[At any rate, now that he's duly told Blake off, Yusuke proceeds with the story, still looking and sounding a bit testy.]
Anyway, the guy was obviously pretty freaked out when he noticed the smoke coming up out of the windows, so out of desperation he tried punching his body in the face a couple times and tellin' himself to get the hell up before he got burnt to a crisp. It didn't work, though, so he decided to think of something else. He said to the Reaper, "Hey, Reaper, is there any way I could just possess myself and walk out of here?"
"Stupid, it doesn't work like that," said the Reaper. "You can't revive until your Spirit Beast egg hatches! Why don't you try to contact your rival? He'll sense you!"
"He could be anywhere," said the guy. "I don't have time to hunt him down!"
Then the Reaper was like, "I'll look for him anyway", and flew off, leaving the guy and the Spirit World investigator behind. "Okay, that's fine," said the guy. "Guess I'll just stay here and watch my fuckin' house burn to the ground."
A couple minutes passed, and a bunch of people around the neighborhood showed up to try to put the fire out, but by that point, the flames were already too high and too strong for them to handle. Meanwhile, the Reaper was still off tryin' to find the guy's rival. The guy was starting to think it was the end for him, but then all of the sudden, the girl showed up and ran into the house. A couple people tried to stop her, but she didn't listen - she just told 'em to get lost and went right in.
The guy yelled at her. Tried to tell her go back and forget about him, even though he knew she couldn't hear him. The bratty little investigator girl was all, "you know your body's going to burn up if nobody goes after it, right", but the guy told her he didn't give a damn. He said, "What the hell's the point of me coming back if she has to die for it?" And he knew that's what was gonna happen, because there was fire and smoke everywhere and the house was practically falling apart right on top of her. If she didn't choke or burn to death, she'd probably get crushed, and all the guy could think about was that she was about to die because of an asshole like him, and that--
[Yusuke breaks off abruptly. It takes him a second or two to go on. When he finally does, he seems oddly tense.]
That really messed him up.
... finally, the Reaper came back, and the guy asked her, "Is there anything I can do to save her?" But by then, the door was blocked off. The Reaper told him that she was sorry and that she'd done everything she could. That wasn't good enough for the guy, so he was about to chew her head off, but then...
Then the Spirit World investigator spoke up. She said, "If you wanna save the girl, then just throw the egg with your Spirit Beast inside into the fire and it'll unleash its energy and save her. But heads-up: if you sacrifice the egg to save her, it won't hatch, and you'll never have a chance at coming back to life ever again. It's your life for hers."
The guy thought about it for a second, then decided. If throwing the egg meant the girl would live, he didn't care what else happened.
So he did. He threw the egg into the fire and watched as the flames parted and the girl dragged his body out of there. It was trippy as hell to watch, too - not only did the flames move out of her way, but they turned blue, too, like they were full of some kind of energy.
[Spirit Energy, he thinks suddenly, feeling a little surprised despite himself. Funny. He hadn't actually made the connection between the two until now. Then again, he hadn't really ever reflected on any of this since it all first happened, either. Too busy saving humanity.]
The guy wasn't thinking too hard about that, though. He was too busy bein' relieved that she was okay. His rival was standing outside the house when she got out. He about lost his shit when he saw her carrying the guy's body around in a sheet - seriously, the look on his face was fuckin' hilarious - but he still grabbed her and took her someplace where she could lay low until all the firefighters and the cops left, tellin' her she could explain later.
The guy was gonna follow them, but then the Reaper stopped him and told him he had to go back to Spirit World. He couldn't just hang around the living world as a ghost; he had to go back now 'cause he was dead for good.
[Yusuke ducks his head and chuckles a little.]
And y'know, despite the fact that he didn't regret tossing the egg and saving the girl, it still kinda sucked to hear he wasn't coming back. Especially when he saw his mom and his rival and the girl all standing around later that night talking about how happy and shit they were about him coming back. That pissed him off. I mean, it was bad enough he was gonna stay dead after he'd already decided he'd be okay being alive again, but the fact that he had to watch his mom and his friends act like everything was gonna be okay when it wasn't was, uh...
... well, anyway, he was sick of bein' there, so he told the Reaper to just take him away already. Then all of the sudden, he heard this squealy voice talking to him from somewhere up above, and looked up to see the Prince of the Spirit World's stupid face staring down at him.
Turns out, while the guy was busy floating around being pissed off about everything, the investigator had already sent her reports back. And since it looked like there really were people who wanted the guy back and the guy hadn't hesitated before sacrificing himself to save the girl, the Prince told him he was gonna give him another shot at getting his life back. He also said it was a good thing he'd chucked the egg, actually, 'cause if he'd let it hatch, it woulda bitten his head off for being so negative all the time. Tch...
[Yusuke's voice drops to a sullen mutter.]
Maybe if he didn't want negativity, he shoulda thought about not making the trial total bullshit.
[... Yusuke, you might want to stop grumbling to yourself like that. It looks a little suspicious.]
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Anyway, the guy was obviously pretty freaked out when he noticed the smoke coming up out of the windows, so out of desperation he tried punching his body in the face a couple times and tellin' himself to get the hell up before he got burnt to a crisp. It didn't work, though, so he decided to think of something else. He said to the Reaper, "Hey, Reaper, is there any way I could just possess myself and walk out of here?"
"Stupid, it doesn't work like that," said the Reaper. "You can't revive until your Spirit Beast egg hatches! Why don't you try to contact your rival? He'll sense you!"
"He could be anywhere," said the guy. "I don't have time to hunt him down!"
Then the Reaper was like, "I'll look for him anyway", and flew off, leaving the guy and the Spirit World investigator behind. "Okay, that's fine," said the guy. "Guess I'll just stay here and watch my fuckin' house burn to the ground."
A couple minutes passed, and a bunch of people around the neighborhood showed up to try to put the fire out, but by that point, the flames were already too high and too strong for them to handle. Meanwhile, the Reaper was still off tryin' to find the guy's rival. The guy was starting to think it was the end for him, but then all of the sudden, the girl showed up and ran into the house. A couple people tried to stop her, but she didn't listen - she just told 'em to get lost and went right in.
The guy yelled at her. Tried to tell her go back and forget about him, even though he knew she couldn't hear him. The bratty little investigator girl was all, "you know your body's going to burn up if nobody goes after it, right", but the guy told her he didn't give a damn. He said, "What the hell's the point of me coming back if she has to die for it?" And he knew that's what was gonna happen, because there was fire and smoke everywhere and the house was practically falling apart right on top of her. If she didn't choke or burn to death, she'd probably get crushed, and all the guy could think about was that she was about to die because of an asshole like him, and that--
[Yusuke breaks off abruptly. It takes him a second or two to go on. When he finally does, he seems oddly tense.]
That really messed him up.
... finally, the Reaper came back, and the guy asked her, "Is there anything I can do to save her?" But by then, the door was blocked off. The Reaper told him that she was sorry and that she'd done everything she could. That wasn't good enough for the guy, so he was about to chew her head off, but then...
Then the Spirit World investigator spoke up. She said, "If you wanna save the girl, then just throw the egg with your Spirit Beast inside into the fire and it'll unleash its energy and save her. But heads-up: if you sacrifice the egg to save her, it won't hatch, and you'll never have a chance at coming back to life ever again. It's your life for hers."
The guy thought about it for a second, then decided. If throwing the egg meant the girl would live, he didn't care what else happened.
So he did. He threw the egg into the fire and watched as the flames parted and the girl dragged his body out of there. It was trippy as hell to watch, too - not only did the flames move out of her way, but they turned blue, too, like they were full of some kind of energy.
[Spirit Energy, he thinks suddenly, feeling a little surprised despite himself. Funny. He hadn't actually made the connection between the two until now. Then again, he hadn't really ever reflected on any of this since it all first happened, either. Too busy saving humanity.]
The guy wasn't thinking too hard about that, though. He was too busy bein' relieved that she was okay. His rival was standing outside the house when she got out. He about lost his shit when he saw her carrying the guy's body around in a sheet - seriously, the look on his face was fuckin' hilarious - but he still grabbed her and took her someplace where she could lay low until all the firefighters and the cops left, tellin' her she could explain later.
The guy was gonna follow them, but then the Reaper stopped him and told him he had to go back to Spirit World. He couldn't just hang around the living world as a ghost; he had to go back now 'cause he was dead for good.
[Yusuke ducks his head and chuckles a little.]
And y'know, despite the fact that he didn't regret tossing the egg and saving the girl, it still kinda sucked to hear he wasn't coming back. Especially when he saw his mom and his rival and the girl all standing around later that night talking about how happy and shit they were about him coming back. That pissed him off. I mean, it was bad enough he was gonna stay dead after he'd already decided he'd be okay being alive again, but the fact that he had to watch his mom and his friends act like everything was gonna be okay when it wasn't was, uh...
... well, anyway, he was sick of bein' there, so he told the Reaper to just take him away already. Then all of the sudden, he heard this squealy voice talking to him from somewhere up above, and looked up to see the Prince of the Spirit World's stupid face staring down at him.
Turns out, while the guy was busy floating around being pissed off about everything, the investigator had already sent her reports back. And since it looked like there really were people who wanted the guy back and the guy hadn't hesitated before sacrificing himself to save the girl, the Prince told him he was gonna give him another shot at getting his life back. He also said it was a good thing he'd chucked the egg, actually, 'cause if he'd let it hatch, it woulda bitten his head off for being so negative all the time. Tch...
[Yusuke's voice drops to a sullen mutter.]
Maybe if he didn't want negativity, he shoulda thought about not making the trial total bullshit.
[... Yusuke, you might want to stop grumbling to yourself like that. It looks a little suspicious.]