SailorStar9: I am officially rewriting this fic, so here goes the revamped version of Chapter 1. Read and review.

Disclaimers: Yu Yu Hakusho, DNAngel and Sailor Moon aren't mine. I only own Wish.

Chapter Summary: Having successfully won their first round, Team Urameshi has a day to rest while they wait to see who will be their next opponents.

Chapter 1: A Day In Waiting


Yusuke was in the forest, striking his standard 'Spirit Gun' pose.

When no energy is released after a while, the Spirit Detective hissed, Damnit.

He then turned to see Kuwabara walk out behind him.

"Hey, there you are, punk!" the redhead retorted. "You know you could have left me a note or something. You think I like being struck up there with that bandaged-up weirdo?"

"Why not." Yusuke replied. "You could use some more friends."

"Yeah, like you're the one the talk." Kuwabara remarked. "Anyway, Urameshi, don't you think we oughta have some kind of team meeting? I mean, I'm worried about our next fight! I don't even know where Hiei and Kurama went. I think I heard them leave the hotel right when the sun was coming up."

Yusuke griped, "Have a meeting with yourself then, you'll learn a lot."

Kuwabara protested, "Hey! What's that supposed to mean? Wait, don't leave me alone again!"

Yusuke commented as he walked off, "Go find a crossword puzzle or something!"

"Oh darn it!" Kuwabara retorted. "Why is he always like that? I'm going to teach him a lesson once this tournament is over."

As Yusuke walked further into the forest, he was so deep in his thoughts that he did not noticed the Masked Fighter perching on a tree.

By the seashore, Hiei scathed his sword, trying to use his right hand to grip it. Wincing from the pain that had resulted from him releasing the Darkness Flame Dragon from the pervious fight, the half-fire demon spat in frustration.


Back in the stadium…

The Ichigaki Team was making quick work of their opponents.

"It's over in seconds, yet again!" Koto announced as M1 held out a dissected head in his hand. "And with another decapitation! I must admit I'm getting attached to the mood, no pun intended of course. All right, that's three straight wins, which the Dr. Ichigaki Team will advance."

"Hee, hee, hee, hee." Dr. Ichigaki chuckled.

"Brutal as always." He told M1 who had jumped off the stage.

"We've been blessed, my friends. The battle has been finished in the first three fights, at least our lives can be spared from them." The remaining demon muttered as he took a step back.

However, the demon was kicked away by a giant Minotaur seconds later.

"Ah!" Koto screamed at Minotaur stepped into the ring.

"Close your mouth, little woman." Minotaur barked. "This battle is not over."

"Sorry big boy." Koto sweatdropped. "But actually it is. The terms were specified."

"But I haven't gotten to fight you." Minotaur told the fox-girl. "So, it is not over."

"Ah!" Koto screamed again before getting out of the giant's way. "Have it your way!"

The Minotaur then roared before charging.

"Why are you waiting? Take care of him for me, children." Dr. Ichigaki told the three human fighters.

"Angel Waves!" M2 unleashed his attack.

"Grisly Claw!" M1 charged up an energy ball in his hand.

Jumping behind the Minotaur, M2 used his rings to slash through the demon's shoulder as M1 grabbed the Minotaur's other shoulder with his powered-up hand tearing the flesh off.

"Invisible Slash!" M3 released his attack, cutting off the Minotaur's head.

With the fight over, the crowd cheered.

"In the end, victory against such a bunch of worthless people scarcely shows the genius of my work. But oh well." Dr. Ichigaki muttered. "The Urameshi team will reveal everything in time."

On the sidelines, Kurama watched the fight.

The attack energies of these three fighter s are undoubtingly human. And their movements… something is not right. The fox demon mused as the Ichigaki Team walked off.

"Yes." Athena agreed, as if reading his thoughts, as she stepped behind the kitsune demon.

"Has it been that long, Yoko?" she teased at the sight of the kitsune's shocked expression. "Or have I changed that much?"

The redhead's eyes widened at the mention of his demon form.

"Pai…?" he asked, uncertainly.

"Her incarnation, actually." Athena corrected as she took her place beside him.

"It has been a while hasn't it… Shuichi?" she asked softly.

"Yes…" Kurama replied.

"Ami." He added, with a smile.


"Sorry I took so long!" George apologized as he rushed back to Koenma. "There was a big line. I got everything you wanted."

"You moron!" Koenma scolded. "You took so long getting the fight food, there is no longer a fight!"

"That whole team battle is over?" George inquired incredulously.

"And what are we going to do with all that now?" Koenma asked harshly.

"I don't know sir. I supposed we can eat it still." George replied.

"Be quiet!" Koenma fumed. "These snacks are coming out of your paycheck!"

"Except this one." He added, grabbing the roasted squid in a stick.

"But that was mine." George complained. "It's not like you even give me paychecks."


Meanwhile, Yusuke was balancing upside down on a rock. After getting his posture right, he then used his index finger in place of his palm.

Why am I so damn tired? He scolded himself as he let off from his mediating position.

After a while, the Spirit Detective gasped in shock as an invisible object came rushing towards him.

Yusuke jumped to avoid the attack, the rugby ball smashing the rock he was previously on.

"Spirit Detective, Yusuke Urameshi. Nice to meet you" Rugby remarked.

"Shut up! Who are you?" Yusuke demanded from the branch he landed on.

"Rugby." The demon introduced himself.

"What? Like the sport?" Yusuke asked.

"I prefer to think of it as an inspiration." Rugby corrected. "The closest thing you modern humans have to recreational pain. I saw your Spirit Gun yesterday. I want to see how it compares."

"Compares to what?" Yusuke demanded.

Rugby formed a rugby ball in response as Yusuke stood poised in his standard 'Spirit Gun' pose.

A split second later, Rugby kicked the ball out of his hands, sending the ball flying towards Yusuke.

I don't believe this… Yusuke thought, his energy still remaining dormant as the ball moved in closer.

In the last second, the Spirit Detective jumped off the branch before the ball hit.

Landing on the next branch, Yusuke looked back as the ball bounced off the ground, reflecting back to him.

Figures! Yusuke wondered, jumping once again to dodge the attack.

"That ball has a fix on your spirit energy and it won't stop until you're hit." Rugby informed the escaping Yusuke. "Of course we don't believe in breaks between plays."

Yusuke landed on the ground and jumped again to avoid the ball's attack.

"What's the wait?" Rugby demanded. "Fire your 'Spirit Gun'!"

Yusuke ducked behind branch, falling heavily to the ground as the ball broke the said branch.

Rugby smirked at his supposed victory as the rugby ball closed in on Yusuke.

An axe then intervened, cutting through the ball.

"What are you doing here?" Rugby demanded.

"Rugby, what are you doing here? Find your way to the ring immediately." Topaz asked.

"We'll fight him eventually." Rugby replied. "Why not finish him now?"

"Because I won't allow it. Our place is the ring." Topaz answered.

"You don't have any sense of this boy, do you?" Rugby asked. "This human has somehow stolen our demon powers. We won't win unless we penalize him now."

"I am warning you. Don't touch him!" Topaz warned.

"Shut the hell up." Rugby retorted.

"Rugby! Don't touch him!" Topaz roared.

"Cheating the Demon World, Penalty: death!" Rugby declared, raising his rugby bomb on the defenseless Yusuke.

The demon could not complete his attack when Topaz struck his axe on Rugby's back, killing him instantly.

"A mindless creature." Topaz remarked. "He did not deserve the pleasure of ending the Spirit Detective's life. That is reserved only for me. If of course, you can survive this island long enough to meet me in the arena."

"Oh man. He killed his teammate over you?" Kuwabara asked as Topaz walked off.

"Uh huh. I'm a real celebrity." Yusuke deathpanned.

"So what happened? Why didn't you use your 'Spirit Gun'?" Kuwabara asked.

"Well, funny thing…" Yusuke replied. "I er…"


"ARE YOU KIDDING ME?" Kuwabara exclaimed after the two walked back to the hotel room. "You can't use your 'Spirit Gun'?"

"I shot my 'Spirit Gun' four times one day during training and I can always get it back in the morning. Sure, it wasn't to full strength, but now I'm not even getting a stupid tingle." Yusuke complained.

"What could it mean?" Kuwabara asked.

"There are many things you need to learn." The Masked Fighter interjected. "Spirit Energy is linked to emotions. You must know your feelings to control your strength."

"Okay, Urameshi." Kuwabara remarked. "We're friends, aren't we? Please tell me that's Genkai."

"Yeah, I kinda of thought that too, but that's not her voice at all." Yusuke replied.

"Hey, who the hell are you?" he asked the Masked Fighter.

"Be prudent with your power, Yusuke." The Masked Fighter advised. "We don't want another of our teammates to end up crippled and screaming in pain."

"Who's crippled?" Yusuke asked as the Masked Fighter walked off.

"Beats me. I don't think I am." Kuwabara replied.

"Well, now I'm worried." Yusuke remarked.


Back the seashore, Hiei was wincing in pain at his injured right arm.


In the girls' room…

"Come on, are you absolutely sure you don't want to?" Botan asked.

"I'm not out to run your life for you." She added. "Completely at least. But you can still go and say hello to the boy."

"I know." Keiko replied. "But I don't want to interrupt him."

"Inter…" Botan echoed. "Keiko, for someone so smart, you sure can be dense. Yusuke has the hots for you. He wants to see you."

"I know he does." Keiko replied. "If we meet again, it'll be all come back and I don't want that. Yesterday, I saw Yusuke in a way I never seen before. Everything about him is so genuinely happy. And I don't mean a smile or a laugh, I mean true happiness. Ever since we were kids, Yusuke's never belonged. But here, it's dangerous, but it's like… he's home.

"Oh, Keiko." Botan muttered.

"Enough with 'Emotional Hour'." Shizuru rebuked. "Feel like sharing?"

"Then, let's share a few barites." She added, tossing two cans of drinks to the two girls on the bed.

"Three cheers to our team in their next big fight, may they kick some demon butt." Botan beamed.

"Cheers!" the three females cricked their cans together.

"Good old apple juice for me." Keiko smiled.

"You hear? You'll better win next time, little bro!" Shizuru scolded a doll.


Back in the arena…

"Hello fans!" Koto called out. "Everybody's still having fun out there? I've go the eighth battle for you in just a minute!"

"It's Toguro's team." Yusuke noted.

"Yeah, let's go." Kuwabara agreed.

"But before we get to the good start, let's take a look at our progress so far." Koto added. "The advancing teams from the seven massacres are… Urameshi Team, Dr. Ichigaki Team, Team Masho, Team Gokai Six, TeamUraotogi,Gorenjya Team, and Team Kaido! There's only one more slot of the second round and our next two teams are about to fight for it."

"That's right people." She called out of the roar. "So form up your scream voices because it's a good bet these two next fighters would have a sleazy bit of slaughter."


Yes, Toguro. Sakyo noted mentally. Give the gamblers a reason to sweat.


On the sidelines, Kurama mentally gasped as the younger Toguro stepped out, the crowd chanting Toguro's name.

"Oh yes, the person who needs no introduction." Koto announced. "The resident bad ass of the tournament."

"Hasn't changed a fricking bit." Yusuke remarked from his seat.

As the younger Toguro approached his opponents, he stopped and cast a glance at Yusuke.

The Spirit Detective responded with a glare of his own.

After knowing that Yusuke got his mental message, the younger Toguro smirked and turned to his opponents.

"But the defending champions may not have an easy with this team." Koto remarked, stepping aside to introduce the second team. "The Spirit Warriors."

"That's the team those guys are from huh?" Kuwabara asked. "Man, they're all giants."


"For those blue-teared programs, you'll notice a substitute fighting in the place for Rugby who we've been told has had an out-of-the-ring complications." Koto added.

After her announcement, the Spirit Warriors then flared up their aura.

"Hello." Yusuke remarked. "Guess that's why they're called Spirit Warriors."

"Their size and power let them quite a dewsy." Botan interjected, appearing behind the two.

"Don't scare us!" Kuwabara complained. "Where have you been all day?"

"If you don't mind, I'll like to fight against your team singlehandedly." Toguro requested.

"What are you saying?" the fish demon asked. "Don't you have a team?"

"Of course." Toguro replied. "But they happen to be extremely lazy and they don't want to fight."

"You arrogant man!" another demon retorted. "Are you mocking us?"

"Five fights in a row?" a demon with a horn taunted. "You'll be exhausted."

"Well, actually I was hoping all five of you will fight me at the same time." Toguro remarked.

Another demon with a spiked hammer laughed, "I see, the puny man is serious, his fame must be affecting his head."


"Gee, Toguro is really asking for it." Kuwabara commented.


"Look at us, everyone on our team is two times bigger than you." The sumo-like demon remarked.

"You have size." Toguro said. "And that is all."

"Fine, if you're the fool, then death instant, then so be it!" the sumo demon retorted. "Five-on-one right now!"

"Mr. Toguro, are you sure you agree to this?" Koto asked.

"Naturally, they are my terms. Sorry if this makes it harder to announce." Toguro replied.

"Yikes!" Koto squeaked and backed off.

"Spirit Warriors versus Toguro, begin!" she declared once she was in a safe distance away.

After the buzzer sounded, the fight started.


"That could leave a mark." Botan remarked as the Sumo demon took to the standard Sumo starting poise, the impact breaking the surrounding ground apart.

"Yeah, I don't think Toguro would survive if he got trapped under one of those stumps." Kuwabara agreed. "It's like getting hit with a wrecking ball."

These warriors take advantage of their large bodies to channel greater spirit energy. Kurama mused.

"But size does not affect Toguro." Athena pointed out. "Does it?"


"I believe I'll use my 'Hundred Hands' technique to finish." The Sumo demon commented.

"You have great power." Toguro noted. "You are right to be proud. It's unfortunate you have to die now, but I will honor you with 45% of my strength."

With that, he bulged up his muscles, as his elder brother and Karasu watched on the sidelines.

"You cannot frighten me!" the Sumo demon shouted, lurching towards Toguro.

"Take this!" he declared, thrusting an arm towards Toguro who merely gave the demon a punch in the stomach, killing him instantly.


"Ah!" Botan gasped as Yusuke, Kuwabara, the Masked Fighter and Kurama watched with wide eyes.


The demon wielding the spiked hammer went next.

As he leapt to attack Toguro from behind, the younger Toguro merely turned around, killing the demon with a simple punch in the stomach.

The fish demon and the demon holding the mallet were next, but were quickly killed by Toguro with a punch in each of their stomachs.

Topaz, the last demon standing, then flared up his aura.


"Feels like exactly the same amount of energy as before." Kuwabara noted. "He was doing it all by himself!"


With a roar, Topaz charged at Toguro, axe drawn.

Toguro simply dodged every single of Topaz's axe swipes.

"I'm destined to win this fight." Topaz droned before he sank his axe onto Toguro's shoulder.

Topaz's victory smirk turned into a shocked gasp when he realized that not only was Toguro n to injured, his muscles bounced the axe's blade back and Toguro took the blade with his hand.


"How'd he do that?" Kuwabara exclaimed.


"But I was supposed to kill Yusuke." Topaz gasped.

"Must be a bit of a misunderstanding." Toguro replied. "That boy is reserved for me."

That said, he decimated Topaz with a single punch to the stomach, cutting the demon's body into half.

"Wow!" Koto awed.

"The Toguro team is the winner, thanks entirely to five splitting kills by the big man himself!" she declared after a minute.

As the crowd chanted Toguro's name, Toguro turned once more to Yusuke, causing the Spirit Detective to freeze in his seat.


Trouble. Kurama thought in horror.


Perfect show, my friend. Sakyo mused.


"Urameshi, yeah, I really hope you get your power back soon and then like, multiply it by a hundred." Kuwabara stammered in shock.

Yusuke shook as he looked at his powerless hands, the Masked Fighter casting a wary look.


"What kind of crap is this?" Kuwabara exclaimed as he looked at the fight listings.

"You're one of the only two teams who have to fight four times." Botan noted.

"They could have at least made it less obvious!" Athena snapped, Koenma echoing the same sentence moments later.

"I can imagine people being unfair and mean." George replied. "Like stealing someone's food, for example."

"I'm not mean!" Koenma retorted, giving the ogre a knock on the head.


SailorStar9: And so, the revamped version of this fic. Read and review.