Chapter 17: Kati vs.Yusuke

Ame began to wake up and saw Hiei beside her. "Where am I?" she asked. She sat up and looked at Hiei and saw that she was out of the match.

"Your out of the arena because if you would've stayed one more minute in there, you would've been dead." Hiei explained.

"HIEI! I wanted to win my battle! I didn't want anybody to interfere!" Ame yelled. She glared at him. "I fight till someone dies. I haven't lost a match yet and I wasn't planning to lose that one." She got up and began to walk away from Hiei. 'That idiot! Because of him, we lost the match.' She thought to herself.

Luna turned around and saw Ame walking towards them. She sighed, thanking god that she was still alive.

"Well, it's 2 to 1."Kotuku said. Helix walked back to his team, proud that he won. "We will began the next battle in a few minutes. Pick your fighter and send him to the arena." Then, he turned around to talk to his teammates.

Luna turned around to talk to everyone. She couldn't choose the same fighter twice, which made it more difficult. Before she could say anything Yusuke pushed through them.

"I'll handle him." He said. "It shouldn't be too hard." He walked to the arena and stood there waiting for his opponent to face him.

Kotuku turned around and saw Yusuke. "Well, that was quick." A fighter came in front of him. "So, we'll use Kati to fight you." He laughed again.

Kati had messy red hair, and piercing red eyes. He wore a yellow t-shirt with baggy white pants. "This should be interesting." He scoffed.

Ame gazed at Kati. An idea hit her. She decided that she would make Hiei jealous. "He's pretty cute." She said to Luna. She winked at Luna to give her a signal to play along. Luna gave a slight giggle.

"I don't think so." She said. She looked at Kurama and then back at Kati. "He's not nearly as cute as Kurama." She gave a giggle.

Hiei heard what Ame said and raised an eyebrow. He got up and walked up to Ame. Ame moved away to leave him standing by Luna.

Meanwhile, Yusuke was studying Kati. 'He looks like nothing. He shouldn't be to much of a problem.' He thought to himself. "Alright, let's get this over with." He said.

Kati laughed and began to run towards Yusuke. He threw a punch at him but Yusuke jumped back and avoided the attack. Yusuke ran behind Kati and kicked him in his back, sending Kati to the ground. Kati got back up and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. He growled and began to chant something. Then, a tiger appeared from the forest and entered the ring.

"I have many assists around this area." Said Kati as he smirked at Yusuke. "But that doesn't matter. I only call them if I want a little help." The tiger was white with black stripes. It growled in a low tone at Yusuke. "Tigris here hasn't had his dinner yet and he's pretty hungry." The tiger licked it's lips with hunger in it's eyes.

"That stuff doesn't scare me." Said Yusuke. "I've seen scarier." He smirked at Kati.

Meanwhile outside the ring, Hiei was looking oddly at Ame. He turned and looked at Luna. "What's her problem?" he asked.

"Well, let me put it this way." Luna said. "She doesn't allow anybody to interfere with her matches against anybody. I learned that the hard way and she wouldn't forgive me for weeks." She looked over at Ame who was staring at Kati.

"Well, no red headed idiot is going to get in my way." He snapped. He approached Ame and grabbed her by her arm.

"Hiei, let me go!" she yelled. She struggled to get away but it was useless. Hiei had a tight grip on her.

"What's your problem? If it wasn't for me, you would've been dead." He sneered. He glared at her waiting for an answer.

"Hiei, I told you, no one interferes when I'm battling. So what if I would've died. You wouldn't have cared." She snapped back. She glared at him.

"Oh course I would of cared!" he yelled. He was getting mad with these games.

Ame didn't know to reply. She looked at Kati then back at Hiei. "You're just saying that!" she exclaimed in outrage. "You wouldn't have cared!"

"You idiot! If I didn't care, I wouldn't have jumped into the arena to save you!" he yelled back. He released her arm and began to walk away. "Believe what you want, but I would care if you died." He said.

Back to the match, Yusuke was waiting for Kati to pull a move but he didn't move. "Well, is this just going to be a staring contest or are we going to fight?" he asked. Kati laughed. "Of course. Tigris, attack." He said. Within seconds, the tiger jumped into the air and began to run towards Yusuke. Yusuke stood his ground, waiting for the right moment to attack. The tiger was only a few feet away from him. 'Now.' He told himself. He pointed his finger at the tiger. "SHOT GUN!" he yelled. A blue beam shot from his finger and hit the tiger dead on. It knocked it back and fell to the ground. It lay on its side, not breathing.

"Well, that was easy enough." He said. He let his arm rest at his side. He looked around but couldn't find Kati. 'Where'd he go?' He looked around for some kind of answer to his question but it was too late. Kati had jumped behind him and shot a wave of fire at him. It hit Yusuke, knocking him to the ground. "You let your guard down so easy that it wasn't difficult to jump behind you and attack." Said Kati. He smirked as Yusuke got back up. "It won't always be that easy." Yusuke said as he wiped the dirt from his shirt. Kati smirked and narrowed his eyes. They stared each other down for a few moments then Kati began to charge at Yusuke. Yusuke jumped into the air and landed behind Kati and kicked him causing him to go flying. He hit the barrier and landing on his back. He got back up and charged again but this time, he shot fire from his arms. "REKKA SHINE!" he yelled as he held his palms outward at Yusuke. Fire came from his palms and headed straight for Yusuke. Yusuke quick did a gun shape with his fingers. "SPIRIT GUN!" he yelled. A beam of blue spirit energy came from the finger and collide with the fire cause a big explosion send both fighters to the ground. Yusuke slowly got back up and looked at Kati on the ground. He wasn't moving so Yusuke assumed that he had won and began to walk out of the ring, his shirt torn in half along with his blue jeans.

Keiko began to run up to Yusuke to help him but Silver beat her to it. Keiko got flustered and stalked back to where she was, watching Silver help Yusuke.

Luna watched Kati to make sure that he didn't get back up. "I believe we've won Kotuku." She said. She smiled him. Kotuku let a growl escape his throat and he bared his teeth. He made Helix go and get Kyoto and showed him to Luna.

"Don't mock me. The final battle will decide everything." He sneered at her. He gave a signal to Helix to tie Kyoto to a tree.

Luna watched as Helix tied her little brother the tree. After he did, she began to run towards the tree as fast as her legs would carry her. She was almost there whenever a barrier hit her, sending her backwards to the ground. She lay on the ground a few minutes, feeling that she couldn't move. Kurama came and helped her up. " You.." She whispered. Kurama looked over at Kotuku and glared at him.

"As you can see, I've put a barrier around the boy." He said. "If someone were to try to get through it, the become paralyzed but only for a short while." He smirked at Kurama and Luna. Kurama picked up Luna in his arms and carried her back to the team. He laid her down on the ground beside Hiei. "Don't let anything touch her." He commanded. He gently kissed Luna's forehead and then he got back up.

"Well, that only leaves Kurama and Heike to fight." Kotuku said. "You may begin whenever you like." Kurama and Heike step into the arena, staring at each other.

End Of Chapter.

((A/N: Ok, sorry it took so long to put this chapter up but I went on vacation and that slowed me down. R/R please. Thank you! ^.^))