Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Replaying History In More Than One Way ❯ The first step of a thousand mile trip ( Chapter 3 )

Well, I'd say that this story will be pretty successful of mm.org, but it doesn't seem that way with ff.net. So I'll be changing the category for that with this update. No complaints about the length of this chapter of I will come and kill you. *Gives evil author glare* it's around ten pages in my notebook and finished what I had left in one, so I'm now starting the third notebook. Anyway, enough of my ramblings. Okay, I now know that this wasn't the way the Dark Tournament stated. But, there was an action I needed to write. And I didn't find out how it started until yesterday.

Pairings:

None (this is simpler for me by the way, that way I can just concentrate on the fanfic and not the romance scenes)

Hiei/Kagome

Kurama/Kagome (very unlikely unless I get over 100 reviewers wanting it, some of you may see why in this chapter)

Maybe a bit of Yusuke/Keiko

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Okay, now for the legend…

"Talking"

`Telepathy'

Thoughts or umm, what's the word oh yeah: stressing

Descriptions etc.

~*~*~*~- Alternation of place (sometimes time too)

~*~*~*~*~-End of chapter

~*~Change of Point of View (POV)~*~

Let me know if anyone's OOC!!!!!!

Chapter 3-The first step of a thousand mile trip

"Well, there's another adventure and a half," Yusuke chirped.

"If you could keep your mouth shut, then we wouldn't have had to go through all that," Hiei told him sharply, pointing to all the smoking demons behind them.

"Then it would be a boring trip," Yusuke replied. Hiei just rolled his eyes at Yusuke's behaviour.

"Let's get our rooms now then children," Kurama said. That I earned him several glares and one scowl. But no one argued at being called `children' as in Youko's eyes they were.

"I'm going to go find Shizuru and Keiko," Kuwabara told them.

"Well, that won't be too hard, it looks like there's trouble down there," Yusuke stated, pointing forward and to the right.

"That'll probably be her," Kuwabara sighed," with Keiko trying to follow her." Yusuke laughed at the thought of Keiko trying to force herself through the crowd to Shizuru. He followed Kuwabara and as they pushed through the crowd they saw…

~*~Kagome's POV~*~

Well, it seems I have a talent with getting my self into trouble, no matter what time or place. Can't I have just one month with no demons threatening me, or claiming me as his mate, or calling me by anything other than my name? Now, how did I get myself into this mess? Let's see… I was coming off the boat, then this demon told his companions that he was hungry and they suggested human flesh. Ah, hopefully I won't have to hurt now…

~*~End POV~*~

The crowd thickened around Kagome and he human-like wolf demon.

"Let go," Kagome ordered in a Sesshoumaru-like-voice. One that was used to orders being obeyed. The demon snickered at her tone.

"NO, I'm hungry, and your human flesh will satisfy me just fine. Though you are pretty, but unfortunately for you, I'm already mated." Kagome sighed and rolled her eyes.

`This guy's like Kouga!' she thought.

" If you let go of my arm, then I won't be obliged to make you let go," she stated.

"You wouldn't be able to make a dog follow you," he retorted. That caused two things: one for memories to come back of a certain hanyou whom followed her and two: well, saying she wasn't angry was like saying Miroku was never a pervert. The two combined weren't fortunate for the wolf demon. Kagome focused a minority of her powers on his arm. The next second the demon let her go, his arm burnt almost beyond recognition.

"What, what demon are you?" he whimpered. Kagome gave him a glare, one that said she was still angry.

"I'm not a demon, I'm 100% human," she replied.

She whizzed around and asked someone, "Shall we go?" Shizuru and Keiko shook their heads.

"I saw Yusuke, I think I should let him know I'm still alive," Keiko replied.

"My bro's coming, I'll go give him misery before he gives you any," Shizuru added. The comment lightened Kagome's mood somewhat.

"I'll see you at the first match then," Kagome replied.

~*~*~*~

When Keiko finally got through the crowd to Yusuke his mouth was wide open, she rolled her eyes at his obvious astonishment.

"If you don't close your mouth soon Yusuke, a youkai will put something in it that may kill you," she stated. Yusuke immediately shut his mouth, only to open it again.

"You know her?" he demanded. Keiko sighed.

"Yes Yusuke, she's my cousin remember?" she replied. Yusuke's eyes flashed with recognition.

"But that girl seemed 100% normal." Keiko's eyebrows disappeared into her hair.

"You look almost 100% normal Yusuke," she replied. Yusuke gave up the argument there.

Meanwhile Kuwabara was attracting unwanted attention via his yelling.

"Why did'ya have to drag me here?" he yelled.

"Because you were being a stupid git and refused to see the trouble you'd get the damn world in if you didn't go," Shizuru stated calmly; as all elder siblings tend to do when they believe the younger is acting stupidly. (AN: Trust me, I know.)

"But I know that, and I chose to be with my lovely Yukina!" Hiei passed them at this point, but he continued walking,

"If I have my way, you won't see a hair of hers," he muttered. He stopped beside Yusuke and Kurama.

"They're announcing the teams for the preliminaries," Kurama warned. Everyone fell silent with the announcements.

"We're fourth," Hiei stated.

"Oh just perfect this will mean that we can't eat right now," Yusuke said sarcastically.

"That depends," Kurama said quietly, "if we don't unpack right now we could eat, sleep or watch our competition." Silence followed his statement. Then all at once they gave a different answer.

"Watch," Hiei said monotonously

"Unpack," Kurama decided.

"Eat," Yusuke said as stomach made its protest.

"Sleep," Kuwabara yawned. It seemed his argument wore him out.

"We'll meet at the arena for the fourth battle then," Kurama told them. Everyone agreed, then they all went their different ways.

~*~ Kagome's POV ~*~

The screams of the crowd were deafening. My seat was in the top priority box for some odd reason. I had a clear view of the arena from where I was sitting, all the youkai seemed quite blood thirsty.

"And welcome to the Dark Tournament everyone! I hope that not everyone's intimated from what Toguro did to the last audience! Our first match is the Death of Life against the ­­­crows! Now I'd like to remind the teams that the only ways you can win is by knocking your opponent unconscious, killing them or forcing them out of the ring for ten seconds!" This announcement caused cheers from the crowd. I tried to decipher them, and I regretted it. They were crying for the death of a team. I guess that shows that this is a tournament to the death in the end.

A worm demon and a crow demon stepped into the ring. I didn't pay much attention to the first battle; I figured that nature would play a part in this fight. It turned out that I was right, the crow won; by eating the worm's heart. If worms have hearts.

"And there's one win for the crows, and my, wouldn't that have been a painful death! And now the second round commences!" I saw the wolf from before step into the ring. I winced slightly at the memory of what I'd turned his arm into. I'm glad I healed it for him now, he'll need it later on; and it seems purification slows healing for youkai as well. Another crow flew into the ring; I don't think I'd be surprised if the entire team turned out to be crows! I can see where they got their name if that's the case!

~*~ End POV ~*~

The wolf waited for its prey to make the first move. Finally, the crow's impatience drove it to dive at the wolf, only to pass through him.

"Why didn't he do that when I purified his arm?" Kagome asked herself.

~*~*~*~

"You still haven't answered the question, have you seen any other humans in the arena?" Shizuru demanded, glaring at all the youkai in front of her. All of the demons edged away from her in fright.

"No, no none at all," one of them squeaked.

"There might be some in the top priority box," another added.

"Fine then, let's go see if she's there then, eh Keiko?"

"Okay," was the meek response, Shizuru could scare anyone with that glare of hers. A path was cleared to the top priority box, and there they saw a girl watching the fight with some interest.

"Oi! Kagome!" Shizuru called. Kagome turned around and smiled.

"Just a little reputation Shizuru?" she joked. Keiko and Shizuru laughed with her as they sat down. Their attention turned to the fight, but they never stopped talking.

"His arm healed fast," Shizuru commented as the wolf swiped at the crow with his right arm, which was now a sword. Kagome shook her head.

"I healed it for him when he apologized, and I'm glad, otherwise he might've been dead by now," Kagome replied. Shizuru and Keiko's eyes flicked to Kagome before returning to the fight.

"So what are all you powers then?" Keiko whispered. Kagome remained silent for a long time before she answered.

"I entrust you to not tell anyone, there are plenty of people whom would love to kill me for what I can do. I can purify, cast purification on weapons I'm comfortable with, some basic illusions and I can sense youkai and occasionally what type. I still need to improve my powers though; I'm not exactly what you call: trained" Kagome whispered. Loud cheers filled the stadium as the wolf thrust his sword hand (quite literally) into the crow's chest.

"And there's another win for the Death of Life!" Another damn crow flew into the stadium, followed by a bat.

"So where did-" Keiko was cut off by a shrill screech from the bat. Everyone covered his or her ears to block out the sound. The match was quick. The bat just threw his claws at the opponent; they pierced the wings and the head.

"Quick and painful," Kagome commented as she rubbed her ears.

"Definitely," the others chorused.

"Ouch, that must have been a painful end. Now for the final battle!" Kagome's eyes squinted, then they widened.

"I need to cast an illusion on myself, don't look towards me, please," Kagome whispered. Keiko nodded slightly and Shizuru kept silent.

~*~ Kagome's POV ~*~

I began the illusion, it was quick and effective. How could I have not sensed that miasma?

His concealing spell must be stronger than last time a voice replied (AN: No it's not Hiei) True, I couldn't really tell it was a demon-minus the ears- let alone a spider demon whose scent screamed Naraku. I believe that this would be a detachment of his. It seems that history is about to replay itself, although if the detachment saw me then it most likely won't.

~*~ End POV ~*~

The match was even shorter than the one before. The crow managed to dodge all of the web threads, but it died from the poisonous vapours it omitted.

"Well, this fight will be a waste of time," Kagome grumbled, as the next match began.

"It gets more interesting as the tournament progresses, as well as more deadly: for everyone," Shizuru replied. Kagome sighed, and slumped in her chair. Her eyes were blank and glazed over for the next two fights, until a name of one of the teams caught her attention: Urameshi.

(AN: my battle scenes suck… T_T)

~*~ Kagome's POV ~*~

I do have to say that Yusuke is talented. This definitely was the first fight to keep my attention until the end. Each time I looked at Yusuke something flickered, but when I concentrated on it, it disappeared. Finally I looked without my eyes, but with my other set of eyes that let me sense demons. I looked at Yusuke again to see, no. It couldn't be, Sango?

As I continued to watch with my second pair of eyes, I realized that this boy was moving differently from how Sango would attack. He seemed more modern in his attacks, like he was a punk. I'm going to have to ask Keiko about that. As I watched him make the finishing blow, I heard two sets of words. "Rei-" Hirai "GUN!" KOTSU! The blast left a hole in the shape shifter's head. Yusuke looked around the crowd, until his gaze rested on Keiko. He smiled and winked as he held up the victory sign. I switched my eyesight and glanced out of the corner of my eye, just in time to see Keiko blush.

I turned my gaze back to the match except this time; I switched my eyes (you get what I mean right?) and looked at the candidate from the Urameshi team. I looked harder at the small demon to see past his barriers. My sight was rewarded with Sesshoumaru and a fainter figure behind him. I squinted, concentrating my gaze on the fainter figure. I was surprised to see Shippo there, behind Sesshoumaru. Shippo's face looked almost, sad. Like he looked when his father died. I couldn't stand to look at Shippo any longer.

I closed my eyes and reopened them. This time I looked at the demon's opponent. I was shocked beyond imagination. More shocked than when I was first told that I was Kikyo's reincarnation! The two demons looked almost exactly alike in appearances. To me, that meant either a shape shifter, or a relation.

~*~ End POV ~*~

Hiei growled angrily. He had definitely not anticipated any relations fighting in this tournament.

"Now, you're her son, the ice apparition?" his father asked.

"Why would it matter?" Hiei demanded, barely keeping control of his anger, and his dragon. His father's eyes glinted in what seemed to be greed.

"Because, I can teach you what your dear mother could not, your powers with fire. That's why it matters." Hiei's eyes sparkled with anger; he would not accept anything from his parents. They'd left him to die in Makai.

"If you practise enough, you'd be able to do his!" Taki yelled. His body seemed like an inferno. Fire surrounded his body. Then, the wind began to rise, taking pieces of flame and swirling it around. Soon, it was a blizzard of fire. Luckily it was Hiei, as anyone else would have perished from the intense heat. Hiei knew that if his sword were exposed to this heat for much longer then it would melt. He revealed his Jagan eye, and forced the flames away with his mind. (AN: sorry for the interruption, but I'm not sure if he can actually do that or not)

"I'm stronger than you think father," he taunted.

~*~Kagome's POV ~*~

When I heard this sentence I was reminded of how Sesshoumaru addressed Inu Yasha. He spat out the relation, like he despised all of his family connections. How could he be both Sesshoumaru and Shippo? I should talk to them after this match. After all, that's why I came here.

~*~ End POV ~*~

Of course Taki didn't take this too well. He ran at Hiei whilst throwing fireballs in a blind rage. Hiei simply dodged all of the attacks and at the same time he drew his katana. Taki laughed,

"You think that you can defeat me with a--" The rest of his sentence dragged off as he felt Hiei's sword cut into him continuously. Hiei smiled wickedly.

"I guess so father." Taki fell into numerous pieces, almost everyone was shocked. No one had seen his katana move, except for a few gifted people.

"Well, there's another point for the Urameshi team, and boy was that a bloody battle!"

~*~*~*~

Keiko sighed,

"Well, Hiei will be Hiei. He didn't seem to take it too lightly that Taki was his father either." Kagome took note of the name and stored it in her memory. She would ask later why Hiei would hate his father.

~*~*~*~

"Aww, come on Urameshi, let me go! I can fight'im!" Kuwabara yelled.

"Let him go, if he gets killed, you're not at fault," Hiei ordered. Yusuke scowled, but let go of Kuwabara nonetheless. Kuwabara scowled.

"Oi! Shrimp boy! I think you're slowing down, I saw your sword move!" Kuwabara was lying of course. The only person that could probably see each sword stroke was Yusuke. But it was an insult for an insult, although Hiei hid his more thoroughly.

When Kuwabara stepped into the arena, he was shocked. He had to fight a girl! Even worse, she looked similar to Yukina. At that point, the entire team knew Kuwabara was doomed. Hiei was smiling at the thought; it soon disappeared with Kuwabara's next thought.

Ah, well…they've shown they can be ruthless, and who knows if it's actually a girl. He told himself, trying to keep his honour code.

~*~ Kagome's POV ~*~

It looked like Miroku shadowed this boy, but he definitely wasn't helping him much; all the boy could do was summon a spirit sword and get it to do fancy tricks. He had no strategy, unless you count: run at the enemy and try to chop them down. I thought that he would lose against the ice demon, but it seemed like he prevailed, to Hiei's dismay. (Is Hiei OOC there??) Although he did hide it efficiently: like Sesshoumaru.

I brought myself back from my thoughts to hear the names for the next fight.

"Next up is Kurama from the Urameshi team against Ghetto!" A demon behind me roared in laughter.

"Now Kurama will get his due for killing my brother!" I glanced at Kurama, and was expecting to see Inu Yasha, but not the accusing look he sent to the demon. The fact that Inu Yasha was also dominated by this boy's soul also added to my list of reasons. I now knew, that this demon's brother had in fact gotten his due.

"Ghetto shall win and rid the tournament of all humans, in the arena or out of it!" he and all the other youkai laughed. Keiko was subduing Shizuru, but I was in the clear. I whipped around to glare at the youkai and prepared a purification attack.

~*~ End POV ~*~

All heads in the stadium turned to the priority box when a bright light surrounded the area in general. Kurama heard a soft voice in his head, but dismissed it; he couldn't be distracted. He tried to locate the person that caused the blast, but only Keiko and Shizuru remained in the box.

Kurama shook his head to clear his mind, and focused on the fight. Ghetto looked like a small rock kitten. But size isn't a measure of power; Kurama felt that Ghetto was hiding something. He knew better than to underestimate his opponents. After some thought he decided to use his usual tactics until Ghetto's abilities were shown. Like most fights, he brought out a simple rose, and then changed it into his rose whip.

Ghetto barely dodged his blows, each time it meowed pitifully. Kurama began what could be a deathblow. This is it; if it has any special abilities it'll show them now. He thought as the whip began its descent. He was right, the cat dodged with natural cat reflexes before it grew to the size of the arena; and then jumped at Kurama.

Kurama dodged the cat only to come face to face with a tail, now as pointy as a spear. Only Youko's reflexes saved him and he got off with only a minor scratch. Well at least it was minor considering what it could it could have been. From how Kurama was acting, if Kuwabara were in his stead, the blow would be mortal. Now that his prey had slowed down, Ghetto kept trying to squash Kurama. Each time he failed, the tail wounded Kurama. Finally Kurama was able to knock the tail away, the result being two broken wrists. Kurama was now kneeling.

The cat would have been smiling, if it weren't doing so already. It downsized a little.

"That was a mistake," Kurama whispered. A plant began to sprout out of Ghetto's tail, ripping and cracking the stone apart. It was a wall climbing plant, one of the ones that rip walls apart with the years. Except that with Kurama's youki the years became seconds. The cat was soon mere pebbles. Kurama stood up, it seemed like he'd faked the intensity of most of his wounds, except for a broken right hand wrist. All of his wounds -minus the broken wrist-were minor and would heal within the week.

When he reached the team he was congratulated on his acting abilities; but one voice caught his attention, and he swerved around to see the owner of the voice. The entire team was as still as a deer in the headlights, it was the girl they'd seen with Keiko.

"Well done Kurama, you should try out an acting career." She commented as they left the arena

Kuwabara got hearts in his eyes,

"You're cuter than Yukina, will you-" before he was able to finish his sentence the girl slapped him across the face.

"I'd think before asking me that question." Kuwabara looked at her oddly.

"But I was only asking you to be my girlfriend!" the girl rolled her eyes in exasperation. The next sentences Kuwabara spoke, were the equivalent of his death sentence.

"After all, you need a boyfriend to take care of you. Since you're such a delicate flower, you need protecting!" Kuwabara continued on with his honour code about girls, whilst said girl rummaged in her bag for something.

She pulled out a necklace and began to chant softly; soon a necklace was around Kuwabara's neck.

"Hey! I'm no girl!" he yelled.

"Shut up," the girl murmured. Kuwabara smashed face first into the ground. Yusuke roared with laughter, Hiei had a larger smirk than usual and Kurama watched the girl, wondering how she had done it. The girl walked up to Kuwabara and squatted.

"If I'm so weak, how can I make you kiss the ground with only two words?" she paused. " I hope that you learn manners quickly. The last guy I met that got a rosary ended up wearing his for over a year." She stood up suddenly and left, saying over her shoulder,

"I'll see you again." The only sound made by the group was Kuwabara's mutters and Yusuke's laughter.

Silence followed when Kuwabara got up.

"I think someone should follow her to make sure no demons attack her tonight," Kurama suggested. There was a huge argument that ended up with Kurama visiting the girl, since he was the one to suggest it. He sighed, but followed her scent to her room.

~*~*~*~*~

Mated: equivalent of human marriage

Youkai: demon

Miasma: it's like a poisonous gas that Naraku uses

ReiGun: Yusuke's most powerful attack

Hiraikotsu: Bone Boomerang, it's Sango's favourite weapon

Jagan: Hiei's third eye

Youki: it's a demon's energy. Something that demons can use for attacks

Rosary: look it up in an encyclopaedia, it's in there.

Well, I had to do some research on that. Now I just have to come up with more ideas for the story. After the fifth chapter… I'm not sure what's going to happen. So some help will be needed there I think. Until then, Ja ne!