Disclaimer: I don't own Inu-Yasha or Yu-Yu-Hakusho. If I did then Kagome wouldn't be Kikiyo's re-incarnation and it goes without explanation to say that she would be more kick-ass.
A/N: In case you guys are mad about me not updating earlier I had exams on, so that may explain the temporary hiatus.
By the way this is more of a narrative chapter reflecting Kagome's thoughts about finding out who she really was and how she's dealing with the new situation. The YYH part is in the end and is small.
Oh any one ever noticed that most of the leading heroines in the animes are always the utterly confused Mary-Sue damsel-in-distress, I-will-forever-love-you types? Sure Kagome rocks but she's hardly given much depth in the anime.
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Chapter 4
Kagome sighed as she looked around the room.
Ever since she had defeated that huge spider demon and fainted after that, things had become difficult. Her worries had grown. She had come across so many demons having the shards of the jewel containing her old memories and powers as Tsukina a.k.a. the Yami-no-Tsuki. And most of the time the shard came attached to one of the shards of the Shikon-no-tama which had once again been shattered by Naraku – who still had a majority of the shards.
This led her to believe that the shards of the Yami-no-Tsuki were attracted to the shards of the Shikon-no-tama; considering the fact that she and Midoriko were good friends in her past life.
If this was the case then she was going to have a lot of trouble collecting the rest of the Yami-no-Tsuki since Naraku had the majority of the Shikon shards. This meant that he also could now be in possession of a majority of the shards of the Yami-no-Tsuki; which meant that he had to have tapped into its power even if he didn't realise it. And that made him more powerful than before.
She only hoped he didn't notice anything about the Yami-no-Tsuki and just assume it was the Shikon. It would make things a bit easier for her. She would be able to gather up the shards of the Yami-no-Tsuki with a little less effort. Not that it would completely cake-walk but a bit easy nevertheless.
The only other problem she was now facing was a silver haired inu-hanyou. Inu-Yasha was being the biggest pain in her whole plan of getting the Yami-no-Tsuki and regaining her memories and powers fully so that she could seal her powers once again before Naraku or any other evil demon found out her secret; or even worse they went awry, because the idiot had made Kikiyo join them. He was worried about what Naraku might do to her considering the many times the evil hanyou had tried to get rid of her. And she was sure that Kikiyo was starting to get suspicious of her. Either that or the stupid priestess who refused to die was trying to take back her own soul.
Neither sounded good since if Kikiyo became suspicious that Kagome was really a re-incarnated demon she would somehow hinder Kagome's chances of helping Inu-Yasha retrieve the Shikon jewel – and the Tsuki jewel along with it – thinking that Kagome may have an ulterior motive for collecting the jewel.
And If Kikiyo was trying to take back her own soul and succeeded then her own – now completely awoken – soul would fully call back the Yami-no-Tsuki jewel – and thus the Shikon that somehow attached itself to it, but that was not the problem – and the onslaught of memories would be too much for her so she wouldn't be able to contain her powers. That would not only prove fatal to her but bring forth a lot of problems as well, as she would literally be unleashing all hell on earth.
And it wouldn't be like last time when Inu-Yasha's father Inu-Tashio's third sword, the sword of the Netherworld awoke. (1) This would be much worse since the creatures of Jigoku (2) were far worse than even the strongest demons in Makkai. And she was sure it would be hard handling them.
She was glad about a few things though. One was that she had found a way to tap into the Shikon-no-tama and release the shard of Midoriko present inside it. So she had company whenever she felt lonely, since the spirit of the priestess would come out and give her company like the days of old. Though she was still a bit annoyed that Midoriko giggled at her new human appearance. Sure she didn't look as elegant and matured as she used to in her previous life, but she felt didn't look that bad as a human at all. In fact she liked her human looks more than her demon ones, she felt they suited her more.
The second was that she was slowly regaining all her demon abilities of agility, speed, and power, so now even if she was forced to face demons alone for some reason and ran out of sacred arrows, she would still be able to fight using her demonic abilities. Though she knew that even if Inu-Yasha left her hanging in a situation like that, Miroku, Sango, Shippo, and Kirara would never do that. And she was sure if that ever happened – which she knew would never happen unless they were all so badly injured that they were unconscious – the fragments of Midoriko's soul in the Shikon would emerge and probably purify the demon into oblivion before Kagome even lifted up a finger to use her own powers. And she was sure that after that her friend would berate her for getting into such dangerous situations.
Midoriko was a sweet heart.
The third thing she was elated about was that her human family had accepted what she really was when she told them without bothering at all. She still remembered that bit fondly when her mom said, "Whether you're the re-incarnation of Inu-Yasha's former lover the priestess Kikiyo, or the princess of a Lunar Demon clan in this demon world Makkai you just told me about doesn't matter to me. What matters is that now you're my daughter, and that's the only thing I'm bothered about." "Yeah sis, mom's right! I don't care about what you used to be either. You're one hell of a big sister, and you rock!" Souta had yelled in response. Her grandfather's reaction had been funny as well when he had started ranting about how he didn't mind as long as he didn't have to deal with certain "Demon Issues" like heat. Her cheeks had flared up at that one.
They weren't the only people who now knew who she really was and had accepted her just the same, but so did most of her friends in the feudal era, like Sango, and Shippo. She had told them when they went to bathe, and they didn't seem to have much of a problem with it. They didn't even seem surprised and Sango had actually told her that it was expected since she knew that re-incarnation always seemed to have similar traits of personalities as their former selves and except for her miko powers and fondness for Inu-Yasha – Sango still didn't like using the word love in context of Inu-Yasha and Kagome's relationship for some reason – she had nothing in common with Kikiyo.
Sango and Shippo had actually been happy that Kagome turned out to be a demon. She had no idea why. And now they constantly bugged her to tell them anecdotes from her previous life whenever they were alone of out of earshot of everyone else, including Inu-Yasha's demon ears.
So now she didn't have to bother about putting her new friends in peril since she was sure should anything happen, Sango now knew how to deal with the situation.
Her face brightened up. Putting everything in perspective, things weren't as bad as she had thought it to be earlier.
Her now alert senses picked up Sango coming towards the room. And she forgot about all her plans of getting the Yami-no-Tsuki back, as she began trying to remember a funny story from her past to tell the demon slayer before she kept her up all night berating Kagome for not thinking of her as a friend and keeping secrets from her.
She knew if that ever happened she may instantly reveal a lot of things earlier than she was supposed to, and she didn't fancy the thought of having Sango pestering her to describe a certain arrogant fox while she was trying to concentrate on getting all her memories and powers back.
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"This is getting annoying. I'm fed up of having to deal with stupid, low-life less than D grade demons wasting our time." Hiei said as he cut through a few more demons with his sword.
"Likewise!" Jin replied blowing them away.
"Yeah same here! Koenma sure gives us annoying missions!" Yusuke yelled killing the remaining demons with his shot-gun.
"And you want to know the most irritating part of this whole thing? We've only collected seven shards of the Yami-no-Tsuki. The rest are just some fragments of a pink stone." Botan said as she slumped down on the ground.
"Well add another one to the collection." Kurama said throwing another blue gem fragment to Botan. Then he began clearing the area with his plants to create a camp spot for the night while Mukuro and Botan took out food for their dinner.
"We should be glad that the demons here aren't after something like this, considering most of them are even below the D Grade." Mukuro said as she began to start up a campfire.
"That's because they seem to be after these pink fragments that we've found attached to the Tsuki fragments." Touya said.
"I asked a farmer in one of the villages we passed what it was. He told me they're the fragments of a pink gem called the Shikon-no-tama also called jewel of the four souls. It seems a few centuries ago a famous priestess created it with her own soul during her final breaths while attempting to kill three demons plaguing her village. She imprisoned her soul along with the souls of the demons that nearly killed her in it, hence the name. The farmer said it can power up demons." Shizuru explained as she took the bowl of instant noodles Mukuro offered her.
The detectives looked up at her. The elder Kuwabara was proving to be more resourceful with every day that passed which was a good thing since the younger Kuwabara – although being dependable and trustworthy – was most of the times a big pain.
"I've heard about it. The priestess' name was Midoriko!" Botan vouched and Kurama dropped his bowl of noodles. What?! Midoriko died?!
"What happened, Kurama?" Yusuke asked.
"Nothing, my hands were sweaty so the bowl slipped." Kurama covered up smoothly, chuckling nonchalantly. I shouldn't have done that. It was stupid of me. Why should the news surprise me so? Midoriko-chan was a human after all. I should've expected that news. Humans don't live as long as demons do. Though that explains why we keep finding those pink gem fragments along with Tsukina's memory stone. She was attached to Midoriko.
Things are getting more complicated for me by the moment. First I find out that Tsukina will be re-incarnating herself, if she hasn't already. And I've been getting this gut feeling that she has already re-incarnated herself. Then I find out Midoriko's soul also hasn't passed over. What next? Kuronue's soul also hasn't passed over? Kurama thought.
Things were definitely getting complicated for the kitsune. For the first time he actually believed in karma.
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A/N: Just a few notes explaining stuff.
(1) I forgot the name and I watched Swords of An Honourable Ruler only yesterday. Damn I have a bad memory!
(2) I think that's the Japanese word for Hell, I'm not completely sure. If it's wrong, then please forgive me. And if you know the proper term then please send me a message telling me what it is. I may be able to use it in an upcoming story.