Botan informs Yusuke that his act had caught even the Underworld by surprise and that there was not yet a place made for him in either heaven or hell. His ghost is greeted by Botan, a woman who introduces herself as the pilot of the River Styx, who ferries souls to the "Underworld" where they may be judged for the afterlife. As the day ends, Kuwabara realizes that it was Yusuke who helped him through this, and secretly thanks his deceased friend.Yu Yu Hakusho follows Yusuke Urameshi, a street-brawling delinquent who, in an uncharacteristic act of altruism, is hit by a car and killed in an attempt to save a young boy by pushing him out of the way. Only very close friends can experience such a transmission. Botan explains that this was, in a way, Yusuke transmitting his emotions to Kuwabara. Later, Yusuke asks Botan how he was able to get through to Kuwabara. He assures Kuwabara that justice will be served, allowing Kuwabara and his friends to stay in school, and Okubo to retain his job. Takanaka, the school's principal and also one of the few that actually liked both Yusuke and Kuwabara, catches Akashi as he was about to leave the scene. Luckily, he notices the erasure mark in the last question's answer and realizes the vile sabotage.Įnraged, he aims to punch Akashi's lights out, but Yusuke somehow stops him just in time. Kuwabara receives his test back, surprised because he was pretty sure that he scored more than 50 points because he copied his answers on a scratch paper so that he could later check if his answers were right. Kuwabara takes the test (with another provisional help from Yusuke), successfully answering enough questions to pass and frustrating Akashi once more, but Iwamoto approaches him and secretly erases Kuwabara's answer for the last question, decreasing the boy's test score - however, they did not pay attention to Principal Takanaka near them, hearing everything. This is Yusuke's only chance he possesses the girl's body and successfully defeats the thugs, preventing Kuwabara from even getting involved with them. On their way to get him, they knock down a girl, causing her to faint. The next day, the day of the big test, another three thugs follow Kuwabara once again to try one last time to get him to fight. Yusuke enters his dream and inspires him to study more. Physically mauled but unfazed within, he assures his comrades to keep studying hard however, it falls short that night when he falls asleep at his desk. Kuwabara makes great efforts to study however, this is nearly ruined when he gets cornered inside a public library by another group of school thugs, resulting in another brutal beating for the resilient boy. He upholds his promise however, vowing to score above 50 on the upcoming test. Kuwabara, unfortunately, scored a 7 on the last test (while Yusuke steadily says to Botan that he scored only 12, much to the blue-haired girl's dismay). He tells the others that he can make it since he scored a 39 on the last test and if he tries a little bit harder he will pass.
He now says that he will apply a science exam in the next six days, and if just one of them scores below 50 points on it, Okubo's work license will be revoked. This infuriates Akashi even more, and so he raises the stakes the next day. Kuwabara keeps his promise to his friends, and just takes the horrible beating he receives from the three ruthless thugs. The cowardly teacher hopes that Kuwabara will be forced to fight, getting all four of the kids that Akashi dislikes out of his way. Akashi's trap consisted in pitting Kuwabara against the same punks from Kasanegafuchi Jr. Iwamoto, another teaches who dislikes both Yusuke and Kuwabara and his friends, are talking about a trap he has secretly sprung at Kuwabara to get him expelled from school and how the school's financial actions will increase right after, once both Yusuke, Kuwabara and his gang are all dropped. This doesn't bode well for Okubo, a kid who works at a job through the school to help support his poor family.Įveryone agrees. He tells them that as a punishment, if one of them gets into a fight through the next week, Okubo will lose his job. Akashi, a teacher with rat-like teeth and demeanors, hates Kuwabara and his friends, and thus, will go to any means to cause them hardships. They ended up back in their school in the principal's office the next day, being apprehended for starting the fight. Luckily in the nick of time, Kuwabara and his three friends appear on the scene, and a large brawl with the other gang begins. High, another school rival to Sarayashiki Jr. While waiting for the Spirit Beast to hatch, Yusuke and Botan witness Keiko get attacked by some thugs from Kasanegafuchi Jr.