Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Resident Evil 4 Meets Yu Yu Hakusho ❯ The Swamp Battle ( Chapter 7 )

The one villager asked by the right hand demon of Lord Saddler hurried out to the quarry area as he was instructed to as he searched for the next demon they had experimented on and locked up because he too had become too disoriented to allow loose in the village area or anywhere else.

 

Spying a few villagers already lined up just outside of the area where the demon was contained, the man waved at them, “Has the American cop and detective finished off the Shishi demon?”

 

“We have not heard word of what is going on,” another villager responded in their own warped sounding tone. “But it matters little, for the next demon should take care of him.”

 

The demon they were referring to was watching through the cage they had placed him in though it was not enough to restrain his powers, but the threat of what Saddler would do to him was. Grunting angrily as he listened in on the conversation, the demon snorted slightly allowing an icy like vapor to expel from his nostrils before causing the clouds above everyone to bellow in a thunderous warning. A bright bolt of lightening shot down quickly near the gathered villagers caused them to quickly silence and jump back at the demon's `playful' attack on them. Throwing his head back and cackling at their surprised look and the fear he could now smell and thrive off of, the hidden demon banged his palms upon the wooden pillars that towered over him to create the cage that meant little to him.

 

“Jesus,” one hissed silently, eyeing the area where the demon was being kept hidden. “Are you sure we should release such a dangerous beast?”

 

“I should hope not,” the messenger responded, his eyes remained upon the door concealing the wild demon. “But it matters little—these creatures rule over us as second in command when it comes to Lord Saddler. So we should watch ourselves when we release this one if it comes to that.”

 

 

 

Shishiwakamaru continued to laugh at the ghosts swarming about Leon, causing the officer to growl in anger, turning his shotgun right at the demon's chest where his heart was located before firing. Seeing the move taking place, the lavender haired demon quickly dodged the attack on him in such speed that surprised Leon.

 

“Hu—where did he go…!” Leon wondered aloud to himself in bewilderment as he looked about the area quickly.

 

“Why so surprised?” Shishi asked with a wide, evil like grin as he eyed the cop from another part of the floating wreckage just beside the mystified American. “I am an S class demon after all with speed and tricks you haven't seen.”

 

Looking over his shoulder to find the demon squatting there close by, his face nearly right up into his own, Leon frowned at the demon's agility, though not wishing to admit that it frightened him. “That does not mean I will not try to take you out, no matter what it takes,” Leon threatened, cocking his shotgun and aiming it at Shishi's heart once more.

 

Shishi looked down at the gun pointed directly at his chest, not flinching or budging for the time being. Shifting his eyes back into Leon's, the demon grabbed onto the barrel of the gun with, what seemed to anyone else, little effort to hold onto it and lift Leon up with it to have the officer dangling soon before his sight. The moaning spirits continuing to howl and slither about Leon's body and Shishi's cut the silence between the two as Leon struggled to get his gun back, unable to believe the demon's strength.

 

The demon tilted his head slightly to the right with an inquisitive look on his face before shifting it into a complete demented looking grin. His long black, blooded nails reaching for Leon's face prompted the cop to close his eyes as he knew it was pointless to attempt to attack such a powerful beast. Shishi could only revel in the fear pheromones granted to him before shoving Leon back down in the boat with his shotgun in total.

 

Grunting from the push into the motorboat, Leon couldn't help but topple off of the boat he took as he fell into the murky water for a moment. Coughing from the sudden intake of the water when he resurfaced, Leon embraced the side of the motorboat he had parked nearby the powerful demon, pulling some of his now damp hair out of his face so he could eye the creature with a growl.

 

“You're too easy to kill by my hands alone,” Shishi remarked in an insulting tone, tapping his finger upon his cheek as if to be in thought whilst the moaning spirits gradually vanished from whence they came. “So—,” here Shishi floated right before Leon using his energy, kicking him in the face to make the man release the boat and slip back into the water once more, “—I will just let you say hello to my little friend instead!”

 

Blacking out a moment at being kicked at quite the force from the demon, Leon eventually opened his eyes underwater to realize what was going on and to catch himself before his body drifted further into the swamp water. He was about to head back up to confront the demon that did this to him, but halted in doing so when a piece of the scenery seemed to move abruptly. Eyeing the moving landmass with a squint, Leon couldn't help but jerk his head back and panic slightly whilst swimming quickly to the topside once realizing that the landmass was actually the large beast that he saw take in the officer's body earlier.

 

Taking in the air he was denied underwater, Leon threw his head back with a loud gasp. Hearing the loud roaring and arise of the sea beast, he couldn't help but look over his shoulder to see the monster surface for a moment before going right back under. Since Leon didn't want to be eaten by this creature, he quickly pulled himself onto the motorboat unaware that the anchor that fell from the boat was now caught in the flipper of the giant sea beast until the boat took off without his say so, following at a distance behind the lake dweller.

 

Shishi couldn't help but laugh manically at the pediment that Leon was now in as he called out to him, “I hope you and my El Lago have fun! I trained him myself!”

 

Leon could only grumble at these turn of events before noticing a pile of harpoons within the motorboat he acquired. “This should do the trick for that monster,” Leon replied to himself before rearing his hand back to toss the harpoon and nail the creature right in the back, the beast screeching in pain from the attack before going under to avoid another if there was ever one to come.

 

His smirk turning into a serious frown, Shishi saw that if the creature was hit enough times with those, it would take no time in faltering. “Oh, no you don't,” Shishi grumbled, getting out his sword to power up his Banshee Shriek.

 

A shot was soon fired, the bullet piercing through Shishi's right shoulder. The blood now seeping from the wound caused the demon to hiss in a wide-eyed expression as he peered over his inured appendage to see the older former Spirit Detective standing on the dock with his TMP gun readied for multiple firing if it had to come to that. “Why don't you pick on someone your own strength?” Yuske asked sounding furious though he was angry at the situation the Shishi he once knew was now placed in.

 

Ignoring the pain dealt him previously, Shishi turned towards the defiant detective with a scoff. “Well, well—you survived the villagers after all. I should have expected as much concerning what a pathetic race they come from.”

 

Looking over near the dock when the shot was fired, Leon called out to the man, ignoring the position he was in for a moment, “Yuske!”

 

“Be smart for once, Yuske,” Shishi chuckled, coming closer to the detective with his demonic speed though not close enough to be shot once more. “We both know you are not going to kill me. It's against everything you stand for.”

 

Yuske swallowed hard as he kept his gun readied, showing signs of submission over what the horned demon was telling him being it was all true. He knew it wasn't Shishi's fault for doing this—there was no way he wouldn't do such a thing unless threatened or brainwashed. Flexing his fingers a moment on the gun he held, Yuske nodded at Shishi with his frown remaining where it was, “I am not going to kill you—I refuse to. But I will peg you down if need be so I can get the others.”

 

“You either walk past here over my dead body, Yuske, or I dance on top of yours,” Shishi remarked morbidly, raising his hand off to the side a moment, as if to halt the sea beast from attacking Leon any further so he and Yuske could talk. “So, which will it be?”

 

“I am not going to kill you, Shishi,” Yuske repeated, shaking his head slowly as if showing doubt.

 

“Yuske, don't be an idiot!” Leon called over to the detective from where he was trapped out in the swamp water.

 

Hearing Leon's remark, Yuske switched his attention over to the American cop for a moment.

 

“He's not the demon you once knew, so just kill him!” Leon demanded aiming his own shotgun at the demon's back where he was situated.

 

“I cannot kill him no matter how evil they have made them,” Yuske retorted back, shifting his focus back on Shishi who wasn't moving from his perch upon the debris a good bit away from Yuske and Leon both. “I refuse to end his life like this!”

 

“How about we do it this way then, Yuske,” the lavender haired demon began. “Either you kill me and walk through, or—,” snapping his fingers once, the large lake dweller resurfaced with another mighty roar, capsizing Leon's motorboat thanks to the body of the beast ramming into it and throwing the officer far from his vessel. “—or your American friend suffers the price and dies by the jaws of my Lake Dweller. Your choice.”

 

Switching between Shishi and the El Lago with his EMP gun, Yuske eventually huffed with frustration before putting away his gun to dive into the water quickly. Swimming for Leon, who couldn't get to his motorboat thanks to El Lago heading from that direction, Yuske eventually got to the officer's side before witnessing the open jaws of the lake dweller.

 

“This fight is over!” The demon remarked in glee.

 

“Agreed!” Yuske smirked, grabbing onto his EMP gun just in time to start rapidly shooting at the El Lago within the mouth to make the monster release a cry of agony before disappearing gradually into the water that would now be his grave. Shifting his attention over at the angered Shishi, Yuske pointed his gun over to the demon in a threatening manner. “Now—what is your choice?”

 

Shishi's shocked expression downed into a serious frown as he thought about what his fate was to be now. “Fight me now and we'll see who wins. Without your Spirit Gun, Yuske, you are powerless.”

 

“You sound doubtful,” Yuske pointed out, not faltering this round though it was difficult with all things considered. “I still have my strength and demonic speed and all I need is that to take you on.”

 

The sword Shishi kept beside him at all times quickly came from its sheath as the demon dashed towards Yuske and Leon. “I will not be defeated this way!”

 

A gunshot was fired as the bullet released caught the demon unexpectedly right in the chest. When Yuske saw the sudden pause in Shishi's attack as well as the surprised pain written all over his face, he quickly looked over at Leon to notice that the American cop had fired his shotgun to take out the demon regardless of what either one wanted. Shishi dropped his sword within the murky swamp water before collapsing himself into it face first not expecting the other human to attack him and get in a good shot at the pace he was going.

 

Seeing his friend drop and sink into the water before them, Yuske panicked as he released Leon, “Shishi!” Yuske swiftly dove underwater swimming as fast as he could towards the sinking Shishiwakamaru before finally looping his right arm underneath his friend's underarm so as to pull him upward to the surface.

 

Leon made his way to the motorboat he was thrown from previously, shaking his head to get the water out of his russet hair before turning it back around to pick up Yuske who now had also surfaced with Shishi's body. Grabbing onto Yuske's free hand, he pulled the detective on board, only able to frown at the body he brought with him as he was wondering why Yuske would bother.

 

Shishi inhaled sharply to take in the air he was denied earlier though it was difficult to breathe concerning where he was shot. Blinking a few times, the demon's once red eye colored turned back to normal. “Yuske,” Shishi replied in a rasping breath, “I am sorry…”

 

“What the hell happened to you guys?” Yuske demanded to know, trying to keep Shishi alive and well as he took off his coat to place upon the demon's bleeding chest.

 

Leon steered the boat over to their next destination, listening in on the conversation though his back was turned to them.

 

Struggling to stay alive after the unexpected bullet wound to his chest, Shishi shook his head from side to side whilst he closed his eyes to flinch at the pain. “I—I don't know…they injected us…parasite…”

 

“What—Shishi, you're not making any sense,” Yuske remarked trying to make sense of the demon's dying words.

 

The demon's fingers suddenly tensing up whilst he appeared to be choking on his own blood, Shishi's body finally relaxed indicating that he had died as soon as Leon made it to the other dock across from the large swamp.

 

“Shishi…?” Yuske called softly, grabbing onto the demon's shoulders to shake him gently. “Shishiwakamaru, wake up! Don't die on me!”

 

“Yuske,” Leon began with a serious sigh, “it's over. The guy is dead.”

 

Yuske could only look angrily up at Leon as the American departed the boat, acting as though his own friend's death was nothing. It angered the detective as he got off shortly after Leon so he could push the cop in the back to show he wasn't happy. “How could you do that to him and then treat him like it is nothing?! Shishiwakamaru was my best friend and you killed him!”

 

“Yuske, he was brainwashed!” Leon retorted angrily in return, pointing in Yuske's face. “He was infected with something and you should be thanking me! If it hadn't been for me having the guts to shoot him and end his life, he would still be under someone else's control!”

 

“There is always a way to get around the infection he could have had beyond killing him!” Yuske growled, clutching his fists.

 

“Stop living in a fantasy, Yuske,” Leon remarked harshly as he reloaded his shotgun. “The only way to save your friends, who are obviously working under somebody, is to shoot them clear in the chest or head.”

 

Having to think of doing that to anyone caused Yuske to unexpectedly charge at Leon to punch him clean across the face with his fist though only using a little bit of his strength so as not to kill the officer, “You bastard!”

 

The impact of Yuske's fist caught Leon by surprise and forced the officer to fly off to the left before bashing his side into the nearby house nearly blacking out from the attack, but managed to shake it off. Wiping the blood dripping from the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand angrily, Leon gradually pushed himself to his feet to eye Yuske. “Don't start with me, Yuske. We shouldn't even being doing this concerning all the nuts nearby.”

 

Yuske didn't care to listen as he aimed his gun at Leon, prompting Leon to do the same to show he wasn't afraid to take down the detective if need be. Using his demonic speed, Yuske disappeared before Leon before reappearing in his face with the gun pointed at the left side of Leon's skull. “You kill my friends, and I will kill you—understood?”

 

“I cannot promise that, Yuske,” Leon responded honestly, aiming his gun at Yuske's chest.

 

Before Yuske could make anymore threats at his temporary partner, he started to show signs of vomiting. Pushing away from Leon quickly, Yuske placed his hands upon his thighs before bending over to vomit a bit upon the dock, coughing within his hands harshly shortly afterwards.

 

Leon was about to ask Yuske what was the matter before he too started coughing and feeling nauseous. Pulling his hand back from his mouth Leon saw spots of blood splattered upon his hand and witnessed from the hazy view that Yuske as well was bleeding from his harsh coughing. Sensing his body about to shut down, Leon hurried into the nearby house before collapsing upon his knees and then his front before finally blacking out.

 

Yuske tried to follow after the officer, but was unable and just passed out in clear view upon the dock from whatever it was attacking his body.