Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Fire Within ❯ Blazing Frost ( Chapter 11 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

By: Hawaiianhoney2030

*~The Fire Within~*

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Inuyasha or Yu Yu Hakusho in any way shape or form… though I wish I did ^_^

Let's talk telepathy:

*Youko*

`Hiei'

-Kurama-

`thoughts'

Chapter 11: Blazing Frost

The yu yu gang watched the fight before them in boredom. This was the elimination fighting round to see who qualified to the finals. Currently there were two ridiculously idiotic demons battling it out on the platform in front of them. All the teams were standing on the ground next to the raised platform watching the fight. Since they were so bored with the fight, the group decided to choose who was going to take on their first battle. They were up next against the toad demons and from the looks of it, they had already chosen their fighter for the round. Yusuke rolled his eyes at the demons that looked so confident in themselves. Apparently, they hadn't met the Spirit Detectives yet.

“So who wants to go first?” Yusuke asked.

“I would like to see what our friend Kane can do in battle.” Kurama spoke up, turning a smile toward their hooded companion.

“I agree.” Hiei added.

Yusuke shrugged his shoulders and looked toward Kane. “You alright with that man?”

Kagome nodded her head slightly as her answer before turning toward the toads. Closing her eyes, she examined their auras carefully to find what their weaknesses were. It only took a moment for Kagome to form her game plan and within the next few minutes, the battle that they had been watching was over and Kagome was lifting herself up onto the platform. The demon she was facing leapt across from her and cracked his knuckles with a smug look on his face. The bell rang and the battle began.

The toad remained where he was and stared at his hooded opponent. Kagome remained completely still as she called upon her elemental powers. The temperature in the entire stadium dropped to around the low thirties and everyone gasped in surprise when they saw their breath. Snow began to fall from the sky and the toad snorted.

“That's it? Did you plan to defeat me with a little snow? HA! What a joke!” The demon chuckled.

Suddenly the snowflakes froze and formed into long sharp spears of ice. Before the toad could even blink, the spears were plunged into his body. Seconds after the ice spears pierced the demon's skin, his entire body went up in flames. Turning on her heel, Kagome casually made her way off the platform and back to her group while the toad slowly burned to death.

Yusuke smiled sheepishly over to his now slightly scary teammate and gave him a thumbs up. He everyone took a mental note to not get on Kane's bad side as the next two fighters jumped into the ring. For the rest of the day, groups were eliminated while others moved on to the finals. The Spirit Detectives remained in the stadium the entire day to check out their competition. Toward the end of the day, they were finally able to see the group that kidnapped Yukina in action. They were powerful; there was no doubt about that. But Kagome was more than positive that they could defeat them and anyone else in this tournament.

Once the matches were over and the groups were set in the finals, everyone returned to their rooms for the night. Kagome wasn't worried about the guys disturbing her while she slept because she knew Kurama and Yusuke were now intimidated by her show of power. They were probably curious of what type of demon she was and if they asked, she would just tell them she was an elemental. Hiei on the other hand wasn't intimidated but respected her. Even though they didn't know it was her, she was glad she got to spend this time with her mates.

Tomorrow would be the beginning of the finals and they were in the first match… against the team that kidnapped Yukina.

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“Here are the rules for Finals: Each team must fight against the team randomly chosen to compete against them. One fighter is chosen at a time to fight in a one on one match. The team that end up with the most wins will move on to the final fight.”

The last remaining four groups were standing around the platform. The yu yu gang, the team fighting for the southern lord, the northern lord's team, and the western lord's team were left to battle it out for the championship. The yu yu gang was chosen to fight against the southern lord's fighters first. After their battles, the western and northern groups would fight and the two winning groups would compete against each other to determine the winner of this year's tournament. The southern lord's team was the demons that kidnapped Yukina and the Spirit Detectives were all out glaring at their opponents.

While the guys made themselves look like complete idiots, Kagome was examining each of their auras. Among the four of them, two of them were blonde, one had green hair, and the other had red hair. The two blondes seemed quite powerful but not as deadly as the male with green hair. He had a peculiar aura that made Kagome shiver. She wasn't sure what it was about him but she didn't want any of her mates fighting against him… she didn't want to watch any of her mates die before her eyes. The red headed demon seemed to have mainly fire powers. And from what Kagome could remember, he was also the one that moved almost faster than Hiei.

For the quick one, Hiei would be best because the hybrid's fire power was obviously much stronger than his opponents. Yusuke and Kurama could fight over which blonde demon they were going to take on but Kagome called dibs on the green haired demon. He was too dangerous for her to let out of her sight. She just hoped he wasn't skilled enough to take her down.

After the rules were announced, the first fighters were ordered to enter the ring. They chose the red headed demon to fight first so Kagome turned toward Hiei and nodded her head toward the platform. Hiei nodded before gracefully leaping onto his battlefield. Once they were in position, the bell sounded off. Immediately, the demon began throwing fireballs toward Hiei. The hybrid dodged with ease as he unsheathed his katana and used it to deflect several of the attacks as well.

Finally growing frustrated, the fire demon sped at Hiei, unaware of his opponent's speed, and attempted to drive his katana through his chest. Kagome's breath caught in her throat as she watched Hiei stand there as his impending death came rushing at him. Seconds before the demon struck, Hiei dodged and roundhouse kicked him in the back, bringing him to his knees. Before Hiei could deliver the finishing blow, the fire demon blasted the hybrid with a ball of black flames. Hiei was thrown across the platform, his clothes burned as well as his skin slightly.

Growling, Hiei got to his feet and threw off his cloak. This was going to be a difficult fight seeing as both of them were fire demons and practically matched each other in speed. Realizing this, Hiei removed his headband as well. His opponent's eyes widened in fear as he recognized the jagan eye opening on Hiei's forehead. Gripping his katana tightly in his hand, the fire demon charged Hiei at full speed, hoping to kill him before he had the change to use his third eye.

Hiei smirked cruelly as his prey drew closer. Within the blink of an eye, the fire demon was on the ground screaming in agony. Deciding to make his death quick, Hiei drove his blade through the demon's chest. The crowd cheered so loud it was nearly impossible to hear the announcer state the winner of the match. They didn't need to hear it because it was quiet obvious who won. The apparition returned to his group and turned a smirk toward the group against them.

The next pair of fighters were ordered to enter the platform and Yusuke stepped forward without hesitation. He was excited for a good fight and only grew more motivated when he watched one of the blonde demons leap to the platform to stand across from him.

“You're going down lapdog.” the demon smirked.

Yusuke snorted. “Did you not just see what happened to your teammate? This fight will end similar to that one.”

The demon snarled and rushed Yusuke once the bell rang. Yusuke easily sidestepped and attempted to drill his fist into his opponent's stomach but he leapt back before Yusuke's fist could make contact. Kagome's attention on Yusuke's battle was averted when Kagome heard Koenma's voice. Turning toward Kurama to see him looking at his open communicator. Kagome and Hiei made their way to Kurama's side to check what all the commotion was about.

“They are very dangerous! Each of them has a special power that can possibly kill you if you're not careful!” the toddler yelped.

“Sir, the demon Hiei just faced was nothing special. Hiei was able to defeat him in less than five minutes.” Kurama stated.

“Then Hiei is lucky that demon was cocky! Don't underestimate the last ones. Now that they know you guys are strong, they're not going to go easy on you!” the demi god yelled.

“Alright sir, we'll be careful. Thank you for th-” At that exact moment, the demon Yusuke was facing seemed to have used his secret power. Everyone in the surrounding area fell to their knees except for the demon's teammates. Kagome could feel every muscle in her body being pulled to the ground but she refused to give in. Looking up to Yusuke, she nearly cried out when she saw the detective attempting to resist the demon's power. Yusuke's opponent was slowly walking toward him with that same knowing smirk on his face.

“Now what was that you were saying about this fight ending the same as the last?” The demon mocked as he stood over Yusuke's struggling form.

Everyone was confused when they heard Yusuke's laughter. Lifting his head with great difficultly, Yusuke smirked up at the blonde haired demon. “Hate to say I told you so.” Once those words left the detective's lips, he used all of his strength and will power to pull his arms up and fire his spirit gun so quick, the demon didn't have enough time to escape.

“Yusuke is the winner of this round!” the announcer cheered as the crowd screamed in excitement. The power that was pulling them down was released and Kagome had to hold back the urge to run up to Yusuke and hug him as tightly as she possibly could. The bruised and bleeding detective removed himself from the platform and returned to his teammates. The third fight was declared to begin and the yu yu gang looked toward the group against them. They would have to win both these last battles to remain in the competition and from the looks on their faces, they were completely aware of that.

Kagome scowled when she saw the demon with green hair climb onto the platform and before Kurama could move, the under cover miko was already pulling herself onto her battlefield. The demon was as tall as Kuwabara without a doubt. He had thick muscles and a handsome face but something about him made Kagome want to end this battle as soon as she possibly could. This demon wasn't cocky or overconfident. He seemed cool and collected as he stood completely still across the ring from her.

The bell sounded and both fighters remained where they were, examining their opponent's auras. At least, that's what Kagome thought he was doing until she was suddenly lifted off the ground without him even touching her. Kagome groaned in irritation as she realized he was telekinetic. He threw her high into the sky before pushing her to the ground with such speed Kagome almost didn't have time to save herself from the fatal fall. Seconds before she hit the ground, a long thick vine wrapped around her waist and kept her from colliding with the concrete.

Setting her gently on her feet, Kagome took control of the plant life in the surrounding area and requested that it protect her from the enemy. Every time the demon attempted to use his telekinesis on her, one of her vines would rush at him in an attack, throwing off his concentration, therefore not giving him the opportunity to attack Kagome with his mind. With that covered, Kagome was almost sure she could finish this quickly until the green haired demon smirked and kneed to the ground. Kagome's eyes widened as the ground began to shake and suddenly all of the plants below them were thrown into the air and out of the stadium.

With no more protection from her plants, Kagome turned to her other elemental powers to keep him distracted so he couldn't take her down with his mind tricks. Kagome was slowly running out of energy and she knew she had to try her best not to use her purification. She had to keep that as a surprise attack only if the need arose. Aside from her purification, she also had her gymnastic moves to catch her opponent off guard. She had plenty tricks up her sleeve; it was just a matter of when to use them.

Finally growling frustrated from the attacks of fire and ice shards, the demon pushed everything away from him. Kagome growled as she realized that the bastard also had quiet a strong barrier that she was having a hard time penetrating. Another surprise was the fact that this demon was also as fast as Hiei. So fast that Kagome was completely caught off guard and he was able to wrap his large hand around her neck firmly. Glaring down at her, who he probably thought was a he; the demon threw her into the ground before preparing to drop his elbow down on her back.

Rolling out of the way quickly, Kagome suddenly felt a hand grip her ankle before throwing her all the way across the platform. Kagome shook herself back to reality as she got to her feet quickly and countered the punch that was aimed for her stomach. Delivering several sharp and powerful punches to her opponent's stomach and chest, Kagome leapt away just as he attempted to uppercut her. She didn't have anytime to recover because seconds after she backed away, the demon was in her face once more, throwing multiple punches and kicks to her already aching body.

“Come on Kane! Kick his ass!” Yusuke yelled, trying to help support her.

Suddenly, the demon used Kagome's hood against her and pulled it further down so her face was pulled toward the ground. Seeing his knee come toward her face as if it were approaching in slow motion, Kagome quickly twisted out of her cloak, pushed her fire powers into her fists and delivered a punch to his chest so powerful that it threw him completely across the platform.

Everyone stood in complete silence as they stared at the dark haired woman dressed in a pair of black shorts and a shirt that only just covered her breasts. Along the outsides of her thighs were Kanji tattoo markings. On her right, the three markings in a row said Good, Order, and Life. The tattoo on her left leg said Evil, Chaos, and Death in a row. On her right wrist there was the Kanji for ice and on her left was the Kanji for fire. The last tattoo located on the center of her upper spine. It was the Kanji for plants.

“Ka…Kagome?!?!” Yusuke yelled.

Kagome winced at the sheer volume of her mate's voice and slowly turned around to face them for a moment. The looks on Hiei and Kurama's faces were more than words and Yusuke was practically hyperventilating from his confusion and anger. Knowing that she had to keep her attention on her opponent, Kagome turned her gaze back to the demon that was slowly beginning to stand. He had a smirk on his face that made Kagome want to slap it off his face.

“So you must be one of their mates… didn't like the fact that your mate was going to fight without you? Well you'll regret that decision now.” he growled as he darted straight at her and grabbed her by the throat once more. Now that Yusuke, Hiei and Kurama knew their fourth teammate was really their mate, they were panicking like no tomorrow. Kagome held onto the demon's forearms tightly to try relieving the pressure on her throat. Once Kagome knew he thought he was going to beat her, Kagome brought her legs up and kicked him hard in the stomach.

Landing on her feet gracefully, she smirked over to the demon. “Don't underestimate me just because I'm a human female.”

The demon snorted and used his speed to get the upper hand. Unfortunately for him, he was unaware of Kagome's previous training with quick demons and was easily keeping up with his movements and dodging any incoming attack that he attempted. After dodging several strikes, Kagome called upon her ice powers and once the demon was close enough, she used her own enhanced speed to rush behind him and hold his arms behind his back. Within seconds, the demon was turned into a solid block of ice.

Sighing with relief, Kagome roundhouse kicked the block and watched as the demon shattered to millions of pieces before her eyes. Once she was announced the winner of the match, Kagome slowly made her way back to her mates, dreading the verbal beat down she was bound to receive.

*That sneaky little vixen… I should have known…* Youko chuckled.

“What the hell are you doing here?!” Yusuke snapped once she was within a few feet of them.

“I'm sor-”

“You're looking for trouble again onna.” Hiei growled, glaring at her.

“No I-”

“Kagome, I can't believe you would hide this from us.” Kurama interrupted her, his voice full clearly telling the miko how hurt he felt.

“Will you all shut up?! I knew you wouldn't let me come if I straight out asked you and I was worried about you guys ok?! And I wanted to prove to you that I could fight just as well as you could. I'm not made of glass you know; I can get thrown around a little and won't break down in tears. I wanted you guys to see that I can protect myself and that my training has improved my skills.” Kagome explained.

All three of them were silenced and their faces softened. Their mate just wanted to prove she was worth and all three of them knew what that was like. Deciding to cut the miko some slack since she had done quite well in her battle, Kurama stepped forward and pulled her into a tight hug. The announcer stated that the final battle was to take place and Kurama released her so he could enter the ring. Even though they had already beaten this group, it was only fair to let all four fighters battle it out. Yusuke was the next to hug Kagome before he pulled away and averted his attention to the fight that Kurama was engaged in.

Hiei was still glaring at her slightly but Kagome merely smiled warmly and stepped toward him. Wrapping her arm around his waist, Kagome leaned her head against his arm. “I missed you too.” she murmured as she pulled him closer to her. Hiei rolled his eyes and turned toward her and placed a kiss on her lips before turning back to the match. They knew Kurama was going to win but they wanted to watch anyway. Kurama easily defeated his opponent in less time than it took for Hiei to kill his.

Now they could sit on the side and relax while they watched the last two teams battle it out. The winner of this fight would move on to fight the Spirit Detectives for the Championship. It took about four and a half hours until the western lord's group was declared the winner. Now the SD's would face them off. Koenma made it perfectly clear that they had to win because if they didn't, then the western lord would take over the entire demon realm and attempt to battle against Reikai for power over Makai.

When they were ordered to pick their first fighters, Kagome volunteered to go first and all three of her mates protested.

“You're out of your mind onna.”

“There is no way you will be battling again, it's too dangerous.”

“Hell no!”

Kagome rolled her eyes at her overprotective mates. “Will all of you calm down. Hiei, I'm insulted that you have no faith in my fighting skills. I bet if I were to ask Youko right now, he would be perfectly fine with me fighting.” Kagome argued.

*She is correct. I don't see why you appose to her fighting. She is exceptional.* the kitsune stated, completely confident in his mate's abilities.

At seeing the look on Kurama's face Kagome smirked. “Exactly. I have a plan ok? No one knows that I have purification powers. I'm just going to get our team a quick win so we can get this over with and we can go home. Ok?” Kagome said.

Kurama sighed and nodded, agreeing with Youko. There wasn't anything to worry about. Kagome had kept her purification a secret so she could surprise her opponent. Hiei nodded slightly but still held that glare on his face. Yusuke grudgingly agreed and they all watched as Kagome front handspringed onto the platform and smiled when the crowd began to cheer. The demon against her scowled in disgust as he waited for the bell to ring. Once it went off, the demon began to approach Kagome. The miko merely stood where she was with her arms crossed over her chest.

Just to prove to her mate's how powerful she truly was, Kagome smirked as she released her aura and called upon her purification. Without even touching her opponent, he suddenly turned to dust and Kagome turned to return to her team. Kagome was declared the winner of the round in record time and her mate's were all staring at her in complete shock.

*So Genkai had helped her improve her purification as well… impressive.* Youko purred, proud of his mate.

“Wow Kagome…” Kurama murmured

There wasn't much time to say anything more because Hiei was making his way to the ring seconds after Kagome returned to the group. His battle was quick as well, deciding that he didn't want to mess around; Hiei released his dragon and watched in boredom as the back dragon devoured his opponent before returning to his arm so he could reseal it. Kurama stepped onto the platform next and used his deadly plant to defeat his opponent just as quickly as Hiei. Yusuke was last and with one shotgun, his opponent was done for.

All four of them now standing on the platform, the Spirit Detectives were declared the winners of the Dark Tournament. After retrieving their metals, Botan appeared to transport them back to their homes to rest and heal up. After a good yelling at Genkai and Botan for allowing Kagome to go under cover and fight in the dark tournament, everyone returned to their home. Kagome was happy to be with her four mates and they were all just happy she was alive. History in the making resided in that one large house… the last miko in existence, one of the only forbidden children to survive, ancient demon blood ran through Yusuke's veins and the legendary Youko Kurama shared a body with a human. Never before had a miko mated with a demon, three none the less… this was sure to be a story told for many years to come.

The End

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A/N:

Lame ending? If you think it was, I'm sorry but I just wanted to wrap it up. I hope everyone enjoyed it, and I'm sad to announce that this story is officially finished. There will be many other fics to come ^_^ so don't worry. My co-author and I are currently working on a great fic. Not sure when we'll begin posting it but we're hoping you'll all like it. Well this was definitely a fun fic to write, I hope it was fun for all of you to read. Until next time! Love you all! R&R please

~*Icyfire*~