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Chapter 13: From Strong To Weak To Stronger More
'WELCOME YOUKAIS FROM ALL OVER MAKAI! THE FIRST ROUND IS ABOUT TO BEGIN! BEFORE THAT, FOR THE AUDIENCES SATISFACTION AND PUSHINESS, THIS TOURNAMENT WILL ALLOW KILLING!'
The crowds cheered wildly.
The announcer continued. 'THE FIRST TEAMS ARE THE DAITAN TEAM VS THE URAMESHI TEAM! The teams may choose who will be the one to go first.'
Resha looked at their opponent and noticed Kuroba instantly. The boy smirked at her and jumped on the arena. Resha's eyes darken and before anyone could protest, she hopped onto the field as well. She untied the black strap she wore around her waist, which was almost as long as Kurama's rose whip, and stood in a fighting stance.
'Oiii! Res–' Yuusuke's yell was muffled by Ranma.
'No, let her go. She seems so determine. Who ever the guy is, Resha sure think he's a worthy opponent.' Ranma said solemnly.
'Why do you say that?' Kuwabara asked and the four tantei looked at him.
'Well, it's kinda obvious really. See that ribbon thingy she's holding? She only uses it when she truly needs it, like if she thinks the enemy is very strong or if she wants to kill somebody.' Ranma replied matter-of-factly.
'You mean she had killed somebody before?' Kuwabara asked shocked.
Ranma looked at him. 'Of course not, you dimwit! You think I'll let her? She almost did it a few times like to Akane…and some others, but I manage to stop her.'
'A few times?' Hiei repeated.
'To Akane?' Kurama asked in incredulity.
Ranma rubbed the back of his head, laughing nervously.
'THE MATCH BEGINS……… NOW!' the announcer hollered.
The crowds went wild.
The two contestants battled as soon as it started. Kuroba drew out a katana and dodged Resha's ribbon attack. A huge crater was formed when the curve of the ribbon hit the ground.
'Wow, you are really getting better at this, huh?' Kuroba smirked in amazement.
'All the better to beat you.' she smirked back and vanished.
For a split second Kuroba was dumbstruck but he was even more staggered when Resha appeared right in front of him and punched him on the jaw. He was knocked down ten feet back, creating a long trail from where he fell over.
'The hell? She's nearly as fast as Hiei!' Yuusuke and Kuwabara yelled.
'You're not human…' Kuroba said as he wiped the blood away.
Resha's face was hidden. She vanished again but this time he vanished with her. He swung the katana at her and she dodged it with her strap. The fight continued in a blur and the crowd cheered madly.
'How come the ribbon didn't tear apart when it hits the katana?' Kuwabara asked after some time.
'It's full with her chi; it is like a protective armor or barrier, like a sword itself except stronger and more flexible.' Kurama enlightened.
Ranma nodded. 'I couldn't elaborate better.' After that, they continued to watch the match.
Resha missed a swing and it cut her exactly down her right arm. Blood oozed from the gash and Kuroba smirked in triumph. To his surprise, Resha smirked back and the wound healed itself slowly. She launched another attack with her strap and he barely avoided it. He then realized that his shirt was actually torn by the ribbon.
'You really have changed.' He mused.
'Stop fooling around, Kuroba! You are holding back on me! Now show me your true skill!' Resha shouted furiously.
'Okay! Okay! You now seem to be worth a fight.' He grinned boyishly. Slowly, an amethyst aura swept around him and shot to the sky like a tornado.
Resha smirked and pulled out Youko's hair that she used to secure her pigtail. She had realized that the particular strand of hair had actually restricted her youki (youkai powers/chi). As her hair fell out from its braid and the control was unconstrained, she released a quantity of her youki.
The two competitors kicked off a long, serious battle. They looked evenly match. However, the tantei and Ranma saw that Resha was starting to wear out. She can't stand a long fight, she's still a human and she is a she.
Kuroba was also exhausted. He hadn't fight so seriously for a very long time and regretted wasting too much time loitering about. He dodged another of Resha's strap and it slashed his cheek. He couldn't imagine how she learnt the ribbon technique of "chi force" and "razor-sharp laceration" on such a short time. She sure had changed a lot. She wasn't the small overconfident girl he met 6 years ago. She was much stronger, faster, wiser, mature… and more beautiful for such a young ningen, especially with her hair down like that and her expression cold and serious. Abruptly, he swung his katana as another blow from her strap came and the force of the collision erupt an explosion and made both of them thrown far away from each other.
They were finally on their last stand, for both were breathing heavily and were hardly standing straight.
'I…want…the box…back!' she muttered in a low voice, hardly above whispers.
In spite of his own terrible condition, Kuroba couldn't help being amused. What is so important about that black box anyway? He couldn't even open it all these years. The reason he had kept it all these time was because it amuses him every time he looked at it.
Flashback
Kuroba walked in Ningenkai, looking around him boredly. A redhead ningen kid suddenly caught his attention. The little ningen was sitting down beside a stream, looking sadly at a diminutive rectangular black box in her hands. The velvety box was unopened, but she seemed to unnotice it, her mind was somewhere else.
'What are you doing?' he asked oddly.
The girl jumped and stood facing him in a fighting posture. He stared at her amused. She quickly hid the box thingy behind her, seeming afraid that he might took it from her.
'What's that?' he asked and in a swift motion took it from her.
'Ahhh! Give it back! Give it back!' the girl yelled in dismay. She tried to grab it from him but he just dodged her hands away. She made a sudden leap and kicked him right on the face, making him faltered. He groaned and she quickly snatched the box and ran away speedily. Amazed by her speed and potency he drew near her a second afterwards and snatched the box back. The little girl cursed furiously at him in a mixed language between Chinese and Japanese.
'You seem to want this thing very much.' He said.
'Its mine, gimme that back!' she screamed. 'That's it! Lets us have a match. If you win, you can keep it and if you don't, you must give that back!'
He was more amused by her arrogance. 'Fine.' he knew he was going to win anyway, but its fun to play along.
'Starts…now!' she said and began a series of kicking and punching. He just dodged it easily.
Suddenly he released his entire youkai chi in one swift moment.
The girl was utterly scared stiff and he gave her one blow that sent her down unmoving.
'I win.' He laughed cruelly and walked away just like that, leaving her without the slightest concern.
End of flashback
Resha huffed and panted. It was so cruel of him; he had known of his strength and bullied her. She just couldn't forgive him. That box is very precious; she must have it back no matter what!
They faced each other and prepared to give the final blow.
Whoosh!
They both disappeared and reappeared a fraction of a second later, where the other had once stood.
There was an eerie silent from the crowd.
Who won?
Without warning, Resha collapsed onto the floor with a thud, the back of her head bleeding.
'AND THE WINNER IS… KUROBA FROM DAITAN TEAM!'
'RESHA!' the boys uttered and ran onto the arena.
The crowd cheered like anything. Kuroba put his hand on his side where there was a deep gash from Resha in their finale. He was scarcely standing up but he made his way towards her and finally fell on his knees just beside her. She wasn't moving the slightest, but her wounds were slowly healing. He cradled her head in his lap, a slow smile spreading on his lips.
'You are amazing.' He whispered and fished something from his pocket. 'You deserve to have this back.' he produced the miniature box and put it in her hands. After that, he kissed her softly on the lips then fell to the ground beside her and lost consciousness.
Kurama watched the scene before him in abhor. He was running with the other guys towards them.
'Urgh, gross! He just kissed my sister!' Ranma said in disgust and kicked him faraway from his twin. He checked on her. Good, she's fine. If that guy killed her, he was so going to explode; well… he'll explode to Resha anyway when she wakes up!
Ranma picked up his approximately weightless twin and took her to see Yukina and Botan, who were in the brink of worry.
'Is she okay?' they both asked when the boys, except for Hiei, who had gone to fight in the second round, came in with Resha. Ranma put his twin on the bed and Yukina started healing her.
'Botan-san, could you get the cold water please?' Yukina asked.
'Here, ops!' Botan clumsily dropped the water onto Resha.
Splash!
Small coughs were heard as Resha-chan woke up. The small girl blinked in bewilderment as she looked around her.
'Good, you are up already!' Ranma sighed and hugged her.
Then unexpectedly bashed her head irritably.
'BAKA! WHAT THE EFFING HELL DO YOU THINK YOU WERE DOIN' JUST THEN, YOU LITTLE MORON?'
The small girl blinked in bafflement, clutching her head. 'Owww… Ittai! Who are you? What do you think you are you doin' mister?' she asked in angry perplexity.
Everyone was silent for a long time.
Resha-chan repeated naïvely. 'Who.are.you, mister?'
'What?' Kuwabara said in disbelief.
'Where is my brother, Ran-chan?' she inquired, looking around. 'Where is here? Where is Pop?'
Everyone looked at her confused.
'Hey, if this is some kind of joke…' Ranma shushed Yuusuke.
'She said Ran-chan… she hadn't called me that since…' Ranma's words trailed off and his eyes widen as if he was just going to be knocked by an airplane, or rolled over by a herd of elephants or worse, pummeled by Akane's mallet! Surprise is too much of an understatement to explain what he was feeling right now.
'How much is two plus two?' Ranma asked her suddenly, making everyone face fault.
Resha-chan stuck out her fingers and counted. 'Four!' she said happily after a while.
'What is ten plus ten?' Ranma asked more.
She held out her fingers again and frowned. 'It's too many. See, it's not enough.' She showed him her ten fingers discontentedly.
'What's going on?' Kuwabara asked getting up; his brain wasn't working like always.
Ranma hardly heard him. He took a deep, long breath and asked the final question.
'Rara?'
'Hai? (Yes?)' She asked innocently when he called her by her babyish-name.
Ranma faltered for a moment before turning to face the others.
'She is now confirmed… a six year old kid.' He muttered.
