Early A/N

Hey, readers! Before Chapter 10 starts, I would just like to say to my anonymous reviewer Liz: "You are by far the worst reviewer I've ever had!!! You don't like the story? WELL DON'T POST IT ON MY REVIEWS!!! Go somewhere ELSE and complain!!! Your review has been DELETED forever! And how could I not take what you said as an insult?! HUH?! That said, I FORBID you from posting your aweful reviews on ANY of my stories! The INSTANT I see them, they'll be deleted! Are we clear?!"

And for those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, Liz said in her review, "I don't get why people keep telling you your story is good. It's not. I don't know how old you are, but you write like an 8-year-old." And that was just ONE of the things she/he said! There were many more that I honestly don't even want you guys to think. (How the heck am I supposed to write a story with THAT on my mind?!) So from now on, if any of you get a review from Liz, you can bet all the money in the world it'll be bad. So WHAT if my story is choppy? WHO CARES?! It's the plot that matters! Besides, (and this is just a little note to all of you *sorry if I'm harsh, but I'm pretty ticked off right now!*) if you DON'T like the story, then the solution is EXTREMELY simple! DON'T READ IT!!! See? Not that hard, is it? (You HEAR that Liz?!)

Okay, now let's start Chapter 10, shall we?

-Chapter 10-

Sango returned to the crowd to have her "pat on the back".

Number five was Bankotsu.

He pridefully walked up to the fighting stage and drew out his large sword. His demon puppet was a deer.

"Psh! You're giving me a deer?! What on earth am I supposed to do with that thing? Go hunting or something?" he yelled.

"Hey! It's better than an earthworm!" Sango shouted back.

Bankotsu didn't even wait for the battle to start. He just used his sword and killed it like that. "There... I'm done..."

He went back to the crowd and only a handful of the students waiting congratulated him.

Number six was up now. Number six was a monk named Miroku.

"M-Miroku?" Sango glared.

"Huh? Who's Miroku, Sango? How do you know him?" Kagome asked her said friend.

"Miroku is the biggest pervert on the face of this earth... He tries to grope women every time he gets the chance, meaning every time he spots an opening."

"Ew."

"Yeah, I know, 'Ew.'"

Miroku's demon puppet was a praying mantis. 'Hm... I can't use my Wind Tunnel. The edges of that mantis's arm will pierce it.' he thought. The mantis swayed back and forth, waiting for Miroku to make the first move. He calmly walked up to it. It waited still, swaying back and forth. 'It's waiting.' Miroku thought. He took out a Sacred Sutra and threw it at the mantis, rendering it unable to move. He then walked closer to it. He started climbing the mantis until he was directly on top of its head. He put a sutra on the spot in front of where he stood. Then, he used his staff to bash the mantis's head in. Then he jumped down right before the mantis turned to dust. It was obvious that the winner was Miroku.

He returned to the crowd for his own "congratulations".

Number seven. Kagome.

"Oh, wait! I'm up already?! B-But I'm not-"

"Spare me." Mr. Sesshomaru said.

"Huh?"

"You. Your record shows that you've taken Archery classes for several years now, right?"

"Um... Well, yes, but-"

"Then you should have no problem slaying this next demon puppet."

"O-Okay."

Kagome's demon puppet was a swallow. It wasn't very big, and the entire class looked like they were about to erupt in laughter. 'Well, in the words of Sango, it's better than an earthworm. I suppose...' she thought. The swallow wasn't going to attack her at all, but its dodging skills were amazing. Kagome drew her bow and positioned an arrow on it. She pulled the arrow back, as though ready to fire at will. That swallow was darting around everywhere, though... She almost couldn't aim. She was literally running all around the room trying to get a good enough aim. After a good ten minutes, both of them were about as tired as tired could be. Kagome, though exhausted, raised her bow and arrow once again and shot it. The swallow was hit with amazing spiritual power.

She dragged her feet back to the crowd and was practically applauded. She sat down next to Inuyasha and Sango. "Oh my gosh. I never want to do that again!" she said exasperatedly.

Number eight was Kouga.

Kouga got up and smirked as he made his way through the crowd and up to the fighting stage. His demon puppet was an ostrich. He had the most confused look on his face.

Mr. Sesshomaru noticed this and said, "I've taken notes on how fast you are, Kouga. You might just meet your match with this demon puppet."

"Humph! Like I care! I'm all ready to fight!" he cockily replied.

Kouga speedily dashed in front of the ostrich, cornering it. He leapt up, but before he could do anything else, the ostrich was all the way on the other side of the room. 'What?! How is that even possible?!' he thought. The ostrich seemingly mocked him with a strange sound that it made deep in the back of its throat. It sounded like a cow was trying to yak up something rotten that it ate, but couldn't get it out of its system.

The entire class cracked up.

"Hey! You wanna try going for this guy?!" Kouga retorted.

Everyone immediately shut up.

Kouga turned his attention back to the ostrich. 'If I can trick him...' he didn't even finish the thought before the demon puppet had been beaten, courtesy of one of Kouga's legs.

Several other people went up.

Number seventy-nine was Shippo, the fox demon. Also known as a kitsune.

Shippo's demon puppet was a mirror demon.

"Shippo. Since you use fox magic to defeat your foes, a mirror demon is perfect, being as it is also an illusion. Therefore, it will reflect all of your fox magic. What will you do, then?" Mr. Sesshomaru asked.

Shippo had no time to ponder it over. The mirror demon, which looked exactly like a snake demon covered in mirror scales, leapt up at him and tried to sink its fangs into him. Shippo used his Heart Scar at that instant. Nobody knew he'd learned that move. The mirror demon puppet was turned to dust and the winner was Shippo.

Everyone else went up. Then, the one person who didn't have a number. The one person who never had a number. Inuyasha.