InuYasha Fan Fiction / Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Darkness ❯ Round Two ( Chapter 4 )

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, YuYu Hakusho (As much as I'd love to) or any of the anime/manga characters.

 

Round Two

 

The rest of the day went uneventfully, and Kagome was awakened the next morning by the feeling of being stared at.

“Hey, you awake yet?” asked Yusuke near her bed. She sat up and nodded.

“Good. The second round's starting in an hour, and we were wondering whether you wanted to be woken up to see the competition or not.”

“When's our match?” she asked groggily.

“We're the next-to last match of the day.”

“Yeah, I'll come,” she sighed before standing up and vanishing.

Yusuke gently sat down on Keiko's bed, making sure not to wake her while Kagome changed. He softly brushed her hair away, but it was apparently not soft enough, because she stirred.

“Yusuke?” she mumbled sleepily.

“Hey, Keiko,” he whispered. “Good morning.”

“If you slept in here with me, it would be.”

Yusuke smirked and passionately kissed her, waking her up immediately.

“Sorry, can't do it. I need to have some sleep, and that is definitely not sleep,” he said with a smirk. She blushed and looked down at the bed, causing him to chuckle.

“Besides, wouldn't want to piss her off,” he said, referring to Kagome, who he hadn't realized was able to hear them.

“I guess… You know, she used to be such a timid, friendly girl… I wonder what happened to her…”

Yusuke shrugged and gently kissed her again before standing up.

“Somebody should find out. Do you want to come?”

“Sure,” she said before getting up. She quickly changed, not caring about being naked in front of her husband. When she was done, Kagome also emerged, as though she'd known what was happening and didn't want to embarrass anyone.

She reappeared with her armor on, but hidden by a dark black dress that went to her ankles. The armor was form-fitting enough that Yusuke didn't know it was there.

“Some clothes for fighting,” he smirked.

“I can handle it,” she sighed before vacating the room.

“Morning, Kagome,” Kuwabara said with a bright smile.

“Hello. Does anyone know who we're fighting against?”

“Us, little love,” said a voice nearby. She turned to find Chu, Rinku, and three other tall men staring at her.

“You're our opponents?” Yusuke asked. “Alright! That means we can have a rematch with that knife fight!”

Chu smirked.

“Actually, I was thinking I'd go up against the little love here, this time `round,” he stated, eyeing her creepily.

“So we're deciding who fights whom already, then?” Kurama asked.

“Yes indeedy,” said a man with bright red hair and a horn. “I want another shot at Urameshi,” he added, smiling at the detective.

“You're on,” he replied with a grin.

“Then I'll take Kuwabara,” said a man with blue hair. Kuwabara immediately began to sweat, but he smirked.

“Yeah, sounds like fun,” he said with a nervous laugh.

“And of course Hiei and I will be fighting,” the small man with blue hair stated, earning an arrogant smirk from the fire apparition.

“Of course.”

“Well, that makes us opponents, I believe, Rinku,” Kurama said to the boy, who smirked.

“Don't think I'm gonna' go easy on you just because you helped train me!”

Apparently, everybody knew everybody else, except Kagome. She quietly vanished while they all talked, and she found herself in the stadium before she could think.

The crowd was cheering loudly as a tall bird demon dropped from the sky and decapitated her opponent in one swift grab.

Though, considering the difference between the two demons' youki, a quick and brutal attack was really the only option.

The bird landed and the match's winner was announced. Kagome felt a familiar strong aura coming near her and she smirked.

“Hey there,” said a short half-demon with long, flowing white hair that stopped next to where she was now leaning; a rail in the audience stands.

“Imagine meeting you here,” she said with a smirk.

“Odd, isn't it?”

“It definitely is. I thought that you'd be dead by now.”

“I've survived long enough. I'm not as scared as I was back then, thanks to Inuyasha. Speaking of which, where is he?”

“He died a while back,” she sighed.

“That's horrible. I liked him. He really saved me back then,” the woman said sadly.

“Yeah… So, why are you here?”

“Oh! The planners of the tournament heard about my barrier powers and wanted me to keep the island safe from any wandering human eyes. How about yourself?”

“You know, the power you gave him really helped Inuyasha, Shiori(1),” Kagome said suddenly.

“I'm glad. I lived rather happily with my mother for a long time because of his actions.”

Both women looked at the ground and Kagome smiled sadly.

“So, do you happen to know of any strong youkai in the tournament?”

“There are a lot, actually… And there are a few that I'm really scared of,” she admitted, staring at the ring, where a new fight started.

“Wow, they must be pretty tough, considering the barriers you can make, to scare you,” Kagome mumbled in amazement. She suddenly felt her teammates' auras and she sighed.

“Hey, Kagome! What the hell was the hurry?” Yusuke barked.

“I got bored with all the talking so I came to see if there was anyone to scare me.”

“And?”

“Not yet,” she sighed. “Oh, guys, this is my friend Shiori,” she said, motioning to the gaping hanyo.

“You're Yusuke Urameshi,” she said with awe in her voice.

“Yeah, that's me,” he said with a smirk.

“Well, anyway, it was good seeing you again, Kagome. Maybe we should catch up later,” she said before turning and vanishing into a crowd.

“That girl was a hanyo. And an old one. One of your acquaintances from the past?” Kurama pondered.

“She helped my group, and we in turn helped her. She was a really nice kid.”

She turned her attention to the ring when she felt ten strong auras there. She was suddenly excited. Since she'd returned, Kagome enjoyed using her powers to see how far she could push herself. The physical punishment, she thought, was a slight homage to those who had given her their very souls in the end, instead of passing on to continue the reincarnation cycle.

“Oh, looky! It's a little human bitch!” yelled two large demons nearby.

Despite her power, if Kagome didn't want someone to know what her powers were, they didn't. It was that simple, and the demons sauntering over to her were obviously affected by the illusion.

“Oh, who, me?” she asked, holding down the laughter. “I'm not a bitch.”

“Shut up, bitch!” yelled one of the demons. “Women were made to serve men! They shouldn't speak when not directed to!”

One of the demons swung a claw at her, and the team tensed. But they weren't tensed because of the attacking demon, but rather their teammate, who was obviously in a playful mood right now.

Nobody on the team knew what the extent of her powers was, but not a single one wanted to find out from this close range. They began backing up when suddenly, the demon's claw stopped mid-motion.

“Bad little youkai,” she whispered darkly as her hand wrapped around his wrist. The swinging motion completely stopped, and she smirked.

“What!? A little human bitch has the audacity to touch a being such as myself!? Do you have any idea who I am?” he asked as flames began to build around her.

“Oooh! Impressive trick,” she mocked. “Here's something really impressive,” she said before moving.

When she was done moving, he had his claw pressed to the very point of ripping his own throat out from behind while she knocked his legs out from under him and was holding him down on his knees.

“You shouldn't judge people by how they look,” she said before releasing him to fall face-first into the ground.

After that excitement was over and the demons in the entire audience knew she was someone you shouldn't screw with, Kagome got to watching the match. Unfortunately, the first match was already over, with the result being a draw as both demons had been rendered unconscious. The second match's fighters got up and Kagome became honestly impressed by the youki she sensed.

The demons were a large man with a spiked club half the size of his body and a just-as-large eagle youkai with massive talons that looked sharp enough to match the Tetsusaiga.

The battle started and youki filled the arena to a degree that brought a smile to Kagome's lips. All of these fights were going to be entertaining, it seemed.

The large man made the first move, throwing his club at the eagle youkai, who launched high into the air. The club flew back into his hand as she soared. As she got higher into the air, her talons began to shine with a thick armor of youki, and then she was dive-bombing.

As she approached the man, he jumped up and swung the club. The spikes along the large weapon flared with his youki, and they grew to be twice as long.

The eagle barrel-rolled to avoid the club and just barely nicked the demon before he also dodged.

For ten entire minutes, this little dance repeated, and then, Kagome smirked as she saw what the outcome would be.

As the eagle prepared a powerful attack, the man grabbed the club's handle with both of his hands and pulled, making the one massive weapon into two almost-as big weapons. The arena filled with energy as the two prepared the obvious final attacks.

The eagle launched herself and the man prepared to swing. It was over in a flash. The eagle watched for the man to swing, and at the last second, braked herself slightly with her wings. As he swung and made himself vulnerable, she shifted her wings and she tore into him. He fell to the ground, bleeding, but not dead.

Cheering filled the audience as `Shurika' was announced the winner of the match.

The next fight was the same way, with the opponents being twins to the previous ones. This time, the other team won, by a split second since the man's twin had paid attention and not made the same mistake.

And so, the deciding fight started. The opponents were almost frightening in their intensity. To Kagome and the strong demons around who were appreciating it. Every other demon was cringing in fear at the two awesome forces in the ring.

It was with some pain that Kagome realized the opponents were a wolf and dog demon. Memories flooded back unfiltered, and tears started to form in her eyes before she reined her emotions in.

The wolf demon launched forward and the spot that he hit in the arena exploded when it made impact with where the dog demon had been.

The dog demon grew large claws and swiped at the wolf, he used his planted hand to somersault backward over him.

They chased each other around the arena for an entire hour, neither scoring a single hit on the other as they battled with their claws.

And then, the wolf demon swiped at the dog with his long leg and when he jumped up to avoid it, his claws shot out in rapid succession, throwing him out of the ring and into the wall surrounding it.

With a snarl, the brunette dog demon launched through the air, the wall collapsing as his support vanished. He swung viciously at the wolf, and long, poisonous claws stretched from his already-long nails. And then, they hit and the wolf yelped in pain as his arm started to melt.

When he was thoroughly distracted, the dog struck. The wolf was quickly down for the count with a punch to his chest.

The eagle demon's team was declared the winner, and Kagome was practically vibrating with excitement.

“You're psyched,” Yusuke stated, staring at the ring.

“That's the kind of demon I want to fight,” she stated simply.

“You have an interesting choice of enemy, Kagome,” Kurama stated.

She shrugged as the next match began. Out of the next thirteen next matches, which took several hours, there were several very powerful demons, and then Kagome walked to the ring with her team leading the way.

“The fifteenth match of the second round, Team Urameshi versus Team Chaos, will now begin! Teams, pick your first fighters!” the cat youkai announcer called.

“I'll go first,” Hiei said before stepping up. Immediately, the blue haired man also appeared.

“Oh! A rematch for the ages! Hiei versus Touya, begin!”

Touya, the blue haired boy, swung his fist in the air. Spears of ice launched at Hiei, who drew his sword.

Quickly, the spears were destroyed as Hiei rushed at Touya, who was now holding an ice sword.

The two began to duel across the ring, which was slowly being covered in ice.

Hiei's reactions slowed as he began to slip on the ice, but he didn't lose his footing in the fight by a long shot. The two were moving so quickly that it was hard for even Kagome to follow, but she watched in amazement as they swung at each other, both receiving painful, but not fatal, wounds all over their bodies. She was amazed that very few demons were killing each other in a tournament like this, so she asked Yusuke.

“Hey,” she said while watching Hiei back flip out of Touya's attack with his sword and several spears of ice from the ring underneath them. “Yusuke, why aren't any demons killing each other?”

“Oh, that's because of me, I think,” he said, smirking.

“You?”

“Well, yeah. I'll explain later,” he said with a sigh as Hiei swung the sword half-way and used his blocking-motion to get under and slice at him.

Touya hit the ring painfully and Hiei smirked as the ice around them vanished.

“Well then, I guess I haven't trained quite enough,” Touya said as he stood up, though shakily with blood around his feet.

“Winner, Hiei!”

The two left the stage and suddenly, the red-haired man jumped up to the stage.

“Let's get a-goin', Urameshi!” he yelled, swinging his arms in a wide circle. Yusuke stepped up and youki stronger than the others flared around them.

“Match two, another rematch of epic proportions! Yusuke Urameshi versus Jin, begin!”

Jin lifted into the air, several feet from the ring, and he smirked.

“Let's go, Urameshi! And don't be holdin' back, none, neither,” he said as youki began to engulf his twisting arms in a Koga-esque tornado. Memories came once again to Kagome, though this time they were able to push through her barriers slightly more than the last ones.

Yusuke raised his hand and smirked as he pointed at him.

“Sounds great! Spirit Gun!”

A ball of blue energy burst forth from his finger, launching at Jin. Jin jumped into the air and was held aloft by his wind.

“Tornado Fist!”

He yelled as he dove down, the tornado around his arm picking up in speed.

Kagome watched in awe as the two battled, their youki, and some spirit energy on Yusuke's part, filling the ring.

Apparently, her initial reading on their energies was off. She'd pegged them with having high A-Class demonic energy, but these two ranked higher than some of the high S-Classes she'd fought in the past.

Yusuke dove away from Jin's attack and released a massive spray of spirit gun attacks, something he called `shotgun.'

Kagome became more and more impressed as the two battled; their bodies slowly became filled riddled with bloody wounds.

“Wow, Urameshi! This is better than the last time, I say,” the red-haired man said with a pleased smile. “What say we finish this up, eh?”

“Sounds good,” Yusuke said with a smirk. Spirit energy surrounded his body as Jin began to swing both his arms into a youki-tornado.

Kagome took a well-balanced defensive stance while his hands made a small circle of air to his side.

“Double Tornado Fist!”

“Spirit Wave!”

The two launched their attacks and, just before Yusuke's massive attack, Jin lifted high into the air and dodged. And then, he continued his attack, and Yusuke was thrown into the ring with so much force that it practically exploded around him.

After five seconds, the announcer clapped.

“A stunning re-match with an even more stunning conclusion! The winner of the second match is Jin!” she announced loudly to a loud echo of cheers from the audience.

“Okay, everyone! Teams, pick your next fighters!”

“I believe Yusuke may need some assistance,” Kurama said, noticing that Yusuke was almost unconscious.

“Hey, Urameshi, that was a great fight!” Jin yelled before vanishing, a triumphant smirk on his face. Kurama gently lifted him from his crater and walked to the edge of the ring, handing him to Kuwabara.

“Alright, Kurama! Let's go,” Rinku called as he lifted his yo-yos. “I'm not going to hold back, either!”

Kurama turned to his opponent and the spiked whip sprang from the rose in his hand.

“Third match, Youko Kurama versus Rinku, begin!”

Rinku swung the yo-yos and they shot through the air toward Kurama, who took off with demonic speed.

“Rose Whip!”

The whip launched through the air and smacked away the blade-like yo-yos.

Kagome watched with interest as the two used their youki-controlled weapons. She was impressed as Rinku controlled the toys in his hand like very flexible blades, while Kurama used the extended rose to bat it away.

Unfortunately, just like the other two fights, this didn't last nearly long enough for Kagome to gauge their powers. Suddenly, Kurama wrapped the yo-yos in his whip and a plant grew instantaneously, quickly batting Rinku to the point of unconsciousness while several bleeding cuts healed on Kurama's body.

“Winner, Kurama!” the announcer yelled. There was a chorus of `boos' and Kagome sighed. The crowd obviously didn't like her teammates, if their reactions so far were any indication.

She quickly figured out the number of fights she would be in, assuming her team made it to the finals. With one down, this would make the second out of six. With her vast array of powers, she was quickly making up her mind on which powers would be safe to reveal. Not many, this early in the tournament, she decided as she remembered her training with Genkai to hide her powers.

Thinking of Genkai made the decision of her weapons this round simple.

“Next fighters, take your places!” the announcer bellowed through the mic.

“You want to go, Kagome?” Kuwabara asked, eyeing the man that was staring at him.

“No way!” he yelled. “You're up, Kuwabara!” he said as he jumped up to the ring, making Kuwabara sweat.

“I really don't want to fight this guy,” he mumbled before jumping up. “Hey, no using that cape, got it!?”

Shishiwakamaru smirked as though this was extremely amusing.

“Don't worry, I'll beat you all on my own this time.”

“Alright! Fourth match, Shishiwakamaru versus Kuwabara, begin!”

A chorus of `kill the human' was heard throughout the entire arena, and Kuwabara sighed.

A sword formed in the blue-haired demon's hand, and Kuwabara instantly formed his own.

Kagome felt really bad for Kuwabara, already seeing the result of the battle.

“Banshee Shriek!” Shishiwakamaru yelled before pulling the handle. It split apart and a grotesque strain of bloody, scary-looking heads formed between the parts of the handle, and Kagome sensed the dangerous power inside.

“Spirit Sword!” Kuwabara yelled, launching at him.

The imp sighed and began to swing the blade in a circle over her head. A high-pitched shrieking formed in the air, and Kagome, along with dozens of other demons, cringed while covering their ears. Kagome watched in awe as several demons simply died, and thousands of the heads from his handle shot through the arena, devouring demons left and right.

Keiko screamed and Kagome was at her side, letting her aura protect her teammates.

“Don't worry. They won't get near you. Just don't look,” she whispered comfortingly.

Keiko closed her eyes tight while the demons that came near Kagome's barrier were turned to ash. She watched as the energy began to swirl around Shishiwakamaru's sword, and he smirked.

“Chorus of 1000 Screams!” he yelled, swinging the blade.

Kuwabara blocked most of the attack with his spirit sword, but the rest bombarded his body and sent him flying to the edge of the ring.

Shishiwakamaru swung again and more heads launched forward as Kuwabara crushed his spirit sword.

“Spirit Sword Shards!” he yelled.

For every skull that launched at him, two versions of the spirit sword also launched. Shishiwakamaru dove high into the air to avoid all of the dangerous energy, and shot down with the Banshee Shriek howling in the air.

His sword broke through the weakened Spirit Sword and Kuwabara, just as Kagome had predicted, lost consciousness along with the match. The screaming skulls around the arena vanished and Shishiwakamaru pushed the hilt back together with a smirk before lightly knocking Kuwabara out of the arena.

“Well that was a good work-out,” he mumbled when his eyes suddenly fell on Kagome. “And just who are you?”

Kagome let the barrier around her fall and smirked at him.

“Not someone that's impressed,” she said offhandedly.

“Oh, really!?” he asked, pointing the sword threateningly as Kagome moved Keiko out of the way.

The announcer pronounced Shishiwakamaru the winner somewhere in the background, but the two were focused on each other.

“Just who the hell are you, woman!?” he yelled, frustrated that he didn't scare this human.

Without warning, she jumped up to the stage inches from him.

“Mind leaving? My fight's about to start,” she said quietly. He snarled and without warning swung the blade at her. Everyone gasped when not only did the blade not hit her, but she actually caught the long sword in her bare hand.

“That's so annoying,” she sighed before planting her feet and throwing. He barreled through the air and into the ground outside of the ring while Chu and Rinku laughed hysterically.

“Oh, this is gonna' be fun, I think,” Chu said, jumping into the ring and taking a long gulp of the vodka bottle in his hand.

“Hey, you sure you should be drinking?” Kagome asked. “If you're stumbling around drunk, this might be over too quickly,” she stated, eyeing his swaying form.

“Oh, relax, little love! This'll be fun!”

“My name's Kagome, so use it,” she huffed.

Chu laughed before dropping the bottle outside of the ring.

“I like you, Kagome! Let's have a good fight, ay?”

“Sounds good,” Kagome said, watching him sway more violently every time he spoke.

“The final match! The new girl to Team Urameshi, Kagome, versus Chu, the former leader of Team Rokuyukai! Will there be an upset? Or will the death match show up again in this year's tournament!? Well, let's find out! Final match, begin!” she called over a very loud chorus of cheers and a painful wave of bloodlust in the air.

“Okay, what's say we get started, Kagome?” Chu asked, his words slurred.

“Sounds good,” she said as she slowly let her youki out. She didn't know what kind of power Chu had, but she knew it would be bad to get cocky with this opponent.

“Okay, you get the first move,” she said, watching as his entire posture changed. Despite his swaying and running at her almost staggering, Kagome knew there was something dangerous about him.

“Alright, Kagome,” he said as he charged at her completely off-balance. She jumped high into the air and used a burst of wind under herself to land at the end of the ring.

“Oh! You're a spry little thing, aintcha?” he asked before stumbling and turning back to face her.

“I hope you don't mind if I get a little excited fighting with ten percent of my power,” she said, smiling sweetly.

“Ten percent, eh? Well doesn't that just sound like that Toguro bloke? You sure you want to hold back so much, love?” he asked between hiccups.

“Oh, I've only ever had to use more than fifty, if it's any consolation,” she said while youki began to surge around her.

“Oh? Well then, I guess I'll have to make this the second time, eh?”

Kagome felt her power build and she noticed her teammates, including Keiko, Yusuke and Kuwabara, staring at her intently.

“Well then, I better release some power, eh?”

Youki flowed from Chu's body and Kagome watched in awe as a massive coating of purple energy formed around her.

“Let's get this party started!”

Chu began to stumble drunkenly toward her and she took a defensive stance.

And then, he reached her and began swinging his limbs at her.

She quickly dodged the strikes, sensing the power in their attacks.

“Oh, you're fast!”

Kagome caught his next punch and spun, kicking at his ribs. He blocked with a raised knee, and then he staggered away. Using her slight distraction, he swung another powerful fist towards her face and she ducked underneath before sending her own fist.

And so it went for over half an hour, exchanging blows while circling around the ring. Finally, Chu hit her square in the jaw and she fell to the floor backward.

“Oh, that was a mighty nice try of dodging that one!”

Kagome smirked up at him before putting her hand on the ground and pushing up, flipping to her feet.

“Oh ho! Well, what's say you show me some of your real power? Not that I don't enjoy a good, long fight or anything, but I think the crowd's getting impatient.”

“I'd rather save my power until the finals.”

“Come on, Kagome! Show me what you've got!” he bellowed, his volume increased by his drunkenness.

“Alright, then. I'll show you something exciting.”

Kagome closed her eyes and began to mumble the chant she'd learned. Power began to wrap around her.

“Genkai taught me a lot, you know,” she said. “I had a lot of free time, so she taught me a very cool little trick.”

“Oh? It's about time we stopped the warm-up and got to the real thing!”

“Meiin, metsuju, ressai, kohaku, kyo, chojin, komei, eikyaku, ko, jo, sai(2)!” she yelled as power engulfed her hand.

Yusuke gaped as a very familiar blue light filled the entire arena, permeating from the small girl's now-glowing body.

“You want to see some of my power? Then how about I show you my spirit wave!”

Chu's eyes widened as the girl spread her hands and a mass of spirit energy left her, blasting toward him. Chu's eyes narrowed and he dropped the act of a drunken idiot.

“Sui Ken!” he yelled, throwing a massive ball of yellow energy at the attack. When they met, the spirit wave cut right through, but it slowed it down enough to dive away.

The wave continued through and dissolved before hitting the audience. Chu watched the girl with awe as her dress exploded to reveal form-fitting armor.

“Well, that's mighty surprising! You're tellin' me you got more tricks?”

“I don't like to show off,” she said with a shrug. “But you understand that now that I've used it, I have to hold back less, right?”

“Show me what ya' got!”

Kagome straightened and her youki raged to life.

Everyone, even Hiei and Chu, took involuntary steps back as her released power rose to 25%. The power around her began to gain its own black sheen and several demons were drained completely just breathing in the air around the arena.

“I was hoping to not show too much until the finals so I had a bunch of surprises, but I guess that won't work,” she grumbled.

“Let's go!”

Kagome reached into her armor and everyone was surprised when she pulled out a small fan, which she flipped open. The ornate design surprised Chu.

“That's a little girly, isn't it? I mean, really? A fan?”

“It's a medium. Just watch and you'll understand,” she said before she lifted it.

Youki began to flow through the fan and she took a neutral stance.

“Dance of Blades!”

She swung the blade and Chu had to push most of his youki into his legs to react fast enough to dodge the massive scythes of youki.

Kagome launched through the air and a ball of energy formed in her hand.

She unleashed the energy at Chu and used her control over wind to spread it into a circle around him.

“Dance of Submersion!” she yelled while swinging her fan. The energy lit on fire and shot into Chu, who was smashed into the ground.

Slowly, the energy choked him until he was on the brink of unconsciousness.

She closed her fan and he was thrown out of the arena by a gust of wind. He hit the ground with a soft thud, lessened by a cushion of air she created.

“I don't think he'll be back up in time,” he said to the announcer, who counted to five.

“And the winner of the final fight is Kagome, making Team Urameshi move on to round three!” she yelled over a chorus of boos.

Kagome smiled at Chu as he got up and looked around with confusion.

“That was a great fight! Let's go again some time,” she called, making him laugh.

“You're one hell of a strong sheila! You might give Urameshi a run for his money! Make sure that you live to fight me again!” he yelled cheerfully, making Kagome smile as she vacated the ring.

Suddenly, her eyes flew wide open and everyone watching was surprised as an aura of raw hatred flowed from the previously playful demon.

“Well well, as energetic as ever, I see,” said a deep male voice. Kagome's teammates were surprised when her entire body began to tense in a way that the strong demon she'd just beaten hadn't brought out.

“You're dead,” she said to the tall, dark-haired man that was in the entrance to the arena matter-of-factly.

“Evidently not.”

“I destroyed you!” she screamed, her energy starting to reveal itself honestly. For a split second, everyone felt a fraction of the power she really had, and nobody was able to hold themselves from shivering.

“Ah, dear Kagome, you seem to be mistaken as I'm standing in front of you right now.”

Kagome's eyes bled red, and the man smirked.

“Naraku,” she hissed. Instantly, she was being held back by Hiei. Her lunge was stopped short and Kagome fell to her knees, snarling.

“It would be bad to do that, onna,” he whispered as Naraku looked at her with amusement clear in his eyes.

“New friend, Kagome?”

Kagome pushed him away and stood up, glaring death at Naraku.

“I don't know how you're alive, but I'm going to make sure I fix it.”

“Oh? You'll have to wait until our teams fight, I'm afraid,” he said darkly.

Every muscle in Kagome was tensed and obviously ready to attack whoever the man was, so her teammates quickly disappeared with her in tow. They only stopped when they were safely in their hotel room…

 

A/N:

(1)- Shiori is the bat-human hanyo that gave Inuyasha the ability to use the Red Tetsusaiga.

(2)Yes, this is the chant for the spirit wave Genkai used during the Dark Tournament.

I know I shortened all of the fight scenes, but this fanfic is mostly about Kagome, and I really wanted to go into detail with the Chu vs. Kagome fight. Make sure to tell me how it went over with you, the readers, and how the story so far is also going over. I love hearing some constructive criticism and look forward to hearing what people think of my work.