Enjoy the continuing saga of Going to Visit my Cousin!

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or Yu-Gi-Oh.

Revised 5/10/13

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

"Kagome, we will get him back just like we will Joey!" Yami determinedly stated.

Kagome nodded strongly. She would do all she could to get her mate back. She didn't work so hard to gain his affection from Kikyo just to lose him to a madman. She looked to Yugi and Tea and motioned at them.

"Come on, we have some saving to do!" she shouted as they followed her to the building.

"Right!" Yami and Tea chanted together.

Meanwhile

Marick laughed at his fortunate turn in events. Sure, he may have lost that girl, Tea, but instead he gained someone much more useful to him, Inuyasha, Kagome's love interest. He couldn't have imagined a more welcome change in plans.

"Well, Odeon, look how well this turned out after all," Marick gloated.

Odeon nodded, "I knew you would not fail, Master," Odeon replied.

They left the building in a hurry before Yugi and his friends could find them. Marick didn't need them intruding on the main part of his plan. The double duel he had planned for Kagome and Yugi against their beloved friends he was sure would bring their demise, and bring him closer to world domination. He looked behind him to see Joey and Inuyasha obediently following him and Odeon.

With Yugi

Kagome, Yugi, and Tea were combing through the building quickly. Yami and Yugi both couldn't believe the gory mess Inuyasha had left. Yami looked towards Kagome expecting to see the same amount of horror on her face, but all he saw was determination to find Inuyasha and Joey. He felt Yugi's sad reaction to Kagome's lack of one.

'She shouldn't be so used to seeing this that death doesn't even faze her anymore,' Yugi explained.

Yami understood where his host was coming from. Death wasn't something to look over even if it was someone you disliked or deserved to die.

'I wonder what she's been through and seen,' Yami wondered.

'I'm not so sure I want to know,' Yugi replied bitterly.

Suddenly, Yami heard a frustrated yell from the other side of the building. He felt Yugi's realization and stab of fear. Adrenaline coursed through his body as he raced through the building meeting up with Tea as she ran towards the yell also.

"Did you hear that?" Tea questioned.

"It sounded like Kagome!" Yami replied.

"That's what I was afraid of," Tea said. She didn't want to lose any more of her friends than she already had.

They came to a stop on the other end of the building. Kagome sat on her knees as if she had given up.

She couldn't find him. Kagome had searched relentlessly through the building for Inuyasha, but there was no sign of him. Marick had gotten him and Joey. Marick now had both her and Yugi in the palm of his hands and they had no way of tracking them. Tears welled in her eyes. She just couldn't fathom why everything supernatural always happened to her. She felt a comforting hand on her shoulder.

The priestess looked up into the genuine face of Yugi. She got off her knees, turned around, and hugged him hoping to find strength in her cousin to confide in.

Yami's eyes widened and for a moment couldn't figure out what to do with his hands. Slowly, he wrapped them around her, and couldn't understand the sense rightness that took over his body. He closed his eyes not wanting one sense to take precedence to the one he now felt.

Tea looked between the two completely lost. She knew the two were cousins but that hug didn't look like a cousin hug to her. It was lasting longer than she would have hugged a family member, and did Yugi just pull her closer? Perhaps she just didn't understand the bond they had.

Yugi couldn't believe what had just occurred. He wanted to discuss it with his partner, but Yami was currently shutting him out claiming they needed to focus on Joey and Inuyasha at the moment. Yugi wanted to scream at Yami. What was that hug that just occurred, and the insane emotion that had welled up in Yami? That clearly wasn't focusing on the task at hand, but Yugi let it go. Arguing would only hinder them right now.

Kagome pulled away slowly her heart beating hard and fast. She felt a blush creep on her face. She didn't understand what was wrong with her. It was like a locked part of her soul was slowly being taken apart, and revealing a part of herself she never knew existed. She even felt guilty for Inuyasha, which was crazy since it was only an innocent hug between cousins, right?

Yami gasped as he looked into Kagome's face after they pulled apart. There plain as day was the Millennium symbol on her forehead. He could hardly believe it.

She looked at him confused, "What is it?" she questioned nervously.

"The Millennium symbol, Kagome, it was on your forehead! It is clear now that you are somehow involved not only in current events, but my past as well," Yami concluded.

Kagome took a step back. Deep down she knew it was true. She knew it when she had that dream. She had been right when she thought it was too real, because it had been. It had happened in the past. Somehow though, she thought she could ignore it, pretend like it never happened and just support Yugi without being involved. She could just be his cousin visiting for a month instead of playing some part in this dark magic with conflicting emotions and Millennium symbols.

Tea gasped at the revelation as she looked between the two, the Millennium symbol disappearing from Kagome's head.

"No, it's impossible," Kagome finally replied in denial.

She was wholly ready to deny this as long as she could.

"I'm already the reincarnation of someone else!"

"Then it is possible she is the reincarnation of someone in my past as well, but we don't have time to discuss the possibilities. We need to save Joey and Inuyasha," Yami prioritized.

Kagome nodded completely content with putting this conversation off. But once more they were faced with the dilemma of not knowing where Marick had taken Inuyasha and Joey. It didn't take long though before a rare hunter approached them a wicked grin on his face.

"A rare hunter!" Tea exclaimed as he approached them.

The rare hunter chuckled, "If you want to find Joey, then you will head to the pier, if you want to find Inuyasha then you will have to go back to the docks," he informed them.

"We will have to split up," Yami announced to Tea and Kagome.

"Tea, go with Kagome, I will find Joey on my own," Yami ordered as he turned his back to the girls.

Tea and Kagome looked at each other with determined eyes and nodded to one another. They headed off to the docks. Tea looked at Kagome with new found interest. Just when things seemed to be getting confusing they go and get even more confusing.

"So, Kagome, what exactly is Inuyasha," she asked curiously breaking the silence.

The memory of him soulless as he killed those two men haunted her memory.

Kagome sighed, "He's not from this era," she began, "He's actually a half-demon from Feudal Japan, which I found a portal to in my backyard. Together we worked hard with our friends to defeat the demon Naraku 500 years ago."

Tea's eyes widened. Inuyasha was a demon. She wouldn't be able to believe it if she hadn't seen it for herself.

"So, the reason he wears a hat?" she asked raising a brow.

Kagome smiled thinking about his cute dog ears, "He doesn't have normal ears like we do. He has dog ears because he is a dog half demon," she explained.

Tea was about to reply when suddenly she was snapped back and held tightly against a warm wall. Looking up revealed the disturbing face of Inuyasha.

Kagome turned around and gasped looking into the dull eyes she knew wasn't Inuyasha. It broke her heart to see him like this just like when he would go full demon. His gentle smile was now a jagged, evil grin, and his loving eyes showed no hint of the sort. Her throat tightened, but she wouldn't allow the tears to form.

"Inuyasha!" Tea and Kagome exclaimed together.

"Hello, Kagome, I've been waiting," Inuyasha replied with a distorted voice.

Kagome's eyes widened, "Inuyasha please fight it!" she yelled desperately, "You're stronger than this!"

Inuyasha laughed, "Like he could fight my control," Inuyasha said.

"Marick! Leave Inuyasha alone! He has nothing to do with you," Kagome answered vehemently.

"Oh, now that's where you are wrong, my dear, he has everything to do with you and your downfall!" he shouted gleefully.

Kagome gritted her teeth and with her last option of victory yelled with all her might, "SIT, SIT, SIT, SIT."

"Kagome…," a strangled voice cried as the rampage of sits strung on, "Kagome…please!"

"Kagome!" Tea shouted stopping the terrible word from coming out of Kagome's mouth, "I think he's back."

She looked down at Inuyasha who then dropped his face back into the dirt, "You stupid, wench," he muttered.

Kagome let the insult go as she fell down next to him and hugged him close to her happy he was okay, "Oh Inuyasha I was so worried!" she yelled happily.

Inuyasha thought as mad as he was he couldn't help but allow a small, gentle smile on his face. He assured her he was okay though he had lost his memories up until that splitting headache. They had almost caught each other up to current events when Kagome sensed the dark magic again.

Her happy smile turned into a worried frown. Yugi started dueling, and he needed support especially if it was Joey he was dueling.

"Yugi's dueling," she announced, "Come on, let's go!"

Meanwhile

Yami continued his walk to the pier in complete chaos. His mind was a jumble of emotions and if it weren't for Yugi keeping him in check he wasn't sure where he would be emotionally. He continued to move towards the dock until he saw Joey.

"Joey!" he whispered and took off towards him.

"Why hello Pharaoh," Joey's distorted voice answered him.

"Marick!" Yami exclaimed letting out a gasp.

Joey chuckled, "Correct," he sneered.

"What is it you want!" Yami shouted.

"Simple, a duel, but if you want your friend back you're going to have to win. If you lose, you hand over the puzzle, the god card, and your mind goes to the shadow realm!" Marick shouted through Joey laughing.

"Fine, I accept," Yami answered as he got his duel disk ready.

'Yami wait!' Yugi internally shouted, 'We can't use the god card on Joey!'

'I'm sorry Yugi, but the god card is a risk we must take to save Joey,' Yami replied.

"Whenever you're ready, Pharaoh," Joey sneered.

"Fine!" Yami drew the first card to start the duel.

TBC...

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