Without worry I jumped in the pool and started to fall. Thankfully I landed on my feet and not on my face like I thought I would. As soon as I recovered from landing so hard, I looked around. "This wasn't the town I was trying to go to, is it?" I thought. So I decided to wander around a bit, until I came to a big stadium where some kind of tournament is being held. There was no guard so I just thought it was okay to just walk right in, and that is just what I did. It wasn't long until I heard a lot of people talking about my brother.
So I asked a group of demon-like creatures about my brother. "We were just about to go and greet him personally. Would you like to come?" one of the creatures asked. The creature who spoke to me looked almost human, except his bright blue hair. "Really?! You can take me to him?!" I asked. "Of course we can we just need to stop at our room for a few things," one of the other creatures said. So I followed them up to their room and when they invited me in I gladly accepted. As soon as I took a few steps in one of the creatures knocked me out.
When I woke up a blue-haired girl was dabbing my forehead with a damp cloth. I was lying on a bed in a bright colored room. "Are you feeling ok?" the girl asked me. "I think I'm ok. Who are you and what happened?" I asked the girl. "Well I'm Botan, and as for what happened I don't really know. When our opposing team came to introduce themselves they threw you in after they where done, saying they think you belong to one of us." "Oh," I replied. "So I fixed you up. You had a black eye, a sprained wrist, not to mention bruises and cuts everywhere." Botan explained. "Thank you very much for taking care of me." I replied "No problem," Botan said, smiling, "Now you know who I am, but who are you?"
I replied, sadly, "Kiriay Urameshi, Kiri for short, and I'm ten years old. Also I'm looking for my brother, Yusuke. The demons said they new where he was so I followed them. I would do anything to find him." "You're in luck," Botan said, "just wait here." With that Botan walked out of the room, and soon came back in with a fourteen year old looking boy. I stared at him for a while matching his face to Yusuke's face in the picture. "Kiri, this is your brother Yusuke," Botan said. It took me a while to register but when the message got through I got up, ran to my brother, and hugged him with all my might. Then I did something that I haven't done in a long time, I cried. I cried with joy that I had finally found him.
"Are you feeling all right?" Yusuke asked, politely and not the least bit confused "I am now!" I said smiling at him. "Good. So if it's all right with you I'll take you out to meet my friends" Yusuke said. "I think she's a little overwhelmed with all the excitement so I think she should rest." said Botan. I looked at her and then back at Yusuke. "I think Botan's right," I said, "but I'll meet all of them a little later." "Okay," Yusuke replied, "maybe later."
So I went and sat back on the bed still smiling. "There is someone else who wants to see you too. If you are not too tired," said Botan. "No, I'm not too tired," I replied. So Yusuke waved good bye to me, and I waved back. Then someone else came in, immediately ran over, jumped on the bed and landed beside me. "Hi ya!" the girl said. "Hey Rikku!" I replied, happily. "Are you feeling ok?" Rikku asked. "Everyone asks me that! Yes I'm fine!" I answered, "but how'd you get here?"
"I...well...you see...I... I live here, I'm a demon," she said. "So, you knew!?" I asked in alarm. "Yes, but you've got to understand I had to keep it a secret. Yuske didn't want you here because he was afraid what might happen to you, but that happened anyway." Rikku replied. "Oh, okay. So Yusuke made you shut your mouth." I replied sarcastically. "Look I'm sorry I lied to you but I had to!" She interjected. "Fine! You're forgiven," I said, smiling my evil smile. "Hey! You were just pretending to be mad at me, weren't you?" Rikku asked. "Me? No, never!" I replied innocently. "Okay, Rikku you need to go, Kiri needs her rest," Botan said. "Okay," Rikku replied, sadly, "See ya!" "Bye" I said.
With that Rikku marched out of the room to go annoy someone else. "Okay, I'll leave you alone so you can go to sleep" Botan said. So she went out of the room as well. I tried to go to sleep but I just couldn't it was something about this place. In the morning I was up before anyone so I decided it was okay to practice my sword skills. So I got my sword and went out into what I thought was the living room. I wrote a note to Yuske telling him where I was going because if I didn't he would probley flip.
Just then Rikku came out of her room carrying her sword too. "I guess we have the same idea," I said. "Great minds think alike," she replied. "So do you want to train together?" I asked. "Sure!" she replied. So I included her in my note and we went out of the stadium to train in the woods. So once we got far enough into the forest we started by battling each other. After about an hour of battling with no winner we both heard something. "I'm impressed with your battling skills" someone said. "Hey Hiei," Rikku said. Surprisingly some really cute guy stepped out from in the trees. "Who are you?" I asked. "Oh that's right you don't know him yet. Kiriay this is Hiei, Hiei this is Kiriay, Yusuke's little sister." Rikku introduced.
"It's a pleasure" I said. "Right," Hiei replied, smiling. We stared at each other for a moment but then Rikku ruined my perfect moment. "So Hiei, what are you doing here?" she asked. "Thinking," He replied. "About what?" I asked. "The tournament," He answered. "What tournament?" I asked again. "The dark tournament, it's a series of battles fought 5 vs. 5 with one substitute in case someone dies. The battles are decided by the team captains. The tournament runs every year but we've never participated until someone made us compete this year," Rikku replied. "Oh," I said, more confused that ever. "Anyway do you want to fight me if you're not too tired?" Hiei asked me. "Sure I'll fight," I replied.
So we went out into the clearing (which Rikku and I made in our battle before). Hiei took out his sword and I drew mine out as well. "Let's set the rules," Hiei said. "Fine, there will be no spirit attacks from either of you, no killing, and don't go out of the clearing. All right with you?" Rikku asked. "Fine with me," He replied. I nodded. "Ready... set... GO!!" Rikku yelled. Our swords clashed together and then we went immediately back to our places. "I've always been known to cheat." Hiei said with a smirk on his face. "What?" I asked surprised. "Sword of the darkness flame!!" He yelled. "We had rules!" I yelled to him as dodged his sword. "Hn," Hiei smirked back as he swung again. Then suddenly a sword shot out of the trees cutting Hiei in half, but the only problem was...it wasn't Hiei.
The Hiei that I had been fighting turned out to be another demon. Hiei soon came out from the trees wielding his sword. "I followed that demon here, he was sent to kill you," Hiei said. "He was just about to do that when you killed him," Rikku replied. "Yeah, thanks," I said. "No problem," He answered. "So since that wasn't really Hiei I guess I should introduce you again?" Rikku asked. "Hn," Hiei said. "Okay Kiriay this is Hiei, Hiei this is Kiriay, Yusuke's little sister," Rikku, once again, introduced. "Pleasure," I said holding out my hand for him to shake it. "Hn," Hiei replied not taking my hand. I put my hand down at my side. "You don't really talk much do you?" I asked. "No," Hiei replied. Suddenly I woke up. "It was only a dream," I though, "I wonder if Hiei really exists."
So I got dressed and crept quietly into the living room, where Yusuke and his friends were discussing the tournament. "Hey you're up," Yusuke stated as I walked out of my room. "Yeah I couldn't sleep anymore," I replied, "plus I had a weird dream." "Really, what was it about?" Yusuke asked. "I don't remember," I lied. "Hmm...weird," Yusuke said shrugging, "but while you're here I'll introduced you to my friends. This is Kuwabara, Kurama, Yukina, Kayko, Shizuru, and Hiei." He pointed to each one as he spoke. "Everyone this is my little sister, Kiri," Yusuke explained. "Hi, it's a pleasure to meet all of you," I said. They all replied in there own way except Hiei. "Hiei's kind of the quiet, mysterious type," Yusuke whispered to me. "I can hear you!" Hiei exclaimed. Yusuke immediately shut up. "Well if it's alright with you, Yusuke, I'm going to practice my swordsmanship in the woods, ok?" "Can I go too?" Rikku asked. "Sure you can both go if there is no objection from you, Yusuke," Kurama said calmly. "None from me. Have a good time and no killing each other," Yusuke stated.
"We'll try," Rikku and I chanted. So we walked out the door, and into the woods. While in the woods we battled each other, talked, and my imagination got the better of me. So when I got scared enough we went back to the room to find Hiei sitting in the windowsill muttering to himself. "Hi Hiei," Rikku said as she walked in. "Where's everyone else?" I asked following her in. "I don't know," Hiei answered. "Okay I'll be right back," Rikku said. She new from the start that as soon as I laid eyes on him I liked him. So she took my sword away from me and took her sword to put them away.