Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho or Di Gi Charrat. Just for the record.
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Darkness... Silence... But something's different. Something's happening, somewhere... where? It feels like... I'm not really here... Not really... real. There's no good way to describe it. Like, I'm still me, only I don't exist. Like I'm watching myself, only I'm not me. I guess you could say, there's another me, and I'm not the real one. Suddenly, there's a light in the distance. It feels like it should be warm, but now it's cold. It's flickering-I think it may be a flame. I try to walk towards it, but it never seems to get any closer. Now I can hear voices. "No! Don't wake her up!" Kurama? Kurama, where are you? "But if she doesn't wake up soon-" That's... Yusuke? "I know. We may have to drop out of the tournament. But she needs to rest! I'm worried too..." Footsteps, and the sound of a closing door.
Naomi opened her eyes slowly to find two amazingly green ones staring worriedly back. As she regained her focus, she realized that it was Kurama, watching over her. "Kurama?" she asked hesitantly, not sure if she was really awake yet. "Are you okay? How are you feeling?" Kurama asked her concerned, but hurriedly. "All things considered," she said as she sat up with a moan, "pretty good. Why? How long was I asleep?" He looked off to the side, as if trying to avoid giving an answer. "About a week." "A week! But… what about the tournament? We didn't drop out, did we?" She dropped her legs over the side of the bed. "No," he assured her, "but you shouldn't be so active! Give your legs some time to wake up…"
She jumped off of the bed and smiled mischievously at him. "Don't forget, I'm a cat. Balance is my specialty." He smiled and said, "How could I forget?" She stretched a little and asked, "How much time do we have?" "The first battle is tomorrow morning." "Well, I'd better pack then!" Naomi walked out the door, stretching, and yawned hugely. Unfortunately, she was pushed right back through the door when she was bombarded with hugs from Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Botan. "Guys," she yelled from under the pile, "I may be able to survive a twenty foot fall, but I'm pretty sure that doesn't make me invincible!" They all struggled to get off of her, murmuring apologies while trying to help her up. Noticing that they all looked rather abashed, she couldn't help but laugh. They looked at her, surprised, but she just smiled evilly at them, before pouncing them. "Yo guys!" She shouted at them before running off to her room to pack, leaving them standing in the hall, dumbfounded.
Later that night, when everyone was packed and fed, Botan called everyone together. Outside, she opened a portal to the Dark Tournament. Walking through the portal, Naomi couldn't help but wonder what the place would look like. Her question was soon answered as she walked out the other side. She was standing in front of what looked like a huge stadium, with large open double doors all around it. Demons of all sorts, sizes, and colors were swarming around the entrances. Right next to the stadium was a huge hotel. She assumed that was where they'd be staying.
Up on the 15th floor, she found the suite of rooms that were reserved for the team. She selected a room right next to Kurama's and right across from Yusuke's. Just as she finished unpacking the last of her things, the intercom came on announcing the teams, as well as tomorrow's matches.
"This year's five teams include Team Uremeshi, Team Hokkaido, Team Aichi, Team Kagoshima, and Team Fukuoka. Tomorrow's match will be between Teams Fukuoka and Uremeshi. Members of these teams, please report to the arena tomorrow at noon."
The next morning at noon Naomi dragged herself over to the arena, dressed in jeans and a loose white T-shirt. Each team got a bench on either side of the arena, so she sat down between Kurama and Hiei. It wasn't all that bad: on the other side of Kurama was Kuwabara. She yawned and commented, "God, I'm so sleepy." Yusuke gave her a funny look. "How can you still be sleepy? It's already noon!" "Hey, I'm usually asleep until one. I find it hard to sleep before two in the morning." Kuwabara stood up; the first match was between him and some guy called Inoue; and said "It figures. After all, cats are nocturnal."
Kuwabara and Inoue were facing each other in the arena. The (neko) announcer yelled "Begin!" and the fight was on. Inoue was fighting with a metal staff, and Kuwabara took out his spirit sword.
ahem I cannot write battle scenes. I'm really more of a romance/adventure writer. SO, if somebody could write a few fight scenes for me, I'd be more than happy to use them, and perhaps thank them in some way… perhaps in a future quiz/story… Anyways, Kuwabara gets beat up, wins, and nobody dies. Onwards with the story.
Just as Kuwabara was finishing his battle with Inoue, the Staff Master, Naomi was totally zonking out. Seeing as she was half asleep already, all of her shame was pretty much out the window. She rested her head on Kurama's shoulder with a sigh. "So much for my special day," she muttered quietly. Kurama didn't hear her. Yusuke was walking towards the arena for his battle with Murakami, the Karate Master, and Kuwabara was walking back to the bench, giving Kurama a nasty look. He was obviously jealous.
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Wow. This one I actually like. Aside from my inability to write battle scenes.