Facing the Next Adventure
By Serene's Magick
Disclaimer: Hello!!!!! This is fanfiction get a clue. So I don't own anyone from Yu Yu Hakusho or InuYasha, but I do own my OCs that may pop up in my story but no Mary sues.
Fire Kitsune Goddess: Thanks for the review and the attacks. They helped out a lot, but I seriously doubt I will use the Wildfire attack. I don't think anyone will like me if I kill all of the characters in the fic.
AnImEAnGeL97: Thank you again you the kind review.
blazingsunstar: Thanks for the review.
tinabug: I'm glad you like it so far. I like the Kag I portrayed to; I hate it when she's a weak character.
SilverKnight7: Thanks you reviewing again.
God of Death6: I hope the story won't be too disappointing for you then. Wouldn't want the first time you've read a dark tournament fic to be a flop.
Demon Girl (): Thanks for the review.
DemonSorceress: Thank you for writing another review.
Jessica: Thanks for reviewing. I except your criticism and have to say repetition is being ground into my head at school, so if it ends up in my fics oh well.
Kurama and Hiei's loveable miko: Wow thanks reviewing 'cause you're one of my fave authors. And I love you stories they're really good.
I dedicate this chapter to all the
Reviewers whom
Kindly asked for the next chapter.
Chapter Four
And It Starts
--- Shippo's POV---
'Kaasan, looks so peaceful when she's asleep.'
I pick up the sound of movement in the next chapter and wince. I may not like the boys on that team but I feel sorry for them.
'I hope they don't try to wake up Okasan. It's like poking a dragon and when that dragon retaliates ye be dead.'
My ears twitch as I hear movement in the other room. Whispered conversations reach my ears as I move closer to the door. Looking down to make sure I'm clothed in day attire, I pleased to see that I am.
'Thanks Kaasan.'
--- Authors POV ---
"We will draw straws who ever gets the shortest gets to wake up the she devil." Yuske said, looking uncomfortably around the room until his eyes rested on the door that led to Kagome's room.
The door creaked open startling the occupants of the room stopped breathing all except Hiei, who could care less. They all breathed a sigh of relief when they saw it was just the kit.
"I suggest that the kid should wake up his mother." Kurama murmured from his lounging position on the couch that he had won during the silent fight of dominance for it.
"Like H*ll I will." Shippo growled out.
' I prefer all limbs attached to my body.'
Hn... like the onna would do that-
'You don't know my Okasan and yes she would'
-Hn-
"You should watch your mouth kid."
"You're not my father, Urameshi."
"No but your momma isn't here to help you if you get into a fight is
she?"
"No, she isn't."
"Go wake her up." Yuske commands.
"My answer is the same as before, with an amendment: Go to H*ll. You go wake her up if you want her up so bad." Shippo replies, his mind whirling with the possible pains Kagome was most likely put him through.
"Fine." Yuske said smirking.
'How hard can it be to wake up a woman' (Yuske you poor disillusioned fool)
--- Yuske POV ---
I left the room that housed my fellow Spirit Detectives and the demon woman's child and went semi willingly into the den of the lions.
My eyes adjusted quickly to the darkness, only to see that the bed had a single lump under the comforter and it was curled into a ball and whimpering so softly that the sound barely carried to my ears.
"No Sango don't die. Please don't."
'What the f**k. Who the h*ll is Sango.'
The lump gave a low moan, one that you would usually hear from a wounded animal and a dying man. I forced myself to walk closer remembering that a female woken from her sleep is a dangerous thing a very dangerous thing,
'Not to mention that her slaps put Keiko to shame.'
My hand went up to rub my still aching jaw.
Taking another step I was beside the bed and I went out to shake Kagome awake, only to be thrown across the room when my hand touched her.
She had moved and was now standing in the middle of the bed, her hair floating with a non-existent wind and her eyes were glowing a soft gold. A shriek was heard resoundingly in the room.
It was enough to make me cringe and runaway, but I stood my ground and took it like a man...
--- Kagome's POV ---
They woke me up.
Didn't Shippo tell them not to wake me up?
Probably not, he enjoys seeing people who hurt him or me once before get hurt. It was the one called Yuske that woke me up and I didn't spare him any of my annoyance. He is still unconscious in the bedroom... hanging upside down from the ceiling from a belt attached to a fan.
'Who put a fan in an underground room in the middle of a frozen world?'
Looking at my handy work I sigh.
It could have been better a lot better but I don't have time to do anything else. I have to get dressed. I guess looking into his mind wasn't a bad idea, considering he knew when the preliminaries would start.
' Hmm... What to wear: The red silk Chinese Fighters with the lotus flowers or the Black one with the silver dragons. Choices, choices, what to chose? I guess I'll wear the black one.'
Leaving the slightly swinging spirit detective in the bedroom, I walked to the bathroom and changed.
The black skirt of the gi had slits on either side going up to mid thigh with a pair of light black hakamas.
The shirt was a loose black tank top that showed off my arms and the multiple thin white scars scattered here and there. A silver dragon twisted up the skirt and on the tank top till its head rested just below my breasts.
A sheer sash wrapped around my waist and was tied into a bow behind my back onto which I strap my sword Kiro on.
I left the bathroom, my head held high and my eyes gleaming with eagerness for the fights to come. Passing by the idiot I open the door being blinded by the change in light.
All of the Spirit Detectives except the one in the room were getting ready or eating, none of then noticed I had entered except my son.
"Morning Okasan."
'Did you sleep well?'
"Yep."
'Good.'
"Talking to yourself is a bad sign kid." Said the missing link to the stone age a.k.a Kuwabaka.
"Yes it would be baka, if it were true."
"AHHHHHH!!!! EVIL DEMON LADY!!!!!!"
"Hmm."
'Never called that one before but then again no one has mistaken me for a demon.'
"Excuse me Miss Kagome, but where is Yuske? He didn't leave your room." Politely asked Kurama, even though Yoko would rather rip her to shreds.
"He is still there. Tell me how long can a person survive being hung upside down." I asked already knowing the answer: seven minutes.
(I don't know if this is true but if you do know the true time please tell me. Thank you.)
"They can live for about seven minutes. Why do you ask?" He responded with confusion and a hint of worry in his voice, these same emotions were slowly crawling their way on to his face.
"Then you had best go get Yuske down after all he's been upside down for five minutes." I say coldly with a wicked smirk on my face.
I was surprised that a smoke cloud wasn't left behind from the exit Kurama and Kuwabaka made.
' Smoke clouds... can't think about that everything in the past is dead.'
"Okasan, did you really?"
"Yes."
"Why?"
"He woke me up."
--- Author's POV ---
In the bedroom Kurama and Kuwabaka had successfully gotten Yuske down, alive and semi well.
"We can't trust her." Kurama stated the obvious.
"No. We probably can't." Yuske echoed slightly dizzy. "I think if was to her benefit she would leave us all for dead, except for perhaps her son." Kurama said this with a vengeance.
"Your right."
"No, your not. Okasan wouldn't do that. The way she acts now is a defense mechanism she uses because so many people were able to hurt her in the past."
Everyone in the room turned to see Shippo standing there looking at them with a tinge of disgust and sadness in his eyes.
"That still gives her no right to do the things she does." Kurama said.
"True but she does this because she know it will keep everyone from getting close to her and getting hurt or them hurting her. So she's doing this to keep everyone safe."
"SHE TRIED TO KILL ME!" Shouted Yuske.
"Hmm. Well you did try to kill me but that beyond the point. The rope would have disappeared and let you fall down if no one came in the specified time. So you were quite safe."
"That doesn't matter."
"Believe what you will then but if you try to wound my kaasan you will pay.'
--- Shippo's POV ---
After the conversation between three of the Spirit Detectives and I, I was fuming.
'How dare they presume to know what my kaasan and I have been through.'
It was lucky that the Preliminaries were starting in about two minutes or I would have done something I would've regretted.
'I could have let out Okasan's and mines secret out.'
That thought didn't sit well with me, at all.
We meet up with the cheery Lady of Death on outside of the room, and commenced to boring walk to the stadium where the Prelims were being held.
Did I say stadium I think I meant an ice dome. That's what its was an Ice Dome.
We walked in not getting the booing I was waiting for but getting silence, every demon in the stands went silent when they saw Yuske.
'Wonder what he did?'
In the center of the on the Dome there was a risen platform, with the announcer standing looking happy and preppy.
The announcer was a female Ice kitsune with ice blue long hair the grazed the ground in a thousand small braids. She wore a soft gold colored shift that went down to about her knees. Her face was feminine yet strong with two-pointed elf like ears and dainty claws on her fingers.
Around her neck was a gold torc* and on her wrists were lots of bracelets; one of them had little bells dangling from it so when ever she moved a soft musical twinkling followed her.
"My name is Mitori; okay all you fans lets start this Dark Tournament off with the Urameshi team," She shouted into the microphone, and waved her arm in our direction, "against the Yonai team!"
At that she waved her arm in their direction and we could see the other team. Five Oni: two females and three males. At least I think it was two females, I could tell one of them was but the other was iffy.
The one I could tell was female looked like Yura the hair from Kaasan's descriptions, down to the sluttish outfit except she had a purple sash instead of gold.
The other ones were robes that would be more in place in the poor villager of the Shogun than in modern day Japan.
"So who chooses the style of combat allowed in the fight!?" Shouted the very happy announcer.
'Wonder how much she getting paid to keep that smile on her face?'
' Not very much son, maybe just with being able to live another day.'
' Don't do that.'
' Then don't broadcast your thoughts.'
"We do." The Female Oni stated coldly. "And it will be one on one fights. The first from our team shall be Yutaro and sword, whip, and hand to hand combat is allowed for any of the fights: No spirit attacks."
"So who will fight from the Urameshi Team?"
"Hn. I will baka onna." (Take a guess.)
--- Hiei's POV ---
(Warning may be ooc and bad attempts at fighting ahead. You have been
warned.)
I watched as the Oni lumbered onto the platform, its movements were jerky and slow it was no match for me.
I jumped onto the dais myself and fell into a ready position waiting for the onna to publicize the start of the match.
"START!"
The Oni moved faster than he did before running at me with agility it shouldn't be able to muster and it's scent finally was revealed: I was fighting a corpse.
My nose wrinkled in distaste from the smell the scent of dead slightly rotting meat was not a smell I enjoy.
It unsheathed the sword at its hip and swiped at me blindly not coming close to even hitting me. I as well unsheathe my sword smirking at the Oni and swipe of its head...only to have the Oni attack me with vengeance.
'What in all the Depths of Hell is going on.'
I begin to remove each limb by limb... only to have those float up and attack me as well. This was getting annoying and the throng looked on in interest while the Urameshi team started to get worried.
'Hiei, attack the head and destroy the crystal on the band on its forehead.'
The onna...Kagome... commanded, I had nothing to lose so I followed her instructions. The Oni let out a strangled call of pain and glowing red burning up.
I look towards Kagome and see that she is deep in thought, her face showing a hint of fear. What was causing it?
"Urameshi wins. 1-0. Who is next from team Yonai?"
"Ashini is next." The Female Oni stated in that same monotone and cold voice.
"And I believe I will fight this time if no one objects." Kurama said eyeing his opponents coiled whip.
--- Kurama's POV ---
I step gracefully onto the platform a smile but serious smile gracing my lips.
As soon as my opponent was on the platform I heard Mitori shout fight and I ran towards Ashini while making my Rose Whip and attacking.
A slash appeared across its face but it didn't acknowledge it in the slightest. That puzzled me, most creatures will wince but they don't just not react, something is wrong here.
Ashini uncoiled his whip and did an arc so fast I couldn't keep up with it until it hit my arm and left a gash.
"A wound for a wound." He sneered, his voice deep and grating.
"If that is what you believe."
I quickly run my hand through my hair and pull out a small almost invisible seed and fling it at him when I strike again: smirking as it is absorbed by his skin sinking deeply into his body.
He attacks again but I just dodge the smirk still on my face as I send more and more energy into the seed till its ready.
Ashini screamed in agony as the seed bloomed consuming him. My battle was over. Turning back to our team, we walk back the Rose Whip returning to a single rose with out any thorns pushing Boton I hand it to her chuckling as she blushes.
--- Kagome's POV ---
He is a fool, I know he has feelings for Lady Death but to show them in public is like saying in neon lights "She is my weakness",
'Baka.'
A tentative lick on my face makes me look to my shoulder in shock. It was just the ice neko Midoriku-sama gave one that I forgot at the hotel.
'I haven't named you yet so I will do so after these fights and stay by Shippo'
'Fine, mistress.'
"Okay that was quick who will go next?"
"I will." "Team Urameshi?"
I notice that the hanyou-baka was going to open his mouth and I speak up quickly.
"I will."
The Oni and I walk to the Platform or in her case float. I am cautious because of the earlier fights because of the fact that the opponents were corpses.
'It reminds me of...**'
My musings were cut short as Mitori shouted out to initiate the fight.
I look around the dais to see that it is covered in a thin web of hair just like the web Yura used.
"Look familiar." The Oni asked sardonically. "My sister used the exact same attacks. I am Ruya"
"Let me guess then this is some twisted form of revenge trapping me in a web of hair...again when your sister did the exact same thing and was killed." I swear I could feel the stares of my, I shudder, teammates, well Hiei isn't too bad.
"No and yes. I wasn't expecting you but I will use this opportunity to the fullest."
I look ennuyé for I am. What is the problem with demons and revenge?
"Fine then attack me."
"If you wish..."
She does attack but not in the way I was expecting.
'No.'
She went after Shippo my little baby. His was in her arms struggling to get free but couldn't because of her grip on him and I couldn't do a thing being trapped in this web,
'That damn woman.'
I felt so helpless and weak; I can't even protect my own son.
"So Miko." Rayu ridiculed, "Are you going to purify me? Oh no of course, after all you'd kill your own son as well. I'll give you a choice: forfeit and you and son live or fight me and your son dies. What's your answer." "I choose..."
This is all for this chapter.
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A/N: Sorry I haven't updated in a long time, my teachers decided that homework is too go into an all time high. Thus giving no time to update. So from now on I will try to update every Saturday or Sunday.
Also I would like to thank the following for either putting me on their Author Alert and/or Favorites List:
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Kurama and Hiei's lovable miko
The romance in this fic will pick up a little soon, I don't want to rush it after all Hiei doesn't seem like he'd quickly give up his heart so it will take a while.
Torc*- is a thick necklace that was worn in Early Britain
Reminds me of**- if you haven't seen or read the 15 magna of InuYasha this is a spoiler Kagome is talking of Kagura she has the power to animate the dead and use them as fighters, she is also a wind youkai and Naraku's detachment.
By Serene's Magick
Disclaimer: Hello!!!!! This is fanfiction get a clue. So I don't own anyone from Yu Yu Hakusho or InuYasha, but I do own my OCs that may pop up in my story but no Mary sues.
Fire Kitsune Goddess: Thanks for the review and the attacks. They helped out a lot, but I seriously doubt I will use the Wildfire attack. I don't think anyone will like me if I kill all of the characters in the fic.
AnImEAnGeL97: Thank you again you the kind review.
blazingsunstar: Thanks for the review.
tinabug: I'm glad you like it so far. I like the Kag I portrayed to; I hate it when she's a weak character.
SilverKnight7: Thanks you reviewing again.
God of Death6: I hope the story won't be too disappointing for you then. Wouldn't want the first time you've read a dark tournament fic to be a flop.
Demon Girl (): Thanks for the review.
DemonSorceress: Thank you for writing another review.
Jessica: Thanks for reviewing. I except your criticism and have to say repetition is being ground into my head at school, so if it ends up in my fics oh well.
Kurama and Hiei's loveable miko: Wow thanks reviewing 'cause you're one of my fave authors. And I love you stories they're really good.
I dedicate this chapter to all the
Reviewers whom
Kindly asked for the next chapter.
Chapter Four
And It Starts
--- Shippo's POV---
'Kaasan, looks so peaceful when she's asleep.'
I pick up the sound of movement in the next chapter and wince. I may not like the boys on that team but I feel sorry for them.
'I hope they don't try to wake up Okasan. It's like poking a dragon and when that dragon retaliates ye be dead.'
My ears twitch as I hear movement in the other room. Whispered conversations reach my ears as I move closer to the door. Looking down to make sure I'm clothed in day attire, I pleased to see that I am.
'Thanks Kaasan.'
--- Authors POV ---
"We will draw straws who ever gets the shortest gets to wake up the she devil." Yuske said, looking uncomfortably around the room until his eyes rested on the door that led to Kagome's room.
The door creaked open startling the occupants of the room stopped breathing all except Hiei, who could care less. They all breathed a sigh of relief when they saw it was just the kit.
"I suggest that the kid should wake up his mother." Kurama murmured from his lounging position on the couch that he had won during the silent fight of dominance for it.
"Like H*ll I will." Shippo growled out.
' I prefer all limbs attached to my body.'
Hn... like the onna would do that-
'You don't know my Okasan and yes she would'
-Hn-
"You should watch your mouth kid."
"You're not my father, Urameshi."
"No but your momma isn't here to help you if you get into a fight is
she?"
"No, she isn't."
"Go wake her up." Yuske commands.
"My answer is the same as before, with an amendment: Go to H*ll. You go wake her up if you want her up so bad." Shippo replies, his mind whirling with the possible pains Kagome was most likely put him through.
"Fine." Yuske said smirking.
'How hard can it be to wake up a woman' (Yuske you poor disillusioned fool)
--- Yuske POV ---
I left the room that housed my fellow Spirit Detectives and the demon woman's child and went semi willingly into the den of the lions.
My eyes adjusted quickly to the darkness, only to see that the bed had a single lump under the comforter and it was curled into a ball and whimpering so softly that the sound barely carried to my ears.
"No Sango don't die. Please don't."
'What the f**k. Who the h*ll is Sango.'
The lump gave a low moan, one that you would usually hear from a wounded animal and a dying man. I forced myself to walk closer remembering that a female woken from her sleep is a dangerous thing a very dangerous thing,
'Not to mention that her slaps put Keiko to shame.'
My hand went up to rub my still aching jaw.
Taking another step I was beside the bed and I went out to shake Kagome awake, only to be thrown across the room when my hand touched her.
She had moved and was now standing in the middle of the bed, her hair floating with a non-existent wind and her eyes were glowing a soft gold. A shriek was heard resoundingly in the room.
It was enough to make me cringe and runaway, but I stood my ground and took it like a man...
--- Kagome's POV ---
They woke me up.
Didn't Shippo tell them not to wake me up?
Probably not, he enjoys seeing people who hurt him or me once before get hurt. It was the one called Yuske that woke me up and I didn't spare him any of my annoyance. He is still unconscious in the bedroom... hanging upside down from the ceiling from a belt attached to a fan.
'Who put a fan in an underground room in the middle of a frozen world?'
Looking at my handy work I sigh.
It could have been better a lot better but I don't have time to do anything else. I have to get dressed. I guess looking into his mind wasn't a bad idea, considering he knew when the preliminaries would start.
' Hmm... What to wear: The red silk Chinese Fighters with the lotus flowers or the Black one with the silver dragons. Choices, choices, what to chose? I guess I'll wear the black one.'
Leaving the slightly swinging spirit detective in the bedroom, I walked to the bathroom and changed.
The black skirt of the gi had slits on either side going up to mid thigh with a pair of light black hakamas.
The shirt was a loose black tank top that showed off my arms and the multiple thin white scars scattered here and there. A silver dragon twisted up the skirt and on the tank top till its head rested just below my breasts.
A sheer sash wrapped around my waist and was tied into a bow behind my back onto which I strap my sword Kiro on.
I left the bathroom, my head held high and my eyes gleaming with eagerness for the fights to come. Passing by the idiot I open the door being blinded by the change in light.
All of the Spirit Detectives except the one in the room were getting ready or eating, none of then noticed I had entered except my son.
"Morning Okasan."
'Did you sleep well?'
"Yep."
'Good.'
"Talking to yourself is a bad sign kid." Said the missing link to the stone age a.k.a Kuwabaka.
"Yes it would be baka, if it were true."
"AHHHHHH!!!! EVIL DEMON LADY!!!!!!"
"Hmm."
'Never called that one before but then again no one has mistaken me for a demon.'
"Excuse me Miss Kagome, but where is Yuske? He didn't leave your room." Politely asked Kurama, even though Yoko would rather rip her to shreds.
"He is still there. Tell me how long can a person survive being hung upside down." I asked already knowing the answer: seven minutes.
(I don't know if this is true but if you do know the true time please tell me. Thank you.)
"They can live for about seven minutes. Why do you ask?" He responded with confusion and a hint of worry in his voice, these same emotions were slowly crawling their way on to his face.
"Then you had best go get Yuske down after all he's been upside down for five minutes." I say coldly with a wicked smirk on my face.
I was surprised that a smoke cloud wasn't left behind from the exit Kurama and Kuwabaka made.
' Smoke clouds... can't think about that everything in the past is dead.'
"Okasan, did you really?"
"Yes."
"Why?"
"He woke me up."
--- Author's POV ---
In the bedroom Kurama and Kuwabaka had successfully gotten Yuske down, alive and semi well.
"We can't trust her." Kurama stated the obvious.
"No. We probably can't." Yuske echoed slightly dizzy. "I think if was to her benefit she would leave us all for dead, except for perhaps her son." Kurama said this with a vengeance.
"Your right."
"No, your not. Okasan wouldn't do that. The way she acts now is a defense mechanism she uses because so many people were able to hurt her in the past."
Everyone in the room turned to see Shippo standing there looking at them with a tinge of disgust and sadness in his eyes.
"That still gives her no right to do the things she does." Kurama said.
"True but she does this because she know it will keep everyone from getting close to her and getting hurt or them hurting her. So she's doing this to keep everyone safe."
"SHE TRIED TO KILL ME!" Shouted Yuske.
"Hmm. Well you did try to kill me but that beyond the point. The rope would have disappeared and let you fall down if no one came in the specified time. So you were quite safe."
"That doesn't matter."
"Believe what you will then but if you try to wound my kaasan you will pay.'
--- Shippo's POV ---
After the conversation between three of the Spirit Detectives and I, I was fuming.
'How dare they presume to know what my kaasan and I have been through.'
It was lucky that the Preliminaries were starting in about two minutes or I would have done something I would've regretted.
'I could have let out Okasan's and mines secret out.'
That thought didn't sit well with me, at all.
We meet up with the cheery Lady of Death on outside of the room, and commenced to boring walk to the stadium where the Prelims were being held.
Did I say stadium I think I meant an ice dome. That's what its was an Ice Dome.
We walked in not getting the booing I was waiting for but getting silence, every demon in the stands went silent when they saw Yuske.
'Wonder what he did?'
In the center of the on the Dome there was a risen platform, with the announcer standing looking happy and preppy.
The announcer was a female Ice kitsune with ice blue long hair the grazed the ground in a thousand small braids. She wore a soft gold colored shift that went down to about her knees. Her face was feminine yet strong with two-pointed elf like ears and dainty claws on her fingers.
Around her neck was a gold torc* and on her wrists were lots of bracelets; one of them had little bells dangling from it so when ever she moved a soft musical twinkling followed her.
"My name is Mitori; okay all you fans lets start this Dark Tournament off with the Urameshi team," She shouted into the microphone, and waved her arm in our direction, "against the Yonai team!"
At that she waved her arm in their direction and we could see the other team. Five Oni: two females and three males. At least I think it was two females, I could tell one of them was but the other was iffy.
The one I could tell was female looked like Yura the hair from Kaasan's descriptions, down to the sluttish outfit except she had a purple sash instead of gold.
The other ones were robes that would be more in place in the poor villager of the Shogun than in modern day Japan.
"So who chooses the style of combat allowed in the fight!?" Shouted the very happy announcer.
'Wonder how much she getting paid to keep that smile on her face?'
' Not very much son, maybe just with being able to live another day.'
' Don't do that.'
' Then don't broadcast your thoughts.'
"We do." The Female Oni stated coldly. "And it will be one on one fights. The first from our team shall be Yutaro and sword, whip, and hand to hand combat is allowed for any of the fights: No spirit attacks."
"So who will fight from the Urameshi Team?"
"Hn. I will baka onna." (Take a guess.)
--- Hiei's POV ---
(Warning may be ooc and bad attempts at fighting ahead. You have been
warned.)
I watched as the Oni lumbered onto the platform, its movements were jerky and slow it was no match for me.
I jumped onto the dais myself and fell into a ready position waiting for the onna to publicize the start of the match.
"START!"
The Oni moved faster than he did before running at me with agility it shouldn't be able to muster and it's scent finally was revealed: I was fighting a corpse.
My nose wrinkled in distaste from the smell the scent of dead slightly rotting meat was not a smell I enjoy.
It unsheathed the sword at its hip and swiped at me blindly not coming close to even hitting me. I as well unsheathe my sword smirking at the Oni and swipe of its head...only to have the Oni attack me with vengeance.
'What in all the Depths of Hell is going on.'
I begin to remove each limb by limb... only to have those float up and attack me as well. This was getting annoying and the throng looked on in interest while the Urameshi team started to get worried.
'Hiei, attack the head and destroy the crystal on the band on its forehead.'
The onna...Kagome... commanded, I had nothing to lose so I followed her instructions. The Oni let out a strangled call of pain and glowing red burning up.
I look towards Kagome and see that she is deep in thought, her face showing a hint of fear. What was causing it?
"Urameshi wins. 1-0. Who is next from team Yonai?"
"Ashini is next." The Female Oni stated in that same monotone and cold voice.
"And I believe I will fight this time if no one objects." Kurama said eyeing his opponents coiled whip.
--- Kurama's POV ---
I step gracefully onto the platform a smile but serious smile gracing my lips.
As soon as my opponent was on the platform I heard Mitori shout fight and I ran towards Ashini while making my Rose Whip and attacking.
A slash appeared across its face but it didn't acknowledge it in the slightest. That puzzled me, most creatures will wince but they don't just not react, something is wrong here.
Ashini uncoiled his whip and did an arc so fast I couldn't keep up with it until it hit my arm and left a gash.
"A wound for a wound." He sneered, his voice deep and grating.
"If that is what you believe."
I quickly run my hand through my hair and pull out a small almost invisible seed and fling it at him when I strike again: smirking as it is absorbed by his skin sinking deeply into his body.
He attacks again but I just dodge the smirk still on my face as I send more and more energy into the seed till its ready.
Ashini screamed in agony as the seed bloomed consuming him. My battle was over. Turning back to our team, we walk back the Rose Whip returning to a single rose with out any thorns pushing Boton I hand it to her chuckling as she blushes.
--- Kagome's POV ---
He is a fool, I know he has feelings for Lady Death but to show them in public is like saying in neon lights "She is my weakness",
'Baka.'
A tentative lick on my face makes me look to my shoulder in shock. It was just the ice neko Midoriku-sama gave one that I forgot at the hotel.
'I haven't named you yet so I will do so after these fights and stay by Shippo'
'Fine, mistress.'
"Okay that was quick who will go next?"
"I will." "Team Urameshi?"
I notice that the hanyou-baka was going to open his mouth and I speak up quickly.
"I will."
The Oni and I walk to the Platform or in her case float. I am cautious because of the earlier fights because of the fact that the opponents were corpses.
'It reminds me of...**'
My musings were cut short as Mitori shouted out to initiate the fight.
I look around the dais to see that it is covered in a thin web of hair just like the web Yura used.
"Look familiar." The Oni asked sardonically. "My sister used the exact same attacks. I am Ruya"
"Let me guess then this is some twisted form of revenge trapping me in a web of hair...again when your sister did the exact same thing and was killed." I swear I could feel the stares of my, I shudder, teammates, well Hiei isn't too bad.
"No and yes. I wasn't expecting you but I will use this opportunity to the fullest."
I look ennuyé for I am. What is the problem with demons and revenge?
"Fine then attack me."
"If you wish..."
She does attack but not in the way I was expecting.
'No.'
She went after Shippo my little baby. His was in her arms struggling to get free but couldn't because of her grip on him and I couldn't do a thing being trapped in this web,
'That damn woman.'
I felt so helpless and weak; I can't even protect my own son.
"So Miko." Rayu ridiculed, "Are you going to purify me? Oh no of course, after all you'd kill your own son as well. I'll give you a choice: forfeit and you and son live or fight me and your son dies. What's your answer." "I choose..."
This is all for this chapter.
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A/N: Sorry I haven't updated in a long time, my teachers decided that homework is too go into an all time high. Thus giving no time to update. So from now on I will try to update every Saturday or Sunday.
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The romance in this fic will pick up a little soon, I don't want to rush it after all Hiei doesn't seem like he'd quickly give up his heart so it will take a while.
Torc*- is a thick necklace that was worn in Early Britain
Reminds me of**- if you haven't seen or read the 15 magna of InuYasha this is a spoiler Kagome is talking of Kagura she has the power to animate the dead and use them as fighters, she is also a wind youkai and Naraku's detachment.