"…Wouldn't it just be much easier to give in?"
Upon hearing the question, Kuwabara summoned his Rei Ken Nitouryuu. He could feel they were different somehow but ignored this. The only thing he could think about was that he knew why he had to fight. Stumbling forward, he made his way over to the demon. When he got there he spat blood onto the white face.
"Yeah…it would…be so easy…to give up," he growled, "But…I can't. Yusuke tr-trusted me…to fight…by his side. I have…to show him…that…I can." And with that, he thrust his swords forward. When he looked down at them, he was surprised by what he found…
He wasn't holding his blades. Instead, it was his arms that were glowing. The look on Setanta's face suggested that he wasn't the only one seeing this. Pulling back, he watched as the demon fell to the ground and didn't rise. Gulping, he glanced over to Hikari and nodded. With a small giggle, she announced the winner of the fight. Then he stumbled back to his team still looking at his hands.
Out of nowhere he smiled. Looking at the rest of the team, he laughed. There wasn't even a drop of blood on his hands. His blades had protected him. With that thought in mind, he closed his eyes and collapsed. Beside him, knelt Kurama and Yusuke. The later just smiled. Yep, that was the friend he knew. The strong one who had always been a late bloomer.
In the ring, Hoshi's opponent was already waiting for the fight to begin. He wasn't far behind her. Seeing this, Hikari's hand shot into the air happily. "Okay everyone! Hoshi verses Deirdre! Go!"
The pale woman wasted no time in reacting to this. Swinging her arms out to either side of her, she began to gather a series of tornadoes around her body. Already, she could feel their winds slapping against her skin. With a small smile, she leapt into the smallest whirlwind. Then the storms began to twist past each other as they flew towards the boy.
He had little time to react to this, which meant that attempting to grow a shield was pointless. Therefore, he tossed two seeds to the ground. Once this task was accomplished, he threw his arms up to protect his face. As the winds passed by he quickly discovered that Deirdre's powers were the same as her brother's. Pain flared through his senses while a series of blades sliced through the smallest tornado. When the wind had receded, the wind demoness smiled at the results.
Cuts covered his entire body…including parts of his face that he had been unable to cover. But what she enjoyed the most was seeing the plants that were wrapped around his ankles. Dashing forward, she shifted her arms into blades much like her sibling had done. When she was met with a sword created from she simply smiled. She had expected this kind of resistance from him.
Laughing she asked, "Do you always make such foolish moves? Like trapping yourself in one place during an attack?"
Shoving her off, Hoshi shrugged. "Yeah, you could say it's a bad habit of mine."
Deirdre frowned at the answer. Obviously attacking him verbally wouldn't have an effect. He didn't care if someone went after him. Well that was something that would have to overcome. After all, the only way to win this fight was if she managed to distract his mind. If Bara had showed up then she wouldn't be having this problem. Instead, she had to improvise. A task that she hated.
Then it hit her. Bara… The boy's weakness was his own twin sister. Why hadn't she thought of that sooner? Smiling at her opponent, she summoned a ball of wind to her right hand. As she did so, she glanced at the plants around his ankles. Perfect. They were still in place. Looking into the golden eyes, she sighed as if in distress.
"And to think," she began, "I was planning on destroying your sister. Since she is the weakest, I figured the task would be simple." The anger flared in his eyes. "It would have been such a quick fight. With her death being the tragic result of it."
Not bothering to hesitate any longer, she launched the wind trapped in her hand. Effortlessly it soared over to the teen smashing into his helpless body. However, the fire in his eyes had not died. Instead, he used his hand to wipe the blood from his mouth as he detached his feet from the plants. In his other hand, he now held a black dagger. Already a dark aura had appeared around it to match his anger. On the other side of the ring, Deirdre simply smirked.
As she had expected, he wouldn't let anyone down talk his sister. Now all she had to do was make use of that weakness. Stepping forward, she began the taunting anew.
"She would have been so beautiful while I tore her apart. Screaming in agony." She leapt to the left as Hoshi dove at her. "Crying for your help. Wishing someone would save her." He attacked again and again now. There was little hesitation. Unfortunately for him, the movements were easy to predict. Even with the speed they were being thrown at her.
Brushing a hand through her white hair, she transformed each strand into a sharp needle. Then she waited until the teen dove at her again before swinging her head around. Instantly, he was sent flying back; his left arm bloodied from protecting himself. Breathing heavily, he rose to his feet. Knowing that his white shirt was in tatters now, he quickly removed it as he forced the blade in his hand to vanish.
He had to calm down. Attacking her in a rage only gave her the advantage. How many times had his father told him that in the past? Glancing down at his body, he frowned. There was blood all over the place. And to make it worse, the shallow cuts that it poured from were burning. He'd always hated flesh wounds like these. Not large enough to cause harm but deep enough to be irritating.
Removing another seed from his hair, he licked his lips. But, it was his only choice now. Swallowing it, he turned his gaze back to Deirdre. Well, this was really going to hurt. Then he ran forward.
Next Time on The Child:
It is Kurama and part two of Hoshi's battle is coming up. But after he is done using a technique even I've never thought of before, it is Yusuke's turn. Only, he is up against a child who couldn't be more than fifteen. And the interesting thing is that she seems to have a crush on him. How will this fight turn out?
