krystal: O_O Thank you everyone for the kind reviews, and as for pairings, I've decided to cut down on the romance. But maybe I'll put Kagome and Kurama together, although I hardly doubt they seem like the perfect match

Kurama: *walks in* Why not?

Hiei: Because you're a 300 year old youkai and you going out with a 14 year old is creepy

Kagome: O_o *slaps both Hiei and Kurama*

*Kuwabara and Yusuke walk in*

Kuwabara: Oh! Oh! Can say it… can I!

krystal: Go ahead

Kuwabara: krystal doesn't own any of the YYH or InuYasha characters!!!

Yusuke: You feel special don't you?

Kuwabara: *^_^*

Hiei: Baka…

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The classroom door slid open and behind it stood a short man (or boy) dressed in formal Chinese clothing. Black hair spike up and he looked directly at the raven haired miko. A cold gaze swept across her features and Kagome realized that this man wasn't human. He was a youkai.

"Excuse me sir? Can I help you?" Mr. Takenaka questioned the man.

"Yes, I'm looking for Kagome, may she be excused?" The man obviously wasn't up to speaking formally, but he put up with it, grabbing Kagome by the arms and dragging her out of school grounds.

"Let me go you freak!" Kagome stopped struggling however, when she saw the same boy that she'd bumped into earlier. Yusuke. He was looking at her strangely and Kagome whimpered. "Whaddya want with me?"

"You're Kagome Higurashi, the reincarnation of the priestess Kikyou. A miko." A soft voice whispered, behind Yusuke stood a taller red-head, much more calmer then the rest.

"H-how did you know? Who are you? What do you want with me." she whispered stunned that they knew so much about her.

"Kagome, we are the Reikai Tentai. We were sent by the Reikai Prince Koenma to assist you in your return and help find the shards." The red-head said. "We also know of the barrier that surrounds the Bone Eaters Well that is your means of transportation. Already the fourth and fifth member of our group is trying to break it. But we may need your help as well."

Yusuke nodded "Look, we know this is sudden, but we also know its important, here, the red-head is Kurama, shorty here is Hiei. Both of them are demons, and I'm half Battle Demon as well. The other two that you'll meat is an orange oaf, Kuwabara, and Genkai. Now, are you gonna join us, or chicken out?"

Kagome blinked furiously and slapped Yusuke, leaving a sharp image of a red imprint on his face. "Chicken out? You're the one who grabbed me outta class in such a rush. And why should I believe you anyhow?"

The three stared at the young miko priestess. She had more spunk then they had thought. Kurama grinned sheepishly as he realized that he was the one who told Hiei to take her from class. Hiei merely stared at her with a raised eyebrow and Yusuke was still crumpled on the floor, rather humbled by the blow he'd received from Kagome.

Hiei grabbed Kagome's arm roughly, breaking the silence. "Foolish woman, your lucky you'd hit Yusuke, not me. If you'd slapped me like that I'd have killed you in mere seconds. Don't do it again. Baka onna. Now come on, we haven't got much time to lose."

It was now Kagome's turn to be speechless, and without any regard to what Hiei said, she shook her arm out of his grasp and slapped him. "Don't do that you three eyed demon!"

Hiei stared at her, how did she know? But before the little fire demon could react to her blow, Kurama cut in. "Listen, as much as I'd like to see this little ruse go on, we do have to get to the Bone Eater's Well. Are you coming are not?"

"It's not as if I have any choice." Kagome muttered.

~*~*~*~*~*Return to Sunset Shrine~*~*~*~*~*

Kagome and the Reikai Tentai stood just outside the burnt remains of Sunset Shrine. She stared at the place, lost in thought, finding it hard to believe that tis was once her home. Her happy home…

***Flashback***

"Mom, I'm home!"

"Kagome? Back so soon?" her mother had asked with a happy smile. Sota was eating oden at the dinner table and Kagome jumped with bliss.

"It's oden! It's oden!" She had cried. Her brother had quickly moved to allow her a seat as she stuffed herself greedily with the fishballs.

"Dear, I have some ramen for InuYasha. You can give it to him." Mikoumi called out from the kitchen.

"Great mom, that's great! Inu- *munch munch swallow* InuYasha'll love it." she called out. Kagome leapt up and dug into her bag, pulling out scraps of crayons and candybar wrappers and dumping them into the garbage bag. She refilled it with more crayons and candy and the ramen. "I'll just drop them off and come right back mom!"

She had no idea Naraku was watching her…

***End of Flashback***

"Kagome? We're here, let's go." A quiet voice rang out hidden deeply in Kagome's thoughts.

"Huh? What? Oh, we're here. Right." She whispered softly as she climbed the steps. Two people greeted them. One was an old woman who looked morose ad solitary, quite like Hiei. The other was a younger man, quite a cheerful boy that Kagome took an instant liking to.

"Hm, so your that miko girl Koenma's been talking to me about. He says you've a very strong heart for one having been thrown into such a predicament." Genkai said in a brisk and strong tone, quite to Kagome's surprise. The woman, however old she may be had a quite a youthful spirit. Yusuke on the other hand was sputtering in surprise.

"Wait a second. You mean you and that toddler already knew about this and never told us? Why the hell am I a damn spirit detective if no one tells me about things like this?" He asked hotly. Kurama put a slight restraint on Yusuke's shoulder; the boy was about ready to attack his old sensei and having given Yusuke most of her power a year ago, in the Dark Tournament she was no longer as powerful as she once was.

"We had current issues upholding us Yusuke. Would you rather Koenma send you back in time while we had demons trying to raise havoc on Ningenkai?" she stated calmly. Yusuke quieted down as he realized that Genkai was right. "You and Kuwabara were the only ones that we withheld this information for. But with the coming of peace for the next three years, we can at least take on this. It will not be easy."

"Wait a minute, you mean you were off fighting demons in this time?" Kagome was confused. "And what d'you mean ningenkai? I thought all demons lived here." The entire group quieted down. All eyes fell on Genkai, Kurama and Hiei. Neither Yusuke nor Kuwabara knew anything about demons living in their world either.

~*~*~*~*~*A Lesson in History/ Kagome's Surprise~*~*~*~*~*

"I suppose I should tell this story then, being that I am the eldest in present terms." Kurama said in a quiet tone:

"Six hundred years ago the world revolved as two worlds, Reikai, and Ningenkai. Demons and humans lived together in Ningenkai. We demons were more modernized in the way we control our energy, and we still are today. We took advantage of this and it became a constant battle between mortals and demons. But as the humans also began to discover a way to control energy, we began to lose our grip on this world. In an effort to preserve the life of demons, we escaped into an alternate universe of space and time, the fourth dimension, Makai. Over hundreds of years we've nursed our wounds, growing in massive numbers, killing off one and the other, because on the day we escaped, a priestess provided a strong barrier that took us decades to break. But when we did, a constant war waged in Makai and Ningenkai. Koenma and his father, King Enma enrolled humans who could control their spirit energy and use it into a weapon, to fight and protect Ningenkai. That would be Yusu-"

Kagome cut into Kurama's words, "Who was the priestess that created the barrier?"

Kurama looked strangely at Kagome, "You."

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{Note: Thank you Phobia for giving me those wonderful suggestions, I'll try to keep that in mind.}