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"Has Yusuke been beaten?" Botan wondered out loud.

Everyone was stunned.

"What a shame," Kazemaru said sarcasm dripping from his mouth.

Avigayil and Genkai stood there waiting for something to happen.

Yusuke was still conscious. Red ooze was dripping out of the corner of his mouth. His eyes opened and he bared his teeth, glaring at Kibano.

"If you say you give up, I'll let you live," Kibano said smiling an evil smile.

"You don't seem to have a chance Yusuke. But that's not the point," Koenma stated. He was watching the fight through his TV screen.

"Just get up and attack him! That's your job," Koenma threw a tamper tantrum.

Yusuke started to sit up. Then slowly and stumbling across the way, he managed to stand up.

The Spirit Detective wiped off the blood from his mouth, "Oh well, guess you'll have to kill me."

"Ohhh. Acting with the reckless arrogance that only a kid could have," Kibano acted scared, "You probably think you're invincible." Kibano chuckled, "You've lost a lot of energy. I know because it's harder to see you in my mask."

During Kibano's little speech, Yusuke got into a fighting stance.

"Yusuke can't go on like this," Botan worried.

"You better not die! Damn it!" Kuwabara yelled.

"Kibano is wrong about him," Genkai spoke, "Even with the mask, Kibano's awareness is limited by what he expects. In a normal person, sure, power would have gone down from such an attack, so that's what Kibano sees. But this brat's Spirit Energy has a very unique wave length. It responds to desperation by getting stronger. I'm guessing the same happens to you?" Genkai asked the girl.

The girl only nodded yes. She could feel her brothers Spirit Energy getting stronger.

"He could win, if he could see," Genkai also said as a side note.

Yusuke was thinking and he realized something, "Hey know there's an idea. If only I could get him closer I'd-"

Kibano cut off his thought by appearing right before him, "I'll try to make this quick," Kibano punched Yusuke in the jaw.

Yusuke grabbed Kibano's arm putting it in an arm lock, "Now it's over."

"What?" Kibano realized his arm was being held.

"See this is all part of my plan. Next I'm gonna break your arm."

"Yeah! Do it! Then stomp on his face," Kuwabara cheered.
Yusuke made the arm lock tighter.

"Not such a bad idea," Kibano mused, "If I wasn't the master in every style of martial arts including grappling."

"Huh?"

Kibano grabbed Yusuke's arm and started to swing Yusuke around his head, "Here's my favorite throwing technique; The Bonsai Missile."

Kibano let go of Yusuke, who started to twirl like a tornado. He hit the ground and then hit the wall back first.

Kuwabara, Botan, Genkai and even Avigayil were surprised.

Blood spurted out of Yusuke's mouth and he fell limp on the floor.

"When he's far away he can't see," Kuwabara observed, "And when he's up close that guy does judo moves on him! What's he supposed to do?"

"The only way I see Yusuke pulling this off is the Spirit Gun. But that's still impossible. He'd never be able to make an exact hit," Botan debated.

"Who cares, stop dwelling on what-ifs. The reality is that he can't see and he's about to get canned," Genkai was blunt.

"You better get up Urameshi! I'm not gonna let you run out on me again!" Kuwabara yelled.

"I must admit, I'd feel guilty killing an amateur like you," Kibano admitted, "Please, tell me you give up and you can go back to your mother. I'll even open up an ear plate so I can hear your actual voice." Kibano opened up an ear plate from his mask, "I could just feel out your vocal vibrations, but surrender has such a nice sound."

"Then say it yourself. I'm winning this fucking fight," Yusuke got up holding his arm, "Next time you attack me I'm gonna knock that helmet off your head. Then I'll slap you around a bit if you can still move."

"Don't you think it's a little too late in the fight for you to bluff?" Kibano chuckled, "We all know that you're blind."

"Maybe, but my mom told me not to make excuses."

"But I do it anyway," Avi mumbled under her breath.
"Fine," Kibano shut his ear plate, "Then I'll give you no more warning."

Kibano started to power up again for his Big Arm Bomber.

"Fair well boy," Kibano jumped in the air and disappeared.

Yusuke stood his ground but turned his head around searching for Kibano.

"I will admit. I am surprised by how ling you've lived but now it's all over."

Yusuke started to charge up his finger for his Spirit Gun.

"I can feel you trembling. Your body's shaking with fear," Kibano appeared from behind.

"Watch out," Kuwabara warned.

"Yusuke," Botan called out.

"Fair well," Kibano stated.

Yusuke turned his head, "Not trembling shit head. I'm powering up."

"Huh?"

"Spirit Gun!"

The Spirit Gun connected with Kibanos head, shattering the mask to the ground along with Kibano.

Both Shorin and Kazemaru were stunned.

Botan was laughing.

"Oh yeah," Kuwabara cheered.

Yusuke stood tall and proud but then he went limp, "Whoa."

"I…don't understand. What happened?" Kibano asked. It was clear he had trouble getting up, "You can't see me in here. How did you it me?"

"Why don't you take a look at your belt before your eyes roll back."

Kibano did and Genkai's cigarette was there.

"What is that thing?" Kibano asked, "You tracked me down with that?"

"That's right; it's the cigarette Genkai was smoking," Yusuke said, "Remember? She threw it at me at the start of the fight. I saw it on the ground a few minutes ago, still glowing. And while you were teaching me your stupid kung-fu moves, I slipped it under your belt. And after that, well, hell, you know the rest."

"You…tricked me."

"Yeah well of course I did. And with that mask you couldn't see it."

Kibano lied back down.

"Winner the dimwit," Genkai declared.

"That was close," Yusuke came back.

"Hey, where did you learn from being tricky anyway?" Kuwabara asked.

"It's probably from being a kid, trying to think of reasons why he didn't come to class," Botan said matter-of-factly.

"Nope," Yusuke hugged his sister, "Thank you for being a sneak and stealing things under people's noses."

"I only steal food off your plate stupid," Avi was angry. She punched her brother hard, "That was for almost dieing and thanking you for staying alive."

"Wait, what was that glow-ball you fired at him?" Kuwabara asked directing the question to Yusuke.

"That's our Spirit Gun," Avigayil answered, "See it's like a big explosion of our Spirit Energy."

"So you're using a gun and I've got a sword. Don't you think we're cheating!"

"Oh don't worry Kuwabara," Botan reassured, "Just think of these weapons as extensions of yourselves."

"Alright kiddies," Genkai got their attention, "Let's start the semi-finals. The first match Kazemaru and Avigayil."

Yusuke was surprised.

"I've waited for this," Kazemaru was anxious.

"Whoa old lady. Pick somebody who's had a chance to breathe okay."

"You're not fighting. Only your sister is. If you want to get mad then get mad at the one who drew the lot and that's you," Genkai stated.

"You're not a very lucky person at drawing lots are you Urameshi?" Kuwabara laughed.

"Well can you at least throw another cigarette?" Avi asked.

"No, we won't be fighting the semi-finals in here."

"Thank God."

The doors to the temple opened. Everyone but Genkai had trouble adjusting their eyes to the sun light.

"Follow me," Genkai instructed.

Genkai led them up a "few" stairs.

"Great," Avigayil's sarcasm started to kick in, "Now I hafta fight a guy who can shoot a giant energy blast out of his whole fucking palm and all I have is my little Spirit Gun."

"And don't forget that one of those fighters might be Rando in disguise," Botan reminded the twins.

"Oh yeah that's true," Yusuke remembered, "If Rando's hiding as a human, there's only two guys he could be now."

"And there's something not right about that Kazemaru guy," Avi pointed out, "Call it a bad hunch."

"This will be your new fighting ground," Genkai brought them to a barren land. A lot of dead trees, and a few swamps and mud puddles here and there.

"What is it?" Kuwabara asked.

"The site of an ancient battle. An entire army was overcome by madness. Thousands of soldiers attacked their own men. Restless souls fill this place."

"Cool," Avi was amazed. She was always fascinated by things like this; war, blood, etc.

"I'm seeing things here I never wanted to see," Kuwabara was seeing images of dead soldiers, "Oh please, please someone take me home!"

"On this hillside, Spirit Energy begins to overtake the body. It's perhaps the best place on earth to use Spirit Power and so the best place for your fight."

"Excellent, their energy is circulating through me now," Kazemaru was pleased, "I feel stronger already."

"What about you?" Botan asked Yusuke.

"No use, I'm feeling some of my power coming back," Yusuke replied after trying to power up his Spirit Gun, "But there's no way it's enough to use my Spirit Gun."

"And you?" Botan asked Avi.

"I feel stronger. But not by a lot," Avi replied.

'Damn it. I can see his fucking power. Please don't let him be a demon,' Avi pleaded.

The stats for Avi and Kazemaru showed up on Koenma's TV.

The two fighters made their way to a clearing. They began to stare the other one down. But first, Avigayil put her hair up in a high pony tail.

"And the first match of the semi-finals, begin!" Genkai yelled.

"What a shame for you," Kibano sneered, "Having your brother almost getting killed and both you and him fight mismatched battles."

"What?"

"Everyone knows Kibano would have defeated that boy if not for his little trick and as for my own advantage, well, you'll soon find out."

"This battle is looking far from pleasant for Avi," Koenma whined, "And if Avi gets beaten and blows this case, I'm gonna get reamed for making her and Yusuke Spirit Detective."

"Excuse me, Koenma sir," an ogre spoke.

"What is it!"

"Phone call."

"Can't you see I'm busy?" Koenma grabbed the cordless phone and started to imitate an answering machine, "Hello, you've reached the desk of Koenma, mighty ruler of the Spirit World. I'm not here right now, but would love to talk to you later. If you're of any importance please leave a message after the beep. Beep."

"This is your father! Where the hell are you? You're in trouble boy!" King Enma shouted so loud Koenma had to remove his ear from the phone.

Koenma was really jumpy, "Wait! Dad! I was just using the bathroom," but it was too late. King Enma already hung up, "He hung up on me."

"Sorry sir. It's not my fault," the ogre apologized.

"Quiet! It's always your fault, okay?" Koenma blamed the ogre.

"Could you be quiet sir? The fight started," George, our favorite blue ogre, complained.

"Do you want me to hurt you?" Koenma threatened but turned to the screen scared to see Kazemaru punching Avi in the face countless times.

Kazemaru kept punching moving forward which required the female detective to retreat with every step he took.

Kazemaru suddenly stopped and went around Avigayil.

"Huh?" the girl was confused.

Kazemaru chuckled but then kicked her in the chin.

The impact sent the small girl to the ground.

Kazemaru jumped over her, "I'm surprised to find someone else in this contest who can use the spirit firing technique."

Avigayil sat up, "Yeah, I'm pretty awesome huh?"

"Of course, it's nothing compared to mine," Kazemaru started to advance.

"Yeah good point. Maybe we should agree not to use them and just play fair."

"Oh don't worry, I'd rather use my fist!" Kazemaru started to run forward, ready to punch the living daylights out of her.

'Okay. Brace yourself.'

Avigayil's foot started slipping in the mud, "What?" she turned around for just one second.

Big mistake. Kazemaru started punching her again, not just her face, but her torso too.

"You can't even fight back."

"Do something!" Botan screamed.

"Even though she didn't do anything, she's too tired to even fight block a punch," Kuwabara pointed out.

With his final punch, Kazemaru sent Avi sprawling on her back on the muddy ground.
"Don't give up Urameshi! Put everything you got into one hit!" Kuwabara coached.
She sat up and shook her head.

Kazemaru came running and tried to punch her. But Avi ducked and tried to upper cut.

'Here's everything,' Avi hoped she would get a perfect shot. But alas, Kazemaru did a back handspring to get away.

"Oh perfect," Avi muttered.

Kazemaru chuckled. A small cut appeared under his left eye, "What the…?"

"Damn," Yusuke snapped his finger.

Genkai smirked.

"That would have finished me if I hadn't dodged it," Kazemaru wiped the blood, "I can't get to close."

Avigayil was standing and breathing heavily.

"Guess I'll have to fight long distance," Kazemaru pulled out Shuriken Throwing knives; Four of them; two in each hand.

"You're joking," Avi was in disbelief.

"Shuriken throwing knives, my favorite," Kazemaru jumped in the air and threw them.

"Oh give me a break ninja boy. I'm not too weak to dodge," Avigayil moved to the side.

Kazemaru landed, crossed his arms and smirked.

"Hello! I was expecting a more shocked reaction. Did you not just see me dodge your toys!"

Kazemaru snorted, "Not quite."

"What?"

"Avi!" Botan warned.

"Those things are behind you!" Kuwabara and Yusuke warned.

Avi turned around, "Uh-Oh."

The ninja knives came back for Avi. She dove to the ground tumbling,

"Okay, they're like boomerang knives. That's a decent trick," she comprehended.

"Actually, they lock on a person's Spirit Energy," Kazemaru explained, "And they can stay in the air for days until hitting their appropriate target."

The knives continued to chase Avi. She blocked herself once causing her to get a few scratches. The knives came back for her again. Avi jumped out of the way doing a ballet move.

"Thank you ballet classes," Avi muttered sarcasticly.

The knives came back for the brown haired girl once again. The knives hit and scratched her. The impact was hard and she fell on her back but sat up quickly.

She was looking around for ideas, 'Okay Av, think of something.'

"All right," Avigayil spotted a dead tree.

She ran towards the tree hoping that the ninja knives were following her, "Come on!"

Right before they were about to hit her, she leapt gracefully out of the way. The knives were stuck in the tree.

She smirked but while she was making her graceful exit there was an explosion which ruined it. Avi slid on the muddy ground.

"Oh, perhaps I neglected to mention the gun powder stored in the tip of every blade," Kazemaru remembered, "They blow on impact. Even if you dodge the blades, you can't avoid the explosion. It's a done deal."

Avigayil got up slowly after processing this information.

"Avigayil!" Botan screeched.

"How the hell's she supposed to get outta this one?" Kuwabara asked.

"It might be a good time to tell her goodbye," Genkai spoke.

"I've already done that to him," Kuwabara pointed to Yusuke, "I'm not gonna do that to her!"

"No way in hell is my sister dieing hag," Yusuke spoke bravely.

"Kazemaru has very strange powers not unlike what a demon would posses. If he shows himself as Rando, I'm afraid Avigayil is lost," Koenma was worried.
'Getting blown to pieces is really gonna piss me off,' Avigayil was breathing heavily. A new set of knives were thrown, 'Not to mention letting Rando win Genkai's power,' the knives were getting closer, 'Guess there's only one thing to do. Make this explosion worth something.'

Avigayil started to run to the non-fighters.

"Ahhh. I'm a good guy Urameshi," Kuwabara was scared shit.

"You have to listen to me Kuwabara. You have to win this tournament now. Yusuke won't be able to," Avi yelled. She grinned and winked at her brother, "See ya!" she turned towards Kazemaru and continued running.

"Well that's funny. What do you think she meant?" Kuwabara asked, "I figured she wanted to win."

"She wouldn't dare," Yusuke realized.

"Oh dear," Botan realized too.

"I see, she knows she can't escape, so she decided to kill two birds with one bomb," Genkai explained.

"She what? Urameshi, don't do it! Can't you think this out a little more?" Kuwabara shouted.

"Avigayil," Botan was upset. She didn't want to ferry her new friend.

Avigayil continued running towards Kazemaru.

"Prepared for the ultimate sacrifice huh," Kazemaru said, "Well she's forgotten my power," he started to power up for his spirit attack.

"You try whatever you want ninja boy. But I'm taking you with me."

"Sorry, but I have other plans," Kazemaru was ready for his attack. But right when he was about to fire she disappeared.

"What the...she disappeared!"

The "crowd" was also amazed by Avi's disappearance.

The knives continued to "fly."

They hit Kazemaru though, creating an explosion on him. He was all torn up, blood coming from different places.

Kuwabara, Yusuke and Botan rushed over where they last saw the Spirit Detective.

"You see that, she's gone," Kuwabara was amazed.

"Avi? Hello?" Botan was calling.

"Hey Avi, are you playing around!" Yusuke asked.

"I'm gonna be mad if she can turn invisible and nobody told me," Kuwabara complained.

"Or me," Yusuke whined.

Botan shook her head no, "Only the dead can do that."

"Then maybe she jumped really high and hasn't come down yet or something. She does ballet right?" Kuwabara suggested.

"She quit last year," Yusuke informed.

Botan started to hear bubbly noises. She looked down in the swamp and saw a hand moving.

"I found her," the boys cried.

After successfully getting the young girl out of the swamp, Avi was on the ground spitting up and coughing.

"Pretty clever, hiding in the mud like that," Kuwabara commented.

"I wasn't hiding. I slipped," Avi coughed, "And now I have to take a shower," she whined.

Botan laughed.

"You weren't hiding? Are you trying to tell me the whole thing was an accident?" Kuwabara asked.

"What whole thing?"

Kuwabara pointed behind him to the semi-conscious Kazemaru.

"You mean I actually won the match?"

"Kazemaru's power-up emitted so much Spirit Energy that it diverted the knives towards him when you fell. Your victory's a total fluke but as I've said before, anything foes as long as you can win the fight," Genkai explained.

"It isn't fair," Kazemaru complained.

"He's got a good point," Avi spoke.

"Guess this makes up for he unluckiness you had drawing lots," Kuwabara said.

"Works for me," Yusuke spoke wiping some stuff off of his sisters face.

"Winner, Avigayil Urameshi. Only three fighters are left hope you're excited," Genkai declared.

"Well we've narrowed it down," Botan whispered, "Kazemaru must not be Rando. If he was, he would have shown his true form after being beaten."

"Then, we've figured it out," Yusuke, Avigayil, Kuwabara and Botan all looked at Shorin.

"Shorin is Rando."

"Let's move to the second match of the semi-finals. It's not hard to guess Kuwabara vs. Shorin," Genkai declared.

Once again, I would like to thank all of my reviewers. Next chapter will be up I have no idea when. IfI work hard enough, maybe I will give guys 2 chs. because spring break is coming up.

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