Dark cure

Chapter four: friendly spar

"I-I don't know" said the demi-saiyajin feeling the presure of the two men's stares. "Oh com'on"
"Yusuke-sama the boy obviously doesn't feel like taking the charge. Besides there are no guarantees that his strength..." "Well maybe I could" Gohan interrupted. He had never been an obsesive of pride -that was more like Vegeta- but the words of the man were pissing him off. "Yep!" said Yusuke grinning enthusiastically "I knew you will accept! Let's go spar and prove him wrong about your streght, right?" "Okay" agreed Gohan. 'What am I doing? I was supposed to be living isolated from the others so I didn't harm them, not to join a demon kingdom!' he thought as he followed Yusuke into a desertic area. The situation had run out of control.

When they finally decided where to spar they stopped, looking at each other for a while, studying the opponent. Then Yusuke send a punch to Gohan which he quickly elluded while giving him a kick. Yusuke elluded this as well and soon they were jumping atacking and defending themselves in a dance of hits. Gohan notice that, despite his power, Yusuke couldn't fly and protected him by going up in the sky "Masenko!" he shouted, missing the other fighter by mere inches "Mm, that's not fair. I can't fly" he said "Shot gun!" This time it was Gohan's turn to be surprised. They went on fighting for some time and neither of them seemed to win 'Damn, this is pretty hard. I can barely face him. Need to get into demon form' Gohan stopped his attacks when he sensed a sudden rise in Yusuke's ki. He looked different due to some kind of transformation, his hair was longer and there were blue strange marks all over him. This was not good, he was not so sure he could beat him in this form and didn't want to transform into SJ. Yusuke's speed increased and he balanced his lack of flying ability with some incredible jumps. Gohan was in trouble, could do little more than defending himself. 'I'm going to lose' For some reason, he couldn't accept the thought. 'This just a friendly spar, ok?' he reminded himself but it didn't help much. The saiyajin blood that went through his veins screamed that he had had so little activity and that he couldn't spoil the fun letting the other win. He just couldn't.

Yusuke gaped when he saw his second in command being enveloped in a yellow flame, his eyes turning blue and his hair golden staying up in a unnaturally way. "Shit, what've you done?" was all he could ask before Gohan hit him with his elbow, his speed several times higher than before "shit" Yusuke repeated. This wasn't going to be as easy as he thought.

Hiei observed the spar from the distance fascinated by Gohan's transformation. The energy he had felt the previous night could be felt more clearly and the sensations it provoked were now more intense. The energy was feral, turbulent, screaming about the pleasure of fighting. He growled, wondering why did that energy affected him so much. Was he more vulnerable to it because of his jagan? "Hiei" He almost jumped at the sound of his name and the voice that called him chuckled "What do you want, Kurama?" he spat in an angry voice "What were you so concentrated on?" "It's none of your business!" "This guy, the saiyajin, has really caught your eye, doesn't he?" he stated calmly, a sharp look on his face "What?! Don’t be stupid Kurama, I’m not like you” he said ‘I don’t get attracted as easily as the kitsune’ he thought, remembering a conversation they had long time ago.

- flash back-

“Everyone has his own scars Kurama and those who hasn’t aren’t worth it” Hiei said to his friend, trying to calm him down.
“Yes you’re right. And I don’t think Kuronoe would appreciate me getting this emotional over him, if he could see me, that is.” Agreed the fox demon his eyes fixed in the sky for a few minutes “ Promised you I won’t lose my spirit over my emotions, but this is hardly an option whenever you’re involved” he whispered smirking “You know that’s because I love you” Hiei stayed there surprised, he had thought that Kuronoe had been his friend, not his lover “I thought kitsunes didn’t mate” he interrupted. Kurama looked at him, it seemed that he had forgotten he had been here. “Well we don’t usually do. Normally over sensual instincts are too strong to be devoted to just one being, specially if we’re in heat.” Hiei listened to him, he already knew that part “However Kuronoe was different. It’s hard to explain, he satiated me” “how could one demon possibly satiate kitsune’s appetites?” he asked not believing it one bit “ I really don’t know. Probably the way he was so…complete for me. All of him fascinated me, his personality, his body, his energy,…” “How can a energy fascinate someone? It’s nonsense” Kurama chuckled at his best friend’s confusion “Maybe one day you’ll feel and you’ll understand” “No way” he spat his head hurting of trying to figure out what the fox was talking about.

-end of flash back-
There was no way he could get attracted to some strange creature of unknown precedence. It had been just two days since they meet, the time too short for even develop a liking for Gohan. “it wouldn’t be the first time you develop a liking for someone in a short period of time, even if it’s uncommon for you. Remember Yusuke.” The fire apparition growled knowing that it was true. The street punk had manage to win his respect in that first fight. And this respect grew with the mission to get down the Saint Beasts. No one had ever won his respect that quickly with the possible exception of that…whatever he was. He looked again at the fight discovering that the hanjou and the saiyajin had finished. They where both soaked in blood with identical smiles in their faces “ I guess this time nobody wins” Yusuke said drained of all energy. “That was great” Gohan said more to himself than to Yusuke. After so much time constraining himself this spar was like taking a way off his shoulders. ‘I guess I can not really resist to fight’ he thought his happiness forgotten with this admission ‘How is that I couldn’t restraint myself? This was not even a real battle’ he started shaking with rage. “Something wrong?” the other fighter asked concerned about his shaking “Nothing” he lied “I think I have something that can heal us the wounds” he said, remembering that he had arrived to that place with still some senzus. “Really?” he asked “Yeah” he said handing him one of the seeds and taking one for himself. “We don’t what this is. Don’t eat it” Hiei warned. The saiyajin may have his curiosity but not his trust at least not yet. “Let Kurama check first” Gohan stared at the dark-haired demon. When he was younger he will have been hurt by this display of distrust but at this place he found it only natural. ‘Besides I’m not trustable if strong emotions crush me’ he remind himself “Listen it’s not poisonous I’m going to eat mine too” he said. Kurama when there and checked “He says the truth. It’s not poisonous or damaging. But…” “What?” “I’ve never seen it before. I don’t know how it works” he explained to a wide-eyed Yusuke. He had thought Kurama knew all the plants existent in the three worlds. “Well then it won’t hurt me, huh?” he said and eat the seed at the same time that Gohan did without letting the others time to protest. He feel his wounds closing, his scratches leaving and all his forces returning to him. Man, the boy was one not to have as an enemy. “ I have heard of strong tonic plants but of nothing like this.” Kurama said “Where do they come from?” “Ugh, we call them senzu.” Gohan began to explain feeling that the demon deserved him telling everything “ I used to live in other place before. In that place there was with a extremely high tower called Karin tower where Karin lived. I don’t know exactly how he managed to have them. He could have a plant or they could be magically made. You only can get them there.” “Where did you live?” the fox demon asked bewildered. That Karin tower didn’t exist in the Ningenkai or the Reikai and after all that happened it was plainly impossible that he came from the Meikai. And for other parts of Makai, where it would be extremely rare for him not to have noticed in all his years as a spiritual fox a place so special “I…” he had already said too much. Kurama was very smart and seemed to have figured out more things than he should. At this point they were interrupted by the monk-like man. “Please, Yusuke-sama. We really should get going to inform the others about your decision.” He had not liked the monk before but he did now. He was saving him a big trouble, he had to be more careful. “What?! Listen, I paid for 3 nights there!” he shouted pointing in the direction where they have come from. “I’ll arranged it. Our people can’t wait more” “Oh, just great!” he said pissed.