- Botan: [quietly] Here I am, Koenma. Isn't there some way to reverse this?
- Koenma: Genkai's passed her abilities to an apprentice. We both knew once that happened Toguro would take her life. It's both Yusuke's and Genkai's destiny.
- Suzuka: I've learned from my last fight that my body isn't meant for fighting the way you do, and all my gifted techniques can't compete against pure brute strength. No wonder you think of me as a clown.
- Kurama: [thinking to himself] Much less now than in your earlier performance, I must say.
- Suzuka: Hm?
- Suzuka: These two items are my gifts to you.
- Kurama: Could you elaborate?
- Kazuma Kuwabara: Yeah, who cares about a fancy ruler?
- Suzuka: It's a hilt, amateur. These were the starting points for two items I gave to my own team. The bottle, Kurama, contains The Fruit of a Previous Life, hand-picked from the upper realms of the spirit world. It was from just such a fruit that Ura derived the smoke for his Iduun Box, and drinking that will produce the same dreamy effect of turning you into your demon form.
- [Turns to Kuwabara]
- Suzuka: And that one is called The Trial Sword, made from a Japanese cedar that grew to great heights by sucking up the surrounding life.
- Kazuma Kuwabara: Eih! That sounds really creepy. I don't wanna hold that.
- [Kuwabara tosses the hilt to Suzuka]
- Suzuka: For Shishiwakamaru it became The Banshee Shriek, but for you it should be quite different, and probably without the demons.
- [Suzuka tosses the hilt back to Kuwabara, which he catches awkwardly]
- Kazuma Kuwabara: Yi, uh, ehe, guh, geh...!
- Suzuka: Allow me the pleasure of a few more words and I'll give you a warning. This fight was the first time those items were used. I still can't tell you exactly how they work or what side-effects they could have upon their user.
- Yusuke Urameshi: I'm not in the mood for any of your stupid gags.
- Koenma: Yes. Neither is Botan. Makes it very hard to function these days. Actually, it's a real pity. Botan is just too depressed to perform the duties that are expected of her. I'm sure if Genkai were still here she'd call Botan a big whiny-baby and give her a much needed slap in the face.
- Sakyo: I want to completely redefine the food chain.
- Sakyo: Well, I was afraid you'd react negatively toward my daring new ideas, but at this stage in the game it doesn't matter much, does it? If you HAVE placed bets, I'll still collect - post-mortem.
- Koenma: Well, anyway, Yusuke, Genkai left us a message that you might want to hear.
- Yusuke Urameshi: Are you serious? Please, what'd she say?
- Koenma: She said the last year of her life sucked because, as a student, you were such a pain in the ass. And she asks you to stay alive for a really long time so she can have some peace and quiet for once. So, in other words - "Dimwit, go win that battle!" Sounds just like her, doesn't it?