Chapter 25: A little spat
Well, that's a little unexpected, huh? After those words, Hiei and Kuwabara both marched out of the hotel with their heads held high. Boy, there was enough ego in this place to fill up a Hollywood party! I walked next to Kurama as we both followed the egotistical boys in question. We didn't want to get any of the hot air on us.
"Traitor! Oh you no good, dirty rotten traitor!" I growled as I glared up as him with my arms tightly crossed as we walked together after our boys. Kurama shrugged his shoulders with a causal smile.
"What? You said they didn't have enough time for this but they did. I felt I had to point out that little misconception." Kurama said softly as we followed the two children who were about the have a temper tantrum. I sighed. Why did boys have to be so dumb about these things? Couldn't they just talk about these things like sensible human and Demons beings? I swear, when we get home, I'm making Hiei read Sense and Sensibility! Finally, the two of them stopped about ten minutes away from our hotel. The Traitor and me stopped as well and Kuwabara glanced back at us with a self-satisfied grin.
"Okay! Now, you two stay back a ways since I don't want you to get hurt by my incredible power!" Kuwabara cried and stripped off his shirt as Hiei did the same; lord forbid they fought with their shirts ON! Guess I shouldn't complain, though: At least I got a great view of Hiei. I groaned aloud and shook my head, clearing my throat to make an announcement.
"Okay, boys! If you want to do this INCREDIBLY STUPID act, then I'm setting up rules for this! Number one: No killing each other! Number two…well no, number one should suffice. If you two MEN think you have to do something completely brainless to settle your differences, then be my guest! Be men! Be egoistical, arrogant, thrill seeking and plain dumb! Let the idiocy commence!" I said in a purely sarcastic and disgusted voice as I moved to lean casually against a tree. Kurama stood next to me as the two fighters stared each other down. I knew it'd be one of them western staring contests for a minute before they started punching each other's brains out. I shook my head mournfully.
"Why are they doing this? My boyfriend and one of my best friends are about to kill themselves when they don't have to! They can get killed in just a few hours if only they'd wait!" I muttered darkly under my breath, knowing Kurama'd hear; he just shrugged and watched the battle quietly. He, for some strange, foxy reason, wasn't completely exasperated by their display of total disregard of the brains God had gifted them. I knew there was a reason for that and I knew I'd find out later. For now, BATTLE! After a minute of staring each other down, they began. Kuwabara yelled as he released some of his power and Hiei's muscles nearly visible expanded as he summoned up his power. Hiei reached up and pulled off the wrapping of his Jaggan; it flew off into the wind and sailed towards me. I lazily reached out a hand and snatched it from the wind and held it against my face with a sudden smile. Kuwabara's hand glowed as his Sprit Sword appeared with flourish. Hiei laughed out loud as Kuwabara ran headlong towards him. Hiei moved the to the side at the speed of light as soon as Kuwabara got closer to him; as Kuwabara rushed past him, Hiei lifted his leg and gave a rather poetic blow to the back of Kuwy's neck. I winced in sympathy as Kuwabara went down HARD but leapt up again, definitely not down for the count. Kuwy tried attacking Hiei again. Hiei moved to his right again as Kuwabara lunged at him but obviously Kuwabara was smarter then we thought. Kuwabara knew Hiei'd be there so he turned sharply to the right and slammed his fist into Hiei's face. I nearly shrieked in feminine, protective outrage but bit my lip sharply to prevent it. Kuwabara's grinning face was enough to send Hiei into a feral rage; beautiful to watch but not fun to be on the receiving end of. Hiei unsheathed his sword and leaped at Kuwabara. Kuwabara's sword was out and so started an all out swordfight. Kuwabara had certainly improved quite a bit since the Four Saint Beasts and his speed had most certainly improved since him AND Hiei were barely even visible. Normally only Hiei was invisible but now even Kuwabara seemed to fade out a little bit. They both leaped up as one into the air and started attacking each other without stopping. After about five minutes of not knowing what the heck was going on and who the heck was winning, they both leaped down to the ground with a thump. Now they were both breathing heavy and to my surprise and annoyance had multiple cuts and bruises already on their bare chest. They held their swords at the ready and I knew that meant they were about the strike again. But since they were breathing heavy, it took them a minute to catch their breath as they glared heatedly at each other. After a second, they raised their swords and started running at each other. When they were closer, they leaped into the air…again. They were fast and their swords flashed menacingly before I saw them falling from the sky. Yes, FALLING! Not leaping down but they fell outta the sky and landed painfully on the ground. In a second, I leaped forward and was about to rush to Hiei's side and call an end to this idiotic battle when Kurama suddenly moved. He grabbed my arm and held me back; I turned my head to glare up at Kurama.
"Umm…Kurama? Hiei? Laying on the ground? Bleeding? Does it sound, or maybe, look familiar?" I asked sarcastically as I struggled slightly to get free; but Kurama still held me back as the boys got up.
"No. Let them continue for a just a moment longer." Kurama said as he gazed up at the two. They both had stood up but now they had, each, at least one huge gash on their chest, bleeding. And both were glaring at each other.
"Had enough…short stuff? Or ya…want more?" Kuwabara asked, panting as he tried to suck in more oxygen. Hiei took a deep, steadying breath as his grip visibly tightened on his sword.
"Enough? No…you're still breathing!" Hiei shouted as he held up his sword; Kuwabara grinned and held up his own. They were wearing grim smiles and started running at each other again, albeit this time they were much, much slower. I knew what was coming; they were going to leap in the air again. Only this time…they might actually hurt each other…seriously. I let loose a squeak and turned to Kurama, my captor.
"Um…Kurama? Yoo-hoo? They're about to hurt each other and I wanted to know if I had your permission to stop them now? Or would you rather them kill each other?" I asked sarcastically, figuring if he let go I could stop them now. Kurama looked down, as if just realizing I was there, and nodded. He released me and I was off and running in a flash. As soon as I was near enough, I slowed down, strolled into the center of where they were running, and held up both my hands.
"STOP!" I screeched at the top of my lungs, probably breaking the glass windows of the hotel and frightening away the birds at the same time. I also managed to make both brain dead boys stop short, both breathing heavily. Kuwabara's sword disappeared and Hiei lowered his own.
"Okay! Now that was really nice, wasn't it nice Kurama?" I said as I clapped my hands, being completely sarcastic. Kurama merely smiled as I grinned at the two boys.
"Yes, it WAS nice, wasn't it? But unfortunately the REAL DEAL is coming up and we should save all that anger, ego, energy and stupidity for the fight that we having coming up in just a few hours!" I said firmly, reminding them of a fact they should be very aware of. Kuwabara and Hiei, for some reason, didn't look like they were going to protest. I smiled in relief. That was one fight down and only the rest of the entire tournament to go!