Outnumbered

Hiei joined them in the ring and was surprised to find Hoshi by his side. Curious he glanced at the boy then his sister. The question was an obvious one to which the teen gave a clear answer.

For as long as I possibly can, I will make sure that my sister doesn't fight.

"Let the final fight between Urameshi and Kokoro begin!"

The fox brushed her hair from her face in one swift movement as she nodded to her two companions. Hiei made watched this with caution. She was obviously a Youko, which would mean her fighting techniques revolved almost entirely around trickery. And unfortunately the one who stood the best chance at defeating this type of battle was injured. Glancing at Hoshi he attempted to read the boy's mind to see if he had a plan. But unlike his sister, the teen was not one to think things through first.

Lilly stepped forward with several daggers of ice laced onto her fingers. Her entire body was a solid blue like many Koorime. Only a little lace covered her icy body giving her more the appearance of a statue than a demon. All of this the Jaganshi ignored as he studied her eyes. Anger, sadness, vengeance…All were written in the pools of midnight blue. Immediately he understood. This was a survivor from the Ice Country of Makai.

He too stepped forward with fire engulfed fists. He understood the desire to kill. It was a feeling he had lived with for many years of his life. Behind him Hoshi was watching with curiosity but he didn't care. Only he could match her longing to kill with equal intensity.

The teen shrugged this off. Adjusting his white wristbands he turned to face the two that were left. A kitsune and a kage koorime. Smiling he lowered his body into a fighting stance waiting for them to make the first move. The Youko only smiled when she saw this.

'He has guts. I'm impressed. Most humans would tremble at the thought of facing two demons like us; especially one who has been classified as an S class.'

Removing a seed from her hair she sent a small amount of demonic energy into it. Then with a quick snap Kara had summoned a Kagon Retsuzan Shi. Glancing over her shoulder she nodded to the other demon. Nodding back the female shook her red hair out of her face leaving behind only a few of its black highlights. Soon her hands were flying through the air forming symbols unknown to any mortal. With a smile she pointed a finger towards Hoshi's chest causing his to scream with pain.

Noticing this Hiei glanced sideways to find the boy standing there in torment. Instantly he made his way over only to be stopped by the sudden appearance of Lilly in front of him. Growling he shoved one of his fists into her stomach sending her back several feet with steam rising into the air. Just as he had suspected. She was using ice to protect her body from attacks.

Throwing all of his weight into a new onslaught he slammed her body with his own causing the thin shield to shatter. Quickly he thrust his fist against her now exposed abdomen. Hissing in agony she grabbed her wound and began covering it in ice once more. With her distracted for a moment he checked on his teammate.

Hoshi was standing there breathing heavily with his head on his chest. Before him Kathryna stood in horror. No one could still be awake after that attack. Such a thing was impossible. Furious to discover this she ignored Kara's warning to wait as she burst forward with her flute already poised at her lips.

Upon playing the first note, the teen's shadow slowly ripped away from his body leaving him vulnerable and weak. The shadow morphed into a figure of ice before turning to face its former owner. Together the demon and shadow smashed punch after punch into the muscular body. Eventually his white shirt was hanging off one shoulder as he wiped the blood from his lip.

"You're going to have to do better than that. None of those punches even hurt," Hoshi taunted.

"Damn you!" she screamed defying her normally silent personality, "I'll kill you!"

Kara watched as the flute rose to the kage koorime's lips once more, "No! Don't do it Kathryna! By doing that you'll only kill Lilly and I as well!"

"I don't care." And the flute began its haunting melody. But it was cut short as she glanced down at her chest. There staring back at her was the hand of priest holding a small dagger. Icy blue eyes glanced at Hoshi before they became dark.

The kitsune watched in shock as Kathryna fell to the ground bleeding heavily. Had the boy really called upon the plants to aid his cause? Impossible. The only human that could possibly do this from what she had heard wasn't in the ring. If that was the case then this child was…Kurama's son.

Lilly took this chance to come behind the Jaganshi to attack. But he vanished before she could even finish her attack. One final blow of fire to her stomach landed. Darkness covered her eyes as she fell to the ground.

A new seed was pulled from Kara's hair. Silently she studied it for several seconds. In truth she did not wish to use the Kyuuketsu Shokubutsu but inside she felt that she had no choice. So she slowly placed her energy inside the seed as she glanced at her clothes. A small amount of her companion blood had been splattered across her shirt. Then she sensed something coming from her opponent. Snapping her head up she gasped in horror before death claimed her.

Hiei watched the plant finish draining the kitsune's body dry before it returned to Hoshi's hand as a seed. The bloodsucking plant…So the boy had mastered it.

Chikiu looked at the three bodies for a moment before shrugging and throwing her arm into the air. "Team Urameshi wins by a landslide! And since you have three highly injured teammates you will not be fighting again for three days. So enjoy your time off because you are going to need it when you battle Team Kikiro!"


Next Time on Recovery:

This is Hiei and while Kurama, Hoshi, and Yusuke are recovering in their rooms the rest of our team has gone their separate ways into town. What will happen during our time off and whom will we meet?