01x15 - Utsukushiki Bara no Mai! Karei Naru Kurama

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A threatening letter has arrived
for Koenma from Demon City,

a world where the most evil of Yokai live.

It says that if their demands are refused,
thousands of Makaichu bugs will infest people,

and the Human Realm will be destroyed.

Upon receiving orders,

Yusuke charged into Demon City
along with Kuwabara.

There, the two were joined by
powerful allies, Kurama and Hiei.

However, they soon found
themselves plunged into calamity!

"Beautiful Dance of the Rose!
The Elegant Kurama."

That gateway can tell how much power
those who are supporting it have,

and presses down with just enough
force that they can endure it.

If even one of you withdraws your power,
it will squash you flat! Squash!

If one of you betrays the others and tries
to escape, the others will be crushed!

You may also rely on each other,

and eventually your power
will fail you, and you will all die!

Only he who would betray the others
is capable of entering the castle.

You are free to choose what to do.

You piece of crap, don't you toy with us!

Hey, you got that?! Betray us,
and you won't get off scot-free!

But if we just stay here like this, then
when our strength is gone, we all die.

What?!

Cut it out! This is no time to be arguing!

We have to reset that lever!

Hiei!

Raise that lever over on the wall for us!

The fastest one here
among us is you, Hiei!

You dumbass, Urameshi!
Are you out of your mind?!

You go! I think that guy's detestable!

What that guy with the
pushed-in face says is right.

Pushed-in...?
Hey, who are you calling...?!

You sure you can trust me?
I'm a man who tried to defeat you once.

I might just skip out on you like this.

If you were going to defeat me,
you would do it directly.

If I release all of my Reiki,

I can support your part as well
for a short time. Go on, Hiei!

I'm leaving it up to you!

What's the matter?!
Hurry and raise the lever!

There is no reason for you to stray.

With me to lead the way, we can leave
them here, and go on inside the castle.

The Four Holy Beasts would gladly
take in a criminal such as yourself.

How about it? Together,
let us take over the Human Realm.

W-Why, you... Come on, runt!

Urameshi trusted you and left this up
to you! Are you going to betray him?!

What are you laughing for?!

Those guys are so utterly dense...

Why, you...!

Yes, that will do nicely!

There is no call for a gentleman
such as yourself to die together

with those insignificant folk!

Hiei!!

So then, allow me to
be your guide. This way.

Don't think you can make an a*s of me!!

It stopped!

Hiei!

Tell them this from me...

If they're going to beg for
their lives, now is the time!

Are you okay, Urameshi?

I thought my veins were going to burst!

You saved us, Hiei! Thank you!

You gave us quite a scare there!
You're quite the actor, huh?

Looks like your bad disposition
hasn't changed though!

I didn't necessarily do it to save you.
Don't get me wrong.

Jerk!

"The more people we have, the easier it
will be to defeat them," goes for me, too!

That's just his own way of
saying thanks. Pay it no mind.

Yeah.

What's the deal with that b*stard?

They've broken their way through
the Gateway of Betrayal, have they?

What shall we do, Suzaku-sama?

It means we may be able to enjoy them.
Somebody go play with them.

Miserable Hiei! He's telling
us to beg for our lives?

What nerve! I'll go and tear them apart!

Hold on!

Leave this to me, Genbu, the one who
sees over the lowest rooms of the castle.

I will be sure to bring back
their four dead bodies with haste,

and we will string them up as
a warning to the Spirit Realm!

Don't scare me like that!
What do you have there?

When I was leaving for
Demon City, Botan gave it to me.

Yusuke, this is Botan
in the Human Realm. Over.

Right.

Hi, Botan-chan!

Your man Kuwabara is helping
the weak, crushing the strong,

and making every effort
to protect Urameshi!

I'm relieved to hear that!

There hasn't been any disorder
on this end either, as of yet.

The Makaichu bugs can only be hosted
by those who have shady minds, after all.

I'm sure there aren't many people like that,
so the bugs must be unable to find hosts.

I hope that's true. Be careful!

Yep. What's more, I caught another one
of the small-time Yokai from Demon City!

Hey, behind you!

It's okay! These guys are weak.

The Makaichu bug problem
is far more serious.

I've spent the whole day looking around,
and I've only found fifteen of them.

Fifteen out of several thousand, huh?
That's just a drop in the bucket.

On top of that,
once they become parasitic,

I'll have to take them on
as humans, right?!

I won't be able to do this!

Understood. We'll take the bug flute
and destroy it without a moment's delay!

Don't overdo it!
That's all, end of communication!

Ah! One more, I found you!

See for yourself, this is
the power of Spirit Realm pesticide!

Koenma-sama! Koenma-sama!

I'm sure it's supposed to be here...

Koenma-sama!

We've just received word!

Yusuke and the others have
overcome the Gateway of Betrayal!

Oh, really, really?

Koenma-sama, what exactly
is it that you're doing?

I'm looking for materials to tell me what
kind of guys these Four Holy Beasts are.

You mean you sent out orders to
Botan-san, Yusuke and the others

without even knowing
the true nature of the enemy?

That's right.

How irresponsible!
That's terrible! You've gone too far!

I had no choice, you know!
There's no one else I could have asked!

Unless maybe you'd
rather go in their place?

No, no! Not at all!

Well then, you can look with me!
You take over there!

R-Right!

Really, I wonder what
kind of guys they are...

Kurama, by the way, what kind of
guys are these Four Holy Beasts?

Like, what are our opponents'
powers or techniques?

I was in such a rush, I didn't ask anyone.

We don't know any of that either.

Seeing as how the Spirit Realm
sealed them up in the Demon Realm,

we know that they are a
considerably dangerous group.

That's all?!

They have been kept pretty far away
from humans, so we may be quite surprised.

Thank you for such words of praise!

What's that?! What's that?!

You guys are finished here!

In here?

How good of you to come!

What is that thing?!

I, Genbu-sama, the most
powerful of the Four Holy Beasts,

will now teach you a lesson!

This is one of the Four Holy Beasts?

The only stairway up is in here.

Defeat me or become a corpse...
Those are your choices!

You can all attack me at once!
That will save me some trouble as well!

Y-You've gotta be kidding!

How are we supposed to fight
against a monster like that?!

I'll take him.

Kurama!

So long as we don't know
the true nature of our opponent,

it's dangerous for us to all go.

Besides, I can't allow Hiei to be
the only one to look cool, you know!

You'd like to die one at a time, huh?
That's okay, too.

Hey, this is crazy, Kurama!

Why don't we look for some kind
of opening and run upstairs instead?

You guys don't know
what strength Kurama has.

Let me tell you why
I teamed up with him...

It's because I wouldn't
want to make him my enemy.

His overwhelming coolness toward
those who would do him harm

is greater than my own.

Any way you look at him, he doesn't
appear all that strong, though...

So then, please come at me
however you would like.

Hey, there's something funny going on
with that b*stard's tail, isn't there?

What?

Kurama!

I can integrate myself with
the rock and move around!

By passing through the rock,
moving only my tail is a piece of cake!

W-What a monster!

In other words, this entire room is me!

There is no way you can escape!

Kurama! Are you okay?!

He's in for it, isn't he?

You don't need to worry.
It's just a scratch.

He took me unawares,
and I was a little startled.

Ha! We'll see how long
you can keep talking so big!

From now on, it will be the real thing!

This time his whole body
is sinking into the floor!

What the hell is going on?!

He's completely hidden himself!

Now we can't tell where he's coming from!

Behind me again?!

His tail is in front!

He's gonna be caught
from the front and the back!

Where did he go this time?!

You'll never beat me just by running away!

What you say is certainly true...

A rose?!

Hey, don't tell me you're thinking of giving
that rose to the monster as a present!

Of course, this is no ordinary rose!

Rose Whip!

ROSE WHIP:
ROSE THORN WHIP BLADE

The scent of roses is filling the room...!

What an ostentatious b*stard!
He even spoke English!

Kuwabara, you hate everyone
that's cooler than you, huh?

You shut up!

Oh, how beautiful...

To think that Kurama had this technique...

How do you suppose it smells?

Fool! Do you think you'll have the time
to draw your whip against an opponent

if you don't know where he's coming from?!

If that's what you think,
then go ahead and come from any direction!

How interesting! I'll tear
you apart with a single blow!

From above!

What?!

He got him!

The thorns on that whip are
sharp enough to cut through iron!

Kagon retsuzanshi!

KAGON RETSUZANSHI:
ELEGANT, HARSH LIMB-SEVERING ATTACK

H-How did you know where I was?

From your smell. In this room,
bathed with the scent of roses,

your Yoki stinks something terrible.

You got him! It was Genbu
that got beaten in one blow!

Hey, creep! That guy was
pretty weak, wasn't he?

Idiot! It's only because Kurama was there
that he appeared to be so easily beaten.

If it were you, you would have
been dead after the first strike.

You really know how to irritate
someone, you know that?!

Listen, I have enough power that
I came in a respectable third place

in the tournament to
succeed Master Genkai.

Moron.

What?!

Look, you guys, cut it out,
or I'll settle it for both of you!

Anyhow, we need to
hurry and move forward.

Apparently, not just yet...

It's no use! No matter how much
you may cut me, you cannot beat me!

That b*stard! You cut him up, and he
still returns to normal! Is he immortal?!

Not only can I return to normal,
I can split myself up as well, like this!

Take this! Bakuretsu gansho-dan!

Kagon retsuzanshi!

He did it! This time he's rubble!

Don't you get it when
I tell you it's no use?

Not even that did any good?!

I'm done playing around. Die!
Bakuretsu gansho-dan!

He's coming around again!

Kurama!

What's the matter?!
What are you planning to do?!

To think you would make yourself
a target like that... Are you mad?!

What are you laughing about? I'll put
you out of your misery right now!

Wha...? He's upside-down!

What's this?!

You've got some huge ba*ls there, huh?!

That's gotta be too
heavy for you to even walk!

I-It can't be! You've taken my...!

This?

Th-That!

This is the stone that
acts as the command pylon

to return your dismembered
body back to normal, right?

You did a good job of
hiding this from my view,

but its glow when sending out
power could not escape my notice.

Finding things that people are
trying to hide is one of my specialties.

I am a professional thief, after all.

W-W-Wait! Don't hurt that!

Stop that!

No!

You did it! Take that!

Kurama! Way to go!

Kurama!

Kurama, to think you were
wounded this seriously!

Yusuke, I'm sorry.

Hey, now, just leave the rest up to us!

Yeah! I'll take the next one!

Thanks to Kurama's actions,
Genbu has been defeated.

However, he was only one
of the Four Holy Beasts.

What kind of Yokai lie in wait
for Yusuke and the others?

Interesting. I will be your next opponent!

THE FOUR HOLY BEASTS: BYAKKO

Kuwabara, are you seriously going to
take on the next opponent, Byakko?!

He's quite a monster!

Kuwabara's Reiki sword has grown longer!

That's a real serviceable
sword you've got there!

You don't do too badly yourself!

All right, Kuwabara,
go run wild against him!

Don't get too c*ck on us!

Next time, "Grow, Rei-ken!
Kuwabara: A Man's Fight."

The Other World's
not watching for nothing!