I finally did the research! Yay! Although, there are a few things I don't know, like if Kuwabara beat Risho in the 3rd round. Since they won the round, I'm guessing he won, but I want to be sure. So, if anyone knows, could you please tell me? Thanks a bunch! Oh, and someone (I'll give credit to this person in the next chapter. I don't know their name right now) gave me the idea to make Kagome shoot her 'Miko Gun' thingy with one hand and then Spirit Gun with the other hand. I like the idea, so I'm going to use it. Thanks for the idea! There was something else I was going to say, but I forgot what it was. So... I hope you like the chapter!
Disclaimer: I don't own Inu or Yu Yu.
The Love of a Fox
By Sesshieluver89
Chapter Five- The Dark Tournament Begins
Kagome's estimation about how long Sesshoumaru's tests would be was correct and it had taken them a few hours. By the time Miroku, Inuyasha, and Kouga had been tested, Kagome and Sango had completed their shopping. They were currently in a forest somewhere near the coast, looking for the location that the boat would arrive, taking them to Hanging Neck Island. When they finally got to the spot, there were dozens of demons talking about how they couldn't wait to kill someone.
Kagome glanced around the clearing and finally found Kurama with two other people she didn't know. Yusuke didn't seem to be there yet, and neither was the fifth fighter Yusuke had to find. The group walked up to Kurama's and Kagome smiled at them. "So, Kurama, care to introduce us to your teammates?"
The out of nowhere, Kuwabara shouted, "Pretty lady, will you go out with me?"
All heads turned their way as Kagome punched him so hard he flew into a tree. "You jerk! I don't even know who the hell you are!"
Sango and Shippou were behind Kagome laughing and everyone else (especially Hiei) was smirking. Hiei, now liking Kagome for what she had done, stuck his hand out and said, "I'm Hiei."
Kagome noticed that Kurama looked like he was about to faint when she reached out to shake his hand. "I'm Kagome." She turned to Kurama. "Is something wrong, Kurama?"
He shook his head and said, "Hiei talked to you. You should feel honored."
"Why is that?"
"He rarely talks to humans. He must respect you for him to talk to you."
Their conversation was interrupted when a short man with a black beard and an eye patch entered the clearing and said, "The ship is here, maties. Now let's try get on board without any violence."
Then Kuwabara said, "Uh, hey wait a minute sir! Our team still has some stragglers!"
"Then we'll have to put a mark on their heads and send out a hit man. Standard rule of the tournament!"
"Now, now! That's not necessary!" All heads turned to the voice to see Yusuke standing at the edge of the clearing with a short, masked person beside him. "Sorry to keep you waiting guys."
"You nearly gave me a heart attack, Urameshi!" Kuwabara yelled. After he said this, murmurs started to fly around the clearing. As the demons were talking about him, Yusuke looked about ready to drop.
"These forest hikes really wipe me out!"
Kuwabara, surprisingly, came back with a somewhat intelligent reply. "Yeah, you look awful! Oh wait, that's just you!"
Before a fight could break out, Hiei stepped forward and said, "Yusuke." Immediately after, he lunged at the detective and Yusuke spent the next minute dodging Hiei's attacks while the demons were talking confusedly among themselves.
Kuwabara, who was having trouble following the fight, said, "Gosh they're fast! I can barely keep up with my eyes!" As soon as he finished his sentence, Yusuke managed to stop Hiei's assault by grabbing the tip of his sword.
"Damn Hiei, is this how you say hello to people now?"
The koorime just smirked and said, "I don't know where you've been all this time, but it seems you improved your skills a little bit."
"Improved a little bit! Oh man! I'd say he improved a lot of bits!" Kuwabara looked kind of freaked out by Yusuke's improvement and Kurama looked amused.
"Don't be discouraged. The fact that you could follow their moves shows that you have improved as well," Kurama said.
Then Sango asked, "If this is an improvement of what he was before, exactly how weak was he?" Kuwabara started sputtering and Sango just smirked. "So, judging by the fact that you haven't answered me, I'd say you were even weaker than I was when I was two years old."
The fight was interrupted by Hiei, who said, "So, Yusuke. I assume the little one over there is going to be the fifth member of our team."
Kuwabara noticed the person for the first time and ran up to him. "You mean this little guy here? He's even smaller than Hiei! And, what's wrong with his face? He looks like a mummy or somethin!"
"Trust me. That one's gonna be a lot of help to us."
Kuwabara glanced at the fighter again. "I don't know—he barely comes up to my waist!"
Hiei smirked at them and said, "Forget him. Yusuke and I are all that we'll require."
Suddenly, the forgotten man (that looked like a pirate) yelled, "Enough of these pesky distractions! Let's all get on board!" Everyone stopped their conversations and got on the boat. Kagome's team stuck close to Yusuke's as they found a place to stand away from the demons. There was a moment of complaining from Kuwabara when they heard the captain over a loudspeaker. "Alrighty maties. Turn your eyes to the captain's deck. It's still going to be quite a time before the ship finds her way to the harbor. So we'll be having some entertainment to keep you from getting rowdy."
Kuwabara stupidly exclaimed, "Ooh! I knew it! Some dinner and dancing!"
The man continued, "The preliminary battles of the tournament will be fought here on me trusty ship!"
Talk started up among the contestants and Kuwabara said, "Say what?"
"A preliminary for the competition," Hiei stated.
"Now that we can't go anywhere," Kurama affirmed.
A loud rumbling started to shake the ship as the idiot yelled, "Earthquake!"
Hiei said in an agitated voice, "Fool. There can't be earthquakes on the water."
"Look!" Kurama pointed to a part of the ship where the deck was parting to let an arena emerge.
"She's a real beauty, ain't she? Now I'll tell it to you straight. Fourteen teams have already been chosen for the Dark Tournament. They're awaiting your arrival. That means, out of all of you on my ship only two teams will compete on dry land."
"Hold on, I thought we were the special guests!"
"This is the way they operate," Hiei said.
The pirate man continued, "All teams pick out your strongest man and bring him to the arena's portside. There they'll fight in a Battle Royale, and whoever comes out alive gets their team a ticket to fight on Hanging Neck Island."
Kuwabara cracked his knuckles. "So, one big beat-down, huh? Guess I'll have to show them the brand new Kuwabara super attack!" A large demon appeared behind him and the moron started to look nervous as the demon started to talk about how he liked larger battles. Then a few more started to talk about how they could sharpen their claws or kill as many apparitions as they wanted, after they killed the human boy Urameshi. "Uh—what did he say about the human? You know those guys are pretty big when you see 'em standing right next to you and everything." He started to laugh nervously and then pointed to Yusuke. "Hey! That's right! You're the one who wants to fight them! Well I guess as the group leader it is your responsibility." Noticing how Yusuke didn't respond he went to take a closer look and noticed that he was sleeping. He grabbed him and started shaking him while yelling, "Hey! Wake up Urameshi! I said it's the group leader's responsibility!" Yusuke still didn't react. "Why do I feel like I'm screaming at myself!"
"Stop. The training Yusuke went through was apparently immense. You must give him time to recuperate," Kurama said calmly.
"Then who's gonna fight with all the big monsters?!" They stopped their conversation when the masked fighter walked by them in the direction of the ring.
"It seems we have a volunteer," Hiei said. "Good. I'm anxious to see what he can do."
"Are you serious? We don't know jack squat about that guy! What if he loses and we get booted from the tournament!"
"If that happens all we have to do is kill everyone else on the boat, except for one other team, before we reach the island. We'll say we're the right teams and no one will complain."
"You didn't have too many friends growing up, did you?"
Their conversation ended and they watched the masked fighter make his way to the arena. The fighter paused in front of Kagome's team, waiting for them to choose their fighter. Kagome stepped forward and walked with the masked fighter to the arena. They both stepped into the ring and faced the demons that were planning to attack them first and take care of the others later. The two humans looked at each other and nodded. They got into stances that mirrored the other's and started to focus energy into their fist, Kagome using her left while the masked fighter used his right. As soon as the captain yelled, "Attack!" all of the demons rushed at the two, only to be taken down by the two Shotguns. All of the demons fell to the ground dead as Kagome and the masked fighter walked away calmly.
The captain looked disgusted hen he announced, "I'm sorry to say that the fifteenth and sixteenth teams will have to be human ones! Yusuke Urameshi's and Kagome Higurashi's teams!"
The two walked back to their teams and were congratulated. Then they all noticed they were surrounded by demons that appeared to be very sore losers.
"Hey! What's this?" Kuwabara asked.
An ugly demon with several horns growing out its head rhetorically asked, "You really think we care about fighting by the rules?"
Another large one said, "There's only one way to find the best teams on this boat."
"Wouldn't you know," Kuwabara said.
Hiei frowned and stated, "I think they stole my idea. We'll have to make them pay very dearly for that."
"Of course," Kurama said, smirking.
Nobody on Kagome's team said anything, but got into a fighting stance to take on the demons charging at them. During the fight, one demon managed to get close enough to attack Yusuke, but got a shock when the detective attacked him while sleeping. After punching his attacker into unconsciousness, Yusuke's fists kept flying so fast they appeared as blurs. "Come on! You can't scare me, Grandma! I'll knock you back to your grave!"
"That's a relief. He's finally awake," Kuwabara said.
"No, fool. He's sleeping," Hiei said as though it was obvious (which it was).
"Right now?"
"Quit you stupid old lady!" As soon as Yusuke finished the sentence, his fists stopped and he fell back to the ground, again sleeping soundly.
Kagome stood next to Hiei and started to giggle when she realized who he had been yelling at. She glanced at Kurama to see his reaction and found that he was smirking.
Kurama smiled and said, "Even in his slumber Yusuke is reliving his training. His preparations should make us all jealous."
Kagome laughed and said, "Yusuke's just being a baby. What we went through was nothing tough."
They all noticed that Kuwabara was muttering to himself, so Kurama asked him what he was mumbling. Hiei just smirked and said, "He's trying to talk in his sleep when he's awake."
Kuwabara was snapped out of his thoughts and asked, "Oh hey, what happened to the fight we were just in?"
"Everyone's dead."
From up above, the captain had watched the events with a mixture of shock and anger. 'Blast these scurvy-ridden pests! Old Sakyou was right! They were far too strong for these wimps! And then there's that Team Higurashi. I'll just have to wait for the Tournament to see them struck down!'
Everyone watched as they approached the island and soon found themselves standing in front of Hotel Kubikukuri, where they would be staying. As they walked in, they noticed a lot of people in suits and evening gowns who were watching them out of the corners of their eyes. Kagome shivered and Inuyasha put a hand on her shoulder. "Are you okay, Kagome?"
She nodded. "Yeah, it's just that I'm getting a bad vibe from these people."
Sesshoumaru said, "You are not the only one that is sensing something. I am also getting bad feelings from these people."
The man that had been leading them to their rooms stopped and indicated that the room they were standing in front of belonged to Team Urameshi. The one next door belonged to Team Higurashi. Kagome was about to walk into their team's room when Sesshoumaru stopped her. "Is something wrong, Sesshou?"
"You and Sango will be staying in my private wing with me. Shippou and Kirara can come if they wish."
The two girls stared at him in shock and then Kagome launched herself at him, with Sango soon following. They both chirped at the same time, "Thanks so much, Fluffy-sama!"
Everyone watched them with shock. Those who knew the Sesshoumaru from the feudal era were shocked that he didn't kill them on the spot, while Hiei was wondering how they could call the ruler of Makai 'Fluffy.' (Hiei and Kurama knew all along who he was)
The three walked away with Shippou on Kagome's shoulder and Kirara on Sango's. They followed Sesshoumaru down the hall until they came to the elevator. He entered a password on a key pad and they went up to the tenth level. When the elevator doors opened they walked into a hall brightly lit with several chandeliers. The girls and Shippou stared in wonder and followed Sesshoumaru down the hall to their rooms. At one end of the hall was a large bathroom with several hot springs and stocked full of different soaps and shampoos. At the other end, there was a large, empty room that Sesshoumaru used as a dojo of sorts.
"Sesshou, how did you manage to get an entire floor to yourself? There are three bedrooms in this hall alone, so there's got to be around ten more rooms on this floor. What are they all used for?" Kagome looked up at him, waiting for an answer while Sango left them to explore the other rooms.
"I rule all of Makai, as you already know. Those in charge of the tournament thought it would be better for their reputation if I attended each year. So, to convince me to come, they gave me this floor. And the other rooms are not being used for anything."
"Then why don't we let the others come up here?"
"I don't want them here. I would never get a moment of silence."
"Well, aren't you the selfish one."
"Of course. Who ever told you differently? Now perhaps we should get to bed."
"Yeah, we've got a big day tomorrow. Goodnight!"
The next day
Everyone found out that Yusuke's team was to be in the first fight with Team Rokuyukai. When they got there, Kagome and her team went to go sit in Sesshoumaru's private box, while Kuwabara dragged the still sleeping Yusuke into the stadium with the others close behind.
"So Sesshou, how do you think they're going to do?" Kagome looked up at him curiously and waited for his answer.
"Do you want a full prediction or do you want me to tell you if they'll win the match or not?"
She thought for a minute then said, "Full prediction."
"I think that the idiot Kuwabara will lose the first fight to the boy Rinku, Kurama will win against Roto, Hiei will be the victor in the fight with Zeru, and Yusuke will take the match by beating Rokuyukai's alternate, Chu."
Everyone stared at him in wonder and Sango asked, "How do you know that?"
"I don't. It's a guess."
"That's a damn precise guess, Sesshoumaru," Inuyasha said.
Kagome nodded in agreement. "Just you watch Inuyasha, it's probably right too."
With Yusuke's team
Kuwabara was in the center of the ring with the others behind him, talking to Zeru and they decided to have one-on-one fights. When they walked away, Zeru turned back and sent a burst of fire in their direction to see if it would wake Yusuke up. When it didn't, he came to the same conclusion as Rinku did the night before: Yusuke was just an idiot.
When Koto said, "Now send out your fighters, teams!"
Rinku stepped forward and said, "I'll go first!"
From Yusuke's team, Kuwabara walked to the ring and said, "Yeah, that little brat is definitely mine!"
From the ground, still asleep, Yusuke shouted, "You can take 'em out Kuwabara! I have to go hiking..."
After the two fighters were in the ring, Rinku looked disappointed as he said, "Dammit, shoulda' known I'd get stuck with the weak one! After all that embarrassment last night I was hoping you'd run off!"
Koto went on to say how there were no limits set besides one-on-one. "You're free to use any weapons or techniques you want! First person to stay down or out of the ring for ten seconds is the loser!" A buzzer went off. "Now begin!"
Kuwabara got into a fighting position while Rinku started to slowly walk around Kuwabara. Then he stood on his tiptoes and said "Why don't we play a little first?"
Suddenly he took off so fast he was leaving after images of himself. Kuwabara looked around the ring nervously and got hit a few times, but then found Rinku's trail and made contact with his fist. After a few more hits Rinku disappeared again just before Kuwabara could make a finishing blow. Suddenly Rinku was behind Kuwabara and the idiot turned around just as Rinku was about to kick him. The boy's foot connected with Kuwabara's head, appearing to break his neck.
A few seconds later, Kuwabara was up and the fight continued. When Rinku finally had enough of hand-to-hand fighting, he took out eight yo-yos and used his Serpent Yo-Yo Attack. The strings of his yo-yos came alive and attacked Kuwabara, who didn't stand a chance. It was a little while later when both fighters ended up outside the ring. All they had to do to remain in the fight was to step back into the ring, but Rinku used his yo-yos to keep Kuwabara from reentering the ring.
"And the winner is Rinku!"
Sorry, for stopping it here, but I didn't know how to end this chapter. Oh, and I remember what I was going to say at the beginning of the chapter! Instead of Yusuke's team fighting all of the teams they actually did fight in the tournament, I thought I would make Kagome's team fight every other one. This is because I don't want to come up with teams for them to fight. So, the next match will be between Team Higurashi and the Dr. Ichigaki Team. And I also realized something else. SCHOOL STARTS ON MONDAY! That means that I will no longer be able to update as often as I have been. There will be an update once, maybe twice, a week. So sorry, but it's all school's fault!
Anyway, I hope you liked the chapter! Did anyone notice that it's pretty long for me? It's seven pages on Word. My normal chapters are only about four or five. So... Review!
Disclaimer: I don't own Inu or Yu Yu.
The Love of a Fox
By Sesshieluver89
Chapter Five- The Dark Tournament Begins
Kagome's estimation about how long Sesshoumaru's tests would be was correct and it had taken them a few hours. By the time Miroku, Inuyasha, and Kouga had been tested, Kagome and Sango had completed their shopping. They were currently in a forest somewhere near the coast, looking for the location that the boat would arrive, taking them to Hanging Neck Island. When they finally got to the spot, there were dozens of demons talking about how they couldn't wait to kill someone.
Kagome glanced around the clearing and finally found Kurama with two other people she didn't know. Yusuke didn't seem to be there yet, and neither was the fifth fighter Yusuke had to find. The group walked up to Kurama's and Kagome smiled at them. "So, Kurama, care to introduce us to your teammates?"
The out of nowhere, Kuwabara shouted, "Pretty lady, will you go out with me?"
All heads turned their way as Kagome punched him so hard he flew into a tree. "You jerk! I don't even know who the hell you are!"
Sango and Shippou were behind Kagome laughing and everyone else (especially Hiei) was smirking. Hiei, now liking Kagome for what she had done, stuck his hand out and said, "I'm Hiei."
Kagome noticed that Kurama looked like he was about to faint when she reached out to shake his hand. "I'm Kagome." She turned to Kurama. "Is something wrong, Kurama?"
He shook his head and said, "Hiei talked to you. You should feel honored."
"Why is that?"
"He rarely talks to humans. He must respect you for him to talk to you."
Their conversation was interrupted when a short man with a black beard and an eye patch entered the clearing and said, "The ship is here, maties. Now let's try get on board without any violence."
Then Kuwabara said, "Uh, hey wait a minute sir! Our team still has some stragglers!"
"Then we'll have to put a mark on their heads and send out a hit man. Standard rule of the tournament!"
"Now, now! That's not necessary!" All heads turned to the voice to see Yusuke standing at the edge of the clearing with a short, masked person beside him. "Sorry to keep you waiting guys."
"You nearly gave me a heart attack, Urameshi!" Kuwabara yelled. After he said this, murmurs started to fly around the clearing. As the demons were talking about him, Yusuke looked about ready to drop.
"These forest hikes really wipe me out!"
Kuwabara, surprisingly, came back with a somewhat intelligent reply. "Yeah, you look awful! Oh wait, that's just you!"
Before a fight could break out, Hiei stepped forward and said, "Yusuke." Immediately after, he lunged at the detective and Yusuke spent the next minute dodging Hiei's attacks while the demons were talking confusedly among themselves.
Kuwabara, who was having trouble following the fight, said, "Gosh they're fast! I can barely keep up with my eyes!" As soon as he finished his sentence, Yusuke managed to stop Hiei's assault by grabbing the tip of his sword.
"Damn Hiei, is this how you say hello to people now?"
The koorime just smirked and said, "I don't know where you've been all this time, but it seems you improved your skills a little bit."
"Improved a little bit! Oh man! I'd say he improved a lot of bits!" Kuwabara looked kind of freaked out by Yusuke's improvement and Kurama looked amused.
"Don't be discouraged. The fact that you could follow their moves shows that you have improved as well," Kurama said.
Then Sango asked, "If this is an improvement of what he was before, exactly how weak was he?" Kuwabara started sputtering and Sango just smirked. "So, judging by the fact that you haven't answered me, I'd say you were even weaker than I was when I was two years old."
The fight was interrupted by Hiei, who said, "So, Yusuke. I assume the little one over there is going to be the fifth member of our team."
Kuwabara noticed the person for the first time and ran up to him. "You mean this little guy here? He's even smaller than Hiei! And, what's wrong with his face? He looks like a mummy or somethin!"
"Trust me. That one's gonna be a lot of help to us."
Kuwabara glanced at the fighter again. "I don't know—he barely comes up to my waist!"
Hiei smirked at them and said, "Forget him. Yusuke and I are all that we'll require."
Suddenly, the forgotten man (that looked like a pirate) yelled, "Enough of these pesky distractions! Let's all get on board!" Everyone stopped their conversations and got on the boat. Kagome's team stuck close to Yusuke's as they found a place to stand away from the demons. There was a moment of complaining from Kuwabara when they heard the captain over a loudspeaker. "Alrighty maties. Turn your eyes to the captain's deck. It's still going to be quite a time before the ship finds her way to the harbor. So we'll be having some entertainment to keep you from getting rowdy."
Kuwabara stupidly exclaimed, "Ooh! I knew it! Some dinner and dancing!"
The man continued, "The preliminary battles of the tournament will be fought here on me trusty ship!"
Talk started up among the contestants and Kuwabara said, "Say what?"
"A preliminary for the competition," Hiei stated.
"Now that we can't go anywhere," Kurama affirmed.
A loud rumbling started to shake the ship as the idiot yelled, "Earthquake!"
Hiei said in an agitated voice, "Fool. There can't be earthquakes on the water."
"Look!" Kurama pointed to a part of the ship where the deck was parting to let an arena emerge.
"She's a real beauty, ain't she? Now I'll tell it to you straight. Fourteen teams have already been chosen for the Dark Tournament. They're awaiting your arrival. That means, out of all of you on my ship only two teams will compete on dry land."
"Hold on, I thought we were the special guests!"
"This is the way they operate," Hiei said.
The pirate man continued, "All teams pick out your strongest man and bring him to the arena's portside. There they'll fight in a Battle Royale, and whoever comes out alive gets their team a ticket to fight on Hanging Neck Island."
Kuwabara cracked his knuckles. "So, one big beat-down, huh? Guess I'll have to show them the brand new Kuwabara super attack!" A large demon appeared behind him and the moron started to look nervous as the demon started to talk about how he liked larger battles. Then a few more started to talk about how they could sharpen their claws or kill as many apparitions as they wanted, after they killed the human boy Urameshi. "Uh—what did he say about the human? You know those guys are pretty big when you see 'em standing right next to you and everything." He started to laugh nervously and then pointed to Yusuke. "Hey! That's right! You're the one who wants to fight them! Well I guess as the group leader it is your responsibility." Noticing how Yusuke didn't respond he went to take a closer look and noticed that he was sleeping. He grabbed him and started shaking him while yelling, "Hey! Wake up Urameshi! I said it's the group leader's responsibility!" Yusuke still didn't react. "Why do I feel like I'm screaming at myself!"
"Stop. The training Yusuke went through was apparently immense. You must give him time to recuperate," Kurama said calmly.
"Then who's gonna fight with all the big monsters?!" They stopped their conversation when the masked fighter walked by them in the direction of the ring.
"It seems we have a volunteer," Hiei said. "Good. I'm anxious to see what he can do."
"Are you serious? We don't know jack squat about that guy! What if he loses and we get booted from the tournament!"
"If that happens all we have to do is kill everyone else on the boat, except for one other team, before we reach the island. We'll say we're the right teams and no one will complain."
"You didn't have too many friends growing up, did you?"
Their conversation ended and they watched the masked fighter make his way to the arena. The fighter paused in front of Kagome's team, waiting for them to choose their fighter. Kagome stepped forward and walked with the masked fighter to the arena. They both stepped into the ring and faced the demons that were planning to attack them first and take care of the others later. The two humans looked at each other and nodded. They got into stances that mirrored the other's and started to focus energy into their fist, Kagome using her left while the masked fighter used his right. As soon as the captain yelled, "Attack!" all of the demons rushed at the two, only to be taken down by the two Shotguns. All of the demons fell to the ground dead as Kagome and the masked fighter walked away calmly.
The captain looked disgusted hen he announced, "I'm sorry to say that the fifteenth and sixteenth teams will have to be human ones! Yusuke Urameshi's and Kagome Higurashi's teams!"
The two walked back to their teams and were congratulated. Then they all noticed they were surrounded by demons that appeared to be very sore losers.
"Hey! What's this?" Kuwabara asked.
An ugly demon with several horns growing out its head rhetorically asked, "You really think we care about fighting by the rules?"
Another large one said, "There's only one way to find the best teams on this boat."
"Wouldn't you know," Kuwabara said.
Hiei frowned and stated, "I think they stole my idea. We'll have to make them pay very dearly for that."
"Of course," Kurama said, smirking.
Nobody on Kagome's team said anything, but got into a fighting stance to take on the demons charging at them. During the fight, one demon managed to get close enough to attack Yusuke, but got a shock when the detective attacked him while sleeping. After punching his attacker into unconsciousness, Yusuke's fists kept flying so fast they appeared as blurs. "Come on! You can't scare me, Grandma! I'll knock you back to your grave!"
"That's a relief. He's finally awake," Kuwabara said.
"No, fool. He's sleeping," Hiei said as though it was obvious (which it was).
"Right now?"
"Quit you stupid old lady!" As soon as Yusuke finished the sentence, his fists stopped and he fell back to the ground, again sleeping soundly.
Kagome stood next to Hiei and started to giggle when she realized who he had been yelling at. She glanced at Kurama to see his reaction and found that he was smirking.
Kurama smiled and said, "Even in his slumber Yusuke is reliving his training. His preparations should make us all jealous."
Kagome laughed and said, "Yusuke's just being a baby. What we went through was nothing tough."
They all noticed that Kuwabara was muttering to himself, so Kurama asked him what he was mumbling. Hiei just smirked and said, "He's trying to talk in his sleep when he's awake."
Kuwabara was snapped out of his thoughts and asked, "Oh hey, what happened to the fight we were just in?"
"Everyone's dead."
From up above, the captain had watched the events with a mixture of shock and anger. 'Blast these scurvy-ridden pests! Old Sakyou was right! They were far too strong for these wimps! And then there's that Team Higurashi. I'll just have to wait for the Tournament to see them struck down!'
Everyone watched as they approached the island and soon found themselves standing in front of Hotel Kubikukuri, where they would be staying. As they walked in, they noticed a lot of people in suits and evening gowns who were watching them out of the corners of their eyes. Kagome shivered and Inuyasha put a hand on her shoulder. "Are you okay, Kagome?"
She nodded. "Yeah, it's just that I'm getting a bad vibe from these people."
Sesshoumaru said, "You are not the only one that is sensing something. I am also getting bad feelings from these people."
The man that had been leading them to their rooms stopped and indicated that the room they were standing in front of belonged to Team Urameshi. The one next door belonged to Team Higurashi. Kagome was about to walk into their team's room when Sesshoumaru stopped her. "Is something wrong, Sesshou?"
"You and Sango will be staying in my private wing with me. Shippou and Kirara can come if they wish."
The two girls stared at him in shock and then Kagome launched herself at him, with Sango soon following. They both chirped at the same time, "Thanks so much, Fluffy-sama!"
Everyone watched them with shock. Those who knew the Sesshoumaru from the feudal era were shocked that he didn't kill them on the spot, while Hiei was wondering how they could call the ruler of Makai 'Fluffy.' (Hiei and Kurama knew all along who he was)
The three walked away with Shippou on Kagome's shoulder and Kirara on Sango's. They followed Sesshoumaru down the hall until they came to the elevator. He entered a password on a key pad and they went up to the tenth level. When the elevator doors opened they walked into a hall brightly lit with several chandeliers. The girls and Shippou stared in wonder and followed Sesshoumaru down the hall to their rooms. At one end of the hall was a large bathroom with several hot springs and stocked full of different soaps and shampoos. At the other end, there was a large, empty room that Sesshoumaru used as a dojo of sorts.
"Sesshou, how did you manage to get an entire floor to yourself? There are three bedrooms in this hall alone, so there's got to be around ten more rooms on this floor. What are they all used for?" Kagome looked up at him, waiting for an answer while Sango left them to explore the other rooms.
"I rule all of Makai, as you already know. Those in charge of the tournament thought it would be better for their reputation if I attended each year. So, to convince me to come, they gave me this floor. And the other rooms are not being used for anything."
"Then why don't we let the others come up here?"
"I don't want them here. I would never get a moment of silence."
"Well, aren't you the selfish one."
"Of course. Who ever told you differently? Now perhaps we should get to bed."
"Yeah, we've got a big day tomorrow. Goodnight!"
The next day
Everyone found out that Yusuke's team was to be in the first fight with Team Rokuyukai. When they got there, Kagome and her team went to go sit in Sesshoumaru's private box, while Kuwabara dragged the still sleeping Yusuke into the stadium with the others close behind.
"So Sesshou, how do you think they're going to do?" Kagome looked up at him curiously and waited for his answer.
"Do you want a full prediction or do you want me to tell you if they'll win the match or not?"
She thought for a minute then said, "Full prediction."
"I think that the idiot Kuwabara will lose the first fight to the boy Rinku, Kurama will win against Roto, Hiei will be the victor in the fight with Zeru, and Yusuke will take the match by beating Rokuyukai's alternate, Chu."
Everyone stared at him in wonder and Sango asked, "How do you know that?"
"I don't. It's a guess."
"That's a damn precise guess, Sesshoumaru," Inuyasha said.
Kagome nodded in agreement. "Just you watch Inuyasha, it's probably right too."
With Yusuke's team
Kuwabara was in the center of the ring with the others behind him, talking to Zeru and they decided to have one-on-one fights. When they walked away, Zeru turned back and sent a burst of fire in their direction to see if it would wake Yusuke up. When it didn't, he came to the same conclusion as Rinku did the night before: Yusuke was just an idiot.
When Koto said, "Now send out your fighters, teams!"
Rinku stepped forward and said, "I'll go first!"
From Yusuke's team, Kuwabara walked to the ring and said, "Yeah, that little brat is definitely mine!"
From the ground, still asleep, Yusuke shouted, "You can take 'em out Kuwabara! I have to go hiking..."
After the two fighters were in the ring, Rinku looked disappointed as he said, "Dammit, shoulda' known I'd get stuck with the weak one! After all that embarrassment last night I was hoping you'd run off!"
Koto went on to say how there were no limits set besides one-on-one. "You're free to use any weapons or techniques you want! First person to stay down or out of the ring for ten seconds is the loser!" A buzzer went off. "Now begin!"
Kuwabara got into a fighting position while Rinku started to slowly walk around Kuwabara. Then he stood on his tiptoes and said "Why don't we play a little first?"
Suddenly he took off so fast he was leaving after images of himself. Kuwabara looked around the ring nervously and got hit a few times, but then found Rinku's trail and made contact with his fist. After a few more hits Rinku disappeared again just before Kuwabara could make a finishing blow. Suddenly Rinku was behind Kuwabara and the idiot turned around just as Rinku was about to kick him. The boy's foot connected with Kuwabara's head, appearing to break his neck.
A few seconds later, Kuwabara was up and the fight continued. When Rinku finally had enough of hand-to-hand fighting, he took out eight yo-yos and used his Serpent Yo-Yo Attack. The strings of his yo-yos came alive and attacked Kuwabara, who didn't stand a chance. It was a little while later when both fighters ended up outside the ring. All they had to do to remain in the fight was to step back into the ring, but Rinku used his yo-yos to keep Kuwabara from reentering the ring.
"And the winner is Rinku!"
Sorry, for stopping it here, but I didn't know how to end this chapter. Oh, and I remember what I was going to say at the beginning of the chapter! Instead of Yusuke's team fighting all of the teams they actually did fight in the tournament, I thought I would make Kagome's team fight every other one. This is because I don't want to come up with teams for them to fight. So, the next match will be between Team Higurashi and the Dr. Ichigaki Team. And I also realized something else. SCHOOL STARTS ON MONDAY! That means that I will no longer be able to update as often as I have been. There will be an update once, maybe twice, a week. So sorry, but it's all school's fault!
Anyway, I hope you liked the chapter! Did anyone notice that it's pretty long for me? It's seven pages on Word. My normal chapters are only about four or five. So... Review!