Chapter 3: Conflict at the World Tournament

Naraku was enjoying himself. Inuyasha's imminent demise sent adrenaline coursing through his equivalent of veins. The wind riffled through his hair as he was flying on Kagura's feather-thingie (A/N: I really need to find a name for that), and for once, he was happy. That is, until he realized his mistake. "HALT!" Kagura stopped as fast as she could, the thingie's friction against the wind produced a sound not unlike the squealing of brakes (for some reason). "What is it this time, master? You should have gone before we went!" mocked Kagura. "Silence, wench! (pimp slap) We forgot to find villains with which to rig the Tournament!" At that very moment, Naraku leaped from the feather-thingie. After a seemingly eternal plummet, Naraku hit the ground fist first, opening a portal to H.F.I.L. for no apparent reason. "Lousy little son-of-a-" Kagura muttered as she flew off into the distance.

Our fiend wandered the depths of the D.B.Z. underworld, flaunting his demonic aura, wave after opressive wave. Combined with the miasma Naraku exuded daily, this was enough to kill all the lesser demons which Naraku deemed unworthy of serving him. Suddenly, he-who-was-formerly-called-Onigumo felt a sensation he had not felt for little more than half a century: HUNGER! Apparently, H.F.I.L. magnified such wants and needs to better their torture. Immediately, he wandered to the nearest restaurant...

"Hey! We got a customer! Step on those burgers, Buu! NO! NOT LITERALLY!" These were the sounds that first met Naraku's ears. Oh, brother, thought Naraku, must THESE be the only people to survive my display of power? They're dumber than that half-breed mutt I so dispise. "YOU THERE! How would you like to return to the realm of the living?" Three heads raised at that sentence, the pink one stuffed with half-burnt beef patties. Cell said, "Who the hell are you and why should we care?" A look of sheer, unadulterated hatred flashed across the 3/4 demon's face as he charged his demonic energies to their ultimate. "MY NAME IS NARAKU. REMEMBER IT WELL, AND HOPE IT DOES NOT MEAN YOUR DOOM!" If Cell and Frieza wore pants they'd be wet right now. Kid Buu was not as fortunate. "What do you want?" Frieza stated coolly. "I know you didn't come this way just to scare the shit out of us. A guy like you has a reason for everything." Naraku was impressed. "You seem to be the first competent being I've met in this dump. Very well. An enemy of mine has entered the World Tournament. That will make him vulnerable. I need you to enter the Tournament with me to finish him. Interested?" "Gahjfiaughuhgaogurhuuei?" was Buu's response. "What did he say?" let out a discombobulated 3/4 demon. Cell translated with the classic "What's in it for us?" A derisive chuckle fled Naraku's lips as he said "Other than being alive again, I'll eliminate this Goku I keep hearing about." Buu had to replace his pants again, as he pissed himself laughing. The other two were laughing as well. "I can't wait to see this guy get THRASHED by Goku! We'll do it!" Frieza said that. "Aaiufbaohfiuafiawlgua! Giggety-giggety!" said Buu.

"Translation?"

"He said, 'Yeah, and then we can pick up some chicks afterward!'"

"Yeah, I like the sounds of that!"

"And so it shall be..." Naraku concluded. Somewhere, somehow, a chill was sent up Kagome's spine as he said that. Naraku somehow knew that, and a smile crossed his face.

Sesshomaru was already there and waiting in the fighter's quarters. As he sat in the corner silently, he thought Look at those superficial weaklings, trying to train. I struggle hard to not end their miserable lives now. Sesshomaru, being the guy he is, closed his eyes... and did absolutely nothing. Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhkkkkkkkaaayyy. Let's go see what Inuyasha and them are doing.

Goku was thinking about the rivals he would be facing when he got there. I wonder who will be my strongest opponent will be and when I will get my food... the endless supply of food... think of all that food. As Goku started to drool all over the place, he was so distracted by trying not to drool on anybody he flew right into a tree. "Don't stop now!" Kagome said while trying to hold in her laugh. Everbody else was laughing at him. "We're almost there!" said Inuyasha. Inuyasha was still wondering about what happened at the well. He was wondering if this was real if he was just dreaming;was all of this just one big dream?Just as they were entering the fighter's quarters, Inuyasha said " WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE, YOU BASTARD!" as he saw Sesshomaru. They were shortly brought oustide after that. "Will all contestants please come to the battle arena for the Round Precedings. For all you contestants who don't know what that is, it is where you draw a numbered ball from a box. If you get the number one you will be facing two, if you get the number three you will be facing four, and you get the picture, right? O.K. Let's begin!" When it was Goku's turn to pick a ball, they had to drag him from the food to pick a number! He got the number 21. "Next is Inuyasha!" He picked the number 5. When it was Sesshomaru's turn to pick, he got lucky and picked number one. Unfortunately, the person with number 2 ball was Yamcha. When everybody had their number, the announcer said " The first match up will be between contestant Sesshomaru and contestant Yamcha!" As Sesshomaru was walking on to the battlefield, Yamcha was making a fool of himself by acting 'cool' (making poses and such). The announcer said "Contestants, are you ready? Fight!" At first they had a stare down and then Sesshomaru said, "So this is the pathetic human they put me up against." Yamcha replied with, "Watch me Puar, I'm gonna win!" Yamcha performed various martial-arts-esque poses only to find the last thing he remembered before blacking out was a huge fist flying towards his face...

"I actually thought this tournament was to pose a challenge. Imagine that." said Sesshomaru coolly as he walked out of the arena. "Pompous bastard... Thinks he's so cool..." Inuyasha started to mutter. He stopped when he heard the announcer say, "Contestant Inuyasha, report for your match against Contestant Frieza. Contestant Miroku report for for your match against Contestant Buu. Contestant Ukaran report for your match against Cell. Contestant..." It did not matter what else he had to say, for at that moment, Goku pulled a Bob (think ReBoot) and said, "This is bad. This is really bad."

Stay tuned for Chapter IV: Cell vs. Naraku! Please R&R!