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This is the chapter with YYH's Dark Tournament. If there is anything wrong with the line up or spelling of anything I'm sorry but well I found a site with the stats and just used the one source. If I'm wrong say it in a review and I'll try to fix it. Thanks everyone for reading and reviewing.

Chapter XXII
Dark Does Mean Evil…Sorta

Isaac was walking through the garden escaping his mountains of paperwork. The sliver kitsune was working over time these days. Rain really needed a few more lawyers. He could only do so much, and it didn't help that his major wasn't really the type to sit in a library all day with out having a few plants growing and causing chaos. Sky was a funny creature, she trained as hard as Shea did and he well he barley acted like a general anymore.

Sighing the kitsune wasn't paying attention when he tripped over something. Normally he knew the garden as much as Youko, the kitsune who created when he first came home with his high fist lover. The sliver general regained his balance just in time to be pushed again. "You know if you're going to walk on some one you better make sure it isn't some one that will kill you for it, kit-kun."

Turning around Isaac saw it was the one neko that ever walked these lands with out so much as a second look by the guards. It was Snow Ahriman, a close friend of his lady. "Well if you weren't lying out like a door mat people wouldn't be tempted to walk on you."

Snow just dusted herself off. "Yeah, well don't blame me when Apollo's pissed at you. He likes it when women lay out in his rays."

Isaac laughed a bit at that comment. "You act as though you've met him."

Snow shook her head. "Silly kit-kun, not only have I met him, I had the worst sun burn of my long life because of that man. I never thought it possible to get one at night either," the neko said smirking. "So what brings a busy body like you out?"

"The need for air that isn't laced with dust. It's hard to keep track of both Makai and Nigenkai laws these days." Isaac said sitting down on a near by bench. "So how's your son?"

"Ombre's doing fine, he's in high school now." Snow said thinking of the brat. "Yeah, he's loving it. Him and Ousen have some other friend named Shuichi. Those three are always together."

"Aren't you worried that he could find out they aren't really human?" Isaac asked the woman he had come to know as a friend over the last eighty or so years.

"He already knows. From what I've heard he's a youkai himself. The boys say he's like Naruto. A youkai inside a human shell. They just don't talk about it, or at least from what I've been told. I haven't met the boy yet but then again I don't know a lot of the people that my son hangs out with in the human world." Snow said with a shrug. "I have to go now kit-kun. I'll talk to you some other time."

"Right. Until then neko-chan," he said as she walked off.

--

Snow looked at her calendar. It was hard to believe that another year had already gone by and soon she would turn seven hundred years old. Birthdays weren't that big of a deal but when you lived as long as the members of the pack have but when you reached a century there was normally a party or something. Snow was worrying about what would be planned for the celebration when she was given a message from Sesshomaru, he wanted to see her.

The portal opened just outside of the gates to Sesshomaru's strong hold. There were rules, even if you could open portals, you didn't portal into some one else's home. On her way home she would go straight to her bed room not even bothering to care. The guards greeted the neko with slight bows of the head. She winked a few of them and went in to see what her ex-mate wished to speak to her about.

Before the neko could get to the lord's study she was stopped by the one creature she didn't miss at the castle, Jaken. With barely any warning other than his foul smell he started to bitch about something. Snow just did what most would do in her shoes, she did the perfect impression of a soccer player and scored a goal when he made it out the closed window at the end of the hall.

"I hope you plan on paying for that," a very deep voice said behind her. Snow all but moaned when he spoke, the shivers running up and down her spine proof that she knew what else that voice could promise.

"The servant or the window?" she asked as she turned to face her 'host.' He was just as tall as ever and hunky as hell but he didn't look right. His armor was gone but that was to be expected, his tail was still there and he dress was normal for a business man. "Oh dear Ahriman, you got some didn't you?"

"Discussing my sex life isn't why I asked you to come here. Come with me," the inu lord said as he took her arm just about the elbow in a gentle manor and led her to his office. "And I meant the window."

Snow was served coffee and Sesshomaru tea before he got down to business. "Two important events over lap this year. What are they?"

Snow shook her head. "Depends on what you consider important."

Sesshomaru stood up from his place behind the Makai Oak desk and set down on it before his ex-mate. The neko looked up at him as he smirked. "The Dark Tournament and your seven hundredth birthday are pretty important don't you think? I have tickets for a box and enough rooms for ten reserved under your name. Take the girls and pretend like you're only six hundred."

Snow was shocked. Sesshomaru just gave her tickets to one of the biggest blood baths and wasn't an ass about it. Standing up she took the step to him and checked his forehead for fever. "You sure?"

"Yes, I was going to go but I go summoned to the Nigenkai on business, when I did some mental checking I saw that you would be the best one to give my box to. Am I to believe you want it?"

Snow gave not verbal answer as she hugged the inu lord and kissed his check. Snatching the info out of his hand she headed to the bar.

--

The Fox and Wolf was alive with so many youkai that Snow had to fight her way to the bar. Jumping over it she started to serve drinks seeing as Zel and Dark were having a bit of an issue. After the bar's regular drunks finally started to thin out the angels and the neko started talking.

"Thanks Snow, I know it's your night off but we're grateful." Dark said as he threw an arm around Zel's shoulders.

"No problem. Hey Zel, you up for a vacation? I was just told, I have a box and a few rooms at the Dark Tournament. You coming?" the neko asked her angel friend. Said angel's eyes widened.

"Does the Pope shit in the woods?" the brunette said almost screaming happy tone.

"I don't know but there really good tickets," Snow replied laughing with her friend. From the male angel's expression the neko knew he wanted to go too. "Sorry Dark, I'm thinking girls only. You and the guys will only take away from the fun."

"You're only saying that because you're not getting any neko. You're no fun when you're not getting laid." Snow was about to bite his head off when Zel's elbow met his stomach.

"Snow's right, the girls need some time together. To become sisters again." Zel then started to list off all the things they were going to need for the trip. Snow just opened her palm pilot and made sure she took off the month they would need to enjoy this vacation.

--

Rain's claws were digging into the cement as the girls dragged her into the mall. Her voice could be heard all around as she bitched about not wanting to shop. "Rain if you get up and act like the almost 750 year old youkai you are I'll buy you a new jacket. Leather, costume made, you name it and it's yours. Just act like your fucking age."

At that little bargaining chip she jumped up right and started to walk to the only shop that did as she wanted. After placing her order and Snow turning over her credit card to pay for it. Rain had a simple sketch of what her new jacket was going to look like and she was holding on to it as though it was the only thing that could protect her from the mall walkers.

Zel, Alex, and Snow were shopping like pros after they were set free to do so. It was funny to see what stores they would go in. Zel tended to like solid rich colors, Alex bright eye catching mixed colors and Snow loved her charcoals, blacks, reds and deep purples. Instead of breaking up and going to different stores and letting them get out of there sooner they all went to the same store and 'helped' each other. Rain felt like she was being tortured for no reason.

Four hours and hundreds of American dollars later the girls were done. On the way home Zel was cursing in and out of traffic while Rain was on the phone with Isaac to see if they could get charges of kidnap pressed on the girls.

"Oh come on Rain." Snow said as she turned around from the front seat and snatched the phone from the kitsune. "Isaac I'm sorry that Rain bothered you with something so trivial. I'll see you tomorrow. Please enjoy the rest of your DAY OFF," she said glaring at Rain at the end of the sentence. "Leave him alone. You over work him as it is. He's so over work in fact he doesn't get to pay attention to the rest of the world. He stepped on me the other day in the garden. He's a sliver, he knows that garden like the curves of a lover and yet you have him so stressed out that he can't think straight. I bet he hasn't been laid in months."

"Snow, if you're so worried about him why don't you go be a stress relief?" Rain said narrowing her eyes at her neko friend. Snow just shrugged it off.

"I'm in that teasing phase with Apollo again. At least right now he isn't trying to barbeque me. But I do look nice and off white don't you think?" The neko couldn't tan if she wanted to, she went from white to red to off white. It was just a cat thing to lay out in the sun and soak up the rays.

"Oh come on I didn't need to hear that. I mean he is my ancestral father you know." Rain said crossing her arms and looking away from her partner in crime. Snow just turned back around and turned up the radio.

--

Snow was at the desk signing them all in while the bell hops were staring at the huge stack of luggage. Most of it was for show anyways. Rain got Zel, Cy, and Sky to help her in packing rocks into some of them. Snow didn't say a thing about it seeing as she didn't want to play mother on this trip, but playing mother to Zel would be something new.

"Here are your keys. We will start working on getting your bags to your rooms. Are they set up to where we know which room they need to go to?" The man said to Snow as she watched Rain and the others talk about everything.

"Ahriman-sama?" Snow's head snapped to the man.

"Don't call me that." Snow snapped at the man who clearly didn't know who he was dealing with. "No, all the luggage will be taken to my room, the one closest to the elevator. We will sort it out from there."

"Yes, my lady," the man bowed and told everyone the orders Snow had given.

The rooms were great and there were enough that everyone only had to share with one other person. They were lucky to get that though. The girls were on the same floor as the fighters, the best rooms in the hotel in many opinions. As though they did it often the girls spilt up into four groups of two and were soon picking out their rooms. Snow and Rain were in the room that now had all the luggage in it, seeing as how most of it was Rain's rocks.

Alex and Zel took the room across the hall from them. Their room was simple and just the opposite of Snow and Rain's room. It was nice and worth the money that Sesshomaru clearly was paying for it. Kaden and Cy's room was next to Rain and Snow's. Their room was built just like the first one. Shea and Sky being the left-overs shared the last room. It was just like the room that Alex and Zel were sharing.

Each suite was huge and had two nicely sized queen size beds each in their own rooms. They had everything and Sesshomaru's credit card was taking care of the bill. Each room was plain and it was easy to see that it was a hotel room but it wasn't with out it's nicer touches. The main reason this floor cost so much was the fact that Rain and Snow's room was next to one of the teams that were fighting and by the feel of them they were the human team.

--

Ombre and Ousen walked into the hotel and stood at the desk. "May I help you gentlemen?"

"Yeah we have a reservation under Ombre Ahriman and Ousen Zeek." Ombre said to the man that was just kissing Snow's ass and now looking down his nose at the teenagers.

"Right. May I see some ID please." The man said holding out his hand. Both boys handed over their diver's license and their credit cards. "Would you like some one to show you to your suit?"

"No we'll be fine, and we won't mess up the room either." Ombre said clearing reading the guy's mind.

The boys went upstairs. "It's so cool that Shuichi is going to be fighting in the Tournament. And with our moms out of town it was perfect that we got to come."

--

Kurama, now in his human form and about to turn sixteen was walking back to his room when he saw one of the last people he would think to see here at the Dark Tournament. "Snow?" He asked out loud.

The neko heard he name coming from up ahead of her. She looked up from the program that she was reading to see the red head that was on the human team that belonged to Koenma. His eyes although green and unlike any she had seen before called to her. Who was this boy? How did he know her name much less why did he call out of her. "Do I know you?"

"No, I'm sorry to have bothered you," he said before zipping into the room next to hers and disappearing from Snow's sight.

Snow shook her head wondering what that was all about. He was clearly part of the human team but if she remembered correctly his name was Kurama, he must have known Youko and may have known about Snow and Youko's sibling like relationship. Shaking her head Snow headed back to the elevator to go the lobby and call a few people from down stairs.

--

"You mean you know Hiei?" Zel asked as Snow said something about the demon that was down at the ring with his team mates listening to the rules of the five one on one matches that would be taking place.

"Yeah I met him before I met you. Hell it was before I mated Sesshomaru." Snow said as she watched the first fight. It was this really stupid looking human verses a child youkai.

To say the fight was boring was an understatement. Who wants to watch the floor get mobbed with the human's large amount of hair? Well Snow did to a point, he looked like a moron but she was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt seeing as he was on the same team as Hiei.

"So how good is he?" Rain's voice said from Snow's right.

"He's a great fighter. I don't know about anything else. We didn't." Snow said watching as the human team was taking turns fighting off their opponents as their team captain slept on. "What's with that Yusuke boy? He makes no sense."

"He doesn't need to." Kaden said downing her drink. "He's strong. He could win this."

"If you say so." Rain said with a sigh. "I just wish they would let us fight. We could own this tournament."

Cy was sipping on her drink as she studied the teams fighting. "Hence why we aren't allowed to fight here. They're weak and wouldn't be a challenge."

The evening went on to see the human team with Hiei on it, winning and the next fight starting. Snow and Rain handed some cash to Kaden.

"I still can't believe they won."

"Won hell I can't believe that kid woke up in time to fight. I lost a lot of cash because of him. We should beat him up while we're at it." Snow said as she slowly said goodbye to some of the money she brought with her. "So who's up for something to eat? I've voting sea food."

"You would you neko." Rain said as they walked out of their private box.

--

The cloud of white smoke went up inside of the barrier. It was so thick that even the girls as high level demons couldn't see what was going on but they didn't need to. "Oh shit." Came Snow's voice as she turned to see a livid Rain.

"Come on Rai, I'm sure it's a mistake. I bet it's all fake." Snow knew she was lying to her friend though. It was clearly Youko's aura. Rain's dead lover was alive, here, and fighting in the tournament. Reaching out to the kitsune was impossible though with out a physical link.

"I'm going to kill that dead mother fucker. I bet his blood will test like the sixties." Rain said referring to her and Snow's smoking during the decade of free love.

"Rain, you have to give him time to explain…and that's if that is him. I'm sure it isn't. Bringing back a demonic spirit is hard but I did sense some strong magic in that cloud." Snow said as everyone watched on to the ring.

Soon the smoke cleared and their stood Youko Kurama. Rain was pissed and Snow was catching on to the feeling not only through her developing empathic powers but just by the way the kitsune was cussing under her breath. Slowly, the Red Devil stood up and walked out of the box. Snow shot up when she picked up on the thoughts about what Rain was planning.

"I think I need to get down there." Snow turned back to the ring just in time to see Youko Kurama turn into just Kurama, the red head that she had ran into in the hall way. So that was how he knew her name and why he ran from her when she turned to see what was going on. Not missing a beat Rain stormed to the ring and started to slug the red headed human.

--

Hiei was watching the Gunji Lady hit his team mate when a shadow barrier the likes he'd only seen one time before covered the couple. Kuwabara, who was trying to stop the woman from attacking his team mate when he was thrown back by the barrier.

"Leave them be. They're just having a lover's spat." Came the calm voice of the female dawned in the same shades as the barrier. "Hiei darling, long time not fight. I see the Darkness is coming along nicely. Remember my offer still stands."

Hiei bowed to the woman shocking his other team mates. Even the mask fighter's eyes grew slightly at the new development. "Snow-sama, how may I be of service."

"Tell me why I wasn't informed that Youko was alive."

"He forced a vow of silence on me my lady." Hiei said after standing up to his full four foot eleven height.

"Hiei, that's not why but I'm sure you wouldn't mind talking about this over dinner. I'll even treat you as you are my guest." Snow said to Hiei leaving him no way of declining her invite.

"My lady how may I say no?" Hiei asked out of character.

"You can't and you know it." Snow said before moving the barrier and the kitsune inside of it over out of the way.

"Umm…Miss I don't think you're allowed at the ring's side," said the blue youkai from the ring. Snow dropped her concealment spell. Showing her ears, tails and clan symbol on her brow Snow looked like the lady she was.

"I think I'm allowed to be any where I want to be. You may finish the fights though. Rain and 'Kurama' have a little catching up to do." The blue youkai just nodded and called the next match.

--

Ombre and Ousen who still didn't know that their mothers were at the tournament watched as Rain sucker punched their best friend. "Dude, was that your mom?"

"Yeah, and that's your mom right behind her. Did you know that they were going to be here?" Ousen asked as he stood up to get a better view before his Aunt and Ombre's mom enclosed his own mother and his best friend in a solid barrier blocking them from view. "I have a feeling we're royally fucked dude."

"I wouldn't doubt it." Ombre said walking down to the wall and jumped over. "Mom what the hell is going on? Why did Aunt Rain hit Shuichi? And why are you here?"

"Ombre, I could ask you that same question. Shuichi would have been your Uncle Youko. As in your Aunt Rain's lover." Snow turned to Ousen. "He was before your father, Ousen. Youko died and Rain went to the states. She meet Zeek and well from there you were born." Snow turned back to the barrier. "I hope those two can work something out. Their love affair is older than any other I know of in the Makai."

--

After the win Snow sent her son and nephew to their rooms while she and Hiei were going out to celebrate over drinks and to catch up. "You're kidding me? That has to be embarrassing."

"Don't remind me." Hiei answered before both he and Snow turned to the door of the bar when a fight broke out. It was a young female youkai and a human male. From the looks of it he hit on the wrong woman.

"I really should stop this." Snow said regretting ever signing that little pack that she would help keep peace between the two worlds. The neko stood up and downed what was left of her drink . "Okay you two break it up. I'm not in the mood to fill out paperwork."

"That low level mortal started. Who does he think he is?" the tiger youkai said to Snow clearly unhappy with it.

"I did not!" The human who clearly didn't know who he was dealing with answered like the mature adult he was.

"You, human go back to your room and be glad I don't let her eat your organs." Snow said to him. Not taking her as a kidder, he ran off. "You, you're a tiger correct?"

"I don't answer to some house neko," was her answer.

"Are you or are you not?" Snow said looking down at the younger woman.

"Who wants to know?"

"Snow Ahriman, Neko Council Chair." Snow said clearly not in the mood to deal with a young demoness who more than likely wasn't over a few hundred years old.

"I'm a tigress, my name is Fender."

"Well Fender, I have some youkai I want you to meet."

--

Snow was sitting on the edge of her seat almost pressed against the barrier she had set up for the pack and the humans that were there to root for Team Urameshi. "Do you think he's going to win?"

"He has to, it isn't fair that we just got this far. Toguro's had his chance to win." Kayko said from where she was standing next to the older, cooler, female Kuwabara.

"Oh I'm sure everything with will just fine, if you shut up." Snow said as she stepped through the barrier and jumped down to where Hiei was. After checking on everyone but the dead human Snow couldn't help but feel a little better. This team was going to win and it was all up to Yusuke.

The fight went on for what seemed like forever and then everyone finally was forced to portal outside to escape the self destruction that was activated in the stadium. Kuwabara's older sister was shaken almost as much as Yusuke had been when Genkai died in his arms. It wasn't until later that anyone had found out that the man that owned Team Toguro's team was the man she had fallen in love with. He had died in the explosion.

Fender, the tigress Snow had found in the bar fit so well into the group that it was sad she was to move to their level of the Makai and start a new life there. Everything seemed to be falling into perfect place. Few members of the group were unhappy and those were the ones that had just lost some one.

End Chapter

Snow: Well another chapter is finally done!

Fender: I'm in this chapter!!

Cy: Yeah because Snow had to make a note to herself to make sure she wrote us in.

Snow: I'm sorry…you're supporting actresses…not the main role.

Isaac: Could everyone please review now?

Snow: -bows to readers- Thank you come again.