Instantly the final wolf demon was on the field. His blue eyes were focused only on Kurama. Upon seeing this, the red head shook his head and accepted the hidden challenge. He knew what this fight was about no matter how ridiculous the reason was.
"The next fight is Kurama of Team Urameshi versus Mura of Team Eternity! Ready? Fight!" Mizu cried before stepping out of the way.
Without hestitation, Mura rushed towards his still opponent. In between his fingers were small blades that were then launched into the air. Once this was done he moved his hands through the air spreading a thick mist. Eventually the fog moved to envelope Kurama. The blades were easily dodged. But Kurama quickly noticed the cloud that was coming his way. Frowning he stood his ground and waited.
When his body was hidden from view, the wolf closed his eyes. His revenge was going well. Soon Kagomura's soul would be perfectly at peace. But first he had to make sure that every drop of his opponents energy was gone.
He could feel the power flowing through his veins as the creature in the mist faded. Seconds later the blue eyes flew open and the vapors vanished from sight. Instantly they were wide with shock. Where the red haired human had been was a dead bush of some sort. Spinning around Mura searched for any sign of the man.
And there, directly behind him, stood the calm fox. Growling in annoyance he forced his powers down into his claws causing them to harden. When they were stronger than diamonds he burst forward to attack with his heart and soul.
"Die damn you!" he roared, "You don't deserve to live after killing my cousin!"
Kurama smiled sadly as he dodged the ferocious attacks. "I had nothing to do with her death."
The wolf spat in fury. "You lie!"
The aura around his body had become a fierce purple as called upon the Barks of the Dark Ruler. Upon arriving in the arena they crashed together. What emerged from the dust caused the entire audience to grow quiet. Mizu even found that she was having trouble announcing the events when an enormous black wolf emerged.
Kurama watched this carefully for several moments before he heard a familiar voice within him…
Let me fight him.
From deep inside his soul a warmth rose. Soon it had possessed his entire being causing emerald eyes to fade into green while crimson hair shifted to silver. His body grew taller; more powerful. He was the demon kitsune once more.
"So this is how you plan to defeat my wolf?" Mura laughed.
Youko smirked. The insanity of this wolf's pain was finally getting to him. Brushing one clawed hand through his hair he studied the wolf for several seconds. There was no way that his attacker could even hope to control that power. Locking this into his mind he arched his back and fell on all fours.
With a matter of moments a silver, almost white, fox stood in the ring. Slowly it unfurled it's tails to reveal to the world eight long extremities. Then as if it were a recent occurance, one more emerged into the open. The announcer of the match stood in pure shock as her arm fell to her side. Her entire body began to shake at what she was seeing. A nine-tailed fox…This was an actual nine-tail.
After shaking it's tails a couple of times it lowered it's body close to the ground and then it launched itself into the air. It landed easily inside the mouth of the gigantic monster…and swallowed whole. Mura stood there for a moment trying to understand what had just happened. The kitsune had just commited suicide with that action. Smiling he allowed his wolf to disappear into his body. Then he turned to face Mizu.
"It looks like I won. Kurama is as good as dead."
That is where you are wrong my chibi mononoke.
Mura froze suddenly. Where was that voice coming from? That pathetic fox was no longer anywhere in the arena. But then…Why was it that he could hear the voice like it was right in his ear?
Oh I am more than just in your ear. Try inside your body.
Fear clouded his mind. It was inside him. There was nothing he could do. No matter what he tried to do he would be destroyed.
That's right. How clever you are. And without warning the fox burst out from inside of the body. And now you can join your cousin in the other realm.
Slowly, as if time had frozen, the broken body fell. Its life was gone before it even reached the ground. Then with a dull thud it landed. Mizu studied it quickly and then brought her arm into the air while Kurama changed back into his human body. He knew the count would be pointless. Closing his eyes, he turned and walked back towards his team mates.
"Kurama of Team Urameshi is declared the winner! Will the next fighters take their places!" Mizu announced after cleaning the ring with pure water.
After a couple minutes the giant moved onto the field. His movements were slow and halting. From the stagger in his steps the entire world could tell that he was drunk. Blinking he waited to see who would join him. A moment later, Kuwabara entered the ring.
From the sidelines Hiei snorted. "Well look if it isn't ugly and uglier. But who can tell which is the former and which is the later?"
Next Time on Two Versus Two:
Yo! Yusuke here to tell ya that well…Kuwabara's fight is basically too short to mention. But next it's the twins who are against two bad ass females. So let's face it. It's excellent teamwork against excellent teamwork. In the end who will be the victor?
