Hiei quickly bandaged his arm, his first fight was not worth mentioning, and his second… well, he had underestimated his opponent to his cost, and was forced to unveil more of his techniques. The samurai stepped forward and rolled the dice. He smiled, as he angered Kuwabara who fell for it and stepped into the ring.

Shishiwakamaru smiled, this was going to be easy. Waving at his fans, he removed his cape and easily dodged the human's attacks. Using his head as a trampoline, he leapt into the air and let his cape fall. It swallowed the human. Juri, the new announcer, looked around nervously, unsure of how to call the match, and muttering such to herself. "He's not here. But where I do not know or care to, you'll have to ask the Cape of No Return for such trivial details." He rolled the dice again.

"Shishiwakamaru and the Masked Fighter." Hiei was about to step forward when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned around. It couldn't be her; her aura was much less and…

"This is my fight." She stepped forward and onto the ring.

And that wasn't her voice.

"Begin!"

Shishiwakamaru charged. "Let's see what you look like beneath the mask! Your elusive identity is taking the spotlight!"

Genkai gritted her teeth, he was lightning quick. She couldn't dodge and her mask was ripped off. "Damn." She whispered.

"The Masked Fighter is… An old woman?"

"GENKAI!" She turned slightly towards the voice, it couldn't be… But it was.

"Yusuke, you should be resting."

"And miss the chance to see my sensei get her ass kicked? Fat chance." She laughed. Hiei looked at her. So she had been absorbing her teacher's energy. That was the only explanation for the new strength surrounding her.

Touya, Jin, Chu and Rinku had walked towards the scent of blood. It was human. They came to a clearing and there lay Yusuke, asleep. Chu leaned over her. "Well, it seems our fighter's gotten a tad bit stronger."

"How much is a tad?" Rinku asked.

Yusuke opened an eye. "Can you…. Get me to the stadium?"

Touya and Jin pulled her to her feet. "Of course." She leaned heavily on Jin.

"Uh… Man, I feel so sore…" She groaned.

"What happened to you, lady?" Rinku asked, looking at the dried up blood on her body.

"Training." She replied, laughing slightly.

"C'mon, the semifinals have already started." Jin shouted at Chu and Rinku as they half carried, half dragged Yusuke.

At the entrance to the arena, she smiled. "Thanks guys." She stood unsteadily for a moment, and then walked off. They watched her go.

"Was it wise to bring her here? She'll have to fight if her name's rolled." Touya sighed.

"We owe her. It might not have been the wisest thing to do, but if we didn't she'd have kicked our asses into the ground. Even in the tired state she is in now." Chu turned around. "C'mon, let's go watch. I don't wanna miss a thing if she fights."

"Did she say Genkai?" Koto asked from her announcer's box.

"Yes, she did." Koto looked up at Toguro. "The human body does a remarkable thing when it uses Spirit Energy. The cells revert back to when they were at their strongest, turning the user back to the age that was their prime. So that would be how the old woman you see before you could sound like a younger woman. It's been a while, hasn't it, Genkai?"

The psychic didn't reply, but looked back at Shishiwakamaru, who started laughing. "I'll be famous sooner than I anticipated. In killing the famous Genkai I'll adopt her repute, fate is definitely smiling on me today." He grabbed his sword and extended it. Drawing a half-circle around him, he began to twirl it in his hand as well as any band majorette.

'Show off.' Genkai thought, blocking out the sound.

Yusuke watched Toguro with narrowed eyes. He glanced at her. Hiei looked at Yusuke in surprise as a large amount of energy discharged from her. All this power had been in Genkai…? Toguro looked away and walked off. They both turned towards the fight. Hiei winced slightly at the sound; it was like the sound of the real Grim Reaper's scythe, not that peppy ferry girl. And that sound was capable of stealing the souls of lower-class demons.

Toguro walked back over to his team. "Genkai, her Spirit Energy barely registers up here. That girl on the other hand…" He nodded towards Yusuke. "Her power has increased dramatically."

"What was once the master's is now the student's."

Karasu looked at him, face expressionless. "Cryptic as always. But she's not worthy of her legend."

"Let's review your opinion after the fight."

"CHORUS OF A THOUSAND SKULLS!" The demon souls burst into the audience, ripping the heads off the less powerful ones. Two sped straight towards Team Urameshi's backs. They cried out as they crashed into a barrier of Spirit Energy. Hiei glanced at Yusuke in slight surprise. Her attention was fixed on the ring. She suddenly smiled. Hiei raised an eyebrow, what was she so happy about? That attack would've killed her master.

"Now that you have witnessed the greatest amount of power ever unleashed in the Dark Tournament no one will ever forget the famous Shishiwakamaru." He swung the blade so it was in front of him. "And because I defeated Genkai I adopted her repute, boosting my status as a living legend. I only wish that Genkai had been stronger so I could've shown more of my power."

Juri looked at the huge crater in the center of the ring. "That… That is where I was standing…"

"I know how you feel, little girl, that could've been me, too."

"WHAT!" Shishi whipped around. "I am amazed that you survived the sound alone, but dodging my attack…"

"Yes, I must've forgotten to turn my hearing aid on. When you get to be an old fogey like me, the first thing to go is the memory." She smirked.

"Shut up! I will not be insulted on my stage!" His horns grew and his fangs lengthened. He charged, blade in hand. She grabbed his blade, stealing much needed energy from him. "YOU again!" Shishiwakamaru's eyes widened at the sight of Genkai's younger self.

"SPIRIT REFLECTION BLAST!" She sent the energy straight at him, he flew back.

He struggled to his hands and knees while hissing," Third-rate thief…"

"Yes, well, I needed energy so I borrowed some of yours; after all, I AM a very busy old lady." Genkai snorted.

"That energy was mine… And it was supposed to help me achieve my greatness! Do you know what I was supposed to become! You justice-seeking hounds are only crowding the room!" He collapsed back to the floor, shouting this.

"What makes you think I fight for justice?" Genkai asked, raising and eyebrow.

"Any demon here who cares one inkling for history could name hundreds of reasons!" He somehow managed to get to his feet. "Chorus of… The Thousand Skulls…" The skulls shot from the blade.

"Hmph!" Genkai crossed her wrists and snapped them apart, making a shield of energy, destroying the skulls. He charged again. "Spirit Reflection Blast." She shot his own energy back at him again.

He fell on his back and looked up at her. "Cheating… Thief… You… Really don't fight for justice, do you?"

"No, I fight for myself and always have. I attack anyone who stands in my way and it happens most of those people were demons." She retorted.

"I… Think I might have fallen in love… If circumstances had been different and you looked like this all the time… We could've been together once…" He looked at her, then at Yusuke. "Or with her." His head fell back. I groaned. Now I really wish I had been the one to fight that pompous samurai.

"Aren't I a lucky one?" Genkai asked sarcastically as she was declared the winner. Leaving the ring, she walked over to me. She smiled tiredly at and I returned it. We all turned around at the sound of laughter.

"Mind if I give your die a solo role? Mine kind of lacks the suspense." He threw it. And glanced at it as it hit the ground. "That's interesting."

"It calls for Kuwabara, but the poor guy's lost in another dimension. Let's roll again!" Juri enthusiastically shouted.

"That's what you think!" We all turned around, again.

Shizuru, Botan, Keiko, and Yukina walked towards the new stadium, and they heard Kuwabara's voice over the loud speakers. "Damn it! If he's to do something stupid, at least don't use the family name!" Shizuru groaned, running towards it. Botan snickered as the rest followed.

And a few moments later, Hiei watched and groaned, "He WALKED right into that trap." As Kuwabara was dragged into the portal again, Onji grabbed the die and rolled it. Genkai's pseudonym came up.

I sighed. Looks like I wouldn't fight after all, though seeing how well this guy hid himself behind that disguise, this fight might've have been interesting, had I been called to fight, but I doubt it. I would've liked to have been the one to deflate that Shishi's gigantic ego.

Onji looked at the Genkai, who glared at him. "Well, take off that disguise, I know that's not who you really are."

He laughed, then got serious. "Very perceptive, as is your apprentice." He was surrounded by a rainbow of colors, and when it vanished it revealed a literal clown. "In truth, I hate old people. That's why I took the guise of one."

Genkai glanced up at the sky in despair after a few minutes of hearing this guy's drivel. This guy liked to talk more than the other one. And the other one had been an egomaniac. She rolled her eyes and waited for him to stop speaking.

That was just enough time to dodge his "rainbow cyclone" attack and steal his precious nose. And after which, she tossed it to the ground after hearing his whining about losing it. "Okay, Suzuka, (She'd paid a little attention) admittedly you have talent. You know more about charmed objects than anyone else I've ever met. You found items that suited lower class demons enough to get them to the semifinals, but you are like a souped up car. You are all appearance, like a car without an engine. And here you are whining about some nasal accessory when I put my body through HELL to make it strong enough for my Spirit Wave Orb, so I won't waste what little Spirit Energy I have left on you!"

"You won't use Spirit Energy? Then neither will I!" His clown suit ripped at the shirt, revealing expanding muscles. "Toguro's got nothing on me!"

"Featherweight." Toguro smirked.

Kuwabara came running in. "Where's the old guy? I'm not done yet." He panted.

"So, tell me, what's more embarrassing? Losing to an old man? Or to a clown?" Hiei asked, holding in a laugh.

"A clown, definitely a clown." I burst out laughing at his response and had to lean on Hiei to keep from falling over.

Genkai rolled her eyes again at his antics, then attacked. After she beat the crap out of him, she stood back. "That's enough. Oh, and I forgot to look at that so-called beautiful face of his." She had to hold back laughing at the sight of all the bruises and disfigurations. He fell over after much stumbling and she was declared the winner. Dismounting the ring, she walked over to our team.

"Had fun?" I asked, still laughing. Genkai smiled and nodded.

The next morning, Hiei went into the room the two humans shared to check on Yusuke. He sat down beside her. Hesitantly, he softly brushed her cheek with the back of his hand. Abruptly turning, he left and closed the door behind him. He glanced at Genkai and Kuwabara talking but ignored it and went to the cliffs to train. "Wait." He turned to face the aging woman. "I need to talk to you for a moment." He nodded and followed her to the edge of the forest. "Yusuke loves you. Please, take care of her." He looked at her questioningly, but she walked into the woods. Shrugging it off, Hiei went to his destination.

Genkai walked through the woods, it was time. She smiled at the memory of seeing Yusuke sleeping against the tree. She had helped an old lady rid herself of regrets so she could die in peace.

A few hours later...

Kurama watched the seeds blow out of his hand sadly. Maybe he should've disobeyed Genkai as Hiei did. The fight had been very humbling, to say the least. Kuwabara came up to him. "Where's Urameshi?"

"I don't know."

"Darn it, she ran out of the room so fast… Do you think she'd tell me if she was avoiding me?"

Kurama looked up at the sound of rustling in the bushes. "Who's there? Show yourself!"

A man with blond hair and green eyes came out from the under growth, he had bandages all around him. "Just the two guys I wanted to see, lucky me."

"And who are you?" Kurama asked.

Votes:

Hiei: 8

Jin: 4

Kurama: 1

Hiei and Kurama: 8

I made it longer, just as I promised. I'll get to more action later; I want to get to the finals A.S.A.P. I hope you guys under stand. Thank you.