Author's note: Alright, I think this chapter will be interesting for everyone... Hehehehe, I hope you guys have a lot of fun.
coldblue2015 . Thank you for your opnion, that made me continue with my plan to remain with the standard list then. Now to answer your questions... I think Dimension Cutter isn't a specialized technique, just a supreme combination with Transmation and Conjuration, Kuwabara would reach that level without going on the therms of specialization.
1- That's his objective, and when you see Rando with something on his mind, he will do it. Hahahahaha.
2-Well I had something in mind on how to plan to make it happen, so I think in a few chapters? Who knows?
3-Like I said before Dimensional Cutter isn' a specialize technique, it's a Transmutation attack on the supreme level combined with Conjuration and probably with emission and Enhancement. It would recquire a lot of training which Kuwabara would be able to do it.
4-I don't think so, they have their personal lives, and their own style of way of training.
5-I don't know, I will think about it on the future.
6-Well I have plans for him on that episode, so sadly he will not be able to be on the Yukina episode.
Mr. E Guest. I'm glad that you liked the chapter. So prepare yourself for what's going to happen.
Le Quack. Thank you for your review. But sadly the sword is for something different.
Just a wee guest. Well, everyone knows Byakko is going to have a big headache to deal hahahahaha.
Sleepy Guest. Exactly, many good things about to happen, prepare yourself to be surprised hahahahaha.
Hyper LOL Guest. Well, it's obvious that he knows how to get on the skin of the others. But let's see how things will happen after this chapter?
Mad Guest. I'm glad that you liked the chapter. Who knows what's about to happen now?
Eccentric Guest. Well there's a lot of things about to happen, so I hope you enjoy this chapter. Because it's like you said. Flashback no jutsu and that things hahahaha.
Ghostly Guest. Yeah, but let's see how the group will deal with everything. Have fun reading the chapter.
Just Guest . Have fun reading the chapter dude. I cannot tell you what's going to happen, but that's how things will goes on this chapter.
Just Guessing. The dark tournement wish I already have in mind on what's going to happen on that arc, sorry but that would be spoilers, so have fun reading this chapter.
Odd Guest. Well to answer your question, I would ask yourself one thing. Would you willingly push the buttons of an edgy boy who actually had the power of flames of hell? I mean, he could provoke him about Yukina later, but Hiei didn't say anything to him yet to make him start pressing his buttons, Kurama, Yusuke and Kuwabara actually were the ones which made it too easy for Rando. Hiei on other hand is secluded, and Rando wouldn't push the buttons until someone gives him a chance, and Hiei didn't give him that yet.
Guesthouse. I don't think so, Isaac Netero had that rose bomb transplanted on him because he was the chef of Hunter Division, that would probably cost a lot of money and scientistis who created that. So no, I think I will remain simple. XD
Count Kulalu . Okay to answer your comment. No, JUST NO, CRAZY SLOTS is a russian Roulette, there was no way I would like to add this nen technique to Rando, it's too risky, and Rando wouldn't be using something that would transform into 7 variations of weapons in one technique... Nah, I preffere to remain with my list of 99 techniques, I at least know the risks of each of them. But thank you for your comment. Have fun reading the new chapter.
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Also guys, there will be scene where you all would need to read with a background music... I already give the suggestion name on there. So have fun reading it. XD
It was based in one of my favorite anime scenes. Have fun. XD
"PFFF, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA." The spiritual office was fulfilled with the voice of no other than Koenma who was with his legs in the air, seeing the angry tiger look in verge to explode in wrath. Rando didn't give a damn from the yokai, it was exactly like he did on the Genkai's trial, and seeing on first hand that even in a combat like that, the yokai just simply didn't take one of the Four Saint Beasts seriously.
Jorge also laughed, from seeing on how a person preferring to read a book instead of dealing with a demon, or even being scared of one. Shows that he clearly wanted to anger someone, and he did it successfully.
After the time of the Genkai's trials, Yusuke had come to the conclusion that nothing Rando said to his enemies would surprise him because he knew that whenever Rando read from his book, he would never take his opponents seriously, especially those who dared to inquire about it. He could tell from the white-haired Yokai, the eye smile, and the tone of mockery and indifference.
However, Byakko had never met anyone who was willing to provoke him without feeling guilty. Kuwabara was also compelled to comprehend firsthand. Despite the fact that it was not worth his time, Rando was still playing with Byakko to ensure that the human boy would be sufficient to defeat the Saint Beast in a fair battle. Something he always believed he would be second-guessing most of the time.
"If Rando doesn't take Byakko seriously, then why should I?" Kuwabara commented to himself, and then he looked at the giant tiger above the tower, a cocky Yokai who just roared, and roared, and even tried to cheat the fight by using minions to fight him. "You know Byakko? I thought you were a warrior, but all this time you had been roaring and roaring like an animal. Are you insignificant around the other 3 since you never had the balls to actually fight me? Rando was right; you are the joke around the Yokai. Maybe that's why Rando doesn't take you seriously. Even I'm thinking of just ignoring you and going directly to the next Saint Beast. You are too weak."
"You are insignificant, you will pay for challenging me and provoking me in my presence." Byakko said angrily as he crushed the part of the bricks of the tower. "I'm going to kill you with my own hands, and then I will make sure to kill this little insect nearby you and use his bones as a toothpic."
And at that moment, Kuwabara had his eyes wide open in shock, but not from what the Yokai had said about him, but from what he said to the person nearby him.
"…" Rando remained quiet, but clearly Kuwabara felt the breeze heavier from the pressure of saying two single words. "Strike one…"
Yusuke also felt a slight shiver on his spine since he also heard what Byakko had just said.
"Well, I'm just glad Byakko didn't challenge Rando. It would become bloody." Yusuke said as Hiei raised his eyebrows at him. "I forgot how Rando loses his cool when he is called l- nope, not going to say it."
Kurama tilted his head, but clearly to see on how Yusuke hesitated into saying the word, and from his report done with Mr. Koenma, it shows how much Rando is a wildcard, and someone who provoked could cause a lot of destruction, something that even the king of the Spiritual World would warn the others about it.
"Kuwabara," Rando's voice was clear, making the orange-haired boy turn his face to him. "Do not hesitate, if your enhancement is that good, wait for the right moment and attack the most painful places for him to regret his own existence."
"Wait, you don't mean…" Kuwabara paled just for the implication of the word. But he was glad when Rando simply walked to him and touched on the ribs and on the chest.
"Do not punch on the face, because you have a chance to break your fingers, focus on the chest or on the liver." Rando commented as he saw the Yokai jumping on him. "Or to destroy his existence. Go for the groin…"
Never mind, Rando is with bloodlust. And Kuwabara couldn't help but look at the big Yokai who just went down. At the moment Byakko landed on the field, the pressure was so great that it made both Rando and Kuwabara jump, and Rando simply walked a few steps back, but with his eyes looking at the tiger Yokai. Kuwabara knew that it wasn't time for him to mess up.
"You have no idea who you just provoked, Byakko, and now I have no other choice but to kick your ass." Kuwabara said as he could see Rando walking far away from the duo, and knowing that he wanted that fight, and from everything the white-haired boy had taught him, he couldn't help but be grateful for him. Since for most of the part, everything he learned about how to improve himself came from him. And as much as he wanted to be afraid on how big Byakko was in comparison to them, he felt on how insulted his friend became over calling him short, in one side there it was a demon whose presence could make him pee on his pants on how terrifying cruelty he would be doing to his flesh, blood and bones and how he could massacre him in the front of people he loves and uses it as example of such cruelty, a demon with coldblooded, without mercy and heart… and on the other side Byakko… if he knew how screwed up Byakko would have opened his mouth, he may have given a bit of mercy, but from seeing Rando looking at him, no… Kuwabara wasn't supposed to show any kind of mercy.
As the spiritual pressure coming from Byakko was starting to raise, Kuwabara had noticed Rando just had opened his book.
"Damn, will Kuwabara be able to defeat this monster?" Yusuke asked as the duo of yokai were behind him, waiting to see the fight to start.
Rando stared at both Kuwabara who was already with his guard up. And seeing that, the boy was about to have his first official fight against a true yokai. It would be the start of something big in Kuwabara's life, as long as he treats this fight seriously.
"I cannot waste my opportunity...Ren Ken." Kuwabara said, as he stared at the tiger Yokai, and with his palm open. Kuwabara created his spiritual energy, and using his transmutation, he created his spiritual sword. Making the group stare at the spiritual sword lighting over the field.
"If you think that your insignificant spiritual sword could do something against me, you are deeply wrong." Byakko smirked as immediately Kuwabara narrowed his eyes at him.
"Curse you, cretin." Kuwabara knew that he was telling the truth, but it was for the best to maintain the control of himself. He needed to make it. Kuwabara "Then let's see if this sword is exactly as you said."
Kuwabara ran as he instantaneously jumped and slashed through the body of Byakko, but he looked clearly to see if was damaged, and then he felt a part of his spiritual energy being drained, exactly as Rando had said, and one thing he made sure to check… Byakko didn't move an inch… Good.
"So, how was it?" Kuwabara smirked, which immediately he saw the said Yokai roaring at him, just for the next second he could see it… "I'm faster than him…"
And as the time, Byakko punched on the field, making a small crack on the floor. Kuwabara jumped away to evade such attack, and then as the time Kuwabara jumped, it was the time…
Kuwabara sprawled across his bed, his eyes drifting up to the ceiling as his thoughts circled back to that intense training session with Rando. The intricate hexagon drawn in the dirt, the stern lecture on the different categories of aura—Enhancement, Emission, Transmutation, and the rest. Rando's demonstration of Enhancement kept replaying in his head. The way his friend's fist had glowed with power, ready to strike, was burned into his memory. Jan Jan Ken, that's what he'd called it. An enhancer's power, harnessed into a devastating punch.
Kuwabara sighed, raising his own hand in front of him, staring at it as though willing something to happen. But his aura just hovered, waiting, and all he could manage was a faint glow that flickered unsteadily before fading out again. No explosive force, no powerful surge—just the basics he'd been practicing, just the numbers that floated above his fingers like dim, fragile ghosts.
Numbers. Always with the damn numbers, he thought, his frustration mounting. He muttered to himself, focusing on forming one digit after another—a one, a two, a three—each one flickering into shape before moving around his fingers. He could practically hear Rando's voice from their training sessions, urging him to focus, to find control, and to let his energy flow freely.
But then, something unusual happened.
The number he had just shaped—a small, faint "3"—began to blur, stretching and morphing. His aura started to move of its own accord, slipping between his fingers, twisting and curling around each knuckle in a smooth, unbroken line. Kuwabara blinked, watching his spiritual energy snake across his hand. It wasn't forming numbers anymore; instead, it was flowing between his fingers in a steady, controlled rhythm. It almost looked like it was weaving itself into something more powerful, something controlled by his instinct.
Curious and a bit stunned, Kuwabara watched as the energy moved like a thread looping through each knuckle. It was almost like it was alive, it was his practice that made him think of bend his spiritual energy at will, following the path his fingers set. He flexed his hand, and the energy held steady, moving with his fingers as he clenched and unclenched his fist.
A glint caught his eye, drawing his gaze to the side of his bed, where his "bad boy" collection of trinkets and keepsakes lay scattered. Among them was the brass knuckle his friend had given him for his last birthday—a bit rusty, with some scratches, but still solid and heavy. The sight of it brought back memories of his friend's words, a laugh, and a warning: "Use it if you really want to throw a punch that counts, Kuwabara."
Kuwabara stared at the brass knuckle, then back at his fingers, where his aura was moving in steady, rhythmic lines, hugging each knuckle. His eyes widened with a mix of excitement and realization. If he could shape his energy like this, could he maybe give his punches the impact of that brass knuckle? The thought of landing a hit with that kind of power sent a thrill through him, one that he could feel pulsing in his spiritual energy. By compressing the spiritual energy, instead of making it cut like a sword, combine it with his knuckle and use all his melee power to give a punch.
The idea buzzed in his mind, sparking a feeling of determination. He closed his hand into a tight fist, letting the energy gather around his knuckles. He wasn't entirely sure how yet, but he kinda felt a part of his arm getting heavier, and that excited him with a thought stuck with him—a punch that felt like steel, one that hit with the force of a brass knuckle. Or even stronger than that… By making things cut like a sword, why not break like a good punch?
He grinned to himself, feeling the first true thrill of possibility in his training.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH," Kuwabara shouted as he released the spiritual energy from his right hand, but with his left hand a small ball of energy slowly waved and snaked away around his knuckles, forming small rings, until when he closed his fist and the overflow of the spiritual energy made his entire knuckles create a straight line of spiritual energy. "REN TEKKEN," (Spiritual Brass Knuckles)
Byakko was so focused on the punch on the ground and on his own technique, that he didn't realize that he was so confidently dropping his guard, making Kuwabara give an attack that immediately made him to never look down on the warrior ever again. Since the punch went to the top of his head, and with the great pressure of the impact combined with the spiritual energy… The face of Byakko went directly onto the concrete. Creating a small hole, the surrounding cracks started to spread at such a quick speed that immediately looked like the field became more unstable from the pressure of the spiritual and physical attack combined.
Rando had his eyes wide open in surprise upon seeing the punch delivered, and enough to make a yokai of that size go down with a single punch.
Yusuke had his mouth wide open, but he couldn't help but grin upon seeing it.
"Oh, I will be dammed, that's what I call a good punch." Yusuke said, as he could see the Yokai down with just one attack. "One KO for Kuwabara."
Hiei had his eyebrows raised in amusement, but also surprised to see the human actually backed up on what he said, Hiei knowing everything from Byakko, he could have easily sliced every single part of his body, or killed him with just movement as well with a quick and painless death, but to see a human delivering a punch on that strength, making one of the Four Saint Beast down, just like that? He couldn't help but be amused from the show he was having.
"Look at him go." Jorge Saotome said, but immediately Koenma pushed him aside.
"Get out of the way, imbecile, I can't watch you with you in front of me." Koenma said as he stared at the screen with a good surprise on his face. But he was impressed by everything he just saw. "This Kuwabara is really good, did you just see that? He's strong, he isn't like you, who takes steroids, buffoon."
Koenma had insulted the ogre nearby him, but the spiritual monster didn't even care, since it was a great mode for them to cheer with a good victory for the team once again. Jorge smirked as Koenma was now happier than ever.
"AHAHA, YEAH, VERY GOOD GUYS, KEEP GOING, LET'S GO BOYS, LET'S GOOOO." Koenma cheered as he even raised both his arms, but he immediately lost his balance and fell backwards. Jorge Saotome looked in surprise as he saw Koenma once again staring at the screen.
Especially seeing Kuwabara groaning in pain.
"Ohh…" Koenma said as he looked at the human holding his shoulder with his arm, and gritting his teeth in pain.
"Ugh…ahhhh," Kuwabara felt the pressure of his own attack, his shoulder got the backlash since from using both his spiritual energy and physical energy to make a punch with a good combination of both, he heard his shoulder snap. And that sound was never a good sign. "Dammit."
"Don't lie to me, Kuwabara, how's your shoulder?" Then Rando's voice made him turn his back, to see the white haired yokai walking nearby him…
"I heard a snap." Kuwabara said as he was feeling an unbearable pain, since it was the first time he actually used the attack with full force, and from seeing the boy blinking in front of him, he just heard him sigh in relief.
"Well, that's actually a good sign, it could have gone way worse. It's just a dislocated shoulder." Rando commented as if it wasn't even a big deal, but listening to those words, instantly Kuwabara gritted his teeth in pain and anger.
"What do you mean, it's just a dislocated shoulder?" Kuwabara said, but suddenly he felt his blood freeze when Rando took his damaged arm. "No… please, no no no, I just won the fight."
"No, you didn't, you better get ready because he's waking up." Rando commented as he was holding the arm of the delinquent boy, who clearly was looking at him, begging for mercy, but suddenly when he said that word. Kuwabara stared in surprise as the Yokai of 3 meters was getting up. "Not going to lie, this will hurt like a bitch."
Snap*
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH." Kuwabara screamed as the white-haired boy placed the shoulder back in its place, and Kuwabara felt a good shock around his body. But still, seeing Byakko getting up wasn't on his plans. He just wanted to take that as victory, but it seems that it wasn't going to happen.
"Curse you…" Byakko slowly got up, as his entire being felt dizzy from the impact of that punch, he could absorb the spiritual energy from the outside of the punch, but even thought, the spiritual energy on inside, combined with the physical energy, he didn't manage to absorb it. He knew that if that punch wasn't absorbed by him, the impact would have been even more dangerous. He knew it wasn't time for playing with his food anymore.
Kuwabara saw something different, he could see Byakko still trying to recover his balance, but from his hands, he could see Byakko charging energy in the middle of his fingers. One of his moves, energy darts.
"DIE," Byakko shouted as he launched the darts in his direction, however he could see that Yokai was still dizzy from the punch on his head, since the darts didn't even go in that direction, but the strength was enough to shatter and pierce the holes in the tower behind him.
"It seems that he isn't fully recovered from the last punch, Kuwabara. How much spiritual energy do you have?" Rando asked which Kuwabara was still feeling a very painful feeling on his left shoulder, but even though his whole arm would be broken, he knew it was a good opportunity to attack.
"Enough just for one more punch." Kuwabara said, as he created a small ball of spiritual energy on his right hand. "I've always been a right-handed fighter anyway."
Byakko saw the human preparing himself for another attack, but this time he wasn't going to let it go to waste. Since he was once again recovering the balance, he wasn't going to waste any time or energy.
"Then I'm going to defeat you with my especial attack." Byakko said as he walked a few steps away.
"Especial attack?" Kuwabara said, as he had already prepared the rings around his fingers. As he slowly he remembered from all the attacks Byakko had used, there was only one missing, which automatically gave him goosebumps and a moment of hesitation.
Thankfully, there was someone that wasn't going to let that happen.
"Kuwabara attack now; don't hesitate, don't waste a second, NOW." Rando straight away shouted the order, which was enough for Kuwabara to see Byakko was stalling.
By opening and closing his fist, and with his mouth opened, and the lightnings of energy were hitting inside his body. Byakko was taking the time to deliver his attack.
Sadly for him… Kuwabara knew what was that attack, and he wasn't going to let him attack at all. Especially at the time he remembered Rando talking about the attack, the attack would happen as the Yokai would place both his hands on his throat.
"REN TEKKEN." Kuwabara shouted as he was seeing the light appear on Byakko's mouth, but at the time Byakko would hold his hands on the throat, it created an opening around the ribs of the Yokai, and since Kuwabara was faster than he, it created the perfect punch to go across the ribs and possibly on the human anatomy, hit the liver of the said creature.
"UGAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH," Byakko roared as immediately after the painful punch, and the cracking sounds made it enough to make the Yokai stares down, but what he didn't realize. The punch made Byakko fly a few meters away, amazingly failing off the edge of the field. The demonic energy inside his belly and throat couldn't make him say any other word than a roar of pain and fury.
Kuwabara heard the sound of his other shoulder snapping again, and the exhaustion of the spiritual energy being consumed in such strong attack twice. Made him taking deep breaths, as he suddenly heard the sound of an explosion and then the ground shake… But the delinquent Kuwabara couldn't help but be satisfied with his victory.
"Byakko is out of the field; if he doesn't return to the field in 10 seconds, then this will be treated as an automatic loss...1,2,3…" Rando decided to act as referee, which immediately made the group stare at him, who didn't mind as he continued the counting. "9 and 10… the winner of combat, for using 3 attacks in total...Kazuma Kuwabara."
Rando clapped as a way to celebrate the victory of the human, but Yusuke, Kurama and Hiei couldn't help but also talk about the fight.
"Byakko as he dropped his guard from getting the Ren Ken, he didn't realize his mistake by seeing Kuwabara had developed an attack that it's alternative than using only the spiritual energy." Kurama commented as Hiei nodded his head.
"Enhancement, as a way to combine spiritual energy with the physical and raw melee power, a way to counter the counter of you both." Hiei said as he remembered the words said by Rando to the spiritual detective and for the delinquent who cockily said he was able to defeat the demon.
"Ah the stupid tiger was very unlucky, thinking he could handle the delinquent of Kuwabara, it's not surprise that he got knocked out after such disaster." Yusuke said as he recalled the technique Byakko was about to use. "Probably used the attack on himself while he exploded on the fall."
"Don't laugh like that." Kuwabara said, as he was recovering his breath, and the pain all over his arms was killing him. But still, he could remember that in any other circumstance, things could have gone sour immediately. "I feel that he was about to use that ball of energy from his mouth, and if that had hit me, I would have been erased."
"I'm glad that you didn't hesitate." Rando commented as he saw the orange-haired boy staring at him. "You used his arrogance against him, he underestimated you, and you made him feel a very painful punch. I don't know if you hit on his liver, but you managed to break a few ribs, I'm sure. Now let me fix your shoulder."
"No, please, not again…" Kuwabara stepped back, but Rando simply rolled his eyes. "I didn't dislocate my shoulder…"
"No, you didn't." Rando commented, but then pointed to his arm. "You have an open compound fracture."
Kuwabara tilted his head, until Yusuke directly saw it.
"HOLYSHIT, KUWABARA YOUR BONE IS OUT OF YOUR SHOULDER." Yusuke shouted, as Kuwabara slowly turned his head, and felt his face pale from seeing the blood getting out of his shoulder.
"Oh, that's why I'm feeling cold right now." Kuwabara said, as he had no idea why he wasn't screaming from pain or even getting worried.
"It's the adrenaline speaking from you." Rando right away answered, as he could see his friends looking at him in surprise. As he was still in his open book, he raised his hand, making the chains go loose. "I can guess what's happening on your mind right now, and as much as I would like to put it back on the place by hand...It would be terrible, it's better to go the easiest way. Holy Chain…"
And then the group stared as the chain connected on Rando's thumb, slowly getting up and glowing in green spiritual flare, and like a living being, it went directly on the arm around Kuwabara who was surprised to see a chain moving on its own... and slowly he felt a slight warm and anesthesia cross on his right arm, and he saw the chain going directly to the exposed bone outside his shoulder, and like moving by itself, it was forcing the bone to return to the rightful place.
It took almost 2 or 3 minutes, but Kuwabara never thought he would feel his arm lightly like a feather.
"Ah, that's great." Kuwabara said, in a good and happy tone, that he never thought he would be so relieved to be able to move his right arm again. But still, his left arm felt a good pain around it. "Can y…"
"Don't even think about it, Kuwabara." Rando said as he cleaned the sweat off his face. "It was spiritual energy focused on Enhancement, and I probably expended spiritual energy into recovering you, more than that would be a waste. I just did that because your bones were literally outside your skin."
Kuwabara remained quiet. Since he knew the boy wasn't going to help him more than he did, he knew there was nothing else he could do but accept.
"Alright, at least I can finally rest for a while." Kuwabara said as he looked at the group walking toward him.
"Kuwabara, how are you feeling?" Kurama asked after seeing the surprising ability of the thief's techniques in action. Noticing that it was the effect of another chain tied to the same hand, and giving a deeper look towards the boy who used his technique, the chain recoiled and diminished as the standard version before even being used. One chain was able to tie the creatures and instantly made them return to their prior state, while the other one had the ability to recover the injuries as a way he overheard the boy talking to him.
"I'm fine…" Kuwabara sighed, moving both his shoulders, which made him flinch in a bit of pain. "I just need to rest one of my arms for a while."
"That was a strong punch, if it was me, I could have felt it until tomorrow." Yusuke commented, as he never thought to see Kuwabara of all people taking down one of the Yokais by using only his fists. "The good thing is that we managed to take down one more monster, that's what matters anyway."
"You talked as if it were you who did all the hard work." Kuwabara grunted as immediately the familiar sound of something beeping immediately made the group stare at Yusuke.
Yusuke instantaneously took the spiritual communicator from his pocket and opened it to see who was calling the transmission.
"Hello, is someone on there?" And for the surprise of Yusuke, instead of Botan being the girl on the screen of the communicator, the image of no other than Shizuru was appearing on the screen.
"Shizuru?" Yusuke asked in surprise, and instantly Kuwabara moved around to see if it was indeed the truth. "What are you doing in the place of Botan?"
"Huh, so that's how this thing works? Wow, I need to see if I can manage to snatch one for me." Shizuru commented as she saw Yusuke on the screen. "Where are Rando and Kazuma?"
"We are here, Shizuru." Kuwabara managed to get behind Yusuke to see the face of his old sister, and Rando walked past nearby just to raise two fingers in the form of V.
"Yo." Rando said that, as he could see, Shizuru was more focused on seeing how her young brother was doing.
"Well, as you can see, we managed to take care of the kindergarten, we managed to kill at least 30 insects on there, and the police are taking cover in protecting that area from possible criminals." Shizuru explained as she saw Botan kick the head of one of the zombies in the alley. "We are heading towards Atsuko, so we need to know how far you boys went."
"Things are just going fine. Kuwabara just managed to defeat one of the four Saint Beasts with only 2 punches." Rando said, which immediately caused Shizuru to pause and raise her eyebrows in surprise.
"Really?" The woman commented as she looked at her younger brother, who was raising his nose, very proud of himself. "He should have done that with one punch at least."
"OH, COME ON." Kuwabara shouted angrily, as Yusuke pushed him away from the screen. "It was a 3-meter demon, and even that doesn't amuse you?"
"It does, but I'm not going to compliment you when you act cockily." Shizuru responded, and instantaneously she saw her brother go down with a heartbroken feeling. Shizuru rolled her eyes and stared at her friend. "Thanks for watching him."
"I do what I can." Rando commented as Yusuke rolled his eyes.
"Okay can you two stop flirting, we have a lot of work to do, you said you two are going to my house to see my mom?" Yusuke asked as Rando and Shizuru rolled their eyes, the boy who made the life of his girlfriend a madness wants to talk about their interaction. What Keiko saw on him, nobody knows.
"We are almost there, we just need to finish on this son of a…" Shizuru commented as suddenly she gave a kick on the balls which immediately made the zombie bulge his eyes, and went down like a sack of potatoes. "A good kick on the balls, never fails."
"Okay. I'm going to pretend that I didn't hear that, so how's Botan?" Yusuke asked, as the girl was about to answer, until the blue haired girl came nearby.
"Hey guys, how are you guys doing? I hope you guys are very far." Botan said, as she could see the trio looking fine.
"We are halfway done, 2 down, just 2 more to go." Yusuke explained, which straightaway made Botan relieved, showing they are in constant movement.
"Great, we kind of needed any kind of good news, since the insects had been infecting so many men, and there are still a lot of insects infecting dozens of people around the city. The problem is very serious, boys, very serious indeed." Botan said, but suddenly she just saw Rando looking at the screen.
"Botan, calm down…" Rando said as the girl could see him staring at her, "Our objective is to destroy the whistle, with that gone the insects will die. Focus only what's important to us, go after Yusuke's mom, then Keiko, and find cover. Do your part… and leave the rest to us."
Botan remained in silence, as she could see Rando, Yusuke and Kuwabara staring at her with a serious gaze, showing they are going to be fine.
"Okay, we will go after Yusuke's mom, and then after taking Keiko we will try to hide from everyone." Botan commented as she could see the pleased face from the boy.
"See… that's a well-behaved young sis, you should learn that from her Kuwabara, not disappointing the old sibling is never a good go." Rando commented as Kuwabara stared angrily at him.
"Oh why you cretin..." Kuwabara immediately tried to attack him, but the yokai was faster and stepped away, which made the orange-haired delinquent forget that he was sore in one of his shoulders. The grim reaper stares at the screen with a little blush on her face.
She narrowed her eyes at Yusuke. You are going to pay for that, Yusuke was written all over her face.
"What the hell? So you're Rando's sister? I didn't know that." Shizuru asked, amused at the grim reaper, whose eyes looked murderous at the screen.
"Err… gotta go now, good luck, and say for my old rag to not let herself get in danger. Bye." Yusuke immediately closed the communicator as he sighed in relief, but with a cold sweat on his face. "If I knew that he would take that lie that far, I would have said something different. Ugh, why do bad things always happen with good people?"
"Because you're not a good person, probably." A voice immediately made Yusuke step back and stare in surprise Kurama who was chuckling from seeing his friend annoyed, but somehow, this felt more comfortable in comparison than he expected.
But suddenly, a loud roaring once again started to make the whole castle tremble. Which immediately made the whole group pause. And Kuwabara and Rando who were running, paused...
"Oh, you gotta to be kidding me," Rando commented as he rolled his eyes. "When he could have just accepted his defeat, he still wants to fight? Ugh... whatever."
The group saw the white-haired yokai walking around the trembling field, which immediately they couldn't help but go after him. As it took a whole minute, until the cracks got the better of the field, and immediately ruin itself, but the group already passed to the other side of the tower.
As soon as the group saw the field crumble and falls, the quintet turned their heads to the entrance as they finally heard the voice of Byakko once again, but this time he sounded like he was chuckling.
"Hehehe, I'm very impressed with this brat," Byakko said as he chuckled from being entertained during the fight.
"Well, at least he recognizes you now, Kuwabara." Rando commented as he was amused to see how a tiger Yokai who was very annoyed and angry a few minutes before, was now chuckling like he had been playing with a new toy.
"Where are you now? Say it, come on." Kuwabara said loudly as the sounds of his voice echoed back to the halls. But it seems it wasn't unable to reach Byakko, who was much further away than they ever expected.
"To show how impressed I was about you, I will lead you all to my room, the Hellish Room," Byakko's voice echoed through the walls, which made the group stares at the corridors.
"Hellish Room?" Kurama asked in confusion as the group heard the sound of laughter echoing from the halls of the corridors.
"Hehehe, what are you going to do?" Byakko's voice echoed in a tone of mockery, but Kuwabara was grinning in response.
"Heh, I think that's nice, we just need to go after him." Kuwabara said as he looked at the boys, knowing they also wanted to end such a challenge and keep going on their mission to finally destroy the Makai Whistle, but there was a lot to be done yet.
Corridor after corridor, the group was lead by the tiger Yokai, as Kuwabara was taking that time to recover himself, especially he was grateful to have something to drink after such a fight. He was glad that he at least could have recovered from all the sweat and tiredness that he got after such a fight. But still, something was very wrong, since the more they walked, the warmer the temperature became.
"Okay, I think that doesn't need to be a genius to realize that he is dragging the fight into a lava pit." Rando simply commented as the group stared at him. "What? It's true, warmer temperatures the more we walked inside, unless they created the biggest oven of all Makai World, it's probably the lava pit."
"That's a reasonable thought." Kurama stated, as the group seemed to be walking more and more inside the room, until they finally reached their destination.
"What kind of place is this? Are you for real that it has lava pits on this castle?" Yusuke asked Rando as he took the opportunity to drink something cold just to refresh himself over the temperature getting warmer each second.
"Dammit, where the hell is he?" Kuwabara said as he was starting to get annoyed by all the places they went. It seems nothing more happens, just more doors and doors, and since the time they finally reached the point where the final door made them see an orange light towards one of the entrances, the temperature was at a point that everyone was noticing.
"I think that's the place, I can hear the sound of some liquid bubbling on there." Rando commented as the quintet continued their walk until they finally reached the cave, and for the surprise of nobody, "Yep, like I said, a cave with a lava pit."
"What the…" Yusuke said, as he could understand the heat coming from the floor, but the pillars of rock being the only thing to sustain their path was very concerning. Since it was pillars of rock with a tiny field in each of them, and it was from the random places each pillar of rock was placed around the cave, it would require jumping around just to cross the entire cave.
"Like I said, it's lava." Rando stared unamused, as he could see the look of disbelief from both Kuwabara and Yusuke. "I don't know why they find a lava pit so appealing, was this some sort of fight to death or something?"
"Did you like it?" Then a familiar voice made the whole group stare at Byakko, who still looked with a bruise on his face, and on the side of his body. From the impact of the attacks done by Kuwabara, they couldn't understand why he was still smirking at them. "This is my playground. Hahahaha."
"He looks fine after a fall that high." Rando commented in a surprised tone, to which both Kuwabara and Yusuke nodded their heads in agreement.
"Look down there, the lava waits for you all to melt you completely until the bones, the bravest of you all, come here to fight me." Byakko said with his arms crossed, smirking as he was in desire of a good fight. Even after receiving a good punch on the face, he still wants to fight on his own conditions.
"Damn you, cretin, I will take you down, you miserable." Yusuke said angrily, and at the time Kuwabara was about to say something, Rando promptly interrupted.
"Alright, my turn." Rando quickly commented, as Kuwabara looked at his friend in disbelief. Which Rando immediately narrowed his eyes to him. "Don't look at me like that Kuwabara, you already won a battle, and if you are stupid enough to try to fight a Yokai in a field around lava, then I will tell to your sister, and no training on the world will be able to save you from your sister's wrath. Something dangerous like this reacquires an adult to take care of the situation."
And at that moment, Kuwabara abruptly toned down. Knowing from the tone of voice, Rando wasn't kidding about telling his sister about his idea of going through such a challenge. And from the idea of going into the fight around the lava or returning alive to hear Shizuru going berserk on him after listening what happened? Maybe if he accidentally dies on the lava, he will show some more mercy.
"I hate you when you use my sister like that." Kuwabara commented as he sat down. And Yusuke looked at his friend in surprise.
"Are you sure that you should be doing that, Rando?" Yusuke asked, since it was a good opportunity to see the Yokai fighting with his strength.
"You and Kuwabara aren't able to cross around this field; it's too dangerous and unpredictable, one wrong step, and you could fall." Rando simply stated the facts, as he could see the worries coming from their families, knowing how important each of them was at home. "A child should never go into a dangerous place without supervision, and as an adult and responsible for you two, it's my obligation to step on this."
The group stared at the white-haired yokai who was still wearing a business suit. Simply taking out his book with him.
"Alright, Byakko, I'm coming for you." Rando said, as he could see the gazes of Yusuke, Kuwabara, Kurama and Hiei, all seeing the yokai opening his book. By jumping on the platform, he knew that he must be careful since most of the pillars were fragile and easy to break.
"I was waiting for you to come at me, you little coward." Byakko said immediately that Rando who was on the other side of the field, paused and frowned at him with a very serious look. "Now that you are here, you will not interfere in their battles anymore, and by killing you, I w…"
"Did you just call me short?" Rando cut off him, as the sound of his voice showed nothing more than deep anger and resentment over the tiger yokai. And not just that, but Yusuke and Kuwabara around the other side looked at each other, feeling something supernatural coming from Rando.
"Yep, he's going to die," Yusuke said as Kuwabara nodded his head, since now there was nothing they could do to avoid Rando going into his three strikes sadistic mode. "At least it's not us who did this mistake this time."
"I thought Byakko wanted to die like a warrior, but I almost feel pity towards him." Kuwabara said as immediately Kurama and Hiei stared at the duo, who seemed to be clear on how much they respect and fear the boy who just claimed to be the adult over the group. Which is something that Kurama finds strange since he had been hundreds of years old, just like Hiei, but from the group, they seemed to be the ones listening to the white haired yokai.
However, someone doesn't seem to get the memo.
"HAHAHAHAHA, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ANGRY ABOUT? BECAUSE I CALLED YOU SHORT?" Byakko laughed immediately as he immediately made the group wait for the fight, only to feel the ominous feeling coming from the boy staring from far away, remaining silent. But they could feel was going to kill him.
"Yeah, but I think I'm being generous right now... I'm just going to say it once. Bow, cry and beg for forgiveness as you kiss my feet, and then... I think I will be merciful with you, just to the point of breaking only a few bones." Rando said, as his face showed nothing more than a single line, but his eyes...Rando had just placed his palm over his face. And when he retracted from his face... His blue eyes changed color to scarlet.
"Is that so? HAHAHAHAHAHA, That's so funny. To see a person small like you as the traitor who decided to kill the humans, you are jester, a joke over all of us, taking the techniques of the humans, the food. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA." Byakko refused to beg for forgiveness, and at that moment, neither Kuwabara, nor Yusuke felt angry over his comment. Because deep inside themselves, they were waiting for the said moment—two words that terrified them before. A death sentence.
"Strike 3…" Rando said, as his face showed nothing more than darkness. "Alright then, let's fight."
And by the time Rando opened his book, the pages started to flip because of the spiritual energy coming from him. And his spiritual energy grew on such a large scale, which made Byakko stop laughing.
"Alright then, you idiot, prepare yourself because I will show you my special attack." Byakko commented, knowing from far away, Rando couldn't reach him, even as he could try to use his chains, he was further away, and nothing he could do could protect him from that attack.
"…" Rando remained quiet as he remained in his place, jumping from one field to another, seeing the same process of Byakko using his technique when he was fighting Kuwabara, opening and closing his fist, having his mouth open to charge the spiritual energy to make vibrations. The white-haired yokai remained still, as he could see the tiger demon charging his attack.
"RANDO LOOKOUT." Yusuke shouted as the boy in the suit remained in his place.
"SCREAMING TIGER DEMOLISHING WAVE." Byakko shouted as he held both his arms and launched the ball of spiritual vibrations in his direction.
(Bleach OST Quincy Craft- Play in loop)
"RANDO DON'T STAND STILL, DO SOMETHING. YOU ARE GOING-" Kuwabra shouted, as he couldn't understand why Rando seemed to be at his place. Until he saw something that made his mouth open in shock,
"Bakudõ #81. Dankū (Splitting Void)," Rando's book, simply stopped as, from nowhere, a translucent wall appeared, which immediately made the lava wave and reached the ceiling of the cave. A rectangular wall appeared in a split second, and at that moment, the spiritual energy wave split on many sides before dissolving completely.
"What?" Yusuke said this as Kurama and Hiei had their eyes wide open in surprise. And Kuwabara had his jaw opened in disbelief.
"What?" Byakko said as he looked in disbelief as well.
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?" Koenma shouted as he fell from the chair, and immediately Jorge Saotome had his mouth opened in surprise.
"I can't believe, the Demon Spirit Way, the demonic spiritual arts. I thought they were extinct." The ogre couldn't help but be shocked as well. To see such event would be treated as a rarity, an honor but also a pure disbelief. Nobody would believe him if he tells the other employees of the spiritual world.
"How? I thought the last group of humans who knew those techniques were hunted down by demons of class A, but to see Rando being able to learn it… and use them? A yokai knowing the Demonic Spiritual Arts…" Koenma never thought he would see something that shocking in his life, a type of technique that humans who had great spiritual power could have made by enchanting, and having a connection with the spiritual world. Those techniques were focused only to be destroyed and erased by the history. "And the worst part… Byakko is on Strike 3, there is no way Rando is going to blow the entire castle… does he?"
Jorge simply shrugged, as he himself never thought to see the forgotten arts, which humans could have promised to even teach the employees of the spiritual world on how to defend themselves, now in the hands of someone who could destroy them by simply talking about his height.
What kind of torture, Rando is going to make Byakko to suffer? Nobody knows…
And the more and more Byakko attacked the wall, nothing seemed to pass that dammed WALL.
"WHY CAN'T I DESTROY YOU?" Byakko roared as he launched more and more wave balls at Rando who simply remained staring at him behind that wall.
Nobody knows what happened, but it was very astonishing to see a wall like that instantaneously being the protection over the yokai. It doesn't matter how much Byakko tried, nothing passed the wall.
Then Rando raised his index finger, and the book once again flipped many pages, as the white-haired boy stared from far away… He wasn't going to let Byakko die easily.
"Carriage of thunder, bridge of spinning wheel. WITH LIGHT, DIVINE THIS INTO SIX." Rando said as the wall was rapidly dismissed, and a small yellow light appeared on his finger. "Bakudõ #61 Rikujōkōrō (Six Rods Prison of Light),"
And by pointing his finger at Byakko, Rando generated a spark of yellow energy, which summoned six thin but also wide beams of light that slammed into Byakko midsection and put him in his place. Imediatelly Byakko felt his body paralized, especially his spiritual energy coming from his vibrations, the vibration just stopped since he couldn't control his throat, and his hands remained holding his neck. But he could feel these lights were made with spiritual energy, which would be something he could take advantage of, absorbing to recover his health. Let the fool think he can win.
Then, the next second, he felt a terrible feeling in his gut. Byakko simply stared from a distance as the traitor flipped once again more pages.
"Don't think these lights are my gift for you... No, it's just jail for your death sentence." Rando said those words in such a cold tone, making the tiger just realize something was wrong by placing the book on the floor. "You love this place so much as a playground, then swimming on the lava must be a routine for you."
That sentence was enough to make Byakko realize what he meant, as he tried to move his own body, but then realized that he couldn't move… Nothing, he couldn't do anything… He was exposed.
"Walls of iron sand, a priestly pagoda, glowing ironclad fireflies. Standing upright, silent to the end." Rando gave another enchanting as he clasped his hands together. Five small yellow orbs with skinny tails emerged from between his clasped hands, and he moved above his head before forming a circle of five. Raising his hands above his head, Rando slammed them downward. " BAKUDÕ #75 GOCHUTEKKAN (Five-Pillared Iron Weights)."
Byakko couldn't move his neck to see above him, but he could understand that by seeing Rando launch the orbs into the ground, he knew something bad was about to happen. When suddenly, like a supremely heavy force, he immediately slammed d his face towards the field, and not just that, but his shoulders and legs went down with him with so much impact that without delay the tiny field sustaining him around the pillar wasn't strong enough… And his eyes went in terror when his body went down from the pillar.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" Byakko shouted as the pressure of 5 tall, thick pillars made of heavy metal went down with him, into a swim over the pool made of lava. Clearly, clearly, his voice echoed over the cave.
And when Rando just saw Byakko falling on the lava, he simply took the book nearby his foot. And that's how things should be done—without dirtying his suit or hurting himself. He could have given Byakko a more dignified way to die, but nobody should provoke his height and thinks he wasn't going to give retribution.
"Be grateful that I went easy on you. If it wasn't for the fact we were around a pit of lava, I wouldn't have been so merciful." Rando declared, as he jumped in the direction of his friends, that maybe he could find a way to drag Yusuke and Kuwabara safely. But at that instant, he landed his foot on the floor. He just saw Yusuke, Kuwabara staring at him with their mouths agape, and Kurama was even sweating from seeing something. Hiei was simply calm, but he somehow felt that yokai was agitated. Not even realizing that his eyes were still scarlet, staring at them like it was just a simple Tuesday. "What?"
"Oh my heart." Koenma said as he fanned himself from such a shock, seeing Rando perform not just one, but three techniques on such caliber, especially with the incantations. Usually the masters wouldn't be using them, unless they wanted to strengthen the full potential of the spiritual demonic technique. But to see doing two of them being used just to send a yokai to the lava pit? "When I thought he would be sadistic, I thought he was going to erase his entire being… But he just used the bending and seals arts… Which probably now that I think about it is way more terrifying, killing someone without a way to move out from the technique."
"I can't believe it with my own eyes, seeing them on the screen must be something reported. It's like watching a golden era of the spiritual arts of the past." Jorge Saotome commented as Koenma placed both his hands behind his back.
"I'm just glad that he didn't use the ones which could destroy the area, those are very dangerous since Yusuke and the others are there." Koenma had to sigh in relief, and he was glad that he was on their side. Because that type of technique on the wrong hands, could be alarming since his father once told him about the good era on how spiritual masters could have used it as a way to defend themselves against demons and yokai, even making the work of the spiritual world balanced, but then the resentment and the hunting happened over the humans, and the balance was broken, making the golden era of the humans protecting themselves now erased. "I hope this time Yusuke and Kuwabara learned to not talk what they shouldn't, because if they don't learn from that… I don't even want to imagine what Rando could do to them."
"Make Genkai do the triple of difficulty of their training?" Then Jorge Saotome made the suggestion, which immediately Koenma hesitated, and with a few seconds, the baby boss over the spiritual world, started to laugh, imagining on how petty and yet fun it was to see Yusuke still getting confused by opening his mouth.