Lucky Penny

Summary – Playing a game of poker with Faith and Destiny can be a dangerous task, especially when they control the hands. Two souls, thrown into a world of twists and turns, take their chance in this game against the gods. With so many out to kill the young and talented duo, childhood friends Kagome and Kurama must fight their way through the trials in hopes of making it out alive.

Rated – M (Excessive Violence) (Excessive Sexual Themes) (Excessive Language) (Excessive Blood and Gore) (RAPE)

Disclaimer: Do you really have to ask? No I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho or InuYasha. The prophecy below however, I made that up, pretty well if I do say so myself.

I finally got the AGES sorted out.

Right now, starting from the beginning to where we are now...

Kagome: (3) (5) (7) (8) (10) (12) (13) and (15)

Kurama: (4) (6) (8) (9) (11) (13) (14) and (16)

Souta: (2) (4) (5) (7) (9) (10) and (12)

Junko: (5) (6) (8) (10) (11) and (13)

Kimi: (8) (10) (12) (13) and (15)

Minami: (10) and (12)

WARNING: This fic will get dark closer to the end...real...dark. Like...

Black, like...

Black as night, black as pitch, blacker then the foulest witch.

Yeah, that kind of dark.

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Chapter Eleven – Shadow Samurai.

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Eons ago, a prophecy was made that foretold the future of a single soul.

A female immortal would be placed among the human world, memories erased and body remade until the time of her rebirth.

And so the prophecy goes,

Into the grotto of the

Spring of the peachblossom

Invite the Immortal one.

She who is born on the night of the Beast

Will be tested for the right of her Immortal name,

Redemption

6.6.6

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The forest was tranquil for the time being, the numerous demons, big and small, seemed to be at rest. The two trespassers of Makai slept peacefully against a tall dark tree. Kagome's head rested against Kurama's shoulder.

-EREEEE-

Both bolted up in shock and stared at the large crow/bear like demon. Kagome cringed in pain when a taloned paw knocked her aside.

"Ahh!" She cried out as she was sent hurtling back into something...

'Soft?' She looked behind her and saw a figure cloaked in all black except for a white scarf wrapped around his neck. "Who—" She started asking him a question when he suddenly scooped her into his arms and jumped out of the way of another taloned paw.

"Stay here." He said simply before vanishing from her sight and appearing next to Kurama with a sword in hand.

'Wow, he so...cool.'

'Shouldn't you join them?'

'Huh? Oh Midoriko, yeah, I guess your right.'

She grabbed her knuckled dagger before jumping from the tree that her savior had placed her in. She darted forward and past the two boys, jumping on a near by boulder and onto the shoulder of the large demon, quickly taker her weapon and piercing the demons skin, purification pouring through her weapon and into the being.

The two stepped back as the demon fell forward, Kagome pulled her dagger from its neck and jumped off just before it touched the ground, landing gently on her feet between the two boys.

"That was easy."

"...you are a little ruthless when they hurt you."

"Oh hush, Kurama. You were the one telling me that I was being to easy on them. Now I'm being too hard on them?"

"I didn't say that, it's just a little nerve-racking when you use your purification around me."

"You know I won't purify a demon unless it tries to harm me, which reminds me." She turned around and faced the other demon who took a step back. He had black hair with a white starburst that stood in the shape of a flame, red glaring coldly at her.

'For good reason too.'

She bowed respectfully and he stared in shock. "Thank you. You didn't have to save me, yet you did. Please, join us in our travels. I'm positive that we could become close friends."

He scoffed. "Why would I join a traveling miko and her human vessel?"

"Do you need a reason?" She asked kindly, ignoring his comment about Kurama, a smile firmly placed on her face.

"Hn..." With that he disappeared right before their eyes.

"What a strange demon. A forbidden child, half fire half ice if my senses were correct. I hope we will meet him again."

"Who knows, come on, let's take a look around." Kurama said as he took her hand.

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'She knew what I was and yet...' He watched them leave and frowned slightly.

He followed after, staying hidden in the trees and leaves, silently watching the duo.

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Kagome sighed in content as they walked through a maze of vines and exotic plants.

"These plant's, ask Youko if any of these could be used for healing and such in our Holistic Shop."

'Well, you herd her.'

'Yeah, I heard. Well, the ones she's touching, the stem has a liquid that when turned into a gel can be used as a salve for poisonous effects from other plants. The one next to it produces a liquid during the winter time or in cold climates. When mixed with a drinkable substance it can be used to extract venom.'

"Yes, a couple of them can. We can come back for them some other time though."

"Your right. Huh, what's that?" Kagome took off running without waiting for Kurama's response.

Kurama looked up and watched multiple... "Are those tentacles?" His eyes widened and he took off running after Kagome.

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'Tentacles...she couldn't have gone there...hn...troublesome.'

The figure clad in black raced forward and kept himself camouflaged in the branches above. He watched as she looked into the murky depths of the water below, almost as if trying to distinguish what the figure below was.

She found out soon enough when a clawed hand shot out and wrapped around her wrist.

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"What...let go!" She said as a swamp urchin tried pulling her into his grimy waters, its claws digging into her skin, blood trickling down into the water. "Damn it!" She cried out as Kurama arrive with his rose whip in hand. Tentacles from below the murky surface shot out and started attacking him, blocking him from getting to Kagome.

She pulled her dagger out and went to strike it when a tentacle shot out and swatted it away. She watched as it flew behind her in an anonymous direction.

"Not good..."

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"Kagome, get away from that...thing!"

"I would love to Kurama, but its claws are currently stapled into my arm!" She whimpered slightly when it squeezed tighter and more blood pulled into the water.

She closed her eyes and let a tear fall, feeling scared for the first time in a long while.

-SCREEEE-

Her eyes shut tightly at the ear piercing cry the demon before her made, opening them only to see what had happened to cause it to cry out like that. Her eyes widened as she fumbled to crawl backwards, a bleeding urchin was in front of her and the sword wielding demon from before. He had severed the arm of the being and she watched as a quick movement on his part had the demons head sliding from its shoulders and into the blood stained water.

"Humph..."

Kagome sighed in relief but let a gasp of pain out as the claw hand still held tight to her still bleeding wrist.

"Geez, you would think it'd let go." She muttered through clenched teeth. She watched as the tentacles fell limp around Kurama and her and watched as he ran up to her.

"Kagome, are you okay?" He asked, prying the claws from her wrist, removing them one at a time.

"Y-yeah, fine."

The black clad figure turned to leave when her other hand grasped his cloak.

"You have helped us twice, please, stay and join us."

"..." He looked back at her.

"Well, can we at least know your name?" She asked as Kurama tended to her arm, wrapping it in a nearby leaf of some Makai plant.

"...Hiei."

"Well Hiei, my name is Kagome, this is Kurama."

"Pleasure." Kurama said as he inclined his head before continuing with the wound before him.

"You know what I am..." Hiei said coldly.

"A child born from love, an outcast because you are different. Your point?" He stared at her with wide eyes before returning to his normal cold demeanor

"Fine...I'll travel with your group. Only because I'm curious as to how long you two will live in this world; I give you two weeks at most...and that's if you're extremely lucky." Hiei said before jumping onto a nearby branch and leaning against the trunk as he waited for Kurama to finish up with her wound.

"Thanks for the overwhelming sanguinity." Kurama said in an impassive tone.

"You're quite welcome."

Kagome looked at the two as they started glaring at each other. Not that she was taking sides but...Hiei had Kurama beat when it came to glares.

"Eh...hehe, this will be interesting."

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Me: I hope you liked it. I was bored so I uploaded. Please review.