HEY GUYS! NEW UPDATE! I injured my hand so I wasn't able to write much, but I hope you all enjoy it! A new battle will come up next episode! STILL ACCEPTING OC's!
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Team Yukimura won the first round of the Black Lotus Tournament versus Team Kayeshu. After the battle round, they met unexpectedly with the Urameshi Team, who became open to the team's efforts to prove themselves. For now, all they can do is wait for the next round.
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Team Urameshi and Team Yukimura began to walk towards the hotel they were to stay in during the tournament. Yusuke hld Keiko around her waist as Kuwabara, Yukina, and Shizuru walked side by side. Koenma walked next to Botan, lecturing her for not informing him of anything, and Micki walked alongside Kurama, holding hands with her fox mate.
As for Lilly and Hiei, they stopped and let the group continue on, not looking to each other, but knowing that they needed to 'talk'.
"Should I be concerned?" Hiei asked bluntly, keeping his eyes to the group ahead.
"That depends. Should I prove something?" Lilly responded, doing the same.
Suddenly, Hiei and Lilly flash-stepped and landed with Lilly against a tree and Hiei with his sword at her throat. Lilly kept a blank stare at Hiei, unfazed at his sudden risen anger.
"You still have a irritating mouth." Hiei growled. Lilly smirked slightly.
"Reminds you of yourself, doesn't it?" Lilly responded. Hiei pressed the blade against her neck, but Lilly remained with her smirk.
"Just as annoying as when we first met." Hiei continued.
"Oh, so you do acknowledge that we did meet. That's a surprise."
"How could I forget such a troublesome onna?"
"Troublesome to the fact that I was a challenge for you."
"You'd like to think that, wouldn't you?"
"Only because it's true."
"I've always been better than you."
"My authentic Jagan eye would beg to differ."
Hiei was at his wits end. With one slice, he could kill her. However, suddenly...
"HEY! Short-stacks!" Kuwabara's voice bellowed from ahead of the two demons. They both looked to see the group turned to them with serious faces. Hiei jumped back and sheathed his sword, glaring daggers at Kuwabara. Lilly rubbed her neck and chuckled before walking away past the group in the direction they were previously going. The Yukimura team, concerned for Lilly, parted from their Urameshi opposites and ran for Lilly, surrounding her and walking with her and talking. The Urameshi team looked to Hiei, crossing their arms or placing hands on their hips in slight irritation.
"What was that about?" Koenma asked. Hiei grunted.
"Old vendetta." Hiei replied.
"Vendetta? What about?" Kurama inquired. Hiei glared at the fox boy.
"Something a long time ago, okay?" Hiei growled out in response. Hiei then began to walk in the direction of the girls, stuffing his hands in his pockets. The boys looked at each other before shrugging and following suit.
Meanwhile, with the girls...
"Lilly, what happened back there?" Botan asked. Lilly shrugged.
"Just a jealous feud." Lilly replied.
"A fued? About what?" Micki asked. Lilly chuckled.
"Something a long time ago, okay?" Lilly replied with a slight smirk. She continued to walk towards the hotel, stuffing her hands in her pockets. The girls looked at each other and shrugged before continuing as well. (Dejavu?)
Soon, both teams arrived at the hotel and were astonished at the sight. It was an amazing silver and gold themed luxury hotel with chandeliers and glass marble up the whazoo. There was no sign of any dust or dirt anywhere, which was surprising for where they were and who the guests were. The Yukimura team walked over to the hotel desk and gave their names to the lobby attendant. They were handed keys right as the Urameshi team joined beside them.
"Is there another space available for-" Keiko began before she was interrupted.
"The Urameshi team has rooms in your suite. Please know that each attendant has an individual room in the suite and the main room consists of enough space for one team. Please be wise with what you do so housekeeping remains at attendance for your suite." The attendant interrupted with a smile. The girls smiled and nodded to the Urameshi team who gave smiles of their own. Lilly and Hiei remained unfazed. The teams then departed for the suite.
"That was awfully nice of them." Micki said as they entered the large elevator for their floor.
"And very perceptive to know.." Kurama added, slyly wrapping an arm around his mate's waist and making her silently blush.
"Eh, whatever. At least we have rooms." Kuwabara said, placing his hands behind his head. Yukina and Shizuru nodded in agreement. Yusuke looked to Keiko and both nodded with a smile. Hiei and Lilly, who were leaning on opposite sides of the elevator, just kept their blank eyes on each other. Hiei's anger, buried deep in his mind, burned into Lilly as Lilly remained unfazed.
The elevator eventually stopped and opened to reveal a single hall with a single door on the opposite side of the elevator. The group looked to each other before Tasha opened the door and revealed a large homey suite with 5 rooms on each side of the room. The kitchen and living room blended together with a dining room cast in the middle. The far wall was nothing but glass looking over the ocean line. The group filed in and gawked at the sight of the room.
"Magnificent!" Botan muttered.
"Really nice.." Koenma muttered as well.
"Seems to only have one problem. There are ten rooms and and twelve people." Keiko noted aloud, making the group look at her in realization.
"I'll room with Yukina." Shizuru said, patting Yukina's shoulder. Yukina smiled and nodded. Micki and Kurama looked at each other, blushed, and nodded to each other as well.
"I'll room with Kurama." Micki said as straightly blunt as she could without stuttering. The girls began to giggle, making her glare slightly at them.
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As the group relaxed into the suite that night, after dinner (made by Botan and Shizuru), people began to separate into their rooms except for Micki, Yukina, Yusuke, and Keiko. Keiko was seated on the couch with Yukina and Micki on either side of her, healing her with their energy. Yusuke sat on a chair next to the couch, watching.
"You know, Yusuke, you don't have to sit there and watch." Keiko said, looking to him. Yusuke shrugged and sat back, still watching.
"He's just concerned for his girlfriend, Keiko. Let the boy have his pride." Micki replied, smirked very slightly with her eyes closed, still focusing her energy. Yusuke glared at Micki.
"Hey! You're the one that brought her here." Yusuke said. Micki looked back to Yusuke with a blank stare, pure black eyes staring at his chocolate eyes.
"So she could prove that she's not weak or helpless as you've made her to be, Yusuke Urameshi." Micki responded. Yusuke stared at Micki in slight fear and anger before grunting and standing.
"I'm going to bed. Night." Yusuke grunted before stomping to his room and slamming his door closed. Keiko looked to Micki, who closed her eyes again and continued to heal Keiko.
"Was that necessary?" Keiko asked, raising an eyebrow. Micki looked to Keiko and smiled slightly.
"I know that seemed harsh, Keiko, but he needs to learn that you are a wonderful and powerful woman." Micki replied. Yukina slightly nodded in agreement.
"Yes, Miss Keiko. We all came here to prove we aren't weak. You're the prime example of that goal." Yukina said with her own smile. Keiko stared at both of them in surprise before smiling.
"Right." Keiko replied with a smile.
Soon, the girls separated into their rooms after Keiko fully healed. Keiko stepped into her room and flopped onto her bed, staring at the ceiling.
"I'm not weak... I'm as strong as Yusuke.." Keiko muttered. Soon, her eyes fluttered shut and she drifted to sleep with that one thought in her head.
Meanwhile, Micki entered her room and sat on her side of the single full sized bed, stripping off her clothes to only her panties and staring at the floor with a soft sigh. From behind, slowly, Kurama wrapped his arms around Micki's shoulders, pulling her against his bare chest.
"Something wrong, Micki?" Kurama asked in soft concern. Micki kept her eyes to the floor.
"It was a close call for Keiko..." Micki began. "That was a tough battle for her and it was her first. I don't know if she'll be able to handle the next ones."
Kurama nodded against her shoulder, leaning his chin on her shoulder to be comfortable in the embrace. Micki looked back at Kurama with concern locked into her face.
"Did I do the right thing, Kurama?" Micki asked. Kurama softly smiled and nodded.
"Keiko's not a damsel in distress anymore, thanks to you. She can now fight, which will be beneficial to her in the future." Kurama reassured. He then pulled her hair from the ponytail it was trapped in and gently ran his fingers through it. "Now, relax my love.."
Micki nodded and nuzzled Kurama's face gently, who nuzzled back lovingly.
"Come, let's go to sleep." Kuram instructed, gently letting Micki go and laying down. Micki nodded and slipped under the covers with her mate, cuddling up against him as he wrapped his arms around her.
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Deep within the darkness of her dreams, Keiko felt her body float in the eternal abyss. Keiko looked around, seeing only darkness.
"Where...?" Keiko muttered, confused.
"KEIKO! LOOK OUT!" Shizuru's voice shouted. Suddenly, Keiko was right behind Shizuru, who had her arms outstretched to become a barrier for Keiko. Upon that instant, Shizuru was thrown far to the side by an invisible force. Shizuru let out a pained scream as she disappeared into the darkness. As she did, Keiko saw bruises and injuries all over Shizuru.
"SHIZURU!" Keiko shouted.
"YOU BASTARD!" Tasha's voice shouted as she appeared, also wounded, in front of Keiko with her sword out in defense. Tasha was thrown to the other side as well, screaming in pain.
"TASHA!" Keiko screamed.
"GET AWAY FROM MISS KEIKO!" Yukina's voice sounded as Yukina and Lilly, both injured as well, appeared in front of Keiko, combining their ice and dark magic to form a barrier. Like their two previous companions, they were knocked away on either side of Keiko, disappearing into the abyss of the dream.
"NO!" Keiko cried out, tears forming in her eyes. Suddenly, Micki, injured like their companions, appeared in front of Keiko, holding out her arms and forming an invisible barrier in front of both of them. A bright blue forced slammed and pushed against Micki's hands, making her wince and press back. Micki looked back to Keiko in desperation, revealing a large gash on her head.
"Keiko... RUN!" Micki shouted at her. Upon instinct, Keiko ran away from Micki and the energy. Keiko didn't know what was after her, but she knew her friends were wanting to protect her from it at all costs. Upon Micki's deathly scream, Keiko looked back to see Micki engulfed in the energy as if it was the sun, burning her alive and away into nothing. It disappeared with her, and Keiko was in the dark once more. The last thing she heard was Yusuke's voice, but not in the way she thought. As his voice sounded, a ball of blue light ran directly for her.
"SPIRIT GUN!"
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Immediately, Keiko woke up and shot up in her bed in a cold sweat. Keiko looked around in a panic, reminding herself with her surroundings that she was in her room in the suite. Keiko slowed her breaths and relaxed, putting together that it was just a dream. As she relaxed, there was a knock at her door.
"Yea?" Keiko asked aloud.
"Keiko, we have the lineup for the tournament. We're up tonight versus Team Xepher." Botan's voice replied. Keiko sighed.
"Okay, I'll be right out." Keiko replied. She then stood and stretched, trying to shake the dream out of her thoughts. "It'll be alright... It'll be alright..."
After only a day to relax, the team has a new opponent to face, but was Keiko's dream just a dream, or was it a warning of something for the future? Find out on the next episode of The Spirit Girls!