Yu Yu Hakusho:Kōrudokēsu

Chapter 4 Ginobly Appears

Wendy snapped back into reality as soon as Akimursu's body fell to the floor, surrounded by a pool of his own blood. His control over her died with him, but at the same time, Wendy did not yet feel...normal...
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She looked down at her arm. It was still a disgusting charcoal black and many times the normal size of a human hand. The nails of her claws ran red with the blood of the demon Akimursu and Hideshi.
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She feel to her knees beside Hideshi, frantically trying to wake him up, calling his name as a loudly as she could, somehow hoping that he would be alright. She didn't even notice her hand return to normal size, she was too concerned for her lover's well-being.
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When he wouldn't respond, she'd just shake him harder, attempting to get some sort of response out of him. Anything would do.
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"Romano! Romano! Please don't die!" She cried out in between sobs of misery as she continuously shakes his entire body. "P-please... I love you..."
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"Hehehehe... Stupid girl..." A deep, villainous voice echoed from an unknown point of origin within the warehouse. "He's not going to wake up! He's dead as stone! All thanks to you..."
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Wendy continued to sob loudly, placing her face onto Hideshi's blood-stained shirt to muffle her cries of agony.
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The voiced continued to delight itself in her misery. "I suppose that weak fool Akimursu is good for something after all! He did just take out my only real threat here in the human world! Then again, it was you who killed the Spirit Detective Hideshi? Wasn't it? Hehehehahahaha!!!"
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Wendy finally looked up from Hideshi's chest, her face was covered in blood and her eyes were filled with tears, and then terror.
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There, standing across from them was a tall man with long, dark hair and a large sword at his side.
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The creature smiled maliciously at Wendy for a moment, then gives a small laugh and starts stepping towards her.
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Wendy did not know what to think of this man, in fact, he terrified her past the point of all thought and reason.
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"Hello there my dear," the man have a small bow as he introduces himself in a menacing voice "My name is Ginobly Atakashi..."

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Hideshi suddenly found himself lying on his back. Surrounded by shadows. The Spirit Detective looked down at his chest, the deep, raking claw marks from Wendy's demon arm still bled pure, red blood.
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Hideshi sighed as the darkness seemed to be swallowing him. There was a single point of bright light, high above him. But he knew he would never reach it. He felt just like he did after the fire... He felt as though his life force was draining away from him...
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He knew he was going to die again...
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Hideshi saw as the shadows began to creep up on him, slowly waving their menacing tentacles towards him. Death was terrifying, yet Romano Hideshi didn't show any sign of fear. All he had left to feel was regret...
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He had finally been reunited with Wendy again, only to find she had become a slave to demon kind.
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He remembered how she did even hesitate to rip her claws across his chest. He remembered how it felt, seeing the woman he loved tearing his flesh apart like all they ever had was for nothing...
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While she killed him, all he wanted to do was hold her, like he used to when they were children. Hold her and try to make her feel better...
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Even now, as he faced the reality of the situation, Romano selflessly thought of Wendy, and what would become of her now that he was going to die...
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His questions would be answered by the most blood-curdling sound he had ever heard: a muffled scream coming from the light above him. He knew it was Wendy.
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Feeling a certain drive about him, Hideshi forced the shadows of death away from him with pure will power. He needed to make sure she was alright... Towards the light, he plunged, feeling his life returning to him.

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As he slowly came to, Hidehi opened his eyes to a frightened-looking Botan, using her healing powers on his open chest wounds, causing them to recede and slowly close.
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"B-Botan?" he asked weakly, glancing up at her.
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"I'll spare you the lecture about being too reckless until later Hideshi, right now we've got a situation..." She said as she uncomfortably glanced over to where Wendy was, caught in the grip of a very tall, long-haired man, who he could only assume was a demon.
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Wendy continued to struggle for breath as she screamed out Hideshi's name in the stranglehold of the man.
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"No!" Hideshi shouted as he sprang to his feet, temporarily forgetting the pain in his chest to rush to Wendy's side. "Let her go!" he shouted towards the demon angrily.
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The long-haired man grinned at the Spirit Detective menacingly. "Ah! It's you! Romano Hideshi... Spirit Detective... It's a pleasure to meet you at last..." the demon's smirk continued, even as he cast Wendy's limp body to his side. She shut her eyes tightly and coughed loudly in an attempt to catch her breath.

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"I've heard so very much about you... Allow me to introduce myself before I gut you. My name is Ginobly, now that introductions are out of the way, shall we get this party started? Don't worry though, I'm not going to make the same mistake Akimursu, Caffa and Raiza made, I'm going all out from the start, 100% power! Prepare yourself detective!" The demon excitedly tensed up his body as clenched his fists at his side, ready to fight. Ginobly's power began to swell at such a level that a blood-red aura began surrounding his body. The demon laughed hysterically as his power shook the entire warehouse.
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However, his increase in power was nothing compared to his opponent's. Hideshi stared down at Wendy as she struggled to reclaim her breath. The sight filled him with an uncontrollable rage, sparking a deep, gold aura to surround his own stature. Hideshi then turned his gaze to Ginobly, his eyes giving away his intentions. Only one of them would walk away from this battle...