* Yuu Yuu Hakusho Manga Translation *
* Volume 2: The golden awakening *
* Chapter seven (15): Target! A victory! *

[GA!]

Voice: How was that? HEY!

Yuusuke: Hm? Woah! YEEEHAH! Someone's fighting!

Botan: He looks pretty happy.

Yuusuke: That's great! Full of energy! Then again... one side's always on
the receiving end.

Voice: STAND UP!

Yuusuke: Mm? Eh?

(takes a good look at the one being beaten up)

Yuusuke: Ah! That fellow! Isn't he that idiot Miki*?

* Due to the need for ease of translation (Can't always put [insert name of
boy] everytime the name appears, eh? ^^x), I've decided to just call him Miki.

Botan: Do you know him?

Yuusuke: Of course! He was my primary school (elementary school) friend. His
name is [insert surname] Miki. Good-for-nothing, always the target of
bullies, so we always call him Miki the idiot. Everytime something happens
to him, I'll always be the one to pull him out.

Botan: Oh? That's one good thing about you!

Yuusuke: The fee for saving him was 10,000 yen. Very cheap!

Botan: *I take my words back.*

Yuusuke: I heard that he was taking up boxing after raising to Middle
School! Looks like he either didn't take it up at all or gave up halfway.

Guys: Hey! Come on, stand up!

Yuusuke: ... Humph! Those guys don't know when to stop at all! How dare they
gang up 3 against 1 for someone like Miki the idiot! Hey! Stop them! They're
going too far!

Botan: Easier said than done! They won't stop, unless you, as a spirit,
possess into the body of someone nearby to help...

Yuuskue: OKAY!

Botan: Wait! Let me finish first! Something like possessing a body is highly
dangerous! Don't do it without approval...

SUU

(Yuusuke enters the body)

Botan: ... *sweatdrop* he still went in... Ah! Oh yes! Miki the idiot's
already fainted! Possessing his body when his heart isn't there... it's just
like gate-crashing!

Guy: Humph! Idiot.

Guy with money: If you'd handed over the money in the beginning, nothing
like this would have happened!

Guy: Huh!

Miki: ...

Guy: What? He's not... !? ... !! GWAH!

Miki: Hm. A buncha useless fools. You think you'll succeed as extortioners
like this? Oh yeh! I'm in his body now... so how do I get out? Wonder if
it's like Kuwabara's episode... the effects'll wear off after 30 minutes...
? Well, I'll go to his home first!

Botan: It's not so easy to leave! That boy... he just went ahead without
considering the consequences! I must report it to Reikai, so that he'll be
punished.

Koenma: Forget it! What does it matter!

Botan: What? AH! Koenma-sama! Why are you...

First two-times-in-a-row appearance; Koenma: It's like this, the Reikai has
decided on something in our meeting... and that is to allow Urameshi Yuusuke
to return to his body.

Botan: Eh? But... Didn't that episode in the flames make his revival
probation period longer?

Koenma: Yes! Actually, that episode has alot of influence in this meeting's
decision. We could call it 'a blessing in disguise'.

[Then, I took the opportunity to evaluate his heart condition while
extracting his 'virtue'. But I was unable to grab a hold on anything. He can
be extremely evil. He can also be extremely kind... his emotions typecast
the extreme, and his actions are seemingly prompted by reason, at the same
time seemingly prompted by nothing!]

Koenma: Therefore I have reached a conclusion! A kind of person like
Urameshi Yuusuke...

(the sun shines overhead)

Koenma: ... acts regardless of consequences! His body moves before his brain
does! In other words he's our purest stereotyped bubble-head of bubble-heads!

[DON]

Koenma: We are unable to judge such a bubble-head without a fleshly body. At
least with it, we can fully understand what's in him, and that was what was
eventually reached.

Miki: ATCHOO!

Koenma: Therefore, even if it someone else's body, let him possess it for a
while. It's a kind of leisure as well! Let's sit back and see what he does...

(puts up a finger)

Koenma: If Yuusuke is able to help that youth eliminate his frustrations and
fulfill his desire, I'll let him return to his body for real.

(looks at Botan)

Koenma: I may have said much philosophical terms, but I can feel that he is
by nature not evil at all. You, who have been by his side all this while,
should be more clear on this point than anyone else.

Botan: ... Yes!

Miki: Anyone at home?

Miki's mom: Coming!

Miki: Ah! Long time no see! Sorry to disturb!

Mom: Miki! What in the world are you talking about? What happened to your
face? Did you go for boxing practice again?

Miki: *Oh yes, I'm still in Miki's body now*

Mom: I only relented because you were begging me to let you practice boxing
in the first two years in Middle school, but if you're going to get injured
everyday like this, I won't just sit and watch! Before you even raise to
Middle Three, you'd have became an idiot!

Miki: Aiya! These injuries came from a fight, not boxing practice!

Mom: Oh... is that so? Then... it's even worse!

*lots of sweatdrops*

[Target! A victory!]

Miki: ... So Miki IS still having boxing practices!

Yuusuke: *Aren't these words part of his vocal idiosyncrasy? He didn't
merely practiced boxing just for taking revenge on the bullies...*

(flashback)

"Miki: Boxing is purely a sport, before engaging the opponents wish each
other all the best, and after engaging they praise each other's skills! The
real boxing is one on one! The target is a victory! I would like to have
such an honour as well! Even once is enough!"

Yuusuke: ... so that means he's not fulfilled it yet?

Miki: Hm? Uu... DONG! Ouch! Oh... it's my room... did I walk here in my
unconsciousness?

Yuusuke: I brought you back, Miki the idiot!

Miki: Ah! Who's that? Where?

Yuusuke: It's me! Yuusuke. It's been two years! To cut a long story short, I
entered your body and I can't get out now.

Miki: Im... impossible! But it's true that I'm hearing voices in my head! Is
my skull damaged? No! I must be too tired recently...

Yuusuke: NO!

Miki: OH yeh! It's a dream, which'll go away once I wake up.

Yuusuke: LISTEN TO ME!

Miki: It must be a dream...

Yuusuke: I SAID: listen to me!

(Yuusuke knocks him on his head, which means he's knocking himself on the head)

(and they quarrel for the whole night...)

[The next day]

Miki: It's been a whole night, but I still don't quite believe it.

Yuusuke: But you do understand that this isn't a dream don't you? By the
way, how come your room doesn't have any interesting stuff at all? Other
than some textbooks and art of fighting guidebooks, there isn't a single
porn book at all!

Miki: AH! You used my body to ransack my room while I was asleep! You're
still as shameless as before!

Yuusuke: (uses his body to knock his head) Shut up! Anyway, our two-year
agreement is almost up. Do you have the chance to enter the boxing competition?

Miki: There'll be a boxing competition within the city five days later. I'll
be representing the Middle twos in this competition, my final chance!

Yuusuke: Not bad at all! Are you really that great?

Miki: No! It's because there are only two practitioners in the Middle Twos.

Yuusuke: I see... But you were still stronger than the other practitioner
weren't you?

Miki: No, it was actually because...

Man: Hey! You! To the gym! Let's have a super boxing competition!

Miki: Eh? But it's supposed to be a practice session today...

Man: Who cares about that? Come on!

Yuusuke: And who may that be?

Miki: He's called Itou*, the other Middle Two practitioner.

* Hahah, erm, his name isn't really Itou, I'm just calling him that for ease
of translation's sake. ^^x

Miki: Itou's abilities can match up to those in High School. But because he
was always finding trouble and skipping practices, I was chosen for the
competition.

Yuusuke: *Those three beside him were the three fellows from yesterday...
they weren't ordinary terrorists!*

(at the gym)

Itou: Come on, stand up, Miki the idiot! Didn't you defeat the three of them
in a split second yesterday? So it was indeed a work of blind desperation!

Yuusuke: What's wrong, Miki? Retaliate, idiot!

Miki: ...

Yuusuke: What kind of competition is this?

Miki: *That's right! This isn't a competition! I don't like meaningless
confrontations!*

Boys: Ah! Senior Miki is being bullied again! Why don't he retaliate? Or
maybe just quit from the society altogether?

Itou: You! How is it? Are you willing to give up the competition place for
me to participate? Why should a weak shrimp like you take over a strong bull
like me for the competition? I only skip practices once in a while! I'm
stronger a million-fold than you. I'm more than qualified. As long as you
relinquish the position to me, you'll have less trouble up. Give it up
quick! Miki the idiot.

Miki: ... No... NO! This is my final chance, and I'll never let you have it!

(Itou drops his boxing gloves)

Itou: That's interesting! I'll beat you till you agree!

Boys: Oh... goodness...

Guys from yesterday: Humph! He deserved it! He's still Miki the idiot,
yesterday was just his day.

Itou: Heheheh... When he awakens he might be willing to reconsider!

(spits a gob at Miki)

Itou: Let's go!

Miki: Wait, you idiot! This isn't boxing no matter how I look at it! Just
like you said, didn't you, Miki?

Yuusuke: This isn't a sport! It's pure fighting! It's under my territory!

Itou: What're you mumbling about? Still craving for a beating?

(Itou gets punched in the face)

Boys: What the? Itou, defeated with a punch? That Miki the idiot... no...
it's Senior [insert surname]!

Yuusuke: Idiot! Don't look down on me! Go and die!

Itou: YA!

[Dumb-founded]

Everybody else: AH!

Voice: Senior, that's enough!

Itou: GWOAH!

Yuusuke: Shut up!

Voice: Stop him! He's gonna die!

(something flies out of the window)

Botan: Once he's got a body he...

Koenma: *sweatdrop*

END TRANSLATION

22/1/99
(c) 1991 Togashi Yoshihiro
Translation: fwah@geocities.com