Okay, new chapter. I'm going to try and get this done in shorter time than the last chapter. Oh yeah! Thanx for the reviews!!

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Kutsu woke early the next morning. She went over to the boys room and woke them up.

'Come on, guys! Wake up!'

'…Come back in an hour…'

Kurama and Yusuke eventually woke up, but Kuwabara stayed asleep. Kutsu's eyebrow started twitching.

'WAKE UP!!'

Kutsu started throwing fireballs at Kuwabara. That woke him up. He jumped out of bed yelling. An hour later, the group walked out of the hotel and towards the stadium. They went into the stadium. The teams and audience were already there. The judge was standing in the middle of the stadium ring. Yusuke recognized this particular judge.

'Koto! What are you doing here? I thought you were the Dark Tournament judge.'

Koto, the kitsune, looked over to the Urameshi team.

'I'm the only judge that has memorized the entire rulebook for every tournament, so I'm the best choice.'

Yusuke was about to say something else, when Kuwabara spoke up.

'Hey, where's Hiei at? Shouldn't he be here?'

'If you looked around, you would know I'm already here.'

'Wah…Hiei, when did you get here!'

'I've been here, you fool.'

Kuwabara was about to say something else, but Koto spoke up.

'Okay, pain-enthusiasts, who's ready to get this tournament started!'

At saying this, the demon crowd roared with excitement.

'Here are the basic rules of the tournament: Teams must fight five one-on-one battles, whoever has the most wins in the end wins the round. Wins are decided by death or knock out for a ten count. The youkai team that wins gets to rule the northern Makai, but if the Urameshi team wins, north Makai goes back to the Fire Queen.'

When she said 'Fire Queen', the crowd began to talk. 'The Fire Queen!' 'I thought she was dead.' 'Where is she?' 'Is she fighting in this tournament?' 'What if she decides to kill us all?'

Kutsu looked to Kurama.

'Who is the 'Fire Queen'?'

A slight look of agitation crossed Kurama's face briefly. He had hoped that she would have her memories back by now and know. He gave a slight sigh.

'You are the Fire Queen. That is who you were.'

Kutsu looked shocked. She was the queen of northern Makai. Koto continued talking about the rules, while both Kutsu and Hiei were deep in thought. Kurama noticed that they were as far away from each other as possible. He kept wondering what had happened between the two of them to make Kutsu angry. He gave up on the problem for now and focused on what Koto was saying.

'Alright, now that I'm done explaining the rules, it's time for the tournament to begin. First match Team Urameshi versus Team Kijin.'

'Great, we're going first.' Yusuke said this with little enthusiasm.

All the other teams left the stadium grounds. It left one other team besides Urameshi: the Kijin Team. They weren't very impressive looking. Four of them looked identical. They were human in appearance with black hair and black eyes. The only strange thing about them was a single horn protruding from their foreheads. The only difference between the fifth fighter was that he had blonde hair and blue eyes with three horns instead of one. No one was impressed.

'All together, I'd say even Kuwabara could take them all on.'

'What'd you say?'

Further talk was yet again interrupted by Koto.

'Would both teams please come onto the ring to decide the fights?'

Both teams stepped onto the ring and walked forward. The blonde one, probably the leader, looked at Kutsu.

'Hey, little girl, why don't you give up the fight and I'll take you out on a date?'

'Why don't you shut up and go to hell?'

'What'd you say? No one has ever turned me down before.'

'Well, I guess there's a first time for everything.'

Koto stepped between the teams.

'Would you please decide your order?'

Kutsu glared at the blonde demon, but Hiei spoke up.

'I insist that blonde baka be mine.'

'What? I wanted to take him!'

Kutsu was fuming by the time the orders and opponents were decided. How could he do this to me? The idiot insults me and I'm not allowed to fight him. Hiei is such a JERK!

Without realizing it, Kutsu was giving off huge amounts of fire energy. Kurama put his hand on her shoulder.

'Kutsu calm down. I'm sure Hiei has his reasons.'

Kutsu stopped giving off the energy, but was no less angry. The first fight started. It was Kuwabara versus one of the black-haired fighters. (A/N: I'm not even going to bother to give these guys names.) Kuwabara easily won by pulling out his spirit sword and knocking the fighter out of the ring. Next was Kurama. He used one of his plants to tie up his opponent and then threw him out of the ring. It was finally Kutsu's turn. She stepped into the ring and faced her opponent.

'I'm going to get you for insulting our leader.'

'I predict you won't get within five feet of me.'

'Okay, if the fighters are done talking…BEGIN!!'

Kutsu immediately pulled off her bandana revealing the Jagan.

'Impressive, you have the Jagan.'

'And I know how to use it.'

As Kutsu said this, her Jagan started glowing blue. Suddenly her opponent froze in mid-step. A blank look replaced the angry one. Kutsu looked at him.

'I want you to go outside of the ring and lose this match.'

The demon jumped out of the ring. Koto counted to ten.

'Well amazing enough, Kutsu kept her promise; the demon didn't get within five feet of her.'

The crowd yelled about cheap shots and wanting death. Kutsu calmly walked out of the ring, tying her bandana around her forehead again. After it was tied on, her opponent snapped out of his daze. He looked around and realized he was out of the ring.

'How the hell did I get her? That bitch, she used the Jagan.'

Kutsu ignored him, walking towards her team. When she got there Yusuke spoke up.

'That was a cool trick. I've never seen the Jagan do that to another demon.'

'That was impressive, Kutsu.'

'Thanks, Yusuke, Kurama.'

Kutsu looked towards Hiei, who merely looked towards the ring. This ignited her temper once again. Yusuke walked onto the ring to face his opponent. This was the shortest fight by far. Once the demon found out that his opponent was Yusuke Urameshi, he ran out of the ring and forfeited. There was only one more opponent left, the leader. Hiei walked onto the ring and the match began. The blonde demon pulled out a sword and Hiei mirrored the action.

'I warn you, I'm not nearly as weak as the rest of this fools.' He gestured towards his teammates.

Kutsu looked a bit anxious. Kurama noticed.

'What's wrong?'

'I hope Hiei can manage this fight. He still hasn't fully recovered from our last match. I guess that he is fighting with a fourth his original strength.'

Kurama looked worried as he turned back to the fight. Hiei and the fighter were swinging swords, matching each other swing for swing. Hiei reached up to his bandana to remove it. Kutsu knew he couldn't handle to use his Jagan with so little energy.

'Hiei, don't. PLEASE!'

Hiei looked up to see Kutsu's sad expression. He brought his hand back down. I can't forgive him! Hiei brought up his sword for one last attack. His opponent mirrored his action. They charged and there was a flash of light. When the flash faded, Hiei dropped to the ground. His opponent smirked, but then a look of shock crossed his face. He fell apart in a bloody mess. Hiei had sliced many times. Hiei stood up with a smirk, but fell down. Koto began the count.

'1…2…3…4…5…6…7…8…9…and 10! Both fighters did not get back up, so the outcome is a draw. The Kijin Team is out of eligible fighters. Team Urameshi wins!'

This statement was greeted with cries of disapproval by the audience. Kurama started towards the ring, but Kutsu beat him to it. She knelt down next to Hiei and picked him up. Kutsu flitted out. Yusuke and the others left the stadium. Kurama sensed Kutsu and Hiei back at the hotel. He suggested to the others that they return to the hotel. They went to Kutsu room and found Hiei on a bed with Kutsu next to him. Kutsu spoke without looking up.

'His energy is severely depleted, but he should be awake by tomorrow. He shouldn't fight tomorrow.' She looked up. 'Kurama is there anything you can do to make him recover his energy faster?'

'Yes, I have a certain plant with me that might help.'

'Good, can you bring it here? I can give it to him as soon as he wakes.'

'I guess one of us will have to fight twice tomorrow, if Shorty can't fight.'

'I'll stay next to him tonight.'

'But, Kutsu, you'll need rest.'

'It's okay. When I was training with Hiei, I went days without sleep.'

Kurama, Yusuke, and Kuwabara left the room leaving Kutsu and Hiei alone.

'Hiei, why did you do that? You're such a jerk.'

Kutsu looked down at Hiei and smiled slightly. She stroked his hair like she had done in the cave.

'You're welcome, but next time you want to say thank you just say it.'

Kutsu sat back in the chair and watched Hiei. After a few hours Kurama walked into the room with a small plant in his hand.

'Has he awoken?'

'No, no change.'

Kurama pulled a chair next to Kutsu.

'I told you I can stay awake fine.'

'I'll just sit in here for a little while. I'd like to talk to you.'

'About?'

'What happened during your training? Why are you so angry with Hiei?'

'I'm not anymore.'

'Why?'

'Why do I get the feeling that you won't leave this alone?'

'Please, you can trust me.'

Kutsu told him about all the training she went through. She told him about the waterfall and getting her sword. She told him about dreaming of her death. She told about learning the black dragon technique and what Hiei did for her. She even told why she had been angry with Hiei. The whole time Kurama sat silently and listened.

'Though Hiei doesn't admit it, he is a good friend.'

I think he's more than a friend. Kurama thought as he smiled.

'What are you thinking about, Kurama?'

'Nothing. I believe I'm going to go to bed now. Dawn is only hours away.'

'You're hiding something, but if you won't tell me I won't push you further.'

'I'll tell you eventually. Give Hiei that plant went he wakes.'

Kurama set down the plant and left the room, leaving Kutsu to her thoughts. As dawn rose, Hiei began to stir. He opened his eyes slowly and looked around the room. He noticed Kutsu looking at him.

'What are you doing in here?'

'This is my room. I brought you here, because you drained your energy again.'

'Damn! I can take of myself. Why do you keep helping me?'

'Maybe because you suck at taking care of yourself.' And because I care about you Kutsu said silently to herself.

Kutsu handed the plant Kurama gave her to Hiei.

'Here, this is supposed to help you recover your energy. You're not going to be able to fight today, you can't.'

'Like hell I won't. I'm not going to sit on the sidelines watching everyone else.'

'Fine, but I hate to do this to you.'

Kutsu uncovered her Jagan. It glowed yellow. Hiei tried to fight it, but was too drained. He fell back asleep.

'Why did you do that?'

Kurama walked up behind Kutsu.

'Because if I didn't he would have tried to fight today and he would be no help the rest of the tournament.'

'And that's the only reason.'

Kutsu didn't say anything, just walked by. She did noticed Kurama wearing a slight grin on his face.

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One more chapter marked off. I don't think I'm doing very well at the relationship between Kutsu and Hiei. I don't want Hiei to go OOC, so it's hard. If anyone has any tips, I would happily take them.

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