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The Laser-Tag War

By Ryoken

"There is absolutely NOTHING to do today!!" Yusuke Urameshi complained. He and his friends were always short of something to do when Koenma, the Prince of Spirit World, wasn't busy giving them another case to crack.

"I wish you'd stop complaining, it's getting to be rather annoying," said Hiei.

"Am I as annoying as Kuwabara?" Yusuke grinned.

"I suppose not," said the little demon.

"Hey, Shrimp," Kuwabara said as he walked into Yusuke's living room, followed by Kurama.

"Figured out anything to do today, Yusuke, besides complaining?" Said the red haired boy.

"No, are you kidding?" He replied. Suddenly, another person came through the door.

"Hey guys," Keiko said.

They muttered greetings to her. She instantly recognized the situation, having seen it many times before.

"Bored again?"

They nodded.

"Well, I have an idea. There's a new attraction over at the arcade: a laser tag arena. How's that sound?"

"Laser-tag? Are you serious??" Yusuke said, sounding very interested. This might prove to be a good chance to practice his aim.

"Uh huh. But you have to pay money to pay," she added.

Yusuke sighed. Of course, he should have known something that good wasn't free. "How much?"

"I think it's about five per person."

"Anyone got money?" He asked. Hiei didn't answer, Kuwabara ecstatically claimed that he had eight dollars and a quarter and Kurama merely said that he had enough. "Anyone wanna go?"

"Why not? There doesn't seem to be anything else to occupy ourselves with," Kurama answered. Hiei didn't say anything again.

"Sure! Then I can prove that I've got better aim than Urameshi!" Kuwabara said proudly.

"You do not, and you know it!" Yusuke said as he "borrowed" some money from his mother's wallet and went out the door, continuing to argue with Kuwabara.

"Those two," Keiko said as they left for the arcade.

"I wonder if they'll ever stop quarreling?" Kurama said mostly to himself as he said goodbye to Keiko. Hiei left with an "hn" as a goodbye.

"Probably not," she replied.

"Hiei, don't tell me you brought your katana with you," Kurama said. As usual, Hiei and Kuwabara were arguing over something that would have been stupid, but then of course, a lot of people argue over stupid things, and Hiei had threatened to cut out Kuwabara's lungs with his sword.

"Of course I did! Why is that important?" Hiei retorted.

"You don't plan on using it when we go to the arena are you?" Kurama asked solemnly.

"Of course."

"I don't much about this laser-tag either, but I'm pretty sure they're not going to allow you to use it."

"Yeah, that's why they call it 'laser-tag', not 'sword-tag'," Yusuke said, trying to make a crack at a joke and get the two to stop fighting.

"Speaking of which, what kind of stupid ningen game is this laser-tag?" Hiei asked.

"It's a kind of 'seek-and-attack' game with lasers. Not real ones of course," Yusuke quickly added, seeing Hiei's face light up at the thought of being able to roast Kuwabara at last. "You usually play in teams and try to hit as many people not on your side as possible," he explained.

"Hn," Hiei grumbled. He didn't enjoy the thought of possibly being teamed up with Kuwabara and seriously considered the idea of turning around and sleeping in a tree for the rest of the day.

The four arrived at the arcade and found that there was quite a line to play, considering it was new. The four got in line, and after thirty minutes waiting and bickering at each other, they finally reached the entrance. Hiei argued with Kurama that there was no where safe to stash his katana when they got near the front so Kurama merely made him swear he wouldn't use it, the other people who would be 'playing' with them would be frightened out of their wits if he did. And so, they entered a halfway packed room that had three racks with black gear, and each rack of gear had a different set of colors on: one rack with red, one with green, and one with yellow. As the instructor explained as he came in, each color was one team and everyone had to choose a team. Kuwabara choose red (he had started ranting about his love for Yukina, which made Hiei want to get into another argument, only Kurama stopped him), Hiei and Kurama green, and Yusuke choose yellow. As they 'suited-up', the man instructed them on what their objectives were and how everything worked.

"I think I know now how it feels to be an idiot like Kuwabara," Hiei stated as he slipped the armor-like gear over his head. It was a bit big.

"Yeah, and you look like one too, Shrimp!" Kuwabara said. Even if he had wanted to, Hiei didn't think it would be an easy task to unsheathe his sword, and that made him even more uncomfortable. Now the instructor showed them a map of the arena, and where their bases were located. Hiei grinned slightly as the instructor said that the room was mostly in the dark, which gave him an advantage, but the little smile vanished as he explained that once one ran out of 'bullets', they had to go and recharge them. How annoying, he thought. Stupid ningen games...

The three teams consisted of ten players each. The yellow team's base was on the second floor, and a ramp lead up to it (AN: While I was playing, it was the hardest base to penetrate. High ground advantage). The green base was closer to the yellow base, but on the first floor, and the red base was on the first floor, but on the other side of the arena. He explained some of the rules, like no covering the gear up with your hands or anything so they can't be shot at, or rolling on the floor to 'dodge', etc., and then he released them into the arena where the three teams headed to their bases.

Hiei put the laser-tag gun that was attached to the armor over his shoulder with one hand as he followed Kurama, who seemed to have a better idea at where everything was than any of them. That instructor had said that they could use any strategy that they wanted, so long as it wasn't violent. At this thought, he began planning his own attack on Kuwabara...

Kurama, on the other hand, was busy trying to take the role as leader of the team as the rest of the team merely agreed with whatever he said. Kurama decided to have three people stand guard at the base, while everyone else went to go and attack the bases. No one seemed to want to take the guarding jobs so Kurama and two people whom he selected took on the jobs. Hiei was grateful that he wasn't chosen. Now all he had to do was wait for that music to come on so he could start. He would have cheated, but he knew that Kurama would know so he readied himself for an all-out run...

Yusuke wasn't exactly thrilled when the team decided that he and four others were going to stay and guard the base. He wanted to go down there and shoot that Kuwabara until he couldn't shoot at him anymore just to prove that he did have better aim. Maybe he could sneak off later and kick his ass...

Kuwabara was trying to take the roll of leader, but to no avail. Everyone kept disagreeing with him and were about ready to gang up on him when he claimed that he was the boss. The team considered him an idiot and made him go out with everyone else, thinking that he'd be unable to protect the base. Kuwabara grumbled but then considered that perhaps he could sneak up on the squirt...

The lights were dimmed, the music began, and all hell broke loose.

Okay guys, as perhaps I may have hinted, I want you, the reader, to send me a description of your character, nothing long, please I beg of you, just the general stuff. Not everyone will be able to get in, considering I'd be unable to keep track of 26 characters!!! X_X So, yeah. I hope you enjoyed it so far, it should get to be interesting!!!! ^_^