His opponent was first to act. A swift jab was aimed at Kurama's stomach. It was quickly sidestepped. But as Kurama sidestepped him, a kick was launched into his back, sending him forward.
Kurama quickly regained his footing and stood up to face his opponent. A full-blown smirk had taken the place of any expression there had been before. Kurama looked at his opponent quizzically.
Blue hands joined together as a blue ball formed, getting larger and larger. "Water Blaze Typhoon!" A swirling, towering mass of water headed straight at the poor fox. Kurama looked side to side, quickly coming up with a plan.
Instead of simply attacking Kurama, the water encompassed the fighters.
"This way, no one shall witness your death, and your dignity shall be saved." That gravelly voice came from behind him. In a flash, Kurama drew his rose whip. A loud crack resounded within the walls of water as the whip wrapped around the blue demon's wrist.
"I'm more difficult to beat than some of your opponents." The whip's razor sharp thorns cut into the blue skin, drawing red blood. Kurama pulled on the whip, yanking his opponent across the arena to the other side.
Somehow, the whip released him, allowing him to continue. He drew a short wakizichi. He lunged at Kurama, but only slashed his arm. Again, he lunged. This time, Kurama had figured out the style and knew exactly how to counter it.
As the opposing demon lunged, Kurama took action with his whip. There was no dodging. Kurama was, again, slashed, but this time in the stomach while his opponent was cut to shreds.
As his remains fell to the ground, the water wall fell, revealing the outcome.
"You okay, Kurama?" Yusuke asked.
"Yes, I'm fine." He responded with a smile.
"What are you talking about? You got yourself injured." Yasu commented, giving Kurama a dirty look.
"It's nothing. I'll be in perfect condition soon enough." Kurama turned his smile to Yasu.
"You'd better be."
Next up to bat was Hiei. The fire entity stepped onto the battlefield silently. His opponent was about the size of one of his previous partners, Goki, and had green skin with darker green spots. The look on his face was not a very intelligent one.
"How'd you traitors and humansget this far into the tournament?" His voice didn't sound very intelligent either. Hiei hated him already.
"How'd someone as stupid as you get this far?" Hiei responded. The green hulk scowled at the short demon.
"Let the battle begin!" Koto, again, signaled the start of the fight.
Hiei's opponent made the first move. He rushed Hiei, bringing his fists down to smash Hiei's head in. But instead of the black-haired head, his fists hit the ground.
"As I said, stupid." Hiei's voice came from behind. He swung his fists again to catch Hiei in the side. Again, he missed.
"I'm tired of this." A flash of light reflected off the blade of his katana, blinding his opponent. Hiei took the opportunity to strike.
The body of his opponent fell to the ground, cut into sixteen exact pieces.
"The first fight of Round Two goes to Team Toshimo!" Koto shouted to the crowd.
"Alright, Hiei! Nice victory." Rai congratulated him. "I wish I could have gotten a round though."
"Heh, do you actually think we'd let you get all the shots?" Yasu looked at her friend critically.
"Eh," she shrugged, "there's always a hope."
Elf: Yup! this part is short alright. It's so short, Hiei's taller than it!
Kuronue: Why do you make fun of him when he's your favorite character?
Elf: ... Two reasons... One, because I can. And two... Well, it's true.
Kuronue: (sweatdrop)
Elf: By the way, I'm sorry for the long delay in updating. I couldn't get on the computer enough to do some decent typing. It won't happen again! ... If it does... I'll make sure to put in some really funny stuff, or perhaps more squishy scenes (Those are funny to write), to make up for it.