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Hiei looked up to see Numata's body falling towards the ground. The tigers continued to attack the others, so they didn't notice her falling. Hiei took a step forward but froze when he felt someone standing behind him. He turned around and faced the transparent figure of Numata.
"Now's your chance, Hiei." Numata spoke.
"Numata..." Hiei replied, looking at her.
"Kill me while I'm still in control of my body." Numata replied.
"But..."
"HAYAKU!!" Numata shouted, as she looked as if she was in pain.
Hiei turned around, growling.
"Yusuke!" Hiei shouted.
Yusuke turned around to face the koorime.
"Do it now!" Hiei shouted, pointing up.
Yusuke looked up to see Numata's body still falling.
"Kill her!" Hiei shouted as Yusuke looked at him again. "If you don't take this chance now, we might never get out of here!!"
Yusuke faced the sky again. The tigers that had seem so enraged a few minutes ago suddenly froze. Their entire body began to flicker. Everyone stopped attacking and looked up.
"What the hell??" Kuwabara asked when he saw someone falling from the sky.
"Numata...stop this now!!" Shouted Akujin, looking at the ground rushing up to his face.
"It's too late, father." Numata replied.
Numata continued to free fall, passing the last set of clouds. Yusuke stood on the ground, debating with himself. Sure he wanted to kill Akujin, but Numata was innocent. And killing innocent people wasn't on his agenda.
"Yusuke!" Hiei shouted to him.
"I...don't know if I can..." Yusuke thought to himself.
"YUSUKE!"
Yusuke looked up and saw Keiko looking down at him. Her eyes met with his. She had a serious look on her face, her eyes full of determination.
"You can do this, Yusuke. I believe in you." Keiko thought to herself.
Yusuke's eyes suddenly narrowed as he looked at Numata's falling body. He formed his hands into the shape of a gun. His fingertips began to glow blue and the ground began to shake. An aura of light surrounded Yusuke's body as he aimed at Numata.
"REI..." Yusuke began, the energy at his fingertips expanding. "KODAN!!!"
In a blinding light, several shots of ki energy were fired. Numata looked towards the light as they reflected upon her. Everyone watched in silence, including Yusuke. The beam of light struck Numata and exploded.
Everyone shielded their eyes from the bright light of the explosion. Instead of a normal black cloud of smoke, a dark red cloud rose up into the sky. Screams of many people, both men and women, emitted from the rising dark red cloud. A giant face appeared on the dark cloud. It looked down at the Reikai Tentais for a second before letting out a scream.
The sonic wave of the scream shook the ground. Everyone covered their ears as the defeaning scream continued to blare in their ears. The giant face continued to scream, along with the many trapped souls within it.
"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!" Yusuke shouted over the noise.
"Akujin and all the souls he's devoured." Hiei answered, covering his ears too.
"There's so many." Kurama replied, looking at all the white clouds swooshing past him.
The ground began to shake even more, and crumble apart. The Reikai Tentais looked at the ground falling apart around them. Giant cracks approached the boys from all sides. They pulled closer together until they up gainst each others backs.
"If we don't do something, they won't make it out." Keiko asked, looking over the edge of the floating platform.
"If WE don't do something, none of us will make it out." Botan answered as the floating platform also began to crumble.
The dark sky began to crack and shatter just like glass. Huge chunks of the falling sky landed all around the Reikai Tentais, trapping them in a circle. The giant head finally stopped screaming and disappeared. The unstable realm however, continued to fall apart.
"KEIKO!" Yusuke shouted up to her.
"YUSUKE!" Keiko shouted, reaching out to him. "YUSUKE!!"
A giant ball of white light emerged out of the smoke of chaos. Everyone looked towards the glowing ball, their eyes wide shock. Standing in the center of glowing ball of light was Numata. She was still dressed the same but the tiger stripes and strange marks were gone. She looked up at everyone with her narrow, emotionless eyes.
"Numata..." Keiko gasped in shock.
"I thank you, Reikai Tetais." Numata spoke with a bow. "Yusuke-San, you have proven yourself to be worthy opponent from the start."
Hiei just looked at Numata, silent.
"And now, as a gift of thanks," Numata spoke as her hands began to glow. "I give you your ticket home."
A rip appeared before everyone. Numata looked at the rip, before facing everyone. Her eyes flashed and everyone began to float.
"Numata, what about you??" Keiko asked, looking down at her.
Numata just smiled at her.
"Keiko-San. Don't worry about me. Everything's going to be fine." Numata spoke, her eyes twinkling with tears.
"Numata..." Keiko answered, as Botan began to go through the portal.
"Domo Arigatou, Keiko-San." Numata answered with a bow. "You were my first friend."
"NUMATA!" Keiko shouted to her as she began to disappear through the portal.
The ground began to disappear in the darkness. Numata just watched as everyone disappeared through the portal she had created for them. Hiei headed towards the portal but glanced down at Numata. Numata just smiled as she looked back up at Hiei.
"Domo Arigatou....Hiei." Numata replied, the tears falling from her eyes. "It was nice to see you...one last time."
"You're an idiot, you know that right?" Hiei told her. "You don't have to stay here. You can come with us."
Numata looked up at Hiei, silent. She just continued to smile, as the tears continued to fall. The sky fell down all around Numata and the ground continued to crumble away.
"Sayonara." Numata answered, with a bow.
Hiei looked down at Numata as he continued to go through the portal. Finally, the ground beneath Numata disappeared. She began to fall into the darkness, her tears glittered like balls of diamonds as she fell. Hiei's eyes widdened in shock as he saw Numata disappear.
"NUMA--!!" Was all Hiei was able to get out before disappearing into the portal.
Once Hiei was gone, the portal closed and disappeared. The last part of the realm shattered, leaving behind a vacant place of darkness.
A rip appeared above Saraski Junior High (Yusuke's School). Everyone fell through, landing on top of Botan. Hiei jumped off the top of the pile and walked off to another part of the rooftop.
"Oh. That was painful." Kuwabara replied.
"I'm going to be feeling this tomorrow." Yusuke answered, rubbing the back of his neck.
"For give me for being so rude," Spoke Botan from the bottom of the pile. "BUT DO YOU MIND GETTING OFF OF ME?!"
"Gomen nasai, Botan-Chan." Keiko replied as everyone got off.
Botan stood up and dusted herself off.
"You okay?" Kurama asked Botan.
Botan nodded and blushed as she looked up at Kurama.
"Oh Yusuke!" Keiko answered, running into his arms. "I was so worried about you! I was so scared!"
"It's okay Keiko. Everything's fine now." Yusuke answered, holding Keiko close to him.
Hiei stood apart from the group. He looked towards the horizon to see the morning sun slowly starting to rise. Beams of warm golden light soon washed over the city of Tokyo. Hiei placed a hand on the wired fence of the rooftop, gazing at the rising sun.
"You never told us how you knew Numata, Hiei." Kurama asked, still standing next to Botan.
Hiei just looked at the rising sun turning the sky a lovely orange shade.
"Just a lost soul I once knew." Hiei replied, not looking back at them.
Everyone gathered around Hiei, watching as the sun began to rise. Yusuke put an arm around Keiko and held her close. Keiko rested her head on Yusuke's shoulder as she watched the sunrise.
"Domo arigatou, minna-san." Numata's voice spoke as her smiling face appeared in the clouds.
