A Dream Come True

UPDATED DATE: SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Disclaimer: See Chapter One.
Warnings: See Chapter One.


Chapter 19 Kurama’s Demonic Side and Hiei’s Secret Weapon


“Both Opponents are out of bounds!! The count begins on each- now!” shouts Koto.

“They each took clean hits! They might…” shouts Kurama.

“…end in a tie.” finishes Hiei.

“1….2….”counts Koto. She then gasps as Rinku gets back into the ring.

“Yeah! Rinku’s back up!”

“The Jolly Devil Six will win this one!” the demons cried.

“Didn’t figure I’d have this much trouble. Gotta focus my aura and patch myself up.” Rinku says.

A groan comes from the other side of the arena. Kuwabara starts to stand up.

“yipes! The human’s up too?! What’s he made of? Dang!” Rinku shouts as he sends a little of his ki into the yo-yo’s that are still wrapped around Kuwabara, making them tighter.

“Huh?! What?! Dang blang yo-yos!” shouts Kuwabara and tries to stand up and get back into the arena, but falls because of how tight the yo-yos were.

However, Koto finishes the count. “…8…9...10. Rinku wins!” shouts Koto.

Rinku’s yo-yos fall off of Kuwabara, making him able to stand back up.

“Who cares? I can still fight!” shouts a pissed off Kuwabara.

(*~I believe it! Never seen anyone so stubborn! ~*) thinks Rinku, a bit scared.

“He’s quite the master, that one... Controls his yo-yo’s with out being tied to them.” Says Kurama.

“Hmph…and by the rules, we lose.” Says Hiei.

“The first round to the Jolly Devil Six,” says Koto.

“Hey you! We’ll settle this later!” shouts Kuwabara, pointing at Rinku.

“Not likely dude.” Rinku shouts back.

“Calm down Kuwabara and get yer butt back here so I can look at those injuries.” You shout.

“I’m commin!” shouts Kuwabara and runs over to you.

“I’ll take the next on.” says Kurama.

“Be careful. I got a bad feeling about this dude. He seems….evil.” you say while looking at Kuwabara’s face and feeling him to check for any broken bones. It was a good thing you knew some first aid.

“Aren’t all of these guys evil?” asks Kuwabara, flinching from a bruise you brushed against somewhere on his side.

“Sorry…and no, not all of these guys have evil auras…it’s a bit confusing to make out which of them are good and which are bad because of all the different auras here.” You say.

You spit into the bottom of your shirt and move it to Kuwabara’s face.

“Guh! What do you think you’re doing?!” shouts Kuwabara, scrunching up his nose.

“Cleaning your face! It’s dirty and can get infected with all of the cuts and stuff you have on it! Now hold still.” You say, grabbing Kuwabara’s shirt and moving closer.

“You’re not my mom!” shouts Kuwabara.

You sigh and put the wet piece back down.

“Fine, go around with a dirty face and get sick for all I care!” you cross your arms and look away.

Kuwabara sighs.

“Awww come on (YAFN)-chan! Don’t be mad! It’s just embarrassing that’s all!” whined Kuwabara.

“You can clean my face if ya wanna.” He sighed.

You didn’t look at him.

“No it’s ok. You’re right; I’m not your mother, so you can clean your own face. No skin off of my back. Who cares if I was just worried about you getting sick and stuff…” you say, staring out into the ring.

Kuwabara sighs. “I’m sorry, ok?”

You give him a ‘humph’ and still don’t look at him.

Kuwabara sighs again and stuffs his hands into his pockets, mumbling under his breath.

Kurama chuckles at the little scene. You two really did act like you were going out or something. The crowd had witnessed this as well and had already had their laugh with it. However, now they wanted blood and started to get a bit restless.

“Next up!” shouts Koto.

Kurama starts to walk towards the arena.

“Kurama…don’t pull any punches out there. They gotta think twice about fighting us again.” says Hiei.

“I know.” Kurama answers.

“Kura-chan, this guy doesn’t play fair, so just be careful.” You add.

Kurama smiles. “I will.”

Kurama then walks into the arena.

“Hey….somethin’ I’ve been wonderin’…where does Kurama keep his rose whip?” Kuwabara asks while looking at Hiei.

“In a simple little rose bud. In his hands, any plant’s a weapon. He can turn a weed along the street into a razor-sharp blade stronger than steel.” says Hiei with a smirk.

“Wow…that’s cool.” You say.

You knew he could do that, but you still thought it was cool.

“Kurama vs. Roto: Begin!” shouts Koto.

“I hear you live with a human. Heh heh hard for me to figure. You got a ‘family’ thing goin’ there?” asks Roto, however only low enough for Kurama to hear and anyone else with sharp hearing.

The stand there looking at each other.

Shizuru looks down at Kurama. “That kid with long hair isn’t human.”

“You can tell, huh?” asks a shocked Keiko.

Back in the arena, Roto’s middle finger in his right hand turns into a sickle.

“You’d be sad if this human died, eh?!” he asks, coming at Kurama.

“A weasel with a sickle….” Kurama says jumping back and away from the attack.

Roto keeps going for Kurama; however Kurama easily dodges each one of Roto’s attacks.

“Waste of time, this. Kurama’s way ahead.” Says Hiei. “As for you Kuwabara, luck was just against you.”

“I would a taken ‘im best out of three!” shouts Kuwabara.

“Sure…” you say a smile.

“Can it (YAFN)-chan!”

“I was only saying sure.” You say innocently.

“Just don’t even start.”

You all watched as the fight continued.

Kurama appears behind Roto, ready to finish it.

“You’re adequate, but little else, I’ll end this quickly.” Kurama says, raising his hand to finish Roto off with a blow to the back of the neck.

“I own your mother’s life…Shuichi Minamino.” says Roto low enough for only Kurama to hear. ((A/N That is the actual spelling!! I got it straight from the manga!!))

He then swipes his sickle backwards, causing a surprised Kurama to jump back. However, Kurama wasn’t unharmed. A thin strip of blood started to drip from a slash made on his left cheek.

“Why’d he slow down?!” shouts Kuwabara.

“Cheating bastard…” you mumble under your breath, glaring at the demon.

You growled at the guy, which earned you a look from both Hiei and Kuwabara, who were the only ones who could hear the low growl.

“What’s wrong?” Kuwabara asks.

“Nothing.” You say, still glaring daggers at Roto.

Kuwabara looks at your face and then back into the ring.

(*&Something’s definitely up…and it’s got somethin’ to do with that guy Kurama’s against. &*) thinks Kuwabara.

“Heh heh…see this?” Roto asks, taking out a device that had a red button on it.

“My familiars are stalking you mom…and they’ll devour her if I press this switch. Being such a devoted ‘son’…you wouldn’t like that. Heh.” Says the demon, still only saying this low enough for only Kurama and anyone else with good hearing could hear.

Kurama looked at him and then relaxed his fighting stance, just standing here.

Roto retracted his sickle.

“Heh he he he he…. I see…you get my drift…Kurama, you human lover you!” shouts Roto as he punches Kurama in his face. Kurama at the same time flicks a pebble at Roto’s face. You were the only one who saw Kurama quickly plant the seed in Roto, since you knew where to look and when to look, having seen this episode before.

“It’s over.” You say, grinning.

“Are you giving up on Kurama?!” shouts Kuwabara, shocked.

“Nope, Kurama’s got him…you’ll see what I mean soon.”

Kuwabara looks at you and then back at the fight. Roto looks around to see what hit him and sees the pebble that isn’t too far from where he is standing.

“A little pebble? A modest show of defiance? Well, forget it! No more, not even a pebble’s worth! Clasp your hands behind you! You’re my punching bag, got it? Got it, punk?” shouts Roto, pointing at Kurama, his thumb hovering over the button. Kurama gives him a cold glare before he puts his hands behind his back.

“Oh scary. Okay, fight me if you want…but you do and I’ll push the button, I guarantee.”

“What’s wrong with him?! He’s leaving himself completely open!” shouts Kuwabara worried about Kurama.

“don’t worry; he knows what he’s doing.” You say.

“If you say so.” He says, not really believing you.

“Heh…but you won’t fight, will you? You’re such a sweet li’l momma’s boy.” says Roto, now in Kurama’s face.

“You might sever might sever my left arm with you whip, but the fingers might flinch and …press! Heh heh heh heh….right, punk?” laughs Roto.
“Umph….”

“Heh heh heh heh…I like it. This is what I call fun…heh heh…beating on a guy who can’t fight back, yeah!” he punches Kurama, who doesn’t even make a noise, but faces away from the scum. He brings his arm back from another punch.

“Scum…” but decides to use his sickle. He lays it on Kurama’s check.

“That look in your eyes…I don’t like it. Look scared punk… you got it?” he slowly draws his sickle across Kurama’s cheek. He then starts to cut him again, making an x shape cut on his check.

“Stop…lookin’ at me like that!” Roto says, bringing the sickle fast across Kurama’s check, finishing off the x shape cut.

“Now I’m in a real bad mood. You’d better do somethin’ about it…or else.”

Kurama just gives the scum in front of him a death glare that should have killed him on the spot.

“Bow down and lick my shoe.” Roto says, picking up his shoe.

“Once it’s clean, I’ll cut your head off. After that, maybe I won’t press the button. That’s my offer. Can you refuse? Course not. Your mommy’s life’s on the line. Heh heh heh…” Roto says, putting his foot down.

“I refuse.” Kurama growls, venom in his voice.

“Come again?” Roto asks a bit shocked.

“Enough. Push the button.” Kurama says, brushing him self off.

“Heh heh heh…did I hear you right? Push the button? You hypocrite, you’re no different from us after all! That’s all it takes for you to go demonic again.” Shouts Roto.

“Push it.” Kurama says fire in his eyes.

“Heh heh heh! Fine, I’ll push it. We’re all blood thirsty demons here, right?” shouts Roto.

He tries to push the button, but can’t move.

“Hack? My hand…c-can’t move…!”

Kurama takes the button from his frozen hand.

“I’ll repeat…what I’ve said so often before…”
“Urk!” gulped the very scared Roto.

“That what seems the easy way out is usually the most dangerous. You tried coercion, so I countered it by planting a deadly vetch seed on you. The roots have spread through your body, immobilizing you….” says Kurama.

Roto looks at his chest and sees the seed.

“That was when-! That pebble-a distraction!!”

“When I say a certain word, the plant will grow at an explosive rate. I enjoy facing low lives like you. It allows me to be as brutal as I want.”

“No don’t sink to my level! I like nice guys! I do! I was just kid…”

“Die.” Kurama say, not letting Roto’s pathetic begging continue.

All of a sudden, stems and buds came out of Roto, consuming his body. He fell and was covered in beautiful flowers.

Kurama smiled.

“Ironic that the lowest knave’s blood grows the loveliest flowers...” Kurama plucks one and walks out of the arena.

“Kurama’s come up with a win for Team Urameshi! They’re now tied!” says Koto.

Hiei recovers his Jagan eye.

“As expected, the familiars taken off once their master expired.”

“So you noticed…” Kurama says, now walking down the steps.

“That idiot had no idea who he was dealing with.” Hiei says.

“That’s for sure! That was awesome!” you say.

Kurama smiles and hands you the flower he plucked.

“Thanks.” You say, blushing.

“Thank you for trusting in me.” He said.

You blush more.

“Oh, you heard me, huh?” you give a nervous laugh.
Kuwabara looked at the two of you, a hint of jealousy in his eyes, which didn’t go un- noticed by Kurama and Hiei, though had totally gone by you. You were kind of too busy blushing and trying to settle yourself from the complement and embarrassment.

“The next contestants!” says Koto.

You all look to see Zeru walk on to the arena.

“Team Urameshi! Your next contestant, please!” says Koto, a bit annoyed.

“I thought he was team captain.” says Kurama, surprised.

“Meaning those other two are tougher’n him?!” says Kuwabara, a bit shaken at that.

“No…he’s definitely the power house of that crew. Like most teams, they probably done lots for fight number. I’ll take him. I want to get back at him for making fools of us yesterday.” says Hiei, removing his cloak.

“You get him Hiei! Show him the only fool here was him, messing with us!” you shout.

“Hey, where were you when I was fighting?!” shouted Kuwabara, not liking that you cheered for everyone else, except for him.

“Ummm….look, they’re about to fight!” you say, trying to change the subject.

“Don’t change the subject (YAFN)-chan!” Kuwabara shouted.

“I’m not! It’s just that…I was too busy holding my breath and worried that I’d screw up, while you were in the air!”

This was true. You didn’t want to cause Kuwabara to get seriously hurt; even though you did call out to him while in the air, but you couldn’t help that. That was something you just couldn’t avoid saying.

Kuwabara sighed, seeing your eyes get a bit moist. It seemed you have grown a bit soft since the first time he had met you. You were gentler and a bit more sensitive, which kind of confused him as to why. You were still a smart ass, in his opinion, but you acted a bit more mature and calm then before, though your mood swings seemed to get worse.

‘She could be PMSing.’ He thinks.

“Whatever…” he said before turning to watch the fight. You did the same thing.

“I see you use flames…” Hiei says.

“I checked that cup. It looked like it had been sliced up by a blade, but the edges were melted. You lack refinement.”

“What’s the matter? I don’t take criticism from a belly-crawlin’, evil-eyed rodent.” Zeru says standing there with his arms folded across his chest.

“Oh, he’s dead now.” You say.

“Begin!” shouts Koto.

As soon as she said that, the aura surrounding Zeru heated up. His whole body was surrounded by flames and he held flames in his hands.

“Yer cinders, man…” Zeru says.

“Whoo boy! That’s a killer aura…!” Kuwabara says, taking a step back.

“Did it get hot in here, or is it just me?” you say, fanning your self.

“Impressed? You should be! A mouse like you could never in his whole life summon this much aura.” Zeru says.

“Enough talk. Move.” says Hiei.

In a blink of an eye, Zeru moved forward and punched a whole right through Hiei’s stomach. He then pushed Hiei away, and stood back, powering up.

He then shot fire right from his fist and had his flames engulf Hiei. Hiei falls to the ground, still covered in flames.

Kuwabara gasped.

"Gulp! That was quick!" shouts a scared and shocked Kuwabara. 

"Heh...hardly worth gettin out of bed for that." says Zeru.

You smirk.

"You're not bad. Pity I have to kill you. However..." says Hiei, standing up yet still on fire.

Zeru stops in his tracks at hearing Hiei's voice. He turns around, sweat coming down his face.

"Y-you withstood my demonic fire? That's not possible!!"

"Heh-you now know otherwise. Rejoice!! To you goes the honor of being the first in the human world to fall to the Blazing Fist of the Overlord!!" shouts Hiei, powering up his right hand.

"Blazing Fist of the Overlord! A martial art forbidden in the human world!! It's meant only for the demon plane!" shouts Kurama.

"I admit I haven't completely tamed it! But I will, in very short order!" says Hiei, a black fire surrounding his entire arm.

"B-black flames...!! ...summoned from the demon plane!! How?!" says Zeru, more then worried.

"My right arm should be enough for this. I'm afraid my control is meager..." says Hiei.

"See? This is real pyromancy...true evil that your match-play lacks! You scoffed at my evil eye...and that's something you'll regret!!" shouts Hiei, slowly making his way towards Zeru.

Zeru stares in complete fear as a black dragon can be seen forming from Hiei's right hand.

"Wait...you can't...!!" he shouts.

Koto runs.

"Mreeeow! It's going over the top here!! Even I, your commentator, have decided to take cover!" shouts Koto.

She jumps off the area and ducks and covers.

"Here it comes!! Black Dragon Hell Fire!!" shouts Hiei, letting lose the dragon of darkness flame.

Zeru is frozen in fear as he watches the black dragon come straight at him, mouth open and ready to devour him.

An explosion is heard before the attack disappears. Koto shakily peaks over the edge of the arena and sees Hiei standing there, his right arm stretched out in the direction where Zeru was.

"It was over in a flash." says Kurama.

Yusuke still slept.

You had hidden behind Kuwabara and were now looking out from behind him. It was scarier in person.

"Oh my....the wall...." Koto says.

At the other end was an imprint of Zeru who had turned to ashes.

"I incinerated his human world aspect. Start the count." smirks Hiei.

"Oh! I...I think we'll just skip that. Whew!" says Koto.

Koto then goes back into the arena.

"The...the winner-Hiei!" she announces, still a bit shaken.

"See that, ya punks?! Even gypped in the first round, we're up 2 to 1!" shouts Kuwabara.

"Not that it's a heckuva lotta comfort. What Hiei just did...what he can do...if he decided to turn on us now..." Kuwabara adds sweat pouring down his face, and shaking a bit.

Hiei looks at him, which makes him gulp.

"Calm down. Once I pick a side, I stick with it. My Blazing Fist of the Overlord still needs work, anyway." Hiei says, actually sounding a bit nice and actually trying to reassure his fellow team mate who happened to be one Kazuma Kuwabara.

"That was still scary though! Scary, but awesome!" you say, now fully out from behind Kuwabara.

"Zeru, zapped..." said one of the two remaining team members of the Jolly Devil Six.

"J-just like that..." says the other.

"That's enough for us. We want out!!"

"We came to kill for fun...an' fun this ain't!"

Both of the remaining members turned to run, but in a flash had their heads cut clean off; blood squirting out the necks.

As both bodies hit the floor, a figure landed in the ring.

"...hic..."

The figure shook their hands and had the blood splat onto the ground, leaving his hands clean.

"Fun's best when it's spiked wit' danger. These yeller swine-dogs spoiled m' buzz." says the new fighter.

"Chu!!" says Rinku, who is sitting on the ground, on their side of the arena area.

"Hey girlie, we got two deaths b' 'accident'. What's the rules say 'bout that?" Chu asks, looking at a shaking Koto.

"Each team gets one alternate....that's it. Circumstances don't matter. Y-you'll have to go on with whomever you have left! And no forfeits allowed!!" she says.

"Hmm...that's fine. So it's me against' their last two, huh? innerestin'...." Chu says.
Koto turns away, a little green from the stench coming off of Chu.

"This guy creeps me out bad! His aura's not much, but there's some thing..." Kuwabara doesn't get to finish because Yusuke finally wakes up.

"Whoo! Who's been boozin'? That stench could raise the dead and kill 'em all over again." says Yusuke, cleaning his ear with his pinky finger.

Kurama looks over at Yusuke.

(*&Yusuke's sensed the odd aura....&*) Kurama thinks.

"Hey, yuh finally woke up! HIC, all nice an' rested? Y' better hope so!" Chu says.
 
In the stands....


"Here we go..." says Botan.

Keiko stares down into the arena, tense.

"Kill 'im son!" shouts Astuko.

Back to the arena.

(*#This one may be the worst. I sensed no blood lust, even when he killed his teammates...#*) thinks Hiei.

"Sub captains forwa-" starts Koto, but is interrupted by Chu.

"C'mon! Let's go!! I wanna win it all quick, then et down t' sum serious drinkin'!!!" shouts Chu.

"A man with a plan, eh? Leave 'im to me. I could use some light exercise after that nap." says Yusuke, cracking his knuckles.

"Light...?" Chu says.

“Urameshi’s finally woken up!!!” shouts a demon in the crowd.

“Yeah! To his worst nightmare!” shouts another.

Yusuke just looks at Chu, a grin plastered to his face. He was really looking forward to this fight, and it was obvious.

“Kill ‘im Chu!” shouts a demon.

“Tear ‘im limb by limb!!”

Chu just looks back at Yusuke and gives a “hic”

The whole room starts to chant the word “Kill.”

“Their blood lust is truly awake now! And Chu’s aura just feels creepier and creepier….” Kuwabara says, looking around. You could feel it too and shuttered.

“It’s all bark and no bite. Yusuke doesn’t even notice.” Hiei says, a small smile coming to his face.

Yusuke is standing there, looking straight at Chu, and doesn’t seem to notice the chanting ‘Kill” from the stands.

“Yer right. He looks ready. We’re kickin’ butt now, it’s almost a joke.” says Kuwabara, rubbing his chin and grinning.

Hiei just looks at him like he was an idiot, like he normally does.

“It’s not joke, but I know for a fact Yusuke will win.” You say.

“You call this light exercise…” Chu says before vanishing.

Yusuke’s eyes widen as his opponent disappeared right in front of him.

Chu then reappeared next to Koto and took her microphone with out her even realizing it.

“Lemme borrow this. Testin’ testin’….”
“Mrrow…? How’s he do that…?” says a shocked Koto.

“Before the fight…I wanna make one thing perfec’ly clear!! And it ain’t t’ say, ‘Can I call you ‘Bro?’” Chu starts, pointing at Yusuke.

“I LOST AT ROCK-PAPER-SCISSORS!! SO DON’ GO THINKIN’ I’M SUM KINDA LIGHTWEIGHT!!!” snaps Chu.

If there were crickets in the stadium, one would be able to hear them at how quiet the whole stadium had become from the outburst.

Koto then pulls out a ‘spare mike’.

“Ahem! I’ll explain that! The Jolly Devil Six decided their fight order and their alternate by Rock-Paper-Scissors so Chu’s saying he’s an alternate by procedure, not by degree of prowess! In fact, he’s the deadliest of the Jolly Devil Six!” Koto says, while her free hand gestured to Chu, who was still in ‘snap’ mode.

“Darn tootin’!!” Chu says.

“Except he’s drunk, as usual.” Say Rinku, sweat dropping.

Kurama sweat drops and puts his pointer finger to his temple, looking a bit aggravated; probably getting a headache.

“Moron.” says Kuwabara.

“This is funny.” You say smiling.

“It’s not funny! It’s stupid!” shouts Kuwabara.

“Then it’s just me.” You say, still trying to hold back your laughter.

It was a funny scene, but because of the situation, you guessed it made everyone tense.

“Yah Yah Okay, I get the picture. Let’s do it!” says Yusuke a huge grin on his face and throws off his leather jacket that he was still wearing; now in his jeans and white sleeveless shirt.

“Whoa, bud!! Yer not buyin’ it!! I ain’t trashin’ anyone whose guard is down! So here’s a straight warnin’ I use the Drunken Fist!! The drunker I am, the stronger I gits!! My unsteady moves make my enemiesh think I ain’t all there!! So don’ be taken in, get me?!” Chu shouts.

Rinku falls over.

“Ack! Hopeless!!”

“Right…but hey…the drunken fist ain’t no big shakes. You’ve got something special up your sleeve. Otherwise this fight would hardly be worth the trouble, eh?” asks Yusuke, a fire in his eyes.

Chu smiles.

“Yer cool…I like that. Don’ get opponents like you ev’ry day. This could be fun.” He says.

Chu then starts to weave around as if he can’t walk straight, and is totally drunk.


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In the stands Keiko looks down a bit worried, while Botan looks with interest.

(%^As Genkai’s apprentice, Yusuke’s completed two training regimens. He should now have a thorough grasp of Reiki techniques!!^ %) thinks Koenma, watching the fight from the stands.

(End of Chapter 19)

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