Turning to face her sister she nodded. Then with great difficulty she rose to her feet and turned to face Kuwabara. Holding her stomach she moaned in pain. However her fight wasn't over just yet. Once more she summoned her bow.
Blood poured down her body giving her an inkwell to dip the arrow into. Grinding her teeth she released this projectile. It flew straighter than the ones before it landing easily in the carrot top's right leg. With a second blood coated arrow, she pierced his other leg.
He could feel the poison freezing his entire body now. Growling in frustration he stopped moving. The only way to slow down this onslaught was to slow his heart rate. This would mean that Tomoko would gain a serious advantage. His jaw locked as he turned his face towards hers. Her bow was still aimed at him. But the look in her eyes was terrifying. Where there had once been laughter there was now anger and malice.
"So you weren't immune to the poison," she observed, "Well that is just going to annoy me to no end that you managed to trick me so easily. I think it's time for you to die now."
The arrow flew towards him. The arena fell silent. A smile grew on her lips as the point shot towards his exposed heart. Death was the only option left for him…
But the arrow never made it to his chest. Instead it stopped short due to a blade of orange energy. Screaming frustration she watched him lower his arm. The movement was painfully slow yet it had happened none the less. Why wouldn't he just give in? With his body almost paralyzed like that he should have given up hope. Why was he still fighting?
"Don't you get it! With my blood mixed with the poison it travels faster through your veins! There is no way you can win if you can't move!" she shrieked.
Kuwabara nodded slowly, "Yeah but I can still move. Besides my friend needs my help so I can't die here. I have to-…"
A sword protruding from his stomach cut off his words. Looking down he found garnet eyes staring back up at him. The message they gave him was clear. She had already heard this story and it didn't matter to her. The blade was roughly pulled from his body. Time seemed to freeze as he fell to the ground. Far off in the distance he could hear the countdown.
"1!"
He found himself lost in a world of pure white. Each footstep he made didn't leave a sound as he wandered around. Then he sensed someone behind him. Spinning around he found a tall woman with silver hair standing there. Her skin glowed softly causing the silver eyes to shimmer in the light. From the jewels and clothes she wore it was obvious that she was royalty. But the feature that truly caught his attention was the pair of pure white wings that were upon her back.
Mystified he attempted to speak but found that words refused to come to him. Smiling at this she stepped forward. Every step she took gave him the impression that she was floating on the air around her. Kuwabara found he couldn't move his body in her presence.
Softly she spoke, "Kuwabara Kazuma, welcome to my world. A world of dreams."
"Who…who are you?"
"That is not important right now."
"Then why am I here?"
An image appeared behind her. Looking at it closely he began to realize what it was. The first time he had ever met Yusuke.
"You two fought at that time. He was obviously stronger than you were and yet you continued to rise. It impressed him to find someone willing to stand up to him. In fact he admired you for it. He still does." A new image appeared. This time it was of his teammates in reality. There Yusuke was with a look of confidence on his face. "He knows you will rise again. So I suppose that I should be the one asking 'why are you here'."
"4!"
His eyes flew open as he rose to his feet halting the countdown. Tomoko stared at him in horror. One last time he summoned his Rei Ken. After cleaning some blood from his chin he laughed. The blade shot forward faster than she could follow stabbing her already injured body. Shocked she wobbled for a moment then fell backwards out of the ring. This time she would not rise.
Fuaiyaa stared at the injured man then brought her arm into the air. "And yet another win for Team Urameshi!"
Stumbling back to his team he landed hard on the ground next to Yusuke. Looking up he found his friend grinning widely. Kuwabara laughed himself before leaning back against the ring. The team leader smiled at the others behind him as if to say 'I told you so'. Then he leapt into the ring.
Naomi settled her sister comfortably on the ground. She had fought well and had risen to a challenge that many would have run from. Turning to face her partner she nodded. Together she and Shuichii landed in front of Yusuke. He could feel the clashing of their powers. Yet there was also a certain balance there as well.
'Well this looks like it is going to be a lot of fun.'
The judge shivered once more in excitement then giggled before announcing. "After that excellent match let's move onto a two-on-one special! Naomi and Shuichii of Team Kikiro versus the leader of Team Urameshi! Ready? Great then fight!"
Next Time on The Two-On-One Special:
Well this time I, Fuaiyaa, shall steal the spotlight for a moment! This fight is going to be so great! With the powers of ice mixing with fire there is sure to be a huge smash! But is that a smile on Yusuke's face?
