Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ The Tournament ❯ Half Demon; Half Strength ( Chapter 24 )

Half Demon; Half Strength

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.

"In the first fight of Team Akumu versus Team Urameshi, we will have Nflight Korki against Kazuma Kuwabara! Fighters ready? Begin!"

"Dark Breath," Nflight whispered as a thick cloud filtered from his mouth. It filled the ring with shadows that were indistinguishable.

Kuwabara searched for his opponent in the shadows but found that he could find nothing. Then he noticed something move right in front of him. Quickly he punched but found that there was nothing in front of him. To his right something moved once again. Punching again, he became confused when he found there was once again nothing there.

Nflight smirked as he watched the human fight a none existent opponent. Gathering his energy into one of his fists, he launched an attack that appeared to be fire. However as each blast smashed into Kuwabara's body, they burst into a painful shadow. Kuwabara stumbled and fell to his knees. Nflight removed the shadows just as Kuwabara fell. He was the champion.

But when the shadow was lifted, Kuwabara struggled back onto his feet with his sword glowing in his hand. Nflight growled in frustration. The human was interesting, stupid but interesting. He gathered his energy once again.

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Sasha watched the battle intently before remarking, "There are a lot of half demons in this tournament."

Yusuke looked at her confused, "Who are all of the half demons?"

"You, Nflight, Tony, and Rena," Sasha answered, "Normally it's basically all full-blooded demons or full-blooded humans. Every so often there might be one half demon but it is rare to see four so far."

"How do you know that?" Hiei questioned.

Sasha turned to the small demon, "I have been in many tournaments Hiei, three of which were hosted by Baku-Madoushi herself."

Yusuke's jaw dropped, "I keep forgetting how old demons can be."

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Kuwabara took a deep breath. He knew that there was no way that he could win this fight but Yusuke needed a chance to gain his strength. It didn't matter if he didn't win as long as his team mates could be at full power.

Nflight smiled. Kuwabara would never figure out his weakness and he would waist what little reiki he had left on that stupid sword of his. Using this to his advantage, he called up his power again.

"Shadow Circle!" A dark circle appeared around Kuwabara. Slowly it moved towards him until at a speed even Hiei couldn't match, it crashed into his body. He cried out in pain as this happened but he remained standing.

Nflight frowned as he walked over to his opponent. He whispered another attack as approached in frustration. The scenery changed around Kuwabara to that of Genkai's temple. There on the porch was Yukina happily sweeping. When she noticed him, she smiled and waved. Kuwabara grinned and ran towards her.

But just before he reached her he remembered something. His friends needed him. He was in the middle of a tournament fighting a guy by the name of Nflight Korki. In frustration he began to search for anything out of place. Everything was perfect, just as it should be. Then it hit him.

It was too quite. Anytime Yukina was out sweeping there would be birds all around her. At the moment there was nothing. So he ran straight at Yukina awkwardly. He punched as hard as he could with his eyes pressed shut. His fist connected with a face and he opened his eyes to find that Yukina was fading away to be replaced with the face of Nflight.

The shadow demon went flying until he landed hard just a few feet away. Gingerly he rose to his hands and knees before he fell back down again. Kuwabara stood watching him in confusion. Nflight was physically very weak. One hard, solid punch and he could barely rise. It was one of the flaws of having shadow demon blood.

Tamashi blinked in confusion before raising her microphone to her lips, "Uh 1…2…3…4…5! Looks like Nflight cannot rise! Boy am I glad that I don't have his blood! So Kazuma Kuwabara is the winner! Teams will you please send up your next fighters."

Team Urameshi watched as Kuwabara stumbled off the platform. Who would have thought that a shadow demon's greatest weakness was their minimal physical strength? That had been a lucky break for the weak carrot top. Turning to each other they decided silently that Yusuke would fight next.

When he reached the center of the ring he found a girl with blue hair pulled into a braid, pale grey skin, and blue eyes. Her black ninja robes hung on her loosely as she watched him come forward. She too had shadow demon blood inside her but along with this flowed the blood of a water demon. Unlike her team mate, she was not physically weak.

Next Time:

It's Hiei and Yusuke is about to take on a girl who is half water demon, half shadow demon. She is very much like me when it comes to fighting and her mistrust of others. Unfortunately she can shift between her water and shadow side making her physically strong in one form while she has stronger powers in her second. Does Yusuke stand a chance against a girl who appears to bear to weakness? Find out on The Water's Shadow.