Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ The Shadow Fox Tale ❯ The Tournament ( Chapter 1 )

Yeah~ Getting to the real chapters~ Whoo~ But I still have a looong way to go~ I know this chapter is short, but it's just the beginning...It'll get longer... I think...

Anyways, C&C are welcome~^^~ Arigatou~

Kurama sat beside a rosebush which he grew for Yukina not so long ago, reading, when Yusuke and Kuwabara walked toward him, waving and calling his name. His eyes left the pages of the book and settled on their faces instead, and he too, waved and greeted them, "Yusuke, Kuwabara, what are you doing here? I thought the girls are inside the temple."

"Well, they started to talk `Girl Talk' and we weren't interested. Besides, Hiei looked as if he was gonna cut off Kuwabara's head if he drooled over Yukina for one more second, so I dragged him out."

 Kurama smiled weakly, "Why am I not surprised…"

 "I, Kazuma `The Man' Kuwabara, am not scared of that little shrimp-"

 "Who are you calling a shrimp? Nigen." The black shadow appeared next to Kurama said in his usual "If-It-Weren't-For-Yukina-And-Kurama-I-Wouldn't-Even-Be-Here-Speaking-Of-Wh ich-Stay-Away-From-My-Sister" tone, accompanied by a glare that had the word "Death" writtened all over it. "And since when did you actually get dressed by yourself?"

 "How dare you mock my get-dress skills, (does that count as a skill? ^^;) you little shrimp, I, The Great Kazuma Kuwabara, will make you pay for what you said! Wahahahaha!!!" With that, the fight of Kuwa against Hiei started again. Yusuke and Kurama sweat dropped, but they made no movement to stop them; they kind of enjoyed watching the sight of Kuwabara being chased by Hiei's pet dragon, the Ensatsu Kokuryuha.

 But the good times (or in this case, good shows) never last too long, for the fight had only been no more than five minutes when Yukina ran in small steps into the garden. "Kazuma-san! Kurama-san! Yusuke-san! Hiei-san! Botan-chan is here! She said it's important!" Kuwabara and Hiei stopped fighting immediately. Yusuke and Kurama turned their attention to the ice maiden, too, only they had a little disappointment in their eyes.

 "Is there something wrong, Yukina-san?" Kurama asked.

 "It better not be another one of Koenma's dumb missions," Yusuke commented, still unhappy about the mission they went on last week, not to mention missing the chance of seeing Kuwabara being fried to extra crispy.

 "Yukina-san!" Kuwaabara came running for Yukina, taking both of her small hands into his bigger ones, his tone suddenly soft and gentle, "Is there something that bothered you? Whoever or whatever it is, I'll take care of it for you, Yukna-san."

 Yukina blushed while Hiei snorted, "Kazuma-san, you worry too much, it does not concern me, the event concerns you."

 "And you came and…"

 Kurama didn't hear the rest of the conversation back to the temple, he was too busy watching Hiei scowling, and he couldn't help but smile; Hiei was so cute when he's irritated.

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 "About time you guys showed up," From the look on Botan's face, she had already lost her temper before the group finally got from the garden to the guest room of the temple ten minutes later. The truth is: they would never have wasted eight out of the ten minutes they had if it weren't for the fact that they were trying to prevent a certain harassed-looking fire demon from cutting a half-dreaming Kuwabara's head off right there and then when Yukina gave the orange-haired nigen a peck on the cheek. "Here's the message from Koenma-sama." Botan threw a DVD to Yusuke none too gently, obviously still mad at them for being late. Yusuke just ignored the mad ferry-girl and put the DVD into the DVD player and pressed the "Play" button.

 A young Godling appeared on the TV screen. He raised his right hand in greeting, "Greetings, my Tanteis, how is your vacation?"

 "You mean `was,'" Yusuke corrected in a `You-Better-Not-Give-Us-Another-Mission-Or-I-Will-Personally-Kill-You-Even- You're-A-God' tone, "It was fine until you appeared on that stupid TV screen."

 "Well, the vacation is over, so stop your whining, Yusuke." Koenma replied simply to the scowling teenager. "You have been invited to attend another Martial Arts tournament next month, The Shadow Tourment, I believe is what it is called. Hosted by Yomi." The whole team froze at the spoken name. "But I don't think he has any `evil plan' up his sleeve this time, that is if you don't count the fact that if you don't enter while invited they'll kill all your relations."

 "That's just like the Ankoku Bujusukai!" Kuwabara whined, he had just recovered from the trance of seeing Yukina, "Man, I hated that stupid tournament. They kept cheating."

 "Hn. So you do say something correct once in a while. I'm impressed, nigen." (You can go ahead and take a wild guess at who said this.)

 "You shrimp! Just wait till I get my hands on you-" But before he could insult Hiei any further, Yusuke clamped his hand over the orange-head's mouth and pulled him away from the already irritated demon as far as possible while still in the room. He whispered a few words into the other's ear before the latter stopped his attempts to strangle the half-Koorime and settled down. Hiei snorted. Kurama involuntarily smiled again.

 "I don't think you guys will have much of a problem with the tournament, since you did so well with the Ankoku Bujusukai and all." The team once again turned their attention to the TV screen; they had completely forgotten the Prince of Death's presence. "However, it's held in the Maikai, and I don't think some of you can handle yourselves properly while staying there," he paused, staring at the two youkais , who stared back at him with their best "innocent" looks. The Jr. God signed, then went on, "I know I'm gonna regret this… But I have to let you go…Kurama, Hiei," he looked at the two "innocent-looking" demons straight into the eyes, "I want you to promise that you will not cause any trouble while you're in the Maikai." They nodded, still looking "innocent." "And no incidents or accidents either," he added.

 "What?! Are you saying that you don't trust us?!" the nigen-youko asked in a high pitch voice, the expression was supposed to look hurt; unfortunately, the mischievous glint in the green orbs ruined the effect.

 The toddler god signed again, louder this time, "I want your word." Koenma knew very well that `word' meant nothing to most youkis, but these two are especially proud creatures. So if he had their word, maybe, just maybe, he will be able to sleep at night without having nightmares of…well, better not think about it. Now, if he can only make himself believe that as well, everything will be fine. Hopefully.

 The demons answered with their "innocent-looking" faces still on, "You have our word." They said solemnly, but somehow Koenma just couldn't bring himself to believe them, no matter how hard he tried. Maybe it has something to do with Kurama's gold-flashing eyes and Hiei's demonic smirk. With another sign, the toddler god told them the exact location and date of the tournament, all the while keeping an eye on the demonic couple.

 "Botan will show you the portal when it's time. And remember," he stole yet another look at those two, (I think you'll be able to identify `those two' by now…) "I'll be watching…" Then the image of the toddler disappeared as the screen was replaced by darkness.

 The Tanteis glanced at each other and smiled, apparently wanted to go a mission for once. But no one was as happy Kurama, he had a demonic smile on his angelic features (Uh oh, this is bad…) and kept whispering something under his breath, nobody heard him except Hiei, who smirked and said quietly to the kitsune, "We should try your third idea, it sounds entertaining. "

 The red head turned to his lover and silently mouthed `hentai' before starting to whisper under his breath again. But oh yes…he should definitely try the third idea that his itooshi youkai approved so much…