Flaming Hearts ~Dying Spark ~Book1 {REWRITE}

~22~

 After climbing up many more staircases they arrived at another big door.

Genkai halted with her sister and apprentice, then shifted her gaze to the fighters. "From here on, you can forget about sympathy!"

Kuwabara swallowed while the Urameshi twins exchanged glances.

"The final test will be a tournament between the eight of you until one is standing. You'll fight until your opponent is dead or incapacitated. I don't care which."

Yara opened the door for them.

The moment the light came in, the gigantic Buddha statue shone brightly. But beside that, and one lantern high on the ceiling, there were no other pieces of furniture, or windows in the building.

"Come on now, walk!"

Slowly, everyone stepped in.

But once they got inside...

~BAM~

The light left the room, leaving nothing but pitch blackness.

"UUh, hey! What's wrong with the light?! I don't like that lady." Kuwabara's gruff voice rang.

"Yeah grandma, what do you expect us? To fight in the dark?" Yusuke asked.

The light flickered into their vision.

The boys, and everyone for that matter, jumped away as the light source turned out to be a small fire that came out the tip of Master Yara's finger.

They didn't know whether to be amazed or scared by this phenomenon.

Master Yara said nothing and shot the fire up to the lantern.

Then she pulled out a cigarette for Genkai. She took it without question, then lit it up.

After one good inhale she blew a good amount of smoke right into Kazuma's and Yusuke's faces.

The boys coughed uncomfortably while Miyuki covered her face with her hand just in time.

"Yes you little crap, that's exactly what we expect," Geknai said. "You must first use your spirit awareness to see. Use weapons if you have them. Hit them where you like, anything goes. The winner is the one who can walk back alive."

"Huh..." Yusuke turned to Miyuki and Kuwabara. "Sounds like a typical Saturday morning street fight, huh guys?"

Miyuki rolled her eyes at that.

"I'm not sure Urameshi, I got a bad hunch," Kazuma spoke with hesitation. "Like some of that scary stuff from the forest followed us here somehow, uh, you know? Like some beast has been stalking me all this way, but he's too afraid to attack me."