Yu Yu Hakusho - Volume 9
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Title: An Unexpected Victory?!
Koto: Five Six
Yusuke: [Thinking] Well?! I'm waiting!!! I'd prefer it if you stayed
unconscious...
[Jin sits up suddenly amidst the rubble]
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Jin: You have a super punch! You're an amazing guy! [Falls over
backwards]
Koto: Ten!!
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Koto: And that's ten!!! The victory is for the Urameshi Team!
Yusuke: ...
Title: An Unexpected Victory?!
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Youkai#1: That's hopeless, he should have stayed in longer! It's a
scam!!!
Youkai#2: Yeah, that's pathetic!!
[Butajiri runs down the stairs to the ring]
Butajiri: [To Ryshou] Eh!!! You?! Are you sure of your strike? I've
bet everything on your victory!!
Ryshou: I assure you, he's exhausted. If that isn't enough for you, there
remains a way...
Butajiri: He he... That doesn't sound bad... OK!! I'll get to it!!
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Koto: And here is the chief of the Mashotsukai Team!!
Ryshou: I warn you... You're going to lose without even touching me.
Yusuke: What?
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Koto: Let's go!!
Yusuke: [Attacking] We'll see about that!!!
Announcer: Warning! The test is suspended!!
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[Yusuke falls flat on his face]
Announcer: The order comes from on eof the VIPs!!
Yusuke: Shit, but why?!!
Announcer: ...
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Announcer: During the preceding match, Jin was out of the ring. The
referee has missed the time for the countdown...
Koto: Miaow? Me?!!
Announcer: In accordance with this... We have decided to declare the
match void!!
Yusuke: Hm?
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Crowd: What's that story?! A null match?
Youkai#1: You've noticed something?
Youkai#2: Eh... No, I don't think so...
Youkai#3: In that case, Urameshi must pass his turn.
Youkai#4: Hiei and the Mask are out... He can't stay there against
Ryshou?!
Note: Hiei is already very heated...
Crowd: So, then... Urameshi Team have lost?
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Crowd: Urameshi? Lost?! They've lost?!!
Ryshou: Heh... They say it well. Go on, referee, announce the new
result!!
Koto: ... I have a bad feeling about this... We have to revise the
decision!!
Announcer: The result is irrevocable!!
Koto: ...
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Touya: Chief!! I don't want that kind of victory! Gama sacrificed
himself for us!!
Ryshou: You are too sentimental. For us, the end justifies the means.
We are here to win.
Touya: Grrr...
Ryshou: What are you waiting for, announcer?! I can kill you, we can
find a replacement!
Koto: ...
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Yusuke: [Standing between Ryshou and Koto] There is someone who
is starting to displease me. You see whom I'm talkign about?
Ryshou: Pff
Hiei: Yusuke... Let him win... You can see we're wasting time with
these bastards. These rules, they're for the losers.
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Hiei: [Powering up] Now it's up to me to fix these rules. We're
going to play a survival game, the law of the strongest!
Ruka: No more for me, I don't agree!! Chief!! I don't think I can
hold them any longer!!
Yusuke: She's right... I'm already there... Hiei, let's go!! To hell with
this place!!
Crowd: They're going to do it...?!
Koto: ... By lack of participants, the victory goes to...
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Kuwa: One moment!!!
Ryshou: ?
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Kuwa: Listen to what I say... You've all completely forgotten about
me!!
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Kuwa: Grrr...
Yusuke: Ku... Kuwabara!!
Hiei: I think you've already lost.
Kuwa: What? [Clutches at his side in pain]
Yusuke: [Jumping down from the ring] You're not strong enough,
moron!! You almost died in the first round!!
Kuwa:It sits ill with me.
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Kuwa: Trashing the place isn't enough. We have to win this bloody
tournament by the rules, OK?
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Hiei: If it's possible!
Kuwa: Could you shut up?!
Kurama: [Thinking] Umm... And me in all that?
Announcer: [Image of Kuwa shown on the screen outside the arena] A
general surprise, there is still a contestant! Kuwabara, who was thought
out, has effected a grand return!!
Yukina: [Thinking] Kazuma...
Crowd: It's not possible!! Drunk all day long!! Leave off!! I want to
see what's happened!!!
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Atsuko: That's fishy, usually one bottle , that doesn't scare me...
Keiko: But you've already drunk three!!!
Shizuru: Don't worry about it.
Botan: It's not like we have to nurse a hangover! Hm? What?!!
Yukina? What are you doing here?
Keiko: ?
Yukina: Ah... Botan, it's you?
Keiko: Eh!! Look at the screen!
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Shizuru: [To a youkai] What's this?!! Where is it, the match?
Youkai: What the fuck do you want?
Shizuru: Perhaps you want to die?
Note: Those eyes... [Keiko sweatdrops]
Youkai: I'll tell you everything!
Announcer: Here is the situation... Heh! The winner of the match,
Kuwabara vs Ryshou, will win for his team. To your places!!
[Kuwa wobbles over to face Ryshou]
Butajiri: He's half dead, this will be easy. I'm sure of it!!
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Kuwa: [Thinking] Finally, a role for my loftiness. Ha, ha, it's a sure
measure!
Ryshou: You really have nothing in your skull. You're going to die.
Kuwa: We'll see about that! I'm tough.
Koto: Let's go!!
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Koto: Finally the last two!
The victor is going to win for his team!!
Title: A Decisive Fight?!
Koto: They're going to play the game of chance for their teams!!
Yusuke: Kuwa!! Go steady!!! We have to settle with the organizers!!!
Butajiri: It's always the case, wretch! Here, we are the ones who fix the
rules!!
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[Sakyo and Toguro (Otouto - the big muscled guy who is the younger
brother) enter the announcer's booth where Butajiri has been dictating
the results]
Sakyo: Butajiri...
Butajiri: [Thinking] Sakyo and Toguro?!! Here?! My team will be in
the final, heh heh...
Sakyo: Apparently all means are good for winning? You don't have
any nobleness of spirit.
Butajiri: Huh?
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[Toguro flicks one finger, knocking the top half of Butajiri's skull off.]
Butajiri: ...
Sakyo: He's been returned to spirit. Using his methods, we had to do
it to him like that! As if the Urameshi team would lose for so little...
Toguro: We didn't even need to be here!
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Ryshou: Heh Come on, go for it!
Kuwa: Don't trouble me with talk!!! ?!
[Kuwa attacks surprised by his empty hand, Ryshou kicks Kuwa away]
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Kuwa: It's not possible?! The sword won't come out?!! But why...?!
Yusuke: What?
Girls: How's that?!!! And why can't we go in?!
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Gatekeeper: Today it's completely full.
Atsuko: You can see we have tickets!!
Note: [re tickets] In tatters
Gatekeeper: Humans stink too much. We don't want you here. Unless
you have lots of money, heh heh! [Atsuko, Keiko and Shizuru are not
impressed] Eh, you? [To Botan and Yukina] You feel like demons!
You're one of us?
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Gatekeeper: You two, I'll let you pass, but you'll have to be nice to me,
heh heh heh...
Atsuko: I see that there's nothing else we can do...
Gattekeeper: You've understood it all!!
Atsuko: Go on, beat it!!!
[Atsuko kicks him, Keiko punches him, and Shizuru breaks here bottle
over his head]
Note: So much for the bottle...
Keiko: [gazing at her hand] Ouch...
[Atsuko and Shizuru are still stomping the Gatekeeper flat, with a
crowd of nervous youkai looking on]
Yukina: Can we really do that?
Botan: Yes, yes!!
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Botan: Why have you come here? Did you come to support
Kuwabara?
Yukina: Yes... My healing techniques are to reinforce him. I would
like to use my ability... But I also have a good reason to be here.
Botan: Ah, yes?
Yukina: My brother is here... The friends of Kuwabara saved my life, I
must encourage them. I have authorisation to come here to search for
my brother.
Atsuko: Us too, we'll help you!!
Keiko: Yes, but how are you going to do it? You have some clues?
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Yukina: Not really...
Botan: [sweatdropping] Um
Yukina: But I can sense when he's near...
Botan: Yeah... [Thinking] Koenma, Yusuke and I are the only ones
who know... [Remembering Hiei speaking: Unless you want to die,
don't speak about it...] I'm afraid to make a blunder...
Kuwa: Waaah!!!
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Ryshou: [Punching Kuwa] Take that!! Take that!! The body doesn't
mislead you!! Listen well! Your sword is unusable, you must already
be dead!! You exhausted yourself in trying to recover your strength!
Kuwa: Fuck that!
Ryshou: [Kicking Kuwa in the face] Eat this!!
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Ryshou: Your obstinate nature is astonishing... It's time to show a
special attack... The master of earth will show you!!
Koto: Ryshou is going out of the ring!! But what...? What's theis?!
One!! Two... He's covering his body with earth?!
Note: Panicking!
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Ryshou: [Covered in earth armor] The massacre can commence!! A
very special spell!!! The Bomber Tackle!! [Kuwa's sent flying]
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[Kuwa's flat on his back]
Koto: Down!! One, two...
Ryshou: Heh! Finally... [Kuwa starts to lever himself up] What?!!
...Why?!!!
[Kuwa's dripping blood as he stands up]
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Ryshou: You're getting up?!
Kuwa: I don't like to lose. I wo't die alone...!! We can continue the
play. Yusuke will finish you.
Ryshou: Grrr...
Kuwa: ...
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Kuwa: [Thinking] Hiei... You're a real pain but... you're very
strong... Kurama, thanks to your training... I'm there. Masked
Fighter... I don't know who you are... yet I think I know you...
Yusuke... ... You have interest to make certain of!! Heh...
Yusuke: Kuwabara?
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Kuwa: My last strength!! Let's go!!
Ryshou: ?!
Hiei: [Thinking] The last of his strength? He wants to die?
Yusuke: Kuwabaraaaa!!
Kuwa: This will be a first for me!! Before I diw, I must...
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Yukina: Kuwabara...!!
Kuwa: [Thinking] That voice? [Sees Yukina] !! Miss Yukina!!!
Ryshou: [Attacking] What are you looking at?
Kuwa: !!
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Kuwa: [Punching Ryshou] You, you get lost!!!
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[Ryshou's flying high...]
Kuwa: Miss Yukina!! You came?!!
Yukina: How are you going?!
Kuwa: Aha ha ha, I'm in fine form!!
Note: [Re Kuwa showing off his muscles] Stupid...
Yusuke: Eeps Is he bloody stupid or what?
Ryshou: Idiot...
Hiei: Yukina?
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Title: The Appearance of a Monster!!
Narration: And during this time, the 'T' team were carrying on their
fights... The petty manipulations of the directors have changed
nothing... The victory is for Yusuke's team! The power of love has
given the fight to Kuwabara!!
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Title: The Appearance of a Monster!!
Announcer: Victory for the Urameshi Team!!!
Ruka: Save me...
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Kuwa: Ha ha!! It's all natural!! I am a key member of the team!!
Yukina: I thought you were badly hurt.
Kuwa: The wounds you refer to...
Yukina: And your temperature is raised...
Kuwa: That's the power of love.
Yukina: Of course. [Thinking] What does he want to say?
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Narration: I'll leave Kuwabara to his peaceful world and come and find
the others.
Yusuke: Couldn't you have told me you were here?!
Keiko: I didn't want to distract you...
Yusuke: You're joking, right? That's not your style!!
Keiko: You're really a gloomy cretin!!
Yusuke: Who me?! A cretin?!!!
Keiko: Yes!! An enormous cretin!!!
Botan: [Commenting from a distance (with sunglasses and a
microphone)] Here they are training to sulk.
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Yusuke: ... It's been a long time since I've been able to check it out,
but... [Poking at Keiko's buttocks] Haven't you been getting rounder?
Keiko: Kiya!
[The birds in the nearby trees flee as Yusuke is knocked flat by an
angry Keiko.]
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Yusuke: [Rubbing swollen cheeks] Haha, things are hotting up!! A
little too much...!!
Keiko: Yusuke... [Points at Yusuke in ReiGun pose] If you lose,
there'll be trouble!
[Yusuke smiles back, thumbs up]
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Yusuke: Yeah! I'm going to win. I'm ultra motivated. [To Botan, who
was hiding in the bushes] And you? What do you wnat form me?
Botan: Eeps [ducks behind the bushes]
Yusuke: Luck for you I'm in a good mood...
Botan: [Coming out of hiding] You knew I was there?
Yusuke: You aren't with Koenma?
Botan: I almost forgot!! The egg is going to hatch!!
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Yusuke: The egg?
Botan: Of course!!! The egg of darkness!!
Yusuke: Oh, yeah!!
Botan: Koenma has gone to recover it!!
Koenma: In fact, it's already here. [Yusuke is a bit startled by
Koenma's sudden appearance - he's in his teenage form] Oops
Yusuke: You scared the hell out of me!
Koenma: I haven't finished speaking yet!!
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Koenma: Tell me? Isn't it big? Hold it. It's going to hatch. [Hands the
egg to Yusuke]
Yusuke: What's going to come out?
Koenma: I don't know! I've already explained to you that it's been
nourished by your soul. Demon or angel, it depends entirely on you.
[Lightning crackles, and the egg cracks]
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[Egg cracks open in Yusuke's hands]
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Yusuke: It disappeared?! Where is it?!!
Botan: [Pointing] Ah!!
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[A penguin-like creature with very long ears and a fuzzy mop of hair is
sitting on Yusuke's head.]
Puu: Puu
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[Puu flaps his ears, hovering as Yusuke turns his head, then settling
back down.]
Koenma & Botan: Oh Hi hi hihi Aha ha ha ha!!!
Botan: You're alter ego is cute, don't you think?!
Koenma: Ha ha ha!!! Yusuke, you're in luck. It doesn't have an evil
air. Heh heh
Botan: I was imagining something like that. [Points to a picture of a
snake-serpend with Yusuke's head and fangs] Hi hi hi [Rubbing her
head] You don't have to hit me for it!!
Yusuke: Grr... I'm relieved, but that annoys me! It really flips me out!
Page 62
[Back at the hotel. Puu is still sitting on Yusuke's head.]
Atsuko & Keiko: Gwah ha ha ha haha!!
Kuwa: That's it, that thingummy? Ridiculous!!
Atsuko: He seems to appreciate empty heads!!
Yusuke: You can talk, drunkard!!
Page 63
Kuwa: What now? The tournament isn't going to wait for
us.Tomorrow is the semi-final.
?: We had two matches after another for nothing?
?: They're really a bunch of dirty tricksters!
Kuwa: Let's go take a look.
Yusuke: We're going to win!!!
Puu: Puu
Kuwa & Atsuko: Heh! Aha ha ha, I'm going to die laughing!!!
Yusuke: You're all idiots!!
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[Uratogi Team have beaten Rokku team 3-0]
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Crowd: He's strong...
In less than two minutes...
Onji: It's us who will win... Who's turn is it?
Youkai: This sucks... We don't stand any chance... You'll go to the
final.
Shishiwakamaru: Pff
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Shishi: The final? You mean to say the victory?
Page 67
Shishi: They're next. [Points up at Kurama and Hiei who are standing
on the roof of the stadium]
Hiei: He's comical.
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Title: The Face Under The Mask...
[A fight is going on in the ring]
Kuwa: I don't believe it. The 'T' Team finished off their match in less
than 5 minutes?
Kurama: In 2 minutes...
Hiei: It was just a band of morons.
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?: The Urameshi Team... [All five team members are there. And
so is Puu. ^_^]
Note: [Re Kuwa] Trying not to smile
Hiei: What's that thing on your head?
Yusuke: I don't want to talk about it. If you laugh, you're dead!! [To
Kurama] You've recovered from your wounds?
Kurama: I will have by tomorrow.
Hiei: There's no point in forcing yourself. You see that you're hurt,
it's normal.
Kurama: You can talk, you're the same way!
Hiei: ...
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Kuwa: Kurama, you should get treated by Yukina! Combined with
your powers, it's the jackpot! It seems that she came here looking for
her brother. After the tournament, I'll help her!!!
Kurama: Ah, yes? Hiei, we must help her too!! OK?
Hiei: [sweatdrops] Tell me, Yusuke...
Yusuke: [sweatdrops] Eh... [Thinking] He was talking with Kurama...
Hiei: You've been talking to him? Right?
Yusuke: Eh, I thought that he already knew about it...
Crowd: Look, over there!!
Urameshi Team: !
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Title: [The Face Under... ...the Mask...]
[Toguro Team - Bui, Toguro Otouto, Toguro Ani, Karasu]
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Crowd: Toguro Team!!
They're all looking over there!!!
Urameshi's band!
They're defiant!!
[Face off between Toguro and Urameshi Teams]
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Crowd: [Chanting] Toguro! Toguro!
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[Toguro Otouto points at Yusuke, then to himself]
Toguro: [Thinking] Come... I'm ready...
Crowd: He pointed at him?!
He's provoking him!!!
Yusuke: [Thinking] I'm going to enjoy this!!
Toguro: Pff
Page 76
Kuwa: ... Shit... That coward!! I wasn't able to use my insight, but...
They were emitting a large force! This is trouble... We really have to
fight against these monsters?!
Note: See YYH volume 6
Kurama: ...
Yusuke: If you can feel it, that's it... You've become stronger. It's also
a strength to be able to judge your opponent. Take it from me.
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?: We mustn't forget that...
[Uratogi Team walks up - Uraurashima, Kuromomotarou,
Shishiwakamaru, Makintarou, Onji]
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Kuromomo: You take yourselves for righters of wrongs?
Kuwa & Yusuke: Hm?
Shishi: You serve us only by making us famous.
Kurama: It makes no difference to us.
Hiei: You're amusing!
Yusuke: To become famous? You've wiped out on TV! Hey, pretty
boy!
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Shishi: [Pulling an evil looking face complete with fangs and pointy
ears] You'll pay for that remark!!! You'll see... Hi hi hii
Kuwa: Nothing to worry about, they're just minor riff-raff.
Mask: ... Yusuke
Yusuke: ?!
Mask: I must speak with you...
Page 80
Yusuke: Eh, how? That voice?
Koto: Ten!!! The victory is Kirenja's!!! 3 against 1, Team Gorenja
qualifies!!!
Page 81
[Out in the woods, away from the arena]
Mask: Perhaps I should have talked to you at the start... But I have
my reasons. I preferred to wait until the last moment. [Removes the
mask]
Page 82
Yusuke: [Gaping] The old lady?!! And the other girl? Who was that?
Genkai: That was me.
Yusuke: Huh? I don't understand at all...
Genkai: Don't bother trying, you're too stupid for that. Look over
there.
Yusuke: The rock? So?
Page 83
Genkai: Blow it apart with the ReiGun. At full power.
Yusuke: That doesn't answer my question...
Genkai: You'll do as I say!! Understood?
Yusuke: Yeah. Grrr... You're going to see!!!
[Rock goes bye-bye]
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Yusuke: Hm Perfect!!
Genkai: Pff Not bad...
Yusuke: What? You try it!!
Note: Always a pain...
Genkai: Look well, moron.
Yusuke: !!? [Thinking] Ten times bigger than my rock!
Page 85
Genkai: As you are now, you're going to lose... [Aims Reigun]
Toguro is a fool. [Genkai turns back into her youthful girl form] Look
well!
Yusuke: !!
[Bang!]
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[Big rock goes bye-bye in a big way]
Page 87
Genkai: The Reidoha at full power... It rejuvenates me momentarily.
This is how I was at twenty years of age. I must make you pass a test.
The last thing I have to teach you. [Genkai is back to her normal age]
Page 89
Title: The Worst of Trials!!
Yusuke: Erps!! That was far more amazing than mine!!
Genkai: I must pass on to you one thing. The last teaching on my
part...
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Title: The Worst of Trials!!
[Image of Toguro Otouto and Urameshi Team]
Page 92
Genkai: The elderly... With time one can refine at leisure these
techniques of combat, but... One day, facing a superior force, one can't
do much... I find that this is a good thing. Let nature play its role.
Provided that I have been able to transmit my will to successors.
Page 93
Genkai: I can no longer emit such power. [Thinking] The next will be
at the risk of my life. [Aloud] I ask you again one last time. Your
wish to become strong... You still want it to happen?
Yusuke: Yes. More than ever.
Page 94
Genkai: Ready to suffer the worst?
Yusuke: By all means.
Genkai: Well then, are you capable of killing me?
Yusuke: Huh?!!
Genkai: If you can't kill me, you will not succeed!
Yusuke: !!
Genkai: I'll be waiting in this cave. When you have made your
decision, come in.
Page 95
[More thunder and lightning - and it starts to rain.]
Puu: [Sitting on a tree branch] Puu
Page 96
[At the hotel]
?Kurama?: He's late... What's he playing at?
?Kurama?: Already the semi-final...
?Kuwa?: Yeah, that makes five days that we've been here.
Kurama: It seems there's going to be a change of venue... The
conditions aren't going to improve...
Kuwa: Don't worry about it! Let's go for it!!
Page 97
[Girls arrive]
Atsuko: [carrying bottles] Hey!! It's us!!
Botan: We've come to pay you a visit!!
Kuwa: Don't you see that this is a serious time?! [Kuwa and Kurama
are playing cards]
Botan: That's not stopping you from playing cards?!
Yukina: [To Kuwa] How are your wounds?
Kuwa: Things couldn't be better! Do you want to play with us?
Atsuko: Soon the semi-final?! We have to celebrate that!!
Shizuru: [To Kuwa] This might be your last celebration...
Kuwa: I see that confidence reigns!!
[They're all playing cards except for Hiei]
Kurama: [To Hiei] Come on, it's fun.
Note: [Re Kuwa's cards (I think)] Heh heh not bad...
Hiei: [grimacing] I don't like to play!
Note: [Re Hiei] He's integrated quickly!
Page 98
[Yusuke walks to the cave's entrance]
Yusuke: Eh, old lady?!
Page 99
Genkai: You feel you are ready? Come here, time is pressing.
Yusuke: [dripping wet from the rain] You know... I'm not capable of
doing it... I can't.
Page 100
Yusuke: I've reflected for a long time. Like I never have before. And
so... I can't do it. I want to become strong, but... I think that I'm a bad
student. I'll cope on my own. I'll try to at least break his glasses.
[starts to walk away from the cave]
Page 101
Genkai: You've just succeeded in your test!!!
Yusuke: Huh?
Genkai: Don't stretch that thick head of yours! Bring yourself in, I
have to teach you.
Yusuke: Eh?!! Wait a minute!!! I have to kill you, what was that?!!!
Genkai: Hihi hi hi You think perhaps that I would transmit my
knowledge to the kind of guy who wouldn't hesitate to kill me? But I
don't like whiners any more.
Page 102
Yusuke: [grimacing] You, you're still messing with my head?!!!
Genkai: Hi hi hi! It doesn't do you any harm to use your brain. You
can thank me for it.
Yusuke: Grrr!!! You're annoying!!! Enough, come on, I'm ready for
everything!!
Genkai: Don't forget what you just said. We're going to start.
[Yusuke doesn't look so certain all of a sudden...]
Page 103
Genkai: I must give you one thing. Only the inheritor of the
Reikohadoken can possess it. [Forms an energy ball between her
hands]
Yusuke: [thinking] That's seriously hot... It's like a ball of fire.
Genkai: To be honest, I think that you're too young for this...
Page 104
Genkai: Reikogyaku The energy is concentrated to the extreme limit
and tests if the heir is worthy of possessing it. If the successor isn't a
shell worthy of receiving this condensed power... It bursts like a
swollen balloon. The pain bound up in the transmission is formidable,
and can last for days. In the worst case, the damage to body and mind
can be fatal.
Page 105
Yusuke: I suspect so, I'm thrilled.
Genkai: Goon. Here it is! [Tosses ball at Yusuke, who is enveloped in
the power]
Yusuke: ... ? So? I feel nothing?
Page 106
[blood spurts from his forehead]
Yusuke: How?! ... urgh...
Page 107
Yusuke: AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH...!!
Narration: The day of the semi-final has come!!
Page 109
Title: The Four Strongest!!
[Images of the four teams in the semi finals]
Team Gorenja: Midorenja, Kirenja, Akrenja, Momorenja, Aorenja
Team Toguro: Bui, Toguro Otouto, Toguro Ani, Karasu, (the fifth is
unknown)
Team Uratogi: Onji, Kuromomotarou, Shishiwakamaru, Uraurashima,
Makintaro
Team Urameshi: Kurama, Hiei, Yusuke, Kuwabara, Genkai (Yusuke
alone knows her identity)
Page 110
[Image of Kuwa, Yusuke, Kurama and Hiei looking very cool]
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Title: The Four Strongest!!
[Facial shots of Yusuke, Kuwa, Kurama and Hiei]
Page 112
[Another group shot of Urameshi Team, ready for battle]
Page 113
[A helicopter hovering over the island]
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[Lots of helicopters arriving at the new stadium]
Page 116
[The VIPs and crowd settle in - and this is a much bigger stadium than
before!]
Page 117
Juri: Welcome to all!! Thankyou for your patience for this trial!
And here are the semi-finalists who are entering the arena!
Koto: We'll be able to start! The semi-final... Here comes the
moment of truth!!
Page 118
[Kurama, Kuwa and Hiei enter through one door, Team Uratogi
through another]
Juri: You can enter!! Kyah
Page 119
Crowd: What? They're only three?
The quitters!! They've pulled out!!
Shishi: Where are the other two? They've skipped out?
Kuwa: They find you too feeble.
Juri: Choose the mode of combat.
Page 120
Hiei: Stop your chatter! I want to start.
Kuro: [Blowing bubbles with his bubblegum] Lad. You have a
motivated air. This is a first for you?
Hiei: Yes and the last... It's me who will finish you.
[Kuro's bubble bursts]
Hiei: I feel I'm in a bad mood. I don't cope badly with stress.
Page 121
Shishi: Don't get carried away. We'll choose with these, okay?
[Holds up a pair of dice - one die with the names of Urameshi Team
one on each side, the other for Uratogi Team. The sixth face on each
die is marked 'free'.] A name on each face of the dice. The free face
permits the choice of a player. If a name comes up twice, he can fight
again... assuming that he's still alive!
Hiei: You are comical. If the Mask or Yusuke are chosen I will go
in their place.
Shishi: Agreed. These aren't the victories which will make you
famous.
Note: The dice, that's my way!
[The dice come up Hiei and Makintarou]
Page 122
Hiei: Pff I'm obliged to confront such a wretch...
Makin: Brat, stop the chitchat.
[Hiei smiles]
Juri: First match, Hiei against Makintarou. The style of combat
will be the duel in five matches.
Page 123
Juri: Let's go!!
Makin: Come on, I'm waiting for you. Has someone pissed in his
pants?
Koto: The two opponents are defiant in their regard. Who will
attack ?!
[Hiei unsheathes his sword]
Makin: A sword, very amusing.
Page 124
Kurama: The match is underway...
Kuwa: ?
Makin: Heh heh heh... Well? That's it? Your pants are wet?
Hiei: You're funny. You don't feel anything remarkable?
Makin: What are you saying? Come on, attack me!!
Page 125
[Hiei holds up Makintarou's left arm]
Hiei: I've already done it.
[Blood is spurting from Makintarou's stump.]
Makin: AAARRHHHHH
Page 126
Hiei: Let it fall. [Tosses arm away]
Makin: Roohhhh!! Grr!!! You dare!!! The Masakari ken!! [His right
hand forms into an axe-like blade]
Page 127
[Makintarou attacks, apparently splitting Hiei in two]
Makin: Heh!! You're dead!!
Page 128
Hiei: [Crouching on top of Makintarou's head, sword raised] You're
dreaming...
Makin: Huh?
Page 129
[Hiei runs his sword through Makintarou's head]
Makin: Erps
[Kurama's calm, Kuwa's gaping, Shishi's wide-eyed, Makin's dead.]
Hiei: Someone throw the dice? I have a strong desire to continue.
Page 131
Title: Hiei's fights!!
Juri: Down!! Makintarou is out of the fight. The victory is Hiei's!!
Koto: A technique of staggering clarity!! Hiei never let his opponent
stand a chance!!!
Hiei: Quickly, the dice. I want to go again.
Shishi: [Throwing dice] Only if you're the player...
Page 132
[Dice land on 'free' and Kuromomotarou]
Page 133
Title: Hiei's fights!!
Page 134
[Back to the cave]
Page 135
[Yusuke is in agony, blood vessels starting to burst all over his body]
Yusuke: AARRGGHH!! WWAAHHH!!! SHIT!!
Page 136
[Yusuke punches a big hole in the wall]
Yusuke: Grrrrr Waaahhh!!!
[Genkai has just reached the cave's entrance, leaning on the wall for
support]
Page 137
Genkai: [Panting, and thinking] Perhaps it was premature... But such
as he is, he doesn't stand a chance against Toguro. I thought that the
fights in the tournament would reinforce him, that he would become
much stronger, but... Is it going to be enough for him to succeed in
overcoming the trial...? Now? It's the only condition for surviving in
combat!! Yusuke, you are faced with your destiny!!
Page 138
Hiei: The free face has been rolled. This match is mine.
Juri: Second match, Hiei against Kuromomotarou!!
Kuro: Onji, you are certain that he will not use the Kokuryuha?
Onji: I don't think so.
Page 139
Onji: Even if he wants to. The last time he hurt his arms... What's
more, it emptied him of energy. He doesn't have the reserves.
Kuro: I see...
Onji: That's not a real jagan. It isn't enough for him to master the
flame of the earth. In any case, he won't use Kokuryuha. He could use
some derivatives but you must be able to hold it. A moment or your
body aura assimilates the spell... The victory will be yours.
Page 140
Kuro: That reassures me. Without the Kokuryuha, he isn't much.
Juri: Advance!!
Kuro: [Moves to grasp the sword still stuck in Makintarou's head.]
You rejoice too quickly in this victory. He was unworthy of appearing
amongst us. [Pulls the sword out of Makintarou's head]
Kuwa: !!
Kuro: [Licking the blade] Me, I'm different. Heh heh...
Page 141
Kuro: A very beautiful sword.
Hiei: It pleases you? I'll lend it to you. In exchange, you're going to
die.
Kuro: Ah, yes?! Thanks! [Slice off his own fingers.]
Hiei & Crowd: !?
Page 142
Kuro: Iiirgh I'm hurt... It cuts well.
Crowd: What's with this guy?!!!
He cut off his own fingers!!!
Kuro: Now, I know this sword. [Holds item in hand] A little item
from the darkness, the Kibidango! [Squashes said item and inhales the
fumes produced] He he heh
Page 143
Kuro: [Covered in black fur?!] The Buju armour!
Koto: The ball causes a transformation!! He's emitting a powerful
energy!
Juri: Let's go!!
Kuro: [Tossing sword back to Hiei] I return your toy. It will have
no effect on me.
Hiei: [Catching sword] Amusing!
Page 144
Hiei: [Attacking] Let's try and find out!!
Page 145
[Hiei's blade shatters into pieces]
Hiei: !
Kuro: Heh...
Page 146
Kuro: Too slow! [Knocks Hiei away with to fists clenched together]
Kuwa: What?!!
Page 147
[Hiei climbs out of a dent in the wall]
Kuwa: That's not possible...
Crowd: He blew him away.
Hiei was flung out...
Shishi: Heh heh...
Black faces with fangs: Fantastic!!! That's the spirit of the game!!!
Page 148
Crowd: [Chanting] Kill him! Kill him!
Kurama: These monsters all possess their appropriate items! They're
emitting an incredible force!!
Kuro: My wounded body assimilates the combat techniques of the
adversary. The Kibidango ball permits me to increase my strength!!
Page 149
Kuro: Come on, kid, show me what you can do!! When my body
assimilates the aura... You will be a dead man!!
Hiei: [Tosses away the bandana covering his jagan] Agreed.
Page 151
Title: The Invincible Shell!!
Kuro: Come on, show me your flames!! You'll see you won't last for
long!!!
Hiei: You like fire so much? You're sure of yourself?
Page 152
Kuwa: Yes!! He's going to come out with Kokuryuuha!! He's going
to reduce him to ashes!!
Kurama: No, he can't'!!
Kuwa: What?
Kurama: Kokuryuu is a dragon of Makai flame... To call it to earth, he
must emit a considerable amount of energy... The last time, Hiei lost a
little energy, that wounded his arm... The last time he tried to call the
flames of earth he didn't have enough of a reserve in him. He isn't in
any state to call the dragon.
Kuwa: That isn't enough?! With the power he's putting out?! It's not
enough?!!!
Page 153
Title: The Invincible Shell!!
Page 154
Hiei: [attacking] Take that!!
Kuro: Come on!!
Page 155
Hiei: Rengokushyo [sets Kuromomotarou on fire]
Page 156
Hiei: Not even the trouble of calling to Makai. The earthly flames
are sufficient.
Kuro: Hi hi hi He he he Ha ha ha... I've just assimilated this pain.
Page 157
Koto: Kuromomotarou is still standing!! It seems that the item has
augmented his power!!
Kuro: [Inhales another lot of smoke from the ball] He he he fuah ha
haaah!! Your flames will do nothing to me!!!
Page 158
Kuro: The next metamorphosis, the armour of Machi! [A
_feathered_ Kuromomotarou?!]
Koto: He's completed a new transformation!!! One can sense a huge
increase in his power!!
Page 159
[Kuromomotarou attacks, Hiei is slightly hit, then dodges]
Page 160
[Hiei darts around, then starts attacking Kuromomotarou]
Page 161
Hiei: He's really reinforced himself... !! [Dodges as
Kuromomotarou punches a hole in the floor]
Page 162
Hiei: What?
[Kuromomotarou kicks Hiei]
Kuro: Ha ha!! What do you say to this speed? You aren't my enemy
any more, you're nothing!
Hiei: Stop your raving.
Kuro: [Thinking] I can win!! I fear neither the sword nor the
flames!!
Page 163
Kuro: [Thinking] I have the choice between three things, the
monkey, the peacock and the dog!! Today I've used two... He's
deserved it, he's a tough one. The second must be fatal for him. I can
take my time... But I must eliminate him before he can react!! [Aloud]
Hurt like this, you can't use Kokuryuha! Don't count on my doing you
any favours!! You're going to die!!
Page 164
Kuro: The last item for the finish!! [Crushes another ball]
Koto: He's trying for a new transformation! Great peril hangs over
Hiei!!
Kuro: The armour of Maken!! [Grows big, sharp teeth, big ears,
long hair - the 'dog' form]
Page 165
Kuro: I'm still rising in power. What do you say to these powerful
teeth and claws? I'm going to rip you to shreds!!!
Hiei: ... [Picks up his sword hilt] Finally... I didn't think I would
be obliged to use this technique...
Page 166
Hiei: Your strategy with the two balls didn't frighten me. You
thought perhaps to impress me with a spell? No... I don't like that so
much. It's not very elegant.
Kuwa: A warning on his part?! That must really be scary...!! What's
he going to show us?!
Kuro: That will be your last speech in this world!! Here's injury for
you!!
Page 167
[Kuromomotarou grabs Hiei and bites his shoulder]
Page 168
[Hiei slices Kuromomotarou in two with a sword of fire]
Shishi: What?!!
Hiei: The sword of flames!!
Page 169
Kurama: The sword of flames? [Thinking] No, it's far more than that!!
He's fused the flames with his own energy!! He brandished that sword
in an instant. He has a great sense for combat!
Kuwa: That's definitely not... More powerful than my sword!! Hm?
Wait!!! Not elegant? You were talking about my sword? About me?!
Hiei: Heh! According to you?
Page 171
Title: Open Box of Surprises!!
Juri: Kuromomotarou has been put out of the fight. The victory
comes back to Hiei.
Koto: An enormously dramatic turn of events for the Urameshi
Team!!
Shishi: [thinking] As before, his wounds are profound!
Crowd: Shit! That was almost there!!
Can't anyone finish a match with that kid?
Page 172
Karasu: Where is Urameshi?
Toguro: He must be motivating himself. For being with the group!!
Hiei: Go on, throw the dice. I want to go back there.
[Shishi throws the dice]
Kuwa: [Thinking] I'm still going to be the last.
Page 173
Title: Open the Box of Surprises!!
Hiei & Kurama: [Thinking] I hope that it's for me.
Kuwa: [Thinking] I don't want to go.
Page 174
[Dice land on Kurama and Uraurashima]
Kurama & Kuwa: [thinking] Yes!!
Hiei: Damn
?Koto or Juri?: 3rd match! Kurama against Uraurashima
Shishi: Heh heh... Fate has chosen well.
Onji: All is working out according to our will.
Page 175
Shishi: The first two, they were for laughs. They've damaged Hiei
well, like before... And Uraurashima... He is good enough for
Kurama.
?Koto or Juri?: Let's go!!
[Uraurashima flicks his fishing line around, Kurama his rose whip]
Koto: They seem to be using the same technique!!! We're going to
see who can prove the greatest dexterity!!!
Page 176
[Uraurashima and Kurama exchange strikes]
Koto: The exchanges are of great intensity. We see a wall of sparks
between the two!!
Kurama: [thinking] ...? He doesn't seem to be putting himself into it
Page 177
Uraura: Continue the attack and listen to me.
Kurama: ?
Uraura: I have something to ask of you. You must kill me...
Kurama: !?
Uraura: Continue the attack! We were born to people who had a tragic
destiny in the tales and legends... Our target is to ignore all
contradictions ad defend the good, but we have a tendency to forget...
We didn't permit a bad image, we must give the public their baptism of
evil! Tortured by remorse and doubts, I've been brought back... I will
never be obliged to open the box after having saved the tortured.
Note: See the legend of Urashima Tarou
Page 178
Uraura: I've effectively thought of my vengeance... But I can't
continue to think like Shishiwakamaru. There are many people who
learn and read of our adventures. We must stop that.
Kurama: ...
Uraura: During the fight, I'm going to lose balance... You must take
advantage of that moment
Kurama: Agreed... I won't kill you. You can and must continue to live.
You're similar to me.
Uraura: ... You're a nice guy.
Page 179
[Uraurashima loses balance]
Kurama: [thinking] Now! [Attacks]
Uraura: Good.
Page 180
[Kurama's whip passes through empty air]
Kurama: !!
[Uraurashima's fishing line cuts at Kurama, snagging the whip out of
his hands]
Page 181
Kurama: Argh...
?Juri or Koto?: Down!!
Uraura: Heh heh... He's really naive, this guy!! Ha ha ha!!! What a
fool!! Your thickness is your loss!!
Shishi: Hee...
Uraura: I see that you like sad stories. I'm not bad, you think perhaps I
have some remorse?
Kurama: ...
Koto: One would say that Kurama has fallen into a trap!! Uratogi
Team are unveiling themselves!!
Page 182
Uraura: [Attacking] Eh yes!! Well done!!
Kurama: ?!
Uraura: You've only just perceived it yourself? My preceding attacks
served just to lock you up with the aid of a spell.
[Kurama is enclosed within a net of fishing line]
Page 183
Koto: He has spun his web in the ring!! Up to my desk!!
Uraura: With some tools, nothing is easier. You won't escape me.
[Hold out a box] An item from Makai, the anti-tamatebako. In the
legend, one who once opened the box was becoming old. The smoke
rejuvenated him! Unharmed over me... I hate great guys who please
the girls. I often hold myself back from bursting, heh heh...
Page 184
Uraura: You should change your name. I know an evil guy (worse
than me) who bears the same name. People must confuse you, no?
You have the same look. I don't appreciate that. [Opens box] You're
going to become a simple foetus!! And I'll crush your head!! [Smoke
goes everywhere]
Page 185
Kurama: Mmh...
[The ring is enveloped by smoke]
Kuwa: The smoke comes over the field?!
Hiei: It's because of the wires.
[Images of Kurama aging backwards]
Page 186
Uraura: I feel it!! It progressively subsides. Too much? His aura has
just disappeared? [Eyes bulge]
Kuwa & Hiei: What?
Shishi & Onji: !?
Page 187
Uraura: What is this fearsome power?!! I thought that it was the end
for him!!
Crowd: What's there?!!
We can't see anything!! Refund our money!!
Youko Kurama: I wouldn't have thought to regain this aspect this day...
Page 188
YKurama: Here I am a new youko...
Page 189
[Uraurashima is... stunned]
Uraura: What... The youko... But... But... So... You are?!! The
legendary brigand!!! Youko Kurama!!!!
Juri: Euh... Ahh...
YKurama: It's the hour of the count. You have made me very angry!!
End Yu Yu Hakusho Volume 9
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