Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Rock My World ❯ Resurrection ( Chapter 25 )

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DC-chan: What will happen in this chapter?

MCT: Weird stuff, like always…any fighting?

DC-chan: *twiddles fingers dumbly* Perhaps…

MCT: What diabolical scheme are you plotting now?

DC-chan: WORLD DOMINATION! *waves banner*

MCT: Freak.

Disclaimer: I own NOTHING! ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! NIL! NADA! Except for my awesome OCs…

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Chapter 25 of Rock My World

Resurrection

Kira had barely winced at the words Kokuei had said. Not that they hadn’t bothered her, they had. Completely destroyed sounded far worse then the iron maiden. The problem was that she was totally numb yet aware at the same time despite her blood loss. Every time the thin string tightened around her she only felt the sheering pain for a few seconds before it subsided.

Where the hell’s Kurama?…she thought sullenly although did it really matter anymore to her? Had he ever mattered to her as much as she wanted to believe? Or was she just hoping that someone actually liked her for her. No one else ever had…

The red P.E. shorts were itchy and the white t-shirt with the elementary school’s name imprinted in bold black letters on it looked like a dress on her small frame, reaching down almost to her knees. Her black hair was drawn back into a high messy ponytail with stray strands. She was in the gym with her class and she had just bent down to tie her shoelace when a volleyball came out of nowhere and hit her in the head sending her sprawling forward.

Snickers were heard around the gym and giggling spread like wild fire. Like a contagious disease that went from kid to kid in a matter of seconds, infecting the dark humor in their mind in taking pleasure in someone else’s embarrassment.

“Sorry!” A tall girl with bushy brown hair who was named Donna came over to her. She picked up the volleyball and eyed Kira sympathetically, “Is your head alright?”

Kira rubbed the top of her head where the ball had struck her, “Oh, it’s okay…” She pushed herself up and looked up at the other girl. Kira stood up and brushed off her shorts, trying to act as if the cheap shot hadn’t phased her at all. The last thing she wanted to appear to be in front of her peers was weak and delicate although she looked the part. Normally she would have retaliated and would mouth off to whoever was giving her a hard time. Normally was the key word, she was the new kid now after just switching schools for the first time. Besides, Donna had never been mean to her before or anything like that.

Donna seemed truly apologetic, “I didn’t mean to spike it at you. Really, it was an accident.” She hugged the volleyball to her chest then walked back over to her friends.

Kira watched as Donna was then surrounded by a group of friends who instantly began laughing and joking upon her return. Some slapped each other high fives and it was then Kira had realized that it hadn’t been an accident. Donna had done it on purpose just for the sake of fitting in.

“You hit her right in the head!”

“Bulls eye! I didn‘t think you had the guts to do that!”

“Perfect shot! I thought you would miss!”

Donna shrugged serenely obviously feeling a little bit bad, but glad that she wasn’t at least the target for her peers jokes anymore.

The next day, Kira was expelled from her new school for punching Donna in the nose and breaking it. There had been blood all over her fist and Donna‘s face, but she didn‘t care. She wasn‘t a pushover and she never forgave someone for humiliating her…

I’m an idiot, a total complete idiot. Who cares about my life anyways? I’m just…her train of thought was interrupted by the sound of an explosion at the entrance of the room. She heard some rubble crumble and give way, but she hadn’t the strength to look up and see who it was.

“Okay!” Kuwabara boomed, “Where the hell is Kamiyama! You bastards better not have done anything to her!”

Sagan chuckled enigmatically and wrung his hands, “There’s nothing you can do for that girl! Don’t you get it? Soon her body will become a vessel for the ultimate power.” He laughed even more manically and louder.

“The ultimate power?” Kuwabara and Yusuke asked in unison being as out of the loop as they were unlike Kurama who began having a faint idea of who the ultimate power could be.

“Hai,” Sagan nodded arrogantly. “The ultimate power, the youkai of life and death, Shikyo. Thought most call him a youkai of death because he didn‘t really have any compassion for life you could say.”

Kuwabara’s face went blank before he turned to face Kurama, “Shikyo?” He didn’t like the sound of that name at all, it meant death.

Kurama knew the name, but why would they revive that beast? Now it made sense, but he was far too powerful to come under the control of any living being in existence. That’s why his power was sealed away and hidden. Koenma had enlisted Toshihiro’s help in that area, but he knew that Koenma had never intended for this to get so out of hand. “Shikyo was one of the first youkai,” Kurama explained in a rush. “Very powerful, very dangerous…had control over all the aspects of the elements. He was sealed away a long time ago by Koenma, Toshihiro and some human psychic. That’s about all I know, Shikyo was far before my time.”

“Ah,” Sagan had amusement written across his smug face. “The kitsune knows his youkai history, good.” The earth dragon didn’t feel any reason to fear the Reikai Tantei, they were so close to reviving Shikyo that it hardly mattered if they interfered with the plans or not. However he glanced wearily at the moon overhead. “We only have a few minutes now until it is time and our powers are unleashed…I’m afraid I don’t have time to fight you now.”

Kokuei sighed heavily. “I’ll handle this,” Kokuei stepped forward in front of Sagan. Sagan bowed in recognition of Kokuei’s desire and went to his platform where he was encased in a dark green light while Kokuei stared intently at the intruders, the Reikai Tantei excluding Hiei who was busy at the moment fighting off demons that were trying to come up the stairs into the Spirit Temple to prevent any further complications.

“So, who’s in the mood to be pummeled?” Yusuke asked. His lips curled into a smile, “I guess only the Goth’s in the mood, everybody else is too chicken. Is that it?”

“Don’t flatter yourself,” Kokuei warned in a quiet voice. In a flash his wings spread out to their full wingspan which was huge. The black feathers glinted the red sky due to the fact that the Tantei had basically destroyed half of the wall so now the room was exposed to the outside. “It only ensures a quicker death.”

Yusuke was about to step forward, but Kurama put his hand on his shoulder to stop him, “Allow me to-”

“Forget it,” Yusuke said sharply. “I’ll handle this. Just get Kira out of here.”

That’s easier said then done, Kurama thought inwardly but didn’t dare say it aloud.

Kokuei stood still for a moment, his eyes began darkening and the shadows seemed to grow blacker. A deep purple aura emitted from him and flickered before turning black like the shadows. His hair was fluttering from the energy his spirit was giving off. His fingernails grew into claws and his eyes narrowed. The black angel like wings shed its feathers to reveal demonic wings much like Sagan’s, but with spikes on the tips and bulging veins. White horns protruded from his head and curled in on themselves like a ram’s.

During this transformation, Kurama and Kuwabara had rushed past him towards Kira.

“Kamiyama!” Kuwabara exclaimed as he knelt next to her. He reached out to pull the black strings that were cutting deeply into her skin off of her, but the second he touched them they sent a high voltage shock through his body. “ITAI! Kurama what are those things? And what the hell is that Kokuei guy turning into?”

Kurama inhaled deeply trying to keep his composure, “Those things are demon hair, much worse then regular string. And I believe Kokuei is turning into his true form…” He must really want to fight, I didn’t think he would pull something like this. Very unexpected.

Yusuke lunged to punch Kokuei, but the sage moved out of the way and countered by trying to slash Yusuke’s neck with his claws. Yusuke moved just in the nick of time to avoid any serious injury, but he still got his skin grazed by the sharp claws.

Kokuei then whipped around and tried to hit Yusuke with his wing, but Yusuke was already a step ahead of him and decked then followed that up kicking the demon in the back. However, Kokuei blocked Yusuke’s next incoming punch then elbowed the boy in the chin knocking him backwards and skidding across the floor.

Yusuke sat up slowly, he could feel Kokuei’s eyes scanning over him. He wouldn’t give that demon any satisfaction in thinking that he could defeat him. He wiped his chin and pushed himself back up onto his feet.

“You should just give up now,” Kokuei noted in a bored tone of voice despite the demonic undertone.

“Forget it sideshow freak!” Yusuke shouted back throwing another punch and connecting with Kokuei’s left cheek. Yusuke grinned, but it quickly disappeared when he noticed that Kokuei had barely flinched on the impact of the fist hitting him.

Kokuei smirked and gathered dark energy into his palm, it started swirling in his hand and he placed his hand on Yusuke’s forehead and blasted the teenager back into the rubble.

“This is your last warning before I stop holding back,” Kokuei informed him. He hadn’t hit Yusuke with his youki hard enough to kill him, but just enough to give the boy a sample of what he was truly capable of.

“Damn! Urameshi is getting his ass kicked!” Kuwabara commented as Kurama was trying to figure out what to do about Kira’s situation. “This is looking bad, Kurama!” He pumped his fist into the air. “What are we going to do?”

“Kira…” Kurama whispered in a concerned voice. She didn’t seem to have heard him because she didn’t even respond. He reached his hand forward to touch her, but he jerked it back when he remembered he would be shocked if he touched the hair or her body. What was he supposed to do? What could he do? He wanted to do something, but he couldn’t. She couldn’t hear his consoling words or even the soothing sound of his voice.

Thoughts weren’t even registering in her mind at this point. Only blurs of feelings, it was like she was slowly draining away. Like how a bathtub drains, bit by bit until every last drop of what was there is gone and it is then empty. Hollow. Unfilled. Gone.

Yusuke clenched his fists, this guy was just toying with him. Kokuei wasn’t even taking the fight seriously although he was fully transformed. Yusuke was going to have to pull out all the stops for this fight. He saw Kokuei concentrate more energy into his hand.

“Stubborn baka,” Kokuei sneered. This time the energy snaked along his arm and ripped off of his shirt sleeve. He cringed his fingers then raised his arm confidently and then energy began twisting around his upper arm faster and faster. He furrowed his brows and yelled, “BAKUHA NO KUMORI!” The dark energy shot forth at an insane speed.

Yusuke barely had to time to blink, but quickly rolled out of the way. He then pointed his index finger at Kokuei, “REI GUN!” Blue spirit energy shot out of his finger at a stunned Kokuei. Yusuke hadn’t taken the time to aim. He hoped he had at least made a hit. There was a blast sound and then there was smoke.

It seemed to take an eternity for the smoke to clear, but Yusuke was soon able to make out Kokuei’s slumped figure. The sage was clutching an injury on his shoulder where Yusuke’s spirit gun had hit, blowing a chunk out of him. Kokuei felt slightly stupid for thinking he could take on the spirit detective and acquiring such an injury.

It would be wise to back off…he took a step back before gasping in pain.

Yusuke appeared pleased with himself, “What were you saying earlier about me quitting?”

“Yeah Urameshi!” Kuwabara cheered over enthusiastically and making a v-sign with his over hand. “You show him!”

Kurama sweat dropped, “Now’s not the time to gloat Yusuke…”

It was during this time period of Yusuke taking pride in his small triumph and Kuwabara egging him on that no one noticed Kokuei swagger over to his platform around the hexagon until it was too late. Now everything was in motion and a thunderous sound was heard as the ground that Kira was on rose a little bit higher. Dark shades of rainbow lights blasted forth from the six gathered sages, conscious and unconscious. They swirled around Kira creating a cyclone of colors that blurred into white.

Something inside of Kira switched on. Her mind was functioning again, she could breath now, but something was wrong. It started out as a small prickly feeling then grew and grew. It was like something was moving, no, crawling beneath her skin. Seeping into every corner of her body that she was aware of. Then it happened. Pain exploded through her system as if someone was peeling off her skin. She put her arms in front of her as she let out a blood curdling scream. She felt her body contort and bend in ways that it shouldn’t be able to and the hair began burning through her flesh, she could smell it.

“Kira!” Kurama yelled her name while shielding his emerald eyes from the light.

Abruptly, everything stopped. The light vanished and Kira’s frame was seen suspended in mid air before falling to the ground right in front of Kurama. Kurama saw the burn marks on her arms and the dried blood that covered her body. She hadn’t deserved any of this pain, it wasn’t fair for her to suffer through this.

Kuwabara made a move to get closer to her, but Kurama put his arm up and shook his head solemnly, “I wouldn’t advise you to get any closer to her. When she awakens…she won’t be Kira anymore…”

Yusuke gulped, finally being serious. “You mean…”

“She’ll be Shikyo,” Kurama finished for them.

They saw her eyes crack open, instead of their usual brown color they were wine red. Her hair was in a disarray and was swept all over the place. She sat up on her knees as if nothing had happened, but her eyes were focused on her hands that she held up a few inches away from her face. Her shoulders began shaking violently and a cruel laugh escaped her lips. She the threw her head back and her creepy laughter bounced and echoed off what was left of the walls.

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*Bakuha no Kumori= Blast of shadows

DC-chan: Okay, I haven’t done one of these in ages…just to lighten the mood a bit.

*~*~Omake Theatre Part #4~*~*

BLOOPER REEL OF ROCK MY WORLD!

Kira: *has a mohawk* HEY KURAMA! Like my new haircut?

Kurama: Uhh…

Everyone: *blink, blink*

Hiei: *dressed up as an Umpaloompa* WTF?

Kira: NYA! He’s so cute! Must…take…pictures! x3

Kuwabara: AHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Yusuke: DOOD, he looks like he’s on crack!

DC-chan: Eh, Kira. You were supposed to put him in an elf costume…

Hiei: *eye twitching*

Yusuke: You have to train at Genkai’s Kira because if you don’t…I’ll show everyone NAKED pictures of you!

Kira: *blushing*

Kurama: *smacks Yusuke*

Kuwabara: Oi! I wanna see them!

Toshihiro: *has a nosebleed from just thinking about it* Ohoho.

Kira: *stomps Kuwabara* What’s with all the friggin hentai?

Kira: *staring at Youko*

Youko: *staring at Kira*

Kira: *slowly inches over to Youko while whistling nonchalantly*

Youko: *still staring at Kira*

Kira: *yanks his tail* FLOOFEH! ^o^

Youko: WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?

DC-chan: I’ve always wanted to do that T-T

Youko: o.o;;

END BLOOPER REEL!

That was pointless wasn’t it?

DC-chan: Moving on, I was thinking of doing some short side stories for this fic like further exploring Kokuei’s past (since his diary is pretty much out of the picture for now. I was going to have like a Kokuei past arc, but the way the story was moving along it would make this fan fic stray from the main plot line that is occurring now and add like three more chapters and complicate things for me) if anyone’s interested in that and Kira meeting Yusuke’s spirit beast which will just be a short and silly one-shot. Maybe some side quests that they had during the six month period or what else happened when Kira was at Genkai’s…who knows?

MCT: I have no comments except that you should die.

DC-chan: You just ooze pleasantness, you little ray of sunshine you.

NEXT CHAPTER: Hostile Takeover

SEE YA THEN!

ROCK ON!

Thanks for the reviews!