---Road to an Eternity of Wars---

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or Yu Yu Hakusho

Sorry for the previous very short chapter…here's the add on to it, I hope you enjoy the rest to this, although it might be cut up into several more chapters…

Just to let you know, as much as a lot of you guys want the girls to win, understand that it's nearly impossible to win every match… Don't say I didn't warn you that my battle scenes really, really suck…

Chapter 15: Showdown

Overall POV…

"Fight me"

"Keiko…" Yusuke stared, horrified. Wouldn't you be if you swore to always protect the one you love, but was then forced to attack at them?

Keiko sighed, as much as she wanted to show Yusuke how strong she had become, she didn't want the match to be too long. Alright then. Let's get this finished.

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"Do you think she can do it?" Yukina bit her lip.

"…yeah…I think she can" Sango replied encouragingly.

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"Wonder what Yusuke's thinking right now…" Kuwabara muttered, staring at the unfolding scene.

"I bet he'll freeze" Genkai snorted.

Kurama shrugged.

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Not wanting to really cause any more damage, Keiko set her Zabato upright and dropped it. Right in front of Yusuke, "It's nice to see that you're doing well in the tournament" she commented as if this was an everyday occurrence.

Yusuke stared at her, the Zabato creaked at landed on Yusuke, who was too shocked to move away in the first place.

"Yep…" Genkai groaned, "He froze…baka"

'Oh!' Yusuke snapped out of his shock and tried to push himself off the ground, "What the hell! THIS THING IS DAMN HEAVY!"

Koto sweat dropped at peered at the him, along with Juri, "Err…10…9…8…7…6…5…4…"

"Wasn't the countdown supposed to start at 8 or something?" Juri whispered.

"-Whatever…2…1…"

"Keiko! Take it off!"

"And…this battle goes to Team Higurashi, Kio! Or is it Keiko…? Whatever…" Koto mumbled into the microphone.

Keiko smirked, happy that she won and took the Zabato off her boyfriend, silently walking back to her team.

"Keiko! Wait! What the hell do you think you're doing here-" His overprotective side started to take over.

She joined back up with her team. Luckily for them, a clear wall separated the two teams on different sides. Nobody could hear the other unless you shouted, but you could absolutely see each other. ((If it wasn't like this before, then gomen ne, but I'm changing it))

Team Higurashi's POV…

"I forgot to tie the cloak before I started and then it blew off" Keiko sighed warily.

"But…we have to still keep pretending, so…yeah" Botan pondered.

"It's okay, really. I thought this would've been bound to happen at some point" Kagome comforted Keiko, "At least now, you don't have to wear your cloak"

"I guess you're right" Keiko sighed gratefully while Yukina and Sango smiled.

Team Urameshi's POV…

"I'm very surprised that Keiko was that strong. But it's beyond my reasoning what she's doing with a group of strangers" Genkai sighed.

"Keiko" Yusuke stated unbelievingly, "She beat me…and how did she get into the Dark tournament in the first place?"

"Yes, I'm very shocked that one of those cloaked people just happened to be Keiko…where did she receive that training?" Kurama added in.

"Not from me" Genkai stated immediately.

"…you fought a girl, Urameshi…" Kuwabara mumbled.

"You fought one last time too!" Yusuke retorted.

"You're right…"

"Hey…I still can't figure out who that name, Higurashi seems so familiar…" Yusuke thought out loud.

Hiei remained silent, 'How did that woman become so strong to actually beat the punk?'

"So…who's going on next?" Kuwabara yawned.

End POV…
Hiei just jumped onto the arena.

"Okay then…" Kuwabara said mostly to himself.

"Who wants to go next?" Kagome turned to her team, Keiko currently brushing her hair up a bit.

"I will" Sango growled, leaping onto the arena.

"Next up from Team Higurashi is Sano, and from Team Urameshi, Hiei!"

The almost forgotten, ((literally…)) crowd cheered with newfound enthusiasm, pounding on the seats for good measure, unfortunately smashing some more speakers.

Hiei growled at the demon exterminator and glared. He just happened to notice a very distinctive shape on the woman's back: suspiciously like a boomerang. A metal pole was also slung over her shoulder, wrapped up in fabric.

He took off with a start, startling Sango a bit as she narrowed her eyes and started running after the black blur.

Drawing his sword, he lashed out at Sango, a bit surprised as she drew her own and parried the blow. Hiei had never really been one to talk during a battle, "Onna! Don't think you'll win"

Sango smirked, "I don't think I'll win, I know I will!"

"Did Hiei just…snarl?" Yusuke stared in shock. Kurama nodded his head slowly and Kuwabara just stared.

"He's done it before" Genkai stated boredly.

"What do you know, old hag?"

"A lot"

'Hey' Sango drew some of her energy out to communicate with her team, 'Kagome, you made this fireproof, right?' She took a glance at her team and saw the captain nod. All right. Time to kick it up a notch.

Kagome responded back telepathically, 'Be careful though…I only had enough material to line the outside of the cloak'

'She seems distracted' Hiei observed carefully. The two opponents were running around the arena, 'This woman has absolutely no smell at all! How could that be?'

"Take this!" Sango yelled out. She jerked the metal pole off her shoulder and briskly ripped off the fabric, the shredded cover trampled to the ground seconds later.

The black chain made whistling sounds in the air as Sango spun in rapidly. She swung that end at Hiei, moving her hands around as to not get cut by the blade on the other end.

Not expecting this type of weapon, Hiei blocked with his sword.

Sango waited and watched with the crowd as the chain wrapped around the sword's end and the daggers embedded itself into the chain. With a swift tug, the sword was violently pulled out of the apparitions hands.

'What?' Hiei thought incredously, 'This woman…I have to end this quickly' "Consider yourself lucky that you get to witness this. But then again, you won't live to tell the tale. –DRAGON OF THE DARKNESS FLAME!"

"Ack!" Sango let out a yelp and jumped back as the bandages around Hiei's arm peeled off, revealing a black dragon tattoo. Black flames circled the air, forming into a shape of a dragon, 'Is this what Botan had talked about?'

"Sano…" Yukina muttered under her breath in worry, tugging on the ends of her cloak.

"She'll be alright…" Botan took Yukina's hand and squeezed it as a sign of comfort, doing the same to Keiko.

Kagome bit her lip in worry.

"He'll destroy the stadium!" Kuwabara roared, giving a scrutinizing glance at what was unfolding in front of him.

"…I've never noticed this before, but…" Genkai stared incredously at the team fidgeting beside them, "Everyone on that team doesn't have an aura"

"What?" Yusuke whisked his glance towards the other team.

"What about Keiko?" Kurama thoughtfully considered.

"…Not even her. It might be concealed somehow, whoever is concealing their aura must be very powerful to pass my guard" Genkai muttered.

"Hiei was a bit exhausted when he first met up with me this morning…If he uses this attack, then he won't have any energy to do anything else…" Kurama warned.

Sango dropped her weapon and crouched to the ground, wrapping her body securely in her cloak, hurriedly tucking in stray ends and gripping the floor.

The black dragon raged, opening its mouth and enveloping Sango in flames. She squeezed her eyes shut, the apparition smirked.

The fire that raged soon subsided and Hiei wavered in step.

Sango stood in the middle of the arena, cloak burnt off her body.

"She's alive" Kagome breathed.

OKAY! I apologize for the lateness of this chapter… So much has been going on… TT I have a lot of updating to do tomorrow… If you think this is another cliffhanger, I'm really sorry that there's so many.

There will be a flashback next chapter of what happened inside the dragon. Read and review onegai!

Sayonara,

Tenshi-Battosai