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Kagome- Has anyone seen DreamVixen?
InuYasha- Nope
Yusuke- Why do you ask?
Kagome- Shippo was playing with a strange hat that fell out of her closet and suddenly turned into a stuffed toy.
Botan- KAWAII!!! ^-^
InuYasha- Well, she better show up soon. She's supposed to take this ink off at the end of this chapter.
Kuwabara- Aww, man! That kitty's really good. *Inu knocks him out*
Kagome-INUYASHA!
InuYasha- What, Bitch?!
Kagome- SIT!!!! *Inu meets his old friend dirt*
InuYasha-@_@
Keiko- We're gonna try to find DreamVixen.
Sango- Enjoy this next chapter in my point of view *does victory dance*
Group- *Sweat drop*
Kagome- And DV still owns no one but Reikoku and Ganko
\...\ Youko\Kurama talk -...- beast talk *...* telepathy '...' thoughts
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All rational thought was derailed when I saw Kagome. The rest of the group fell silent. Kagome gave us a puzzled look.
"What's up? Do I have something on my face?" That's when my mind came back.
"Kagome?" I gasped, "What the hell happened?!" her puzzled look deepened.
"What are you talking about?" She asked, crossing her arms. I stood, walked past the paralyzed Kurama, took her hand, and put it on one of the furry ears sticking out of her head.
She gasped and ran to a mirror that was hanging on a nearby wall. I knew she was now looking at her new face. Dark violet eyes, a gray star on her forehead, a pair of blue streaks starting at the top of her nose and going down at a slant to the top of her jaw bone, and a black streak on her chin. Her hair had gotten about five inches longer, and was tipped in violet. Black, violet tipped ears stuck out of her head. Her figure was also more defined. When the changes finally registered in Kagome's shell-shocked mind, she did what any sane girl would do.
"KKKKYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Kagome?" I turned to see little Souta trying to get past the mess at the door. He, too had black fox ears, though his were tipped in blue, and the same mark as Kagome was on his forehead. He also had four streaks going across his face, the bottom ones were like Kagome's only violet. Two blue streaks started under his eyes and curled up to his temples. "Was that you? What's the mat-" he stopped when he saw her, "ter..." he stood staring, then his face broke into a huge grin, "Cool!" he ran over to the mirror and his grin widened when he saw his own face.
"Kagome?!" this time it was InuYasha. He came in and stopped dead, his jaw hanging open. Kagome came to life again.
"INUYASHA?!" She said in bewilderment, "How did you get here? I sealed the well!"
"Keiko took the seal off," Yusuke said watching Kagome's ears. Kagome stiffened. I gulped. Uh-oh...
"WWWWWWHHHHHHAAAAAAATTTTTTT!!!!!!" Kagome screeched. Then she turned to me, ears flat against her head. "SAN-GO!!!!!!" I winced.
"Calm down, Kagome," I said quickly, "I'm sure she won't mind too much. It might even be helpful for her."
"OF COARSE SHE'LL MIND!!! SANGO HOW COULD YOU?!?!?!"
"You where in danger! There was no other way!"
"Umm, why does this matter so much?" Yusuke said in confusion. Kagome sighed.
"Because it means Keiko's miko powers were forced to awaken." She said grimacing.
"...So?"
"So, unless if her powers are trained, they might threaten to back fire on her when she's in danger. At her power level, that could be fatal."
"...WHAT?!?!" Everyone glared at me. Shoot.
"Hehehe..." I said meekly, "Did I leave that out?"
"YES YOU LEFT THAT OUT!" Yusuke yelled.
"Yusuke, calm down, I'll train her." Kagome said soothingly. InuYasha's ears perked.
"WHAT?!" he yelled. What was with all the shouting recently? "YOU CAN'T!!!! WE'VE STILL GOT JEWEL SHARDS TO FIND!!!!" Kagome glared at him. Miroku took a step away from the hanyou, dragging a puzzled Yusuke away with him.
"InuYasha..." The calm before the storm, "SIT!!!!" WHAM! "This girl helped me, the least I can do is repay her!"
"You didn't ask her for help!" InuYasha snapped as he stood back up.
"She didn't know the dangers in giving it! She could die if I don't help her and I'm not going to let that happen!"
"Shouldn't we head back now?" Kurama said calmly, interrupting what might have been an hour-long fight. "Your mother and grandfather are sure to be worried."
"But, our faces! And our ears!" Kagome gasped.
"Don't forget the tails!" Souta added cheerfully. TAILS?!?! Sure enough, both siblings have long, wispy black tails. Kagome's was tipped in violet and Souta's in blue. I must have missed them when I first saw the two of them.
"What am I going to tell my mother?" Kagome groaned. Kurama looked slightly amused.
"I think in this situation, you can't tell them anything by the truth." He said. Kagome sighed and wrinkled her nose, making Botan giggle.
Botan had just finished making another one of those portal things when Kagome noticed someone was missing.
"Where are Keiko, Yukina and Shippo?" She asked curiously.
"Keiko and Yukina are waiting at your house," Kuwabara explained, "That little kitsune kid came with us, though. What happened to him?" the big guy said in puzzlement. InuYasha's ear twitched.
"Baka, the shadow kitsunes knocked him out." He scratched his chin, "Think we left the brat outside." Kagome gasped.
"And you were just going to leave him here?!?!" she demanded flying out the door and up the stairs.
"Damn it, wench! Don't go out there alone!" InuYasha yelled after her.
"SIT! You know my name USE IT!!!!" She paused, considering his words for a moment, then turned a pleading gaze to Kurama, who nodded and followed. I sighed and shook my head. The houshi chuckled next to me.
"He never learns," The monk said in amusement, nodding toward InuYasha.
"Nope," I agreed with him. Then I felt something on my backside. WHAM!!!! "Neither do you," I said in disgust as I walked away from the unconscious hentai. Hiei rose an eyebrow. I glared at him, daring him to say anything. Kagome re-entered the room, Shippo sitting comfortably on her shoulder chattering happily Kurama close behind her. Apparently, Kagome had removed the spell. She glanced at the houshi.
"Grope you again?"
"You have to ask?" she grinned. InuYasha snorted.
"Pervert," he said in disgust. "Well, someone better wake him up so we can leave,"
"Not me," Kagome immediately said. I glared at her and crouched down.
"Houshi," I said shaking him-
-to feel a hand on my ass yet AGAIN.
"HENTAI!" I yelled, smacking him. Yusuke and Kuwabara laughed, at least until they felt Hirakotsu nailed into their skulls.
"OW!" the carrot top said, rubbing his bump.
"Damn it, that hurt!" Yusuke said glaring at me. I glared back, then walked past him into Botan's forgotten portal, followed by Kagome.
"Did you really have to be so harsh to those two." She said as we waited for everyone else to come through.
"Yes," I answered, "Now they know not to test me," of coarse, the fire apparition would probably hassle me not matter what I did. I mentally sighed at that thought. Why was my life so difficult?!
I watched as everyone else came through. Miroku, Yusuke, and Kuwabara kept their distance from me as we started up the steps. Hiei smirked.
*Do you treat all of your few admirers like that? Or is this monk special?* I blinked. WAS HE TEASING ME?!?!
*NO!* I snapped back, *He's just the only one who tries to grope me.*
*So stop him*
*What do you think I'm trying to do?!* I demanded.
*You are constantly putting yourself in positions to allows him to grope you. If you truly wanted him to stop, you would avoid those situations, like your miko friend does.* I glared at him, blushing. He was right, but I'd be damned if I'd admit it.
*Listen, I didn't ask for your opinion on the matter and to tell you the truth, I don't want it. I can handle the houshi myself so just back off.* his eyes narrowed.
*Fine, if you enjoy it so much,*
*I DON"T*
*Then stop it* I gritted my teeth. He was just leading this conversation around in circles!
*Why do you care if I do or don't?* I snapped back.
*I don't*
*Then stay out of it.* We got to the main shrine before the argument could continue.
"Kagome, Souta!" Kagome's mother was at the front door. Her face was white as she stared at her children. The elderly pair behind her shared her shock, as did the demoness and miko standing near the well house.
"Hi mom!" Souta said cheerfully.
"Oh, dear," Ms Higurashi whispered.
"the spell has been removed," Kagome grandfather gasped. That made everyone stop.
"Removed?!" Kagome echoed. Her mother and godmother spared the old man a withered look before giving her a smile.
"Look at all of you! Kagome you should really help your friends before we talk about this... turn of events. Use the rooms in the house." And with that said, Ms Higurashi turned and headed back into the house. Kagome sighed and lead Kurama to her room to start healing the wounds he had received, telling Keiko to follow her and asking Yukina, Botan and I for help. The demoness started helping Shippo in the boys' room, and Botan helped InuYasha in Kagome's mother's room, leaving one injured demon for me to help. Sighing, I turned to Hiei with the bandages and such. He stood and glared at me.
"They'll heal on their own." Hiei snapped.
"You should still treat them until they are." I responded, motioning for him to follow me into the spare room where Kagome's godmother was supposed to be sleeping. "Those aren't ordinary wounds. Injuries given by a shadow kitsune take time to heal, even for demons. Not to mention you might fall victim to their poisons." He said nothing, but headed into the room.
It took nearly an hour to check all of Hiei's wounds. He didn't have that many, but a few were very nasty. Especially the long slash he'd gotten on his back. After I found out there were no poisons to worry about, I had to treat his wounds with medicines and dress them. That took another hour. Two hours in complete silence. Well, you could count the occasional 'Quit moving!' or 'Dammit wench! That's COLD!' or less often 'Arg! Not so rough, Bitch!' from Yume's room, but besides that, it was quiet. I had just finished tying Hiei's last bandage and was about to leave when he grabbed my retreating hand. Startled, I was about to glare at him, but make the mistake of looking into his eyes. He was staring at me with an intense, serious look.
"Why are you here?" He asked me softly.
"Because I wanted to spend time with a friend," I answered.
"No. not in this time. Why are you here helping me?" I couldn't tear my eyes away from those intense, red orbs.
"Because you needed help," I answered.
"Why do you give it to me? Why not let the mikos, or the deity of death, or Yukina."
"...Because I don't like feeling useless," now, why did I tell him that? Never mind that it was true. Never mind that that was how I felt when darkness fell in the fight with the shadow kitsunes. Totally useless. A burden. Fighting was one of the few things I was good at. Fighting for my friend gave me a purpose. One of the only ones I had since Naraku had destroyed my family and brainwashed my brother. And when that was taken from me... I felt like I had no reason to live any more.
"Brother?" Hiei said sharply. I stared, startled. Did I say that out loud? Anger filled me when I realized I hadn't.
"Keep out of my mind!" I shouted, pulling away and running out the door into the living room. Furious, I sat down next to Botan. Kagome was currently arguing with InuYasha out in the hall. How DARE he?! I didn't want that Bastard knowing what happened to my old family. But... what was that back there? That feeling I got when I looked into his eyes? I never felt anything like that before. I sighed. This guy was more trouble than he was worth. Kagome came in, followed by a disgruntled hanyou and an amused Kurama and a giggling Keiko. Yusuke gave his girlfriend a strange look. She grinned back.
"Know what?" she said cheerfully as she sat next to him.
"Hm?" He said raising an eyebrow.
"I think I like the idea of being a miko!" she chirped.
"Bitch," InuYasha muttered to Kagome as she sat down on the couch next to me.
"SIT!" WHAM! I grinned, suddenly understanding.
"Truth be told," I said, still grinning, "I almost feel jealous of you right now!" that make Kagome grin for the first time since we left that castle, and Keiko and Botan burst into laughter. Can you blame us for wishing to control men with a one short, single, embarrassing word? Yukina, Souta and Shippo came in, then Hiei. I ignored him as he sat by the window. Shippo bounced right over to Kagome's lap, Kirara followed his example in my own, curling up into a tight, purring ball. Finally, Kagome's mother and grandfather came in with Genkai.
"I suppose you want to know about the spell you grandfather was referring to?" Yume asked Kagome. She nodded. Yume sighed., "Alright, but this might that a while to explain. While I tell my story, please don't interrupt." She sat down with a thoughtful look in her eyes, "eighteen years ago, when I was just about to turn your age, Kagome, I came over to the Ningenkai to train under Genkai for a while. While I was there, I met Kurai, who treated me like a normal kitsune even though I was princess at the time. We spent a lot of time together and I ended up falling in love with him. A year later, when he asked me to be his mate, I accepted. We had you and, six years after that, Souta. Every thing was fine for a while. Then, a war started between the shadow kitsunes and a nearby wolf demon tribe. It was a brutal and bitter time.
"Many lives were being lost, and supplies for poisons and medicines were running short. It got so bad, your father offered a treaty to end the war, with you two as some of the peace prizes. I didn't hear about it until the day before the trade was to be made. Then I heard your father had no intention of giving you to the wolves (AN: No pun intended!) but instead was planning on killing you two in secret after the peace treaty had been signed. I couldn't let that happen. So, I fled from the palace, taking you two with me.
"I put a spell on you so you looked human, and erased your memories, Kagome. And brought you to live here at the shrine. I never told you father of this place and knew he'd never think to look for us in the Ningenkai. Even if he did, he'd never get permission to look, so his number of spies here would be limited.
"The war ended and the wolf demons were driven away, but I couldn't return to our lands, not after knowing how extendable your father considered your lives. So I raised you two here, allowing you, Kagome, to think you lost your memories in some kind of accident and pretending to be a normal, human family." She paused smiling wryly. "At least, until you fell down the well and we discovered you were a miko youkai." We sat in silence, before Kagome regained her voice.
"Miko youkai...?" Wasn't much of a question, but it sure as hell was more than I could manage right now.
"On very rare occasions," Genkai started, "A youkai is born with a miko's soul. I believe it happened before, on your mother's side of the family."
"Yes," Yume said nodding, "My great, great grandmother. She even had a special bow she made herself that was an unstoppable weapon in the hands of a miko youkai. Unfortunately, it was stolen when I was sixteen, by a silver kitsune thief."
For some odd reason, Kurama flinched and the rest of the guys started grinning at him. Even Hiei smirked in his general direction.
"The thief disappeared and is believed to be dead and no one knows what happened to the bow." Kagome and Souta stared at their mother. She smiled sadly at them, "I knew those kitsunes who kidnapped you two. Reikoku was your father's leading general when I left, and Ganko is his little brother. He was three years older than you. They had another brother I never met. Apparently, that was Hojo." Anger filled Yume's eyes, "No doubt your father sent him here to find you." She sighed then looked out the window, "They know where you are now, and will come again. The only reason they let you come right now was to spite me, show that my efforts to protect you were in vain."
"I can protect myself, mother," Kagome said softly. Yume smiled.
"You can, can't you," for some reason, she sounded even sadder when she said this, "However, there is something I want you to do for me." Kagome's ears perked in concern. "I want you and Souta to go to the Sengoku Jidai for a while, and seal the well when you get to the other side." Kagome stared at her, startled.
"Why?" she asked in surprise.
"I'll explain later, just please, go."
"How will I know when to come back?"
"You will."
"You're going, too." Genkai said to Yusuke.
"WHAT! Why?!" the enraged teen shouted.
"Because, dimwit, it'll be good training for you. The Sengoku Jidai was before the barrier was put up. There were a lot of powerful demons back then."
"I'm going, too" Keiko startled everyone by saying. "I need to train my powers, and I can't do that without a teacher."
"Well, in that case, I'll go!" Botan said cheerfully. Yukina smiled shyly at Kagome.
"Me, too."
"I shall accompany you as well."
"Well, I sure don't wanna be left behind!"
"Hn," Hiei said in what I presume was agreement. I didn't know what to think about Hiei coming along. I felt kind of guilty for being mean, I guess. But that didn't make sense because he was such a creep to me... Kami, no one has ever confused me this much.
"Then it's settled. You better hurry along," with that, everyone left to gather their belongings. Five minutes later, we met at the well.
"So, how do we get through?" Yusuke asked, peering down the dried out well.
"just hold your jewel shard, jump and pray you get through," Kagome answered. "I'll go down with Shippo and Souta. Everyone else come down in pairs. Wait about two minutes between each pair. I advise the girls to avoid going down with Miroku," and with that, she jumped, her adopted pup on her shoulder and holding her brother's hand into the well to disappear in a flash of lights.
Yusuke and Keiko jumped two minutes later and Kuwabara and Yukina two minuets after that. Kurama jumped down with Botan, who was still jumpy around Miroku after the 'will-you-bear-my-child?' speech and InuYasha when down by himself. Which left me with Kirara, Hiei and Miroku. Wonder if Kagome would yell at me if I showed up with just Kirara? Miroku sighed.
"Don't tell me that you, too have lost trust in me, Lady Sango." He said in his fake mournful voice.
"I lost trust in you the first time you groped me, Houshi." I growled back. Then I looked impatiently towards Hiei. "Are we going or not?" he looked slightly startled for a second. The regained his usual cool composure.
"Hn," he said walking to the mouth of the well. We jumped, to be surrounded by an array of colors and lights.
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"YAKUSO!" the vixen turned upon hearing her name being called by a familiar voice.
"What is it, Yari. I've got a ton of work to do." The other vixen raced over.
"Your brothers have been assigned a new mission," Yari said, looking around. Yakuso's face didn't lose its disinterested look.
"So?"
"They're to kill Queen Yame, and return the prince and princess." Yakuso stopped dead.
"WHAT?!"
"I don't think this is right, Yakuso. Any of it."
"Well, how do you suggest to change Kurai's mind."
"We can't. We can, however, protect a childhood friend from being hurt. I know where they've hidden. And I can take us there."
"Alright, but under one condition,"
"What's that?"
"We bring Hogosha,"
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DreamVixen- *snoring peacefully on her bed*
Kagome- All that writing must have worn her out.
Yusuke- You know, when she's asleep like that, she doesn't look like the dangerous, easily offended loud-mouthed kitsune bitch she is when she's awake. *DV wakes up*
DV- WHAT WAS THAT?!?!?!?!?!
Yusuke- Erm...
InuYasha- Aren't you suppose to take this shit off my face. *Shippo's drawing immediately removed.*
DV- HOW DARE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!
Keiko- Yusuke, apologize
Sango- we don't want a repeat of the crowbar incident
Yusuke- NO WAY! I've lived fighting demons three times as powerful as this Bitch!
DV- AAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *Starts typing furiously*
Inu- Uh-oh *Yusuke wrapped in chains in a pit full of raging fan girls*
Fan girls- YYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!^-------- ^
Yusuke- AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All the girls- -_-;;;
Keiko- *sighs* boys never learn
Sango- Nope.
DV-Agreed. Oh! What do you guys think of the new look? I had a lot of time on my hands and I thought the story was a little hard to read and being the fussy over obsessive writer I am, I just HAD to do SOMETHING. Plus, I cleaned up all the rest of the story!
Kagome- I think it looks much neater, DreamVixen
DV- Thanks, Kagome!
DV's mom- TOO BAD I CAN'T SAY THAT ABOUT YOUR ROOM, YOUNG LADY!
DV- 0.o; God, how does she DO that? Is my computer bugged or something? *shudders*
DV's mom- GET OFF THAT F****** COMPUTER AND CLEAN YOUR GOD D*** ROOM BEFORE I THROW YOUR S*** INTO THE F****** STREETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DV- *completely unfazed* gotta go pick my stuff up before my mom get REALLY mad.
Everyone- 0.o;;;;;
DV- Any ways keep watching for the next chapter, and please review.
Sake-is-Yummy (Here's my update!)
star's dreams (As usual ^-^ Glad you like the pairings!)
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Kagome- Has anyone seen DreamVixen?
InuYasha- Nope
Yusuke- Why do you ask?
Kagome- Shippo was playing with a strange hat that fell out of her closet and suddenly turned into a stuffed toy.
Botan- KAWAII!!! ^-^
InuYasha- Well, she better show up soon. She's supposed to take this ink off at the end of this chapter.
Kuwabara- Aww, man! That kitty's really good. *Inu knocks him out*
Kagome-INUYASHA!
InuYasha- What, Bitch?!
Kagome- SIT!!!! *Inu meets his old friend dirt*
InuYasha-@_@
Keiko- We're gonna try to find DreamVixen.
Sango- Enjoy this next chapter in my point of view *does victory dance*
Group- *Sweat drop*
Kagome- And DV still owns no one but Reikoku and Ganko
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All rational thought was derailed when I saw Kagome. The rest of the group fell silent. Kagome gave us a puzzled look.
"What's up? Do I have something on my face?" That's when my mind came back.
"Kagome?" I gasped, "What the hell happened?!" her puzzled look deepened.
"What are you talking about?" She asked, crossing her arms. I stood, walked past the paralyzed Kurama, took her hand, and put it on one of the furry ears sticking out of her head.
She gasped and ran to a mirror that was hanging on a nearby wall. I knew she was now looking at her new face. Dark violet eyes, a gray star on her forehead, a pair of blue streaks starting at the top of her nose and going down at a slant to the top of her jaw bone, and a black streak on her chin. Her hair had gotten about five inches longer, and was tipped in violet. Black, violet tipped ears stuck out of her head. Her figure was also more defined. When the changes finally registered in Kagome's shell-shocked mind, she did what any sane girl would do.
"KKKKYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Kagome?" I turned to see little Souta trying to get past the mess at the door. He, too had black fox ears, though his were tipped in blue, and the same mark as Kagome was on his forehead. He also had four streaks going across his face, the bottom ones were like Kagome's only violet. Two blue streaks started under his eyes and curled up to his temples. "Was that you? What's the mat-" he stopped when he saw her, "ter..." he stood staring, then his face broke into a huge grin, "Cool!" he ran over to the mirror and his grin widened when he saw his own face.
"Kagome?!" this time it was InuYasha. He came in and stopped dead, his jaw hanging open. Kagome came to life again.
"INUYASHA?!" She said in bewilderment, "How did you get here? I sealed the well!"
"Keiko took the seal off," Yusuke said watching Kagome's ears. Kagome stiffened. I gulped. Uh-oh...
"WWWWWWHHHHHHAAAAAAATTTTTTT!!!!!!" Kagome screeched. Then she turned to me, ears flat against her head. "SAN-GO!!!!!!" I winced.
"Calm down, Kagome," I said quickly, "I'm sure she won't mind too much. It might even be helpful for her."
"OF COARSE SHE'LL MIND!!! SANGO HOW COULD YOU?!?!?!"
"You where in danger! There was no other way!"
"Umm, why does this matter so much?" Yusuke said in confusion. Kagome sighed.
"Because it means Keiko's miko powers were forced to awaken." She said grimacing.
"...So?"
"So, unless if her powers are trained, they might threaten to back fire on her when she's in danger. At her power level, that could be fatal."
"...WHAT?!?!" Everyone glared at me. Shoot.
"Hehehe..." I said meekly, "Did I leave that out?"
"YES YOU LEFT THAT OUT!" Yusuke yelled.
"Yusuke, calm down, I'll train her." Kagome said soothingly. InuYasha's ears perked.
"WHAT?!" he yelled. What was with all the shouting recently? "YOU CAN'T!!!! WE'VE STILL GOT JEWEL SHARDS TO FIND!!!!" Kagome glared at him. Miroku took a step away from the hanyou, dragging a puzzled Yusuke away with him.
"InuYasha..." The calm before the storm, "SIT!!!!" WHAM! "This girl helped me, the least I can do is repay her!"
"You didn't ask her for help!" InuYasha snapped as he stood back up.
"She didn't know the dangers in giving it! She could die if I don't help her and I'm not going to let that happen!"
"Shouldn't we head back now?" Kurama said calmly, interrupting what might have been an hour-long fight. "Your mother and grandfather are sure to be worried."
"But, our faces! And our ears!" Kagome gasped.
"Don't forget the tails!" Souta added cheerfully. TAILS?!?! Sure enough, both siblings have long, wispy black tails. Kagome's was tipped in violet and Souta's in blue. I must have missed them when I first saw the two of them.
"What am I going to tell my mother?" Kagome groaned. Kurama looked slightly amused.
"I think in this situation, you can't tell them anything by the truth." He said. Kagome sighed and wrinkled her nose, making Botan giggle.
Botan had just finished making another one of those portal things when Kagome noticed someone was missing.
"Where are Keiko, Yukina and Shippo?" She asked curiously.
"Keiko and Yukina are waiting at your house," Kuwabara explained, "That little kitsune kid came with us, though. What happened to him?" the big guy said in puzzlement. InuYasha's ear twitched.
"Baka, the shadow kitsunes knocked him out." He scratched his chin, "Think we left the brat outside." Kagome gasped.
"And you were just going to leave him here?!?!" she demanded flying out the door and up the stairs.
"Damn it, wench! Don't go out there alone!" InuYasha yelled after her.
"SIT! You know my name USE IT!!!!" She paused, considering his words for a moment, then turned a pleading gaze to Kurama, who nodded and followed. I sighed and shook my head. The houshi chuckled next to me.
"He never learns," The monk said in amusement, nodding toward InuYasha.
"Nope," I agreed with him. Then I felt something on my backside. WHAM!!!! "Neither do you," I said in disgust as I walked away from the unconscious hentai. Hiei rose an eyebrow. I glared at him, daring him to say anything. Kagome re-entered the room, Shippo sitting comfortably on her shoulder chattering happily Kurama close behind her. Apparently, Kagome had removed the spell. She glanced at the houshi.
"Grope you again?"
"You have to ask?" she grinned. InuYasha snorted.
"Pervert," he said in disgust. "Well, someone better wake him up so we can leave,"
"Not me," Kagome immediately said. I glared at her and crouched down.
"Houshi," I said shaking him-
-to feel a hand on my ass yet AGAIN.
"HENTAI!" I yelled, smacking him. Yusuke and Kuwabara laughed, at least until they felt Hirakotsu nailed into their skulls.
"OW!" the carrot top said, rubbing his bump.
"Damn it, that hurt!" Yusuke said glaring at me. I glared back, then walked past him into Botan's forgotten portal, followed by Kagome.
"Did you really have to be so harsh to those two." She said as we waited for everyone else to come through.
"Yes," I answered, "Now they know not to test me," of coarse, the fire apparition would probably hassle me not matter what I did. I mentally sighed at that thought. Why was my life so difficult?!
I watched as everyone else came through. Miroku, Yusuke, and Kuwabara kept their distance from me as we started up the steps. Hiei smirked.
*Do you treat all of your few admirers like that? Or is this monk special?* I blinked. WAS HE TEASING ME?!?!
*NO!* I snapped back, *He's just the only one who tries to grope me.*
*So stop him*
*What do you think I'm trying to do?!* I demanded.
*You are constantly putting yourself in positions to allows him to grope you. If you truly wanted him to stop, you would avoid those situations, like your miko friend does.* I glared at him, blushing. He was right, but I'd be damned if I'd admit it.
*Listen, I didn't ask for your opinion on the matter and to tell you the truth, I don't want it. I can handle the houshi myself so just back off.* his eyes narrowed.
*Fine, if you enjoy it so much,*
*I DON"T*
*Then stop it* I gritted my teeth. He was just leading this conversation around in circles!
*Why do you care if I do or don't?* I snapped back.
*I don't*
*Then stay out of it.* We got to the main shrine before the argument could continue.
"Kagome, Souta!" Kagome's mother was at the front door. Her face was white as she stared at her children. The elderly pair behind her shared her shock, as did the demoness and miko standing near the well house.
"Hi mom!" Souta said cheerfully.
"Oh, dear," Ms Higurashi whispered.
"the spell has been removed," Kagome grandfather gasped. That made everyone stop.
"Removed?!" Kagome echoed. Her mother and godmother spared the old man a withered look before giving her a smile.
"Look at all of you! Kagome you should really help your friends before we talk about this... turn of events. Use the rooms in the house." And with that said, Ms Higurashi turned and headed back into the house. Kagome sighed and lead Kurama to her room to start healing the wounds he had received, telling Keiko to follow her and asking Yukina, Botan and I for help. The demoness started helping Shippo in the boys' room, and Botan helped InuYasha in Kagome's mother's room, leaving one injured demon for me to help. Sighing, I turned to Hiei with the bandages and such. He stood and glared at me.
"They'll heal on their own." Hiei snapped.
"You should still treat them until they are." I responded, motioning for him to follow me into the spare room where Kagome's godmother was supposed to be sleeping. "Those aren't ordinary wounds. Injuries given by a shadow kitsune take time to heal, even for demons. Not to mention you might fall victim to their poisons." He said nothing, but headed into the room.
It took nearly an hour to check all of Hiei's wounds. He didn't have that many, but a few were very nasty. Especially the long slash he'd gotten on his back. After I found out there were no poisons to worry about, I had to treat his wounds with medicines and dress them. That took another hour. Two hours in complete silence. Well, you could count the occasional 'Quit moving!' or 'Dammit wench! That's COLD!' or less often 'Arg! Not so rough, Bitch!' from Yume's room, but besides that, it was quiet. I had just finished tying Hiei's last bandage and was about to leave when he grabbed my retreating hand. Startled, I was about to glare at him, but make the mistake of looking into his eyes. He was staring at me with an intense, serious look.
"Why are you here?" He asked me softly.
"Because I wanted to spend time with a friend," I answered.
"No. not in this time. Why are you here helping me?" I couldn't tear my eyes away from those intense, red orbs.
"Because you needed help," I answered.
"Why do you give it to me? Why not let the mikos, or the deity of death, or Yukina."
"...Because I don't like feeling useless," now, why did I tell him that? Never mind that it was true. Never mind that that was how I felt when darkness fell in the fight with the shadow kitsunes. Totally useless. A burden. Fighting was one of the few things I was good at. Fighting for my friend gave me a purpose. One of the only ones I had since Naraku had destroyed my family and brainwashed my brother. And when that was taken from me... I felt like I had no reason to live any more.
"Brother?" Hiei said sharply. I stared, startled. Did I say that out loud? Anger filled me when I realized I hadn't.
"Keep out of my mind!" I shouted, pulling away and running out the door into the living room. Furious, I sat down next to Botan. Kagome was currently arguing with InuYasha out in the hall. How DARE he?! I didn't want that Bastard knowing what happened to my old family. But... what was that back there? That feeling I got when I looked into his eyes? I never felt anything like that before. I sighed. This guy was more trouble than he was worth. Kagome came in, followed by a disgruntled hanyou and an amused Kurama and a giggling Keiko. Yusuke gave his girlfriend a strange look. She grinned back.
"Know what?" she said cheerfully as she sat next to him.
"Hm?" He said raising an eyebrow.
"I think I like the idea of being a miko!" she chirped.
"Bitch," InuYasha muttered to Kagome as she sat down on the couch next to me.
"SIT!" WHAM! I grinned, suddenly understanding.
"Truth be told," I said, still grinning, "I almost feel jealous of you right now!" that make Kagome grin for the first time since we left that castle, and Keiko and Botan burst into laughter. Can you blame us for wishing to control men with a one short, single, embarrassing word? Yukina, Souta and Shippo came in, then Hiei. I ignored him as he sat by the window. Shippo bounced right over to Kagome's lap, Kirara followed his example in my own, curling up into a tight, purring ball. Finally, Kagome's mother and grandfather came in with Genkai.
"I suppose you want to know about the spell you grandfather was referring to?" Yume asked Kagome. She nodded. Yume sighed., "Alright, but this might that a while to explain. While I tell my story, please don't interrupt." She sat down with a thoughtful look in her eyes, "eighteen years ago, when I was just about to turn your age, Kagome, I came over to the Ningenkai to train under Genkai for a while. While I was there, I met Kurai, who treated me like a normal kitsune even though I was princess at the time. We spent a lot of time together and I ended up falling in love with him. A year later, when he asked me to be his mate, I accepted. We had you and, six years after that, Souta. Every thing was fine for a while. Then, a war started between the shadow kitsunes and a nearby wolf demon tribe. It was a brutal and bitter time.
"Many lives were being lost, and supplies for poisons and medicines were running short. It got so bad, your father offered a treaty to end the war, with you two as some of the peace prizes. I didn't hear about it until the day before the trade was to be made. Then I heard your father had no intention of giving you to the wolves (AN: No pun intended!) but instead was planning on killing you two in secret after the peace treaty had been signed. I couldn't let that happen. So, I fled from the palace, taking you two with me.
"I put a spell on you so you looked human, and erased your memories, Kagome. And brought you to live here at the shrine. I never told you father of this place and knew he'd never think to look for us in the Ningenkai. Even if he did, he'd never get permission to look, so his number of spies here would be limited.
"The war ended and the wolf demons were driven away, but I couldn't return to our lands, not after knowing how extendable your father considered your lives. So I raised you two here, allowing you, Kagome, to think you lost your memories in some kind of accident and pretending to be a normal, human family." She paused smiling wryly. "At least, until you fell down the well and we discovered you were a miko youkai." We sat in silence, before Kagome regained her voice.
"Miko youkai...?" Wasn't much of a question, but it sure as hell was more than I could manage right now.
"On very rare occasions," Genkai started, "A youkai is born with a miko's soul. I believe it happened before, on your mother's side of the family."
"Yes," Yume said nodding, "My great, great grandmother. She even had a special bow she made herself that was an unstoppable weapon in the hands of a miko youkai. Unfortunately, it was stolen when I was sixteen, by a silver kitsune thief."
For some odd reason, Kurama flinched and the rest of the guys started grinning at him. Even Hiei smirked in his general direction.
"The thief disappeared and is believed to be dead and no one knows what happened to the bow." Kagome and Souta stared at their mother. She smiled sadly at them, "I knew those kitsunes who kidnapped you two. Reikoku was your father's leading general when I left, and Ganko is his little brother. He was three years older than you. They had another brother I never met. Apparently, that was Hojo." Anger filled Yume's eyes, "No doubt your father sent him here to find you." She sighed then looked out the window, "They know where you are now, and will come again. The only reason they let you come right now was to spite me, show that my efforts to protect you were in vain."
"I can protect myself, mother," Kagome said softly. Yume smiled.
"You can, can't you," for some reason, she sounded even sadder when she said this, "However, there is something I want you to do for me." Kagome's ears perked in concern. "I want you and Souta to go to the Sengoku Jidai for a while, and seal the well when you get to the other side." Kagome stared at her, startled.
"Why?" she asked in surprise.
"I'll explain later, just please, go."
"How will I know when to come back?"
"You will."
"You're going, too." Genkai said to Yusuke.
"WHAT! Why?!" the enraged teen shouted.
"Because, dimwit, it'll be good training for you. The Sengoku Jidai was before the barrier was put up. There were a lot of powerful demons back then."
"I'm going, too" Keiko startled everyone by saying. "I need to train my powers, and I can't do that without a teacher."
"Well, in that case, I'll go!" Botan said cheerfully. Yukina smiled shyly at Kagome.
"Me, too."
"I shall accompany you as well."
"Well, I sure don't wanna be left behind!"
"Hn," Hiei said in what I presume was agreement. I didn't know what to think about Hiei coming along. I felt kind of guilty for being mean, I guess. But that didn't make sense because he was such a creep to me... Kami, no one has ever confused me this much.
"Then it's settled. You better hurry along," with that, everyone left to gather their belongings. Five minutes later, we met at the well.
"So, how do we get through?" Yusuke asked, peering down the dried out well.
"just hold your jewel shard, jump and pray you get through," Kagome answered. "I'll go down with Shippo and Souta. Everyone else come down in pairs. Wait about two minutes between each pair. I advise the girls to avoid going down with Miroku," and with that, she jumped, her adopted pup on her shoulder and holding her brother's hand into the well to disappear in a flash of lights.
Yusuke and Keiko jumped two minutes later and Kuwabara and Yukina two minuets after that. Kurama jumped down with Botan, who was still jumpy around Miroku after the 'will-you-bear-my-child?' speech and InuYasha when down by himself. Which left me with Kirara, Hiei and Miroku. Wonder if Kagome would yell at me if I showed up with just Kirara? Miroku sighed.
"Don't tell me that you, too have lost trust in me, Lady Sango." He said in his fake mournful voice.
"I lost trust in you the first time you groped me, Houshi." I growled back. Then I looked impatiently towards Hiei. "Are we going or not?" he looked slightly startled for a second. The regained his usual cool composure.
"Hn," he said walking to the mouth of the well. We jumped, to be surrounded by an array of colors and lights.
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"YAKUSO!" the vixen turned upon hearing her name being called by a familiar voice.
"What is it, Yari. I've got a ton of work to do." The other vixen raced over.
"Your brothers have been assigned a new mission," Yari said, looking around. Yakuso's face didn't lose its disinterested look.
"So?"
"They're to kill Queen Yame, and return the prince and princess." Yakuso stopped dead.
"WHAT?!"
"I don't think this is right, Yakuso. Any of it."
"Well, how do you suggest to change Kurai's mind."
"We can't. We can, however, protect a childhood friend from being hurt. I know where they've hidden. And I can take us there."
"Alright, but under one condition,"
"What's that?"
"We bring Hogosha,"
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DreamVixen- *snoring peacefully on her bed*
Kagome- All that writing must have worn her out.
Yusuke- You know, when she's asleep like that, she doesn't look like the dangerous, easily offended loud-mouthed kitsune bitch she is when she's awake. *DV wakes up*
DV- WHAT WAS THAT?!?!?!?!?!
Yusuke- Erm...
InuYasha- Aren't you suppose to take this shit off my face. *Shippo's drawing immediately removed.*
DV- HOW DARE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!
Keiko- Yusuke, apologize
Sango- we don't want a repeat of the crowbar incident
Yusuke- NO WAY! I've lived fighting demons three times as powerful as this Bitch!
DV- AAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *Starts typing furiously*
Inu- Uh-oh *Yusuke wrapped in chains in a pit full of raging fan girls*
Fan girls- YYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!^-------- ^
Yusuke- AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All the girls- -_-;;;
Keiko- *sighs* boys never learn
Sango- Nope.
DV-Agreed. Oh! What do you guys think of the new look? I had a lot of time on my hands and I thought the story was a little hard to read and being the fussy over obsessive writer I am, I just HAD to do SOMETHING. Plus, I cleaned up all the rest of the story!
Kagome- I think it looks much neater, DreamVixen
DV- Thanks, Kagome!
DV's mom- TOO BAD I CAN'T SAY THAT ABOUT YOUR ROOM, YOUNG LADY!
DV- 0.o; God, how does she DO that? Is my computer bugged or something? *shudders*
DV's mom- GET OFF THAT F****** COMPUTER AND CLEAN YOUR GOD D*** ROOM BEFORE I THROW YOUR S*** INTO THE F****** STREETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DV- *completely unfazed* gotta go pick my stuff up before my mom get REALLY mad.
Everyone- 0.o;;;;;
DV- Any ways keep watching for the next chapter, and please review.