AN: Hello… This just a small drabble on these two characters who don't have a single story together. Of course there's reason on why, but reading a little wiki on my part I learned Kuwabara really did go after three years to the demon tournament. Then I thought about this little dilemma which is pretty realistic.

X3 Awesome characters…

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The demon world was something else… it wasn't old like folktales, it wasn't new like the modern world and it wasn't futuristic, if anything: it was all that combine and whatnot.

It had been three years since the first demon world tournament… going into this fight, he had learned of the limitations human held, of course he had expected this development seeing on what Yusuke and Kurama had told him on the very first tournament. Of course demons were filled with bloodlust, no different from Hiei, as he got into the preliminaries he held a déjà vu of his very first tournament in the human world. He won without a single sweat, making all booing demons silent in their own awe. Their pride wouldn't allow them to cheer for him and the tournament could easily end as death like any other tournament he's been in.

Strangers were surely going to kill him, his old Dark Tournament pals, however, may be a bit more sympathetic and he was sure as hell his allies would not kill him, even the fiery demon Hiei.

Within the last three years humans and demons, not know to normal men, were starting to begin a new era of recollection where in all the two worlds would be connected and treated equally. But as he pasted his second round and arriving to the semi-finals… he felt that such idealism were naive but not futile, for who could know what the future held? Yusuke was a demon, Hiei was a demon and Kurama was something in-between… yet they were his closest friends of his abnormal life. Reading the list of the semi-finals he had finally arrived to a point where he could not continue on… even if that person was a King before. He wasn't stopping out of fear, he was stopping out of his own type of honor. Yet many people compared his honor to arrogance, like he held some type of superiority complex simply because he would not fight for his idealisms, he would even die for them. 'Moronic' everybody kept telling him.

But he would not continue… No matter whatever the hell they said.

"Kuwabara! Come on this is a tournament for goodness sake! You should've know this would of happen eventually. I mean… we were pretty lucky in the Dark Tournament… besides, you could of easily killed a female demon in the preliminaries without even knowing it." With a headlock, Yusuke explain the situation clearly. He was laidback as always…. Hadn't changed one bit and this time Keiko was with him.

"I don't know… I wouldn't do even if my life was on the line."

"Then what's the point in coming here if you aren't going to finish it all the way?"

"What can I say? I'm a man of honor unlike somebody I know."

"-tch- Moron. You do realize this tournament doesn't discriminate between genders, only you fools would be that stupid. I agree with Yusuke on this argument." Hiei spoke coldly as Kurama was beside him holding a fake smile as he sweatdropped at the scene at hand.

A throbbing vein came to his head as he turn to glare at shorty "Hey, Shortie I don't want to be judge by a midget."

With his narrowed eyes, Hiei's eyes turned to the other side with his usually cold demeanor "I don't want to be judge by an utter fool."

A female voice came out of nowhere, which caught him by surprise "Oh my… I heard so much of you and yet I won't get the pleasure to meet you in full force all for a stupid honor code? I've heard of it… and I can't help but feel deluded by the consequences of it."

Her words were seemingly calm, but the vibe he got from her reminded him of his faraway sister in the human world, it was as-if he was going to be kick the crap out of him if he didn't change his mind. That's why she was a Demon Lord of the Demon World and Yusuke may or may not enough strength to kick even her ass. But winning didn't mean everything in the world of the living, only fools believe that 'always' winning was the true way to enjoy tournaments, it was all the sportsmanship of it all that truly counted. To know, hate, love your opponent and finish the personal journey a tournament brought.

She had the same color hair as he did, she held an ugly side and a beautiful side of her damaged body. Last time he had saw her, she was wearing her mask… but now she had taken off. She look like something from a Terminator film… as her left side was filled metal and a glass eyes which under it held cloth that seemingly didn't show when she wore her charmed mask. Her voice change too for some reason from female to male-like.

He didn't know how to respond to her, she turn to Hiei who merely shrugged back as he glanced at her, with that response she finally spoke again "Can't you just simply let this honor code go for a single day?" Closing her eyes for a second before reopening it "As one of Hiei's teammates I truly want to test your power myself… it's just a shame to arrive to the finals without a worthy opponent, don't you agree?"

This time her evil-scary vibe left her calming words. What would it mean to have an honor code if you don't follow it to the very end? It be no different from hypocrisy, that's what. He couldn't bring himself to tell her no…

But that was because he was frozen by her visual emotional aura… it was like she was talking to him telepathically, he could only grumble as he thought out the consequence of his action. She surely, truly was a demon lord… and he had seen Yomi fight not to mention the recent King of the Demon World. Yomi's son was six years old and he could, Kazuma was completely sure, kill him in matter of seconds. It was pretty scary… demon children were nothing similar to human children, he was sure to doubt sex matter for demons but he was human and he was use to his human lifestyle.

How can they ask him to change? How could he thought this little problem wouldn't happen? Honor Codes and Fair Play were not always the same thing and yet, even for a moment, he could not let it go.

It just didn't sit well for him.

"Well?" She awaited his answer.

Leaning out his hand, as Yusuke had let go of him minutes ago, he responded casually "I just can't do it. It's just not right… fighting a girl and all…"

Her expression had not change, calming and unreadable as always, her aura however was hard not to feel, he wonder if he was alone with this suffocating feeling. Closing her eyes, looking sincere, as she open those eyes…

"I understand but it surely is a pity."

She walk away with those words, she didn't agree with his judgment call, he was sure, if she wanted it that badly, she could find many of ways to force him to fight. She just gave him that feeling. Hiei was staring at him, his creepiness level was rising with every second, it almost made him jump at the sight of his fiery aura.

"What with th't look? I'm just simply follow my codes… geez." He couldn't help but scream at the midget of a demon.

"Tch." Was all the grumbling demon said as he followed to his supposed lover.

Kurama laughed nervously at the event before returning to him "I suppose this is where you lose… and yet I'm sure the whole fight would have been interesting. You were able to beat one of Raizen's friends which none of our old pals could of done. I'm sure, if you'd actually try to fight her, you'd get some blood out of her."

Scratching his head, he liked that compliment yet… "I don't know… beating a girl doesn't fit well in my book. Even if she was Genkai, even if she wants to or ready to and even if she wants to kill me… it just doesn't fit me all that well. Makes it all seem wrong."

Yusuke look at him with skepticism and anger "You know… if you're ever killed by a girl because of an actual attempt of murder, I'll go to the spirit world myself and kill you over and over again. To die over such a stupid moral code that doesn't even fit the modern human society."

Honor codes have lost their meanings… because no one wants to truly believe in such morals anymore, to all of them, it was like they unreasonable to the always changing society. Tradition had to die with the future ahead, some things better off changing and yet there were things that were still very important to this very day. Even as somebody as wonderful as Yukina was flawed… she was gentle, kind and naïve to a certain extent but looking deep down in her caged heart: her hatred and sorrow still lingered and one can see it if they really look deep down her wonderful self. A caged heart that cannot show itself fully… it was a pity but it was also beautiful, because despite all her awful feelings she still shinned love around the people she knew and didn't.

Even a warrior like Genkai or a strong girl like Shizuru needed to be defended… even if they didn't show weakness they still needed to be love. Men can't always be spoiled and expect their women to bear all of their burdens, men have to know when their lovers need love and support… even the strongest woman in the world will need to be love: no matter how cheesy in cliché that sounds, it's a simple truth. The same can be said for men…

Hiei loved her and respected her, Muroku felt the same… their relationship was weird to him, but he could honestly see how it worked. Whom he both thought were freaks of nature, not that he ever say that to their faces, though maybe Hiei but he didn't know Muroko well enough to say such things… he was barely her acquaint, much less her friend.

He sighed as he went to the tournament's sit to sit beside Koenma, Botan, Keiko and Kurama… fighting in the semi-finals was Hiei vs Yomi, Yusuke vs Chu and many more as Jin once more fought the very same demon who beaten him last time. Muroku was either going to fight Yusuke, Chu, Hiei or Yomi… he had already seen her power but it was less than twenty percent… he was curious to see how Yusuke would fight this demon lord. All he could do was watch the spectacle in front of him as Koto announce ever event happening with the same enthusiasm as when he last heard her announce.

The demon world wasn't at all like their own, his world wasn't like this world but if all things were to go smoothly that would be wonderful. Yet human-eating demons were in a high percents, if they were to kill, nobody would be able to stop them until it was all too late.

Humans couldn't predict the future and the future nobody knew. That's why it was so natural to doubt any happy illusion of peace and harmony. Genkai had left everything in their hands, as she went to the next world, if anybody was going against Yukina or people like her: he would defend no matter what, so that's why he had to believe more than anybody that demons and humans could live together. Even if the whole world didn't… he, even if alone, had to believe in such a possibility no matter how slime the chances. Demons were imagine as evil, but humans could easily resemble demons…

Yusuke and Chu were at their final moments, giving it their all, their fist slammed right into one another faces making an explosion of dust cover the sight ahead.

Who would fall?