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Kaida Okami - The Beginning
Chapter Ten
Start Of Tournament, Trouble Begins

*poke* "Hiei?" said Kaida softly, poking the sleeping fire demon. He opened one eye to look at her for a moment before closing it and rolling to his other side. Kaida's ear twitched in annoyance and she growled quietly. After deciding that he wasn't going to get up, she moved over to Yusuke. *poke* "Yusuke?" she asked poking him in the shoulder. He just mumbled in his sleep and rolled over. Kaida growled again and moved to the next bed occupied by Kuwabara. She looked at him a moment when he gave a loud snore and decided that she was probably safer moving on to Kurama. *Poke* "Kurama?" she asked, trying to wake him.
"Five more minutes..." he mumbled in his sleep and rolled away from her. Kaida's ear twitched again and she growled, throwing her hands in the air in annoyance. She went back to the girls room and looked to Botan.
"Botan?" she asked sweetly. "May I borrow your oar for a moment, please?"
"Umm, sure Kaida. I guess." Said Botan nervously, handing over the oar. Kaida took it happily and walked back into the guys room. Botan, Keiko, and Yukina looked at each other then back at the door where Kaida had disappeared through. *THUNK* "GET UP YOU LAZY BUMS!!!!" The girls winced and went over to look through the door. Kaida was standing in the center of the room holding a now broken oar over Yusuke and Kuwabara's head. Said boys where sitting on the floor rubbing goose egg sized lumps on their heads and glaring at her. Kurama bolted upright in bed and surveyed the seen with a poorly hidden smile. Hiei had opened first one eye, then another, then slowly sat up before throwing a pillow at Kaida and laying back down. Yusuke and Kuwabara looked up from their position on the floor.
"How come you didn't hit Kurama?!" asked Yusuke, outraged.
"Because." Stated Kaida simply. "There was the ever small chance that Kurama would have slipped into Yoko in his semi-conscious state and waking Yoko in that manner is not something I would relish doing. Besides," she added. "The oar wasn't big enough to hit more than two people at once."
"Well, what did you wake us up for anyway?" asked Kuwabara, standing up and trying (and failing) to retain his lost dignity. Kaida switched her gaze to him.
"The tournament starts in about 2 and a half hours." She told them all, walking back to the girls room. "That gives us enough time to shower, warm, and get there." She handed the oar back to Botan who was trying very hard not to laugh. Keiko yawned and looked around her before gathering a towel and some clothes.
"First dibs on the shower!" she called out heading to the bathroom. Kurama grabbed his bath stuff and headed to the guys shower.
"Same here." Said Kurama.
"Awww, no fair." Said Yusuke, plopping down in front of the T.V.
"ha ha." Said Kaida pushing him off the bed so she could sit down.
"Do we get cable here?" asked Yusuke from his new found position on the floor.
"I dunno." Said Kaida who grabbed a near by pencil and began trying to get it to stick in the ceiling. Hiei looked over at them from his bed and threw his other pillow at the back of Kaidas head. She promptly ducked, allowing the pillow to hit Kuwabaka instead.
"oops." Said Hiei in a monotone voice, clearly not meaning it.
"Watch where your throwing things, shrimp!" shouted Kuwabara.
"Idiot."
"Shorty."
"Are all of your insults referenced to height?"
"Yes - I mean no - I mean.."
"Moron."
"Shut up you little mouse!" Kaida promptly covered Kuwabara's mouth with her hand and stuck two of her fingers right behind his collar bone, rendering him temporarily unconscious.
"He is so annoying." Said Kaida mildly, kicking Kuwabara gently in the side. Yukina and Botan walked into the room and sat down.
"Oh, poor Kazuma! What happened to him?" asked Yukina wordily. Kaida could see Hiei's eye twitching and she had to struggle to keep a straight face. Kaida looked to Yukina.
"Kuwabara's still tired. He decided to take a nap until the shower was free." Lied Kaida, with a now straight face. Yukina shrugged and sat down, watching the T.V.
"Oh Yay, soaps!" cried Botan happily pulling a box of tissues from behind her back.
"NO!!" shouted Hiei, Kaida, and Yusuke at the same time. Kadia dove for the remote and changed the channel quickly. It switched form the soap to Mister Rogers.

-Oh it's a wonderful day in the neighbor hood, a beautiful day in the neig-

"Ahhh!!" cried Kaida, Yusuke and Hiei again. Kaida changed the channel.

-I love you, you lov-

"Ahhhhh!" they changed it again.

-Bob the builder, can we fix it, bob the bui-

"Ahhh!" they changed it again.

-Dora, the explor-

"Ahhhhh!" finally, Kaida hit the power button, turning the T.V. screen blank.

The people in the room looked at each other in terror for a moment. Then -
"And the moral of the story is," said Kaida dramatically. "There is never ANYTHING to watch in makai." Suddenly, Kuwabara sat up again.
"Did I hear Barney?" he asked. Yusuke nodded.
"Turn it back on! I love Barney!!" said Kuwabara excitedly, reaching for the remote. Everyone face vaulted and Kaida grabbed the remote and flung it out the window.
"No. Barney." She said. Kuwabara sat back down looking dejected.
"My turn for the shower!" said Kaida when Keiko came back out. Kaida rushed in and away from the evil television set.

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"Kaida, will you hurry up?!" shouted Hiei.
"Can it, Jaganshi!!" came Kaida's muffled reply from the other room. Kaida came out a few moments later. Her white hair was pulled back and put into a bun with a black piece of cloth to hold it in place. She had on a black fighting Kimono with no sleeves. The under suit was black and the Kimono itself was lined with red. Her only visible weapon was a katana strapped to her waist. She carried a small black bag over her shoulder.
"Now can we go?" asked Hiei, agitation evident. Kaida nodded and walked out of the room to where to rest of the gang was waiting.
"Finally!" exclaimed Yusuke when he saw them coming. "You take forever to get ready." Kaida looked at him.
"Well, that's what happens when you have numerous weapons to hide." She said.
"Numerous? Like how many?" asked Yusuke, obviously not believing her. Kaida looked deep in thought for a moment.
"I have 11 hidden daggers, 20 hidden throwing stars, and twelve hidden shruiken" (sp?) she said. "Then I have all the stuff in my bag."
"Dare I ask?" asked Yusuke amazed at her hidden aresonal.
"Just extra weapons, in case something breaks, bandages, medicines, poisons -"
"POISIONS?!" exclaimed Yusuke. Kaida nodded.
"Just my usual kit." Reasoned Kaida. Yusuke opened his mouth to say something else but Kurama clamped a hand over his mouth.
"Don't ask." He warned. "We're already late as it is."
"Well, lets go then!" said Kuwabara. "They'll be sorry they ever messed with me, the great -" Kaida cut him off.
"Do the world a favor." She said as she walked ahead of the group with a smirk tugging at her lips. "Don't talk again. Ever." Yusuke laughed and the rest of them fallowed her, towards the starting of the tournament. And towards trouble.

A/N Yay for me. Another kinda cliffy like thingy.. Ummm.yeah. Anyway, review the story. Blah blah blah...