Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Fight For Thy Heart ❯ First Match and More New and Old 'Friends’ ( Chapter 3 )

Sorry it took so long, but this time it wasn't my fault!!!! The computer crashed (again) and ff.net banned me because of some stupid little bitch reporting a story of mine! I had this story ready nearly a week ago, but so many things got in the way!!!

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DV- Welcome back!!!

QFF- Great to see all of ya again!!!

Chiisai- Someone please get me out of here.

DV- Come on, Chiisai!!! You know you love us!!! Who wouldn't? `slight pause' don't answer that.

Chiisai- `to the readers' I'll give $500 to anyone who gets me out of here.

QFF- Forget it.

DV- Yeah, they're MUCH more interested in this story than your freedom!

Chiisai- You're right…

DV- I am? `glares suspiciously at Chiisai,'

Chiisai- Which is why I'm now offering $1000 AND a complete summary of the plot for this story, including who the mystery man is and how it's gonna end!!!

DV- WHAAAAAAAAAAAA?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Yusuke- `munching on popcorn' This is getting good…

Botan- `steals some of Yusuke's popcorn,' my money's on Chiisai!!!

Inu- No way!!! That bitch doesn't let us get away with anything!!!

Kagome- Well, since everyone else is busy, I'll do the disclaimer. All characters from Yuyu Hakusho or InuYasha and Katrina, Kat and Kireishi are not owned by DreamVixen. Anyone who doesn't fall under those two animes or isn't one of the characters mentioned is and DV has been known to bite those who try and steal them.

Sango- My POV won out overwhelmingly, so that's what this chapter will be done in!!!

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"Let's see, we're up against Team Kaihi Tekina first," Kagome muttered, craning her neck back to look at the enormous television screen that showed the match ups. "Kami, that looks like a lot more than 32 teams!"

"Probably cause it is," a scruffy old youkai that appeared to be a janitor said as he emptied a trashcan, "there were too many teams entering this year, so they upped the starting number. That's 64 teams your looking at doll-face," Kagome paled, obviously too uptight to even be angry at the rude nickname.

Calm down, Kagome, it's just one extra team for us to face, I said, trying to soothe her nerves.

Right, right of course. One more team. No worries. She said, not sounding too calm.

"I don't see us on here!!!" Yusuke complained.

"Down here," Kurama said, not looking away from the match ups. "Match 15, number 30." We looked to where he'd specified and found that Team Urameshi was indeed there.

"Just two matches before us," An unfamiliar voice said behind us. We turned to find a large demon standing there with a little boy, a red haired demon and a blue haired one, along with an animal hybred female.

"No way!!!" Yusuke exclaimed, his face lighting up, "What the hell are you four doing here?!?!"

"Well duh, we're here to fight," The little boy said cheerfully, "Why else would a team be competing here?"

"Other than the bunch'a dunderheads here that want a piece of that kitsune princess of course," the red-head said equally cheerfully. Kagome fought a smile while the rest of us choked back our laugher.

"I couldn't have phrased it better myself," Yari muttered, grinning at Kagome.

"Really? Where are you guys?" Botan asked

"Smack dab in the center," the big guy said loudly, "Number 33 you guys only just missed us,"

"So, you're all on one team now, eh?" Yusuke grinned, "Shame, I wanted a rematch."

"Don't worry, Urameshi," the red-head promised with a cocky smirk I thought only Yusuke and InuYasha could pull off, "You'll get it,"

"Who's she?" Kuwabara asked curiously, pointing to the girl who was watching everything in an amused sort of way. She jumped at the chance to introduce herself.

"Name's Kat, I'm their fifth man. Well, technically woman I suppose…" she said cocking her head at the team," You guys are the spirit detectives, right? Err… some of you don't look as dangerous as I'd have hoped, (We couldn't help but notice her eyes were on Kuwabara as she said this,) but I supposed I could give ya a go when it comes time to kick your butt."

"You're groups grown as well," The blue hair man finally spoke up, his eyes on us, "friends of yours?"

"Huh? OH!!!" apparently, Yusuke had forgotten all about us.

"This is another team in the tournament, and yes, we're well acquainted with all of them," Kurama said calmly.

"Well, then I guess it's only proper to introduce ourselves." The big guy said again, "I'm Chuu, and the runt here is Rinko. Over there are Jin and Touya. You already met Kat," Kagome smiled and gave a polite bow without knocking Shippo off her shoulder.

"It's a pleasure to meet you. I am Kagome, and these are my fellow teammates, Sango, InuYasha, Ganko and Miroku." Miroku and I bowed as we were introduced, but Ganko gave them a carefree salute and InuYasha just `feh!'ed. "The rest of our friends are only spectators."

"For obvious reasons in some of our cases," Yari joked lightly, patting her enlarged tummy. I shook my head and smiled. She was so excited about her baby…

"So, how did a law abiding group such as yourself get involved with a load of riffraff like Urameshi?" Jin asked with a lazy grin.

"Hn. Fool. You were talking about the girl ten minutes ago," Hiei said from where he was leaning against the wall, eyes closed.

And here I was starting to think you were incapable of interacting with others, I mocked irritably. I'd been there for nearly two days and he hadn't said a word to me.

=I don't need lectures about my social skills from you, neko.= Hiei said without opening his eyes. I raised an eyebrow at him.

Want a lecture about something else, then? I'd be more than happy to comply… I finally got a physical reaction. Hiiei's head shot up and his eyes snapped open to glare at me, causing most people to jump.

=Don't test me right now, neko, I'm not in the mood,=

Who's testing? I'm serious you egoistic mind reader! I replied hotly, glaring back. Hiei growled.

=Obviously, they forgot to let you out of that castle long enough for you to get stuck in a tree.=

Why you-!

And without another word, Hiei was gone. I growled and started towards where I felt his brainwaves coming from, but was restrained by Kagome.

"Calm down, Sango," She said, "Now's not the time for a clash of prides. Save it for the ring,"

++He was just sticking up for Kagome, you know,++ Kirara said from Rin's arms ++In his own, twisted little way, anyways,++

"Shut up!!!"

"…did anyone say anything?" Jin asked in confusion.

"The cat," Ganko answered, snickering. Kagome sighed and, after smacking Ganko across the head, turned to our newest acquaintances.

"Sorry about that. Sango's a telepath and well…"

"Enough said," Chuu said with a chuckle.

"What'd the half-pint mean by that, anyway?" Kuwabara asked in confusion, causing everyone else to sweat drop.

"Milady!!!" InuYasha and Ganko both groaned at the familiar voice, and glared at the toad demon that entered right after it. "Yakuso-sama, I have an urgent letter from his lordship for you and Rin-hime," Yakuso sighed.

"Thank you, Jaken, leave it in our hotel room, please,"

"Yes, My lady," Jaken said with a bow. "And Kagome-hime, your mother wished for me to inform you that all records for your new schooling have arrived. She is going to go over them with someone named Minamimo-san tomorrow." Kagome and Kurama winced in union as everyone else snickered at their expense.

"thank you, Jaken. Is that all?"

"Yes, Milady!" he croaked.

"Then please inform my mate his message has been received and I will read it tonight."

"And tell my mother not to make any plans without me," Kagome added in a pained voice. Jaken bowed in respect.

"And make sure someone's feeding Ah-un for me!!!" Everyone sweat dropped at

Rin's odd request. Leave it to her to worry about random things at a time like this…

"Of course, My ladies, the messages will be passed along," And with that, the toad scurried out." Kagome frowned at Yakuso.

"Are you sure you shouldn't have taken that message immediately? It's not like Sessho-maru to send anything without a damn good cause,"

"It's more than likely something about Rin's love life again," Yakuso said with a sigh and a barely contained smile, "Perhaps he found the box hidden in the secret compartment behind the blue kimono in Rin's wardrobe closet…"

"YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT?!?!?!?!"

"You're the kitsune princess everyone wants a piece of?" Rinku asked, blinking. Ganko snickered again, this time cut off by his sister. Kagome flashed a half hearted glare in Ganko's direction before smiling at the boy.

"Well, yes, but I generally don't hear myself referred to in that particular term," Jin laughed nervously.

"Naturally that was a poke at the numbskulls entering the tournament. I didn't mean to offend you, lassie." Kagome laughed and smiled at the demon.

"It's alright, I've been called worse," She said brightly.

"Yeah," Ganko said, just as cheerful, "Like a loudmouth busybody of a princess who's mean enough to make a fire-breather look like a kit."

`BAM!!!'

"Is he gonna be okay…" Kireishi asked uncertainly as she watched Ganko's twitching form.

"Oh, don't worry," Yari assured her with a friendly smile, "His head is the thickest stuff in the world. He'll pop right back up soon," sure enough, Ganko was back on his feet not seconds after Yari had finished assuring Kireishi.

"Like I said, she's vicious. Ugly as a toad, too. Can't imagine why so many guys showed up…"

"Why you-!"

"Children!" I said, restraining Kagome from hitting Ganko again. "Really, Ganko, you're already received a warning because of that whole incident you pulled with Shippo in the kitchen last week, do you really want to see what the Queen would do to you if she heard you disobeyed another direct order?" Ganko flinched.

Why didn't you let me hit him?!?!

Because it never changes his behavior.

So? Miroku never learned after all the times you hit him.

That's different!!!

How so? I glared at Kagome who smirked back.

"Shut up."

"Technically, I didn't say anything,"

"If you three are done," Katrina said in amusement, "I think you have a match to prepare for in thirty minuets? And I really don't recommend fighting in such stylish kimonos," Kagome and I looked down at our fashionable silk kimonos.

….

"SHIT!!!!!!!" Kagome quickly dropped Shippo into Kurama's arms, and we started pushing our way through the crowd towards our hotel room.

"Wait!!! What the hell are we supposed to tell the judges?!?!?!?!"

"Tell `em we'll be right there!!!" Kagome called back. Then she cringed as someone stepped on her foot. "Oh, this'll take forever. Here!!!!" and, with little warning, she grabbed my arm and pulled me into the shadows.

I hadn't had much practice phasing through shadows, and still found the almost total darkness and the think feel of the air pressing in around me very unnerving. The only places there were lights were where the shadows we could come out were, almost like oddly shaped (and sometimes moving) windows.

Kagome `swam' ahead, still pulling me until I got used to the strange feel and was able to `swim' myself.

We came out in a shadow in the living room in our hotel room, quickly hurrying to our personal rooms to change into our fighting clothes.

A few minuets later, Kagome was dressed in a beautiful miko garb of black and silver silk that had a design on the back in black, violet and blue silk of a fox on the back, with her ebony bow slung across her back, along with arrows tipped in the rarest and strongest black diamonds and ending with the tail feathers of a blue phoenix that were spelled to always return to the quiver when Kagome wanted them to.

Her outfit had been made by Kaede and the village, and left in Yakuso's care until she met with us again. It was obvious the old miko and the villagers had pored a lot of effort into the clothes, so much so that Kagome hesitated to wear them, until Yakuso reminded her that Kaede would've wanted Kagome to have the comfort of an outfit given by those who loved her during such a stressful time. Even so, Kagome put several spells on the silk, making it tear and stain-proof.

A katana with a black grip and violet sheath rested on her left hip, and her right arm had black armor on it. She'd pulled her hair back into a braid, tying it right above the violet tips with a blue ribbon.

I was wearing a silk fighting kimono Kaede and the village had left for me as well. It was silver, with blue and violet sakuras and a black cat with silver eyes on the back, and black fighting pants underneath. The same spells Kagome had on her clothes were upon all of my clothes . I had armor on my chest, my right arm and shoulder and my knees. I also had a katana at my left hip and Hirakotsu strapped across my back in a manner that allowed easy access in case I needed it.

My hair was pulled back with a dark blue ribbon, and I had silver earrings that could double as knives in an emergency with a little magic I had learned thanks to Kagome's powers through our bond.

"Ready?" Kagome asked.

"Are we walking this time?"

"We only have five minutes to get there," I sighed. Damn.

"Phase away," and with that, Kagome and I jumped into the couch's shadow.

It's not as bad as you like to pretend, you know, Kagome said as we `swam' towards the stadium. It's actually very comforting,

Yeah, for you I said, rolling my eyes Technically, this is your element, Kagome shook her head.

I really don't see how Hiei can put up with you, She said with an innocence only she was capable of, You're near impossible…

How about I pretend you didn't say that and you pretend I'm not gonna strangle you as soon as we're out of here?

Done! Kagome said cheerfully.

Finally, we found the combined shadows of our teammates and pulled ourselves up through them. None of the boys seemed that surprised at our means of travel, and Miroku even helped us up. (We were wary of his hands the entire time. Mated though he may be, our monk was still a lecher.)

"Bout time," InuYasha grumbled. "We go out in one fucking minuet!!!!!"

InuYasha was simply wearing his fire-rat hakamas and haori, claiming he didn't see the point of dressing up to fight. Miroku and Ganko seemed to agree with his reasoning, as the houshi just wore his monk robes and Queen Yame's Leading General wore the traditional armor of a shadow kitsune.

"Women always take forever, hanyou," Ganko said, brushing a strand of his bangs away from his eyes and dodging with a fluid grace when Kagome and I moved to hit him. "What? It's a fact of life!!!!"

"Hmph!!!" Kagome's pout cleared up when the main judge entered.

"Are you five ready?"

"As ready as We'll ever be." I sighed. And, with that, we walked out into the ring to a roaring crowd and our opponents. Ganko chose to lean against the entrance way, a little in the shadows, while the rest of us stood a little ways in front of him, already wanting to get this over with ASAP. Our opponents had no real strength to them whatsoever, just brute force.

"Ladies and gentlemen of all the realms, let me introduce the first two teams of the Trirealm Tournament, Team Kaihi Tekina and Team Shadow Kitsune!!!!!" loud roars greeted his words, "Now, I will hand this fight over to the referee, Joku, who will explain the rules." A pretty eagle youkai stepped forward and nodded to the head judge as he accepted the mike from him.

"The rules are simple; fights are chosen randomly by a computer database, and shown on the screen as they are picked. The person who wins the match will get to choose if he or she wants to stay for another fight, or pass it on to one of their teammates. If they choose to sit it out, they may be called back in at a later time. If a fighter chooses not to go in a match they were supposed to, it counts as a loss for their team. Killing and weapons are permitted, and you can't touch the ground outside of the ring for more than five counts, and if you stay down for ten counts, you lose. That said. Let's fire up the computer!!!" the giant screen was split down the middle, and images of our fighters flashed on one side as images of our opponents flashed on the other.

Then, the one for Team Kaihi Tekina stopped on the image of an overly muscular tiger youkai.

"And the first fighter for Team Kaihi Tekina is Keshisaru!!!" the ground shook as the giant youkai stepped forward and the crowd roared it's approval. Then, our sides started to slow down, then stopped on… "And InuYasha is the first one up on Team Shadow Kitsune!!!" more roaring greeted this as our arrogant hanyou jumped into the ring. "Are you two ready?"

"Just start the match," Keshisaru rumbled.

"Feh!" Joku sweat dropped.

"BEGIN!!!!!!!!!!"

Keshisaru leapt for InuYasha, who drew Tetsusiaga and sliced his arm off. Keshisaru screamed in pain and fell back, clutching the bloody stump.

"Incredible! InuYasha took Keshisaru's arm off in one swing!!! …But where did the giant katana come from?"

"You'll pay for that!!!!" Keshisaru cried, lunging at InuYasha again. One slice later, he was in pieces at InuYasha's feet.

"Too easy," InuYasha snorted, resting Tetsusiaga on his shoulder, "Why not just let me fight them all at once? It'll make time go by faster." The rest of Team Kaihi Tekina growled at the inu hanyou.

"Well, it is allowed sometimes, but only of the judges okay it and the other team is for it." Joku said frowning at him in a thoughtful way.

"We'll do it," the largest of our opponents said, "We'll show this half-breed to be careful of what he wishes for."

"Alright then, do we have an okay from the judges?" Joku asked, looking at where the judges sat. The head judge gave a short nod, and the crowd roared as the rest of Team Kaihi Tekina entered the ring.

"Go InuYasha!!!" We heard Botan yell from the crowd, causing Ganko to snicker and the rest of us to smirk or try to hide our smiled a InuYasha blushed so lightly, no one who wasn't looking for it could see it.

"BEGIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Joku yelled, all of InuYasha's opponents jumped for him at once.

"And here's where they find out Tetsusiaga was made for more than one opponent," Ganko muttered from where he was standing. Sure enough, InuYasha cut down all four fighters in one sweep of his sword, drawing astounded murmurs from the crowd as the demons dissolved into nothingness.

"Wow, amazing!!!! One swing!!!!! This is no ordinary hanyou, folks, Team Shadow Kitsune has definitely chosen well with this fighter!!!!!!!" there was an awed murmur running through the crowd as Joku spoke.

"If she doesn't shut up soon, InuYasha might risk falling over from the weight of his head," Kagome said dryly as The hanyou sheathed Tetsusiaga and folded his arms, an arrogant smirk on his face.

"Right, and the winner of this match in a dominating display is Team Shadow Kitsune!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" one again, the crowd roared as the rest f us turned to leave the arena.

"Not bad, Dog-boy," Ganko said as soon as we where out of there. "too bad the opponents only get stronger,"

"Feh!!!" InuYasha crossed his arms, "I can take `em!!!"

"That was a rather impressive display," An unfamiliar voice interrupted. We wheeled around to face two shadow kitsunes standing in front of us. Sometimes I really despised their ability to stay undetected.

That thought was pushed out of my mind as Kagome let out an alarmed gasp and Ganko started to growl. One of the kitsunes gave Ganko a half smile.

"Easy, friend, I'm not here to hassle you," He said. The other remained silent. "I had simply come to see if the princess had chosen well for her team. So far, it looks like her judgment was sound, with the exception of you," here he sighed, "I really don't know what she was thinking in allowing a two timing brat pretending to be a general on her team,"

"Why did you want to speak with me, Shijin," Kagome asked, one hand on Ganko's shoulder to keep him from killing the guy. Shijin's gray eyes flashed in amusement.

"Ah, so you remember me. I am honored, my lady."

"Cut to the chase!" Ganko growled. The blue haired kitsune shrugged.

"Like I said, I was simply measuring your team's potential. Now that I see it, I'll be on my way." And with that, he stepped forward, taking Kagome's hand and lightly kissing it, before turning around and starting away. "Bukakko, it's time we leave. We are obviously not welcome here," the other blue haired, gray eyed kitsune followed him away, and Ganko's growls didn't stop until they were gone.

"Damn it!!!" He growled, glaring at the shadow they had slipped away in, "And I was in a good mood, too!!!" Kagome sighed.

"Another complication," She muttered, frowning and playing with the end of her braid, "Just perfect,"

"Who the Hell were those two?!" InuYasha demanded.

"Shijin and his younger brother, Bukakko," Ganko said with a snort, "the sons of a high up lord that was one of Kurai's closest friends. He was even talking about betrothing Kagome to Shijin for a while a few years before she disappeared. Ever since then, Shijin's treated Kagome like he owned her. I thought he disappeared after Kurai died."

You okay Kagome?

Fine.

Bull. What's wrong?

Nothing! Its just shock is all, Kagome bit her lip. The look in his eyes hasn't changed. Like he'd devour me if given half the chance.

I could introduce him to Hirakotsu if you want, I said, clutching the bone boomerang and raising an eyebrow at her. Kagome mentally laughed and visibly relaxed.

No thanks. Hopefully, he won't be that much of a problem, I hoped so as well. After all Kagome had done, she deserved to be happy.

And Kami help me, I'd hurt anyone who tried to stand between my best friend and the guy she loved.

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DV- Don't you love it when little twists and turns get thrown in?

QFF- NO!!!!!!!!!!! Where's Chiisai, I'm taking her up on that offer!!!

DV- Bound, gagged and hidden somewhere.

Kagome- You're evil.

DV- Tell me something I don't know. By the way, I have big news for all of you!!! I'm going to put a picture on mediaminer!!!!!! as soon as Dad get's the scanner up and running, anyways.

Botan- Of what?

DV- `Hiding behind a wall of sandbags.' Ganko.

Inu- Big deal.

QFF- Which one?

DV- The one I had to fight you to get back when you saw it. `putting on helmet.'

QFF- SHIRTLESS GANKO!!!!!!!!!!! `vanishes in a whirl of dust.'

`Stampede of Ganko admirers storm through, following her, accidentally stampeding some of the characters,'

…

Yusuke- `cough cough'

Kagome- Ow…

Shippo- That's kinda scary.

DV- Anyways, it'll be under the same penname I have here. It's not the best work of art out there, but it should give you a general idea of what Ganko looks like, which was the point behind it anyways. And please review before you leave!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!