Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Resident Evil 4 Meets Yu Yu Hakusho ❯ Two Different Men ( Chapter 4 )

Leon reloaded his gun since his attempt to blow Yuske's head off was a bluff while sitting on the table that smelt of rotten food and was consumed in dust. “So, Yuske Urameshi,” Leon began checking out all sides of his handgun before bothering to shift his attention over to the Spirit Detective, “what brings someone like you here?”

 

“Well, Leon S. Kennedy,” Yuske mocked leaning against the decrepit farm house with his arms crossed, “my friend, Botan came here and she has gone missing so I am searching for her—and my friends.”

 

The American cop kept his eyes fixed on Yuske still a bit curious about him and where he came from and not to mention what friends he was searching for. Pointing his gun at Yuske for a moment in place of his finger, Leon asked, “That technique you had going on, what was that?”

 

“It's called my Spirit Gun,” Yuske answered looking out the window a moment before bothering to eye the policeman once more. “I may not be human in a way but I promise I am at least on the good guy's side so save your ammo for those you can afford to take down.”

 

“Good to know at the time since I was out of ammo when I was threatening you,” Leon remarked before putting his handgun away for a moment. “Yuske Urameshi—that doesn't sound American or German to me. Where are you from?”

 

“Japan,” Yuske retorted shortly before pushing himself off of the wall so his body language could be directed at the newcomer in his life. “And you—Leon S. Kennedy?”

 

“United States,” Leon answered in return before getting up with Yuske. “And please, just call me Leon. What about your friends? Are they like you?”

 

“Look—Leon,” Yuske grumbled, embracing himself a bit more since it was awfully cold, “as much as I would love to play twenty questions with you, I have a friend to find. Well, excuse me, friends now.”

 

Leon watched as Yuske stepped out into the open to where the burning corpse of the German policeman was before following after him when he realized it would be best to pursue the brash man for the moment while listening to Yuske as he ranted out loud.

 

“I am a thousand miles away from home after blowing pretty much my rent money on a way to get over here since Jr. is too cheap to help me out himself even though it was HE who wanted me to do this to begin with. And well, I was retired, Leon, I was retired,” Yuske growled turning to face the cop that he knew was behind him, jabbing him in his chest a moment before turning back to the farm that was about him, waving his hands about. “And so I go to my friend's house only to find that it's literally Hell's Address and a maze all in one before realizing that he went insane due to some guy named Saddler who wants to turn all my demonic friends into PSYCHOTIC demonic friends—do you catch me?” Stopping for a moment, he looked at the policeman behind him, a bit stressed from all he was recapping.

 

Leon cocked a brow at the rambling Yuske was firing off before bothering to attempt to speak, “Well—I—.”

 

“Exactly,” the detective just blurted out stopping Leon from continuing. “And now—now this?!” Yuske was waving his hand up at the burned corpse of the policeman hanging there on a stake. “I don't do crazy villagers. I don't slaughter crazy people.”

 

“Are you done?” Leon felt urged to ask trying not to bequeath a smile at this stranger but it was hard with all he was saying and doing even if things looked grim.

 

“Why?” Yuske asked with a deep breath since he needed one from all his ranting.

 

Taking it as a yes, Leon placed his hands on his hips a moment before throwing his hair back to look directly at Yuske. “I've dealt with this sort of thing before. There was a zombie infestation back in Raccoon City where I used to live and it was caused by the T-Virus created by the Umbrella Corporation.”

 

“Ah,” Yuske began sarcastically. “Story time.”

 

Regardless of Yuske's reaction to his story, Leon continued, “It took dead bodies and reanimated them and these creatures were so hard to kill unless you shot them in the head or kept them from walking. They fed off the blood of over things but mostly humans and once that human was eaten, the body reanimated and then—another would be added to the growing zombie population decreasing the sanity level and places to hide in Raccoon City.”

 

Yuske could hint that Leon's tone was getting rather serious and it made the quirky man listen finally with an equally serious stare.

 

It was hard to think back on it but the more Leon did, the more determined it made him. He could still smell the blood that littered the streets and hear the screams of the few survivors attempting to escape the infected that chased them when it was his first day on the job as a Raccoon City police officer. Closing his eyes a moment to remember it all, Leon reopened them to what was around him now and what he would have to face in order to save the President's daughter. “Raccoon City was bombed to keep the virus under control. They say Umbrella is finished and so is the T-Virus, but I don't believe them. Call it paranoia or call it instinct…for I just know.”

 

“So what's going on here?” Yuske asked looking at the bodies of those Leon managed to kill before the detective arrived on the scene.

 

“I don't really know,” Leon answered looking at the closest body to him that he took down pointblank. “All I know is they are not zombies but in a way I feel my past is coming back to haunt me. These villagers—they are smarter, stronger, and faster then the zombies I had encountered when I still was about the T-Virus. They are monsters and not human.” Cocking his handgun as he retrieved it once more, the officer looked back at the detective. “And I will take them all down to get Ashley back if that is what it takes.”

 

Yuske merely listened to what he had to say, not knowing where this was going in the least.

 

Reaching out his hand as a friendly invite, Leon asked, “Are you with me?”

 

Yuske just stared at the extended hand blankly before looking back at Leon wishing for an explanation in all of this.

 

“Your friend and my charge have to be together if they are both here,” Leon elaborated waiting for Yuske to take his hand. “If we work together, we can get them both back.”

 

“A team?” Yuske asked before chuckling and shaking his head. “No thanks, Leon. I have seen how you handle things and I like to handle it my own way.”

 

“You cannot do this alone no matter how strong you may think you are,” Leon practically ordered not wanting Yuske to go about it alone. “Our goals are practically the same. It only makes since to join one another till they are completed.”

 

Both were silent for awhile, allowing the cracking of the fire behind them do most of the talking as Yuske thought it over. He was used to teams, sure, but now was he willing to chance it with somebody he hardly even knew? Realizing that if anything were to go awry, he could fix it, Yuske finally sighed in defeat in the situation, “Agreed.” Saying this, he took Leon's hand in an agreement, shaking it once before releasing it to slip into his coat pocket with the other.

 

“Alright then, let's go.” Leon led the way with Yuske following right behind him as they traveled up the dirt road. “I took care of the villagers here. They just upped and left, heading over there and none of them have resurfaced yet,” Leon explained pointing towards a building that looked like a lookout tower. “Most of the doors are locked except this one up here. But be careful Yuske—these people are crazy and know how to attack in packs. How many times can you use that attack?”

 

“Several times,” Yuske answered showing off his index finger a moment. “I could have wiped out this whole village but I thought I would let you have your fun first before barging in.”

 

“How thoughtful of you,” Leon chuckled quietly to himself before pressing his hand to the door, looking at Yuske. “Are you ready?”

 

Watching Leon's officer moves, Yuske said nothing as he stood there with his arms crossed. “Ready whenever you want to open that door.”

 

Leon pushed the door open quickly to aim his gun at whatever could be there finding nothing at the moment in the farm area only a busy farmer just a ways up ahead.

 

Yuske saw him as well and jumped to the side quietly so as not to be seen. “Alright, Leon,” Yuske whispered to his current partner, “I know you're all for shooting now and asking questions later at least from what I saw following in behind you, we have to at least take one out before taking any others.”

 

Kennedy couldn't help but cock his brow sarcastically at Yuske hearing what he had to say. “What you saw was me trying to save myself when I took one villager down and the whole flock came in after me!” He scolded in a soft whisper so they couldn't be heard. “As a bodyguard of the president, of course I know better than to barge in with my gun blazing. These villagers are highly alert and if we take one down, more will surround us!”

 

“Yeah, whatever, let's get this over with,” Yuske moaned ready to take these people on already.

 

Leon nodded towards the dumpster that he saw while aiming his gun at the unsuspecting villager that was working casually in the yard. Walking silently towards him, he stopped and looked at the area that was beyond the house Leon was sneaking about to see and hear a few more workers nearby. Eyeing Yuske over near the dumpster still, he asked with his expression if he was ready before showing three fingers to indicate there were three more villagers nearby. “You take that one,” Leon mouthed clearly pointing to the villager in clear view. “I will take this one.” He was referring to the hidden one within the shack he could just hear. “Go—now!”

 

Yuske jumped upon the top of the dumpster powering up his Spirit Gun as Leon swing around the opening of the shack he was beside to aim his gun and fire rapidly at the shouting villager who was attempting to alert the others around him. Leon managing to handle his own, looking behind him quickly to see the technique Yuske was threatening to use on him earlier and saw how it oddly killed the villager in one blow once it met with his chest.

 

Keeping his handgun out, Leon walked over near Yuske and the downed villager wondering what he did since he didn't decapitate him. “Is that attack really that strong or am I missing something here?” Leon asked, kicking the body of the dead man to make sure he wasn't just unconscious.

 

“Well, I didn't use a lot on him,” Yuske remarked just as stunned. “I was hoping to just knock him out for awhile since I am not above killing people but I guess it—really killed him.”

 

Leon looked back up at the stranger he was fighting along side of while Yuske kept his gaze fixed on the man lying there obvious dead. Who exactly is this guy…?

Before he could bother to ask, Yuske attention shot up at the oncoming villagers who were guarding the rest of the farm area prompting Leon to look over his shoulder. “Great,” Yuske grinned since the demonic side he gained enjoyed fighting, “more coming.”

 

“I figured as much,” Leon remarked turning around with his gun at ready. “Understand, Yuske that these things are not people and you have to destroy them! Don't hold back.”

 

“Please,” Yuske laughed stepping in front of Leon. “Save your ammo and let me do this. Obviously they have something against my Spirit Gun no matter what level it is at.” Powering back up his Spirit Gun, Yuske aimed it at the villagers that were heading at him before releasing a big enough blast to take the four coming at him, out.

 

The blast that Yuske released was so powerful to one such as Leon that he couldn't help but get shoved back from the strong wind that was repealing him even from behind the detective. Collapsing on one knee, Leon tried to regain his composure after witnessing such an attack he thought would be impossible by anyone that was at least on the good guy's side. Looking at Yuske from the back once the blinding light he emitted faded, Leon kept his eyes on the detective as he slowly got back to his feet. “That blast—it can be as big as you want?”

 

Hearing the question aimed at him, Yuske looked over his shoulder with his brows raised before answering. “It can get pretty big depending on how much energy I gather.” Looking back to the villagers he took out, Yuske headed towards their bodies to look more closely at them with the officer right behind him watching his back. “Look at them. What happened to their bodies? They are too pale to be farmers who work out in the blazing sun all day and their veins are visible in black and red…”

 

Leon came in for a closer look once he realized it was safe for the time being. Eyes wondering over the bodies before him that were tainting the ground with their blood he could only shake his head at what was given to him. “I am not sure what is going on with them. They are not zombies…but I know something isn't right…”

 

Yuske and Leon both got to their feet after taking a closer look at their enemy. “Not zombies, not human—I cannot believe these people could even take someone such as Botan given who and what she is,” Yuske sighed, scratching his forehead with his thumbnail.

 

Hearing Yuske state that last comment, Leon looked back at his temporary partner only able to wonder what his whole story was. But at the moment, it wasn't the time to ask even if they were in a clearing free of the monsters. “I guess I'll save questions for later but for right now, let's go onward. I'll go on ahead and you cover me since that attack of yours seems to be the key to getting us in, out, and home.”

 

“Sounds good to me,” Yuske agreed letting Leon take the lead further down the farm to spy another set of large doors that he would have to check. Watching Leon disappear beyond the farmhouse that was further up and linked by an upper wooden passage, Yuske followed after him before stopping at the farmhouse and under the wooden passage that hung creaking above his head just to make sure everything would be alright.

 

Making it to the doors and checking to see if they were unlocked, Leon waved Yuske over once he saw it was clear. “Come on—it's safe.”

 

Yuske hurried over to Leon's side, throwing open the left door while Leon took the right. Seeing that they were fine more or less on the other side with no villagers there to greet them, Leon put away his gun and Yuske lowered his finger when all they saw was high cliffs and a rocky path for them to follow. The two looking at one another could only do this before they headed down the road consisted of cobblestones beneath them to wherever it would take them.

 

It was relatively quiet and this caused Yuske to frown as the crows continued to caw at them. “I don't like this…”

 

“I guess it would be asking too much to try and be optimistic?” Leon inquired with a serious chuckle.

 

Yuske was about to reply to that but before he could a loud crashing sound emitted behind them causing both men to turn around to find a boulder rolling steadily at first after them. “Well that suggestion was shot to hell—run!” Yuske ordered pushing Leon further down the road but it didn't take them long to notice that their road would run out soon enough as would the gap between them and the boulder. Finding this out faster than Leon, Yuske pushed Leon off to the left side out of the way before he turned around with his fist reared back to land it right into the boulder to cause it to shatter into a million pieces right before Leon's eyes once they were set back upon Yuske.

 

The American cop said nothing to the boy as he steadily got back to his feet gawking at what he witnessed after being shoved on his side. Getting his gun back out since he was aware the villagers were still about, he looked to his left and right to make sure none of them were about the duo at the moment before placing a hand on his hip still eyeing Yuske with a astonished expression.

 

“Dammit,” Yuske swore shaking his fist that he used to smash the boulder. “I guess retirement really does it in for ya, hu?”

 

Leon could only shake his head at Yuske, grinning for the first time he got at the village unable to believe what he had found if anything. “Shooting strong blasts of light from your finger tips, smashing boulders bigger than a building—is there anything you can't do besides be serious?”

 

Yuske couldn't help but find the humor in it all as well being that Leon wasn't used to this in the least. “Well, school used to be one of them, but I guess it hadn't been for that, I wouldn't be speaking with you now. Thank God for English Class. At least I know now that it would come in handy.”

 

As the two exchanged quiet, friendly laughter, a dark shadow in the background watched from high above the cliffs overlooking the two before darting quickly further on down the road to inform its leader of what had just occurred. Leon was oblivious to what was going on at the time but Yuske's laughter turned to seriousness in a heartbeat as he felt the power that attacked him at that very moment when the creature was there watching them. Noting Yuske's russet eyes of fear darting about the quiet area, Leon stopped laughing and turned equally serious wondering what caused the detective to get so eerily stern. “Yuske, what is it? What is wrong?”

 

“It can't be,” Yuske whispered allowing the wind to catch his words as his widened eyes stayed fix on the area above them where he spied the power.

 

“Yuske, what is it?” Leon reiterated louder wondering what it was that startled his partner.

 

Realizing that Leon was still there beside him, Yuske shook his head to try and get all doubt and fear out of his mind before faking a smile at the American officer. “It's nothing, don't worry about it. Come on, we have two girls to save and then haul ass home so I can work on finding my friends...”

 

Watching Yuske head onward without him, Leon didn't notice Yuske put back on the same worried expression as Leon stayed behind him this round to trade places with the Spirit Detective but he could still tell that something was bugging Yuske. What got into him? Leon wondered as he kept his gun at ready over Yuske's shoulder while they headed down the tunnel before them. I wonder what got him to straighten up so quickly…

 

The two getting to the end of the tunnel had to open fire quickly for they were spotted in no time at all and one villager even tried to sneak up on them from the right. Leon took down the one from the right while Yuske fired once at the one near the house not too far away from them. Seeing that there were a two houses here, Yuske nodded at the one straight ahead. “I will check out this house and you go look at the other one down there.” Yuske pointed to the left just a bit noting another house beyond the shed.

 

“Alright, but be careful, Yuske,” Leon attempted to warn. “For there could be tra—.”

 

Before Yuske could care to hear the rest and Leon could finish, a bear trap closed quickly upon Yuske's leg digging into his flesh harshly to hold him in place. Throwing his head back, Yuske cried out in unsuspecting pain. “God—DAMMIT!” Shooting an angry look at Leon through his pain filled expression, Yuske snarled a bit at him, “You could have gotten to the point faster!”

 

Before Leon could speak about that or react on what happened to Yuske, he aimed his gun right at the currently surprised Yuske making the detective start to sweat seeing as he was trapped at the moment. “Look out!” Leon eventually blurted out firing at the stick of dynamite that nearly landed in Yuske's territory causing the stick to blow up just a ways from the stuck half demon when the bullet married with it.

 

Yuske powered up his Spirit Gun to blow out half the house to get revenge on the attacker that would dare do such a thing while he was cornered. Managing a painful laugh with Leon hurrying to his side to help him out, Yuske eyed the American policeman sarcastically yet again, “I thought for a minute there you were going to blow my head off for that remark. I am glad you knew it was just a joke.”

 

Grabbing onto the sides of the bear trap to release Yuske, he managed a chuckle himself before releasing the sprung trap that ensnared Yuske once his partner was free. “I have a fair sense of humor. What about your leg? Are you terribly injured? Let me take a look at it—.”

 

Yuske's leg was bleeding now thanks to the trap catching him by surprise but the blood loss that mated with his clothing at the moment and the minor pain meant little to him. “Trust me, Leon, when I say I have been in fair worse scrapes then a bear trap. It just happened to take me by surprise,” Yuske clarified turning back to the house he demolished half of with his Spirit Gun. “Well, I am through here—let's check the other house.”

 

Leon couldn't help but sigh a bit at what he was looking at that was the aftermath of Yuske's spiritual gun before bothering to follow after him. “You're going to have to be careful, Yuske, for these people are smart and brutal with these traps.”

 

Yuske quickly turned to his right to shoot down another dynamite throwing villager not wanting to go through that once more seeing that yet again his single attack took the man down in no time. “I can tell that now, thank you for the update, Leon,” Yuske remarked sounding irritable before reaching the door that appeared to be padlocked. “Locked, eh?”

 

Not giving Yuske time to take action, Leon did it for him by kicking in the door and breaking the padlock. “Unlocked,” was all Leon had to say as he stepped inside of the house to trip off the explosives he saw from a distance with his gun.

 

Yuske following in behind Leon could only shake his head at him, “I could have done that for us.”

 

“Shhh,” Leon ordered with the raise of his hand hearing a sound in the distance. “Do you hear that?”

 

“What?” Yuske asked with a grumble and his hands in his pockets.

 

“Shhh, listen, listen,” the cop begged, keeping his guard up.

 

Yuske paused for a moment to listen to the banging deep within the house that made the detective a bit unsettled suddenly. “The hell is that?” He asked in a soft whisper following Leon into the corridor that was beyond the eating area.

 

Leon was unaware but the two followed the sound regardless tripping up the next traps set within the house a decent distance away. Looking about the room the hallway emptied into, the two saw nothing and the banging seemed just out of reach. “It's not in here, but it's somewhere close by,” Leon whispered to Yuske heading over to one of the walls to listen beyond them while the detective took a gander at what was within the room. Getting to the bookcase in the room, Leon turned his ear in that direction to find where the sound was coming from. “It's coming from within here—help me with this bookcase, Yuske.”

 

“Sure,” Yuske said with a shrug. As Leon moved it a bit from where it once stood, Yuske just squatted down to grab the bottom of it to heft it up with Leon in total. Seeing that Leon was still attached, Yuske cocked his brow at him. “You can let go now, I've got this.”

 

Leon couldn't believe Yuske's strength no matter how many times he saw it but he said nothing about it at the moment as he released the bookcase since Yuske obviously had it under control. Watching him place it down somewhere close by, Leon nodded into the adjoining room to see that all there was at the end of it was an armoire that appeared to be hiding something inside of it.

 

Yuske saw that the armoire's door to the right was jostling a bit, he powering up his index finger slightly to indicate he was ready for what may come out of there once Leon threatened to open the door to let whatever was in there out. Exchanging a nod to go ahead with the American cop, Leon flew open the door causing a body of a tied up and gagged male to fall out of it.

 

Both aiming their weapons at what was to come out, they looked back at one another after examining the lively man for a moment. “I don't think he's one of those things,” Yuske remarked powering down to rip the tape off of his mouth.

 

“Jeez—a little rough don't you think?” The man grumbled while he remained on the floor.

 

“I don't think so either,” Leon agreed before pointing his handgun threateningly at the man before them wondering what was going on here. “So who are you?”

 

The man with shoulder length black hair looked at the two before him, confused as to why they were there and what they were doing. “No, I am not one of them. And who are you guys? Are you both one of them?”

 

Yuske and Leon both looked at one another before staring back at the stranger. “No,” the two men answered in unison.

 

The floorboards behind Leon and Yuske began to creak as they stayed focused on the one before them prompting the two to look at one another wondering who would be behind them since they took care of the villagers. “Oh great, the Big Cheese and his sidekick,” the man on the floor muttered.

 

Turning around quickly Leon aimed his handgun at what appeared to be the chief of the village only to have his neck snagged tightly. “Yuske…!” Leon practically begged hoping he would help him out.

 

“Put him down, ugly!” Yuske growled powering up his index finger causing the Chief to flinch at the threatening light attack.

 

It didn't take long for Yuske to lose his composure once somebody's fist met with his cheek causing his head to fly to the left from the impact it dealt him since it was strangely within his league of an S class demon. Flinching and hissing from the attack given to him, Yuske growled in surprise when his right wrist was grabbed and he was unable to pull it free from whoever attacked him to begin with. Yuske was about to turn back around to look at his attacker but couldn't for the creature pulled him back by the wrist it still had in his grasp to throw Yuske harshly against the armoire causing it to collapse under the pressure of the throw and Yuske's strong body smacking into it.

 

Collapsing to the floor on his front and being slightly buried under the rubble of the piece of furniture, the Spirit Detective moaned in pain wondering what happened to the pushover villagers he was used to. Attempting to look up and focus on what attacked him again, he was forced to close his eyes once more when Leon's body came flying right at him, landing on top of him and the stranger they set free. When Yuske managed to look once more beyond the cop's arm that was within his line of sight since Leon was crushing his back with part of his back and skull, Yuske's weary eyes could only stay open for so long thanks to the pain dealt him. But the image of the one beside the chief of the village startled Yuske before he finally shut them from the surprise attack. “Shi—Shi…” Was all he could say before passing out with the other three.