I know, but I was talking about your competition."
A short, old-looking woman came out of the house. Everyone looked at her and waited to learn what she had to say. "Can't you fools read or must I waste my time writing something that you can just ignore. If you can't even see the sign then get out. I have no time for weaklings."
Yusuke saw that next to the door where she was true there was a sign, awful handwriting mind you but there was a sign. He walked over and picked up a piece of paper he then looked at her. "I guess they would have done so if this thing did not look like a toddler wrote it." Master Genkai looked at him with a stern look.
Yusuke saw many of the crowd leave as they realized their paper was white and they lost the supposed lottery. 'Fools, they do not realize they actually are the ones to turn the paper red with their spiritual energy. It is a great way to weed out the weak.' Master Genkai told herself as he looked at the guy who pretty much insulted her sign and saw his paper.
Unlike most of them, the paper was bright golden. 'There is no way he made it up here with that much spirit energy. This kid might be a hitman I guess he is not as worthless as I first thought. Don't tell me this is the brat Koenma told me he was sending.'
"Ok, those with the colored paper follow me inside to the next phase, those that still have the white paper take a hint and get out. " They followed inside and found that it was more of an arcade than a living room. " Alright, you can play as much as you want the ones on the left and right. Stay clear of the ones in the center since they are my favorites and therefore only for me. "
Some of them started to look for the token machine, " They are free so put back your money in your pockets before someone here tries to steal it. " Yusuke went up to the punching bag game as they saw some guy brag about his high score."Ok, let me give this puppy a try, excuse me, fellas."
Yusuke put on his glove and he punched it really hard. The machine gave a score that made the previous guy look angry."You just love to rub it in don't you Urameshi. One place I figured you would not show up and here you are. You didn't even say hello to your dear brother-in-law."
Kuwabara looked rather upset that he was being completely ignored. "Well, I have things to do dummy I can't stop and greet you since it would pretty much tell these fools who I am, speaking of fools what the hell are you doing here Kuwabara. Does your sister know you skipped class to come here?"
"You are on to talk, You are in the same class as I am. " Kazuma looking at his score took the glove next and punched the bag and had a pretty close score." No, this machine is definitely not broken. Race you to the street fighter game." Yusuke walked calmly towards the game and knew Genkai was not letting them play for just the fun of it, he was secretly keeping an eye on them and making notes on their progress. The were a few in the bunch that had her interest. The young monk and the punk with the black hair that was beating the tar out of the others in the street fighter game.
"So mind telling me what my dearest brother in law doing here?" Kazuma began to laugh as he heard Urameshi say that to him. "Same thing as you Urameshi wanting to win a chance to train with Master Genkai is it not for the free games. She is famous for her energy manipulation techniques. Why are you here Urameshi?"
He looked at the young monk playing the poker game. "For two things to train and because of my job. There is a demon assassin in this group and I am to find and capture that thing before he can get the chance to kill the nice old lady."
Little did they know of the many microphones and cameras in the room. 'So that is why the punk is here, no wonder Koenma knew him and had a such high opinion of him. He is one of his spirit detectives. So he is heard to capture a demon to protect the nice old lady. I guess I could have been a little prejudiced with the way he acts. '
The game session was over and he told them what each game was for. They measured different things and in the end, only ten people made it out of that particular phase of the tests. These ten fighters would fight to determine the order they would attempt the next phase of the test.
"The next phase is to fight in this room, but do not be fooled this place is about to get a lot darker than it is now. Let's see how well you do when you do not have the benefit of your eyes." Genkai told them the order and with who they would get to fight. Yusuke was disappointed he would not actually fight the monk, he had to fight someone who was dressed as a ninja.
"I mean you no disrespect child but I lived most of my life in the dark. I think you should quit now before I am forced to seriously harm you. Take my advice and avoid needless suffering. " Yusuke told him before he gave advice and introduction was in order." Ah, yes forgive my rudeness I am called Hanzo, and you are? "
" Yusuke Urameshi, nice to meet you Hanzo I get the feeling we could have been good friends had we met under better circumstances, as to your advice it is appreciated however quitting is not an option. " Hanzo tried to sneak behind him but Yusuke blocked his attack. He then grabbed him and threw him hard on the floor.
Hanzo tried to use some itching powder on his eyes to make him less able to see. The thing was that Yusuke had his eyes closed the entire time, it was Hanzo's breathing and heartbeat that gave away what he was doing.
Yusuke kept blocking and counter-attacking each and every single time. Genkai saw the way he was fighting and she knew that this was not the way a human being would fight. It was precise, vicious, and with little to no wasted movements. Hanzo was breathing hard and sweating like he just ran a marathon. Yusuke on the other hand looked like he was out on a stroll through a flowery meadow.
She saw Hanzo be knocked out and she declared Yusuke the Winner. The young monk saw the entire fight and knew he had to watch out for him. He decide to ask him if he wanted a drink of water. "No, but thank you for offering so Rando how have you been lately? Killed anyone fun lately? I sure hope I am not boring you with my little fight."
The young monk looked surprised. "Not at all Yusuke, it was quite entertaining to see you fight with your eyes closed like that. Mind if I ask you how did you figure my true identity out? Not many have been able to see through my disguises so I am quite curious." Yusuke kept looking at the other man fighting.
"It's your breath actually, you should really avoid eating human beings when you are going to be so close to people or at least try to mouth wash before you got here. I am guessing the real monk was your meal. " Rando was again surprised by his answer." So my breath gave me away I guess I did not expect you to recognize the smell."
Yusuke smiled at him, "In my profession, I met plenty of demons and you only need to smell that particular smell once and you never can forget it. So don't you worry Rando I will be at the finals to have some fun with you in our fight?" Rando began to walk away and told him he was looking forward to it.