I would like to dedicate this chapter to reader KEdakumi. They have made me want to push all the chapters out because they seem to be as excite about this story as I am.

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Chapter 2

On the train, Kagome was reading over a Makai law text that Hiei gave her after she told him that she was interested in youkai law. They had talked about her travels but they had never gone into details, such as names. When you traveled with those who could very much still be alive you didn't name drop. Kagome had met Hiei through Kurama back in law school. The miko knew that the fox had a youkai in him but his human side was the dominant half. He had no more evil intent within him than anyone else and they became fast friends. One day walking back to their apartment building Kagome suddenly stiffened at a darker aura, but after a breath she did not feel any threat and smiled at Kurama continuing their walk.

"You can sense him." It was not a question but a stated fact. Kurama knew of Kagome's powers but not what all they could do.

"A friend of yours?" Kagome replied playing with the now empty jewel around her neck. It was nothing but a habit. Like someone who felt naked with out their watch but checked their cell for the time, Kagome wore the jewel everyday. (1)

"You can say that. I wonder what he wants."

Hiei appeared next to her barely causing her to stir. "I needed to ask you a question." The shorter darker youkai looked at the woman. "Miko," he said in greeting.

"My name is Kagome, but many youkai have called me by my title. It is nice to meet you." She did not bow like she would have to while greeting Sesshomaru, or like meeting another human. Youkai lived by a different set of laws, customs, and rules, showed one weakness and you may become their next meal.

"Hn," was the reply she got from the new youkai. Kurama was kind enough to translate.

"Kagome, this is Hiei. Like myself he is the heir to one of the Cardinal Lands. Hiei is the the Heir to the East." Kagome smiled to both of her youkai companions. Every time Kurama spoke of the Cardinal Lands she hoped he would bring up the West but it never came up. She did not want to beg for information on Sesshomaru and Inuyasha but it was tempting. But it was something she wanted to ask the inu brothers herself. She would not go behind their backs. With Hiei now a member of their party they continued on toward their apartment building.

Hiei soon became a regular on campus when he was the Human World even when Kurama was not around. Kagome was reminded of how Sesshomaru would sit and watch her read or study because the darker youkai would do the same. After finally taking on private study she was able to get through high school. With the close of her journeys and the sealing of the well, she fought her way through college and into law school. It was a shock when she ran into youkai thinking that they were no longer part of the world in her time. Kurama had filled her in on the rise and fall of the barrier. Part of Kagome screamed out to travel to the Makai and find out the answers she would never get other wise.

One night it was just Kagome with Hiei. She had served a modest dinner and now they were enjoying the silence of the evening. "Hiei, as the heir of the Eastern Domain, you would know a lot about Makai law correct?"

"I know enough not to get myself killed." It had taken a long time but Hiei had started to talk more than one or two words at a time with Kagome. Yusuke didn't even get that.

"So you could answer questions about it?" Kagome said sipping her coffee slowly.

"Why are you so interested, Miko?"

"I love the law and youkai culture is so different and yet has so many similarities with human life that I want to see how it has shaped their law. I guess I am just too curious." Kagome said with a soft smile.

"You have spent too much time with kitsune." Hiei said with no expression on his face and continued with looking out the girl's window.

It was the next time Hiei came to the human world that he brought Kagome a book. It was a record of Makai law. Kagome in awe thanked him. After that Hiei often brought Kagome books and tomes of Makai law. Many of which he had to have copied by the scripts of the East, the land that Mukuro ruled. Some had the need to be translated first and others were copies of first editions so old that one could almost not read the writing. Kagome love each and everyone. There was a book shelf, behind a permanent barrier, that housed them all. They became a prize or reward for the girl miko. If she finished her homework she was able to read the tomes Hiei brought her. It was the only way she would study human law anymore.

It was late one night when Hiei climbed into the small window in the bed room of Kagome's apartment. He made himself at home on her bed, his boots kicked off and placed under the window. "I have a pint of ice cream in the fridge if you would like some."

"Hn."

Kagome was at her desk finishing up her latest assignment. Sending it attached in an email to her professor and printing out a hard copy to be stored in her yellow backpack, Kagome was finally able to call it quits for the evening. After standing she stretched her back by reaching for the ceiling then climbed onto the bed with Hiei. A yawn escaped her lips. "I am sorry but I am drained for the night."

Hiei stood as though he was going to leave. "Please stay."

That was all it took. The youkai stayed and spent the night curled up with the miko.

O.o

During the remainder of school Kagome and Hiei spent a lot of time together such as that night, never anything of a sexual nature until after she graduated. A simple kiss from an excited Kagome had Hiei first shocked beyond measure. Kagome scrabbled to ask for forgiveness and ran from the scene. Hiei followed.

o.O

The speaker announced her stop would be next, so Kagome packed the text back into her bag and make sure that all her things were in order to get off the train. She wouldn't want to leave anything behind. When the train finally stopped she took her leave of the metal contraption and found that she still would have a hike ahead of her. With a groan she started in the direction of the temple.

Yukina awaited the arrival of the human miko that her brother would be picking up tomorrow. It was starting to get late and she was starting to get worried. There was so much stress these days. Her brother was about to take a mate but they were having problems with Queen Shel and her crazy new laws. The Ice Maiden was not in the Makai for the tournament but from what the others have told her Shel was a self centered youkai that only wished to collect as much power as possible.

A holy energy caused Yukina to smile. The miko, Kagome was almost here. At the top of the shrine's stairs Yukina waited for the other woman. Her first sight of the miko was of a woman that could not be older than twenty but was closer to thirty-five. Her wavy black hair was pulled up into a pony tail, and a large yellow backpack set heavy on her back. When the woman looked up at her, Yukina was greeted with a huge smile. It made her feel warm inside, like a motherly embrace or the love of a mate.

"You must be Yukina."

"Yes, and you must be the miko Kagome. I have heard a lot about you from my brother Hiei."

"He normally isn't the talkative type." Kagome said with a smile and small, winded laugh.

"On most days," Yukina agreed.

The girls were soon enjoying tea inside the temple. Talking was something girls did when they were together and even more so when there were mutual males in their lives. Kurama and Hiei were the topics of choice. Kagome had never met Yusuke as he moved back to the Makai after he and his human girlfriend could not make it work. He was now the taiyoukai of the North. Again another Cardinal Lord was connected to her, though indirectly, and she could not bring herself to ask about the West.

As the evening grew later, Yukina and Kagome started to prepare dinner. "Since Hiei will be here early in the morning, why don't we do the prep work for breakfast now to, that way we only have to clean up once?"

Yukina found Kagome's idea to be brilliant and they set right to getting everything they would need for the morning meal ready too.

o.O

He looked down at the sleeping woman. Of course she was still sleeping, she should have known. She had never been a morning person, a quality that could have been difficult to deal with when she was in school. After school she got worse and he made it a game to wake her whenever they shared a bed.

Hiei smirked as he thought about being with her in celebration of her graduation. They were at the party and she suddenly kissed him; excited to be done and even more so by the letter she received about working for the firm she had interned with. On instinct, Hiei pulled her close and returned the kiss. She ran from him, but he followed. Once he found her in her apartment Clothing flew and soon they were starring at each other about to take their relationship to the next level. It was Kagome that made the next move, Hiei was pulled into a kiss and soon they were expressing the new parameters of their relationship.

"Hiei, this is not early morning. It is still night time."

"The sun is all but up, Miko." Hiei said to the once sleeping woman before him. A smile came over her lips she gazed up at her former lover. "You haven't changed."

"Must be the company I keep. So you are going to take a mate. They must be very awesome for you to settle." Kagome pushed herself to a seated position and patted the bed for Hiei to join her. Hiei took the place next to her.

"He is."

Kagome hugged Hiei quickly only to pull back. "I am in need of a shower. This is my first trip to the Makai, and I get to meet the person that is going to claim you. I need to be my best. Oh, should I wear something to mask my holy energy?"

Hiei held out a crystal hanging from a silver necklace. It was a deep purple and shaped loosely like a crescent moon. It made her once again think of Sesshomaru. "My intended is offering to loan this to you to help mask your holy aura while you travel through the Makai. You will be inside two youkai courts. Some of the older members don't care for your kind. You should have full function of your powers though."

Kagome turned her back to Hiei and lifted her bed twisted hair. Hiei's eyes rolled but he put the crystal around her neck. As soon as it dropped to her breast she dropped off his internal radar. It was unreal not to feel her holy power surround him like a warm embrace and have her so close. "Does it work?"

"Too well."

End Chapter

1. I will ask my husband for the time. He pulls out his phone and answers the question. I could have done that. He wears a watch every single day and will tell you that he feels weird if he forgets it.

This chapter is a little longer than the last one. Maybe it will be a pattern. Nah, I just plan out what needs to be in the chapter, not how long it needs to be.

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