---Road to an Eternity of Wars---
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Hey! Since a reader punched me (Nurses poor, black eye…) I think I'm willing to update a couple days earlier than usual. But that doesn't mean that everybody can punch me. TT …I'm in the mood anyways
Chapter 13: The Day Before WarSomewhat matched in speed, Kagome a step and a fraction of a second ahead of Kuwabara…
If they were tied in speed, then which team would win now?
This was war.
But, at the last second, Kuwabara tripped over a rock and Kagome did a sharp cut right in front of him, sending him back a bit.
Another step…and right past the finish line!
"KAGE!" Sango, Yukina, Keiko, and Botan cheered.
Kagome grinned, hugging their group and slapping high fives everywhere. A shuffling noise was heard behind Sango.
"Hey-" Yusuke walked up to Sango and grabbed her cloak, pulling it back.
Sango's eyes widened and she jerked forward, grasping the cloak tightly in her hands, white knuckles clashing with her black cloak.
"L-let's go" Yukina stuttered at the close call.
"Nice try!" Botan called after Team Urameshi and Team Higurashi ran off to the hotel, the announcer calling off the over-excited crowd.
"Crap! I almost did it!" Yusuke complained loudly to the rest of his team members.
"You were too loud, baka," Genkai stated.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever hag" he mumbled absently.
"Hn" Hiei just commented.
"I guess it was a good try though" Kurama complimented, still curious about who was under the cloaks.
"I could have done better," Kuwabara snorted.
"Idiot!" Yusuke shot back, "You couldn't even win the event!"
There was no comment after that.
Hotel Room, Floor #57…
"Whew, close call" Keiko sighed, pulling off her cloak. She looked slightly pale from shock.
Kagome closed the door behind her, "Nice job guys! We beat them!"
Yukina, Botan and Keiko beamed. Sango took off her cloak, exhausted, and examined the rip in the fabric that had been created when Yusuke tugged on it, "I think we're going to need some repairing to these cloaks. Especially since I believe our next match is just tomorrow afternoon"
Botan scrunched up her nose in confusion, "Really?"
"Yeah!" Yukina called out from the kitchen. She waved the schedule sheet around in her hands…
Semi-FinalsTeam Higurashi vs. Team Urameshi
"Again?" The whole team shouted at the same time.
Keiko dropped the hairbrush she was just picking up. It clattered back onto the dresser, "But we just faced them today and I believe the day before too!"
Kagome sighed wearily, "Well, I didn't make up the rules…we'll have to get out equipment ready tonight and get some sleep for tomorrow. Can you tell us anything about them?" she was referring to Yukina, Keiko, and Botan, who knew their attacks.
"Well, Hiei has this really powerful dark fire in an attack he uses called 'Dragon of the Darkness Flame'…It summons a huge black dragon that destroys everything in it's path with the fire from 'hell'" Botan listed off thoughtfully.
Sango stared in horror, "We'd get burned to a crisp!"
"I could try making the cloak fire resistant?" Kagome suggested meekly.
"Well, I guess if the product was really strong, then it would work" The ferry girl added in.
"Alright then" Kagome sighed, "Anything else we should know?"
Keiko thought about Yusuke, "I would like to fight Yusuke tomorrow…could I get some coins like you, Kagome to block off the 'Spirit gun'?"
"Sure"
"Thanks a lot"
"Erm…Genkai has a lot of spirit energy…" Yukina watched as Kagome shifted through the contents of her pack when she had finished telling the team that.
"Aha!" Kagome exclaimed in glee, "You told us that you fought with a slug youkai, ne?" She glanced at Keiko. Keiko nodded her head slowly, unsure of where this was taking them. Sango and everyone else watched, confused too.
"Well, when you came into our house, I discovered that your shoes were thoroughly covered in this stuff and-"
"Sorry about that" Keiko mumbled, embarrassed.
"It's okay, so I scraped all of it off and stored it into a bag-"
"You what?" Botan looked at Kagome like she was crazy.
"So I" Kagome glared at them because they kept interrupting her, "So I stored it into a bag after finding out that it was incredibly sticky"
Kagome then unzipped the bag with the goop on it and dumped it onto the table. It rolled around for a bit and nearly slid off the surface of the table.
Sango raised an eyebrow along with Yukina, "I thought you said it was 'incredibly sticky'"
"It is" Kagome sighed, "Watch, it sticks to spiritual energy"
Kagome took her index finger and pointed it at the glob. A blue light started forming on her fingertip, lowering her hand down lower, the energy touched the slime. The miko pulled her finger away, but the energy still stuck.
Everyone watched in awe.
It was like an orb of energy nestled on top of a gushy green substance.
"You see, it will only work for small amounts of every though. For instance, it will stop the spirit gun, but if the opponent lets out a huge amount of energy at a time, the shield will just most likely disinigrate"
"Gotcha there"
"Here's some dragon skin from a youkai in the feudal era that Miroku gave us" Sango pulled a sheet of black, snakelike skin out of her trunk, "It might come in handy"
They spent the next couple hours on their equipment.
Hotel Room, Floor #21…
Semi-Finals
Team Urameshi vs. Team Higurashi
"Again?" Kuwabara whined.
"Deal with it, you buffoon" Hiei stated, irritated.
Kurama sighed, "They seem like a formidable foe. We shouldn't take them that easily"
"Kurama's right" Genkai sighed, tossing the sheet randomly into a free space in the hotel room.
Yusuke grabbed a bag of chips and snorted.
"Especially you" Genkai sent a glare Yusuke's way, "That Kage girl stopped your spirit gun with a coin" She mocked.
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I'm sorry, this chapter is small, but it's a start for the next chapter and it's basically just preparing for the battle. Read and review onegai!
Sayonara,
Tenshi-Battosai