Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Wandering Souls ❯ Time to Bleed pt 1 ( Chapter 5 )
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By: Katzztar 
Kuwabara sends an attack force of the Menboku Yaiba to conftont a group of the Aka Doragon.
Anime/Manga: Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Supernatural / Romance / Mystery / Drama | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 07.18.2004 | Updated On: 02.24.2006 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.7K | Visits: 278 | Status: Work In Progress
Kuwabara sends an attack force of the Menboku Yaiba to conftont a group of the Aka Doragon.
Anime/Manga: Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Supernatural / Romance / Mystery / Drama | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 07.18.2004 | Updated On: 02.24.2006 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.7K | Visits: 278 | Status: Work In Progress
AUTHOR’S Notes=
I decided to translate the gang names into Japanese. I had help with some site that translates English-to-Japanese. I have gone and altered the gangs’ names in the previous chapters, as well as updating them. Yes, it’s worth re-reading it ;) The gangs are=
Menboku Yaiba translates as Honor Blade. (Menboku- face, honor, dignity, credit. Yaiba – blade, sword) I had a difficult time on deciding which to use for the Honor Blades. There more than several choices for those two words. Each word had several meanings. I already showed the meanings for Menboku, here are a few examples of the other choices= ona- means honor / ichibun means duty, honor / giri = duty, sense of duty, honor, decency, courtesy / Bure-do means blade. There were some others too, as you can see, it was not an easy choice. -Menboku Yaiba has been around since the 1950’s and have a fierce and bitter rivalry with Aka Doragon.
Aka Doragon translates to Scarlet Dragon. (Doragon means dragon. Aka have several meanings: scarlet, red, bloody; aka also means dirt, filth (therefore I felt it really fits LOL)) -Aka Doragon has been a rival with Kuwabara’s gang for a long time, since the 1950’s.
Supaida no Yoru translates as Spider of the Night; they are commonly called Night Spiders. (Supaida means spider, Yoru is night.) -The Supaida no Yoru have been around for only ten years.
TAKE NOTE! - In this story, I will sometimes mention aniki, translation= elder/older brother. From what I have read on the Internet, senior members of street gangs are called aniki.
WANDERING SOULS
A crescent moon shined down on the city’s rooftops, illuminating two different figures. Kuwabara stood on the ledge of an apartment building, watching as a faction of his gang make their way to a small, abandoned theater where ten of the Aka Doragon are currently dwelling. “That will keep those dragons…entertained ... long enough for me to talk to one of their aniki.”
As Kuwabara jumped down from balcony to balcony to the ground below, he didn’t notice the hidden figure two rooftops away. The mysterious figure in the shadows kept his energy tightly bound and as hidden as he was. Although he is one that usually does not to fall to curiosity, recently it has gotten the better of him. Wondering what Kuwabara is up to; he reaches for the back of his head, searching for something hidden by his hair.
--Down on the street—
The old theater is not in the best of neighborhoods; the only people ever to go the abandoned building are members of the Aka Doragon. That is why when pedestrians saw a dozen members of a rival gang slink down the road, they ran away in fear. Word has gotten out about Supaida no Yoru and Aka Doragon joined together for the surprise attack. The local neighborhoods of the gangs have been waiting in fear of a retaliation attack. The Menboku Yaiba has waited for two weeks and now is the move.
Amaya Taki watched as the young couple ran out of an alley with fear etched on their faces. When his girlfriend, Aida Reiko, shook her head negative, Taki then gestured to the rest of the gang to leave the couple be. Reiko had a photographic memory, which helps to remember the faces of rival gang members. The entire gang depended on her to recognize if a person was an enemy or an innocent bystander. After all, they are the Menboku Yaiba, the Honor Blades. They believe that it is unacceptable to carelessly endanger innocents. Unlike the Supaida no Yoru who do not care about injuring innocents, in fact their initiation involves a mugging. And the Aka Doragon often say that ‘if people can see that two gangs are about to rumble and don’t run away, they deserve to be hurt for their stupidity.’
From his vantage point, Taki saw that Kano and Manzo were ready by the front double doors. Reiko had taken Kishi and Roka to the back door. Makoto, Kaya and Danno Toru crouched down beside the eastern window while Aki, Montaru and Toshiro took the western window. A glance at his watch told Taki that Reiko still had two minutes to make certain they get into position at the back door. However, it was only thirty-four seconds after he looked at the time when his beeper gave three silent buzzes. That was it, Reiko’s signal that she was in position. After sending his own signals to the others, then called Kuwabara, to say they are in position. Taki silently joined the group at the front doors. Silence reigned for the count of ten, and then all hell broke loose.
Kano and Manzo, almost as big as Kuwabara, easily kicked in the doors. At the same time both of the large windows were busted in. From the three forced entries swarmed in the Menboku Yaiba. “Here there be dragons… TO BLEED!” Montaru screamed as he ran to the nearest enemy, his sword raised with the aim of beheading the dragon.
The Aka Doragon, Kenjiro, reacted quickly. Theirs was not the only sound of steel meeting steel. A thunderous riot filled the large room as one topless female member of the Dragons ran to the back. As she entered the farthest room, the one with the backdoor, she tripped. Looking at what lied at her feet, she saw the bloodied remains of two of her gang. One had his throat slit while the second had been stabbed in the heart.
“So Maiya, I see you’re still doing your little strip tease for the boys.” At the sound of that condescending voice, Maiya looked up to see her hated rival, Reiko.
Jumping to her feet quickly, Maiya reached into her boots, pulling out two butterfly knives. “Well, well, if it isn’t the ‘honor’s bitch’. Hello Reiko, it’s been too long since we exchanged shivs.” Nothing more was said as the two went in for the kill.
--Meanwhile, a couple of blocks away—
About the same time as the gang descended upon the theater, Kuwabara stood outside a local house. From the shadows of a few trees he watched as a solitary silhouette made its way in the living room. All the other rooms were dark, but Kuwabara already knows that Benjiro is nearly alone, his family left yesterday to go to Europe. Kuwabara’s reikan told him that there was a second presence in the living room, just out of sight. He heard the silent call from Taki, only his street gang knew he often used telepathy. That was Taki’s signal, that it is time. By the count of ten, Taki’s group will engage the group of Dragons at the old theater. They are the only ones close enough to help Benjiro.
Although he has used telepathy around the other Spirit Detectives, they think it was a fluke. Urameshi most likely thinks that Kuwabara can only do that in life or death situations--that is if the baka even remembers that Kuwabara has telepathy. To date, he has used that ability only twice (well obviously using it, and being noticed) in front of Urameshi. The first time was to contact Yukina when they were rescuing her. The second time he contacted Yusuke, Hiei, Kurama and Genkai with his telepathy when he was fighting against Risho. While the guys were shocked, Genkai, as the Masked Fighter, was not. In the rush of the following events, it seems that they forgot about the mental contact, for they never brought it up. Of course, Kuwabara never did either. It is best that few people as possible knows what he can really do, that means he can surprise his enemies in battle.
A quick look told him that Benjiro is sitting in the living room. With a nudge of telekinesis, Kuwabara opened the backdoor. He made his way through the house silently as a ghost. Not once did he go through the wrong door or turn down the wrong hallway, thanks to his reikan. Within three minutes Kuwabara was standing in the shadows of a hallway leading into the living room, hiding behind a hideous statue.
~~TBC~~~
Shivs- that is what Kuwabara called knives in the manga. The time where the Saint beasts were using Makai bugs to mind control humans, when they first confront Kuwa& Urameshi and pull out knives= Kuwabara says they're already pulling out shivs.
Menboku Yaiba translates as Honor Blade. (Menboku- face, honor, dignity, credit. Yaiba – blade, sword) I had a difficult time on deciding which to use for the Honor Blades. There more than several choices for those two words. Each word had several meanings. I already showed the meanings for Menboku, here are a few examples of the other choices= ona- means honor / ichibun means duty, honor / giri = duty, sense of duty, honor, decency, courtesy / Bure-do means blade. There were some others too, as you can see, it was not an easy choice. -Menboku Yaiba has been around since the 1950’s and have a fierce and bitter rivalry with Aka Doragon.
Aka Doragon translates to Scarlet Dragon. (Doragon means dragon. Aka have several meanings: scarlet, red, bloody; aka also means dirt, filth (therefore I felt it really fits LOL)) -Aka Doragon has been a rival with Kuwabara’s gang for a long time, since the 1950’s.
Supaida no Yoru translates as Spider of the Night; they are commonly called Night Spiders. (Supaida means spider, Yoru is night.) -The Supaida no Yoru have been around for only ten years.
TAKE NOTE! - In this story, I will sometimes mention aniki, translation= elder/older brother. From what I have read on the Internet, senior members of street gangs are called aniki.
WANDERING SOULS
CHAPTER 5 TIME TO BLEED pt1
A crescent moon shined down on the city’s rooftops, illuminating two different figures. Kuwabara stood on the ledge of an apartment building, watching as a faction of his gang make their way to a small, abandoned theater where ten of the Aka Doragon are currently dwelling. “That will keep those dragons…entertained ... long enough for me to talk to one of their aniki.”
As Kuwabara jumped down from balcony to balcony to the ground below, he didn’t notice the hidden figure two rooftops away. The mysterious figure in the shadows kept his energy tightly bound and as hidden as he was. Although he is one that usually does not to fall to curiosity, recently it has gotten the better of him. Wondering what Kuwabara is up to; he reaches for the back of his head, searching for something hidden by his hair.
--Down on the street—
The old theater is not in the best of neighborhoods; the only people ever to go the abandoned building are members of the Aka Doragon. That is why when pedestrians saw a dozen members of a rival gang slink down the road, they ran away in fear. Word has gotten out about Supaida no Yoru and Aka Doragon joined together for the surprise attack. The local neighborhoods of the gangs have been waiting in fear of a retaliation attack. The Menboku Yaiba has waited for two weeks and now is the move.
Amaya Taki watched as the young couple ran out of an alley with fear etched on their faces. When his girlfriend, Aida Reiko, shook her head negative, Taki then gestured to the rest of the gang to leave the couple be. Reiko had a photographic memory, which helps to remember the faces of rival gang members. The entire gang depended on her to recognize if a person was an enemy or an innocent bystander. After all, they are the Menboku Yaiba, the Honor Blades. They believe that it is unacceptable to carelessly endanger innocents. Unlike the Supaida no Yoru who do not care about injuring innocents, in fact their initiation involves a mugging. And the Aka Doragon often say that ‘if people can see that two gangs are about to rumble and don’t run away, they deserve to be hurt for their stupidity.’
From his vantage point, Taki saw that Kano and Manzo were ready by the front double doors. Reiko had taken Kishi and Roka to the back door. Makoto, Kaya and Danno Toru crouched down beside the eastern window while Aki, Montaru and Toshiro took the western window. A glance at his watch told Taki that Reiko still had two minutes to make certain they get into position at the back door. However, it was only thirty-four seconds after he looked at the time when his beeper gave three silent buzzes. That was it, Reiko’s signal that she was in position. After sending his own signals to the others, then called Kuwabara, to say they are in position. Taki silently joined the group at the front doors. Silence reigned for the count of ten, and then all hell broke loose.
Kano and Manzo, almost as big as Kuwabara, easily kicked in the doors. At the same time both of the large windows were busted in. From the three forced entries swarmed in the Menboku Yaiba. “Here there be dragons… TO BLEED!” Montaru screamed as he ran to the nearest enemy, his sword raised with the aim of beheading the dragon.
The Aka Doragon, Kenjiro, reacted quickly. Theirs was not the only sound of steel meeting steel. A thunderous riot filled the large room as one topless female member of the Dragons ran to the back. As she entered the farthest room, the one with the backdoor, she tripped. Looking at what lied at her feet, she saw the bloodied remains of two of her gang. One had his throat slit while the second had been stabbed in the heart.
“So Maiya, I see you’re still doing your little strip tease for the boys.” At the sound of that condescending voice, Maiya looked up to see her hated rival, Reiko.
Jumping to her feet quickly, Maiya reached into her boots, pulling out two butterfly knives. “Well, well, if it isn’t the ‘honor’s bitch’. Hello Reiko, it’s been too long since we exchanged shivs.” Nothing more was said as the two went in for the kill.
--Meanwhile, a couple of blocks away—
About the same time as the gang descended upon the theater, Kuwabara stood outside a local house. From the shadows of a few trees he watched as a solitary silhouette made its way in the living room. All the other rooms were dark, but Kuwabara already knows that Benjiro is nearly alone, his family left yesterday to go to Europe. Kuwabara’s reikan told him that there was a second presence in the living room, just out of sight. He heard the silent call from Taki, only his street gang knew he often used telepathy. That was Taki’s signal, that it is time. By the count of ten, Taki’s group will engage the group of Dragons at the old theater. They are the only ones close enough to help Benjiro.
Although he has used telepathy around the other Spirit Detectives, they think it was a fluke. Urameshi most likely thinks that Kuwabara can only do that in life or death situations--that is if the baka even remembers that Kuwabara has telepathy. To date, he has used that ability only twice (well obviously using it, and being noticed) in front of Urameshi. The first time was to contact Yukina when they were rescuing her. The second time he contacted Yusuke, Hiei, Kurama and Genkai with his telepathy when he was fighting against Risho. While the guys were shocked, Genkai, as the Masked Fighter, was not. In the rush of the following events, it seems that they forgot about the mental contact, for they never brought it up. Of course, Kuwabara never did either. It is best that few people as possible knows what he can really do, that means he can surprise his enemies in battle.
A quick look told him that Benjiro is sitting in the living room. With a nudge of telekinesis, Kuwabara opened the backdoor. He made his way through the house silently as a ghost. Not once did he go through the wrong door or turn down the wrong hallway, thanks to his reikan. Within three minutes Kuwabara was standing in the shadows of a hallway leading into the living room, hiding behind a hideous statue.
~~TBC~~~
Shivs- that is what Kuwabara called knives in the manga. The time where the Saint beasts were using Makai bugs to mind control humans, when they first confront Kuwa& Urameshi and pull out knives= Kuwabara says they're already pulling out shivs.