Yomi tells Yoda to prepare tea and cookies for their approaching guests, Yusuke and Hokushin. He also orders him to measure Yusuke's ki as he walks into Gandara.

Then he tells Kurama to wait with his six warriors in the adjacent room. "I will give you the order to kill Urameshi if it becomes necessary. I'm counting on you, Kurama. This is getting more and more interesting."

Studying Yusuke on the videoscreen, Kurama ponders that his friend doesn't seem changed, and that the long awaited war might finally erupt, depending on Urameshi's behavior in the meeting with Yomi.

Kurama gathers his warriors: Chuu, Rinku, Jin, Touya, Suzuki and Shishi Wakamaru. He warns them that they might be ordered to kill Yusuke.

Yusuke and Hokushin arrive; soldiers escort them inside. Yoda uses his ki-meter on Yusuke and is alarmed at the result: 200 017 points.

Mukuro's mobile fortress halts a few miles away from Gandara, and Hiei gets out.

"Hiei, wait," calls Mukuro. "I'm going with you. I want to see this Urameshi with my own eyes."

"Hn. Do whatever you want," he replies, walking towards the city.

The pair is next seen standing on a high platform outside a skyscraper. Hiei comments that sneaking in was too easy.

"Yes. They are doing it deliberately." She points down to a house surrounded by trees and a tall wall. "That must be the place."

Indeed, Hokushin and Yusuke are already inside, sitting on the floor. Yomi joins them shortly, sitting across the low table. A woman in kimono brings the tea.

Yoda comes in to whisper in Yomi's ear, "Mukuro is here."

"I know," Yomi murmurs back. "Stay alert."

Yoda nods and leaves.

In the adjacent room, Kurama and his six warriors watch the encounter through the crack between the doors. They communicate among themselves by writing on paper to show to the others.

Jin: "It's been so long, but he looks exactly the same."

Chuu: "Yeah, but he's stronger than ever."

Touya: "But if we have to, will we kill him?"

Kurama: "Until a few minutes ago I thought that way. But now it's different. To be honest, I feel torn. I'd like to know what you think. If you had to choose, would you side with Yusuke or Yomi?"

Touya, Suzuki, Chuu and Jin hold up a paper with Yusuke's name, while Rinku's paper says, "Do you even have to ask?" Shishi Wakamaru, however, shows them a paper where he wrote, "I'm thinking." Suzuki goes to him, crosses that sentence and writes Yusuke's name beside it.

Yomi asks Yusuke to be straightforward and state the reason of his visit. Yusuke does exactly that: "Raizen is dead, and I am the new king. I've come here to introduce myself and get to know you."

"He's too candid," Kurama thinks to himself in dismay. "He's practically asking to be killed."

"I'd like to seize this opportunity to tell you about my plans," says Yomi politely. A glow appears around him. Kurama notices Yomi's ki powering up and realizes that he intends to kill Yusuke.

Outside, Hiei watches the scene through his Jagan. "Idiot. He's put himself in the hands of the enemy."

Everybody waits in tense silence.

Yusuke smirks and puts the mysterious bundle he's brought with him on the table. "I brought you a gift," he tells Yomi. "I hope you'll accept it."

Kurama is confused, unable to guess Yusuke's intentions. And so is Yomi, who wonders if Urameshi is looking for reconciliation between their kingdoms. He thanks his guest pleasantly and asks him to open the bundle. "Judging by the sound, I believe those are stones."

Yusuke unties the bundle and countless pearl-like gems scatter on the table. Hokushin gasps, recognizing them as precious stones from Raizen's kingdom. "Are you insane, Urameshi? What are you planning to do with them?"

Yomi concludes Urameshi does want the reconciliation and grins to himself, trusting that this confrontation will be easily solved. "I thank you for this valuable gift," he tells Yusuke, picking one of the gems and rolling it between his thumb and index finger. "These stones are indeed priceless. Why are you offering them to me?"

Yusuke only smiles. Finally, Yomi feels the engraving on the gems. The one he holds has Mukuro's name. On the gems on the table we can read, "Kurama", "Touou", "Hokushin", "Hiei"... Hokushin freaks out when he sees that Yusuke has damaged every single stone.

"After Raizen died, I thought for a long while," says Yusuke. "I'm an idiot. I'm not cut to be king. So I decided to do what I want. These stones will be used for the draw. We're going to decide everything on one-to-one combats, Yomi. Whoever takes part in the tournament will be there as an ordinary person, no titles. We'll draw the stones with the names to determine who fights who. The final winner will become the new ruler of the entire Makai, and everyone will serve and obey this person unconditionally."

Yomi finds the whole idea preposterous. But the door to the adjacent room slides open and Jin comes inside yelling, "I'm in!"

Yusuke is delighted to see his old friends, and runs to embrace Jin and Chuu.

Kurama turns to Yomi. "I declare that I am now an ordinary person. We all are subscribing to Yusuke's plan."

"Kurama, you've betrayed me," Yomi mutters.

Outside, Hiei is laughing out loud. "He really is an idiot!"

"Hiei, from now on, tell everybody that I am an ordinary youkai," announces Mukuro.

"I like the idea," Hiei grins.

"Nothing matters anymore," she says. "I'll susbscribe to Urameshi's plan."

Yomi hears that. "Damn you, Mukuro," he thinks. "Now I don't have any alternatives left."

In less than a day, informs the narrator, the news about Raizen's death and the dissolution of Yomi's and Mukuro's kingdoms spread throughout Makai. The preparations for the Makai Tournament begin.

In one of Gandara's skyscrapers, Yomi gazes at a fetus inside an incubator. Yoda tells him that his son, Shura, will be awake in two or three days, and that his youki already exceeds 80 000 points.

Yomi says the child will have to start the training for war as soon as he awakes. "He's my secret weapon. The war between Mukuro and I will happen. No one is up to our level. If I manage to raise Shura's ki level in 50 000 points, together we'll be able to beat Mukuro. And then I'll be the sole ruler of Makai. That tournament won't mean a thing, it won't upset my plans."

Back in Raizen's kingdom, Yusuke faces the disapproval of Hokushin, Touou and the others. "Hey, Raizen said I'd be in charge from now on, so I did what I thought best!" he argues.

"What is done is done," they answer. "Now we must focus on the Tournament. Don't worry, we're on your side." Hokushin wonders if Yomi and Mukuro will dissolve their kingdoms and participate, or if they'll follow their own agendas.

"Yomi might be up to something," says Yusuke. "But Mukuro will take it seriously, no tricks." He stares at a small flower branch in his hand. "Have you noticed how he's changed?" (Morgan's note: At this point Yusuke doesn't know Mukuro is a woman.)

Hokushin is skeptical. Yusuke remembers his encounter with Mukuro and Hiei as he and Hokushin were leaving Gandara.

"Pleased to meet you, son of Raizen," she said, handing him the flowers. "Please, put these on Raizen's grave. And tell him he was an idiot." After that, she and Hiei vanished in the mist.

Hokushin and the others assure Yusuke that they will do everything they can to guarantee Yusuke's victory in the Tournament.

"You don't understand!" Yusuke protests. "That's not what I want! What I'm trying to do is..."

He's interrupted by the arrival of two strangers: a gigantic man called Enki and his green-haired wife Kokou. They were, long ago, fight companions of Raizen's, and came as soon as they heard of their friend's demise. Kokou is very drunk and upset. Yusuke takes them to the grave, and puts Mukuro's flowers there.

Kokou hugs the tombstone and cries. "Why did you die? I hadn't beaten you yet! You promised me I could come and challenge you whenever I wanted!"

"You promised me you wouldn't cry..." Enki sighs. Then he turns to Yusuke. "When we learned that he had stopped fighting and eating humans, we were very upset. It was hard for us to accept. Disappointed, we stopped fighting as well, and went back to our quiet lives. I had no idea he cared so much about the future of Makai. He didn't use to talk about the important things." He also says that Yusuke looks a lot like Raizen.

More of Raizen's old companions show up to mourn before his grave: Kujou, Natsume, Denhou, Tetsuzan, Shuu, Souketsu and Saizou. They bring flowers and sake.

Yusuke tells Hokushin that he knew Raizen only as a rival fighter, not as a father, but that the sight of the old man's friends reunited there makes him very happy.

Enki consults with the others, then announces to Yusuke that they all will participate in the Tournament. And as a tribute to Raizen, they gather in circle and power up. Their combined energy creates a hurricane around them, and a pillar of reddish light that reaches the sky.

The ki emission is seen by everyone, no matter how far they are: Mukuro and Hiei, Kurama and the six warriors, Yomi and Yoda. Yoda tries to measure the emission, but his ki-meter goes off scale and explodes.

"That's impossible," says Yomi. "There was a balance of power. But now, united, they are more powerful than I am. Where were these people hiding all this long? Why all this excitement? Will the past return? Will strategy be forgotten and replaced by one-on-one combats?"

A soldier bursts in, saying there's something wrong with Shura.

Even still inside the incubator, Shura is laughing. Yomi realizes his son also sensed the ki emission.

"Yoda, you're free to go," says Yomi. "Do whatever you want. I don't know who's going to win now."

Yoda gapes. "You're thinking of dissolving your kingdom to participate in the Tournament?!"

"I am an idiot too," says Yomi.