DISCLAIMER: I don't own yyh. But I do own my original characters and original plot, so please, if you want to use some of my ideas ask first.
A/N: well since the stupid updating system is disabled and doesn't exactly tell us when it will be up, I'm just gonna start this next chapter. But I'll try and get both of them up as soon as I can.
MajinShodaime: Thank you for pointing that out. LoL, I kind of had a little trouble when I wrote that chapter because I couldn't remember how to spell their team name, so I wasn't sure if the way I spelled it was right. But thank you for those corrections!
Dolphingirl32173: oh! Poor Kurama and his dignity! LoL, ah but don't worry! He'll get it back eventually, haha.
XxXRoseVixenXxX: LoL, I'm glad you liked the fluffiness! I'm going to put a few more incidences like this in later…::coughcoughsomewithyusukecoughcough::
Fire Angel
::Flowers of Blood::
Kuwabara continued to dangle helplessly above the stadium as the crowd jeered and watched mockingly while waiting for him to plummet to his death. His teammates watched worriedly (all save for Hiei) as Rinku kept his victim at bay.
"What the hell!" Rinku suddenly shouted from across the platform, "Why don't you just die and get this over with?!"
Kuwabara clenched his fists from above him, "'Cause I'm not gonna let a little punk beat me!"
"I've already won, dumbass!" his opponent returned, "You're just too stupid to realize it yet!"
Kazuma's temple throbbed, "Wh-What did you say to me?!" he demanded.
"You heard me!" Rinku yelled back and his grip tightened on his weapons before his eyes narrowed dangerously, "It's time to finish this match, dammit!"
To the horror of the Urameshi team, Rinku suddenly withdrew the yoyos from around Kazuma's wrists and ankles.
His cry of terror echoed through the stadium as he began to plummet towards the earth. His teammates watched helplessly as he continued to fall with no means of slowing down or stopping himself.
But then they saw him place his hands in front of him and his spirit sword appeared. Only this time when he called it forth, it abruptly extended towards the arena as he continued to fall.
It seemed as though the entire stadium froze in a silent awe as the redhead kept his sword pointed downwards towards the stadium. And as the fighter grew closer to the arena floor, his weapon made contact with the tiles beneath him.
The sword stuck fast and appeared to bend to Kuwabara's will as the weapon leaned to the redhead's weight and Kazuma was sent flying towards the other side of the ring and straight towards Rinku.
Knocked defenseless by surprise, the child fumbled desperately with his yoyos while Kuwabara continued to charge towards his opponent with his sword extended towards him.
But only moments before the redhead was ready to make contact, Rinku's weapons lashed out again towards him.
The impact of the two attacks sent each fighter flying out of the ring; both of them colliding with opposite walls. Koto quickly stepped up to the platform and glanced to either end of the arena before raising her hand in the air.
"One!...Two!...Three!...Four!..." she counted into the microphone, and as she did so, Rinku was seen making his way towards the ring once again. Kuwabara on the other hand remained motionless as the count continued.
"Five!...Oh! Rinku is back in the arena already; if Kuwabara is unable to make it back by the end of my ten-count we'll have our winner! Six!" she said continuing her count.
"Come on, dumbass…"
The Urameshi team froze to find Yusuke talking in his sleep. But despite this, he almost seemed completely aware of the battle going on.
Kazuma suddenly jumped up from his resting place after hearing Urameshi's voice and angrily stormed over towards the detective.
"What did you say to me, Urameshi?!" he ordered, "I don't see you fighting out there! You're just sitting here on your lazy ass—!"
"Kuwabara! The count!" Kurama warned him as his time began to wane.
The redhead froze for a second, confused before his eyes widened, "Oh shit!" he cried and swiftly turned towards the arena before it was too late.
But unfortunately, Rinku had no intentions of fighting Kuwabara again and swiftly sent his yoyos after the redhead; entwining around him making him unable to move any closer towards the arena.
"Wha?!" Kazuma muttered, "What the hell kind of dirty trick is this?! You little punk! Let me go so I can beat the crap out of you!"
Rinku shook his head wearily, obviously already worn out by the fight, "Not a chance!"
"Ten!" Koto cried and raised her hand above her head, "The winner of the first match…Rinku!"
The crowd erupted into cheers as the child withdrew his weapons from around Kuwabara and weakly gave a smile to those in the audience.
Kazuma however, was not as pleased.
"You little bastard!" he cried as he stumbled back onto the ring, "You're going down!"
Rinku looked nearly terrified from the redhead's anger and uncertainly backed away from him, "B-But the match is over!"
"Does it look like I care?" Kuwabara challenged while getting that weird, crazy look in his eyes. His opponent sweatdropped and quickly scampered away from the arena and back towards his team, "Hey!" Kazuma yelled after him, "Come back here!"
"Kuwabara, it's over," Kurama called to him from the sidelines where he was already beginning to check on Mai, "We'll make sure we defeat the rest of them…"
The redhead frowned angrily and unhappily made his way off the platform while mumbling several profanities towards his opponent just as Koto stepped up to the ring looking a little unhappy herself.
"I'm a little disappointed to say that no one died during this match—but let's hope that our luck turns around and we get to see some violence!!" She then addressed each of the teams, "Now, let's have that second match, shall we? Teams, send up your next fighters!!"
From the other side, the next member of the team Rokuyoukai began to make his way towards the ring. Team Urameshi paused for a moment before Kurama stood from his place next to Mai and turned to the others.
"I'll go this time," he said addressing them and started to turn back towards the arena when a shrill voice stopped him.
"Gods, it's barely the start of this damn tournament and already you guys are falling apart!!"
The Urameshi team turned to find Botan charging down the steps towards the sidelines. Kurama, Kuwabara, and even Hiei looked a little bit confused as she hopped down from the wall and strode quickly towards them.
"Botan? When the hell did you get here?" Kazuma wondered, "You're not even supposed to be down here unless you're a part of the team."
The blue-haired girl turned to him, "Me? Oh, I got here a little while ago with Keiko and Shizuru—!" (a/n ::nervous laugh:: yeah I sort of decided to put Keiko into the story…)
"Sh-Shizuru?" Kuwabara repeated, "Crap! My sister's here?!"
"And Keiko?" Kurama echoed nervously, Gods it wasn't going to be a happy reunion with Yusuke and Yukimura…
Botan nodded, "Yup!" she turned and pointed into the stands, "See? Both of them are just up there…Ha, though there was a little trouble getting in, but Koenma was able to get us in here in time to see you get beat up by a little kid," she said while sending a teasing glare in Kuwabara's direction, "But anyways…" she continued without losing her cheerfulness and returned her attention to the team, "I'm here as your new team manager!"
"…"
"Uh…okay?"
She grinned, "But first things first!" she stated and quickly made her way to where Yusuke remained sleeping and where Mai had—at one point or another—fallen over onto his shoulder. Before they could stop her, Botan suddenly gripped Urameshi by the collar and shook him violently causing the rest of the team to sweatdrop, "Come on Yusuke! You can't sleep at a time like this!!"
But the detective merely slumped over and a soft snoring could be heard coming from him. The blue-haired girl sighed in exasperation before releasing him.
"Yeah…We already tried that before we left the hotel room," Kuwabara said while scratching the back of his head uneasily. And despite Botan's disturbance, neither Yusuke nor Mai seemed ready to wake up quite yet.
"Team Urameshi!!" Koto suddenly barked from the top of the arena, "Are you gonna send in your next fighter or what?!"
Kurama nodded and turned to step onto the platform when Hiei suddenly appeared next to him.
"Don't leave the ring," he said darkly, "Until that bastard is dead."
The redhead agreed silently and lifted himself onto the ring to confront his opponent for the next match.
Koto looked rather exasperated, "Well finally you get your ass in gear!" she snapped but then went suddenly perky again, "And let the second match between Roto and Kurama…
"Begin!!"
Across from him, Kurama's opponent laughed with mirth as his arm suddenly became distorted. And as the redhead watched, Roto's arm then morphed into a blade.
The demon smirked, "You shouldn't have gotten close to anyone…"
And before Kurama could even form a quizzical glance, Roto suddenly charged after him with his blade outstretched towards the redhead. Quickly regaining his senses, he dodged the attack before his opponent could hit his mark.
The redhead whirled quickly after the fighter's attempt; his hand clenching into a fist and making ready to finish off the demon.
But Roto merely smirked and made no move to avoid his attack, "I have your mother, Suichi…" he suddenly said calmly.
Kurama froze abruptly and the demon then quickly swiped at him with his blade; cutting the redhead across the cheek.
Seeing that he had Kurama's attention, Roto withdrew from his jacket a small communicator-type object with a large red button placed on top. The demon's face lit up with triumph as he noticed the redhead shifting uncomfortably.
"The press of this button," he continued coolly, "Will give the signal to my brother…" he casually twirled the button in his hands, "You see, he's been ordered to keep a little eye on your mother…Suichi, isn't it? If you were to try to harm me in any way, shape, or form, I'm afraid I would have to press this little button here…" he smirked as the redhead became uneasy.
From the sidelines the Urameshi team looked at one another in confusion; why wasn't Kurama fighting? Why the hell were they just talking out there?
Roto chuckled darkly, "Though, if I had known you were going to bring your little girlfriend with you I would have saved my brother the trouble and had him come here…oh he would have enjoyed this match and watching you all squirm…especially if it gave him the chance to kill her in the process…"
The redhead clenched his teeth threateningly, "Leave her out of this…" he ordered menacingly in a tone that he rarely used.
"That still leaves you with the problem of your mother…" he taunted; playing with Kurama's patience and smirked, "So I guess if you want to keep her alive you might not want to fight me…"
Roto suddenly took his foot and shoved it into Shuichi's stomach. The redhead doubled over but said nothing as he allowed himself to take the abuse.
"It's weak to let yourself become close to anyone…" the demon snarled, "And even weaker to get close to a human—!"
He stopped suddenly as a small pebble flicked him in the chest. The demon blinked in confusion before letting out an amused laugh, "Pathetic," he spat and glared down at Kurama.
"Why isn't he fighting?" Botan wondered to Kuwabara.
The taller male shrugged, clearly as confused as her or more. But Hiei glanced towards the two before directing his crimson eyes towards the opposite side of the stadium where the Rokuyoukai team was waiting patiently.
"Hn…" he muttered, Filthy cheating bastards…
Roto laughed victoriously in the redhead's face and clenched his left fist; slamming it into the side of Kurama's head…but he didn't flinch. The demon blinked as if surprised by Suichi's boldness, but this soon turned to anger as he narrowed his eyes; striking Kurama once more.
"Do you think you're superior to me, then?" he muttered darkly, "That seems odd…since you're the one at my mercy!!"
He raised the blade in his hand and quickly swiped it across the redhead's cheek. Kurama gritted his teeth as a trickle of blood streamed down the side of his face while Roto watched him in his defeat. He struck the redhead along the shoulder, causing Suichi to collapse onto his knees.
The demon shoved his shoe into Kurama's face, "Lick it," he ordered, "Lick the scum off my boot…then I will save you from any more of this humiliation and take your head as my prize…how does that sound to you?"
Kurama glared at him with his emerald green eyes, "No," he answered darkly.
"No?" Roto echoed, "You are aware that if you don't I can easily kill your mother right now?!"
The redhead's gaze did not relent from its severity, "Go ahead then…press the button,"
His opponent smirked; his thumb already beginning to press down on the button, "My pleasure—!"
Suddenly he cut himself off as he stared down at his hand. His thumb was less than a centimeter away from completely pushing on the controller…but for some reason he couldn't find a way to press it down.
"Wh-What's this?!" he muttered through gritted teeth seeing that the rest of his body was frozen to paralysis.
But Kurama didn't answer him immediately; he stood swiftly and in the same motion swiped the button out of Roto's hand and clattering onto the arena floor. The redhead glared darkly at the demon; the tables of fate turning swiftly.
"…The seed of the Death Plant is now sewn within you…" he told him so only his opponent could hear him. Those in the stadiums whispered angrily to one another since there didn't appear to be any actual fighting going on.
But suddenly, as Kurama was talking, small sprouts of some form of plant erupted from Roto's flesh and wriggled in the air. The demon grew pale, but seeing as though he couldn't do anything about it, his fear increased dramatically.
Roto's eyes suddenly grew wide, "The…pebble…"
Suichi cocked his head and smiled cunningly, "Yes, the pebble. It was only to distract you from the seed implanting itself into your flesh…" his eyes narrowed darkly into an expression that was odd for him, "You're finished."
And with that, the redhead calmly began to walk back towards his companions on the sidelines while Roto called after him in desperation.
"Wait!! Please, I beg of you! Mercy! Don't you believe in mercy?!" his opponent cried in despair.
Kurama turned his head slightly, "No."
A sudden cry of terror enveloped the stadium as the Death Plant seed bloomed. Roto writhed in agony as the sprouts piercing his flesh burst forth in blossoms of multicolored flowers and as the thorns from within his body erupted in the veins within.
The crowd went silent as the demon collapsed onto the stadium…or at least all that was left of him seeing that his entire body had turned into a flower bush. However, from beneath, a pool of crimson blood fed the plant.
"Irony, really," he said to himself, "That such a beautiful plant would come of such a hideous creature…"
Without another word, the redhead stepped nimbly down from the ring and back with his companions. Koto blinked in confusion as if not quite sure if she had actually witnessed the end of the match.
"Er…well then…" she said into the microphone, "Since Roto is clearly unable to fight, Kurama is the winner!!...it would have been nice to see a little more violence, though," she grumbled as an afterthought.
An unhappy murmur swept through the audience—except for the lone cheers coming from nearly directly behind the Urameshi team. Botan turned quickly to find Keiko standing up in her seat and nearly screaming at the top of her lungs. The blue-haired girl quickly made a gesture for her to be quiet as dirty, angry glares were directed towards Keiko and Shizuru.
Koto picked up her microphone again, "Both teams are now tied and we're nearly halfway done!!" she addressed each team again, "Now, let's have the next fight begin, shall we?!"
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a/n: alrighty then, this is my second chapter for this weekend so I doubt I won't have another one up till next Saturday (…stupid book report…) and let's hope that is actually working next weekend, shall we?
Ciao!!!