Something of Nothing

Disclaimer- I don't own this, if I did, so many things would be different.

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"Speaking"

'Thinking'

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Last time

Right after Genkai finished speaking Kagome teleported in to the right and slightly behind Genkai (remember she is the same size as Hiei).

Slightly bowing Kagome said, "Hello. My name is Kagome, and I am a void demon."

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Now

Everyone in the room was instantly on their guard. Kurama had his rose whip out, Yusuke was aiming at Kagome, and Hiei and Kuwabara had their swords out.

"Old Hag what's the meaning of this!" yelled Yusuke. "Having a demon here…wait, what's a void demon?"

"A void demon is-" began Hiei but was cut off by Kuwabara.

"AH! Watch out she will suck out your soul!"

"…"

"No I won't" replied a cold and slightly hurt Kagome.

"How do we know your telling the truth?" shouted Kuwabara.

"Because, sigh, I have to touch you to do that and I'm not that mean" replied Kagome in an exasperated tone.

"But-"

Genkai finally had enough and snapped, "NO BUTS! She is my guest and my student. You will treat her as you treat anyone else or you're gone, you her ME!"

"Yes ma'am."

Taking a deep breath, Genkai looked at Kagome, "That said, you probably should have given them some warning before you pull a stunt like that again. These guys are usually high strung and fighting demons, so just appearing out of nowhere is a good way to die." Looking at everyone she continued, "Well what are you waiting for. Follow me if you want to train" she said as she walked out of the room, everyone close behind her.

XxXxX

In the training room the guys were standing against the wall as Genkai was helping Kagome with her foot work, when Hiei turned to Kuwabara and said, "How did you know void demons can suck out a person's soul? I mean, that is something that Urameshi doesn't even know, so how do you?"

"Well, Genkai has a collection of books that talk about demons and I wanted to try to impress Yukina with my knowledge. Also I wanted to make sure that ice demons didn't have specific allergies to something I might get her so I was doing some reading" said Kuwabara, scratching the back of his head. "Well, anyway, while I was going through the book I came accost a section about Void demons and they sounded scary. That's why I remembered the information."

"Your right, they can be scary. They can sneak up on you and put a knife in your back without you even knowing. Some of them can suck out the souls of humans and demons and control their bodies like puppets. Others create the most powerful barriers in all of existence" said Kurama coldly. "In fact, you are probably alive because of void demons. They were the ones who built the barrier between the human and the demon world."

"But they are rarely encountered nowadays" continued Hiei. "Their numbers were never great to begin with and because they sided with the spirit world, they are hunted down in the demon world as traitors. That and they are usually very reclusive, serving a lord or lady in the back wings or working for the spirit world to maintain the barrier, rarely coming out into the wide world. Why this void demon is here is beyond my understanding."

"Maybe she was born here? That would be why she is getting training, so she can survive in the demon world."

"Possibly, but void demons aren't forced to stay in the demon world like every other demon. Mostly because unless they cause a major disturbance they can't be found but also because they helped build the barrier so they are rewarded in a way" said Kurama.

Before they could continue they were interrupted by Genkai, "Yusuke, come over here and spar with Kagome" she called out.

Grunting, Yusuke pushed himself off the wall and made his way to the center of the training room while Genkai went over to where the boys were standing.

"Do you think it will be all right?" asked Kuwabara. "I mean, Urameshi might not hold himself back and hurt her" he said while looking concern.

This comment brought a laugh from Genkai, "She will be fine. True, Yusuke is a better fighter and probably stronger physically speaking, Kagome relies on her agility and stealth to win. This will be an opponent unlike any Yusuke has ever faced. BEGIN!"

The moment Genkai yelled begin Yusuke rushed forward in an attempt to catch Kagome off guard, but when he was about to land a strike, she disappeared from where she was standing.

Getting into a defensive stance Yusuke consecrated on his surroundings to see if he could sense where Kagome was, but to no avail.

"You can't sense her with spiritual powers, she's a void demon! Use your eyes!" yelled Genkai.

"Right, right, right, just like a fight before I was a spirit detective" said Yusuke with confidence in his voice.

"Winner Kagome!" shouted Genkai.

"WHAT! This match just got started! She isn't even here…oh" said Yusuke as he looked behind himself.

There right behind him where two of her energy swords pointed right at his neck. If they had been fighting for real, she would have removed his head. Steeping back from him Kagome let the swords disappear.

Smiling she said in a sing-song voice, "Almost got me with that punch, but you didn't watch your back."

"Good job Kagome, using your superior stealth to sneak up on an opponent with superior speed and strength" said Genkai walking towards the pair. "And Yusuke, I hope this teaches you that you need to always be mindful of your environment and keep moving. She would have lost if you would have moved around but because you stayed still she was able to get the drop on you." Looking at the other boys Genkai shouted, "Ok, all of you onto the practice floor, I'll check your stances for holes."

XxXxX

For the next couple of days that is how things went. Kagome and the boys would in the training room, working on their moves or sparing with one another while Genkai pointed out their mistakes.

On the training floor Kagome, Yusuke, Kurama , and Genkai were leaning against the wall watching as Hiei and Kuwabara spared, or more accurately, watching Hiei repeatedly knock Kuwabara to the floor and Kuwabara getting back up to get some more.

But all that stopped when Yusuke's communicator went off. Answering it, Yusuke began to talk into it in a hushed voice. Suddenly a "Gotcha" was heard and Yusuke looked up at everyone.

"Guys, come on, the baby has a job for us to do" he shouted, gating every ones attention.

Quickly the boys stopped what they were doing and got ready to leave.

"A small portal has opened up near here. All we have to do is take care of the demon that got through. Most likely a class C demon, but it could be higher" explained Yusuke.

When he finished explaining the details, the group was just about to leave when Genkai came up to Yusuke.

"Why don't you have Kagome tag along with you on this trip? She has the power to fix the barrier so that this portal won't cause a problem in the future. You know how long it takes the spirit world to close the portals. With Kagome with you, it will be closed when you finish with the demon" explained Genkai, giving Yusuke a look to stop him from complaining.

"Fine, fine, she can come along too. Let's hope she doesn't freak out though" replied Yusuke in an exasperated tone of voice.

"Don't worry, she won't. Now get going" said Genkai, ushering the entire group outside.

The group traveled in silence to their destination, each one mentally preparing for the encounter with the demon. Kuwabara, Yusuke, and Kurama were running along on the ground, Hiei was jumping through the trees, and Kagome was right behind Hiei, floating along.

They reached their destination after only a few minuets of travel and quickly set about locating where the demon was. The portal was located in the middle of a clearing in the forest and was surrounded in red flame-like energy. It was putting out a lot of energy and appeared to be fairly stable, which means that unless it's closed quickly more and more demons will use it to get through.

A quick search of the area showed where the demon was. He was a large demon, standing about 8 feet tall with dark gray/green skin and long arms that ended in wickedly sharp claws that almost touched the ground. Its head was shaped like that of a jackal and there were two goat-like hones coming out of the head. The entire body of the demon was rippling with mussels and he seamed to ooze energy. That and he also seamed to ooze fatigue. The opening of the stable portal drained him of most of his power and he needed time to recover.

However, time was something he would not get.

Hiei saw him first and jumped into action, quickly trying to remove the demon's head from its shoulders. But the demon was able to leap aside at the last minuet and moved to land a blow on Hiei's unprotected back. Kurama saw this and quickly lashed out at the demon with his rose whip. The demon tried to evade but wasn't fast enough and got his right foot cut off.

Angered he let out a roar and unleashed a powerful beam of energy from his mouth at Kurama, just barley missing him and singeing his hair.

But that was the last move the demon would make as a blast of energy from Yusuke's spirit gun hit him and disintegrated his body.

Back in the clearing, Kagome was concentrating hard on the portal, weaving the void to repair the barrier with Kuwabara at her side in case more demons came through. Scrunching her eyes shut she tried to tune out the sounds of fighting as she closed the portal. After a few minuets of working the portal faded out of existence and Kagome opened her eyes again.

Turning around she saw that the boys where done with the demon and were watching her.

"Took you long enough" said Hiei bluntly, seeing that she was finished.

"Hey!" exclaimed Kagome. "This is my first time doing this, so cut me some slack."

"Wait! This is the first time you've repaired the barrier! What was Genkai thinking? What would have happened if you screwed up?!" shouted Yusuke.

"Yusuke, calm down" said Kurama. "Genkai wouldn't have sent her with us if she couldn't handle it."

Before the conversation could continue they were interrupted as Botan appeared on her broom/paddle.

"Hey there guys! That was fast" she said looking around. "And you were even able to close the portal. That's great! It will save spirit world a lot of time and resources."

"We had help with the portal" said Yusuke, gesturing to where Kagome was standing.

"Hum? Oh, a void demon. What are you doing here?" asked Botan noticing Kagome for the first time.

"I was training with Genkai n when they got called, so I tagged along to close the portal" said Kagome in a casual tone, only here eyes betrayed her wariness of the situation.

Botan was able to pick up on her wariness and waved friendly at her, "No need to be apprehensive. We're not going to hunt you down." Turning her attention to the entire group she said, "But Koenma does want to see all of you, so off we go!" she said, opening a portal to spirit world.

"That includes you too" said Botan, looking at Kagome.

XxXxX

In Koenma's office, the spirit detectives and Kagome lined up in front of his desk.

"Hey, baby! What did you want to talk to us about?"

"Well first off, I would like to thank Miss-?" Koenma said, looking at Kagome questioningly.

"Kagome, my name is Kagome."

"Yes, thank you Kagome for aiding my team in closing the portal. By any chance, were you the miko Kagome who was protecting the shikon jewel? You seam like you are her."

"I was, but I got changed into by a demon from the past" replied Kagome.

"Yes, yes, I know all of your sacred well and the fact that you travel through time using it. The problem is that the shikon jewel needs to be returned to this time period. If left in the past it will alter history. You need to go and finish retrieving the shards. Now if you would excuse us, I need discus an important matter with the spirit detectives" said Koenma. "Botan, take her back to Genkai's place and then come back here."

Botan quickly opened the portal to Genkai's place and lead Kagome through. Once there she immediately left, returning to the spirit world.

Sighing Kagome walked up to the front door and was just about to open it when Genkai steped out with Kagome's bad.

"So, Koenma is having you go back to the past to get the rest of the Shikon jewel?" she said with a slight smile on her lips.

"H-how did you know?" asked a startled Kagome.

"Easy, your face gave it away, that and I got a call from Koenma. Don't worry your ready for this and you're stronger than you were before" said Genkai in a caring voice. "Your friends will see that only your body has changed, not your personality. And just remember, when you finish with what you need to do, you can always come back here."

Giving Genkai a hug while tears flowed from her eyes Kagome said, "Thank you, I will defiantly come back to see you when this is over."

Grabbing her bag Kagome gave Genkai one last smile before she teleported away.

Quickly reaching her family shine by a mixture of teleport hopping and flying Kagome landed at the front door. Quickly she explained to her mother what was going on and soon they packed a bag of traveling supplies for Kagome.

Still wearing her black dress (with spandex shorts and a small tank-top underneath) with her black boots and letting her hair fall onto her back (like in the show), Kagome hoisted the green backpack to her shoulders and with a final "good-bye" to her family, she went down the well.

XxXxX

Steeping out of the wheel, Kagome took in a deep breath. While she liked her time period, nothing could match the crisp, clean air of the feudal era. Extending her senses she noticed that no one was around, so she took off into the air, going towards Kaede's village. 'Maybe she will know were to look. It's not like I can sense the jewel shards anymore. Sigh, I should try to find InuYasha and the others.'

Flying for another few minuets Kagome landed on the outskirts of the village and walked in on foot. The few villages she meet looked at her suspiciously but otherwise left her alone. Reaching Kaede's hut, Kagome paused to see if Kaede was home, but to no avail, the old women must have been out some where in the village. Expanding her senses Kagome searched the entire village to find Kaede.

After few minuets of searching Kagome found Kaede at the edge of the village, but she was not alone. InuYasha and company were also there, talking cheerfully with the old miko. Going transparent, Kagome stealthily approached the group and listened in on the conversation.

"-nd that's how we got those shards. That guy was tough but we got him in the end" said InuYasha.

"I see, I see. Well come on to my hut and I will make you something to eat."

"Lady Kaede, if I may" said Miroku. "Has Kagome come out of the well at all?"

"Not that I know off, but if she doesn't return I wouldn't be surprised" said Kaede. "And if she does return, you would probably not even know it. She is a void demon now, and they are great at hiding, and after the way you treated her… (shakes her head looking sad)"

"Please, this is Kagome were talking about" said InuYasha. "She could barely do anything without our help. Plus, as a demon she wouldn't be able to sense the jewel shards, so there is no reason why she would come back."

"But you forget one thing, InuYasha. The Shikon Jewel that was shattered originally came from the future" said Kaede in her sage voice. "It is out of time here."

"But how do we know it wasn't meant to come back to the past to use from the future? I mean, for all we know, it's coming back to this time was all part of the plan" said Shippo, jumping on Kikyo's shoulder.

"Shippo is right. How do we know it's not meant to be here?" said Kikyo.

The group continued on to the village while Kagome remained behind. She will not reveal herself to them, instead she will just recover the shards and get the rest. From what she saw on Kikyo, they had almost all the shards that Naraku didn't have. She would just have to wait till nightfall to make her move.

Once it was night and everyone was asleep Kagome quietly teleported into Kaede's hut and began to look around. Inside she found Sango and Miroku sleeping on one side of the hut, with Shippo on Miroku's lap and Kirara on Sango's lap. In the center Kaede was asleep on her mat and on the opposite wall InuYasha was asleep with Kikyo in his arms. This sight brought a hurt feeling into Kagome's heart, but she quickly pushed that aside.

'He never loved me, he only loves her.'

Quietly approaching the sleeping pair, Kagome noticed two things. One, it seamed that Kikyo somehow regained her human body and two, the jewel shards she draped around her neck. Ever so carefully, Kagome made a short energy knife and cut the necklace off, putting the jewel shards in a pocket on their dress. But her good luck was not to last.

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That's it for now. I will try to update sooner than last time, but no promises.

Ja Ne!