Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Of Might And Magic ❯ The Revealing ( Chapter 7 )

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Hi, ya’ll. I told you I’d update fast. Yea!!!! Now, to answer a question.






The Sayuri-Sama - I’m sorry. I though that was clear. She was hissing at Kyo, her neko beast, because she had told him to stay upstairs but he was still there. I hope that cleared it up.




Disclaimer- I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho or Inuyasha




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Akina looked at Koenma closely, gauging for his reaction on what she had just said. She didn’t have the patience or the fortitude, though, to let him think about it as he was obviously doing. Her students lives were in danger and soon the world would also be too. It would fall down to the mercy of HER.

It was an unwritten and unspoken rule between the Blood Teachers to never speak HER name. For they had learned that to speak a name so sweet would unleash unspeakable and irreversible horror on the Earth and in the universe itself. And so they had waited for the soul sisters to arrive. They waited for the opportune moment to strike. They waited for peace to finally reign over the evil that had corrupted their world.

Koenma’s voice brought her out of her musings.

“ When shall my Spirit Detective’s know of this?”

Akina narrowed her eyes in thought, watching, distractedly as Koenma fiddled with his hands. He was in his older form and she was grateful.

“ The tournament is one week from now and my girls have been training very hard for this.” And they have… She had been watching them from her shadows, occasionally stepping out to correct their mistakes. “ Tell your detectives the day before the tournament begins. I do not need unnecessary obstacles in my way of the girls duty. It was their birthright to do this and I shall make sure they carry out what they are meant to do.” She looked up at Koenma with a frown. “ It is also best if I am in the room when you are doing this. The girls will be there also.”

Koenma nodded his head sullenly. Despite his objections on the matter he knew it would happen someday, with or without his consent. Wasn’t it his father, after all, who issued it in the first place? He couldn’t get rid of evil himself but he could get people who were willing and able to to do it for him.





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It was a week a later and Kagome was shuffling nervously. This wasn’t a good idea, she knew it. Maybe if they could just not tell her cousin. It would be easier on all of them, really, and she would be saved the embarrassment if she actually lost the Dark Tournament.

“ It won’t be that bad, Kagome.” She smiled at Keiko who offered her a comforting squeeze. She could tell the rest were nervous too but Yukina didn’t seem as affected as the rest. It was as if she wanted to be in the tournament which was wildly out of character for her but Kagome couldn’t blame her. The adrenaline was pumping through her veins also.

They quickly lifted their hoods when they felt Botan and her cousin’s aura’s. Fallowing closely was Kurama and Kuwabara. Kagome furrowed her brow when another aura suddenly materialized out of nowhere. She was about to turn to look but was stopped by Yukina taking a hold of her hand.

“ It’s Hiei, Kagome. He is one of them.” The former time-traveler nodded before getting back into her position of the shadows. She could feel Akina’s energy near-by and silently prayed for the strength that her guide would hopefully provide. She kept Yukina’s hand in her own and the two girl’s silently leaned on each other for strength.

“ Detective’s ,” Koenma’s voice came. Kagome’s heart thundered. She watched as Botan left them before suddenly materializing next to her. It was one of her dark abilities and Botan learned and did it effortlessly.

“ What do you want toddler?” Kagome cringed at the sound of Yusuke’s voice and pressed her back firmly against the wall behind her, wishing, though the boys couldn’t see her, that she could disappear.

Koenma ignored Yusuke’s comment, this once, and his face became somber. “ I have news that another Dark Tournament is coming, very soon.” He waited for their reactions and got the one he was looking for from Yusuke.

“ I’m not doing those things again, Koenma, I told you that!” Koenma nodded in confirmation but before he could speak Kurama interrupted him.

“ When is it?” His voice was calm, cool and Kagome wondered about it. She had never heard him speak like that before. She watched his beautiful features tighten slightly and hoped to not see his anger.

“ Tomorrow.” The silence that followed his admission scared Kagome and when a knife was suddenly at Koenma’s throat she almost cried out. Hiei, the man that Yukina had told her about just moments before, held a decidedly sharp katana to the young rulers neck. Kagome was about to help him but was stopped by Botan. She gave a firm shake of her head.

“ What do you mean by ’tomorrow’, Koenma.” It wasn’t a question, it was a statement and Koenma knew it. He eyed the blade in fear but cleared his throat with a tilt of his head.

“ You aren’t to be apart of it. I hadn’t even finished yet.” Hiei looked at him suspiciously before suddenly appearing back where he had been before, boredom clearly shown on his face. Kagome breathed out a sigh of relief before focusing her attention back on the scene before her.

Kuwabara finally spoke up and raised his hand as if he were in school. “ What do you mean?”

Koenma sighed tiredly. He didn’t get paid enough for this job. Wait…I don’t get paid at all! His face showed his slight anger but he answered Kuwabara’s question. “ I mean, that you won’t be fighting in this one. You are being replaced by another group.” He looked up when Akina came into view. “ And this is their guide.”

Her gray eyes were hard as she looked at them and they could feel the power radiating off of her in waves. She appraised all of them with her calculating eyes and it felt familiar to Yusuke. He raised an eyebrow at her then at Koenma before looking at her again.

“ I am called Akina, and I am known as a Blood Teacher.” She gauged their reaction to it before dismissing it. “ I’ve been training my students hard for this tournament, ever since the day they found out, and I don’t want any, any, objections to it.”

She acts as if we would, Hiei snorted softly.

“ There are five of them, five girls, each uniquely strong in their own abilities. And they are perfectly prepared for this fight and want to do it, actually. It is their destiny, their birthright, and neither you nor I could interfere with faith.” She looked at them in the eye before snapping her fingers in the air. “ I’ll bring them out now so you shall meet them.”

She looked toward a dark corner of the room before saying loudly, “ The Tiger.” A hooded figure came out of the shadows, seemingly out of nowhere, and they were all caught off guard. It was obviously female and the clink of her green boots was the only sound she made. She stood in front of Koenma’s desk and waited for further instructions from her teacher. “ Take your hood off, tiger.” She did as she was told and they all watched in shock as Botan’s face came into view. She smiled at them smugly before leaning casually against the desk.

“ Surprised to see me?” She folded her arms across her green vest which partially covered her pink short sleeve shirt. Her legs were crossed and the long cape gave way to see her dark pink skirt. She tossed her head as a stray strand escaped from its hold in her blue braid and fell into her eye.

“ Show your beast, tiger,” Akina’s voice said. Botan nodded as she stood up and tossed the cape to the side. Her legs spread apart, her head bowed, and her arms raised down, Botan looked powerful. And then suddenly a huge head was being lifted from the floor before being followed by the rest of the body. A large bird was suddenly standing proud next to Botan .

“ A phoenix…” Kurama’s surprised voice shocked them almost as much as seeing Botan did. They looked at him questionably before Yusuke finally decided to say something.

“ What the hell!!??” Botan giggled and Yusuke turned to glare at her. “ You can’t go to the Dark Tournament. You’ll get killed.”

Botan giggled again. “ Is Yusuke worried?” Her voice suddenly turned serious. “ And you don’t have to get worried. I won’t get hurt. I know what I’m doing.” She suddenly waved at her back, if that was possible, and then suddenly there were was a scythe and a rod strapped vertically to her back. “ I’m fully equipped, I have the power,” she raised said power level enough so they could feel it, “ and I know that Eike has my back.” The bird looked up at her mistress with affection before gazing cautiously at the Spirit Detectives.

Yusuke still wasn’t convinced of Botan’s battle strength and was about to say such but was cut off by Akina.

“ I had told you before. It is their birthright.” She glared at him forcefully but, for once, Yusuke held his tongue. He didn’t give her the satisfaction, though, of not being on the receiving end of his glare. He was disappointed when she just ignored him.

“ The neko is next.” Kuwabara visibly perked up at the statement and watched as the second hooded figure walked from the shadows. The other Spirit Detectives weren’t as excited, for a foreboding feeling was creeping into their guts. Yusuke held his breath when Akina nodded at the woman to take off her hood.

Sango’s red-nailed fingers were the one’s to pull back the black hood. She narrowed her eyes as she stepped next to her teammate. After a brief moment both girls smiled at each other before Sango said, “ You couldn’t help but be yourself, could you?”

Botan grinned back at her friend as she raised her nose in the air and flipped her braid over he shoulder. “ Then I wouldn’t be called me, would I?” Both girls laughed at some inside joke, ignoring Yusuke’s sputtering of Sango’s name.

“ Sango, the only damage I’ve seen you do is slap Miroku.” The girl turned towards him, frowning. Her long, brown hair was held up in the high pony tail they were accustomed to seeing on her. Her hands were on her hips where the slit of the long-sleeved, knee-length white dress she was wearing ended. The only thing keeping her modesty was the black shorts she wore underneath.

“ I was a youkai slayer before any of this,” she said slowly and two of the Spirit Detectives tensed and narrowed their eyes. She took her hand away from their position on their hips and instead fingered the her katana that was slipped through the black cloth belt that was tied around her waist which was also keeping her dress together. She leaned on the desk, unknowingly mimicking what Botan did earlier, and crossed her black ankle boot clad legs. “ I guess you can say I’m retired now.” She looked up at them. “ The point is, is that I was fighting before you were even a thought in your parents mind, before they were a thought in theirs.”

Sango ignored the forbidden child’s glare and instead focused on Kuwabara’s question. “ What does that mean?”

She grinned again. “ It means that the only people in this room that are older than me are Koenma and the fox spirit inhabiting Kurama’s body.”

Every eye in the room riveted to her. Some in shock, some in anger, and some in amusement.

“ How did you know about that?,” Yusuke said, his voice low.

She wasn’t the one who told him the answer. “ Botan,” came Kurama’s smooth voice, “ Am I right?”

Sango nodded her head as if she wasn’t certain. “ Partly. The other part came from the wolf.” She cocked her head to the side in thought. “ Not even Miroku could feel his aura.” She was sitting on Koenma’s desk by this time and Botan had joined her awhile later. Koenma, who usually didn’t like people to even touch it let alone sit on it, didn’t seem to mind.

Akina finally spoke up, knowing that the next person would cause even more controversy. “ Show your beast, Sango.”

Sango got up from her sitting position and closed her eyes. They all watched her in trepidation. Moments later a huge ball of fire suddenly sprang to life. It grew bigger and soon they all had to shield their eyes from the bright lights. It suddenly died out and in its place was a huge neko youkai who roared loudly before walking towards Sango. Said girl smiled and patted the youkai’s nose.

“ This is Kilala,” she told the group, “ My neko companion.” Flames surrounded the youkai again and it was suddenly small; jumping onto Sango’s shoulder and nuzzling her neck. The girl laughed before reaching up to pet the feline between the ears.

Akina nodded in approval. She turned towards the dark corner again and boomed, “ The Ice Maiden, come.” Hiei felt an involuntary lurch in his stomach as another figure glided into the room. “ Show yourself.” Akina’s voice came more gently this time and, without hesitating, pale hands did as they were told.

Kuwabara immediately fainted at the sight of her. Hiei closed his eyes briefly before they reopened again, blazing in anger. “ What kind of games are you playing, woman?”

Akina took his anger in stride.

“ I’m playing the game Faith had assigned me to.”

Yukina spoke up before an argument could ensue between the two powerful beings. “ It’s alright, Hiei,” she said gently, “ I’m perfectly ready for this tournament.” Hiei looked at her in expertly concealed concern. And her outfit in barely concealed disgust. Hiei, of course, didn’t like it. The white sweater showed a small amount of her pale flesh and gray pants had to many pockets in them. They tucked quite nicely into her black boots, though, but he wouldn’t say anything.

“ Are you sure you can-”

Before Kurama could finish the sentence, Yukina had dipped her hands into two of her many pockets. Four blades slid out and she smiled. “ I’m sure I can protect myself.”

“ Show your beast.” Yukina nodded and pulled out another blade. This one had a blue ribbon wrapped around it and Yukina raised it above her head. She slammed it down into the ground with more force than they thought her capable of. A few seconds later, a huge dragon head came out of the ground, much the same fashion as Botan’s beast did. This was a dragon, though, and it looked at each of them warily, its coal black eyes rested on Hiei for a moment longer than the rest.

“ What he hell?” Yusuke couldn’t help himself. He immediately regretted saying it when the winged creature blew a ring of smoke in his face.

Yukina grinned. “ Hello, Kashi.” It immediately turned into a smaller state and flew onto Yukina’s braided head. “ Good to see you too, “ she laughed.

“ The wolf is to come.” Akina closed her eyes when she saw Keiko’s figure. May Kami keep the Detective from death. I do not wish to be the cause of it… She opened her eyes to see everyone looking at her. Sighing she said, “ Take it off, child.”

Keiko did as she was told and closed her eyes when she heard Yusuke’s yell. She smoothed back her hair which she opted to put into a ponytail and jumped up when she felt Yusuke’s aura coming closer. A shelf above the couch was her resting place and she crossed her legs which were clad with soft yellow fighting pants. “ Why hello to you, too,” she said wryly. “ Can’t keep me from going, Yusuke. I already decided, can’t stop me.” She shrugged her shoulders when he started sputtering. A sleeve of her yellow short-sleeve was drooping but she didn’t mind or care. She had known it was going to do that so she put a red tank top under it. Her feet were clad in red boots also.

“ Come on, Keiko. You can’t fight in that tournament. It’s to dangerous for you, for any of you.”

Keiko’s eyes softened. He cares, he really does. Maybe…there is a chance. “ I’m sorry, Yusuke. But it’s my duty.”

Akina’s voice broke the silence that followed her sentance. “ Show your beast , wolf.”

Keiko grinned at her. “ I already did. The self-proclaimed leader shielded my aura.” Akina nodded in understanding as the rest of them giggled behind them. Keiko jumped down from the shelf and landed next to Sango. “ Tai, you can come out now.” A small dragon hesitantly came out of the shadows before running crookedly towards Keiko. The wolf youkai caught the little dragon in her arms and nuzzled her little body. “ This is Tai,” she told everyone, “ My Soul Beast.”

Akina sighed again as she waved her hand distractedly. “ Come on out now, fox. Kami knows that your patience wouldn’t last long.” Another woman came out of the shadows, this one more reluctantly than the others. “ Take off your hood.”

Kagome’s face was what they saw. And Yusuke’s voice was what they heard.





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Kagome wiped the sweat off her brow as she entered the boat. It was so hot outside and the glare that Hiei was giving everyone was disconcerting. She sat down beside Keiko on the bench and crossed her brown ankle boot clad legs. Her hands tightened the bandages on her leg and thigh before pulling back her brown fingerless gloves. She took off the green bandana holding her hair back before tying it again.

“ Why are you fidgeting so much, Kagome?” Keiko’s voice brought her out of her thoughts.

“ Because, something’s about to happen.” She got up from the bench before smoothing down her green cargo shorts. “ Stop being so nervous Yusuke. If you’re going to be why don’t you go home.” She ignored his glare as she wiggled herself between him and Kurama.

“ I’m not going anywhere. Who knows what will happen to you girls.”

Kagome rolled her eyes. Really. Her cousin was so over-protective. She adjusted her white and brown short-sleeve shirt when she noticed a demon staring unabashedly at her toned stomach. “ Nothing will happen to us. We may lose some matches but that’s expected. Come on. Have a little faith.” She grinned at him brightly but he was still grumbling as he turned his head away.

“ What type of kitsune are you, Kagome?”

Kagome turned her head to look at Kurama. She stopped herself from blushing as his intense gaze fell on her. “ I’m an elemental.” She made a face. “ Way to cliché.”

Kurama nodded with a smile. “ What element do you control, Kagome?”

She blushed this time but quickly turned thoughtful. “ Well…all of them.” She leaned her back against Yusuke’s shoulder to look up at him.

“ All of them?,” Kurama whispered lowly.

‘How the hell can she control all of them?’

I don’t…know…

“Is something wrong, Kurama?” Her concerned voice knocked him out of his reverie and he looked down at her.

‘ You do know that very few youkai, let alone foxes, have elemental powers.’

“ It’s just unusual, Kagome. There hasn’t been an elemental in centuries.”

She grinned at him. “ Well, I guess I’m bringing the race back, aren’t I?” She looked at Yusuke before looking at him. “ And you know what? Keiko’s a Golden Wolf.” She nodded at his dubious look as if that would be enough proof. “ Akina said that were both very rare types of species.” She seemed fascinated by this and Kurama had to chuckle at her enthusiasm.

“ Kagome.” She turned to look at Sango. “ Come here. I’m giving you guys back your equipment now. I don’t know what trouble we’ll be in on this boat.” She looked at the demons looking at their group and sneered at them in disgust. Kagome smiled up at Kurama before getting up from her sitting position.

“I’m coming, Sango.”

Kurama watched her go, taking in her form as she walked to her friend. That was…nice.




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Finally done. Phew. Hope you liked this chapter. Ja Ne