Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Hells war ❯ a war and a rival ( Chapter 2 )

Chapter 2: A War and a Rival

 

 

After jumping through the portal to the Spirit World, Yusuke saw they were at the front gate of the Spirit World Palace. He looked around and saw that not much had changed in all the years since he stopped being a Spirit Detective. He saw that the River Styx still flowed under the castle and that the souls of the dead were still being guided by the Grim Reapers, like Botan.

 

Yusuke looked at the door and said, “All right, let's see what the old bastard wants.”

 

They opened the gate and walked inside. The palace was at least three times bigger on the inside than it appeared from the outside. As they walked in, Yusuke saw several people standing in front of a tall metal gate.

 

One of the figures turned and looked at Yusuke, shouting, “Hey everyone! Look! It's Yusuke!”

 

Yusuke recognized the blue Mohawk with a ponytail. He knew instantly there was only one demon with that look. It was Chu. He looked more closely at the others and realized he knew them as well. He recognized Jin, Touya, Suzuka, Shishi, and Rinku. They all ran over to Yusuke's group chattering about old times and guessing why they had all been called to the Spirit World.

 

Suddenly Jin looks around and asks “Did you all feel that? The wind is blowing mighty fierce.”

 

Kuwabara turned around and saw a group of five strangers standing in the corner. The one on the left was short, somewhere around Genkai's height, and wore a green kimono with long shoulder-length black hair. The figure to his right was taller, around Kurama's height. His hair was spiky, like Hiei's and he wore a blood-red vest with dark blue pants. Bandages covered both of his arms. The center stranger was Yusuke's height and had messy black hair. He wore a black vest and shirt with black pants. The one to his right looked to be about Kuwabara's height. He wore a school uniform much like Kuwabara and Yusuke's, but it was light brown, almost tan. The last person was a nice looking girl with pulled back hair and a slim figure. Her outfit was a simple black T-shirt and black sweatpants.

 

The center figure walked over to their group and stood in front of Yusuke. He held out his hand and said,” You must be Yusuke Urameshi.”

 

Yusuke sneered, “Yeah, what about it?”

 

“It's just that I always wanted to meet the great Yusuke Urameshi.” the newcomer replied. “Meet him. And then crush him.”

 

Yusuke snapped back,” That's some mouth you have. Let's see you back it up, you asswipe!”

“Fine, then let us begin. You can go first.” the stranger said smugly.

 

“Bastard!” Yusuke shouted as he threw a punch that could have crushed Yomi's face in.

 

The newcomer just dodged the attack and then, grabbing Yusuke by the arm, attempted to backfist Yusuke in the face while pulling him into his fist. Yusuke countered by trying to trip up his assailant by kicking out his leg. The attacker was too quick and jumped over Yusuke's kick. He let go of Yusuke's arm and did a spin kick in an attempt to take Yusuke down. Yusuke was also fast and dodged the kick. Yusuke then tried to punch at the assailant, but he backflipped away 10 feet.

 

Yusuke shouted, “Now you've really pissed me off! SPIRIT GUN!!!”

 

The familiar blast of blue spiritual energy shot from Yusuke's finger. As it headed toward the stranger, he calmly smiled and stated “That all? It's not enough.”

 

The spirit gun blast exploded before it could reach its target. When the dust settled, Yusuke could see that the stranger was standing with his right arm and index finger pointed at Yusuke. Yusuke thought to himself “A spirit gun?! There's no way he can know that! Only me and Grandma can do that move!”

 

Genkai shouted “That's enough! I'm surprised I didn't recognize the short one over there sooner. It's you, isn't it Konryu?”

 

The short figure replied, “You found me out, didn't you Genkai? What gave it away?”

 

“When this boy used what looked like a Spirit Gun I could tell it was really your Chaos Gun.”

 

“What's a Chaos Gun?” asked Yusuke, clearly puzzled.

 

“It's like the Spirit Gun,” stated Genkai, “except for its green and the blast acts as wishes, meaning he can make it cut, pierce, explode or implode at will.”

 

“Yes, Koenma hired him to be Earth's new Spirit Detective. Oh, and by the way, Yusuke, the reason you couldn't even touch him is because he's just like you. His name is Gavin. And he too is a Ma-zoku.”

 

Yusuke and the others looked shocked as they stared at the youngster, Gavin, who just moments ago Yusuke was fighting against. Konryu pretended not to notice and continued speaking.

 

“The other three you see here are a few friends of ours. Why don't you introduce yourselves?” Konryu asked his compatriots.

 

“My name is Sai.” said the one with the spiked hair.

 

“I'm Leo.” said the one in the school uniform.

 

“And I'm Hanako.” said the girl.

Suddenly, Gavin started to speak. “Yusuke, you need to improve on your fighting. You're rusty. If you don't get back to the way you were when you fought Yomi, you will die.”

 

Yusuke looked confused and asked “What the fuck are you talking about?”

 

“You'll know in a few minutes.” Gavin responded.

 

Just then the steel gate opened and Koenma and his father, King Yama, entered the room. Koenma was in his adult form and didn't look any different than he did three years before. He greeted them, saying “Welcome everyone. I'm sure you are wondering why you were asked to come here. Well, let ….”

 

“I'll tell them.” King Yama said in a booming voice that filled the room. “Yusuke, as you may well remember when you started the tournament to decide the ruler of the Demon World around five years, you had set up the rule that it would be held every four years. The winner did not demolish this rule, but in fact kept it upheld. One year ago, the tournament was held again, but this time with a much different outcome than before. One competitor, shrouded in a black cloak with chains on it, fought against the current ruler of the Demon World and also against Mukuro and Yomi and killed all three without even trying. “

 

Everyone shouted in disbelief “What the hell?!”

 

Yusuke spoke above the clamor, “How the hell is that even possible? Who the fuck could have possibly killed Yomi without even trying? I fought him and know how tough he was.”

 

Hiei spoke up then. “When I fought Mukuro, I wasn't even able to injure her. Even using the Dragon of the Darkness Flame. How was this one demon able to defeat all of these great fighters without even breaking a sweat?”

 

King Yama raised a dismissive hand and said “I was getting to that. As you all well know, Demon World can be described like a multi-level basement. The lower you go, the stronger the demons. This demon came from the bottom level, Hell itself. In that level, the strongest and most fierce demons are sealed away for all eternity never to return to cause any trouble ever again. But somehow, this one got out. These sealed away demons have a power class of much higher than anyone who was considered one of the Demon Kings. Much higher than the upper SSS class. We don't even have a class system to describe that power. This one is the most fierce and uncontrollable. His code name in that place was Number 666 Shadow.”

 

As King Yama spoke, Yusuke's mind drifted to the nightmare he had been having. “Could this monster be the creature in my dream? That killed all my friends and Kayko?” Yusuke forced himself to continue to pay attention to King Yama as he continued to speak.

 

“As you may well have guessed, this demon won the tournament and is now the ruler of Demon World. And for the past year, he has been pushing his army of the strongest demons including those from Hell into Spirit World in an attempt to destroy it. We believe he is trying to gain control of all three worlds. The only way to stop him is to get all the extra strength we can. That is why we called you here. You are all the strongest humans, demons and in-betweens that are still alive. We need your help or else the entire Universe will be thrown into death and destruction.”

 

Chu smiled. “Sounds like it's gonna be one helluva party.”

 

Yusuke said “Yeah, I've been looking forward to a fight like this. It's been way too quiet lately.”

 

Everyone else agreed in unison.

 

“Thank you. Your help is greatly appreciated. At this point, Shadow probably already knows we've summoned you. He has undoubtedly already assigned his assassins to attack you when you leave here. Be careful when you return to Earth.” King Yama warned.

 

Yusuke smiled and said “ Don't worry old man. No shit-poor assassin's going to kill me.”

 

King Yama watched the group walk away and thought to himself, “I hope you're right, Yusuke… for all our sakes.”

 

 

 

 

TO BE CONTINUED…..