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Chapter Four:Tournament Thoughts
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"I still think you should have stayed home Tara." Rin protested.
She rolled her eyes. "Look I'm perfectly fine. See all bundled up. No cold weather is gonna stop me." She protested back as they entered the palace.
Yumi greeted them. "Hello guys. Tara you shouldn't be out."
Tara rolled her eyes again. "I'm fine. Now what is it that Lord Koenma had to see us for?"
Yumi looked at them and nodded. "Of course, please come this way." She guided them to Koenma's office. The big doors opened before she could knock.
"Come in, come in." Koenma hastily stated. "I'm glad you could make it. I have an important thing to tell you." He looked over his desk to the three demons looking at him. "I'm sorry Tara I forgot about your current situation or I wouldn't have had you come." He said apologetically.
She smiled. "Don't worry about sir, I'm fine."
"That's good to hear." "Can I have some chairs for them?" He half yelled to some of the working orges. They studdered and ran in different directions. Finally three chairs were brought for them to sit in. "Thank you. You orges can leave now, and shut the doors on your way out."
The other three thanked them and settled in their chairs. Koenma sighed. "I don't know how to coat this so I'm just come out and say it. We've recieved word that Ura has assembled a more powerful team now and what's to finish what he started."
Rin stood up. "You mean he wants to reek havic on the worlds again?"
"No." Tara whispered. They looked at her. "Not this time. He now wants to finish his promise on the Death Tournament."
"What?" Rin and Yumi said. "He can't do that."
"She's right, and he can. There is no law prohibiting him from doing so."
Tara's mint green eyes changed to gold and her demon side took over.
"Is that healthy?" Koenma quietly asked.
"When does he want to start?" She asked ignoring his comment.
Koenma shivered somewhat from the cold wind that entered when Tara's demon side entered.
She looked at him questionally. "Uhh oh of course." Koenma sweatdropped. "He wants to begin when ever you're ready and have your team together.
"Hmm." Was all she said and left. The room was quiet for about 10 minutes before anyone said anything.
"Hehe you get use to that after awhile. She's different depending on her form." Rin said breaking the silence.
"Yes of course." Koenma stated.
"The baby and Ura's name are probably contributing to her attitude." Yumi assured.
Rin and Koenma agreed. "Where going to need help Lord Koenma, know where we could find it?"
"I'll get on it right away don't worry. They'll be the best. I'm sure your team will win." Koenma picked up the phone and began ordering orges around.
Rin turned to Yumi. "We're going to have to keep an eye on Tara. I know how much she hates Ura and if she does that at the sound of his name, imagine what she'll do when she sees him."
"Gotcha. I won't let her out of my site."
Tara didn't go very far. In fact she only went out to the gardens. There she paced back and forth thinking. /What a great exit./ Her human side stated. Her demon side growled. /Don't suppose you could have handled it any better./
"Talking to yourself shows sighs of needed help."
Tara stopped pacing, a small smile placed on her face. "Yes well some of us need to consent ourselves. So we don't go do something too stupid." Her tail swayed. "How are you anyway?"
Katsumi jumped from a branch. She was wearing all black, a hood covered her head and most of her face. "Just as fine as you."
Tara looked her up and down, her smile grew even more. "Just couldn't stay away could you. Darkness called and you answered. I don't suppose that's his doing?" Though she couldn't see it, she knew Katsumi was blushing and bewildered.
Regaining her wits she went back to being dark. "Perhaps it is." She scoffed.
They oddly laughed at they way they were acting. Sitting they talked. "Please accept him now. Everything his done wrong is in the past." Katsumi asked, grabbing Tara's hand as if for support. She now whispered. "For once in my life, Tara, I'm afraid. I've seen what could happen in the future and it scares me.
Tara changed back to her human side and hugged Katsumi. "I'm frightened too. So much could happen in this tournament, so much that I'm not willing to lose."
She nodded. "Call for me in 4 or so months. I'll come help." With a last look at her friend she disappeared.
Tara smiled. Well there was another person for the Tachi team, four more to go.
"Honey?" Rin asked sitting.
She looked at him. "I'm alright." A pained look appeared on her face as she touched her full belly. "I never saw the irony when my mother called us children pains until now." She joked.
He laughed. "Here lets get you home and out of the cold." Helping her up they went home.
Koenma, Yumi, and Botan stared out his office windows. "Where are we going to find four great fighters?" Yumi wondered.
"The Ningenkai of course. Come on girls we have business to attend to."
They looked at eachother.
"You don't think he means..."
"No."
It would take them four weeks to get everyone assembled.
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Ohh this is really getting good I think. What say you? lol Thanks for reading and reviewing.