Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Resident Evil 4 Meets Yu Yu Hakusho ❯ Once Hard, Now Difficult ( Chapter 5 )

“His Spirit Gun is a form of a light attack,” a familiar voice beckoned from within the dark, surreal surroundings in Yuske's mind. He could barely make out who they were but he could see that he was being held down in a chair and out like a light—as if he were watching himself from the ceiling of the room.

 

“A light attack, eh?” Another voice asked, sounding foreign to the detective. This man that came a bit closer into the light wore purple robes and hood that covered and masked the man's face. “No wonder our men have been taken down by one blow from this man concerning the sensitivity the plaga has towards light.” Turning his back to the body of Yuske and pulling out a syringe of some kind, he came close to Yuske's neck to inject the half demon with what the vile contained. “No matter—I will just give him what I gave you and the others and he will be defenseless until our blood overtakes him.” The egg inside of the vile slithered into Yuske's neck as the man began to laugh evilly, “No demon, human, or half demon can fight our power. He will be unable to resist it!”

 

 

 

Yuske moaned softly, shaking his head in attempts to wake up from the brutal attack he received. He saw from where he was that the stranger they freed and Leon had already woken and Leon was interrogating him on Ashley's whereabouts. Thinking back on what happened since it had been awhile for anyone to knock him out with that kind of force, Yuske let the others talk amongst themselves without him for awhile as his body was tied separate from the other two and leaning against the opposing wall to where the other two men rested in the center of the shack.

 

It couldn't be, Yuske thought remembering the face he could just see before his injured body could not hold out after the blow he was dealt. How could he be here…? If he is here, we are ALL in big trouble…!

 

“I overheard one of the villagers talking about holding two women in a church,” the Hispanic man's voice remarked, breaking off Yuske's concentration a moment. “I think that is where your female friends could be held captive.”

 

“And who are you?” Leon asked the stranger since he figured Yuske was still out cold for the moment.

 

“Me llamo Luis Sera,” Sera answered. “I used to be a cop in Madrid. Now I'm just a good-for-nothing guy, who happens to be quite the ladies' man.”

 

Yuske could only look down at the moment, sighing about what all was going through his head and what he feared he might have to do as this journey was to continue.

 

Hearing the sigh forced Leon and Sera to look Yuske's way. “Your partner does not look so good,” Sera remarked with his accent. “Hey, amigo, I see you are still alive!”

 

Seeing that Yuske was alright, Leon breathed a breath of relief since he didn't want to believe that a creature in this world was stronger than someone such as Yuske. “Yuske, are you okay? I cannot believe that creature took you out like that. Did he catch you by surprise?”

 

Yuske said not a word, looking angrily and worryingly off to the side a moment continuing to dwell within his mind about how the tables had turned.

 

“Y—Yuske…?” Leon asked to himself since he could see the worried expression on the detective's face amongst the anger as well. He knew that if someone as strong as Yuske was worried, they all should be.

 

“And who is he?” Sera asked, nudging Leon best he could from how the two were tied back to back. “A friend of yours?”

 

“I don't know who he is too well either,” Leon admitted softly to the former officer behind him. “He has yet to tell me anything.”

 

“And you two are partners?” Sera couldn't help but chuckle a bit at that. “And I thought I was bad with my partner.”

 

Leon cocked his brow at the man tied behind him since he was obviously assuming stuff out the ear when it came to Yuske and him. “We're not partners that work under the president, we're just temporary partners for the time being. I was a solo officer in Raccoon City during the viral outbreak and then I quit so I still feel I can work just fine on my own but it is easier with company at times.”

 

“And I thought I was bad,” Sera remarked to lighten the dreary mood that Yuske was emitting from where he sat silently. “But—now that you mention that outbreak, I think I saw a sample of that virus in the lab at my department.”

 

Before Leon could say anything to that, one of the blooded up villagers shut the door and came dragging himself in with an axe he wanted to use to slay the two, namely Leon and Sera. The two of them freaking out over the sudden predicament they were in, Sera and Leon scooted away from the oncoming villager that was eager to get them first instead of bothering with Yuske who was still moping against the shack's right wall.

 

“Do something, cop!” Sera ordered knowing that they were running out of a place to drag themselves to.

 

“Right after you,” Leon insisted.

 

Before the axe that was gradually raised could come down, Yuske came up from behind, using his chains that had bound him and he managed to escape from to remove the weapon from the villager's hands by having it embrace the wrists of the villager and jerking him away from Sera and Leon. Obviously rattled with anger, the half demon used the same chain to choke the man to death, before popping his head off with use of his brute force to make the chain tighten too quickly for the body to fight against. “Son of a bitch,” was all Yuske mumbled before bothering to use the axe that had embedded itself in the wall to break the restraints of Sera and Leon.

 

Once free from the chains that held him, Sera jumped up quickly eyeing the detective with surprise before dashing out of the shack and leaving the two behind without another word.

 

Watching Sera head quickly out of the building, Leon turned his attention back to Yuske wondering what was going on with him. “Yuske, what is wrong?”

 

Yuske raised his hands a moment before throwing them down to the left as if to toss something there, sighing out his frustration. Not saying a word, he stormed out of the shed leaving Leon behind once more to contact Hunnigan on his visual radio since he remembered he hadn't since he arrived.

 

“It's Leon,” Leon called into the radio once Hunnigan's image popped up. “Sorry I couldn't call in sooner but I was a bit tied up at the moment. But don't worry, I am fine now.”

 

“That is a relief,” Hunnigan's voice replied softly over the radio.

 

“I managed to run into someone down here which I wanted to tell you about earlier but couldn't find the time to,” Leon confessed referring to Yuske and the current partnership they held. “He's not human and has amazing powers. He's not one of these monsters but apparently something has him angered at the moment.”

 

“Who is he?”

 

“Yuske Urameshi from somewhere in Japan is what he told me,” Leon answered. “He hasn't told me much about himself but I plan on interrogating him soon enough if he didn't leave me here. We are in a temporary partnership,” Leon went on to explain. “There was also another male here. According to him, Ashley's in a church somewhere.”

 

“What happened to that one?”

 

“He managed to escape,” Leon sighed, unaware Yuske was just around the corner of the building listening in and looking at the road ahead of them.

 

Walking out of the building that they were contained in from where he was positioned in the doorway, Yuske stood out front to take a peek at their situation realizing that the villagers were all over the place this round. Great, the detective groaned peeking through the broken section in the wall. If we have to go through that, I will be killed in the state I am in!

 

Hearing someone coming up from behind him, Yuske jerked his head around quickly to see Leon coming over to him to touch Yuske's shoulder. He halted, however, when he saw the angry look on the half demon's face. “Yuske,” Leon began as he put away his radio, “what is the matter with you? What was that thing that took you out?”

 

“What do you mean?” Yuske asked trying to avoid the subject on the creature that took him down before hand still trying to think of a way out of the situation they were in.

 

“You said something before you passed out, I heard you.” Squatting down on the opposite side of the large abrasion in the wall, Leon kept his sight on the Japanese half demon though he could clearly feel Yuske trying to avoid him. “You said `Shishi'—what is Shishi? Was it that creature—?”

 

“Okay!” Yuske barked silently so as not to get the attention of the villagers nearby. “Damn—alright already…” Rubbing his face with his hands a moment, he shook his head before looking directly at Leon with a serious expression. “His name is Shishiwakamaru and he was a friend I was searching for—among others of his nature and class. The reason he looks the way he does is because he is a demon of a high class and his abilities were that of controlling souls with his sword.” Looking off to the side a moment unable to believe what had happened, he sucked in his lower lip as if to punish himself by biting down on the flesh a bit hard. “I don't understand one thing—he not only looks different but his demonic aura and his status in the demon world has gone…up.”

 

“And obviously by the tone of your voice, this is bad,” Leon questioned.

 

“He was an A class demon at best when I last was with him and now he is in my league if not further beyond it if there is such a demon class…he is the high and rare S class demon,” Yuske confessed. “A class of demon you couldn't last a second against no matter what you were taught.”

 

“You're a demon?” Leon asked after a moment of silence since he couldn't believe he was working with such a person though his belief in what Yuske was wasn't difficult for one such as Leon to grasp concerning all he had endured.

 

“Yes, I am a half demon,” Yuske corrected. “My father was a demon and died by not eating humans so I had to try and take his spot when he passed on since he was one of the rulers of Hell. Anymore questions, Leon?”

 

Leon could tell that Yuske was getting irritated with all of the questions heading the detective's way so all he could do was look through the large fracture in the wall at what was before them. Seeing the several workers lingering just beyond the wall, Leon knew it would be a challenge for them even if he encountered something such as this back at the village. “What should we do now? Can your Spirit Gun clear a path for us to get back to the village where we last were? I think there was a church somewhere nearby there and that is where Ashley and Botan must be.”

 

Yuske hissed through his clenched teeth with disappointment at it all as he motioned slightly with his hand as a substitute for a shrug. “I can't—use it anymore.” Seeing that Leon was confused and wanted a further explanation when the half demon eyed the former officer, he sighed in irritatable defeat. “They did something to my Spirit Gun and my spirit energy and I cannot use it!”

 

“You're kidding,” Leon breathed as he knew sooner or later he would run low on ammunition and he was praying that Yuske's Spirit Gun would get them through the mission in no time at all.

 

Hating to admit this and knowing that his powers were gone, Yuske got to his feet and walked off back towards the shack with a frustrated sigh through his nostrils. “Now what do we do? All I have is my strength and your whiney handgun and those two combined cannot get us through this mess!”

 

“Excuse me,” Leon coughed, “but I also found a shotgun in one of the houses nearby so don't lose it on me now, Yuske. I have a bit of ammunition to get us by.”

 

“Get you by, yes,” a strange voice beckoned from just beyond the house, “but is it enough to save you both? Come here and I will show you something worth while, stranger.”

 

Yuske and Leon both looked confusingly to the side of the building the spirit detective was leaning against to find a man wearing a heavy overcoat, and mask and hood and who was obviously eavesdropping on their conversation. The two men exchanging looks of confusion at the appearance of this new man, who disappeared and headed towards the back of the house, managed to shrug at what he had said and decided it wouldn't hurt to wonder what this villager wanted.

 

Leon went first with his handgun at ready since Yuske was more or less defenseless and he didn't want the detective to go down by an eavesdropping villager even if the man didn't attack them just yet. “What do you want?” Leon's deep voice asked with a glare to the man before him.

 

“Easy now, stranger,” the man urged with almost a laugh, “I've got something here that might interest ya both.” After saying such, the villager pulled back his coat to reveal the many weapons he had stashed away making Leon feel like he had landed in a candy shop.

 

“This is excellent,” Leon muttered but didn't drop his guard just yet around this merchant since he was apparently one of them. “So, what is the catch?”

 

“No catch,” the merchant answered with another laugh. “If you have the money, you can take what you want.”

 

“Perfect,” Leon praised silently putting away his weapons to pull out his wallet. Paying for another shotgun that he saw in the merchant's arsenal, he also purchased more ammo for his handgun and the rifle he found appealing. “Here, Yuske—take this.”

 

Yuske cocked his thin coal brow at Leon, taking the extra shotgun that the former officer purchased for him obviously. “And just what in the hell am I supposed to do with this? I may use a Spirit GUN but a spiritual gun and a real handgun are two different things!”

 

Situated the handgun within his case of items he had and keeping his rifle and shotgun out, Leon got back to his feet to pat Yuske on the shoulder with a sort of brief, comedic grin. “Lesson number one, that's a shotgun and not a handgun. Follow me.”

 

Letting that all register a moment, sarcasm included, Yuske followed behind Leon back to the fissure in the wall they were peeking through earlier.

 

“Lesson number two,” Leon began aiming the rifle just beyond the fracture at the closes villager. Nailing him right in the neck and taking him down with one shot, Leon looked back at Yuske, “Aim and fire. Don't let your aim be off. If it is when it comes to these people, we're in trouble. Contrary to popular belief, keep both eyes opened unless using this rifle.”

 

Watching Leon suddenly get up to cross over the break in the wall since they needed to head down that path, Yuske felt obligated to ask, “Anything else?”

 

The men nearby saw Leon step from where he was hiding and started pointing and yelling at the ones in the vicinity to go and get him and to be aware. Hearing this and knowing that the villagers would be after them both now, Leon turned to look over his shoulder at Yuske with a sort of sly grin. “Lesson number three, don't get killed.”

 

Scoffing almost, Yuske got to his feet to get behind Leon before cocking the shotgun he now held. “Alright then, teacher, lead the way.”

 

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Botan couldn't help but bang her fists against the locked door before her. She had done so many times since she was brought there and called out to anyone she prayed might be listening and would free her. “Ugh, I swear I am going to get them!” She growled with her brow wrinkled in fury, “Turning our friends against us and making them into these—monsters! Shishi would never do this to me!”

 

In the corner, another young woman in her twentieth year on earth sat with her knees to her chest looking worried even if she had company. Moving her blond hair slightly from her sight, she looked at Botan from where she sat. “We're never getting out of here, are we?”

 

“Oh, I wish we were, sweetie,” Botan sighed, coming over towards the only person she could speak with at the moment to sit down next to her. “But I don't see us getting out anytime soon unless help is sent for us…I lost my communicator so I cannot call Yuske or Koenma.”

 

The young girl didn't bother asking who those people were or who it was she muttered about on occasions being swayed against her. All she could do was pray that the nightmare would soon be over for the two of them. “We have to find a way out, Botan.”

 

“I know, Ashley,” the messenger girl admitted with a dreary sigh knowing that hope at the moment was slightly dim. “And we will…we'll think of something…” It was all the two could do was to comfort the other with a hug, a smile, and maybe even a pep talk of some kind from where they now were being held captive within the desolate church.

 

 

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Leon continued firing at the oncoming villagers until the last one managed to fall to his death, lying there at the officer's feet in a pool of his own tainted blood. Reloading his now handgun that he was reduced to for the fourth time, he looked back at Yuske who had tried to wield the gun he was given but failed quite a few times leaving Leon to do most of the work to show him how it is done. “What do you see that way, Yuske?” Leon asked, seeing and hearing that no more were heading their way.

 

Yuske had ascended the black stairs while Leon guarded the base hoping that nothing would attack the detective on the one job he was sent to do. Examining the door before him, Yuske hurried over to the stairs to call down to his partner, “It's a door of some kind. Get up here and help me open this thing.”

 

Putting away his weapon as all remained quiet minus a few drops of water tapping upon the grungy, blooded floor, Leon helped himself up to where Yuske was standing to find the door he was having difficulty with. “Does it not have a way to open it?”

 

“Do you see any doorknobs on it?” Yuske nearly grumbled, letting Leon take a gander at the door that was before them.

 

“Mind if I take a look at it?” Leon asked, keeping his gaze on the large green orb that held a black insignia on the door.

 

“Be my guest,” Yuske insisted, moving aside feeling that Leon wouldn't have a clue as to how to open it either and they were stuck either way.

 

Seeing that insignia could move, the former officer of Raccoon City took a wild guess and moved it up and then to the left causing the door to swing open for the two. Standing upright once more, Leon couldn't help but eye Yuske with a smirk at his accomplishment to take on a task so simple, making Yuske roll his eyes and head on in the room without a word. Slamming his hand on the brash detective's shoulder, Yuske could only halt, growling irritably at Leon and showing off his demonic fangs for the first time.

 

“What?!”

 

“Quiet and stay behind me,” Leon ordered stepping in front of Yuske noticing that they were in a room of somebody's. “With you powerless and unable to wield that shotgun properly, I need to be up front while you cover the rear. At least you can try to fire that thing at people I don't care get killed.”

 

Yuske couldn't help but jeer at Leon with a smirk, keeping the gun readied as he wondered where they were. Heading to the desk up front, Yuske pulled out the drawers to look inside of them, finding nothing of interest though Leon found a note there upon the bed in the room.

 

“What's this now?” Leon wondered reading the note on red paper while Yuske continued to look around.

 

Yuske looked over at Leon when he found the note upon the bed and got deep in thought at what was written upon it. About to ask what was on it, he stopped when he heard someone just outside the door with his demonic hearing. “Leon,” Yuske whispered eerily, catching the officer's attention. “There is someone outside of the door.”

 

Leon had to pretty much read Yuske's lips since he was speaking so low, it was hard to hear him. Translating what he wanted to say, the American cop got back out his handgun since they had to go that way to get to the church and he didn't want to be taken by surprise anymore. Hurrying over to the door quietly with Yuske covering him from the back, Leon nodded at Yuske waiting for the demon's nonverbal agreement to open the door before Leon flew it open to attack whoever it was just outside only to get the opposite.

 

The Chief of the village grabbed onto Yuske and Leon both by the neck catching the two by surprise even if Yuske had heard the man walking out in the hallway. The two struggling to be put down, the leader of the villagers eventually did so once he saw red consume both their eyes hinting that the deed had been done. Both hired help being thrown back down so they could catch their breath, the Chief loomed over them. “You carry the same blood as us. Nevertheless, you are both troublesome outsiders and if you both become nuisances—the consequences will be dire.”

 

Yuske kept his glare upon the one who dared attack him in such a manner and bared his demonic fangs to the Chief until the man finally left, heading back into his bedroom that the two surfaced from. Getting up and hurrying over to Leon to help him to his feet, Yuske asked, “Are you okay?”

 

“Yeah,” Leon answered, keeping his eyes on the door that was closed to them now. “But, what did he mean by `same blood'?”