---Road to an Eternity of Wars---
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or Yu Yu Hakusho.
And finally… The next chapter! XD
I think I've decided what to skip to. Just to warn you beforehand, if I haven't done so already… This story is going to be pretty long…because there's two parts to it, and an 'intermission' So, if you haven't already noticed, we're at chapter 24 and still not done part 1 yet… Ugh…
Just a note to you guys, Inevitable Love will be up very soon!
Chapter 24: The Dinner PartyTeam Urameshi's POV…
"Yes…but…do we really, honestly expect to go all out on them?" Genkai asked.
"They couldn't take the pressure anyways" Hiei said defiantly, still a bit depressed that a mere person had defeated him.
"Our goal is to make sure that nobody else wins though…right? Then what difference would it make now? Either way, it's us or them who's going to win…" Kurama sighed.
Kuwabara nodded slowly along with Yusuke, "They'd probably get upset if we didn't try though, right?"
It was now only 3 days until the final match, and both teams were getting a bit jumpy and nervous.
They were currently heading to a nearby restaurant, where they would meet up with Team Higurashi for dinner.
"What's the prize for the team who's going to win?" Kuwabara questioned curiously, shuffling his feet as they went along the path.
"I forget" Yusuke sighed, "But I still get the feeling that they're hiding something from us"
The rest of them nodded in agreement.
They walked the rest of the way in silence.
Overall POV…
"How's your wound?" Sango glanced towards her teammates, referring to Kagome.
Kagome ran her fingers along the side of her shirt where they injury lay, "It's better now…you can barely tell anything happened at all in the first place"
"That's great!" Keiko commented enthusiastically, "And just in time for the final match!"
"Yeah…" Botan and Yukina sighed wryly, "3 days left…"
"Hiei! Yusuke!" Sango called out to the group of 5 approaching the building, "We're over here!"
"Hey!" Kuwabara waved them over, and the two rival teams met up at the front doors to the restaurant.
Nodding to each other, they saved all conversation for dinner.
They walked inside, pushing the door open and absently noting in amusement how the bell jingled when it hit a certain area.
"Just wait a few minutes please, we have to get your table ready" A cat youkai approached them, as if she were a waitress.
Yusuke and some others openly gawked, "Since when did the Dark Tournament get this sophisticated?"
Kuwabara meekly offered, "Since they got a new owner?"
They snapped out of it as Keiko snorted, "Pfft! As if!"
Sitting down, they seated themselves at the nearest table to the door for safety precautions.
"Hello, welcome to the restaurant…now, what the hell do you want?" Another waiter came towards them.
"Told you so" Keiko mocked to a brooding Yusuke.
After taking their orders, the two teams finally relaxed.
Nobody really wanted to talk about what had happened in the past week or two. Nor, did anyone want to bring up their big argument before.
They supposed it was for the better though, if nobody spoke if it.
They didn't ignore the fact that it happened, despite that fact. You learn from your mistakes, forgive and… well, not forget. Forgetting was just…not an option to the group.
A large slam rattled their table, causing Team Higurashi and Urameshi to jump at the sound and whip their heads around to face the offender.
"Your food's here" A waiter glared at them and shoved the tray towards Kurama, not even bothering to ask if they needed anything else.
After a couple seconds of silence, Kuwabara broke it, "The waitress at the front was probably a fluke" he grumbled, hastily picking his bowl off before it tipped off the table.
Yes, he had matured a bit over the past couple weeks.
They nodded.
Yeah.
It was most likely a fluke.
"You did a pretty good job on the first few battles" Kurama complimented, smiling.
"Thanks" Kagome blushed.
Sango bit her lip, "Yeah… I guess so… thanks, by the way, I really-"
Somebody snorted, "Don't flatter yourself, ningen" Hiei remarked, interrupting what she was going to say. He glared at everybody passing by.
Team Higurashi glared back at him, as if he were the one glaring at them.
Silence…"Should we?" Yusuke suddenly questioned, dropping his chopsticks for a minute.
The rest of them frowned, "Should we what?"
Yusuke hesitated on answering, but chose to in the end, "Should we forfeit? I mean… I don't really want to fight you guys and…-"
"No" Keiko looked at him straight in the eye, "Just because we're girls, doesn't mean you can't fight us"
Yusuke sighed exasperatedly, "I've never had a problem with fighting girls; it's only a certain somebody else that does"
Kuwabara looked away, eyebrows raised.
Genkai added in her own opinion, "I don't think we should forfeit. Everybody's worked hard to fight each other and I think that at least half of you want to"
At this both, both teams had their eye on somebody that they intended to challenge.
Yukina and Botan sunk back into their seats, sighing, "Yes, I think you guys shouldn't forfeit"
Yusuke cocked his head, "This question keeps popping up in my mind though… -where's Koenma? He'd be bugging you guys and us day and night by now"
"Maybe he's busy?" Botan suggested, but actually didn't think so. Even if he were busy, he would've heard work about it from some workers anyways.
Now there was something to work about… but the two teams were even too busy to notice that.
As soon as the last fork hit the place, there was the classic argument about who was going to pay the bill.
Right after that, there wasn't much talk. Just the occasional, 'How are you feeling?' or, 'So, what have you been doing?'
And 3 days later, the two teams found themselves facing each other on this time, two opposite sides of the arena.
Alright! It's quite a short chapter, but I think it's enough for a 'filler'-like thing… Since spring break is coming up now, I hope to get more done… I'll try, but my friends have so many things planned like shopping and parties, lol. Hopefully, I'll pull through anyways. Read and review onegai!
Sayonara,
Tenshi-Battosai