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Chu took something out of his pocket. He showed it to Yuiko.
"This is ogresbande. It's from the Demon World. Packs a hell of a punch." Chu said before he drank it all.
"Everyone get away from the edges of the ring!" Rinku shouted.
Yuiko stared, confused. Hiei grunted. Kurama took a step back. Kuwabara took more than a few steps back. Suddenly, Chu began to make horrible grunting noises, sounding as though he were in pain. Yuiko braced herself. Chu turned around, knelt down at the edge of the ring, and the sounds of him puking echoed through the stadium.
Koto and Yuiko watched in disbelief. The microphone almost fell out of Koto's hand.
"I warned you." Rinku said. "But now the real fun starts."
Yuiko tensed slightly, but not as much as she would with someone like Hiei or Suzaku. This guy, despite the beating he gave her a few minutes ago, didn't seem like he was that big of a threat.
'The alcohol smell is fading . . . .' Kurama thought. His eyes widened as he realized what was happening. "The alcohol is blending with his demonic aura!"
Kuwabara looked at the fox.
"What? Is that even possible?" Kuwabara asked.
Hiei narrowed his eyes.
'Be careful, Detective,' Hiei thought. He erased the thought from his head.
Chu stood up and smirked. He made quick motions with his hands, his aura wrapping around them. Koto announced that it looked as though Chu were treating his aura like it was cotton candy. Hiei muttered something about an aura alchemist. A ball full of blue energy appeared in Chu's hand.
"You ready, Urameshi?" Chu asked.
"I don't need to be asked that," Yuiko said confidently, powering up her rei gun.
"Hey, that thing looks like her rei gun!" Kuwabara said.
"Yes, but it appears to hold much more power than the rei gun!" Kurama replied, biting his lip. Hiei glared at Kurama. Softie. The Human World must've weakened his senses, Hiei thought. The fire demon looked back at the fight.
Chu threw his energy ball. Yuiko shot her rei gun. When the two shots hit, they made static electricity and crackling sounds until they made a gigantic POP! Chu ran at Yuiko and vice versa and exchanged blow after blow. Neither blocks.
Kuwabara cringed. Kurama bit too hard on his lower lip; he drew a bit of blood. Hiei clenched his fists; his face contorted into a half-wince. The masked fighter showed no emotion whatsoever, but that might've been caused by the mask.
Chu pulled a reverse punch from the right and hit Yuiko across the face. She traveled a few feet. Chu then began to create another energy ball, this time bigger. She attempted to get a better footing.
"This is it!" Rinku shouted.
"If she dodges that, it'll be good because he'll be out of energy," Hiei said.
"But her balance is off by too much. And she can't counter!" Kurama said, the blood from his lip rolling down his chin.
Chu threw the ball at Yuiko. She raised her arm for a rei gun.
"What is she doing? She's used up her rei gun already!" Kuwabara yelled.
In the stands, Atsuko held onto Keiko, crying that she didn't want to loose her baby again. Keiko attempted to tell her that it would be okay and that Yuiko would be fine, but the brunette wondered how Yuiko would do that.
"Double Rei Gun!" Yuiko screamed.
Two rei gun shots erupted from her index finger. They charged at Chu's giant energy ball. They shot through Chu's ball, extracting bits and pieces of the ball into themselves, and attacked Chu head-on. Yuiko braced herself before the ball hit her. When the smoke disappeared, they were no where in sight.
"Where'd they go? Did they dodge or are they out of the ring?" Koto asked, turning around. "Wow! They're right behind me, and both are standing! They look awfully beat-up, though!"
Chu and Yuiko panted. Chu chuckled a bit. After a while, Yuiko joined him. They laughed until the volume reached the point where everyone in the stadium could hear.
"I'm out of juice, and you are too, right?" Chu said.
"Yeah, you are. I'm not sure what you see is so funny, though," Yuiko replied.
"Well, we both tried so hard to get to this point, and we can barely stand," Chu explained. "And there isn't a winner yet."
Yuiko burst out laughing. She had to hold her sides to stay standing.
"But there is a winner," she said.
Chu blinked. She raised her arm again.
"REI GUN!"
A fourth shot flew through the air and hit Chu square in the chest. The blast carried him to the arena wall where it cemented him there. After the dust died down, Koto began to count. Yuiko panted and fell to her knees. She felt like taking a nap.
"10! Team Urameshi is the winner!" Koto announced. The crowd uproared and shouted protests but they were ignored. Yuiko stumbled over to the others.
"I'll explain about the extra rei gun shots once we get to the hotel room," Yuiko mumbled. "Just get me away from here. It's way too loud."
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Yuiko sat on the couch with a cup of hot tea. Kurama sat next to her while Kuwabara sat on the couch across from her. Hiei sat on the couch's arm. They waited for her to begin.
"Okay, part of my training with Genkai was getting to the point where I could shoot more than one bullet. To be honest, I didn't expect to get to the point where I could shoot four. I thought that I'd only be able to shoot two by the time training was over. It's probably a good thing that I can shoot four or else I don't want to know what would've happened out there." Yuiko explained, sipping her tea. "Anyway, what happened with your fights? Sorry I slept through them."
"It's alright," Kurama comforted. "Mine wasn't anything flashy or anything really entertaining."
"I have a hard time believing that," Yuiko teased. Kurama blushed.
"The guy was out of his league," Hiei muttered. "And Kuwabara was defeated by a child."
"Hey!" Kuwabara said. "You don't have to say it like that!"
"But it's true," Hiei retorted.
Knocking cut their conversation short. Kurama stood up and opened the door. Botan grinned at him.
"Hi, guys! That was a great round!" Botan said, but she and Kurama were immediately pushed out of the way by Keiko and Atsuko.
"Yui-chan!" Keiko cried. She tackle-hugged Yuiko.
"Hey! Keiko! Stop it!" Yuiko said, pushing her friend off her. She sported a bright pink color on her cheeks. She glanced at Hiei. Hiei rolled his eyes and walked to the window.
Yuiko was then tackle-hugged by her mother.
"MOM!"
"My baby's alright! Yay!"
"Mom!"
"I'm never going to let any big bad demons hurt you again!"
"You're embarrassing me! Stop it!"
Botan, Kurama, Kuwabara, and Shizuru laughed. Hiei ignored it all. Yuiko was now a deep red.
"STOP LAUGHING!"
She chased all of them around the room, throwing pillows at them.
Hiei grunted as he looked out the window. Stupid detective. Wasting her time. He glanced at her as she ran past him. He looked back out the window. If she was so stupid and useless, why was he feeling this way about her?
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