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"Okay, people! The first match is Kuwabara against Kuma! Begin!" Kuma's body flared with an orange glow. --Okay, now what was Kuma's special ability again?-- Kuwabara asked himself. --Oh, well. I'll find out soon enough.--

He ran at his opponent. "Spirit Sword!" he yelled, and a yellow energy sword materialized in his hands. Kuma's orange energy flashed a blinding gold. Kuwabara was struck blind. He yelled as the light burned his eyes. His sword dematerialized and he rubbed his stinging eyes. "She specializes in light!" he yelled at himself.

Before he could recover, a tornado of light spun toward him. A glowing fist hit him square in the jaw. He tumbled head over heel. Kuma kicked him hard in the back when he tried to get up. He rolled away from Kuma's next punch. His opponent's fist dented the concrete. Somehow Kuwabara managed to get up out of his awkward position and sweep Kuma's legs out from under the startled fighter. His opponent fell right on top of him. They landed on the ground in a heap of tangled limbs.

Kuma broke out in hysterical laughter. "What's so funny?" groaned Kuwabara. Kuma managed to speak through a fit of laughter. "It's just that I've never seen this happen in the entire history of this Tournament!" Kuwabara gave a hesitant chuckle. Then he noticed Kuma's mask lying on the ground next to him.

"Oops," said Kuma quietly. Kuwabara strained his neck to look at his opponent. "Wait! You're a GIRL?!?!" he shouted. "So much for his code of honor," muttered Yusuke. He shouted to Kuwabara, "It's about time you learned that girls can be tough when they wanna be!" Kuma flashed an appreciative smile to Yusuke. "I think we should try to get untangled now, before Koto takes the count and makes it a double-loss," she suggested. "Okey dokey," squeaked the dumbfounded Kuwabara.

They struggled for a few minutes, but finally they were separated and on their feet. "That was fun," said Kuma sarcastically. "Let's not do it again sometime." Kuwabara nodded. Then he turned away and started to talk to Yusuke.

"I can't fight her." "Well why not?" "Because, well, you know." "Kuwabara, she's a fighter, just like you or me. So it's okay for you two to fight. But, if you're scared to fight her, just say so and I'll take the fight. It's not your fault you're scared of girls. You can just go hide down in the locker room and..." "NO WAY URAMESHI!!!! I'M NOT CHICKEN AND YOU KNOW IT!!!!" He turned around and stormed toward Kuma.

Kurama's breathing was sharp and rigid. He couldn't keep it up for long.

Yusuke's grip around the fire demon's neck tightened. Hiei gasped for air. A smirk appeared on the Spirit Detective's face. "You know, Hiei, I never did like you very much." "No..." choked Hiei. Yusuke put his free hand in the shape of a gun and pressed his index finger to Hiei's head. "Maybe I should kill you like this. But that's too quick. Too painless. I know..."

He took his gun from the side of Hiei's head and instead held it in front of the fire demon's open Jagan. Before Hiei had time to close it, Yusuke fired a small blast of hot energy. Hiei shrieked as the energy blast burned through his third eye. "Good, good." Hiei heard the cruel cackle over his screams. Out of the shadows glided a silver, golden-eyed figure. Yoko Kurama.

"Now, I want you to kill him. Slowly. Painfully. Kill the Forbidden Child." Yusuke nodded in understanding. He tossed the screaming fire demon into the wall. Hiei let out a burst of fresh screams as the spikes punctured his flesh. Yoko snickered. "In those spikes, Forbidden Child, is a poison that causes you so much pain that you will be begging for your death before this hour is complete." Yusuke ripped the spikes out of his back as the fire demon shrieked in horror and agony.