Episode 45

Hiei Battles On
Kanji	飛影連戦! 撃て黒龍波!
Rōmaji	Hiei Rensen! Gekite Kokuryūha! (Hiei Battles Consecutively! Shoot Your Kokuryuha!)
Japan Air Date	August 28, 1999
English Air Date	May 5, 2003
Episode	45
Manga	Chapters 79-80 (first half)
Saga	Dark Tournament Saga
Opening Song	Smile Bomb
Ending Song	Sayonara Bye Bye
Previous Episode	←Yusuke's Final Test
Next Episode	Many Faces, Many Forms→

Hiei Battles On is the twentieth episode of season 2 of YuYu Hakusho. It aired on August 28, 1993 in Japan and May 5, 2003 in the United States.

Short Summary

Hiei battles Kuromomotaro, whose transformations make Hiei's techniques useless. Unable to use the Dragon of the Darkness Flame, lest it consume him in the process, Hiei is left with dwindling options.

Detailed Summary

Yusuke is still in the midst of his master Genkai's Spirit Wave Orb absorption test. After a while, Genkai realizes that this is too much for Yusuke. She tries to take the orb back, but Yusuke takes it back and wants to finish the test.

Back in the ring, Shishiwakamaru rolls the dice. It lands on Kuro Momotaro and a free space for Team Urameshi. Hiei volunteers to fight. Both fighters step in, and Kuro asks for Hiei's katana. Kuro licks the blade and cuts himself with it. The fight begins. Kuro pulls something called a steaming sphere out of his belt and squeezes it. Kuro inhales the fumes from the sphere and hair starts to grow from his body. This is the first beast armor, the Armor of the Ape. Hiei tries to attack with his sword, but it breaks in three pieces. Kuro gives him a few punches and sends him into the wall. Kuro explains once his body is hit with an attack, it memorizes the pain and steaming spheres are a catalyst to make his body immune to the attack.

Then Kuro Momotaro asks for the Darkness attack. Hiei shows his Jagan eye and begins the attack. Kurama explains that the Darkness attack drains the user of spirit energy and that Hiei does not have enough spirit energy to execute the Dragon of the Darkness Flame. Hiei's arm is filled with energy and he punches Kuro with the Fist of the Mortal Flame. Kurama says that this is like the Darkness technique except the flame is from Human World. Kuro stands right back up and releases another steaming sphere. He now shows his second beast armor, Armor of the Phoenix, which makes him look like a giant bird.

Characters in Order of Appearance

Genkai Yusuke Urameshi Juri Hiei Makintaro Shishiwakamaru Kuro Momotaro Onji Ura Urashima Kuwabara Kurama

Keiko Yukimura Botan Shizuru Kuwabara Yukina Pu Younger Toguro Zeru (flashback) Koenma Koto Jorge Saotome

Relevant Techniques

• Spirit Wave Orb (Yusuke)
• Physical Memorization (Kuro Momotaro)
• Steaming Spheres (Kuro Momotaro)
• Beast Armor 1 & 2 (Kuro Momotaro)
• Master Swordsman (Hiei)
• Super Speed (Hiei and Kuro Momotaro)
• Rush Attack (Kuro Momotaro)
• Dragon of the Darkness Flame (Hiei)
• Jagan (Hiei)

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