Chapter 21

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Thanks for all the people who told me the scarf was actually an obi! I knew that cause I read all these things on kimono's, but then stupid me forgot! Oh well! Thanks again!

The team left the boat, and the cool might air brushed against their faces as they made their way to the hotel.

Keiko stared at the beautiful place they would be staying at. Her eyes widen at the sight of men and woman dressed in their bests, drinking wine.

"Pretty uh extravagant. Right?" Kurama whispered in her ear. Keiko laughed a little and smiled.

"Very" she whispered back.

A butler led the way to their rooms. The girl's room were across the hall from the boys. The hall lights glimmered with light and sparkled. The walls were painted white with tiny flower buds embodied on it.

Keiko opened her room with Botan and Yukina and gasped aloud. The room was twice the size of her house and had three king sized beds. There was a huge window and another door that led to the bathroom.

"Wow! Guess they go all out. Huh?" Keiko said, crossing her arms and leaning against the blue walls of the room.

The other girls laughed and walked towards the boy's room.

Keiko followed and went to Hiei and they both sat on the couch. "Hiei. about that thing you wanted to talk about later. Well it's later." She whispered.

Hiei shifted in his seat and squirmed uncomfortably. He took a glance at Yukina who was talking with that big oaf Kuwabara.

Yukina looked interested at what he was talking about and laughed. Anger pulsed through him and he resisted in tempting to grab his kantana and cut Kuwabara's head off.

Hiei walked up and left, having Keiko follow close behind him.

"Hiei! Tell me why you won't allow Yukina to know she has a brother."

"I don't want her to be ashamed." He said quietly.

"Why would she be ashamed."

"Because of what I've done in the past. I don't think she'll like having a brother who is a criminal." Hiei said bitterly.

"So your saying I should be ashamed of loving you too?" Keiko asked, her eyes hardening and her arms crossed.

Hiei opened his eyes and turned around facing her with wide crimson eyes.

"You have to tell her. She has a right to know. The more you hold back, the more it'll be more hard and more hurtful towards her."

Hiei continued to look at her and then walked away slowly.

He heard Keiko sigh and follow suit, his heart hammering with guilt.

* In the Morning*

"BOTAN!" the boys herd Keiko's yell and woke up immediately, running to the girls room.

"What happened?" Kurama quickly asked, walking into the room and seeing all the girls laughing on their beds.

"ACK! What are you doing here?" Botan shrieked in between laughs.

"Errrrr.. actually it isn't as funny as it may seem. But they both want me to wear another kimono to the match." Keiko said straightening up.

"And I thought it would be funny trying to see her move in the kimono while she tries to fight." Botan said continuing to laugh.

"So it would be funny if I lost the match?"

Botan just laughed and so did Yukina. Kuwabara looked at them weirdly while Kurama stifled a laugh. And Hiei and Yusuke looked far from amused.

"We better hurry up and get ready." Yusuke said curtly leaving.

Keiko tilted her head and wondered why he was acting so distant. He had been like that since "That Night."

Keiko got out of bed and walked to the bathroom to change. "I'll wear it tomorrow. Okay?"

"Alright." Botan said leaping out and smiling.

They burst into laughers again.

*At the Stadium*

"Wow!! Look at this turn out guys! I am so ready for blood baths and deaths!" Koto's booming voice filled the arena.

"The Urameshi team and Team Rizu are ready to fight!" she announced. "And on the Urameshi team that won last years tournament, we have - Yusuke, Kuwabara, Kurama, Hiei, and... a new comer? A beautiful demon with black hair and blue eyes! Who could she possibly be?"

The audience turned to where Koto pointed and stared wide eye.

Keiko laughed at Koto's statement and told Yukina, "Me! Beautiful?!"

Yukina and Botan joined in laughing and, Keiko looked down at what she wore.

She had on a white tank top, that showed off her flat stomach. With that, she had on a long black skirt. It was made out of a material that allowed her to move freely, it had slits that came up to her thighs on both right and left sides. The color was black, but it was slightly transparent. Where her waist was, it was completely black. But then the color slowly became transparent, which showed off her long, thin legs. She had on pointed boots and pulled her hair up with chopsticks. A jasmine flower decorated her hair.

Keiko smiled and looked at the other team mates apparel.

Kuwabara wore his usual blue suit. Kurama wore a white suit, with red roses and green vines imprinted on it. Hiei of course had on his black cloak and white scarf. And Yusuke had a white t - shirt with blue jeans on.

Botan had on a light blue kimono today and Yukina with her green.

"Ladies ad Gentlemen! Will the team leaders meet at the front of the arena!" Koto announced. She was the announcer for the Dark Tournament.

Yusuke and a demon with blonde hair and brown eyes walked up forward.

They talked for a few moments and Koto yelled, "They have reached an agreement. It will be a one on one fight. The one with four wins will advance!"

The crowd cheered and booed Yusuke, chanting "KILL YUSUKE!" over and over again.

Kuwabara stood up and walked to the arena, as a green hair demon came up. "Get ready to die." The demon whispered. And electricity cackled around him. "My name is Kei. And I have the ability to use the light and electricity at my will."

Kuwabara smirked. "SPIRIT SWORD!!" he yelled, summoning the orange sword.

Kei put up both his right and left hand and lightning out of no where crackled. The lightening hit dead target at Kuwabara who tried to block it with his sword. Kuwabara's yells of pain and anguish were heard throughout the whole stadium.

"KUWABARA!!!!" Yusuke yelled, trying to run to his side.

"NO! Yusuke you can't interfere!" Botan yelled grabbing him. "Do you want to be disqualified?"

His body was on the ground and he writhed in pain. Twitching and sending black smoke up.

"Kuwa-bara.." Keiko whispered leaning against Hiei's shoulder.

Keiko heard Yukina's cry and saw her wide eyed and looking terrified.

"ONE. ... TWO.... THREE.. FOUR.... FIVE..... SIX.... SEVEN...EIGHT.....NINE... AND TEN!!!!!!!!! KEI IS THE WINNER!!!!!!!" Koto yelled through the microphone.

Yusuke and Kurama ran to him and carried him off of the arena. "I'll go next." Kurama quietly said.

"Excellent." A demon girl walked up.

Her light purple hair shone brightly and she had dark mauve eyes. She wore a strapless dark pink dress and walked up.

Kurama stared at her and slowly made his way.

"My name is Takeko. Get ready to be beaten by a girl." She slowly said, her mouth curving into a smile.

Kurama reached into his red hair and pulled his rose whip out. Staring at her with cold green eyes.

Takeko got ready for a stance and did a chant. The words vibrated around everything. Purple spirit energy formed around her body and water out of no where came forward.

"You see. I can control water. But the water has power. I put in my spirit energy in it by my incantation. So the water, has power in which it can harm the victim, in many ways. Kind of like bullets hitting your body." She explained smiling. And went on with her chanting.

The ocean of water washed over Kurama's body. He tried to block it with his own spirit energy. But it was too much.

Pain seared through his body and it felt like no pain ever. Blood began to mingle with the water. Kurama tried to devise a plan.

Takeko laughed and summoned back the water. "It hurts. Right?" she taunted.

Kurama regained his balance and ran to her. She stepped back a bit at what he was doing. She laughed at his pathetic attempt to run. Surprised at how quick he was, Takeko couldn't see what he was doing.

Kurama reached her out of no where and cut Takeko's face with his Rose Whip. A small cut appeared at her face.

"What was that?" she asked disbelievingly. And then laughed and began her chant again. "Prepare to say 'Goodbye' Yoko Kurama."

The first incantation Takeko yelled, but then she stopped. Her eyes wide and she toppled over.

"The death plant!" she cried in agony.

"Yes." He said calmly, trying to not fall over. "You're attack injured my body, but not my spirit energy. I used the last of my physical strength to run over to you. The death plant seed thrives on my own spirit energy. I placed the seed on the tip of the thorn on my Rose Whip that cut you. When the sharp thorn pierced your skin, the Death Plant was sowed into your body."

Takeko looked at him for the final time and fell over. Plants sprouted around her face and then slowly moved down to cover the rest of her fallen body.

Kurama turned around and tried walking away, but failed and fell.

"And the winner by death, KURAMA!" Koto yelled over the boos of the demons.

Yusuke and Keiko ran toward him and carried him next to Kuwabara.

Hiei walked up and stared coldly at the next fighter.

"Let the match begin! Hiei verses Zita!!!!!!!"

A demon came up and smiled. His white blue hair gleamed with the sun light. And his gray eyes glittered excitement.

Hiei took his cloak off and pulled his kantana.

"I'm going to have fun with you." Zita cackled in his throaty voice. Like a snake.
Zita reached in his coat and pulled out snakes that hissed. They curled around his arms.

"I have the ability to control minds. I prefer snakes. And as you see, they are very deadly, and even more powerful when I transfer my spirit energy to them."

Two of the six, slithered away from his arms and started growing immensely big. Their bodies became about six feet high and their tongues slithered in and out. Their teeth dripped purple poison, ready to strike.

Hiei put his kantana out and instead pulled off his bandana.

"If your going to use your Black Dragon technique, think again. I'm not like those fools who will allow you to have the time to summon the dragon!" his low and dangerous voice continued.

Hiei looked at him and smiled, "this will be a very easy victory, for you are a fool."

Zita looked him in the eyes, and more of the snakes grew.

They slowly advanced toward Hiei. His jagan burned red and glowed.

The snakes were about to descend and strike their victim with their large poisonous teeth.

"What is Hiei doing? He's just standing there." Koto yelled.

Until they stopped. Their green, yellow eyes glazed and then glowed red. They turned around and slithered toward Zita instead.

"What are YOU DOING???!!!!!!!" h e cried raising his arms and trying to fiend them off.

"You've forgotten what my jagan can do." Hiei said quietly, walking away. "It can control, and with my energy, can even control over your snakes. I am that powerful."

The last thing you could hear were the anguish cries of help and pain were Zita's. The snake's had eaten him, feasting on their master.

Hiei walked out of the arena and heard Koto's voice once again claim Hiei's victory by death.

Keiko smiled at Hiei as he pulled his cloak on and she walked forward. "Now it's my turn."

"The mysterious new comer is approaching the arena! And on the other side, Saran is approaching too!"

The demon called Saran walked up and smiled at Keiko. "Why hello. Aren't you pretty. It's going to be a shame having to kill such a beautiful face."

Keiko raised one eyebrow and smirked. "What a charmer."

Saran had black hair mixed in with a dark blue. His eyes gleamed black. Keiko had to admit he was cute, but cute or not, he was an enemy and her enemies had to go.

"PREPARE YOURSELF!" Keiko shouted, ready to fight.

Author Note - Okay, I know it was a bad chapter, but I have a really bad writer's block. I know it's not much of a cliffy, but oh well. *shrugs* HOPE YOU LIKE THIS CHAPTER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLAESE REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!