"Yu Yu Hakusho"
In a crowded city, as I bump shoulders, I'm all alone.
On an endless prairie, as the wind whistles by, I'm all alone.
Which one is it that makes me want to cry more, I wonder.
Marking it with twin circles, I feel a bit more grown-up!
It must be, that when I run into these terribly difficult walls,
and unexpectedly, for whatever reason,
The courage and power to break through rises up from within,
All because of how, when I run into these terribly difficult people,
they show me kindness, I bet!
Thank you very much!
There are three great powers that dominate the Demon Realm--
Raizen, Yomi, and Mukuro.
One of them, Raizen, is Yusuke's forefather.
Messengers, under orders from Raizen,
invited Yusuke to the Demon Realm to refine his powers,
and to fight alongside him, then departed.
I'll be back in exactly three years. I promise.
"To the Demon Realm! A Meeting With the Father"
Let's see... x2 minus 2xy plus... y2...
...combined with Sis wearing too much makeup...
Kazu, are you at it?
I'm at it!
Here. I've got dinner.
Oh, looks delicious! I'll take it--
What did you do that for!?
You can eat if you promise
to finish all of the problems in this book by tomorrow morning.
What!? By tomorrow morning!?
Look, your studies are already a hundred times behind everyone else's!
If you don't do at least this much,
there's no way you'll be able to go to Gai Technical College High School Annex.
All right! I just have to do those, right?
Very well.
Take this seriously.
Damn it all. Although, I am grateful that she made dinner for me like this.
Thanks, Sis.
She forgot to add sugar!
Eikichi! Where are you? Come on out!
Eikichi...
Botan!
What do you want? It's the middle of the night!
I've been summoned, too. We're supposed to go to Master Genkai's temple.
What for?
I dunno.
Ah, I can't, I can't! I'm busy studying for entrance exams, here.
If she wants to talk to me, I'll go tomorrow.
Oh, you don't say...
Yukina-chan is going to be there...
Why didn't you say so in the first place!?
But you're too busy, right?
Which is more important, studying or Yukina-san!?
Kuwabara the man will overcome any obstacle to be where Yukina-san is!
Driver! Rush me to Ba-san's temple!
I can't let you ride for free.
Kazu, I brought some sugar and milk--
Botan-chan!
Y- yikes... Hurry, driver.
Right-o!
Hey, Kazu!
Shizuru-san! I'm sorry!
Don't jerk me around!
Are you serious!? Did you also get Alzheimer's in your brain
the moment you found out you had demonkin blood mixed in!? Eh!?
I'm serious. I've decided to go to the Demon Realm.
What are you going to do when you get there?
Buddy up with other demonkin, and come attacking the Human Realm!?
Maybe.
"Maybe"...? Why, you...!
If that's the last of your wussy punches I ever take, I hate to have to go.
Anyhow,
I'll decide what I'm going to do once I get over there.
All I can say now is that there are lots of strong guys in the Demon Realm.
That's all.
That's all there is to it. I can't help myself.
I'm driven to go to the Demon Realm.
That's crazy!
So, what are you going to do about your duties as Spirit Realm Detective!?
You needn't worry about that.
The Spirit Realm has stripped Urameshi Yusuke of his duties
as Spirit Realm Detective.
What's more,
the extermination order against Urameshi Yusuke is still in place.
E- extermination order!?
That's right. Not that it's some kind of excuse,
but if I remain in the Human Realm,
my only fate is to be rubbed out by a posse from the Spirit Realm.
This sure takes me back...
Before Yusuke's spirit powers had been awakened,
you had such a hard time of it fighting here in this darkness.
But now, Yusuke has gotten himself more power than I can manage.
All we can do now is pray that the demonkin blood inside him
does not make him cause any trouble.
There are pangs that have started in his blood that only Yusuke can understand.
What's more,
he will not rest until things get settled to his satisfaction.
That's the kind of man he is.
Isn't that why you've fought alongside him?
Yeah, but... how do you intend to get to the Demon Realm?
The boundary tunnel that connects the Human Realm and the Demon Realm
is all closed up!
Holes that are closed up can be opened again.
Opened again?
The Spirit Realm Special Defense Squad?
Urameshi Yusuke, are you ready?
Yeah, whenever you like.
Don't tell me you guys are planning to open a hole to the Demon Realm!
I'd heard they were conducting Yusuke to the Demon Realm.
That's dirty of you guys!
You don't have the power to exterminate Urameshi,
so you dispose of him by locking him up inside the Demon Realm!?
I won't deny that.
Yama the Great has handed down the safest decision
for the sake of peace in the Spirit Realm and the Human Realm.
We are only loyally executing our duty.
Peace in the Human Realm? So what are we going to do
the next time someone like Toguro or Sensui shows up, eh!?
Are you telling me, Kurama and Hiei to take care of it,
with just the three of us!?
That won't happen.
What?
Kuwabara, these last few days,
Yusuke and the others' situations have changed greatly.
What do you mean!?
Hiei...!
I, too, have received an invitation from the Demon Realm.
What? Are you thinking of also joining this demonkin Raizen guy!?
Not Raizen.
The invitation came from one of the other three great powers
that opposes Raizen--
Mukuro.
You're not seriously planning on going, are you?
I'm going, all right. I was originally a resident of the Demon Realm.
You could wind up having to fight against Urameshi in the Demon Realm!
If that happens, it happens, and all I can do then is enjoy my fate.
As it happens, me, too...
Kurama...!
I received an invitation from the Demon Realm,
from the other power, Yomi.
Y- you're going, too?
That's probably what will happen.
It would be after Yusuke and Hiei go, though.
I've misjudged the whole lot of you!
It turns out that you guys are no different from Toguro or Sensui!
As long as you're fighting, it doesn't matter to you whose side you're on!
No, you're even worse than them, because you don't follow any policy!
You've gotten a little smarter.
What did you say, you bastard!?
Stop!
It's not as though he has decided he's going to fight yet.
He hasn't decided he's not going to fight, either, has he!?
Kazuma-san, not everything about the Demon Realm
is necessarily part of some ugly quarrel.
The Demon Realm is my homeland, after all.
Yukina-san...!
Kuwabara...
What do you want, dumbass?
"Gai Technical College High School Annex or bust!"
How do you know about that!?
I heard from Keiko. Shizuru-san also burst out laughing,
as she told me how the most impetuous man in all of Japan was in her family.
I'll be back in three years.
Once I get back,
I'm going to rush over to find out how you did on the entrance exam.
Three years?
Don't tell me you've gone goofy, setting a time limit for yourself!
As long as you're going, don't come back until you've become a Demon Lord!
Hey, yeah! While you're at it,
find out what you can about Yukina-san's older brother.
Ah, sure, I'll do my best.
Oh, he's glaring at me, he's glaring at me!
Why is it that whenever I bring that up, you always act so aloof, anyhow?
Shizuru-san...
So Yusuke-kun has chosen the most dangerous path, huh?
This whole bunch is so curious, they can't help but do so.
Urameshi Yusuke!
It's about time you were leaving.
Okay! In that case, I guess I'll be going!
I've got mixed feelings about this...
Here Sensui tried desperately to open a hole to the Demon Realm,
and when you set about to do it, you can open it this easily.
Urameshi...
The paths we have chosen are only just a little bit different, you know?
Kuwabara...
I'm going to make sure I pass that exam! It's something for me to brag about.
Kazuma-san...
Kuwa-chan...
Everything is ready.
Urameshi Yusuke!
Yeah! Well, I'm off.
Hiei! Kurama!
I'm going on ahead!
Not that it's any of my business, but don't expect to come back here alive.
When I come back, I'll be opening a hole from the other end,
so close up that hole for me, will you?
Go.
Yusuke, are you really going?
Yep.
See ya!
Yusuke!
It's funny...
I've got strange feelings about that boy.
Me too. I'm curious to see what he does in the Demon Realm.
That's what I feel.
All right, close up the hole!
Yusuke...
Urameshi-san, we've been expecting you.
Your force now is incomparable to what it was earlier, huh?
In the Human Realm, our Yoki was suppressed down to D-Class, after all.
Let us hurry. Raizen-sama is waiting.
Still, that is a surprise. The Spirit Realm Special Defense Squad
opened up a boundary tunnel to the Demon Realm...
...on purpose, just to send Yusuke-san through, didn't they?
That's not all.
The Spirit Realm Special Defense Squad
will end up sending Hiei and Kurama through, too.
Pop is responding to requests from the Demon Realm.
W- what do you mean?
Letters from the three great Yokai that reign over the Demon Realm
all arrived on the same day.
Raizen's for Yusuke,
Yomi's for Kurama,
and Mukuro's for Hiei,
each asking Pop that they be called to the Demon Realm with this proposal:
Because those who have the blood of the Demon Realm
were feared to bring harm to the Human Realm,
wouldn't the best way of disposing of them be to lock them up
inside the Demon Realm?
And Pop agreed with them.
The very head of the Spirit Realm actually accepted the proposal
from the Yokai of the Demon Realm.
That's something that no matter what, I could not tell Yusuke and the others.
But then, I'm sure that Yama the Great
must have some sort of deep-seated thoughts regarding this, doesn't he?
I sure hope he does.
Hey! How the hell long are you planning on making me run!?
We've been running for a full day, haven't we?
This isn't anything. We'll have to run for another four days before we arrive.
What!? We've got to keep running for another four days!?
Are you tired? We're doing all right. Shall we take a rest?
Ha! Don't be ridiculous!
In that case, let's hurry on.
Urameshi-san, we have arrived.
Incredible...
The truth is, we were running at our full power,
to try to leave you behind,
but you haven't even broken a sweat.
I didn't seriously think I could run for five days straight myself.
Looks like I finally beat you guys once.
By the way, what is that sound?
That is the grumbling of your father, Raizen's stomach.
Ever since he stopped eating humans,
it reverberates throughout the land whenever it is time to eat.
These days, you can use it instead of a clock.
The King is waiting for you on the top level of that tower.
Okay, go on in.
Yo, son...
What's the matter?
I am your true father.
Don't you go deciding that for yourself!
Why did you interfere in my fight with Sensui!?
I'll kill you!
I'm toying with you in the palm of my hand.
You can save that smart mouth of yours...
...for when you can take your puny level of spectral power...
...and learn how to control it. Okay, kid?
Quite a rowdy meeting between father and son, huh?
Do you see? Right now, you cannot even move me from this pedestal.
Why, you...! Are you sure you're just about to die!?
It just goes to show how weak you are.
And to be precise, I only have another year or so of life remaining.
Die, now!!
You moved from your pedestal, didn't you?
Your skills and your courage are something else.
I like you.
I'm usually here, sleeping. You can come take my life anytime you like.
Whether you run away back home, or stay here and train, is up to you.
I'll warn you, though.
If you cannot defeat me now, you cannot defeat Mukuro or Yomi, either.
Yo, why did you stop eating humans?
I'll tell you, once you're out of diapers.
Sheesh! Lousy old man...!
Yusuke finally meets his father, who has survived for an eternity.
Will Yusuke indeed be able to overcome his father, the Demon Lord Raizen?
That Mukuro... He's prepared a game of survival for me.
The bastard comes up with some fairly extreme ideas.
Damn... how many more of these guys are left?
My consciousness is starting to slip...
It feels like I'm going to have that same,
disagreeable dream as always...
Next time: "Unforgettable Memories! A Time of Birth"
Don't mock the power of the Jagan!
When my letter reaches you, don't break the seal,
just leave it alone, and after some time has passed,
I'm sure you will understand how I feel now.
This is my first, and last, request.
As gently as we could, it wasn't very hard,
with one purpose, we foolishly embraced.
As twilight closes in, I shoot an arrow of courage
from a distant window, toward your back, as you leave.
Although it still has not stopped raining outside,
the drenched people and the city still believe in the sun.
An old melody, and a blurred silhouette.
Living the easy life doesn't make for a very good picture.