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Chapter 11: Slave of the fire.

Bud took the yu yu gang to see their next opponents. The were in the ring only a few of them fighting, well praticing.

"BUD!!! Good ol buddy. Damn you're big." A short boy yelled tackling the silver eyes kitsune. The small teenage boy had short red hair, blue eyes, wearing black jeans and a green tee. His three red foxtail wagged so rapidly that they were a blur. His fox ears flattened, "You don't remember me..."

Bud sweatdropped, "I'm so sorry Lavara."

"You better be you made me cry on the inside." Lavara laughed, "So this is part of your team?"

Bud nodded, "We came to see our opponents."

"Maximus's team is down there. Mine is porking out. Alaras's is in the basement. Kitty's is in the forest. I can't sense Kye's so he's probably on the other side of the island. And the rest's aura pulse are so weak I'm not even gonna try and guess." Lavara sighed, "Everyone is so strong, My team is pathetic. Food and getting laid is all they care about. But good luck." He bowed leaving.

Bud pointed to the team in the field. "That's our opponent." They were blowing flames and flying around only one thing wrong.

"Where's the other one?" Kuwabara asked.

"Ow, Aryasha you hit me!" A voice whined.

A sigh, "Neutto you ran into that guy, I didn't hit you."

Two males with powerful aura aproached. One was around Kurama's heights with long straight white hair. His eyes had scars around them and the eyes themselves were foggy. His voice mellow and soft, as if he didn't want to speak. In his hands a walking stick, that hid it's handle among the long sleeves of his black shirt. The other had short spiky silver hair, with small stubs of horns sticking out. He had a blindfold around his eyes. What he wore was simple, jeans and a 'Rock long and hard' tee shirt.

The one with the stick stopped the other one, "Prince Budwicanstin. Neutto rei."

Neutto ran into the stick, "Ouch, damn it Aryasha! I can't see!"

"Maybe we should stop the exercise. And I haven been able to see for nineteen years, I do believe it's not that hard to get used to." Aryasha's gentle voice sighed.

Neutto huffed, revealing his pale blue eyes. They seemed honest, like he could never lie while you could see. He smiled, "Oh hi Prince Bud!"

"Rei!!!!!" Aryasha whacked him upside the head.

Neutto rubbed his head and bowed, slowly and polite. "Oh Bud guess what?!" Neutto said as soon as he was up again.

Bud chuckled, he couldn't remember how he knew Neutto but he remember how he and Aryasha were joined at the hip.

"Me and Aryasha are on different teams." He frowned. "He's on Al's team. He's changed too, he's meaner than when we used to play."

Aryasha glared with his clouded eyes, "MASTER Alaras is older as are we Neutto. We are no longer children."

Bud remebered, Aryasha was the child of a new maid, he was to be used as a workman until they found out he was blind...then they used him to show the girls through their first night. Neutto on the other hand was taken in by Alaras when he went hunting. Neutto had broken his wing and soon they all became friends. Being around preteen years (Al and Bud were around 40ish) the made a pact, each having the scar of a fox and dragon. Bud looked at his wrist.

"Glad to hear you remember us Bud." Aryasha smirked.

Neutto sighed, "You forgot? How dare you!"

Aryasha closed his eyes and unfolded his reptillian ears, they looked like cat ears save for being covered in scales. "Master Alaras is calling me. I must go Neutto, Budwicanstin." He bowed before walking by, pausing to flick an ear once before continuing.

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"How are we going to fight with that blind dude? He heard everything! And not only that his aura was off the charts." Kuwabara whimpered.

Kurama nodded, "He has a point, all of our oppoents know more about us than we do them."

Bud sighed, they were in the living room discussing what they knew of the oppents, or in this case not. Raytora was quiet in the corner, watching Bud.

In fact Hiei was doing the same thing, both of them knew, or noticed.

Yusuke smirked, "We've been in this boat before though."

"I know it looked like a lot of people but we only have four teams to go against." Bud said.

Raytora leaned forward, "Only difference is that they revoked the pounce rule. You have to kill or incopassitate the enemy."

"How did you-" Bud started.

Raytora smirked but said nothing.

"I'm going to watch the matches." Suzaku said, walking out with Kurama joining him.

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Aryasha bowed to his former friend, nothing but hate enriched his voice now.

"Find the two teams that face us and scare them away." Alaraz said stiffly, he was trying to see if Aryasha wouldn't pick up on the hint of urgancy in his voice.

Aryasha bowed, "It shall be done as soon as possible." He disappeared.

"So much for that plan. I hate my family but not him." He stared after, black cloak only revaling his glowing ash eyes.

Question: Is anyone still reading this? Otherwise I might just stop. My poor brain is fried...but if someone is I'll keep going.