* Yuu Yuu Hakusho Manga Translation *
* Volume 5: Concentrating my willpower! *
* Chapter one (36): Roar of Byakko! *

Yuusuke: Kurama, are your injuries okay?

Kurama: Still okay! I can still move.

Hiei: But it's not as if you can still do battle with those injuries. This
isn't good. Without Kurama, we're down to three.

Kuwabara: What's that again? I've said it before, leave the next one to me!

Yuusuke: You were wetting your pants before Kurama won, why're you so cocky now?

Kuwabara: Oh shut up! I only had a fright because of the unexpected! I
didn't do nothing while you were training with the master. After
experimenting several times, I'm now able to use the reiki sword I've
created myself! Look!

Hiei: Wow! So it isn't a normal wooden sword.

Kuwabara: Do you want to die, idiot?

Yuusuke: Cut it out.

Kuwabara: Humph! Forget it. Now gaze upon the fruits of my training! Watch
carefully! Oh sword, elongate!

Yuusuke: Wow! As long as a bamboo stick.

Kuwabara: Hahah! It bends and moves according to my will. I was merely
frightened by the sight of the monster just now, but I've prepared myself
now! Leave the next enemy to me! Woah... after releasing some reiki... I
feel so tired...

Yuusuke: I can't stand you! We haven't even began the match!

(a roar interrupts them)

Everybody: !?

Kuwabara: What horrifying sound was that? It's not a noise from the human world!

[This is the Makai!]

Kurama: It's the roar of Byakko. He doesn't sound like he's in a good mood.

Yuusuke: Over there! Let's go!

(they run and stop at a ring)

Byakko: The idiots who have caused me to come all the way here! Don't think
the world of yourself just because you've defeated that lousy Genbu!

Yuusuke: He's tall! About 3 metres tall, maybe?

Kuwabara: It's different from our arrangement!

[There was no agreement!]

Byakko: It's frustrating enough that I have to be locked up in this boring
city without a single tasty human flesh... now the Reikai has the nerves to
send two humans and two betrayers in hope of defeating us! LISTEN UP! Trash!
Humans are all my foodstuff! Hiei! Kurama! I will tear you into bits and
feed you to the hungry ghouls!

(he roars some more)

Yuusuke: A terrifying noise... he sounds like he's rumbling his stomach apart!

Kuwabara: Stop mumbling to yourself!

Yuusuke: Kuwabara!

Hiei: You're all talk, anyway. I don't think you're going to do this by
yourself.

Kuwabara: But of course! One on one is the default for battles.

Yuusuke: Surely your knees are not buckling because of the trembling spirit
inside of you?

Kuwabara: All in all, I'm going because I said I was!

Yuusuke: Are you just too proud to give up?

Kuwabara: Shut up and watch me!

Byakko: !? One person? That fellow's going to attack me by himself? Hmph...
heheheh... HAHAHAH! I'm so amused that I can't even be angry!

Kuwabara: HEY! Stop laughing and come down this very moment!

Byakko: Heheh... don't joke! Against people like you, I don't even need to
do anything.

(plucks some hairs off his back)

Byakko: Go!

Kuwabara: !? What the... his fur became some weird monsters?

Byakko: That's my alter-ego the demonic beasts! To have so loftily
challenged me, you will surely regret it in your grave!

Kuwabara: WAH! OUCH! Curse you!

(he wields his reiken)

Byakko: Oh? The stinky fellow knows how to wield a rei weapon? But did you
really think those circus acts could defeat my demonic beasts?

Kuwabara: !!! Eh? WAH!

Hiei: That guy! He looks like he's on some sword stint! He'll be played to
death sooner or later!

Yuusuke: ...

Kuwabara: (puffs away)

Yuusuke: Kuwabara, let me do it! Since you're just outnumbered, maybe my
shotgun is of use! You're unable to keep your distance with them, it doesn't
look good!

Byakko: Hahah! What do you mean 'let me do it'? Might as well attack
together! You are all trash anyway, a single person won't have any effect.

Kuwabara: What are you talking about? I'm going to defeat that fellow! I
won't stand for a switch! Urameshi, you listen up! If you dare interfere,
I'll kill you in front of this Byakko!

Byakko: Humph! The quotient isn't strong enough. All right, beasts! Eat him
up limb by limb and leave his head and body to me!

Kuwabara: !! WAH! You sure like to joke! It took me so long to recover, you
suppose I'll let you have my limbs?

Yuusuke: Kuwabara, don't be obstinate! Let me do it! Your sword isn't able
to finish so many at the same time! Kuwabara!

Kuwabara: !! That's right!

Byakko: Mm? Hahah, you're finally so frightened that you're running towards
your companions? But it's too late! Eat them all up!

Kuwabara: WAH! And... who said I'm trying to escape?

Yuusuke: !!

Kuwabara: Oh sword! Elongate!

(he elongates his sword and pierces through all four of the beasts at the
same time)

Byakko: WHAT!

Kuwabara: I gotcha, idiot! I only ran towards the narrow path so that I
could line them all up!

Byakko: What was that! My alter-egos won't die so quickly! Eat up that fellow!

Kuwabara: Eh? WAAAAAAAH...

(he takes them around the mini tower, his sword hooks onto the bricks... as
he makes a turn, he sees the other end of the sword)

Kuwabara: Huh? Well, try this move of mine!

(he fastens the two ends of the sword together)

Kuwabara: Saw that? The beasts are on a merry-go-round! HAHAH!

Hiei: To have hooked your reiki together... what illogical ideas you have...

Yuusuke: Since they are the fur of that fellow, we won't be able to eat them
even if we roasted them?

Byakko: I'm so angry! You'd better be obedient and let the beasts kill you!

Kuwabara: So, big monster, how was that? You're up next!

Byakko: You... really... Make. Me. So. ANGRY!

END TRANSLATION

10/2/99
(c) 1991 Togashi Yoshihiro
Translation: fwah@geocities.com