A/N: Oh MY GOD! I cannot believe I've got 41 READERS in ONE DAY for my chapter 15! And the total hits for all chapters… 1688! Can you believe that? Oh well, some of you may got many more than me but to me, this is the best! (warm smile) This is so so great! THANK YOU MINNA! YOU PEOPLE(WHO READ THIS STORY) ARE SO GREAT. (cry) This is the next one. Hope ya like it. Do review, so I know who you are. I would be honored to put your name up front my story like Mekia darling! Thank you dear. ( I sound like a mother. Sweatdrop) OH! And thanks to DigiKouichi and Servent Larva, also Mekia, for making me one of their favorite story! And also to Lady Inari and stuck-in-a-tree, also Mekia, for putting my story in the alert! And Mekia and Princess Star Neko for making me their users alert. ARIGATO! On with the story! (waves like crazy)

Chapter 16: Ice vs. Ice

'TODAY'S TEAM WILL BE TEAM URAMESHI VS. TEAM KORYU. AND TODAY I'LL BE SAYING ON WHO'S FIGHTING WHO. SO THE FIRST CONTESTANT WILL BE RESHA FROM URAMESHI, AND TOUYA FROM KORYU.'

Touya emotionlessly jumped into the arena. His teammates, Chuu, Rinku and Jin blinked in surprised before Jin finally shouted, 'Go on, Snowy. Do yer best!'

A vein popped at the side of Touya's head. 'Don't call me that!'

Resha jumped into the arena as well, grinning. 'Snowy? What a cute nickname.' She sneered.

Touya glared at her. 'You are going to pay for that onna!'

Resha's eyes darken. 'We'll see…'

'SAN! NI! ICHI! GO!'

Resha and Touya launched a punch at each other. Their knuckles met and they pulled back and started a series of hand to hand combat. They were equally matched. Finally they jumped from each other at the same time, and Touya summoned his ice katana. Resha pulled out her strap and the fight continued on armed battle.

"Dammit! I cannot fight too long or I'll loose my strength. Damn this female body! At a time like this, I really wish I'm male." Resha thought as she dodged his katana that almost sliced her left hand.

Touya stopped attacking her and said, 'Hn. This is taking too long. I'm finishing you off quickly.' With that, a white youki ball swirled in between his palm and he expanded it. He suddenly ran towards her and jumped into the air. 'Freeze!' he shouted and launched the big orb at her.

Resha jumped away at the last minute and the orb exploded into millions of tiny snow-like balls. They scattered all around her and she looked at them warily, not daring to touch it. She suddenly turned back to her opponent to realize that he was punching straight at her. She fell back at the smash and her arm and back touched the snow-ball.

'What the–' she looked at her arm which was now frozen from shoulder to elbow and so was her entire back. She then grinned and wiped the blood away from her mouth with her free hand. 'Don't you know that you cannot freeze ice?'

'What?' Touya said in astonishment as the ice melted into nothingness.

Resha made an ice katana and launched it at the other ice youkai. The fight went on.

'Damn it! I'm getting weaker! I can't use Hiryu Shoten Ha technique; the aura around us is chilly, not warm. Matte, maybe I could…' Resha suddenly thought and began to lead her opponent into the infamous spiral movement.

'What is she thinking? She can't use the Hiryu Shoten Ha technique. The air around her is too cold.' Ranma uttered, looking at her in disbelief. The tantei was also perplexed. They had seen the technique one or two times and knew the way it worked.

'Maybe, she suddenly became stupid.' Kuwabara said.

Smack!

'Hn. Baka! She's not stupid like you, thickhead!' Hiei stated after bashing his head.

'Who are you calling stupid, shrimp!' Kuwabara yelled.

'Pay attention, you two. I think I know what Resha is trying to do... I don't think she'll make it.' Kurama expressed a little worried.

'What?' the tantei and Ranma shouted. Hiei eyed him curiously.

'Just watch and you'll see.' He said back mysteriously.

They turned back to watch in unison.

Resha was almost at the center. Touya made a slice right at her and she jumped high in the air. She grinned when she saw that he was at the heart of the spiral. Abruptly, she released a blazing ki by the palm of her hands and shot it downward straight at him. 'Saotome Style Classified Technique, The Reverse of Hiryu Shoten Ha!'

Immediately, a swiveling tornado appeared. But instead of the usual soaring upwards, it plunged downwards heavily, like a screw being concealed by a screwdriver. When the tornado disappeared, a massive crater was left behind.

Resha panted heavily for using too much ki to trigger the blast. It worked perfectly though. She snapped her head upwards when she felt something coming at her in a swift; she was stunned to see it was Touya. She could only do one thing right now.

Touya emerged unsteadily from the crater and launched his fist in full impact. He hit Resha right on the ribs as she kicked him right by his stomach. A few cracks were heard and both eyes widen at the impact each obtained. They fell onto the ground at the same time and blacked out.

'THE MATCH ENDS WITH A TIE! NO WINNERS FOR THIS ROUND FOR EITHER TEAM!'

'Touya!'

'Resha!'

'Snowy!'

The Urameshi and Koryu team went for their teammate, but Kinu was by Resha's side faster. He quickly healed her wounds then cursed. 'Damn. I cannot mend her ribs. It's too dangerous. It must be healed by itself.' He muttered as the tantei stood by him.

'Great. This is the twelfth time she broke her ribs this year. I'm seriously considering her stupid.' Ranma said distressed and worried. He picked up his sister from Kinu and strode away, the tantei following him.

'Kurama,' Kinu said suddenly, making the other fox looked at him. 'Resha is mine.' He growled dangerously and Kurama eyed him coldly.

'We'll see,' Kurama replied icily before turning to catch up with his friends.

Kinu sneered. 'We'll see indeed.'

'THE NEXT CONTESTANT IS YUUSUKE FROM URAMESHI AND JIN FROM KORYU!'

'Alright! A rematch!' Yuusuke shouted happily and went into the arena.


A few hours later

Resha stirred and looked around. It was dark already and she vaguely made out the outline of her room. Then, she felt two presents on each side of her bed and realized it was Ranma and Kurama. She smiled. "What can I do without you two," she thought and sighed contentedly. She took both their hands into hers before she became dead to the world (means sleep!).


Next morning

'I GOT A DRAW! For sake heaven's!' Resha said angrily as she sat down at breakfast with the rest of the gang.

'For heaven's sake.' Kurama corrected impulsively.

Resha glared at him, not quite in the mood. 'This is not the time to fix my grammar, Kurama!' she snapped edgily. Kurama became quiet.

'Calm down, little one. This is not the time to shout at other people also. Your ribs are still on the mend so you don't need to participate today.' Genkai stated.

'But…argh! Cold!' Resha's voice turned into her immature pitch as Yuusuke, grinningly, poured cold water over her.

'Don't worry, Rara. We'll manage without you.' Yuusuke declared, slinging an arm around her diminutive shoulder.

Resha-chan sulked cutely. 'But… I wanna go too,' she made a puppy face that caused Yuusuke to think twice along with the rest of the gang, except…

'No. you might break another rib, for heaven only knows. Stay in your room until you get better.' Kurama's firm voice snapped everyone out of their doubt and made Resha-chan silent. She grumbled something under her breath that sounded something like "overprotective", "domineering", and something about why her adorable charm never worked on him.

'Oh dear, poor love. Can she sit with me and Genkai-sama with the crowd, Kurama-kun? I'll take good care of her.' Yukina uttered.

Resha's eyes turned sparkly and she went to hug her happily. She really likes her, she reminded her of Kasumi so much, and Kasumi was her favorite.

Kurama considered the matter for a while before nodding. 'Fine then.'

'Hn. Come on, lets go.' Hiei spoke for the first time that morning and strode towards the door. The others follow suit.

A/N: Tune in next time because the foxes are on the loose!(wink) In Chapter 17: Hmm... Red Fox Or Silver Fox?(Kinu Or Kurama) I wonder if I should put up more romance? What'dya people think? Do review! Pleaseeeeee...? (puppy eyes) Ja ne!