Hello! I just learned that hurricanes can be kinda cool. Because of Hurricane Charley's damage, we got a six day break from school. And I got a new computer!
Oh, let's pretend that they didn't have to go on the boat with the evil pirate guy. I'm going to let them go to the island on their own, so that we don't have to do the preliminaries.
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em. So you can't sue me. Ha. Ha. Ha.
Confused Hearts
By Sesshieluver89
Chapter Eleven- Start of the Tournament
About a week later. First day of the tournament
"Everyone ready to go?" Kagome stood in the middle of her living room with a small bag slung over her shoulder, looking at all of her friends, who were half asleep in various places in the room. Sango, Miroku, and Shippou groaned.
"Kagome-chan, it's too early! Why do we have to leave right now?"
"Because we should have been there last night! The first match starts in a few hours!"
"So?"
"Sango-chan, we are fighting in that match. So get up." Kagome walked over to her friend and poked her a few times.
Sango whined and swatted Kagome's hand away. "I'm awake, you know. You don't need to poke me." She stood up and stretched. "Alright, let's get going." She pulled Miroku off his butt and he groaned while rubbing his eyes.
"Why didn't we leave last night? We could have slept in if we had," he complained.
Kagome grinned at him. "If I recall, it was your fault we couldn't leave. You had to go and grope Keiko. You should have known that Yusuke would be pissed. And you definitely should have known that you'd be sore after he punched you. Besides, you need to toughen up. We slept pretty late. It's four a.m. after all."
"You call that late?! What time have you been waking up lately, Kagome-sama?"
"Two o'clock. Why?" There was no time to receive an answer as Miroku fainted. Kagome giggled and nudged him with her foot. "He's such a baby. Well, we can take this opportunity to leave. Sango-chan, let's put him on Kirara." Everyone walked outside and Kirara transformed into her larger form. Sango got on her and she and Kagome hefted Miroku on behind her. When that was done, Kagome turned back to everyone else. "Kouga, Inuyasha, you guys try to keep up. For some reason, I have a feeling that Hiei is gonna try to make you fall behind."
"Hn. It's not my fault they're slow."
Before a fight could break out, he picked up Kagome and let Shippou hop on his shoulder before taking off. Everyone was shocked and in a daze before realizing that they had to follow Hiei. Inuyasha and Kouga cursed his speed before following after him.
An hour later
They were all at the hotel and were getting settled in, when someone approached Kagome from behind. Her muscles tensed, ready for an attack, but none came. She turned around and sighed in relief. Kurama, Yusuke, and Kuwabara were standing there and she smiled at them. "Hey guys! About time you showed up!"
"Well excuse us. We don't have an extremely fast fire apparition to tag along with. We had to take a boat," Yusuke said.
"Poor Yusuke. Does the baby want a bottle?" Kagome cooed. His eyes narrowed and she laughed. "I'm guessing that's a yes."
"Kagome, you're lucky I like you. Otherwise, you'd be in the hospital, possibly dead."
"Yeah right Yusuke. You don't have the strength to back up your claims. I'm stronger than you. Always have been, always will be." She stuck her tongue out at him and Yusuke decided to take a page out of Hiei's book. He grabbed her tongue and her eyes widened. "Dammit! Leggo Yusuke!"
He did and then smirked at her. "Did that seem familiar to you, Kagome?"
She glared at him, and said in a deadly calm voice that could have rivaled Sesshoumaru's, "Run."
He lost his smirk and dashed out the door and took the stairs three at a time. Kagome was close on his tail as he reached the hotel's lobby. All heads turned in their direction and watched as Yusuke ran out the front doors with Kagome close behind. "Come back here Yusuke!"
Every demon outside turned to them to see the 'great' Yusuke Urameshi running from a seemingly weak little girl and pleading for his life at the same time. "Kagome, I'm sorry! Just let me go! I don't deserve to die!"
"Yes you do! How dare you do that to me?! If I don't let Hiei, then I sure as hell won't let you!" All eyes kept following them until Kagome ran into someone. She ended up on the ground, muttering apologies. "I'm so sorry! I should have been paying closer attention." She was looking at the ground, holding her head, so she didn't see the demon she ran in to.
"Yes, you should have been. Of course, you have always been clumsy."
She looked up and her eyes widened in fear and shock. "Se-Sesshoumaru!" She scuttled backwards and stared up at him. She was about to call for Inuyasha when he held his hand out to help her out. "Huh?" She gave him a confused look, but grabbed his hand anyway. "Umm, how come you haven't tried to kill me yet?"
"I have no need to kill you. There is no need to hold a grudge for five centuries." He eyed her. "How are you still alive?"
"Heh, heh. Long story. I'll tell you later f you want to hear it. So, do you still hate Inuyasha? And are you still after the Tetsusaiga?"
"No. I have accepted the fact that the sword was never meant to be mine."
Kagome kept asking him questions, much to the surprise of the demons watching. They all whispered amongst themselves, talking of the human wench who dared to speak to Sesshoumaru-sama. Kagome and Sesshoumaru heard them and Kagome glared. "Will you all shut up? If you don't want me talking to him just say so, and I'll leave!"
A few of the lower class demons were quick to tell her to leave, and she was about to, but Sesshoumaru laid a hand on her shoulder. "Where do you think you're going?"
"I told them I'd leave, so I am."
"You will not. If I wish to speak to you, I will not let any lower classes tell me to do otherwise." He turned to those who urged her to leave. "Is that understood?"
"I have to leave anyway, Sesshoumaru-sama. I still have to kill Yusuke before our match begins."
"You are fighting?" She nodded. "I presumed you were here merely to watch."
"Nope. I thought it might do me some good to fight." She spotted Yusuke out of the corner of her eye and whipped her head around. "Yusuke! Get over here!" He froze like a deer caught in headlights, and then sprinted back toward the hotel. Kagome cursed under her breath, and then turned to Sesshoumaru. "Excuse me, Sesshoumaru-sama. I've got to go catch him before he locks himself in a room to get away from me." She gave him a quick bow before running after Yusuke. She easily caught up to him this time around, so she tackled him to the ground. Once he was down, she sent her elbow into his gut and her fist into the side of his head. "That's a very small taste of what I'll do to you if you ever do that again." She stood up and walked away, leaving Yusuke on the ground unconscious.
A little while later. At the stadium
"Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Koto! I'll be your cute host for this year's tournament, and it's going to be a messy one! For those in the first few rows, raincoats are available!" The female kitsune's ears and tail twitched in anticipation of the bloody fights to come. The audience started to yell and chant for the competitors as Koto continued. "Now here's the introduction you boys have been waiting for! Team Rokuyukai!" She motioned with her arm to one of the entrances as the team walked out, with Rinku leading. "And now for this year's guests! Team Urameshi!" The audience started to boo and yell at the team as they appeared, specifically Yusuke (who had yet to regain consciousness) and the 'traitors' (Kurama and Hiei) with him.
As Kagome emerged, all yelling stopped to be replaced by whispers. She was hoping her teammates wouldn't notice, but they did. Hiei walked over to her, "Why are they whispering about you and Sesshoumaru-sama?"
"Uh, I was talking to him earlier and I think it insulted some of them because I'm supposed to be some lowly human." Suddenly Inuyasha landed beside her and asked her the same thing. He left as soon as she gave the answer, so that he could tell Sango, Miroku, Shippou, Kirara, and Kouga.
Koto's voice interrupted any further conversation as she said, "Excuse me, but audience members are not allowed in this area. So if you could keep all dogs on a leash…"
"Shut up and get on with the announcements. Your job is not to tell me how to handle my acquaintances. If you feel it is, then I suggest you learn how to do a better job of it," Kagome said coldly.
"Listen here human, it says in the rules that audience members are not allowed in this particular area."
"Then that's what you need to say. Cut the shit about keeping all dogs on leashes. You know, you probably just insulted Sesshoumaru-sama."
Koto started to look nervous and asked, "What do you mean?"
"You're telling me you didn't know? Sesshoumaru-sama is an inu youkai." Koto's tail twitched nervously. "So, by insulting his half-brother, who shares his father's blood, you are indirectly insulting him."
"Half-brother?"
Sesshoumaru suddenly landed next to Kagome. "Yes. Inuyasha is my half-brother. And I would suggest you refrain from insulting my family if you value your life."
Koto gulped and nodded her head vigorously. "Yes sir!" Sesshoumaru left and Koto sighed in relief. "Now, both teams into the arena! As always, the terms of fighting for each match can be decided by the leaders of the two teams. Of course, if the leaders can't agree, we'll default to one-on-one fights, determining the winning team by the most individual wins. Make sense?"
Kuwabara said, "Uh, not exactly, miss. Our team leader's still unconscious!"
"Well then, Kagome will have to be the one to do it," Kurama said.
"What?! How come she gets to do it?"
"Because, you idiot, I was the one who knocked him out. Besides, I'm a way better leader than you'll ever be," Kagome explained. She walked forward to meet Zeru and stopped just in front of him.
"I don't care how we play this fight. It's not going to make a difference in the end. Just as long as I have time to enjoy my victory," Zeru said.
"Ha, you wish. But since you don't care, I say one-on-one."
"Sounds like an agreement! We're looking at one-on-one!" Koto yelled into the microphone.
As the teams were walking out of the arena, Zeru stopped and sent a burst of fire towards Team Urameshi, trying to see if Yusuke would be pulled back into consciousness. His efforts were wasted, because Yusuke stayed oblivious to the commotion Zeru caused. Kagome looked back to the show off and her eyes flashed bright just before she extinguished the flames with her power. Zeru's face showed none of his shock, but his mind was racing a mile a minute, wondering how she did that. With the flames gone, both teams continued on to their spots on the grass.
Koto's head popped up as she looked over the side of the arena and said, "Well, people, the flames are out! I notice everybody's pretty quiet after that outburst. But remember that's half the fun!" Suddenly she turned serious. "Now send out your fighters, teams!"
From Team Rokuyukai, Rinku stepped forward and said, "I'll go first!"
From Team Urameshi, Kuwabara walked into the ring. "Yeah, that little brat is definitely mine!"
All the demons in the audience started to cheer for Rinku, yelling stuff like, "Go on kid! Make that trashy human suffer!"
Both fighters walked to the middle of the ring and stood in front of each other while Rinku complained about being stuck with the weak one. "No limits have been set besides one-on-one! You're free to use any weapons or techniques you want! First person to stay down or out of the ring for ten seconds is the loser!" A buzzer sounded. "Now begin!"
Guess what? This chapter is longer than the last one by 126 words! Yay! Review please!