Originally posted by Nozdormu
"Oh but you are just a child"His voice echoed as he rose from the Earth behind Yusuke. His rise was almost like an explosion of earth as he smashed the air with his four wings and with great, stunning speed appeared just behind Yusuke. While Predecessor was under the earth, he moved not in speed but by thought. Earth spoke to him, and he happily spoke back, and that had granted him a whole lot of advantages. Then, as Predecessor appeared behind Yusuke, he with one hand grabbed the skull of his opponent, and held onto it.
"You are but a child, with a long time to go. I said that, yes. I never said you were not a capable warrior"
With that, he sent a pulse of pure light trough his arm and hand into Yusuke. Not normal light, obviously, but a harmful pulse that was a designed attack to harm the opponent by enhancing the streams of light with the various natural elements. The heat of fire, the shock of lighting, the impact of earth and the freezing of water all combined in a pulse of manifested light. The duration was the length of the grasp by Predecessor, and he had no intentions of letting go.
"And no, you have no idea what you were about to do. I know you people. Destruction, fighting, winning and proving your personal points is all that matter. You are as selfish as the next one"
Predecessor flapped his wings and even while his attack was ongoing, he flew higher and higher and took Yusuke with him. He looked up into the sky as he kept the attack ongoing and he kept on speaking.
"You say you are serious about winning this tournament. You say you are certain that you will win. Child, I will pray that you are right"
With those final words, Predecessor grasped Yusuke's head tighter.
(Sigh. Alright Noz. I'll take you on. Give me all you have.)
"Oh but you are just a boy."
The words were ominous, a loud grinding angry tone, that Yusuke heard not just within his own ears, but deep inside of his soul. The words didn't seem to be spoken, they just "existed." It was that kind of fear and surprise that caused Yusuke to hear his opponent's words in a strange way. It was just the moment. It did however also cause Yusuke to quickly look back behind him.
Time did seem to slow. It seems that that sort of thing happens alot in a fight of this proportion, but to be honest it only slowed because time stopped when Yusuke came to a dawning comprehension that Yusuke was about to get hit. And hit hard. But it was also that feeling that allowed Yusuke to become such a strong warrior. He knew what was coming next, and so his spiritual energy focused in a spot where he believed the next attack was coming from. Not much of a defense, but it was just his fighting edge. But the fact that his opponent The Predecessor had managed to avoid his Spirit Shotgun. He didn't knw how his opponent didn't, it wasn't that apparent. For whatever reason...
With time back to normal, Yusuke couldn't move fast enough to turn his body around, and so didn't defend very well when his opponent grasped the front
of his head, and squeezed with remarkable strength. More from shock then pain, Yusuke yelled in surprise, and was about to give Predecessor another smart-ass remark, but that was when the pain hit him.
Beneath Predecessor's armored grasp, Yusuke felt the strange energy source from within the metallic suit of armor that encased it. But this time, the energy shifted, and seemed to emanate from inside of Predecessors palm. In a white hot flash, Yusuke heard the eerie crack and whistle of the strange technique. It was unlike anything Yusuke had previously experienced - truly unique. From within his own body, Yusuke felt familiar stings of pain that he had experienced, except now they were all at once. He felt himself being slammed into the ground by one of Genkai's kicks, or blasted with a fierce shards of winter from his demon friend Touya, or even shocked by a swipe of Kuwabara's Spirit Sword. It was truly something that a normal warrior would ever be able to withstand.
But Yusuke Urameshi was anything but a normal warrior.
This pain....it was intense sure. But the training that Yusuke Urameshi had went through during his run as Spirit Detective was much more...excruciating. Like that time in the cave....When he had to endure the endless and intense amount of pain emanating from within his entire body! The sensation wasn't so different as the Predecessor's technique. The pain erupted from within, and to become a proper warrior, Yusuke would have to learn how to function even if his body was being attacked from within! During his trials in attempting this ability, Yusuke almost died, but it was a friend that helped him focus passed pain. No matter how intense....
(Flashback)
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Yes...Yusuke was no stranger to this sort of pain. And now, after going through that training, Yusuke would be able to function even if he couldn't escape the inexorable grip of the Predecessor.
Yusuke continued to scream in pain. His cries loud and harsh. But then, they stopped long enough for Yusuke to yell the following:
"ALRIGHT THAT HURTS!"
With strength not yet used during his fight. Yusuke reached out and grabbed hold tightly of a protrusion in his opponents armor. His grip was tight, and he held Predecessor in place almost as much as the behemoth gripped his head. With his left hand grasped tightly to his opponents armor, Yusuke slid his right index finger out from underneath his opponents left shoulder. With a familiar whirring and bright blue flash, his finger lit it's spiritual energy. The blinking lit faster, and Yusuke's aura grew even more hot.
With his voice still yelling, Yusuke exhaled
"Earlier! When you asked if you knew what I was doing....I said yes! Maybe you and I were thinking of different things, because here's what I was planning! SPIRIT GUN!"
A FLASH OF BLUE AND WHITE LIGHT! Yusuke's second, more focused Spirit Gun shot exploded outward, headed straight for the nearest wall of the Fire Arena. In the second the shot took to get to the wall, the collision exploded with a harsh booming sound. The damage had been dealt enough. Yusuke smiled and closed his eyes. The dam broke.
His back to the arena wall, Predecessor couldn't see the fiery blast Yusuke had caused. Spraying hot lava that only a volcano could contain, a geyser burst outward from the crater caused by Yusuke's shot. The lava headed straight for the held tight warriors. His plan worked.
The roaring of the lava was a loud rumbling and sizzle, and drowned out Yusuke's last comment before impact.
"I'm Serious!"
The arena DID look familiar to Yusuke. He had fought a demon inside an active volcano working on a case with Kuwabara to retrieve the prince of spirit worlds golden seal. He had used the technique to defeat the villain as he did Predecessor. In the explaination for this arena, Yusuke remembered that no body could survive the fiery lava's magma and fire. But, they could sure be shielded. The fact that Yusuke was a child, and his opponent a hulking armored behemoth was the deciding factor. Behind his strong armor - that was undoubtedly holy, Yusuke was small enough to fit inside the armored torso alone. The giant armored body would only prevent a shield from the lava, blocking it's spray from Yusuke just long enough to leap off of his giant opponent in mid wave. And if not the armored body, either the Giant Wings, The Enormous Sword, or the Gigantic shield would also deflect the lava from Yusuke. The lava made contact, and Yusuke used his athletic ability to propel hiimself off of his opponent, broken free of his metallic grip.
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