Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ The Tournament ❯ The Tournament Ends ( Chapter 35 )

The Tournament Ends

There she was practically dancing on their graves as they fought to stay alive. Her prisoners were next Yusuke was sure of that fact. They suffer just as Team Urameshi was now. Baku-Madoushi meant for each and every one of them to die like this. She held no mercy at all. None.

He knees were shaking now as he tried to remain standing. He had to be strong because his team needed him. He had to be strong because Keiko still needed him.

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Hiei growled in frustration. The image before him was too real. And yet there was something wrong with it. Looking at his sister more closely he noticed something strange. Smiling he fell to the ground in surrender.

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Kuwabara began shivering. His friends couldn't be dead. The very thought was just impossible. They weren't that weak, they never had been. Besides they wouldn't be dead while he was still alive. If anything he would have been dead first. This was an illusion.

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Baku-Madoushi stopped her dance. Something was wrong, she could feel that something was not right. Glancing over at Yusuke she realized that it was not him. Nor did the disturbance come from the columns of darkness. Finally she turned to face the blocks of ice. Both still remained as they were. So what was she sensing?

Then she felt it again. One of them was breaking free of her trap. But who? It certainly was not Yusuke, he had basically given up. Kuwabara was about to die and Hiei had fallen to his knees in weakness. That left the two in the ice. It was them, it was Sasha and Kurama. Unlike the others they refused to surrender. Confused, Baku-Madoushi watched as they began to glow. The ice vanished to leave the two members of Team Urameshi standing there flexing their limbs.

"How did you break free?" she hissed.

Sasha smiled, "There is one fatal flaw to that trap of yours."

Kurama took over, "You left our hearts alive and beating."

Yusuke fell to his knees in the spinning ice. He could've sworn that he had heard the voices of Sasha and Kurama. But that wasn't possible. Both of them were trapped in ice. However, he still glanced up to see if it was true. Sure enough there stood both of them moving freely. Yusuke could not believe it. Then he realized something. He too could break free.

Instantly he had his power up to the highest level that he could possibly reach at that moment in time. Then with one huge attack he released a blue light that destroyed every bit of ice around him. Yusuke smirked as Baku-Madoushi turned on him. Slowly her plan was coming unravelled.

Baku-Madoushi hissed in anger when she saw her final two traps fall apart. Team Urameshi was stronger than she thought and that idea annoyed her to no end. Slowly her appearance began to change. Her expression grew colder as her eyes became black. Her claws grew as well as her teeth. Baku-Madoushi had become a truly hideous being.

"You should have died when you had the chance," Baku-Madoushi whispered, "Now you will discover what true torture is. But first I will be kind and allow you to say farewell to your dear loved ones."

Four ice statues appeared with the loved ones of the spirit detectives inside. Each held an expression of fear up their faces from when Baku-Madoushi had captured them. Snapping her fingers, the blocks melted and the four women fell free. None rose from their positions upon the ground.

"There, if I recall correctly they are your prizes if you win this tournament. However you will have to find a way to defeat me first. Oh and I am going to add a new twist. For every five minutes that I remain alive one of your loved ones will suffer for it," Baku-Madoushi threw her head back and laughed, "How does that sound? I think this should be my most entertaining fight yet."

"Then that means we'll have to finish you off before then!" Yusuke cried.

Kuwabara stood beside him, "Yeah! There is no way you are going to hurt them."

"Ahh but that is where you are wrong for I shall make this fight last for at least five minutes. For you see my first victim is poor Kurama's mother. If I recall correctly, she knows nothing of her son's powers. That I can guarantee is about to change," she pointed one long finger at Kurama's mother, "Wake up Shiori. I would not want you to miss this for anything."

Slowly Shiori rose up. When she saw her son she attempted to run to him but found that her way was blocked by a wall of ice. Desparately Shiori pounded upon it to no avail. There was no breaking through. Silently Kurama watched her before turning to Baku-Madoushi.

"If you lay one hand upon my mother you are dead."

"We shall see." Ice flew from her body towards the detectives. They each tried their best to defend themselves but found it nearly impossible. After awhile they were thrown back. Baku-Madoushi began to cackle, "Poor poor Kurama. That was five minutes. Looks like Shiori is going to deal with the consequences of her son's failure."

As blades of darkness flew towards Shiori Kurama froze. There was nothing he could do to save her. Falling to his knees, he reached out for her.

The blades ran through the barrier of ice shattering it completely. When the ice had finished falling to the ground Shiori looked up in surprise. There stood Sasha in front of her. Slowly the cat demon fell to her knees in pain. Shiori crawled forward.

"Why?" she asked.

Sasha glanced up at her, "Because Kurama cares about you. That is something that he does not do often. I am more than happy to help him protect you."

"Thank you."

Hiei rushed forward with his sword. Baku-Madoushi smiled and smashed it into pieces with her staff. Hiei fell back in surprise.

"You idiots!" the ice demon hissed, "I told you that you would never win."

Kurama rose to his feet. They would never win this fight individually. Team Urameshi had to work together. Baku-Madoushi could not be defeated any other way. Turning to Hiei he reached out with his telepathic abilities.

`Hiei! We all have to work together! She knows all of our techniques when we fight against her on our own. Hiei we don't have a choice. Don't let her go after Yukina next,' Kurama begged.

Hiei nodded, `I'll let the others know.'

When each member of the team received their message they froze before nodding. Cautiously, Hiei and Sasha moved forward. Together they attacked. Baku-Madoushi smiled and threw them back. However their distraction had worked.

"Spirit Gun!" The blue light smashed into Baku-Madoushi before she realized what had happened. Quickly she turned to retaliate but found Kuwabara's sword pinning her to the wall. Hiei's jagan eye began to glow as he reached inside her mind. Furiously they fought in a battle of wills.

Kurama took this chance and pulled a seed from his hair. But before he could call upon his own energy to release the contents inside his knees gave out. Kurama had no strength left to use his powers. Then he felt Sasha's hand upon his shoulder. Quietly she fed her powers into him.

Instantly he released the plant from the seed. The huge Blood-Sucking plant turned to Kurama waiting for him to comand it. He pointed to Baku-Madoushi with a shaking a hand. The plant turned on her and flashed forward. Soon it was latched upon her body draining her of her precious blood.

In her last breath Baku-Madoushi gazed upon Team Urameshi and said, "You have been my greatest opponents. Congratulations you have won the tournament."

The ice faded away and the air warmed. The other three women woke from their sleep and ran to their team. Only Shiori remained behind. Then she moved towards her son and gathered him in her arms. It was over. It was finally over.

Next Time:

It's Koenma and the tournament is now over. There is just one more chapter left of this story. Here you will find out what happened to the island and Team Urameshi. So what do you think will happen? Find out on Returning Home.