Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Right Here Waiting For You ❯ Chapter 35 ( Chapter 35 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

~*~*~*Story Start*~*~*~


Kane and I stood at the center of the ring, our gazes hard and our shoulders rigid. It was almost surreal, being here after so many years of dreading it. I wasn't as scared as I thought I would be, of course I was scared, I would have to be crazy not to. But, I was able to actually think, I wasn't shaking, I wasn't being filled with negative thoughts, I just had the reminder that this could be my fight to lose, even if I don't want it to be. I hated that thought, but like it or not, it was true. I could tell the boys behind me knew that as well, their eyes were narrowed in concern, but it wasn't that noticeable. It was nice though, seeing that I actually had people there rooting me on, every time I thought of this fight I though we would be in a dark place in Makai where we were completely alone. But now I had people I had to protect, and that made the negative and frightened thoughts go away. My eyes narrowed at Kane, my fists clenched tightly, I was going to win this even if I didn't going make it out alive.


“It's finally time, little Akira.” Kane said tone, for once, was serious.


I nodded only once. “Yeah, it is.”


A small, sadistic smirk began to play across his pale lips. “Remember, dear sister, there are more lives at stake than just yours. You lose, and everyone dies as well.” He said, his eyes glancing at the team behind me, and I resisted the burning anger in me. If I got distracted, I would lose.


“Excuse me?!” Yusuke shouted, his fists clenching as he glared at Kane.


Kuwabara stared at Kane with wide, fear filled eyes, even though he had never seen him fight before. He's lucky, that's for sure. “What kind of brother are you!? How can you do this to your own little sister?!” He shouted, trying to mask his fear as he glared heatedly at the older hybrid in the ring.


Kane barely acknowledged him. “I don't feel the need to explain myself to a ningen.” He spat coldly, making the ningen flinch at the tone, it was almost worse than the one Hiei uses.


“So, if Kira loses this match, we all die anyway?!” Yusuke yelled.


“Don't worry Yusuke, he won't win.” I glanced over my shoulder at the fifteen year old Spirit Detective. “I won't let him.” I promised, my eyes narrowed and serious. They weren't going to die, no matter what happens, if I have to die with Kane, then so be it.


“Famous last words.” Kane chuckled.


I turned back to him, meeting his murky gaze head on. “Ironic, considering you're saying it.” I retorted.


“All right!” Juri rose her hand, all attention going back to her. “The first match of the Finals is between Team Toguro's Kane, and Team Urameshi's Kira! Begin!” She announced smiling, stepping away from us.


The crowd was cheering and shouting in anticipation, almost making me lose my focus for a second, but I resisted the urge to glare around me. Being in a stadium filled with so many youkai made it a bit hard, especially when Kane specialized in stealth, like I had done. He was fast, maybe faster than me, maybe not, I never fought him before in my life. So I kept my gaze locked on his, every movement he made I would see it, and every time he moved to the left, I copied his action, going to the right. If I knew anything about stealth fighters, they were deadly short range, so I had to keep the distance or I would end up like my father and Marenjya. I eyed his Katana for a split second, knowing if he had the chance he would use it on me, it was Kane we were talking about, he would do anything to make me remember my past, just to throw me off. Even if it was a for a second.


My fists clenched and Shadows began to form over my eyes, shrouding the red orbs into darkness. Kane smirked at that, but stood still, trying to test my patience with him. I only smirked back, and I kicked off into a run, my legs pounding on the ground as I jumped into the air. I felt a wide, confused eyes on me, but I ignored them, only focusing on the older hybrid. The next thing I knew, Kane's Katana was out and racing towards me, and I heard my name being shouted. Disappearing as the blade cut through the air, I appeared behind him, crouched. Twisting myself on my hands, I sent a strong swipe at his legs, my feet barely hitting the fabric of his pants.


Kane was gone.


My eyes snapped to the air above me, seeing Kane high above the ring, shooting three Lightning Daggers down towards me. Flipping myself backwards, I gathered Spirit Energy in my hand as well, throwing my own Daggers at his, sending both off in opposite directions. Landing on my feet, I dodged a swipe to my side, stumbling back as I tried to regain my footing. However, Kane wasn't going to let me go, that was easy to see. More swipes came at me, and I was glad I still had my Shadow Eyes activated, or my head would have flown a few seconds ago. I dodged, ducked, disappeared, I did everything I could to get away from the swipes, and I began to feel a bit of fear prick me as I saw each swipe aimed for my throat. Before long, I had deactivated my eyes and had my Katana out, our blades clashing and sending sparks around the ring.


The sound was grating on my ears, as well as the crowds cheer. They didn't even begin to understand how there was a completely different war going on. We weren't just fighting for the sake of the Tournament, no we were doing it for a grudge from long ago. And with each swing, I was starting to lose sight of who was going to win and who was not. None of us were hurt, and as far as I could tell, it had already been a few minutes since the fight began. Were we just going to go at it until we both had nothing left? That's all I could get from this fight now, and I really didn't like that.


“Your mind is straying.” Kane suddenly said, appearing behind me.


My eyes widened as a gasp escaped my lips, twisting my body around and I caught his Katana with mine, sparks flying and the screech echoed around the stadium. My heart was beating wildly in my chest, that was way too much of a close call. Pushing him off, I felt my feet hit the ground and I jumped back, let out a slightly shaky breath. My heart was still beating faster than it should, but at least it wasn't beating in my ears anymore. Hearing Kane drop to the ground as well, my eyes snapped to his form, and I got into a fighting stance. But a mocking smirk was on my lips, not letting him know that affected me more than I was letting on. Hell no.


“Thanks I needed that, it woke me up a little.” I said, side stepping to my right, watching Kane carefully.


Kane smirked back. “You're welcome,” he watched my movements, his eyes calculating, “I need you to be a worthy challenger, as I already told you before, dear sister.” He said with a sadistic glint in his eyes.


“To see who deserves to be the last Shadow youkai, correct?” I asked blankly.


“Why else?” Kane asked, smirking wider.


“Call me crazy, but I thought when people killed their parents they had a bigger reason for doing it. I don't think wanting to be the last of their race seems like a good reason at all, but that's just my thinking.” I said seriously, my eyes narrowing as a steely look took over them, hiding the anger.


“Oh yes, my reasoning.” Kane chuckled darkly. “That's what you want to know, is it?” He asked mockingly.


“I may have thought about it once or twice.” I said calmly.


Kane's smile dropped, apparently rather bored with the subject, or that's what it appeared to be anyway. “It's really simple, actually, they were weak and they deserved to die. Nothing more, nothing less.” He answered briefly, a shrug of his shoulders.


“I highly doubt that.” I said, my fist clenching for the briefest second.


“Little Akira, you are still so young and naive.” Kane shook his head with an aggravated sigh. “The life of a youkai is very easy to read, we fight and kill. We fight the strong and kill the weak, and they were the weak. Both physically and mentally, with their pathetic talk of peace.” He spat the word as if it were a bad taste in his mouth, his eyes narrowing into a glare.


“Peace?” I narrowed my eyes, my parents were fighters and good ones at that. “What talk of peace?” I asked, trying to search my memory for anything like that.


Kane let out a smirk, placing his hand on his head as he shook it slowly, as if remembering something that was so simple. “I forgot, you were only a small child when I killed them, you wouldn't know.” He said as if it were comical. Ha. Ha. Ha. Pff.


I was starting to get annoyed now. “No, I wouldn't.” I answered evenly.


“You know of the Three Kings, correct?” Kane suddenly asked, and I narrowed my eyes in confusion at that, our parents knew the Three Kings?


“Does every youkai?” I asked sarcastically back.


“Uh uh, no need for sarcasm, little Akira.” Kane shook his finger, and I mentally scowled at myself, calm down! “You were only a baby, barely able to talk when I first thought about killing them. They were contacted by one of the Three Kings. Who? I don't know, but that doesn't matter. What mattered was that they were given the opportunity to fight alongside one of the most powerful youkai in all of Makai, but turned it down.” He was practically growling now, and I saw the madness seep into his eyes slightly.


“I still fail to see the logic in killing them.” I pressed, I needed more before he went completely berserk.


Kane's eyes flared dangerously. “They took our chances of being the last of our race, denied us the power that was rightfully ours! They didn't want to 'expose' us to a world filled with violence and war, wanting us to live a 'peaceful' life in that fucking house in a secluded part of Makai! Don't you see what was wrong with that?! All that power that we could have had was taken away from us!” He shouted, his eyes shrinking to the point of being completely gone.


My body froze as I stared at the man before me. He had no remorse for what he did, he didn't care, he never did after that day. All the information soaked into me, the reason why he killed them, how the thought of losing power he never had drove him insane, killing my parents in front of me, putting me through hell because he couldn't get what he wanted, making me live in constant fear that he would appear one day and kill me, and now making me worry that I could kill the only people who are important to me in this life if I lost this stupid fucking fight. My eyes narrowed into the coldest glare I had ever given, angry tears beginning to pool behind my lids, but I didn't let them fall. My fists were clenched, the one holding my hilt beginning to turn white from the pressure.


“Are you fucking serious?!” I finally snapped, my tone so cold I bet Hiei was surprised. “You killed them because of power?! You took them away from me because of that?!” I shouted almost in a shriek, my body beginning to shake with almost uncontrolled rage.


Kane sadistic smirk spread across his face, that same insane look appearing on his face. “I knew you wouldn't understand my reasoning, now that you have 'friends' who you want to protect.” He spat that word.


My breathing was becoming erratic at this point. “Even if I didn't I still wouldn't understand!” I hissed.


Fury ran through Kane's murky red eyes. “That's why I have to kill you, because you were tainted by thoughts of peace that they preached to you, you're just like them! You're weak! You don't know the potential that you have because you want to protect instead of fight! I should have killed you when I had the chance!” He shouted, all rational thoughts leaving him.


The next thing I knew, I was being bombarded with dark red Lightning Blades, barely have time to dodge the ones aimed at my face. Gashes appeared on my arms and legs, the blood spilling down slightly, but not as bad as they were intended to be. I bit my lip, keep from shouting as more kept coming. Raising my Katana I swiped away as many as I could, my heart pounding loudly in my chest. I was hoping that him getting angry would make him like me, losing focus and becoming sloppy, but that so wasn't the fucking case. That only made him more deadly, his accuracy was pretty much dead on, and I could barely block! I glare at Kane out of my peripheral vision, he just had to make me use this now, didn't he? Apparently yes.


My Spirit Energy rose drastically as I kept dodging, pouring into my sword. The blade turning black by shadows, black electricity crackling around dangerously. With each swipe the Daggers began to dissipate, and with the last wave heading towards me, I disappeared from my spot running around Kane in a similar fashion to what Hiei did to Kuro Momotaro. My legs were filled with Spirit Energy, raising my natural speed a bit, and if I wanted to use this and kill him now, I needed to be faster than his eyes. From the looks of it, I was doing all right, seeing as his eyes were flying from one 'me' to another.


“I wouldn't advise in letting this touch you, 'big brother', it may just kill you.” I spat coldly.


Kane, however, smirked sadistically once again. “Why, that's very considerate of you, little Akira. Considering you were so kind as to warn me, I think I should warn you of my attack.” He said with a small chuckle in his voice.


My eyes narrowed in confusion, but I shook it off, it was now or never. Kicking off the ground, I dashed towards his chest, blade out and crackling hungrily. Once I was close enough I swung, my blade embedding itself into...air. A gasp escaped my lips as I felt my footing become sloppy, and my eyes widened with horror at my mistake. Pain exploded across my face, blood escaping my lips as Kane's fist slammed into my cheek. My body flew through the air, at an alarming speed, and I braced myself for the impact. But I was knocked out of my thoughts when Kane appeared beside me, sending a kick into my back, throwing me towards the ground, my body bouncing off the white tiles once I connected, my Katana now gone from my hands.


Getting to my feet shakily, I glared heatedly at Kane as he raced towards me. All I could do now, thanks to my Katana being gone, was try to dodge the swipes that were being aimed at me. With each swipe that was aimed at me, I stumbled back, ducked, back-flipped, rolled, whatever I could do to get away I did. But every time I would land more came at me and my arms were beginning to be covered in cuts. I frowned, if I didn't think of a way to get him, then I was going to die. I didn't have room for mistakes because if I had at least one, Kane would have enough of an opening to take my head off, I could tell by how he swung his sword.


This is bad.


~*~*~*No-One's POV*~*~*~


The boys stood with their eyes narrowed as they saw Kane and Kira move about the ring in a haze of black and red. The swipes were becoming more brutal and by Kira's stumbling feet, she was beginning to grow tired by the constant dodging, but she had little choice. They couldn't do anything, and they were growing frustrated, yes even Hiei was. But what pissed them off so much was the sickening laugh that Kane was emitting from his lips, the bastard was ENJOYING hurting his sister. He was fucking happy that he was causing her to bleed, seeing her in pain, is only little sister! The girl that he was suppose to protect, it was what a brother was suppose to do, or that's what two certain people thought, considering their sisters. They wanted to go in their and beat the shit out of him, but with the rules being what they were, that wasn't an option.


“This has to be the most infuriating fight I've ever seen!” Kuwabara clenched his fists tightly by his side. “I want that stupid punk dead!” He hissed out angrily, his teeth clenched.


Kurama frowned, his eyes narrowed as they followed Kira's every movement, seeing the sweat trickling down her face. Her balance was wavering and her steps were becoming more sloppy. “This isn't good, with the rate that this match is going, Kira could-.”


“Don't say that!” Yusuke cut him off abruptly. “She's not gonna die!” He said with a glare in his eyes.


“Believe me Yusuke, I don't want that to happen any more than you do.” Kurama turned to the glaring Spirit Detective to his right before his jade-hued eyes went back to Kira, his eyes softening. “All we can do is hope for the best.” He said, clenching his fists as well. Kira could be a random girl that could come off as being obnoxious to most people -not to the boys of course-, but she really was like his sister as he was like her brother, in a sense.


“If she doesn't kill him, I'll make sure I shoot the fucker in the head.” Yusuke growled, eyes alight with anger.


Hiei glanced at the fifteen year old. “Don't bother Detective, the Onna doesn't plan on leaving him alive.” He said calmly despite the situation, but when has he ever been the one to worry? But there was a narrowness in his eyes that made someone think otherwise...


“She barely looks like she can handle herself up there, how does she plan on doing that?!” Kuwabara shot a look down at the fire youkai. “I can't believe she wouldn't let me fight instead.” He growled to himself.


“You really are a fool.” Hiei said coldly, glaring at the ningen next to him.


Kuwabara glared right back at him. “You got somethin' to say to me, Half-Pint?” He asked angrily.


“Do you listen to anything around you?” Hiei rose an eyebrow at him. “Kane already said if she lost we would all die, that also meant that if he didn't fight her he would kill us.” He said looking back to the fight, or looking back at Kira dodging more brutal swipes.


“So he pretty much cornered her.” Yusuke stated, annoyed.


Kurama glared. “He used us as a way to make sure she kept up with her part of the bargain, no wonder she was so scared when Kuwabara said that a few days ago.” He said, remembering my horrified face.


Hiei only nodded.


Kuwabara clenched his teeth, keeping himself from punching anything. “I thought she was only scared because he killed her parents, why wouldn't she tell us something like this sooner? We could have done something to take the load off her.” He said, glaring at the ground before him, how could they not have known that something was wrong with her? She was being so quiet, that should have been the first sign...


“Kira doesn't like to burden people with 'her problems'.” Koenma spoke up, making them turn to him.


Kurama rose an eyebrow at that statement, his mouth formed into a frown. “How is this 'her problem' if we're also involved?” He asked, a bit irritated about Kira trying to do this all on her own.


“If she's somehow linked to a problem that involves you guys, or even if she isn't, she tries her hardest to try and fix it. She hates the thought of the people she cares about being hurt or upset by something, that's why she willingly volunteered to infiltrate Tarukane's Hideout by herself. She didn't care if she got hurt, she just wanted to know if everyone was safe. And if it means that she has to suffer for you guys, then Kira is perfectly happy with that.” Koenma frowned, staring at Kira's form as it moved so fast his eyes couldn't fully see her. “Personally I think she's an idiot for trying to risk her life like that, but that's just my opinion.” He said with a shrug of his shoulders, ignoring the glares.


A sudden shout alerted the boys instantly, their eyes snapping back to the fight. Kira was standing in the middle of the ring, a dark red orb was hitting the skin of her shoulder, the electricity sparking and burning. Hiei's eyes darkened, remembering that technique very well from their training sessions a two months ago. He glared with the rest of the group beside them, seeing the Lightning Orb suddenly burst. An explosion erupted and Kira flew back, blood flying and splattering the ground as she went, staining the white tiled ring. Kira landed with a bounce, rolling onto her side, allowing the boys to see her right shoulder, the forearm bleeding, the skin almost having been burned off from the intensity of the attack. She was biting her lip, pushing herself off the ground a second later, already back on her feet. She was panting heavily and she looked tired, but the determination in her eyes showed she wasn't done.


“She's going to kill herself is she keeps this up.” Kurama stated through gritted teeth.


Yusuke stood rigid, trying to hold himself back. “Dammit this is wrong, she's probably planning on taking herself with him if given the chance.” He growled lowly.


They all watched as the glare in Kira's eyes came back, and she clenched her fists, going into another fighting stance. Her fists where clenched and brought up into a boxing position, and Hiei knew what was coming next. As if on cue, darkness swirled around and consumed her fists, coiling and dissipating as she moved. However, they were drawn to her eyes, seeing her ruby red eyes become shrouded in darkness as well, seeing trails of shadow trail from her eyes, giving her almost a...dangerous look. Hiei watched Kira with a narrowed look, if she used that too often, her Spirit Energy would be completely gone before she could deal any damage to Kane. During their training the other day, she had been trying to master it. She was close, but giving the short amount of time that they had to do that, it was impossible.


{Don't be stupid, Onna.} Hiei thought, his eyes fixed on her form.


~*~*~*Your POV*~*~*~


My body was aching and my shoulder was sporting such a fucking nice wound, but I dealt with it, at least it was still able to move. However, the use of it would be limited of course, his Lightning Orb was filled with a good chunk of his Spirit Energy, this wound shouldn’t be treated lightly. I glared at Kane's smirking form before me, it was really disgusting to see how much he loved to see me in pain. But I shook my head lightly, I had to do this quickly before I had to deactivate my Shadow Eyes again, time with that too was limited. Dammit, how the hell could he have already put me in this state after only a couple of minutes?! Ten minutes and I was already reduced to a panting, bleeding mess, and that fucking pissed me off. Seeing him so happy about it only made me more angry than I was already. I couldn’t' wait til he was fucking dead.


Kicking off into a run, my Spirit Energy already infused into my legs, I neared him, already seeing his moves just as he moved to use them. Dodging with a side-step, I clenched my fists, sending a surprising speed of punches towards Kane's chest and face. Some hits connected, while others missed, but when they did hit the force behind them would be heard by the echoes in the stadium. We both moved around the stadium at high speeds, Kane trying to dodge and me trying to the hit the fucking bastard.


“You know you won't win, little Akira.” Kane smirked, dodging a punch.


I glared heatedly at him, sending a swift punch to his jaw, snapping his head the other way. “You'll die today Kane, even if I have to go, too!” I hissed dangerously.


Kane smirked at me once again, and when I threw another punch, he caught it swiftly. Clenching my fist with his, I jumped, sending my feet into his chin like I had done with Hisoka. Seeing Kane's head snap backward, I tried to let go, but Kane's head suddenly appeared before mine, and my forehead exploded in pain. Blood began to pour from the cut that formed, and before I could regain my bearings, Kane had already thrown me out of the ring. The wind whipped past me, and my body sailed through the ground into the wall that separated the ring form the stand. The rocks crumbled from the force, and I let out a shout of pain, the rocks embedding themselves into my back slightly. My Shadow Fists and Eyes deactivated, my mind not focusing on keeping them on any longer.


“You really are naive,” Kane's voice made me look up, and I felt my hair fall to my shoulders, the impact loosening my hair from it's bonds. “No matter how many times you get up, you'll only end up in the same position. Just stay down, little Akira, you're team will die anyway.” He spat, glaring at me from his position at the center of the ring.


I smirked up at him. “You really are as dumb as you are insane, 'brother'.” I said, ice lacing that word.


I shakily got to my feet, stumbling over the rocks as I walked towards the ring. Jumping over him, I landed near the edge of the ring before Juri could start to count. Believe me I knew that having my back to him was a bad idea, but I had a good reason for doing so. A silver bladed reason. Grabbing it from the ground, I had enough time to turn around and lift my Katana, blocking Kane's with mine. The sparks and clang echoed in my ears, but I kept myself focused, planting my feet firmly onto the ground as Kane put more pressure onto the blade, pushing me back slightly. I gritted my teeth at the strain that my arms were beginning to feel, especially my right shoulder, and I pushed myself against him, sending him off balance for a second.


But that's all I needed.


Purple electricity crackled and formed from my fingertips, and I sent the five streams at Kane's stumbling form, making the older hybrid let out a shout of pain. The electricity burned his skin, making Kane let go of his Katana, the black colored weapon falling to the ground in a loud clang. Smirking at the pain that he was in I jumped, kicking the bastard in the head, sending him across the ring once again. Watching as he neared the ground, I held out my left hand, a dark purple orb forming. Almost filled with my Spirit Energy, I sent the large bomb like Lightning Orb, I watched it connect with Kane's body. A second later, a huge explosion went off, making me step back as the the electricity sparked and sputtered from the cloud of debris that flew into the air. I let out a shaky, tired breath, cursing at myself for over doing it. There was no way in hell that one little attack would kill him, no matter how much of my remaining Spirit Energy went into it. However, I couldn't help but smirk at how that would leave him in a state similar to mine. At least we'd be on an equal playing field.


Or so I thought.


“Kira!” That was Yusuke. “Behind you!” He shouted.


My body froze, seeing the smoke before me dissipate, allowing me to see what was there. A medium sized crater stared me in the face, the long cracks spreading out despite how the crater ended a few feet back. Steam rose from the once white tiles, showing the intensity of the Orb when it 'struck' Kane's body. However, when I looked closer a the crater, I saw that it was bare. There was no-one in it. Kane wasn't in there. My body didn't have time to catch up with my brain, and metal suddenly hit my head. I swore all I saw was black for a few seconds, the pain almost rendering me unconscious. However, I will myself awake, forcing my eyes open despite the blurriness that stained my vision. Stumbling forward, I felt a foot suddenly connect with my back painfully, sending me to the ground.


Rolling on my back, I felt my fingers loosen from my hilt, leaving me to barely comprehend that I was now weaponless, while Kane now had me at his mercy. Gritting my teeth at that thought, my heart began to pound in my chest, my mind reeling as I tried to desperately grab the purple clad weapon while disoriented. My vision swayed, and I swore I saw four blades swirling around and at least forty fingers trying to reach for it, but I could tell by how I was only getting air that I wasn't as close to my weapon as I had hoped. I ignored the dark chuckle that was heading towards me, Kane's footsteps beginning to echo in my ears. That only made my heart beat even louder than it was before, and my body began to shake as I tried to reach. But a small ray of hope began to beam down on me when I felt my fingertips suddenly brush against fabric. A smile lit my lips and I ignored Kane's presence as he stood before me, his murky red eyes narrowing down dangerously at me. Seeing my vision begin to clear up, I saw my Katana only a few inches away from my hand. The small ray began to grow brighter as I began stretching out my fingers to gain an extra inch or two, and I closed-.


“Kira!” The boys shouted.


A scream of pain escaped my lips, my hand recoiling away from Katana almost instantly as I felt the wound that was now being forced upon me. The black steel of my brother's Katana was digging into my skin painfully, going out the other end. The pain had brought my fogged up and disoriented mind back into gear, and that wasn't the most ideal time for it to happen. My brain let me fully register the pain that was now coursing through me, I bit my lip to stop my scream, to stop showing that Kane was putting me through so much pain. I didn't want to give the bastard the pleasure of seeing me hurt, but I could tell that my effort was wasted. Especially when I felt my teeth sink into my lip, bringing renewed blood down my chin, mixing in with the old, dried streams from earlier. Glaring up at the murky eyes that were staring sadistically into mine, I desperately tried to bring myself to pry the blade from my side, but that only made him dig even rougher through my skin, making me recoil back once again. Damn him!


Blood leaked out from below me, and I bit back another scream of pain, feeling blood start to fly up my throat. As I panted heavily at the pain, the blood fell down my lips and my chin, falling behind my head and mixing into my hair. Tears of pain were filling my eyes as I stared at the Katana that stuck out from my side, more pressure being put onto it with each passing second. If I wasn't in such excruciating pain I would have been so happy that I was still alive and that I had another chance at killing him. However, this was not the time for me to celebrate at all. There was a very good reason for that, and I bet you all know why. My bastard of a brother was above me, raggedly cutting my skin as he dug it through my side, not wanting to give me the pleasure of just taking it out from above. No. He was digging it out the side, and I could just picture what my skin looked like. Splintered and jagged, the tissues cut in very random directions, the muscles sliced, I could picture it all. Keeping myself from gagging, I tried to make myself think, think of some kind of way for me to get out of this before Kane decided he was done with me. But all I could think of was the pain, and the tears threatened to spill down my cheeks, both from the pain and from fear. Shit.


Kane was breathing heavily, his eyes shrinking as the insanity took in.“This is where it ends, little Akira.” He spat my name, and I glared back at him as best as I could. “You should have known this from the beginning, dear sister, I was always destined to be the last one of our race.” He said with a dark chuckle in his voice.


“Fuck...you!” I hissed through the pain.


“Now, now, I don't think you should be saying anything to could make me upset,” Kane twisted the sword making me wither in silent agony, the tears falling from my eyes, mixing with the blood in my hair. “I do have you at my mercy, as you know.” He smirked, his eyes dancing with sick joy.


I couldn't say anything to that, he had a point. If I decided to be an idiot now, then we all died because the fucking bastard pissed me off to no end. Keeping my mouth shut, I only glared up heatedly at him, seeing as that was the only thing I could do that would drive him over the edge. But as I stared up at him, I forced myself to think of a way to get him off of me, before the ten count was up. My mind reeled, different scenarios playing out in a matter of milliseconds, but each of them had me in more pain, dead, or too late to get up as Juri finished the counts. The fear began to prick my heart at the thought of that, I didn't even know what number I was on, and that was only scaring me more. My breathing began to pick up, and anxiety filled me. I was going to kill us all. I knew I shouldn't have thought I stood a chance, I knew I shouldn’t have provoked him, I knew I shouldn’t have told him I wouldn't fight him! Dammit!


*I killed us.* I thought shakily, staring up at the smirking face of my brother. *I really killed us.*


Kane smirked even wider as the fear showed in my eyes as clear as day. “I see you finally understand what you've brought upon yourself. You shouldn't have been so difficult, little Akira, things would have worked out so much better than they have now.” His eyes suddenly narrowed, and I knew what was going to happen next. “Now, say goodbye to your friends!” He shouted, raising his hand as it crackled with dark red lightning.


Pictures of the boys suddenly filled my head, each of them from different points in our cases. Yusuke and Kuwabara falling from the sky when they first met me in Makai, Hiei and Kurama when they introduced themselves to us -or rather Kurama- when they scared away the lower class youkai. All of us in the Gate of Betrayal when Hiei saved us by flipping the switch. Hiei, Kurama and Kuwabara fighting the Cultivated Ningens as we raced to the top of the tower to save Yusuke. Then the scenes changed to us rescuing Yukina -well Botan, Yusuke and Kuwabara, I mean-. Hiei beating the shit out Tarukane as he guarded Yukina, Hiei smiling down at her when she raced to see Yusuke, Botan and Kuwabara. Then it was to the beginning of the Dark Tournament. All of the laughter that I made some of them do, the countless amounts of sweat drops they had when I said something stupid. The rare times when Hiei showed that he cared, Kurama turning into Yoko Kurama, Kuwabara almost risking his life to save ours only to come back on top and bitch slap Risho out of the ring, Yusuke fighting Chu and Jin, finally enjoying himself. Hiei, Kurama, Kuwabara, Yukina, Botan, Shizuru, Keiko and Puu playing cards -with Hiei cheating for me-, before Hiei and I escaped the hotel room together. All of the good times we all had together flashed before my eyes. Was it all...really going to end because of me?


“...8!...9!” I suddenly heard Juri count from behind us.


I snapped out of my thoughts, my heart pumping faster than it had before. But this time, my heart wasn't beating out of fear like it had moments ago.


*No!*


My eyes narrowed and the next second by went by so fast I couldn't even comprehend what had happened. One moment I was laying on my back, the next I was ripping the sword from my side, after that I had grabbed my sword, and all I saw was me staring into murky red eyes when things finally caught up with the right flow of time. My feet were planted on the ground, and the counting had stopped, Kane now the one who was on his back. But there was something different. My heart almost stopped as I saw my blade covered in blood, plunged through Kane's neck. Was he...dead? But those hopes died when his eyes flickered to mine, and my wide eyes narrowed onto his dangerously. He was still alive. Good. He was going to know the feeling he put my father through, he was going to know the fear my father faced before he died. With the the last of my Spirit Energy was fused with the sword, my blade turning black with shadows and black lightning began to crackle around it. I almost smirked when Kane tried to let out a shout of pain, but only was able to cough and gag on the blood that pooled in his throat.


“Does this look familiar, Kane?” I glared at him, my voice shaking with anger. “I hope it doesn't, because now you're on the receiving end, you bastard.” I hissed out lowly.


Kane glared at me, his eyes dulling. “Y..ou...bit...ch!...How...cou...ld...you...d..o...thi...s...to...me? !” He choked.


“I did it because I could.” I hiss, twisting his last words to my father.


Kane's eyes widened, the fear was there as he stared into Death's face, and I was glad I was that face. The next thing I thought was nothing but red, and that's what appeared. The lightning crackled dangerously, coiling and burning before it burst into a angry storm. Kane's neck exploded into a sea of red, and crimson rain poured from the sky, painting the ring with scarlet splatters. My face was covered in blood, Kane's and mine, and as I stared into Kane's lifeless eyes, I knew I never wanted to see so much blood ever again. Pushing Kane's corpse with what was almost all of my strength, my blade slid form his neck, and he fell onto the ground. I sigh of relief fell from my lips, but tears began to pool as I stared at the man before me. I wasn't crying because he was dead, no, I was crying because of how he turned himself into this. But...the brother I had known was now free, right? I hoped so. Turning away from him, I began to walk away. But when I did I almost doubled over in pain, more blood from my wound spilling down my side, staining my once fuchsia shirt. However, I kept myself from falling, watching as Juri hesitantly walked over to Kane's body.


Juri turned a bit green at the hole in his throat, but quickly looked away, raising her left hand. “Seeing as how Kane is no longer alive and his body has stayed down for more than ten seconds, Kira is the winner of the first round!” She announced, the crowd erupting in boo's and threats. Like expected.


“That was...so beautiful. I've never seen so many types of reds before, but with that amazing display I can happily say that I can!” Koto shouted happily, and I was too tired to glare.


However, Koto's infatuation with death didn't seem to faze me. I was in a state of shock of what had happened, my mind not able to fully comprehend the news that had been given to me. But as I walked towards the edge of the ring, everything seemed clearer. Kane was dead. A sense of calming came over my body, despite the pain in my side, and the blurriness that painted my vision. As I walked towards my team, I saw that they looked both relieved and concerned. Relieved to see that I made it out alive, and concerned with the wounds that I supported. I didn't care about those though, after so many years of fear, sadness and anger, it was all gone. My parents were avenged, and the boys were still alive. They were still breathing, they were still standing here. They were OK. Tears of happiness fell down my cheeks as I stopped before the boys, my hand clutching my side as I looked up at them. My consciousness was beginning to slip, but I didn't care, everything was going to be fine now.


"I...I did it!" I said with sob of joy, my smile growing.


As they rushed to me my vision went black, but the smile never left. I welcomed the darkness that fell over me, feeling my body fall forward and fall into someone's strong arms, their warmth being the last thing I felt. As my consciousness finally slipped, one thought echoed through my mind:


They were OK.


Ending it here! Wooooooh! I didn't think I would ever get to the fighting scene, but I did and I really hope you guys liked this chapter :D! Bye!
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