Final Serenade

By: DeathNoteMaker

Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha or Fushigi Yuugi; those rights belong to Rumiko Takahashi and Yuu Watase respectively. I do however own this fanfic, my ideas, and OCs.

Category: Crossover

Anime(s)/Manga(s): InuYasha/Fushigi Yuugi

Pairing(s): This will most likely end up with Kagome having a Male harem, because I really can't see her ending up with just one of the hot men in this series! I will try to make this harem form in a believable way though. XD Yuuki Miaka/Souta Higurashi/ Hongo Yui, etc.

Rating: T+ to M

Warning(s): Language, Violence, Lemons, Gore, etc.

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, etc.

Summary: Higurashi Kagome was through with High School, and with the well closed, she had gotten used to the idea of having to live a normal life. After becoming the priestess of her family shrine, much to the approval of her grandfather, she was sure that her life of adventure is over. She never knew that the gods had another journey already for her, and how this time she would gain not only excitement and wonder, but love as well. One day Kagome is handed a book while inside the library by two girls called The Universe of the Four Gods, and she finds herself whisked into the world of this book. Becoming the priestess of the god Suzaku, and she is charged with the duty of finding all seven of her Celestial Warriors. With this new adventure ahead of her, will she finally get what she always desired since her trips to the Feudal Era?

A/N: Here I am with the Third Chapter! XD I am lovin' the reviews that I am getting, and lovin' the support that is being given! I was sure that you all were going to lynch me if I didn't update this! XD So the story is going to start to pick up from here, plus maybe I will include a glimpse of whom is to be the Priestess of Seiryuu! __ I can't wait until my beloved Nakago is introduced! If I weren't being so patient right now he would have made a premature appearance…hmm…

ALSO I DIDN'T COPY KAGUYA CHAOS'S COUNTERBALANCE! SO SCREW YOU "CONCERNED READER"!

Good thing she told me about you, you bitch/bastard...whatever you are!

Well I hope that you all continue to enjoy the story!

Book I: Priestess

Chapter Three: The Priestess Of Suzaku (Continued), And The Seven Constellations Of Suzaku; Part 1

"W-What!? KAGOME-CHAN/SAN WENT INTO THAT BOOK!?!"

Sending the two girls a smile from her seat, Higurashi Kun-Loon, the Matriarch of the family sipped a bit of her tea. "Yes apparently it was a mission assigned to her by the kamis." Amused by the expressions on the two girls' faces, Souta couldn't help but smirk. Leaning his chin on the palm of his hand, he tilted his head and smirked. "This isn't the first time that Nee-san has had to do something like this…don't worry about it, she is just fine." Both of the girls looked over at the younger brother of their new friend, and blushed. He was a very handsome boy; they could see the vague resemblance between him and his sister.

It didn't help that like his sister, when he tilted his head it was very cute. 'Or sexy is a better word I think…' Yui's blue eyes took in his features, and she had to admit that what she liked most was his smoldering hazel eyes. "What did you mean that this isn't her first time doing something like this?" All eyes turned to Miaka, and her blonde friend was surprised that she had forgot about that. Sliding his eyes towards them, he didn't notice the cherry red colors their faces became at that motion.

Unfortunately his mother did.

'Ah, my children are growing up and attracting so many suitors…'

When Kagome was in High School she had acquired many suitors, many whom were attracted by her mature nature. Don't get her wrong, she had many suitors in Junior High, because of her beauty and positive attitude, but the number only increased with her coming into an early maturity due to her travels in the past. She too was surprised at the wisdom that her baby girl had gained from her travels. It now seemed that it wouldn't be much different for Souta, he was already on his way to being a heartbreaker like his father.

"To tell you that, I think it would be better to tell you exactly what this shrine was built for…"

Coming to a halt after his sprint around the castle, he cursed as he looked around. Where was this woman!? Usually he would have just left, and whatever happened wouldn't be his fault, but the only thing was he couldn't leave her. There was just something about her that made him want to protect her. 'Like I was born to protect her…' Growling in frustration, he sped up and ran past a door and looked out only to lock eyes with a lookout for the guards.

"GET THE GUARDS! I FOUND HIM!!"

Taking off in the opposite direction, he again cursed his luck. "Where did that woman go!?!" Forcing himself to calm down, he shook his head and continued running. He would divert attention to himself in order to give her time to escape; he could get himself out so he wasn't worried. Footsteps reached his ears, and he changed his course of direction. Determination was practically radiating off of him, he would play as the decoy for her.

'Kagome…I'll lure them away while you escape!'

Meanwhile Kagome could say that she was honestly surprised at the amount of access this man seemed to have around the castle. Though she could attribute that to the fact they hadn't run into anyone yet. 'Then we would be screwed…he is after all helping a prisoner escape…his punishment would be very severe I am sure.' Coming out of her current train of thought, she then turns it towards Tamahome. She had to find him and make sure that he escaped as well. It was her fault that he was even in this mess to begin with!

"Umm…you haven't happened to see a guy with blue hair running around here have you?"

The beautiful man turned around looked back at her over his shoulder. "You are trying to find your companion?" Nodding, her gaze fell to the ground. "It is my fault unfortunately that he was even brought here in the first place…I won't be able to go back to my own world and regroup until I am sure that he got out of her safely." Of course she whispered that last part to herself, but unfortunately for her the male had good hearing. "…You came from another world!?" Snapping her eyes up to his, she almost slapped herself at her slip.

'Kuso…'

Running a hand through her bangs with a sigh, she couldn't help but curse mentally at her lapse of control. Seeing the look on the man's face, she decided that she couldn't just very well play it off now. "You most likely think that I am crazy, but it is true." Looking the man straight into the eyes, her eyes seemed to convey how serious she was as the man's tense form loosened. "Not at all! I believe you!" Blue eyes were wide in shock as the man smiled widely.

"I just LOVE things like that!"

With that said, he was suddenly circling her. "It's incredible!" Every now and then she would feel a hand brush her shoulders, uniform, and hair. Thankfully, he had kept his hands from any questionable places. Otherwise the Miko would have knocked him into the next year without any remorse. 'Though I don't think it is any better being treated as a sideshow freak…' After it seemed that he had confirmed that she was real, he came to stand right in front of her.

"I am Hotohori, although people usually call me something else."

A warm smile formed on Kagome's face, this guy was really nice. He wasn't acting at all like someone who just heard a strangely dressed girl was from another world.

"My name is Kagome Higurashi, you can call me Kagome."

For a moment the man only smiled at her before he moved in close. He was very tall, and so Kagome had to tilt her head up a little to look at him, and cursed her height at the same time. While she was taller than Miaka or Yui, she came to about Tamahome's nose. But with this guy she only reached to just below his collarbone. 'Though it is not much of an issue of him being tall…after all I like guys who are taller than me anyway.' Don't get her wrong, height really didn't matter…she just seemed to like it if they were taller than her.

Kagome was brought out of her musings as a hand caressed her cheek gently. Shivering at the touch, she slowly lifter her gaze to his own and blushed at the intense honey eyes staring at her. "Stop talking about going away and stay here a while…I just know the Emperor would never have you killed." Her eyes widened, and her blushed darkened, as she felt herself falling into a daze. The man in front of her could be called enchanting, and it didn't help that he had a spicy scent, which made heat pool in her abdomen.

B-Bump! B-Bump! B-Bump! B-Bump! B-Bump!

Bringing her hand against her chest, she shook her head and tried to force her blush down. "Well I have to find Tamahome first, then we can go to the Emperor and try to sort this all out if it is possible…" Moving away from the man, she moved to go around the corner not noticing the heated gaze on her back. Suddenly the sound of footsteps were coming closer, and Kagome cursed at the possibility of being caught before finding the blue-haired teen.

Suddenly she was pulled back into a bush unto a well-muscled chest. Arms were wrapped around her mid-section, and she let the footsteps stop to a little away from the bush. Looking back at her current captor from the corner of her eye, she saw that his sharp eyes were focused on something. Maneuvering her body, she was able to get a perfect spot to check out what was happening. Instantly she brought her hands up to mouth to muffle the gasp.

'THEY HAVE TAMAHOME!'

"ALRIGHT ANSWER ME! WHERE'S THE WENCH!?"

Tamahome glanced at the now revived prison guard, and couldn't help but snort. He wasn't afraid of these guys, especially not the guard from earlier whom fainted after the display by Kagome. Sighing he shook his head with a clueless expression, "Beats me." Frustration was clear in their features, and the martial artist couldn't help but smirk. "She got away while you were guys were busy chasing after me…too bad huh?" Growling in anger and embarrassed, the guard punched Tamahome in the back of the head. "SO YOU WERE A DECOY HUH!?!"

Fury coursed through Kagome's veins at the treatment that the young man was receiving. 'HOW DARE THEY!?!' Mentally she shook her head at how many times she has had to think or say that about these guards. But pushing that thought away, she wrenched herself out of Hotohori's hold and jumped out of the bushes. "GET YOUR HANDS OFF OF HIM!!" The flabbergasted look on everyone's face would have usually amused her greatly, but at the moment amusement was the furthest thing from her mind.

Coming out of his shock, Tamahome shook his head. "You idiot! Why didn't you escape!?" Snorting at him, Kagome crossed her arms and narrowed her eyes. "I am not just going to leave you here! If we leave then we are leaving together!" A surprised expression formed on the young man's face, but it turned into alarm when a guard put his hands on the Miko's shoulders. Escaping his captor's grasp, he shot forward and kicked the guard holding her in the face.

He flew back into the other guards knocking them over, and moved in front of Kagome. "Lay one finger on this girl and you're dead!" The symbol of 'demon' was alit on his forehead, and unnoticed to everyone Hotohori's eyes widened at the sight of it. Kagome untied Tamahome, and leaned in towards him. She knew that if the guards tried anything, she could try to transport them out of the palace. "Y-YOU BASTARD!!" Just as they were going to come towards the two with swearing them to hell and back, another voice reverberated throughout the courtyard.

"Silence!"

Everyone froze in surprised, and turned towards the source of the voice. Hotohori stepped forward, and moved the cloak he had on from his person. The guards gawked at him as well as Tamahome, but Kagome wondered what their expressions were all about. Was he some high-ranking official?

"You are NOT permitted to touch those two without our direct orders!"

Instantly all of the guards wee bowing in embarrassment. "Y-Y-YOUR MAJESTY!!" Tamahome back away in shock, while realization flickered in blue eyes. "Oh so Hotohori is the Emperor then…" Looking at her like she had grown a second head. "How could you have not known that!?" Glancing over at him blankly, Kagome placed her hands on her hips. "I don't just go assuming that every handsome man I meet is royalty…after all that would make me think you are a prince or something neh?"

At that question, a cherry red blush overtook Tamahome's cheeks.

Sitting with her hands resting on his knees, Kagome had her eyes closed as she thought about the current situation. The miko wasn't ignorant of the stares that were boring into her body, and after a few moments she sighed and opened her eyes. Next to her was Tamahome who was kneeling down, and his hands were inside of his sleeves as he bowed towards the Emperor of Hong-Nan. From the corner of her eye, she noticed that he was uncomfortable in this stiff style of sitting.

'Well he does seem like the type to be uncomfortable in a formal setting…'

"Our apologies trickery was not our intention."

Instantly her eyes were on the Handsome Emperor who was now in his formal attire. Instead of his hair being loose, his hair was pulled up into a hat, which she guess acted as a crown of sorts. She wasn't knowledgeable of the Chinese culture, and doesn't actually know what it is for and will only assume something logical. But besides that, she would admit that she liked his hair down better. "We simply wished to understand you better." At this she tilted her head.

'Throwing us into a dungeon, and then trying to beat us isn't a way to get to know someone…but I will give them the benefit of the doubt.'

Giving him a smile in forgiveness, Hotohori continued. "At least we've disproved our counselor's assertion that you are evil spirits." While she wanted to smirk at the accusation, she kept the innocent expression on her face while tilting her head. "So I am guessing that we passed, and are not going to be thrown into the dungeon and then later executed?" He seemed to gain a look of adoring amusement.

"Of course you are not going to be executed…"

While Kagome pretty much figured that out, she couldn't help but be relieved at the confirmation. "However…we do have one request." Sitting up straight, she allowed herself to take on a mask of serenity. The miko had a feeling that she knew exactly what this request was. "Will you protect our Empire, Priestess of Suzaku?"

Both Yui and Miaka couldn't help but gape at the two sitting across from them. Their friend was not only a real Miko, but she was the Miko from the Legend of the Shikon no Tama!? Instantly both of their respect for the older female shot up. They knew they never would have been able to deal with all that she had gone through. Looking over at the book, the two girls wondered how Kagome was doing. 'Also if she went to look for that one guy…'

The two girls shared a grin at their shared thought.

Laying back on the large bed, Kagome hugged one of the large pillows to her frame. Inhaling the lovely scent coming from the fluffy pillows, the Miko couldn't help but feel happiness that she would be sleeping in a bed. While she wasn't against camping out in the woods, she has been spoiling herself as she stayed in her own time. Setting the pillow back with the others, she rolled over to the edge of the bed with a sigh. After she had agreed to become the Priestess of Suzaku, she was immediately shown to a room.

Seeing as she didn't feel like wearing her school uniform for the rest of the night, she took off everything but her shirt and undergarments. Unpacking her bad, she arranged things as she wanted them since she was certain she would be staying here for a very long time. 'Though I wonder what exactly Tamahome was doing?' After it was confirmed that the blue-haired male was a Constellation of Suzaku or warrior of Suzaku, some of the servants had shown him to another room.

Thinking about what had recently happened, Kagome could tell that the journey ahead of her would be difficult. 'Probably not as difficult as fighting demons day in and day out, but I am sure that it would be difficult…especially if the Priestess of Seiryuu is found soon….' Falling onto her back she closed her eyes. 'I will have to start learning all I can about this country and this world…problems that may arise or tensions between the nations.' From what Midoriko had said, she needed to try and prevent a war from breaking out between Hong-Nan and Qu-Dong.

A determined expression replaced the serenity as she thought about her appointed task. Sighing, a look of exhaustion then fell on her face. 'I am going to most likely be tired out by this…but as long as Miaka and Yui stay friends and won't be put against each other…then I will endure!' Kagome was then startled out of her thoughts by the sinking of the mattress under her, and the chuckle that reached her ears. "Your switch between expressions quickly!"

Opening her eyes, she was staring directly in the aforementioned martial artist's face. "Tamahome! When did you get here!?" Scratching his chin for a second with a grin, he looked at her with amusement clear in his teal eyes. "A few seconds ago, but since you seemed to be so deep in thought…I decided to wait for a little." Crossing her legs, Kagome crossed her arms under her chest unknowingly giving the Suzaku warrior a wonderful glimpse of her cleavage. "Well now that I am done with my musings…so did you need anything?"

Reaching over for her drawstring bag, she didn't notice the dazed expression on the young man's face.

"I'm here to cheer you up! Ever since you agreed to be the Priestess of Suzaku you have been acting more serious about it than you need to. Heck, even the Emperor is worried about you."

Looking over her shoulder with a raised eyebrow, Kagome smiled.

"You guys shouldn't worry too much, I thank you for the concern but I take my duties as a priestess very seriously…especially when the fate of an empire is resting on my shoulders…"

For a second a look of sadness flashed across her face. Like Kikyo she was being given an important task, in which nothing but her best would be acceptable or everything could go to ruin. Tamahome who was watching her noticed the expression, and his teal eyes softened. 'It's not like I can't have fun, but I can't afford to treat this like some joke…I will perform up to Midoriko and the Four Gods' expectations!' She was brought out of her thoughts when a pair of strong arms wrapped around her shoulders, and pulled her into a familiarly muscular chest.

"You don't have to do this by yourself you know, whenever you need someone to listen to your worries…or even a shoulder to cry on…as your warrior I will be here for you…so don't worry too much about everything alright?"

Blue eyes were wide with surprise at the words spoken to her, but she couldn't help but feel happy. When she first got to the Feudal Era, until Sango, she really didn't have anyone to tell how she was feeling. Even then when talking to the Demon Slayer, all she talked about were about her problems with Inuyasha. Or she was listening to Sango complain about Miroku's perverted habits. Never did she have anyone ask her how she felt about having to find all the shards of the Shikon no Tama, nor how she felt having been chosen as the eternal protector of the jewel.

'This was probably how Kikyo felt when she was given the responsibility of the Shikon no Tama…and it is most likely the catalyst for her to try and get rid of the jewel by having Inuyasha wish to be human…'

Don't get her wrong, she knew that Kikyo loved Inuyasha. But she also could see that Kikyo had seen a way out of the life that was dished out to her in Inuyasha. What better to do than have a hanyou you love to wish to become human, and in turn releasing you from the duty you were bound to so she could live as a normal woman? Yes, she had thought about this many times and she had come to accept that despite the Miko had been selfish, she was in love with the half-breed.

Closing her eyes, she felt herself to drifting off to sleep in the celestial warriors arms. Her powers checked her surroundings, and after not noticing anything with ill-intent she fell asleep in Tamahome's arms. As she allowed herself to fall into a peaceful slumber, she didn't notice the warm eyes that were locked on her face. Leaning forward, Tamahome placed a kiss on her forehead, and then he placed her gently underneath the covers. Getting up from the bed, he made his way towards the door. Looking back once more, he nodded as he came to a decision.

He was going to protect this woman with all that he had…and nothing but death would stop him.

End of Book I, Chapter 3; Part 1!

WHOOT! I am finally done with this chapter! I am sure that you are all just foaming at the mouth for the next chapter neh? Well here is the method I am doing for updates! When I am finished with one chapter, I will start on the next. Once the next one is done, and I start on the one after that…I will update the first one that I had finished. The cycle will continue until I get to the end of the story. I will tell you right now that the fates of some of the characters in this manga will be changed, I couldn't believe how some of my favorite characters were just killed off. ESPECIALLY HOTOHORI! D8 Nakago also has a chance to be in the harem by the way, he is my favorite character on par with Hotohori!

So I hope that you continue to enjoy my story until the end!

Ja ne,

DeathNoteMaker