"Obligation and Duty"
Chapter 35
.oO{Ditto.}
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Rei walked through the trees aimlessly and sighed. She hadn't heard Hiei's quiet request, but she had felt it. It didn't upset her that he wanted her gone; she was upset because she couldn't help. She felt like she needed to talk to someone, but even if she did have someone to talk to, what would she say? Since it was almost 6 o'clock, Rei thought she had better get back to the hotel before it got too dark.
When she opened the door she found half 'her' team sitting on the couch arguing.
"I say the committee has something against us," Yusuke stretched his arms behind his head.
"I could almost agree with you," Kuwabara nodded. The Masked Fighter just shook his head. Rei sat down on the chair and asked, "What happened?"
"We have to go through four rounds to get to the finals," Yusuke answered. Rei raised her eyebrow because she didn't know much about the rules, but Kuwabara and Yusuke started talking again. She sat there and listened to them argue before she stood up.
"I'm going to get a shower," she muttered for anyone who was listening. Walking into the bedroom, she pulled her pajamas out of her suitcase. "Too bad they don't have any closets I could use," she mumbled. She went into the bathroom and washed herself off and rinsed her hair. As she stood in front of the mirror, she surveyed her appearance. She lifted her hair to the top of her head and tied it. Tilting her head to the side, she looked at her reflection.
"I think I'll get a hair cut," she said to herself.
"Never!" was the answer. She looked to the doorway and found Kurama watching her.
"It's my hair," she lifted her chin defiantly. He shook his head and walked over to where she was standing in front of the sink. He pulled two strands from the high pony-tail and let them hang down next to her cheeks. Then Kurama-- from where he was standing behind her-- reached his arms around and 'scissored' her hair with his fingers.
"If you get it cut, I'll only let you cut it to here," he said.
Rei looked in the mirror and made a mental note of it. "You couldn't stop me, though."
Kurama lets his arms fall and he hugged her from behind. "I could too. I have my ways."
Rei giggled and shook her head as the bathroom door opened again.
"Oh good gravy. Rei, I think you need to find a new place to get all lovey at," Yusuke said and leaned against the doorframe as he watched the two.
Rei started counting on her fingers. "First, it was Hiei walking in on me, then Kurama, then you," she winked at Yusuke. "I think you're right. A lot happens in the bathroom."
She got up and laughed to herself as she walked into the bedroom. The two boys just shook their heads at her as they watched.
***
The next day there was a match. The 'Dr. Ichigaki' team against the Urameshi team. Rei sat in the stands this time as she watched the guys start. There was only three fighters on both teams, making Rei wonder what had happened to Hiei and Kurama. After a few minutes, Rei started having weird visions. She saw the three teammates from the Dr. Ichigaki team sitting near an old man. They were crying. Rei shook her head to get the pictures out until finally she had enough.
Standing up, she walked out the door and out of the dome. Her jeans were a little tight, so she couldn't run very fast, but she still got away from the ring.
"Okay, I'm being stupid again. Just getting away from the ring doesn't mean the visions will stop.... does it?" Rei added when she noticed it HAD stopped. She sighed and walked along. Rei sighed again and tripped over a tree root, falling flat on her face. In less than three seconds, she felt herself transform into kinena form. "Well, this is just great," she muttered to herself.
"What is?" Botan popped out of a bush, startling Rei and making her tail puff. Her hand flew over her mouth as she gasped and it took her a few seconds to get her breath back. "I ripped my pants," Rei stated finally, turning to show Botan the damage her kinena form had caused. Botan pursed her lips and nodded, "Not good at all. You'll have to be careful of what you wear, or you'll be sewing it up every time."
"I know," Rei sighed. "These were old pants, so the fabric must've started rotting. But I can't even sew that well!"
Botan clapped her hands together, "I'll find someone to teach you. I bet Kurama knows how. Anyways," she started up again before Rei could say anything on Kurama's behalf, "I came to find you because Keiko, Shizuru and I didn't want to watch the match. Wanna hang out?"
Rei scratched the back of her head and almost answered, but Keiko joined them. "Botan? Oh, I'm sorry I interrupted."
"That's alright!" Botan made a cat face. "I was just asking her if she wanted to hang out with the three of us."
Keiko looked Rei over and asked Botan quietly, "Do you know her?"
"Of course! She's--" Botan almost said 'Rei' but then noticed the warning look Rei was giving her. "She's Komi!"
Keiko gave them a weird look but then shook her head, "Well, Shizuru and I are going up to the room. We just wanted to tell you."
Botan made another cat face and waved. "Komi?" Rei asked, with a raised eyebrow.
"Eheheheh, yeah. Neko and kinezumi: cat and squirrel."
Rei shook her head, "I can't believe both you and Yusuke like twisting words like that."
Botan laughed at her and said, "Should we follow and get your pants fixed?"
"Lead the way," Rei outstretched her arms.
***
Botan opened the door to her hotel room and Rei quickly walked inside. She had been holding her butt to hide the rip and a few demons that weren't watching the fight were giving her weird looks.
"Now I hope I have some thread," Botan started searching around her suitcase. Shizuru was sitting on the couch smoking a cigarette and gave Rei a weird look.
"Have we met before?" she asked. Rei was startled that Shizuru had recognized her but Botan nervously tried to help.
"Of course not! Her name is Komei."
"Komi," Rei corrected. They both winked at Shizuru. "Well, KoREI, nice to meet you," she held out her hand after sticking the cigarette back into her mouth. Rei breathed a sigh of relief; both because Keiko wasn't in the room and that Shizuru had understood. Shizuru shifted on the couch and tossed her hair over her shoulder. "It's 'Komi' for now then, huh?"
Rei sat down on the other couch and answered, "Yeah. Keiko and Kuwabara don't know it's me. The Masked Fighter doesn't either, but I doubt he knows me anyways."
Shizuru nodded and took a puff of the cigarette. "You have a hole in your pants," she said. Rei nodded, "I know," just as Botan snapped her fingers.
"I found the thread and needle but I don't have any scissors," Botan held up the sewing instruments. Rei remembered she had a pair in her suitcase so she quickly excused herself to her room. She opened the Urameshi team's door and searched through her suitcase. She found the scissors and quickly left the room.
"I got 'em," she said as she closed the door to Botan's room.
"Do you have shorts under that?" Botan asked, snipping off some thread with the scissors. Rei shook her head so Shizuru threw her a blanket to drape over her lap as Botan sewed up the hole a bit. For a whole hour, Botan sewed the pants, so Rei asked Shizuru to give her a little hair cut.
"How much?" Shizuru asked, picking up the scissors. Rei remembered what Kurama had said but she couldn't bring herself to cut it all so she took out two strands near the front of her head and said, "Only these two."
Shizuru understood what she meant and then asked, "How short?"
Rei decided on just a little lower than her jaw, so snipsnip, Shizuru cut off the long strands. Even though it was only two of the waist-length strands, Rei still felt a little sad, but she soon got over it. Botan finished up and handed her the pants.
"I didn't sew them up totally because you'll be in kinena form," she hinted. Rei noticed she had turned back normal and she nodded her thanks.
"I'm going back to my room. I'll give your blanket back when I'm done changing," Rei said and quickly ran down the hall, with the blanket as a make-shift skirt. She got to her door and noticed it was slightly open.
.oO{I'm going to have to lock it when I go back out.} She thought as she transformed and quickly changed into some shorts in the bedroom. She started to pull on the pants when they ripped again. She had forgotten her suitcase in the sitting room, though, so she couldn't get different pants.
"Oh well," she said aloud. "Poor Botan sewed these up for no reason. I'll just wear this," Rei held her arms out and looked down at her outfit. She was wearing a long poncho-type shirt and ass-shorts that had been turned into kinena shorts thanks to Kurama. She quickly braided her hair into pigtails and made them into buns low on either side of her head. Turning in the mirror, she nodded satisfaction at her new look.
Rei walked out of the bedroom and noticed a tall, red-headed boy sitting cross-legged on the floor going through her things. He looked up just as he lifted a pair of her panties out of the suitcase. Stretching the elastic, he asked in an Irish accent, "Is this what all the human girls wear?"
"Yes! Leave my underwear alone, pervert," she tried not to laugh as she grabbed her panties out of his hands. He looked at her a little surprised, but went back to searching through her suitcase. She noticed that the front door was open totally and laughed at herself. She just couldn't bring herself around to be mad at this Irish red-head, but she didn't want him going through her stuff. Grabbing the suitcase, she zipped it up and threw it through the bedroom door.
"Aww, I get the message, though. I'll be leavin' ya," he unfurled his long legs and put his arms behind his head as he walked out the door. "Oh!" he turned to her, "Another match is startin' now and you'll probably want to watch."
Rei nodded a little and watched as he walked out the door, whistling as he went. He was definitely an odd one, and he talked so fast! Rei had to listen really hard to understand him. Just then Botan popped into the room and asked(a little too loudly), "Who was that?"
"No clue," Rei flinched and followed Botan out the door-- remembering to lock it this time.
"I see you're not wearing the pants," Botan said pointedly. Rei answered nonchalantly, "They ripped again."
Botan pushed the button to the elevator, "Ahh."
After a few seconds of silence, Botan asked a few more questions about that Irish demon. Rei shrugged for all the answers.
"All I know is he's tall, cute and he can't resist an open door and a girl's suitcase," Rei said when the elevator stopped. Instead of walking towards the arena, Botan wavered.
"You wanna see if they've got any concession stands?" she asked. Rei looked towards one of the many doorways and nodded, "Sure."
They walked down a bunch of hallways but didn't find any place to eat. "Well, I'm not too sure I'd want to eat food from this place anyways," Rei said as they walked back towards the stadium. There was an eruption of cat-calls from the crowd just as they entered, but it wasn't for them. Yusuke was standing in the ring, glaring at a big demon who was obviously his opponent.
Botan grabbed Rei's arm and they ran down the steps and jumped over the wall. Hiei and the Masked Fighter were caught in some sort of barrier in the medical tent and Kuwabara was badly injured. She offered to help him, but he said to take care of Kurama. Botan sat down and lifted Kuwabara's head onto her lap as Rei looked around for Kurama. She found him leaning against the wall with scrapes and bruises all over.
She ran over to him and touched his cheek, "Kurama?"
He opened his eyes slowly and tried to smile, but it was too painful. He closed his eyes again and whispered, "You cut your hair."
"Just a little; not all of it. Now be quiet," Rei said and set her leg on the other side of him, stradling his hips, yet not touching.
The demons above them stopped watching Yusuke and stared down eagerly at the two humans who looked like they were about ready to 'get it on'. Rei looked up and blushed as she snapped, "You pervs! We aren't doing THAT!"
Kurama smirked slightly just as the arena was covered in a mist. Rei felt herself being pulled closer to him and he whispered, "No one can see."
Getting the hint, she quickly 'helped' him recover from his injuries and they finished up barely a minute before the mist cleared thanks to Yusuke's Spirit Gun. Yusuke punched the demon in the ribs, but before he could deliver another blow the demon started pleading for mercy. Yusuke almost let him live, but then the demon hit him with a rock.
Yusuke punched the demon in all the right places to break all his bones. The demon went flying into the wall and Koto announced Yusuke as the winner of that fight. Yusuke jumped out of the ring and walked over to Kurama. He made sure Kurama was alright and Koto announced that the next match would start.
Rei noticed the red-headed demon that she had found in her room was on the other side of the ring when he stood up and said he'd fight next. Yusuke and Jin-- who Koto announced him to be-- talked a little and then Jin hopped into the air and flew high above the stadium.
He 'stood' in the air looking across at the horizon for a few minutes before Yusuke called up, "If you're done sightseeing, could we get this going?"
Jin laughed a little to himself and turned himself over, preparing for a nose-dive. He flew in quickly and seemed to be heading straight for Yusuke, but flew right past him.
"What? Jin seems to be... trying a distraction," Koto said. Yusuke pivoted on his left foot and got ready to punch, but Jin landed the punch. Yusuke lifted his knee, though, and said, "How 'bout a trade?"
Jin ducked and dodged the knee and since Yusuke was expecting to hit something, the sudden imbalance flung him across the ring. He rolled a little and Jin floated in the air. "Yusuke's valiant attempt proved unsuccessful compared to Jin's swift aerial attacks," Koto said.
"I admit that didn't have much of a chance," Yusuke said, getting on his hands and knees. "Nice punch though, this is going to be fun."
"That was an amazing, and yet crazy move Yusuke pulled. I doubt any master taught him that one," Koto said.
"We're a pair and apart, Urameshi. Never wantin' to do anything the way people tell us to. Even if we don't make sense. Better to be messy on your own than on someone's watch, am I right?" Jin flicked his ear.
"Well, yeah. Why let a teacher get the credit? I figure I've been doin' alright on my own so far," Yusuke agreed and wiped of his chin. The crowd kept yelling "KILL YUSUKE" and Botan asked, "What in the world are they talking about? They're both smiling..."
Kuwabara chuckled and said, "I think Urameshi's finally found someone he can complain with. He's been a loner ever since I've known him. Heck, Keiko's practically the only one that can talk to him--besides Rei and the rest of us-- and I'll be darned if I can understand that relationship. But this Jin guy's just the same. Like a twin or something."
"Hmm. Well, that'll make fighting with him difficult," Botan thought aloud.
Kurama tried to laugh but it only came out as a soft whisper, for it was too painful for him. "It seems you don't know brothers very well, Botan."
#While you all are waiting for my next chapter, You can read Tye Realm: by Cassalaine, Captured By the Breeze: cLuMzYaZnGrL106, Kurama's Lost Memories: VashnKnvies, or even the Densetsu no Kagami series by Kaeru Soyokaze.#
Chapter 35
.oO{Ditto.}
#Homestar Runner comes# Yay! Everwybody! Everwybody! #crowd yells at him: Only anime characters can be here, stupid!#
#Homestar:# Oh, sowwy. #Homestar leaves#
#Yuu stands up# Okay, I'm here. *gaspgasp* Yay! We've reached 35 chapters! Author is getting her groove back! #pops confetti balloon#
*****
Rei walked through the trees aimlessly and sighed. She hadn't heard Hiei's quiet request, but she had felt it. It didn't upset her that he wanted her gone; she was upset because she couldn't help. She felt like she needed to talk to someone, but even if she did have someone to talk to, what would she say? Since it was almost 6 o'clock, Rei thought she had better get back to the hotel before it got too dark.
When she opened the door she found half 'her' team sitting on the couch arguing.
"I say the committee has something against us," Yusuke stretched his arms behind his head.
"I could almost agree with you," Kuwabara nodded. The Masked Fighter just shook his head. Rei sat down on the chair and asked, "What happened?"
"We have to go through four rounds to get to the finals," Yusuke answered. Rei raised her eyebrow because she didn't know much about the rules, but Kuwabara and Yusuke started talking again. She sat there and listened to them argue before she stood up.
"I'm going to get a shower," she muttered for anyone who was listening. Walking into the bedroom, she pulled her pajamas out of her suitcase. "Too bad they don't have any closets I could use," she mumbled. She went into the bathroom and washed herself off and rinsed her hair. As she stood in front of the mirror, she surveyed her appearance. She lifted her hair to the top of her head and tied it. Tilting her head to the side, she looked at her reflection.
"I think I'll get a hair cut," she said to herself.
"Never!" was the answer. She looked to the doorway and found Kurama watching her.
"It's my hair," she lifted her chin defiantly. He shook his head and walked over to where she was standing in front of the sink. He pulled two strands from the high pony-tail and let them hang down next to her cheeks. Then Kurama-- from where he was standing behind her-- reached his arms around and 'scissored' her hair with his fingers.
"If you get it cut, I'll only let you cut it to here," he said.
Rei looked in the mirror and made a mental note of it. "You couldn't stop me, though."
Kurama lets his arms fall and he hugged her from behind. "I could too. I have my ways."
Rei giggled and shook her head as the bathroom door opened again.
"Oh good gravy. Rei, I think you need to find a new place to get all lovey at," Yusuke said and leaned against the doorframe as he watched the two.
Rei started counting on her fingers. "First, it was Hiei walking in on me, then Kurama, then you," she winked at Yusuke. "I think you're right. A lot happens in the bathroom."
She got up and laughed to herself as she walked into the bedroom. The two boys just shook their heads at her as they watched.
***
The next day there was a match. The 'Dr. Ichigaki' team against the Urameshi team. Rei sat in the stands this time as she watched the guys start. There was only three fighters on both teams, making Rei wonder what had happened to Hiei and Kurama. After a few minutes, Rei started having weird visions. She saw the three teammates from the Dr. Ichigaki team sitting near an old man. They were crying. Rei shook her head to get the pictures out until finally she had enough.
Standing up, she walked out the door and out of the dome. Her jeans were a little tight, so she couldn't run very fast, but she still got away from the ring.
"Okay, I'm being stupid again. Just getting away from the ring doesn't mean the visions will stop.... does it?" Rei added when she noticed it HAD stopped. She sighed and walked along. Rei sighed again and tripped over a tree root, falling flat on her face. In less than three seconds, she felt herself transform into kinena form. "Well, this is just great," she muttered to herself.
"What is?" Botan popped out of a bush, startling Rei and making her tail puff. Her hand flew over her mouth as she gasped and it took her a few seconds to get her breath back. "I ripped my pants," Rei stated finally, turning to show Botan the damage her kinena form had caused. Botan pursed her lips and nodded, "Not good at all. You'll have to be careful of what you wear, or you'll be sewing it up every time."
"I know," Rei sighed. "These were old pants, so the fabric must've started rotting. But I can't even sew that well!"
Botan clapped her hands together, "I'll find someone to teach you. I bet Kurama knows how. Anyways," she started up again before Rei could say anything on Kurama's behalf, "I came to find you because Keiko, Shizuru and I didn't want to watch the match. Wanna hang out?"
Rei scratched the back of her head and almost answered, but Keiko joined them. "Botan? Oh, I'm sorry I interrupted."
"That's alright!" Botan made a cat face. "I was just asking her if she wanted to hang out with the three of us."
Keiko looked Rei over and asked Botan quietly, "Do you know her?"
"Of course! She's--" Botan almost said 'Rei' but then noticed the warning look Rei was giving her. "She's Komi!"
Keiko gave them a weird look but then shook her head, "Well, Shizuru and I are going up to the room. We just wanted to tell you."
Botan made another cat face and waved. "Komi?" Rei asked, with a raised eyebrow.
"Eheheheh, yeah. Neko and kinezumi: cat and squirrel."
Rei shook her head, "I can't believe both you and Yusuke like twisting words like that."
Botan laughed at her and said, "Should we follow and get your pants fixed?"
"Lead the way," Rei outstretched her arms.
***
Botan opened the door to her hotel room and Rei quickly walked inside. She had been holding her butt to hide the rip and a few demons that weren't watching the fight were giving her weird looks.
"Now I hope I have some thread," Botan started searching around her suitcase. Shizuru was sitting on the couch smoking a cigarette and gave Rei a weird look.
"Have we met before?" she asked. Rei was startled that Shizuru had recognized her but Botan nervously tried to help.
"Of course not! Her name is Komei."
"Komi," Rei corrected. They both winked at Shizuru. "Well, KoREI, nice to meet you," she held out her hand after sticking the cigarette back into her mouth. Rei breathed a sigh of relief; both because Keiko wasn't in the room and that Shizuru had understood. Shizuru shifted on the couch and tossed her hair over her shoulder. "It's 'Komi' for now then, huh?"
Rei sat down on the other couch and answered, "Yeah. Keiko and Kuwabara don't know it's me. The Masked Fighter doesn't either, but I doubt he knows me anyways."
Shizuru nodded and took a puff of the cigarette. "You have a hole in your pants," she said. Rei nodded, "I know," just as Botan snapped her fingers.
"I found the thread and needle but I don't have any scissors," Botan held up the sewing instruments. Rei remembered she had a pair in her suitcase so she quickly excused herself to her room. She opened the Urameshi team's door and searched through her suitcase. She found the scissors and quickly left the room.
"I got 'em," she said as she closed the door to Botan's room.
"Do you have shorts under that?" Botan asked, snipping off some thread with the scissors. Rei shook her head so Shizuru threw her a blanket to drape over her lap as Botan sewed up the hole a bit. For a whole hour, Botan sewed the pants, so Rei asked Shizuru to give her a little hair cut.
"How much?" Shizuru asked, picking up the scissors. Rei remembered what Kurama had said but she couldn't bring herself to cut it all so she took out two strands near the front of her head and said, "Only these two."
Shizuru understood what she meant and then asked, "How short?"
Rei decided on just a little lower than her jaw, so snipsnip, Shizuru cut off the long strands. Even though it was only two of the waist-length strands, Rei still felt a little sad, but she soon got over it. Botan finished up and handed her the pants.
"I didn't sew them up totally because you'll be in kinena form," she hinted. Rei noticed she had turned back normal and she nodded her thanks.
"I'm going back to my room. I'll give your blanket back when I'm done changing," Rei said and quickly ran down the hall, with the blanket as a make-shift skirt. She got to her door and noticed it was slightly open.
.oO{I'm going to have to lock it when I go back out.} She thought as she transformed and quickly changed into some shorts in the bedroom. She started to pull on the pants when they ripped again. She had forgotten her suitcase in the sitting room, though, so she couldn't get different pants.
"Oh well," she said aloud. "Poor Botan sewed these up for no reason. I'll just wear this," Rei held her arms out and looked down at her outfit. She was wearing a long poncho-type shirt and ass-shorts that had been turned into kinena shorts thanks to Kurama. She quickly braided her hair into pigtails and made them into buns low on either side of her head. Turning in the mirror, she nodded satisfaction at her new look.
Rei walked out of the bedroom and noticed a tall, red-headed boy sitting cross-legged on the floor going through her things. He looked up just as he lifted a pair of her panties out of the suitcase. Stretching the elastic, he asked in an Irish accent, "Is this what all the human girls wear?"
"Yes! Leave my underwear alone, pervert," she tried not to laugh as she grabbed her panties out of his hands. He looked at her a little surprised, but went back to searching through her suitcase. She noticed that the front door was open totally and laughed at herself. She just couldn't bring herself around to be mad at this Irish red-head, but she didn't want him going through her stuff. Grabbing the suitcase, she zipped it up and threw it through the bedroom door.
"Aww, I get the message, though. I'll be leavin' ya," he unfurled his long legs and put his arms behind his head as he walked out the door. "Oh!" he turned to her, "Another match is startin' now and you'll probably want to watch."
Rei nodded a little and watched as he walked out the door, whistling as he went. He was definitely an odd one, and he talked so fast! Rei had to listen really hard to understand him. Just then Botan popped into the room and asked(a little too loudly), "Who was that?"
"No clue," Rei flinched and followed Botan out the door-- remembering to lock it this time.
"I see you're not wearing the pants," Botan said pointedly. Rei answered nonchalantly, "They ripped again."
Botan pushed the button to the elevator, "Ahh."
After a few seconds of silence, Botan asked a few more questions about that Irish demon. Rei shrugged for all the answers.
"All I know is he's tall, cute and he can't resist an open door and a girl's suitcase," Rei said when the elevator stopped. Instead of walking towards the arena, Botan wavered.
"You wanna see if they've got any concession stands?" she asked. Rei looked towards one of the many doorways and nodded, "Sure."
They walked down a bunch of hallways but didn't find any place to eat. "Well, I'm not too sure I'd want to eat food from this place anyways," Rei said as they walked back towards the stadium. There was an eruption of cat-calls from the crowd just as they entered, but it wasn't for them. Yusuke was standing in the ring, glaring at a big demon who was obviously his opponent.
Botan grabbed Rei's arm and they ran down the steps and jumped over the wall. Hiei and the Masked Fighter were caught in some sort of barrier in the medical tent and Kuwabara was badly injured. She offered to help him, but he said to take care of Kurama. Botan sat down and lifted Kuwabara's head onto her lap as Rei looked around for Kurama. She found him leaning against the wall with scrapes and bruises all over.
She ran over to him and touched his cheek, "Kurama?"
He opened his eyes slowly and tried to smile, but it was too painful. He closed his eyes again and whispered, "You cut your hair."
"Just a little; not all of it. Now be quiet," Rei said and set her leg on the other side of him, stradling his hips, yet not touching.
The demons above them stopped watching Yusuke and stared down eagerly at the two humans who looked like they were about ready to 'get it on'. Rei looked up and blushed as she snapped, "You pervs! We aren't doing THAT!"
Kurama smirked slightly just as the arena was covered in a mist. Rei felt herself being pulled closer to him and he whispered, "No one can see."
Getting the hint, she quickly 'helped' him recover from his injuries and they finished up barely a minute before the mist cleared thanks to Yusuke's Spirit Gun. Yusuke punched the demon in the ribs, but before he could deliver another blow the demon started pleading for mercy. Yusuke almost let him live, but then the demon hit him with a rock.
Yusuke punched the demon in all the right places to break all his bones. The demon went flying into the wall and Koto announced Yusuke as the winner of that fight. Yusuke jumped out of the ring and walked over to Kurama. He made sure Kurama was alright and Koto announced that the next match would start.
Rei noticed the red-headed demon that she had found in her room was on the other side of the ring when he stood up and said he'd fight next. Yusuke and Jin-- who Koto announced him to be-- talked a little and then Jin hopped into the air and flew high above the stadium.
He 'stood' in the air looking across at the horizon for a few minutes before Yusuke called up, "If you're done sightseeing, could we get this going?"
Jin laughed a little to himself and turned himself over, preparing for a nose-dive. He flew in quickly and seemed to be heading straight for Yusuke, but flew right past him.
"What? Jin seems to be... trying a distraction," Koto said. Yusuke pivoted on his left foot and got ready to punch, but Jin landed the punch. Yusuke lifted his knee, though, and said, "How 'bout a trade?"
Jin ducked and dodged the knee and since Yusuke was expecting to hit something, the sudden imbalance flung him across the ring. He rolled a little and Jin floated in the air. "Yusuke's valiant attempt proved unsuccessful compared to Jin's swift aerial attacks," Koto said.
"I admit that didn't have much of a chance," Yusuke said, getting on his hands and knees. "Nice punch though, this is going to be fun."
"That was an amazing, and yet crazy move Yusuke pulled. I doubt any master taught him that one," Koto said.
"We're a pair and apart, Urameshi. Never wantin' to do anything the way people tell us to. Even if we don't make sense. Better to be messy on your own than on someone's watch, am I right?" Jin flicked his ear.
"Well, yeah. Why let a teacher get the credit? I figure I've been doin' alright on my own so far," Yusuke agreed and wiped of his chin. The crowd kept yelling "KILL YUSUKE" and Botan asked, "What in the world are they talking about? They're both smiling..."
Kuwabara chuckled and said, "I think Urameshi's finally found someone he can complain with. He's been a loner ever since I've known him. Heck, Keiko's practically the only one that can talk to him--besides Rei and the rest of us-- and I'll be darned if I can understand that relationship. But this Jin guy's just the same. Like a twin or something."
"Hmm. Well, that'll make fighting with him difficult," Botan thought aloud.
Kurama tried to laugh but it only came out as a soft whisper, for it was too painful for him. "It seems you don't know brothers very well, Botan."
#While you all are waiting for my next chapter, You can read Tye Realm: by Cassalaine, Captured By the Breeze: cLuMzYaZnGrL106, Kurama's Lost Memories: VashnKnvies, or even the Densetsu no Kagami series by Kaeru Soyokaze.#
