Yu Yu Hakusho:Kōrudokēsu

Chapter 5 Hideshi vs Ginobly

After a few brief moments of exchanging glares at one another, the Spirit Detective made his move, his speed was so fast, Ginobly could not trace him with his eyes, which left him completely defenseless as Romano delivered a powerful blow to the towering Demon's gut.
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As Ginobly crouched over in pain, Hideshi quickly raised his leg up towards the demon's face, kicking him straight in the eyes, making Ginobly stagger backwards.
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The demon cried out in pain, covering his face with his hands. However, Hideshi continued his barrage on the creature, firing off punch after punch into Ginobly's abdominal region, forcing him back towards the wall at an even greater rate than before. It was obvious who had the upper hand in this battle to the on-looking Botan and Wendy.
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"H-he's doing it!" Wendy exclaimed excitedly as she watched Hideshi beat Ginobly back.
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However, Botan said nothing. In fact, she looked on with a look of horror at the amount of power her partner was using against Ginobly. "Hideshi's spirit energy is about equal to that of a low S class apparition alone, but now that he's using the sacred energy too... He's more than likely stronger than even Yusuke now!"
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Wendy glanced back at Botan as she continued talking to herself, sensing something was up by the look of terror on her face.
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"Excuse me Miss? Are you alright?" she asked of the Blue-haired woman carefully.
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"Y-yes... I'm fine... I'm just afraid for Hideshi and someone else I know's well-being..." Botan admitted difficultly.
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"What do you mean? Hideshi is winning over there!" Wendy exclaimed, flabbergasted that this girl would be concerned for Romano when he clearly held the cards in this fight.
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"Yes, I can see that... But there's more to it than that... Hideshi's line of work forces him to fight stronger opponents every time he reaches a new pedestal of power. Now that he's virtually unbeatable, it seems likely he'll soon be tasked with defeating someone I care about very deeply..."
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"Oh..." Wendy said, believing she understood what she meant. "What's your boyfriend's name and why does Hideshi have to fight him?"
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Botan's tone then changed to bitterness and anger with the young girl. "He's not my boyfriend! He's my former partner!"
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"O-oh...ok then, a couple girls at my school have tried out that friends with benefits thing too! I see how it is!"
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After making this remark, Webdy earned herself a good crack on the head with the end of Botan's oar.
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Finally, Hideshi had beaten Ginobly to the point where he was lying on the ground, blood rushing from the corner of his mouth and his nose from the beating Hideshi had given him. Now as his opponent lie helpless on the floor, Hideshi's body began to feel weak, almost as if the energy was being drained from it. He stopped beating on Gonobly and began panting in a tired manner, even though he actually hadn't used that much power against the demon.
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Ginobly's eyes slowly creeped open and he saw Hideshi's current condition. This brought a smile to the long-haired demon's face as he watched the Spirit Detective's golden aura start to fade. "Well detective, it seems as though you're at the end of your rope... How unfortunate... I'm just getting started..."
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Hideshi couldn't help but laugh at Ginobly's statement. "Yea right, cut the bullshit, a few seconds ago you said you were maximizing your power against me and I still was able to hand you your ass!"
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"Perhaps in this form, yes..." the demon said calmly as he started to slowly rise to his feet. "But you have yet to see my true form! Where my power is no longer suppressed!"⠀
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"W-what?!?" Hideshi gasped at what Ginobly had just revealed to him. In his current situation, the more power Ginobly can summon, the lesser Hideshi's chances become of defeating him.
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"Here, I'll prove I'm not bluffing!" The demon began to charge his familiar red and black aura around his body once again. This time, the powerful demon energy seemed to consume his human-like appearance, dissolving it away into a new, more terrifying transformation...
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The demon's skin became pale white like marble. His hands became black with sharp claws at the end if each finger, similar to Wendy's demonic arm. And from his back, Ginobly sprouted a pair of night-black wings which seemed to radiate energy.
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"Now then detective, look here and face your doom!" he demon said in a new, deeper and more demonic voiced which was echoed with a tone of evil.
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Perhaps most frightening of all for Romano Hideshi was Ginobly's new power. For as much energy as the Spirit Detective was losing, he felt as though Ginobly could easily close the gap between them, if there still existed a gap at all...