---Road to an Eternity of Wars---
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho or Inuyasha.
Okay, here's the next chapter. Nothing much happened in the last chapter, so I'm hoping something does here.
Truthfully, I planned the whole story yes, but it's not like I've planned out the details, like how somebody was going to win or something like that. I've got the ideal plan that goes quite in-depth, but not quite the tiny, small details.
So sorry about the lack of updating these days. I've been working on 'Sorrows of Yesterday' lately. (Is ashamed of not balancing anything out)
Chapter 28: Test of Strength
Overall POV…
The next thing they knew, both weapons lay forgotten on the floor as their fingers curled up into fists and the two circled each other.
Yes, a fist fight would determine this winner.
Team Higurashi was surprised that Keiko would even go for this type of fight. Usually, Keiko would use weapons; they had never seen her train in martial arts or whatever before.
Sango charged forward aiming a punch and Kurama's face, which ended up missing and nearly banging against his shoulder if he hadn't twisted around.
While her momentum was going forward, Kurama twisted his body behind her and tried to trip her by swinging a foot out.
Unfortunately, Sango twisted around too and tried to elbow him in the neck, both only succeeding in tripping each other and sending themselves down onto the floor.
There, the two wrestled for a bit before Kurama rolled away.
Nobody really knew what happened next, but it seemed as if there was a flash as Kurama drew out a seed and the next thing the audience knew, Sango was on her stomach, flat on the ground.
She was pinned to the ground by tight, red vines. Sango struggled a bit, trying to stretch her arm to reach her staff.
A few meters away, Kurama stoop up, clutching his shoulder.
'What a boring fight' Koto whispered to Juri. Unfortunately, her microphone was caught in the midst, broadcasting her opinion to the crowd and making her flustered.
Hearing this, Sango immediately stopped her struggling, her face completely red with a mixture of embarrassment and anger.
Kurama sent the announcer a dark glare, making her shrink back in fear behind Juri. He sighed, shaking his head and standing up.
'Koto, I really think we should stop the fight now…an entertaining fight indeed, but it didn't seem to faze the audience. Perhaps we should call this a win to Team Urameshi since Sango is pinned to the ground?'
Koto nodded, chewing on the bottom of her lip.
'Then I announce this win to Team Urameshi! Next please, and more action!'
The demons in the crowd agreed, shouting for some blood and heated battle for them to watch.
Red vines slowly started to shrink away from Sango's body as Kurama walked up to her, offering a hand to help her up with.
"Thanks" Sango accepted the sign of politeness, hoisting herself up and grabbing her weapons, "Great match nonetheless, ne?"
"Hai" Kurama replied, "Good job"
"You too"
The two gained a slow pace, walking off the arena to meet their teams, congratulating them both.
"Who's next?" Botan questioned curiously.
Sango shrugged, taking a seat on the hard ground beneath them, "Kami knows. I guess we're going to find out right now"
"Me"
"Pardon?"
"I want to go next"
"…well sure, okay….good luck…"
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"I'm going next" Kuwabara butted in firmly.
"Are you sure?"
"I want to go next"
"…Alright…good luck with whoever you'll be going against…"
Yusuke frowned as his teammate walked off, "Shouldn't you be stopping him, and not just leaving him like that?"
Kurama gave Yusuke a small look, "Why stop him? If he wants to go next, then let him. All we can do is cheer him on"
The Urameshi nodded in acceptance, "You're right, but I want to go next then"
"Sure thing"
Genkai sighed, "This only means that I'm going last with whoever is left"
The team leader grinned, "Yup!"
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'Next is Keiko from Team Higurashi against Kuwabara from Team Urameshi! Who will win this match? Well, we'll just have to find out! Excite us, if you please! Begin!'
"Let's excite them, ne?" Keiko grinned to Kuwabara, cocking her head.
The orange head grumbled moodily, "You act just like Urameshi! But…not that that's a bad thing. You're on! I have no more qualms about fighting a girl!"
"Well, that's a good thing, because I was just worrying about that"
"You shouldn't. Hurry up and punch me!"
"Nu-uh. You first, I ain't stupid"
Kuwabara growled, "Neither am I"
Keiko shrugged nonchalantly, "Whatever" and rushed forward with a punch aimed towards his chest.
The carrot-top snapped his head to the side casually, a crack signifying that he stretched a muscle somewhere in there. He dove out of the way and fought back fiercely with a series of hard punches to where he assumed she had a chance of being open.
It drove Keiko back a bit, but hardly fazed her. She just paused to rub at her elbow for a fraction of a second before leaping back and jumping straight back in right away, attempting to kick him on the shin.
She now also understood Yusuke's love for fist fighting.
It was that feeling whenever you fought each other hand on hand…each block and attack, trying to force your opponent back… each and every one of those was like an exhilarating breath, a part of your mind and soul, controlling you.
Keiko had to admit that it was like a drug, addicting, and just left you longing for more.
"You're hardly paying attention any more" Kuwabara whined teasingly, managing to land a hit on her left shoulder.
She clutched it, rotating the sore spot for a moment to confirm that it was okay, and then resumed the fight, "Hai…Hai" She murmured distractedly.
Kick, block.
Punch, kick, jump, block.
Kick.
Block.
Like a dance.
Unfortunately, large bruises began to form on their skin, both wincing every once in a while, but not daring to break their guard.
"I surely underestimated you" Keiko smirked, taking a small shuffle back.
"Did you? Why does everybody do that?" He scowled.
She shrugged, "Don't know. Maybe it just happens"
"Well….I'll prove that wrong here!" A mild snarl, and then Kuwabara unleashed his spirit sword, swinging it at Keiko, just barely missing her as she jumped back.
"I thought this was a fist fight!"
"I never said that, did I?"
Keiko sighed, "Well then… if you're playing at that!" She grabbed her Zanbato, just carelessly throwing it out of her hands directly at Kuwabara.
Her teammates and friends started to wonder if she was insane or not… just tossing her main weapon out like that… but it was soon revealed that her motives weren't what they seemed.
The Zanbato only proved to be a distraction as she tore her staff off her belt and tried to whack him with it forward.
Kuwabara punched the point of it, the key point, resulting in bleeding knuckles, and with luck, the staff sliding back from Keiko's hands and jabbing itself into her own stomach.
Using her bracelet, Keiko drew some spirit energy out of her, forming it as a makeshift barrier around her staff
They then began to swordfight.
Somewhere along the line, Kuwabara's spirit sword was twisted in such a way that it brought his wrists twisting along with it, forcing him to drop it or rather have both of his wrists broken.
Left with nothing but fists again to fight with, Kuwabara lunged in for a straight punch at Keiko.
She swung her staff around rapidly, blocking his fist with the vertical middle of the pole, and then she proceeded to attempt a hit at him, the end of the staff whacking him slightly on the side of the neck.
Kuwabara stared at Keiko with eerie, blank eyes before they closed, and he slid to the ground, slumping.
'Looks like a win for Team Higurashi! The scores are even so far, with a tie to cancel one out and a win for each team. By now, the winner of this overall match is unpredictable! We're just going to pick out two people to fight now! Will Yusuke and Botan from Team Urameshi and Higurashi step forward please! We will begin in haste!'
'Now…You're all probably wondering why we're even allowing ties!'
The crowd shook fists and roared in agreement.
'Well, this year, ties seem to be the most interesting things, so this is for enjoyment guys, hurry it teams, the crowd awaits!'
"What?" Botan blurted out, a bit flustered by the match, "We have no say in this?"
Yusuke shook his head, sighing, "Let's go, Botan. We sure don't have a choice in this"
"Good luck" Everybody seemed to recite in broken tones as the two passed by.
Kagome locked eyes with Genkai before breaking the gaze when Keiko came, half dragging Kuwabara down.
"That means you're against Genkai…" Sango murmured.
The miko looked at the dusty ground, nodding, "I don't think I can take her…"
"Of course you can take her on! Don't say such nonsense!"
"She knows more than me! And she knows how I fight! I don't know how she fights, and even if I did, it wouldn't change anything"
"Well…" Sango sighed, "You could at least try your best. That's the least you could do. But now, we have to cheer on your cousin, and Botan!"
Kagome managed to perk up, getting slightly lost in the cheering.
'Begin!'
Yusuke and Botan dove into their stances, making eye contact.
"You're going to loose" Yusuke smirked cockily.
"Dream on"
Once again, I apologize for the obnoxiously late update. I admit that I did at a point, forget about the story, and therefore only remembered it existed when I was reopening my word documents. (Sigh) I feel old…
I know Koto and Juri seem annoying, but I really don't know how they act...any advice?
Read and review onegai…
Sayonara,
Tenshi-Battosai