SailorStar9: Wow, and another chapter goes up. Sorry for the long wait guys. My brain refused to work with me. This is Chapter 38. Read and review.
Taeniaea: Like I said, cut down on the sugar.
Hoshiko Megami: And here I thought I lost you after Chapter 16.
Disclaimers: YYH, Magic Knight Rayearth and Sailor Moon aren't mine.
Chapter Summary: After being saved in the nick of time by Puu, Yusuke revels in his new power and resumes his battle with Sensui. Although Yusuke's skill and strength have increased, he is still clumsy with his new abilities. But there is no time to practice as Sensui bears down for the final confrontation.
Chapter 38: The Proof
Puu landed, bringing Koenma and, to everyone's shock, a bruised, shirtless, battered but very alive Yusuke Urameshi, who marched straight to his teammates to reproach them "If you thought I'd throw in the towel and leave this fight for you, you got it all wrong, pals!"
Kuwabara could not believe his eyes.
He had checked Urameshi's pulse in the Irima cave and his heartbeat had stopped.
"Oh yeah... my heart isn't beating now either," Yusuke commented as if it were just a curious little detail.
"Try Atavism, Kuwabara." a voice whom Yoko Kurama would never dream of hearing again said.
"Atavism?" Kuwabara echoed.
"It's a phenomenon that occurs when genes from a person were not passed to the immediate descendant, but to a remote one. When it came to genes from a very powerful demon, the genes can be 'dormant' for many generations; that means that if an A or S-class demon conceived with a human, this child would not have an 'active' demonic gene, but a distant descendant would." Neo-Queen Selece explained.
"And close your mouth Yoko dear. Otherwise a fly would get in." she joked.
Hiei and Yoko Kurama let out a wild chortle.
"Don't worry, Yusuke," said Kurama. "There's a core doing your heart's work now."
"The demonic core," explained Koenma. "There's youkai blood running through his veins."
"Talk about irony." Neo-Queen Selece remarked.
Hiei was enjoying the irony of the Reikai Tantei becoming a demon.
Yusuke however, said that he felt nothing different.
He was eager to resume the fight with Sensui, but now Hiei, Kurama and Kuwabara found a new strength with their friend's return.
As they flamed on their ki and argued on who is going to fight now, Sensui observed them and realized that Koenma really recruited the best this time.
Yusuke replied that he understood his teammates' feelings, but wanted them to let him take care of Sensui.
"Please. Leave that to me."
The three agreed.
In the Irima cave, the Tokubetsu Boueitai nervously questioned Commander Otake; if they were the strongest soldiers in Reikai, how could they be so helpless in detaining Urameshi?
Otake told them about the S-class demons, a class these soldiers did not know about.
Yusuke's ancestor was/is an S-class youkai; Sensui was human, but his powers were just as great.
The soldiers did not react well to the news, but Otake ordered them to concentrate on the task at hand
"If the law in Makai says to attack, ours is to protect. That's why Reikai created that barrier to keep the A and S classed demons to come here. Infourty-eighty hours this tunnel has to be sealed! I want all of you working on it non-stop!"
In Makai, the fight started.
The clash of powers created big bursts of light and devastated the landscape around them.
Yusuke pointed his index finger and a Reigan soared towards Sensui, who barely dodged the attack.
It brushed past and damaged the former Tantei's armor, and utterly destroyed a mountain a few miles away.
Yusuke was more surprised than anyone with the potency of the shot.
Hiei, with trembling eyelids, most probably the aftereffects of the Kokuryuuha, commented that Yusuke was intelligent and soon would learn to control his new power.
"Yusuke, please be reminded that you have only one shot left." Neo-Queen Selece reminded him flatly.
Yusuke agreed: "I only have one shot left, so I'll keep it for later."
"And what happened to you, onna?" he quirked a brow at the imperial-looking female.
Icy let out a smirk.
"Neo-Queen Selece at your service." she laughed.
"Neo-Queen?' Hiei exclaimed.
"You never cease to amaze me." Yoko Kurama shook his head.
"Been a while since I saw you." she remarked to her kitsune mate.
"Suiichi is going to be so insulted." Yoko Kurama kidded.
"Well, he's you and you're him. So it makes no difference." Neo-Queen Selece shrugged.
Yoko Kurama chuckled. Like it or not, she does have a point.
Sensui's aura flamed on as he lost his armor to create another, more practical to attack.
Yusuke was glad with the change.
Flying over Mushiori City, Botan saw Shizuru and Keiko in a bus stop and landed to ask them why they were there.
Keiko told her that Puu turned into a giant bird and flew off.
"Puu did that? But if Yusuke is dead..." Botan trailed off and apologized for the clumsy slip.
Keiko fell on her knees, crying, and Shizuru tried to comfort her. The ferry girl suggested that they should look for Genkai.
Yusuke asked Puu to take his friends up to the sky where they would be safe.
The blue phoenix complied; only Yoko preferred to use that same butterfly-plant to glide on his own.
Grabbing his revived mate by her waist, he soared to the air.
Sensui hit Yusuke twice, damaging more the landscape than the boy.
The seven personalities clash inside his mind: fight on, stop, kill everyone, love the humankind...
But Yusuke counterattacked, distracting him from the inner conflict.
The A-class demons in that living tower that tried to reach the tunnel to Ningenkai come back to attack them both.
Sensui was annoyed at the interference and slayed them all very quickly.
"Ningenkai or Makai, I don't care," retorted Yusuke. "Let's fight."
"That had to hurt." Neo-Queen Selece muttered.
"Sensui or the demons?" Yoko joked.
The Queen gave him a mock glare that clearly answered his question.
Sensui laughed, "I admire your simplicity, kid."
He charged with everything he has, socking Yusuke mercilessly.
The plateau where they were standing was disintegrated in seconds.
Yusuke licked his lips, contented, and suggested that they should move to an open area.
"You're seeing that mountain over there? It's in a wasteland." He said
"You sound as if you've been here before," Sensui pointed out.
"Maybe. Maybe my ancestors have." Yusuke shrugged.
Puu and Kurama followed the two to the mountain.
"Puu and Yusuke are synchronized," Koenma commented.
"They developed at the same time."
Kuwabara remarked that he did not notice anything different in Urameshi.
"Yet," Koenma amended.
Yusuke feet something strange. But focused on the combat, he decided to worry about it later.
He and Sensui took less than five seconds to demolish the mountain.
"Great, first the plateau, now the mountain. Wonder how much property damage they cause in this one battle alone." Neo-Queen Selece muttered.
Yoko Kurama rolled his eyes.
A tornado of ki formed around the two fighters as they exchanged quicker-than-the-eye punches.
Sensui managed to hit Yusuke, who disappear in a sand cloud.
"Show yourself, I know you're behind me," retorted Sensui. "There's no point in moving under the sand if you can't mask your youki."
Yusuke came out, chuckling, "Got me! I can't control my ki. It feels like a wild stallion."
Sensui smirked mysteriously, annoying Yusuke by not telling him what he was thinking about.
Kuwabara asked Hiei what he thought of the powers of the two fighters.
"Hn," Hiei replied.
Kurama was sure that until Yusuke managed to control his youki, Sensui would have the advantage.
Koenma thought Sensui looks different now, but they all agreed that the former Tantei seemed satisfied in meeting and adversary of his level.
Again Yusuke felt something, this time stronger
A voice in his mind told him, "I'll teach you how to use your youki."
A cyclone surrounded his body.
His hair grew long and wild, strange blue marks appear in his face, chest, arms and shoulders.
His youkai nature had fully awakened now.
Back in the air, Neo-Queen Selece frowned at the sudden intrusion of youkai energy.
Raizen? she wondered.
SailorStar9: Yahoo! Chapter 38 goes up. Two more chapters left to this saga.
