{Dark Tournament: Stylist Division}
Nabooru: Hey, dawgs. I must apologize for my absence. My computer got a virus, and kept telling me the Internet explorer option was not available in this country. My bad. However I've lost all my files in getting rid of it. But I will continue my stories, so never fear. Haha...
WARNING::: REMEMBER HIEI AND KURAMA ARE FRIENDS (for now, anyway)!!!! THIS ISN'T YAOI (yet), JUST THEY'RE REALLY GOOD FRIENDS!!!!!
{Koenma's office}
"Singing? What in hell's name are you talking about?" Yusuke started. "Gods, Kuwabara is on our team! Who wants to hear him sing?"
"Hey..." Kuwabara said frowning slightly.
"There is one problem, though." Kurama said stepping forward, hand on his lips, looking thoughtful. "I doubt Genkai would want to participate in type of tournament, and without her we only have four fighters."
Yusuke nodded in agreement, but Botan leapt down from Koenma's desk.
"We've already found you a fighter, boys!" She said cheerfully. "She's very sweet too!"
"She?" Yusuke and Kuwabara said in unison.
"Oh, Yes!" Botan said in a very Botan-like manner. "She should be ariving soon."
Right that second, the doors opened. The light from Koenma's window had put the door in darkness. There were a few 'clunks' of high heeled shoes hitting the floor, as the woman walked forward. She slid slowly into the light revealing herself. Everyone, with the exception of Botan and Koenma, had there eyes wide open or narrowed in a curious manner looking at the woman who had walked in.
Yusuke was the first to speak.
"What?"
The woman put her hands on her hips.
"Nice welcome for your new teammate." she said sarcastically.
The woman who had walked in was not really a woman at all. She was girl of about sixteen, with very long black hair and eyes the color of old amethysts. Her figure, was not that of a warriors. She was a normal size, not skinny, and she had large hips and shoulders. She was a revealing outfit of all forest green. She may have been attractive, but she looked oddly distorted, for she was just over five feet tall.
"She's the fifth member?" Yusuke asked Koenma. "Seriously?"
Koenma nodded. Kuwabara started to laugh, and he walked over to the short girl and rested an elbow on her head. She seemed annoyed by this.
"I get it. Alright, where's our real teammate?" Kuwabara asked.
"Under your nose." She said, getting offended. "Cut it out. Men are pigs, aren't they? The only few I meet and they start looking down on women right away."
"Why I oughta..." Kuwabara started cracking his knuckles.
SLAP
"WAAAAHHHH!!!"
Everyone flinched at the sound of Kuwabara hitting the wall, then looked around at each other.
Botan broke the silence first.
"Haha, there you go!" she said. "Brindisi here is a fully trained Amazon priestess."
"Amazon priestess?" Yusuke asked, ignoring Kuwabara who had started shouting threats. Then he turned to Brindidsi. "You're an Amazon woman?"
She gave him a kind smile and nodded.
"What god do you serve?" Kurama asked jumping into the conversation.
"The bird god." she answered moving her hair to reveal a feathered earring. An understanding passed between them and Kurama nodded.
Yusuke looked back forth from those two and decided to ask.
"Priestess? Bird god?"
"It is said that all amazons are powerful, and they all worship four gods." Kurama explained. "However, there are four priestesses with more powers than normal Amazons, who give gifts and prayers to their god. It is even said that they have secret powers that even they do not know of."
"....Oh........." Yusuke said nodding with a confused expression. "So when is the Tournament supposed to start?"
"I'd say...uh.." Koenma glanced at his watch. "...Two days. And I would suggest..." cutting off Yusuke's furious outburst. "that you all learn how to play an instrument and sing. My suggestion is you sing songs that are popular in the human world. There mostly demons, so they wouldn't know it's not your song." Koenma paused.
"What are the rules of the Stylist division?" asked Kurama.
"The rules are pretty basic." aswered Botan, who opened a book. "You will be scored in three areas. Singing, looks, and fighting style."
"Looks? What does that mean?"
"How you style your outfits, hair, your own looks, and even how you carry yourself. It all matters." she finished.
"Kuwabara, you're off the team." Yusuke said.
"Hey! You'll pay for that one!"
"Sure. Is that all?"
Koenma nodded, and they all turned to exit.
"Wait. There is one more thing.," he said, and they all turned. "It's possible the dark sorceress of the spirit world may be there. Try to avoid her at all costs."
"Sure." Yusuke said with a raised eyebrow, and they left.
{Outside of Yusuke's house}
"Wow. This is the first time I've been off the Amazon island before! Men are fascinating." Brindisi said joyfully.
"You know, I was thinking..." Yusuke started. "After the tournament, how about you introduce me to some of you're Amazon friends? Particularly ones curious about men."
She laughed and said something about horny men. Her laugh was sweet and almost innocent.
Yusuke noticed that she was rather airheaded and cheerful, but seemed to have depth. The colors of the sunset contrasted oddly with her dark hair, and she smiled at the look of contemplation on his face. She was a good person.
"Where'd Hiei and Kurama get off to?" Kuwabara asked.
"Who knows?" he said shrugging. "I'd figure you'd be used to it by now."
"Are they lovers?" Brindisi asked curiously.
Yusuke and Kuwabara both bursted out in fits of laughter. She stood looking at them with an annoyed expression.
"Well, are they?" she asked again.
"An interesting thought. You should ask Hiei about that." Yusuke said, and he and Kuwabara started laughing again.
"Fine. I will." She said defiantly.
{Kurama's Room}
Kurama pulled a rose from his hair and placed it on his desk. He glanced over his shoulder at Hiei, who had not moved from the place he had sat down on Kurama's bed. His hands were folded, pressed against his lips, and his eyes were not in focus because his mind was worlds away. Kurama could only wonder what was on his mind. He picked up a comb and went about getting the knots. He came and sat next to his friend, looking intently at him, trying to see if could get his attention.
Aparently he did, because Hiei sighed and pulled his hands from his face. His gaze remained toward the floor, however, he was again aware of his surroundings.
"How long will you stay?" Kurama asked.
"When will we leave for the island?"
Kurama sighed as well. "I suppose we'll leave around noon tomorrow. Will you stay until then? We haven't talked much recently, and I curious about what you have been doing."
Hiei shrugged, which probably meant 'yes'. Kurama realized he was correct for Hiei removed his katana from his belt, and placed it on the floor.
{Kurama's room later}
Kurama got up and turned the light off. For most of the night he prompted Hiei to tell of what he was doing in the Makai, and he had told him pieces of quests he had done. Now Hiei was sleeping silently. It was odd, Hiei rarely went to sleep so quickly.
Kurama slid back into his bed as softly as he could trying not wake his friend. Gently he put his own head down, and within a few moments, he was asleep.
When he woke, he could tell he had only been asleep for an hour or so, but the sun was rising. For a fraction of a second, he wondered what woke him, but Hiei, who next to him, was turning back and forth, muttering and sweating. Then, Hiei released his chi, and the house itself shook. Kurama moved closer and shook him hardly in the shoulders. His skin was hot to the touch normally, but now it was blistering hot, probably from his chi.
Hiei's eyes shot open with a shocked look on his face. He started to pant as though he'd been underwater.
"Hiei? What was it?" Kurama pressed. "A nightmare?"
He shook his head barely, still with a shocked expression.
"It wasn't? What was it?" He said sharply.
"Nothing." Hiei replied regaining his countenance and sitting up.
Kurama frowned.
"Nothing doesn't send chi flying around my room, Hiei. We were lucky my mother works so early." Kurama added sternly.
Hiei scowled.
"Do you realize it may have something to do with our mission? It could have been our enemy." Kurama noticed his words had no effect on Hiei, so he added with his voice dropping,"If you don't tell me, it could compromise all of us. You, me, Yusuke, everyone. We all wish to prevent that, don't we?"
Hiei cast him a glance, then sighed. A look of defeat was on his face.
"I was trapped inside a stone box,, with ivy and moss growing the walls. I couldn't escape, or breathe for that matter..." He said softly. Then slowly, he added. "I've been there before, and felt as though I left something behind."
"You been there before?"
"I've fell asleep three time since yesterday morning. It keeps happening."
"That sounds like a nightmare to me."
Hiei shook his head.
"I can't breathe outside of the dream either, andI could feel someone's chi." he whispered. Sweat dripped into his eye, and he fell back onto his pillow. "I thought if I fell asleep close to a person with enough spiritual energy, it would block out the other chi."
Kurama looked into his eyes and gave him a look of understanding.
"I can block it out." Kurama said.
"What? But how--?" Hiei started.
Kurama slid his arms around his friend, and pulled him tightly next to his body. He was starting to cool down, but was still warm to the touch.
"Kurama, what the--?"
"Relax. This way, nothing will happen to you." he said gently.
"But--?"
Kurama pulled him closer , and felt his hand against his chest.
"I want to help you."
The two demons sat in silence for a few minutes, trying to empty their minds so they could sleep peacefully. For a while, all that be heard were the birds singing as they always do at dawn.
"Hiei..." Kuramam started to say. "I was thinking... maybe it's time for a change..."
"What?" Hiei asked sharply.
Kurama started to laugh softly.
"That's not what I meant. Not something you should say in a situation like this. I was thinking maybe you could stay here in this world for a while, after the tournament." he said lightly. "You are always rushing back to the makai after every mission. Maybe you could live here for a while..."
"Live here? Where?"
"With me, and my mother. I think this is kind of nice." Kurama said closing his eyes. He could feel the rising tempature in Hiei's hand. "Will you?"
He shrugged.
(....Just friends....)
{Two hours later outside Kurama's window}
"Brindisi, What the hell are you doing?!" Yusuke yelled from the bottom of the tree outside of Kurama's window, to Brindisi who was in the tree.
She peeked in the window, and saw them sleeping.
"Oh wow! I don't even have to ask Hiei!"
Yusuke gave a look that said 'What?'
Nabooru: That whole thing just set up all the humor in the next few chapters. It'll be great. I still need a few more contestants, but if you, the reviewer, give me none, I'll have have to make my own which isn't a problem, but it's always more fun when you're own character in a story, right?
ONE MORE THING::: I have two 'Lovely-chan's. I'm kind of stupid but, it not the same character, right? Well, the people who gave me the Lovely- chan's, E-mail me--------- suuichiminamotoyahoo.com
Nabooru: Kay. Review or else the keyboard gets it!
Nabooru: Hey, dawgs. I must apologize for my absence. My computer got a virus, and kept telling me the Internet explorer option was not available in this country. My bad. However I've lost all my files in getting rid of it. But I will continue my stories, so never fear. Haha...
WARNING::: REMEMBER HIEI AND KURAMA ARE FRIENDS (for now, anyway)!!!! THIS ISN'T YAOI (yet), JUST THEY'RE REALLY GOOD FRIENDS!!!!!
{Koenma's office}
"Singing? What in hell's name are you talking about?" Yusuke started. "Gods, Kuwabara is on our team! Who wants to hear him sing?"
"Hey..." Kuwabara said frowning slightly.
"There is one problem, though." Kurama said stepping forward, hand on his lips, looking thoughtful. "I doubt Genkai would want to participate in type of tournament, and without her we only have four fighters."
Yusuke nodded in agreement, but Botan leapt down from Koenma's desk.
"We've already found you a fighter, boys!" She said cheerfully. "She's very sweet too!"
"She?" Yusuke and Kuwabara said in unison.
"Oh, Yes!" Botan said in a very Botan-like manner. "She should be ariving soon."
Right that second, the doors opened. The light from Koenma's window had put the door in darkness. There were a few 'clunks' of high heeled shoes hitting the floor, as the woman walked forward. She slid slowly into the light revealing herself. Everyone, with the exception of Botan and Koenma, had there eyes wide open or narrowed in a curious manner looking at the woman who had walked in.
Yusuke was the first to speak.
"What?"
The woman put her hands on her hips.
"Nice welcome for your new teammate." she said sarcastically.
The woman who had walked in was not really a woman at all. She was girl of about sixteen, with very long black hair and eyes the color of old amethysts. Her figure, was not that of a warriors. She was a normal size, not skinny, and she had large hips and shoulders. She was a revealing outfit of all forest green. She may have been attractive, but she looked oddly distorted, for she was just over five feet tall.
"She's the fifth member?" Yusuke asked Koenma. "Seriously?"
Koenma nodded. Kuwabara started to laugh, and he walked over to the short girl and rested an elbow on her head. She seemed annoyed by this.
"I get it. Alright, where's our real teammate?" Kuwabara asked.
"Under your nose." She said, getting offended. "Cut it out. Men are pigs, aren't they? The only few I meet and they start looking down on women right away."
"Why I oughta..." Kuwabara started cracking his knuckles.
SLAP
"WAAAAHHHH!!!"
Everyone flinched at the sound of Kuwabara hitting the wall, then looked around at each other.
Botan broke the silence first.
"Haha, there you go!" she said. "Brindisi here is a fully trained Amazon priestess."
"Amazon priestess?" Yusuke asked, ignoring Kuwabara who had started shouting threats. Then he turned to Brindidsi. "You're an Amazon woman?"
She gave him a kind smile and nodded.
"What god do you serve?" Kurama asked jumping into the conversation.
"The bird god." she answered moving her hair to reveal a feathered earring. An understanding passed between them and Kurama nodded.
Yusuke looked back forth from those two and decided to ask.
"Priestess? Bird god?"
"It is said that all amazons are powerful, and they all worship four gods." Kurama explained. "However, there are four priestesses with more powers than normal Amazons, who give gifts and prayers to their god. It is even said that they have secret powers that even they do not know of."
"....Oh........." Yusuke said nodding with a confused expression. "So when is the Tournament supposed to start?"
"I'd say...uh.." Koenma glanced at his watch. "...Two days. And I would suggest..." cutting off Yusuke's furious outburst. "that you all learn how to play an instrument and sing. My suggestion is you sing songs that are popular in the human world. There mostly demons, so they wouldn't know it's not your song." Koenma paused.
"What are the rules of the Stylist division?" asked Kurama.
"The rules are pretty basic." aswered Botan, who opened a book. "You will be scored in three areas. Singing, looks, and fighting style."
"Looks? What does that mean?"
"How you style your outfits, hair, your own looks, and even how you carry yourself. It all matters." she finished.
"Kuwabara, you're off the team." Yusuke said.
"Hey! You'll pay for that one!"
"Sure. Is that all?"
Koenma nodded, and they all turned to exit.
"Wait. There is one more thing.," he said, and they all turned. "It's possible the dark sorceress of the spirit world may be there. Try to avoid her at all costs."
"Sure." Yusuke said with a raised eyebrow, and they left.
{Outside of Yusuke's house}
"Wow. This is the first time I've been off the Amazon island before! Men are fascinating." Brindisi said joyfully.
"You know, I was thinking..." Yusuke started. "After the tournament, how about you introduce me to some of you're Amazon friends? Particularly ones curious about men."
She laughed and said something about horny men. Her laugh was sweet and almost innocent.
Yusuke noticed that she was rather airheaded and cheerful, but seemed to have depth. The colors of the sunset contrasted oddly with her dark hair, and she smiled at the look of contemplation on his face. She was a good person.
"Where'd Hiei and Kurama get off to?" Kuwabara asked.
"Who knows?" he said shrugging. "I'd figure you'd be used to it by now."
"Are they lovers?" Brindisi asked curiously.
Yusuke and Kuwabara both bursted out in fits of laughter. She stood looking at them with an annoyed expression.
"Well, are they?" she asked again.
"An interesting thought. You should ask Hiei about that." Yusuke said, and he and Kuwabara started laughing again.
"Fine. I will." She said defiantly.
{Kurama's Room}
Kurama pulled a rose from his hair and placed it on his desk. He glanced over his shoulder at Hiei, who had not moved from the place he had sat down on Kurama's bed. His hands were folded, pressed against his lips, and his eyes were not in focus because his mind was worlds away. Kurama could only wonder what was on his mind. He picked up a comb and went about getting the knots. He came and sat next to his friend, looking intently at him, trying to see if could get his attention.
Aparently he did, because Hiei sighed and pulled his hands from his face. His gaze remained toward the floor, however, he was again aware of his surroundings.
"How long will you stay?" Kurama asked.
"When will we leave for the island?"
Kurama sighed as well. "I suppose we'll leave around noon tomorrow. Will you stay until then? We haven't talked much recently, and I curious about what you have been doing."
Hiei shrugged, which probably meant 'yes'. Kurama realized he was correct for Hiei removed his katana from his belt, and placed it on the floor.
{Kurama's room later}
Kurama got up and turned the light off. For most of the night he prompted Hiei to tell of what he was doing in the Makai, and he had told him pieces of quests he had done. Now Hiei was sleeping silently. It was odd, Hiei rarely went to sleep so quickly.
Kurama slid back into his bed as softly as he could trying not wake his friend. Gently he put his own head down, and within a few moments, he was asleep.
When he woke, he could tell he had only been asleep for an hour or so, but the sun was rising. For a fraction of a second, he wondered what woke him, but Hiei, who next to him, was turning back and forth, muttering and sweating. Then, Hiei released his chi, and the house itself shook. Kurama moved closer and shook him hardly in the shoulders. His skin was hot to the touch normally, but now it was blistering hot, probably from his chi.
Hiei's eyes shot open with a shocked look on his face. He started to pant as though he'd been underwater.
"Hiei? What was it?" Kurama pressed. "A nightmare?"
He shook his head barely, still with a shocked expression.
"It wasn't? What was it?" He said sharply.
"Nothing." Hiei replied regaining his countenance and sitting up.
Kurama frowned.
"Nothing doesn't send chi flying around my room, Hiei. We were lucky my mother works so early." Kurama added sternly.
Hiei scowled.
"Do you realize it may have something to do with our mission? It could have been our enemy." Kurama noticed his words had no effect on Hiei, so he added with his voice dropping,"If you don't tell me, it could compromise all of us. You, me, Yusuke, everyone. We all wish to prevent that, don't we?"
Hiei cast him a glance, then sighed. A look of defeat was on his face.
"I was trapped inside a stone box,, with ivy and moss growing the walls. I couldn't escape, or breathe for that matter..." He said softly. Then slowly, he added. "I've been there before, and felt as though I left something behind."
"You been there before?"
"I've fell asleep three time since yesterday morning. It keeps happening."
"That sounds like a nightmare to me."
Hiei shook his head.
"I can't breathe outside of the dream either, andI could feel someone's chi." he whispered. Sweat dripped into his eye, and he fell back onto his pillow. "I thought if I fell asleep close to a person with enough spiritual energy, it would block out the other chi."
Kurama looked into his eyes and gave him a look of understanding.
"I can block it out." Kurama said.
"What? But how--?" Hiei started.
Kurama slid his arms around his friend, and pulled him tightly next to his body. He was starting to cool down, but was still warm to the touch.
"Kurama, what the--?"
"Relax. This way, nothing will happen to you." he said gently.
"But--?"
Kurama pulled him closer , and felt his hand against his chest.
"I want to help you."
The two demons sat in silence for a few minutes, trying to empty their minds so they could sleep peacefully. For a while, all that be heard were the birds singing as they always do at dawn.
"Hiei..." Kuramam started to say. "I was thinking... maybe it's time for a change..."
"What?" Hiei asked sharply.
Kurama started to laugh softly.
"That's not what I meant. Not something you should say in a situation like this. I was thinking maybe you could stay here in this world for a while, after the tournament." he said lightly. "You are always rushing back to the makai after every mission. Maybe you could live here for a while..."
"Live here? Where?"
"With me, and my mother. I think this is kind of nice." Kurama said closing his eyes. He could feel the rising tempature in Hiei's hand. "Will you?"
He shrugged.
(....Just friends....)
{Two hours later outside Kurama's window}
"Brindisi, What the hell are you doing?!" Yusuke yelled from the bottom of the tree outside of Kurama's window, to Brindisi who was in the tree.
She peeked in the window, and saw them sleeping.
"Oh wow! I don't even have to ask Hiei!"
Yusuke gave a look that said 'What?'
Nabooru: That whole thing just set up all the humor in the next few chapters. It'll be great. I still need a few more contestants, but if you, the reviewer, give me none, I'll have have to make my own which isn't a problem, but it's always more fun when you're own character in a story, right?
ONE MORE THING::: I have two 'Lovely-chan's. I'm kind of stupid but, it not the same character, right? Well, the people who gave me the Lovely- chan's, E-mail me--------- suuichiminamotoyahoo.com
Nabooru: Kay. Review or else the keyboard gets it!