YuYu Transfer Student: Love Comedy Battlefield with That Guy from Spirit World
Yusuke Urameshi, a loner high school freshman boy, is suddenly confessed to one day by the class perfect beauty, Botan. But she is actually a transfer student from the Spirit World, saying Yusuke was a Spirit Detective who fought demons in a past life. Before he can believe it, the delinquent leader Hiei appears and forces him to fight. Then, the school's top honor student Kurama, and Kuwabara who is inexplicably popular with guys, all suddenly get close to Yusuke. It seems in their past lives,
YuYu Transfer Student: Love Comedy Battlefield with That Guy from Spirit World - Bud of Reversal — The Aloof Fox and the Clumsy Sun
BOOM!!
A heavy impact echoed from outside the gymnasium.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!!
The window glass rattled.
"...Kuwabara."
Yuusuke, still on his hands and knees, tried desperately to move his trembling legs.
He couldn't.
Maybe because he'd been sobbing so hard until just moments ago—his body refused to listen.
(*Get up... Get up, that's what Hiei said too...*)
His head understood. But his knees shook violently and wouldn't leave the floor.
"Urameshi!! You alive in there?!"
Outside the window.
A figure was slamming against the yellow barrier.
A broad back. His orange-tinged pompadour was crushed and disheveled from the impacts. His uniform was caked in mud. Blood streamed from his nose—he must have smashed face-first into the barrier.
Kuwabara Kazuma.
"You bastard!! Give me back my friend and my sister!!"
He ran again.
Threw his entire body against the barrier.
BOOM!!
The barrier didn't budge. The powerful repelling force sent Kuwabara flying. He crashed to the ground and rolled.
"...Guh...!!"
Kuwabara lifted his head.
Blood had gotten into his mouth—he coughed and hacked. Even so, he staggered back to his feet.
"Not yet... It's not over yet!!"
He ran again. Slammed again. Was thrown back again.
Over and over.
"Kuwabara..."
His throat tightened.
That idiot—why is he going so far—?
Kuwabara shouted.
"I haven't... paid you back for anything yet!!"
BOOM!!
"Just making you lunch every morning... isn't enough!!"
BOOM!!
"You're my... you're my friend, dammit!!"
BOOM!!
Something inside Yuusuke surged with heat.
"I see. So that's how it works."
A voice came from directly behind him.
He turned.
At the gymnasium entrance stood Kurama.
His long, beautiful crimson-violet hair was tied back in its usual single tail. Not a single wrinkle on his uniform. His emerald-green eyes were gently narrowed—as if he were actually enjoying this situation.
He walked slowly through the fallen students.
"Pulses are normal. Breathing is stable. They're simply having their spirit energy drained—their lives aren't in danger."
He took the wrist of a collapsed classmate.
"However—"
He raised his head and looked at the Sora-no-Me outside the window.
"At this rate, everyone's spirit energy will be completely drained in about five minutes."
"...H-how come you're fine?"
Kurama smiled.
"I was originally a demon. A barrier that absorbs human spirit energy doesn't affect me as easily."
He crouched down in front of Yuusuke.
His emerald-green eyes gazed at Yuusuke's trembling legs.
"Yuusuke-kun. As long as you keep crying, this barrier will grow stronger."
"...Huh?"
"That eyeball—the Sora-no-Me—feeds on negative emotions. Despair, self-hatred, regret. Everything you're feeling right now becomes fuel for the barrier."
Kurama's fingers gently lifted Yuusuke's chin.
Long, beautiful fingers. Cold.
"In other words—"
His emerald-green eyes narrowed.
"If you don't stop crying, everyone here will die."
"...!!"
Something snapped inside Yuusuke.
He bit down on his lip. Tasted blood.
He tried to stop the tears. But they wouldn't stop.
Kurama stood up. He looked outside the window.
BOOM!!
Kuwabara body-slammed the barrier again.
"...However, something interesting is also happening."
Kurama approached the window.
"That man, Kuwabara-kun. Every time he throws himself against it, that section of the barrier wavers slightly."
Yuusuke looked at the window too.
The yellow wall rippled just a little with each of Kuwabara's collisions.
"...You're right."
"The same reason Hiei was able to damage the barrier earlier."
Kurama glanced over at the fallen Hiei.
"If negative emotions are the barrier's fuel, then conversely, positive emotions—genuinely caring for someone—trigger the barrier's repulsion."
Kurama's emerald-green eyes looked straight at Yuusuke.
"In other words—the feelings others have for you can become a weapon to break the barrier."
"...Hiei... cares about me?"
Hiei was still collapsed.
Blood pooled on the floor. His left arm was still bent at an impossible angle.
But just moments ago—he had yelled at me to "get up."
(*That guy... he seriously—*)
"He considers you his rival. And he means it, with everything he has."
Kurama smiled.
Then he looked outside the window.
BOOM!!
"Uwoooooh!! Open!! Open up!!"
Kuwabara was thrown back again.
He collapsed to the ground.
But he got up immediately. Didn't even wipe the blood from his nose—just started running again.
"And that Kuwabara-kun as well—clumsy as he is, his feelings for you seem genuine."
Yuusuke clenched his fist.
"That guy... called me his friend..."
His voice trembled.
But—it was a different kind of trembling than before.
Something was burning deep in his chest.
(*I'm not alone.*)
"Yuusuke-kun."
Kurama turned around.
"You don't have to fight alone. Botan, Hiei, Kuwabara, and myself—if we can gather the strength of everyone who cares about you into one, we might be able to break the barrier."
Yuusuke slowly stood up.
His knees were still shaking.
But—.
(*Get up. Get up, dammit.*)
Slowly, he raised his right hand.
He aimed his index finger at the Sora-no-Me outside the window.
He gathered the heat in his chest into his fingertip.
(*Botan... Hiei... Kuwabara...*)
Flicker.
His fingertip glowed faintly.
But—.
That was it.
"Dammit..."
The Spirit Gun wouldn't fire.
Fear got in the way. The thought that he couldn't do anything—it scattered his spirit energy.
—Just then.
"...Get up..."
A voice.
He looked at the floor.
Hiei.
He must have regained consciousness—still collapsed, one eye open, staring at him. More blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.
"...If you don't do it... I won't forgive you..."
A trembling voice.
But those crimson-purple eyes were fixed straight on Yuusuke.
"Hiei..."
"...Yuu...suke...-kun..."
Another voice.
Yuusuke turned.
Botan's fingers, still collapsed, moved weakly.
"...Together..."
Her eyes remained closed.
But her voice definitely reached Yuusuke.
"...Yeah."
Yuusuke nodded.
Then—he looked at Kurama.
"Kurama. Lend me your strength."
He bowed his head.
"I still can't do anything. But I can't do this alone. I need your power."
Kurama looked surprised for just a moment.
Then—.
"...Now it's finally getting interesting."
The corners of his mouth curved upward.
A different smile than before. A slightly more serious, warmer smile.
"Very well. I'll cooperate."
Kurama thrust his right hand forward.
*Slither, slither, slither—.*
Green vines extended from his palm. Thin and supple vines. But their surface bristled with countless faintly glowing thorns.
"The spot where the barrier's distortion is greatest—we'll aim there."
The vines writhed like living creatures as they stretched outside the window.
They converged on a single point on the barrier.
*CRACK!!*
The vines lashed against the barrier.
The yellow wall wavered slightly.
"I'm doing this too!!"
Outside the window.
Kuwabara slammed a full-force headbutt into the exact same spot Kurama's vines had struck.
BOOOM!!
The barrier rippled violently.
"...I'm... not done yet either..."
Hiei raised his trembling right hand.
*Whoosh.*
A small flame flickered to life in his palm.
Much smaller than before. A flame so faint it seemed about to go out.
But—.
"Go... Yuusuke!!"
The flame flew toward the same point on the barrier.
And then—.
Faint particles of light rose from Botan's body.
*Softly.*
They drifted toward Yuusuke like flower petals dancing in a spring breeze.
Her last remaining spirit energy.
It was drawn into Yuusuke's fingertip.
"...Everyone."
His fingertip began to glow.
A light incomparably stronger than before.
All the heat in his chest gathered into that single fingertip.
(*Botan's feelings... Hiei's feelings... Kuwabara's feelings...*)
The light grew larger and larger.
"Everyone's feelings... I'm giving them back!!"
A bullet of light shot from his index finger.
The Spirit Gun—.
The first Spirit Gun he had ever fired by the force of his own will.
It pierced straight through a single point on the barrier.
*CRAAAAAACK!!*
A massive fissure ran across the yellow wall.
The cracks spread across its entire surface.
"We did it...!"
But—.
The cracks didn't lead to destruction.
The barrier pulsed with light as it slowly began to repair itself.
"What...?!"
"...It's still not enough."
Kurama calmly observed the barrier.
"To completely destroy the barrier, we need one more person's feelings—a powerful emotion is required."
"If it's not enough, I'll just slam into it more!!"
Kuwabara shouted.
He tried to start running again—just then.
*Buckle.*
His knees gave out.
"...Guh... Move... Move, dammit...!"
He had reached his limit.
Kuwabara collapsed to the ground.
Even so, he pounded the ground with his fist.
"Not yet... It's not over yet...!"
Yuusuke dropped to his knees too.
His strength was spent—his body felt heavy.
But—.
"Kurama... what do you mean, one more person's feelings?"
Kurama walked over to Yuusuke's side.
"The spirit energy within you hasn't even been half released yet."
He spoke quietly as he supported Yuusuke.
"The power sealed away along with your past life's memories—the key to unlocking it is for you to truly believe in your comrades."
"...Believe in my comrades."
Yuusuke looked at everyone who had fallen.
Hiei. Collapsed and covered in blood. But the corner of his mouth seemed to be smiling, just a little.
Botan. Her face was pale. But her fingertips were still pointed toward Yuusuke.
Kuwabara. Fallen outside. But his face, even while crying, was smiling.
"I... I didn't understand any of you at all."
Yuusuke clenched his fist.
"But... I'm not running anymore."
He raised his head.
Outside the window.
The Sora-no-Me was beginning to glow even brighter.
The barrier's repair was accelerating.
The faces of the fallen students grew even paler.
"We're out of time. Before that eyeball enters its final stage, we must play our last card."
Kurama's voice carried a hint of urgency.
"Urameshi! It's not over yet, right?! Next time, let me in there too!"
Kuwabara shouted from outside.
Kurama watched him and smiled quietly.
"It seems you can't break the barrier alone. However—"
He placed a hand on Yuusuke's shoulder.
"With the combined strength of all five of us, perhaps."
Just then—.
*Sssssss...*
The barrier's glow intensified once more.
More spirit energy was being siphoned from the students' bodies.
"...Next time... I won't miss."
Hiei murmured as he slipped out of consciousness.
Botan's hand squeezed Yuusuke's fingers tightly.
It was warm.
Yuusuke stood up.
His knees were still shaking.
But—he wouldn't fall anymore.
"Let's go, everyone."
He aimed his right hand at the Sora-no-Me once more.
A faint light flickered at his fingertip.
Still small.
But—this time, it didn't disappear.
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