Hey everyone. I'm in Eastcob Georgia on a cross country teen tour thing. Iwill be back home around Aug. 10. I have the next story written up but I just need to type it which will be done when i come home.
"Talking"
'Thinking'
Telepathic speech
R&R
Avigayil's knees wanted to give in but she wouldn't let them.
"So that's Rando," Botan was amazed.
"Urameshis," Kuwabara spoke, "Are you both ready to fight yet? 'Cause I'm ready as soon as you are."
Genkai and Botan turned around.
"Even when losing consciousness that boy has a one-track mind," Genkai was amused.
'Be brave you two,' Botan prayed, 'At least for Kuwabara's sake.'
The twins were ready to fight but were still tired from their fight with Shorin.
"This is always the hardest part," Rando walked towards the two teens.
The siblings couldn't take it any longer; they dropped to the ground kneeling catching their breath.
"Choosing what technique to use first," Rando reached the twins, "Like a drooling boy in a candy store. Perhaps one of you can give me a good suggestion."
"Shut your mouth," Yusuke spat.
"Go fuck yourself," Avi threatened.
The two stood up and started punching Rando everywhere on his body.
"And here's the kill," they yelled and threw their final punch at his jaw. After this punch they both were extremely tired but stood up proud, "So there."
Rando was unscathed by these attacks.
Avi took in the rest of his Rando's features. He was wearing charcoal colored pants with a red sash as a belt. He had a blue spider tattoo on his forehead with the legs coming down his face to his cheeks.
Rando grinned evilly.
"Oh shit," the twins cried in unison.
"This battle isn't going to last very long if only one half of each of you can still throw a punch," Rando said uninterested.
"What? A half plus a half makes a whole. It would be as if one of us punched you," Yusuke shot.
"Yes but, those punches had absolutely no spirit power. You've gone dry."
"What are those twins thinking?" Koenma asked looking at the screen, "Without the strength of Spirit Energy behind their attacks, they couldn't hurt the ghost of a fly, let alone an expert human-hunter like Rando. The only problem, of course, is a shortage in their supply…and a very high demand."
"Alright, I've just thought of the perfect technique for you," Rando started to raise his spirit energy.
His eyes glowed white and from out of his mouth came something looking like a silk thread a spider would use to weave her web. More came out and started to surround the siblings.
"Well," Yusuke sarcastically said, "How pretty."
Avigayil was observing everything and wasn't so sure of this attack. Though she wouldn't admit this to anyone, she was a tad bit frightened.
"What…is it?" Botan asked.
"That is life-force thread," Genkai explained, "An archaic form of materialized spirit energy, no doubt taken from a very ancient psychic."
The life-force thread now formed a bubble around the twins. Rando stopped what he was doing and cut off the thread. It immediately came to life and was like rubber. It started to attack the twins. Avigayil moved behind Yusuke so they were back to back as she was dodging. The thread latched onto Yusuke and Avigayil's leg keeping the two together.
"Damn it," Yusuke was upset he got caught off guard.
The thread then latched itself into their arms and other leg as well as their waist. This tied the two twins together.
"That's no good," Avi said realizing their situation.
The thread started to come together forcing the twins' bodies to become stiff and stick straight. The life-force thread came together and was like a huge rope with the end being held by Rando. The thread began squeezing their limbs.
"We can't move."
Rando chuckled and made it even harder for the twins to move, "Needless to say I could crush you in an instant, but I'd rather test my techniques. It's been such a long time," the thread increased it hold on the siblings, "This thread is connected to my own energy, and no human efforts can sever it."
"Yeah, we noticed," the twins continued to try to break free, "Seems kind of boring that way."
"Yes, I shall have to add more excitement," Rando started to pull on the thread.
He lifted the thread in the air and started to swing the twins in a circle above his head.
Rando was laughing, "How's this? Better!"
Rando slammed the twins on the ground. He then lifted them up in the air and started swinging again. And throwing them onto the ground.
"I blame you and your big mouth," Avi blamed her brother.
Just then, Rando threw them to the ground again with Yusuke's face in the dirt.
"Is this boring you?" Rando swung the twins around.
He swung them into a tree. Avi's head hit the tree first and broke it.
"Or this?" Rando threw them onto the ground, "What about this?" Rando swung them into a tree, both of their heads breaking the tree together.
"Or this one?" Rando swung them to the ground, "Or this? Or this? Or this? Or this? Or this? Or this? Or this? Or this?" Rando was swinging them around in the air.
He was delighted that his technique was the Spirit Detectives.
"Tell me how it feels humans! I'm dying to know!" Rando swung the twins onto the ground with as much force as he can.
"Goodness, Avigayil and Yusuke truly can't keep up this beating much longer. Genkai, you have to do something," Botan nagged, "Rando's only going to come after you next."
"I won't," she stubbornly said, "Whoever wins this fight is the one I teach, and it would be wrong to interfere with the selection. I'm getting old now. My powers have to be carried forward even if they must stay for a while in the hands of the wicked."
"Listen to yourself. If Rando gets your technique there's no telling how many people he'll kill with it. Innocent lives that you will be responsible for!"
"There are things you do not understand."
"Like what?"
"Progress is what must prevail. It's a story I cannot change."
"No you're wrong."
Rando dragged the twins to a swamp.
"There, you see? It's amazing how indestructible these threads are."
Rando tied the twins to a dead tree limb, which is right above the swamp.
Yusuke was the one who had the privilege to face Rando.
Rando walked up to the edge of the swamp, "So how do you feel?"
"Why do you keep asking?" Avi was irritated. All of her blood was making its way to her head, "We're hanging upside down from a tree! Take a guess! You fag!"
"Ooh, hostile. We're not there yet. I like hostility in a woman…maybe I'll kill your brother to make you a bit more hostile."
"You're not my type."
"Fine then," Rando began chanting.
"Why do I get the feeling he's not just doing that to be cute?" Yusuke asked.
"Because he's not. Duh?" Avi answered.
"I was asking a question that begins with an R."
"Rhetorical?"
"Yeah, that."
The swampy water began to bubble.
"Hey what's cooking?" Avi asked.
"Whatever it is, it's probably nothing compared to Avi's Mac and cheese."
"Aww. Thanks Yusuke."
Suddenly a fish jumped right in front of Avi. She screamed. The water vapor got in her mouth.
"What the hell are those?" Yusuke asked.
"I brought them from the depths of Spirit World. They're called Hate Fish."
"Hate Fish?" Avi asked.
"And through another technique I've created a Trainer Demon. They're controllable and very fierce. Watch!" Rando threw the small demon towards Yusuke.
The demon transformed into a bigger version. Rando's eyes glowed and the demon fell into the swamp. Three giant Hate Fish that had teeth like a piranha and ten purple eyes lunged at the demon.
Yusuke and Avigayil closed their eyes at the massacre. When it was done, they opened their eyes.
"As you can see, they're very hungry. And the demon could defend himself. Imagine if he had been tied up," Rando hinted.
Demon bones started to rise up showing that there was nothing left.
"But enough about that. I want to try a new move I just learned much more recently. The Spirit Gun!" Rando got into position.
Yusuke and Avigayil were shocked.
"How can he…?" Botan started.
Rando powered up his finger and shot it. The blast was going straight towards the twins but just barely missed them and hit a tree.
A scratch came on Yusuke's cheek, as he looked right at Rando.
"That's it! That's the look! You have finally surrendered to your fear."
"That move, he must have learned it simply by watching Yusuke perform it just once," Botan was speechless.
"It was also several times more deadly," Genkai added, "This creature's adaptability and knowledge of the human spirit is incredible."
"It's awful."
"If he does learn my power, he will no doubt take it further than I could ever go."
"The fear-screaming from a victim's eyes," Rando got into a Spirit Gun pose, "Increased power is wonderful, but it's the fear that makes me hunt. You have shown me that fear," the Spirit Gun was charged, "Now die." Rando shot the Spirit Gun at the tree limb.
Yusuke and Avigayil screamed as they fell into the swamp.
"Yusuke! Avigayil!" Botan cried.
'Yusuke and Avigayil Urameshi. Ages 14. survived by their mother and everybody. After going through a big ordeal to get his life back, Yusuke had a brief second chance until he and Avigayil WERE EATEN BY A FISH. That's right! No heroic death. No fighting evil villains. Fish food,' the twins thought together.
This also angered them, "THIS IS SO FUCKED UP!" were their last words as they fell into the swamp.
"Yes, eat all you want my precious Hate Fish," Rando gave permission.
Ever since Yusuke came back to life, Avigayil and Yusuke were able to read each others thoughts, But only if they had the same connection going through their minds. They decided to use it on rare occasions. This was one of them.
'Hate fish,' Avi started, 'What a stupid name.'
"It can't be…" Botan turned to Genkai, "You fool! At least pull them from the water."
Suddenly a blue spirit came from behind Botan and Genkai. Botan didn't know it but, it was Kuwabara's. Kuwabara's spirit flew over Rando and plunged itself into the swamp.
"A soul?" Rando questioned.
As the twins began to go deeper and deeper into the swamp, Avi started to not communicate as much with Yusuke. She was concentrating on holding her breath.
'Right Avi's smaller and doesn't have a big lung capacity. It also doesn't help with her asthma,' Yusuke thought.
The fishes started to go towards the twins, 'Ok Av. Here we go again,' Yusuke warned Avi.
Suddenly Kuwabara's soul surrounded the twins and scared off the fish.
"Urameshi. Hey, I'm talking to you."
"Kuwabara?" Yusuke asked.
"So are you giving up already? You can let go of your breath Avi," Kuwabara added as a side note.
Avigayil let go and started to breathe normally.
"Oh man, you're both such a fucking disgrace. I can't believe I've spent so much time trying to defeat such cowards. Now get out there and fight."
"I can't even move," Yusuke yelled.
"Lame excuse," Kuwabara pointed, "You're only stuck because you can't even see your own energy. You're both idiots."
"Hey, watch it," Avi threatened.
"Go ahead and die with your tail between your legs. Maybe they'll make me Spirit Detective because I'm not such a wuss," Kuwabara laughed and faded away.
Yusuke sat up and grabbed Avigayil's hand and squeezed, "No way!"
The fish were coming closer and closer.
The twins increased their Spirit Energy.
"Dumb Kuwabara!"
The twins were ripping through the thread. It finally came undone.
"This is our job!"
A huge blast of Spirit Energy came from the swamp. Fish parts and swamp vapor was flying everywhere.
"That's Yusuke and Avigayil's energy," Botan observed.
Genkai smirked.
"All they needed was a good insult," Kuwabara muttered.
The two unnatural hair colored females turned around.
Genkai smiled.
Rando stepped on a fish head. He was looking for his opponents, "So much Spirit Power couldn't have come from those children. Their crippled friend must have transferred the last of his energy to them. Oh well, it matters not. Just more time to practice my favorite techniques," Rando got ready for a Spirit Gun, "Though, I still love the idea of killing you with your own attack!" Rando was ready to fire, "Now come out!"
"Yusuke, you will have to breathe soon. Avigayil sooner because of her size," Botan worried.
Bubbles started to appear at one little side of the swamp. Rando shot the Spirit Gun.
"Funny thing about swamps," Yusuke started.
Rando was caught off guard. He had no idea where this boy was coming from. He turned around at the sound of water.
"They're just always connected to another one," Avi concluded.
"Don't talk you two! Just shoot him," Botan smiled.
"And as for our Spirit Gun technique," Avi started, "You're doing it all wrong."
They both increased their energy and put their hands together.
"Do they have enough strength?" Botan wondered.
"Oh!" Rando got ready to fire his Spirit Gun.
"You hold too much back," Yusuke finished.
"Spirit Gun!" they cried in unison.
Blue met red in a heated battle. The red started to overcome the blue. But soon the blue went through the red and hit Rando square in the chest and he fell into the swamp.
Yusuke and Avigayil collapsed as they landed. They were breathing heavily.
"Sure you can use it more than once."
"But you lose the good old stopping power," Yusuke finished up Avi's joke.
"Good shot!" Botan congratulated.
"Do you still think I'm a fool for not taking them out of the fight?" Genkai chuckled.
Bubbles started to rise from the swamp.
'Please be dead,' Avi wished.
'I don't have anything left,' Yusuke thought to himself.
"Ten cheers for our Detective extraordinaire," Koenma declared.
All the ogres were cheering and Koenma was on his desk counting. George interrupted at number four asking, what is that.
"Where? What's what?" Koenma hesitated.
The bubbles started to increase.
The siblings stood up.
"Give me a break," they said, "Damn it."
Rando shot up his energy, which caused all the water in the swamp to evaporate, leaving a giant crater.
In the crater stood a very angry Rando.
"You have caused me pain," Rando threatened with venom dripping off his tongue, "I do not like that," Rando jumped in the air and punched Yusuke in the jaw with some spirit energy. He kicked Avi in the stomach and punched Yusuke and Avigayil one more time each. This left them sprawling on their backs.
"Well, the attack from these children injured me more than I thought. I barely have the energy to destroy them."
"Even though it looks like we can't move right now," Yusuke groaned, "We're very dangerous."
"There's no point in either of us bluffing now," Rando grunted, "Both our bodies are exhausted and our spirits are weak. But I'll still succeed. Because I can reduce your bodies and crush your puny bones like I did with your ridiculous friend."
'He must have gotten me good. I can't even tell if he's talking. Yusuke can't either, I bet,' Avi thought.
"We've already suffered with Kuwabara. I can't bear to watch it again," Botan said.
Rando began chanting the same chant that he used to miniaturize Kuwabara, "Reduction!"
"Soon the world will be a much bigger place for you and you will be afraid. I will make certain of that even if it means ripping your finer one by one," Rando threatened.
But something went wrong. Rando began to shrink instead of the teens.
"It's not right…how am I the one to shrink?"
Two shadows loomed over Rando.
"You're the slave of your own technique," Genkai said.
"Yes, but how?" Botan asked.
"It is physical law that the imbalance of matter created by that technique must be relieved. If there's no victim, then the user goes boom," Genkai explained.
"Are you blind!" Rando shouted, "Those children were clearly my victim."
"Yes. But their body must know that. As with any spoken chant the victim is affected only by hearing it. In this way it enters the brain and reprograms the cells. All a reasonably intelligent fighter has to do is cover his ears."
"But if I didn't know it then how could they?"
Yusuke opened up his eyes and sat up. Avi, whose head was lying on her brother's stomach, sat up too.
"Are you okay?" Botan asked concerned.
"Why is everything so freakin' quiet?" Yusuke asked.
"What? I can't hear you," Avi yelled.
Avigayil and Yusuke felt something in their ears and took it out.
"Swamp algae in my ears, gross," Yusuke complained.
"Mud in my hair and now swamp algae in my ears. This requires a double shower," Avi declared.
"Swamp algae!" Rando shouted.
"You know the mechanics of your stolen techniques," Genkai said, "But without training you'll never know how to use them."
"Shut up hag! All I have to do is reverse the chant-" Rando was caught off by Yusuke's foot.
Yusuke managed to stand up.
Avi giggled," Come on now. You really think he's gonna let you do that? Even at that size I don't have the energy to punch you. I'm sure my brother doesn't either. But he managed to stand up before me. So I'm gonna let him do the honors."
"I guess at this point we can let gravity take over," Yusuke began to fall.
Rando began running as fast as he can. But gravity is faster which let Yusuke elbow Rando in the back.
Yusuke rolled onto Avi's stomach. So that he was laying down on her now, "And that boys and girls is the Urameshi Super Elbow Drop."
"Yusuke, Avigayil," Botan ran over, "You really did it."
"We know, but as much as I like to party, can we wait until tomorrow before we jump around all excited-like?" Avi asked.
"Winner of the Genkai Tournament: Avigayil Urameshi and Yusuke Urameshi!'' Genkai declared.
"Yay!" Botan cheered.
"Well done you two," Koenma congratulated, "In addition to defeating a notorious crook and earning some training for yourselves, you have also shown that I was completely correct in choosing you both as Spirit Detectives, because I am perfect."
"Hey, uh Koenma sir?" George asked.
"Speaking."
"Remember how you said not to bother you while you watched the fight? Well it's caused a little bit of a back-up."
There were piles among piles of stacked pieces of paper that had to be signed.
"Oh, have mercy," Koenma fainted.
Genkai let a special bema out of her hands that was healing Kuwabara.
"I should take Rando back to Spirit World before he wakes up," Botan decided looking at the twins.
"Oh shoot, I was really hoping I could keep him as a pet," Avi was laying on the grass.
Yusuke was sitting up.
"You should take Kuwabara," Genkai suggested, "Now that I've finished working on him."
"What do you mean? Take him to Spirit World?" Yusuke asked leaning on his hands.
"No dim-wit, to his house. I've helped him make a complete recovery."
"Whoa, that Spirit Wave technique sounds pretty cool," Avi admitted.
"I'm glad you approve since you'll be training for the next six months to learn it."
"Nah! We'll have to get back to you on that old lady," Yusuke stood up. He gave his sister his hand and pulled her up, "First we need our real prize; A first-class ticket to Tokyo Dome."
"What? You still remember?" Botan asked holding Rando.
"Chya. You think all this was community service!" Avi raised her voice.
"Sorry you two, but you're not allowed to go," Genkai apologized, "The entire purpose of this tournament was to choose my student or in this case students. Do you really think after all that mess that I'd let you have a choice about it?"
"But my ticket?" Yusuke pointed to himself and Avi, "And her ticket?"
"Yes. You'll need to have someone go in your places."
"But the battle match…" the twins pretended to faint. Yusuke landed on top of his sister.
Yusuke was so bummed. Avi was worried on how the club would be with out her.
"Yusuke…" Botan whined, "…Avi."
"Yusuke," Avi asked, "Yusuke get off. GET OFF DAMN IT!"
No matter what, he wouldn't her off. Not even after she tried pushing him and wriggling out. Yusuke wouldn't get off of her.
This is going to be a long six months," Genkai sighed.
Have an amazing summer everyone!
R&R
Avigayil Urameshi