Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Replaying History In More Than One Way ❯ A Risky Battle Part One ( Chapter 9 )

Tbiris: Well, I'm back now.

Karasu: *mutters darkly*

Tbiris: Don't be like that! I had to put it on so you couldn't kill me!

Yusuke: Good thing Kurama isn't here anymore.

Tbiris: Ya, kinda. Keiko any reviews I need to reply to?

Keiko: *shifts through reviews* you realize you need to organize these better you know?

Tbiris; yes, I do…

Keiko: Sukera, Youko_love, Shesshy-Slipperz/S.Wooz and sunstar kitsune

Tbiris: hm, okay…. *looks at reviews* thanks for all the reviews Sukera ^_^ makes me feel special that you read them all before school.

I had *counts* 10 people on mm.org (NEED MORE REVIEWS MM.ORG PEOPLE!)

Want a pairing, more if you count those suspicious reviews that were around one second away from each other; and 4 people on ff.net and my beta @_@ wanting a pairing…. Sorry Youko_love, plus I've already written it, but it isn't a BIG part of the story, I can't write like that. Really? I guess I should have tried out for Canterbury….

Sorry, I tried, but I can't write Hiei/Kagome T_T, I tried…. It was going to be a Kur/Kag/Hiei fic, but I couldn't write it Shesshy-Slipperz/S.Wooz … hm, Kag's fighting so I can't do that idea unfortunately.

Are you reading my mind sunstar kitsune? Genkai will be coming in soon, as for Hiei… you'll find out, there are some other characters I was evil to though… the FIRST SONG in the fic was `Change the World' second was `I Am' and the latest one was `Dearest' they're all from `Inu Yasha' so you can find the English translations at animelyrics.com

Keiko: you have some old ones unanswered too, *sigh* what would you do without us?

Tbiris: write a lot worse… let me see… old reviews…dreamwinds titles are above in the reply to sunstar kitsune.

Enough talking around, on with the chapter! And review or I'll send Karasu after you!

Chapter 9- A Risky Battle Part One

Kurama felt like banging his head against the wall, he never realized how loud his remaining teammates were, since he was usually trying to convince Hiei to not kill them. Now he, the calm and `peaceful' one wanted to see how well they'd react with thorns imbedded in their bodies. Whilst contemplating this thought and thinking of various other methods of torture that would effectively shut them up, they arrived at the arena.

Kagome was already in the arena, hidden in the shadows.

"You're late, we were about to disqualify you," the announcer scolded. "Where's the forbidden child?"

"He's in an unconscious state, we were late as it was and did not wish to be disqualified from the tournament," Kurama replied calmly.

"You need at least four fighters! Go find someone within five seconds!" the announcer yelled.

"I'm their replacement." Kagome stepped out from the shadows. Whispers followed her announcement and her race. The announcer shrugged, they thought she wouldn't fight, since it was just a girl.

"Whatever, you all know the rules! There are now rules where outside team members may not involve themselves with the fight at hand! First fighters to the ring!" The bat flew in, high above what the ring had become; a mess of bodies, arms, legs, gut and of course blood. Yusuke looked at Kagome, who gave a slight nod.

"I've got this one!" he informed them. In a second he was in the ring, ready for whatever came to him.

Contrary to its battle tactics before, the bat began with a dive, Yusuke dodged at the last minute and counter attacked with a punch. The bat thumped onto the ground and screeched in pain. Everyone covered his or her ears, except Yusuke, what do you expect? He endured Keiko AND Kagome's screaming at a front row seat. He walked calmly towards the bat, and kicked it. Another screech was heard as the bat slammed into the wall.

"Well, I guess now I'll start the count." Yusuke just stood there calmly, listening to the count.

"One win for the Urameshi team!" Many boos were heard and there were many catcalls.

"Shaddup before I kill you!" Yusuke's threat was well heeded until,

"He can't kill us all! Death of Life!" Kagome glared at the speaker and raised her bow. An arrow stuck in the center of his head, before his body turned to dust. There were no further catcalls or other disruptions.

"Second fighters please!" Yusuke stepped down, as a female demon stepped up.

"That's their replacement, Kurama?" Kurama nodded and stepped into the ring. The wind began to whip around them, blowing their hair and clothes as the two demons waited for the other to move.

Finally she moved, unsheathing a dagger as she ran. Her hair was a light blue-azure with dark purple highlights tied back into a ponytail. Her blue tinted-gold eyes were set in determination. Her clothes resembled Inu Yasha's except for the fact they were dark green and the legs just hung down and didn't gather at the ankle as well as the fact the arms of the haori weren't as loose and were tight at her wrists.

Kurama went to his hair to bring out his signature move, to find that his seeds were missing. His eyes narrowed as he dodged once again. Now that he paid more attention to the surrounding youki, the wind wasn't natural. There was youki imbedded into the wind.

"Looking for these?" she jumped to the opposite end of the ring and held out a handful of his seeds.

"You're skilled," Kurama admitted. She'd successfully robbed a thief.

"It's a pity, I'd love to fight Youko, but you can't transform at will," she said, lunging at him once again.

`At least if I lose now it won't be too suspicious' he thought as he dodged once again, but never counterattacked. All of the seeds in his pockets were for more practical use; they wouldn't be useful in battle.

Yusuke was distraught, the last time Kurama had seemed so helpless was in the battle against Karasu.

"Damn it Kurama, fight back!" Yusuke finally yelled.

"His ability with plants is his strongest weapon, he just lost his channel, and he's trying to make this fight look realistic," Kagome noticed. "She isn't even using all of her powers."

Back in the ring, water began to appear, washing away all the blood and other grotesque items away. Then it gathered together and with a slight hand movement the water split and changed into spikes.

"I suppose it would only be polite to know the name of your killer. My assassin's name will do, Amamizu, Boudan." Kurama's eyes widened in recognition of the name shocked long enough that the first spike hit him. The rest followed, Kurama dodged most of them; but in the end he was overcome. He kneeled, barely conscious due to blood loss. Boudan Amamizu approached him, much like Yusuke did previously.

"So you die!" she said, about to plunge her hand into his chest. Kurama's eyes closed, anticipating his death once again.

"NO!" A flash of ki burst from a teammate, Boudan backed away in horror. Kurama felt a wave of energy flow into him, healing him just enough so that he couldn't die unless he was injured again.

The announcer was gleeful,

"That's interference! Kurama's disqualified from the battle!" The audience chanted `boo, let her kill him!' loudly.

"Fine! Boudan will choose Kurama's fate!" A wave of dread filled the Urameshi team, the cries of `Death!' from the audience only increased it.

"You cannot fight for the rest of this day," was the stiff answer. Kurama's eyes widened in disbelief, he hadn't been merciful to his enemies in all his memories. Not willing to press his luck, Kurama attempted to stand, and failed. Boudan sighed and helped him to his team.

"A miko helped me once, so I help her kind to pay off my debt," she whispered.

"Third fighters!" The wolf stepped up to the ring, as Kuwabara followed suit. Kagome squinted, trying to look beyond appearances to try and see if her suspicions about the wolf were correct. Their first meeting had struck a chord, but it was only now that she could identify that chord. He acted a lot like Kouga did when he claimed her as his woman, except this time, it was as his lunch. Then, he had changed.

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Well, that's it. Boudan sounds better than Bouda, which means floods, Boudan means bulletproof, bomb proof. Amamizu means rainwater. Umm, no other comments but I still need more ideas…