My main character and friends so far…

Kagome Higurashi is 17 years old and has the most unusual life you could ever imagine. She used to be a regular high school student nothing special just an ordinary girl in an ordinary world. But this is not your average story. Kagome is really a time traveling priestess who fights demons because she broke a powerful wish granting jewel and has to get all this done while studying for her school exams. The people she befriends aren't helping that much either. A demon slayer who lost everything, a monk who can't stop asking every woman to bear his child, a child fox demon who lost both his parents and a half demon who can't decide whether he loves Kagome or the clay pot called Kikyo. Could it get any worse? Of course if you add the Yu Yu Hakusho gang. A group of teenage boys saving the present day from demons who want to destroy the human world. One is named Yusuke Urameshi the spirit detective, kick ass, 17 year old, half demon and now single teenager. The others are a stupid 17 year old with a sixth sense, a fox demon thief that inhabits the body of a human, and a half fire and ice apparition who has a bit of an anger management problem. They are known as the Spirit Detective Team.

Title: Life is never easy

Summary: A InuYasha and YuYuHakusho cross over. Kagome bumps into the demon lord of the western lands, gets Inuyasha angry, falls into the spirit detective arms, kills Kikyo, holds a secret that changes everything, baby-sits and how in the world is she supposed to fit school into her busy schedule?

Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha or YuYuHakusho but I do own this story! (Yay meeeee..... i got addicted to Londons squeel.... sigh)

Chapter one: The deal

This was supposed to be a time where all she had to worry about was grades, what to do on the weekend and whether she could get Houjo off her back.....

Damn Buyo...

Damn centipede demon....

Damn InuYasha.....

She knew she was too trusting, too into her own dream world with the perfect guy, and much to blind to see the truth right under her own nose.

This by far was nothing new to her but that didn't make the situation any easier on her raging emotions. Just a few meters to the side of the Goshinboku she stood frozen in place staring at the bane of her exsistance. Her incarnation and her first love. He was hiding this relationship behind her back but that didn't make it so that she didn't know about it... it just proved that he didn't know who to chose yet. He never told her of his meetings with the undead miko. He realized it would only lead her to more tears and he'd be rightfully put in his place. Face first in a meeting with the mother of all life. She was starting to really like those beads.

InuYasha would always feel obligated to Kikyo, guilty that she died and he was still alive and she understood that. It made her feel like she still had a chance. He hid this away from her so that when the time came to finally let go of the past he would be firmly set on the future... She knew she was only forcing this prospect of being with him because she wasn't blind.

Kagome knew he would always choose Kikyo over her. Knew she was only a replacement. That she didnt even belong in this world. She could love him all she wanted but in the end she would return to the future and might not ever see any of her fuedal era companions again. Her second family would be just a memory only she would have. She would have to accept that along with that she couldn't keep him. He was needed here with the others just as she was needed in the future. There was no hope for them. No garantee.

Understooding this was easy.

That didn't mean this knowledge would make the sharp pain in her heart any less unbearable.

So as she stared at the embracing couple sitting at the bottom of the Tree of Ages. Her appearance slightly to the side a little ways away left them undisturbed and unaware. Her heart pounded and her breath quickened. Taking the time to control herself she closed her eyes and faced straight up into the foliage of the tree. Taking deep breathes of the crisp unpoluted air and letting the autumn winds pass by her and back toward the village she ventured from. Slowly backing up to the tree next to her she let her back rest fully against it and opened her eyes. Staring at the changing leaves she raised her hand up to her chest. Rubbing the dark blue fabric of the t-shirt she wore over it.

She needed some space. She needed time. She needed something to take her mind off of all this drama!

Not taking a chance tto look back Kagome took her leave from the immediate area quickly.

She wasn't going to run from her problems anymore. Not anymore. She just needed to figure out how to solve them.

Letting her feet carry her away from heartache she tried to keep her mind clear.

Crap. That was useless. What the hell else could she possibly think off except the pain in her chest and the fact that all she finds recently is more problems.

"Grrr! This bites! What the hell am I doing wrong!? And where the hell AM I?!"

*THUMP*

Suddenly ending up on her rear was not the answer she was loking for. Nor was the person she bumped into. Oh goody, more problems.

The one she bumpt into merely looked down at her. He was heading in her direction when he had noticed her path would lead her to him so he waited instead. Though he did expect her to stop a good deal of distance away from his own person. How dissappointing. Looks like she was too preoccupied with previous thoughts to give her surroundings any attention.

The scent of grave yard soil and the mutt gave answer to her actions. Not so much in the mood to deal with the mutt's foolishness he made sure his scent and aura was hidden.

First entering the forst the belonged to InuYasha he had sensed her aura going in the couples direction and had seen this happen too many times before. She would see them together, cry, run and for some odd reason he still didn't know why, she would jump down the well and disappear in a glow of blue light. He hated not knowing things especially if it had to do with a great power of some sort. He knew this girl had extordinary power and simply useless. She was a puzzle, a mystery and a troublesome human.

She was now blinking at him shocked as she realized that she had bumpt into the demon lord of the western lands, Sesshoumaru.

'Stupid! Stupid Kagome! You bumpt into one of the strongest demons ever and now you'll get torn to shreds! Stupid!' she thought berating herself. She stood up slowly as she looked down at her shoes suddenly finding them extremely interesting.

What was the plastic covering the shoelace called again? An aglet right? Shit he was staring wasn't he? So much for feminine grace!

"I'm sorry...Lord Sesshoumaru!" She said nervously while bowing low to him. She could at least do that since she was the one who bumpt into him but she didn't expect to hear a response like now.

"You are always crying over that whelp when he hurts you but then you always return to him. This time though you seem just unusually quiet and calm. Why?" Sesshoumaru said with his usual empty expression.

'I already knew that but how did he?' she thought to herself while looking at him in his eyes.

The look in her eyes took him back in surprise a bit. They screamed of heart break but changed swiftly into defiance. He knew she had been suffering like this since she started traveling with his brother three years ago. When he had first encountered her he ignored her in favor of his fathers sword but did not forget her extraordinary power and wanted to learn more about her though not openly. Every now and then he would follow her group. He didn't learn much but that she was from another world from which she brought her companions treats and that she lived on a shrine with her mother, little brother, and grandfather. He was confused about this 'school' she attended and the 'homework' and 'tests' she had to study for. He would solve that alter. His curiosity would be sated. Later.

He was broken away from his train of thought when she finally tried to answer his question.

"Well ...I know I have acted that way before but my heart can't take too much more of it and I guess I'm just tired of running. I know I should let go but... I don't know how." She said truthfully. How the hell did that happen? She practically confided in him even before her friends. Something here was seriously messed up.

"How can you stand to be in someone's presence if they are constantly betraying you?"

He gazed deeply into her eyes, lost in the deep depths of the silver blue pools and unable to decipher the emotions her aura was emitting. At that moment she was difficult to read but then it all changed as the years of pain, sadness, and suffering returned as she tried to answer him. Her calm demeanor shot to hell.

"Its because no matter how hard I try and forget him my heart can never forget even though I'm used to forgiving and forgetting. Did that even make sense to you?" He arched an elegant eyebrow. She took a deep breath and sighed slowly." I guess it's just my curse of being human. The human heart is a weak and fragile thing that needs to be nurtured and handled delicately. But that reminds me, why would you care you don't even like humans especially one that is around your brother? So why do you even ask Sesshoumaru?"

Before she could get an answer a small green toad demon emerged from the trees behind her with a two headed dragon demon and a small human girl riding on its back.

"That's 'LORD' Sesshoumaru to you disrespectful wench!" yelled Jacken the toad demon.

"Jacken." Growled Sesshoumaru at the insignificant servant.

"Yes my lord" stuttered Jacken."Take Ah-Un and Rin to rest in the clearing behind me and never interrupt this Sesshoumaru again."

The servant did what he was told in seconds flat running away as quickly as his small legs would take him from Sesshoumaru's deadly glare.

The demon lord refocused his gaze at the girl in front of him and noticed she had not taken her eyes off him for a second.

"This Sesshoumaru is simply here to return this to you'' he said while he held out his hand to reveal three tainted jewel shards "and to suggest your assistance with my charge Rin.''
He ended flatly briefly looking past his shoulder then back at her waiting for an answer. Completely aware that he had ignored her last question.

He brushed her off! That jerk! Fine he wants to be that way than he can and he can shove it... assisstance? With Rin? She was like Soutas age wasn't she? That would make the little girl that followed the icicle around the age of 11 to 13. Wow... how time flies. Actually the last time she had seen her brother a few days ago he was complaining that he had a zit and...wait.

'Of course how could I not realize that she is a growing girl and he wouldn't have a clue on how to take care of her but why would he ask or..um suggest that I should do it? She is growing up so fast. She was such a cute wild child three years ago but now she's a beautiful young lady who would be in a lot of trouble if she didn't know about puberty. I guess I don't have much of a choice but maybe I can get more of a deal out of this.' Her brain was on overdrive with all the things she could possibly think of in return to this favor. He wouldn't leave Rin with just anyone.

She was staring down at the shards as they glowed a bright pink showering her with thanks as they always did when she purified them. 'I want to be stronger. I don't want to make InuYasha feel like he always has to protect me. I want him to be happy and if that means being with Kikyo then I'll just have to leave. I won't become a third wheel in that unnatural relationship.'

It was irritating the lord that she was taking so long to answer. He was a busy demon and was not to be taken likely.

"I will accept your suggestion but on one condition." 'I know he hates InuYasha but that doesn't mean me too, does it? Just to be safe...Please let this work and keep my head at the same time. Please!'

He nodded for her to continue. 'Wise move but what could she want from this Sesshoumaru?'

"I would like to become stronger and if you're willing to, you can train me in any means you wish." If he could Sesshoumaru eyes would have widened in shock but his pride wouldn't let him.

"Why would you want to do such a thing if InuYasha is willing to protect you?"

"..." She balled up her hands in a tight fist at the mention of InuYasha always protecting her. All because she was weak. 'At least he didn't get mad.'

"So do you hate him for protecting you?'' he questioned puzzled by her sudden anger. She sighed softly.

"It's not that I hate him for it's just that I never asked him to and every time he does protect me I feel weaker than before. I just want to prove myself." 'And that I am different from Kikyo. I'm me and I'll prove it. I need to find my own way and stop following him like some love struck puppy. I need to learn to become independent in this time. Even if it is almost impossible for women no... SINGLE MOTHERS! Shippo will not stay with the undead while she was off training.'

She stared at the ground and clenched her fist even tighter. All these thoughts running through her head were starting to take their toll. She was gonna need a pain reliever... soon.

"You do not need to prove yourself to anyone. You are the strongest human this Sesshoumaru has ever encountered. Just by observing you with InuYasha and our previous encounters you are enough proof anyone needs."

She was speechless. She was just complimented by the Demon Lord of the Western Lands himself. 'Wait, so he's been watching me!?' She blushed in embarressment.

"You also do not need to care for someone so deeply, as you do for InuYasha, who does not deserve it and does nothing in return. InuYasha does not need your care as much as you're willing to give him." He spoke seriously and knew that he hit a sensitive topic.

She didn't know what to say. Kagome was confused on how to comprehend what Sesshoumaru just said. 'If InuYasha didn't deserve my care then who does?' She was confused.

"InuYasha was never the smartest person and was always too naive. He does not deserve your sympathy or care. Kagome, as I said before, you are the strongest human I have ever encountered and the only one I trust." She was having trouble finding her voice. 'I can't believe it! He said my name, that I was strong and that I am the only one he trusts! We are even having a civilized conversation and I'm still alive... how the heck did I manage this setup?' He could see she was speechless again and continued talking.

"I will agree to your condition but I must tell you I will not go easy on you. Are you so eager to get away from InuYasha and the rest of your companions so quickly?"

She hadn't even thought about her friends.'InuYasha and the others should be alright and I know I'm not leaving Shippo! He just started calling me mama.' She bit her bottom lip in thought as she tried to figure out how to bring Shippo without offending the demon lord who was already doing so much for her with her head still intact.

"I will give you four days to get ready and you may bring the kit if you wish. He will become a good companion for my ward.'' 'How the heck did he DO that!' She was able to finally find her voice and didn't even know what to say but did the first that came to her mind.

"I can? Thank you so much and I'll do my best with Rin!" She exclaimed jumping up and hugging him around his neck and giving him a quick peck on the cheek. He was stunned at her actions as she got off of him and ran back to the village with a big grin on her face. He raised his hand to his cheek and for some reason he sort of blushed. 'What! Why am I blushing? I can't blush its impossible! That girl is a true enigma. I've had hundreds of concubines and never had one made me blush and yet she can with such a small gesture!' He thought while remembering the demons she had encountered as he was 'observing' her from time to time.

The wolf demon prince Kouga was a frequent visitor and even called her his woman. This human woman was not going to affect this Demon Lord, not if he could help it, and his pride will definitely not allow such emotions to come forth after concealing them for the past five centuries of his life. He was brought out of his thoughts when the small girl Rin pulled on his tail.

"Is the pretty lady coming back Lord Sesshoumaru?" He patted her head gently and simply nodded his head.

"She will be watching over you from now on and I expect you to listen to her. Understand?"

"Really! I can't wait. She was really pretty and it's better than master Jacken he's so boring. What's her name?"

"Kagome... Guardian of the Sacred jewel and one not to be taken likely."

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That was my first chapter. It was also the first time I had ever written a story so don't say I suck. I'm a newbie so sue me. And i know that was really really short but i didn't want to keep on writing if you didn't like it in the first place...(deep breath)
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This is Bizzet, peace out!