Ch6: The Dark Tournament
"How far does this friend of yours live?" asked Kuwabara, panting from the trip uphill.
"I told you already! I'm making a random guess at this!" I yelled. We were trying to find a friend of mine who could help the team. Hiei was coming because he was "bored," as he put it. At long last, we came to a small cottage next to a HUGE lake, where I hoped my friend was.
"Taya! You here?" I yelled as loud as I could.
"One second!" yelled someone back.
Then a girl with a fish tail, fins for ears, dirty blond hair, and hazel eyes swam to the edge of the lake.
"Tyr-Serenity!" she cried, almost saying my real name."Where have you been the last seven years?"
"I'd've been here sooner if you had told me where you disappeared to!" I scolded, laughing. "Um, we were wondering if-"
"I'd help you in the Dark Tournament? I'd love to," she interrupted,"but I can't fight since my Spirit Energy's been at a low for me. But I can be the team...umm...cheerleader!"
I sighed and asked, "Do you still have the ability to heal?"
"Yeah."
"Get the things you need for the tournament and come on! We have to get to the boat TONIGHT!"
Back at the house, Taya managed to hide her tail and ears by wearing a coat and hat. Up in my room, she asked,
"Tyranda, why are you living with humans?"
"Because I had no choice..." I replied, packing everything I needed.
That night, when we arrived at the pier, the demons that were already there weren't too happy to see us.
"I thought I smelled humansss," said one demon, an evil look in his eyes. Behind us, I could faintly hearfootsteps.
"Hey, guys, I didn't know there would be girls on the team. Who are they?" asked Yusuke, panting.
"I'm Serenity Himoura, and this is my friend,Taya-"
"My name is actually Taina, but everyone calls me Taya," my friend interrupted, blushing bright pink when Hiei stared at her.
"Nice to meet you both," said Yusuke.
"ALL ABOARD!" yelled the peg-legged captain.
On the boat, Yusuke fell asleep, while I became seasick. I was leaning over the rail, pale and weak.
"Serenity, are you okay?" asked Shuuichi. ( I later learned to call him Kurama.)
"No...I don't think I should have eaten that seafood..." I replied.
Over an intercom, the captain said, "Will the three strongest fighters- oh, wait. Forgot to raise the arena. When the arena has reached full height, will the three strongest fighters enter the arena."
As we stood at the very top, I was shocked that Taya was up there with the Masked Fighter and me.
"Why are you up here, Taya!" I asked, exasperated.
"I don't know."
Suddenly , Kuwabara yelled, "Look out! They're attacking all at once!" The Masked Fighter used the Spirit Shotgun ability and killed the demons in mere seconds!
Wow... that was really short... really really short... Compared to one of the chapters, this is a poem!
