InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Stuck With You ❯ The Tournament ( Chapter 1 )

Here's my second story. It's a much better one then the first since it has an actual plot and a good plot at that. First chapter might be kind of boring though because it's the start of the story where the setting and stuff is explained.… Don't worry, it'll get better^_^

Disclaimer-Okay, I'm only going to put this only on the first chapter. I dun really own Inuyasha. Actually, I dun own it at all. Oh well.

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Stuck With You

Chapter1: The Tournament

Kagome sat extremely bored in the throne chair waiting for the ball to end. It was going on for quite some time now and nothing at all interesting by the least bit came along. She rested her chin on her hand and sighed. `So bored…' Could her own birthday party get anymore dull? She looked around for entertainment of any sort and spotted Kouga coming towards her. Kagome automatically straightened her back and brushed away imaginary dust from her clothes. She smiled and politely said, "Good evening Kouga-san! How might your day be today?"

"Much better now that you're in it Princess Kagome," Kouga told her charmingly (cough cough). Kagome giggled. Just then their conversation got interrupted.

Queen Ichigo cleared her throat loudly and all the talking gradually ceased. Everyone turned to look at her expectantly. Even Kagome was curious to see what was up. "As you all know," she started off, "Today is my daughter's sixteenth birthday. This is the age of marriage. I'd like Kagome's husband to have strength enough to protect Kagome from any danger or evil that may surpass. There are after all, many people in the land seeking to rid her from existence. A tournament will be held to find which boy in all the land is worthy of Kagome's hand in marriage," Kagome gasped. She did not just say that! "Peasant or prince, Human or demon, it doesn't matter. Second place will win 500 gold coins. That will be all."

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Inuyasha came into a large but hidden hut in the middle of the marketplace. Since it was so crowded out here, people just overlooked it and went on their way. He slipped across the door which was really just a ragged piece of cloth hanging from the ceiling of the opening. He was tired of stealing money a food today. He could just relax and gamble or something here. This is where all the robbers and such came when they weren't busy and there sure were a lot of robbers in this land. They sat around playing cards, making bets, and planning evil plots. Once Inuyasha came in, they stopped what they were doing and turned to look at him. A few said something like, "Look, it's Inuyasha the great!" Yep, he was quite popular here.

Inuyasha joined in on a large game of black-jack (Was that game alive in medieval times? Oh well). The dealer went around collecting the money to put in the middle. Inuyasha put in quite a large amount…People gasped at how much it was before remembering it was Inuyasha and went back to doing whatever they were doing. The dealer then passed in two cards to each person. Inuyasha picked up his cards. Let's see then. A nine and an eight. Very sucky cards. When the dealer next came to him, Inuyasha said hit before the dealer could even ask. Inuyasha was known for being so risky. He got a four. He was also known for his luck. He won this round so he pulled the stacks of numerous coins to him. His winnings didn't surprise anyone though.

Inuyasha's ears perked up at the conversation going on behind him while the dealer dealed the cards. "…Yeah, I hear tomorrow, they're having a fighting tournament"

"Really?" The other person seemed quite interested, "Is there gonna be a prize for the winner?

"Yeah, there is. Five hundred gold coins or something like that…" `That's a lot of mullah,' Inuyasha thought to himself. `I think I'll go win meself some loot tomorrow.' Of course, he didn't know about first prize…

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Today was the day of the tournament. The stadium was really crowded with the two throne chairs having the best seats. Kagome and her mom, Queen Ichigo, obviously got to sit in those. There were going to be hundreds of men competing. Princes, peasants, humans, demons, sumo wrestlers, robbers, street rats…You name it. The announcer person would be Yura, a girl around Kagome's age who wore a skimpy black outfit (you know… Yura of hair). The tournament was finally starting.

"Okay, everyone get seated and quiet down! The tournament is about to begin!" Yura said in her usual bubbly, cheerful voice. She waited for everyone to get settled. "Alright, first up is Inuyasha against Krampus!"

Inuyasha and Krampus entered from opposite sides of the arena. Krampus was a huge, enormous, big fat sumo wrestler. And Inuyasha? Well, you already know how he looks. "Wow, he's quite good-looking," Queen Ichigo said to her daughter.

"Which one? Pumpkin face or dog boy?" Kagome asked her mother dryly. She was still pissed off about this whole thing. Inuyasha cracked his knuckles and examined his claws for a few seconds.

`This is gonna be a cinch. Couldn't they have put me up against a tougher opponent?' Inuyasha thought. Just then, Krampus started laughing as he pointed at Inuyasha.

As he laughed, the arena began to shake slightly with his weight. He had a very ugly low voice. "You're putting me up against this puny little runt?" Krampus asked. He was going to be sorry he ever said that. He laughed some more as some other people in the audience started laughing at Inuyasha with him. Boy, they didn't know how wrong they were.

"Ready, set, aaaand go!" Yura said. She was too laughing at Inuyasha. Didn't their mama ever teach them that size doesn't matter? Inuyasha smirked. This would be really easy. Krampus started running towards him but it wasn't very fast and probably just Inuyasha's walking speed. Maybe even slower. The arena shook with each step he took. Krampus got ready to punch him hard. Krampus's fist was probably the size of Inuyasha's full body! Just as Krampus's fist was about to make contact with him, Inuyasha disappeared. Vanished into thin air! At least that's what happened in Krampus's slow eyes.

Inuyasha leapt up in the blink of an eye and landed on Krampus's head in his froggy position. Inuyasha's robber friends, which were quite a lot of people, in the audience roared with laughter. Krampus looked around confused. "Huh? Where'd he go?" Krampus asked. Some other people in the audience including Queen Ichigo and princess Kagome laughed at it too. "Huh? I don't get it. What's everybody laughing at?" Krampus asked stupidly. Most of the people in the audience now including Yura were laughing.

Inuyasha slammed his fist down onto Krampus's head. Krampus swayed to one side and the people backed up in their seats. He swayed the other side and those people started squirming as well. Inuyasha, still sitting on Krampus's head didn't even flinch. Krampus swayed to the other side again and actually started to fall this time. The people of the audience sitting there ran out of their seat to avoid being squashed and Inuyasha leapt of Krampus's head just as Krampus fell down, unconscious. The audience roared with applause. "The winner is Inuyasha!" Yura said in the mike.

Kagome didn't clap and ignored her mother clapping and screaming at the top of her lungs, but secretly she thought, `So maybe dog boy isn't so bad…'

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