The day of the dark tournament, Yusuke, Kurama, Hiei, Kuwabara, and Boton stand around waiting for Samana.1
"Where is she!" Yusuke yelled.2
"Give her some time," Kurama said calmly.3
"She's gonna make us late," Hiei said annoyed.4
"Be patient." Samana showed up holding a small boy with black hair and a bandage around his forehead. The boy looked like he was four years old, he was sleeping in Samana's arms.5
"Who's the kid?" Yusuke asked.6
"This is Hiro," Samana said.7
"How is he?" Boton asked.8
"He gained a year."9
"Yeah, I noticed, the lil' guy was only three last time I saw him."10
"It must be some kinda affect the chamber had."11
"But you look the same."12
"Could you clue us in?" Yusuke asked.13
"Oh, yeah," Samana said blushing.14
"Well?"15
"Okay, Hiro is my son."16
"WHAT!?" Yusuke and Kuwabara yelled in surprise.17
"What do you mean your son!?" Yusuke yelled.18
"Shh, not so loud, you'll wake him."19
"Well, what do you mean?"20
"Exactly as I said, Hiro is my son."21
"How?" Kuwabara asked.22
"Well, you see, umm..."23
"What I mean is how can he be four years old?"24
"Well, Koenma sent me in this chamber where I could get three years of training in three days time, and I guess he gained those years and the chamber must have had an aftereffect."25
"Oh."26
"Who's the father?" Yusuke asked.27
"Hiei."28
"WHAT!?" Yusuke and Kuwabara yelled in surprise while Hiei acted tough leaning against a tree not caring.29
"That kid can't be mine," Hiei said.30
"Wanna guess again," Samana said setting Hiro on the ground. She took off the headband around his forehead revealing a Jagan eye. Hiei and the others look at Hiro, then Samana in complete and utter shock.31
"Holy shit..." Hiei said quietly.32
"How did your mother take it?" Yusuke asked.33
"She supported me, and she supports him as well," Samana said calmly, "Also, Hiei, my mom has given a spare bedroom for you to do with what you please. I figured Hiro should grow up near his father, if that's okay with you." Hiei nodded.34
"Not to interrupt this special moment, but we do need to board the ship," Kurama said, "Our group was just called."35
"Samana, what are you going to do with the squirt?" Yusuke asked.36
"I guess I could take him with me," Samana said looking at Hiro asleep on the ground.37
"You're not serious," Hiei said looking annoyed.38
"Why wouldn't I?"39
"He will just get in danger or in the way."40
"Aww, Hiei is already playing the father figure," Yusuke sang in an annoying sarcastic voice. Hiei shot Yusuke an evil glare.41
"Look, I'm just saying that he could get caught up in the fight and I'm not going to save the runt, and everyone else will be busy as well."42
"Well, that's why Boton is here," Samana said.43
"I'm what?" Boton looked confused.44
"Well, I figured that you could hold him on your oar away from the fight till it is over."45
"Well, I guess I---"46
"Great! It's all settled then., you can watch Hiro while we fight," Samana said smiling. Samana bent over and tapped Hiro gently on the head. Hiro brushed her hand away.47
"Five more minutes, Mom," Hiro said sleepily then rolled over and went back to sleep48
"No now, Hiro, get up."49
"Fine *growns*, I'm up." Hiro got up yawning and rubbing his eyes. Hiro looked around at Yusuke and the others, then he looked at Hiei and took out a little piece of paper. Hiro glanced at Hiei then at the paper looking quite shocked. He pulled on Samana's skirt, "Mom," Hiro whispered, "Is that?"50
"Yup," Samana said smiling.51
"Yeah, that's right get a good look runt," Hiei said annoyed. Samana glared at Hiei, then smiled sweetly at Hiro.52
"Don't mind him, he's a little cranky."53
"Yeah, I think he needs a nap," Yusuke said nudging Kuwabara in the arm with his elbow. Kuwabara was laughing and Yusuke began to laugh as well, but Hiei paid no attention to them. Kurama and Samana gave them evil glares. Samana smiled sweetly at Hiro.54
"Hiro, Boton is going to watch you while Mommy fights, okay?" Samana said sweetly.55
"Okay," Hiro said with a smile on his face, "Will Kurama be watching me too?"56
"Nope, Kurama is helping Mommy."57
"Okay." Hiro walked over to Boton and her oar, Boton held out her hand for Hiro. Hiro took Boton's hand and jumped onto the oar. Yusuke and the others boarded the ship and waved goodbye to Hiro and Boton.58
~~~~~~~~~~~59
Yusuke and the others are standing against the railing on the ship and every so often a demon would glance at them.60
"They have no idea what they are up against," Yusuke said looking annoyed.61
"The question is who gets to kill them off?" Samana said with a smirk.62
"I will," Kuwabara said.63
"Sorry half-wit, but we should have someone stronger take them on," Hiei said looking annoyed.64
"You wanna go, Shorty!?"65
"Name the time and place and I'll be there to take your ass down!"66
"Hiei, Kuwabara, shut the fuck up. We are suppose to be a team," Samana said. Hiei rolled his eyes and went back to leaning on the rail. Kuwabara muttered something then went back to leaning as well.67
"Samana, why don't you kill off these dumb asses, I'd like to see your new powers," Yusuke suggested.68
"Fine by me," Samana said cracking her knuckles.69
A few minutes later an announcer came out into the center of the ship and a ring appeared.70
"Everyone, pipe down!" The announcer yelled into the mic, "Here are the rules of the fight...There are none! Each team will select one member to fight in this ring. Whoever survives goes to the stadium." Many demons and Samana climbed onto the ring, and the announcer ran off, "BEGIN!"71
A good majority of the demons charged at Samana, and Samana ran into the corner of the ring.72
"You know she's toast right," Kuwabara said.73
"Watch closely," Kurama said. Samana floated a few inches off the stadium ring and a large blast off bright light engulfed the ring. When the light disappeared, only ashes of the demons remained. Yusuke and Kuwabara's jaws dropped, Hiei stood in shock, and Kurama smiled. Samana stepped out of the ring.74
"Umm...It seems we have a...winner," The announcer said in shock. The demons from the other teams stared angrily at Samana and the others.75
"You do realize they are going to come after us now," Yusuke said seriously.76
"So, we could use a warm up," Samana said cockily. The demons started charging, Kurama killed some with his rose whip, Hiei killed some with his sword, Yusuke used his shotgun, Kuwabara used his spirit sword, and Samana used telekinesis. Soon enough team Urameshi and the announcer were the only people on the ship.77
"Umm...I think you guys won," The announcer said in a surprised, yet worried voice. Boton and Hiro floated down from the sky on her oar.78
"Hey Boton," Yusuke said.79
"Hi sweetie," Samana said smiling.80
"Samana, that isn't a good nickname for me," Boton said awkwardly.81
"Not you, Hiro," Samana said looking at Boton strangely.82
"Oh, right, of course, I was just kidding you know." Boton smiled fakely and blushed a little.83
"Hi Mom," Hiro said waving to Samana. Samana held out her arms in front of her, Hiro jumped into Samana's arms causing Boton to fall backwards off her oar because of the sudden change in weight.84
"Sorry Boton," Samana said blushing and smiling.85
"That's alright," Boton said blushing, "I just lost my balance is all."86
"The ship should be stopping soon," Hiei said. The announcer looked at us strangely and left to direct the ship. Hiro was staring at Hiei, "Stop looking at me runt."87
"Hiei, you could be a little nicer to your son," Samana said angrily, "Pay no attention to him, Hiro. He is just crabby." Hiro looked at the floor of the ship.88
"Hey Hiro, you sure did get bigger since the last time we met," Kurama said smiling.89
"Hi Kurama," Hiro said holding out his arms to hug Kurama. Kurama took Hiro out of Samana's hands and pretended to lose his balance slightly.90
"Wow, you sure did get bigger."91
"Not much bigger."92
"I think you did."93
"Shut up fox, you're just being stupid," Hiei said annoyed.94
"Kurama, why don't you go show Hiro the front of the ship," Samana said angelically.95
"C'mon buddy, let's go see the front of the ship," Kurama said sweetly.96
"Okay," Hiro said smiling. Kurama carried Hiro to the front of the ship. Samana gave Kuwabara, Yusuke, and Boton looks that told them to go as well.97
"Oh, um...I wanna see the front of the ship for some reason," Boton said getting the hint.98
"I don't this is gonna be good," Yusuke said smirking. Boton dragged Yusuke and Kuwabara to the front of the ship. Hiei started walking as well, but Samana grabbed the back of his shirt.99
"You could be a little nicer, he is your son!" Samana yelled at Hiei.100
"Look, this is new for me, and it takes a while for me to switch to father mode," Hiei said.101
"Well you better switch fast, Hiro is four years old and you are treating him like a teenager!"102
"Well he should grow up!"103
"We can't all skip our childhood like some people I know!"104
"..."105
"Why can't you be more like Kurama!?"106
"What?"107
"I mean---"108
"I know what you mean..." Hiei glared at Samana.109
"I just mean that you could be nicer to Hiro."110
"Sure," Hiei said sarcastically.111
"I'm serious, Hiro is just a kid, and you should treat him that way!"112
"Well I'm not gonna baby him like you and Kurama do!"113
"I baby him because he IS a baby!" Samana was directly in Hiei's face looking down to him. Hiei looked at Yusuke and the others and found that they were staring. Hiei tapped Samana and pointed to them. Samana backed up and blushed, and then she cleared her throat, "I'm just saying don't be so hard on the poor kid."114
"Fine, but I'm not gonna be all mushy around him, agreed?"115
"Fine, just don't swear, call him names, or be rude to him for no reason."116
"Fine." Hiei and Samana walked over to Yusuke and the others just in time to see the ship make it to the shoreline.117
~~~~~~~~~~~118
Yusuke and the others walked a little ways off the shoreline before coming across a beautiful tour guide.119
"Hi my name is Cher, and I will be your tour guide for your stay at the hotel," The tour guide said. Yusuke and Kuwabara stared at her with wide eyes and looked like they were about to drool. Kurama tapped them on the shoulder, and they snapped out of the trance, "Oh, isn't he just so adorable." Yusuke and Kuwabara stood up proudly. Cher walked past Yusuke and Kuwabara, "What's your name little fella?"120
"Hiro," Hiro said shyly.121
"And how old are you?" Cher asked in a baby talk voice.122
"I'm four."123
"Excuse me, Cher was it, well, could you please direct us to our room?" Samana asked.124
"Oh, yes, of course. Right this way," Cher blushed slightly and showed them to the room they would be staying in.125
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~126
Yusuke and the others walked into the room. The room was practically a miniature house. It had one bathroom, two bedrooms, and a sitting room with two couches, TV, and a coffee table.127
"Sweet! This place is so big!" Kuwabara said.128
"Thanks Captain Obvious," Yusuke said pushing Kuwabara out of the doorway so he could get in. Kuwabara rolled his eyes at Yusuke.129
"It's 9:00, time for bed, Hiro," Samana said looking at her watch.130
"Awww, can't I stay up?" Hiro asked.131
"Nope, you have to go to sleep." Hiro sighed and walked into one of the two bedrooms. Samana tucked Hiro into bed and left the room.132
"There are only two rooms," Yusuke said awkwardly.133
"We have six people, three per room."134
"Who shares with who?"135
"I'm sleeping with Hiro."136
"I call the couch!" Yusuke and Kuwabara said together.137
"There are two couches, so you two can have the sitting room couches. Hiro and I will share a bedroom, and that leaves Kurama and Hiei to share the other room," Samana said, "Everyone okay with that?"138
"Fine," Yusuke said.139
"Just don't snore, Urameshi," Kuwabara said.140
"Okay, if it is with you, Hiei," Kurama said.141
"Sure, whatever," Hiei said.142
A little later it started to rain. Yusuke, Kurama, Kuwabara and Samana were playing cards around the coffee table, while Hiei looked out the window watching the rainfall.143
"Hiei, you wanna play?" Samana asked.144
"No thanks," Hiei continued to stare out the window. A few minutes later the game ended.145
"You wanna play?" Yusuke asked Samana.146
"No thanks," Samana said walking over to the window.147
"Whatever." Yusuke shrugged and dealt the cards. Hiei was looked out the window watching the rainfall. Samana walked over and joined Hiei.148
"I see you like the rain," Samana said quietly to Hiei. Hiei nodded, "What are you think about?"149
"Nothing much," Hiei said.150
*Hiei thinks "Nothing much my ass. Damnit how could I be so stupid. If I had been protective, Hiro wouldn't be here, and Samana wouldn't be acting motherly. She would be her old self. Hey I never noticed before, but she looks taller, and her hair is longer too. I wonder what that means..."151
Hiei and Samana stared out the window for a few minutes.152
"Hiei, I---"153
"Samana, I---" Hiei and Samana began at the same time.154
"You first," Samana said politely.155
"Look I'll be nicer to Hiro, but this is weird for me and..." Hiei stopped.156
"I know, I'm sorry for coming down so hard on you, Hiro is more like a little brother than a son. I get it." Yusuke, Kurama, and Kuwabara finished their card game.157
"Samana, Hiei, we're all going to bed now," Yusuke said.158
"Okay," Samana said, then turned her attention toward Hiei, "Goodnight Hiei." Samana gave Hiei a quick kiss and walked to her room. Hiei stood there for a moment, then he too went to bed.159
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The next morning Kurama and Kuwabara were watching TV in the sitting room, Hiro and Hiei were still asleep, and Samana was just waking up.161
"Yawn," Samana yawned and stretched getting out of bed. She got up and walked to the bathroom, opened the door and went in.162
"HOLY SHIT!"163
"Sorry," Samana said blushing and running out shutting the door behind her. Kurama and Kuwabara stared at Samana, then continued to watch TV. Samana blushed and walked over and sat down next to Kurama and watched TV as well, still blushing slightly. A few minutes later, Yusuke came out of the bathroom.164
"Knock next time wouldja!?" Yusuke said in annoyed voice and blushing a little.165
"Sorry," Samana said looking at the floor and blushing. Kurama and Kuwabara laughed. Samana got up and went into Hiei's room. She sat on the edge of his bed. She got up closer to Hiei and put her head on his chest. Hiei woke up.166
"Good morning sleepy," Samana said smiling. Hiei yawned.167
"Good morning," Hiei said drowsily, "What are you going to do with Hiro?"168
"What do you mean?"169
"Well, we have to fight today. And he can't be on the sidelines with Boton."170
"Oh, that. I was hoping he could stay here."171
"A four-year-old alone, in a place where there is room service, yeah, that would work out," Hiei said sarcastically.172
"You do have a point...Well maybe Keiko could watch him in the stands."173
"Yeah that would work too, a kid in the stands with human girls, no protection, and tons of monsters all around him."174
"Well then I guess he'll just have to stay by the sidelines with us."175
"If Boton can't look after him, what makes you think you're able to?"176
"Well, if I can't I can always sneak him in...Or I could have Koenma watch him."177
"Yeah I guess that would work." Hiei let out a big yawn.178
"Aww, you sleepy?" Samana said in a baby voice. Hiei looked at Samana with a mild annoyed look.179
"Shut up."180
"I'm sorry, but I can't help myself sometimes." Samana gave Hiei big sad eyes. Hiei sighed.181
"It's alright," Hiei said giving Samana a hug. Samana smiled.182
"Well, I'm sure Hiro is up by now." Hiei nodded and took Samana's hand and walked out of the bedroom together. Yusuke, Kurama, and Kuwabara were sitting on the couches. Hiro was still asleep in the bedroom. Yusuke looked over at Hiei and Samana noticing Hiei holding Samana's hand.183
"Well I see you two made up," Yusuke said grinning. Hiei rolled his eyes.184
"Yeah, so. You got a problem with that?" Samana said in a annoyed tone. Yusuke looked a little unsure, shrugged, and returned to watching TV. Samana and Hiei sat down on the couch next to Kurama. A few minutes later Hiro woke up and walked out of the room letting out a big yawn.185
"Good morning," Hiro yawned.186
"Morning Hiro," Samana said smiling.187
"Good morning," Yusuke, Kurama, and Kuwabara said together.188
"Good morning Hiro," Hiei said plainly. Everyone looked at Hiei. Hiro looked baffled, Samana looked pleased, and the others looked shocked.189
"Umm...Good morning Dad---erm, Hiei?" Hiro said still kind of shocked. Then the PA system dinged getting everyone’s attention.190
"Will team Urameshi please report to the fighting ring, your match is next," a female voice from the PA system said.191
"Well, that's us," Yusuke said getting off the couch.192
"We better get going. Hiro, put on your clothes," Samana said.193
"Okay," Hiro said running into the bedroom to change out of his PJ's.194
"We'll be in the stadium in a few minutes," Samana said. The others nodded.195
"Just don't be too late," Kurama said.196
"I won't." The others left for the stadium.197
~~~~~~~~~~~~~198
Yusuke, Kurama, Hiei, and Kuwabara just walked in the gate realizing that Samana, Hiro, and Boton were already down by the ring waiting. The other team was there as well.199
"HOW THE HELL DID YOU GET HERE SO FAST!?" Yusuke yelled looking shocked at Samana.200
"I ran while holding Hiro, how else?" Samana said confused. Yusuke coughed.201
"I knew that, we let you beat us here."202
"Sure you did," Boton said sarcastically.203
"Hello everyone, welcome to the Dark Tournament!" Juri said waving her arm about.204
"Looks like we have the scaredy cat again," Yusuke said annoyed. Samana, Kurama, and Kuwabara chuckled.205
"Hello to all of you new Dark Tournament fans, I'm Juri---"206
"And I'm Koto!" Koto said from the stands.207
"The Dark Tournament administrators wouldn't let me quit so I'm here for another year!" Juri said looking a little disappointed.208
"And I wasn't promoted so I'm still in the stands!" Koto said sounding a little disappointed.209
"Well, let's begin the Dark Tournament with Team Urameshi vs. Team Nakano!" The crowd cheered, "The team captains will decide the terms." Yusuke and a girl from the Nakano team stepped forward, she had pink hair and blue eyes. She was only about an inch shorter than Yusuke; she wore sky blue pants, a bright green belly shirt, and dark blue shoes.210
"One on one sound okay?" The girl asked angelically.211
"Fine by me," Yusuke said in agreement..212
"The terms are decided! Each team member will fight only one battle against the opposing team member!" Juri said to the crowd. The crowd cheered, "First up Yusuke vs. Haru!" Juri jumped off the ring.213
*Yusuke thinks "So that girl, the team captain, must be Haru. This should be easy."214
"It will be an honor to fight you Yusuke Urameshi," Haru said bowing before getting into her fighting stance.215
"Sure," Yusuke said confused. Haru charged toward Yusuke. Yusuke dodged and Haru fell to the ground outside the ring. The crowd laughed at her. Haru got back up and threw a direct hit to the back of Yusuke's head. Yusuke took Haru's foot and threw her into the other ring wall.216
"Wow people! Haru threw a kick to the back of Yusuke's head, but Yusuke threw her into the wall unaffected by her kick!" Koto said. Haru got up and back into the ring.217
"Okay, Yusuke, then I guess I'll be more of a challenge for you," Haru said getting into a particular stance. Haru floated a few inches off the ground. She grew fangs, her hair turned pitch black, her eyes turned green, and she grew claws, "How do you like my vampire form, Yusuke?" Haru said in an evil voice. Yusuke got into his fighting stance as Haru charged at him with her claws bared and her fangs showing.218
"This is amazing people! Haru's pretty pink hair turned pitch black, and she looks like a vampire!" Juri said into the microphone. Yusuke attempted to dodge Haru's charge but she knew exactly how he would react and clawed him right in the stomach. Yusuke stumbled a little bit holding his now bleeding stomach. Yusuke held up his finger.219
"Wow everyone! It looks like Yusuke's gonna do his trademark move!" Koto said to the crowd. Yusuke held up his hand, but Haru jumped in midair.220
"Funny thing about being in midair, it's so much harder to dodge!" Yusuke said before firing "SPIRIT GUN!" Yusuke's spirit gun had a direct hit on Haru and she fell to the ring floor.221
"I'll start the count! 1...2...3...4...5...6...7..." Juri started, "And after 7 counts Haru has risen!" Haru charged at Yusuke.222
"Not this again, can't you think of something new?" Yusuke said annoyed.223
"How's this!?" Haru said shouting while a red circle of spirit energy formed in her hand. Haru blasted the red circle right at Yusuke, but Yusuke dodged.224
"Wow people! Haru shot a red ball of spirit energy at Yusuke, but he dodged...Wait a sec. people! The red spirit ball is coming back!" Koto said enthusiastically. Yusuke looked back, and the red spirit ball was headed straight for him!"225
"It's locked on you special spirit energy signature, you can't run forever!" Haru said. Even though Yusuke was running, the spirit ball still caught up with him and exploded leaving a cloud of smoke around the ring. When the smoke cleared Yusuke was on the ground covered in blood.226
"YUSUKE!" Samana screamed. Hiei looked at Samana with an annoyed, yet curious look.227
"I'll begin the count. 1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9..." Juri said, "And after 9 counts Yusuke stands up!" Juri said to the crowd. The crowd booed.228
"TAKE URAMESHI OUT HARU!" a man from the crowd yelled. Yusuke was standing in the ring holding his bleeding stomach with his uninjured arm, while the injured arm was dripping blood onto the ring floor.229
*Yusuke thinks "Damnit, how can she be so strong? In the beginning she was so weak and stupid...WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?"230
Haru charged once again.231
*Yusuke thinks "Wait a sec...She has been doing the same move over and over, maybe I can use that as an advantage...She charges, then I dodge, but she follows my dodge, but if I hit her before she hits me on my dodge..."232
Yusuke dodged, and Haru followed the dodge.233
"SPIRIT GUN!" Yusuke yelled as he shot his trademark move, causing Haru to fly across the ring and crash into the wall.234
"DIRECT HIT*dancing*! Sorry, but a girl just can't help but dance after a move like that! Haru had been charging clearly to attack, but when Yusuke dodged, so did she. But in turn, Yusuke blasted his spirit gun! That was simply wonderful!" Koto said as she danced around.235
"I guess I'll start the count seeing as Haru is out of the ring and knocked out...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8..9...And that's 10! The first match is settled! Team Urameshi takes the first win!" Juri said to the crowd. Kurama, Samana, and Kuwabara ran up on stage, Samana hugged him, Kurama congratulated him, and Kuwabara laughed at all the blood on him.236
Author notes
wow how uneventful...sry...
holy crap its 9 pages of boring junk 
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