AN: Well, as they briefly gathered for the news that they will compete in the Dark Tournament, they now head out to Genkai's Place for more information. Of course, things will not go so smoothly for them, or will it?
Chapter Two: Genkai's Place, and Breaking the News
It was early in the morning, and the new Team Urameshi was standing at the foot of Genkai's place. Yusuke moaned as he looked at the large amount of steps. Michael was stretching, and David was sitting on his bags, talking to Hiei and Kurama.
"I hate the fact that we have to walk up these large steps." Yusuke said, looking at the large amount of steps before him.
"Yes, but you have done it so many times, so what is the deal about it now?" Kurama asked the Spirit Detective.
"Well, besides the fact that it not even 6 in the morning, she will torture us if we are late." Yusuke said.
"Well then, I take it that we should get on our way then." Kurama said.
As the team started to make their way towards Genkai's house at the top of the steps, Michael stopped moving, and looked at the house in the distance.
"Okay, screw this." Michael muttered to himself. "You know, I am glad that I can fly. Because I can do this."
Michael slowly levitated, and flew to the castle.
"Hey, take us with you you bastard!" Yusuke screamed after his teammate. Michael gave Yusuke a dirty bird, and went about his way.
"I already don't like him." Yusuke said, stalking up the steps.
"Shut up and walk." David said.
As the rest of them ascended the large staircase, they found Michael sitting outside, and resting with a smile on his face.
"Thanks for waiting asshole." Yusuke said.
"No problem." Michael answered.
"He saved the lot of you from me torturing you." Genkai answered, appearing on her front steps.
"Greetings Genkai, I take it that you are doing well." Kurama stated in a normal tone of voice.
"I'm fine. We have a lot to talk about, so you lot better come in." Genkai said, motioning for them to follow her into the home. Genkai led them to a room where it was six mats for them to sit on. One for Genkai, and the rest for Team Urameshi. Once they all took a seat, Genkai started to speak.
"You are about to embark into a no holds barred Tournament, where the objective is to kill your opponents." Genkai said. "Yusuke, Kurama, and Hiei here knows this, as they are the defending champions in this tournament. Michael and David here are new, but their fighting skills made them ideal for participating in this tournament. You need to prepare for this, and you will also need to let your love ones know what you are doing."
"How do we prepare for something like this?" David asked them.
"You don't." Hiei surprisingly said.
"The demon is right, you can't prepare for something like this." Genkai said. "The only thing that you can do, is know that your opponent will do anything to kill you, and it is basically kill or be kill in something like this."
"Well, that is a way of looking at things, I suppose." Michael said.
"So, when do we leave for the tournament?" David asked.
"In three days. So go and say your goodbyes now." Genkai said casually. David and Michael looked at each other, knowing that this was really going to be a interesting adventure...
Out of all of the people that had to break news about leaving for an undisclosed amount of time, Michael had it worse. Hiei lived alone, so he had no one to talk to about something like this. Yusuke had his mom, but she was bombed most of the time so that was not a problem until a certain point. Kurama could make an excuse to his mother, and that would usually work. David grew up around magical and mystical people (his girlfriend being a wizard and her family being the same). Then of course, it left Michael Harris. He had to break the news to his family, also his girlfriend and her friends as well. How in the hell was he going to do that, you wonder? He wasn't. He was going to tell his stepsister, who knew all about his powers.
Of course, her being a big mouth did not help things, either...
"Michael, what's going on?" Melody asked, taking a seat in his computer chair. Michael brought another chair in front of her, and took a seat in it.
"Listen, I am going to compete in the Dark Tournament." Michael said, earning a shocked look from her friend.
"Michael, you do know what you are going to have to do once you are there, right?" Melody asked him.
"Yeah, I know." Michael said. "That is why I am telling you this. I might not come back, so if something happens to me, tell Miley what happened, okay."
"I won't forgive you if you get yourself killed." Melody said, her eyes starting to tear up. MIchael just brought her in for a tight and warm hug.
"I'll be back, I promise." Michael whispered to her.
After a few days have passed, Michael and David soon returned to Spirit World to await their time to travel with the rest of their team. Kurama, Hiei, and Yusuke were already there to join them. With suitcases in hand, they walked right into Koenma's office.
"Well, nice to see that you are on time." Koenma stated, ushering them inside.
"Fighting to the death intrigues me, what can I say?" Michael answered, sitting on his suitcase that was on the floor.
"Nice one." David whispered under his breath.
"Look, I am going on ahead, and you will be following along afterwards." Koenma said. "I hope that you will arrive on time, and be careful. I don't want a situation like last time that you traveled there on a boat."
"What happened last time?" David asked.
"You don't want to know." Kurama whispered.
Michael and said stood there for a moment, and then gave each other a glance.
"Just what in the hell have we agreed to be a part of?" David asked his blonde friend.
"Something that we might not come back from." Michael answered.
"So this might be our finest hour, right?" David asked him.
"Or our last." Michael answered. David gave him a look, but in the end, he knew that Michael was eventually right in the matter.
This might be their finest hour, or their last...
AN: Well, one problem down, one more to go. That problem will be basically, traveling and arriving at the tournament. It is going to be a bumpy ride, that's for sure. Thanks for reading and stay tuned for more!