Facing the Next Adventure
By Serene's Magick
Disclaimer: If I owned either of the shows Kuwabaka would be eaten by the cats he so loves and InuYasha would be dead and Sesshoumaru would be Kagome's protector. Since none of this has happened, I don't own these shows.
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Chapter Six
Uh-Oh
--- Author's POV ---
When Hiei and Kagome returned to the room, everyone looked at them oddly and smirked, snickered, or did both. Our poor couple didn't know what was going on and glared at everyone in confusion.
Thankfully though, the game had to continue for they had time to kill. The dares went as follows:
Kagome dared Boton to kiss Kurama. At first the kiss starts out as innocent and chaste but Youko took control of Kurama's body...you get the picture.
Kurama dared Yuske to hold hand with Kagome for the rest of the game. Kagome attempted to break every bone in his hand and Yuske being macho didn't say a thing.
Yuske asked Shippo a truth (Why is you kaa-san so cold?), Shippo refused to answer and Yuske dared him to sit on Hiei's lap.
Yuske was thinking Hiei would be pssed and kill Shippo, luckily that didn't happen otherwise Kagome would kill them both.
Shippo dared Kurama/Youko to hug Kagome; he got the affect he desires when Hiei starts to growl possessively.
Basically that was all they had time for, but if they had anymore time, they probably would have given a new meaning to paint the town red.
"Get the oaf, we have to go." Kagome muttered in annoyance, how she hated having to do things when told.
"Hn."
"Whatever."
"Sure."
"NOW!"
"Yes'am."
The Urameshi left the room with Yuske carrying Kuwabaka as if he were a sack of potatoes that is until he woke up screaming bloody murder. Needless to say he was nearly killed this time and then the Urameshi team could have celebrated.
When they arrived in the arena they were meet with silence and fear was permeating the air, nearly knocking the Urameshi team off their feet. Strangely it wasn't because of them that the fear was in the air, it was because of the opposing team.
They looked as deadly as they were beautiful and by the way Kuwabaka and Yuske were drooling they were very beautiful, very.
"Welcome back everyone; my name is Marikano and I'm your announcer for the rest of the games." The announcer was a small female youkai, with bubblegum pink eyes, her hair was up in a ponytail that reached her waist.
"Since my counterpart is no longer with us...due...to problems with her health, I have had to take over. So starting this round is the Urameshi team against the Aniji team!" Strangely everyone on the Urameshi Team turned to Hiei who had just returned from his short disappearance.
'Hiei?'
'Hn.'
'Did you...'
'Did I...what?'
'Did you contribute to the old announcer's poor health?'
All Kagome got for an answer was a completely demented smile from the pyro; this settled all suspicions and no one asked again about that.
Oddly enough even her preppy nature couldn't get and round of applause because either the crowd was too scared or were as Yuske and Kuwabaka drooling too much to notice. The other members of the Urameshi team were alternating between surveying their opponents and wincing in disgust at Yuske and Kuwabaka.
The opponents on the other team looked as follows:
A female with short blue hair and black eyes that sucked you in without mercy.
A male with makeup on and he was wearing a girl's kimono, the non-drooling members of the team winced at his appearance. (Yuske and Kuwabaka were still drooling.)
A male youkai that looked like a taller version of Hiei with the color of his hair reversed a.k.a. white hair and black starburst instead of black hair with white starburst.
A young child like youkai whose clothes as well as person seemed to be made of delicate ice and snow.
A tall male moth youkai, who by his bearing you could guess was the leader of the team. He looked almost identical to Sesshoumaru just his hair was brown and his eyes a purple color, also he had antennae sticking out of his forehead.
"So whose first?" Marikano asked raising her eyebrow in amusement at Yuske and Kuwabaka's drooling, which had formed and small puddle around there feet.
"Since the Urameshi team won't answer, Anaji team chose you first fighter and chose your opponent!"
"As captain of my team I suggest Tenshi go first and against the drooling hanyou." His voice was cold and calculating; even though Kagome had looked at him before, her eyes widened with shock at how much he resembled Sesshoumaru. They could have been twins except for his brown hair.
"Sesshou nii-sama..." She whispered trailing off.
'Kagome...'
'Hiei please get out of my mind.'
'Kagome...what's...wrong?' The way he halted and paused showed he really cared and the sentence was hard for him to say, after all he wasn't raised to show emotions.
'My past, Hiei. That is what's wrong!'
'Everyone has a bad past; yours cannot be that horrible.'
Kagome gave him a hard and cold but he saw beyond the stare and into her eyes, he saw the sadness and the pain that she tried to hide behind her cold façade.
'You know nothing.'
With that parting statement Kagome forcefully shoved Hiei out of her mind, leaving him slightly stunned and confused.
"Yuske put your tongue back in your mouth and go fight Tenshi." Kurama sighed, looking at Boton he smiled predatorily at her, his pride inflating at her school girl blush.
"Uh...yeah...sure." Yuske said borrowing Kuwabaka's brain for a moment. He walked to the dais with a goofy smile on his face.
"Ashitoka Rules?" Marikano asked obviously in love with the Anaji team captain.
"What rules." The captain of the Anaji team now introduced as Ashitoka, lifted an eyebrow and smirked slyly. Gasps and audible sounds of swooning were heard from the audience or in the male population's case, gagging and other sounds of displeasure.
--- Yuske's POV ---
When I reached the platform and heard the rules or lack there for of, I was out of my little drool fest...plus I remember Keiko.
I cracked my knuckles and cracked a smile at the youkai I was going to fight, nearly drooling again.
'Keiko...Keiko...'
"Fight."
I look to my opponent...who was so not there.
"Hanyou looking for me?"
I turned so quickly that I was disoriented.
The woman smiled maliciously at me.
"Dark Flood."
'Uh-oh.'
The attack hit me head on soaking me to the bone, as well as starting to fill the area with water, which didn't spill over the sides of the dais.
"There's a barrier; it won't let the water out till you're dead or I am."
"Spirit Gun."
The attack would have hit her except she moved out of the way. The water was up to my knees.
"Ha. You won't win hanyou."
"Ya sure?"
"Of course."
"Then you won't mind if I do this...SPIRIT WAVE!" (I don't know the after affects of this attack so bear with me.)
Before the witch could scream she died and the water that had been up to my waist receded along with the barrier.
I stumbled off the platform actually getting a smile (upward twitch of lips) from the...from Kagome.
--- Author's POV ---
"Yuske you did well. Hopefully you will have all of your spirit energy back before the next fight."
"Thanks Kurama."
"Next pair."
"Anom will go next along with..."
"ME, the Great Kauma Kuwabara."
--- Kuwabaka's POV ---
' I hope my kitty is okay.'
"Begin."
The Youkai stood completely still and was watching me with red eyes. He looked like a tall version of Hiei only with white hair.
"Do you seriously think you will beat me?"
"Yes because I'm the..."
"Great Kazuma Kuwabara; don't make me laugh." Anom mocked.
I saw...red kitties tearing him to shreds, I started laughing.
--- Author's POV ---
Since we can sum up from Hiei's behavior what happens when you laugh at a Youkai...Kuwabaka lost...badly....painfully...he now looks like a demented pretzel. ( I like it when Kuwabaka loses.)
"Well, the teams are now tied. Next set."
The Urameshi team had acquired a little twitch above their left eye and a giant sweat drop on the back of their heads all due to a certain idiot.
"Junou will go next with..." The one the Urameshi team concluded as being homosexual approached Ashitoka and whispered something in his ear. Ashitoka's eyes' widened before he shouted, "Kurama."
Kurama looked up and coolly surveyed his opponent (who was smiling coyly at him).
--- Kurama's POV ---
After viewing my competitor, I was afraid of Junou as was Youko. We weren't afraid of in fighting terms we're afraid of him because of his sexual taste...and how his eyes were on us.
Youko why are you scared? You slept with a fair number of men.
I slept with only the best and the most beautiful...like you.
...
"Hey cutie." Junou shouted across the platform. "Are you gonna come over here or do I have to come over there?"
"I will only come if I have no other choice and considering this is a fight, I suppose I have no other choice."
"Goodie!"
He scares me.
Very much so.
"Rose whip!"
The idiot didn't move and my attack didn't even phase him. Also he was getting very irritable with his flirtatious smiles and winks.
"Was that supposed to hurt, luv?"
I'm going to kill him.
Why?
He just called us 'luv'. That is more than enough reason.
You forgot the fact Boton is you love as well.
And then there's that.
"Hello? Anybody in there?"
"Back off." I ground out, nothing like getting out of a mental conversation with a kitsune spirit and then waking up to look at a man's face painted with make-up, waving his hand in your face.
"But don't you love me?" Before I could answer I felt a power rise and looked to the sidelines: there was Boton...and boy was she angry.
"No."
"Oh...that's too bad then."
"Hmm."
When I turn back Junou had changed in his place there was the ugliest creature I had ever seen. It looked like something you would see after an experiment went wrong with mutating genes.
"Rose Whip."
Apparently whatever protected Junou in his human-like form didn't carry over into his natural form. Due to this little change my rose whip worked and that...thing was in several pieces and wouldn't bother anyone again.
--- Author's POV ---
Kurama walked off the platform with an arrogant smirk on his face, he walked up to Boton leaned in and whispered something in her ear. Whatever he whispered must have been something Youko cooked up because Boton lit up like a Christmas tree bulb, the red ones.
"Well that puts the Urameshi team 1 ahead perhaps the next match can even the score." Marikano shouted out looking a little disheartened.
"From my team I'll send Kanai." The little girl stepped forward and bowed as she disappeared in a snowstorm and reappeared on the dais. "From the Urameshi team...I care not."
He finished the statement off with a flick of his hair and a smug sneer at the Urameshi team.
"Hn...a child is no match against anyone." Hiei spoke harshly.
"Your point is?"
"You send a child to fight for you, you must be very weak." (What a mouthful for Hiei.)
"Fight her and find if I'm wrong in my sending to a child to fight."
"Hn." Hiei answered but appeared on the platform ready to fight.
--- Hiei's POV ---
"Start!"
I watched for the child grimacing as she smiled evilly at me.
"Forbidden one, how long can you stand the cold?" She asked her voice was child-like but completely cold and devoid of emotion.
"Hn."
"Okay then. Blizzard of Eternity!"
Slowly my line of sight was flooded by a white flurry and temperature dropped dramatically as my body heated up to adapt to the change.
"Forbidden one, feeling the cold yet?"
"Hn." Truthfully she was getting close to the truth; my body temperature was hitting the point where it couldn't go up any more with out it being dangerous for myself.
"How can you not be feeling the cold right now?" She really was getting on my nerves right now.
Master Hiei...
'Who the hell are you?'
I'm Hiko...the dragon spirit of fire...Mistress Kagome sent me.
'Why?'
To protect a prospective mate.
"What?"
"Going deaf Forbidden One?"
Want that annoying brat dead?
'Yes, who wouldn't like to kill that brat.'
I agree. Just how to is the problem: Medium, well done, or extra crispy?
'He he. Just so she's dead.'
Done but before that what do you think of Mistress Kagome?
'She's......'
I'll just be glad you tried to answer.
'Hn.'
Oh can you call on the me, just shout Dragon spirit of Fire. (Corny yes, I know.)
"Hn. Dragon Spirit of Fire." I mutter not exactly trusting what will happen.
All at once I'm enveloped in a red haze a red and gold dragon circling around me in a cocky manner.
'What are you going to do, now?'
What ever you ask.
"Forbidden one is that a pet? It really must go...it's melting my lovely storm." The ice apparition scolded in a condescending tone, wagging her finger at me.
'I want her to slowly burn, so I can see the look of fear on her face as she dies.'
I agree...
Hiko stopped circling around me to look at his new found prey and we both smirked...the girl finally understood what was going to happen. But instead of looking scared we mimicked us.
"You know fire always goes out when it gets too cold. It's the same with beings made of fire." Before Hiko or I could react, the temperature dropped again this time, I felt the cold. I watched as the ice lamia faded into the storm again.
Master Hiei, I will have to attack now otherwise we will both die.
'Then do so.' I mentally growled.
Kagome has so much to explain when this fight is over, starting with the prospective mate comment.
I watched as Hiko shot skyward straight to the top of the barriers incasing the ring. Fire collected in his mouth as he through back his head and launched a fireball...to the other side of the platform.
I was about to curse the dragon for stupidity when I heard the lamia's screams.
I had won. (Hiei may appear to be OC but its his mind who knows what he thinks.)
--- Author's POV ---
As the crowd watched the snow storm that had incased the platform dissolved into the air, to show a slightly frozen Hiei. (Hiko already returned to Kagome.)
"And once again the winner is the Urameshi team." Marikano shouted to the crowd while inwardly curses the Urameshi team to hell.
"As I am the last surviving member of my team I'll have to go and against that charming black-haired beauty." Ashitoka wasn't even bothered that all of his team was dead and he was probably next; he instead was giving Kagome the once over.
To this intense scrutiny Kagome narrowed her eyes till they were slits and she was spastically clenching and unclenching her fists.
"Fine." She whispered that one word and stepped onto the dais and into the proverbial fire.
--- Kagome's POV ---
How dare he look at me that way like...like I was some common whore.
I narrowed my eyes even more if that was possible.
He will die.
"You know miko. You really are an exquisite creature. How about we make a deal: if you lose you become my mate, if you win I'm dead. What do you think?"
"It is your death wish you're signing not mine."
"Is it a deal then?" Ashitoka asked impatiently.
"It is."
"Good."
"And start the fight." Marikano shouted her voice sounding very tearful.
Mistress let me deal with him.
'Kiro, I think the dragons want a piece of him. Maybe next time, ne?
Hmm...if it is what you wish Mistress.
'It is. Nira, Tenshi, Hiko, Serku do you want to play a game?'
Milady, only if it involves that arrogant son of...I apologize for my language, milady, only if it involves his death. Nira growled. A round of I agrees followed.
'Good. I release you "SPIRITS OF THE ELEMENTS.'"
As soon as I had shouted that the four spirits erupted from my body and swirled around me for a moment before they all lunged at Ashitoka. To say the least the sight wasn't for the weak of stomach, each spirit used their element to the fullest slowly killing the idiot that attempted to claim me.
When the final scream of Ashitoka was silenced, the spirits returned to my body. Calmly I walk off the platform, death doesn't phase me.
Again all was silent as I returned to my team. Odd I now refer to them as my team...hmm...let us hope the outcome will not be that of...them.
"Well, there you have it folks Urameshi team wins and if you excuse me I have to go mourn the lose of a hot male." Marikano said in a pseudo cheerful voice.
I almost feel bad for her...almost.
'Kagome...'
'Hiei didn't you get the message when I kicked you out of my head last time.'
'Wait...what did Hiko mean about prospective mate?'
'Just as it sounds Hiei...intimidated?'
'Hn.'
As I finish the conversation with Hiei my miko senses go into overload, I was expecting this at one point...but this was too off the scales.
I heard a deliberate slow clap and turned around.
"Very good...for a copy anyway."
"Naraku."
A/N: There you have it the sixth chapter you have all been waiting for. I'm so sorry it is late...this have been hectic. With Brittanysr moving back to her home in the U.S.A and all, I kinda hit a writer's block.
But as you see I got over it and here is your chapter. Please review and enjoy.