Here's Chapter 3! The Yu Yu Hakusho gang comes into the story in this chapter. After this, the Tournament begins and there are A LOT of surprises in store. But for right now, enjoy!
Chapter 3: Journey to Hangman Island
(Outside Yusuke's house)
"Hurry up, Urameshi! We don't wanna be late!" Kuwabara yelled into Yusuke's house.
"Why do we constantly have to team up with the lazy spirit detective and his big mouthed sidekick?" Hiei asked Kurama, who was standing behind him.
"Stop complaining, Hiei." Kurama said. "You know as well as I do that if it wasn't for them, we wouldn't have won the last Dark Tournament. It would do you and Kuwabara well to have a little patience for once anyway."
"Don't EVER compare me to him again." Hiei snarled.
"And I don't wanna be compared to that little shrimp either." Kuwabara said.
"You spend so much of your time contradicting me, yet you never seem to be able to keep up with me." Hiei retaliated, happy that he had hit Kuwabara right where it hurts: his ego. (Where did you think Hiei hit him, you sickos?)
"…JUST SHUTUP OKAY! OR ARE YOU JUST AFRAID OF ME! HUH! THAT'S IT ISN'T IT! YOU KNOW YOU CAN'T BEAT ME!" Kuwabara screamed, going on and on until Yusuke came out of his house yawning.
"What are you standing around for! We're late! Let's GO!" he shouted.
"What do you mean, we were standing around? You wouldn't even get…" Kuwabara started, but had to stop when Yusuke's fist jabbed him in the jaw.
"Shutup and come on." Yusuke said coolly.
"YOU'RE GONNA PAY FOR THAT URAMESHI!" Kuwabara screamed as he chased Yusuke, who was now running and laughing his butt off at the same time, down the street.
"You can't catch me Kuwabara, and you know it!" Yusuke screamed as he looked over his shoulder at Kuwabara.
"Stop right there Yusuke!" a voice rang out.
"KEIKO!" Yusuke said surprisingly as he screeched to a halt. (Uh oh, I forgot to tell her about the tournament. I'm gonna get it now!)
"A funny thing happened to me today Yusuke," Keiko began, staring up at him innocently.
(Maybe she didn't find out after all!) Yusuke thought happily.
"I was at home, watching TV, when all of a sudden there was a knock on my door. And guess who it was Yusuke."
"Uh…a FedEx man?" he said hopefully.
"Nope. Try again."
"Er…a UPS guy?"
"Strike two."
"Um…uh…" Yusuke stammered, but couldn't think of a decent one. He looked into Keiko's eyes, and suddenly he saw the anger in them. He hung his head. "Botan…" he muttered.
"Yep, me!" Botan said in a happy tone coming around the corner.
"YUSUKE! WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME YOU WERE GOING TO THAT TOURNAMENT AGAIN THIS YEAR! YOU KNOW I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU DO, BUT DO YOU CARE! NOOOOOOO! IT'S ALL ABOUT YOU, YOU, YOU ISN'T IT! WELL GUESS WHAT MISTER! I'M GOING TOO!" she screamed defiantly, stamping her foot when she was done.
Yusuke picked himself up off the ground. Botan fixed her hair. Kurama and Hiei threw Kuwabara off of them. Yusuke looked at Keiko.
"O.k. Fine. You can go." He said slowly.
"Very good then." Botan said in her happy voice again, which was really getting on Yusuke's nerves. "Hurry up, everybody! Koenma and Genkai are waiting."
(On the Ship to Hangman Island)
"At least we weren't guests this year." Kuwabara said boredly. "We're on the list now. So we don't have to fight a ship full of demons."
"Yeah, that was such a bore." Yusuke mumbled tiredly.
"How would you know Urameshi! You were asleep the whole time!" Kuwabara screamed at Yusuke, remembering the ship ride to the last tournament, which Yusuke slept through completely while they were attacked by every demon on the ship at once.
"Oh shutup." Yusuke retaliated.
"Stop it, both of you." Genkai said firmly. "I'm tired of your constant bickering."
"I think we could all use a break from it." Kurama said.
"I could take a permanent break from that big gorilla over there." Hiei said.
"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME, SHRIMP!" Kuwabara yelled.
"O.k. ladies, break it up." Yusuke demanded, pushing them apart by their heads. "We're here."
The dark outline of Hangman Island grew slowly larger and larger as they drew nearer.
"You guys ready to win this thing again?" Yusuke asked confidently.
"Sure am." Kuwabara replied.
"Let's just get it over with faster than the last one." Hiei said in his usual gruff tone.
"Now, now, Hiei," Kurama said. "I'm sure we'll have fun this time."
"Who said I didn't have fun last time?" Hiei said with a grin.
"Well, we'll have a lot more fun this time around." Yusuke said, while memories of the past tournament swirled in his head. "I wonder if Chu or Jin are gonna be here again."
"We'll soon find out." Genkai said. "As for now, start swimming!" And without further ado, kicked them all into the water.
"WHAT WAS THAT FOR GRANDMA!" Yusuke bellowed as he came up for air.
"YEAH, WHY ARE YOU TREATING US ALL LIKE URAMESHI NOW, HUH!" Kuwabara screamed.
"You need to be in top form for the tournament." Genkai answered simply. "Look. Hiei and Kurama are already at the island."
"WHAT!" Kuwabara shouted, spinning around.
"Hurry up Kuwabara! I'm beating you again!" Yusuke hollered from halfway to the island.
"Slow down Urameshi!" Kuwabara screamed as he swam after him.
"Those boys will never learn. They need to quit fooling around and get serious for once." Genkai muttered under her breath.
(On the shore in front of the entrance to Hangman Island)
"Let's get inside. I'm starting to get goosebumbs." Kuwabara said as his teeth chattered loudly.
"Quit your whining. You're such a wimp." Yusuke said.
"WHAT WAS THAT, URAMESHI!" he retaliated.
"YOU HEARD ME!"
"Stop it you two, people are starting to stare." Said Kurama as everyone in the hotel lobby they had just entered was turning their heads to see who was disturbing the peace. "After all, this is a nice hotel."
"And I'm sure the nice people don't want to here your constant bickering." Hiei added.
"Shutup shrimp." Kuwabara said quietly.
"Let's just sign in and go to sleep. We need to get a lot of rest. Especially Urameshi. We're NOT going to have a repeat of last year's opening match." Genkai said demandingly.
"I agree." Kurama said. "The sooner we get to sleep, the sooner Yusuke will wake up."
"Oh, shutup. Both of you." He replied.
Genkai punched him in the back of the head.
"WHAT WAS THAT FOR!"
"Don't ever tell me to shutup again." Genkai replied simply.
They walked over to the desk at the front of the lobby.
"We're here to sign in for the tournament." Genkai said.
"Ah! The winners from last year! Just fill in the name of your team and have every member sign. Remember, only five people per team!" the man behind the desk said happily.
"Team…Urameshi…" Yusuke wrote. "Yusuke…Urameshi…" he added as he signed his name.
"Team Urameshi again? Why can't it be Team Kuwabara this time?" Kuwabara mumbled as he wrote his name.
Hiei, Kurama, and Genkai signed the form, then they all trudged up the stairs tiredly to their room. They went in to their separate bedrooms. Yusuke and Kuwabara immediately fell asleep when their heads hit their pillows, but it was awhile before the other three fell asleep. With the thought of The Dark Tournament starting in the morning, they found it hard to shut their eyes. But after a while of worrying, even they were overcome by the heavy weight of their eyelids and slowly fell asleep.
And so ends chapter 3! Review and make any suggestions you can think of and be on the lookout for chapter four, which picks up where the other chapters left off!