Hey, everyone! It's me again, now with chap 9! YAY! XD
As usual, I own Kiara, and only her...And the random made-up people...lol you'll find out...XP
Enjoy!
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"Should we have let Hiei go wake her up?"
Yusuke, Kuwabara and Kurama were sitting around the room drinking coffee.
Only a few minutes ago, Hiei was sitting with them when Kurama mentioned something about waking Katie up. Hiei stood and went into her room, closing the door.
Just then, her door opened revealing Katie in her human form and still in pajamas, and pointed into the living area.
"Get out of my room, before I hurt you," she said, with a slight grin on her face.
The three sitting were very confused. Yusuke thought she would be furious. Why was she grinning?
Hiei walked out of her room and Katie slapped him in the back of the head and closed the door.
Hiei turned and said, "Was that really necessary?"
"Yes!" came the response from Katie. Hiei rolled his eyes and leaned up against the wall.
Yusuke eyed Hiei. Something was off about him. It was like his whole demeanor changed. He didn't even care that Katie had slapped him. What happened to the evil, little conniving demon he first met?
"Okay, seriously, what did I sleep through?" Yusuke asked.
"Nothing that concerns you," Hiei said.
Never mind, Hiei was still Hiei. Katie walked out of her room in a black tank-top and jeans with her communicator attached to her hip, once again, and her katana attached to the other.
"What time do we fight?" she asked.
"12, I think," Yusuke said.
"Who're we fighting today anyway?" Kuwabara asked. Yusuke pulled a piece of paper out of his pocket and looked it over.
He couldn't imagine what kind of idiot would name their team this. It sounded so corny.
"What?" he said.
"Second base?" Katie said.
Yusuke looked at her confused, "What?"
"Second base," she said, matter-of-factly.
Yusuke was thoroughly confused now, "Who're you talking about?"
"No, he's on first," she said.
"What are you on?" he asked.
"Now you're back to second," she shook her head. He clearly didn't understand her.
"Who's on 2nd?" Yusuke was starting to get a headache.
"Who is on first!" she said.
Yusuke was about to give up, "I don't know!"
"Now you're on 3rd!" she said, "Would you make up your mind?"
"I don't even know what I'm talkin' about!" Yusuke yelled.
Katie laughed. "That's okay, Yusuke, I was just messin' with you. Who're we fighting?" she asked, grinning.
Yusuke blinked. "Mood swings much?"
Katie shrugged, "Eh, they didn't call me Chaos for nothin'."
Chaos? That sounded familiar to Kurama. Wasn't 'Chaos' supposed to be some mass murderer that Koenma tried to catch a while back? In fact, Kurama had heard that 'Chaos' was also known as the 'Queen of Chaos'.
"Who called you this?" Kurama asked.
"No one," Katie said, a little too quickly for Kurama. He narrowed his eyes at his sister and she grinned.
"You never answered the question, Yusuke," she said, turning to the team captain.
"The 'Living Dead'," he said, with disdain. Katie burst out laughing and was soon on the floor. Everyone just stared at her until she was calm enough to explain.
"Seriously?" she laughed again and wiped a tear. "Oh, that's great! This is gonna be fun," she asked looking at Yusuke who just shook his head at the ridiculous name.
"Okay, I'm gonna go on down, so I'll see you down there, kay? Later!" Katie said, walking toward the door.
"Why do you want to go down there now?" Kuwabara asked.
She stopped and turned, "Well, I could always stay here and blare very loud annoying music and bug the living hell outta you guys 'cause I'm bored out of my mind and-"
"Bye, Kiara," Kurama said.
Katie smiled and left saying, "Bye, Kurama!"
Now Yusuke was confused beyond all belief. Why didn't she cough up blood? Since when were they able to call her 'Kiara'?
"Whoa, wait," Yusuke said, "I thought we couldn't call her that?"
Kurama looked up at him, "Apparently we can now."
"Oh!" Kiara said, sticking her head back in the door, "No one die, alright?"
"Why?' Yusuke asked.
"Because! We get to party at Chu's place tonight! Kay? Laterz!" and with that, she was gone again.
II
Kiara walked around the grounds of the arena, listening to music from her communicator, wondering what to do. Finally deciding to watch a few matches, she went to the top stair of the stadium, standing behind everyone, leaning against the railing. She sighed, five minutes into the first fight and no one had gotten in a good hit.
"Bored already?"
Kiara sighed again, "Yup." Someone leaned up against the rail next to her.
"I miss anything?" he asked.
"Nope," she said. Kiara tuned back into her music to hear her favorite part of the current song:
I wanna write your name into my flesh, I wanna be in love with myself again.
"Interesting song choice. Deepfield?" he asked. Kiara nodded as the song changed to 'We Are One' from Lion King 2.
The man chuckled, "Odd switch. Then again, it's nothing new considering I'm standing next to the Queen of Chaos."
Kiara's eyes widened. She didn't care if anyone found out now because the curse was broken, but how on earth did this guy know who she was? Kiara quickly turned to see who she was standing next to.
She blinked, "Trigger?" How the hell was he here? Wasn't he supposed to be in jail still?
He smiled and said, "How ya been, Mutt?" Kiara responded with a squeal of excitement and attached herself to him in a hug.
"Oh my gosh! What are you doing here? How the hell did you get out of jail?" she asked, letting go of him.
"Well, I wanted to come watch. And I got out on good behavior about ten years ago," he said, smiling, "What're you doing here?"
"Oddly enough, I'm working for Koenma. Momentarily of course," Kiara said.
He nodded, "Sure, whatever."
Kiara smirked, "So," she said, remembering something he almost killed her for, "You still got that scar I gave you?"
Her friend twitched, "No thanks to you, you sorry little-"
"Xypher?"
Trigger looked to see where the voice had come from as something attached itself to his leg.
He looked down and smiled, "Hey, Jaz. Guess I'm caught huh?"
The little red-headed cat just grinned and said, " Yup! Mommy! I found Daddy!"
"Daddy?-!" Kiara asked aloud.
"I can see that," said a woman that walked up behind Trigger. She was also a cat demon with dark red hair. "Who's this?" she asked, referring to Kiara.
"This is Kiara, she's an old friend of mine. Kiara, this is Corrine, my mate, and this thing," he said, picking up the girl, "Is my daughter, Jasira."
"It's nice to meet you, Kiara," Corrine said.
Kiara smiled and nodded, "It's nice to meet you, too. I don't mean to be rude, but I never pictured you of all people to settle down, Trigger."
He shrugged, and his wife said, "Trigger?"
He grinned, "Yeah, it's an old nickname she gave me."
Corrine nodded, "So she's the one that gave you that scar?"
Kiara laughed, "Yup! That was me!"
Corrine smiled and tried not to laugh while Jasira said, "Daddy! We're missing the fights!"
"Okay, okay! Jeez! We'll see ya later, Mutt!" Xpyher said.
"See ya!" Kiara said. They walked away, and Kiara was left alone again, but not for long.
"Katie!"
The girl turned only to be hugged by Crystal.
"Hey! What are you doing here?" Kiara asked.
"She demanded that we come," Raith said, as he walked up.
"Well, I'm glad! I'm bored out my mind! And you don't have to call me 'Katie' anymore," Kiara said.
"He finally figured it out? It's about time, jeez!" Crystal said.
"I know, right?" Kiara said, "So, are you guys...okay?"
They looked at each other and Crystal said, "Eh, it's complicated."
"What time do you fight?" Raith asked.
"12," Kiara answered, "What time is it?"
"Ten 'til," he said. Koto announced the winner of the match and said the next team would arrive shortly.
Kiara turned to Crystal, "Should I be fashionably late, or early?" Crystal shrugged.
"Whatever you want. I'm gonna go find a good seat! See ya!" She grabbed Raith and found a seat near the ring. Kiara walked down the stairs and onto the wall dividing the audience and and fighters. She walked on the wall until she came to the door where Yusuke and the rest of the team would come out and sat down, feet hanging off the edge.
III
As Yusuke and the guys walked in, Kiara could hear Kuwabara asking where she was. She smirked and jumped off the wall, turning into a small black fox and landing silently. She walked up to Kuwabara and jumped on his shoulder. He tensed up, not knowing what had jumped on him. Kiara jumped from his shoulder to Kurama's head. As Kurama reached for her, she jumped to Yusuke's head and then to Hiei's where his reflexes were quick.
Growling, Kiara looked at Hiei as he held her by the scruff of her neck. Hiei looked at the black furry thing, trying to figure out who it was. Then he noticed its foot. The little fox had three white toes on its back left foot.
"Oh no, now you'll be sneaking around everywhere," he said as he dropped her.
"Sis?" Kurama asked. Kiara turned into her human form.
"Yeah?" she asked.
"Since when can you turn into a fox?" Kurama asked.
She thought about it for a moment, "'Bout three years ago?"
Kurama raised his eyebrows slightly, "Okay, then," he said. Kiara grinned and faced the ring.
"You lookin' for zombies?" Yusuke said in Kiara's ear. She shivered and shoved him away from her.
"Don't do that!" she said, shivering again. Yusuke laughed and Kiara kicked him.
Kiara huffed as Yusuke continued to laugh. She crossed her arms when she heard Kurama chuckle behind her. Yusuke finally straightened up as the opposing team walked in.
All five of them were wearing cloaks that went to their feet, and their hoods were where their faces couldn't be seen.
Kiara put her hair up in a ponytail as Yusuke said, "I still think they're zombies." Kiara shook her head and sighed.
"I hate zombies," Kiara said, "Vampires are so much better."
Yusuke mock gasped and asked, "What? Oh, you're a girl, you prob'ly like the ones that sparkle," he said doing hand motions. Kiara scoffed.
"The best one in that wretched movie, is Emmett and he's one of the few reasons I would watch another one. The books were better, before it became popular," Kiara said, folding her arms. Tuning back into her music, she heard a song on repeat and began to sing along:
"For the best, for the best,
And all the rest, into the flood!
All of me, all of me,
Has to bleed,
But part of me has got to be alive!
I wanna write your name into my flesh,
I wanna be in love with myself again!"
Pausing, she heard someone else singing with her. She looked to her teammates to see them giving her odd looks, to the opposing team and faintly heard the tall one sing along. She leaned forward a little to hear him better. Wait a minute, she knew this voice. But from where? She watched as he stepped in the ring. Koto was calling for someone of the Urameshi team.
"You gonna stare at him all day, or you gonna go kick his ass?" Yusuke asked. Kiara caught a glimpse beneath his hood and saw a familiar, arrogant smirk. Her eyes lit up and jumped into the ring and latched onto him.
The rest of the Urameshi team was dumbfounded to say the least. What on earth could possibly have caused her to do this? Again?
"Oh, my gosh! I can't believe you're really alive! You sorry son of a jackass!" Kiara said while still clinging to him.
"Uh, hello!" Koto said, "Are you going to fight him? Or are the two of you going to get a room?"
Kiara let go and looked at the cat. "Huh? Sure, I'll fight him! It's been a while!" she said as she walked to the opposite side of the ring. The tall one shook his head.
"You're still just a kid, Mutt," he said. Hearing this voice, Kurama froze.
How?
He was supposed to be-
The name of the fighters suddenly clicked. Kurama still couldn't believe he was alive.
"But I can't believe you still have this thing," the cloaked figure said, holding up her katana. Kiara smirked and shrugged.
"I'm amazed you still have these things," she said, holding up two silver hand-scythes. "Trade ya," she said, tossing them his way. He tossed her sword to her and she caught it and sheathed it. Koto yelled for them to begin.
Kuronue removed his cloak and Kiara smiled and turned into her demon form. They stared at each other for a moment before Kuronue attacked. Kiara was forced into defense while Kuronue was having fun throwing her off. Until she turned on him.
He chased her around the ring, always keeping her in front of him. Then the next thing he knew, he was flung into the wall from a kick to the back. He stood and turned to the mutt standing on the edge of the ring. She grinned. Kuronue spread his wings and launched into the air and jumped at her. She dodged and drew her sword, scratching him as he flew by. He landed and got his scythes out.
"When's the last time you actually had a decent work-out?" he asked. Kiara shrugged.
"About a month ago, you?" she said. He nodded.
"S'been a while," he said.
They attacked at the same time. Those on the sidelines could barley see them, unless they knew what to look for. Kurama pulled Kuwabara out of the way of one of Kuronue's scythes.
Kuwabara paled as he looked to the where said scythe had stuck into the wall behind him. As he stared, Kiara was thrown out of the ring and into the audience. She stood and apologized to whomever she landed on, then jumped back in the ring with more ferocity than before.
Kuroune had pulled his scythe out of the wall and trapped Kiara's katana between both scythes. Kiara pulled her katana from between them and slashed at Kuronue's stomach, only to have him jump back and dodge.
Surprising everyone, especially Kiara, Kuronue kicked her sword out of her hands. Kiara looked to her katana which was now embedded in the wall up to the hilt. She looked to Kuronue who smiled and shook his head.
"You are so cleaning and polishing that later. And you're lucky it's scratch resistant," she said. Kuronue laughed.
"I'm more worried about the wall," he said, "Are you bored? I'm bored. How 'bout we just kill each other?"
"Sounds good to me," Kiara said, smiling. She looked at her communicator and changed the song to the Bullet for my Valentine, 'Your Betrayal'.
Kuronue tossed his scythes to one of his teammates and faced Kiara once again, who removed her sheath and tossed it at Yusuke.
Kiara smirked as she turned to Kuronue. One of his ears twitched as he listened to the music. Kiara made a circle of fire around her and spread it across the ring. Koto ducked for cover and Kuronue jumped into the air to avoid it.
As Kuronue landed beside her, Kiara shot more fire at him, forcing him to defend himself. Finally, he got a hit in and by dodging, Kiara threw herself off balance. Turning into a fox, she caught herself and jumped up and hid in Kuronue's hat.
Kuronue, having blinked, didn't notice where she'd gone. Looking around the ring for her, he saw nothing but Koto finally surfacing, then something tickled his ear. He swatted at his ear and felt something fluffy.
Before he could grab her, Kiara jumped down and turned back into her demon form. Landing behind him, she kicked him off the ring and onto the grass next to her team.
"Kuronue, you remember Kurama and Hiei. Yusuke, Kuwabara, this is Kuronue," Kiara said. They lifted a hand in an odd greeting as Kuronue stood and nodded. He glared up at Kiara and saw the mischievous smirk on her face.
"Say 'bye', Kuro!" she said waving.
He looked confused and then the ground beneath him started to shift and open. He tried to jump back on the ring but vines wrapped around his arms and legs and pulled him into a giant pitcher plant. The plant receded into the ground after swallowing him.
Kiara smiled and turned to Koto who looked like she'd seen a ghost.
"Well?" Kiara said.
Koto straighted up and said, "Katie's the winner!" Kiara shook her head.
"Hey, Koto?" she called. Koto froze. "It's Kiara, not Katie," she said. Koto nodded.
Kiara smiled and jumped off the ring to land next to the wall where her katana was stuck. She grabbed the hilt and pulled it from the wall. She then walked and stopped in front of Kurama who folded his arms.
Kiara sighed, "Fine," she said. She waved her hand causing the giant plant to come up from the ground, on the opposite side, and spit Kuronue out.
"Next opponent, please! Team Urameshi, your next contender!" Koto said. They looked to the ring to see someone already standing there, again, fully cloaked. Kurama stepped up, his ears were starting to show and his hair turning white. As he did so, someone in the stands shouted:
"Bring out the Yoko!"
Kiara laughed as Kurama turned to see where the shout had come from. Fully turned, Yoko turned to face his opponent.
"Who the hell?" Yusuke asked, trying to find the source of the yell.
Kiara stopped laughing enough to say, "That would be Crystal," She shook her head, "Go, Switzerland."
"Who?" Hiei asked, looking at her. Kiara turned to him about to say something, then shut her mouth.
"Nothin'. It's an anime," she said, grinning. Hiei just rolled his eyes and turned back to the fight. "Kuto?-!" Kiara said.
"You're just now realizing they're here?" Hiei asked. Kiara turned to him.
"You knew she was- Wait. They?" she asked.
"Hi, Katie!" Kuto said, waving. Kiara waved back, confused.
She shook her head, "You can call me Kiara now."
"It's about dag-gum time!" said one of the cloaked figures still standing on the sidelines. Kiara almost fell over.
"Sera?-! The hell are you guys doing here?-!" Kiara asked. Sera removed her hood, laughing. Zoey and Pheonyx removed their hoods, also smiling.
"We got done with our mission early and got bored," said Phe.
Kiara stood still, not focusing on the fight at hand. She slapped herself in the forehead and growled.
So that's who Koenma sent them after! Not too surprising he stole something, again.
Kiara started to focus on her brother's fight. She laughed at what she saw. Kuto, who has an unknown reasoning of fear for Yoko, normally uses sais to fight. This time, she was having trouble, seeing as she didn't want to get within ten feet of him. Which, sadly, put her at a great disadvantage, because Yoko usually is a long-distance fighter.
Every time he attacked her, she would use her flames to burn whatever came near her. After a while of dodging, burning and whimpering on Kuto's part, Yoko finally surprised her and knocked her out of the ring.
Kuto, having hit her head falling, lost the fight. After Yoko stepped down, Kuwabara stepped up.
"Who was that?" Kurama asked. Kiara smiled.
"Crystal," she said, while finding a song she knew Phe would enjoy listening to. Kurama rolled his eyes and turned to watch the fight between Kuwabara and Pheonyx.
Pheonyx heard the song and looked at Kiara saying, "You could turn it up so we could hear it." Kiara smiled and turned the volume up on one of their favorite foreign songs: Hold Me Now by Nanne Grönvall.
It was over rather quickly, as soon as Koto told them to begin Kuwabara charged Phe with his spirit sword. Phe stood still and moved to the side as he passed and fell to the ground. He got back up only to be doused in water and thrown into the wall where the water holding him froze. Phe stepped down after Koto announced the winner. She waved her hand and the ice melted, setting him free. He walked over, soaking wet. Yusuke laughed at his friend's misfortune.
"Need help?" Kiara asked.
"Yes, please," Kuwabara said, glaring at Yusuke who hopped on the ring only to see Zoey standing there, smirking. Kuwabara laughed at Yusuke's shocked expression while Kiara used her fire to dry him off. Seeing the fire encircle him, his laughter turned to screaming. It wasn't until Kurama put a hand on his shoulder that he stopped yelling. He looked around to find the fire but all he found was Kiara hiding her face trying not to laugh.
"Did you really think I'd kill you?" she asked still chuckling. He scratched his head and laughed nervously. Kiara just shook her head and turned to the fight.
Yusuke wasn't expecting to fight Zoey, but Kiara could've sworn Zoey planned to fight him.
So I fought Kuro, which gave us a win, then Kurama fought Kuto and won, but Kuwabara lost to Phe.
She looked to the fight before her. Zoey and Yusuke were basically just sparring. It looked like Yusuke wasn't really trying. Zoey was getting more aggressive the longer the fight when on. Yusuke was responding to her aggression, but he still didn't want to hurt her. Courtesy was not something he needed to practice right now.
If Yusuke does lose this one, we'll be at a tie. 2-2. Then-
Kiara slapped her forehead. Hiei and Sera were going to fight if Yusuke lost this fight.
They planned this! Ugh, this day will never end.
She looked back to the fight to see Yusuke flying out of the ring and into the seats. Kiara sighed.
Cue Sera's and Hiei's fight to the death...
Kiara sighed as the two stepped on the ring. Kurama gave her a questioning look. She shook her head.
"This is gonna be a long day," she said.
The second Koto said 'begin,' all anyone could hear was the clashing of metal on metal. After ten minutes of that, the audience could see flashes of fire and eventually Hiei flying through the air and into the stands. He didn't stay down long though, he immediately jumped back up and attacked Sera yet again.
After the relentless attacks from both sides, HIei finally knocked Sera out of the ring and sent her crashing into the wall, causing it to crumble.
"Ugh...ow..." came from Sera as she laid in the rubble. Koto announced Hiei as the winner and he stepped down, muttering about a re-match.
"My foot! Agh..." Sera said as she tried to climb out. Having a rock fall on her foot, caused her to stop and hold her injury.
Koto announced that Team Urameshi won this round. As she bid everyone farewell, a bell rang, gaining everyone's attention.
"The next round, featuring Team Urameshi and Team Masho, will be held in five minutes. Team Masho please report to the arena," said a voice from the intercom.
"The hell?-!" Yusuke exclaimed, "We just got done fighting! What is this?-!" He slammed his hands on the ring, "Hey, cat-lady! What the hell is going on?-!"
"Uh, I don't really know," she said, "But apparently, we're starting the next round! Team Masho, this is your last call! If you don't show, you'll be disqualified!"
As Kuronue and his team left, a huge gust of wind came through the arena creating a tornado. When the tornado disappeared, Team Masho was standing there, draped in odd cloaks.
"What was that you were saying about this being a long day?" Kurama asked, looking at his sister.
She smiled sheepishly at him, "At least we get a break tomorrow, right?"
"This is so gay," Yusuke said.
IV
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