Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ The Tournament ❯ Byakko's Cousin: Bayoko ( Chapter 23 )

Byakko's Cousin: Bayoko

Kuwabara arrived in time to see the dust clear. At one end of the arena, Freya lay unconsious in the crowd while of the other side, Yusuke lay in the crowd struggling to rise.

"1…2…3…4…5…6…7…8̷ 0;9…10! And it's a double lose! Niether team gains a point! Teams choose your final fighters."

Kuwabara stepped forward. He had to gain back his dignity. The only way to do that was to fight the final round and win. His opponent was a tiger demon with silver stripes.

"The final round will be Kuwabara versus Bayoko Ginsen."

Kuwabara studied his opponent carefully. This tiger guy looked strangely familiar. It was like he had seen him before but he couldn't quite recall where. He had fought so many demons now that this demon could be anyone. Scratching his head he waited.

"Ready? Begin!"

"Tiger Dance!" Bayoko cried as he produced a whip created from a chain. Slowly he began to turn as the whip circled around him. The energy around him picked up and bands of light burst from him. The rings of light flew from him and soared towards Kuwabara.

Kuwabara quickly called upon his spirit sword and as the rays smashed into him they were sliced in half keeping him from harm. Kuwabara smiled when he saw this result. It would hopefully be this easy throughout the battle giving him the win.

Bayoko began to chuckle as Kuwabara easily deflected his attack. The human had no idea that he was meerly playing with him. Bayoko knew very well the strength that the human possessed. His own cousin, Byakko, had been the one to experience the power of this human. And even though he hadn't liked his cousin at all, blood was still thicker than water.

"How could you have stopped my attack?" Bayoko mocked, "I could have sworn that that attack alone would destroy you."

Kuwabara felt the power rise from the tiger demon. Bayoko was trying to make him drop his defenses. Kuwabara growled under his breath. He wasn't going to allow himself to be tricked like that. He was going to have to use his brain in order to win this because the cat was going to try and trick him any chance he could.

Running at full speed, Kuwabara raised his sword into the air and brought it down upon Bayoko. Bayoko brought his claws up just in time to block the attack. Kuwabara jumped back attacking over and over.

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Yusuke awoke to find that he had been moved to lie next to his team. Sitting up he looked up onto the platform and found Kuwabara fighting a tiger demon. The idiot seemed very determined to beat this guy. Kuwabara knew something that the others didn't.

"Hey you guys how's Kuwabara doing?" Yusuke asked.

Sasha turned to him, "Very well actually. He realized that Bayoko was playing with him very early on. It is quite difficult to see that when facing a feline demon."

"Oh okay. So he has a good chance of winning this?"

"Yes a very good chance."

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Kuwabara lept back once again. Bayoko had tried every claw attack he had in order to attack. However each attack had quickly turned into a defense in order to not be sliced by Kuwabara's Spirit Sword. Bayoko growled in frustration. This human was stronger than he'd realized. Much stronger.

"Tiger Storm!" Kuwabara was instantly surrounded by hundreds of tigers formed from lightning. Each tiger ran around him trying to move forward and attack before retreating once more. Kuwabara managed to deflect each blow but he knew that he couldn't continue doing this for long. He had to think of some way to break free.

Bayoko watched the human struggle to find a way to break free. He smiled to himself as he remembered that there was no way to break free unless the victim could destroy all of the tigers at once. This task would be impossible for the human since the only attacks he had were sword attacks. The round would be over shortly.

Kuwabara watched all of the tigers cautiously. He realized that the only way to break free would be to play a trick of his own. So he dissolved his sword and waited. Just as he suspected Bayoko took advantage of this and had his tigers attack all at the same time. Quickly he powered up.

"Spirit Shuriken!" The rays of light flew at the tigers destroying all of them before they flew at Bayoko. As they smashed into his body he flew off the platform into the wall behind him.

"1…2…3…4…5…6…7…8̷ 0;9…10! And Kuwabara is the winner! Team Urameshi will move onto the next round against Team Akumu!" Tamashi cried as Team Akumu walked through the doors, "There will be no break so team captains will you please step forward and decide your terms!"

Noe stepped forward and met Yusuke in the ring, "Listen I don't care who fights who but I want to fight Sasha."

"Fine by me." The cat demon walked away with her white hair flowing behind her.

Kuwabara replaced Yusuke on the platform. He knew that this would not go well but he had to fight. His team needed him right now.

A lanky man with dark hair with red highlights met him in the middle. His skin was a dull gray and reflected none of the light around him. He wore a black t-shirt with a smiling gothic fairy upon it and black fighters pants. He stood there with emotion wiped clean from his face and eyes.

Next Time:

Hey it's the great Kuwabara and I am fighting with little power. I know that I should be regaining my strength but I have to fight, even if I lose. In this fight I am up against a guy who is another half demon who's mother was a shadow demon. Will I survive a fight with this guy? Find out on Half Demon; Half Strength.