A Twist of Fate
Author: Reflection of a Broken Dream
Pairing: Kagome (Inuyasha) x Kurama (Yu Yu Hakusho)
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A Twist of Fate
Chapter Two - Puzzles a Plenty
"Umm...," Kagome started and stopped, her azure eyes still on Hiei. Her brain had finally shorted out- just like her power could. Hiei stood before her, his brow furrowed as he crossed his arms over his chest. He was trying to figure her out...but he couldn't do that until her mind started working again. Hiei didn't want to alert her to his ability to read minds, after all. "You could say that..." Her reply came another long moment of her staring at the demon in question, her voice soft.
'Who is she?' Kurama asked silently in his mind as he glanced from Kagome to Hiei. Kuwabara and Yusuke had gotten into some kind of fight and weren't paying attention, thankfully. 'Do you know her?' Hiei was silent a moment before his crimson eyes gazed up at Kurama.
'I believe I've seen her before,' Hiei admitted, taking another deep inhale of her scent as his eyes turned back to the girl at hand. He kept his memories carefully guarded so that the fox wouldn't be able to see them. He'd never live it down if the fox knew he'd had relations with a human...a shrine maiden, at that... 'Though I'm surprised that she knows my name...'
"You're the miko's daughter," Hiei spoke up, startling Kagome. He wanted to get the ball rolling already... "The one that lives at the Higurashi Shrine." All at once, her brain kicked back into gear.
'I've got to get out of here!' Kagome's mind yelled suddenly, her whole body screaming for her to move. The loud sound jarred Hiei a little, his eyes widening as he blinked at her. 'He knows me... How? I thought he didn't know about me...just mom. Then again maybe he just saw me once or something and that's how he knows...but what if he knows? About what mom told me? Oh kami...I can't do this. Not right now...' Hiei's head tilted slightly to side. It was a small movement, one so imperceptible that only those with very sharp eyes could have seen it... Unfortunately for Hiei, Kurama saw it.
'What's going on in her mind, Hiei?' Kurama asked curiously, looking from Hiei to Kagome. 'You seem...surprised?'
'Confused, more like,' the sultry voice of the fox within Kurama chuckled. Youko had woken from his nap with the battle and he was now curiously watching the scene before them unfold.
'Hn,' Hiei replied with a light frown tugging at his lips, neither admitting to being surprised or confused, but not denying it, either.
'What were you doing at a shrine?' Kurama asked innevitably. Hiei had felt it coming. Just when Hiei was about to tell him it was none of his damn business, the girl finally came to her senses. He was grateful...not that he would ever tell her that.
"Okay," Kagome surprised them, clapping her hands together with a nervous smile. "Yes, I'm Hikari's daughter. No, I don't know you, Hiei, just your name. Here's what I'm going to do..." Both men tensed a little at what she might say or do. "I'm going to turn around, walk away, and pretend we never met." Two pairs of eyes blinked at her in unison, mild shock coursing through both beings. 'Nope, I'm not doing it,' Her thoughts further surprised the already stunned Hiei. 'I'm not going there.' Kagome turned swiftly on the balls of her feet, her raven hair flying back like a cape as she started to walk away.
"Wait...," Kurama halted her, stepping in front of her before she could get too far. Kagome blinked up at him hesitantly. "I...thank you for your help, it was much appreciated."
"No problem," Kagome smiled up at the man, trying not to get too curious of his aura. He felt like both a hanyou and a full-bred demon. How could that be? "Now if you'll excuse me..."
"Why are you so anxious to get away?" Kurama asked straight out, halting her again. "Has Hiei done something to your mother?" Kagome noticed that his emerald eyes flickered back briefly to the man still standing behind her before focusing back on her. (Kagome had her senses wide open, monitoring everything around her carefully- that was how she knew that Hiei was still standing there, that it was him that Kurama was looking at and not the other two. They were brawling somewhere she couldn't see or hear, but she could feel their clashing energies...)
'He's done enough,' she snorted in her mind, making Hiei stiffen.
'She knows...,' Hiei realized. He'd had suspicions, but now he was certain.
"I'm not at liberty to talk about their business," Kagome surprised Kurama yet again. "I'm staying out of it. Waaaay out of it. I want no part of it..." The message she wanted to convey to Hiei came through loud and clear- she knew what they did but she was leaving it alone. Hiei felt greatful to her again- blasted girl- but he could also see a flaw in her wording that Kurama was seeing, if the hardened glint in his eyes was anything to go by.
"I didn't harm her," Hiei shot at her to keep himself in the clear with the fox. He had no intentions of incurring his wrath.
"You didn't," Kagome agreed, purposely not facing him. She bit her lip to keep herself from saying more as her eyes found Kurama's black button-up shirt. This was not good...she needed to leave before she said anything more. She didn't want him to find out like this...
'There is something going unsaid...something important,' Kurama noted to himself as he gazed down at the girl in front of him, her eyes carefully trained on his shirt to avoid eye contact with him.
'Yes...she is as much of a puzzle as this whole situation is...,' Youko added, Kurama feeling his interest of the situation increase. 'And Hiei's involvement only makes this puzzle more interesting...'
'Don't even think about it, fox,' Hiei warned, making Youko chuckle. Hiei was just as aware of the girl holding back as Kurama was.
'She's such a pretty puzzle, Hiei,' Youko teased, but was cut off before he could say more.
'No, fox,' Hiei growled back at him with an edge that surprised them. 'Leave this one alone.'
"What'd we miss?" the gruff voice of Kuwabara broke through the tension of the moment, Kurama looking at him as he and Yusuke approached, the former man sporting more cuts and bruises than he'd earned in the fight against the bear demon. Kagome had to turn back to look at them, Hiei only cutting his eyes to them when they came close enough for him to see.
"Looks like something important...," Yusuke added in, a brow raised as he looked between the three of them curiously.
"No, not at all," Kagome was the first to speak up, plastering a smile on her face. "I was just leaving." She side-stepped the, again, surprised Kurama and bowed to them all. "It was nice meeting you all." With that, she stood erect again and turned away, walking towards the exit of the park. Kagome took five steps before she hesitated and paused, turning back slightly so that her azure orbs caught intense crimson eyes. "You really should visit the shrine again sometime, Hiei-san." Hiei blinked in surprise as Kagome turned away once again and quickly made her way out of the park.
"Well that was weird...," Yusuke muttered.
"She called you Hiei-san, with the honorific," Kuwabara pointed out with shocked awe in his voice.
"If you didn't harm them, then...," Kurama started and stopped, the implication in his tone.
'Hiei screwed them- the mother, at least,' Youko finished less tactfully, making Hiei growl at them both.
"I did no such thing, fox, get your mind out of the gutter," Hiei shot back at him out loud, his crimson eyes burning with anger.
"Then you protected them?" Kurama tried, not sure if he was lying about laying with the woman or not.
"What I do in my free time is none of your concern," Hiei growled at him as the fox avatar smiled a knowing smile. Good...they were taking it how he'd hoped they would. It would earn him lots of teasing, but he preferred it this way to the former...that happened to be right... They didn't have to know that, though.
"Aw! Our little hellspawn has a weak spot for priestesses!" Yusuke teased openly, clapping the man on the back as he laughed boisterously.
"Remove your hand if you want to keep it, detective," Hiei threatened, pushing the blade of his sword to the flesh of Yusuke's arm in a flash. Yusuke was quick to retract his arm. "I assure you that is not the case."
"Yeah, whatever," Yusuke snorted back at him amusedly.
"It's nothin' to be ashamed of, shorty," Kuwabara gave him a large stupid grin that he immediately hated. "Protecting girls in need n' stuff."
"They aren't the type that need protecting," Hiei shot back at him. "They do well enough on their own."
"Still...," Kuwabara frowned lightly.
"The ability that she had...did she inherit it from her mother?" Kurama asked curiously.
"Yes," Hiei answered, not surprising him.
"I can see how they could protect themselves, then...those abilities were thought to have been lost to time...," Kurama noted aloud.
"That thing with the arrow?" Yusuke asked, sounding a bit interested, himself, as he folded his arms behind the back of his head. "Where she turned the whole demon to dust?"
"Yes...it used to be a well-known ability of the miko that was used to protect innocent humans from demons," Kurama explained patiently. "The gods were said to have blessed them with that power to keep things balanced so that all of the humans didn't die out. After the seperation of the worlds, the ability became much less needed. So, over time, it diminished until it was thought that everyone who possessed the power had died out. It's really rare to see such a thing in this day and age..." He glanced at Hiei, the shorter man knowing that there was no stopping his curiosity now. Kurama would be visiting the shrine whether he wanted him to or not...
'I'd better get there first,' Hiei sighed to himself frustratedly. He hadn't wanted to visit so soon, but it was looking like he didn't have much of a choice... 'Tonight.' With that last thought he turned, igniting the remaining two demon's bodies in fire.
'I dodged a bullet,' Kagome sighed to herself as she walked down the sidewalk, her heart pounding in her chest. 'I can't believe I ran into him...him of all people!' She heaved another sigh, turning her azure eyes to the sky, her thoughts directed at the kami. 'What are you guys plotting now? Meeting my father seems like it would be counter productive...I don't know how to deal with this kind of situation... Why did I tell him to visit the shrine? I don't want him to show up so soon after what happened...'
'Peace...,' the small but loud voice filled Kagome's mind, making her stop mid-step and freeze in place. 'There is a reason for everything. We do not put upon you what you cannot endure.' A feeling of peace filled Kagome, comforting her even as she felt her heart rate accelerate and a tinge of panic set in.
'Who is this?' Kagome asked tensely, forcing her body to move again.
'Stay your fears, child,' the voice repeated, seemingly neither male nor female...yet both at the same time. 'We are not like the filth that have invaded your mind in past times. We are of the kami. Know that you have our aid. Know that everything that will happen will be necessary.'
'What's going to happen?' Kagome asked apprehensively, the woman fearing for her future now. She recieved no answer. 'Hello?' Silence answered her and the calming feeling slowly ebbed away as she made her way to the shrine, the shrine stairs in view. 'Wonderful.' She sighed again. 'This has to be the weirdest day ever. My powers are lapsing, I found out my dad isn't who I thought he was, then I met my actual dad and barely managed to keep it a secret...and now I have a message from the kami. A worrying message. What next?' Scaling the stairs a few at a time, she made her way up to the shrine quickly. 'What else can go wrong?'
-End Chapter 2-
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