Hey, I'm back after like a month! Yikes. Sorry. I had a helluva lot of school work, the school play, choir, basketball and my birthday. I'm finally 14! Anyways. Here's the chapter. This story is pretty close to being done!
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Kat growled, pacing from side to side in her hotel room. It wasn't small; really, she just couldn't seem to relax whatsoever. The boat ride had been boring to say the least. No fights, nothing. Everything was about relaxation. The teams on the boat were specially selected to fight in the tournament, so there was no need for an elimination round.
Which pissed Kat off slightly. She wanted to hit something. Vent her energy. But she was stuck in her room for the remainder of the night, because of the stupid curfew put in place by the guy behind all of this. A curfew? Kat honestly wanted to say screw it, and leave, but if you were caught, your team got disqualified. And that was something Kat was not willing to risk.
Hiei sat on Kat's bed watched the girl with mild curiosity as the neko paced back and forth like a caged animal. Her tension was obvious. The girl was ready to jump at anything. Not that he could blame her really. All the stress she'd been under lately. She was actually taking it all pretty well, despite some random unprovoked streaks of anger…
But now she was here, at this tournament, ready to kill. Hiei could tell from the look in her eyes that anyone who got in the way of her goal would be killed. Hiei smirked slightly to himself. Kat was a dangerous woman when she wanted to be. Maybe that's why he found her so attractive. Kat noticed his smirk.
"You seem to have found something amusing." She murmured dark eyes sweeping over him. "Would you mind sharing?"
"Hn. Onna sit down. You're going to make a hole in the floor if you keep pacing like that." He said flatly offering no explanation.
Kat sighed. "You're impossible." She stated flatly, sitting down heavily on the bed, laying back easily. "I'm so damn nervous." She muttered, staring at the ceiling. "I can't get over it."
Hiei watched her for a moment, before lying down next to her, draping and arm lazily over her stomach. "You shouldn't be nervous. You're a strong fighter, and you have a goal." Kat grinned glancing at his face.
"But, I'm not a big fighter. I've never killed anyone, I'm not experia—" The girl's rant was cut off as Hiei's lips covered hers. Kat's dark eyes widened slightly, before she relaxed into the kiss. Hiei pulled back after a moment's time, propping himself up so he could look down into Kat's eyes.
"You'll be fine onna." He said flatly. Kat glared at him in slight defeat.
She sighed deeply. "Why is it I can never argue with you?" She asked with a slight yawn. She pulled Hiei down so he was lying next to her again, and cuddled up next to him. "We're going to have a long day tomorrow, aren't we?" She asked, slowly, her words beginning to slur with sleepiness.
"Hn. Go to sleep onna."
NEXT MORNING
Kat stretched and attempted to role out of bed, but found herself caught. Hiei's arm was securely locked around her waist. The cat demon groaned loudly. "Hiei, it would really be wonderful," She muttered attempting to pull out of his grasp. "If you would kindly, let me go!" She snapped. Hiei's grip just tightened. "You're so not asleep." She growled under her breath. With a sigh she relaxed back against him.
"Now that wasn't so bad, was it?" Hiei murmured in Kat's ear. The girl grinned turning her body onto her back so she could look at him.
"No, but we have a fight today, and I would like to get ready for it." She stated flatly. Hiei hn'ed slightly, releasing his hold. Kat grinned pecking him on the check before disappearing into the bathroom with a new bra and underwear, and some cloths. Hiei's eyes lingered momentarily on the closed bathroom door before he too began to get ready.
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Kurama sat on his bed, completely dressed. He was currently staring at the wall before him thinking. This tournament was most certainly a hoax. Who ever had planned it, had probably planned on their team winning, but had no intention of returning Midnight.
Kurama let out an uncharacteristic growl of frustration. This tournament would most definitely include unnecessary killing, and just for someone else's amusement. The whole thing was sick. Completely and totally.
A loud knock came at the door. "Hey Kurama!" Yuskue's voice penetrated the wood. "We need to get moving for the first fight!" Kurama stood slowly, his green eyes flecked with gold. He walked out of the room and greeted Yuskue, with a slight smile. The detective grinned. "Let's go kick some ass!" He exclaimed.
Kurama nodded. "Yes, let's." Kuwabara met to two at the entrance of the hotel, and Kat and Hiei were at the entrance to the arena along with Keely and Josh.
"Our lives are about to get a lot harder." Yuskue muttered.
"And they weren't hard before?" Kat muttered to no one unparticular.
"Let's go." Kuwabara said. Yuskue nodded briskly leading the way….
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Yuskue panted, as he stood arm still poised from him last spirit gun. He's just finished the first fight of the match. One point for team Urameshi. They needed three more to win the match. Yuskue stepped out of the arena slowly, energy pretty much drained. That fight had taken more out of him than he's originally thought.
Kat jumped lethally into the ring next. She was still steaming from the introduction they'd gotten to the tournament.
Flash Back:
"Hello and welcome!" A voice boomed over the speakers. Team Urameshi was already standing on their respective side of the stage type thing, so they could see the hooded figure clearly standing on the raised platform front row and center. "If you're here, I'm assuming you know why. This is a tournament. And your prize for winning," He stepped to the side revealing a girl with dark hair that shielded her eyes, and tanned skin.
Kat growled. Midnight was chained with her arms above her head, black wolf ears dropping, dragon wings limp. Scratches littered the girl's body. To say the least, she looked like shit. Kat was physically shaking with anger. Someone had broken Midnight's spirit, or at least tried extremely hard to do so. "The first and last rounds of this tournament," The hooded figure continued, eyes gleaming with exhilaration. "Will be one on one fights, which ever team wins four of the fights wins that round."
"Why's that so important?" Kuwabara muttered. He was glaring daggers at Midnight's capture. No one should treat another person like that. It just wasn't right!
"I'm sure we're going to find out soon enough." Yuskue growled.
"And now to be the announcer for this wonderful tournament, our own beautiful JURI!"
The fish like announcer ran out on to the stage. She was in the same get up she'd been in for the Dark Tournament. "Alright people lets get this party started!" She exclaimed loudly over her mic. "Our first fight will be Team Urameshi vs. Team Ookami."
"Team Wolf?" Kat snorted. "That's creative." A team that consisted of al wolf demons stepped up to the opposite side of the rink.
"The first fighters please!" Juri said. The largest of the wolves stepped up.
"I'll take this one." Yuskue muttered. The fight didn't last long. The demon wasn't all that strong, and Yuskue took him out pretty easily.
"THE WINNER IS YUSKE FROM TEAM URAMESHI!" Juri exclaimed. Yuskue just jumped idly off the stage. "Can we get our next fighters please?"
END FLASH BACK:
Kat watched her opponent as her began to circle her in the rink. Juri looked between to two fighters. "BEGIN!"
"You think you'll be able to defeat as easily as your team captain was able to win his fight?" The demon taunted her. Kat stayed silent waiting for her chance. This demon was by no means weak, but his ego was almost too much.
Kat narrowly dodged his first attack. She winced as the wolf's claws dug into her arm. She cursed mildly under her breath. This wasn't going to be easy. She drew one of her blades slowly and carefully. "Oh and she draws her weapon. Do you still think you can win?" Kat ignored the taunting. Retaliation would get her nowhere.
She held the blade loosely in her left hand, as the wolf charged at her again. At the last minute she swung the sword, slicing through the wolf's arm. He let out a howl of pain. "Yes." Kat said flatly. "I do believe I can win."
The wolf growled and charged again. He ignored when Kat's blade hit him this time, and proceeded to slam the girl into the ground.
Hiei tensed from his position on the side lines. Yuskue placed a hand on his shoulder. "She's fine. Look." He muttered. Kat was struggling but she was back on her feet. A triumphant grin lit her face. The wolf demon lay outside the ring, his head completely detached from his body.
Juri blinked. "Wow." She looked at Kat who looked about ready to faint. "O! THE WINNER IS KAT FROM TEAM URAMESHI! That's two wins for their team!" Kat jumped lightly off the stage.
"Well, you guys better win." She murmured, before slipping unconscious. Hiei caught the girl easily.
"You bet we will." He told her quietly.
Ria jumped calmly into the rink next. The girl held her kantana loosely in her right hand. One of the smaller of the remaining five wolf demons leapt into the rink. Juri looked between the two fighters for a moment, then took a step back, yelling, "Begin!"
Ria gave a slight yelp as the wolf jumped strait at her, claws flashing. She dodged in the nick of time. The wolf landed, and turned around again to face her. "Not bad." He sneered lowly. Ria didn't say anything, just position her kantana in front of her. The wolf smirked. "A feisty one, are you? Well, we'll have to fix that." The demon started at Ria again, but this time, he didn't charge her completely. Instead, he stopped about five feet short and ripped his claws through the air.
Ria flew back as the energy wave hit her. She hadn't seen it coming at all. Staying down for a moment, she thought about what she could do to win this fight. Anything would be risky… But she knew she could win.
The gang watched from the side lines as Ria pulled herself back onto her feet and back into the rink. Yuskue had a slightly worried expression on his face.
"This isn't gonna be an easy fight for her." He muttered under his breath.
Kuwabara clapped him on the shoulder. "Don't worry Urameshi. Ria's strong. She'll pull though!"
"Yes." Kurama nodded. "She has the upper hand as it is."
Yuskue looked at his companion in disbelief. "How so?" Ria had just been knocked down again, harder this time, and the wolf was advancing slowly.
"That demon, is more concerned with taunting her than fighting. One slip up, and…" Kurama's sentence trailed off as Ria showed exactly what would happen with one slip up. The wolf had mistaken her to be down for good after his last attack, and had gotten within range of Ria's kantana, which was now impaled in his chest, destroying the heart. Ria pulled her kantana back with a shaky sigh, as Juri announced the winner.
A bear hug from Yuskue knocked the remaining air the half fox demon had from her lungs. "That was pretty awesome!" Yuskue told her.
Ria let out a small laugh. "Thanks, but I kinda need to breathe, if that's alright." Yuskue let her go with a slight laugh.
Kurama took the next fight. He won easily with two quick swipes of his rose whip, showing exactly why, you didn't want to be on his bad side. Juri was staring at the spot the wolf had been.
"Wow." She murmured, in awe. Then she blinked. "With four strait wins for team Urameshi, that's the end of this match! Team Urameshi wins!" Different cries went up from the crowd. Some cheered, some booed, the typical response at any kind of event.
……………………………………………………………………………………………...
Kat frowned, tapping her fingers against her arm as she watched the fight. Dawn and Dusk's team were kicking ass.
There was absolutely no competition in this tournament. "Oh, fuck this!" Kat exclaimed throwing her hands in the air, drawing the team's attention to her. "This isn't a tournament, it's a slaughter for some sick bastard's amusement. I'm not dealing with this shit."
Yuskue snorted. "As if we couldn't tell. But what do you think you can do?" He was still watching the fight taking half a moment to look at Kat. Kurama had turned emerald eyes on the cat demon as she spoke. Hiei, was looking mostly at her, but still watching some of the current fight. Kuwabara, Ria, Josh, and Keely were all watching her, waiting for her plan.
Kat smirked evilly. "We blow this whole fucking hell hole up, and burn it to the ground."
"How do you plan on pulling that off?" Kuwabara asked.
Kat grinned, slowly and very evilly. "Why of course, by any means possible." The cat demon winked at them and strutted away, leaving the others slightly lost.
The realization his Kuwabara first. "She's serious, isn't she?" He asked, staring in the direction the Kat had disappeared off to.
Hiei nodded casually, following in the direction Kat had gone. "If I were you I'd be prepared to haul ass out of here when she puts her plan into affect."
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Kat smirked slightly, cocking her head to the side as she examined to set of bombs she had assembled within the last six hours. The four well sized pipe bombs had enough power to blow up and entire city block and then some. But, because Kat was uncertain of her skills, she wasn't entirely sure that all of the bombs would go off. So, better safe than sorry, she built more than needed.
Hiei sat watching to girl, a mixture of amusement and concern showing on his face. Amusement that the girl was so determined, and concern that she would blow herself up. And poor little Hiei would be very unhappy if his newfound interest blew herself up.
"Ha, you sneaky son of bitch. You'll pay for kidnapping my best friend." Kat muttered suddenly under her breath. She stood up from her spot on the floor, the bombs tucked carefully into a bag. Turning to Hiei she asked, "Wanna come help me set these babies up?" She asked casually, a grin lighting her features.
Hiei smirked and stood up. "Just how do you plan on not blowing up everyone here?" He asked.
Kat smiled lightly. "I have a plan. Don't worry so much."
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
It's short I know I'm sorry. But I need to end it here and leave room. Just a warning that the next couple of chapters might be short and a little bit jumpy. And also this story will soon be ending. I hope. Anyways. R&R. Thanks so much!