Iwamoto-sensei and the other zombies are still after them. Botan is hit on the head with a metal pipe and falls, barely conscious. Keiko holds her in her arms as the zombies surround them. The ferrygirl mumbles that Keiko should run for her life. Keiko refuses. Not that she has any chance of escaping now.

Yusuke crawls towards the Flute; destroying it is the only way of saving the girls at this point. But Muruge pushes the Flute out of his reach and lands between Urameshi and the demonic instrument.

Yusuke points the index finger in Muruge's direction, threatening to fry the bird with a Reigan if she doesn't get out of the way. Muruge doubts he has any ki left to do it. "Your choice," Yusuke smirks. I might not have all my power, but I still have enough to cook you!"

At Reikai, George exclaims that Yusuke is growing more intelligent, not wasting all his ki in a single attack, like it was his style. But Koenma dismisses that thought: he knows Yusuke is just bluffing.

Hiei, Kurama and Kuwabara are doing their best to get to the upper chamber in time to help Yusuke, but hundreds of Youshoku Ningen keep appearing at every step of the way.

Muruge is frightened away by Yusuke's menace, and the boy tries to reach the Flute. However, a battered Suzaku steps on his hand. "Don't be fooled, Muruge. He has no energy left. If he had, he would have blown the Flute up already." Suzaku compliments Yusuke for the Shotgun's potency, but says his aim is terrible. "You missed my vital point."

Yusuke manages to stand up. Suzaku calls the energy of the six copies back to his body and restores his powers and health. To prove his superiority, he uses the Ankoku Youroujin technique and multiplies himself again. "Didn't I warn you that all copies are part of my body? Until you destroy all of us with one stroke, I'll resurrect as many times as necessary."

George sees no hope in Yusuke's situation. Koenma kicks the oni's head for being so pessimistic, and urges Yusuke to resist until his teammates get there. But Kurama, Hiei and Kuwabara are trapped when the spiral stairs they're climbing gives in before and behind them.

The seven Suzakus use the Rikukoku Ankoku Raikouha again, and this time Yusuke is hit by all arrows. But the projectiles fail to be as devastating as the Beast intended. Suzaku suddenly notices that one of his red bangs - in reality a solid organ that controls his lightning techniques - was damaged by Urameshi's first Reigan.

Hiei throws his katana and bury it on the concrete steps ahead; Kurama's Rosewhip coils around the handle, creating a rope for the three Tantei to cross the gap.

Through the mirror, Yusuke sees the zombies ready to kill Keiko, and a powerful aura flames on around him - and casts a shield around Keiko, protecting her and Botan. Suzaku is shocked when he realizes that the human boy is burning his life energy to use against him, sacrificing everything to save Keiko.

The Beast uses the Rikukoku Ankoku Raikouha once more, and Yusuke counterattacks with a Shotgun, which destroys each of Suzaku's arrows and move on to hit the archers. Kurama, Kuwabara and Hiei make it to the chamber just in time to see the huge explosion when the two powers collide.

Muruge is disintegrated; the Flute, shattered. The ruins of the Labyrinth Castle are on fire. In Ningenkai, all the zombies collapse. The last living Suzaku acknowledges the power of the bond between Urameshi and Keiko before dying. At Reikai, Koenma celebrates, until George reminds him that Yusuke sacrificed his life to destroy the Flute.

Kurama kneels beside Yusuke: "He used all his reiki and his heartbeat is too weak." Kuwabara volunteers to give Urameshi some of his ki. Kurama warns him that he didn't recover from the fight against Byakko yet.

"You think I can just stand here and see him die?" Kuwabara protests. "I'm the only one who can give him reiki." A blue aura covers the two human boys as Kuwabara starts the transference.

"I think we'll have to carry them back to Ningenkai, Hiei," says Kurama.

"Those two are nothing but a burden to us," Hiei mutters. He admits he would never have done what Yusuke did. "I'd never fight for someone if I didn't know if I was going to win or lose in the end." When the transference is done, Kuwabara collapses.

Yusuke wakes up in Kuwabara's bed and Kurama tells him that he slept for three days. Kuwabara informs that the school is closed until all the damage caused by the zombies is fixed, and that Atsuko was notified that her son is fine.

But when Yusuke asks about Keiko and Botan, Kurama and Kuwabara fall gravely silent and avoid his eyes. Yusuke grabs Kuwabara by the collar and demands an answer.

The door opens and Keiko and Botan step in, well and unharmed. Kurama and Kuwabara - especially the latter - laugh at Yusuke's reaction: "You should have seen your face!" he mocks.

Later Keiko asks Yusuke to promise her that whenever he goes in a mission, she'll be the first to know. Yusuke guarantees that there won't be any missions as dangerous as this last one anymore.

But he doesn't promise anything.