Tuesday, June 17, 2008

   I'm greatful for editors!
What?!? Another update so soon? Well, yes. And what do you owe this special occasion? ^^ I feel like showing off! I just finished the AMV for Wild Wind, so here ya goes! And while I'm at it the rest of Episode 10 of YYHB! so I can put get it up on the Worlds.

Wonderful AMV for Wild Wind:
(me and another singing ~ low alto duo)


I'd like to take this time to give special thanks to my editors, Equus and Neko-san. And especially to Neko-san for the next upcoming episode with all the help on the fight scenes {hope that wasn't spoiler-ific for any out there who hate spoilers XD}

YYH Beyond: Episode 10 {second half}: THE CRYSTAL CAVERNS
{Previously: After intense training, Yoko Kurama and his siblings sought off to find the Crystal Caverns and the legendary Ziberian Crystals inside while Yusuke and Hiei were unknowingly being sent after the same thing. The foxes have just reached the barrier of miasma. Will Hiei and Yusuke find their journey as easy?}

[Sukeyuay and Ehay are saddling up a couple of griffins and de-poisoning the berries.] Sukeyuay: Man! I thought I was done with that kind of training when I passed Grandma’s evil boot camp. Ehay: I suppose you’d rather grow soft and weak. That would make a very disappointing challenge next time we fought. Sukeyuay: Don’t worry, I still have enough edge for a fight against you to be interesting. Don’t tell me that’s the only reason you brought me along…just so I could improve my skills. Ehay: Hn. Sukeyuay: Ugh. With all the energy I’m putting into these berries, I’m wondering if it would take me less energy to just fly myself. Ehay: Your energy will replenish during the flight this way. That will prove valuable once we reach the caverns. Sukeyuay: Well, I think we got enough of their favorite treat, so let’s head off. * * * [The foxes are shielded from the miasma in front of a solid wall of ice. Endoya carefully liquefies the ice barrier. It gently drains back towards the woods. Okiya enthuses over the gaseous quality of the miasma from behind. The others wait around.] Yokira: I don’t think Endoya has been so excited in centuries…finding a liquid that is so pure that the mere touch of it would leave a rash. Yoko Kurama: Hm. Osuko: Too bad if I burned a hole through this barrier, there would be spontaneous combustion that we would unlikely survive. [laugh] Yokira: [observing Okiya] Even if the crystals that may be in the center of all of this turns out to be nothing but a myth, this escapade has already proven fruitful. I can’t wait until I get my hands on the earth inside. Yoko Kurama: [to Remayolo] Brother. If these crystals do exist… [cut off from forced stopped breathing] Remayolo: Do not worry about that now. Be grateful for this time we share as siblings. Even you and I have discovered new species that are beneficial to our abilities. [Remayolo turns to oversee Endoya’s progress. Yoko Kurama resumes breathing.] Kurama Voiceover: His end goal…what does he plan to do with those crystals? If they truly exist, what is his intention on getting them? Yokira: [pounces on Yoko Kurama from behind] Yes, let’s be grateful for this time together. What? Are you afraid you’ll enjoy it? Yoko Kurama: [glaring at Remayolo] No, it’s not that… * * * [Sukeyuay and Ehay fly high above a treacherous forest on the griffins.] Sukeyuay: Hey! We’re almost to the caverns! Ehay: Don’t let your guard down. Sukeyuay: I can’t believe we haven’t really learned anything useful yet. Are you sure this isn’t just a demon-style frat club? Ehay: You’re the fool who volunteered us for this chore. Sukeyuay: Who’s worse? The fool or the fool who follows him? [Sukeyuay stifles a laugh but is interrupted by branches shooting up around him and Ehay. The branches grab the griffins’ wings, causing them to fly around and upside-down. Sukeyuay and Ehay fall off. The griffins fly up to free themselves from the branches and fly back towards Zerka headquarters. Sukeyuay grabs Ehay’s wrist with one hand and his magic feather with the other in attempt to fly, but with the extra weight from Ehay they glide down through the canopy and land in the forest. Eyes shine from the dark brush surrounding them.] Sukeyuay: No one’s watching now, right? [Sukeyuay transforms back into Yusuke; then Ehay transforms back into Hiei.] Yusuke: Whew! Back as a Stud! And feeling fine! Hiei: We don’t have time to fight. We should avoid any unnecessary struggles. * * * [Past the ice obstruction, the foxes wait while Osuko and Yokira work on creating a bridge through a wall of molten rock.] Remayolo: The last element took too long, but after this we should be to the terrain that Yokira felt present. Good thing we’re not in a hurry or anything. Yoko Kurama: The month is… [cut off from forced stopped breathing] Remayolo: Tut, tut. You act as though we’ve been here for weeks. You must have lost your sense of time since we arrived. [Remayolo turns with a smirk, allowing Yoko Kurama to breathe again.] Kurama Voiceover: You’re wrong. As sure as the cycle of the Earth’s moon, I have only a few more days. I won’t let you force me to stay. I can’t! I must stay alert. For you brother, seek to exploit me, then dispose me. But I will not fall for your trickery again! ***FLASHBACK OF THE FOXES WHEN THEY WERE CUBS*** [Six small fox spirits tussle in a den. The smallest one is pushed to the bottom of the group and can’t make his way up or out of the pile. His ears and tail are continuously nipped at. After a while, the other foxes run off except one. She licks the small fox’s cheek until he gets up on his paws. The two run in a different direction from where the others had left. They run through fields, digging holes, dropping seeds in, and then scurry through bushes. The small fox puts his paw on a dead bush, causing it to grow and yield a giant fruit. Just as he is about to enjoy the fruit, one of the other fox cubs approaches. The small fox stands stiff as the newcomer snatches the fruit for himself.] Kurama Voiceover: Why does he have such power over me? I broke free once before, can I again? [The small fox runs and runs.] Kurama Voiceover: Search…I must search for the answer… [Approaching a cliff, the small fox jumps but unexpectedly springs backwards instead of across the chasm. He runs to a river, but in attempt to cross it, swims backwards to where he began. He runs to a mountain range and starts climbing but ends up tumbling back down. Faces of the other foxes being happy appear in the background as the small fox continues to run in search of a escape. The laughing foxes grow and overpower the memories of the small fox until their happiness confounds all trace of running toward freedom.] ***END FLASHBACK*** [Yoko Kurama clenches his fist. His teeth grit together as sweat trickles down his face.] Kurama Voiceover: Has he acquired the very power to control my memories? Is it because of him that I am forgetting how I got away the first time? This can’t go on, this life without agency. But he won’t let me refuse. Osuko: The vulcanization is complete. [Yoko Kurama returns from his thoughts as he looks over to Osuko and Yokira. Remayolo crosses over to them.] Remayolo: Excellent. Osuko: Fascinating how these two barriers could stand so close to one another. The effort in construction proves there is something inside worth guarding! [Yokira walks up to Yoko Kurama and kneels to face him.] Yokira: Hey brother, I need some energy replenishing herbs. * * * [Yusuke and Hiei sprint through the forest, keeping their distance from pursuing beast and dodging attacks from the surrounding plants. When they seem to be in the clear, Yusuke looks back and trips. His arms take the brunt of the fall, and an elbow lands in a small stream of liquid that is trickling by.] Yusuke: OW! [stands up and blows on his elbow] What the heck is that stuff? [Hiei comes over to inspect the liquid.] Hiei: It does not appear to be natural. Yusuke: Well, I think it’s going to leave a rash! Hiei: [pointing with sword] It’s coming from there. [Hiei runs along the liquid towards the source. Yusuke follows.] Yusuke: Hey! Did you hear what I said? [sigh] Tch, punk. [Hiei and Yusuke cross a barren area away from the forest towards the portentous miasma. They look up as they are close enough to tell that is where the liquid is coming from. They are taken aback at the tunnel that greets their eyes.] Yusuke: Well, well, it looks like someone’s already been here. Hiei: [touching some lichen at the edge] That is rather suspicious. Yusuke: It’s where we’re headed. Should we take it? Hiei: [crumbling some lichen between his fingers] Yes. Yusuke: Aw man, that means we did all that training torment for nothing. [Yusuke and Hiei enter the bridge into the Crystal Caverns.] “Hey it’s Yusuke! So that was awfully nice for someone to pave the way to the what’s-it-called crystals that we’re after…and I do mean awful! Who should we find ahead of us but Kurama and all his siblings! And they don’t look too happy to see us. But come on! There should be enough crystals to share so what’s the big deal? They’d rather duke it out, so I get my rematch against Yokira sooner than expected. But with the pack all together, whose side is Kurama on? Surely he wouldn’t fight us for the kill…or would he? Find out next time on YuYu Hakusho Beyond!”

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