A/N: I was going to wait until Saturday to upload this but I'm honestly so hyped about this sequel! You can kinda tell the Black Tournament is my favorite arc since the chapters will be longer. *sweat drops* This was meant to be a rewrite of Why Us! with Densetsu playing a more noticable role but this became a story of its own. Please, feel free to drop a review. It can be anything from saying how you liked the chapter or even critiques on my grammar. As most authors usually point out, a review can make a writer's day. Sorry for the rambling, got carried away. Enjoy the chapter!

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho, that honor goes to Yoshihiro Togashi. Annabel, Miranda and other Ocs are of my own creation.

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Bold Italic: Densetsu speaking or telepathy

Bold: Flashbacks or Mindscape


Pre-tournament: Wait, the Cat's Already out of the Bag?!

"So does anyone know who the two mystery guys are that are joining our team?" Kuwabara asks, Hiei's eyes narrowed. "I believe one of them is already here." He says, his gaze directed to a nearby tree. "Man, how am I supposed to make a cool entrance if someone already knows I'm here?" A baritone voice complains as a figure walked out of the shadows. He had wavy blond hair gathered in a short ponytail and grey-blue eyes that shone with mirth. He wore a navy-blue trench coat and black fingerless gloves. "I'm Ryuuzaki, Annabel's replacement for the tournament." He says smoothly. "What?! Toguro tried dragging her into this too?" Kuwabara exclaims, Ryuuzaki nodded. "They came to an agreement and decided to send me to represent her. It's nice to finally put some faces to your names." He says with a grin.

Kuwabara seemed to be buying it but Kurama and Hiei would be a harder sell. It would've been easier to enter the tournament as himself, dammit! As he leaned against the tree the demons saw that frost began to climb up the tree's trunk. While his appearance was completely different his energy was still the same, it was the reason why Kuwabara felt comfortable near the stranger despite not knowing him. Hiei was wondering why the woman was in disguise and Kurama was sure to figure out Ryuuzaki's identity soon.

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When Yusuke and a masked man arrived he looked surprised to see the blond. "So you're the one that switched out with Anna. You any good?" Yusuke asks, Ryuuzaki rolled his eyes. "After the hellish training I was put through I'd hope so. I'm Ryuuzaki, nice to meet you." The blond says, extending his hand. Before he had a chance to shake it Hiei appeared to have his own greeting with the spirit detective involving… a sword? "Wouldn't make more sense to test the new guys?" Kuwabara asks aloud in confusion. "It's a rival thing. Kinda like Vegeta and Goku." Ryuuzaki says with a shrug. "Or Hiei's just homicidal. Either explanation works."

When they arrived on the ship it was obvious that their team would be the main target. Theirs was the only one that had humans, four of them. "So who are we sending to represent us?" Ryuuzaki asks, leaning against the railing of the boat. He looked completely calm in the face of all the blood lust coming from the demons, cracking his knuckles. "I'll go." Kuwabara volunteers, only to take it back when he saw demons that were larger than himself. Ryuuzaki silently chuckled, and he was the one that brought down Byakko and technically Younger Toguro? "Okay, anyone else?" Ryuuzaki deadpanned, only to see everyone looking at him.

"Alright, but don't expect this to be PG." Ryuuzaki states, willing his claws into existence. He felt everyone glare down at him as his blue eyes turned violet, his stride a confident one. He gave a humorless chuckle. "You schmucks are nothing compared to my masters. Bring it on." He taunts, eyes glinting in excitement as they all charged at him at once. He weaved in and out between them, using his claws to slash through his opponents. You're having way too much fun. Annabel says, not liking the sight of so much blood. She and the dragon agreed that when it came to merciless killings that Densetsu would temporarily take over for her.

The demons, realizing their representatives were getting their asses handed to them, attacked all at once. "Tch, no sportsman like conduct at all. What a bunch of sore losers." Ryuuzaki states, surprised to find himself back to back with Hiei. "An interesting disguise onna but quite pointless. It looks like you aren't helpless after all." He says off handedly, Ryuuzaki's eyes widened. "How the heck did you know?" He demands, Hiei smirked. "You've forgotten that I know your spirit energy, it's the only thing that hasn't changed." He says, slashing through a demon with his katanna.

When they reached Hanging Neck Island the other contestants were either dead or unconscious. The entire time Yusuke had been asleep and somehow fighting off his attackers. Ryuuzaki sweat dropped, his masters often tried attacking him in his sleep so he knew how the teen felt. "Does anyone else think that it's morbid that we're going to an island that sounds like a suicide destination?" Ryuuzaki asks curiously. "What do you mean?" Kuwabara asks, Ryuuzaki deadpanned. "How much do you actually know about this tournament?" He asks, Kuwabara looked embarrassed. "We're just fighting, didn't think I'd need to learn anything." Ryuuzaki face palmed. "We're heading to Hanging Neck Island and the tournament is sponsored by the same criminal organization that the deceased Tarukane belonged to." With that both Kuwabara and Hiei scowled, Kurama looked at Ryuuzaki suspiciously. "How would you know about that?"

"Koenma filled me in on what happened. I've had a run in with them as well, it's the only reason I was accepted as a substitute." Ryuuzaki explains. He didn't mention that younger Toguro had found him training in the Makai and saw his other form. It was the only reason why Koenma's plan hadn't back fired. "At least Anna didn't get dragged into this, she was terrified when she heard he was still alive." Kuwabara says, remembering that the girl had a panic attack. No such luck. Ryuuzaki thought with a sigh. Compared to that one-man army the Saint Beasts paled in comparison. Already giving up before you've tried, how pitiful. Densetsu snorted. Oh shut up you over grown lizard! Ryuuzaki shot back, unaware of the scowl on his face. "Uh, Ryuuzaki? You're not going to snap on us, are you?" Kuwabara asks, Ryuuzaki looked up in confusion. "Huh? Why would I wanna do that?" He asks. "Ya looked like you wanted to punch someone." Kuwabara answered, the blond sighed. "Just remembered something unpleasant, nothing to worry about." He says as they went to the front desk to pick up their room cards.

There was an entire floor reserved for the participants in the Black Tournament, since they were invited they didn't have to go through any further screenings. There were two rooms between Urameshi's group, one containing Kuwabara, Yusuke and Kurama the other Hiei, Ryuuzaki and the Masked Man. Unknown to them Botan, Keiko, Atsuko, Miranda and Shizuru were all in the same hotel looking for them. Kuwabara breathed a sigh of relief when he was assigned his roomates, he really didn't trust those other guys not to kill him in his sleep! "Alright guys, we need a battle plan!" Kuwabara exclaims, suddenly fired up. "Maybe it's a good thing he's too slow to realize how dangerous this all is." Ryuuzaki mutters under his breath.

Currently they were all sitting around a table drinking tea while Ryuuzaki stubbornly insisted on having coffee, his glare threatening bodily harm if they dared to suggest he not have caffeine. Kuwabara brought his own drink, not trusting the hotel staff. As they began to discuss how to observe their upcoming opponents Ryuuzaki subconsciously straightened as he felt two additional auras enter the room.

"We need to decide an anchor." Ryuuzaki decided to say, the others looked at him in confusion. "Huh?" Was Kuwabara's eloquent reply. "We need to decide who's our heavy hitter… err… the strongest out of us all and save them until the end. I really need to stop reading sports manga." Ryuuzaki groaned. "It certainly would be a good idea to get a grasp on how powerful each of us are." Kurama agrees as Yusuke continued snoring on the couch. As the rest of their group drank their tea, Kurama's brow suddenly furrowed. "Strange, there's a cup missing. There should have been five." He states. "I haven't touched it." Kuwabara says, Ryuuzaki's eyes narrowed. "There's someone else here." He says calmly, taking another gulp of coffee. His eyes shifted to a dresser where a child-like youkai sat. The youkai grinned.

"Where did that kid come from?" Kuwabara exclaims, Ryuuzaki sighed. And he was supposed to be the spiritually sensitive one. Rinku chuckled. "Let me introduce myself. My name's Rinku, I'm one of the Six Youkai entering the tournament with you." He says cheerfully. "Nice to meet ya kid." Ryuuzaki says jovially. "Take this at least a little seriously!" Kuwabara snapped. "Don't really feel like going all doom and gloom right now. We should probably greet his friend as well, the one standing at the door?" "So you're a sensory type then. Your energy did spike slightly when I entered." Zeru states, Ryuuzaki shrugged. "You'll be surprised what a good cup of coffee does."

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"You've certainly improved since I last saw you. Any reason for the male disguise?" Hiei asks, Ryuuzaki ran a hand through his blond hair. "Koenma's idea, not mine. It took a while for me to get used to this body. If he wasn't in a toddler form I'd punch him in the face." He grumbles, Hiei raised an eyebrow. "And the personality?" Ryuuzaki scowled. "I just had my entire body chemistry changed, so excuse me for having testosterone!" He snapped, crossing his arms. If only they knew that this is what you'd act like if you didn't give a shit about being polite! Densetsu cackled, Ryuuzaki fought the urge to roll his eyes. It was odd how relaxed he felt near the fire demons, after being around demons that legitimately wanted to kill her his presence was calming. While he made it clear that he looked down on humans he had never treated her aggressively due to her giving the demon proper respect.

"So now we have two mystery teammates, great. Not that I'm not relieved that Anna didn't get dragged into this." Kuwabara says quickly. "They are both powerful in their own rights. At least with Annabel there wouldn't have been any unknown variables." Kurama says as Yusuke slept on, uncaring of his surroundings. He hadn't perceived either of them as threats so it seemed that they could trust their teammates for now. Still, Kurama had a feeling that the two weren't strangers after all. He just couldn't recall who at that moment.