After the big idiot lost, Yusuke decided to go next. He leaped up to the platform, grinning all the while. A member of the other team also went up.

She had blondish colored hair and yellowish eyes similar to a cat's. She was also grinning, with a fang hanging cutely over her bottom lip. Her outfit, like Sukiko's, was designed for easy movements. She also carried a gold colored staff.

"NOW FOR ROUND TWO! TEAM LEADER URAMESHI IS UP AGAINST RIKEA FROM TEAM MITSUWA!" (koto) (cheers)

Yusuke smiled cockily and studied his opponent. Rikea looked briefly, and then started polishing her weapon with a cloth. Yusuke: uhhhhh……. (has his mouse face on and lots of sweatdrops)

"FIGHTERS, READY?" (koto) They both nodded as Rikea finished. "AND… GO!"

Rikea prepared her staff, and just as she thought, she blocked Yusuke's punch attack. He tried several other attempts, but she blocked every one.

She then changed tactics. Instead of defense, she went to offense. Using her staff like a baton, she twirled it a couple times.

"Ohhh…." Shadow said in realization. "She's an Electrical elementalist"

Kurama and Hiei averted their eyes from the battle to stare at her.

"You sure are full of surprises" Kurama voiced out for him and Hiei. Shadow just smirked.

"Heh, like your friend said," Rikea yelled, "I specialize in Electricity" With that said, she pointed her staff towards the sky. Immediately, dark clouds formed at that particular spot and a thunder bolt hit the staff, recharging it.

"Now," she said with a hint of amusement, as the electrical energy jolted along the sides of the staff, "let's get down to business!" Rikea aimed and shot a bolt of electricity towards her adversary.

"Whoa!" Yusuke yelled out as he narrowly avoided the shot. "You ain't kidding!"

And so it went on like that: aim, shoot, dodge, aim, shoot, dodge, etc., until Yusuke got fed up and did a spirit punch (not sure if datz wut u call it) to deflect the blast.

Rikea, surprised at the change, couldn't avoid her own blast as it hit herself. She screamed in pain and fell to her knees, wincing.

"Had enough yet?" Yusuke taunted. (god, he doesn't care bout girls, huh) Painfully, Rikea got up, using her weapon to support her weight.

"N-not yet" she managed to get out. Yusuke frowned and shrugged.

"It's your funeral" And the battle resumed.

Rikea swung her staff in a horizontal arc in front of her, creating a wave of thunder, "Thunder Arc!" (corny, i no)

"Yikes!" Yusuke couldn't dodge this attack, and got hit, full force. Now, he was also immobilized. He decided that this had to end soon.

Summoning his Spirit Gun, he called out, "It was nice fighting with you"

Rikea had a look of confusion on her face until she saw his trademark attack going straight towards her, and with her current state, she could hardly move away.

She screamed out in total pain and exhaustion as her body collided with the shot. Her body lay limp, but still breathing.

"1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10!" Koto shouted. "AND RIKEA FROM TEAM MITSUWA IS OUT!" (boos)

Yusuke trudged his way back to where the other members were and collapsed.

"That (pant) was (pant) harder (pant) than (pant) I (pant) thought (pant)" (y)

"What? I couldn't understand you" Shadow teased. Yusuke looked at her with irritation.

"I said 'That was harder than I thought'" (y)

"Wow, you think?" (s)

"Shadow…." He growled in annoyance.

"Okay, okay. Wait, did you just growl?" (s)

"Shadow…….." (y)

She just looked at him, feigning innocence. "Who, me?"

Yusuke shook his head. "I'm never gonna understand you, huh?"

"Nope" (s)

(((end chap)))

AN: im sooo sry 4 da long wait! I had sooo many tests and my family's tryin 2 sell da house... so i gotta pack...

and wutcha dink? i hope itz ok….. and wow! i didn't dink i would get so many reviews!

o and jus sayin... shadow stil has da cloak on... so no one except kur and hiei noes wut she looks like... yet

grrr... i got a review im not happy with... u no hu u r, so sry if diz offends u in any way, but i realli realli hate flamers... ( i feel like it's a flame) :looks downcast and sad: iono if i wanna continue...

REVIEW RESPONES:

angelicjapgurl : ill try!

Inu-chan's luver : really? im so glad u dink so!(4 chap 1) lol, thx so much!(4 chap 11)

AzngrlQT : LOL! ill try to update every 2 weeks... but im sorta getting lazy... plus, da standardized testing is here... NOOOOOOOOOOO!

Inuyashalover014 : ummmmmm... sry if u don't like it, but hey, im tryin to do my best here! if u dont like it, u dont hafta read it

lilswtdreeminangel : LOL i cant believe u don't no... i told u in da stori!

shadow miko : lol im so glad u dink so. yes, ur rite, datz her bro. and, sry, i luv both kagkur and kaghiei, but I jus had to make a kagkur first...

Lita : o sry... ill make one ltr on... wen i hav time... my life rite now is sooo busy

silver1992 : wow, im so glad u do... it makes me so happy...