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"It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return, but what is the most painful is to love someone and never find the courage to let the person know how you feel."

Last time:

"The winner of this math goes to Team Goto!" Koto yelled in her mike. The stadium erupted in confusion.

"Are you blind? Do you not see the girl that's three feet away from you, dead?" yelled Yusuke.

"Well yeah but…Hiei was technically down ten seconds during the fight. I tried to tell everyone but the smoke was causing interference with my mike. Sorry, rules are rules."

"Whatever," Hiei said under his breath as he slid down the wall. He rested his head on the stadium wall and closed his eyes. He needed sleep.

Chapter 29: Suprise Match

"Will the next fighters please come up," shouted Koto enthusiastically.

Kuwabara and Belle began arguing about who was going to go next.

"Kuwabara just let her go next," said a pissed off Yusuke.

"What? Why should I?" yelled Kuwabara. Yusuke and Kurama pointed at their opponent's next fighter. The next fighter was an average size girl with long lavender hair and pale pupiless eyes. She was wearing a simple white kimono. "Oh, that's why." Belle smirked in triumphed and skipped to the stage.

Back with Team Akihiko, the air had changed drastically. Akihiko coward behind Jiyuu how was trying to scoot as far away from Rei as he could. The pyro sat with her arms and legs crossed while glaring down at the newest member of Team Urameshi. There was a very strong deadly aura flowing out of Rei, so strong that the gang could feel it. Belle glanced in Rei's direction. She assumed that those glares were for her. Belle didn't know the girl personally but she had heard of her. The other always talked about her while they were training for the tournament. She had learned that she was dating Hiei then broke the poor boy's heart. The tournament wasn't the first time Belle had seen the half demon either. That night at the bar where she first meant Hiei was. Even though Rei was wearing a cloak Bell knew it was her. You can hide your energy but you can't hide your scent. The blonde smirked as an evil idea popped in her head. She turned back to the group and started to wave at Hiei.

"Hiei dear, make sure you watch me! I'm going to beat this gal easily!" she said in a fake sweet voice. Hiei parted his eyes to look at her, nodded, then closed his eye again. This girl annoyed him dearly but the more he acted coldly towards her the more she was attracted to him. So he then he started to ignore her but then her persistent talking never stopped. He found that the only way to deal with this girl was to give her a little attention (much to his despise) then go on with ignoring her. Belle turned back to her opponent with a happy grin on her face. Her mission was accomplished.

"Uhhh….Rei?" quivered Akihiko. Rei growled as lighting crackled around her body. Why was Hiei giving her acknowledgement? He couldn't be over her yet, not after what happened in the forest. What really pissed off Rei was how jealous she was getting. Of course she still liked Hiei and of course she enjoyed that kiss but they weren't together anymore. Rei tried to calm herself by taking deep breaths but that only did the opposite effect. It made her lighting only grow stronger. Jiyuu had to create a barrier with his staff to keep the team from getting hit.

"I think you should probably calm down now or you might electrocute everyone," wined Jiyuu. Rei turned to glare at the demon.

"What do you think I'm trying to do?" she yelled.

'Do you want me to take over so you can go into the corner of woe?' asked Kyoto with a laugh.

'That might be a good idea,' she thought with a sigh.

Rei closed her eyes and let out a deep breath. Instantly her energy died down and she was bad to her normal self. Well, sort of. Akihiko peered over Jiyuu and stared at Rei.

"Rei?" he asked cautiously. The brunette looked over with bored eyes.

"Close enough," she said coldly then went back to watching the fight.

Belle dodged the opponent's sword swipes effortlessly. It seemed like she knew all the moves her opponent was going to do.

"Ah, so she is from the Seishin clan," said Rei.

"Ah , so it is you Kyoto!" said a smiling Akihiko.

"That's right," said Kyoto.

'Seishin clan?' Rei asked.

'A clan of cat demons. You know how each different cat clan has a certain power, right?'

'Well duh. I am a cat demon.'

'The Seishin's power is being able to read their opponent's mind and if the opponent is of the opposite gender then they can control them.'

'Mind control…'

'That's right.'

'What a dirty trick.'

'All's fair in love and war.'

'Wait…Could she control any man?'

'You mean Hiei? I guess but probably not for very long and knowing him it would only happen once.'

'I'll kill her.'

Kyoto rolled her eyes and turned her attention back to the fight. Belle won by stealing the sword and jamming it into it's owner's windpipe.

"Akihiko…" said Rei with a shadow covering her eyes.

"Ah, you're back."

"When we get to the final and fight Team Urameshi I want to fight her," she said softly.

"How do you know they're going to get to the finals?" asked Yajuu.

"There's no way they will lose. Aki promise me."

"You haven't called me Aki since you were a child. Well, okay I promise but you also have to promise me something." Rei glanced at him with confused eyes. "Promise not to actually kill her."

"Wasn't playing on it, why?"

"The Seishin clan is very loyal to our clan. I don't think Father would be very happy with me if you did."

"But I hate your father."

"Plleeeaassseee!" begged Akihiko. Rei merely nodded. The duke's son threw his hands around Rei and shouted. "Yea!"

"Get off," she growled yet made no attempt to get him off.

Now it was Hiei's turn to get jealous. He glared at Akihiko with heated eyes. It sure looked like she had gotten over him fast. Kurama looked at his friend and sighed. It didn't look like Hiei was getting over Rei; it looked like he was getting worse. This could be bad if Rei ever come back to the team. Hiei was drawn back to reality when he felt someone glomp him.

"Did you watch me Hiei?" squealed Belle.

"Hn," he snorted while pushing her away. He angrily jumped on to the stage. Fighting was the only way Hiei knew how to get rid of his anger.

"What again? What's Shorty's problem?" asked Kuwabara.

"I have no idea," said a confused Yusuke.

"Well…" Kurama started as he pointed to the audience. Akihiko still refused to let go Rei even though the half-breed was getting annoyed.

"Oh…So he really does still have feelings for Rei." Belle eyes narrowed and the detective's comment. That damn girl was ruining everything. Hiei was Belle's and no one else's. She knew this for a fact since she always gets what she wants. The cat girl was a Seishin after all.

'But what is that girl doing with someone as great as Lord Akihiko,' she thought. Her eyes widen as a thought appeared in her mind. 'Is she…no. That's impossible. At least that's what I hope.'

"Dragon of the Darkness Flame!" came Hiei's voice from the stadium. Belle's eyes snapped to the fight. It just started and Hiei already brought out that attack. Why? He didn't need it.

"Ano….I guess since Hiei's opponent is a pile of ash Team Urameshi gets another win. One more and they take the match!"

"Let's go I have another dragon waiting to turn you to ash," growled Hiei. The last two members of the opposing team began to shake. Hiei just kicked their leader in one second. The two looked at each other and bolted out the stadium. "Tch, cowards."

"Team Urameshi…wins?" the audience began shouting in protest. They wanted a good fight. Koto jumped at the sudden outburst. "Don't worry folks! There's going to be another match! Team Pattin vs Team Akihiko!" Team Urameshi's eyes, along with Rei's, snapped at Koto.

"What?" yelled Rei. "Eh?" The girl looked around. Somehow she was now on the stage and not in the audience.

"Ah, I love Jiyuu's transportation spells," grinned Akihiko as he rested his arm on Rei's shoulder. Rei growled and kicked him in the shin.

"Why wasn't I informed of a match today?" yelled Rei.

"Haha, sorry I forgot!"

"Forgot! Akihiko I…" Rei looked froze when she noticed all the eyes on her. The brunette pulled her team leader down and whispered in his ear. "I don't have weapons."

"What? You have a gu-"

"I have one bullet in my gun and no swords."

"EH!? BUT!"

"THAT'S WHY YOU SHOULD TELL ME WE HAVE A MATCH!" Akihiko scratched his head.

"I guess you could just not fight."

"I have to. It was part of the deal."

"Oh yeah." Akihiko turned to the other team. "I propose a two on two battle."

The leader nodded. "That's fine. Lets' go Kouta."

"Right Pattin." They were both some sort of fish demons. They had this kind of water chocker devices that covered their gills. Rei just assumed it why hoe the breathed on dry land.

"Alright, here's the lineup; Akihiko and Rei vs. Pattin and Kouta. Begin!"

Akihiko's nose twitched. "Ew…they smell."

"Yeah, Fish demons usually do smell."

"Sludge bomb!" Rei and Akihiko turned their attention towards Kouta, who had just coughed up a ball of slime. It hit the ground right by Akihiko. The Duke's son screamed and started running around in circles with his hands covering his nose and mouth.

"Ewewewewewewewewewew!" Rei sweat dropped and sighed.

"Don't look down," she said.

"Huh, why?" he asked looking down. As soon as he did he fell to the ground hard. He slowly got up and started stumbling around.

"I'd never seen anyone look so dumb before," she said smiling.

"I still know how to make you smile though," chuckled Akihiko. Rei pouted and turned away from him, blushing a little. Hiei saw this from his seat in the bleachers. He growled and slouched down in jealousy.

"Breathe Hiei," Kurama said to him.

"Shut up Fox."

Back down in the fight both Akihiko and Rei ran around dodging more sludge bombs. Turns out they had an acid base so they stung when they hit. Rei had found that out the hard way.

"Doesn't he ever run out!" she growled.

"He will if I cut off his head!" said Akihiko as he had a sword out of fire. He slid on the ground to change his direction and sprinted straight to Kouta.

"I'll shot down what's his face," said Rei leaping in the air and taking out her gun. Rei aimed her gun and was about to shoot. Pattin smirked and stood his ground, taking Rei off guard. 'Why isn't he trying to get out of the way? I have a clear shot if he just stands still,' thought Rei. 'Oh well.' Gravity started to take effect and she started descending towards the fish demon. Deciding it was the perfect distance away, the sadist pulled the trigger. Or more like tried to. Rei's eyes widen when she found she couldn't move. 'What the hell? I can't move and I'm headed straight for him!' Pattin's smirk turned to a grin as a trident appeared in his hands. He threshed it forward just as her decent was in reach. The tree pointed weapon went painfully in her stomach. Akihiko turned towards them when he heard the crowd go quite. His eyes widened as Pattin flung Rei off his trident. She skidded across the ground and began to cough off blood.

"Hehehe. Confused? Kouta's Sludge bombs have a paralyzing effect once it 's in the blood stream

'Crap...'thought Rei weakly. The world around her began to pulse in and out of focus. 'I was afraid this would happen…'

'And there's no enchanted swords to hold me back,' came an evil voice.

'I can't…give in…' Pattin readied his weapon to make the final blow.

"Die!" he yelled as he began his attack. His weapon was stopped when Akihiko took the blow. He was able to defect the hit so it would hit his shoulder rather than his chest. Pattin growled and jumped back before Akihiko had the time to retaliate. The handsome male cringed and put a hand to his wound to stop the bleeding.

"MY LORD!" the rest of the team yelled in concern

"I'm fine. I'm more worried about Rei…" he said looking down at her. He gasped as he saw Rei's eyes flicker from their normal blue color to a deep read iris.

"Crap. Jiyuu!" he yelled turning towards his team.

"He's already gone," said Shashu.

"Good." Akhiko's eyes narrow has him jumped back to avoid an out of the blue blow.

"This is amazing folks! Rei just attacked her own teammate!"

Rei growled as she stared at Akihiko with red silted eyes and then attacked him again. Her nails grew claw-like as she made contact with Akihiko's already wounded shoulder. Akihiko cringed as he jumped to the other side of the platform so he could recover and get out of her attack range.

"Stay still so I can kill you, Aki," she said with deeper evil sounding voice.

"You can't kill me," he growled. "Rei" smirked.

"I killed my own mother. What make you think I can't kill you?"

Yusuke and the gang's eyes widened.

"She…killed her mother," gasped Botan.

'That's right. She did say her mother was murdered but it didn't think it was by her hands,' thought Hiei.' The gang turned their attention back to the match when Akihiko began to speak.

"I like the other Rei better. Bring her back," he said.

"Uh…no."

"You don't really have a chose."

"Hm?" Suddenly three swords stabbed the ground around Rei.

"Trap!" shouted Jiyuu. Three beams of light ensnared Rei like rope. Rei began to struggle. "Seal!" The beams absorbed into Rei's body and her eyes began to flicker again. Finally the turned back to blue as she fell towards the ground. Akihiko rushed forward and caught her before she could hit the ground. He picked her up and started walking to the sidelines.

"Why?" called out Pattin. Akihiko stopped to allow him to continue. "Why do you project a servant girl? She's easily replaceable."

"Servant? Who told you she was a servant?" he asked quietly.

"I know all about how your family shows their statist level. Your family crest is on your forehead, showing you as a high level. The other three male members have them on their shoulder or neck showing them as high level solders. You cover them up to stay out of demon form."

"Rei wears a headband. How do you know she's not of the royal family?"

"You're the only heir so it can't be on her forehead. We can see her neck and shoulders and there's no crest. That must mean it's low, i.e she's at a lower level. Someone could easily replace her. She pathetic anyway." The air around Akihiko changed as he handed Rei over to Jiyuu.

"Heal her," he said.

"Yes sir." Jiyuu then vanished taking Rei with her.

"You know, I really hate it when demons say bad things my people," he growled with his back towards Pattin. "But…" He slowly turned around to face him. Pattin and Kouta began to shake in fear as they saw Akihiko's eye's glow red. "I hate it even more when demons say bad things about my family!" The two fish demons were shocked by his words.

"What? Family?" stuttered Kouta. The ground began to creak and crumple as spirit energy began to radiate off of the young future duke,

"Rei's my cousin! She's kin!" growled Akihiko. "You hurt her! No one hurts my family and gets away with it!" Fire surrounded him as her loudly roared.

StR: Wow…I'm so mean to Rei…I kind of feel bad…

Y: No you don't

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