The Next Adventure
Youko goddess: Thank you so much for being patient with me, now I present to you the ending of this story. If it isn't as long as you expected oh well. . . .
Twilight: You know very well everyone will be after your blood after they read this. . .
Youko goddess: I know but I can't help it. . . ^___^
Silver: Someday you'll get yourself killed. . . .
Youko goddess: Now as much as I would like to thank each and everyone of you who reviewed. . .well I'm getting a little too lazy to type a lot now. . . .gomen nasai. . .
Yue: Disclaimer is still the same, she does not own Inuyasha or Yu Yu Hakusho. . .
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Last time:
Kurama was still in the same position he had been in for the last week. His hand still held hers tightly. His eyes never straying from her face. Just when sleep was about to claim him, he saw her eyes open slowly. Her mouth forming one word.
"Kurama."
This time:
Kagome had sat up now, her back leaning slightly against the wooden wall of the hut. Her hair tumbled down her shoulders and was slightly tousled. Her skin was pale from her long aversion of sunlight. But her sparkling sapphire eyes still held their unique twinkle to them.
"Umm, how long was I out for?" she asked her voice hoarse with hints of weariness.
Kurama, however, just stayed rooted in his place. Kagome was awake? The last thing he remembered was sleep claiming him so maybe. Maybe all of this was just a dream, and nothing more. She'll still be in a coma-like state when he wakes up.
After a full week of waiting for her to suddenly arise, doubts suddenly flooded his being. He wanted her to wake up, now here she was, in the waking world. . .yet why is he doubting it now? Shouldn't he be overjoyed at the sight of her?
"Kurama? Are you alright? Maybe you should be resting?" she waved her hand in front of his face.
' She can't be awake. . . Can she?'
+ And why not?+ argued his other self.
+ She's awake now isn't she? And look, now you're worrying her and she's just been up for barely five minutes!! Say something to her!!+
"Uh. . ." was all he could manage.
+ *slaps his non visible forehead* oh boy. . .+
"Kurama? I need you should be the one resting and not me. . . "she said getting up.
She slowly stood, leaning against the wall for support. She knees began to shake and buckled beneath her, as she crashed back down to earth again.
"Ok, gravity hates me right now. . ."
Kurama then snapped out of his reverie and chuckled. Causing one of Kagome's famous glares to be directed at him.
"Don't just sit there laughing at me! How could you, and here I thought you were the nice one too. . . "she grumbled as she tried again to stand up.
After several tries, and with help from Kurama she was finally able to walk outside to greet and console her worried companions. The sun was high up, as she stood, clinging to Kurama, she was blinking furiously, trying to get used to the brightness of day once more.
"I don't remember Sengoku Jidai being this bright. . ." she grumbled inaudibly.
No sooner had those words left her mouth, Kurama laughed at her again.
"Oh quit it, would you?"
"Sorry, but you are too amusing to watch."
Hearing laughter coming from the direction of the hut, the others made their way there to see what was the commotion about. And well, you should all know what happens next. Kagome is then engulfed in a mass of arms she could hardly breathe, yet was also touched that so many people cared about her.
"Hey, no one ever answered my question. How long was I out for?"
"A whole week, Kagome." Sango replied.
"I've been out for that long?!! Well it explains why I'm so stiff."
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With Sesshomaru and his group
Sesshomaru was nearing Inuyasha's Forest. He would've have gotten there sooner but Jaken had decided to leave Rin out of his sight. So precious time was wasted rescuing Rin from a demon and time was also spent on punishing the ignorant toad for placing his ward in danger in the first place.
Sesshomaru sighed, and listened for any signs of the priestess of the Jewel of Four Souls nearby. Hearing only the sounds of the forest he trudged on. His sharp hearing then picked up the sound of people rejoicing. Shrugging that off as the mismatched group he made his way towards the source.
There he saw the priestess. Pale and tired looking, but still jubilant, in the arms of her comrades who were smiling widely. The demon slayer and another woman he couldn't identify were close to tears.
' Now what has happened that I was informed of?'
He then placed that thought in the back of his mind as something he could find out later. He boldly walked towards the group, noting that a hushed and grim silence had befallen the once happy people.
"Do not worry, I am not here to pick a fight, but rather offer a momentary truce. An alliance if you will, against the hanyou Naraku."
The others then glanced at each other. Some faces held traces of doubt, and there were others who looked thoughtful, Kagome included.
"Well, we could use the help, after the Lord of the Western lands would be a great asset in the fight." Miroku said.
"Ok then, we agree to your terms of alliance Lord Sesshomaru." Kagome replied.
He nodded and looked at the group. Well, it had certainly grown in size since he last saw them. Inuyasha was of course not among their number having been killed. After scrutinizing the newly added members he began to wonder if they truly had what it took to defeat Naraku.
"I was told that the hanyou was planning to attack all of you in two months, I suggest you prepare until the time comes. "
"I know Kag! We could get grandma to train you! And the rest of us can train you as well, just in case!"
"Great idea, but what about the others, I don't think they can get through the well. . . "
"I will personally train your friends." Sesshomaru offered.
"Are you guys okay about this?"
"Don't worry about us Kagome-chan, we'll be fine, and stronger when you come back."
"Ok then, I'll see you in the week before the two months are up."
So with that, she, and the others from the modern era followed the trail towards the well. Each lost in thought about the upcoming battle.
Yusuke was the most excited of the group. Perhaps he would find a challenge in this Naraku. He was also hoping that Keiko wouldn't give him a slapping session when he got back. Being sat by Kagome was painful enough.
Hiei was wondering about how strong Naraku was, but wasn't too worried, all he cared about right now was a way to get Kuwabara away from his sister, and of course there were also little thoughts about the demon slayer.
Kuwabara. Well there's really not much going through his head, except for thoughts about becoming a better man for Yukina, and maybe one or two thoughts about beating Yusuke up.
Boton was thinking of ways to give Miroku more time so that he can fight with naraku, and avoid being swallowed up by his Wind Tunnel during the battle.
Kurama was busy thinking about Kagome. He was worried that training would Genkai would exhaust her, especially since she had just woken up from her self-induced coma. But then again, she has a unique strength within her, and that thought comforted him. . .a little.
Kagome was tired. All she could probably think about was a nice hot bath and a soft bed to look forward too. Thoughts about Naraku and the shattered jewel pieces were pushed back far into her mind. She was also looking forward to training with Genkai, now she wouldn't always have to stand in the sidelines shooting her sacred arrows once in a while.
The well stood there, ahead, in a clearing. One by one the group solemnly jumped in. As the familiar sounds, and smells of the modern era assaulted them, they knew that they should hurry and begin training at once.
Yusuke took the others and went ahead, leaving Kurama to wait for Kagome as she said her possibly final goodbyes to her family.
"I know I can't stop you Kagome, so the only thing I can do is hope and pray that you'll return to us again."
"I'm sorry kaa-san, but I'll do my best to come back, no matter what."
Kagome then turned to leave, taking one last look at her family waving goodbye. She sighed and adjusted her backpack, and followed Kurama towards Genkai's temple.
The temple was surrounded by many old trees. Being here made her think of the Sengoku Jidai again, and of the upcoming battle. The two walked up the steps with ease, and was greeted by the woman herself.
So thus, was the beginning of Kagome's training.
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Ok, now skip forward one month and two weeks
"Alright Kagome, now let's try that move one more time!" Kurama instructed.
"Rose whiplash!"
Kagome had a crystallized whip in her hand. The blurs of her attack had left the gigantic boulder into dust.
"Good job, Kagome I think you've got it."
"Thanks Kurama."
"Your training with Kurama has gone well I see." said Genkai in an approving tone.
"Yes it has, but I can only hope it'll be enough."
"Ok, I think you should rest now, your training with Yusuke later on, and that'll be last of your lessons."
"Actually I think I'll go train with him now, so I can get this over with."
With Yusuke
"Ok Kagome, let's see your Spirit Gun."
Kagome gathered up her energy. The flow of spirit energy in her finger growing rapidly. As soon as she had deemed it powerful enough, she let loose her Spirit Gun. Watching it go through quite a bit of the forest, before disappearing into the sky.
"Wow, even I couldn't do that after a month of grandma's evil boot camp. Well that's it for your training, now we all have to hope that you can actually defeat Naraku on your own."
"Why you! SIT!"
Yusuke's face is then planted deeply into the ground.
"Humph! I swear you're worse than Inuyasha when you're like this! So SIT!!"
Kagome then huffs and walks away leaving Yusuke in the dirt, and in pain.
Kagome had gone to sleep, restless that night. Tomorrow morning the group will head out towards the well, and return to the Feudal Era again. She was excited that she'll see her friends again, but also afraid of the battle to come. There can not be any mistakes or else all will be lost, and their deaths would be in vain.
She lay there, lost in the swirl of her thoughts that she didn't hear her door open, until she felt someone sit on her bed.
"Why aren't you asleep yet? I could hear you moving around next door."
She pulled the covers over her face. "Gomen ne Kurama, I'm just anxious is all."
"Well try to get as much sleep as you can, you'll need it. Good night Kagome." he said, as he exited through the door.
"Good night Kurama."
She turned on her side, and felt the first tendrils of sleep creep on her, and then she gladly succumbed and slept.
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Kagome had slept for what felt like five minutes. She rubbed the sleep out of her eyes and did her usual morning activities. By the time she was ready, everyone else was already waiting for her outside.
"What took ya so long?"
"Sit. Boy."
"Itai." mumbled Yusuke from his crater. In fact if you looked closely around the temple you could see a bunch of Yusuke shaped holes all over the place. Some deeper than others, and some that looked like bottomless pits.
The rest either laughed or chuckled and made their way back to the Higurashi Shrine. Again the rest had jumped in first, with Kagome being the last one. The Sengoku Jidai was still as they had left it, which they took was a good sign. In the distance they could see the holy mountain, and a large cloud of miasma surrounding the peak.
They all then began to make their way West, towards Sesshomaru's lands. the journey there took about 4 days, with everyone's enhanced abilities. The home of the Taiyoukai of the Western Lands was impressive. The rest of the group was waiting in the front. You could easily tell from the way they looked that they had indeed gotten much stronger than they were before.
They exchange pleasantries and stories about their training session. All too son it was time to say good bye to the young ones and head out towards the holy mountain to confront Naraku and end the search of their quest.
As Kagome stood on that hillside, at the foot of the mountain. A crisp cool breeze blew through her hair, her companions from the Feudal Era stood on her left, the ones from the Modern Era on her right. She then it was time, as the gathering cloud of miasma came closer. This was the beginning of the end. The stakes have been raised, now it's up to them to seal the fate of the Shikon no Tama. . . .
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Youko goddess: Oh my, well that's the end of this story for you, I thank you all for being so patient.
Youko goddess: Thank you so much for being patient with me, now I present to you the ending of this story. If it isn't as long as you expected oh well. . . .
Twilight: You know very well everyone will be after your blood after they read this. . .
Youko goddess: I know but I can't help it. . . ^___^
Silver: Someday you'll get yourself killed. . . .
Youko goddess: Now as much as I would like to thank each and everyone of you who reviewed. . .well I'm getting a little too lazy to type a lot now. . . .gomen nasai. . .
Yue: Disclaimer is still the same, she does not own Inuyasha or Yu Yu Hakusho. . .
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Last time:
Kurama was still in the same position he had been in for the last week. His hand still held hers tightly. His eyes never straying from her face. Just when sleep was about to claim him, he saw her eyes open slowly. Her mouth forming one word.
"Kurama."
This time:
Kagome had sat up now, her back leaning slightly against the wooden wall of the hut. Her hair tumbled down her shoulders and was slightly tousled. Her skin was pale from her long aversion of sunlight. But her sparkling sapphire eyes still held their unique twinkle to them.
"Umm, how long was I out for?" she asked her voice hoarse with hints of weariness.
Kurama, however, just stayed rooted in his place. Kagome was awake? The last thing he remembered was sleep claiming him so maybe. Maybe all of this was just a dream, and nothing more. She'll still be in a coma-like state when he wakes up.
After a full week of waiting for her to suddenly arise, doubts suddenly flooded his being. He wanted her to wake up, now here she was, in the waking world. . .yet why is he doubting it now? Shouldn't he be overjoyed at the sight of her?
"Kurama? Are you alright? Maybe you should be resting?" she waved her hand in front of his face.
' She can't be awake. . . Can she?'
+ And why not?+ argued his other self.
+ She's awake now isn't she? And look, now you're worrying her and she's just been up for barely five minutes!! Say something to her!!+
"Uh. . ." was all he could manage.
+ *slaps his non visible forehead* oh boy. . .+
"Kurama? I need you should be the one resting and not me. . . "she said getting up.
She slowly stood, leaning against the wall for support. She knees began to shake and buckled beneath her, as she crashed back down to earth again.
"Ok, gravity hates me right now. . ."
Kurama then snapped out of his reverie and chuckled. Causing one of Kagome's famous glares to be directed at him.
"Don't just sit there laughing at me! How could you, and here I thought you were the nice one too. . . "she grumbled as she tried again to stand up.
After several tries, and with help from Kurama she was finally able to walk outside to greet and console her worried companions. The sun was high up, as she stood, clinging to Kurama, she was blinking furiously, trying to get used to the brightness of day once more.
"I don't remember Sengoku Jidai being this bright. . ." she grumbled inaudibly.
No sooner had those words left her mouth, Kurama laughed at her again.
"Oh quit it, would you?"
"Sorry, but you are too amusing to watch."
Hearing laughter coming from the direction of the hut, the others made their way there to see what was the commotion about. And well, you should all know what happens next. Kagome is then engulfed in a mass of arms she could hardly breathe, yet was also touched that so many people cared about her.
"Hey, no one ever answered my question. How long was I out for?"
"A whole week, Kagome." Sango replied.
"I've been out for that long?!! Well it explains why I'm so stiff."
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With Sesshomaru and his group
Sesshomaru was nearing Inuyasha's Forest. He would've have gotten there sooner but Jaken had decided to leave Rin out of his sight. So precious time was wasted rescuing Rin from a demon and time was also spent on punishing the ignorant toad for placing his ward in danger in the first place.
Sesshomaru sighed, and listened for any signs of the priestess of the Jewel of Four Souls nearby. Hearing only the sounds of the forest he trudged on. His sharp hearing then picked up the sound of people rejoicing. Shrugging that off as the mismatched group he made his way towards the source.
There he saw the priestess. Pale and tired looking, but still jubilant, in the arms of her comrades who were smiling widely. The demon slayer and another woman he couldn't identify were close to tears.
' Now what has happened that I was informed of?'
He then placed that thought in the back of his mind as something he could find out later. He boldly walked towards the group, noting that a hushed and grim silence had befallen the once happy people.
"Do not worry, I am not here to pick a fight, but rather offer a momentary truce. An alliance if you will, against the hanyou Naraku."
The others then glanced at each other. Some faces held traces of doubt, and there were others who looked thoughtful, Kagome included.
"Well, we could use the help, after the Lord of the Western lands would be a great asset in the fight." Miroku said.
"Ok then, we agree to your terms of alliance Lord Sesshomaru." Kagome replied.
He nodded and looked at the group. Well, it had certainly grown in size since he last saw them. Inuyasha was of course not among their number having been killed. After scrutinizing the newly added members he began to wonder if they truly had what it took to defeat Naraku.
"I was told that the hanyou was planning to attack all of you in two months, I suggest you prepare until the time comes. "
"I know Kag! We could get grandma to train you! And the rest of us can train you as well, just in case!"
"Great idea, but what about the others, I don't think they can get through the well. . . "
"I will personally train your friends." Sesshomaru offered.
"Are you guys okay about this?"
"Don't worry about us Kagome-chan, we'll be fine, and stronger when you come back."
"Ok then, I'll see you in the week before the two months are up."
So with that, she, and the others from the modern era followed the trail towards the well. Each lost in thought about the upcoming battle.
Yusuke was the most excited of the group. Perhaps he would find a challenge in this Naraku. He was also hoping that Keiko wouldn't give him a slapping session when he got back. Being sat by Kagome was painful enough.
Hiei was wondering about how strong Naraku was, but wasn't too worried, all he cared about right now was a way to get Kuwabara away from his sister, and of course there were also little thoughts about the demon slayer.
Kuwabara. Well there's really not much going through his head, except for thoughts about becoming a better man for Yukina, and maybe one or two thoughts about beating Yusuke up.
Boton was thinking of ways to give Miroku more time so that he can fight with naraku, and avoid being swallowed up by his Wind Tunnel during the battle.
Kurama was busy thinking about Kagome. He was worried that training would Genkai would exhaust her, especially since she had just woken up from her self-induced coma. But then again, she has a unique strength within her, and that thought comforted him. . .a little.
Kagome was tired. All she could probably think about was a nice hot bath and a soft bed to look forward too. Thoughts about Naraku and the shattered jewel pieces were pushed back far into her mind. She was also looking forward to training with Genkai, now she wouldn't always have to stand in the sidelines shooting her sacred arrows once in a while.
The well stood there, ahead, in a clearing. One by one the group solemnly jumped in. As the familiar sounds, and smells of the modern era assaulted them, they knew that they should hurry and begin training at once.
Yusuke took the others and went ahead, leaving Kurama to wait for Kagome as she said her possibly final goodbyes to her family.
"I know I can't stop you Kagome, so the only thing I can do is hope and pray that you'll return to us again."
"I'm sorry kaa-san, but I'll do my best to come back, no matter what."
Kagome then turned to leave, taking one last look at her family waving goodbye. She sighed and adjusted her backpack, and followed Kurama towards Genkai's temple.
The temple was surrounded by many old trees. Being here made her think of the Sengoku Jidai again, and of the upcoming battle. The two walked up the steps with ease, and was greeted by the woman herself.
So thus, was the beginning of Kagome's training.
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Ok, now skip forward one month and two weeks
"Alright Kagome, now let's try that move one more time!" Kurama instructed.
"Rose whiplash!"
Kagome had a crystallized whip in her hand. The blurs of her attack had left the gigantic boulder into dust.
"Good job, Kagome I think you've got it."
"Thanks Kurama."
"Your training with Kurama has gone well I see." said Genkai in an approving tone.
"Yes it has, but I can only hope it'll be enough."
"Ok, I think you should rest now, your training with Yusuke later on, and that'll be last of your lessons."
"Actually I think I'll go train with him now, so I can get this over with."
With Yusuke
"Ok Kagome, let's see your Spirit Gun."
Kagome gathered up her energy. The flow of spirit energy in her finger growing rapidly. As soon as she had deemed it powerful enough, she let loose her Spirit Gun. Watching it go through quite a bit of the forest, before disappearing into the sky.
"Wow, even I couldn't do that after a month of grandma's evil boot camp. Well that's it for your training, now we all have to hope that you can actually defeat Naraku on your own."
"Why you! SIT!"
Yusuke's face is then planted deeply into the ground.
"Humph! I swear you're worse than Inuyasha when you're like this! So SIT!!"
Kagome then huffs and walks away leaving Yusuke in the dirt, and in pain.
Kagome had gone to sleep, restless that night. Tomorrow morning the group will head out towards the well, and return to the Feudal Era again. She was excited that she'll see her friends again, but also afraid of the battle to come. There can not be any mistakes or else all will be lost, and their deaths would be in vain.
She lay there, lost in the swirl of her thoughts that she didn't hear her door open, until she felt someone sit on her bed.
"Why aren't you asleep yet? I could hear you moving around next door."
She pulled the covers over her face. "Gomen ne Kurama, I'm just anxious is all."
"Well try to get as much sleep as you can, you'll need it. Good night Kagome." he said, as he exited through the door.
"Good night Kurama."
She turned on her side, and felt the first tendrils of sleep creep on her, and then she gladly succumbed and slept.
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Kagome had slept for what felt like five minutes. She rubbed the sleep out of her eyes and did her usual morning activities. By the time she was ready, everyone else was already waiting for her outside.
"What took ya so long?"
"Sit. Boy."
"Itai." mumbled Yusuke from his crater. In fact if you looked closely around the temple you could see a bunch of Yusuke shaped holes all over the place. Some deeper than others, and some that looked like bottomless pits.
The rest either laughed or chuckled and made their way back to the Higurashi Shrine. Again the rest had jumped in first, with Kagome being the last one. The Sengoku Jidai was still as they had left it, which they took was a good sign. In the distance they could see the holy mountain, and a large cloud of miasma surrounding the peak.
They all then began to make their way West, towards Sesshomaru's lands. the journey there took about 4 days, with everyone's enhanced abilities. The home of the Taiyoukai of the Western Lands was impressive. The rest of the group was waiting in the front. You could easily tell from the way they looked that they had indeed gotten much stronger than they were before.
They exchange pleasantries and stories about their training session. All too son it was time to say good bye to the young ones and head out towards the holy mountain to confront Naraku and end the search of their quest.
As Kagome stood on that hillside, at the foot of the mountain. A crisp cool breeze blew through her hair, her companions from the Feudal Era stood on her left, the ones from the Modern Era on her right. She then it was time, as the gathering cloud of miasma came closer. This was the beginning of the end. The stakes have been raised, now it's up to them to seal the fate of the Shikon no Tama. . . .
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Youko goddess: Oh my, well that's the end of this story for you, I thank you all for being so patient.
