---Road to an Eternity of Wars---
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or Yu Yu Hakusho.
I know this is a bit overrated because Sango survived his attack, but c'mon! At least give me a little credit for trying! (Sob)
Chapter 16: Prelude to the OthersOverall POV…
"She's alive…" Kagome breathed.
"But with her cloak burned off…how?" Yukina questioned, "You made it fireproof!"
Everyone watched anxiously as Sango staggered a bit, out of breath and shifted her weight a bit.
Hiei twitched, took a few steps forward, exhausted, and suddenly, all at once, dropped his sword and fell to the ground, unconscious.
"HIEI!" Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Kurama cried out.
"Sango…" Keiko whispered, forgetting all about the codenames they had arranged.
"It's that girl, Sango from school!" Yusuke shouted suddenly, "She always slaps that perverted guy!"
"Damn right, he's a pervert…" Sango muttered under her breath, 'I don't think I want to face that dragon attack ever again' she thought bitterly, forming a wry smile.
-------------------------------------------------------------Flashback ------------------------------------------------------------------Sango tucked in the stray ends and flaps of her cloak to ensure her safety, but at the last minute, it flipped up quite a bit, inside the dragon.
She watched in horror as the hemming of her cloak lit on fire, rapidly spreading on the inside and Sango was forced to take the cloak off or she would burn herself.
'What to do…what to do?' Before the black flames could actually get to her inside the dragon, Sango forcefully grabbed the strap of her Hiraikotsu and jumped into a groove within the arena, tossing the cloak aside. She tried to hide in there for the remainder of the attack.
"It's almost finished…" Sango whispered, stepping out of the hole as the fire subsided.
-------------------------------------------------------------End Flashback ----------------------------------------------------------------"Uh…um…well…I guess… Sano…Sango? From Team Higurashi is the winner of this match!"
"Alright Sango…Let's get you cleaned up here…" Keiko mumbled, rubbing some disinfectant on a cut near her ankle and handing Sango the first aid kit as she staggered back to the team, rubbing a section of her black-scorched, pink armor.
"I'll go next. I need to vent off some air" Botan shrugged quite cheerfully, and giving a reassuring smile at Kagome and the others.
"Good luck…" Yukina whispered softly.
"Thank you Yuki…" Botan whispered back. She then turned to the arena and with an air of shaky confidence, stepped up.
"Stupid attack" Botan muttered, "Just had to ruin the entire stadium battle area"
She waited until Kurama helped Hiei off and then suddenly, Genkai stepped on.
Botan froze, her breathing ceased. Genkai. She was up against Genkai.
'And for the next match, we have…Nano from Team Higurashi and Genkai from Team Urameshi!'
Intersection! Lol, Anyways…. (Minamino Residence)…
Shiori hummed a short tune as she gently pushed open the door to her son's bedroom. She was cleaning the house, not that Suichi's room needed any cleaning at all.
There were only a few scattered papers and such on the ground when he had hurried to pack up for the boarding school he had mentioned.
Shiori frowned, earlier on that month, why did Suichi seem so nervous when they said goodbye?
"Hm…what's this?" Shiori picked up a stray envelope lying on his desk, only to find that the paper suddenly slipped out on its own. Her curiosity getting the better of her, she unfolded the paper and read the neat script.
Kurama,
I've sent one of these to the other members too. Did you figure out who was on Team Higurashi yet?
Anyways, I can't contact you directly due to the sudden change of events, but I've decided to take a vacation off work. I'm leaving the Reikai under care of some of my most trusted sub coordinates.
I bid you well on the tournament. The names of the people entrusted to the Reikai care are Tasuki and Kyshio. Hopefully, you will get along just fine. I'm coming back in about a month. If you contact me, don't expect an answer back. I may loose the pager…
Well, by the time you have read this, it would already be the end of the tournament. I wish you luck!
Koenma.
Prince of Reikai.
Shiori folded it back up and slipped the note back into the envelope, frowning, "Prince of Reikai?"
After a second thought, she had decided it was just one of those silly games teenagers play these days. Besides, Suichi dear was at a boarding school in, was it…America right now! He was probably nervous saying bye because of a tournament they were having of sorts!
Yes! That ought to be it…
"I'll leave his room to his privacy" His mom announced to herself, "He'll probably want it exactly the same as when he left when he comes back home…"
She sighed wistfully. It had already been a month. ((Let's just say it has been…))
Back to the Battle, Team Higurashi vs. Team Urameshi…
"Oh crap…" Kagome muttered, "Botan's got grandma…"
Yukina pleaded for Botan's safety, "Do you think she'll be okay?"
"Yeah" Keiko and Sango replied firmly.
(The following scenes will be very screwed up, in my opinion…)
"I-I'll be fine" Botan muttered to herself, trying to convince her mind that she would be alright.
As the reporters shouted a starting, Botan didn't have any time to react before there was a heavy blow to her stomach. The ferry girl gasped in pain and tried to gain her composure. Desperately, Botan crossed her wrist together and forced energy into the gloves, growing large, sword-like swords.
Genkai's eyes widened in slight surprise.
The aged woman sent a spirit gun at Botan, which she dodged.
'There's going to be a lot of energy flying around in this battle' Botan realized. With that thought, she drew power out of her left hand sword and stuck that hand inside her cloak, feeling around for a certain something.
While trying to grasp the item, Botan raised her right arm and charged at Genkai, her feet shuffling and creating dust clouds I the air.
Genkai caught the blade with spirit energy and narrowed her eyes at 'Nano', tossing her to the other side of the stadium with a rough shove. Botan hit the ground with a sickening crack.
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'Botan! C'mon! Get up!' Yukina urgently pushed on, using the bracelet's telepathy to communicate.
Noticing the amount of concentration that Yukina was putting into staring at their teammate fighting, Sango shook her shoulders wearily, "Don't use that too much. It drains you energy really quickly"
Yukina nodded back in response, sighing and sitting down on the ground.
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"Go, ya old hag!" Yusuke shouted, but shut up as a death glare was sent his way.
The crowed cheered on and on, screaming Genkai to finish the person up real quick, lusting for blood.
Unfortunately, when you fight with fists, the only blood that spews is the vomit that always comes out of their mouth.
Team Higurashi was starting to get worried, Genkai was just staring at a limp Botan crouching on the ground with two feet.
Koto and Jury couldn't start counting because she wasn't exactly on the ground…
Botan smiled secretively under the shadow of her cloak. Found it.
Everyone looked on, startled as she stabbed her own left-handed weapon right into her cloak.
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"What the hell does that person think they're doing?" Kuwabara asked incredously.
"I truly don't know, Kuwabara" Kurama sighed, looking in horror because she looked like she was committing suicide right on the spot.
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Botan stood up. The blade went through the outside of her cloak, into a plastic pouch, out, beside her waist and through the back of the black material.
The ferry girl pulled her sword back out, a mysterious, slippery green goop coated on top of the blade, blue energy crackling above it.
Time to try it again.
Once again, the ferry girl charged at Genkai, full force, and blade forward.
Genkai tried to stop it again, but was shocked when the blade slipped right past the energy and embedded itself cleanly on the senior's shoulder.
Squeezing her eyes shut, Botan pulled the blade off, 'I'm sorry…' she whispered in her thoughts, 'I didn't mean to do that…'
Okay! I know, I know, you're all probably thinking, 'Hey! No fair! That's like the 3rd to 4th cliffie! Wahh! I know, but if it's the Dark Tournament, there's always a cliffie, whether it's just waiting until the next battle, or in the middle of one…
Anyways, read and review onegai!
Sayonara,
Tenshi-Battosai