ACHM 14

By Sailor Aries

Xeria Metallium is the creation of Kelly/Arcanum (RobinIV)

DISCLAIMER: We own nothing! Although I would not mind owning YYH because Hiei just rules!

AUTHOR'S NOTE: THANK YOU YUKI!!!!!!!!! Thanks so much for reviewing this story! It was getting lonely with no reviews. If you like Xeria, you should check out "Spawns of the Trickster." That is her origin story. As far as your requests go, duly noted & look forward to Xelloss in an upcoming match.

It was a beautiful day in the middle of nowhere. That is, until it began to rain. Unfortunately, Xeria and Babbit really didn't have anywhere to go to get out of the rain, so they hid under the announcers table.

"Our scripts are getting wet." Xeria commented, taking a deep breath. She was rather enjoying this, what with Babbit being cold, wet and miserable, not to mention cramped from hiding under the announcers table.

"Big fat hairy deal" Babbit grumbled, pulling her cloak close around her. She would not have minded the wet so much if it had not been windy too. It is not very much fun to be wet when there is a strong, cold wind as well.

"You know, I think I saw a concession stand in the stadium." Xeria commented. "It's a rather new addition. Did you notice that our little arena has expanded a lot since the first match?"

"Yeah, so where is this supposedly existent concession stand?" Babbit asked, not willing to trust Xeria at her word. She knew that the Mazoku enjoyed pain and suffering of others, and since Babbit was the only "other" here, it would be her that Xeria wanted to hurt.

It was the law of Balance and Effect: when one of them was happy, the other would be miserable, no matter what. This was unless, of course, Rezo and Marcus were involved, but that was another story.

Babbit was rather surprised when Xeria led her to a concession stand; she had thought Xeria had been merely teasing her. Once they were out of the rain, they settled down with cups of hot chocolate to wait for the storm to go away.

"So why did you tell me about this place?" Babbit asked. "I know it wasn't out of the kindness of your heart, because you don't have a heart."

"Thank you. I try." Xeria smiled. "Actually, it was because I thought you'd get sick and die. You humans are so frail."

"Well maybe if I was a human..." Babbit muttered under her breath, still distrusting of Xeria's motives. One would think that Xeria would want Babbit to be out-and-out miserable all the time, but the subtle answer here was the fact that Babbit's paranoia was in fact more pleasing to Xeria than her misery.

Eventually, though, the rain stopped and they ventured back to the announcer's table.

"Our scripts are ruined!" Babbit complained, picking up one of the soaking wet wads of paper.

"So is our sound system." Xeria commented, noticing the sizzling microphone.

"AREIS-SAN, YOU HAVE SOME EXPLAINING TO DO!" Babbit yelled toward the sky.

"No I don't." Aries' voice answered. "I didn't make it rain."

"But you are the one writing the script..." Arcanum commented.

"Well yeah, but I also provided a concession stand for them to hide in and it could be useful for future meals and munchies." Aries reasoned out, circuitously admitting that it was indeed her fault.

"We need new paperwork, since the rain ruined it all." Xeria commented.

"Oh, of course" Aries answered, and there was a warm glow of light from the announcer's table, which repaired all of the damaged paperwork. Xeria and Babbit picked up their scripts.

"... Didn't we just have a Yu Yu Hakusho guy in here?" Babbit asked.

"What an interesting choice." Xeria commented. "And it's not the least bit obvious who's going to win either." She added sarcastically.

At that, the stadium was filled with creatures. Two males stepped in to the arena, each sparkling with roses as they entered. Xeria picked up an interview card and teleported in to the arena. Babbit, however, was nowhere near the arena. She was flying toward the spectators, obviously intent on hurting someone.

"LITTLE TWERP!" She exclaimed, descending upon Hiei. "I will avenge my father's honor!" With that, she grabbed a handful of his hair and started pulling on it.

Hiei was not quite sure how to react to this development. None of his usual responses seemed to fit here.

"Baka Onna." He muttered under his breath, deciding to ignore her. Xeria appeared beside Babbit, who continued to pull on Hiei's hair.

"I didn't know you were so spiteful, Babbit-san." Xeria commented cheerfully.

"SHUT UP, MAZOKU!" Babbit shrieked, and then seemed to realize something. She let go of Hiei's hair and returned to the arena with an interview card.

"So, Tuxedo Mask, you're a human?" She asked.

"That's right. I will defend the Earth with my life." He declared, creating a very sparkly effect.

"Pretty boys..." She muttered, flying back to the announcers table.

"Kurama, it says here that you're a Fox demon. Do you think you'll be able to defeat this pathetic human?" Xeria asked.

"I would not be able to live with myself if I could not." He replied, also sparkling beautifully. Xeria also seemed taken aback by the sudden display of beauty and teleported herself back top the announcers table.

"Clash of the pretty boys: Kurama vs. Tuxedo Mask, fight!" Xeria announced, ringing the bell.

"GO DARRIEN!" Sailor Moon shrieked from the stands.

"Serena, shut up!" Sailor Mars hissed, pinching her leader.

"Don't worry, Sailor Moon, I will not—OOOF!" Tuxedo had been talking, but Kurama interrupted him by kicking him in the stomach.

"It is not wise to turn your eyes from your opponent." Kurama said calmly, reaching back in to his hair.

"Good advice." Tuxedo answered with a smile, reaching in to his cape.

Both pulled out roses at the exact same moment.

"I see that you are partial to using roses as weapons as well." Kurama observed.

"Yes, but that is not all that I can do. TUXEDO THE SMOKING BOMBER!" Tuxedo Mask made a big gesture with his hands, and the arena was filled with smoke. Babbit and Xeria were unable to see what exactly happened, but when the smoke cleared, Kurama was surrounded by roses, which had missed their target. One was imbedded in his hand, which he had used to protect his face.

"Very interesting," Kurama said calmly, pulling the rose out of his hand. "Shall I show you what I am capable of?"

Tuxedo Mask was horrified when the rose he hand been holding sprouted out angry against him. He struggled not to be defeated by his own rose, but as it grew meaner and uglier, Tuxedo found himself knocked out of the ring, entangled in a nasty thorn bush.

"Winner: Kurama!" Babbit declared, ringing the bell again.

"But don't you think it was too predictable?" Xeria mused. The contestants were teleported away, and Xeria and Babbit sat down to play video games while waiting for the next match.

However, as they soon discovered, it had been raining on their game system too.

"ARIES, YOU OWE US A NEW NINTENDO!" Babbit's cries were largely ignored, at least for the time being.

The end