Disclaimer: I do not own the characters from Yu Yu Hakusho. All OCs are mine though.

AN: Sorry for the delay in updates, it is a little harder to come up with fights than I originally thought. Sorry as well, if the fights are a bit lame, at least I tried. I will make it up to you though with longer chapters. R&R and thanx.

- Ani-Mimi

A New Adventure & Hiei's Match

By: Ani-Mimi

Chapter 4: Growing Respect

"Good morning Yusuke, it is nice to see you again after all this time," greeted Metamiura, the old master that the group had met at the last tournament.

"Yo. What are you doing here?"

"My boys wanted to have a chance to have an honest match against your team. Besides that I have an extra with me that you might recognize."

"Mitari!"

"Yes, now they have requested a four vs. four match, last team with a person left standing wins, you may choose your fighters."

"Right, I'll let Grandma sit this one out so she can keep you company."

And so they began. Team Metamiura started out with a bang when Mitari trapped Team Urameshi in one of his creatures while the rest of his team mates simultaneously threw their attacks at them. This caused a big explosion. When the smoke cleared, it could be seen that the fighters had paired up. Yusuke vs. Kai, Yen vs. Kurama, Mitari vs. Hiei, and Rio vs. Kuwabara.

This lasted for several minutes, each one throwing attacks at the other, and getting a good beating. Finally they started putting energy into their attacks, causing massive explosion that block view of the arena.

All was quiet…

When the dust had settled once again, the only one standing in the arena was Kuwabara. All the others had been knocked out outside the arena.

"1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6… 7… 8… 9… 10! The winners of this match, Team Urameshi," announced Koto with fervor.

As soon as Koto pronounced Team Urameshi the winners, Boton, Keiko, Yukina, and Shizuru made their way down to the arena to offer their congratulations. Yuki stayed behind, watching as they shared hugs, hand shakes, back slaps, and insults. Letting her eyes roam over them before wandering to a particular individual.

When everyone began to quiet down, Shizuru walked over to Hiei and whispered in his ear.

"The kid figured out that Yukina is your sister. Thought you'd like to know."

When Hiei heard this he whipped his head around, to look up at where the girls had been sitting earlier, and where Yuki still stood. His eyes found hers instantly, as if she had already been looking at him, and held her gaze for several seconds before she broke contact and tried to disappear as quickly as possible.

Hiei saw this and took off after her, finally catching up to her in a darkened hallway. Within moments he had her pinned against the wall, arms over her head, with his sword at her throat.

"How did you know Yukina was my sister?" he growled.

"She is similar in height to you; and you both have the same color eyes." If not for the darkness of the hallway, one would have noticed the light blush that had decided to decorate Yuki's face at the mention of their eyes. "You also act just like my brother does on occasion whenever that human Kuwabara is around her."

Here Yuki paused, contemplating whether to go on or not. Coming to a decision she added. "I also received confirmation from Yukina herself."

This last statement nearly knocked Hiei over in surprise, causing him to stare unblinking at her. Lowering his sword but keeping her arms above her head, he took a step back and looked down at the floor, trying to pull himself back together.

"Hiei…"

Her quiet voice seemed to bring him out of it, and he brought his eyes back up to hers.

"She said that she has known for a while, but hasn't said anything because she is waiting for you."

Once more, Hiei found himself frozen in surprise. Staring off into space as his hands dropped to his side. Nothing went through his head other than the thought 'she knew'.

Hiei became coherent again when he felt a hand on his shoulder. Looking over he saw Yuki standing there staring off behind him, apparently lost in thought and in her own little world, like she was remembering something.

"Yes Hiei, she knows, but do not worry about what to say to her, and do not dwell on what she might think of you either. All that matters to her is that you are her brother, and that you came for her when she needed you the most."

With that, Yuki began to head back to the arena.

"Why don't you just stay here for a bit. Your friends will be watching our match, and you could probably use the time alone to think." She paused here before adding. "You have my word that I will say nothing more to your sister."

And she was lost to the darkness.

'Jin, where in the world did you get a sister like her?' thought Hiei as he looked back at where she had been standing a few moments before. This thought though brought him right back to thinking about his own sister and what he had just found out concerning her. And so he followed Yuki's advice as he stood there, barely registering the sound of cheering that signaled the beginning of the second match.

(Back in the arena)

Yuki arrived at the arena right as Koto announced that the second match was about to begin.

"Hey Yuki, have you seen Hiei anywhere, he kind of disappeared on us."

"I believe he went off on his own to think about something Yusuke. He'll catch up with you when he's ready."

"Team Captains, please enter the ring."

Team Musho's match was won quickly. Jin had asked for it to be three out of five, which Chuu, Rinku and Touya accomplished in a matter of about 5 minutes. Leaving him and his sister without a fight.

The rest of the day was spent in watching the other teams compete and just hanging out together. Hiei joined back up with them a little after supper.

"Well gang, sorry to tell you this but we had better be making our way to bed, we both have a match tomorrow and it would be wise to be at our best. Nighto," said Jin while ushering his teammates out the door.

"Good idea Jin, see you guys tomorrow. And Jin, you might want to stay away from doors, I have a feeling your sister might try to pay you back for what you did to her today."

"Thanks Yusuke I'll keep that in mind."

And so both groups made their way to bed.

The second day of the tournament arrived, unfortunately a portion of Team Urameshi did not, namely Yusuke and Kuwabara. They overslept themselves and so arrived at the arena just as Touya won his match.

"So what did we miss?"

"Dimwit, you should have been up earlier. Anyways, Jin tried for a best three out of five but the other captain wouldn't have it, he wanted first team to earn five wins, so that is what they are going with."

"Touya just won his match, and Chuu and Rinku won theirs as well. I'm not certain whether Jin or Yuki will fight next," added Kurama.

"Hn, from the looks of it the girl will be fighting next. She'll have to do better than a dagger to beat her opponent though."

The reason for Hiei's remark was that Yuki's opponent was wielding two large, double-edged sabers, and from his stance it was easy to see that he was a master with them. However Yuki did not appear to be worried, instead her cold, no nonsense look was once more plastered on her face.

Yuki walked up to the edge of the arena, took off her cape and what appeared to be a pair of Sais, leaving only her dagger at her belt, before making her way over to her opponent. Once they had bowed to each other, they both got into a fighting stance; waiting to see who will make the first move.

"What does she think she's doing!? All she has is her dagger against a master swordsman. How could she possibly survive?" exclaimed Yusuke.

"Calm down Urameshi, you didn't expect me baby sis to be all bark and no bite now did you? This guy is just an apprentice in comparison to her fencing skills."

"What do you mean by that Jin?"

"Just watch and you'll find out."

The swordsman was becoming impatient and aggravated because of how calm and composed Yuki was, and so attacked in a rush, bringing both swords in a downward attack that left no room for escape, and little room for blocking.

But that is just what she did, though not in the conventional way, she caught a blade in each hand. Before the element of surprise had worn off she did a full body back flip, using a kick to the face of her opponent to propel her backwards and into the air. Landing, she once again took her fighting stance, her look and posture continuing to remain indifferent.

This level of calm enraged the swords master even more than before, so this time he attacked with all he had, throwing ever strike and movement he knew, but to no avail. She blocked or dodged every single attack with out a scratch to show on her person.

While Yuki continued to remain strong throughout it all, her opponent seemed to wither with each attack until it was all he could do to stand. With a solid punch to the chin he was down for the count, and Yuki declared the winner of the match.

(Meanwhile)

The members of Team Urameshi watched Yuki fight in silent awe due to the skill that she was demonstrating. Each one making various observations with differing conclusions.

(Genkai's POV)

'The girl has more skill then she lets on, and her opponent knows it. I cannot be sure, but I believe she is throwing some attacks at him as well. So we may be underestimating her speed, but by how much.'

(Yusuke's POV)

'Man, what I wouldn't do to have a go at her myself. Jin's right, her bite is worse than her bark by a long shot. She'll be fun to watch as the competition gets harder.'

(Kurama's POV)

'The Lady Yuki's movements are graceful and flawless, just how long did it take for her to learn all that. But it is strange that she purposely limited herself in her choice of weapons.' Glancing over at Hiei a second before looking back at Yuki. 'It's almost as if she were trying to prove something or impress someone. I wonder if it is working.'

Little did Kurama know how right he was, or that Yuki had succeeded in her endeavor.

(Hiei's POV)

'So she's not just some wimpy girl who got lucky, she actually knows what she is doing. Those attacks of hers are all hitting vital areas and doing a lot of damage by the looks of it. I wonder how good she is with those Sais if this is her skill bare handed.'

Hiei's final thought brought a smirk to his lips, as if he were anticipating and itching to experience her skill for himself.

"Hey shrimp, you're pretty good. Maybe when we're done with this tournament I could teach you a few things," stated Kuwabara as Yuki made her way out of the arena, being sure to replace her cape and Sais on her person.

"Fool, it's more like she could teach you something. If you had been paying attention you would have seen all the punches and kicks that she threw in amid all her blocking."

"Nice eye Hiei, she threw a total of twenty-five kicks and thirty punches," said Jin laughing while watching Chuu and Yusuke try to hold Yuki back.

When Kuwabara had opened his mouth to "congratulate her" Yuki had taken the name as an insult, just like when they had first met her and was now striving to hold her temper in check, but not succeeding, hence the reason for them trying to stop her from pounding him into the dirt.

While this had been going on Jin went and quickly won his fight, making it possible for them to move on to the next round.

They had to wait several hours before Team Urameshi was to fight their match for the day, but the time went fast. It was spent in hanging out over lunch and goofing off. Kuwabara, Yusuke and Jin kept trying to bait Yuki into doing various things, while the girls began the process of secretly planning for Keiko and Yusuke's wedding. Once things had quieted down for the afternoon, Genkai, Yukina and Yuki could be found sitting under the shade of the trees talking about various things.

When the time came to head back to the arena for the impending match everyone of the Spirit Detective group felt a growing respect for the girl who was at the moment talking and laughing with Yukina and Keiko as if they had known each other for years. However some felt more respect than others for various reasons that they themselves couldn't quite identify at the moment.

Team Urameshi's match went fairly quickly considering the weakness of their opponents, but they all knew this was their last moment of breathing room. Starting tomorrow things were really going to heat up, but no one had any idea just how much.

AN: Chapter Four is now done, and I am working on the finishing touches of Chapter Five and will have it posted in a few days. I'm really sorry if this chapter seems lame to anybody. I have specific scenes that I want to write and coming up with the filling in between those scene is not easy. I can still use whatever help is provided, and if someone can give me anything that will make this chapter more enjoyable I will be glad to add it in. R&R, thanx.

- Ani-Mimi