"Wow."I said looking at Ammara as she came out of the bathroom. She had changed her outfit for the Dark Tournament and man was Kurama going to drool. Her hair, which had grown out again, was half up and half down, her shirt was white with blue lining and when it reached her shorts parted and hid her legs from the back. Her shirt was sleeveless and strapless, her shorts were blue jeans. She had three gold bracelets on each wrist and wore light blue sneakers.
Ammara smiled shyly and said,"Thanks Ann, I like yours too, you look like your about to kick someones ass."I laughed, not just because it was true, because she looked way to innocent to be saying that. My outfit had changed as well, my "teacher" had given me an outfit that he thought would fit me, and the fact that he wanted me to be sorta a little him. I had a black muscle t-shirt with white swirls that kinda made it look like smoke, a black jacket with a hood that stopped just above my stomach and was zipped up. I had used my sword and cut it so the sleeves ended just above me elbow. Black, like midnight black, pants that were baggy, a black studded belt, and black combat boots. To top it off I had a black cap that was white in the front and black finger less gloves. My hair was put through the hole in the back of the cap in a ponytail.
I giggled and we walked out the room to be greeted with shocked faces, well besides the Masked Fighter and Yusuke. "Sis?"Kuwabara asked. Ammara laughed.
Kurama came up and grabbed one of Ammara's hands saying,"You look beautiful." He kissed it and gentle released it. I laughed as Ammara's face went bright red and Kuwabara's mouth dropped open looking back and forth between Kurama and Ammara. 'How did that idiot not notice?'I thought. I was interrupted when arms wrapped around my waist and pulled me into a strong chest. I blushed as I recognized Hiei's scent. He released me, but kept right beside me. 'Awww.'I thought.
~Time Skip~
The arena was packed full of demons, all wanting our blood to be spilled today. We were waiting in the tunnels that led to the arena for Koto; A cat demon, with red short hair, brown bushy tail with a lighter brown tip and pointed cat ears, a small red ribbon tied into a bow on her neck, red cuffs on each wrist, red boots, blue leggings, pink shorts, a tucked in shirt where the sleeves didn't cover her shoulders, but were on her upper arms. Her shirt was light yellow with dark yellow sleeves and a blue tie. Koto was supposed to call us out. "And for this years guest, Team Urameshi."Koto called out. I sighed as we all walked out together, well Yusuke was being dragged by Kuwabara, and insults were thrown at us, along with boos. Dark had moved so he was under Yusuke's jacket, which we put back on him this morning.
Kuwabara said,"This is sure one heck of a greeting for special guests, I don't think these monsters took their grumpy pills today." That made me smirk.
"I agree Kuwabara. It most certainly isn't pleasant being called traitors by creatures you've never met."Kurama said and smirk gone. 'This sucks.'I thought and glanced over at Hiei.
Koto said,"Both teams into the arena." We side and walked onto the circle, tiled arena, meeting the other team in the center. Besides Rinku and Zeru, there were five other guys. Only one of the five looked like he was ready; he had blue skin and blue hair that spiked up like a 'V', as well as pointed ears, a cocky smirk, a dark-green trench coat, black pants, and boots. The rest actually looked nervous? I sighed. 'Man I thought today was going to be fun, now it's boring.'I thought.
"Is that big idiot still asleep?"Rinku demanded.
Koto said,"As always the terms of the fighting of each match can be decided by the leaders of the two teams. Of course, if the leaders can't agree we will default to one on one fights, determining the winning by who has the most individual wins, make sense?"
"Uh, not exactly miss, our team leaders still asleep."Kuwabara gritted out looking at Yusuke.
Kurama said,"Well then Kuwabara, you'll have to be the one to do it."
"Really?"Kuwabara asked with a big grin on his face. 'We are all gonna die.'I thought.
Yusuke muttered,"I don't wanna go to school Mom, just let Kuwabara be the leader in the stupid tournament. Has anyone seen my green jacket?" I sighed.
"Hand him to me."I told Kuwabara. Kuwabara grinned happily as he rested Yusuke up against me. My brother had one arm over my shoulder and I was gripping his wrist to keep him from falling over.
Kuwabara said,"Well if that's not a transfer of power, I don't know what is! Of course I really don't like the fact that I was second choice, but let's do this tournament terms thing." Kuwabara walked up to meet Zeru in the middle of the teams.
"Poor fool."Hiei said. I nodded.
Zeru said,"I don't care about how we play this fight, it's not going to make any difference in the end. Just as long as I have to time to enjoy my victory."Kuwabara gritted his teeth.
"Let's do man-to-man, that's how real men fight after all."Kuwabara demanded.
Ammara said,"What are we? Chop liver?"
"Sounds like an agreement, we are looking at one-on-one!"Koto exclaimed holding a hand up in the air.
Kuwabara said,"See you there."He turned and started walking towards us. Zeru glanced at Yusuke and I growled at him. Green spirit energy surrounded him before flames replaced the energy. Kuwabara stopped walking and turned around to face him.
"Check this out everybody! Zeru is emitting flames from his body! Don't you just love it?"Koto exclaimed into the mike.
Kuwabara said,"His spirit energy just shot through the roof. Gee, I hope he's not mad because of what I said." 'This just got a whole lot better, I wanna fight him.'I thought grinning. All of our team was near each other and Kuwabara turned to the sleeping Yusuke and started shaking him on my shoulder. "Hey Urameshi! You gotta wake up!" Zeru shot his fire at us. The fire circled us before shooting off and into the ground, killing all of the demons in the way. "Come on Urameshi, we got problems here! Oh, shoot, it's no use."
"I could've told you that."I said.
Ammara said,"Yeah, you know Yusuke is hard headed." Koto had hid behind the side of the arena and slowly peeked her head out.
"Wah! Well people, the flames are out. I noticed everybody is pretty quiet after that outburst, but remember, that's half the fun." Koto said as she got up on the arena. She raised and arm up in the air. "Now send out your fighters teams."
Rinku said,"I'll go first."The crowd started cheering for him as he walked to the middle of the arena with his hands behind his head.
"Yeah, that little brat is definitely mine."Kuwabara said and walked back to the middle of arena.
Yusuke shouted,"You can take him Kuwabara! I have to go hiking..." 'Wow.'I thought.
"Dammit, I should have know I would get stuck with the weak one. After all that embarrassment last night I was hoping you had run off."Rinku said.
Ammara said,"Please be careful bro."
"No limits have been set besides one-on-one. You are free to use any weapons or techniques you want. The first person to stay down or out of the ring for ten seconds, is the loser."Koto said. While she was saying this, both our team and the other team got off the arena, leaving Kuwabara, Rinku, and Koto the only ones in. A loud honking noise rang out through the arena. "Now begin!"
Kuwabara stood like he was about to throw a punch and said,"I'll let you have the first shot short stuff. Hit me, if you could."
"Your brothers an idiot."I said to Ammara who sighed.
Rinku stood on his tiptoes and asked,"Why don't we play a little first?" He jumped in the air before he landed and started to flips and summer salts on the ground. 'He's fast.'I thought watching Kuwabara struggle to keep up with him.
"What is this, recess?"Kuwabara shouted. Rinku jumped straight up into the air.
Rinku yelled,"Can you touch me?!" He went flying towards Kuwabara spinning like a top. Kuwabara stepped to the side and it looked like he was able to dodge it. All the sudden, a scratch appeared on the side of his head and he started bleed.
"Darn-it, where'd he go?"Kuwabara asked. Rinku had been sitting on the ground under Kuwabara's head the whole time. Kuwabara looked down and Rinku jumped up, kicking Kuwabara in the face!
Rinku yelled,"Surprise!" He twisted and landed on his tiptoes, hopping up and down.
"You know kid, you're starting to make me mad!"Kuwabara shouted. Rinku gave a childish laugh and then started to do acrobatics around Kuwabara. He looked like a kid hyped up on energy drinks. "Stop moving!"
Kurama said,"Such great agility, his movements will be hard to follow."
"Will Kuwabara be okay?"Ammara asked.
Hiei said,"Hn, if the idiot remembers his training."
Rinku started teasing Kuwabara saying,"Bet you wanna give up now, don't you?"
"I might be worried if it weren't for one thing, you're leaving a trail!"Kuwabara yelled and jumped forward swinging his fist at a shocked Rinku. He hit Rinku on top of his head sending Rinku's flying and his hat off of his head.
Yusuke muttered out from the grass I had laid him on,"Nice one, lame-o."The crowd started shouting again as Rinku struggled to his feet.
"You're beaten, I can sense your spirit now."Kuwabara said smirking. Rinku started running, but Kuwabara appeared right in front of him and kicked him across the face. Rinku flew across the floor. The crowd starting shouting at Rinku.
Kurama said,"Our lessons have helped more than we thought Hiei. It seems Kuwabara is the type of fighter whose true skills can only be measured in the ring." Ammara smiled. Rinku fell on his butt and used his hand put his hands behind him.
"Maybe so, but he still doesn't understand these fights. He should drop his honor and strike the boy while he's down."Hiei said. Rinku ran towards Kuwabara, but Kuwabara met him in the middle and punched him straight in the gut.
Kurama said urgently,"This could be Kuwabara's best chance to finish him."
"I don't want to torture you, just stay down until the ref counts to ten!"Kuwabara yelled and jumped, trying to punch Rinku. All of the sudden, Rinku disappeared and reappeared behind Kuwabara.
Rinku stated,"You really shouldn't take so long with those attacks of yours." Kuwabara turned around just as Rinku swung his foot at him. "My turn!"It hit Kuwabara straight in the face and it looked like a bone was going to pop out of his neck! Ammara grabbed Kurama's arm while I covered my mouth with one hand. Kuwabara landed on the ground and his face was sideways.
"Eww!"Koto shouted. Ammara started to cry as Koto started to count. Kurama did his best to comfort her. "1...2...3...4...5..."Rinku started laughing.
Rinku asked as he turned to his team,"How was that Zeru? I thought it'd be more fun if he thought he was winning for awhile. The fans liked it too."
"Should've known. Kuwabara seemed better because the boy was leaving a trail."Hiei said.
Koto continued,"6...7.."
"So what's the point in counting? I broke the dummies neck! Say, why don't you count his last heart beats?"Rinku asked. I growled as the crowd started cheering for him. 'He may have been an idiot, but he didn't deserve to die.'I thought.
Koto continued,"8.." Rinku was blowing kisses and waving at the crowd. I uncovered my mouth and smirked as Kuwabara started struggling to his feet. Ammara smiled and looked at her brother, still teary-eyed.
"Actually, my neck is just fine."Kuwabara stated looking at Rinku.
Rinku shook his head and looked back at Kuwabara saying,"Say, guess we'll have to fix that, won't we?" Kuwabara manged to get to his feet, holding the side of his head. 'That's the idiot for you.'I thought.
"I love it! Just when we thought it was done, the two are fighting again!"Koto said.
Kuwabara moved his head and said,"Alright, no more kiddie games, you better start fighting me honest."
"They both greatly underestimate each other. I believe the first one to realize this will win."Kurama stated.
Hiei replied,"Well, at any rate, it's an entertaining fight."
"Most definitely, I hate to say it, but the idiot is finally learning something."I said.
Koto exclaimed,"The tournaments first fight is locked in a stare down, who will throw the next punch!" Lightning flashed.
"Honestly I didn't think you'd come back so quick, but even with my guard down and you at your best, you still couldn't beat me. Why don't you run home? Let someone else fight."Kuwabara said.
Rinku interrupted,"Here's a better idea." He pulled his bag so it was sitting in his hand and started to open it. "Since I couldn't beat you plain...I'll start fighting you with my real weapon. Wanna try?"He put his hand in and pulled out yo-yos? 'This should be interesting.'I thought raising an eyebrow. The yo-yos were yellow with a blue circle with a red star inside of it. He held up his hand with a yo-yo between each finger. He held both of his hands straight out and he started to radiate with spirit energy. "The serpent yo-yo attack!"
"The serpent yo-yo?"Kurama questioned.
Hiei stated,"His spirit power is increasing."
"This does not seem good."I said. Ammara had resumed grabbing on to Kurama's arm.
Kuwabara said,"Ha, I can feel your letting at all your stops now! So I will too! Here's a new trick I got." He put both arms out and to the side. He held them like he was grabbing a sword and two spirit energy swords appeared! 'So now he can make two of them.'I thought. "Double Spirit Sword! I think it's time we finished this thing." He swung them and stopped when one was on top of the other making it an 'X'. Rinku jumped up in the air.
"Short Toss!"Rinku exclaimed and threw one of his hands forward, sending the four yo-yos on the hand straight at Kuwabara. They had become silver because his spirit energy was infused with them.
Kuwabara shouted,"Do you really think you can win with those stupid baby toys!" He gave a battle cry and swung one of his Spirit Swords at the incoming yo-yos. 'What?'I thought. The yo-yos suddenly changed course and went around Kuwabara's Spirit Sword, hitting him in the face and chest. The Spirit Sword that it went around disappeared.
"Yes, of course! The strings, they're alive!"Kurama said as Kuwabara flew backwards and hit the ground.
I asked,"How is that possible?"
"Please tell me I'm not the only one who saw that people! Somehow the yo-yos snaked them selves around to avoid Kuwabara's sword!"Koto exclaimed. Rinku grinned and started to make the yo-yos go up and down.
Rinku said,"Yeah! Of course they did. You didn't think I would just throw ordinary toys around, do you?" Kuwabara gritted his teeth and sat up summoning a Spirit Sword to replace the one he lost.
"Darn-it!"Kuwabara exclaimed.
Rinku explained,"When I throw the yo-yos, my spirit power goes into them, kinda like they are apart of me...and they bite too!"His yo-yo hit the ground and grinded a hole into it. He held his arms crossed with the yo-yos in between each finger. "You trying to cut them down with that sword is like...trying to grab snakes bare handed." He released the yo-yos and they went flying everywhere! They were doing circles, just going out of control everywhere. Rinku caught them and started running towards Kuwabara. "I know a fun new game, I'll throw my yo-yos and you try and stay alive!" Rinku jumped and threw his yo-yo's at the ground. They started grinding into the ground, holding Rinku up in the air, while speeding towards Kuwabara! "This is my take on walking the dog!" Rinku laughed. Kuwabara started to tear up the arena by using his sword to make the tile go up in the air like a wall. No matter how many tiles there were though, the yo-yos kept coming through! They came through the finally one and hit Kuwabara, sending his Spirit Swords flying!
"Kuwabara!"Ammara yelled. The strings of the yo-yos wrapped around his ankles and wrists. He was lifted up in the air and three yo-yos shot past him before coming back around hitting in the back, sending him flying to the ground yelling. Rinku laughed and lifted Kuwabara back up the air where he floated like a kite.
Koto said,"Well people, I'll let you use your own imaginations with what happens if that humans poor, frail body falls from the top of the stadium and crashed all the way down to the hard, stone arena ground. Isn't this tournament to die for!" I growled and my ears went flat against my head. 'I hope you have a plan idiot!'I thought.