Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho. I do own any characters that I made up.
Shiroi Hikari: Hiya! Long time no see, ne? Well, only two chapters left in RCAD. *snif* Well, I'm sorta glad cuz this fic was HARD!!!! I don't think I am going to do a sequel, but we'll see. And now, onto the fic. Oh yeah, please note that I am changing the dialogue a little bit to fit the story.
Raining Cats and Demons
Chapter Thirty-Three: Bitches and Bastards
Reiluka sighed wearily as she sat down in the hotel room.
~Flashback~
After she had gotten over Kurama's scary voice, she kept on walking and soon found a demon bugging Koto. She walked over, and punched the demon square on the nose. Koto just gave her a quick look of thanks and then ran off, as more fights were about to start. Reiluka watched her go and then turned back to the fuming demon. He looked her up and down and then grinned.
"Your that bitch hanyou on the human's team. Wait'll the guys hear that I killed you." He said and laughed. Reiluka's eyebrow twitched.
"Bitch? Bitch!? Who the hell are you calling a bitch you asshole!" She screamed at him and then barreled into him, knocking him over with a grunt of pain. She stood back from him, a glare on her features, as her tail puffed up and she hissed at him. He stood up again, angrier than before.
"You're gonna pay for that." He howled as he ran at her. She dodged as he punched at her, and then dodged again as he tried to kick her. This kept up for about two minutes before Reiluka had finally had enough and just stuck her dagger(A/N: She has a dagger) through his chest. The demon gasped in pain and dropped to the ground. Reiluka just sighed and rolled her eyes, being sure to grab her dagger as she left the scene.
~End Flashback~
She grinned slightly at what she had done. Suddenly the door burst open and Yusuke, Kurama, and Kuwabara walked in. Her grin faded when she saw their grim faces.
"What's the matter?" She asked grumpily, angry that they ruined her good mood.
"We just found out that we are fighting Toguro this afternoon. And what makes it worse is that Hegama is now his sixth fighter." Kurama said as he sat on a chair across from Reiluka.
"I already knew that. Anymore bad news?" She asked as her eye twitched slightly. Kurama, Yusuke, Hiei, and Kuwabara stared at her until Yusuke and Kuwabara jumped up and started yelling at her.
"Whadya mean you knew!?"
"Yeah! How come you didn't tell us?
"Shut up Kuwabara! I'm asking the questions here."
"You shut up Urameshi!"
"Your asking for it Kuwabara...."
"Both of you shut up!" Reiluka screamed at them. Yusuke and Kuwabara stared at her, stunned into silence.
"Jeez what's her problem?" Yusuke muttered under his breath.
"I dunno, it's probably her 'time of the month', PMS or whatever." Kuwabara answered him. Reiluka, upon hearing that, threw a vase at Kuwabara, hitting him in the head, and knocking him to the ground. Kurama, Hiei, and Yusuke stared at Kuwabara and then at a twitching Reiluka, holding another vase in her hand. Yusuke, after seeing what happened to his friend, sat down without another word.
"I would've told you but I only found out about a day ago. And then I went off to find someone to beat up and, luckily, I did. Stupid idiot called me a bitch and then I killed him. Oh, that reminds me. Kurama, when I was walking in the woods, I heard your voice say something to me, but it was more deeper and darker than yours. Was it you?" Reiluka explained/asked as she turned to Kurama. Kurama frowned deeply.
"I wasn't the one, but maybe Youko was. He might have sent out a message to you." Kurama answered. He truthfully did not know. Reiluka nodded and thought about what Youko/Kurama had said.
//"A challenge awaits you. One that you are not familiar with. And if you lose, it will cost you dearly."//
She frowned again. What the heck did he mean by that? 'If you lose, it will cost you dearly.' Reiluka shuddered when she thought about that. Somehow that thought scared her, and she didn't know why. She blinked when she caught Hiei staring at her. She glared at him and his eyebrow rose. She glared and bared her teeth at him, but his eyebrow just rose higher. Finally she just hissed quietly and stalked off to her room, stepping on Kuwabara's back on the way. Yusuke and Kurama watched her go, confused looks on their faces. They paid no attention to Kuwabara's yell of pain when Reiluka stepped on him. Hiei just watched her go through narrowed eyes. What is that woman up to?
~That Afternoon~
Reiluka growled quietly as she walked with Team Urameshi through the halls of the stadium, on the way to their next fight: the finals. She was not looking forward to fighting the Hegama, let alone the Toguro brothers. And what Kurama had told her this morning made her more jumpy than usual. Her ears were laid back, and her tails twitched constantly. Yusuke, Kurama, Hiei, and, especially, Kuwabara kept their distance from her. Koenma, however, stood next to her, making sure she did not do anything 'drastic'. Reiluka thought unhappily about what Koenma had told the team.
//I am going to be the extra fighter, since Genkai is...sick."// Reiluka knew better than that. She knew that the whole team was just keeping a secret from Kuwabara.
//I will not fight unless it is necessary.// Reiluka grumbled to herself. Koenma had not let his eyes off her for a second, worried that she would kill a passerby. He must've gotten word about what happened the other day when I killed that bastard demon. She thought with a triumphant smirk. Koenma saw that smirk and his eyebrows rose. What is she thinking now? He thought, a little bit worried that she would go berserk and kill everyone in the stadium. Too much paperwork. And it won't help if I die as well. Koenma thought gloomily. Once the group reached the stadium, everyone was quiet. Reiluka watched as Team Toguro slowly came out of the doors. She glared at Hegama, who smirked at her. Each team walked up onto the arena, Juri introducing them to the crowd. Reiluka looked like she was paying attention, but she was really looking at Hegama. That bastard had better not try anything. She thought warily. She nearly jumped when Yusuke poked her.
"What!?" She snarled at him. He put his hands up and took a step back.
"Just telling you that we need to get off of the arena now. Kurama is going to fight Karasu." He said as Reiluka walked off. Reiluka turned her head back to look at Kurama. She blinked. What the? His smell is changing slightly. What's he doing? She wondered when she noticed the change.
"Ready? Go!" Juri yelled as she jumped out of the ring, preferring to commentate from the sidelines. Reiluka watched impassively as Kurama fought Karasu. Only when Kurama was hurt did she start to worry. She still kept glancing back to Hegama. She thought, no, she knew he was planning to do something. Suddenly her head whipped back to the arena, where Kurama was not present at all. Now in his place stood a tall, silver-haired kitsune demon. Her mouth dropped open when he spoke. It was the same voice she had heard in the forest. So it was Youko. I knew that voice sounded familiar. She thought as she quickly glanced at Karasu. His demeanor looked different. Like he was scared. She smirked slightly. Even Karasu is scared... Suddenly her chest began to hurt. She gasped in pain. What the? She thought as she kneeled down on the ground. Koenma and the others looked down at her, the fight temporarily stopping in the arena. Karasu and Youko glanced at her, and then turned back to each other. The fight was on again. Youko, though slightly worried, knew that his teammates would take care of the girl. Koenma bent down next to the wheezing Reiluka.
"Reiluka? Are you okay?" He asked as Reiluka started coughing. She looked up and across the arena to a gleeful Hegama.
"Y-You!" She choked out as she tried to stand. Koenma helped her stand up. Hiei watched with worry as Reiluka started to stumble over to Hegama, her coughs becoming worse as she got closer. Hegama just watched her, laughter in his eyes. She stopped and took a deep breath before continuing on. Slowly and painfully she made it over to Hegama, and slapped him in the face. Now the whole stadium's attention was on the girl and the man from the opposite team.
"You bastard! Take this spell off now!" Reiluka screamed at him, but only succeeded in coughing up blood afterwords. Hegama smiled at her and shook his head.
"No, not yet. Not until you become my mate." He said gleefully. Reiluka spat at him. He just wiped it off of his face, his smile still in place.
"Now now Reiluka. That is no way to treat your future lover." He said and chuckled softly as Reiluka's coughing increased greatly, so much that she had to kneel on the ground.
"I would rather die than become your mate." She snarled softly, her breathing ragged. Hegama just laughed, but stopped when he realized that there was a sword at his throat.
"Quit laughing bastard." Reiluka said through gritted teeth as she held the sword, slowly slicing into his neck. Hegama just smirked at her.
"Go ahead, kill me. Even if you do, I will be back. I will always hunt you, Reiluka." He said as Reiluka sliced off his head. The Urameshi team, and even some of the Toguro team members, stared wide-eyed at what Reiluka had just done. As she walked back to her own side, her coughing decreased until it was only a mere gasp once in a while. She sat down on the edge, and fell asleep. Almost everybody in the stadium facefaulted.
"She's sleeping!?" Yusuke crowed as he stared at her. Kuwabara was about to run over to her, but was stopped by Hiei's cold voice.
"Leave her alone. She needs to talk to her mother." He growled quietly. Kuwabara, Yusuke, and Koenma stared at Hiei and then at Reiluka, before turning their gazes back to the fight, which was started again between Youko and Karasu.
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Okay, I have decided that I am not going to write in the finals. I have seen them all, but I'm just not going to. And I might write a sequel to this, but I don't know. We'll see. Anyways, the ending was pretty boring, and, if you couldn't tell, Hegama was the one making Reiluka cough. Next chapter will be the last. Ja ne and please review!
*Shiroi Hikari*
