---Road to an Eternity of Wars---
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho or Inuyasha.
As you all probably know already, this story is going to be extremely long… I was estimating how many chapters it may take, and the story may go up to chapter 60 or so… Are you guys okay with that?
I would like to point out a mistake that I made in the last two chapters. I accidentally continued the fight with Sango and Kurama in chapter 28, forgetting that it had already finished in chapter 27…and then started the fight between Kuwabara and Keiko… The mistake is too complicated for me to fix because it involves two different chapters…gomen nasai to everybody who got confused. It resumes as normal now. Arigato!
And now, onto my crappy battle scene XD
Chapter 29: Proclaims the Winner
"Don't underestimate me, Yusuke. I don't appreciate being treated that way" Botan stared at him, her mouth set into a grim line.
His smirk held, "I'm not, but I'm not going to loose this match"
The ferry girl rolled her eyes, powering energy into her steel gauntlets. There was the sound of sliding metal, and two blades seemed to slide out of the gloves, where the back of her hands were.
Yusuke inwardly frowned at a new, sudden revelation. He used fists.
She had metal blades on her fists.
He shrugged, but letting it bother him much. There had to be some type of flaw to it anyways; something that would make him succeed.
Now, the eagerly anticipating crowd started to grow impatient, directing shouts at the two opponents, "The match begun already! Move! Do something!"
This snapped Yusuke back, just in time to see Botan advancing towards him.
A blade was thrust at him on his right, which Yusuke tried to avoid, dodging and stepping away, discreetly slipping a foot under to set her off balance.
Botan stumbled for only a moment, but it was enough to get Yusuke prepared again, aiming a blow to her stomach.
Her right blue hair was tossed forward as the blow hit, suddenly sliding her back a meter. She coughed twice, running towards Yusuke again.
'…I need some type of weapon…' To his luck, he just then noticed the scythe on Botan's obi, conveniently slightly sticking out. Quickly, he devised a plan for how to get it into his hands, "Ahh!"
The blade on her gloves drew a thin line from his shoulder, halfway to his elbow.
Demons overall, the audience cheered at the first sight of blood.
Using the sudden increase of volume as a distraction, Yusuke dove at Botan without warning, wrapping his fingers around the handle, and jerked it out, earning a slight shriek from the ferry girl.
Botan scowled when she felt one of her many weapons leave her waist, "Even without one of my weapons, I'm still going to win"
Yusuke noticed her other weapons on her obi, but shook his head anyways, "This time, don't underestimate me"
And in a split second, it started again.
The scythe was brought down where Botan's head used to be, and sensing something at his back, Yusuke jumped up and swerved to the side, swinging the weapon along with him.
Apparently, they had no qualms about near-killing each other.
'He's got an opening by his right ribcage on his left! Get it!'
As if they had trained this move, Botan impulsively swung to her left, jabbing in both blades on her metal gauntlets.
She missed by a hair's width, but the close call slightly unnerved the Urameshi nonetheless.
'Thanks, Kagome'
'No, actually Sango found out'
'Oh, thanks then, Sango'
'No problem' the demon slayer flashed a thumbs up to Botan outside the arena.
Her bracelet jingled as the conversation ended.
Botan moved her arms to the side as she performed a round house kick, which Yusuke stopped with a single hand.
The scythe and the two blades collided, creating a huge clash.
Both opponents pushed harder, though nobody succeeded, the sharp metal sliding off another as it lost grip.
Yusuke jumped back, tossing the scythe into his left hand. He punched Botan on the cheekbone, a dark bruise quickly forming.
She skidded, running forwards again, grabbing the end of her scythe and twisting it out of his grip, the blade part slightly skimming him on the top of his thigh, her gloves also drawing a circle of blood around his elbow.
Realizing he was about to loose it, Yusuke slammed it down onto the ground, nicking the ferry girl hard on her right knee.
They both lost their balance, and the scythe clattered to the ground.
Botan twisted her body so she would land on her side, because of her gloves, and Yusuke fell onto his back, rolling over to his side.
Both stood up, Yusuke managing to grab the scythe first, and charged at each other.
"Go Botan!"
She perked up at the sound of Keiko yelling from the side lines, and ran harder with the encouragement.
They ran into each other, out of breath, and just sitting on the arena floor.
Slowly, Yusuke raised his arms up into a single position, staring at her.
A gun.
The ferry girl eyed him warily. He wouldn't. Just one glance into his eyes told her everything. He is.
Her hand brushed past her pink clothing, and onto her obi, where she began to frantically fumble for something.
"Spirit gun!" a blue orb of every formed all at once, and at the very same time, Botan raised a small object, flipping the cap open.
There was a flash of blue light.
When the light faded, all there was was Yusuke unconscious on the ground, and Botan sitting there, completely exhausted.
'I'm assuming that Team Higurashi won this match…'
'Yes, Koto. I believe it does…Team Higurashi's Botan is the winner!'
The crowd held a mixture of both boo's and cheers, pumping their fists into the air and shouting.
"Great job, Botan! That was just awesome!" Keiko grinned, patting her on the back, "Yusuke sure got a beating there! I wasn't exactly sure what went on there, but it was great!"
"Agreed!" Sango nodded as Botan passed by.
Yukina joined in too.
Kagome thought that it was maybe fate that had brought the next match together so carelessly. The announcer's words just seemed to pass through her ears, and she took the words in as she thought of her grandmother.
Genkai…it seems as though…as if this is a successor match…like Yusuke once did…I will prove myself to you!
With the other group, well, Hiei was shaking his head at Yusuke…
Kurama hauled the Urameshi over his shoulder and walked back to the team, gently dropping him onto the ground. It was a good fight, though now if they wanted to win, they had to succeed in this next match, to tie the scores.
Kuwabara, who had woken up in the midst of Yusuke's battle, shuffled his feet up to Yusuke's body, nudging his shoulder with the front of his shoe, "Urameshi, wake up! You're going to miss Genkai's fight!"
All he was rewarded with for his efforts was a slight groan, and Yusuke shifted, settling back down.
The orange-head rolled his eyes before dropping to his knees, sitting beside his friend in a huff.
"Let him rest, idiot" Hiei said.
"I know…I know…"
Genkai, though, had made no acknowledgement whatsoever that Yusuke was off the arena.
She was going against Kagome.
Don't take it wrong, she didn't have any qualms, but the thought of it sounded a bit awkward to her.
The pink-haired elder was curious about Kagome's fighting style anyways, so it wouldn't hurt to experience it first-hand, but the extent of her power was unknown to her, making her contemplate the results of the match.
"…So once again, if Team Urameshi wins this match, then we shall arrange…"
"Genkai, they've called you up" Kurama snapped her out of it, drawing her back into reality.
She nodded thanks to him before departing from their sanctuary on the sidelines.
Before the paired opponents knew it, they found themselves finally standing on top of the arena, idly nodding to each other, and continuing on, acting as if the opponent was no who it was. It was just another ordinary opponent, nothing more.
The fight would be normal, not jerky and awkward.
They vowed that.
"…and finally, we have met ends here! Begin!"
I was just wondering… should I just delete 'Trials of a Miko'? I know I vowed not to discontinue anything and all…but I've tried, and tried again…and I've just completely failed in editing it… I don't know… It's just gotten so far ahead and away from updating…
Life has been busy, and thus, resulting in slower updates! Gomen nasai! It's finally summer break, so hopefully, I'll be able to fit more in. Sorry I couldn't make this any longer either...
Read and review onegai!
Sayonara,
Tenshi-Battosai