Faith in my Innocence

by tinabug

It took Kagome a long time to accept that the death and destruction caused by the shikon was not her fault. So what does she do when some Prince of Spirit World is claiming she's guilty? She gives them hell, that's what.

3. Chapter 3

Hiei wasn't as intelligent or as intuitive as Kurama but he was a battle-hardened warrior. He knew how to drive his enemies insane with anger or grief in order to throw off their focus. He also knew the signs of when someone was pushed too far, too fast. This was the opposite of what you wanted to do to an opponent, especially one that was already as dangerous as the Shikon Priestess.

He wasn't very happy that their new mission had been to go and capture a woman and bring her in to answer for crimes that Koenma wouldn't explain to them until the woman was in front of him. He knew why now. Had he or Kurama known that it was the Shikon Priestess then both of them would have probably declined the mission.

It wasn't just that he didn't want to make an enemy out of a powerful priestess that he was being ordered not to kill, but it was the fact that this particular priestess had some very powerful allies. Those allies wouldn't hesitate to strike out if they knew about the priestess being back. As it was, they were incredibly lucky to have gotten to her the moment she was returned. It was highly unlikely that any of her allies knew she was back and Kurama had hidden her scent as soon as she appeared.

At first thought he couldn't fathom how Koenma came up with these charges against Kagome or why he was even pressing them but it only took a few seconds for the answer to become clear. This was the result of his father's greed. Enma was very power hungry and trying to take the jewel under the pretense of guarding it was right up his alley.

His sword was drawn and ready just as Kurama was but he doubted he would be of much help. He was fast but her energy was deadly to a demon. He was also unsure of her skill level but being this pissed off and enraged meant she was capable of quite a lot. He hadn't gotten where he was at now by underestimating his enemies. He was cold and calculating during battle and listened to his instincts. They were screaming at him right now to back down or kill her immediately before she saw him coming.

He knew things were going to come down to a confrontation soon as Koenma lost his patience and screamed. He had wondered how the priestess was handling being accused of these crimes but the look that she just gave the prince spoke of one thing.

'She has the same spirit that controls Yusuke,' he thought.