Yuiko looked around. The room where they were going to fight was pitch dark. Yuiko just blinked for a few seconds until her eyes adjusted. "I-is this where we're gonna fight?" Kuwabara asked Genkai in an almost scared voice.
"What's the matter, Kuwabara? Afraid of the dark?" Yuiko questioned.
"No!" Kuwabara shouted. Yuiko covered one ear and rubbed her hand over it. Man, could he yell. Genkai turned to Kuwabara, though they couldn't see.
"Yes, you eight are going to fight here. How about we let the buffoon go first." Genkai answered. "Kuwabara! You and Kuroda!" Kuwabara blinked in surprise. Footsteps were heard from behind them and whoever this Kuroda person was apparently was walking ahead of Kuwabara.
"You coming or what, kid?" Kuroda asked.
"Who are yeh callin' a kid!?" Kuwabara yelled, Yuiko covering her ear again. Kuwabara stomped over to the middle of the room, Kuroda already there. Kuwabara just didn't know that. "I'll show yeh who's the kid!" Kuwabara ran at where he hoped Kuroda was and punched, only to scream in agony. Yuiko's eyes widened. She still wasn't able to see anything, but that was definitely Kuwabara screaming like a girl.
"What happened?" Yuiko questioned herself aloud. Genkai prodded Yuiko's hand with something and Yuiko took it.
"It's a flashlight. You can use it to locate your friend." Genkai explained. Yuiko found the switch on it, turned the flashlight on, and searched for Kuwabara. She soon found him and saw blood dripping onto the floor.
'He must have a weapon.' Kuwabara thought. 'But which weapon?'
"Give up on what hurt you?" Kuroda asked. Kuwabara growled. "I used a sword. It's supernatural, just like the Shadow Sword." Kuwabara raised an eyebrow.
"The Shadow Sword? What's that?" Kuwabara stupidly inquired. Yuiko gasped.
"What's the stupid effect!?" Yuiko demanded, her voice echoing in the pitch-black room. Kuroda chuckled and didn't answer. Kuwabara tripped while he was trying to figure out where Kuroda was now, and Kuroda, who was attacking him with his sword, missed. Kuwabara stood up, unaware that he was holding a small wooden stick that looked like a hilt of a sword.
"Let's hope this is a metal poll!" Kuwabara shouted, running at where Kuroda had been heard to be last. "HIYAH!" Kuwabara brought down his 'weapon' and something incredible happen. An orange light shaped like the blade of a sword came out from Kuwabara's hands (he was holding the wooden hilt with both hands) and a scream of bloody murder filled the air. Kuwabara brought his weapon up. "Hey, Yuiko! Point that flashlight over here!" Yuiko did as told, and wished she hadn't Kuroda's arm from the shoulder was half cut off.
"Ew!" Yuiko and Kuwabara exclaimed in unison. "Gross!"
"Kuwabara's the winner!" Genkai announced, smirking. 'He must have had that power all along. Just needed a boost, I suppose.' Kuwabara came back over to Yuiko.
"How'd you make that sword?" Yuiko asked.
"That's what I want to know." Kuwabara replied.
"Well, I know you used Spirit Energy to make it, I'm just wondering if you could have done it, why you didn't do it before now." Yuiko explained.
"Huh? You lost me. What's Spirit Energy?" Kuwabara questioned. Yuiko sweat dropped.
"I'll tell yeh later." Yuiko answered. The remaining people minus Yuiko and some guy in a weird helmet fought next, the victors being the boy, whose name turned out to be Shorin, and a man whose named was Kazemaru.
"Urameshi! Kibano! You're up!" Genkai snapped. Yuiko quietly walked to the middle of the room after handing Genkai the flashlight back, and Kibano loudly followed Yuiko. Before Yuiko was able to sense where he was in the room, Kibano hit Yuiko in the mouth, sending her to the ground. Yuiko got back up and ran at him, only to have him dodge and kick her.
'That can't be. I'm being as quiet as I can.' Yuiko thought.
"Yuiko! That helmet allows him to see in the dark!" cried a very familiar female voice. Yuiko, shocked that she was here, made sure she gave Kibano a good kick before replying.
"Botan!? What are you doing here!?" Yuiko yelled, getting hit by Kibano one more time.
"I'll tell you in a minute! Just break the helmet!" Botan shouted over to her.
"Hey! That's cheating!" Shorin exclaimed. Botan froze and sweat dropped, laughing nervously.
"Sorry, but if you ask me, that helmet is a way of cheating too." Botan said. Kuwabara was standing there completely confused.
"You're that Botan person that Yuiko got a call from?" Kuwabara asked. Botan nodded.
"I'll explain who I am to you later, Kuwabara." Botan replied. Kuwabara blinked in shock.
"YOU'VE TOLD THIS STRANGE GIRL WHO I AM!?" Kuwabara practically screamed. Botan covered her ears. Yuiko, deciding to take a risk, made her hand and arm as though she were holding a gun.
"SPIRIT GUN!" Yuiko shouted. The blue light bullet shot from Yuiko's index finger and hit Kibano squared in the face, or should it be squared in the helmet? It broke the helmet in two. Yuiko then ran at Kibano and gave him all that he was worth. It wasn't until she was sure he wasn't going to get up again that she went back over to Kuwabara and Botan. "Now will you tell me what you're doing here?" Yuiko questioned Botan.
"Koenma wanted me to. He saw what predicament you were in, and we know you can't lose, so he wanted me to help." Botan answered. She didn't expect a small silence before Yuiko started shouted at the top of her lungs, going on about how little talking employee-hiring toddlers shouldn't jump to conclusions and that she would have figured out a way to beat Kibano with or without the information about the helmet. Botan just stood there, sweat dropping and smiling. Kuwabara just stared at Yuiko confusedly, terrified, and nervously all at once. When Yuiko stopped, she was panting like a dog.
"Er - who's Koenma?" Kuwabara asked hesitantly. It was a moment before Kuwabara's question was answered.
"Koenma is my boss." Yuiko admitted, her hands in her pockets. Kuwabara's jaw dropped.
"Your boss? Since when do you have a job!?" Kuwabara exclaimed. Genkai had her arms crossed and was tapping her foot.
"You three can continue chatting on our way out of here." Genkai said curtly, leading the way by flashlight. Yuiko, Botan, Kuwabara, Shorin, and Kazemaru followed her, Yuiko and Botan explaining to Kuwabara everything that happened from when Yuiko got run over by the car to the present.
"Whoa. So you're a Spirit Detective? And you fight demons and retrieve stolen artifacts?" Kuwabara replied.
"Yeah, that's pretty much it." Yuiko said. They walked into daylight, and it was now possible to see Yuiko's flushed face.
"Okay. So, if you're here under orders, then what's going on?" Kuwabara stated. Yuiko sighed.
"There's an evil demon named Rando who wants Master Genkai's powers and will kill her when he's done with his learning and training. I'm here to stop that." Yuiko whispered. "And besides," she continued in a louder voice. "I'd still be here if it wasn't for that, anyway." Genkai led the small group to a large patch of dirt. Genkai turned around to face them.
"On this very spot, several warriors have died and have been wounded. You are to fight to whatever means necessary right here. I don't care how you win as long as you do. Even if it is by a fluke." Genkai explained. "Kazemaru! Urameshi! You first!" Yuiko and Kazemaru walked to the middle of the grass-barren area.
"Say your prayers, missy. Because you won't be getting to the next round." Kazemaru commented. Kuwabara laughed.
"He obviously doesn't know her very well." Kuwabara announced.
"You're absolutely right." Botan agreed, grinning. (It's basically the same fight, so it won't be put in. Long story short, Yuiko wins because she is almost drowned in mud.)
"Patuui! Yuck! Why couldn't it have been a stream? At least it's cleaner." Yuiko complained, wiping mud off her face. Genkai smirked. Yuiko was starting to grow on her.
"Kuwabara! Shorin! Start now!" Genkai barked. (Also same fight. Kuwabara loses and almost gets his back broken, not to mention his ribs, making it so he can't sit up.) Yuiko glared at Shorin.
"That's it, Shorin! You're going down! Or should I say Rando?" Yuiko shouted at him. Shorin smirked and smoke filled the air.
"On the contrary, I'm going to kill you before you even know what's coming at you next." came a deeper, calmer, more evil-sounding voice. (Same fight, Yuiko wins, and get to be Genkai's assistant.)
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Red Roses2: (Sweat drops) My memory failed me. (Sighs) You won't hold that against me, will you? I don't have any of the episodes on tape or DVD, and I don't have any of the graphic novels yet. But I'll remember more on the other adventures! I promise! (Bows Japanese style) I have no excuse for my poor memory! Please forgive me! You guys will still give nice, kind reviews, right? (Looks worried)