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"Mikai!" Kurama called as he shook the fallen woman, trying to wake her. "Mikai! Mikai wake up!"
"Look what you've done now Kurama," Kith said as he walked over to Kurama with a gang of demons behind him. "Whatever it is I'll take care of it."
"What are you going to do?" Kurama asked as he held Mikai close to his chest, protecting her.
"Simple. Shigure is a doctor right? He'll be able to find out what's wrong with her. Maybe it's something simple, maybe it's not," Kith answered as two other demons stepped up from behind him and over to Mikai. "Don't worry, Yomi-sama would have my head if something bad happened to her."
Kurama moved, allowing the two strange demons to pick Mikai's body up. He then watched as they walked away down the dark hallway.
"Mikai has a battle soon right?" Kith asked as he looked at the red head.
"Yes. She's against Rinrei in block E," Kurama answered.
"Everything will be done by then don't worry." Kith smiled. He then turned his back, and began to walk down the dark hallway with Mikai's body.
Mikai. Please be okay. Kurama thought.
"Put her down here," Kith commanded as he pointed to a small white bed. The demons did as told and placed Mikai on the bed, and stepped away. "Shigure!" Kith yelled.
"What?" Shigure answered as he walked into the room.
"I need you to take a look at Mikai here," Kith answered as he pointed towards Mikai's body.
"What's wrong with her?" Shigure asked as he stepped forward and looked at the young woman. His right hand moved down to her neck and gently felt her pulse. It was normal.
"She fainted all of a sudden." Kith stepped forward to stand next to the large surgeon. "She has a battle coming up soon so we have to hurry up and wake her."
Shigure sighed. "She should wake up in a few moments. It's nothing big but the question is rather why did she faint."
"It's a long story." Kith sighed.
"You know why?" Shigure asked.
"Yes." Kith stepped away from Mikai's body. "There's something inside of her. Something I placed there. It causes pain, small pains such as pain in the wrist to come out of nowhere."
"And why would you do that? To make sure that you win the tournament?"
"No I haven't entered," Kith answered as he turned back around to face the blue haired man. "It's so that Mikai loses. But it won't fully activate until after she fights Yusuke, which we've planned her to. Once she beats Yusuke, the pain will be too much for her to go on and fight Yomi-sama. Once he wins the whole tournament, she'll see that Yomi-sama is the strongest fighter around and she'll go with him instead of that fox she's been crushing over for so long."
"A fight over love?" Shigure laughed. "What is the something you placed in her?"
"It's a small ball filled with cursed demon blood. Bit by bit pours into her and causes her pain. I placed it in her stomach since the scar tissue there was thick because of what she did for Yusuke over two years ago. Sad that her sacrifice for Yusuke has led to her beating him and leaving Kurama." Kith laughed.
"Clever." Shigure laughed. "I have to prepare for my own fight so I'm leaving. Mikai should wake up soon so don't worry."
Kith watched as Shigure walked out of the room. Kith turned back around towards Mikai. Don't worry Mikai; I'm planning for your future. He thought.
"Hiei…"
Hiei walked out of the room where he had been watching fights with Mukuro to see Sotto standing there with small beds of water under her eyes. This caught Hiei's attention immediately, and he was going to run to her but the setting around him reminded him of how he had to act.
"What's the matter?" Hiei asked controlling himself.
"I…I." Sotto chocked.
"Hiei?" Mukuro looked out of the room and towards the small man. "What's keeping you?"
"Hold on," Hiei hissed towards Mukuro. "What's the matter?" he asked once more.
"I can't do this anymore!" Sotto yelled as she gripped her fists. "I can't live like this I just can't! You promised everything would change three years ago and nothing has! I'm…I'm…done!"
Hiei stood there, taking everything in. He couldn't that Sotto was saying what she was. He wanted to run over to her and tell her that everything was okay but being where he was he knew his limits. With no idea what to do, Hiei fell onto his default emotion.
"You know I can't talk about this here," Hiei answered. "I'll talk to you later about everything."
"Hiei!" Sotto whimpered.
Hiei turned his back and began to walk back into the room where he had come from. He glanced back at the kitten he loved and felt hurt inside. "Mikai's battle is coming up. She needs your support right now."
"Right…" Sotto picked up herself. "Mikai…"
"Where?" Mikai mumbled as she opened her eyes slowly. "Where am…I?"
"It's about time." Kith laughed as he looked over Mikai's body. "Your battle with Rinrei starts soon."
"Crap!" Mikai jumped off of the small bed. "Thanks or whatever!"
Mikai began to run towards the door when she felt a pain shoot through her ankle. She stopped running and bent down, grabbing her ankle. She bit her lower lip as the large wave of pain crashed over her.
"Mikai?" Kith asked as he stepped forward.
"Fine." Mikai laughed as she stood up. "I'll see you later!"
She stood back up and began to run out of the door once more. Crap what the hell was that? Pain like that is usually in my wrist; it's never been in my ankle. What the hell is going on? Mikai thought.
As she ran down the hallway, she ran past Shigure who was standing against the wall with both of his arms folded across his chest.
"Mikai?" He asked causing her to stop running. "I'm about to tell you something you're not supposed to know."
"What?" Mikai asked, now out of breath.
"There's something inside of you, something causing you great pains. If you want to remove it, it's buried inside of your stomach." Shigure pushed himself away from the wall and walked towards Mikai.
"In…my stomach?" Mikai repeated as her left arm crossed her stomach. "Wait…why are you telling me this?"
"I know that you wish to fight Yusuke correct?"
"Yeah."
"Well a true fighter will want to fight someone with everything they have and as long as that small ball is inside of you, you will not be able to fight to your full potential." Shigure explained. "I discovered this and figured that it would only be right of me as a fighter to tell you."
That's why. That's why everything hurts inside. Mikai thought. But is he telling the truth?
"Will Mikai please report to the fighting platform?" A cold voice said over an intercom catching Mikai's attention.
"Crap." She turned away from Shigure. "Thank you. I'm trusting you."
"Good luck." Shigure laughed.
Mikai began to run down the hallway once more, hoping that Shigure had told her the truth. There was only one way to find out, and Mikai was about to test her theory the best she could.
"Where is she?" Yusuke asked himself out loud as he watched the large screen above him, waiting for Mikai's battle to begin. "They're going to call it a forfeit if she doesn't show up soon."
"Mikai! Mikai please report to the fighting platform!" Koto called into her microphone. "Well folks if Mikai doesn't show up soon I'm going to have to call this match Rinrei's!"
"Hold on!" Mikai yelled as she hopped down onto the platform. "I'm here!" She pushed her hair behind her as she caught her breath and looked over at her opponent.
Rinrei had long blond hair, and green eyes with determination behind them. On her body was a tight red outfit which showed off her figure well. In her hands was a long gray pole with demon writing on it that Mikai couldn't make out.
"You should have just forfeited the match while you could have." Rinrei said with a slight giggle. "You would have saved yourself so much pain."
"Whatever," Mikai hissed. She had too much on her mind at the moment to come up with some kind of witty comment to say back.
"Okay fighters! Ready Set!" Koto yelled getting herself ready to watch the fight. "Go!"
Mikai jumped to the side quickly, trying to watch what Rinrei was going to do. Rinrei did the same, and then she charged Mikai with her pole.
"Looks like Rinrei's going for a full on attack!" Koto yelled.
"Crap," Mikai mumbled. She moved to the side, avoiding Rinrei's pole attack barely. She moved her body closer to Rinrei's and managed to hit her in the face causing Rinrei to move backwards.
"If you're going to use a weapon I might as well also." Mikai said with a laugh as she held her right arm up in the air. "Spirit Sword!"
"When the hell did she learn that?" Hiei hissed as he watched. He felt a slight sting from having a memory of Kuwabara flood into his mind. He had forgotten how much he did miss the idiot. But as soon as Hiei thought of missing him, Kuwabara's idiotic attitude filled his mind and he forgot about missing him.
Idiot. Hiei thought.
Kuwabara's Spirit sword…when did she learn that? Yusuke thought as he tired to remember. The only time he could recall Mikai being able to learn it was when Kuwabara had possessed her body so many years ago, back when things were simple.
"Hokushin." Yusuke asked as he faced the bald man. "If a person allows a soul to enter their body and the soul has powers does the host gain those powers?"
"Usually yes." Hokushin answered. "Because the host of the soul must have special powers in order to become possessed in the first place, the host usually doesn't let a soul leave without taking something from it. By taking a special attack or another personality perk, the host is stamped with a reminder and it acts as a homing device in case the wandering Spirit ever needs a place to stay again."
"Wow…" Yusuke turned back to the fight in awe. Keep fighting Mikai… Yusuke thought. Don't quit.
"I'm ready!" Mikai said with a grin of victory as she held her orange sword towards the other woman.
"Fine. Like I care," Rinrei replied as she looked away.
The two of them ran towards reach other both of their weapons out as they ran. Both of them didn't look as if they were going to give up the fight at all. Their weapons remained out as they closer and closer and soon, the sword met the pole in an argument.
Mikai growled as she looked Rinrei eye to eye. She hissed back as she pushed her pole against Mikai's sword, trying to get her to fall under the pressure. Mikai responded by pushing back.
"Looks like an old fashioned stand off people!" Koto yelled over her microphone.
Hopefully the ball implanted in Mikai will activate soon. Yoda thought as he watched the battle unfold.
Damn. Mikai hissed as she felt a sharp pain in her wrist. Her arm began to shiver with pain as she tried to keep her wrist up. The pain soon moved downwards towards her arm and towards her shoulder. I can't keep holding this up! It's too much dammit!
"There's something inside of you, something causing you great pains. If you want to remove it, it's buried inside of your stomach."
I've got to get it! That damn thing in my stomach! I have to hurry!
"I'm going to end this," Rinrei hissed with strain in her voice. She pushed back against Mikai's sword enough for her to back flip away from the other woman. She grinned and brought her right hand towards her face.
"Power cut!" she yelled loudly.
Mikai stood there feeling nothing only to have pain shoot through her. She yelled in pain as her abdomen cut open and began to bleed badly. Mikai brought her right arm down to hold her stomach and make sure that nothing would fall out.
"Damn!" Mikai cursed as blood spilled over her arm and onto the dirt floor.
"Mikai!" Yusuke yelled as he looked on. Crap she's hurt! Now what the hell is she doing to do? She can't do anything acrobatic with a wound like that!
Mikai… Kurama thought as his hands, which were placed on his lap, tightened together. He gritted his teeth as he watched Mikai wither in pain before him on a large screen, so far away from her and her pain.
Give up if it hurts too much. This isn't worth killing yourself over. Don't die.
Mikai held her stomach as the blood fell out of it. She fell down to her knees and began to shiver from all of the trauma to her body. The Spirit Sword she had created soon faded, and she was left with no weapon and no way to defend herself.
"Good," Rinrei said with a smile as she looked over at Mikai. "And stay down."
Rinrei raised her pole once more, ready to attack Mikai and finish everything off to the point were she would be able to win only to hear Mikai laughing. She looked towards Mikai in question. The stadium followed, and grew silent waiting and watching for the reason why Mikai had began to laugh.
"Why?" Rinrei asked. "Why are you laughing?"
"Thank you," Mikai said as she stopped laughing. She stood back up, almost falling over but she caught herself.
"For what?" Rinrei hissed as she stepped forward, ready to keep attacking if she had too.
Mikai raised her right hand and brought it to her stomach. She then pushed her hand into her stomach and as blood poured past her hand, she moved her organs around, searching. She winced as she hit a small solid object.
"What is Mikai doing?" Koto asked out loud. "Could she possibly be planning another attack? But what kind of attack involves her moving her guts around?"
Damn…she's not pulling it out is she? Yoda thought as he looked on, gripping his hands together.
What the hell is she doing? Yusuke wondered as he watched. Don't be doing something stupid Mikai…please don't.
There! Mikai thought.
Everyone watched as Mikai pulled her hand out of her stomach along with a ball trapped in her hands. She began to shiver more intensely as she brought her left hand back up to her stomach to make sure that nothing would fall out.
"What the hell?" Rinrei asked, unimpressed by the other woman's actions.
"It's nothing." Mikai panted. "I'm just getting rid of a pesky problem which has been bothering me from a while now."
"So what?" Rinrei blew upwards, moving her hair up.
Mikai fell back down onto the ground, trying to catch her breath. She felt herself starting to get dizzy from all of the air she had lost so quickly. She gently placed her hand down onto the ground and spread her fingers around, feeling the dirt beneath them.
"Fine." Rinrei got back into a fighting position as if she were going to attack soon. "Get ready to die!"
Rinrei ran towards Mikai with her pole out, getting ready to hit her hard enough to either knock her out or kill her.
Mikai waited, and when she saw that Rinrei had stepped over a small puddle of blood, she acted as quick as she could. Her fingers quickly pressed down into the dirt with immense pressure, and she brought the power from her Spirit to her fingers.
"Earth Spirit rise!" Mikai yelled.
Pieces of earth shot up from the ground and threw Rinrei high into the air. Mikai watched as Rinrei came down onto a spike of earth and it pierced her through her stomach. Mikai sighed as she stood back up, claiming her victory.
"And because of a spike and quick spell Mikai is the winner!" Koto yelled over the intercom as demons both booed and cheered.
Mikai came back to the stadium to people who were waiting for her. Before she had seen anyone, Shigure had taken her into the back room and wrapped up her wounds the best he could. She was now allowed to roam around freely, as she waited until her next battle.
"Mikai?" Kith asked as Mikai walked down a hallway towards the main stadium were she would watch Jin, and Touya fight.
"What?" Mikai hissed as she looked over at him.
"I'm…I'm…" Kith looked away in shame.
"Don't say it," Mikai hissed, causing Kith to look back up. "I know it was you…Shigure told me everything and the only reason I'm telling you this is because Shigure is going to die so I know you can't hurt him." Mikai turned around and looked back at Kith. "I'm not going to forgive you for anything."
"What?" he asked in shock.
"I can't."
"You have too! We've been friends forever! You can't let this stupid little thing come between us!" Kith yelled in defense.
"I don't have to do anything!" Mikai yelled, silencing Kith. "You bastard! You betrayed me! You wanted to hurt me so that I could be with someone I hate like Yomi? What the hell is wrong with your logic?"
"Mikai I was doing what was best for you!" Kith yelled back.
"I know what's best for me and that's not it!" Mikai turned away. "Never do anything for me again…I'm fine with the people I have and want right now…and I don't need people who are going to try and hurt me because of what they think is right. So…I want nothing to do with you anymore…Kith."
Those words hurt Kith. Mikai had been his only true friend through everything and yet here he was trying to do something for her but he messed up. He screwed up. He had hurt Mikai in a way that he couldn't fix…and now…it was all too late.
"I'm going back…back to the tournament." Mikai said. "Bye."
Kith stood there, watching Mikai walk away from him. She was leaving and there was nothing he could do to stop her. He opened his mouth to speak but instead, he stopped. He figured that the best thing he could do was let Mikai go and hope for the best.
Good luck…Mikai… Kith thought as he turned around and listened to Mikai walk away. It wasn't until he couldn't hear Mikai's footsteps anymore that he began to walk down the hallway, filling it with his own footsteps.
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