Yume Mirai (Future Dream)

A/N- This is my first try at a Yu Yu Hakusho and InuYasha crossover and I just hope I do both series justice!

I find the paring between Hiei and Kagome very appealing so I hope you out there do as well.

Disclaimer- InuYasha and Yu Yu Hakusho do not belong to me, I merely am a humble fan who loves to experience both.

But anyway, remember this is my first crack at something like this, so please don't be too hard on me...

Enjoy!

'Thoughts'

Prologue:

Kagome Falls Ill

"Kaede, please...you have to know of another way," InuYasha's voice was low and broken, after all, this was all his fault in the first place, or so he thought.

Shaking her head, the elderly woman could only continue to watch as the young people she had grown to love as her own started to slowly tear themselves apart over something that wasn't their fault in the least. Besides, she should have known something like this would happen, especially when she had been the one to oversee most of her young protégée's training.

'There is nothing else that can be done now though, all we can do is pray,' "InuYasha, please, ye have to calm yourself. What has happened to Kagome is no one's fault. It is but yet another step in her training, a possibly fatal one but another none the less."

She felt sorry for the young Inu Hanyou, she knew that he was the one that had been affected the most when the young miko had just collapsed as she had, but it wasn't doing any of them any good to have him constantly asking the same question over and over again.

It had already been a whole three weeks and he still hadn't relented a bit, frankly, it was starting to drive Kaede nuts and she knew that if he didn't find something else to occupy his time soon. He may very well find himself once again pinned to a tree by a sacred arrow, just for the sake of his silence, if nothing else.

"But how can this be training, doesn't the person have to be awake for it to work?!" InuYasha's voice was full of pain, but there was a growing anger there and Kaede immediately picked up on it.

She shook her head, before getting up to find the proof that she would need to convince him, after all, he could be very stubborn sometimes.

Finding the right scroll, Kaede tossed it over her shoulder, knowing the Inu Hanyou would catch it easily. Turning back around again, she re-took her seat and took up the haori she'd been fixing.

"That is a miko training scroll, passed down throughout the ages InuYasha, if ye wish to know why this is necessary then read that scroll. It will explain everything, the good...and the bad."

Narrowing his eyes at the rolled up parchment in his hand InuYasha turned and handed it over to Miroku, he would never admit it out loud, but he couldn't read after all, he'd never had a need to.

Miroku took the scroll without a fuss, he understood completely. Shifting a little, he slowly began to unroll the parchment, taking his time reading the fine pen that had been used.

This was a document that contained secrets that one such as himself was never supposed to see, it was for the eyes of women only. So he couldn't help but feel a little honored that Kaede had allowed him and the other's to read it, but as he continued down the passages he finally found what Kaede had been referring to and his face went completely pale.

'Kami help us.'

Seeing the look on Miroku's face, Sango inched closer to him her worry evident in her eyes, "what is it Miroku, what did you find?"

Licking his lips, Miroku set the scroll down and took a deep breath, what he was about to say would be hard to hear but it must be done.

"Lady Kaede is right; this is all part of the training that Kagome has undergone. She is a special miko, a warrior miko and because of that she must take the step to the next level. She is waiting for the one that is to help her take this step. And there's nothing we can do to help her."

InuYasha began growling immediately at the slightly vague answer Miroku had given him, he could smell that the monk was holding something back from him and he would be damned if he let that fly.

Blinking at Miroku's words, Sango reached for the scroll and was surprised when Miroku ripped it away from her hands; his eyes were hard as he looked at her. He was asking her to trust him; she could feel it in her bones.

Sighing, Sango pulled back and sent a glance at the sleeping kit in the corner. Shippou had been so frightened when Kagome had collapsed that she had no choice but to put him under, Kilala had lain next to him to comfort him as he slept.

She turned back to the others when she heard InuYasha's growls, one look at the Hanyou and she knew, there was something the monk was hiding from them.

Knowing that if she didn't step in, then Miroku would soon be mincemeat.

Placing her hand on the monk's shoulder, she gave it a healthy squeeze, causing the monk to wince. "Miroku, what is it that you're not telling us...who is this...one?"

Shifting uncomfortably underneath the stares of his companions, Miroku silently re-rolled the scroll and held it out to the elderly miko before him. Locking her eyes with the young monk, Kaede saw that he understood and she could only smile sadly as she took the scroll back.

"Ye should tell them, they have a right to know." She then got back up to put the scroll back, loathing the outcome of this.

Knowing that Kaede was right, again, Miroku prepared his ears for the yelling they were about to receive.

"I suppose you are right Lady. The 'one' I referred to is the full-blooded male Youkai that must take Kagome as his mate, if this does not happen within this next year, she will die."

Miroku then began to silently count backwards from five and sure enough, when he reached one, "WHAT?!"

InuYasha was on his feet in a second, his eyes blazing in anger and confusion, "You're lying, that can't be the way to bring her back, no way am I letting any male Youkai within two feet of her!"

Shaking her head, Kaede decided that it was about time that she got some sense knocked into that thick Hanyou head, "sit down InuYasha, now."

Flinching at the 'S' word, not to mention the lethal tone to the old ladies voice, InuYasha reluctantly did as she told him to. Once he was seated he proceeded to glare at the floor.

"Ye fail to listen, Kagome's life hangs in the balance and if ye do not let anyone help her, then she will die and it will be on ye head InuYasha. If ye are any type of friend to her, then ye will stand aside when the time comes."

InuYasha took in Kaede's words and before anyone could say anything else, he got to his feet and hurried from the hut, he had much to think about and he couldn't think with others around.

Feeling the need to do something, Miroku stood and approached Kaede, "Lady Kaede, is there any way we can know for sure if it has to be a certain Youkai that does this, or can it be anyone?"

Kaede had started brewing a pot of tea, knowing that they would all need it before the day was out, "I only know that she must love him heart and soul, the same must be said of the Youkai, even the scroll is vague on how this is to be accomplished."

Understanding, Miroku glanced over at Sango and gave her a sheepish smile, "well, I guess all we can do is hope that it's a Youkai we know, if not...Kami help us."

A/N- And that is how it begins...yeah...I know it's probably a little on the puzzling side, but that is just the way it starts...

The next chapt is in the works, so it shall be out soon, so please review and tell me what you all think of this so far...

Till next time...

May The Fluff Be With You!

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