And Here's Chapter two! Dedicated to Julia and condorfan My two reviewers!
Yusuke took out his communicator and spoke into it. "Hello, Koenma?"
"Yes Yusuke? What'd you find out about the strong demon?" the young heir of the spirit world's voice buzzed out of the device.
"The demon… Is a… Girl."
"Is that all? Come on, Yusuke, you've got to have figured out more than that. Who was the lesser demon? And what kind of demon was she? Did you figure out any names?"
"Well, the lesser demon was a Kitsune. I think that she called him Shippo. She was a… wolf and dragon demon. She had a wolf tail and dragon wings, both were so white, they almost seemed to glow! Um… She said that she had lived there since she was born, and that she was sixteen. Knowing demons, she should have looked a lot younger, but she looked like a sixteen-year-old human; excluding the wings, pointed ears, and tail, of course."
"Interesting… The demonic aura just appeared out of nowhere yesterday, and up until then, we got no demonic auras except those of a Hanyou once in a while." Koenma seemed to be pondering something.
"She said that she knew a monk… and something about a wind tunnel, she also said that the monk was a pervert. Two other names were mentioned, Kirara and Naraku, oh yeah, and Inuyasha." Yusuke tried to recall the missing details of their conversation.
"I think I've heard those names somewhere before..."
"She also said 'They're alldead' could that mean you could summon them from the spirit world? For a little chat, perhaps?" suggested Yusuke.
"Great idea!" Yusuke heard the sounds of a pencil scratching on a piece of paper and Koenma muttering "Kirara… Niraku… Inuyasha"
"I'm not exactly sure if they were all on her side though, Inuyasha seems like he was the 'enemy' but on the other hand; our demoness implied that Inuyasha hit the Kitsune, Shippo, on the head a lot, he must have had a close relationship with the two."
"… Okay, I'll summon them as soon as I can gather them."
"Later" Yusuke ended the conversation. Now, to find that girl.
He looked off into the direction in which she had gone. I may need some help… He walked to Kurama's house.
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Kurama looked out the window and saw the green-clad spirit detective walking toward his door with a serious expression. He opened his door to see Yusuke's hand poised to knock. "What is it?" he said with no emotion.
"I need to find a demoness."
"Hmm… So you'll need my help taking her down?"
"Not to take her down, capture her, alive" Yusuke put emphasis on the last word.
"You can answer my questions on the way there." Kurama walked alongside his work partner. "Is she a strong demon?"
"Koenma and I both sensed a strong demonic aura around her."
"So she'll probably be harder to capture, strange Koenma doesn't want us to just eliminate her."
"Yeah, he did say something about not knowing her identity. He doesn't have any records at all!"
"Do you know a weakness, have you seen her?"
"Well… She has a kit…"
"We could kidnap it and she'll be forced to come along… Though… I'd hate resorting to such trickery."
"But you were a thief in your former life, why is this any different?"
"I'm Shuichi too, remember? Youko is just half of me; Shuichi is the exact opposite of that silver Kitsune."
"The demoness' kit is a Kitsune."
"…" Kurama walked in silence for a minute. "What kind of demon is she?"
"I'm not really sure… She had a wolf tail, dragon wings, and pointed demon ears."
"A wolf demon mating with a dragon demon… Hmm… That's rare, they're supposed to be mortal enemies."
"She said that she's sixteen."
"Young demon. I'm over three hundred years old"
Suddenly Yusuke twitched, "Do you sense it? She's nearby, but so is someone with unnaturally high spiritual energy."
"There are more demons then just two. I sense at least ten."
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Kagome stood where she had landed, arms protectively wrapped around her kit. "Leave us alone, or I'll purify you."
A mottled green demon stepped forward and laughed. "Purify us? You're a demon, how could you do that?" He charged toward her with his horned head leveled at her.
She stood her ground and simply placed a finger on his bony scalp. The demon was reverted to a pile of white rose petals. "So what about the rest of you?" she raised an eyebrow at the remainder of the mottled demons.
"Uh… We should go now, Tokyo is near and so are some humans we can devour" the group started to back away.
Kagome stood with her mouth gaping. "You eat humans? How disgusting can you get?" she quickly recovered and, with a glance, told the Kitsune to stay back. Glowing white, she stretched out her fingers, channeling her Miko power through all but the thumbs in white-pink beams. As the beams struck the demons, they too turned to rose petals.
Shippo leaped onto her shoulder once again. "You feeling okay Kagome?"
She drew a few shaky breaths. "Yeah, but that took a lot out of me" she eyed the petals and grinned. "The roses were a nice touch."
"I've never seen you purify so many demons at one time!" Shippo complimented her. "You're going to be as good as our Miroku one of these days"
"Yeah, but I hope I'm not as bad as him" she snickered "Right, I shouldn't speak ill of the dead," she chided herself, "even if they've been dead for nearly five hundred years."
"But," Shippo looked at her, confused "He and the others just died a couple days ago"
"I know, but now it's five hundred years in the future." Kagome explained. "I wonder what Sesshomaru looks like now… an old man perhaps? Maybe he looks like Totosai!" Kagome collapsed into a fit of giggles.
"But Kagome, when you last saw him, he was probably already four hundred years old, maybe more. I think Totosai was more than two thousand years old when we last saw him."
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Yusuke and Kurama sensed some of the demonic aura fade away, strong blasts of spirit energy flaring up from a clearing just ahead.
They stealthily crept into the bushes, eavesdropping on the Kitsune and demoness' conversation.
"You feeling okay Kagome?" Kagome, so that's her name… Yusuke mused.
"Yeah, but that took a lot out of me" a pause. "The roses were a nice touch" Roses? Is she a controller of plants like me? Kurama widened his eyes ever so slightly – a show of surprise.
"I've never seen you purify so many demons at one time, you're going to be as good as our Miroku one of these days." Purify, but she's a demon, right? Both boys had the same thought.
I should tell Koenma about this Miroku though, he could be someone he could gather information about this mysterious young demon. Yusuke had an afterthought.
"Yeah, but I hope I'm not as bad as him. Right, I shouldn't speak ill of the dead, even if they've been dead for nearly five hundred years." I thought she said she was sixteen… Now she's over five hundred? Yusuke's eyes widened in shock.
"But, he and the others just died a couple days ago." She was joking about the five hundred years thing. Kurama blinked in relief, he wouldn't let a mere demoness be older then him, even if he was Youko at the time.
"I know, but now it's five hundred years in the future." …Now I'm confused. Yusuke raised an eyebrow.
"I wonder what Sesshomaru looks like now… an old man perhaps? Maybe he looks like Totosai!" She knew Sesshomaru, lord of the western lands, and Totosai, the legendary sword maker? Kurama widened his eyes in shock. She must be very lucky to be alive;, she doesn't even call him Lord Sesshomaru, what disrespect! Or bravery… Depends on how you look at it.
"But Kagome, when you last saw him, he was probably already four hundred years old, maybe more. I think Totosai was more than two thousand years old when we last saw him." A two thousand year old demon? Jeez, he must look old! That's rare for a demon, isn't it? Yusuke's jaw gaped.
Kurama widened his eyes; she knew Sesshomaru when he was four hundred years old? That was way back in the feudal era! She must have been lying about her age! He noticed her getting up to leave. Tapping Yusuke on the shoulder, he motioned for him to confront her.
"Why not you?" He whispered.
Kurama put a hand over his mouth, but it was too late.
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Kagome heard a whispered whine in the bushes; "Why not you?"
"You'd better come out, or I'll be forced to purify you." She narrowed her eyes at the spot where she knew a couple of buffoons were sitting.
"You know, she will do it!" Shippo told the bush people with wide eyes.
"Okay, okay, you caught us. Now what do you want?" Yusuke walked out of the bushes with his hands up, Kurama walked out slower with a bored expression on his face.
"You're that creepy monk that was at my house a couple minutes ago!" she accused him.
"I told you, I'm not a monk!"
"You expect me to believe you're not a monk? Do us both a favor and stop stalking me, okay?" she told him, smiling sweetly.
Yusuke's eye twitched. "I'm not stalking you!" he yelled.
"I think I'll purify you both just for the heck of it."
"How can you purify us? You're a demon." Kurama asked her, tonelessly.
"I've only been a demon for two days now, at the most."
"What? You mean you're a human!" Yusuke yelled.
"No, I'm a demon." Kagome reassured him.
"…"
"I think I'll go now, but I'll have to purify you because you know that information."
They paled.
"Kagome, you wouldn't purify innocent people, would you?" Shippo asked her.
"They're not innocent, one's a stalker, and the other's a demon." She explained seriously, grinning on the inside.
"I. Am. Not. A. Stalker." Yusuke informed her through gritted teeth.
"Soo… You'll be the first to go then." She made her hands glow white with her purification powers and walked slowly toward the two young men.
"Gah!" Yusuke took off at a run, Kagome hot on his heels.
Hmm… Perfect timing… Kurama walked over to the tiny Kitsune demon and used his plant powers to bind him in thick vines, making him immobile. Grabbing the fox by his tail, Kurama picked him up and walked over to the demoness and the spirit detective who were currently playing a deadly game of tag. "Stop, I've got what we need."
"Kagome!" Shippo wriggled in the red-haired man's hand.
"You!" Kagome used Yusuke's stopping to her advantage and slapped him.
"Ouch! What was that for?" he rubbed his cheek.
"Huh, you're not purified?" She smirked. "That must mean you're a monk."
"I am not a monk!" he yelled, glaring at her.
"Monk, could you please tell that Kitsune demon to let my son go?" she smiled sweetly at him.
"Umm… let me think… No." he smiled sweetly back.
She turned to the said Kitsune demon, "I'll go instead, just so long as you leave him alone, to come and go as he wishes."
"See Yusuke, told you it'd work." He unbound the kit and bound the demoness.
"Kagome!" the tiny demon streaked toward her, crying.
"I love you too, Shippo." She smiled at the miniature furball.
"I'll stay with you Kagome; you never can trust men, from what I've seen Miroku do." Shippo leered at the two 'men'.
"Ha!" Yusuke laughed. "Is Miroku the perverted monk you told me about?"
"Yes." She glared at him sharply out of the corner of her eye.
He wilted under her gaze.
"So… Where are you two taking me?" she asked the hanyou and the monk.
"To Koenma" the Kitsune demon answered emotionlessly.
"And might I ask who that is?"
"None of your business, wench." The 'monk' frowned.
"I am not a wench, stalker" she turned up her nose.
"You!" he glared at her.
The Kitsune took out a small device and spoke a few whispered words into it. A few seconds later a blue haired girl, flying on an oar, appeared through a hole in the fabric of space and time. "Hi! Did you find that demoness?" she asked in a cheery voice.
"Yeah Boton." The human rolled his eyes in Kagome's direction.
"Be nicer to her, Yusuke, she's a lady!" the pink-eyed girl chided the brown eyed boy.
"She's a demon."
"Kurama, could you carry her through the portal for me? I see she's a little tied up at the moment."
The little Kitsune glared at the bigger Kitsune as he walked over to pick Kagome up. "Leave my mommy alone! I'll do it." He dashed over to his 'mother' and burrowed under her body until he could support her weight on his back, just barely.
Mommy? Now that's a surprise, she seems like a dragon-wolf demon and that kit looks fully Kitsune. Boton watched the two.
The Kitsune walked slowly toward the portal, hopping through once he was close enough.
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