Love Knows No Boundaries

By Samantha Zenobi

((AKA: JoannaKuwabara))

Crossover Fic: Inuyasha/Yu Yu Hakusho

Main Pairings: Kuwabara/Sango, Yusuke/Kagome, and Inuyasha/Keiko

Other Pairings:Sesshoumaru/Botan

Rating: M for Mature (may change as fic continues)

Hello everyone! I know I know! I'm being stupid by making another story….however I have figured that I needed to do this! Trust me….I would have died if I didn't do it. It was a request fic for another site, but I decided to post it here too .

Anyway, I decided to make this…of course, like my other stories it will have a lot of Kuwa scenes, however, since it was a request fic, it will have Yusuke and Inuyasha moments, just as much as Kuwabara gets .

One last thing before we start this fic. Since I am such a YYH freak, decided to share my vast knowledge of the show….which I've learned from being obsessed ; AT LEAST I ADMIT IT! Hahaha.

So I added foot notes to certain names and stuff. I know that you guys will learn a lot more about the show. All of the foot notes are actual facts about the show and most come from the manga. . I will also have some for Inuyasha .

The pairings in this fic go in the order of who is the main pairing .

Kuwabara/Sango

Yusuke/Kagome

Inuyasha/Keiko

Sesshoumaru/Botan (( I just thought these two would be interesting ))

Enjoy

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho nor do I own Inuyasha. If I owned either show…trust me, it would totally be more action packed and have more things happening that wouldn't be liked too much by the characters

Chapter One:

Standing at the Cross Roads of Life

It was a beautiful day outside. The birds were singing the sun was out; yes today was the type of day when one's fate can change by one simple decision. This was true for one such soul who had came to a cross road in his life that changed his life forever.

This fourteen year old boy, had orange hair gelled back in what was an Elvis style; a familiar style mostly used by Japanese gangs.(i) He was the tallest in his grade, let alone his class, standing a good six feet tall. His rough features hid his almond colored eyes. These rough features were not to appealing to most people, which in turn gave the appearance that he was 'ugly'.

This youth's name was Kazuma Kuwabara(ii). He was known as the second toughest person at Sarayashiki Junior High(iii). The first toughest punk was feared by all, except by this individual, who had been his rival until recently. This change in attitude towards each other had taken place a few weeks prior, at a tournament which decided who Master Genkai's successor would be. That arch rival, now friend's name is Yusuke Urameshi.(iv)

Yusuke Urameshi was shorter then Kuwabara, but was tall himself, standing at five feet six inches. He also has slicked back hair, though not in the same style as Kuwabara's. His hair is jet black and he has chocolate colored eyes.

Now you all must be thinking how could two people who were once rivals become friends? Well like the old saying goes, 'you don't know what you have till it's gone.' Yusuke was dead not even two months ago. He had been killed saving a kid's life, which would have come out of the accident without a scratch anyway. ((A/N: Yusuke: SHUT UP! KuwaLove: Well, it's true (sweat drops))). However, this is not important right this second.

So now Kuwabara was at a cross road in his life. He was on his way home from school when he felt a strange feeling near by; coming from one of the old shrines in the area. He had pasted by the shrine every single day on his way to school. However, Kuwabara had never felt such a vibe coming from beyond the steps that led to the shrine and to where the owners of the shrine lived.

Kuwabara had never known or even visited the shrine's keepers or even knew who had such an honorable job; however, his gut seemed to be leading him to investigate the vibe that seemed to tug at his entire soul. Kuwabara stood there, his book bag on his back and stared at the steps that led to the sacred ground.

Yusuke, who was walking next to him, jabbed on about how Keiko was being annoying again and how he still hadn't watched the tape Hiei had given to him(v), from Koenma.(vi)

When Kuwabara had stopped and stared at the steps, Yusuke stopped too.

"Hey Kuwabara, what's up?"

"Nothin…just a weird vibe…" Kuwabara says, still looking up the stairs.

Yusuke looks at him and then to were he was looking. He had known the girl that lived in the shrine, she was a friend of Keiko's and he found her to be cool; more laid back than Keiko.

It was amazing to Yusuke that the two girls were even friends. She would skip a lot of school from getting sick a lot, so Yusuke really didn't see her too much, and neither did Keiko, but she would always visit the girl whenever she was better.

"That's Kagome's place man. You're just paranoid or something." Yusuke says.

"Huh? You know who lives there?" Kuwabara asks, looking at Yusuke.

"Yeah, she's friends with Keiko. So do you still want to watch this video or what?" Yusuke asks, starting to feel a bit annoyed at his friend.

And this is where the boy had found himself at. Should Kuwabara go with Yusuke back to his house, since Yusuke's VCR wasn't working or should he let his ex-rival go into HIS house and watch the video with out him? What a cross road did our lovable Kuwabara found himself at. He really did want to see what was on that tape that the 'shrimp' had delivered. However, his gut wanted him to check out that weird vibe coming from this Kagome's house.

Kuwabara had chosen his path; in turn, changing his destiny.

"Go ahead with out me. Just knock and tell my sis who ya are and she'll let you in. Don't worry about my folks; they like to keep their noses out of stuff like what ya got in yer hand.(vii)" says Kuwabara nodding towards the tape in Yusuke's hand.

Yusuke blinks.

"What are you gonna do?"

"I need to check out that weird vibe. My gut's tellin me too and my gut is always right, so I'm goin' with it." Kuwabara turns towards the steps and starts to walk up them.

"Hey! Kuwabara! You're gonna get in trouble!"

Kuwabara stops and turns to Yusuke and gives him a cocky grin.

"That's what you say Urameshi."

He waves and continues up the steps, leaving a sweat dropping Yusuke.

"Fine, see if I care. But don't come crawlin to me beggin to help yer asX out of trouble!"

Yusuke snorts and starts off to Kuwabara's house, alone and with the tape.

Hence, fate has been altered and a red string of love has been cut. However, from this one small choice made by this one individual; six lives have been changed, as well as six red stings of love.

I hope you guys liked this and enjoy the foot notes below!

(i) Yusuke and Kuwabara's hair is slicked back in the classic 'tough' style of Japanese gang members; this is a direct quote taken from the first manga of Yu Yu Hakusho.

(ii) Kazuma means first born son and can have the ending 'a' pronounced as either 'a' as in apple or 'a' in car. Kuwabara, his surname, is actually a pun name. "Kuwabara Kuwabara" is a superstitious phrase traditionally uttered by people when they hear something scary. According to Togashi, the creator of Yu Yu Hakusho, Kuwabara's name is also a combination of the names of two Japanese pro baseball players, though I do not know which ones ;

(iii) The name of the main characters' high school, Sarayashiki ("Dish Mansion"), is the name of a haunted mansion in a famous Japanese ghost story, Bancho Sarayashiki. The original story has been adapted into several Japanese big screen and TV movies.

(iv) There are several puns in Yusuke's name. The "Yu" in Yusuke's name is written with the kanji (Japanese character) for 'ghost', just like in the title of the series. Urameshi is a phrase stereotypically said by wailing ghosts (Urameshiii…").

(v) In the manga, Koenma had given Hiei the video tape with the mission to rescue Yukina. The reason why they did that because and I'm going to now quote it from the manga
"There was strong debate in the underworld ((underworld is also known as spirit world)) about telling Hiei in the first place. We compromised by assigning him to deliver that tape to you."-Botan
"Leaving it to him to watch it or not? That's pretty lame, Botan."-Yusuke.
The spirit world wanted to tell Hiei that they had found his sister; however were afraid that he would kill Tarukane, the guy that kidnapped Yukina. So they decided to give him the tape and see if he was curious enough to watch it , which he was hahaha.

(vi) King Enma is he Ruler of the Underworld ((Spirit World)) and Judge of the Dead in Japanese mythology. Enma is the leader of the Ten Kings of Hell who weigh the deeds of the dead and determine their fate. The belief in Enma originated in Indian Hinduism (where his name was written in Sanskrit as "Yama") before spreading to China and Japan, and he is depicted differently in different countries. The name of Koenma, King Enma's son in the show and manga, is a combination of Enma and 'ko', the Japanese word for 'child'. So Koenma's name means: 'child Enma'

(vii) This is actually a quote from manga two of YYH. He tells Keiko, after the fire incident that Yusuke's body could stay in his bed, and that she shouldn't worry about his parents because they don't get involved in 'stuff like this.' Also, Keiko is given some of Shizuru's cloths and she had her hair cut by Shizuru, who is an aspiring beautician. So Keiko actually meets Kuwabara's sister before the DT .

Next Chapter:

Yusuke: Yusuke here. Man, Kuwabara seems to screw everything up, doesn't he? He's gotta listen to me more! Well it's his own fault he falls down the well...and meets a half demon...and get's attacked by demons...where the He#ll am I again! Oh yeah, I'm saving Yukina with Hiei (sweat drops)

The next chapter is called: Passing Through the Hour Glass of Time

Yusuke: Don't worry Kuwabara! I'm comin to save ya buddy!