Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Rock My World ❯ Beginning Of The End ( Chapter 27 )

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DC-chan: Only a few chapters to go until this fic is COMPLETED!!!-right MCT? *looks around* MCT? *TV appears out of nowhere and turns onto the news channel*

News Lady: This just in, DC-chan’s muse, MCT, has been KIDNAPPED!! *TV disappears*

DC-chan: WHAAAAAAA?! O_o

Disclaimer: Eh, if I owned YYH then I would be awesome. But I’m already kinda awesome, but I don’t own it…therefore if I owned it I would be AWESOMER!!!

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Chapter 27 Of Rock My World

Beginning Of The End

Sagan approached Genkai ever so slowly, like a hunter about to pounce on their prey. His eyes gleaming maliciously as the impending doom of all Ningenkai and Reikai loomed over head like a dark storm cloud. He knew that this was just the beginning of things, the beginning of the destruction.

Rika pushed herself up against the wall behind her. A minute ago she had wanted to rip the old woman’s head off, but now she feared for her own life while her other thoughts lingered on her daughter, Kira. She could see the thing that had her daughter’s body, but wasn’t her daughter. It was like looking at a mutation gone wrong and she felt like vomiting as skin peeled by itself off of the body revealing rough youkai skin beneath it.

Genkai’s eyes were quivering ever so slightly. Why did it have to come to this?

“You don’t really intend on fighting me do you hag?” Sagan sneered as if the prospect of actually fighting Genkai was a joke to him. “I know for a fact that you hardly have any spirit energy left in that old withered body of yours, I can sense it.” With that he put his hands out in front of him and a soft green light surrounded them and the ground began shaking. Vines sprouted out of the ground and tried to wrap around Genkai’s legs, but she swiftly jumped out of the way.

“What the hell?” Rika shouted hiding under the busted table while shivering. What has Obaasan gotten my Kira into?

“Plant manipulation…” she muttered ignoring the young woman. She had known only Kurama and other animal youkai to be capable of that, but after all Sagan was the Sage of Earth so therefore plants obviously fell under that criteria. Genkai then jumped up again and kicked him across the face knocking him off balance so she could follow through with a punch to his lower jaw.

He stood his ground however with that smug grin still plastered to his face as if she was merely a bothersome fly. Sagan wiped a trickle of blood from his lower lip with the back of his hand, “Looks like the hag still had some fight left in her.” He summoned up more vines which Genkai once again easily avoided.

“When will you learn moron?” She yelled as batted away a tendril that shot out at her. “That didn’t work the first time so it won’t work this-”

She was interrupted by a shrill scream from behind her. Genkai quickly turned around to see Rika wrapped up in vines and squirming as she tried to break free.

Shikyo-sama will be angry with me if this drags out any longer…Sagan thought as he glanced over his shoulder at the superior youkai who was standing with his arms crossed and narrowed eyes. It was stupid of me to try and drag this out.

“Let her go!” Genkai ordered fiercely.

“Only if you come with us,” Sagan retorted dryly the smile now gone from his face. “I will let her go if you do as Shikyo-sama says.” He clenched his fists and the vines tightened around Rika’s body causing the young woman to scream once more.

Genkai wavered at the idea. What does that Shikyo want with me? Every second I hesitate Rika suffers though…this is not good. Both Rika and Kira are in serious danger and the others will be soon as well once they return to fight this bastard. She dropped her guard and put her hands up, “Only if you promise that woman wont be hurt anymore.”

Sagan looked for Shikyo’s approval and once the dark apparition nodded the vines that tangled around Rika receded back into the floor.

Genkai reluctantly walked over to them wondering if this really was the right thing to do. Leaving Rika here alone might be a mistake, but Genkai was sure she would be capable of informing the others what had happened if she didn’t faint from shock first. Speaking of the others…Where the hell are they?

“You made the right choice,” Shikyo said coldly. “Someone shouldn’t have to die for another’s stubbornness.” He laughed icily as his wine red orbs glinted in the setting sun.

“You speak as if you know everything,” Genkai noted distastefully.

“How do you know that I don’t know everything?” He asked coolly as he grabbed her by her thin wrist and yanked her towards himself. He glared down at her as if she was a mere insect, pathetic and weak. How he loathed humans and how he loathed hanyou even more like the one’s whose body he was in right now. He could sense her emotions still and knew she was aware of what was going on, but was powerless to stop him. He needed to be rid of that pesky human spirit. “But moving on,” his lips twisted into a painful smile, “we must leave this place.” And with that all three of them vanished in the blink of an eye.

Rika sunk to her feet amidst the ruins of Genkai‘s temple, her clothes were now torn from the vines and there were red sore marks around her neck and wrists from them. Tears swelled up in the corners of her eyes, “Kira…” She put her face in her hands as fat globules of tears streaked down her cheeks and her body shook violently with each mournful sob.

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Koenma sat at his desk in that big chair of his, paperwork stacked so high on his desk that he could barely see around them. They had just watched the entire ordeal at Genkai’s temple on that big screen TV in his office with solemn faces after rushing Hosaki and Koyuki into separate recuperation rooms. Koenma was tapping his fingers impatiently on his desk. How the hell was he supposed to know what to do right now? His father would kill him if he found out what had happened.

“So, are we going to fight that bastard or not?” Yusuke asked angrily. Nobody seemed to be doing anything and he hated that. They couldn’t just stand around in this room while everything was destroyed.

“Of course we are Yusuke,” Kurama replied before biting his bottom lip. He didn’t want to admit that he didn’t have a plan yet on how to handle this other then go back to Ningenkai and fight Shikyo head on without knowing what he was truly capable of. For all they knew, it was a battle they might not win.

Kuwabara was standing behind them all twitching with frustration before yelling, “If we’re gonna do something then we need to do it soon!”

Koenma sighed heavily, “It’s not that simple, if Shikyo is as powerful as he’s supposed to be then we have a serious problems here. According to the records in Reikai Intelligence this youkai is extremely treacherous. This will be a very hard fight for all of you.”

“So is every other stupid youkai we fight.” Yusuke pointed out. “What exactly makes this bastard so different from the rest?”

“Well…” Koenma started, “he has a hostage for one. Two to be technical.”

“Two?” Kuwabara tilted his head to one side. From what he saw they only had Genkai and Genkai was one person so therefore his logic dictated that they had only one hostage unless Genkai was two people which she wasn’t.

“Genkai and Kira…technically,” Kurama said hastily. “But what does he want with Genkai?” That was something that had been bugging him for a few minutes.

“Kira had demonic blood in her veins,” Koenma began explaining. “Obviously there is going to be a conflict between Shikyo being in her body and herself. Her demonic blood makes it harder for him to retain possession of her body and use his own youki. In this state while he’s morphing into his true form he will be the most vulnerable to an attack since he can’t fight well while Kira is resisting his complete control. Though he’s not showing it, he is under a lot of strain. Genkai has the ability to expel Kira out of the body entirely and that’s what he wants. So it would be ideal and much easier to fight him in his current condition.”

Kurama’s eyes widened a little, “Don’t tell me you’re saying that we have to…”

Kuwabara scrunched his face up, “What are you talking about?”

Hiei rolled his eyes at Kuwabara’s stupid question. “It means we have to kill Shikyo before he gains complete control of that body and finishes transforming, moron.”

“In other words,” Koenma continued with a stern look on his face. “You need to destroy Shikyo and Kira to stop this catastrophe from ever happening.”

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Genkai felt the cool night breeze against her face. Her gray hair billowed in the wind and her clothes rippled as it blew by. The stars above twinkled and the white moon glowed against the dark velvet sky overhead. Shikyo had taken her to the top of a building somewhere in the city. She had no idea why he would bring her to here of all places. What was with bad guys and standing on top of buildings anyway? Do they think that cliché is cool or something? Or maybe staring down at the innocent people below them brings them some excitement? She honestly didn’t know despite the number of idiots she had dealt with in her lifetime.

“Now,” Shikyo said grabbing her arm.

Genkai arched an eyebrow, “What do you want from me?”

“You must understand the human spirit far better than most, correct?” He didn’t wait for her to nod at this and went on. “I want you to remove this girl’s spirit from this body and any traces of her youki. If you do that then I might consider letting you live for now and see the destruction I’m going to bring upon this place.”

The old woman turned her head away from him, “Forget it.” She didn’t need to think twice about something so stupid and if she did that Kira might be gone forever. She would never use her psychic powers in such a harmful way.

Rage flashed through Shikyo’s eyes as he dug his claws into her arm, “I’m not asking you bitch! I’m telling you!”

“And I’m telling you no.” Genkai answered crossly.

“I’d do as you’re told wretch!” Sagan snapped at her from behind Shikyo.

Genkai didn’t even respond. All she had to do was wait for the others to arrive so they could fight these bastards. So may be an old stubborn woman, but she knew when she couldn’t win a battle by herself. Shikyo wouldn’t even break a sweat when fighting her, but she knew he wouldn’t kill her. He needed her to exorcise Kira’s spirit which she would never do despite what he thought. If he thought he could force her to do that then he was going to get a rude awakening.

Shikyo felt the anger boil within him. Human wretch! How dare she defy me! Inhuman thoughts of torture and slaughtering her crept in through the back of his mind. He could cut off her limbs, peel off her fingernails, rip through her flesh with his claws and make her bleed, but his mind settled on a more sinister way to get what he wanted. “I’ll make you do what I want then.” He signaled a hand sign to Sagan, “Do it.”

“Hai, Shikyo-sama.” Sagan jumped up on the building ledge eager to do what was commanded of him. He closed his eyes and muttered a string of inaudible words before doing some hand symbols then shouted at the top of his lungs and reopening his eyes, “RESSHIN!” At first nothing happened then it hit.

The earth shifted viciously then began trembling. Genkai heard shrieking coming up from people below as buildings started collapsing as the cataclysm went on getting stronger and stronger every second. Even the building that they were standing on was rocking back and forth. She could hear windows shattering and people clambering.

What a rotten trick…she gritted her teeth. How low could youkai get?

She heard Shikyo say over the noise, “Do you want to reconsider?”

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Kira’s eyes cracked open and she pushed herself up. Her head ached, it was like someone had her over the head with a baseball bat a hundred times. She sat on her knees feeling very groggy. Her heart was still pounding in her chest though as if it was going to burst out of her ribcage.

“Finally, you’re awake…” a dark voice said.

“Hm?” She was still dazed, but she regained her senses quickly when she remembered what had happened. “Eh? Where the hell am I?” She was in the darkness again. She hadn’t been in this place since she was training at Genkai’s. She hung her head, “Not this place again…”

“Oh quit your whining.” The voice scolded her.

“Make me.” she stuck her tongue out before standing up. She looked around the darkness, but couldn’t see anything. “Are you the same…thing from last time?”

“Perhaps, but you’ve got a problem Kira…” it told her.

“Yeah, you’re right. I gotta beat the crap out of some youkai asshole and I’m stuck here again. Where’s the exit?”

“I’m afraid you can’t leave on your own this time.”

Kira put her hands on her hips, “Listen voice thingy, I got some friends who need help so I got to get out of here.”

“I know, but things are more complicated this time. You’re not in control of your body anymore, but…”

“But what?” Kira questioned in irritation as she rubbed the back of her neck.

“I could help you, after all we are one in the same.”

“We are?”

“I’m the youkai that lurks within you, the hidden power waiting to be unlocked. The reason why your psychic skills are severely lacking when you should be a natural is that your power, namely me, has been locked up in the shadows of you spirit. But if you release me…I can help you.”

Kira thought that over. This was weirder than last time though it was almost crazy enough to make sense. “If I ‘unlock’ you, will we win?”

“I can’t promise anything…” it said halfheartedly.

Kira shrugged, “That’s better than nothing I suppose. So how do I unlock you or release you or whatever?”

She heard a soft chuckle from within the darkness and she felt something grab her from behind and a hushed voice whispered into her ear, “Give into the darkness. Surrender yourself to the power that lurks inside the darkest places of your spirit because that’s where your true power lies. It lies within the darkness…and all you have to do is embrace it with open arms and no fear…will you?”

Kira gulped. This sounded like some Goth’s poem to her, but if it gave her a chance to help her friends then so be it. Her voice quivered as she spoke softly, “I do…I will.” She felt wind rush over her and her entire body became numb. Her head no longer ached, but she felt a strange sensation that she couldn’t exactly describe in words. It was like something was sucking her into itself.

“There’s no turning back now…”

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“Stop it!” Genkai demanded.

The earthquake stopped almost immediately and Sagan smiled at her, pleased with his method of persuasion.

“I knew you’d comply after that,” Shikyo chuckled darkly.

Genkai lowered her eyelids, she didn’t want to do this, but people were suffering for her inflexibility. The lives of thousands were at stake although by making her choice she was dooming millions, but she needed to buy more time so that Yusuke and the others could get there.

Shikyo let go of her, but before he could say something else his body began convulsing and trashing. He clutched his head as he staggered backwards, “What the?”

Then an androgynous voice escaped his lips, “GET THE HELL OUT OF MY BODY YOU BASTARD!”

There was a sudden explosion of light and Shikyo’s spirit was thrown out of Kira’s body. It hovered in the air stunned for a few silent seconds and it was then that Genkai saw that it had no definite form. It looked like a brown blob with scary red eyes, but then it whizzed past her and hit Sagan. She ran to Kira’s side as the girl almost fell over from exhaustion an caught her before she hit the cement roof.

Sagan looked as if he was having a violent internal struggle within himself as his limbs flailed around, “Shikyo-sama! Why are you doing this?” He fell over onto his knees and then there was silence.

Genkai stared intently. At least he’s out of Kira’s body now, but now he’s in Sagan…this is just getting worse and worse. Sagan is a weak minded fool and will be easily controlled by Shikyo’s overwhelming power. It’s a miracle that Kira was able to do that, but…there’s something different about her now…she studied her granddaughter for a minute. She was getting the feeling of some dark power surging within the young girl. She didn’t…did she release her youki to expel Shikyo? This is going to be another problem.

“Baasan…” Kira grumbled weakly standing up after pushing Genkai away and stumbling forward. She glanced down at Genkai with intensity in her eyes, “I’ll handle this bastard…” Dark energy was coming off of her body and it was then Genkai noticed her demonic features. The tips of Kira’s ears were pointed. Her hair was down to her knees and there three red lines on each of her cheeks. Her nails were now sharp claws and her eyes had changed color…they looked like fire, burning with hatred. This was Kira’s demon form.

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DC-chan: *sobs* MCT WHRE ARE YOOOOOOOOUUUUUU? *suddenly a man with short white hair and black angel wings appears in a poof of smoke* WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?

???: I’m your new muse…

DC-chan: Really? ^-^ You’re really pretty.

???: *coughs*

DC-chan: Your name shall be Seraph because you’re so pretty and sparkly!

Seraph: …I have a pitchfork. I poke things with it.

DC-chan: You’re so cool!

Ehehe…so that’s why I have a new muse now.

NEXT CHAPTER: Final Front (it’s the big battle chapter so it might be quite lengthy or I’ll turn it into two parts if it gets over 5000 words)

THIS FIC IS ALMOST DONE I CAN ALMOST TASTE IT!

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