Okay, people…It is currently 11:33 PM here…I don't know why I'm staying up this late. For all I know I'll be here 'til my dad leaves for Houston at 5:30. Why? I dunno…I just can't stop writing tonight…

Look here, the first meeting with Akki Kaijuu! He's the bad guy, get to know him. Also, if you're the creator of one of these fighter characters and you're making a change to their personalities/reasons to fight, please include the name of the character when you e-mail/review.

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Yu Yu Hakusho characters. I do, however, own Misato, Luna, and Akki Kaijuu. Kaz and Nabooru (shown but unnamed) belong to their respective owners.

The Tomuraigassen Tournament

Chapter 2: The Case Subject, Akki Kaijuu

"Hn. Not bad."

Hiei was glancing around the small cabin the team had been provided with, standing on top of one of the bunk beds. After a small argument with the demon who was checking the members of the teams in over whether Luna could enter with them (he saw reason when Misato threatened to wring his neck) they'd been escorted to a tiny room at the very end of the ship.

"Better than last time, that's for sure." Yusuke was stretched out on the top of a second set of bunk beds. There were two of these in the room, pushed up against opposite walls, with a single bed in the back.

As soon as they got in the girls claimed the single bed. That left the boys to divvy up the two bunk beds, finally deciding that Yusuke and Kuwabara would take one set, while Hiei and Kurama took the other. Everything was painted plain gray, with black sheets and bedclothes, all and all pretty grimy-looking, but at least it was somewhere to sleep.

"Hey." Kuwabara looked around from his place next to the door. "Where'd the girls go?"

"I believe Misato said they were going to explore the ship." Kurama muttered calmly. He was sitting on his bunk, cross-legged, with a book of demons and their various fighting patterns open on his lap. Botan had 'nicked it for him from the records library, and he was studying it very carefully.

"What, without us?" Yusuke asked, sitting up and almost hitting his head on the roof.

"Isn't that a little dangerous?" Kuwabara asked. "I mean, can a couple of girls stand up against those demons?"

"I heard that, Kuwabaka." the boys looked up, a little surprised, at Misato, who was leaning against the edge of the doorway and looking very annoyed. Luna was standing behind her, ears twitching and eyes narrowed so she looked equally angry at Kuwabara's comment.

"Uh…Hi…Girls…" Kuwabara said shakily. Yusuke and Hiei were taking a kind of disturbing interest in what the girls were gonna do to him, while Kurama merely leaned back against the wall to avoid any splatter.

"Five missions." Misato said simply, holding up one hand.

The boys blinked at her. "What?"

"I have complete five missions before coming to this tournament." Misato said slowly. "That's two more than Urameshi had down before his first tournament. And Luna's been along with me on four of those. So don't write us down, just 'cause we're girls."

"Not to mention…" Luna's ears twitched in annoyance. "It seams that many of our opponents in this tournament are female, so you might want to watch the gender discrimination on this ship."

"You got that?" Misato cracked her knuckles menacingly.

"Y-Yes ma'ams." Kuwabara stuttered, creeping back. Yusuke had to muffle insane laughter, burring his face in the pillow to keep from letting the others know.

"Good." Misato's face suddenly spread into a smile. "Now how 'bout we get a little food? They've got a kinda bar at the end of the boat, it's free for fighters and looks like it serves dinner…"

"A bar?" Yusuke sat up, eyes still tearing from laughter. "I'm game!"

"Yeah, me too!" Kuwabara exclaimed, partially excited about the food and partially trying to stay on their female member's good sides.

"Sounds good." Kurama shrugged, closing his book and replacing it carefully back in his bag as he stood. "Coming, Hiei?"

"Hn." the fire demon muttered, but followed along anyway.

"Hey, Misato." Yusuke suddenly spoke up as the group walked down the almost-empty side deck. "I've been meaning to ask you something."

"What?"

"When you became a Spirit Detective, did'ja have to…you know…Die?" Yusuke sounded curious, but he was playing dumb with his hands stuffed in his pockets like he really didn't care.

"Yeah, actually, I did." Misato smiled a bit, her eyes glazed over in remembrance. "You too?"

"Yeah!" Yusuke felt a bit relieved that he wasn't the only one. "Saved some little kid from a car. How'd it happen for you?"

"Oh…" Misato kicked something on the deck with one foot. "Well, see, there was this little girl I was friends with back home…she was about seven or so…and one day I was walking past the river when I saw her fall in. I jumped in to save her, but my foot got caught in the reeds after I did. They pulled me out right after I drowned."

"Ouch." Yusuke grimaced. Being hit by a car may have hurt, but at least it'd been quick. "So your family took care of your body 'til you could come back?"

Misato looked down, not saying anything. Luna gave Yusuke a sideways glance. "I don't think we need to get that personal just yet." she growled.

"No…Luna, it's okay." Misato said quietly, stopping to look up at Yusuke. "If you wanna know the truth…I'm an orphan. I really don't have any family."

Yusuke gulped as Kuwabara turned blue in the face. Kurama's eyes reflected in his own kind of concern, while Hiei just muttered his usual response and turned his head the other way.

"I'm, ah…sorry I brought it up." Yusuke stuttered out, looking nervous.

"It's nothing." Misato put on a fake smile, trying to reassure everyone. "Really… My parents have been dead for years, it really doesn't bother me much anymore. I was living at an orphanage in Sapporo when it happened."

"So, uh…" Yusuke muttered. "If you don't…have any family…who took care of your body?"

"Actually…" Misato looked a little better. "I managed to possess a girl at the orphanage and stashed my body in this abandoned construction site no one ever went too. Two months later I was back and on a plane to America."

"That's right." Kurama spoke up from the back. "Botan said you asked to be relocated. But if you are native to Sapporo, why be moved to America?"

"That's my own business." Misato snapped, suddenly annoyed as she slide her sunglasses back on. "And I will thank you to keep out of it."

The boys blinked, but shrugged it off and decided to continue walking. Soon the conversation slipped to home life, and from that to schoolwork. "Kurama, I can not believe you sometimes."

"It's only Trigonometry, Yusuke." the red head laughed, after explaining his advanced class schedule.

"Yeah, but that puts you like, what, two grades ahead?" Yusuke groaned. "Between that and these cases…how do you take it?"

"I don't understand why you bother with those ridiculous classes in the first place, Kurama." Hiei muttered from the back. "What use is 'math' to a demon?"

"Good question." Luna muttered.

She suddenly stopped. Misato froze in her tracks and both were glaring straight ahead. The boys stopped and looked at them when they realized they'd left them behind. "What's the matter?" Kuwabara asked.

Misato pulled off her sunglasses, pointing past them. They turned around to find three figures walking towards them, and almost immediately they could feel the aura of darkness around them.

The first, on the left, looked pretty much like a normal human boy, maybe 16 years old. He was tall, maybe 5'11", with brown hair and eyes. He was dressed in simple shorts and a t-shirt, and had a ring on each finger with a long sword at his side. On the far right was a girl, with red hair and strangely golden eyes. She was also unusually tall, she towered over the whole Urameshi Team but Kuwabara, so she was just over six foot. She wore what seamed to be a low-cut white robe straight out of a picture of Venus, the kind with the V-shaped collar that showed more than it covered and had a high cut up the leg.

But neither of them had even half of the dark energy radiating off the one in the middle. Physically, though, he looked like the weakest of them He was small, not quite as small as Hiei or Misato, but about Yusuke's size, only rather scrawny. His skin was pale and his hair was shoulder-length and black. He was dressed in…a suit. Yes, a suit, a completely black suit, with a black sports coat over a black silk shirt and black slacks. His eyes were horribly dark, like deep holes that never ended, and he was smiling a very creepy kind of smile.

"I'll take it that's our guy…" Yusuke whispered.

"Yeah…" Misato's eyes were narrowed. "Kaijuu…"

"Which one? The big guy on the left?" Kuwabara asked.

"No, you idiot, the one in the center." Hiei hissed.

"What?! You mean all that energy's comin' from him?!"

"I thought you were supposed to be Spiritually Aware." Yusuke muttered under his breath.

"I am!" Kuwabara exclaimed. "It's just hard to tell when they're so close together like that!"

"Be quiet, you fool." Luna and Hiei whispered at the same time.

The center one was walking with his hands stuffed in his pockets, smiling as he went. He paused for a moment in front of the Urameshi team, then turned to Misato with a sly smile. "Well, well, well. If it isn't Misato Itoshigo."

"Akki Kaijuu." Misato sneered.

"Why the look, detective?" Kaijuu asked, lifting a hand to her cheek. He hand long, strong-looking, pale-skinned fingers with well-manicured nails that looked like claws, and he was running them up the edge of her face to her ear. "It's a shame to ruin such a lovely set of features."

"Get your hands off her." Luna growled, snatching Kaijuu's hand away from Misato.

"So tense, Mangetsu." Kaijuu laughed, pulling his arm out of her grasp. "Is a full moon on its way, Wolfie?"

"Watch it, bub." Yusuke growled. Already he had a distaste for this…creature.

Kaijuu turned his eyes curiously to the human, then his face stretched into another grin. "Ah…You must be Spirit Detective Yusuke Urameshi." he laughed. "Your reputation precedes you. Rando, Suzaku and Toguro? Pretty high-ranking opponents you've struck down."

"Of course…" the female on his right smiled. "They're all nothing compared to us, Akki."

"Of course." Kaijuu laughed. "Well…we must be going, then. So long."

The team parted and let the three go through. As they left Kaijuu turned back. "Oh, an Misato?" he grinned that creepy grin again. "See you at the competition."

"'See you at the competition.'" Misato mocked at his back, rolling up her sleeves. "I'll give you competition you sick, disgusting little…"

"Misato…" Luna warned as she and Kurama held her back. "Save it for the ring."

"Yeah. The ring." Misato spat, throwing her braid back in disgust. She spun on her heels and stormed off towards the bar, and you could practically see the steam rolling out of her ears.

".…She has quite a temper." Kurama commented as she stomped away.

"Yes." Luna sighed, brushing her bangs back. "But with Kaijuu I understand perfectly."

"Yeah?" Kuwabara asked as they started after her. "Whattya you two have against the guy, besides bein' freaky and all?"

Luna didn't answer for a moment, then she sighed again, stuffed her hands into the pockets of her black jeans, and gave Kuwabara a sideways glance from under her bangs. "Don't ask stupid questions."

With that, she turned and headed down after her partner.

Okay, so I lied. Sad (our MC and announcer for this tournament) will show up in the next chapter, as well as Team Sougen, but the fighting won't start 'til Chapter 4. Also, for those of you who didn't notice/forgot/didn't read the team listings, Mangetsu is Luna's last name. K? Next chapter should be up either tomorrow or the next day…But I'm also trying to work on some of my Digimon fics (I've kinda been neglecting them…-_-; …Bad GS…Bad…)

'Til next time…

*~GS~*