Here's the oh-so-wonderful disclaimer! Yu Yu Hakusho and all of its
characters belong to their respective owners, except for Kitel who belongs to
Mena and Midra who belongs to me. Trust me, if we owned them, it would be a
glorious day, indeed.
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Chapter 1
The birds chirped and the sun shone as the leaky boat was slowly but surely making its way to the deadly island where the Dark Tournament would be held. The boat simply held teams of demons who were competing, but one team stood out among the others.
Team Urameshi stood in a corner of the ship, attempting to ignore the other fighters. Yusuke was simply looking around with his hands in his pockets. Kuwabara was leaning on the railing, looking at the seawater as it passed them by. Kurama simply stood aware of his surroundings with his mate Kitel, who was their back-up fighter, by his side. Hiei simply had his arms crossed, observing the other fighters. The Masked fighter was still and silent. Midra, the healer for the group and the granddaughter of the Great Genkai, was simply standing close to Yusuke, a tad fearful of the demons on board. She had been training with Kuwabara, Kurama, and Hiei since the invitations to the tournament had been sent out, and so was now very much accustomed to demons, but the sheer number of them put her on edge a bit.
Kitel noticed this and smirked at her. "Aww, scared little girl?"
Midra glared at her. "No, especially not of you."
"Midra has no reason to be scared!" exclaimed Kuwabara. "She's been training really hard with the three of us, right Kurama?" Kurama simply nodded in agreement.
Kitel looked away, her nose lifted. "Please, don't make me laugh." "Oh, I'll be the one laughing if you keep that attitude up." Midra threatened.
Kitel glared at her. "How could you possibly think you can actually last in this tournament?" she asked, her hatred for humans shining through as it always did when she argued with Midra.
Midra glared right back at her. "Why don't you be quiet until you actually see me fight, hmm?" Kitel growled at her.
"Stop it, you two," Kurama ordered. "I would suggest not underestimating each other. When I say 'each other', I'm referring to the both of you." Kitel turned away from him, grumbling.
The Masked Fighter took the opportunity to intervene. "Can't you both put your petty rivalry aside? You've only known each other for a few hours." Hiei joined in with the threat. "If you two don't stop, I will personally remove you both."
Midra scoffed at him. "You? I could throw you overboard, small fry."
Hiei stepped forward and drew his sword. "Excuse me?"
"ENOUGH!" growled Yusuke, stepping in between the two of them. "Grow up!" Midra looked at Yusuke, knowing that she would never hurt him. She simply sighed and turned away. Hiei growled and walked off to another part of the ship. Midra growled at his retreating form.
Kurama smirked at Midra and Hiei. He knew that the fighting was just a façade, a cover-up. Kurama knew Hiei better than anyone else did, and he could tell that Midra had caught his eye. Midra knew that Hiei was dangerous, and yet she still stood up to him as if she were his equal, and that both enraged and intrigued Hiei at the same time. In fact, he thought to himself, Hiei was quite the open to book to those who really knew him. Midra was just as amusing. She thought that nobody had ever seen her sneak long glances at Hiei, but Kurama had caught her a number of times looking at him, a vulnerability behind her eyes that he had never seen from her in any other instance. They simply fought to distance themselves from each other so as not to deal with their own emotions. 'Classic denial, really.'
Kitel looked at Kurama, and then to Midra and Hiei as Hiei disappeared from sight. She then looked at Kurama again, a perplexed look on her face. Kurama gave her a look that promised that he would explain later.
Midra went to stand next to Kuwabara, still mad that Hiei insisted on picking on the poor guy. Kuwabara patted her shoulder in thanks for standing up for him.
Yusuke sighed in exasperation. "How did I end up with such a team?"
Midra looked at him and smirked. "You know you love us." Kitel made a gagging motion. Midra rolled her eyes at Kitel. "Well, some of us, anyways." Yusuke grinned at her.
Midra couldn't help but smile back. Besides Genkai, Yusuke was the only one who knew about the nature of the death of her parents. The fact that she had told them showed that she cared about him a great deal. She truly saw Yusuke as her best friend, and even though she was a whole six years older than he was, she found that sometimes, she was able to look up to him. Midra's biggest fear was always to be seen as weak for her emotions, and when Yusuke had caught her crying over her parents one day, he had comforted her instead of viewing her as weak. Midra knew now that she could always trust Yusuke with her emotions. Though even after that, there was one set of emotions she found she could not share with anyone.
'Hiei.' The name came to her mind immediately, and along with it came the emotions she always felt when she was around him. The increase of her pulse, the jolt of adrenaline and awareness, the inability to take her attention away from him, it all came back to her in a rush. Midra, under normal circumstances, would label it all as an attraction to him, but this was Hiei she was talking about here, and she refused to admit that she could be attracted to someone like him.
'Then why do I keep on feeling this way?' she asked herself. She frowned and attempted to take her mind off of the fire demon.
Hiei grumbled as he sat on the railing on the other side of the boat. 'Infernal woman, always getting on my nerves! How in the world does she do that?'
Now that he thought about it, Midra had always been able to get under his skin for some reason. The first day he had met her, he had drawn his sword upon her, and she had used her spirit energy to create a pair of sais and blocked his attack. She hadn't flinched. His mere name could strike fear into plenty of low-class demons, but this simple human girl wasn't afraid of him. It boggled his mind. He, in a way, admired that bravery, albeit a foolish bravery.
Hiei knew within himself that it was much more than that. Perhaps, a human would label it 'love', but he simply labeled it as foolish, wasted emotion. He had no need for such emotions, no need for such a distraction. He knew that all he could do was continue to fight these emotions off.
He would continue to fight her off.
The pirate who commanded the ship stepped forward, a grin on his face. "All right, everyone, listen up! We have some rules on this ship. Namely, to get to the point, only one team here is reachin' that island alive, mates."
"That'll be us," whispered Kitel. Midra smirked at her. "For once, we agree on something."
"I wasn't including you," the female fox said.
Midra rolled her eyes. "Didn't Kurama tell you not to underestimate me?" Kitel simply shook her head and looked at the captain.
The captain grinned again. "And so, now ye all shall begin…A FIGHT TO THE DEATH!" Almost immediately, screams of 'Get the human team!' erupted from the demons.
"Great!" exclaimed Yusuke, getting into an offensive position.
"Awesome!" said Kuwabara as he pulled out his spirit sword. "A warm-up!"
Kitel immediately took out the first demon that charged at her. She rolled her eyes. "Pathetic."
Midra created a pair of spirit sais as a demon launched itself at her. She simply rammed him through with her sais, killing it instantly.
A group of five demons all jumped Kurama at once. With a snap of his whip, all five were instantly cut down. Kurama simply smirked as their dead bodies fell to the ground.
Yusuke simply rummaged through a large group of demons with a flurry of kicks and punches. The Masked Fighter easily took out a group of demons that had decided to jump her due to the fact that she was the smallest. Hiei was simply a blur, making rounds around the ship and cutting down demons along his way furiously.
Kitel began to kick and punch a rather large demon viciously. Midra, even with her small height, was able to jump up and dropkick another large demon in the face. She stabbed it in the head with a sai while in mid-air, and then in the stomach when she landed. With another crack of his whip, Kurama took down another group of demons.
Some group work came in handy. Kitel glared at a rather intimidating demon, her eyes turning white. Suddenly, the demon found itself paralyzed, thanks to Kitel's power. She kicked it into Kuwabara's waiting sword. He flung the demon off his sword and into the water. He stabbed another that came at him and flung it overboard as well.
"Damn it!" screamed Yusuke as he was barraged by a group of demons. He angrily flung them all off, opting to take them on one at a time. Midra was taken by surprise by a demon that jumped in front of her and slugged her in the face rather hard. She retaliated by lopping its head off with her sais. "Asshole," she muttered.
'Where did my granddaughter learn such language?' Genkai asked herself as she glared at the demon in front of her through her mask. Coming to the conclusion that it was probably Yusuke and Kuwabara's doing, she quickly took care of the demon with a few well-placed kicks and punches.
Kitel suddenly found herself surrounded by five demons. Kurama noticed her situation and flung his whip at them, taking down three of them. Kitel blew Kurama a kiss and winked at him before taking out the other two. He winked back at her before going on to kill the next bunch of demons.
While Midra was taking care of the next group of demons that tried to jump her, Hiei caught sight of one that was rushing up behind her. 'Stupid girl!' he thought to himself before flying towards it and cutting the demon in half. 'She's going to get herself killed if she doesn't stay aware of her surroundings.'
Midra turned around, confused at his action. All she knew was that he had saved her. She nodded to him in thanks before another demon attempted to jump her. She traded punches with it until she got an opportunity to really strike and she kicked it in the face, breaking its jaw. She found herself surprised at her own strength.
"Don't they ever get the point and just quit?" asked Yusuke as he took out yet another demon. "I know, seriously!" Midra agreed.
Kuwabara threw a few demons over the boat again. "I know, this is pathetic! GAH!" he gasped as a demon tackled him from behind. He began to struggle with it until he got the upper hand and killed it with his sword.
"I'm getting bored," Kitel commented. Genkai sent another two demons to the floor. "This truly is a joke," she agreed.
They all stopped to realize only one demon was left. He stared at their group, confused. Midra spun a sai in her hand and tapped her foot, waiting for the demon to make a move.
Yusuke glared at the demon. "Just jump overboard, its easier," he said simply. The demon looked at each member of Team Urameshi before taking Yusuke's advice and jumping off the ship to escape his death.
"Well, that was mildly amusing," said Kurama, retracting his rose whip. "Mildly being the key word. I didn't even break a sweat," said Midra.
"If this is any hint to the tournament, we won't even break a sweat," Hiei said.
Both Hiei and Midra said the words 'break a sweat' at the same exact time. The both looked at each other, glaring with annoyance. Midra was the first one to break the glaring contest when Kuwabara grunted.
"Damn demons and their claws," he commented, looking at his bleeding hand. Kitel muttered something about the fragility of humans before walking over to Kurama.
Midra gave Hiei one last look before walking over to Kuwabara and taking his hand in hers. She put her free hand over his and it glowed with spirit energy. When she removed her hand, his wound was completely gone.
Hiei lifted an eyebrow at Midra's handiwork. He was impressed, although he would never admit it. "You're lucky to have her around, Kuwabara. You may actually last throughout this tournament now."
Kurama smirked at Hiei as Kuwabara practically blew up. "SHUT UP, SHORTY!" he yelled.
"If you weren't so incompetent, then I wouldn't have to pass comments," he said. Kitel rubbed at some demon blood that had splattered on Kurama's shirt. Kurama put his hand over hers with a smile before speaking.
"That's quite an interesting ability you have, Midra," he commented. Midra looked at him before realization dawned on her. "Oh, that's right, you haven't seen it in action. Self-taught. Took years," she explained. "You'd be surprised at how much concentration it takes."
Kitel looked at her. "You may be of some help after all."
"Thanks," Midra replied, smirking at her, knowing that was Kitel's attempt at a compliment of sorts. Kitel leaned into Kurama as he rubbed her hand gently.
"Hey, there's the island, you guys!" said Kuwabara, pointing off into the distance where, indeed, the island was now visible.
Yusuke sighed and sat down, leaning against the railing as he looked at the Masked Fighter. "I wonder if this team'll actually last…"
"It will, as long as the word 'team' stays involved," she guaranteed, glaring at Kitel, Hiei, and Midra. Yusuke simply sighed and closed his eyes. Kitel leaned on the railing. "Well, here's where the fun begins," she said in all seriousness, her black hair blowing in the wind as her purple eyes grazed over the island's form.
Midra brushed a piece of her own black hair behind her ear as her light brown eyes peered at the Masked Fighter, whom she knew was her grandmother. She had begged Midra to beg Yusuke to come along to this tournament as a healer. Genkai had, for a reason that she refused to tell, wanted her to be here, but wanted no correlation to be drawn between her and her granddaughter. Midra was more perplexed as to why she felt the need to keep her identity a secret. She sighed and bent down next to Yusuke. "I just hope it's more of a challenge at the actual tournament then it was here," she said.
"I hope not," he replied. Midra put a hand on his shoulder, knowing he was worried about the outcome of the tournament. "You have no need to worry. Just wait until you really get to show your stuff." She smiled. "I bet you learned some amazing things from my grandmother." Yusuke simply smirked.
"I think we will all surprise each other at some point during this venture," commented Kurama. Kitel hugged Kurama's arm and whispered into his ear in a suggestive manner, "Not all…" Kurama smirked at her suggestiveness.
Midra found herself eyeing Hiei momentarily to check for injuries. He, of course, had none. She quickly turned her attention back to the island. Hiei took that moment to stare at Midra out of the corner of his eye. He knew he would have to make sure the fool didn't kill herself, for the good of the team, of course. He wasn't sure whether he was just thinking it or trying to convince himself of it.
"I can't wait to get off of this boat," Kitel suddenly commented. Kuwabara nodded in agreement as the boat began to dock. "Solid ground will be great!"
"I just want a nice, calm bed," said Yusuke. Midra chuckled at him. "Did my grandmother's training get to you?" she asked. "It's catching up to me," he admitted. Midra patted his back. "Well, the fights don't start until tomorrow, so you can get a nice, long sleep in." Yusuke nodded in agreement as Hiei glared at the demons that were already on the island, sizing them up. Team Urameshi picked up their bags and walked off the boat and onto the island, having no idea of the twists and turns that were about to befall each of them during this tournament.
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The birds chirped and the sun shone as the leaky boat was slowly but surely making its way to the deadly island where the Dark Tournament would be held. The boat simply held teams of demons who were competing, but one team stood out among the others.
Team Urameshi stood in a corner of the ship, attempting to ignore the other fighters. Yusuke was simply looking around with his hands in his pockets. Kuwabara was leaning on the railing, looking at the seawater as it passed them by. Kurama simply stood aware of his surroundings with his mate Kitel, who was their back-up fighter, by his side. Hiei simply had his arms crossed, observing the other fighters. The Masked fighter was still and silent. Midra, the healer for the group and the granddaughter of the Great Genkai, was simply standing close to Yusuke, a tad fearful of the demons on board. She had been training with Kuwabara, Kurama, and Hiei since the invitations to the tournament had been sent out, and so was now very much accustomed to demons, but the sheer number of them put her on edge a bit.
Kitel noticed this and smirked at her. "Aww, scared little girl?"
Midra glared at her. "No, especially not of you."
"Midra has no reason to be scared!" exclaimed Kuwabara. "She's been training really hard with the three of us, right Kurama?" Kurama simply nodded in agreement.
Kitel looked away, her nose lifted. "Please, don't make me laugh." "Oh, I'll be the one laughing if you keep that attitude up." Midra threatened.
Kitel glared at her. "How could you possibly think you can actually last in this tournament?" she asked, her hatred for humans shining through as it always did when she argued with Midra.
Midra glared right back at her. "Why don't you be quiet until you actually see me fight, hmm?" Kitel growled at her.
"Stop it, you two," Kurama ordered. "I would suggest not underestimating each other. When I say 'each other', I'm referring to the both of you." Kitel turned away from him, grumbling.
The Masked Fighter took the opportunity to intervene. "Can't you both put your petty rivalry aside? You've only known each other for a few hours." Hiei joined in with the threat. "If you two don't stop, I will personally remove you both."
Midra scoffed at him. "You? I could throw you overboard, small fry."
Hiei stepped forward and drew his sword. "Excuse me?"
"ENOUGH!" growled Yusuke, stepping in between the two of them. "Grow up!" Midra looked at Yusuke, knowing that she would never hurt him. She simply sighed and turned away. Hiei growled and walked off to another part of the ship. Midra growled at his retreating form.
Kurama smirked at Midra and Hiei. He knew that the fighting was just a façade, a cover-up. Kurama knew Hiei better than anyone else did, and he could tell that Midra had caught his eye. Midra knew that Hiei was dangerous, and yet she still stood up to him as if she were his equal, and that both enraged and intrigued Hiei at the same time. In fact, he thought to himself, Hiei was quite the open to book to those who really knew him. Midra was just as amusing. She thought that nobody had ever seen her sneak long glances at Hiei, but Kurama had caught her a number of times looking at him, a vulnerability behind her eyes that he had never seen from her in any other instance. They simply fought to distance themselves from each other so as not to deal with their own emotions. 'Classic denial, really.'
Kitel looked at Kurama, and then to Midra and Hiei as Hiei disappeared from sight. She then looked at Kurama again, a perplexed look on her face. Kurama gave her a look that promised that he would explain later.
Midra went to stand next to Kuwabara, still mad that Hiei insisted on picking on the poor guy. Kuwabara patted her shoulder in thanks for standing up for him.
Yusuke sighed in exasperation. "How did I end up with such a team?"
Midra looked at him and smirked. "You know you love us." Kitel made a gagging motion. Midra rolled her eyes at Kitel. "Well, some of us, anyways." Yusuke grinned at her.
Midra couldn't help but smile back. Besides Genkai, Yusuke was the only one who knew about the nature of the death of her parents. The fact that she had told them showed that she cared about him a great deal. She truly saw Yusuke as her best friend, and even though she was a whole six years older than he was, she found that sometimes, she was able to look up to him. Midra's biggest fear was always to be seen as weak for her emotions, and when Yusuke had caught her crying over her parents one day, he had comforted her instead of viewing her as weak. Midra knew now that she could always trust Yusuke with her emotions. Though even after that, there was one set of emotions she found she could not share with anyone.
'Hiei.' The name came to her mind immediately, and along with it came the emotions she always felt when she was around him. The increase of her pulse, the jolt of adrenaline and awareness, the inability to take her attention away from him, it all came back to her in a rush. Midra, under normal circumstances, would label it all as an attraction to him, but this was Hiei she was talking about here, and she refused to admit that she could be attracted to someone like him.
'Then why do I keep on feeling this way?' she asked herself. She frowned and attempted to take her mind off of the fire demon.
Hiei grumbled as he sat on the railing on the other side of the boat. 'Infernal woman, always getting on my nerves! How in the world does she do that?'
Now that he thought about it, Midra had always been able to get under his skin for some reason. The first day he had met her, he had drawn his sword upon her, and she had used her spirit energy to create a pair of sais and blocked his attack. She hadn't flinched. His mere name could strike fear into plenty of low-class demons, but this simple human girl wasn't afraid of him. It boggled his mind. He, in a way, admired that bravery, albeit a foolish bravery.
Hiei knew within himself that it was much more than that. Perhaps, a human would label it 'love', but he simply labeled it as foolish, wasted emotion. He had no need for such emotions, no need for such a distraction. He knew that all he could do was continue to fight these emotions off.
He would continue to fight her off.
The pirate who commanded the ship stepped forward, a grin on his face. "All right, everyone, listen up! We have some rules on this ship. Namely, to get to the point, only one team here is reachin' that island alive, mates."
"That'll be us," whispered Kitel. Midra smirked at her. "For once, we agree on something."
"I wasn't including you," the female fox said.
Midra rolled her eyes. "Didn't Kurama tell you not to underestimate me?" Kitel simply shook her head and looked at the captain.
The captain grinned again. "And so, now ye all shall begin…A FIGHT TO THE DEATH!" Almost immediately, screams of 'Get the human team!' erupted from the demons.
"Great!" exclaimed Yusuke, getting into an offensive position.
"Awesome!" said Kuwabara as he pulled out his spirit sword. "A warm-up!"
Kitel immediately took out the first demon that charged at her. She rolled her eyes. "Pathetic."
Midra created a pair of spirit sais as a demon launched itself at her. She simply rammed him through with her sais, killing it instantly.
A group of five demons all jumped Kurama at once. With a snap of his whip, all five were instantly cut down. Kurama simply smirked as their dead bodies fell to the ground.
Yusuke simply rummaged through a large group of demons with a flurry of kicks and punches. The Masked Fighter easily took out a group of demons that had decided to jump her due to the fact that she was the smallest. Hiei was simply a blur, making rounds around the ship and cutting down demons along his way furiously.
Kitel began to kick and punch a rather large demon viciously. Midra, even with her small height, was able to jump up and dropkick another large demon in the face. She stabbed it in the head with a sai while in mid-air, and then in the stomach when she landed. With another crack of his whip, Kurama took down another group of demons.
Some group work came in handy. Kitel glared at a rather intimidating demon, her eyes turning white. Suddenly, the demon found itself paralyzed, thanks to Kitel's power. She kicked it into Kuwabara's waiting sword. He flung the demon off his sword and into the water. He stabbed another that came at him and flung it overboard as well.
"Damn it!" screamed Yusuke as he was barraged by a group of demons. He angrily flung them all off, opting to take them on one at a time. Midra was taken by surprise by a demon that jumped in front of her and slugged her in the face rather hard. She retaliated by lopping its head off with her sais. "Asshole," she muttered.
'Where did my granddaughter learn such language?' Genkai asked herself as she glared at the demon in front of her through her mask. Coming to the conclusion that it was probably Yusuke and Kuwabara's doing, she quickly took care of the demon with a few well-placed kicks and punches.
Kitel suddenly found herself surrounded by five demons. Kurama noticed her situation and flung his whip at them, taking down three of them. Kitel blew Kurama a kiss and winked at him before taking out the other two. He winked back at her before going on to kill the next bunch of demons.
While Midra was taking care of the next group of demons that tried to jump her, Hiei caught sight of one that was rushing up behind her. 'Stupid girl!' he thought to himself before flying towards it and cutting the demon in half. 'She's going to get herself killed if she doesn't stay aware of her surroundings.'
Midra turned around, confused at his action. All she knew was that he had saved her. She nodded to him in thanks before another demon attempted to jump her. She traded punches with it until she got an opportunity to really strike and she kicked it in the face, breaking its jaw. She found herself surprised at her own strength.
"Don't they ever get the point and just quit?" asked Yusuke as he took out yet another demon. "I know, seriously!" Midra agreed.
Kuwabara threw a few demons over the boat again. "I know, this is pathetic! GAH!" he gasped as a demon tackled him from behind. He began to struggle with it until he got the upper hand and killed it with his sword.
"I'm getting bored," Kitel commented. Genkai sent another two demons to the floor. "This truly is a joke," she agreed.
They all stopped to realize only one demon was left. He stared at their group, confused. Midra spun a sai in her hand and tapped her foot, waiting for the demon to make a move.
Yusuke glared at the demon. "Just jump overboard, its easier," he said simply. The demon looked at each member of Team Urameshi before taking Yusuke's advice and jumping off the ship to escape his death.
"Well, that was mildly amusing," said Kurama, retracting his rose whip. "Mildly being the key word. I didn't even break a sweat," said Midra.
"If this is any hint to the tournament, we won't even break a sweat," Hiei said.
Both Hiei and Midra said the words 'break a sweat' at the same exact time. The both looked at each other, glaring with annoyance. Midra was the first one to break the glaring contest when Kuwabara grunted.
"Damn demons and their claws," he commented, looking at his bleeding hand. Kitel muttered something about the fragility of humans before walking over to Kurama.
Midra gave Hiei one last look before walking over to Kuwabara and taking his hand in hers. She put her free hand over his and it glowed with spirit energy. When she removed her hand, his wound was completely gone.
Hiei lifted an eyebrow at Midra's handiwork. He was impressed, although he would never admit it. "You're lucky to have her around, Kuwabara. You may actually last throughout this tournament now."
Kurama smirked at Hiei as Kuwabara practically blew up. "SHUT UP, SHORTY!" he yelled.
"If you weren't so incompetent, then I wouldn't have to pass comments," he said. Kitel rubbed at some demon blood that had splattered on Kurama's shirt. Kurama put his hand over hers with a smile before speaking.
"That's quite an interesting ability you have, Midra," he commented. Midra looked at him before realization dawned on her. "Oh, that's right, you haven't seen it in action. Self-taught. Took years," she explained. "You'd be surprised at how much concentration it takes."
Kitel looked at her. "You may be of some help after all."
"Thanks," Midra replied, smirking at her, knowing that was Kitel's attempt at a compliment of sorts. Kitel leaned into Kurama as he rubbed her hand gently.
"Hey, there's the island, you guys!" said Kuwabara, pointing off into the distance where, indeed, the island was now visible.
Yusuke sighed and sat down, leaning against the railing as he looked at the Masked Fighter. "I wonder if this team'll actually last…"
"It will, as long as the word 'team' stays involved," she guaranteed, glaring at Kitel, Hiei, and Midra. Yusuke simply sighed and closed his eyes. Kitel leaned on the railing. "Well, here's where the fun begins," she said in all seriousness, her black hair blowing in the wind as her purple eyes grazed over the island's form.
Midra brushed a piece of her own black hair behind her ear as her light brown eyes peered at the Masked Fighter, whom she knew was her grandmother. She had begged Midra to beg Yusuke to come along to this tournament as a healer. Genkai had, for a reason that she refused to tell, wanted her to be here, but wanted no correlation to be drawn between her and her granddaughter. Midra was more perplexed as to why she felt the need to keep her identity a secret. She sighed and bent down next to Yusuke. "I just hope it's more of a challenge at the actual tournament then it was here," she said.
"I hope not," he replied. Midra put a hand on his shoulder, knowing he was worried about the outcome of the tournament. "You have no need to worry. Just wait until you really get to show your stuff." She smiled. "I bet you learned some amazing things from my grandmother." Yusuke simply smirked.
"I think we will all surprise each other at some point during this venture," commented Kurama. Kitel hugged Kurama's arm and whispered into his ear in a suggestive manner, "Not all…" Kurama smirked at her suggestiveness.
Midra found herself eyeing Hiei momentarily to check for injuries. He, of course, had none. She quickly turned her attention back to the island. Hiei took that moment to stare at Midra out of the corner of his eye. He knew he would have to make sure the fool didn't kill herself, for the good of the team, of course. He wasn't sure whether he was just thinking it or trying to convince himself of it.
"I can't wait to get off of this boat," Kitel suddenly commented. Kuwabara nodded in agreement as the boat began to dock. "Solid ground will be great!"
"I just want a nice, calm bed," said Yusuke. Midra chuckled at him. "Did my grandmother's training get to you?" she asked. "It's catching up to me," he admitted. Midra patted his back. "Well, the fights don't start until tomorrow, so you can get a nice, long sleep in." Yusuke nodded in agreement as Hiei glared at the demons that were already on the island, sizing them up. Team Urameshi picked up their bags and walked off the boat and onto the island, having no idea of the twists and turns that were about to befall each of them during this tournament.