To Do Or Die

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And we can’t forget the money. I’ll just take the credit I deserve for fooling around with their characters along with my own. Soon they will be introduced to you…but until then- enjoy.

“talking”

mental/telepathic conversations *H*- Hiei *K* - Kurama *Y*- Youko *Yu*-Yusuke

(thoughts to self)

inner beast speaking


To Do Or Die


Chapter Five: Lands A Thunder

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It had been almost two weeks since they were assigned and it was Friday again, looking at the mass of people Kurama grimaced. There were too many bright eyed, cheery, and peppy students. Truth be told he did not like the attention he was given by the masses. Youko hated it as well even though he thrived on women's attention.

Kurama had to wonder sometimes, really how the hell did he manage to get red hair? Both of his parents had black hair, and he somehow ended up with red.
Not that he didn't like it or anything but it was like sticking a bull’s eye and saying 'Hey look! I'm someone different you can obsess over!'
It would figure that the outrageous fox would pick an outrageous color. But again it was a good thing, in some sort of twisted way.

(Thank the gods above it wasn't pink!)

Thinking about Youko again he found it a tad bit...odd that the youkai didn't prey on the willing females around him for a food source.
Unlike most demons Youko thrived on energy, especially the sexual kind, it is something all fox’s must do. They do not just feed on energy of people though.

Fox’s feed on the energies produced by mother nature as well, those being the many life forces of trees and plants and so on, but are well known for feeding on energy of the sexual kind. Very well known. Because fox demons prefer energy of the sexual nature they are equipped with a pheromone that attracts the opposite sex.
That was one of the main reasons why his species had the wonderful thing called Kitsune Seduction, and in return he shared the 'love' so to speak to his suppliers of food.

(But then again... I wouldn't go near them my self.)

*Y* That, Red is because they lack the qualities I desire so they are not worth pursuing. But when I need to take care of things, which we haven't done in--two months by the way-- I will, and you will enjoy it.
Besides it would be such a shame if you didn't enjoy the 'fruits' the Kami produced for us known as women Red. *Y*

*K* Youko they are more than just fruits! They are living beings and deserve respect!*K*

*Y* If I remembered correctly Red the females that grace our bed deserve no respect, why should I respect them if they will not respect them selves.
They throw them selves at us not the other way around.
Besides it's not like we desecrate them, or humiliate them for that matter.
We get rid of the urge then go on with our lives, simple. *Y*

*H* Hn. More like bang and ditch.*H*

*Y*Hiei a lil' crude for this time in the morning, don't you think? *Y*

*H* I was wrong---*H*

*Y* I'm touched Hiei that you would---*Y*

*H*---bang, feed, and then ditch. That sounds more like him...Yes...I think it does.*H* He smirked as Youko fumed.

The lil' fire cracker needed a good kick in his ass.
Oh what he wouldn't give to tie him upside down from a tree, grab a thick branch, and hit him with it like a piñata, and see if any candy came bursting out when he managed to break him. Hiei chugged enough sweets down his throat for it to work.
The thoughts swirled through Kurama's mind and he watched as Youko was smirking.
Kurama gave an uneasy look over to Hiei and saw his partner glare at him.
(Hehehe, well so much for him not noticing.)

*K* Don't you think you're taking it a bit far Youko?*K*

*Y* Me taking it far? No my dear boy, I am merely just enjoying myself with the thought of candy, I must say I think I have found a new love for the Spanish, or was it Hispanics? Oh well, what do you think Hiei? Hm? *Y*

*H*..... *H*

*Y*Thought so Giving his partner a fanged grin, wanting to get another jab in he continued. and besides, when was the last time you bedded someone Runt?*Y*


*H* That matter does not concern you Youko, I don’t allow my ‘urges’ to control or distract me.*H*

*Y* Good thing Hiei, it's most likely never considering the fact that you'd kill them off before you got the chance to fuck them because of that temper of yours.
Even if you did, the only ones you would be able to scrounge up are the Makai bitches in heat and even then I doubt they would want to be near you, very unpleasant company I hear you are. *Y*

*K* Youko! Hiei don't be mad you know how he gets when---*K*

*Y* No Red, don't baby the mean lil' bastard, pretending to be better than us, he is no different than us in any way. He possesses the same wants, same needs, we just don't take out our sexual frustration by hacking and slashing our way through the forests of the Makai instead of enjoying the delectable delights called the female body.
I for one like the soft supple flesh compared to the rough bark of a tree, and I work with plants for a living. But as the ningens say 'whatever floats your boat.' *Y*

Youko had a wide fanged grin slapped across his face. He was enjoying himself very much and to hear the smaller youkai give off a growl was even better.
But when Youko saw Hiei inch closer to him with his hand on the handle of his blade his grin turned into a thin line as he eyed him. His own hand was inching closer to his hair to pull a seed out in case.

*K* Hiei! Before you answer, remember when we have our training session today you can fight him and beat him to a pulp or whatever, just don't remove or injure something important I'll need in the future. I don't feel like re-growing anything for the next hundred years or so. It's not fun I hear.*K*

*Y* Red! Don't think---*Y*

*K* NO! I want nothing coming out of your mouth Youko about this you hear me!
I want to go to school today without having to watch my back from a pissed off hiyoukai that is my partner because you pissed him off and he wants to mutilate you to a tiny million pieces that is my body!*K*

*Y* Fine have it your way then. No need to be so defensive. *Y*
Hiei broke his stance and released his grip on the blade at his hip and walked off.

*K* Thank you.*K* Kurama sighed as he rubbed his temples; it was going to be a long day.


With Kuwabara
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Walking down the many halls of his school, Kuwabara was caught up in what they had dug up. It wasn't much but it was something, in his opinion anyways.
Hiei had found a few books in Koenma's office on a shelf.
He saw Hiei thumbing through them when his face drew up in a scowl and chucked one at the back of his head.


~Flash Back~

"What the hell was that for shrimp?!"

"Hn."

"Hn, this and Hn that is that all he ever says? Baka."
Kuwabara mumbled as he rubbed the bump on his head that was now forming.
Turning his head to take a quick look at the bad tempered hiyoukai he gave a sigh of relief, the little bugger was too engrossed with what he was reading.
Turning his head to the side to read the cover it said.

The Art of War

"Figures."

Shaking his head he glared at the book at his feet before he picked it up from the ground. Looking at the cover it was a forest green with no title.
On the edges and binding were gold ivy vines, following the trail of vines it leads to the center of the book towards a flame. The vines were in shape of a heart surrounding the flame, it was old but in still good condition.
Opening it he saw the cover page, it said.

Earth and Fire

Staring down at the bottom of the page, he gave a low whistle this dated back even before the start of the Feudal Era. This book was more than almost 800 years old. Flipping to the next page there was a picture on it, and he almost gasped.

The woman in the picture was beautiful, and she looked so serene, relaxed, and happy. She was a petite woman, slender and such. She wore a solid white kimono type dress.
It was off the shoulder and had this white fur surrounding her shoulders.
Her hair was black with a green tint and her eyes the most pure emerald he had ever seen glowed brightly as she looked up at someone while she sat down.

He was happy too, Kuwabara could tell, the man was taller than her, a lean build.
He had an X on his left cheek. Held high in a pony tail was long crimson red hair, it looked like fresh blood over the man's shoulder. His eyes were a violet color, the haori he was wearing a dark blue and his hakama black. He was looking down at her with love as well, the male had two of his fingers under her chin gently making her look up at him, she didn't seem to mind and his other hand was on her shoulder.

Turning the next couple of pages he skimmed a page a bit and soon became engrossed as Hiei was with that one book he was reading. About a half hour later he heard a grunt from his right, looking at Hiei he saw that he was at the door with the others.
Stuffing the book under his arm he carried it with him as they left.
Surely Koenma wouldn't mind him borrowing it till he was done.

~ End Flash Back ~

From what he had read, they were both from important families, both ookami youkai and were mates. It didn't say their names but it didn't matter the story was nice enough.
It reminded him of Yukina, she would love the story too he just knew-

Stopping near some of the many lockers he noticed a girl at her locker.
She was on her tip toes, trying to place a book on the top shelf.
Walking over he plucked the book from her hand and placed it on the top shelf for her.

"There you go."

Turning around to look at him she smiled when she noticed who he was.
"Hi Kuwabara-san nice to see you again and thanks for the help, it really sucks being short." He laughed. "Don't worry; the Great Kazama is here to help, when ever you need it." She laughed and smiled at him her eyes twinkling, he had his chest puffed out and everything down to the good guy pose.

"So what have you been up to?" Grabbing a few things she stuffed them into her bag all the while listening for his response.

"Nothing much, I was absent for a while but I'm back."

Closing her locker she turned to face him again and laid her back against it.
"I didn't know you went here Kuwabara-san, do the guys go here too?" He nodded.
"They'll be thrilled to see you, well Hiei not so much but Hiei is Hiei, he's an anti-social little bastard. But hey, you can't pick who you're friends with.
Uh...what class do you have?"

"Marine biology [she looked at her watch] speaking of which if I don't leave now I'll be late. So I'll catch you later!" Waving goodbye she ran off.
Looking at his own watch he yelled shit and ran off himself for his own class.
Tibara-sensei is going to kill him, if he was late again the first time was not pretty and he hadn't been late to his class ever since. Though his multiple absences had made the old man very angry.


Lunch
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It's about lunch time when Kagome began to walk outside. She had not seen neither hide nor hair of them and wondered if that was a good thing.
Looking around she spotted a tree with a low branch, walking over to it she climbed up and situated her self. Once Kagome was settled she gave a relaxed sigh.
"Oh... it's been a long day." She took a bite out of her meal, and thought about what has been going on lately. Shippou had turned into a zombie, she chuckled at the thought after that day at ARCADE he had been playing Souta's X-box 360 non stop.

It was cute when Souta wanted to play; Shippou had turned feral and growled at him. Kagome had scolded him and told him to cut it out and that Souta was being nice enough to let him play. The instant he heard her voice he dropped what he was doing and scampered into her arms and looked up at her.

It was such a cute face he was giving her she almost crumbled. But she new that trick, she was the one who created it and used it on her own father, it never worked on mother though. Thinking back on her father she missed him very much, it had been ages since she had last seen him.

Sighing she finished off her meal and got down. Throwing away her trash she walked over to the ice cream stand and bought two ice cream cones, a vanilla coffee and a chocolate scoop. Going back to her spot Kagome sat down and began to eat the vanilla one.
While giving it a couple licks she extended her right arm up into the branches.
"Here, I figured you might be a chocolate kind of guy." There was moment before the sweet snow was snatched out of her hand. "So where are they?"

"Math."

"Ah, well looks like lunch is over so I'll see you later Hiei." Scooting over she hopped down and landed on her feet and walked away heading off to class.
Watching her leave he continued to eat his sweet snow she had given him, stopping abruptly he looked at his tasty treat and scowled remembering what the baka kitsune had said about him and sweets. (Hn. I do not eat too many sweets.)
Giving another lick he landed on the ground quickly and before anyone knew it he was gone taking the chocolatety treat with him.


Math Class
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Looking at the clock upon the opposite wall Kagome sighed, the class was almost over and then it would be the only class she enjoyed for the rest of the school day; P.E.
Besides History that is, everything else was boring and no challenge what so ever.
She did well in Math but she still despised the subject venomously, she really did hate the Greeks for that accomplishment coming up with more complicated ways just to figure out a really big number that they still could not comprehend, again why does the human population always have to make simple things turn difficult?
Really that was their downfall most of the time and what happens?
They get into even more trouble.

The name of the man escapes her but he hit it dead on the nail when he had said "To err is human." Propping her head against her hand she just stared off into space thinking about what was to come. Today she would have to visit all her classes and get all the homework for the next month. Tomorrow or most likely today depending on how she felt, they will go back to the Feudal Era, and they needed to get back anyways considering how long they have been away. Her soul had been jerking lightly lately, it bugged her a bit and that proved it would be wiser to see what was happening today instead of tomorrow. It was time to pick up the pace and train more, perhaps she can get Miroku to train, maybe something besides a staff as his weapon.

He needed more versatility considering that Naraku has been pretty quite lately. He could hit them anytime and they wouldn't be the wiser, and that's what bugged her.
She knew that the final battle would be upon them soon and they need everyone together. Including her bedmate, he would be of great help though InuYasha would throw a fit about him, but she didn't care. He had Sango to worry about if she was right, and most of the time she was, the only one Kagome worried about was Miroku and how he was going to handle it.

About 30 minutes later class was let out and she bolted. Running to the girl’s locker room, Kagome dodged students left and right in a blur but slowed down till she came to a stop and opened the door. Entering she saw that no one was there, walking to her locker Kagome changed into the uniform. It was even more revealing than the last one; it consisted of a black tank and grey shorts that stopped at mid thigh.

Lacing up her shoes Kagome then moved out of the room as soon as the other girls started to file in. As Kagome was exiting the room a girl with short brown hair smiled and said hi. Kagome ignored her and walked out, she wouldn't even respond to that, the girl was too cheery.

Shaking her head Kagome entered into the gymnasium and her eyes lit up when she saw the gymnastic equipment. Ripping off her shoes she jogged over to the balance beam, swung onto it and stood. Her arms outstretched, Kagome placed her right foot in front of her making it point downward and lifted it in short bursts at a time before swinging it behind her.

Twisting her self around Kagome lifted the extended appendage up to mid height before she quickly did a summersault. Then quickly did a few back flips when Kagome had stopped she was in a handstand before she eased her body down to straddling position of the beam. Pushing her self up with her hands she was in a handstand again and moved quickly to an upright position before she ran off the beam to flip and land in a perfect standing position. Hearing claps she turned her head to where it was coming from.

Standing there was none other than the boys she had quickly made friends with at the arcade. Kagome waved before going back to collect her shoes, grabbing them she walked over and sat down.

"That was very good Kagome-san I didn't know you knew gymnastics."

"Thank you Kurama-san, but I wouldn't say that was good I'm a little rusty, I haven't seen a beam in a long time so I just had to try it. I didn't see it last week."

"I heard they had installed them yesterday."

"Hey Kagome how's the little cheater doing?" Yusuke grinned when she started talking about how she had turned him into a little monster. "He's gotten addicted to it, and he turned feral on Souta when he tried to play and it's his X-box."
Kagome then explained when she had scolded him on his behavior, he dropped what he was doing and jumped for her and gave her the most adorable look she had ever seen on his face.

They laughed when Kagome had given them a demonstration, they now knew why she had almost caved, and they would have given her whatever she wanted with that look.
"So what are you doing here girly, we thought you were only here for a visit."

"I got transferred here; my mum thought it would be nice if we stayed around here." Looking at them she felt Hiei brushing against her barriers. Kagome gave a little smile as she came up with some images of Shippou and kept it in one area.

Letting her barriers drop she closed off everything else but that, allowing him to get a headache from all the thoughts about Shippou going miles a minute.
Kagome felt him leave quickly and rather hastily and smirked.
(That's what he gets for snooping.)

"By the way how old are you guys?" she asked looking at each of them.

"17" Yusuke shrugged, he could care less what age he was, not liked it mattered

"17!" Kuwabara said proudly

"Hn. 17" Hiei said quickly ignoring her mostly

"18" Kurama said simply.

"And you Kagome-san?" Kurama voiced.

"17, but I'll be 18 soon enough."

*Y*Mmmmmm...legal*Y*

Kagome giggled a little from his floating thoughts but it didn't go unnoticed by Hiei, nor Kurama and certainly not Youko.

*Y* What's she laughing bout Red? Did you say something funny? Did Hiei?
Wait Hiei can't say anything funny so scratch that. [Hiei growled]
Oh hush you fire match, it's true so why deny? *Y*

*H* Youko...*H* Hiei let out a very low warning growl, his patience growing short.

*K* Youko please stop harassing Hiei, this is my body too you know and I would like to keep it in one piece, without any injuries. Remember what I had told you Youko?*K*

*Y* Fine, fine, ruin my fun, I was only playing Red. *Y* Giving a pout.

*H* It doesn't work for you, and the simpletons would agree.*H* Youko scoffed and was about to say a scathing remark when Kurama cut him off saying that the other students were coming in. They saw Keiko jog over and said 'hi' to everyone before walking over to Yusuke. Seeing Kagome she smiled again and introduced herself as Keiko; Yusuke's fiancé. She gave a nod of recognition before turning away, making Keiko frown.
She asked what was wrong with her and Yuskue shrugged.

"How the hell am I supposed to know? I can't read minds like Hiei here."
Yusuke stuck his thumb out in Hiei's direction, he then turned his head to look at Kagome, she had just finished tying her shoes and was stretching and boy was she stretching. She had her legs together and out in front of her, then she extended her hands out to touch her toes. Her body was completely folded in half.
Kagome had stayed in that position for about a few moments before she moved into a new position. Damn what a position!

"Hey Kagome what stretch is that?" Yusuke asked as he cocked his head to the right.

"Straddle...why?"

"Nutn'."

*Y* Wow! Red, who knew she was so limber! I think I'm in love! *Y* Kagome was sitting on the ground and had spread her legs in the spread eagle position as far as she could and that was far...Kagome had also moved her hands in front of her and slowly slid her upper body across the floor till she was resting completely on the floor.
She laid in that position for a while before she moved till she was up right again. Closing her legs she stood up. "I think that's good enough for now.
Oh look coach is here."


After School
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"Well I guess I'll see you guys later, I have to go and take Shippou out of the house, and help him cope with his V.G.W.S. I don't think it will be pretty."

"What's V.G.W.S. Kagome?"

"Oh! V.G.W.S. means Video Game Withdrawal Syndrome, Kuwabara-san. Talk to you guys later." After she was gone, Yusuke turned to the group. "Hey guys I see Keiko, I need to talk to her so I'll meet up with you guys on the other side, give me about 5 minutes ok."

"Detective, it's not the time to be fraternizing with your mate to be, we have a mission that I would like to be done with." Hiei glared at him with his arms crossed.

"I said I'll be over there in five, the worlds not ending yet so loosen up that bandana of yours before you lose circulation. I think it's on a bit too tight."

Running over to Keiko's form he snuck up behind her and poked her, she yelped turning around she glared at him. "What do you want Yusuke, don't you have a mission or something?" Keiko growled in irritation, she had her arms crossed and was tapping her foot. "Chill Keiko, I want to tell you some things, and I'm not sure how you're going to react..." Yusuke's face wasn't like it always was, he looked serious, and he seemed worried and nervous... What was wrong?

"What's wrong Yusuke?"

"Keiko I know you're going to want to hit me for leaving you to go on a mission and not explain everything first and just dump it all in your lap.
You can hit me all you want and yell too when I get back from my assignment then I will explain everything. Just know that I love you very much and I hope you don't reject me for what I am now. I--"

"Yusuke you're scaring me. Just tell me already!" Yusuke sighed and pulled her into his embrace; he kissed the crown of her head and rested his chin there.
"I'm sorry for worrying you Keiko. You know when I had left for three years right?"

Looking up at him she nodded "Yeah, you said you were going to train, what about it?" She had a sickening suspicion that it was not going to be good.

"I wasn't at Genkai's...I was training with my ancestor, and when he had passed away I had gained the Northern part of Makai as my domain."

"I thought humans couldn't live there, let alone rule a part of the demon realm."
Keiko looked up at him in great puzzlement, what he was saying and what she had learned from his group didn't add up right.

"You're right a human can't rule...but a youkai can...I...can.
I'm a demon Keiko. I don't exactly know how but I am.

I'm still the same...I'm still...me"

He had a look of desperation on his face trying to show that he was being truthful, that he really was the same man that she had always known. "And I love you very much; I was wondering that...if it was possible for you to become my life mate.
It's so much deeper than marriage; we can be together for so much longer"

Keiko had frozen, panicking Yusuke quickly grabbed her hand for a last ditch effort to show her they were the same and placed it where his heart was with his hand on top of hers. Yusuke also grabbed Keiko's other hand and placed that one above her own heart. Their heart beats were the same; in tune with each other.

"See, we're not that different, we have the same heart beat don't we?"
Keiko glanced down at his hand then hers, she looked liked she had snapped out of a trance like state, when she looked up at him and pushed him away from her she looked at him like he was a stranger. Not a loved one since child hood.
Backing away slowly she tightened her hold on her pack.

"I'm sorry, I got to go, um.... good luck with your mission Yu-...Yusuke."

Turning around she took off. Grabbing his chest he felt it tighten and he looked down, shaking his head he turned and ran off in the portal's direction he headed down a couple of streets till Yusuke hit an alley way so no one would see him.

Spotting the portal Yusuke walked through, when he had passed in to Makai, he saw the guys and found it odd that they were just standing there.

"What are you guys just standing here f-" Hiei grabbed Yusuke's chin and made him look around and he now knew why. The boys looked around in shock staring up at the sky they saw it slowly turning into a bright blue. No longer a dark red, and the trees no longer dead and leaf-less The leaves slowly becoming as bright green as the season along with the decaying grass turning into a lively color. Everything around them was changing and fast, it had only been about a day since they had left Makai and more than half the sky was not its normal dreary coloring, but as if it was as it use to be in the old days, before the three realms were created. Shaking his head Yusuke turned to the others. "Come on we need to go see Enki." Very quickly they ran off in the direction of Enki's home.

It had been about two, almost three hours later when they had stopped to rest for the night. Slumping to the ground Yusuke rested his back against a tree and let his head fall back. Staring up at the sky Yusuke saw one side with twinkling stars and the other side, the direction they were heading was the dark red that it always was not a single star in sight. He let out a tired sigh. “I’m so stupid. I shouldn't have told her."

He whispered harshly, he was such an idiot. "While you may have been a baka detective, you needed to tell her what she was getting into before going any farther.
If you had mated her and she rejected you, the pain your demon would cause you would kill you." "Gee thanks Hiei, something else to look forward to."
Yusuke said sarcastically, eyeing the hybrid he sighed.

"I'm sorry it just that...Oh never mind."

"Humans are fickle... and don't know when they have something good right in front of them." That was the closest thing to comforting someone that Yusuke knew he would get from the fire demon, and he accepted that. Hiei had comforted him in his own way and he felt a bit better, besides Hiei had a point on the subject. If she did reject his mating the pain would surely kill him.

It might teach you a lesson brat.

(At the expense of killing me? This is your body too you know.)

And? I would rather end your life for the third time if it would stop you from making the mistake that you will surely take if I do not stop you.

Bitch not worthy of us.

Friend has point.

Humans are fickel.

She will turn on us.

(How would you know? I was human once, not all are bad.)

No, your friend is human but he is special. Again the onna will turn on you, if she runs now and views you with fear how will the relationship work?
You remember the female detective she had welcomed you with open arms and when she had found out what you are, she told you she couldn't help and for you to leave.
Let’s not forget when Raizen was dying you told him you would get him to eat even if it meant grabbing a couple of humans. Also you didn't say 'humans' when you had figured out what the three lords were warring about. You called them 'food supplies' With our power levels rising as we grow with age we our selves will have to feast on the flesh of ningen or else we become like sire did. He was a fool to keep a promise like that to our ancestor.

(Keiko is different, I love her!) He was angry why was his beast doing this?

No sadly she is not, what you love is the girl that you knew as a child, before you became what you truly are.

(How would you know? Demons can't love.)

If that is true then you can't love her, for if what you say is true then you can't love for you are demon. Yusuke if you do not end it with her you will surely die, we will surely die with the path that you are taking.

Humans are very finicky creatures, if they don't like something they will lure it, trap it, and then kill it. It is as simple as that, they don't like things that are different, and will eradicate them.

(You're crazy! Now I think I have been pretty fair and have never locked you in my minds cage but I will if this keeps going on, leave me alone.)
Closing his eyes he fell into a restless sleep, waiting for the next day.
Yusuke really did hear nothing, there were no more voices, it was silent, and he realilized he really was alone. He growled Yusuke hated this mission now more than ever and he was tired of it.


Hiei walked over towards Kurama, stopping he laid his back up against the tree that he was next to. Scanning the area he found the buffoon reading that book he had chucked at him. Besides Kuwabara and Yusuke and the fire they had going there was nothing out there. He felt nothing for miles; the reason most likely was because of their power, making the 'wildlife' back off. Staring down at the fox he watched him for a while. Kurama was just looking at the rose he had used for a weapon; it seemed like a freshly picked rose, instead of a couple centuries old.

Going over what they had learned about the onna, which was very interesting by the way, well....semi-interesting a ningen was never interesting especially a ningen woman.


Full name: Kagome Higurashi

Lived on a shrine and from what they could tell was a miko. One of the very few that were left in existence that had a high level of power. Holy energy radiated off her in waves, but instead of the waves being painful, they gave off a calming appeal.
Her family from what they could tell did not have active holy powers, nor did they seem to be abnormal, but they couldn't tell. They did not carry the smell of death like all ningens did, the only sound reason for this is the holy power negated the smell nor did they have any youki that they were certain of. No matter how powerful the cloaking spell there will always be a small trace of youki.

So in conclusion she was just ningen, going back to the shrine that she lives on there is a massive amount old magic coming from the backyard. Taking a look they have found it to be an old dried up well. But when jumping in nothing happened, the interesting thing that they had found out was that Kagome went to the school after being transferred from somewhere else, and it was later confirmed when they saw her.

Hacking into her records there were many absents and looking at the list of excuses many were of her being sick with deathly diseases that could not be cured.
So Kagome was busy doing something else and that something else might just have to do with that well. Going over her hospital records they found that she was never admitted for pregnancy. So Shippou could not be hers, though they had figured out since he was a full blooded kitsune. There were also traces of youki on her perhaps an Inuyoukai.
He was strong so there would be lingering traces on her person.

Thinking about it again they noticed that there were mass amounts on her body and they were more than just a friendly hug. The onna was intimate with this male and this is what amused Hiei a lot. Because a certain fox was jealous of a scent marking and a youki signature.

*Y* Me jealous? Hmm...maybe I was wrong; perhaps you do have a sense of humor. *Y*

*H* Deny all you want fox, but I know you and your habits it doesn't take long to pick up on what your doing or what you're thinking.*H*

*K* I think he has a point Youko you do seem a bit unhappy about the thought that Kagome-san was intimate with someone else. You have no claims to her and we barely know her so there is nothing to fret about.*K*

*Y* You may not but I do, I just don't know where I have seen her before, and I know that male's sig I just can't put a name or a face on the bastard. *Y* Even though he won't really admit it, he was on edge and wanted to see her again but this time with more interaction. Without school, and the group, and certainly not her son.

But the shitty thing was, was that they had to find the toddler's grandfather which they still haven't found a single bit of information on. It was like he disappeared off the face of the Earth. Another great thing was that they didn't even get a name to work with.

"Who is taking first watch?" Looking around Kurama noticed that everyone else was asleep except for himself and Hiei.

"I will; it'd be wise if you got some rest Kurama, if we leave at day brake tomorrow we can get there a little bit before noon." Hiei actually acting civil towards the fox since early this morning.

"Alright wake me when your watch is over."

"Hn."


Back in Nigenkai with Keiko: Three Hours Ago
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The brown haired girl was clutching her backpack tightly to her chest as she went down the streets to her house. She lived with her parents above her dad's restaurant.
On the way home she spotted the park that was near by and decided to go sit down at one of the benches. Slumping down into the chair she let herself sag, what a day. (Oh...Kami....why, why him? Everything was going great and now you throw me a curve ball! He's youkai for Christ’s sake...That would mean that they would have non human children. Abnormal, monstrous, evil children.)

Cradling her head in her hands she began to cry. This just wasn't fair, she had stood by him all their life and she couldn't wait to marry him, have a home and children with him. A life with her Yusuke Urameshi, the one who always made trouble, skipped classes. Hell she was even groped by him god damn it! Why were they doing this to her? Why? She just didn't get it, to beat the odds of everything and then this happens.
She knew that she couldn't change him back if he was originally like this.
Could she love him like that? Look past the fact that he was a demon and that her children would not be normal, would not live the normal life like she wanted?

Lifting her head she looked down the winding path that was inside the park that lead into the trees, emerging from them was a guy, he was taller than her, short brown hair a pretty good size build and he was in joggers clothing soon coming closer towards her.
He had a cute face.

The male stopped in front of her, a show of concern on his young face.
Pulling his ear buds out of his ears, he turned the music player off and asked if the seat was taken. Sniffling she shook her head no and motioned for him to sit down.
When he did he smiled at her and introduced himself as Hojo. Some how she had managed to get into deep conversation with him and was enjoying herself...a lot.
He was very nice, charming, sweet, and let’s not forget smart.
Everything Yusuke was not almost 100% of the time, he was loud, rude, and perverted, and let's not forget violent.
Looking at the man she thought to herself, why was she with Yusuke again?
Really why was she with him? This Hojo seemed to know exactly where he was going with his life, no surprises, and no demon taking her to kill her or use her as bait.
He was normal and that made her very happy. He didn't scare her with the many thoughts that concerned otherworldly problems, or creatures.

Listening more closely to him he asked her if she wanted to continue this at his apartment so he can change out of his workout clothes and into something else.
"I must smell horrible." She giggled and shook her head.
"No, I don't think you smell bad, the earthy smell you have smells nice.
But if you want to change and continue talking that would be fine.
Is your house far from here?" Smiling at her he grinned and said no.
“It’s not that far from here, all we have to do is go down the path I had come from." Standing he extended his hand out for her, when Keiko had grabbed it he pulled her up.

There they began to walk down the path, out of the park and soon...Keiko...slowly but surely lost all thought about her man. No, not man....demon he can't be called human anymore, therefore can't be acknowledge.

He was just a very bad dream for the past few years....a...

nightmare


Also in Nigenkai with Kagome: Three Hours Ago
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Kagome had finally made it home, opening the door she was greeted by Souta, and then Jii-chan. Closing the door behind her she removed her shoes before she walked into the living room. Right where Kagome knew he would be Shippou was glued to the TV.
Junk food scattered around him, with wrappers and bags, and cans among cans of soda.
His hair was in disarray, most of the red locks out of the ribbon he always had to hold back his hair. Shippou's clothes were wrinkled and crumpled; it was a very cute and amusing site.

Dropping her pack on the couch she went up stairs and into the bath room. Walking over to the tub Kagome turned the lever on hot and started to draw a bath.
Going just a few feet down the hall she entered her room, looking around she spotted his original clothes on her desk, folded neatly and next to her own clothing.
On her chair was her traveling pack, opening it she looked through it and saw that her mum packed everything she needed.

Smiling Kagome also saw the new bow she had gotten about a week ago. Originally the weapon was somewhat like a crossbow, it could shoot the arrow for you, and you just had to aim. But wanting to 'fix' it she sent it in to be customized. It came back new and improved. Now it looked like an almost normal long bow, somewhat anyways but with a modern twist. It still had the automatic shooting like it did before but if you take out the string and click two buttons at the grip you would now find a bright thin beam where the string used to be. It was very hot probably about a thirds worth of the sun.
It could slice and dice you very easily and kill you in an instant, charge it with her powers and well...at least it would be fun. If you clicked two more buttons one would shut it off and the other compact the weapon to about the size of two fists.
It was black and had a few kanji symbols engraved into it.

Walking out of her room she went into the bathroom and turned off the faucet.
Feeling the water temperature she felt that it was just right and moved out of the bathroom. Going down the stairs Kagome walked over to Shippou and plucked the controller out of his little hands. Picking him up she brought him up the stairs and into the bathroom. Pulling the ribbon out of his hair, Kagome then began to free him of his dirty clothes. Once completed she placed him into the tub and grabbed a sponge and soap. Squeezing a dollop onto the sponge she began to clean her pup's body.

Shippou was very relaxed and had his eyes closed, purring when she rubbed his back gently. Picking one of his tiny arms up Kagome rubbed the soap into his skin and then the other, Kagome thought he was adorable when he was like this. He was usually very excited when it came to bath time with her and Sango.

But now all Shippou was, was a pile of Jell-O bending and moving to her will.
Grabbing a wash cloth she put some soap onto it and began to rub his face with it in soothing little circles, rubbing away the dirt and junk food stains all over his little face. Moving down to his neck she scrubbed there and then descended down to his shoulders and chest.

Soon her hand trailed down to his stomach and he giggled a little bit.
Kagome smiled, her pup was a bit ticklish there, chuckling she washed the rest of his body, making him squeaky clean. Placing the washcloth down she reached over the tub and grabbed the shampoo, squeezing the bottle she got some of it and began to wash his dirty hair. Shippou's head fell back and his purring became louder as her fingers gently massaged his scalp.

Running her blunt nails through his hair, she tilted his head back into the water to rinse it out, once done she grabbed a towel and placed it over her front.
Kagome then pulled her pup out of the water and wrapped him in it and dried him off. Reaching down she pulled the plug to let the water drain from the bath.
Standing she held onto her son and opened the door that wasn't occupied by Shippou. Walking into her bedroom she walked over to her bed and placed the sleepy kit down on it.

Kagome brushed a lock of hair out of his sleepily little face and smiled when he opened his eyes a bit. A dreamy smile on his face, she saw him look up at her.

"Hi, mama..."

"Hey baby...you enjoy your bath?" Rubbing his face against her hand he nodded.

"Hai kaa-san, I enjoyed it [he yawned]...a lot, can I go sleep now?" Smiling Kagome leaned down and kissed his cheek. "Yeah you can, I'm going to get you dressed okay, and then when I'm done taking a shower we'll go back to the Feudal Era alright? You just sleep and I'll take care of everything."

Shippou sleepily nodded his head and closed his eyes, releasing a relaxed sigh as he snuggled into the towel that had surrounded him. Prying it from his hands Kagome then reached over and grabbed his clothing, lifting him up she slid the under haori on him and then the undergarments the males would wear back in his era. Once done with the under layers she placed his dark blue hakama on and then his teal leaf scattered haori. To keep his hakama up she grabbed a hold of the matching obi that went with the dark blue hakama. Lastly she donned on the vest that he usually wears.

Fitting it on him properly she then lifted Shippou up and let him rest against her chest. Reaching over she snatched the brush and the forgotten ribbon, brushing his locks into a high tail, she tied the ribbon into a little bow. Once she was satisfied Kagome placed him back down on her bed before walking out of the room to take her own shower.

A quick shower later Kagome dressed and picked up her pack, weapon in side it and put the straps on her shoulders. Walking over to Shippou she gently picked him up and went down stairs. Going into the kitchen she saw her mum holding a cup of tea in her hands and staring outside where the God Tree was. A far off look in her eyes, walking over to her she gave her a kiss on the cheek and walked out saying "Luv ya and I'll see you in about a month." Soon she was consumed in blue light as she jumped into the well.

When she was at the bottom she moved her shoulder a bit to get one of the straps off her and shifting Shippou to one arm she dropped her pack. Kagome then began to climb; by the time she reached the top she saw a bright red orb ready to hit her.
Quickly dodging to the right she placed Shippou down on the soft grass before letting it come anywhere near her. Examining it Kagome's face lit up just as it came crashing into chest, quickly wanting to reunite within its body.

Kagome felt even more alive than she did before, gaining a large smile across her face, but then a frown marred her pretty face feeling the power with in her. She felt this piece of her soul give her more power, power she had not had in a long while and that in a way wasn't good.
They will need to find Naraku and soon, the jewel needs to be completed in order for everyone to be safe, for her to be safe from herself.

Climbing back into the well she grabbed her bag and headed back up. Kagome picked Shippou up and headed towards the village, no doubt Miroku would be there and she would assume that the other two would be there in the morning. About a half-hour later Kagome arrived at the village. Going past the many huts, new and old she had finally made it to Kaede's hut. Pulling the mat away from the door Kagome eased into the room quietly, looking around her there was a small glowing flame in the center of the room.

Turning her sight to the left she saw Miroku sleeping though it seemed to be a rest-less one. Sighing she turned away from him and made her way over to the other side of the room. Sliding her pack off her shoulders she juggled her pup and reaching in for the sleeping bag she always had with her. When Kagome had successfully placed the sleeping bag out right she pulled on the zipper and opened it.

Once done she placed Shippou into the sleeping bag. Getting ready to settle down for the night she felt someone coming. Moving out of the hut she felt who it was, and grinned waiting for him to show up. Getting fed up with his slow pace and wanting to stay out of sight she moved farther away from the huts, heading into the forest.


Inside the Forest
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He was taking a leisurely pace, no need to seem eager; it wasn't befitting to look like a hormonal-raged pup with the rank he possessed. Thankfully Kagome was a wonderful little female; her impatience to get things done drove her to find him, to come to him.
He smirked when he felt her coming towards him, she would be here soon and then the entertaining part could begin.

He enjoyed her company exceedingly so, and at times that was what made him disgusted with him-self to want the touch of a ningen. The only thing that saved her from being included with that filthy race was that for some reason as odd as she was, was that she was different from the rest of her species. It wasn't her ability to sense neither shards nor the task of purifying demons.

But something was very strange, each day she was getting more and more powerful. If he was not mindful and not in her good graces he would be dead before he can blink. It was sad to say but she had grown in such power the onna has almost reached him.
What was even worse was that Kagome seemed to be unbalanced, with her rising power it felt like if she would.... No, he would not think of that, but on other matters, like with the North again. They seemed to be presenting him with the most trouble.
If he complied with what they wanted, his lands would be a little less than half of the Cardinal Lands. Doubled the size of what he had now.

The North....and the West.

But the one thing he did not want that signed off all that included was just one thing a---

Quickly the Taiyoukai found himself against a tree. His captor, standing at 5' 6, petite, and the smell of cinnamon clinging to her. Golden eyes looked down at her he smirked when he saw the slightly irritated look on her features.

"For a demon you're very slow Sesshoumaru." Lowering his head the demon lord looked into her eyes, sapphires swirling with untold emotions.
All except one and that was annoyance. "And for a human very quick. Now let’s not waste your homecoming with frivolous chat hmm?" Leaning down he stole a kiss from her full lips, and then just as quickly pulled back. Smirking when she had just stared at him, when given no response he soon turned them around till she was at the tree.

Kagome automatically wrapped her legs around his waist, keeping his lower half snug and fit to her own. Sesshoumaru roughly ground his pelvis into hers, the friction from their clothes felt wonderful and the feel of her pulse against his tongue as he licked, nipped and sucked her jugular was exquisite.

He groaned and told her in a gruff mutter, “It has been too long.”

Kagome’s eyes sparkled as she looked at him. “It has only been two weeks, have you missed me so much?” The dog demon gave no reply, only a nip to her chin and kisses to the corners of her mouth.

Sesshoumaru then leaned in and captured her lips fervently with his.
He heard her moan in his mouth as he took in her taste and teased her tongue.
She slid her hands into his hair griping it tightly, and he felt fire rise in his belly. Instinctively, he bucked against her, pushing her back even more into the tree to keep her pinned.
Lifting one of his clawed hands, Sesshoumaru rested it on top of her hand that was tangled in his hair, freeing the silky mass from her grip he then pinned the appendage above her head. When that was done his free hand set to work on untying Kagome's obi.

It was done quickly and just as fast he slid his hand under the fold of her haori shifting it to the side. He found a lightly tanned shoulder trailing down from there he went past her collar bone and then sternum. Releasing his grip from her pinned hand Sesshoumaru used the now free hand to move the other side of her haori till her top half was bare to his vision.

Sweeping his hands under her breasts Sesshoumaru cupped them and gave a good squeeze, letting his thumbs brush her caramel tips. She shivered and tried to move away but he wouldn't have it and held firm. Swooping down he bit her neck a tad harder than what he was doing before. When Kagome stopped he soothed the flesh there and gave another squeeze and weighed the globes, they were a good size not small like some and not overly large. They filled his hands and just slightly spilled out of his claws.

(Very nice.)

He would never grow tired of her that was for sure.

Moving away from her neck he snagged a nipple in between his teeth and pulled on it a bit before he sucked it into his mouth making her gasp and arch her back. Sesshoumaru's left hand massaged the one that was not occupying his mouth and his right hand slid down Kagome's front when he got to the top of her hakama he tugged at it but, it didn't come loose. Just when he was about to rip it off her delectable little body he felt her hand over his and she moved it to her hip. There the impatient dog found two ties in a bow, tugging on them they came loose. Removing his left hand from it's property it slid down to Kagome's other side to untie the bows there as well. Just soon after he quickly removed the hakama along with the strange cloth that protected her core.

Leaving her neck momentarily to inspect her, she was flushed and breathing deeply making her chest rise and fall with each breath and he was delighted in fact that she was his to play with and not his retched half-brother. Even though he knew that he wasn't her first, but he over looked that since she solely visited him for her needs.
When he felt satisfied with his inspection he quickly removed his clothing, he could feel Kagome's heated gaze as he did. Revealing his lean chest and his hardened cock. Sesshoumaru felt her thighs quaver against him and looking at her face he chuckled when he saw her lick her lips hungrily as her eyes zeroed in on his length.

Dipping his hand below, he teased her, tracing her nether lips and dipping a single finger inside her. She whimpered when he entered two, and he moved them in and out heatedly, and Kagome started to rock her hips to his rhythm. She mewled in delight as he bent his head down and started licking her breasts, tasting and nipping them playfully once again.

Pulling his fingers out he licked them clean before he gave her a smirk as he plunged into her tight sheath. Making her cry out and moan as he moved fast and hard.
To make it even more pleasurable he grabbed a thigh and moved it over his shoulder hitting a spot that he couldn't reach before.

He felt her inner muscles convulse around his cock and he groaned as her passage constricted him. He loved it when she was like this, the way she moaned and mewled as he dominated her, consumed her, and he was getting closer,...and closer to her and he didn't know what to do with her.

They took their pleasure long into the night, not knowing the dangers she would be in tomorrow.


Next Morning: With the Reikai Tentai
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Back to the present, the sun had begun to rise gradually shinning light on our detectives. Like the night before Kuwabara was sound asleep, clutching to his precious book as if it were his life line. Kurama could be seen waking from his spot and Hiei was resting against a branch in the tree he was at before, clutching the handle of his katana firmly.

Yusuke was not in camp, he was busy scouting the area and filling up their water supplies from a small brooke. When he was done he walked back, tossing them to his team mates, both caught theirs and he had his slung over his shoulder.

Moving over to Kuwabara he squatted down next to him and gently shook him awake.
"Come on Kuwa, we need to get going." He whispered gently, when he saw the big lug open his eyes Yusuke extended Kuwabara's share of the water before standing to his full height.

"Let's head out."


It was noon by the time they had reached Enki's estate; it was made out of solid stone. The building was about two stories tall, there was nothing special about it really but it looked like it could do the job of protecting the people inside, but it's not like they needed protecting in the first place. Walking up to the large wooden doors Yusuke looked around, he couldn't see any of the changes. It seems to appear that the farther they head West, the more their surroundings looked normal. The toushin set his sights on Kurama.

"What do you think caused it?"

"I don't know Yusuke but it seems the source of it is coming from the South East where we had entered Makai." The red head replied.

"Hmm...maybe old Enki and the others know something." Stopping in front of the doors Yusuke raised his fist and gave the door a few loud, hard knocks and waited for someone to let them in. It wasn't till five minutes later that one of the large doors moved, and showed an almost equally large demon. It was the King of Makai: Enki friend and ally. The man's beady onyx eyes quickly scanned them before ushering the team inside, closing the door behind them, Enki briskly walked down the main hall, knowing that the group was following.

Yusuke observed that the direction they were going was the library. Yusuke remembered it well, not a lot of books, for that matter not a lot of shelves either to even hold the scarce books. Enki opened the doors to the library and led them inside.
The toushin had noticed right away that Hiei slid past them and made his way over to the bay window looking over the west. Mukuro was next to it.

Leaning on one of the few book shelves stood, the fearsome and powerful demon lord: Yomi, if he remembered correctly he was the one Yusuke had last had a fight with. It was a fun and an entertaining fight, it was what solidified there friendship.

Mukuro on the other hand while a good fighter did not give nor receive the same friendly terms. They were allies and that was putting it lightly, the bandaged lord got along more with Hiei than she did anyone else.

Glancing at their host then to the others. They seemed to be on high alert, and were not relaxed what's so ever. Like he was known for he got straight to the point.
"Enki, we were just here in Makai a few days before and saw nothing wrong.
But arriving yesterday in the South-East, everything was changing.
The land, sky, and so on, it looks like what was described in the Feudal Era and spreading fast. Care to explain?" Yusuke himself had rested his back against the door, he had no intentions of letting anyone out.

He wanted answers, and no one was leaving, if they had to take a piss, well too fucking bad. They'll just have to wait, he was heavy so good-fucking-luck trying to move him.

*H* You're in a good mood.*H*

*Yu* Look Hiei, I just want to find out and get gone. I'm in no mood for any crap what’s so ever.*Yu*

Staring down Enki's large form he waited. Enki was quite for a while, he looked to be in deep thought before he had responded.

"I'm not too sure Yusuke, Mukuro along with Yomi have asked the same thing, and we all agreed that it needs to be figured out soon. While it looks good right now who knows what it could mean. I've been round here for a long time, almost as long as Raizen and ever since the barriers were up, the land has always been like it is now."

“Well since apparently no one knows what the hell is going on.
How bout telling us something you have answers to?"

"Alright what do you want to know?"

Releasing a sigh he asked. "What was the emergency that you spoke of in the letter you sent me?"

Looking sheepish Enki averted his gaze. "Oh that...well it has come to our attention that we have been challenged by a few individuals for land rights."

Giving a frown Yusuke looked around the room before zeroing in on Enki once again. "Well they can't do that can they? We already squared away everything so that couldn't happen until the next tournament...and that doesn't happen until the next 400 years.
Unless I've been sleeping for that long, why didn't you assholes wake me?"

"Well Yusuke, your right, the next match wouldn't be until the next 400 years.
But they formally challenged us in that aspect and there is no way to get around it.
It would have been brushed off it they weren't who they were but their family's owned it for thousands of years. They still do to this day, and instead of living on our land it's the other way around. We're basically ruling on top of them and the rest of the world doesn't even know it."

Kurama joined in. "Who are they?"

"I can answer that."

Looking around the room they searched for the deep baritone and found Yomi.
"While we don't know much we do know of one, I'm sure you remember him Kurama.
Back in our thieving days you knew him as the one and only Lord Bastard...ring any bells?"

Kurama's eyes lit up at the nick name, green and gold flickered back and forth before settling on gold, Kurama's voice went down a notch. "Sesshoumaru...yeah I remember the old dog. He ruler of the Old West still?" Yomi nodded.

"Hey Yusuke?"

"What Youko?"

"In the tournament I would advise you not to be paired up with him."

"Why? He's going to be facing this big lug over here." Yusuke jerked his thumb out in Enki's direction.

"While true...Yusuke..., but Sesshoumaru would be most eager to fight you as well.
The reason behind this is because the Northern lands were going to be his when he would mate with the Northern land's ruler. So, he just might be oh I don't know...a little pissed I would say. Yeah...pissed is a good word. I don't think he would be happy at all since the lands that were promised to him and instead were given to you."

"Ah. How good is he?"

"I'm sure you can figure out what his name means, he sure as hell lives up to it." Was Youko's reply. Yusuke listened to the fox and went over what the demon's name meant in his head. When it clicked....

"Well shit....that ain't good."


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Lol! Well I hope you all enjoyed this long awaited chapter. I will get started on Number 6 soon, as soon as I talk to my muse, she can be a very big pain at times.
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