Saria: (In a sarcastic tone) WOW! Thanks for all the reviews...
SA: (Is still giving Tori the EVIL eye) At least I got the super glue dissolvent, without help from certain others...
Tori: Gomen (rubs head) Are you going to start the fic now?
Saria: I don't know, maybe I will, else why would I be at my computer writing this? Hmm?
Tori: Saria19 doesn't own Yu Yu Hakusho, but if she did Kuwabaka would probably be dead by Hiei's hand, Kurama would be with Karasu, and a whole bunch of other changes would be present...Oh, and the Dark Tournament will happen, just in a different way. It'll end differently as well.
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Yusuke didn't think she'd ever been so bored. The next room that Karasu (Maskman as she still thought of him) had thrown her in was full of apparitions in the ugliest dirt brown clothes she had ever seen! They had stared at her for a full minute before one had stepped forward and challenged her to a fight. She defeated him almost 6 seconds later with a single left hook that caught him in the gut. No other challengers stepped forward and she was told to leave. At least they had actually been polite during the exchanges that had happened, no one insulting her for being a girl.
Karasu and Bui had both been standing outside the door once again. Once again Karasu seemed peeved that she had taken "so long". Bui had warned her to fight as fast as possible, and to try to take it easy. He even suggested letting herself get defeated in the next room, the red room.
"Why should I let someone defeat me if I'm stronger" she had asked when he suggested this.
"Because, Toguro might decide you're not worth the effort of training if you do. Plus, if you do win the next fights, you'll be above the regular stages. Toguro will personally take over testing your strength. Believe me when I say he's rough. Then there'll be the training afterwards. There won't be anyone left for you to practice with except Karasu and myself, and we don't give anyone any breaks," had been Bui's rather long reply.
'I hope these guys are going to be a good challenge,' she thought as Maskman stopped once again in front of yet another door. 'Bui is probably right, and I should probably try to attempt a believable loss. But I'll only do that if one of these guys can at least land three blows, but only one has to hurt.'
The door opened and Yusuke lightly stepped through and once again it was shut. Looking around the room, she saw only three beings, all dressed in matching red robes. They were the exact same fighters she had defeated in Tarukane's strong hold, the Demon Triad.
"You have got to be kidding me!" she suddenly screamed, completely unaware of what she was doing.
The Triad on the other side of the training area all stiffened instantly then turned as one to locate the source of the outburst. Seeing her, they all jumped forward instantly, and completely without an introduction, attacked her.
Or, at least they tried. Before any of them were even half way across the room, Yusuke fired her shot gun attack and decimated them. This entire thing took about thirty seconds.
Back in the hallway, Karasu seemed a bit surprised to see her walk back out and see the entire Triad lying on the floor. It had only taken a fraction of all the times before. "Toguro next," had been all he said before turning and once again taking the lead and striding down the hall.
"Aye aye, Captain Jackass," Yusuke had murmured under her breath.
Bui, who once again walked right behind her, heard however, and actually began to snicker a bit. It was the first time anyone had ever dared to speak poorly of Karasu before him, especially when most thought he and Karasu were buddies.
Other than Yusuke's sarcastic remark, the walk to Toguro's personal part of the fortress was long, boring, and completely uneventful, if you didn't count the brief screaming match that Yusuke and Karasu had when her stomach began to growl from hunger. Luckily, Bui broke up the two before they could start to fight. He did that mainly because he didn't want to be the one to explain any "remodeling" that happened to the fortress, or why Yusuke was injured, or Karasu had a new scar or crack in his mask to Toguro. That would have been very bad for his health.
Luckily, after the brief outburst, Karasu made a fast detour through a kitchen and got Yusuke a roll. This wasn't because of sympathy, he just hated the sound that Yusuke's stomach was making.
Finally, they reached Toguro's private area. The doors were much different from the ones that led to the other training rooms. The other doors were roughly hewn pieces of wood on hinges. These doors were ornate, tall things that were richly decorated and had brass handles on them.
Karasu's manners instantly became more respectful when he stopped before these doors. Unlike the other rooms where he simply shoved open the doors and tossed her in, he now knocked gently on the doors and waited for the rooms occupant to answer.
From behind the doors, a deep voice answered. "Who is it?"
"Karasu and Bui, we've brought the girl to finish her testing," was Karasu's reply.
"Enter," the deep voice of Toguro answered.
Not wasting any time, Karasu quickly pushed the door open and walked in. Yusuke didn't move however until Bui gave her a slight push that sent the girl stumbling into the room and running face first into Karasu's back. In disgust, they shoved off of each other, Karasu going forward, tripping and falling face down on the floor, Yusuke going back first into Bui, and Bui banging out the door landing face up on the hallway floor with a now sitting Yusuke on his chest.
Inside the room, a squawking laugh could be heard coming from an out-of- sight part of the room. "Quite a selection you've made, brother. She beat Karasu AND Bui with a klutz attack!" With that, more laughter erupted from inside the room.
"Hey!" Yusuke shouted as she scrambled off of Bui, "I didn't have a klutz attack, I was pus...AAUUURGGGGGG!!! Get it off! Get it off!!!" The last part was screamed when Yusuke felt something that felt like a cross between a hair ball and a snake wrap around her foot.
In the immediate panic she started jumping up and down shrieking, unknowingly trampling Karasu's back, until she realized it was his hair around her foot. Then when she landed right after this realization, her foot slipped on the hem of Karasu's jacket and she went down, elbow first, onto Karasu. When she was able to pull herself up several minutes later, the first thing she noticed was that Karasu wasn't moving. The second thing she noticed was the deafening laughter coming from the second speaker.
"Well, I never was good at first impressions," Yusuke said lamely to the air.
---------- Tori: SOOOOO...Like it? Hate it? WHO CARES!!!! Just review to say what you think. PLEASE? (is making puppy dog eyes)
Saria: Just three reviews and I'll update within the week! If not, then don't count on it. I won't drop the story all together, I just might not update for a good while, and believe me, this one is going to have a killer ending!
SA: (Is still giving Tori the EVIL eye) At least I got the super glue dissolvent, without help from certain others...
Tori: Gomen (rubs head) Are you going to start the fic now?
Saria: I don't know, maybe I will, else why would I be at my computer writing this? Hmm?
Tori: Saria19 doesn't own Yu Yu Hakusho, but if she did Kuwabaka would probably be dead by Hiei's hand, Kurama would be with Karasu, and a whole bunch of other changes would be present...Oh, and the Dark Tournament will happen, just in a different way. It'll end differently as well.
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Yusuke didn't think she'd ever been so bored. The next room that Karasu (Maskman as she still thought of him) had thrown her in was full of apparitions in the ugliest dirt brown clothes she had ever seen! They had stared at her for a full minute before one had stepped forward and challenged her to a fight. She defeated him almost 6 seconds later with a single left hook that caught him in the gut. No other challengers stepped forward and she was told to leave. At least they had actually been polite during the exchanges that had happened, no one insulting her for being a girl.
Karasu and Bui had both been standing outside the door once again. Once again Karasu seemed peeved that she had taken "so long". Bui had warned her to fight as fast as possible, and to try to take it easy. He even suggested letting herself get defeated in the next room, the red room.
"Why should I let someone defeat me if I'm stronger" she had asked when he suggested this.
"Because, Toguro might decide you're not worth the effort of training if you do. Plus, if you do win the next fights, you'll be above the regular stages. Toguro will personally take over testing your strength. Believe me when I say he's rough. Then there'll be the training afterwards. There won't be anyone left for you to practice with except Karasu and myself, and we don't give anyone any breaks," had been Bui's rather long reply.
'I hope these guys are going to be a good challenge,' she thought as Maskman stopped once again in front of yet another door. 'Bui is probably right, and I should probably try to attempt a believable loss. But I'll only do that if one of these guys can at least land three blows, but only one has to hurt.'
The door opened and Yusuke lightly stepped through and once again it was shut. Looking around the room, she saw only three beings, all dressed in matching red robes. They were the exact same fighters she had defeated in Tarukane's strong hold, the Demon Triad.
"You have got to be kidding me!" she suddenly screamed, completely unaware of what she was doing.
The Triad on the other side of the training area all stiffened instantly then turned as one to locate the source of the outburst. Seeing her, they all jumped forward instantly, and completely without an introduction, attacked her.
Or, at least they tried. Before any of them were even half way across the room, Yusuke fired her shot gun attack and decimated them. This entire thing took about thirty seconds.
Back in the hallway, Karasu seemed a bit surprised to see her walk back out and see the entire Triad lying on the floor. It had only taken a fraction of all the times before. "Toguro next," had been all he said before turning and once again taking the lead and striding down the hall.
"Aye aye, Captain Jackass," Yusuke had murmured under her breath.
Bui, who once again walked right behind her, heard however, and actually began to snicker a bit. It was the first time anyone had ever dared to speak poorly of Karasu before him, especially when most thought he and Karasu were buddies.
Other than Yusuke's sarcastic remark, the walk to Toguro's personal part of the fortress was long, boring, and completely uneventful, if you didn't count the brief screaming match that Yusuke and Karasu had when her stomach began to growl from hunger. Luckily, Bui broke up the two before they could start to fight. He did that mainly because he didn't want to be the one to explain any "remodeling" that happened to the fortress, or why Yusuke was injured, or Karasu had a new scar or crack in his mask to Toguro. That would have been very bad for his health.
Luckily, after the brief outburst, Karasu made a fast detour through a kitchen and got Yusuke a roll. This wasn't because of sympathy, he just hated the sound that Yusuke's stomach was making.
Finally, they reached Toguro's private area. The doors were much different from the ones that led to the other training rooms. The other doors were roughly hewn pieces of wood on hinges. These doors were ornate, tall things that were richly decorated and had brass handles on them.
Karasu's manners instantly became more respectful when he stopped before these doors. Unlike the other rooms where he simply shoved open the doors and tossed her in, he now knocked gently on the doors and waited for the rooms occupant to answer.
From behind the doors, a deep voice answered. "Who is it?"
"Karasu and Bui, we've brought the girl to finish her testing," was Karasu's reply.
"Enter," the deep voice of Toguro answered.
Not wasting any time, Karasu quickly pushed the door open and walked in. Yusuke didn't move however until Bui gave her a slight push that sent the girl stumbling into the room and running face first into Karasu's back. In disgust, they shoved off of each other, Karasu going forward, tripping and falling face down on the floor, Yusuke going back first into Bui, and Bui banging out the door landing face up on the hallway floor with a now sitting Yusuke on his chest.
Inside the room, a squawking laugh could be heard coming from an out-of- sight part of the room. "Quite a selection you've made, brother. She beat Karasu AND Bui with a klutz attack!" With that, more laughter erupted from inside the room.
"Hey!" Yusuke shouted as she scrambled off of Bui, "I didn't have a klutz attack, I was pus...AAUUURGGGGGG!!! Get it off! Get it off!!!" The last part was screamed when Yusuke felt something that felt like a cross between a hair ball and a snake wrap around her foot.
In the immediate panic she started jumping up and down shrieking, unknowingly trampling Karasu's back, until she realized it was his hair around her foot. Then when she landed right after this realization, her foot slipped on the hem of Karasu's jacket and she went down, elbow first, onto Karasu. When she was able to pull herself up several minutes later, the first thing she noticed was that Karasu wasn't moving. The second thing she noticed was the deafening laughter coming from the second speaker.
"Well, I never was good at first impressions," Yusuke said lamely to the air.
---------- Tori: SOOOOO...Like it? Hate it? WHO CARES!!!! Just review to say what you think. PLEASE? (is making puppy dog eyes)
Saria: Just three reviews and I'll update within the week! If not, then don't count on it. I won't drop the story all together, I just might not update for a good while, and believe me, this one is going to have a killer ending!