A/N: Just got back from a camping trip in North Carolina, sorry for the late update! For those that watched the edited anime, in the manga Yusuke smokes. He is a delinquent after all. Feel free to leave a review!
Chapter 9
If the experts here get defeated by the two teens here they don't deserve to be called the experts. Still, I've always been one to root for the under dog. And besides that assassin and the chubby guy who no one probably remembers no one else has died. I want to see blood and gore, dammit!
"Yusuke you do know smoking is bad for you right? Not a good idea to do that before your match." Annabel comments, Yusuke shrugged. "Eh, I'll be fine." Miranda grinned mischievously and suddenly the cigarette had flames on the end of it, causing Yusuke to throw it away. "What the hell was that?" Yusuke demands, Miranda grinned. "Anna did warn you so I decided to give you some motivation." She says jovially, Annabel sighed. "Those flames could have burned his eyebrows off." Annabel says in disapproval, Miranda shrugged. "Hey you got to show off your ability, thought I'd show Yusuke mine. Think I can keep the flame lit until the end of the next match?" Miranda asks. "Why ask me when we both know you're going to do it anyways? Who's in the next match?" Annabel asks. "Match 3 will be Kuwabara versus Bura!" Genkai announced as Kuwabara and a man with an eye patch stepped forward. "Don't get killed out there Kuwabara!" Yusuke yells, Kuwabara scoffed. "With such pretty ladies watching me there's no way I'll lose!" Kuwabara says confidentially. Us being here has nothing to do with your skill moron. Miranda and Annabel thought.
When both competitors walked into the darkness felt that something was off. The entire time that Bura had been there she hadn't been able to sense the man. "I can't feel his energy. Looks like he'll just have to rely on sound and guessing." Annabel comments, all they could hear were Kuwabara's screams of pain. "Come on Kuwabara! I know you're used to being a punching bag but you need to kick this guy's ass!" Yusuke yells. "Shut up Urameshi! I'm working on it!" Kuwabara snapped from the darkness. "Let's hope that Kuwabara is part Hulk when he gets angry because it sounds like he's getting his ass kicked." Miranda says bluntly. "He'll be able to defeat his opponent." Annabel states, Yusuke raised an eyebrow. "And I suppose you figured that out with your intuition?" He asks wryly, Annabel shrugs. "It hasn't been wrong yet."
The spectators were all able to see a sword made of orange energy suddenly appear as they heard the clashing of two swords. "Is that a sword? That looks pretty bad ass." Miranda says enviously, Annabel smiled smugly. Kuwabara returned to the group a little roughed up but was soon declared the winner. "Awesome job Kuwabara, nice save." Miranda compliments, Kuwabara blushed. "There's one more match coming up. Good luck Yusuke." Annabel says with a smile. "Wanna tell me if I win this match or not?" Yusuke asks, half serious half joking. "Where would the fun be in that? And is that cigarette still burning? How is it not burned out yet?" Annabel asks, spotting the dim orange glow. Miranda grinned. "I'm just that good." Miranda says confidentially. Well at least now there's a logical reason for why it burned for so long. Annabel thought.
This time neither opponent hid their spirit energy so they were all able to sense the two spirit energies clash as the two fought. Whenever Yusuke's energy wavered a tiny bit Annabel could tell that he had just been hit. Bura had landed a few hits while it seemed that Yusuke kept missing. The teen growled in frustration as he tried to find the mask wearing man in the darkness. Relying on sound he eventually located the man and punched his mask, Bura countered with a knee to the abdomen. Bura's arm then began to glow as he concentrated his power into one arm, close lining Yusuke. As the fight dragged on Yusuke's power lowered more and more. The only upside that Annabel could possibly think of was that it was harder to sense him than it was earlier. The orange glow that had been stationary on the ground at the beginning of the match was now moving around, Annabel grinned. "That sly dog. He has a brain after all." Annabel comments, both Kuwabara and Miranda looked at her in confusion. "Is your intuition telling you something again?" Miranda asks, Annabel shook her head. "Look at the orange glow. Notice anything strange about it?" She asks, Miranda looked confused for a second before she figured it out. "Of course! Good thing it stayed lit huh?"
After a failed arm bar on Yusuke's part he decided to take out his ace, the reigun. "That's no use if you can't aim it at me moron!" Bura exclaims, attacking Yusuke from the side. "Good thing I won't miss then." Yusuke says with a grin, hitting Bura in the mask with enough force to shatter it. "H-How did you know where I was?" Bura asks, shocked. "Just look down at your belt. I planted that on you when you threw me." As the man looked down he saw the lit cigarette and collapsed in exhaustion. "Winner, Urameshi!" Yusuke walked back with a satisfied smirk on his face. "Great job Yusuke!" Miranda says cheerfully. "You and your weird ideas." Kuwabara grumbled. "You both are pretty good at improvising." Annabel states. "It was all because of my cigarette and pick pocketing ability that I won." Yusuke says smugly. Miranda looked at the delinquent in awe, Annabel shook her head in disappointment and Botan hit him in the back of the head. "That's not something you should be proud of!" Botan exclaims.