Seven Deadly Sins

Begin Chapter Nine What Now

Sunari took a step towards the ring but stopped quickly when she found that Koto was no longer watching the fight. Her red eyes had darkened a shade and Sunari found that she lost herself within them. Something about her must have changed to cause such a reaction, and she found that looking at Kurama was the same. Stepping back beside Kurama she crossed her arms over her chest, then watched as Kuwabara used the last of his energy to create his Spirit Sword. However, she found it hard to concentrate with six sets of eyes upon her.

"What?" She callously asked the fox. Having not been expecting her to say anything, it took Kurama a moment to answer.

"You must be oblivious if you couldn't sense that your own power levels dropped dramatically. Hell, even Yusuke felt it and that's not saying much." Sunari cast a glance over at Hiei and smirked. No, she had not sensed it and yes, that really did worry her. How odd…

"It must have skipped right past me." She muttered, turning back to look at the fight. She found that both boys were now laying on the ground in an almost unstable motion. It wasn't hard to tell that Kuwabara was exhausted and had nearly depleted all of his energy but what worried her now was what was going to happen next?

The first person she get up was Rinku and Koto was already half down the count. In her mind set it was displeasing but in her heart she knew that Kuwabara could take no more and she was not going to ask him to. This fight was either going to be his strength in this tournament, a chance for him to learn from his mistakes or his weakness…and downfall. The number nine resonated throughout Sunari's head and to her shocked eyes she watched Kuwabara stand in an almost fetal position. She had to admit that the kid had guts.

"I guess he's not done yet…" She muttered softly.

Rinku groaned. "Oh come on already? Haven't you had enough?" The boy's voice was clearly worn out and distressed and in a liquid motion, he had his yo-yo strings wrapped around Kuwabara's weak form and had him pinned to the ground.

Struggling, Kuwabara moved and kicked to try and free himself as Koto began the count. Sunari sighed softly and leaned her head down in content. Finally the number ten came and the tired Rinku released Kuwabara and walked off the arena himself, having bruised more then his ego most likely.

"And the winner is Rinku!" The crowd made a series of noises, neither of which pleased Sunari in the slightest. For having such sensitive ears it hurt to hear them yell and scream. However, what she was not expecting was for to hands to wrap around her ears and drown out some of the noise. Blushing curiously, she turned to see Kurama. With a smile she thanked him and Hiei smirked, his hands crossed over his chest. Hopefully it would be his turn to fight and he wouldn't have to worry about thinking of the girl's beautiful figure and beautiful eyes. For he found that those thoughts disturbed him and these feelings were new.

Placing her hands on Kurama's she pulled them away from her ears. "Thank you." She muttered, trying to conceal the brush that was clearly spread across her cheeks.

Kurama smiled and put her hands down to her side. "You're very welcome."

It was a shock to her when the leader of the team stepped up, and perhaps even more so when Hiei stopped her from taking the battle. Looking up at him (yes, she's only 5'2" and he is 5'5") she gave him a curious glance. "I want this one."

Stepping back Sunari shrugged her shoulders, allowing him passage to the arena floor. This was going to be an interesting battle if Hiei actually wanted to fight. She had the strange feeling, that this was only going to be a one time thing…and if not, then it was very rare.

"Don't take any offense by it." Kurama said softly, looking down at Kuwabara who was currently rubbing his bleeding arm. Sunari sighed and knelt by Kuwabara's side.

"He got you pretty good human." Kuwabara just glared over at her, but she merely waved it off. "Don't be such a baby. It looks like you've dislocated it."

Kuwabara groaned and turned his head toward the fight.

"Well, I'm glad you decided to take the fight rather then that girl. I'll admit, it would have been fun to beat her but you are number one on my list." Zero spoke softly, not knowing that he was choosing the words that pissed Hiei off the most. The little fire demon found that what Zero had said about Sunari was what had angered him the most, however he was not one to act out of petty anger and spiteful comments.

Zero smiled, obviously realizing that he had struck a sore spot, and in a wisp of misplaced air the arena was surrounded in fire.

Sabriel jumped in her seat slightly, not liking the idea of not being able to see her mother. If this scenery didn't change soon, she might be opted to put the fire out. Koenma cast her a glance. "Don't get so jumpy. Your mother is fine."

Sabriel glared over at him. "Don't make me slip one of my magic pills into your drink." She muttered, causing Koenma to go pale. Smiling at her obvious victory, Sabriel looked back down at the battle.

Hiei smirked. "Is this supposed to intimidate me?" He questioned the pyromaniac. "Because if so…you're an even lesser match for me then I originally assumed. Maybe I should have let the girl fight."

Sunari shook her head in obvious dislike. It was unfair for them to talk about her so openly. She growled low in her chest, and only realized that it was Kuwabara who yelped and pulled his arm away. "Jesus! Is squeezing the life out of my arm your way of healing me cause if it is you can just back off!"

Sunari smiled before she burst out laughing. "Haha! I'm sorry Kuwa-Kun. I didn't mean anything by it! Really!"

Hearing t heir conversation Kurama smiled softly. Well…at least they were getting along. Now the only thing to worry about was this fight…

A/N: Well how did you like it? I've go t a few options and it's been Kurama and Hiei who should fall in love with her first. I'm going to leave it as a vote to my lovely reviewers! Thanks a lot!