Chapter Twenty-Six: Threatened
No one entered the ring faster then Tara did when Juri had finished the ten count. The score was now three/two, Ura's team. But she didn't care.
"Rin." Tara held him. "Open your eyes please. You're alright." Lies were better then the truth.
His breathing was labored but he found the strength to open his eyes. "Is...it over?"
She nodded. "Yea it's over now."
"Did I win?"
Tara looked at him, tears in her eyes. She looked over to Yuriko. She was on her knees sitting. He had done a number on her. "Of course. In your own way...you won."
He smiled and coughed a little. "The one who always went to make people feel better." He paused and looked into his wife's mint green eyes. "Thank you my dear." His hand found her cheek and he soothed it. "I...love you."
She nodded. "I love you too."
His hand fell from her face. The tears fell freely and she held him tightly for the longest time.
Lea came up on the ring and walked over to Yuriko. "I told you that the poison would work."
Yuriko stood. "I guess." She didn't feel much like a winner though.
Lea's smile never left her face. She walked over to Tara.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you." Yuriko warned.
Lea chuckled at the site.
"Go away." Tara mummbled at the dragoness.
"I just wanted to congratulate you on losing just one member, this far in the battles."
"Leave us alone!"
The smile grew bigger. "Now now. It is after all just one member. We lost two."
"It will be three if you don't go now." Tara's voice was becoming darker.
"Lea leave them be." Ura commanded.
"I guess family is family no matter what." She muttered. "Your lucky they didn't go with my first plan. That would have sealed the deal on this."
"Lea!" Ura yelled. "Stop your yacking."
She ignored him and went on. "You see I heard that you had to give up your child and send her to a family in the human world."
Tara slowly laid Rin down, who was barely breathing, and stood.
Lea licked her lips. It has been a long time since her first fight with the female fox and she has been iching to have another one. "Yea we were going to travel there and take her."
"You're sick you know that. To hurt an innocent child no older then two months."
"So your daughter Guinevere is a weakness."
Tara's eyes narrowed, voice hinted death. "If you know what is good for you, you'd stop there and leave."
"Oh of course no problem." She went to leave. "Answer this though; What should I tell Guinevere when she is older, hmm? 'I'm sorry darling but your mother and father were stupid enough to fight in a tournament and died?' Yes I think that sounds good."
The wind picked up. Tara's mint green eyes changed to gold and her light purple hair changed to silver with purple streaks in it.
"Touch my daughter and you'll never live to see the next day."
Lea smiled some more. "You know, Ura was right. He told me the other day that in your demon form you looked so much like Kae and Yoko."
Ura looked at Lea. "I didn't say that."
Tara grabbed the dragon by the throat, a small glow of energy surrounded her. "Don't you ever speak of my family in that kind of way."
"Is it true that they lied and said he was your father's brother?"
When Tara smiled, fear crept into Lea. "Figures you know nothing on what you are talking about"
"What are you talking about?" Lea tried to move away but the hand on her throat tightened.
"You see...Yoko was my mother's brother, not my father's."
"Well then. No wonder he didn't come back for you. I guess Yoko figured if he had a weak sister, then his neice must be the same."
The grip on Lea's throat became deadly and Tara's nails were dug in her skin that they drew blood. "Tell me something, do you enjoy to fly? I've always heard that dragons keep there wings at there best."
"Don't you dare touch my wings...or I'll..."
"You'll what?" The gold eyes were cold. "You can't do nothing because you can't fly." With her free hand, Tara broke a bone in the left wing of the dragon.
Lea screamed and kicked Tara back. "You little..." But Tara punched her in the stomach and she couldn't finish the statement. She pulled out a sword and a dagger and began on the attack. Tara dodged each one with ease. They separated. "Fight me back, or are you too scared."
Tara's tail swished. "I'm sorry, where are my mannors." She pulled out a blue rose and a sword. "You remember this sword...don't you Lea? I ripped you open with it." With a twist of the other hand the one rose multiplied into three, one between the four figures.
They attacked eachother again.
"Shouldn't we stop them?" Yusuke asked.
"Do you have a death wish?" Was Hiei's reply.
They flew up, dodged each attack. Hard to say but the fox and dragon were evenly matched. When they came down, they were on opposite sides of where they started, backs to eachother.
"Hey fox!" Lea yelled. Tara turned around to see that Lea held Rin up and a knife was at his throat. "Shame Yuriko couldn't finish the job." She slowly pulled the dagger across his throat, letting his blood spill. "Looks like they left that to me."
Tara dropped everything, shock in her golden eyes. /He...he was still alive.../ With that thought a purplish light surrounded her like a tornado. "You're going to pay for that." Her voice was altered.
With one look, Rin was dropped and Lea was sent flying into the air. Tara followed. A bright light exploded from the air. Several minutes later Tara came flying down and slammed into the ring.
Ura walked away. "Stupid dragon." His members followed.
Tara sat up some and spit out blood. She was bleeding from a wound on the leg. She cursed the dragon. As she stood, she changed back into her human form, this made her fall again. Thus cursing herself.
The other team members found their way onto the ring.