Chapter 17: Could it Be the End?

A/N: Sorry about never working on this fic. My interests have changed and even though I still like YYH, it's not my obsession anymore. But I decided to be nice and I'm making an attempt to finish this story. So there will be one or two more chapters after this, and I hope you guys do forgive me for putting this off.

--------------------------------------

The next morning, the two teams were standing by the newly replaced ring waiting to start the fight. Team Pekalai, the next team to fight the winner, was already waiting in the arena as well.

"The tie breaker match for Team Sayo versus Urameshi will be team captain Arima against Elijah." shouted the announcer, "The fighter that wins team will immediately begin round two against Team Pekalai. Fighters ready…and GO!"

Arima started off the fight by lunging at Elijah with his sharp claws. "I won't use my power unless you use yours. Is that a deal?"

Works for me," Elijah growled, dodging the attack and aiming a kick at the demon's face. Arima let the kick hit him, but it didn't faze him at all. He was just testing Elijah's strength, though both demons knew they were only warming up.

During the fight, Yuki stood near Rain and cheered on Arima as part of her undercover work. A quiet beeping noise came from a wristband that was on her arm. She pushed a small button and saw a picture of Koenma with her next set of instructions. "Team Pekalai is staying in rooms 711 and 713. Go check them out."

She simply nodded and pushed the button off. "I need to use the bathroom, Rain. Tell me what happens in the fight."

"Okay. Be careful," the cat demon mumbled.

Yuki left the arena and headed up the path to the hotel. When she arrived in the main lobby, it was nearly empty due to the fact that everyone was at the tournament. She took the elevator up to the 7th floor and walked around the hall until she found room 711.

"This won't be too hard," she smirked, sliding a thin claw into the keyhole and moving it around until she heard a small click. Then, she pulled it out and turned the knob, the door opened. "Easy," she stepped into the room and closed the door, then locked it.

"Now, if I were a stolen artifact, where would I be?" Yuki mumbled, checking the living room first. After turning up every part of the room and finding few unpleasant surprises, there were no artifacts to be found. "Damn," she cursed and walked into the first bedroom.

"Why do these rooms have to be so big?" she asked while searching one of beds. When she opened the bedside drawer, she saw a shining amulet. "I think that's it," she muttered and pushed a different button on her watch. "The Amulet of the Dragonfly, able to reflect and absorb spirit energy. Well, this is it." She picked it up and placed it in her purse. "These demons are dumber than I thought."

"Looking for something?" asked a voice from the living room. Yuki turned quickly and pulled out her daggers, making them glow with spirit energy.

Noticing a face almost identical to hers, Yuki's daggers stopped glowing and she put them away. "Kuronue, what are you doing here?"

"Koenma asked me to help you find the weapons. It looks like you already found one. I'll go check 713 and see if I find anything." He walked out of the room and went to look around next door.

Next, Yuki searched the rest of the room, including the bathroom, which was gross beyond reason. When she was checking the second bedroom in the suite, Kuronue interrupted her.

Yuki! I found another weapon. The Shield of Gold. Could you find the other one? Kuronue asked through telepathy.

No, it's not in here at all. Come on, meet me in the hall and give these two to Koenma. I'll keep searching, maybe I just missed a spot. She walked out into the hall, seeing her brother had already beat there. "Here you go," she handed him the amulet.

"Thanks, good luck," he said and took off running.

Yuki closed the door to 711 and went into 713, "Knowing him, he probably didn't look after he found the shield." She sighed and searched through the room, putting back everything that Kuronue had misplaced while searching. When she covered every inch and the room and still couldn't find the sword, she sighed and rested on the couch.

Yuki! Get back to the arena! I know where the sword is!