The boat ride to the island was pleasant enough. Since the Makai tournament was no longer funded by the Black Club, it was more of a sporting event and less of a glorified cock fight between demons. Killings were rarer, though there were at least a few each tournament. The upside to those who preferred a bloodbath was that the absence of the Makai barrier meant that much more powerful demons would fight in the tournament. This made for some memorable moments, like the return of team Urameshi. Artemis walks into the mostly empty stadium, looking around and smiling "Tomorrow is going to be a brand new adventure…" Kaedan walks up next to Artemis "Sure will be. I hope we are all ready, I would rather not lose in the first round." Artemis smirks "Come on, we will do fine." Kiokai walks to the center of the arena and does a twirl, smiling "Oh my, what a lovely arena to make my debut." Artemis walks over to her "So maybe tomorrow at the tournament you will stop holding back and I can see what you are capable of." Kiokai nods "The whole world will know."
As her team enters the arena, Artemis sees the eyes of every audience member watching her. She feels a little apprehensive, but she relaxes and focuses her attention straight ahead, where her opponents stand waiting. The leader was a horned, pale skinned female demon in a red blouse and white skin tight pants. The other four members of her team were all men, one of them short and lanky, but the other three were well built and human in appearance. Artemis walks up to face the leader, who smiles "Hello my dear, good to see another female fighter in this roster of wannabe manly men." Artemis smiles "Likewise, though I fear one of us is going to be checked off the roster." The woman frowns "So sorry for your loss." Artemis smirks "Enough talk. I want a one on one random tournament, first to three wins is the victor." The woman nods "Very well, I accept." Artemis and her team go to their side of the Arena, and the demon who is revealed by the announcer to be Yomiku leads her team to their side. The electronic board spins names, and It lands on Dew from team Yomiku versus Kiokai from team Artemis. Artemis turns to Kiokai "Oh, you have the best luck, don't you?" Kiokai nods, walking towards the ring to face one of the three muscular men.
Dew flexes and Kiokai spreads her legs a little, parting her skirt to show off her leg "This is my muscles, that I like to show off. You like them, don't you?" Dew smacks himself on the cheek "That's not going to work on me!" He pounds the arena floor and causes a quake, tiles flying in the air. Kiokai leaps from tile to tile in mid-air, and when they fall to the arena floor they fall perfectly in place. Dew rushes at her and she avoids each one of his strikes "Now, that's no way to treat a lady." She slides under his feet and when he turns to her, she plants a kiss right on his lips, dazing him. The crowd goes nuts at this point, but Dew realizes that her kiss is fatal, as she pulls his demon energy from his body. Dew pushes her back and then punches her across the arena, her body rolling out of the ring. Dew frowns a little, then turns to Yomiku, who nods and smiles. Dew turns to see Kiokai standing, her lip bloodied and her eye blacked. She glares at him "How dare you hit a woman!" Her skin turns red, two extra arms growing out from under her armpits, and her clothes change to a leather vest, leather pants and a choker collar "You want to try hitting me?!" Dew rushes right at Kiokai, who stomps on the ground and causes a tile to fly up, punching it right at him. He backhands it out of his way but she fires a blast from her right lower hand that links to his mouth, slowly syphoning his energy. He slows to a stop in front of her and she slugs him in the face with each one of her fists, pummeling him into unconsciousness, allowing herself to relax and revert to her original form.
Artemis holds her hand up to high five Kiokai who ignores it "I hate using that form, it's so ugly." Artemis shrugs "But it was effective nonetheless." Kiokai nods "True." Chu chuckles "remind me never to piss you off, your four armed side is something straight out of a nightmare." She sighs "Can we focus on my beauty, and not my ugly side for a minute here?" Chu shrugs "Whatever you say Sheila." She pouts "And stop calling me that." The roster rolls and it lands on Kaedan Kuwabara and Kerain. The lanky, short fighter leaps into the ring and smiles over at Kaedan. Unlike his teammates, he had on street clothes and a nonchalant grin on his face, his hands in his jean pockets. Kaedan smiles "A lone human on a team of demons." Kerain smirks "Yes, I am also the second most powerful of my group, so I hope you came prepared for a serious fight because I have no intent of holding back." Kaedan creates an energy sword in each hand, smiling "I don't plan on holding back either." Kaedan attempts to slash at Kerain, who nimbly dodges each of his attacks. Kerain pushes himself in the air, summoning a metal sword in each hand. Kaedan leaps back to avoid Kerain's diving attack, his swords turning to chakrams. He throws the small ring blades made of energy which Kerain deflects. These chakrams turn in mid-air, seeking Kerain who leaps to avoid one of them, only for the other to slice open his right arm. He cuts one of the chakrams in half with his left hand but he is left completely open as another flies right at him. Kaedan pours his power into the chakram, going for a vital, but not fatal shot, when a sword appears out of thin air and slices the chakram in half.
Kerain smirks "That's right, I can create these weapons out of thin air and control them with my mind." Kaedan nods "Impressive. But can you keep up?" He creates a sword in each hand and rushes in close, his sword clashing with Kerain's now levitating swords. Kerain steps back to allow his swords to do the work as his arm heals slowly. Kaedan charges him, only for Kieran to be guarded by a sword on each side "You cannot defeat me if you cannot reach me." Kaedan grins, dodging one of his swords as it flew past his head, leaping high into the air and creating a bow with his spirit energy "Checkmate!" He fires an arrow right at Kerain, but one of the swords manages to deflect the spirit arrow. What Kerain did not see was Kaedan's followup attack, where he threw a small explosive. Kerain sees the small crudely packaged explosive, but cannot move in time and he is blasted out of the arena. Kerain forces himself to stand, the announcer reaching a count of 5 as he pulls himself back into the ring "How did that escape my eye?" Kaedan smiles "I made it appear as if I was drawing the arrow with my right hand, but I was actually drawing it with my mind, and I used my right hand to drop one of my little bombs." Kaedan smirks "You are more clever than your father. He always preferred the head on approach." Kerain summons a dozen swords and Kaedan frowns "Oh damn." He nimbly dodges many of the swords, but one impales him through the shoulder and another impales him through the gut. Kaedan collapses, slowly pulling the swords out. He grins at Kerain "I can't continue like this. So I guess I better end this." He creates his spirit sword, forcing it to grow to drastic lengths and he swings it, Kerain's swords moving to block. As the swords hold Kaedan's at bay, Kaedan's spirit sword glows brighter. The swords begin to melt from the heat his spirit sword is generating and it cuts through Kerain's guard, slashing open his chest. Kerain collapses, as does Kaedan. Both struggle to attempt to stand, and after a 9 count Kerain makes it to his feet, claiming one victory for his team.
Kaedan is helped to his feet by Artemis, who pats him on his uninjured shoulder "Great job in there." He nods "I tried my best, I guess that's what really counts." Artemis nods, all eyes on the electronic board as the names roll, landing on Yomiku and Artemis. Everyone jumps to their feet, excited to see both team leaders fighting. Artemis smiles over at Chu "Time to see if my training paid off." Chu nods "Remember the plan?" She nods, pulling a bottle of vodka from her coat and drinking it, before tossing it to Chu "Hang onto that, would ya?" She leaps onto the ring and the alcohol begins to take effect, making her blush and slouch, leaning on her left leg. She smiles and her eyes glaze over, making Yomiku stare at her in bewilderment. Koenma walks over next to Chu, who looks over at him surprised "Koenma, what are you doing? Had to see the action up close?" Koenma nods "Yeah." At the start of the match, Yomiku slowly circles Artemis, who hiccups and giggles "Oopsy." She stumbles a little and Yomiku rushes at her from behind. Artemis bends backwards to avoid Yomiku's attempted punch to the head and when Yomiku spins to face her Artemis springs forward, headbutting Yomiku so hard she breaks her nose and knocks her down. Yomiku stands and Artemis runs right at her, leaning over on her right side with her hand prepared for an uppercut. Yomiku goes to block her face when Artemis brings up her left foot, kicking her in the gut so hard Yomiku's eyes roll back a little and she coughs up blood. Artemis loses her balance and falls to the ground, giggling. Yomiku stumbles back from Artemis, who rolls out of the ring "Booze. Booze. Booze!" Artemis takes a drink of her vodka, smiling "That's better." Chu chuckles "Get back in there Sheila before they count ya out."
Once she manages to climb back in the ring, Yomiku crosses her arms "A drunken fighter. Well then, I have something for you." Yomiku splits into 5 perfect copies, each one rushing to opposite sides of the ring. One of them kicks one of the tiles up in the air then creates a whip out of thin air that she uses to slice the tile cleanly in half with one motion of her hand. All 5 begin to lash at her with their whips, and Artemis deftly dodges each strike attempt. She manages to avoid them until a lucky hit on her leg makes her stumble and causes her to lose her balance. She holds up her hand to protect her throat, and the whip cuts into her hand, making her growl. Another latches onto her other hand, and two on her legs. As the whip flies across to wrap around her neck, Artemis ducks her head just enough where it wraps around her mouth, grabbing the whip with her teeth despite the whip cutting open her cheek on both sides. She tugs the whip as hard as she can, pulling the Yomiku clone towards her and headbutting her hard. She pulls the two holding her hands in close and slams them together, but the two grabbing her legs trip her and she falls on her face. The real Yomiku was one of the ones holding her arm and she stands, putting her foot on the back of Artemis' neck "Goodnight, sweetheart." She goes to stomp on Artemis' neck, but Artemis rolls forward, yanking the clones that are restraining her legs and throwing them out of the ring. One clone flies into the stands, another hits the concrete arena wall.
Yomiku grins as she faces Artemis, her other two clones making it to their feet as well. "Obviously I underestimated you. No matter, I have been holding back so far." She begins to power up, when her aura becomes intensely strong, rocking the arena. The horns on her head grow and her skin turns purple, black markings appearing all over her body. Her eyes turn red and Artemis smiles "Alright then, I suppose I have an excuse to use this." She pulls out a flask and smiles "I stole some Ogre Killer from my mentor. Lets see what this does." Chu runs to the edge of the ring "Sheila your only human that shit'll kill ya!" She takes a swig of it and Chu slams his head against the side of the ring "Idiot." Artemis howls out, clutching her stomach and growling. She stumbles and her growling becomes animalistic and primal. She grins over at Yomiku, motioning for her to bring it as her aura begins to fluctuate wildly, her power out of control. Artemis rushes at Yomiku when Koto runs between them "The match is over!" Artemis blinks, staring at the half cat demon "What? How?" She folds her arms "Well, you guys were making so much noise you couldn't hear me. I was trying to tell you that Yomiku has been counted out." Yomiku glares at her "What the hell do you mean I have been counted out?!" The ref motions to her clones, unconscious outside the ring "Since I am not aware of which clone is the real you, you are officially counted out." Yomiku powers down "What a load of shit. Fine then." She leaves the ring and Artemis giggles, collapsing.
Chu folds his arms and Koenma looks over at him "She going to be okay?" He frowns "I dunno, though I suppose that booze woulda killed her on the spot, so she should be okay. Must be that spirit orb I gave her. Interestin'" He rubs his chin and the names roll, landing on Artemis and Dew. Dew leaps into the ring and smirks "Easy win." Kaedan folds his arms "Damn the bad luck!" Koto looks over at the snoozing Artemis, frowning "Well, I suppose we best make this quick." She begins to count and Dew puts a hand on her shoulder "Don't bother counting. I'll punish her for embarrassing the boss." He walks over to Artemis' sleeping form, raising his foot and preparing to stomp on her chest. Artemis rolls out of the way last second, still sound asleep. Dew tries to punch her and she uses the minimal amount of movement possible to dodge each of his attacks. He goes for a powerful right and her aura flares up. She dodges his punch, ducking and her eyes open, a grin on her face as she delivers the knockout punch to his chest. Dew stumbles back, struggling for air before collapsing. Artemis puts her hands in the air "I am the Champion! I am… tired…" She collapses and Chu scoops her up in his arms, her team following him back to the hotel room.