Cheer Me On!

Yusuke P.O.V.

There were a couple of matches and my next fight against Yomi. Kurama was doing just fine after he got recovered, Eri was eating the lunch that I got for her since they did have food for the fighters that were competing to reach for the finals. The last match was going to be starting soon and I was pumped up ready to fight against Yomi since we already witnessed him fighting against his son Shura.

"You're going to be facing a strong one to deal with Yusuke," Kurama said.

"Yeah, I know. But I'm sure everything's going to be fine in the end." I replied.

Eri was sipping out of her cup as I glanced down at her, "You ready for this tournament to end, Eri?" I asked as she merely nodded.

"Yeah." She replied.

We've been here almost half the day and she still didn't smile. I'm going to try to make her smile, even though force isn't the answer there must be some way to get her to smile at this point. But now, I'm going to be facing Yomi at the end of this fight and even though he's blind he can still fight which is astonishing.

"Kurama?" Eri asked.

"Yes, Eri?" Kurama asked.

"Why is Yomi blind if he can still fight?" She asked.

"Because I cause him to go blind when fought against me in my Yoko form," Kurama replied.

"Oh." She said and then asked, "D-Does he miss seeing what the world around him is like?"

"Perhaps."

The last remaining of the fight remains as the announcer Koto begins to announce, "Alright, it's time for the last battle! Our next contestants are Yusuke Urameshi vs Yomi!"

I grinned as I gave the others a thumbs up saying, "Wish me luck."


In the third round, Yusuke is paired up against Yomi. During his match against Yomi, Yusuke suddenly realizes he has lost his purpose, and questions why he is fighting. He used to fight because as a child, he had been angry and neglected, and took out his anger by fighting. Then he became a Spirit Detective and fought powerful men such as Toguro and Sensui to save the world, although they were actually looking for someone more powerful to defeat them. Yusuke wonders whether he is now just waiting for someone to defeat him, now that his anger is gone and all he has is fighting, but Raizen's voice comes back and refreshes his mind. He remembers that he is fighting, not just to find his own identity, but for the sake of his friends as well.

From this renewed strength, Yusuke discovers a new seikouki (or a different form of energy that bears similarity in appearance to Sensui's Sacred Energy), and the fight between him and Yomi comes down to one punch. Rushing at each other, the fight would have been a tie, except that Yomi was able to continue standing because of an impromptu shout from Shura. Yusuke falls unconscious and does not awaken until after the tournament ends. However, because he severely damaged Yomi in their fight, Yomi lost in the next rounds.

"I-Is Yusuke going to be okay?" Eri worried-looking down at Hiei. She was sitting on Chu's shoulder to get a good view of the fight.

"He'll be fine," Hiei reassured.

"Go Yusuke! Go Yusuke!" Eri cheered as the others heard her trying to cheer him on to keep his head upheld high knowing he could win.

"You heard her lads! GO Urameshi!" The Chu chanted.

The others were following Eri's lead to cheer on Yusuke to win against Yomi and some demons were cheering for Yomi too. Eri still had belief in him that Yusuke formed a small grin on his face to hear his friends believing in him that he possibly defeat Yomi one on one. In the past, he defeated Toguru and many fighters, then came Sensui that he defeated with the help of Eri that he gave her the credit. Now, he's going to prove that he was the strongest one standing alive today and will reclaim his victory.

As Yusuke and Yomi, we're fighting neck to neck as the two charge at lightning speed doing an incredible fist bump that sent out a huge wave around the stadium that the others were in 'awe' of the huge explosion caused by two incredible fighters. Eri sitting on Chu's shoulder had her eyes widen that she felt her lips quivering to form a curve up smile as she held her arms out wearing a huge smile across her face!

"GO YUSUKE!" Eri shouted.

Kurama looks over at Eri slightly shocked as he called over at Hiei who was in deadpanned from the explosion. He shouted, "Hiei! Look!" Hiei heard Kurama calling him as he saw his finger pointing up as he followed his gaze upward causing his eyes to widen and to see Eri smiling.

'I-I don't believe it...She's smiling!' Hiei thought as he felt his eyes were watering a little as he wipes them away.

The crowd cheered as Eri was waving her arms around happily as she was bouncing on Chu's shoulder who held her to prevent her from falling. She glanced down at Hiei who was looking up at her to see her excitement as she faced back at the fight.

Hiei couldn't help but smile at the girl's enthusiasm that she was finally happy.

"She's finally smiling," Hiei said feeling a smile forming on his face.

After the battle, Yusuke was knocked out after the fight, but he finally woke up and had some injuries over his body. His friends were waiting outside of the door happy to see approaching to see Kurama and Hiei was standing there along with his friends that were congratulating him for the final round even though he lost the fight.

"Great job out there, Yusuke," Chu said.

"Yeah, even though you lost, you beat Yomi with all your strength," Rinku said.

"Thanks." Yusuke grinned.

Kurama said, "That match was very intriguing to watch and to not look away. You manage to beat Yomi by that incredible power of yours and I don't think none of us have any words to say after that."

"Hey, I had my fun with that guy. We were neck to neck and I have to say, he's a good fighter that my old man did say was true." Yusuke let out a low chuckle as the fox demon faintly smiled.

"And that's not all that that incredible power did to cause a huge explosion," Kurama said. "You manage to make Eri smile."

"Eh? She what..." Yusuke stood there shocked as they headed out of the recovery room, and walked back out to see what was happening during the tournament. Enki, Raizen's friend, won the tournament and became the Demon World King. For his new law, he forbade the demons to do evil or mischief in the Human World, which pre-empted the taking down of the barrier between the Human and the Demon World.

Hiei was in the crowd holding Eri in his arms as she glanced behind her to see Yusuke. She smiled and wiggled out of Hiei's arms saying, "Hiei! Yusuke is awake!" Hiei looks over to see Yusuke and the others as he took her hand only to feel her tugging him to run over to them.

"That was crazy!" Eri exclaimed as Yusuke and the others glanced down to see the happy girl smiling and had those glistening eyes that showed happiness in them. "At first, the loud noises and punches you guys pulled were incredible. You two fought so amazingly that I started to cheer you on." She starts detailing about the tournament she watched from afar as Yusuke and the others listened. Chu, Jin, and Rinku were coping with her movements as she had a warm smile on her face. Hiei couldn't lie when that smile is the biggest one that hit him.

"Then everyone started jumping up and down out of their seats a-and Yusuke you were getting tumbled for a bit." She said pausing to remember what happened as she held her arms to throw baby punches out, "And you and Yomi were fighting that amazed the crowd and they were so shocked that they said "Wow" and you know what I said?" They all leaned a little close to hear what she had to say, "Wow too! It was so fun!"

Yusuke grinned as he felt like tearing up as she stopped and looks up at him curiously, "I'm glad you had a great time, Eri."

Eri looks at him and smiled so widely as she felt Jin ruffle her hair, "Now there's a happy girl we wanted to see."

Yusuke let out a chuckle as he picked up Eri throwing her up in the air and catching her, "See? I knew that this idea would work and she had so much fun!" Eri laughed that was angelic to their ears to see the happy girl wasn't so sad and gloomy around. The aura of Sensui was phased away from her and it made them very happy.

Just before they were about to leave, Hiei glanced down at Eri who was standing next to Kurama as he grinned.

"Hey, I have something for you," Hiei said as Eri looks up at him quite concerned as he crouches down at her level to pull out something from his cloak. "I got you this." She saw Hiei pulling out a candy apple from his cloak as her eyes twinkled.

"Eh?! Did you get her a candy apple? But where? I couldn't even find any around here." Yusuke inquired.

Hiei responded, "I went to go buy one before we left since there wouldn't be any here in the demon world." Eri takes the candy apple from Hiei as he continued, "No one in demon world has ever had any of these. Surprisingly, they are very tasty and they even smell nice." He watches Eri take a small bite as she licked her lips smiling happily.

"It's the best taste ever." She said as she took another bite and licks it again. "Yummy!"

Yusuke chuckled, "Well, she seems to like them just like I said she would."