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Ch.10 Preparations and Familiar Faces

Yoh's Room

It was 9:00 A.M. and Yoh had already woken up. The Tournament was to officially begin at 12 noon. Everyone had agreed to meet in the hallway at about 9:30 and head down to the stadium for the orientation. He was dressed in his fighting outfit that Anna had made for him 2 years ago except this time it was a size that now fit him. He sheathed his sword.

"You ready Amidamaru?" "I'm ready if you are Yoh."

Suichi's Room

Suichi was up as well. He was wearing a red and white fighting outfit and kept his trademark whip at his side. He spoke to himself in a very determined fashion. "Yusuke, Hiei, I swear on my life I will avenge both of you by eradicating son a bitch Akuren. I will destroy that bastard Shishio and bring Kuwabara back."

Len's Room

Len was wearing the same clothes he wore when he fought his uncle. "Bason I will become Undisputed Shaman King and regain my pride!" "Let's go into battle together Master Len."

Kagome's Room

Kagome was wearing her normal school clothes but she wore them in battle before many times in the Feudal Era. "Inuyasha and I will get the Jewel shards back and purify it once and for all."

Yugi's Room

Yugi wore a black shirt and blue pants. His Puzzle and chain were around his neck. Yami spoke to him. "Yugi do you think that this Tournament is part of my destiny as well? I mean Kuwabara does have a Millenium item."

"Yami, I believe this is part of our destiny. We have many more allies now and we're much more powerful than ever before. I think we've got what it takes. I know Joey and everyone else is going to help us do it."

Inuyasha's Room.

Inuyasha was wearing his regular Fire Rat robe. "It's time to destroy Naraku for good!"

Keiji's Room

Keiji was ready for a battle to the death. He wore his great-great grandfather's purple warrior robe and held onto his reverse-blade sword sheath. "It's time to wipe that son of a bitch from the face of the Earth!"

The Hallway 9:30

Yoh, Len, Ryo, Trey, Faust, Lyserg, Chocolove, Inuyasha, Kagome, Yugi, Joey, Kaiba, Mai, Tea, Keiji, Aoshi, Hideki, Shigetoshi, and Suichi met in the hallway and started down to the elevator.

Faust, Chocolove, Trey, and Lyserg were all thinking the same thing. "We will help Yoh stop Kuwabara."

Ryo was focusing on something different. "I will have a Shaman Queen. I will have a Shaman Queen."

Kaiba was deep in thought. "I can't wait to see the look on Yugi's face when I become Undisputed Shaman King."

Hideki, Aoshi, and Shigetoshi were all thinking the same thing. "We will help Keiji do what he needs to do."

The group approached the elevator and went down to the lobby. The orientation was being held at 11:00 and it took approximately and hour and a half to reach the stadium.

They were walking through the forest in a very determined fashion and were mostly quiet. Each of them was prepared for all out war.

They reached the stadium at 11:00 on the dot. Everyone gazed in awe at it's tremendous size. They entered and saw an arrow that pointed down the hallway and said. "All shaman participants this way." And so they headed down the hallway which eventually led the interior of the stadium.

The stands were exactly like the last stadium only this time they added and extra balcony area and the walls were made of much stronger reinforced steel. The other shamans were already inside waiting.

The group split up into groups to examine the other fighters. Just then a someone was approaching Yugi's group. "Hello my friends, it's been a long time." He had long black hair and wore a blue sleeveless shirt. He had a trident sheathed on his back.

Tea recognized him. "Hey it's Mako! You're fighting here too?"

"Yes I am. I'm here to become Undisputed Shaman King so I can finally find my father. Also this is my guardian ghost Oceanis The Legendary Fisherman." Mako's guardian ghost was a muscular fisherman with long backish-blue hair.

"May the best man win."

Joey answered. "Back at ya Mako." They shook hands but just then they heard a snicker.

"He he he, well well if it isn't the great Yugi Mouto and his boyfriend."

Joey couldn't believe it. He laughed a little bit. "Weevil! What are you doing here? You can't fight. You'd have a better chance of beating us at basket-weaving."

"He he, laugh all you want but I can't wait to see the looks on your faces when I squish you all like ants."

Mako spoke. "I'd know your place if I was you little minow."

Weevil turned around tell off Mako when Joey grabbed Weevil's pants. "I dub you, Sir Weevil Underpants!" Joey grabbed the top of his underwear pulled it up as hard as he could and gave him a wedgie.

Yugi, Joey, Mako, Mai, and Tea fell on the ground laughing their heads off. Even Kaiba, Yami, and King Arthur couldn't help but giggle.

Weevil walked away hunched over and growling. "You're to pay for this Wheeler! You asshole! When I'm done with you, you won't be able to put your own underwear on in the morning!"

Yami alerted Yugi. "Yugi I sense a familiar dark presence here! It's coming from behind us."

Yugi turned around only to see a hooded figure in a purple robe holding a golden rod with the Millennium symbol on it. He stood fifty feet away from Yugi and spoke through his rod. "Greetings Pharaoh, long time no see."

Yugi recognized him. "Marik, something told me I'd see you here."

Marik continued. "It will be a greatly amusing to get rid of you for good. Once I'm Undisputed Shaman King I'll steal your power and take back the Egyptian God Cards!"

Joey stepped in. "Listen Scumbag, if you want him you have to beat me first! You hurt enough people at Battle City!"

"Fine Wheeler, you will be my first victim in this Tournament since you're enthusiastic about it. I shall take my leave for now." Marik walked away.

Yugi stepped in front of Joey. "Let him go Joey, you'll get your shot at him."

Inuyasha and Kagome

Inuyasha and Kagome were walking around the stadium with their arms around each other. She then saw a girl who had long black hair in a pony tail and wore a red and black Demon Slayer suit. She also had a sword sheath at her side and kept a giant boomerang strapped on her back.

Kagome ran to her. "Sango! Sango is that you?"

Inuyasha started after her. "Sango's here?" Inuyasha stopped in his tracks when he noticed a man that appeared to be a demon with long white hair and wore a sweeping white robe. He also kept two sword sheaths at his side. He recognized him. "Sesshomaru, I knew it! Hey Sesshomaru!"

Sesshomaru noticed him and didn't seem to be surprised. "Oh it's you, I knew you'd be here Inuyasha. I see that wench of yours and yourself have turned into lovesick puppies, especially you."

Inuyasha was angered. "Hey watch what you say about Kagome! At least I have someone who loves me."

"I'll see you in the ring." Sesshomaru was silenced and took his leave.

Inuyasha suddenly smelled the worst stench ever. Two figures appeared in the stands where he could see them. "Naraku, Kagura."

Kagome on the other hand had just caught up with Sango. "Hey Sango!"

Sango turned around. "Kagome? Kagome is that you?" They hugged. "Kagome it's so good to see you. Where's Inuyasha?"

"Oh I'm sure loafing around here somewhere." said Kagome.

Sango spoke bending her head down and shaking it. "You two had another fight didn't you?"

Kagome answered. "Well actually Sango it's quite the opposite."

Sango looked surprised. "What do you mean?"

Kagome began. "Last night was the sweetest night ever. Inuyasha confessed for me and we kissed."

Sango looked both happy and shocked. "What? You two kissed?"

Kagome closed her eyes, looked up and smiled. "It was wonderful Sango, we kissed and kissed and kissed for three hours last night."

Sango looked at the same time both amazed and sad. "You look so in love Kagome. I've never seen you like this. I'm happy for you."

Kagome noticed Sango's sadness. "Sango are you okay. You don't look so good and where's Miroku?"

Sango looked down as she spoke. "He's gone. We fought a powerful demon and he became severely wounded. He was beyond our aid."

Kagome was shocked. "Miroku's gone! Oh no." Sango continued. "It happened the night after we confessed our love for each other as well. We also kissed the way you and Inuyasha did."

Kagome gave her condolences. "That's awful Sango, and you too were just falling in love."

"I swear on my love for him I'll bring him back with the power of the Sacred Jewel! I'll even bear his child just to get him back." Kagome couldn't believe what she just heard.

"Hey Kagome say hello to Kilalah." "Where's Kilalah, I haven't seen her either." Kagome was puzzled.

Sango revealed her guardian ghost to be Kilalah in her tiger form. "Kilalah died while we fought the demon. I was barely able to drive it away it. For some reason we never saw it again." Kagome looked like she had seen enough.

Suichi was walking alone to formulate potential strategies for against his opponents. He noticed someone familiar about 75 feet away from him and he couldn't believe what he was seeing. It was a girl about his age who had short brown hair and wore green and white fighting outfit. She had two pairs of nunchuks attached to her belt.

"Keiko? Keiko is that really you?" Suichi saw that it was indeed Keiko but he was greeted with a slap across his face.

Keiko looked extremely angry and bitter. "Why didn't you tell that Yusuke died?"

Suichi tried to explain himself. "Listen I had forgo." He was interrupted as another slap left a mark on his face.

"Keiko please." Suichi was slapped again. Kieko tried to slap him again but this time he grabbed her wrist. "Believe me Keiko I miss him too. I have a huge score to settle with Yusuke's killer."

Keiko was screaming at him. "I want him back Suichi! I want him back. I'm sorry." Keiko by this time had lowered herself into Suichi's arms and sobbed nonstop.

Suichi comforted her. "I know how you feel Keiko, but I swear I'll avenge him." "So Keiko tell me, how did you find out his death?"

"Genkai told me before she died. She became my guardian and I became a shaman. I'll get Yusuke back even if I have to do it alone."

"Don't worry Keiko I'll help you." Suichi put his arms around her and hugged her.

About a minute later two fighters approached Suichi. One looked to be a kid that wore a red and yellow shirt and blue pants. He had a red and yellow hat and had small star tattoos on his face. The other was taller. He wore all blue and white. He had blue that was slicked back but had a few green strands out in front. The tall one spoke. "Hello Kurama, it's been a long time."

Suichi recognized both of them. "Rinku, Touya, it's nice to see both you as well. What are you two doing here?"

Rinku answered. "We each got invitations from Kuwabara for his Tournament. I just can't tell why he'd organize a Tournament like this."

Suichi spoke. "It's because he's gone insane and wants to rule the world. He's been corrupted by an evil warrior spirit."

Both of them were shocked. "What???!!!"

Suichi couldn't help but notice a mysterious hooded figure hanging around the other end. His aura appeared to be strangely familiar. "Say Touya, whom is that fighter over there?"

"Nobody knows who that is. We call him the Mystery Fighter." said Touya.

Rinku spoke. "Hey Kurama, remember Zeru well he's my ghost."

"Also my guardian ghost is your old friend Seiryu the Blue Dragon." said Touya.

Suichi also noticed that Akuren was standing in the rafters watching his prey.

As the fighters were conversing the stadium was filling up with spectators of human and demon origins including Anna and Jun who got seats on the mezzanine. Two girls came through the door. They were the announcers.

One of them climbed into the front row booth and spoke. "Welcome fight fans! My name is Koto and I'll be your announcer in the crowd!"

The other jumped into the ring. "Hi everybody! I'm Juri and I'll be your ringside announcer! The Tournament will officially begin momentarily but first we will hear a description of the rules from our host.... Kuwabara!"

Kuwabara walked through the doorway in his white trenchcoat and stepped into the ring. He began. "As you all know I will be competing in this Tournament. The winner will be declared Undisputed Shaman King. The first round will begin with 32 fighters and only half of them will advance. The losers however can stay on the island and hang around if they wish but they have to stay out of my way. As you all know, if you are out of the ring for 10 seconds or down for 10 seconds you lose. That is the only way to lose. The Shamans can lose all of their furyoku but they can still fight. They can use an unlimited amount of weapons but they can only use one guardian ghost. Also, they can feel free to kill their opponents. In fact, I would appreciate it if they did. Enough small talk, let's begin."

Juri spoke through the microphone. "You heard the man! Let's begin the roulette wheel. All Shaman Fights will be chosen at 100% random. The wheel will stop at our first combatants."

The gigantic stadium viewer showed two wheels with the fighters' faces on it plus arrow next to each wheel. The wheels began to spin and was spinning for about a full minute before it finally came to a complete stop.

Juri announced. "Okay our first match will be....... Trey Racer vs Mako Tsunami!"

To Be Continued.

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