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A/N: Once again, I thank everybody so much for reviewing and faving! :) So this is the…twenty first chapter, I believe? So the last time, we saw Rin, finishing the trial with pain and stuff. Yep! So this chapter, she'll be walking around to the fight but she won't participate in them. She'll be waiting for the last and final battle.

In this chapter, Rin will be getting to know more about the four demons: Chu, Rinku, Jin, and Touya. You know, because I really don't want to make her show up at the fight for specific reasons. Blech. Also, we learn more about Rin's school life. :p

Anyways, on with the story. R&R!

Chapter 21: Bonding with Demons

About 2 hours later...

I woke up from my slumber as my head ached. I scowled as I grabbed my head. It was throbbing a little. I dragged myself to the pool water and saw that I was now back into my normal form. Blonde hair, purple eyes, and all. The bruises on me healed a little, but the blue dragon mark thing stayed. I blinked as I stared at it. I had to hide it somehow incase someone was suspicious.

I looked around for my hoodie and grabbed it. I putted it on. Thank god the hoodie was long sleeved. It covered my hand perfectly.

I still had no idea what the hell this was supposed to be. Is it like...proof that I was a water demon? Or something else...well, nevermind that for now. I should hurry to the match...wait...THE MATCH!

I bolted up onto my feet as I ran towards the new stadium. Oh god, I probably missed a lot! What about Yusuke? Was he still safe?

I couldn't really sprint as fast as I normally could because I was still not used to having this weird feeling inside of me. I mean, I now have two energies. Yes, they are combined but because of that, I can feel part of my demonic energy too, which is like...cold.

I ran through the forest because it was a shortcut. To be honest, I didn't really know the direction I was supposed to be heading to but I could feel faint traces of Genkai's energy, so I followed that.

About ten minutes later, I was a few meters behind a forest clearing when suddenly three ugly demons were running and heading my way. I raised an eyebrow as I kicked the one they were carrying away and flipped around to kick the other two. All three of them fell to the ground with a thud as I blinked.

I turned around to look at the forest clearing to see Keiko holding Yusuke, and four other demon friends. They were Chu, Rinku, Jin, and Touya. I blinked.

"Rin? What are you doing here? Don't tell me you and Yusuke both ditched the match! And what happened to you? You're hurt all over like Yusuke!" exclaimed Keiko in surprise.

"I'm fine, Keiko. Been Worse. You should probably tend to Yusuke more. And we didn't ditch the match." I said as I walked towards them.

"Hey! What's up, lassie? What happen ta ya?" said Jin with a smile as he flew towards me.

"Uh...stupid training with...an old...hag?" I said as they all blinked. Then, Yusuke muttered something.

"Stupid old hag...I hate you...blech..." muttered Yusuke as the four demons laughed.

"Looks like your story is true." said Chu with a laugh.

"Yeah, hey lady! Let's fight some time!" said Rinku with a goofy smile as I smiled back.

"Sure." I said.

"Do you still remember me? I know we don't really know each other that much but..." started Touya but I raised a hand to stop him.

"Touya from Team Masho. Ice master. Shinobi. Friends with Jin, right?" I said as he nodded with a small smile.

"Um, I guess I owe all of you a big thanks." said Keiko.

"No problem, lady! You were just lucky that we happened to walk by, including the lady over there too!" said Rinku.

"Right...um...didn't Yusuke's team beat you guys? Why are you helping us?" asked Keiko.

"Nah love. Your boy did alright by me. And I don't forget." said Chu but suddenly he looked confused.

"What's up?" asked Rinku.

"Well he seems to have gotten a might stronger. I might have to actually try to beat him the next time." said Chu.

"You seemed to be trying hard enough the last time though." commented Rinku as he earned a punch in the head from Chu.

"Look at him passed out. He looks just like a Junior High kid." said Chu as he flicked Yusuke in the head a bit. Yusuke grumbled.

"Ow...Keiko...that hurts...stop treating me like a baby all the time...I'm not a kid...any...more..." mumbled Yusuke in his sleep.

"I see you've domesticated our mate nice and fine missy. We'll leave two alone to let you have your naughty." said Chu with a smile as Keiko blushed.

"What does everyone think that a boy and a girl can do when they're alone." yelled Keiko as all of us laughed.

"You know well enough, Keiko." I said with a smirk as she glared.

"Rin...don't make me rip your throats out." she said. I smiled.

"But you can't! Because you won't be able to anyways." I said as she sighed.

"...I need to take some martial art lessons." said Keiko as we laughed again.

"Don't worry, Keiko. To take care of Yusuke, all you need is a bold attitude, confidence, a great slap, and a big butt." I said with a thumbs up as she twitched.

"I swear to god I'll make Hiei cut your head off." said Keiko. I raised an eyebrow.

"And why do you think he'd obey your orders? From what I know, he never does anything that others tell him to." I said with a shrug.

"Oh I have my ways." said Keiko.

"Yeah? Mind elaborating?" I asked.

"...here." said Keiko as she handed me something. I blinked as I stared at the paper.

It was a photo. I looked at it and immediately blushed a little. It was a photo of when Hiei was carrying me up to my room. It was blurry because of his fast speed but you can still see the red eyes.

I have absolutely NO IDEA how she took a photo of that. Maybe she was out night-seeing. I crunched the photo up as I balled my fists with a glare.

"Keiko...don't you dare." I said with a dark voice. She smirked.

"Now we're even." she said as I scowled a little.

"Can I see the photo, lady? It might let me learn more about you." said Rinku as he made an attempt to grab the wrinkled paper from me. I pushed his head down.

"No." I said as I ripped the paper to shreds.

"Awwww! Must be some really good blackmail material." pouted Rinku as I rolled my eyes. I gathered the pieces and shoved it into my hoodie.

"Keiko...I know you have a few copies left. But you forgot one thing." I said. She raised an eyebrow.

"And what might that be?" she asked. I smirked.

"That both Hiei and I can still cut your head off before you can even blink." I said as she gulped.

"...that wasn't in my calculations." she said as I smiled.

"Yep!" I said. And that was pretty much the day where I found out how Keiko could handle Yusuke so well. That's because she had confidence and a great brain.

"Uh, lassies? Aren't you forgetting someone?" asked Chu.

"Yeah! Let us in on the conversation!" yelled Jin.

"Yes. Do so." said Touya who was clearly interested.

"Yeah!" said Rinku. I sighed. I guess I was going to have to ditch the whole fight.

"Sure...what do you want to know?" I asked.

"Why is there demon energy inside of you?" asked Touya.

"...wait, you could tell?" I asked. He nodded.

"WHAT? THERE'S DEMON ENERGY INSIDE OF YOU?!" yelled Keiko in surprise. I rolled my eyes.

"Yeah. To make things short, let's just say that Genkai or whom you know as the masked fighter found out that I was actually a half-demon half-human and unlocked that stupid energy inside of me. Yes, it teared me apart. But I overcame it. So, yeah. Now I'm still alive and kicking." I said with a shrug. I actually lied a bit about the part where she knew I was a half-demon because even though she did kind of know, she wasn't the first.

"Woah, now that's a cool story." said Jin as he wiggled his ears.

"Then is Urameshi a demon too?" asked Rinku. I shook my head.

"No, he inherited Genkai's powers. So, we both were pretty much writhing on the ground in pain like a dead worm for about 2 hours." I said with a shrug.

"But how could you endure it? I mean...look at you guys. You guys are both so worn out!" said Keiko.

"Well? No pain, no gain." I said with a shrug.

"Another question!" asked Chu.

"Is this twenty one questions? Because if it is, I get to ask too." I asked.

"Nope." they all replied as I pouted. They laughed.

"So let me ask ya something, sheila." said Chu. I sighed as all of plopped down onto the grass.

"Sure...go ahead." I said.

"Okay! I'm kind of curious but, do you like someone?" asked Chu as I froze.

"...what did you just say?" I asked for confirmation.

"I said if you liked someone, sheila." said Chu.

Where the hell did that come from? Of course the answer was no. I didn't like anybody and seriously do not plan to soon. Besides, I'm not the kind of person who would go around walking outside to go get boyfriend.

"Not that I know of." I said.

"Oh. So I can take you." said Chu with a perverted smile as I punched him in the stomach. Not too hard though because it was kind of a joke.

"Flirty." I commented as the others howled in laughter.

"Oh my god!" yelled Rinku.

"AHAHAHAH! Not many people actually say that in the drunkard's face ya know." said Jin as Touya silently nodded.

"Yeah. Because I can kick butt." I said with a thumbs up as they laughed harder.

"Ahahahaha! You're an interesting fellow, you know that, darling?" said Chu who was now up and going.

"Yeah, I get that a lot. Ever since World War III, that is." I said with a shrug as Keiko frowned.

"But there isn't a World War III yet." she said. I shook my head.

"No, not that war with guns and stuff. I'm talking about THAT food fight, Keiko. You were there." I said as I pointed a finger at her. She blinked. Then started laughing.

"OH! I remember now...AHAHAHAHA! That was so hilarious. I mean, I still remember the principal's face when his pants fell off!" yelled Keiko as I blushed a little.

"I DIDN'T MEAN TO DO THAT!" I yelled as the demons around us blinked in curiousity.

"May we ask what happened?" asked Touya.

"YEAH! Share with us, Sheila." said Chu.

"Uh...okay...so this is basically what happened. I'm going to tell you a story so listen well. DON'T LAUGH. I'll call the story...Because of a Banana Peel." I started.

World War III of Sarayashiki Junior High School (Because of a Banana Peel)

"Hey Rin, what are you eating for lunch today?" asked Maya, a random student from my school. We weren't friends at all but she somehow founded me that day.

"I don't know. What's up with you, talking to me like that?" I asked. She shrugged.

"Simply bored." she answered. I rolled my eyes.

"Right. I guess I'll just go find a banana in the cafeteria fruit station." I said as we both walked into the cafeteria. As usual, it was busy to the brim with students and teachers, eating like a hungry pack of wolves. I walked up to the fruit station and grabbed a banana and peeled it.

"...where the heck is the trash can?" I mumbled as I searched for a trashcan.

Unluckily, I couldn't find one. I looked around to see that nobody was watching.I slid the peel underneath a chair. It was a great hiding place...or so I thought. I walked off to find an empty seat as I ate my banana. Maya came around later and sat next to me with a paper bag full with bread.

"Hey, you know about Yusuke Urameshi?" asked Maya. I nodded.

"Yeah. The punk ass?" I asked. She nodded.

"Like you." she said bluntly as I twitched. I sighed.

"...right." I said. All was quiet as we ate in silence.

I just finished my banana when suddenly, the principal walked in. All the students saw him and immediately stood up and greeted him with a bow. He just waved us off with a smile saying 'it's okay' and went to find a seat. He chose to have a seat with the other teachers. Coincidentally...he chose the seat that I put the banana peel underneath.

He pulled the chair back to sit down. That was when mayhem occurred.

He stepped on the banana peel and fell backwards with a yelp as his leg kicked the table in front of him and tipped it over. The teachers screamed as they jumped out of the way. Some were unharmed and clean while others...well...had vegetable and soup spilled all over them. At that moment, the cleaning lady just happened to walk by holding a plate of dishes and a mop.

She slipped on the soup that spilled and fell down with a screech as the plates broke to hundreds of pieces. Her mop flew all the way towards Maya who was sitting in front of me. Maya screamed 'wtf' and jumped up, throwing her bag of bread in the air. It landed on my head as I yelped as threw it off towards someone else's head. That someone else just happened to be one of the teachers that were luckily clean.

The bag fell right on top of her head while she panicked and walked around aimlessly, tripped on the same banana peel, falling backwards, knocking another table down. You get the idea.

In the end, the whole cafeteria was a whole mess. Food was flying everywhere, students were screaming, and I was yelling like a banshee, running around like a maniac, trying to stop the pandemonium but to no avail. I only made it worse when I accidentally bumped into a student who fell forward with her hands stretched out. The principal was standing in front of him. The student fell down and accidentally grabbed the principal's pants and pulled it down in the process as I fell down on top of the student.

Everyone stopped to stare at the principal who was now standing, wet with only a pair of boxers. He fumed and was VERY VERY angry.

"I DEMAND TO KNOW WHO STARTED THIS!" yelled the principal. All students pointed to me because I was the one who bumped the student down. I gulped. He turned to me and yelled.

"YOU ARE SUSPENDED FOR A MONTH!"

End of Story-telling

By the time I was done yelling them my story, every single one of them were howling with laughter. Well, except Touya who was kind enough to hide it. I blushed madly.

"W-w-w-what?! I said DON'T LAUGH!" I yelled as they all laughed even HARDER.

"HAHAHAHAHAHA! OH GOD! I KNEW YOU WERE A CRAZY ONE BUT LOOK AT THAT, THAT'S BEYOND INSANITY!" laughed Jin as he rolled over on the grass.

"YOU'RE HILARIOUS AND STUPID, LADY!" yelled Rinku.

"BWAHAHAHAHHA! I TOLD YOU SHE WAS INTERESTING." howled Chu as I fumed.

"Oh shut up!" I yelled as Touya silently shook in laughter.

"You're actually more clumsy than I thought you'd ever be." stated Touya with a smile as I pouted.

"I'm not...clumsy...at least I think so." I muttered as the others laughed even more. I smiled. Guess I've got myself more demon friends, other than my teammates of course. I blinked. Wait, team? Oh shoot. I FORGOT ABOUT THE MATCH AGAIN!

"Uh, guys? I hate to break the fun but I think I should get going now." I said with a smile as they frowned.

"Already?" pouted Rinku.

"Yeah, sorry but I've got a team to go look out for." I said with a smile as they all nodded in understanding.

"HEY! You better beat that Toguro team!" yelled Chu as he drank a gulp of booze.

"YEAH! Urameshi and Rin, eh the best team ever in the whole of demon world. AHAHAHAH!" laughed Jin. I nodded.

"Sure. See you guys some time!" I said with a wave as I disappeared into the endless forest of trees.

I had no idea how far the match has gone. I'm assuming that the round is about to reach it's end. So...I'm guessing...I'll show up right at the last match of the semi-finals? Oh god. I missed A LOT. I hope none of them are mad...I mean...Kuwabara can be quite angry about me and Yusuke ditching the whole thing. I sprinted towards the stadium. Just as I was about to reach it, another figure popped out of the bushes. It was an orange-head and human-looking too. I blinked. Wait, ORANGE?

"KUWABARA?!" I yelled as the orange figure stopped and turned my way. He gaped.

"RIN?!" yelled Kuwabara as he pointed at me. I nodded and jumped over to him.

"Hey, did you ditch the match too?" I asked as he twitched.

"No...BUT YOU DID!" he yelled. I grinned sheepishly.

"Sorry! I had my reasons. And Yusuke does too. He probably won't show up today." I said as he sighed.

"So, if you didn't ditch the match, why are you here?" I asked as he froze as started to sweat uncontrollably. I raised an eyebrow. Nervous?

"UH...well...you know...I...was in the match...and...well." stammered Kuwabara. I came up with an answer for him.

"You lost and got blown off into another dimension?" I stated sarcastically. He put on his serious face and nodded.

"Yeah." said Kuwabara all serious and stuff.

"I was actually sarcastic."

"I know. But it's the truth."

"...that's kind of lame."

"SHUT UP AND LET'S GO!"

I shrugged and trailed after him. I mean...two heads better than one, right? Wait, that's really irrelevant to the story. Nevermind. Besides, if it's two heads is better than one, having Kuwabara's head would be a HUGE miss.

At the Semi-finals...

"Let's see who I'll have the pleasure of humiliating next? I've got a faint feeling in my old shaped knees that it's going to be you. Now I know all the secrets of the Iden Box and I can change you into any form I please. So, sorry, but you're going to have to fight me in your human form." said Anjee as he pointed to Kurama.

"Presumptive, considering you haven't yet rolled." said Kurama. Anjee just smiled that creepy grin of his and rolled the dice. All eyes were on the pair of dice. It landed on...The Masked Fighter. Genkai looked at the dice and leaped up onto the arena.

"Hehehe...so it's the unmasked fighter, coming to meet her doom. Isn't this a riot? The battle of the elderly..." said Anjee.

"Why don't you drop the tiring act and lose the disguise. You won't be fooling anyone else with that crappy mask." said Genkai.

"Disguise?" said Kurama, surprised a little. Hiei's mouth made an 'o' shape.

"I don't know who you are but you're no old man. And incase you haven't noticed, I'm not the kind of person who'd underestimate you because of your false age." said Genkai.

"You've got a pretty sharp eye there for such an ugly, old, and passed expire date lady. You're the first to noticed. I even masked my own energy. Disguises are one of my favorite hobbies. To be brutally honest, there are a few things I find more repulsive than old people and wrinkles. That's why I chose this get-up. Wearing something that I hate will only increase my rage." said Anjee as he ripped a piece of his mask, exposing his real face underneath...or so we thought.

Suddenly, a pink cloud surrounded his body, hiding whatever was inside it. All demons were waiting to see his true form. When the clouds dispersed, the demons were shocked. There, in the center, was a clown in his circus suit and make-up. Botan and the other girls gaped as Kurama and Hiei were surprised...VERY surprised at the get-up. Genkai was bored.

"Yes, free at last! A few more minutes under that mask and I might have gotten real wrinkles. You see, I plan to die before showing any signs of ageing. This is my fate. It's the price we artists have to pay. My image is my greatest masterpiece and so I live on as a legend. I must rely on all of you who witness my art to recount it throughout the generations and keep me alive. So never forget, ladies and gentlemen, for what you are about to see from me, the master of a thousand faces and a thousand tricks, the beautiful Suzuka." announced Suzuka out loud with a laugh.

"Of course I'd hate to ruin your piece of art, Suzuka, but I have no hold up with you. You're a piece of trash." snapped Genkai as her words stung real hard.

"You must never refer to my name without laying beautiful in front of it or you won't live to repaint your mistake. Beautiful is the word made just for me and we two shall never part." yelled Suzuka.

"Fruitcake." commented Genkai.

"This idiot makes Kuwabara seem smart." said Hiei bluntly as Kurama sweatdropped.

"I admit, I'm embarrassed, listening to him." added Kurama.

"Yeah...I mean, what kind of costume is that?" said a girl's voice. Kurama and Hiei blinked once before turning around. They saw...Rin, waving at them.

"How's it going?"

Rin's POV

...I was correct when I said having Kuwabara's head was a huge miss. He actually got himself lost in the stadium. I eventually had to facepalm at that. So what did I do? I left him. I know it was kind of mean (very mean) but I had to get going and see my team. Kuwabara will get his way here soon enough.

I walked into the stadium doors and showed myself to the world. I expected to see a good fight going on. Guess what I saw?

A CLOWN. Yes, a clown, standing on the battle rings. Hell, I never saw THAT coming.

I mean, a clown, fighting for bloodshed? Is this suppose to be some kind of horror book or something? The only time where I see clowns, fighting for blood is in those scary and stupid movies where clowns turn to zombies. I don't know who thought that up but that's not important. The important this is that There. Is. A. Clown.

All I know is that it's a bad choice of costume. I'm sure.

The clown then started to blab about his beauty, and that he was a masterpiece. Yeah, a masterpiece of TRASH. Genkai said that thought out loud for me.

Then, he started to say that the word beautiful and his name would never part. I actually gagged at that. He makes Kuwabara look smarter. Again, Hiei voiced that thought out for me. Sometimes, I wonder if I'm that predictable?

I chose this moment to sneak up to them. At least I think they haven't noticed me yet. I'm lucky. I chose the perfect moment to come in, which is when everyone's attention is on a make-up freak.

I heard Kurama and Hiei having a conversation. I decided to butt in to introduce myself.

"Yeah...I mean, what kind of costume is that?" I said as they both turned towards me. I waved.

"How's it going?" I asked. Kurama smiled.

"We haven't lost a single match...other than what Kuwabara has." said Kurama.

"Hn...and the girl arrives." said Hiei with a roll of his eyes. I frowned.

"Oh shut up, Hiei. You had no idea what Yusuke and I've been through." I said. Hiei grunted, obviously uninterested.

"And what may I ask have you been through?" asked Hiei.

"Hell." I deadpanned. Kurama and Hiei both raised an eyebrow.

"...what?" said Hiei.

"I believe that was sarcasm, Hiei." pointed out Kurama.

"I already know that, fox. I was merely asking what kind of hell." said Hiei, annoyed at Kurama for fixing his mistake.

"...Well, how about endless pain for about 4 hours straight?" I said.

"Hn...it's probably nothing..." said Hiei. I ignored him and focused on the match. Or at least attempted to.

"...May I ask something, Rin?" asked Kurama. I looked at him.

"Sure." I said. He stared at me, hesitantly before asking.

"...why does your energy reek of a demon's?" asked Kurama. My eyes widened a little before my body tensed. Oh god...what am I going to tell him? I mean, I can hardly hide anything from an idiot like Yusuke, so there's no way I can hide it from Kurama. Should I lie? Hiei glanced at me from the corner of his eyes.

"There's no point in lying to the fox, women. It won't work." echoed Hiei's voice in my head.

"And how do you know that?" I asked.

"...experience." he said back. I sighed out loud.

"Look Kurama, I'll tell you EVERYTHING. That is, after the round is over, okay? It'll be a long story." I said. He hesitated before stiffly nodding. I then turned my attention back to the match. I sighed. My life, is so screwed up.

Genkai...you have to win this match. You have to. So that I can create a better life. So that I can get rid of him for good. So that I can break out of my own past. So that I can live on with my friends.

I trust you, Genkai. Kick the idiot's ass.

The end of chapter! :D:D:D:D:D:D

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