Chapter 10

A/N: This story is now officially in the double digits! Whoo! The reviews seem to have died off though. I will see this story through to the end! Hopefully, depends on if my muse disappears again. *sweat drops* Feel free to review!


Out of all the people that entered this tournament all that's left are two delinquents, a ninja and a monk. The ninja has the same type of spirit energy technique as that kid in the green and has had time to rest. If that punk wants to win this he'll either have to be a skilled strategist or crazy lucky. He doesn't look that intelligent so he'd have to be a very lucky bastard.


"Now we're going into the next round. The first match will be between Urameshi and Fuwan!" Genkai announces, both girls began to protest. "That isn't fair, that bald guy had a chance to rest!" Miranda exclaims, Genkai narrowed her eyes. "Do you girls want me to double your current training?" She asks, both teens looked terrified. Flashbacks of being forced to climb the side of a mountain with their bare hands and weights hanging off of them flashed in their minds. And she was planning to double that?! "N-no ma'am!" They both squeaked in unison.

The area that they went to was a swamp with various ponds littered around the place. After being in the dark dojo it was nice to be in the light again, even the air seemed refreshing! "So what kind of training does she put you through anyways?" Kuwabara asks, Annabel looked at him solemnly. "Just hope that you never have to find out. If the training wasn't after going to work we wouldn't be able to function for the rest of the day." She states, remembering how she and Miranda had been so exhausted that they fell asleep face first into their dinner. They both woke up feeling like they dipped their faces in lava and screamed at such a high decibel she swore only dogs could hear them! Kuwabara just looked at the girls in confusion as they shivered.

Yusuke was out matched, the ninja Fuwan obviously had more training when it came to spirit energy and was from a profession that involved killing people. At least when Yusuke defeated his earlier opponent it was due to his own resourcefulness but the way Fuwan went down was embarrassing. The ninja threw homing shuriken and Yusuke looked like he was going to kamikaze into the man to catch him in the explosion. One minute Yusuke was in front of Fuwan, the next he was gone. Fuwan let out a brief curse before his own weapons exploded on him. Kuwabara and Miranda were trying to find out where the teen was while Annabel was rolling on the ground in laughter. "Oh my god, he's got to be the luckiest kid that's ever lived!" She laughed as Yusuke's extended arm in the bog made the teens next to her scream.

Since Fuwan hadn't been Rando that meant the short monk was the demon in disguise. And Kuwabara was going to be the demon's next opponent. The thought of the delinquent that had no experience with demons fighting one that killed off 99 masters of their respective fighting techniques was terrifying. "That short kid is bad news." Annabel states, Kuwabara blinked. He could've sworn that her eyes changed another color for a brief moment. "Don't worry, I can take that squirt no problem!" Kuwabara says with a confident grin. Annabel looked like she wanted to smack some sense into the teen but kept her fists at her sides. Sometimes lessons had to be learned the hard way but Annabel still had a bad feeling about this fight.

At first it seemed like Kuwabara was kicking his opponent around like a soccer ball and that he might actually stand a chance. Then Shorin began to gather his energy and created fire balls, throwing them at Kuwabara. Kuwabara was able to counter the technique by using his spirit sword as a make shift baseball bat to hit them back at the monk. When the fireballs didn't work the monk began chanting, only Kuwabara was able to hear the quiet words. As Kuwabara charged at the monk his body began to shrink until the monk was a giant compared to the now toy sized Kuwabara. It didn't matter whatever Kuwabara did in this fight, his attacks would probably just be an annoyance. Shorin had picked up the teen and squeezed his body, making the delinquent scream in pain. As Shorin began breaking Kuwabara's bones like a sadistic child with a doll Annabel was literally seeing red. Yusuke had charged at the demon in disguise while Annabel silently stewed in her own anger. She wasn't one for violence or conflicts but she had the urge to tear the monk's head off. Botan noted the dark energy before Genkai snapped the girl out of it with a blow to the head. "You two are only here to observe." The old woman snapped.

Annabel grumbled under her breath, still furious, as Yusuke brought Kuwabara over to receive medical attention. When his body returned to it's original state the boy's breathing was shallow and his body pale. The sockets on both his arms were shattered and his left leg and the left side of his hip bone were broken. "T-That kid is a monster!" Miranda cried as Genkai and Botan treated the boy. Annabel shook her head, looking emotionally torn. "I tried warning you idiot. If your sixth sense is anything like mine you should've know better!" Annabel says bitterly. "If Yusuke doesn't defeat this guy I'll kick his ass myself." She growls.