[B]Chapter 6 Let the fight begin...
Disclaimer: I do not own fushigi yugi blah blah blah
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Tamahome/Miaka (No Taka) (sorry to those fans that like Taka) (its just too sad how he dies)
Tamahome/Miaka
Hotohori/Miaka
Nuriko/Miaka (I always had a thing for him) ;
Amiboshi/Miaka (I'm not too sure about this one...)
(I might do a Tasuki/Miaka but I don't really wanna do that pair right now)
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Now, the moment you have been waiting for, let me introduce you to...the sixth chapter!!! [/B]
"Oh, forgive me, please this way" the other girl mumbled before rapidly walking off.
Miaka had to jog to keep up with her, they passed rooms filled with people yelling out bets
"Ha-ha, so who're you betting for Lingzhi?"
"Wong Fei Hung, he's the best"
"I thought you would of placed your bet on Tamahome!"
"Well, Wong Fei Hung's got a huge silver axe that he's been training with for 17 years, there's no way Tamahome can beat him"
"I suppose you're right but I'm still placing my bet on Tamahome, when it comes to fighting he's number one and every time he fights against an armed opponent he always manages to win..."
'Can this guy Tamahome really be that powerful?' thought Miaka nervously.
"Hey Yui, what do you think?" mumbled Miaka quietly
No response
"Yui?"
...
"Hello"
Miaka didn't have a chance to say anymore as she entered a huge room crowded with fighters of every type.
There were skinny fighters, fat fighters, short fighters, tall fighters, muscled fighters, mean looking fighters, fighters that look like they are ready to wet their pants, all men and women alike.
Miaka thanked the girl and silently slid into the room, hoping to go unnoticed, this was pretty easy since everyone had their back turned to her.
Miaka stood quietly at the back, listening to other conversations
"Hehehehehe its gonna be a pinch winning this year"
"Don't get so cocky Xi Liang I heard Tamahome is entering this year"
"What?!?"
"And so's Wong Fei Hung"
"We're doomed"
"I know, all the really good fighters are gathering here this year, drawn by the prize like bears to honey"
"That's not fair!!! Tamahome's going to win for sure!!!"
"The worlds never fair"
Miaka quietly stepped up to the two arguing men
"Um, excuse me..."she trailed off as the two men turned to look at her
Their eyes widened
"Wow, what a babe..."
Miaka blushed and looked at the floor as saliva dripped out of their open mouth
She looked up again just in time to see them hurriedly wiping their mouths
"Uh hi, my name is Miaka Yuki-"
One of the men cut her off
"Hey, you're a foreigner aren't you?"
"Uh...yes" she replied taken by surprise
"Hi my name is Xu Xian and my friend here is Sei Fei Jei- Wah!!!"
Xu Xian suddenly stumbled forward and smashed face first onto the floor
"Hi my name is Wan Xi Liang" said the other man with his foot on Xu Xian's back
"Um...nice to meet you Wan Xi Liang and uh..." Miaka glanced down
"Mr. Xu Xian"
Xu Xian hopped up and winked at her "just call me Xu"
Miaka smiled slightly at both of them.
"Attention everyone!!! Attention!!!" a woman stood at the top of a stage at the front of the room amid a lot of catcalls and wolf whistles
"The tournaments about to begin in 5 minutes, now before we begin there is a rule change"
The room became deathly quiet.
"As you all know, this year we have doubled the prize money, as a result 568 fighters turned up today"
"We usually only get around 150 fighters so the amount has tripled"
"As one of the rule changes, instead of you people fighting on one on one, on your level"
The woman paused
"This year you will be placed in the ring in 5 groups which will add around 115 per group"
She stopped as the fighters began to protest
"You will also be placed in your own category and level which means we will have a female martial arts group, a male martial arts group, a female weapons group, a male weapons group..." at this point all the men fearfully stared at Wong Fei Hung who just grinned back.
"...and we will also have a mixed gender of men and women that can do martial arts and also know how to handle a weapon"
"The reason you're placed in groups is because our tournaments only last a day and to have all of you duel one on one's will last for a week, so this was the only option"
Just as the woman finished saying a bell clanged.
"Well that's the sign for the first group to enter the ring" she said cheerfully
"And the first group is, the male weapons group!!!"
A line of male fighters slowly trudged out of the open doors, at the back of the line was Wong Fei Hung.
Miaka spotted a small bench at the corner of the room she walked over to it and plopped herself onto the seat.
She stared at the wall ahead, trying to figure out why Yui hadn't answered her
"Yui, where are you? Why won't you answer me?"
Miaka waited, no reply
She sighed deeply and closed her eyes, ignoring the man taking the seat next to her on the bench.
Miaka leaned back against the wall and fell into a light sleep.
Clang!!!
She woke with a start as the bell clanged again
"May the women's weapons group come to the fighting ring?"
A group of females looked at each other uneasily and followed the woman.
Miaka stifled a yawn and leaned back against the wall once more prepared to take another nap, not noticing the still warm soft piece of clothing placed on the hard, cold stone wall.
Clang!!!
Miaka gave a small groan of irritation as she sat up and rubbed sleep from her eyes.
"We now need the men and women weapons and martial arts group" the lady called out briskly before marching out the door with a rag tag group of fighters trailing behind her like ducklings.
Miaka got off the bench and quickly followed the others.
Corridor after corridor they walked through until they suddenly found themselves in the open with the bright sun shining down upon them, with no clouds to block it.
And there...was the fighting ring, rising out of the ground like a battle tower, covering the spectator's sight of the fighters.
Servants came rushing up to them with swords and spears in their hands.
Miaka found herself presented with a straight double edged sword, she stared at it before smiling and giving her thanks to the boy before her, she lifted the heavy weapon and swung it a few times
'Whoa!!! It's heavy!!! Maybe 7 times heavier than my bockkien!' she thought in surprise as she almost fell over from the momentum.
A few of the lady's watching her sniggered and began murmuring to each other behind their hands giving her sly glance.
Miaka frowned she would show them that this girl would not be taken down so easily! But she was trained in the ways of a curved sword not a straight one, it will be harder to use.
"Alright! its time to get up onto the ring! Remember, have no mercy for each other be it friend or enemy!!! 500 gold ryo is weighing on this!!"
Everyone glared at each other with distrusting eyes.
"Right, now lets let the lady's up onto the stage first!!!" the lady called out cheerfully.
The women with Miaka trailing behind, walked up the steps
One by one they popped out into view as they stepped onto the fighting ring, quickly followed by the men.
Miaka took her position near the corner of the fighting ring, feeling the stares of both the crowds and the male fighters.
'Urghh...Why do they have to stare at me' she thought irritably as she took up her position.
"Ready...fight!!!" yelled out a man in red as he threw a red silk flag into the air
Practically all the women turned their gaze upon her and began stalking forward
"Hey that's not fair!" protested Miaka as they formed a ring around her
One of them shot forward and clashed swords with her.
Hilt locked on hilt as they both pushed with all their strength
'Dammit!' Miaka thought as she felt herself getting pushed to the ground.
While the two was fighting one of the women sneaked up behind Miaka and slashed at her back.
Ka-ching!!!
(okay this bit might be a bit confusing)
Miaka managed to jump out of the way in time and watched as the sword sliced into two.
"Ha!!!" she said triumphantly and kicked the woman in the stomach, sending her flying.
"Right now who's next?" she asked as the circle tightened
Before they could answer two of the fighters were knocked down.
All the women spun around and found themselves fighting.
Miaka faced one of the fighters, he charged forward his sword high.
"Sneaking up on people? Where's your honor?" asked Miaka as she blocked his strike and knocked him down.
Fighter after fighter she defeated without even breaking a sweat.
She shook her head as she took down another
"And they call themselves fighters?"
Miaka yawned, tears sprang into her eyes as the crowd cheered wildly
She looked around and saw only 4 people left
"Hmmm, well that was quick" she jumped over one of the many bodies littering the ring and began to walk towards one of them
Thump
Miaka felt herself knocked flat onto the ground
"Dang it!" she gasped as the foot applied more pressure on her back forcing all the air out of her lungs
"Can't breath..." she began to feel dizzy as the lack of air began to get to her.
"I'm not gonna..."
Miaka kicked out with her leg and by lucky chance managed to land a direct hit onto the persons shin, causing him/her to wobble and release the pressure on her back
Miaka gave a quick roll to the left and jumped up, gasping.
She looked at the man while he regained his balance.
He had jet black hair and brown eyes with a nasty smirk (no this is not Tamahome)
Miaka eyed him up and down and noted the spear he held onto in his right hand.
"You're really mean, you know that?" she told him as they circled each other
He shrugged.
The man lunged forward and whacked Miaka in the legs, before she could react.
Miaka's eyes widened as she went down
'He's moves are fast!'
She got up again and circled him more carefully and cautiously all her senses fully alert
The man lunged forward once more and went for her side again, this time Miaka blocked with her sword.
She smirked, she was overconfident last time and that dulled her senses but not this time.
He withdrew his weapon and stared at her.
"You are skilled" he murmured
She shrugged
"But you're no match for me"
"How can you be so sure?"
"I'm a natural for the martial arts"
Miaka raised an eyebrow
"Oh? And what's that got to do with your weapon skills?"
"Actually I really don't know" the man confessed
"But all I know is that if we verse without weapons I'll win...so do you wanna try?"
"No thanks I'll stick with my weapon"
"If that's what you wish"
He shot forward once again but aimed his spear at Miaka's head she ducked.
He jabbed his spear forward towards her stomach she blocked it with her sword and dashed forward
"There is no way I can hit him if I don't get closer" she muttered as she tried to slash at his chest
To Miaka's surprise he blocked it with his bare hands and pulled on it so she stumbled forward
Sa-mooch
Miaka whipped her head out of the way as he tried to kiss her lips but winced as his lips landed on her cheek
"Ewwww, gross!!!" she yelled as they broke off
He grinned and licked his chops
Miaka shuddered
"Mmmm that tasted nice"
Miaka threw away her sword and shifted into a fighting stance
"Oh? Very well" the man chucked away his spear and spat on his hands
Miaka stared at him in horror
"Lets begin!!!" the man yelled before charging forward
(Sorry I can't be bothered to write down the details I suck at fighting description, but I'll make one for Miaka and Tamahome's fight in the next chapter);
All I can say is that a lot of kicks, punches, bruises and scratches were exchanged.
Miaka wiped sweat from her face.
'Its no good, fighting with Martial arts aren't working against him!' she thought in desperation
At that moment the man dashed towards her
Miaka stood there and waited till he was nearly on top of her
"Yaaa!!!"
The man flew back 10 paces, hit by the most lethal and dangerous attack known to man...the dreaded knee-to-groin...
Miaka withdrew her knee and fell to the ground, exhausted.
"If you do not get up it will be considered a draw" yelled the man in red
Miaka shot up
"I'm up, I'm up!!!"
Silence...
"Yay!!!"
The crowd cheered wildly
"That was amazing!!!"
"Did you see her kicks?"
"...and she's only a little girl!!!"
"That was impossible!!!"
"Did you see how high he flew?!?"
"That was incredible!!!"
"I'm betting on her for the finals"
"Me too!!!"
"Count me in!!!"
"Yeah!!!"
Miaka smiled wearily as the servants dragged the limp fighters off the ring, one of them approached her
"Please follow me" she mumbled
"Um, I don't want to sound rude or anything but where are we going?" asked Miaka as she followed the girl
(there are a lot of the girl aren't there?)
"Uh, the winners of each round are given a room to spend the night so they are ready to fight tomorrow morning"
"Oh...why is that?"
"To stop them from running away"
"..."
After a series of corridors and stairs.
"Here we are" the servant stopped at a door and opened it
"This is where you will spend the night, there is a hot bath tub behind the screen" she said pointing to the back of the room
Miaka nodded
"We will be sending a meal for you in a while"
"Great!!! Thanks!!!" Miaka said brightly suddenly remembering the reason why she was in the tournament
The servant walked out of the room and closed the door
Miaka watched her shadow pass before walking to the back of the room
There was nothing much, apart from the big bed, the wooden table in the middle of the room and the big screen placed at the back.
Miaka walked over and slipped behind it, taking care not to look at the tub just yet.
She quickly slipped off her jacket and vest before climbing out of her skirt, folding them neatly she unbuttoned her shirt and tossed it into the pile, unhooking her bra (ahem)she took off her socks and undergarment (what can I say? I'm a very modest person)
Miaka took a deep breath and spun around
"Oooh"
The tub was big and wooden with pink and red rose petals floating at the top while a sweet smell drifted in the air
Miaka smiled and stepped carefully into the tub wincing slightly at the heat
"Aaah..."
Miaka sighed gratefully as she sank into the tub
'Eh???'
Miaka frowned in confusion as she sank deeper
"What?"
Miaka's chin was almost submerged when her feet touched the bottom of the tub
"What is this? A mini swimming pool?" she asked aloud as she stepped around trying not to create any waves
She waded to the edge of the tub and felt a small ledge, heaving herself up she sat on it and began to wash herself
"Ah...it feels so good to be clean again..." she closed her eyes in relaxation
(No, I'm not going into any details even made up characters deserve privacy)
15 minutes later...
Miaka heaved herself out of the tub and quickly dried herself off, looking around, she spotted a silk robe hanging in a corner and quickly wrapped herself in it, she wasn't ready to wear her school uniform yet
Just as she was finished the door opened and the girl from before stepped into the room, balancing a tray of food in one hand.
She laid the food onto the wooden table and cast a quick smile towards Miaka before walking out the door again
Miaka practically tripped on her robes for her rush to the food her eyes sparkled brightly as she looked down at the small feast laid before her
(use your imagination on what she saw cause I'm afraid I might insult some people like vegetarians and stuff...)
"Itatakii mas!!!"
Miaka grabbed a pair of chopsticks...
2 minutes later...
"Chinese food is most delicious a pity it doesn't have much flavor"
Miaka yawned and stumbled into the bed
"Mmmm....so sleepy..."
She threw back the covers and snuggled into the bed
"Night Keisuke..."
The next morning...
Chirp Chirp Chirp
Miaka opened her eyes slowly, stopping a huge yawn she sat up and rubbed her eyes
"Morning Keisuke"
"Morning Mum"
"Mum?" Miaka's eyes widened as the past events rushed up into her mind
"OMG!!!"
She quickly got out of the bed and ran around in circles
"OMG OMG"
"That wasn't a dream???"
"OMG!!!!"
She stopped running
"okay Miaka no need to panic!!! This is just a story"
"So just go with the flow, yeah, just go with the flow"
Miaka's rapid breathing slowed and stopped
"Okay, first things first what do I do first in the morning?"
"I brush my teeth of course" she answered herself
Miaka looked around
"Unfortunately there isn't one so what do I do next?"
"I change" Miaka glanced around and spotted her uniform folded neatly in a pile on the table
She walked over and inspected it
Someone had washed her uniform while she was sleeping and much to her embarrassment... Her underclothing too
Slipping off the robe Miaka quickly got dressed, ignoring the bruises littering her well shaped body.
As she was tying up her hair the servant popped through the door.
"Please if you'll follow me the tournaments about to start in 10 minutes"
Miaka glanced up
"Sure"
She followed the servant out of the room.
"Don't we get to eat or something?"
"Well, no because my lord thinks that you won't be able to fight with a full stomach and that hunger drives you to fight"
"Hmmm... how many other finalists are there including me?"
"Five"
Miaka didn't have a chance to ask any more questions as once again she found herself standing outside in front of the fighting ring
The servant bowed to Miaka and hurried back through the doors
Miaka looked up and began to climb the stairs feeling like someone had stuck lead in her legs.
After what seemed only like 10 seconds she found herself standing on the fighting ring once again.
"Just in time!!! Please take your place on the ring so we may begin to fight"
Miaka walked to the corner she had chosen before the sounds of the cheering crowd blasting in her ears
She looked around and observed each fighter carefully
One of them had pale white hair cut short behind his ears and grey eyes
Miaka's eyes shifted to the next fighter
Wong Fei Hung
Miaka gulped and turned her gaze to the next person
She stared
"What the heck...?"
In the middle of the fighting ring was a ball.
A huge ball to be exact
So big it was twice her height
It looked pretty harmless and even cute
But then it waddled towards her
"???0o???"
As the ball came closer to her Miaka realized it was a person
"Eh???"
"Now, now Meatball the rules state you can't move until the last fighter comes and you begin to fight" called the man in red
'The last fighter?' Miaka did a quick head count and realized there were only 4 of them
"Ah, he's come at last..."
Miaka spun around and stared
A man wearing a (um I'm sooo sorry I don't know how to explain what he wears ; but you all know, the usual dark blue thing) stopped and looked at her.
Both of them stared at each other
Miaka felt herself blush lightly at his intense gaze but couldn't tear her brown eyes away from his violet ones
'Oh my God he's sooo hot'
A voice in Miaka's head broke the trance
"Huh? Yui?"
'Hey Miaka!!!'
"Hey!!!"
'Sorry it took me so long to sneak out the book it only took me 2 minutes but when I began to read it again it turned out a night had already passed'
"That's ok-"
Miaka was interrupted as the man in red waved his arms in the air
"Talk to you later" Miaka muttered
"Now that the last fighter has come its time to start"
"So everyone ready?"
All the fighters nodded
The red man grinned then threw the red flag into the air
"LET THE FIGHT BEGIN!!!!"
[B]I'm sooo sorry it took me so long to update!!!! My teachers were very mean and gave me a lot of assignments to do so I didn't get a lot of time to work on this chapter I hope you like it... again Gomen Nasai everyone!!!!
PLEZ R&R!!! (if you don't I will kill myself and die) [/B]
Disclaimer: I do not own fushigi yugi blah blah blah
Poll!!! Poll!!! Poll!!! Poll!!! Poll!!! Let's have a poll!!! After you finish reading this chapter please put in your review what pairing would you like? (Personally I really want a Tamahome/Miaka pairing) but it's up to you guys to decide!!! Choices:
Tamahome/Miaka (No Taka) (sorry to those fans that like Taka) (its just too sad how he dies)
Tamahome/Miaka
Hotohori/Miaka
Nuriko/Miaka (I always had a thing for him) ;
Amiboshi/Miaka (I'm not too sure about this one...)
(I might do a Tasuki/Miaka but I don't really wanna do that pair right now)
So choose carefully because once you've voted you can't vote again (though you could ask your friends to vote) So anyways please vote!!!
Now, the moment you have been waiting for, let me introduce you to...the sixth chapter!!! [/B]
"Oh, forgive me, please this way" the other girl mumbled before rapidly walking off.
Miaka had to jog to keep up with her, they passed rooms filled with people yelling out bets
"Ha-ha, so who're you betting for Lingzhi?"
"Wong Fei Hung, he's the best"
"I thought you would of placed your bet on Tamahome!"
"Well, Wong Fei Hung's got a huge silver axe that he's been training with for 17 years, there's no way Tamahome can beat him"
"I suppose you're right but I'm still placing my bet on Tamahome, when it comes to fighting he's number one and every time he fights against an armed opponent he always manages to win..."
'Can this guy Tamahome really be that powerful?' thought Miaka nervously.
"Hey Yui, what do you think?" mumbled Miaka quietly
No response
"Yui?"
...
"Hello"
Miaka didn't have a chance to say anymore as she entered a huge room crowded with fighters of every type.
There were skinny fighters, fat fighters, short fighters, tall fighters, muscled fighters, mean looking fighters, fighters that look like they are ready to wet their pants, all men and women alike.
Miaka thanked the girl and silently slid into the room, hoping to go unnoticed, this was pretty easy since everyone had their back turned to her.
Miaka stood quietly at the back, listening to other conversations
"Hehehehehe its gonna be a pinch winning this year"
"Don't get so cocky Xi Liang I heard Tamahome is entering this year"
"What?!?"
"And so's Wong Fei Hung"
"We're doomed"
"I know, all the really good fighters are gathering here this year, drawn by the prize like bears to honey"
"That's not fair!!! Tamahome's going to win for sure!!!"
"The worlds never fair"
Miaka quietly stepped up to the two arguing men
"Um, excuse me..."she trailed off as the two men turned to look at her
Their eyes widened
"Wow, what a babe..."
Miaka blushed and looked at the floor as saliva dripped out of their open mouth
She looked up again just in time to see them hurriedly wiping their mouths
"Uh hi, my name is Miaka Yuki-"
One of the men cut her off
"Hey, you're a foreigner aren't you?"
"Uh...yes" she replied taken by surprise
"Hi my name is Xu Xian and my friend here is Sei Fei Jei- Wah!!!"
Xu Xian suddenly stumbled forward and smashed face first onto the floor
"Hi my name is Wan Xi Liang" said the other man with his foot on Xu Xian's back
"Um...nice to meet you Wan Xi Liang and uh..." Miaka glanced down
"Mr. Xu Xian"
Xu Xian hopped up and winked at her "just call me Xu"
Miaka smiled slightly at both of them.
"Attention everyone!!! Attention!!!" a woman stood at the top of a stage at the front of the room amid a lot of catcalls and wolf whistles
"The tournaments about to begin in 5 minutes, now before we begin there is a rule change"
The room became deathly quiet.
"As you all know, this year we have doubled the prize money, as a result 568 fighters turned up today"
"We usually only get around 150 fighters so the amount has tripled"
"As one of the rule changes, instead of you people fighting on one on one, on your level"
The woman paused
"This year you will be placed in the ring in 5 groups which will add around 115 per group"
She stopped as the fighters began to protest
"You will also be placed in your own category and level which means we will have a female martial arts group, a male martial arts group, a female weapons group, a male weapons group..." at this point all the men fearfully stared at Wong Fei Hung who just grinned back.
"...and we will also have a mixed gender of men and women that can do martial arts and also know how to handle a weapon"
"The reason you're placed in groups is because our tournaments only last a day and to have all of you duel one on one's will last for a week, so this was the only option"
Just as the woman finished saying a bell clanged.
"Well that's the sign for the first group to enter the ring" she said cheerfully
"And the first group is, the male weapons group!!!"
A line of male fighters slowly trudged out of the open doors, at the back of the line was Wong Fei Hung.
Miaka spotted a small bench at the corner of the room she walked over to it and plopped herself onto the seat.
She stared at the wall ahead, trying to figure out why Yui hadn't answered her
"Yui, where are you? Why won't you answer me?"
Miaka waited, no reply
She sighed deeply and closed her eyes, ignoring the man taking the seat next to her on the bench.
Miaka leaned back against the wall and fell into a light sleep.
Clang!!!
She woke with a start as the bell clanged again
"May the women's weapons group come to the fighting ring?"
A group of females looked at each other uneasily and followed the woman.
Miaka stifled a yawn and leaned back against the wall once more prepared to take another nap, not noticing the still warm soft piece of clothing placed on the hard, cold stone wall.
Clang!!!
Miaka gave a small groan of irritation as she sat up and rubbed sleep from her eyes.
"We now need the men and women weapons and martial arts group" the lady called out briskly before marching out the door with a rag tag group of fighters trailing behind her like ducklings.
Miaka got off the bench and quickly followed the others.
Corridor after corridor they walked through until they suddenly found themselves in the open with the bright sun shining down upon them, with no clouds to block it.
And there...was the fighting ring, rising out of the ground like a battle tower, covering the spectator's sight of the fighters.
Servants came rushing up to them with swords and spears in their hands.
Miaka found herself presented with a straight double edged sword, she stared at it before smiling and giving her thanks to the boy before her, she lifted the heavy weapon and swung it a few times
'Whoa!!! It's heavy!!! Maybe 7 times heavier than my bockkien!' she thought in surprise as she almost fell over from the momentum.
A few of the lady's watching her sniggered and began murmuring to each other behind their hands giving her sly glance.
Miaka frowned she would show them that this girl would not be taken down so easily! But she was trained in the ways of a curved sword not a straight one, it will be harder to use.
"Alright! its time to get up onto the ring! Remember, have no mercy for each other be it friend or enemy!!! 500 gold ryo is weighing on this!!"
Everyone glared at each other with distrusting eyes.
"Right, now lets let the lady's up onto the stage first!!!" the lady called out cheerfully.
The women with Miaka trailing behind, walked up the steps
One by one they popped out into view as they stepped onto the fighting ring, quickly followed by the men.
Miaka took her position near the corner of the fighting ring, feeling the stares of both the crowds and the male fighters.
'Urghh...Why do they have to stare at me' she thought irritably as she took up her position.
"Ready...fight!!!" yelled out a man in red as he threw a red silk flag into the air
Practically all the women turned their gaze upon her and began stalking forward
"Hey that's not fair!" protested Miaka as they formed a ring around her
One of them shot forward and clashed swords with her.
Hilt locked on hilt as they both pushed with all their strength
'Dammit!' Miaka thought as she felt herself getting pushed to the ground.
While the two was fighting one of the women sneaked up behind Miaka and slashed at her back.
Ka-ching!!!
(okay this bit might be a bit confusing)
Miaka managed to jump out of the way in time and watched as the sword sliced into two.
"Ha!!!" she said triumphantly and kicked the woman in the stomach, sending her flying.
"Right now who's next?" she asked as the circle tightened
Before they could answer two of the fighters were knocked down.
All the women spun around and found themselves fighting.
Miaka faced one of the fighters, he charged forward his sword high.
"Sneaking up on people? Where's your honor?" asked Miaka as she blocked his strike and knocked him down.
Fighter after fighter she defeated without even breaking a sweat.
She shook her head as she took down another
"And they call themselves fighters?"
Miaka yawned, tears sprang into her eyes as the crowd cheered wildly
She looked around and saw only 4 people left
"Hmmm, well that was quick" she jumped over one of the many bodies littering the ring and began to walk towards one of them
Thump
Miaka felt herself knocked flat onto the ground
"Dang it!" she gasped as the foot applied more pressure on her back forcing all the air out of her lungs
"Can't breath..." she began to feel dizzy as the lack of air began to get to her.
"I'm not gonna..."
Miaka kicked out with her leg and by lucky chance managed to land a direct hit onto the persons shin, causing him/her to wobble and release the pressure on her back
Miaka gave a quick roll to the left and jumped up, gasping.
She looked at the man while he regained his balance.
He had jet black hair and brown eyes with a nasty smirk (no this is not Tamahome)
Miaka eyed him up and down and noted the spear he held onto in his right hand.
"You're really mean, you know that?" she told him as they circled each other
He shrugged.
The man lunged forward and whacked Miaka in the legs, before she could react.
Miaka's eyes widened as she went down
'He's moves are fast!'
She got up again and circled him more carefully and cautiously all her senses fully alert
The man lunged forward once more and went for her side again, this time Miaka blocked with her sword.
She smirked, she was overconfident last time and that dulled her senses but not this time.
He withdrew his weapon and stared at her.
"You are skilled" he murmured
She shrugged
"But you're no match for me"
"How can you be so sure?"
"I'm a natural for the martial arts"
Miaka raised an eyebrow
"Oh? And what's that got to do with your weapon skills?"
"Actually I really don't know" the man confessed
"But all I know is that if we verse without weapons I'll win...so do you wanna try?"
"No thanks I'll stick with my weapon"
"If that's what you wish"
He shot forward once again but aimed his spear at Miaka's head she ducked.
He jabbed his spear forward towards her stomach she blocked it with her sword and dashed forward
"There is no way I can hit him if I don't get closer" she muttered as she tried to slash at his chest
To Miaka's surprise he blocked it with his bare hands and pulled on it so she stumbled forward
Sa-mooch
Miaka whipped her head out of the way as he tried to kiss her lips but winced as his lips landed on her cheek
"Ewwww, gross!!!" she yelled as they broke off
He grinned and licked his chops
Miaka shuddered
"Mmmm that tasted nice"
Miaka threw away her sword and shifted into a fighting stance
"Oh? Very well" the man chucked away his spear and spat on his hands
Miaka stared at him in horror
"Lets begin!!!" the man yelled before charging forward
(Sorry I can't be bothered to write down the details I suck at fighting description, but I'll make one for Miaka and Tamahome's fight in the next chapter);
All I can say is that a lot of kicks, punches, bruises and scratches were exchanged.
Miaka wiped sweat from her face.
'Its no good, fighting with Martial arts aren't working against him!' she thought in desperation
At that moment the man dashed towards her
Miaka stood there and waited till he was nearly on top of her
"Yaaa!!!"
The man flew back 10 paces, hit by the most lethal and dangerous attack known to man...the dreaded knee-to-groin...
Miaka withdrew her knee and fell to the ground, exhausted.
"If you do not get up it will be considered a draw" yelled the man in red
Miaka shot up
"I'm up, I'm up!!!"
Silence...
"Yay!!!"
The crowd cheered wildly
"That was amazing!!!"
"Did you see her kicks?"
"...and she's only a little girl!!!"
"That was impossible!!!"
"Did you see how high he flew?!?"
"That was incredible!!!"
"I'm betting on her for the finals"
"Me too!!!"
"Count me in!!!"
"Yeah!!!"
Miaka smiled wearily as the servants dragged the limp fighters off the ring, one of them approached her
"Please follow me" she mumbled
"Um, I don't want to sound rude or anything but where are we going?" asked Miaka as she followed the girl
(there are a lot of the girl aren't there?)
"Uh, the winners of each round are given a room to spend the night so they are ready to fight tomorrow morning"
"Oh...why is that?"
"To stop them from running away"
"..."
After a series of corridors and stairs.
"Here we are" the servant stopped at a door and opened it
"This is where you will spend the night, there is a hot bath tub behind the screen" she said pointing to the back of the room
Miaka nodded
"We will be sending a meal for you in a while"
"Great!!! Thanks!!!" Miaka said brightly suddenly remembering the reason why she was in the tournament
The servant walked out of the room and closed the door
Miaka watched her shadow pass before walking to the back of the room
There was nothing much, apart from the big bed, the wooden table in the middle of the room and the big screen placed at the back.
Miaka walked over and slipped behind it, taking care not to look at the tub just yet.
She quickly slipped off her jacket and vest before climbing out of her skirt, folding them neatly she unbuttoned her shirt and tossed it into the pile, unhooking her bra (ahem)she took off her socks and undergarment (what can I say? I'm a very modest person)
Miaka took a deep breath and spun around
"Oooh"
The tub was big and wooden with pink and red rose petals floating at the top while a sweet smell drifted in the air
Miaka smiled and stepped carefully into the tub wincing slightly at the heat
"Aaah..."
Miaka sighed gratefully as she sank into the tub
'Eh???'
Miaka frowned in confusion as she sank deeper
"What?"
Miaka's chin was almost submerged when her feet touched the bottom of the tub
"What is this? A mini swimming pool?" she asked aloud as she stepped around trying not to create any waves
She waded to the edge of the tub and felt a small ledge, heaving herself up she sat on it and began to wash herself
"Ah...it feels so good to be clean again..." she closed her eyes in relaxation
(No, I'm not going into any details even made up characters deserve privacy)
15 minutes later...
Miaka heaved herself out of the tub and quickly dried herself off, looking around, she spotted a silk robe hanging in a corner and quickly wrapped herself in it, she wasn't ready to wear her school uniform yet
Just as she was finished the door opened and the girl from before stepped into the room, balancing a tray of food in one hand.
She laid the food onto the wooden table and cast a quick smile towards Miaka before walking out the door again
Miaka practically tripped on her robes for her rush to the food her eyes sparkled brightly as she looked down at the small feast laid before her
(use your imagination on what she saw cause I'm afraid I might insult some people like vegetarians and stuff...)
"Itatakii mas!!!"
Miaka grabbed a pair of chopsticks...
2 minutes later...
"Chinese food is most delicious a pity it doesn't have much flavor"
Miaka yawned and stumbled into the bed
"Mmmm....so sleepy..."
She threw back the covers and snuggled into the bed
"Night Keisuke..."
The next morning...
Chirp Chirp Chirp
Miaka opened her eyes slowly, stopping a huge yawn she sat up and rubbed her eyes
"Morning Keisuke"
"Morning Mum"
"Mum?" Miaka's eyes widened as the past events rushed up into her mind
"OMG!!!"
She quickly got out of the bed and ran around in circles
"OMG OMG"
"That wasn't a dream???"
"OMG!!!!"
She stopped running
"okay Miaka no need to panic!!! This is just a story"
"So just go with the flow, yeah, just go with the flow"
Miaka's rapid breathing slowed and stopped
"Okay, first things first what do I do first in the morning?"
"I brush my teeth of course" she answered herself
Miaka looked around
"Unfortunately there isn't one so what do I do next?"
"I change" Miaka glanced around and spotted her uniform folded neatly in a pile on the table
She walked over and inspected it
Someone had washed her uniform while she was sleeping and much to her embarrassment... Her underclothing too
Slipping off the robe Miaka quickly got dressed, ignoring the bruises littering her well shaped body.
As she was tying up her hair the servant popped through the door.
"Please if you'll follow me the tournaments about to start in 10 minutes"
Miaka glanced up
"Sure"
She followed the servant out of the room.
"Don't we get to eat or something?"
"Well, no because my lord thinks that you won't be able to fight with a full stomach and that hunger drives you to fight"
"Hmmm... how many other finalists are there including me?"
"Five"
Miaka didn't have a chance to ask any more questions as once again she found herself standing outside in front of the fighting ring
The servant bowed to Miaka and hurried back through the doors
Miaka looked up and began to climb the stairs feeling like someone had stuck lead in her legs.
After what seemed only like 10 seconds she found herself standing on the fighting ring once again.
"Just in time!!! Please take your place on the ring so we may begin to fight"
Miaka walked to the corner she had chosen before the sounds of the cheering crowd blasting in her ears
She looked around and observed each fighter carefully
One of them had pale white hair cut short behind his ears and grey eyes
Miaka's eyes shifted to the next fighter
Wong Fei Hung
Miaka gulped and turned her gaze to the next person
She stared
"What the heck...?"
In the middle of the fighting ring was a ball.
A huge ball to be exact
So big it was twice her height
It looked pretty harmless and even cute
But then it waddled towards her
"???0o???"
As the ball came closer to her Miaka realized it was a person
"Eh???"
"Now, now Meatball the rules state you can't move until the last fighter comes and you begin to fight" called the man in red
'The last fighter?' Miaka did a quick head count and realized there were only 4 of them
"Ah, he's come at last..."
Miaka spun around and stared
A man wearing a (um I'm sooo sorry I don't know how to explain what he wears ; but you all know, the usual dark blue thing) stopped and looked at her.
Both of them stared at each other
Miaka felt herself blush lightly at his intense gaze but couldn't tear her brown eyes away from his violet ones
'Oh my God he's sooo hot'
A voice in Miaka's head broke the trance
"Huh? Yui?"
'Hey Miaka!!!'
"Hey!!!"
'Sorry it took me so long to sneak out the book it only took me 2 minutes but when I began to read it again it turned out a night had already passed'
"That's ok-"
Miaka was interrupted as the man in red waved his arms in the air
"Talk to you later" Miaka muttered
"Now that the last fighter has come its time to start"
"So everyone ready?"
All the fighters nodded
The red man grinned then threw the red flag into the air
"LET THE FIGHT BEGIN!!!!"
[B]I'm sooo sorry it took me so long to update!!!! My teachers were very mean and gave me a lot of assignments to do so I didn't get a lot of time to work on this chapter I hope you like it... again Gomen Nasai everyone!!!!
PLEZ R&R!!! (if you don't I will kill myself and die) [/B]