Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Resident Evil 4 Meets Yu Yu Hakusho ❯ Chapter 10

Author's Notes: I have decided to up the progress of these chapters. Instead of posting just one, I will post two to get it moving a bit faster to completion. Keep in mind I will only do so with this story. =P

 

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Yuske threw open the door to allow himself inside before waving the others in. The rain soaking everyone through to the bone, Botan and Ashley took care in trying to dry their clothes off at least by shaking the fabric a bit. When Leon made it finally to the doorway, Yuske grabbed onto the officer's arm to pull him all the way inside so he could finally shut the door upon the oncoming villagers.

 

Leon nearly stumbled in, catching his footing in time; he reloaded his gun with a serious frown. “Great, there are probably hundreds converging upon this one location,” he grumbled, looking out the window.

 

“Guh, if I still had my spiritual powers, I could blow them all away with a single shot,” Yuske boasted, his fist pounding against the wall to show his frustration.

 

“It is good to see you both again,” a familiar tone remarked from behind the two young men.

 

The two startled, Leon and Yuske turned around to aim their weapons at Sera. Realizing who it was, the two settled and lowered their weapons. “So, we meet up again, eh?” Yuske remarked, opening his hand to accept the plank Sera had in his hands.

 

“Small world, isn't it?” Sera remarked as he flipped his gun in his hands. His eyes falling upon the two young women that the guys brought with them, he smirked with a brief nod of his head. “Picked up a couple of hitchhikers, did you?”

 

“This is Ashley Graham, the President's daughter, and this is Botan, the messenger girl for Koenma,” Leon explained.

 

“You ask for God's help, and he sends a messenger girl,” Sera joked as he looked at the apparition from the table in the center of the cabin.

 

Botan could only grumble with an annoyed look dwelling in her eyes. She pointed at the man she hardly knew to try and comeback at his remark only to have Yuske intervene from the door he was guarding.

 

“No, he sent me,” Yuske corrected.

 

Leon looked out the window, drenched in the downpour. He could see the torches just barely outside in the rain coming closer. “Botan, Ashley, you two need to go upstairs and hide!” Leon ordered to the two girls.

 

“Come on, Ashley,” Botan insisted, grabbing onto the young girl's wrist to head up the stairs so they could do so. The girls' feet beating against the wooden stairs, they made it to the upper level in hopes of staying out of the way.

 

Sera showed off his gunman skills once more by messing with his gun, his back soon against the wall at ready. “Okay, it's game time.”

 

Yuske listened to the villagers outside, he tilting his head back to look up at the ceiling before he gazed at the other window on the other side. “They are going to surround us. I will fight them off on this side. Sera, you would be better off at the staircase.”

 

“Apparently he is a war general too,” Sera scoffed lightly as he remained at his post, which he took.

 

“I will take the staircase,” Leon sighed, scratching the side of his head with the butt of his gun. Making it to the staircase, he sat upon the third step to be a safe distance from the annoyed, former Spirit Detective. He was aware that Yuske wasn't very found of him at the moment with all things considered, but Leon felt he just had to make Yuske understand if they were to make it out of the situation alive. “I know you're beyond angry at me, Yuske,” Leon began, “seeing as you refuse to believe destroying your friends is the best option.”

 

“Beyond angry isn't the term I would use,” Yuske grumbled as he watched the villagers head for them.

 

“Yuske, I know how hard it must be, but trust me, they are better off dead,” Leon reiterated. “Back when I was in the Raccoon City police force, there was a worse type of virus that hit the town. It reanimated dead bodies and made them into mindless, blood thirsty, slaves within their own body.”

 

Yuske pretended as though he wasn't listening from where he was stationed. It was hard, however, for him to try and excuse the story Leon was trying to tell him.

 

“They would come in herds and just tear apart a non-infected within a matter of sections,” Leon sighed at having to remember it. “People I would have worked beside, I had to shoot down.” He paused for a moment with a subtle hum in thought. “So don't tell me I don't know what I am doing and that I have no heart to do what I do. Right now, we have to try and get out of here alive with those girls, or the whole world will suffer. I am sure your friends would rather we destroy them for the sake of others, than damn everyone else.”

 

A bang upon the door shifted the duo's attention towards the only door in the cabin. Their guns loaded and ready, they both aimed them over where Sera was located.

 

“If you two are finished with your story time, I hate to announce this, but they are here!” Sere announced as he started shooting through the window once the glass shattered upon the force the villagers placed upon it.

 

One of the windows near Yuske was broken by one of the villagers, allowing that villager to grab onto his shoulder. Releasing a swear word at the sudden grab, he grabbed onto the wrist of the intruder to toss him over onto his back upon the wooden floor.

 

Leon watched the action from where he remained on the staircase. He didn't hesitate in shooting the monster within the head quickly, only to watch the head burst to release a whip like creature from the torso. “What the hell is that thing!”

 

“Use a flash grenade!” Sera demanded quickly as he continued to try and fight off the ones on his side. “Hurry!”

 

Yuske aimed his gun at the whip like creature, releasing several bullets within it. The plague wasn't phased as it sliced at Yuske's legs. He jumped back a bit in time, the whip like plague slicing his right pant leg. The fabric cut in no time at all as well as a bit of his skin, allowing his blood to bubble forth. “God dammit!” He swore, trying to fight off the other villagers trying to get in while watching the plague trying to continue to slice at him. “Somebody throw a damn flash grenade!”

 

Leon dug into his pocket for another flash grenade he managed to find during his hunt for Ashley when he was solo. When he released it, the grenade emitted a painful glow to those who were infected. The parasite exploding from its worst enemy, Leon covered his face with his arm to keep the creature's remains from getting on him. “Yuske, are you injured?” He asked over the commotion, taking out another gun he could use with one hand so that he could backup both Yuske and Sera.

 

“It's worse than the bear trap, but I will manage!” Yuske answered as he watched the villagers gradually start to overwhelm them in numbers. “There is no way in hell we can keep them all off!”

 

Leon hated to admit it but Yuske was right as he watched the numbers increase. He backed up the stairs to allow room to those fighting within the cabin. This is impossible, he thought. The sound of the windows upstairs breaking caught Leon's attention over the gunfire and groaning of the infected villagers. “Oh, no,” he murmured to himself.

 

“They are breaking in upstairs,” Sera announced as he hurried over to the staircase where Leon was. “We have to get up there now!”

 

“The girls are up there!” Yuske grumbled as he shot down another villager, who dared tried to attack him. Not wishing to waste another moment, the former detective ran up the stairs, followed by Leon and then Sera. Once he made it to the upper level of the cabin, he hurried over to the first window to push the ladder back to knock off the villager before running to the next one.

 

Leon and Sera stayed near the staircase to try and prevent the villagers from below from making it to the top. Leon continued to pull out a few flash grenades in his possession to toss down the stairs over Sera's head to blind them or kill those who were decapitated.

 

Botan and Ashley remained within the closet that was upstairs, huddled together through the commotion. Botan flinched and jumped every time she heard the guns go off and the blood splatter upon the walls. It made her stomach churn in dismay. “Don't worry,” she whispered, “we will get through this.”

 

Through the downpour and the onslaught, two shadows stood in the back to watch how it was all going. The hooded man stood next to Mendez wore a serious frown upon his face. “They are doing quite well,” he mumbled in disappointment. “This is what happens when Saddler allows so many against him to roam free.” He turned to the village chief with a deep growl in the depths of his throat. “If they get a hold of they key you have, they will be one step closer to Saddler. If you do not hold them off, it will be your life, so keep that in mind.”

 

The chief merely nodded in agreement; unfazed by the words he was spared. He watched as the hooded being left him to handle the problem with the villagers, who were under his main control. The sight of the others being slaughtered didn't deter him, but he knew he had to keep some alive if they were to help him keep the group from reaching the castle. He released a loud call to those surrounding the cabin to call them away from the scene before leaving it himself.

 

The villagers soon stopped in their attempts to take down the three men, who were standing in their way. They looked about the cabin walls at the sound that rang within their ears. Obediently, the villagers retreated from the cabin as quickly as they came, leaving the three gunmen confused.

 

Leon ran over to the nearest window to watch through the heavy rainfall as the villagers dispersed. “They are leaving,” he announced, reloading his gun for the tenth time.

 

Yuske headed down the stairs quickly to watch as the ones on the lower floor left as well. “Well that is odd. What called them off?” He wondered with a cock of his brow.

 

“Let's not question our good fortune,” Sera insisted as he followed after Yuske with Leon behind him.

 

Botan opened the door of the wooden closet to allow herself out into the aftermath. The smell of the contaminated blood overwhelmed her senses. “Oh good gracious, that is disgusting,” she hissed in dismay as she helped Ashley out after her.

 

“Come on, Botan,” Ashley whispered as she stepped over the many bodies on the floorboards. “The guys must be downstairs, and I don't want to be up here alone.”

 

Botan didn't hesitate in following down the steps with Ashley taking the lead. The bewildered men in sight, Botan tilted her head in confusion. “What is going on? Are they gone?”

 

“Fortunately,” Yuske answered, gazing over at the two young girls.

 

“So what do we do now?” Sera asked, edging closer to the broken door in caution.

 

“The bridge we crossed to get here is out,” Leon explained with a shrug and an added sigh. “So, I guess we have no choice but to keep moving.”

 

Sera seemed to stem off into his own thoughts during the conversation. He turned to the others with a brief wave. “You guys go ahead—I forgot something.” With that said, Sera quickly headed out of the cabin.

 

“Luis,” Leon mumbled under his breath. Confused at Sera's actions, he merely shook his head. “I guess we best head onward. Apparently we are causing quite a stir if they sent so many villagers after us.” He took the lead as he headed on outside of the cabin to be free of the blooded area.

 

Yuske followed behind the officer with the girls close behind him. The storm refusing to lighten up, the soaked detective made it to the device, which kept two doors closed. “Now what?” He asked over the storm.

 

“Apparently we have to open one of the two gates,” Leon answered.

 

“So choose already!” Ashley demanded. “The rain is freezing!”

 

Yuske and Leon both looked at one another with a shrug. “Right path?” They both asked in unison. “The right path!” They agreed as the two opened the right path together. The wheel turning at the force of the two men, the right passageway opened up under the lighting that flashed across the sky.

 

“It's open, so let's go,” Botan insisted from where she was shivering.

 

Yuske grabbed onto Botan's wrist to keep her close by as Leon did the same for Ashley. “Come on; let's get out of here before more come in to welcome us.”

 

“Somehow I doubt there will be anything easier down this corridor,” Leon pointed.

 

“Thanks for the buzz kill,” Yuske grumbled as he headed down the path set before them.

 

“Ashley, Botan,” Leon began as he looked at the two girls, “stay behind us and be aware. I have a bad feeling about this area…”

 

Yuske merely rolled his eyes at Leon though was cautious regardless as he headed down the rocky path. The mountains towered over them on both sides. It made chances of climbing to escape nearly impossible considering how steep they both were. Cabins littered the right side and were empty but held a few boxes. He spied the door, chained, at the end of the passageway.

 

“There is the end!” Yuske exclaimed quietly as he dashed towards the door to examine the chains. He pulled upon the silver chains with all his might only to be reminded of what he lost. “Dammit, it is locked.”

 

“Stand back,” Leon advised as he readied his gun.

 

“Leon, Yuske, look!” Ashley shouted, pointing behind them.

 

Yuske and Leon both turned around at Ashley's urgent request to see a giant beast, which towered over them, heading right in their direction. “Holy hell, that thing is huge!” Yuske exclaimed with his gun aimed at the beast.

 

“It's an El Gigante,” Leon hissed through his teeth. “Yuske, shoot the boulder up there on the ledge! I will take care of this door!”

 

Yuske ran quickly into the fray to aim up at the weak ledge that was holding onto a boulder. It took a few bullets to finally give way to the stone held high above the passageway they were within. He watched as the beast roared in dismay at the boulder blocking his path. Knowing it wouldn't hold him for long, Yuske turned on his heels to try and head back to the others only to flinch in pain from the plague that attacked him earlier at the cabin.

 

“Hurry up, Leon!” Botan advised once she witnessed Yuske's pain.

 

Leon aimed his gun at the chains across the door to blast it open before kicking the door open into the next part of the area. “Come on! Botan, go on ahead with Ashley,” he ordered before pushing her forward gently. “I will take care of Yuske.”

 

The girls hurried onwards with Leon running forwards with his gun firing rapidly at the El Gigante, which threatened to stomp on Yuske. The beast wailing in agony from the bullets that pierced his skin, it didn't stop him from continuing forward. The American officer grabbing onto Yuske's arm, he helped the wounded detective past the door he managed to knock down.

 

“I can handle myself!” Yuske grumbled as Leon continued to be his crutch regardless.

 

“Yeah, I could tell,” Leon answered as he tossed his `sidekick' over his shoulder. “Keep firing at him!”

 

Yuske aimed back at the oncoming beast, firing rapidly upon it, watching it kneel in agony to show the plague rip right through its back. “Hurry, he is down!”

 

Botan and Ashley made it to the last door only to find it locked and in need of a key to open it. “We need a key!” Botan panicked as she realized that these chains had a larger lock on them. “Leon, Yuske, we need a key!” She yelled back at the men.

 

Leon put Yuske back down on his feet before directing him towards where the girls were. “Go and protect the girls! I will go find that key!”

 

“You better watch it out there,” Yuske said quickly as he limped towards the others. “I am not going to waste my time scraping you off of that giganto thing's foot!” He covered the girls as he knelt down on one knee.

 

The American officer ran towards the small cabins lined on the left of him eagerly. The giant beast getting up from the pain he was once in started to stomp forwards once more, crushing some of the cabins as he did so. Running into one of the cabins nearby, Leon threw about some of the items inside to hunt for a key. “Key—where is the key!” When he was unable to find the key in the cabin he ran into, Leon ran out of that one and into the next only to see that the giant monster was coming closer towards him.

 

“Leon!” Ashley shrieked from where she was waiting.

 

“Yuske, you have to help him!” Botan exclaimed, shaking his shoulders.

 

Yuske growled at the thought, but knew she was right. If Leon was crushed by the beast, he would have to handle two females on his own and all the traps that would be thrown at him. “God dammit,” he swore irritably as he ran forward with a limp in his step thanks to the injury he obtained. Aiming the gun of his at the El Gigante, Yuske fired several times to try and make the beast slow in movement so that he wouldn't stomp on Leon, who was in the cabin the monster was about to destroy. “Leon, get your ass out here!”

 

“I have to find the key, or we are doomed either way!” Leon smart mouthed back. Throwing the items in the cabin he was within everywhere, he finally found the key that had to open the chains on the door. “I found it!” He shouted before rolling out of the cabin just in time as the El Gigante's foot came crashing down on the small building.

 

“HURRY!” Yuske yelled as he ran out of ammunition.

 

Leon rushed towards Yuske, grabbing him by the shirt collar to drag him quickly towards the entrance. “Botan, catch!” He shouted, throwing the key to the sky blue haired, messenger girl.

 

Botan grabbed the key, which was thrown at her, and quickly worked on inserting it properly into the lock. “Come on, come on,” she whimpered in fear at the monster coming closer.

 

With the El Gigante several inches away, Botan finally managed to open the door and run through with Ashley to allow way for Leon, who was dragging Yuske. The beast was unable to follow them, leaving the group safe on the other side of the mountains. Yuske collapsed with a sigh of relief there upon the ground, where Leon had dragged him. Leon released the former detective's shirt collar to catch his breath with his hands upon his lower thighs.

 

“Thank God,” Leon mumbled with a wipe of his brow. “Those things are terribly difficult to bring down.”

 

“You're telling me,” Yuske grumbled, looking at his gun with a sigh as he forced himself to stand with Botan's help. “I am out of ammunition at trying to save your behind.”

 

“Then what are you waiting for?” A familiar voice asked from just further down the road. The black coat wavering in the thunderstorm and shielding the masked merchant from the relentless rain could be seen just beyond the curve of the road. “If you are looking for more guns and ammunition, I have just what you be needing.” The merchant watched as Yuske limped forward with Botan's help. “Hey, I have just what you will need there to fix that leg.”

 

“Joy,” Yuske grumbled as he ambled forward.

 

From afar, on top of the towering mountains, the hooded man, who watched the previous fight with the chief, stood in the shadows once more to watch the events down below. “This is becoming impossible,” he muttered under the wind and rain. Turning on his heels, he ran past the gondola at a blinding speed down to the torture shed. “Where is that beast?”

 

When he was unable to find who he was looking for, he invited himself into the torture shack. The items used for torturing betrayers or weaklings hung from the ceiling and some piled upon the floor, he gazed about the shed cautiously with his piercing red eyes, which showed his infection. His heightened senses catching the person he was hunting for out of the corner of his eye, he jolted slightly in awareness. “It's about damn time. What the hell do you think you're doing down here?” He asked in hissing anger.

 

The chief stepped forward out of the darkness of the shed, towering over the hooded occultist. “They will be heading this way. I know by now that the villagers are not strong enough to hold the two off. But trust me, they cannot make it into the castle without the key I hold,” Mendez announced sternly.

 

“If they make it into the church, their heads will roll!” The occult member growled. “I don't care what Saddler thinks, they have gotten much too far.”

 

“It would not be wise to underestimate Lord Saddler,” the chief remarked with a simple nod as he made his way to the other side of the shed. “If you do so, you will regret it.”

 

Scoffing at the idea, the member left quickly through the window, to get back out into the thunderstorm. “If things were to go my way, they would be dead a long time ago,” he said to himself. Snorting irritably like an angered stallion, he headed off back towards the entrance of the church knowing it would be there he would have to wait for his old pal, Yuske.