3.
The next morning you woke up to your alarm clock that you had set so you could get up early for training. You shut your alarm clock off and got ready. You wore a pair of black training pants and a red sleeveless training shirt that you found with the outfits put in your closet before your arrival. You put your hair up in the black hat you wore yesterday and noticed your hearing and sense of smell was working a lot better than before as you heard the sounds of morning birds welcoming the new day and the faint sound of the waterfall at the lake. You grabbed your swords and chalkboard and went down for the delicious breakfast you could smell Kurama cooking downstairs.
When you got to the kitchen you saw Hiei in the windowsill, Kurama cooking breakfast, and Kuwabara and Yusuke arguing about meaningless things as usual. You looked towards Botan and saw that she was chatting with three other girls who you easily recognized as Yukina, Keiko, and Shizuru, though you didn't pay attention to what they were saying. Botan noticed you come in and motioned you to go over there. You did so and was introduced to the three girls.
"Hey did you here that last night someone was in Lord Koenma's office while he was asleep?" Botan asked you. You figured that they were talking about that earlier and shook your head no. "Well apparently they saw him asleep on his desk or something and tucked him in on one of the couches. They even left a blue fleece to keep him warm. According to Lord Koenma it was a female because he heard the person say something in his ear before they left. He wouldn't tell anyone what it was though. They found a set of initials on the fleece's tag as well. They were L.R. It was definitely done in a girl's hand writing as well. What do you guys make of that?" Botan elaborated. You mentally cursed yourself for forgetting that your mom put your initials on the tag and shrug your shoulders with the others. Hoping that Hiei didn't figure out that was your fleece and that you were a girl.
Yukina then asked, "Hey Lee-chan, why are you in your training outfit? There are some other clothes in there besides training uniforms and Botan said that you guys aren't going to start until tomorrow. So why are you wearing one today?"
You wrote down, "Well while everyone else was playing games last night I went and got my stuff with Hiei and I was hoping to get in a little practice today so I know that I didn't get rusty and to try my new abilities. I tried earlier and found out that I have keen senses of hearing and smell. As well as being able to shadow from place to place. I also remember that one time I was able to set a piece of paper on fire without a match or lighter and without burning my hand about a year ago."
"Well if that's the case then we might as well see how good you are in combat," Kurama suggested as he put the last plate of food on the table. Everyone started helping themselves and he then continued, "We'll start you off with hand-to-hand combat against Kuwabara without your powers or weapons. Then you can do the same with Yusuke. After them we'll test your powers against me. When that's over with you can go up against Hiei to test your powers further and to test your abilities with a sword. We already know you're fast from yesterday's race here. So what do you think about the arrangements Lee?"
You look up and nod in satisfaction before continuing to eat. The rest of breakfast was spent eating and getting to know each other better. When everyone finished you went and helped Kurama with the dishes and Kuwabara suggested that you cooked dinner. You agreed and finished the dishes. Once done with that you all headed over to the arena outside in a forest clearing.
When you all got there you and Kuwabara went to the center of the arena while Kurama went to the judge's post and everyone else went to the sidelines. You had given your chalkboard to Yukina for safe keeping so that it wasn't in the way(and the idiots wouldn't waste your chalk). "Okay you guys know the rules, right?" Kurama asked. You both nodded and got into fighting stances. "Ok then ready, fight!" Kurama shouted.
As soon as he said fight, Kuwabara came running at you yelling that he wouldn't hold back. You nodded in understanding and caught his fist in your hand. You the let go of his fist and side kicked him in the stomach. It wasn't very hard compared to how hard you could have kicked him but it was hard enough that it sent him flying across the arena and into a nearby tree in the forest clearing. Kuwabara fell to the ground and Kurama announced you the winner with a slight hint of astonishment and worry in his voice.
Everyone, including you ran to Kuwabara's aid and you saw that he was in perfect condition, with the exception that he was now unconscious. You picked him up and easily carried him over your shoulder to the bleachers everyone was at earlier and laid him down.
When he was taken care of you walked back to the center of the arena where Yusuke waited. He explained, "I'm not going to be as easy to beat as Kuwabara over there. You should keep that in mind."
Though he said that with confidence in his voice you could see the slight fear in his aura. Kurama announced the fight and yelled begin. The fight started out like the last one with Yusuke running at you, this time faster. You pretended to be startled by his speed and just stood there in a shocked position.
Yusuke Threw several fast punches at you and it looked like everyone hit it's mark when your figure evaporated and Yusuke got a kick in the back that sent him flying just like Kuwabara did moments before. Luckily, Yusuke was able to turn around and stop before he hit the tree. When he landed though, he was ten feet out of the ring. Kurama called you the winner and switched places with Yusuke making Yusuke the judge and Kurama the opponent. They got to their positions and Yusuke shouted begin.
This time no one ran head first at the other. Kurama pulled out a rose from his hair and transformed it into his infamous rose whip. You reached out to your shadow powers and created an identical whip that was black and didn't have thorns. Kurama called out his attack called the rose whip lash and swung at you several times. You were able to dodge every lash with ease and lashed at him in a similar fashion. Kurama dodged most of yours but ended up with your whip around his stomach and arms holding him tight to the spot.
You whispered two words under your breath that only you could hear, "Shadow's hold." You then let go of the whip and it transformed into a thick black band that wrapped around Kurama wear the whip was and connected to the ground. It pinned him there and tightened every time he tried to struggle his way out of it. You walked up to him and grabbed the rose whip from his hand. You walked back to where you were before and sat down Indian style. You quickly engraved a note on the handle of the rose whip, that would disappear within an hour, without anyone noticing and turned it back into a rose.
You closed your eyes and concentrated hard on infiltrating Kurama's mind. You opened you mind's eye to find yourself inside a white hallway with numerous doors. You searched each door's name panel until you came across one that said 'control center' on it. You opened it up and went inside. You found yourself back in the arena in your sitting position. You saw Kurama still standing in your Shadow's hold, but this time he wasn't struggling. You stood up and saw that his eyes were glazed over. You released the Shadow's hold and Kurama kept standing there. You walked over to him and gave him his rose back. You mentally told him to put it back in his hair and he did so. Once you realized that you had complete and absolute control over his body you mentally told him to withdraw from the match and walk out of the ring. Kurama turned around and walked towards the edge of the arena. He then voiced out, "I give up." With that he jumped out of the ring and over to the bleachers. You released control over his body and he snapped back to himself, shaking his head of the slight dizziness.
"What?! Why the heck did you give up Kurama?! Fine. Lee is the winner of the match," Yusuke announced.
"Uh, What happened? I lost?" Kurama asked as he finally got rid of the dizzy feeling.
"What do you mean 'what happened'? You just forfeited the match Kurama! What's up with you?" Yusuke shouted in Kurama's face. He had just run over there to get an explanation. You sit on the edge of the ring by everyone and watch the show.
"I don't know Yusuke. One minute I'm trying to get out of that black shadowy thing that was Lee's whip, the next I'm standing here feeling dizzy and hearing you announce that Lee won," Kurama explained. He then turned his attention to you and asked, "Did you just use your powers to control my body Lee?" You nod with a huge grin on your face as everybody but Kuwabara (remember, he's knocked out), and Hiei looked at you wide-eyed with their mouths slightly open.
After explaining why Kurama forfeited and that your attack was called the Shadow's hold, and sending Kurama a mental note to check the handle of his rose whip within the hour, you head back to the center of the ring with Hiei and Kurama returns to his place at the judge's spot. You now have your swords and Hiei has his. You're thinking of a strategy on how to beat Hiei, knowing that he would be more of a challenge, when Kurama yells for you to begin. Hiei pulls out his katana and you go into your battojutsu stance (I'm going to have it where you've mastered the Hiten Mitsurugi style so I'll be taking some things from Rurouni Kenshin. Sorry) with your sheathed sakabato in hand and not strapped to your waist.
You have your short sword and katana strapped to your back. Hiei comes at you with his katana raised and ready to strike you from above. You notice how he's going to strike you and draw your sword making it collide with his. Hiei is now pushing down hard on your blade with both hands on the handle. You continue wielding your sakabato with your right hand as you bring your metal sheath around with your left hand. You adjust your grip on the scabbard and hit Hiei hard in the right side of his stomach. The impact sends Hiei back a few feet but keeps him in the ring. As he gets back on his feet you take this time to strap your scabbard on your waist.
When Hiei was able to regain his footing he held out his left hand and shouted, "Fist of the mortal flame!" Suddenly fire surrounded his palm as he made a fist and ran at you, readying his punch. You quickly put a clone made from your shadow where you were standing and run behind him. Hiei attacks the clone, not realizing that it wasn't the real you, and smirks. His smirk quickly disappears as the clone quickly dissolves back into the shadows and he feels a sharp pain in his left side again. He then finds himself lying on the grassy floor a couple of feet from the ring.
"The winner of the match is Lee," Kurama announced. Hiei was enraged about his loss but chose to just have a rematch with you tomorrow. You walked out of the ring and over to Hiei to help him up since he was hurt. Hiei refused to take the helping hand you offered to him and got up on his own. He had much difficulties with standing up and tried his best not to show weakness but it proved futile.
Hiei's point of view You finally got up and tried to walk but you fell as soon as you lifted your foot. Before you hit the ground though, you felt someone catch you. You look up to find yourself staring into a pair of beautiful sky blue eyes. You found yourself lost in them as the person helped you to your feet. You then realize who the eyes belonged to was none other than Lee. You shook the thoughts away and realized, 'What the hell, last time I checked Lee had brown eyes like Urameshi and his human girlfriend. Why the hell are they blue?' By the time you got back on your feet, with the help of Lee, the others had gotten there and were now congratulating Lee on his victory.
normal Point of view You had just helped Hiei to his feet and was now giving him support while being congratulated by everyone else, including Kuwabara who had finally regained consciousness. After a while of receiving them Kurama asked, "Hey Lee, why are your eyes that color? They were brown just a second ago while you were fighting Hiei. Now they're a Sky Blue."
At this comment everyone but Hiei stared at you and saw what Kurama was talking about. You shrugged, looking just as bewildered as they were, and walked with Hiei, arm around your neck and leaning reluctantly on your shoulder, to a shadow by the trees and shadowed to Hiei's room.
Once there you took Hiei to his bed and he sat down on it. You motioned for him to wait there and hurried to the door. When you got to it you were about to leave when Hiei asked you, "Where are you going now?"
You turned around and pointed to the bandages on his right arm and then to the wound on his side. Hiei nodded to show that he understood and you left the room. You had been searching the infirmary for bandages after shadowing there when Kurama came in with his rose, that turns into his rose whip, in his hand. You knew that he was in the room but kept looking for the bandages.
You had finally found them when Kurama said, "Lee, I read the note you left on my rose whip and I thought about what it said. You wrote on there 'Kurama, guess my gender. Think carefully because you only have one try. If you guess right then I'll tell you my real name. You can't tell the others about it either, you have to refer to me as Lee even if I tell you my real name. If you guess correct I will open a telepathic link between us and we can talk that way. –Lee' Lee, are you supposed to be implying that you aren't a boy, and that your really a girl?"