Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho or any of its characters. So don't even think about suing me. But I do own Lain Mikado and some of the plot that I didn't get from the series.

Yu Yu Hakusho

4: Lain and Kurama battle

Saga: The Dark Tournament

Rinku was still looking at Lain nervously as she got into her defensive stance. He gulped and then begun his first attack, more like rather move. He smiled at her and then moved closer to the outer edge of the ring. He drew in a breath and then began to run around the edge of the ring at top speed.

Lain twisted her head around, looking for the boy every time that she saw his bright clothing flash out in front of her. She grinned at what he was doing and then lowered her sword. She sighed and then spoke.

"I see you have incredible speed," Lain said as she began to sheath her sword, she had figured that she would need it in the first part of her battle, considering the fact that she had thought they would be doing fighting, rather than her watching him run around the ring. "But I'd rather get straight down to business."

Rinku stuck his tongue out at her and then picked up his speed a little more, hoping that he would some how confuse her. It didn't seem to be working because Lain seemed to be paying no attention to him at all.

Lain drew in a breath and then got down into a sort of crouched position on the heals of her feet. She drew back her left hand to keep her balance and then pulled her right hand towards her chest. She then closed her eyes and listened to the sound of Rinku's feet hitting the floor or the ring. She sucked in a breath and then let it out slowly. Her eyes came open a bit, but she was still focusing on the sound of the boy's movement.

A few seconds latter hey eyes shot open all the way and she shoved her right hand away from her body and out in front of her. A huge mass of what seemed to be air, or her spirit energy erupted in front of her, pushing itself in the direction in front of her.

The wave of the unknown force slammed into the body of Rinku, who had just arrived in front of Lain on his passing around the ring. He fell to the ground instantly and didn't get back up.

"And it looks as though the poor boy is already down!" Koto cried out rushing over to him. "Well there seems to be no reason for a ten count, he looks as though he's out cold!"

Lain smiled as she realized that she had one her first match. It looked as though she wouldn't have a problem getting through the tournament without her Tantei powers, no matter how much she wished she could use them again.

She begun to make her way over to the rest of her team but stopped dead when she saw the look of confusion and horror spread onto Yusuke's face. She looked at him confused and then it snapped inside of her. Rinku must have gotten up, what other reason would the look be on Yusuke's face for.

Lain shot her hand down at the hilt of her sword in her sheath at top speed; it was unseen to the people around her. She flipped the sword up and spun around, still going at the same speed. She now had her sword in front of her chest and face, from behind it would have been the back of her head and her back. Luckily she had noticed what was going on because Rinku was back up, and showing his true weapons.

Eight Yo-yo's, four to each hand. He had managed to get up fast enough and pull out his weapons; he had also thrown them at her when her back was turned to him. Leaving her almost defenseless.

Lain frowned at him as she flipped her sword a little to block the movements of the Yo-yo's. She had managed but something happened that she hadn't expected. The yo-yos had twisted themselves around her sword, making it impossible for her to move the sword at all.

She tried to jerk it, but got no success.

"It looks as though I have the upper hand!" Rinku shouted out flipping the strings to the yo-yo's that were attached to his hands.

Lain was sent flying up into the air, about a good five feet, and then sent hurdling back down to the ring. She, for some reason, was now willing to let go of her prized katana. This however was the disadvantage for her, because she all free game.

Rinku did the attack again. She had still not managed to learn that it was better to drop the sword and do another way of attacking. He smiled as the thought of winning came into his mind. He was going to, this girl seemed to be stupider than he thought she was going to be. Her defense seemed to be dropping because of her will not to let go of the sword.

"Drop the sword stupid!" Yusuke shouted out get angry. "Can't you see that it's slowing you down?! Just drop it! Get it back latter after you've defeated this stupid kid!"

"Shut-up!" Lain screamed back at him clutching the sword as tight as she could. She screamed a little as she was lurched back up into the air. Higher than she was last time. She looked down below her, scared for the first time. She looked at Rinku and then back over to her horrified teammates. She couldn't let go of her sword now. If she did she was going to fall to her death, but if she didn't she would most likely stay up here until the kid either decided to slam her into the ground, unravel the strings, or let her lose her grip.

She found out a second latter, it was a horrible surprise. He grinned up at her, a little frightened, but dropped the strings around her sword, letting her fall the ninety feet to the ground.

"No!" Kurama shouted out running towards the ring. He was pushed back by Koto though.

"I'm sorry Mr. but I can't let you into the ring," Koto said. "It's against the rules."

"I don't care!" Kurama shouted out trying to get passed her again. "I'm not going to let her die like this! I don't want to see this happen again!"

"Kurama, you surprise me," Hiei said sounding as though he were a little board. He was eying Lain as she was sent hurdling down. "She's got more to her than she looks. Can't you tell? She hasn't used her full potential. Have you already forgotten that she is a Tantei?"

"But she's not right now! She can't use her powers!" Kurama shouted out at Hiei angrily. "She's going to die if we don't do something about it!"

"No she's not," Yusuke said looking at Lain as she seemed to be slowing down. "No… she isn't."

Lain focused to what was happening around her. She still had about a good sixty feet before she hit the ground. She arched her sword back in her arm and then threw it at the ground below her. She took in a deep breath and then flung her arms and legs out so she looked as though she were making the figure x.

"I, Lain Mikado, call upon your powers to help me in my time of need! Though I be a mortal I pray that you might lend me your strength to destroy this death I am about to meet!" Lain shouted this out and then smiled as she noticed she started to slow down. She hit the ground at a little too much force. She had landed on her hands and feet, catlike. The ring shoke a little from her impact, but not much.

She picked herself up off from the ground and looked at Rinku with a big grin on her face.

"Thought you could get rid of the famous Lain Mikado! Didn't you!?" Lain shouted out laughing a little. "Nice try kid! Best fight I've had in a long time! But I'm afraid your luck ends here! I'm using all I got now!"

"What!?" Rinku shouted out nervously. "I…I…what do you mean!?"

"I'll have to show you!" Lain said walking over to her sword. She pulled it out of the ground and then rose it about her head. She started to chant something that no one could hear and then slammed her sword back into the ground. A black flame went up around the ring, and created what looked like an X in the middle.

"Darker than Darkness!" Lain shouted out as the flame flickered out and then appeared in the shape of a fire dragon in front of Rinku.

Rinku looked at it as though he were going to die instantly. He was almost right. The dragon let out a roar and then exploded in front of him. He was instantly sent flying out of the ring and into the wall around the seating area. It crumbled below him. He was sure to have been knocked out.

"That…that was amazing!" Koto cried out jumping into the air. "The Dragon Nidhogg! The death eater from hell! This is one and a lifetime stuff folks! And here we have it! One! Two! Three! Four! Five! Six! Seven! Eight! Nine! And ten! Lain Mikado wins her first round!"

Lain smiled as she stepped away from the ring and yawned. She had wasted so much of her energy calling the Dragon. Most of the crowd was cheering, or were they hissing at her? She couldn't tell. She continued walking over to the edge of the ring and jumped down, or more like stumbled down and yawned again.

"Thanks Kurama," Lain said smiling at him happily.

"For what may I ask?" Kurama said looking a little confused at what she had said to him.

"You wanted to save me when I was falling, I heard you," Lain said smiling at him and then began to stretch. "You were pretty loud, but still… it was nice to know that people cared about me again."

"I guess your welcome," Kurama answered still not to sure about what she was saying.

Lain walked over to where her boots lay and sat down besides the. Hiei was standing right next to her, leaning against the wall that separated them from the hallway. She began to put on her left boot but was interrupted by his conversation that he was starting with her.

"So you can call Nidhogg? The death eater Dragon?" Hiei asked looking at her as though he were a little surprised. "Impressive. More than I thought you could do."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Lain asked as she finished putting on her shoes. She then leaned against the wall behind her also. "You didn't think that I could do anything with out my Tantei powers right? That I was a hopeless fool?"

"No," Hiei remarked frowning at what she had just said. "Don't get into a fight with me again. That is unless you want me to be against you?"

Lain yawned but didn't answer what he had just said.

"Kurama's fighting next," Kuwabara said sounding a little hurt. "He's against Roto."

"Roto?" Lain asked. "Isn't he the guy…aw…what ever. I just want to go to sleep. I can't take this much more. That stupid attack took a lot out of me. I hope the kids happy that I didn't kill him, I had to use a lot to hold the Dragon's force back. Practically tore my mind apart. Having to fight against him…"

Everyone was quite as Kurama stepped into the ring, though they didn't have any dought against him winning against Roto. They all knew he would, considering the fact at how much power he had.

"Second round everyone!" Koto shouted out smiling once more. "Kurama vs. Roto!"

As soon as she had said this Kurama went on offensive and started to attack Roto, as soon as he began to let up and watch the demon, he started to talk to him.

"You want to know something ironic?" Roto asked smiling happily, even though he had just gotten the crap beaten out of him. "It's ironic that I'm going to have to win this match, at the sake of another's life. And that you're going to die."

"What are you talking about?" Kurama asked sounding confused at the statement that Roto had just said.

"You know I have a brother, he's bound to me by this device, it tells him to kill who ever he has been tracking down," Roto said steeping back. He reached into the inside of his green jacket and pulled out a small device with a red button on it.

"And what is it to me?" Kurama asked. "There's no one out there that could be killed by him."

"Well you see Kurama, everyone knows about your little story that happened fifteen years ago, about how you were killed when you were Yoko Kurama. The bandit fox demon," Roto said smiling more widely. "About how you used your last spirit energy to be brought into a human form, how you are now. Your mother, she is human right? The only one that can't be protected all of the time, the one who is being stalked at this moment by my brother?"

"I…" Kurama began and then frowned at what Roto was saying. Should he take him seriously? Or was Roto just playing around with him. He glanced over at his group. Lain had fallen asleep and Hiei was now sitting down beside her. Yusuke and Kuwabara were now watching every move that he was making. He had better take him seriously, for if not, then he might make a grave mistake in not believing him.

"Don't move. Or I'll kill her," Roto said steeping forward.

Kurama put his hands inside of his white pants and then pulled out his left. He flicked a pebble at Roto. Roto laughed at what Kurama had just done and then took a steep forward.

"Wise decision," Roto said grinning more widely. "Now welcome to my word of pain!"

Roto charged at Kurama, and quickly dove a punch right into his gut. He slammed in another one and then kneed him in the face with his left leg. The punishment for Kurama's actions continued on for a while, with the worried looks of his friends, which were wondering why he wasn't fighting back.

Roto stopped what he was doing and then backed up, looking at his work. Kurama had started to bleed and was now looking at Roto with deep loathing. He then rose his foot up from the ground and spoke to him.

"I want you to lick the slime off of my shoe," Roto said shoving his foot forward, closer to Kurama's face, Kurama had fallen to his knee's a minute latter before Roto had asked him to do this.

"No," Kurama replied looking at Roto stupidly.

"Do it now or I'll kill your mother! I said lick the slime off of my shoe!" Roto shouted out again urging his foot forward more. "Now!"

"Go ahead and press it then," Kurama said picking himself up. He shrugged his shoulders at the demon and then began to dust himself off.

Roto twitched at what Kurama had just said and then slammed down his finger on the button, or so he had thought. He couldn't get his arm to move, nothing was being able to move at all in his body. He looked around wildly with his eyes and then glared at Kurama. "What have you done!?"

"Nothing much," Kurama replied smiling at him stupidly. "Just something that you couldn't see, because of a distraction. I flicked the pebble, you didn't realize that I also flicked a Death Seed at you. It's punctured in your chest. It will take a few minutes, but when it blooms, throne vines will sprout from it, killing you."

"What!? No!" Roto screamed out trying to move again, but got no success like before.

Kurama walked over to Roto and then pulled the device out of his hand. He held it in front of Roto's face and then smashed it.

"You will die," Kurama said glaring at him. "You have no right to try and blackmail people like this. This isn't what this tournament was made for. Fighting, if you can't do that, then you are no true demon. Die."

"No! Please! Stop! Make it stop! I'll do anything! Please just don't let me die!" Roto pleaded looking at Kurama horrified. "I swear! I'll never do anything wrong again in my life. I'll be sworn to doing good deeds! Please! Just don't let me die like this!"

"No," Kurama replied as his glare got more intense. "You don't deserve any mercy from me."

Kurama tried his back on the screaming Roto, he was still pleading. But it all stopped when the Death Seed had sprouted. He was dead.

"The…the winner is Kurama, from Team Urameshi!" Koto said pausing a little, she was still shocked at what Kurama had just done to Roto to kill him. "Next fighters please steep into the ring!"

Kurama steeped out of the ring and looked at his teammates happily.

Hiei raised an eyebrow at him, a little shocked at what he had just done. How he had killed Roto so violently.

Lain jumped out of the sleep she was in, when Koto's booming voice rung through the stadium again.

"From Team Rokoyukai we have Zeru…the…" She paused and looked at him a little confused. "Team leader?"

"Right," Zeru said steeping into the ring. "Who will I be fighting from that pathetic team?"

"Me," Hiei said steeping forward. He could hear Lain yawn from behind him and then get up from her sitting position. "That is if you're not to scared to fight me?"

"Team leader?" Lain asked yawning. "Don't you think it's a little early in the game for the leader to be fighting? I mean we still have two more from that stupid team to fight? Right?"

"Yeah," Yusuke said looking from Zeru and then over to Lain. "I'm curious about that too."

"No questions," Zeru said. "Let's just get this match started, I'm tried of waiting around."

"Fine," Hiei said steeping into the ring. He took off his long black coat and then threw it outside of the ring. He was wearing a short sleeve blue shirt, with black pants. His boots were black, and he had a white bandana over his Jagan eye, in the center of his forehead.

Lain laughed a little at what he was doing, but said nothing. She was surprised that he hadn't even shot a nasty look at her.

"Hey Hiei!" Lain shouted out at him. "I know you probably already know this and stuff…but I just thought I might let you know that he's got some good elemental fire attacks on his side. I'd watch my back if I were you."

"Well said," Hiei answered not even bothering to look at her. "I respect the fact that he has these abilities, it will just make the fight better." Hiei grinned as he approached the center of the ring, ready to fight the team leader from Team Rokoyukai.

Yeah end of another. Hope you people that are reading it like what's happening. Cause I think I've done a farley good job on it so far. Well thanks for reading, and please review!!