SailorStar9: Sorry for the long wait people. My bro's on the com for the last two weeks. Anyway, this is Chapter 51. Read and review.

Disclaimers: YYH, Magic Knight Rayearth and Sailor Moon aren't mine.

Chapter Summary: Yomi and Mukuro, preventing a full-scale Demon War, have embraced Yusuke's unlikely proposal. Peace is secured for the moment. But the battle for control of Demon World must begin. Who will win the tournament, and grasp complete power?

Chapter 51: The Preliminaries


In the end, it boiled down to 5272 participants in the Demon Dark Tournament. This result was far lower the initial estimate, the main reason was that Yomi's subordinates were each eliminated one by one.

On the other hand, the scene we are now seeing is when the names were drawn to determine who would battle who.

"Hey Urameshi! I've finally found you!" Chuu shouted.

"Wow, I can't believe there so many idiots." Yusuke muttered.

"Have you heard? Most of the participants are eliminated already." Chuu whispered.

"Really?" Yusuke blinked.

"Aren't you one of the organizers? You should know about it." Jin remarked.

"In the round before the preliminaries, there will be 49 people in one group." Suzuki added.

"And from every group one winner is decided." Touya commented.

"In this case, then the number of people in the preliminaries will be…" Yusuke pondered.

"About 87." Jin replied.

"128." Suzuki rebuked.

Then Yusuke noted as Yomi and Mukuro appeared before him.

Yomi had a child with him.

"You seem to have improved from the last time we've met." Mukuro noted.

"I'm fine." Yusuke replied.

"I see, so the energy from last time was from Raizen's former sparring buddies." Mukuro nodded, after Yusuke told her what the sudden energy surge was all about.

"I suppose they should be here." Yusuke replied.

Then, Mukuro pulled off her mask.

"There isn't any better way to train other than battling. I certainly hope that when I fight you, your Spirit Energy would be in par with mine." she said.

"At least, you shouldn't lose to that person." she added and walked off.

"Daddy, was that Mukuro?" Shura asked.

"That's right." Yomi replied.

"I thought she would be better." Shura remarked.

"Is that brat your son?" Yusuke asked.

"Hey, kid, you're here to participate right?"

"I'm not 'kid'. I'm called Shura." Shura rebuked.

"Daddy, that person's isn't too powerful either." Shura complained.

"Why you…" Yusuke hissed.

"You may be right, but we can't let our guard down." Yomi advised.


"Never knew Shura would be so competitive." Icy remarked.

"Just look at who his father is." Kurama replied.

Icy quirked a brow at him, "You don't really like that old partner of yours, do you?"

Kurama rolled his eyes, not answering.

"You aren't competing?" he asked.

"Why shall I? I'm pretty comfortable as what I am now." Icy shrugged.


After the drawing was done…

"Man, this is great. We've been divided into different groups." Touya said.

"There are expectations." Yusuke replied.

Grinning, he added, "Those four are in the same group."

A roar in the crowd turned is attention away.

Turns out, both Yomi and Shura were cast in the same group.


"That was unexpected." Icy remarked.

"Very interesting." Kurama nodded.

"Just don't go Yoko on me." Icy joked.

"Very funny." Kurama muttered.


After announcing who was in which group, the Tournament officially begun.

SailorStar9: Short chapter I know. But there isn't any fighting in this episode. Read and review.