Title : Arrows and Whips

Disclaimer : I do not own Inu Yasha and YuYu Hakusho.

"..." Talking

'...' Thinking

~@~@ Place Change

~*~*~* Scene change in same place

Chapter 1

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An old man was standing in front of the God Tree, staring at the sky.

" It almost time," he said.

" Yes. Just another week, Father," said a near mid-thirties woman.

" I hope she'll be alright, " sighed the old man. The woman chuckled,

" She will be. Considering what had happened this last two years."

" This is different Shizu. What if.."

" She'll be fine. She got Kazu's blood in her, Father. She'll be as strong." assured Suzuka.

" Yours too, Shizu." he chuckled," Yeah. This is Kagome we're talking about."

" You worried too much Father. My daughter will be fine. She always is." finished Shizu. And they both stared back at the glorious moon.

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The sun was shining brightly, the birds were chirping cheerfully, It was indeed a beautiful morning. But the serenity was broken by loud noise of a certain hanyou. In a clearing,

" You're not going home!" yelled a dog-eared boy.

" Oh, of course I will Inuyasha. And you don't have the right to stop me." replied a teenage girl.

" We have a shard hunting to do, wench!" Inuyasha yelled on top of his lungs.

" We've just arrive at the village and will be staying for some time so lemme go home." she whined.

" Just let her go Inuyasha." said a Buddhist priest.

"Yeah, Kagome always come back anyways." continued another girl which appeared to be a demon exterminator. As soon as she finished her sentence, a kitsune pup jump to her shoulders and nodded. Kagome gave them a grateful look.

Inuyasha was about to retort back when he caught a familiar scent. " Feh, fine go then. See if I care!".
With that, he leaped from tree to tree and disappeared in the forest.

" That's strange." commented Kagome. The others could not help but agree with her. " Well, can't lose this opportunity, can I?". She started to walk towards the Bone Eater Well after saying goodbye to her friends.

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Unknown to the group, someone was watching them.

" Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku. Enjoy your happiness while you still can, little miko." said a figure in a baboon pelt.

" What will you do Naraku?" asked Kagura, an offspring of Naraku.

" Just wait and see, Kagura. Just wait." He let out another evil laugh and went back to his castle followed by Kagura.

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Kagome's Time...

"Mom, Grandpa, Souta, I'm home!" yelled Kagome. Her mother (Shizu) and grandpa emerged from the kitchen.

"Nice to see you back Kagome. I'm happy you're back before your birthday." said her mother.

'Oh yes, my birthday. How come I forget about it? Another week and I'll become seventeen.' thought Kagome.

"Father please call Souta." Shizu said. Her grandpa nodded. "Kagome, come." she said as she led her to the living room. Not long, her grandpa and Souta also came in.

"We called you here to talk about something." said grandpa.

Shizu continued, "We actually wanted to tell this to Kagome only, but circumstance change. So, we have to tell you both soon." She took a deep breath and said," We're not human." Both Kagome and Souta gasped.

"We're kitsunes." finished grandpa. Both siblings were too shocked to speak.

"If we're kitsunes, how come I don't have demon's abilities?" asked Kagome, after recovering from the shock.

"Your father and I sealed your powers just before he died. He was a strong fighter." Shizu sighed.

"The seal be broken naturally when you are eighteen. That is if the seal is not broken by other spell." continued grandpa, "But we have to unleash your powers a year earlier. And Souta's at the same time."

"Why is that, Mother?" asked Souta, who had been silence till now.

"...I and Father may not live any longer than few months" she murmured. Kagome and Souta were again shocked with their mother's statement. "Why is that so?" asked Kagome, half yelling.

"Our feelings said so. Our family has a sharp feelings about the future. Both of you will have to learn how to use it later on." said their grandfather.

" So, we would like to give you some trainings before and after the 'unleashing' of your power. Therefore, Kagome has to stay for few months." said Shizu cheerfully. She looked at her children which were sad to know that they would lose their mother and grandfather in few months." Hey, don't be so gloom. We will enjoy our last moment together," said Shizu. The children nodded and become cheerful again.

" Alright then. I will go back to the Feudal Era and tell Inuyasha and the others." Kagome chirped and ran towards the well.

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In Koenma's office...

" You better have a good reason for this, toddler." growled Yusuke.

" Calm down, Yusuke.'' said Kurama.

" Calm down my ass. I have to cancel my date with Keiko, AGAIN!!"

" Yusuke, I called you all here because we discovered a well that radiates strange power. It maybe a portal, but it is different. I want you all to check it." stated Koenma.

" So you called us here just because of that damn well???!" Yusuke fumed.

" Chill out, man!" said Kuwabara.

" We suspect that demons used the well to sneak to the Human World. You better prepare yourself for a fight." stated Koenma. This caught both Yusuke's and Hiei's attention. It's been a long time since they put up with a fight. " Will you do it?" asked Koenma expectedly.

" Sure."

" Let kick some ass"

" Fine"

"Hn"

" I expect a good job from all of you." said Koenma.

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In Sengoku Jidai...

Kagome climbed out of the well and ran as fast as she could to the village. 'I wonder how they will react to this' She giggled as she pictured their shocked expressions. She was too occupied to notice the blue light coming from the forest.

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When she reached Kaede's hut, she found Miroku was sitting against a wall while Sango and Shippo was playing with Kirara. Kaede was cooking a stew for them. Sango was the first to spoke,

" Kagome, you're back. I thought you'll be gone for few days"

"I'm here to tell you something," said Kagome. She started to explain about her being a demon and her trainings. As she finished, she waited for their reactions. Shippo was jumping up and down knowing that Kagome was also a kitsune. Sango's and Miroku's jaws dropped (as she had already expected). Kaede's eyes grew wide, but she seemed not as shocked as the other.

"Now, you can be my real mother, right Kagome?" Shippo looked at her with puppy eyes. Kagome smiled at his antique and nodded. Shippo hugged her and settled on her lap.

"When will you come back, Kagome?" asked Shippo.

"Once my power is release, in a week." she replied. Sango and Miroku nodded in unison. "Oh, please don't tell Inuyasha about this, I want to give him a surprise."

"Yeah. His expression will be priceless." said Sango as she and Kagome giggled.

"I better go home, eh? My mother would probably waiting for me." Kagome stated. With that, she left for the future.

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The YYH group was walking down the sidewalks to the shrine where the ancient well supposed to be located. They were to keep an eye on the well and report if anything strange happen. They had decided to asked about the well first before investigating it. Since it was located in a shrine, it would be easier for them.

"Are we there yet?" asked Kuwabara.

"Just a little further," stated Kurama. Kuwabara groaned.

"You said that for," he paused and started counting," ..five times already."

"That's because you asked the same question every five minutes, block head." said Hiei. Kuwabara was about to retort when Yusuke exclaimed,

"We're here!".

They stopped at the steps that lead to the shrine and started to climbed it. As they reached the top, they saw a big tree, a shrine, a house behind it, and a shack near the big tree. Then, an old man appeared.

"Can I help you?" he asked.

"We want to learn the stories of this place, sir." said Kurama. The old man's face lit up immediately.

"If you don't mind let me give you a short tour," he offered.

"No you're not, Grandpa. We promised to go to Rei's, right?" said a boy who came out from the house.

"Did I?" He eyed the boy and grinned. "Run away again? What it is this time?" The boy glared at him. He gulped. "Well, I'm sorry boys, I have to take Souta to visit his friend." apologized the old man.

"It's alright. But if you don't mind, can we have a look around the shrine?" asked Kurama

"Sure. Feel free to. Just don't go to that shack over there. It's dangerous." the old man stated.

"Yeah. I've been there once. It's creepy." Souta said, as he shuddered at the thought. "Well, we have to leave. Bye bye." said Souta as he waved his hand while dragging his grandpa. Everyone except Hiei waved back.

"Too bad. Looks like we have to find it out ourselves, eh." said Yusuke.

"What's in the shack anyway?" asked Kuwabara.

"The well, of course, you big buffoon." stated Hiei.

"Shut up, shrimp!" he yelled. Kurama and Hiei suddenly went rigid and turned their heads to the house direction.

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A/N: So, how about it? Please review. If you don't like it, just say which part and I'll try my best not to repeat it next time. I can only update every weekends. So if anyone bother to read the next chapter, wait for next week.
Flames accepted! Oh, and I had never watch YYH before, so there might be OOC ness. Hope you don't mind. If any of you are kind enough to give me information on the (esp. their fav. sentence and nicknames) I will be very grateful. Thanks for reading this chapter. Hope you enjoy it!

Sincerely
~ Flying Phoenix~