Last time we saw Kuwabara he was facing off against Sukuna's Layzar with nothing but a sword.
Admittedly a word that can slice through dimensions, but a sword nonetheless?
Will he survive the onslaught? And will I ever stop asking rhetorical questions?
Probably not the latter, but let's find out shall we?
Heaven or Hell?
LET'S RAWK!
28th period.
"Woo! Check that out!" the boss oni noted, covering his eyes as he looked towards the sudden burst of light in the distance, whistling in appreciation at the sheer destructive force on display "Look's like the big guy's getting serious!"
"Setsuna!" Mana called out, firing both barrels of her desert eagles at the enemy without missing a shot. The Swordswoman nodded, breaking off from her battle with Tsukuyomi and making a dash towards the lake, the demented lolita unable to follow her because of Mana's interference "Sorry miss, but Sakurazaki's a little too busy to play with you any more." She smirked, the slides of her guns relocking s she reloaded "Care to dance with ME instead?"
"You can't fight the Shinmeiryuu with guns you know…" Tsukuyomi pointed out, looking a little flustered to be honest, sending longing looks towards Setsuna's retreating back. While she'd admit Mana was delicious looking, she just wasn't into foreign foods...too much breast meat.
"Care to back up that claim?" Mana asked, her tone dark and her golden eyes shining in the shadows as she advanced on the lolita like a panther. One armed with customized Desert Eagle airguns and god only knew what else.
"I join in too Aru!" Ku Fei called out, taking up position behind the Shinmeiryuu outcast, Tsukuyomi sighing as she realized these interlopers just weren't going to leave h and Setsuna in peace, even as Tsuruko and Hiei flew by overhead.
"You're good woman!" the master of the Jagan applauded, actually sounding like he was enjoying himself in his own, twisted way, but then he hadn't had a challenge in some time since the cease fire "Far too good to be a simple Human!"
"You're not so bad yourself, Hiei-san." Tsuruko replied, blades clashing between them like steel rain, her eyes like slivers of molten gold in the darkness "Far too good for a mere Youkai."
Asuna, who to be honest was beginning to feel a little left out, nonetheless took advantage of everyone's attentions being divided to sneak off after Setsuna, wanting to give the kendo-ka as much support as possible.
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"Hmm…this could get bad de gozaru…" Kaede noted, a frown marring her normally calm features, thekoga beauty actually cracking an eye open as she watched the hulking form of Sukuna power up it's attack.
"Holy Shit!" Kotaro yelped, the hanyou's eyes widening in shock as he tried to comprehend the sight playing out before him, only managing to stave off whimpering from the oppressive feeling of the giant's youki through mental effort "What in the hell was Chigusa thinking, waking something like that up?!"
"You didn't know?" Kaede asked, looking down at the half-breed in confusion. She'd admit the boy's skills were pretty good for his age, almost reminded her of herself at that age if she was honest, but it didn't change the fact he was an enemy. This could all be a ploy for him to make a break for it...or stab them in the back.
"Are you kidding?!" Kotaro exclaimed, pointing at the giant demon-god like the kunoichi was blind "That thing ain't the sort of thing that should be here! If I'd of known Chigusa was gonna pull something like that out of her hat, I'd have told her to piss off when she tried to recruit me!"
"What is it exactly?" Yue asked, a little dazed if she was honest with herself, but trying to make sense of the situation as best she could without ripping her hair out. So far she wasn't making much headway.
"Damned if I know." Kotaro admitted, something about the look the bluenette levelled at him rubbing him the wrong way "But it's strong, REALLY strong...TOO strong if you want my opinion." He shuddered, ears pressed so low on his head they were hidden beneath his hair "Something that strong's got no place here in Ningenkai."
"And Negi-bozu's caught in the middle…" Kaede noted in concern, drawing startled looks from the other two, before stepping forward, making her way towards the lake "I think we should go help, De gozaru-yo."
'Not that I'd do any good…' Yue noted, a little embarrassed as Kaede ordered Kotaro to carry the shorter girl on his back 'He smells like the class-rep's shampoo…'
The girl's thoughts turned to panic as the...whatever the hell it was, opened it's mouth and fired a collossal beam of energy at the giant, wooden stage they could see on the lake.
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"Helluva pitch ya got there big guy…" Kuwabara grit out, clenching his teeth as he watched the beam of death rocket towards them from Sukuna's mouth, squaring his feet and tightening his grip on his weapon as he did so "Lessee if it's got any pepper to it!"
With a yell that started in his stomach, tearing past his lips as a guttural snarl, the orange haired tantei swung his weapon, the legendary Jigen Tou, bane of dimensions and the only weapon in the history of all three words that could cut through the Kekkai barrier before it was dropped, catching Sukuna's blast full on, causing a mammoth explosion that knocked Konoka to the floor behind him.
'STRONG!' the tantei grunted, teeth clenched tight and veins bulging in his neck as he fought to keep his footing under the assault, which didn't seem to be easing off any time soon 'Holy shit…is this the kinda guys Urameshi's tussling with nowadays!?' he wondered, marvelling at how far his old street-fighting rival had gone once more. Still the assault continued, Sukuna's beam slowly pushing the tantei back, no matter how hard he dug his feet into the wooden floor of the stage.
'Dammit!' he swore, gritting his teeth so hard he felt one or two crack under the pressure, his knees slowly starting to buckle as he kept pumping reiki into his arms to not only maintain the Jigen Tou but keep the limbs themselves from shattering under the strain 'I'm loosin' my footing!' he realised, cursing as he felt himself begin to slide back, leaning in further with a grunt 'Gotta…hold…on!'
"Kuwabara-sensei!" Konoka cried out from behind, Kuwabara turning his head to see the dean's grand-daughter with her arms wrapped protectively around a comatose Negi, her eyes wide with fear and concern as she watched him get pushed back towards them, the wind from the attack, blowing her hair out behind her.
Something snapped inside the tantei, his eyes flashing golden with Reiki as he turned back to face the maelstrom head-on, wafts of energy rising off him as he dug his foot into the stage and stood firm, pushing back against the tide with a dangerous glint in his eyes that had only been worn on one other Tantei to date, a look that Kuwabara had seen levelled at every two-bit thug and wannabe demon conquerer that pissed said Tantei off.
"Don't…" he growled, his muscles bulging as he pumped more and more of his reiki into them, and into the now glowing Jigen Tou, which was letting off small bursts of static as it edged forwards, fighting against the currenyt "Fuck…with…ME!!!!"
And with a flash of golden reiki, Kuwabara's Jigen Tou sliced right through Sukuna's beam, the waves of youki dissipating back towards the source, even as a golden line spread diagonally from one side of the valley to the other.
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'That Reiki!' Hiei swore, his Jagan flashing in alarm as he spun round, heedless of Tsuruko's blade, though the woman had paused in her assault as well, looking off towards the lake in surprise 'What's that buffoon doing here?!'
"It would seem Kuwabara-san made it in time." Tsuruko noted with approval, her tone filled with good humor as she turned back towards the suspiciously scowling Hiei "Ara? You seem distracted, Hiei-san."
"Where did you learn that name?" the three eyed koorime demanded, his crimson stare locking onto Tsuruko's own bemused eyes, "And WHERE did he get that power?"he demanded, tilting his head towards the lake for emphasis
"Ara? Are you a friend of Kuwabara-san's?" the demon sword of Kyoto queried genially, only to lift her uwagi sleeve to her lips as she chuckled, running a knowing eye over his lithe, if shorter than average frame "Ah! Perchance you're the 'kuso-chibi' he keeps reffering to?"
'That fool shall die SLOW.' Hiei vowed with a dark growl, turning his eyes from the chuckling woman to glare at the mountain range he'd felt Kuwabara's reiki come from, only to quirk an eyebrow as his Jagan showed him something…interesting. 'Hn...well I'll be...looks like he's improved.'
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Silence reigned for several precious seconds in the wake of Kuwabara's counter-attack, the very air seeming to hold it's breath as both parties looked the other down. Demon God and treacherous onmyou sorcerers locking glares with Reikai Tantei and stunned heiress to the Elder. And then reality caught up with those around it as Sukuna let out a howl that echoed all around the small valley, a giant, glowing scar forming diagonally across the giant's body as it's upper torso slid towards the water, the rest of the body still firmly upright.
The Scar extended beyond the body however, and even as the stunned onlookers watched, a large, jagged rent opened up in the valley wall, stretching from one mountain ridge to the bottom of another. Inside the rent a golden light shone, as if drawing in the air from around it, part of Sukuna's torso actually getting swallowed up in it before it slowly started to close, leaving only the mountains as unmarked as ever.
"Heh…Home run…" Kuwabara chuckled, smirking as Sukuna's upper torso, what was left of it, crashed into the lake, the Giant oni's face bearing a 'WTF?!' expression that would've layed the tantei, and a few of his friends and associates, out on his back with laughter, were he not feeling so drained. He hadn't used the Jigen Tou since the incident with the terrorists in Reikai, finding that his regular Reiken generally got the job done just as well. As such, even after the training he'd gone through, the move still took a lot out of him, though it no longer took so long to start up.
'Still need to work with it though…' he muttered, letting the golden blade fade out of existence once more as he dropped to his knee, winded 'If I'm gonna be going up against things like THAT from now on' he shot Sukuna's sinking torso a glare 'I'm gonna need every weapon I've got.'
"Kuwabara-sensei!" Konoka called out, the tantei turning his attention to the dean's granddaughter to find her looking distraught as she cradled Negi's limp frame close to her despite her near nudity "Negi-kun's not breathing right!"
Kuwabara let out a curse, rising shakily to his feet on and hobbling over to the group, his knees trembling like they were made of jello, only to shiver as he felt a cold presence rise up behind him, smashing his hand back just in time to deflect a blow to his spine from the white haired youth. "You still hangin' around?" the tantei growled, a little annoyed with the brat's persistence, especially since he wasn't firing on all cylinders at the moment "Figured you'd cut and run without that monster backing you up."
"Sukuna's defeat was…inevitable." The youth muttered, his face as devoid of emotion as ever, made all the worse by the loss of his right arm "Chigusa would've lost control eventually, and then she'd have been at the mercy of the Kansai reinforcements." He frowned at the man that injured him "But before I left, I felt it…prudent, to remove an potential threat from the stage."
"Flattery'll get ya nowhere…" Kuwabara growled, cracking his fingers audibly as he moved into a fighting stance, his aura slowly covering his body in a light golden glow "Just don't think I'll make it easy for ya." He smirked flicking his eyes towards the youth's stump "You want me ta make your arms a matchin' set, stumpy?"
"Hardly…" the youth assured him, his palm glowing as he charged up a spell of some sort, Kuwabara's smirk widening as he noticed the telltale twitch at the corner of the boy's eye. The kid was good, but Kuwabara and Yusuke had practice ribbing Hiei "But then again…who said I was talking about YOU?"
Kuwabara blinked, only for his eyes to widen in realization as the youth spun, aiming his good hand at the defenseless forms of Negi and Konoka, unleashing a blast of magical energy that petrified the wooden floor beneath it as it screeched towards them. With a curse that would've earned him a smack upside the head from Shizuru, the exhausted Tenatei shoved past the youth, driving his elbow into the kid's nose as he passed, before hauling ass down the patio, his eyes widening as he realized he wasn't going to make it in time, before gritting his teeth as he stamped his foot down, his eyes focusing on the point just ahead of his charges as he felt a rush wash over him.
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Konoka saw the blast of magical energy as it careened towards them, her eyes widening in alarm as she hugged the gasping Negi to her chest, closing her eyes even as she felt the cold of the spell's approach touch her skin, wondering if she would feel anything at all afterwards.
But rather than becoming an interesting addition to anyone's rock garden, the girl looked up as the light she could see behind her eyelids dimmed, as something appeared in the path of the blast, the resulting impact earning a scream from the girl as her hair was blasted back, clutching Negi to her for dear life as wind and dirt and water lashed around them, still clinging tightly to the welsh magi even as the sounds of the impact died down.
Cracking an eyelid open, blinking the dazzling lights out of her sight, the dean's granddaughter looked up in surprise, a smile forming on her face at the sight of a familiar figure dressed in torn Hakama pants standing with his back to them, his hands clenched at his sides.
"Kuwabara-sensei!" she cheered, looking up at the man with relief as the dust cleared "You saved-!" Her joy died away, replaced with shock as she caught sight of her sensei's left leg, hands clapping to her mouth in horror.
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"Heh…not bad there runt…" Kuwabara grunted, flinching as the feeling in his left leg died away inch by agonizing inch. The limb, and the hakama covering it, having taken a direct hit from the spell, had already turned to stone from the knee downwards, and was slowly spreading upwards "You tagged me…"
"You're not so bad yourself…Kuwabara-san." The youth admitted, having healed his nose with a minor healing spell, though there was still blood on his face "Pulling off a high-speed move like that…was that shundo?" he shook his head dismissively "Never mind, it's not really my business." He eyed the crippled man coldly "Now I have you all right where I want you."
"Come a little closer and say that why don't'cha?" Kuwabara dared, a smirk on his face that didn't match his thoughts as he fought down the urge to flinch from the pain. 'Damn…feels like my leg's about ta snap off…' he cursed, glaring at the youth as he walked towards them 'Negi's down and Konoka's no fighter…' his teeth clenched as he found his leg wasn't responding at all 'and I'm shit useless 'cept as a paperweight with my leg like this!'
"I must applaud your courage…" the youth noted as he advanced, though his features were as impassive as always "Not many people would willingly step in front of a petrifaction spell of that caliber." His eyes grew cold as he summoned another sphere of energy "but it ends here."
He lunged forwards, his fist filled with magical energy as he bore down on the group, Kuwabara scowling and spreading his arms wide, trying to shield the ones behind him as best he could from the assault, only for the youth to lunge straight towards the tantei, grabbing the startled man around the throat.
"I am normally not so petty…" the youth admitted, even as Kuwabara felt his neck muscles begin to freeze, his eyes widening as it got harder to breath "But then, you DID cut off my arm…do you know how long that takes to grow back?" he sighed, his eyes regaining their cold glint as he watched Kuwabara's eyes widen as his breath stopped "Die choking on your own failures…eh?"
The Youth' eyes widened as Kuwabara grabbed him by the throat, the strength in man's hand stunning him long enough that he didn't see the OTHER hand coming until he felt the palm press against his stomach, burning with all the remaining reiki in the tantei's body.
"REI SHURIKEN!"
The youth bucked, eyes widening and mouth opening silently as several thousand miniature daggers of Reiki launched themselves from Kuwabara's palm, tearing through his stomach and exiting out his back like a shotgun blast. The difference between this and Yusuke's trademark technique however, was that rather than detonating on impact, the blades ripped the opponent to countless shreds.
It had been used to great success against Toguro's older brother at the dark tournament, ripping the virtually immortal demon into bite-size chunks that seemed to take longer for him to recover from. That had been from long range, as Kuwabara had needed to cover a wide area to ensure he did the most damage. THIS time it was up close, and all those concentrated blades of reiki promptly turned the youth's stomach area into pulp.
Kuwabara kept up the assault as long as he could, pouring as much Reiki and Reikan into the blades to ensure they did as much damage going in and out as possible, only to lose his grip on the youth as his hands lost their strength, watching the limp body go sailing back to crash into the lake, the last of the shards disappearing into the night sky. "Failure my ass…" the tantei muttered, his voice a mere whisper as he felt his throat close up, falling backwards with a slight grunt even as Konoka called out his name.
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"Kuwabara-sensei!" the girl cried, looking between him and the battered form of Negi in desperate alarm, tears in her eyes as she tried to figure out what to do. All her life she had been protected by people, first her father, then by Set-chan, then her Grandfather and Asuna when the girl had moved to Mahora and became roommates with the redhead. Now Negi-kun was beaten to a pulp and Kuwabara-sensei, who had always been able to make her laugh, was lying unresponsive on the wooden floor of the stage from injuries recieved trying to rescue her.
"What do I do?" she wondered aloud, her voice shaking as she looked between the two in growing alarm "What do I do?!" she repeated, gripping her head between her hands, eyes clenched together as she fought back the urge to cry 'Papa…oji-chan…Set-chan!'
"Ojou-sama!" A familiar voice called out, Konoka looking up, her eyes widening in awe as Sakurazaki Setsuna descended from on high, her eyes wide with concern and a pair of white, angelic wings bursting from the back of her school blouse "Are you alright?!" the winged vision demanded, landing before the girl and gripping her shoulders with both hands "Did they hurt you? Ojou-sama!"
"Set-chan…" Konoka breathed, looking at the wings on her childhood friends back in awe, running her fingers against them as if in a daze. Setsuna, realizing that in her haste to reach the girl's side she'd inadvertently revealed her secret, blushed slightly before turning her head away in shame.
"I…I didn't mean…to hide them from you…" the kendo-ka insisted, looking absolutely shamefaced at being caught out "But…there was never a good time…and it would only have…" She trailed off as Konoka embraced her around the neck. looking round to find tear stained cheeks and a beaming smile looking back at her.
"You're really here! Set-chan!" the dean's granddaughter cheered, tears of relief filling her eyes as she hugged her childhood friend close, much to the startled Kendo-ka's embarassment, and private pleasure "You really came!"
"OI! Konoka!" another voice called out, the two friends looking up in time to see Asuna, red in the face from running so hard, standing there catching her breath "Damn it Setsuna-san!" she chided the pony-tailed kendo-ka "You could've told me you could fly!"
"Asuna…san?" Setsuna stammered, her eyes wide in confusion, even as the rest of the group caught up them, eyes widening as she espied Ku Fei, Mana and Kaede among them, along with a solemn faced Yue and what looked to be the Inu-Hanyou that had waylaid Negi-sensei at the temple "All of you!"
"Hey, where'd the big guy go?" Kotaro demanded, looking around the lake in confusion, spying Negi's battered form and stepping forwards out of concern, only to gape as he saw the dissolving remains of Sukuna's lower body "Holy…who did that!"
Konoka merely looked towards the still form of Kuwabara-sensei, her urgency returning as she turned to Setsuna in desperation "Set-chan! Kuwabara-sensei got hit by something by that boy from the temple!"
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Setsuna cursed and turned her attention to the downed Tantei, her features turning grim as she noted the areas of petrifaction. "Not good…" She muttered, shaking her head "His throat's already halfway frozen…at this rate he has less than five minutes before he runs out of air and his heart stops."
"Isn't there anything you can do, Mana?" Kaede asked, turning to the resident priestess in concern, only for the dark skinned gunslinger to shake her head, an almost apologetic expression in those goldern eyes.
"Exorcisms are one thing, but petrifaction spells are a little out of my league." The sniper admitted, looking down at Kuwabara's unconscious form with a hint of concern. It alway hurt to lose a comrade, even an unexcected one, on the battlefield. Plus unlike most of the staff at Mahora, whom Mana already knew virtually everything about through her network, Kuwabara was an enigma that she just couldn't seem to ignore. She hadn't tried this hard to learn someone's identity since she'd noticed she was sharing classes with Dark Evangel herself.
"Dammit…if only we had a healer with us!" Asuna fretted, kneeling next to Negi, his head resting in her lap as she tried to rouse him from his forced slumber "Every RPG has a healer somewhere on the team right?!"
"This isn't an RPG tho…" Yue pointed out with a deadpan expression, standing off to the side and looking over the scene with interest. 'Though I have to admit, for real life this scene is cutting it rather close to one...the drama's certainly like something from one of Haruna's disks."
"Hey! What about Ojou-sama's power?" Kotaro suggested suddenly, drawing looks from the others, Setsuna reaching for her sword with a suspicious scowl "Chigusa told me you healed the sword-girls shoulder back at movie village right?" the Inugami pointed out to avoid suspicion "Couldn't you do the same now?"
"That time was reflex." Setsuna corrected the boy, deciding to give him the benfit of the doubt for now. If nothing else Kaede deemed it unneccesary to bind him "Ojou-sama has had no training in the use of her power…and we don't know if she can access it at will."
"Ah but you're wrong there." A wily voice pointed out, everyone blinking in shock at the sight of Chamo perched on Negi's head, bandages around his midriff "There IS a way for Konoka-chan to draw out her power…"
"I don't like the look in your eye, vermin Ermine…" Asuna muttered, already guessing what the rodent was getting at, having been down that road herself. But then anyone with experience in the ermine's perverse antics could tell just by the leer on his face.
"The Pactio of course!" Chamo cheered, startling a few of the girls, except Konoka, who merely blinked in confusion, Mana, who cocked an eyebrow, and Kaede, who chuckled knowingly "We use the link with aniki to unlock Konoka-chan's power and she does the rest!"
"I dunno…" Asuna muttered, suspecting the rodent of ulterior motives, hell he made a profit for every pactio card he was involved with crafting, but Konoka put those thoughts to rest by stepping forward, the cloth held around her for the sake of decency.
"I…I'll do it!" she stammered, shocking everyone with the determination in her voice, her fingers tightening around the cloth "I want to help…" she insisted, looking around at the assembled group "Everyone worked so hard to help me…this is the least I can do to pay them back!"
"Ojou-sama…" Setsuna breathed, looking at the girl in shock, Mana and Kaede sending her approving looks, even as Chamo danced around his aniki and the girl, drawing the Pactio circle with a chalk he pulled out of god knows where and initiating the ritual, bathing them all in a soft, purple light.
The girls froze suddenly, a sense of premonition settling over them as they turned, far to slow, just as a familiar figure with white hair lunged out of the water, a spear of stone aimed right at the prone form of Negi, far too fast for them to even begin to react in time.
But before the enemy had a chance to launch the projectile, he was intercepted by a black blur, leaping back back to avoid a flash of steel, holding his still healing stomach as he glared at the new arrivals that had interposed themselves between him and his targets.
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"Hoh…?" Hiei noted, an amused look on his face as he sized the youth before him up "what have we here then?" the master of the Jagan asked, an intrigued smirk stretching across his face as he spoke, Tsuruko standing at his side, both their swords at the ready "Not human and not Youkai…just what are you supposed to be?"
The youth scowled, glaring between the two swordsmen in distaste, shooting the recumbent forms of Negi and Kuwabara a cold stare, before stepping back into the water and fading away without a word. "Feh…coward." Hiei grunted, sheathing his sword and looking back at the group in annoyance "What a mess…" he muttered with a hint of disgust "someone's going to get their spine ripped out for this."
Konoka shivered at the short man's voice, frozen from the coldness in his eyes and the anger in his words. She'd never met someone that seemed so…cold before, though at the same time it was different from the coldness of the youth that had abducted her. This one was a cold that BURNED you, until there was nothing left but ash.
"Konoka-chan." A calm voice called out, Konoka turning her attention to the woman in the uwagi and hakama at the man's side, standing with her back to them, watching out just in case the youth tried for another sneak attack "Don't you think you should hurry?"
Konoka blinked, then gasped and promptly placed her lips to Negi's the pactio circle glowing with energy, much to Hiei's interest, as a card slowly came into existence above the girl.
"K-konoka-san?" Negi stammered, blinking drousily as the circle restored some of his spent magical energy, the beaming girl promptly hugging him close to her despite her nudity beneath the blanket, much to his mortification "K-KONOKA-SAN!" he gasped, the group watching on in amusement as he struggled futilely against the pantented Konoka glomp "Please! This isn't right!"
"Oi! Kuwabara-sensei's turning blue!" Asuna yelped drawing everyone's attention to her as she knelt next to the Tantei's prone form, her eyes terrified white circles. Konoka, letting out a startled gasp, dropped Negi to the floor like a bad habit, stunning him once again to Kotaro's shock and everyone's bemusement, and promptly got to her feet and dashing over to her friend, only to stumble as the edge of the sheet she was wearing got caught underfoot, crashing down on top of Kuwabara with a startled "MEEP!"
CHU-!
Everyone gaped, though Kaede and Mana recovered quickly and covered it up by chuckling in wry amusement, the ever unflappable Tsuruko holding her uwagi sleeve to her mouth in bemusement whilst Ku looked on in confusion, a finger held to her lips at the sight. Even Hiei, despite himself, felt a bead of sweat slide treacherously down his head at the sight before him, a slightly stunned expression on his face that matched with the one sported by Yue, though minus the kitty-pout. But best of all were Setsuna, Kotaro and Asuna's reactions, as their eyes had literally bulged out of their skulls as Konoka's fall caused her to land face first onto Kuwabara, her lips pressing against the recumbent Tantei's own, quite by accident, but nonetheless still inside the Pactio circle.
'This won't end well.' Was Chamo's only thought, even as a glowing Pactio card formed just above the perverted ermine's head for the second time that evening 'Oh well...PROFIT!' he reasoned, tuning out the world as several feminine squeals filled the air, instead performing the ermine equivalent of the happy-dance, waving the two cards around like victory fans, oddly reminiscent of a certain Saotome matriarch.
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Cue the Nadesico music
Narrator: At last, the evil demon and his mindless horde have fallen!
Random Oni: HEY! We resent that!
Narrator: The grateful princess bestows her thanks upon her champion!
Setsuna: (0*_*O) OJOU-SAMAAAAAAA-!
Narrator: But what's this? A dark shadow threatens to come between their love!
Hiei: Didn't I kill you already?
Asuna: HEY! What the hell do you mean by lovers there, pervert!
Narrator: Ganbare Kuwabara! Keep fighting for love!
Next time on Reikai Sensei Kuwabara: LOVE! My kingdom for a Harem!
Tsuruko: Ara-ara...sounds...kinky.
Konoka: Set-chan? What's a harem?
Setsuna: Ojou-samaaa........ToT
R&R for more Negima randomness!
