I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho...
Chapt. 6
Training Day One For the Urabutosatsujin
I put the book down and lay back down on my pillow. "Glad that's done with," I sigh. A swishing sound came from the door. I sat up and looked at the portal to the Reikai. The purple swirls faded back into my red wall again. I see a teen with a blue pacifier. Jr. was written across his forehead, though his caramel brown hair almost covers it. He was wearing a blue kimono type outfit.
"Darkfire I presume?" he asks, looking me up and down.
"Yea, and you are?"
"Koenma," he answers simply.
"Figured, just makin' sure I wasn't confusing your scent with an ogre's."
"They work for me, I'm not surprised I smell like them. Now, to more serious matters. You've heard of the Urabutosatsujin right?"
I nod. "Yea, an illegal tournament of blood and gore," I say with bitter sarcasm.
"Well, there will be one coming up in about a month. If you will agree to join in this tournament I will not ask you to join the Reikai Tantei again. Deal?"
"No can do. I have to stay here and protect my family," I say, shaking my head in a motion as to say 'sorry'.
"It won't be a problem," Koenma continues, trying to persuade me to join. "Whenever you're needed, you'll immediately be pulled to wherever you're needed."
"School issues."
He thinks for a second. "Isn't your school out in a week?"
"Huh?" I think for a moment. "Oh yeah! Haha!" I give a nervous laugh and scratch behind my head. "Oops."
"Then it's settled!" the ruler says excitedly. "Training starts today at noon." He turns to go through the portal.
"Hey, Koenma?"
He turns.
"Thanks."
He looks perplexed.
"For giving me the opportunity. And for trusting me...though we just met."
He smiles and walks through the portal without a word.
"Weird." I shrug off the thought and get ready for noon. It was ten now, so I had a couple hours to eat and get ready. Yes, eating sounded good.
Noon rolled around quickly. I had taken my sweet time to eat so I had no time to change. I threw on my black, zip-up hooddy and tried to find my sneakers. Under the bed was clear; so were the covers. I guess I should have known two hours would go by fast.
I was rummaging through my closet when the boys entered my room. I didn't notice and continued to toss stuff out of the way. No luck.
"Where the hell are my shoes now?!" I yell in frustration. I walk out and start to shove the pile of crap back into my closet, still taking no notice of the figures in my room. I knew they were there, but they didn't know that.
"Darkfire?" Yusuke asked, coming up behind me. "You ready?"
I turn and glare at him. He steps back a couple paces. My face softens into a gentle smile...a Kurama smile. "Yea, I'm ready. Can I pick where we fight?"
Yusuke shrugs.
"Cool. Nobody move." I close my eyes and reopen them. Everybody is with me in the quiet forest. "Awesome, I didn't leave anybody."
"Same spot as last time?" Kuwabara asks.
"Yea."
Kuwabara takes off running.
"Guess he doesn't wanna be left behind again," Kurama points out, staring at Kazuma's back.
"I guess, but he won't be there before me." I take off after Kuwabara, Hiei hot on my heels. In seconds, I was standing in the clearing. Hiei stands beside me, trying to hide the fact that he was whooped.
"Good God you guys!" Kazuma pants as he practically crawls into the clearing.
I smile and look behind him to see Yusuke and Kurama coming up. "Good job Kuwa, you beat the other two."
He grins like a buffoon, not unusual. I walk over and pat him on the back, stretching greatly. Hiei looks at me like I'm nuts. I am, so it doesn't bother me much.
"Who's first?" Yusuke asks as he and Kurama enter the clearing.
"I don't care, how about Kuwabara," Kurama suggests.
"No way! It's against my honor code to fight girls," Kuwabara says with a stubborn face.
"Would you fight me if I was a guy?" I ask, tapping his bicep.
He looks down at me with a confused expression, again, not unusual. The rest look at me confused too...especially Hiei.
"You see, foxes have this ability called Illusion." Kurama nods in agreement. "I use it quite often...see?" A light flashes as I throw a leaf above my head. When the light fades, shocked faces greet me.
"Ahhhhh!! You're a guy!" Kuwabara screams and hides behind Yusuke.
"Remember, I practice Illusion. This is what I look like when I use it to look like a boy." I look at my outfit. My black hooddy remained and so did my shirt, but I had a more masculine figure. My jeans looked to fit more and I had a black baseball cap. It had special holes for my ears. I flipped it backwards and looked at the cowering Kazuma. "You ready? Or are you gunna chicken out?"
He steps out from behind Yusuke. "I wouldn't turn down a fight from you! Let's go!" He takes a stance and calls forth his Spirit Sword. I jumped back to the other side of the clearing. I realized I was unarmed.
"GO!" Kurama shouted. Kuwabara rushed me and sliced my middle. I dodged easily and stood on his head. I formed a sword of fire and hit him in a certain spot on his neck with the flaming hilt. He fell forward as I jumped off and landed gracefully beside him. I bent down and slung his arm over my shoulders and dragged him over to the others.
"I don't think he'll be gettin' up for a while," I say as I gently lay down Kuwabara. "But he'll live."
"Guess I'm next," Kurama says, stepping around Kuwabara and walking for the far end of the clearing. "Yusuke, it's your call."
"GO!" Yusuke calls from the side. Kurama pulled a rose from his long, red hair and it instantly transformed into a whip of thorns. I smirked and my flame katana changed to grass katana, covered in thorns like his whip. He lashed out at me and I swiped it away with my sword. We did this a few times.
He lashed out once more, but this time it grasped my katana. I tried to tug it away, but he held it strong. I let go of my weapon and it turned into a leaf. Kurama flipped his whip out at me again. I didn't move, but waited for it to get inches from my face before I put my arm up. The thorns cut into my arm as the whip wrapped around it. I took a hold of the whip and pulled, the thorns cutting deeper. This whole time neither Kurama nor I had moved an inch, but now, Kurama was struggling to keep hold of his weapon.
"Give it up Kurama!" I shout, making the streams of blood bigger.
"No." I set the whip on fire and it rushes to Kurama's hand, burning it slightly.
"Sorry, but I like this arm," I say sarcastically, licking the blood on my throbbing right arm. "I'm bored." A knife appears at Kurama's throat. His eyes widen when he realizes that it's there.
"Darkfire wins," Yusuke says with little enthusiasm, knowing he's next. Kurama walks back to the sidelines and Yusuke takes his place. I put the blade back in its respectable spot.
"GO!" Kurama yells. Yusuke gets in the stance for his Rei Gun.
"REI GUN!!!" Yusuke yells. A blue ball of spirit energy emits from his index finger and flies towards me. I smirk and stand there.
"Dark-fire sword," I say calmly. A black, flaming swords appears in my hands. The energy comes closer every second. I jump up and come down on the blue shot, slicing down with my katana. The shot splits. I jump back and slice the two halves, incinerating it.
"You, you obliterated...my Rei Gun," Yusuke faltered, overtaken in shock.
"I did," I reply calmly. I slice the air and Yusuke flies back into the forest. I look at Kurama. "Out of the ring, start counting." He does.
"...Four...five...six...seven..." still no Yusuke, "eight...nine...ten! Darkfire wins," Kurama finishes. Yusuke trips into the clearing, a rip in his shirt, but no wound. Kurama runs over to Yusuke. "You ok?"
"Yea, just got the wind knocked outta me," he says, a small smile on his face.
"That must be where you were hit," he inputs, pointing to the ripped spot in Yusuke's green shirt. "I wonder why it didn't cut you're skin. That's a clean cut, not like a rip you might get from the push of the wind," Kurama thinks aloud. They look over to me.
"What?" I had lost concentration and was now back to normal. They stared at me, wondering why there was no wound. I gave a pained smile and they returned to Yusuke's shirt. My face remains unchanged, but inside I was screaming in agony. I guess I shoulda hit Yusuke with a softer attack. Damn, this woulda nearly killed him...I'm about ready to keel over.
What did you just do? Hiei's voice came to my thoughts; he was staring at me from a tree.
Nothing, I lie.
Then why would you say you're – quote – "about to keel over"?You're mistaken.
You lie. You're hurt.
What're you gunna do about it Hiei?
I don't care, I just want to know why the detective didn't get hurt and you did.
Same reason you only carry small scars...and are still alive.
Why?
I don't really want a murder on my hands.
Then why did you attack him with such a strong attack if you had no intension of hurting him?
I don't want to appear weak.
Haha! You, weak? Baka onna, if you can kill me you are far from weak.
1 – thanks for the compliment, 2 – I am not a stupid girl.
Whatever...
Hn.
"It's my turn to fight," Hiei announces, jumping down from his tree. I look at him in slight shock, but see that he is serious. "I wish to see how well this injured oni onna can fight. Without using that stone, your telekinesis or teleportation," he adds.
"Then you will not use your mortal or darkness flames," I continue for him.
"Fine."
"Injured?" questions Yusuke from the sidelines. I can feel his gaze upon me so I start the fight myself. This is no surprise to Hiei for he acts quickly.
I speed up in my charge for him. Brute strength is all I can muster right now. Claws at the ready, I advance quickly. He smirks and stands there. I stop abruptly in front of Hiei. He remains unmoving. I carelessly scratch his cheek. The illusion fades into thin air.
"Too fast for you?" Hiei's voice comes from behind me. I turn and feel cold metal enter my shoulder.
I can't hold it in and let out a bone-chilling scream. I fell back a bit and clutched my bleeding shoulder. He moves towards me. I jump back, but stumble upon landing. I take out an ordinary leaf and fling it at him. He stands there and watches it come closer. It slashes him across the left cheek.
I fumble to my feet, feeling hot blood flood from my stomach wound. I feel a sharp pain on my left cheek; blood stains my face and shirt. Hiei looks at me in surprise. He feels his left cheek. Nothing.
"I see," he says simply. He rushes me again and punches me across the face. I fly back into a large oak. I slide down the trunk; seeing becomes almost impossible. I get to my feet, ignoring the shooting pain through my body. I look at Hiei and the world starts to spin.
"I think...I lost..." I gasp and fall to the ground.
