Author: Yeah yeah, I haven't been on for quite some time, but that was because I never had internet access. But guess what? I do now! 24/7! Yaay! No more scary internet café's!

Oh yeah... I am very pissed about what happened to High School. I have a feeling someone reported that story to be a bitch since we got into a fight. That story was one of my best, my first, and never had anything bad about it. But if any of you just somehow happened to have it saved on your computer, could you PLEASE email it to me? I'm . It was one of my favorites I had ever created. I'll try to redo it again, but I've forgotten a lot I had put into it.

To all of my old internet buddies: Would you please give me your new or old addresses? I still got my AIM! I really miss talking to ya'll. And I'm open to any new friends too

Sorry, this chapter's gonna be kinda short...

Chapter 17: The heat of battle amongst themselves

When Mina got into the hotel, there was Karasu, waiting with younger Togoru. 'Oh great, just my luck.' She thought.

"I've been told you were with Youko, who should be dead." Togoru said calmly, his eyes penetrating hers.

"Yes. You told me I couldn't see the ningen. Youko is a yokai who is not on the Urameshi team by all rights." Mina pointed out. 'Well, if you count out that he and Kurama are the same person...' She thought.

"You allowed him to attack a teammate."

"So? You attack me all the time and no one does anything about it. Besides I'm not exactly fond of Karasu..." She muttered the last bit under her breath, but she knew he heard.

Karasu rubbed his neck. "He said he was going to make it to the finals in the tournament. To do so you need a team. So which team is he on?" Karasu sneered.

Mina shrugged. "How am I supposed to know? He just showed up." She said irritably. She pushed through them. "I'm going to take a nap." With that, she left.

When she was out of ear shot Karasu tensed. "She lies!" He hissed.

"Calm down. She will learn her place soon enough. The finals are only two days away."

Mina yawned as she woke. Time for the semi-finals. Oh joy. 'At least Urameshi has to go first. I'm not ready yet to fight.' She thought. She went into the bathroom, took a long, luxurious shower, dressed and finally, went downstairs. Everyone was gone. 'Good thing too. I can finally eat in peace.'

Suddenly, she shivered. There was a strange presence in the air. It was coming from the stadium. With a shock, Mina realized what it was. It was Youko's aura, except it was different. He was in Kurama's body. Well, when he had come to see her, he still had the feel of what he had been thirty years ago. Now, it was the thirty years later smell.

She wanted to ponder on it, but realized that it would be a waste of time. Mina stretched and shook herself fully awake. "Okay now, time to-"

"Time to stop talking to yourself." Came a cool female voice.

"Oh, Kumaru... I didn't hear you." Mina said mildly.

Kumaru smiled sardonically. "I think we have to have a little talk about what I had said earlier. Killing the team...It'll have to take place soon."

Mina shook her head. "I'm sorry but I-I think that we shouldn't. It wouldn't be fair to Urameshi."

Kumaru smiled. "I thought you'd say that Mina. But there's one problem. What about your match against the Urameshi team?"

"What about it?"

"You do realize that you're going to have to fight one of their members."

Mina blinked. She had forgotten. "I guess I'll make it so they win on purpose without making it too obvious." She yawned widely. "Aren't you supposed to be cheering on Hiei or something?"

Once the semi-finals were over, most of the team stood depressed and the other stood mildly amused. It was obvious which of the two were which. Mina was walking through the woods when it happened. She felt a strong gust of wind pick up, but she ignored it. It wasn't until she felt a huge energy swelling in the atmosphere.

She turned around quickly and realized instantly what was going in. Genkai....tears sprung into her eyes as she felt the surge of energy. To her surprise, she smelled Kurama nearby...

Kurama looked up from the seeds he was sorting through. Genkai's scent faded. He figured it out immediately. 'Genkai...' He thought sadly. Suddenly, a certain female kitsune was passing by. More like walking right up to him.

"Genkai...she's-?" She asked, her eyes questioning.

Kurama nodded slowly. "Genkai...she is no more." He said calmly.

He suddenly found Mina in his arms, hugging him tightly. He lifted her chin and wiped away her tears. "It'll be okay." He said in a soothing voice.

He kissed her gently and he felt Mina slowly relax. "Kurama...are you ready?" Mina asked softly suddenly, her voice muffled since she had placed her head onto his chest.

"I will be. Don't worry." He replied back, even though in his mind, he was afraid.

"Youko could always do it if you can't." Mina said, voicing his thoughts exactly. Mina's ears twitched. "I'm being called to a meeting, sorry." She said, reluctantly leaving his warmth behind as she headed back towards the hotel again. There, Togoru told her of the plans.

That night, Mina couldn't sleep. She was afraid for Kurama, but she was afraid of her emotions as well. She wanted Youko so badly, yet she still liked Kurama. It was a hard choice. She sighed and walked down to the lounge. Unfortunately, she saw Karasu down there as well.

He smirked at her and when she sat down on the far side of the room, he came to join her. "You are still mine and nothing can change that." He whispered softly.

"Shut up." Mina snapped. Karasu ignored her and grabbed her and kissed her roughly. "Let me go!" She shouted.

"Like hell." Karasu said, kissing her again as she struggled violently.

Mina could feel her eyes burning red...

As Yusuke and his team (Kumaru, Hiei, Kurama, him, Kuwabara) walked out onto the field, he realized instantly something wrong was taking place. Team Togoru still wasn't on the field and they had been ten minutes late.

Kurama's stomach clenched in worry as the announcer Juri announced Team Urameshi. Team Togoru was announced right after and their door opened dramatically. He couldn't believe what he saw. Karasu and Togoru had Mina chained up, Karasu holding the links.

Author: MWA HAA HAA! That is all for now. The next chappie is the second to the last chapter BTW. But er...there's gonna be a sequal, so don'tcha worry. I hope to update soon! I have internet now! Woooo.....

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