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Opening her eyes, Sango found herself laying in Kagome's lap. She sat up and looked at the frightened male faces around her. Seeing the demolished booths behind the cowering fighters, Sango realized what she had done.
The blast she had released with Naraku had been more powerful than this second one, but this one still did damage. All ten booths were destroyed, pieces were scattered everywhere. Nobody was injured, except those of evil heart. There was not a single wicked person left in the building.
"I did this, didn't I?" Sango asked her sister tentively.
"Yes, you destroyed all those of evil souls. Now Master Genkai can be sure that only one of good heart will be her student." Kagome assured her. Sango smiled.
"You destroyed all wicked souls, but you also destroyed all the machines in the process. Looks like we're going to have to test hte rest of you the old fashion way." Genkai said in annoyance. The untested fighters had uneasy looks on their faces.
"How did you do that and where did all that power come from?" Yusuke asked in awe. He still did not know their names.
"I don't know. I guess whenever I am caused pain, my body reacts to try and stop it." Sango explained. Yusuke still looked confused. Sango sighed as she sat up.
"Well, now that it's over, I'm going to have to test the rest. The untested fighters follow me to this next room. The rest of you stay here and don't make a bigger mess." Genkai ordered.
Yusuke stayed in the room with the tried fighters. Sango and Kagome stood up and took a second look around the room.
None of the other fighters had heard Sango's explanation of what happened. They looked at the female fighters in admiration and fear. If the one in red was that powerful, then who was to say that the one in blue was not far behind? Many of the humans and demons left dreaded the time when they would have to fight these girls.
Genkai returned a short time later with no one following her. She had a satisfied smirk on her lips as she passed the unaware fighters. Sango and Kagome replaced their emotionless masks and got ready for their next trial.
They followed Genkai to the same field where Yusuke had won his right to be taught by his master. Everyone could feel their spirit energy rising from the dead souls. The more spirit energy they gained from the dead souls, the more confidence they were given.
"Here is the final test. There are only twenty of you left so you will all fight until there are only two fighters. They will become my students." The elderly master said.
"So what happened to the other fighters?" an orange haired boy called out from the crowd.
"Oh nothing Kuwabara. They just got scared and ran away." Genkai replied mishievously. Kuwabara swallowed hard with a nervous look on his face.
"Kuwabara?! What are you doing here?" Yusuke asked. His friend just seemed to pop up everywhere and it was starting to grate on Yusuke's nerves.
"Uhh, I want to be trained by Master Genkai. I didn't make the cut last time so I thought I would try again." Kuwabara answered sheepishly while shrugging his shoulders. Yusuke appeared disgusted.
"Alright, alright. Everyone should pick his or her fighting partners. If one of the fighters should die or be seriously injured, they shall be disqualified.
"The first fighting pairs are, Kuwabara and Tano against Chiow and Surge. Let the fight begin!" Genkai shouted.
Tano was Kuwabara's friend and part of his gang in the city. They were the ones that kept challenging Yusuke to fights while Kuwabara kept getting beat.
The fight began and for the most part, all four of them were just kicking and punching. None of them were even trying to block or dodge. Kuwabara revealed a smug appearance and stepped back from the other three.
Tano received the hint and backed away to a safe distance. Kuwabara gave a war cry and harnessed his spirit energy to form his energy sword.
Charging the perplexed amateur fighting partners, the replacement spirit detective sliced their stomachs, rendering them unconscious. He didn't kill them because it was against his code. The knocked out fighters were dragged off the field leaving Kuwabara and Tano the winners.
The two idiots were jumping up and down, hugging each other as if they were two crazy teenage girls. Everyone else looked at the two oafs in repulsion. Kuwabara and Tano finally calmed down and took their seats.
"The next two, Taijya and Miko against Kaze and Jin! Start fighting." Genkai called out after Kuwabara's victory was recorded. Kagome and Sango had given fake names in order to keep their identities. (A/N: For all those who don't know, Sango is Taijya and Kagome is Miko)
The four fighters stepped out onto the field. Weapons were allowed in these rounds. Jin and Kaze smirked at the girls.
"You know we don't like fighting girls, but ever since I saw you two in the booths, I knew I wanted to test your strength." Jin said in his Irish accent.
"Even thought it will be a shame to mess up your pretty faces, you cannot win. We are the wind masters!" Kaze exclaimed in victory.
Kagome and Sango scoffed and smirked at one another. They had dealt with wind masters before and they knew how to beat the over-confident demons. They knelt into their fighting positions, weapons drawn.
"Ah, they still want to fight. Shame, shame." Jin smiled while shaking his head. He and Kaze both rose to the air and sat Indian-style on thin air.
Kagome attacked first. To destroy the demon winds keeping them up, she had to shoot a purifying arrow at their feet. Her archery had much improved and the arrow hit its mark. The two wind demons howled in pain as their winds disappeared.
Sango then threw her hiraikotsu and nailed Jin on his red-haired head as he and Kaze were falling from the sky. A large, swollen lump appeared right in front of Jin's single horn. Tears formed in the corner of his eyes as he grimaced in pain as Sango caught her boomerang with ease.
Kaze stared at his injured friend. With fire in his eyes he came after Sango. Since he cold no longer fly, he attacked her with his fists. She blcked every attack with hiraikotsu and he ended up with bloody and bruised fists.
Finally, Kaze started to change his tactic. Thinking that Kagome was just watching the fight go on, he decided to catch her off guard. Sango was too much of a challenge for him. Without his winds, however, he was very slow and his movements sluggish.
Sango realized what he was doing and hurled her hiraikotsu at the running demon. Kagome had a slight smile upon her face as she shot an arrow at his left leg. Both weapons hit the target at the same time and he fell to the ground unconscious.
Jin looked up in pain to see his student fall. The lump on his head was still growing and the end was no where in sight. Grimacing, he stood and walked over to the fallen Kaze. Picking Kaze up, he carried the younger demon off the field.
'Note to self, never challenge women with arrows and giant boomerangs who are competing in a fighting tournament.' Jin thought to himself. His head was still throbbing painfully and his feet ached from where the arrow had flown past.
"Taijya and Miko are the winners!" Genkai declared.
The two girls walked off the field and took their seats calmly. Still no emotion crossed their features as they carefully examined the other fights and fighters.
The fights went on and so far the humans were losing dangerously. The only human team was Kuwabara and Tano. Even though the two males were both very dim-witted, there were very good fighters. There were only two demon teams, one human, and one unknown; the unknown being Miko and Taijya.
The two demon teams were fighting and so far, the twin demons with purple hair were losing. The other team was made of one blonde-haired, blue-eyed demon and the other was a blue-haired, yellow-eyed demon.
Both teams were very excellent, but it was obvious that the purple-haired twins were losing, slowly but surely. Their forms were getting more listless and their breathing more labored, while the other team was just building up in speed and power.
Finally, the last blow had been made and the twins had failed to make the cut. They were removed from the field as the next teams were ordered to fight.
"Kuwabara and Tano against Miko and Taijya. Let the fight begin!" Genkai yelled.
Taijya and Miko entered the field and sighed. They knew they were going to have to beat up an innocent classmate, but it had to be done. They were not going to lose now, even though they hadn't had a challenge yet. But the sisters were keeping up their guard, just in case a diclosure should happen.
Kuwabara and Tano had smug looks on their faces as they stood and walked in front of the two female fighters.
"Please just give up now. We don't want to to fight girls, it's against our code." Kuwabara pleaded in a very arrogant manner.
"Even if a woman were destroying everthing you love and care about, would you still not attack her?" Taijya asked.
"That would be a different situation, but if the need came, yes I am sure Kuwabara and I would attack." Tano answered for his leader.
"Very well then. Pretend Taijya and I are destroying everything. Attack us." Miko recommended. The girls knelt into fighting positions and drew their weapons.
"Fine, we'll fight, but if we hurt you it will be your faults." Tano agreed. The sisters nodded as Kuwabara and Tano also kelt into their fighting positions. The fight began.
Kuwabara charged recklessly at them with his spirit sword in hand. Yelling, he swiped at Sango, but she easily dodged it. Pulling out her katana, she danced around the bumbling klutz and increased her speed.
Looking at her form running around him, Kuwabara began to get dizzy, blindly trying to stab her with his weapon. She increased her speed again until she was invisible to all, except Genkai and a mysterious watcher.
Suddenly, Sango darted out from the circle of wind she had created and struck Kuwabara on the neck with her hand. He fell to the ground unmoving, but not dead. Sango stopped running altogether to watch the fight between her partner and Tano.
Tano went after Kagome with his sword. Kagome also drew her sword and they started to battle. Clanging metal was heard for miles around. Kagome mentally smirked as she knocked his katana from his hand.
He looked up in surprise when his sword was gone and looked into Kagome's blue eyes as she pointed her sword at his throat. He froze in fear, but she lowered her weapon.
"Don't worry, I won't kill you. I'm not a heartless monster you know." Miko reassured calmly. The look of terror left his face, replaced with a slight smile.
"Taijya and Miko are the winners!" Genkai announced. "The next fighters against Taiya and Miko are Zarou and Darcou."
"This is the last fight. Whoever wins will be my new students. If one person on each side is knocked unconscious or killed, the surviving teammates will be my students. Agreed?" Genkai ordered.
They all nodded and walked onto the field. The two demons that stood in front of the female duo were the same demons that won the fight before theirs with Kuwabara and Tano. Zarou was the blond-haired, blue-eyed demon while Darcou was the blue-haired, yellow-eyed demon.
The girls knew they were going to be a formidable opponent and that they must be on guard the entire time to be sure there were no tricks.
The final fight began. Whoever won would become Genkai's new students and would receive the greatest training modern society could offer. Miko and Taijya would not, could not lose. No pressure.
Zarou lunged at the girls and started to run in circles around them at an alarming speed while Darcou followed suit until they were both but a blur. Most humans and demons alike wouldn't be able to follow their moves, but since Sango and Kagome were trained to do such things, it seemed Zorou and Darcou were traveling in slow motion.
Taijya finally got tired of just watching them run around in circles for a whole minute and she slung her hiraikotsu at Darcou, knocking him our of the circle. Miko shot an arrow at Zarou, also knocking him out of the circle.
As they lay on the ground, they both looked at each other and nodded. Jumping back up, they hurtled towards the sisters, weapons drawn. Zarou hurled his sword, dipped in poison, at Sango's head, expecting it to hit her dead on, while his brother Darcou threw a spear, cursed with a deadly spell, at Kagome's heart.
They stopped their assault to watch the weapons pierce the girls' bodies. Smiling in triumph, they knew they had won; no one could escape those weapons for they tracked down your very spirit energy.
Kagome and Sango stood still, watching the spear and sword make their way towards them. Mentally smirking, they both held out their hands and concentrated and an invisible shield surrounded both of them.
They had been working on this technique for a while. They first learned how to do it a couple of days ago when they were training themselves. Now the slayer and priestess had finally perfected it.
The deadly sword and spear bounced harmlessly off the shield and fell to the ground. Sango and Kagome let the barrier down and decided to go on the offensive.
Running towards the bewildered brothers, the sisters began to fight hand-to-hand combat. Punching and kicking, it was all the brothers could do to defend themselves against the rampaging sisters.
Finally, Taijya got in a final hit, sending Zarou flying into a faraway tree. Miko landed her kick as Darcou suffered the same fate and was knocked on top of his brother.
"Congratulations Miko and Taijya, you will become my next students." Genkai praised. It was amazing how short they had cut the fight. These girls had hidden powers to be revealed.
Yusuke looked at the two girls in complete astonishment, he never expected them to actually win. Although, he had to of known by the way Taijya blew up all those booths, not to mention all the evil hearted people in the building.
"Who are you anyway? I know your names can't be Taijya and Miko. Your names can't be 'demon slayer' or priestess'. I know you from somewhere don't I?" Yusuke asked in a vulgar manner. Sango and Kagome looked at each other without emotion, but inside they were bubbling with laughter.
"Fine, we'll tell you our real names. Mine is Karei." Kagome lied. Yuskae looked to believe it as he turned to Sango.
"Yes, and mine is Sarai." Sango also claimed. (A/N If it's hard to remember the names, just remember 'K' for Kagome and 'S' for Sango...)
"Your names are Sarai and Karei?" Genkai asked. Karei and Sarai nodded in comformation.
"We were named after two ancient sisters in the past who would have a silver soul of purity and they would protect the Shikon no Tama." Sango explained. She knew that legend better than Kagome did; she grew up hearing it as a child.
"Ah yes, I remember hearing that legend long ago. It's been years since I've heard of it." Genkai reminisced. Yusuke had a confused look on his face.
"What legend?" The spirit detective asked. All four of them sat on the ground to hear the tale.
"It starts with the legend of the Shikon no Tama or Jewel of Four Souls," Karei started, knowing that Yusuke already knew that part.
"I've already heard that legend! What about the legend that comes after it, you know, the one about the silver soul?" Yusuke exclaimed impatiently.
"You know of the Shikon no Tama?" Sango feigned surprise. Yusuke had a scowl on his face as he nodded and looked back to Kagome.
"Okay then. The legend of the silver soul isn't much. It tells of how a demon slayer will find an untrained priestess and together they find that they're not who they think they are." Karei explained.
"The slayer is the one with the silver soul, which means he/she has the heart of an angel. Once the slayer has reverted to its true form, it guards the Shikon no Tama for the rest of eternity as does the priestess." Sarai continued.
"Well, that was a waste of my time. Can I go now you old hag?" Yusuke said rudely.
Sarai and Karei looked at the spirit detective in detest. Sarai balled up her fist and socked him in the nose. Then she sat back with a satisfied smirk while the spirit detective was seeing black and stars.
"Owww, whaddya do that for?" Yusuke whined, still holding his nose as the blood trickled down.
"You shouldn't be so rude to Master Genkai." Sarai huffed.
"Sarai is right, you should be more polite to people, especially your elders." Karei reprimanded him. Genkai smirked.
"I'm leaving, so there. Maybe then I want have to listen to so many damn women." Yusuke mumbled as he walked away. Sarai and Karei sighed in exasperation. After a while, Genkai spoke.
"So, what are your real names?" Genkai inquired. The sisters smiled sheepishly.
"He he, we just didn't want Yusuke knowing our real names. He goes to our school, please don't tell him." Kagome pleaded.
"Don't worry about it, I won't. Now tell me your real names so we can get started on training." Genkai asked again.
"All right. My name is Kagome and hers is Sango." Kagome answered truthfully.
"I sense these are your real names, so now to go onto training you two. Follow me and you shall endure a whole year of brutal teaching that you will never forget." Genkai said a bit maliciously. Sango and Kagome exchanged nervous looks through their poison masks and followed their new master into the nearest dojo.
One year later...
"I can't believe a whole year has passed." Kagome said unbelieving as she stretched her long legs.
"Me neither. Just to think it has been a year since we competed in that tournament and since we last saw our family. I'm just glad we were allowed phone calls." Sango said. Their mother had been very pleased when she heard they had won, but upset she would not be able to see them for a whole year.
Sango and Kagome had trained furiously over that year. The first two months their muscles had been so sore that they couldn't even move properly.
After those first months, however, their bodies grew stronger than ever before and their hand-to-hand combat had become so effective and fast, Genkai could no longer compare to her pupil's great speed. Although the slayer and priestess still retained their 'normal' teenage image, their power had amplified so much that the lesser demons fled from their presence as they would walk.
Hidden talents were revealed in both girls. Sango was given the gift of fire, in which she could just look at something and fires would spark. It took her a while to master the full technique, but it did come in handy quite often.
Kagome's hidden power was of ice. She found out after Sango had accidently set her on fire and Kagome doused the flames with ice that had suddenly surrounded her body. It also came in handy when Sango would set something on fire and it couldn't be put out.
Sango also learned to purify as a priestess. It was a talent revealed by training Kagome. Kagome's own purifying powers had greatly increased and she and Sango learned how to comine it with spirit energy for ki attacks.
They had kept their same weapons to fight and had learned to combine spirit energy with them to increase the strength. Sango kept her hiraikotsu and katana while Kagome kept her bow and arrows and her katana. The hilts of the swords were in the girls' own respective colors of blood red and midnight blue.
Sango and Kagome were allowed to leave the shrine now, for their training was complete. The only catch was that they would have to return in one month so Genkai could give them a final gift.
"Botan! Get over here!" Koenma yelled.
"Yes, sir?" a very crumpled looking Botan asked. She had been working hard all day just so that this particular Dark Tournament would be perfect.
"Send Kurama and Hiei to Genkai. I need them to ask her if we could borrow her students for the Dark Tournament." Koenma ordered. Botan nodded and flew through a portal to meet the demon allies.
Hiei and Kurama had been spying around, investigating any large amount of spirit energy. So far, the greatest amount came from Genkai's new students, although Yusuke repeatedly denied they were anything more than just girls.
Hiei was the mysterious watcher at Genkai's tournament; he sensed a power of when an explosion of energy had erupted and caused a great wavelength of wind coursing around the area. Whoever caused it called to him, and being a fire apparition, he followed his instincts. That was how he came upon the tournament as he watched two young women obliterate every warrior team they came across.
Kurama had also investigated the two girls, although not as extensively as Hiei. The fox demon had never seen their faces, neither had Hiei, for they always wore masks to hide their features. All he knew was that their names were Sarai and Karei.
Together, Hiei and Kurama would each study the girls and would report any information to Koenma. The toddler would have sent Yusuke, but the spirit detective had too many things to do. Kurama and Hiei agreed willingly, they were curious as to whom the pair with the enormously strong powers were.
"Well the girls seem human enough, don't you think Hiei?" the fox asked the fire apparition.
"Hn, they do, but they have very powerful spirit energy." Hiei agreed.
"They would make a good addition to our team. This year I understand, Kuwabara will not be competing and the tournament commitee will be allowing five teammates, the same as last year." Kurama said.
The two demons had just set foot on Genkai's shrine and they were walking up to the front door.
Unexpectedly, Kurama and Hiei jumped in the air to avoid a giant glowing boomerang that had come from out of nowhere. Looking around, they saw a young woman catch the boomerang with little effort.
'It's Sarai.' The demons realized in surprise. Karei then appeared and the demons noted a smile grace their faces through their masks. The sisters walked towards the astonished demons and bowed.
"Hello Kurama and Hiei." Kagome greeted as she and Sango bowed again. Kurama nodded and Hiei was knocked from his stupor.
"Sarai, Karei, I though you two had left already." Genkai's voice called out.
Sango and Kagome looked around to see their teacher standing behind them. Smiling sheepishly, they nodded their heads.
"Sorry Master Genkai, we sensed demon here so we stayed to make sure there was no trouble." Kagome explained. Genkai smirked and then looked to Kurama and Hiei, realizing who had sent them.
"What do you want? I know you work for Koenma so tell me what he wants this time." Genkai asked rather rudely.
"Koenma has sent us to ask you if we could use your students on the team for the Dark Tournament." Kurama clarified. Genkai nodded.
"You have my permission. When does it start?" Genkai said.
"In one month." Kurama replied.
"Great! Now we can see our family as planned!" Kagome exclaimed. Sango and Kagome immediately turned heel to go home to their family.
One month had passed while Sango and Kagome stayed with their family. Mrs. Higurashi was overjoyed to finally see their faces and Souta kept on jumping on their backs to see if they were any stronger. Grandpa was the same old Grandpa, throwing scrolls everywhere and decontaminating them in 'sacred' wine.
Then the sisters had to make their way back to Master Genkai to await their transportation to the Dark Tournament. Once they made it there, the girls decided to wait under a tall tree until Genkai showed up.
Sitting down on the ground under a large tree, they sat cross-legged and closed their eyes for some much needed relaxation.
'Sango, I've been thinking,' Kagome told her telepathically, 'what do you think will happen at the tournament.'
'I don't know Kagome. The best thing to do is just to hope for a victory. Don't worry, we'll survive.' Sango replied, comforting the miko of her fears. They cut off from eachother as they laid in the cool shade.
'Survive. That really sparks memories.' Sango thought bitterly. 'Miroku, why didn't you survive? We could have been together forever, but you didn't survive. Were you not strong enough, or was our love not strong enough? Is that why you didn't survive?'
Both Kagome and Sango closed their eyes and found themselves in a strange, but familiar white room that seemed to have no boundaries.
"Sango, we've been here before, haven't we?" Kagome asked looking over at the slayer.
"I believe so, Kagome" Sango answered in surprise. As before, a third face appeared.
"Hello again, priestess and demon slayer." A woman called out. It was Midoriko.
"What?! What are you doing here again?" Kagome asked the ancient priestess.
"Oh, I'm just checking up on you both. Sango, didn't you know that your brother is not dead?" Midoriko asked a bewildered Sango in a strange masculine voice that was not her own.
Then Midoriko's face started to distort, while her eyes turned red and her straight black hair turned wavy. Naraku's face appeared and the female body of Midoriko morphed into that of a man's.
"Naraku! You're dead! How can you be here?!" Sango yelled at the cackling half-demon as Kagome faded away into the white abyss. Naraku suddenly lunged at her and Sango opened her eyes.
Panting, she sat up from her horrible nightmare to find Kagome hovering over. Kagome's features were contorted into a look of fright and bewilderment.
"What happened Sarai? You started screaming while you were closing your eyes." Kagome said in worry.
"Naraku is alive and well, Kagome. I don't know how, but we cannot worry about that now. Put on your mask for our teammates are arriving." Sango said seriously, using Kagome's real name. Strapping on their masks, they walked over to where the portal would appear.
"Little do they know, Kanna, is that there will never be a Dark Tournament. Little Sango and dear Kagome, how much can you handle, how much can you bear, how long can you see everyone around you scream in agony as I torture them to death? And Sango, didn't you know that your brother is not dead?" an evil voice cackled.
"Now Kanna, leave me at once to plan for my revenge." The voice ordered. A woman wearing all white picked up her magic mirror and left the room. A crying voice could be heard from down the hall from a woman in the dungeon.
"I don't know how he came back, but he won't get away with this!" The woman in the dungeon vowed, drying her tears and her old spark coming back.
Her torture soul longed to be free of his control, but yet he held her heart in the palm of his hand, so therefore she could not move on her own. "He will pay." She spat venomously.
The gateway between worlds opened and four figures stepped out of the blue light. The gateway behind the figures closed, revealing Kurama, Yusuke, Genkai, and Hiei.
'Blue light, it's so familiar.' Kagome thought. 'You will no longer come back for me will you Inuyasha? You have chosen Kikyou and I hope you have a great after-life with her. I just wish that it could have been me instead of her.'
"Well? Let's go, we've been waiting a long while for you two to get here!" Yusuke snapped at the sisters. Without replying, Sarai and Karei stepped into the portal to be on their way to the Dark Tournament.
Thank you for reading this fanficcy!!! I've been trying really hard to make long chapters and stuff like this...and I'm trying to figure out how to put it in different points of view because my puncuation thingy doesn't work very well.
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