Chapter 25: Good Friends Look out for you, Best friends Fight you to the Death!

Shea's P.O.V

Yuki stood by my side ready to fight alongside me for the first time in 16 years. I had Yuki taken from me by my father after he found out Kurama or Yoko; whatever the hell you want to call him had marked me, mainly so I couldn't go anywhere.

"So Shea, ready to fight?" Azami asked. I nodded.

"And win too!" I said confidently.

"I'm sure of that" She said sarcastically. Koto took a few minutes to announce the final fight.

"Azami versus Shea, begin!" She yelled before running off the stage. We stood there for a few minutes, waiting to determine who would make the first move. Azami drew her dual swords I finally had enough of this stare down.

"Yuki, Tiger illusion let's go!" I shouted. Yuki squeaked and grew to the size of a tiger, keeping his fox form, his squeaks turning to a roar. I jumped on Yuki's back. Yuki gave a roar as I dug my heels into his side. He took off in a run. Azami jumped up. Her two swords clashed together, sending an earpiricing screech into the air. Yuki yelped and we flew off stage. Koto started the ten count, but we managed to get back in on time.

"Just as I thought you need your fox because you're fighting handicapped!" Azami yelled to me.

"So what Azami? I can still fight" I said boldly.

"Hmm... ok Shea your choice" Azami teased. She ran at me and jumped up, sending more piercing sounds from her sword. While Yuki and I were dazed, she slashed my front with her sword, sending me off Yuki and to the ground. I heard three of my team members shout my name. I got back up holding onto my bloody stomach. As Azami came back at me, I flicked my blood into her face like I had the first time we fought.

"Not again!" Azami yelled as she held her eye.

"Ah, you know what they say, can't teach an old dog new tricks" I reminded her.

"You can't be that old" Azami retorted.

"Then again, who fell for the same trick twice?" I asked teasingly. Lucky her, I couldn't make a move, I felt very weak.

"Take this Shea!" Azami yelled, striking her sword to the floor and sent out a shockwave that knocked me back into the air. I spread my wings to catch myself.

"Lucky you can fly Shea!" Azami yelled to me. I could see Yuki slowly getting up behind her.

"Yuki, sound illusion!" I shouted. Yuki growled and took to the air, sending a large shockwave of sound at Azami. Azami covered her ears. I flew down and beat her with my wings best I could. I felt myself losing blood fast. Looking down, I realized Azami had gotten her sword into my side. It really hurt, and I didn't want to go into shock and prove how irresponsible I was to the others, so I shoved her away, but the feeling of her sword dislodging from my side drew a scream of pain from me.

"We have a lot of bloodshed here from both fighters, it's amazing people!" Koto shouted. I let out a gasp or two trying to get up. She had pierced my kidney, and it was painful as hell, it wouldn't kill me, it just seriously hurt.

"Jade bell!" I heard Azami yell, the jade object forming on her tail once again. It sent out those shards that had knocked me out the first time. They all pierced my wings at once. I only smiled.

"What are you so happy about Shea?" Azami asked."Yuki, fire illusion!" I yelled to my partner. Yuki roared and a fiery sword appeared in my hand. I pierced Azami's chest with it, stopping inches from her heart. Azami fell to the floor. I got up aided by Yuki.

"1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9…" Koto counted to ten. I won, but only by an inch. I looked down at Azami.

"Yuki heal illusion" I said while the crowd jeered at yet another one of our victories. Yuki glowed blue. This would trick her mind and body, so she would get up in a few hours. One of her team members carried her off stage.

"Shea, idiotic move, but you did it." Yusuke said as my team members came up on stage.

"But how did you confuse Kurama?" Kuwabara asked. I shrugged and looked at Kurama.

"I guess you could call it his moment of weakness." Kurama helped me on to Yuki and we headed down the stairs to exit the arena, with another win under our belt.