"NOW FOR THE NEXT BATTLE!" Koto shouted to the crowd. "TEAMS, PICK YOUR FIGHTERS!"
Shadow looked across the arena to the other team. After a while, she turned to Hiei.
"You want to give it a go?"
"Hn, I might. Who is it?" he answered, with his usual game face on. (Actually, that's his everyday face, his battle face, his happy face, his angry face, his- sees angry mob-eheheh back to the story...)
"Oh, another elementalist. (I know that's not a word, but I like it instead of just elemental.) He's a Fire one, sort of like you are" she added, with a twinkle.
Hiei just did his trademark "hn" and walked to the center of the platform. The Fire elementalist was already there.
Hiei studied his opponent as he did the same.
"AND HIEI FROM TEAM URAMESHI IS AGAINST MEJIYA FROM TEAM MITSUWA!" (koto) The stadium erupted with cheers for the "favorite" and insults to the "traitor."
Mejia was a medium height. He had orange-red hair that was cut short; it stopped at the base of his neck. His eyes were blazing the same color as his hair. (AN not kuwabara's hair color, darker) As was with the other members of his team, his clothes were lightweight and easy to move in.
As the two of them circled each other, he smiled and simply said, "Let the best man win"
Hiei replied with the usual "hn."
As they tried to predict what the other would do, Hiei noticed something a bit out of place. The guy had no weapons, not even a knife. Getting an idea of what the big picture is, Hiei cooked up his own little scheme.
He charged at Mejia so swiftly that many spectators gasped (not in happiness, in horror). But his adversary was ready.
Just as the hybrid's sword was going to swipe his head off, Mejia blocked with a sword made of flames. He took offense and attacked. But Hiei only escaped with a scratch. He started running faster. There were many after-images of the short demon as his quick movements puzzled the audience.
But Mejia wasn't as easily fooled. He concentrated on the enemy's aura and struck at a predicted location. It almost hit its mark, but Hiei jumped away to avoid it. He struck towards Mejia's side. It slashed his waist, making him halt to nurse his wound. The cut was pretty deep and dark red blood flowed to the ground. Mejia winced.
But Hiei wasn't done. He swung his blade and sliced the other demon's arm. The scent of blood hung heavy in the air.
Seeing the glee on the audience's faces, Hiei scowled. He ended the match quickly by knocking Mejia out. His scowl turned into a smirk as the demons watching looked unhappy.
"AND THE WINNER IS HIEI!" Koto announced to the crowd, while they were booing and hissing. Hiei just glared at them all. He took his sweet little time walking back just to irritate them more.
After that was over, Koto asked the teams to select their next competitor. Shadow glanced at Kurama and said, "I'll go" He nodded, wishing her luck in his mind. Shadow knew and smiled. (AN her cloak covers everything but the bottom of her face)
Hiei also knew and gave a knowing smirk at Kurama, who avoided his eyes.
Shadow giggled and made her way to the center. She saw her opponent approach Koto and herself.
The female Wind elementalist, as what Shadow figured out, was very energetic looking. Her silver hair was in two pigtails with a few strands to frame her face. Her stunning light azure eyes held laughter, which gave way to her cheerful smile. The clothing she wore was also like the others, only hers was light blue with wavy lines of silver. And like Kagura, the Wind sorceress from the Feudal Era, she had a fan.
"NEXT UP IS THE MYSTERIOUS SHADOW FROM TEAM URAMESHI AND HIKAZE FROM TEAM MITSUWA!" Koto told the roaring crowd.
Hikaze rolled her eyes and grinned at her competitor.
Shadow could tell that, if given different circumstances, they would've become fast friends.
So instead, Shadow got into a basic fighting stance. Hikaze did the same on the other side of the field. Time stopped as the two stared each other down. Suddenly, like a whistle had sounded, they both moved.
Shadow aimed a punch for her abdomen, while Hikaze went for her legs. At the last moment, Shadow flipped over and kicked the Wind girl's side, efficiently knocking down for a good 5 seconds.
Hikaze's mood appeared to have darkened. She had been knocked down by a demon she can't even see! Taking out her fan, she created blades of wind to attack her enemy.
But it all went wrong as Shadow gracefully leaped out of harm's way. She took out her own weapon, a set of short twin swords, and changed to attack mode. She swung one blade towards Hikaze's head, while the other went for her legs.
Caught by the trick, Hikaze could only avoid the blow to her head, but not the one on her leg. Blood ran down her leg slowly.
Boy, she was angrier now. Summoning more wind, she again tried to attack with quantity. This time, though, some did manage to hit Shadow. There were a couple cuts on her lower cheeks, but none were serious.
Shadow smirked and just said "Goodbye" She threw both swords while running top speed (but not her fastest) towards Hikaze. As the twin blades picked up speed, they were engulfed by a black, misty-looking glow.
Hikaze screamed in pain as one pierced her arm and the other pinned her body down by her clothing. The instant she tried moving, the black glow darkened a bit before causing her to faint.
There was a disappointed groan in the stadium as the hyper announcer told everyone that the unknown fighter had won. Shadow growled low in her throat at them before giving her effective death glare. They finally quiet down and she smirked while heading to her teammates.
Koto, all this time, was pouting. "AW, THAT MEANS WE DON'T GET TO SEE JUST WHO THIS 'SHADOW' PERSON IS!" she whined into the microphone she just received from another worker. (eheheh... I 4got)
(((end chap)))
AN: howz diz? hope itz ok
I'M SOOOO SORRY FOR NOT UPDATING! I was so busy….
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