Title : Arrows and Whips

Disclaimer : I do not own Inu Yasha and YuYu Hakusho.

"..." Talking

'...' Thinking

~@~@ Place Change

~*~*~* Scene change in same place

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Last Time:

"The well, of course, you big buffoon." stated Hiei.

"Shut up, shrimp!" he yelled. Kurama and Hiei suddenly went rigid and turned their heads to the house direction.

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Chapter 2:

"What happened to you two?" asked Yusuke.

"Don't you sense it?" murmured Kurama. Yusuke shook his head. "The energy." Kurama whispered as if he was frightened. Even Hiei looked a bit pale. Yusuke concentrated to his surroundings.

"The tree does give out a strange energy, the shack as well but a little stronger, and," he stopped dead.
"Who on earth possessed such a powerful spirit energy!!?" he exclaimed. Believed it or not, he did feel a little bit scared.

They raced to the backyard and saw a raven-haired girl in a miko's outfit, except, instead of red, she wore a green hakama. Her bangs covered some of her face that they couldn't see her face clearly. She was shooting arrows at the targets. They watch in awe as her arrow kept hitting the center and splitting the other which was imbedded in the target. Not only that, they found out that her arrows were those that could purify demons.

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When Kagome arrived at her house, her mother asked her to train her archery skill since she was also a miko. Kagome groaned. She didn't like archery since it reminded her to Kikyo. 'Well, she has a point. A miko's main weapon are bow and arrow. And I do feel like shooting now.'

As she reached her room, her power demanded to be released. So, she changed to her miko outfit, which hakamas were green since she wanted to look as different as possible from Kikyo, and took her bow and some arrows and went to the backyard. She did not bother to cover her purifying energy since she held them for quite a time. She was too occupied to notice the presence of four people watching her. It was another five minutes that she realized that she was being watched and turned around with an arrow notched to her bow, as she also noticed that two of them were demons.

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The YYH group were shocked when the girl turned around with an arrow pointed to them. They got a good view of her face, which currently filled with death threats. Then Kurama spoke,

"Excuse us, miss. We didn't mean to disturb you. We were looking around the shrine when.." he paused, thinking about an excuse. He couldn't said that they felt her power. It will lead to many questions. At last he said," when we heard the whizzing sound of your arrows. So we came to see it. We meant no harm."

Kagome lowered her bow and sighed," I'm sorry. You startled me just now. Please, forgive my harsh behavior." The YYH group felt relieved.

'At least the death threat is gone' thought Yusuke.

"It's alright. I'm Shuichi Minamino. These are my friends. Yusuke Urameshi, Hiei, and this-."

"I am the great Kuwabara Kazuma and I think I'm in love!" cut Kuwabara. Kagome sweatdropped and laughed nervously.

"Err, that's nice"

'Hmm. A kitsune, a human with strong spirit energy, a weaker human and a fire apparition. Quite interesting.' thought Kagome.

"I am Kagome. A pleasure to meet you." she bowed. "May I help you? You all came to this shrine not for nothing right?"

'Damn, she has a sharp feeling' thought Hiei.

"We are here to learn about the history of this place." stated Yusuke, "We met your grandpa just now and he offered to give us a tour, but a boy named Souta or something said that he must go to visit his friend and took your gramps with him."

"Souta asked him to go to his friend's house!!?" They nodded (except Hiei). "And grandpa just leave with him?!!" she asked almost yelling. They nodded again. "That jerk, no wonder he's not here" she murmured. Kagome looked at them and sighed.

"Well, I'll take you around the shrine then. But I only know the legends of the God Tree and the Bone Eater Well. I hope you don't mind. I never really pay attention to gramps stories." she said sheepishly.

"We don't mind." said Kurama. Kagome lightened up and gave him a happy smile.

"Well, let's get started." she exclaimed cheerfully. 'Now I can rest from my trainings. That Souta, he used gramps to escape training.' She took a glance to the guys. 'Like I'm using them to escape also.'

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'She's beautiful.' thought Kurama 'She smell nice too. Cherry blossoms and honey. Hmm? Demon's scent?.' He observed Kagome again. 'It's not hers. She's definitely human.'

Kurama looked at Hiei and whispered, "Do you smell it?" Hiei nodded.

"What do you think, Fox?" he asked, "Should we force her to speak?" a smirk appear on his face.

"I don't think it's a good idea Hiei. You know quite well that she's powerful."

"Powerful, but untrained. She is an easy prey." Hiei replied, " for now."

"Yes. For now. Better follow her first and maybe we can find out later. Focus on the mission at hand" said Kurama. Hiei just snorted. They ran to catch up with their friends who already ahead with Kagome.

"What are you talking about?" asked Kuwabara. Kurama hushed him by whispering that he would tell them later. Yusuke and Kuwabara just shrugged and kept walking.

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She led them to the big tree. "This is the God Tree. It had been here for a long time. Maybe more than five hundred years. The legend said that there was a hanyou pinned to this tree by a purifying arrow through his heart. He was sealed, but not dead. Though he appeared to be."

"Why is he pinned to this tree and by who?" asked Yusuke. Kurama realized that she tensed a bit at the question. She stood in front of the tree and put her hand on a spot.

"He was pinned here because he was looking for the Shikon jewel. The Jewel of Four Souls." she said this with a slightly quavering voice. She took a deep breath and continued.

"He was pinned by the miko who guard the Shikon. The miko who imprisoned the hanyou was his lover. They were tricked by someone who lusted after the miko and wanted to see the jewel tainted by her hatred. Years later, the hanyou was released by the miko's reincarnation." she finished.

"What is Shikon Jewel?" asked Kuwabara.

"It was an ancient jewel that increased its user's power." stated Kurama. Yusuke and Kuwabara looked surprise. "How do you know?" they asked in unison. Kurama could not answer the question in front of Kagome. The reason that he knew was because he was a demon.

" I know because uh.. because.." stuttered Kurama. Kagome looked at Kurama's hopeless face, decided to help him.

"The legend is quite popular in this area. No wonder if he know it." Kagome stated simply. Kuwabara and Yusuke mouthed an 'O' while a look of relieve washed over Kurama's face. She smiled inwardly.
"Shall we continue?"

Kagome led them to the shack. "In this shack, is the Bone Eater Well. It was called that way because they said the villagers threw the corpses of demons they killed to the well. There's no other explanations that I can remember about this well." she explained.

"Can we have a look?" asked Kuwabara. Kagome stiffened.

"No, you can't! It's dangerous." she said. Although her voice was steady, a hint of panic was in it.

"Just a peek." pleaded Yusuke. She was debating whether to let them in or not.

"Fine. Only a peek. Don't come down to it, promise?"

"Promise" they said in unison. Kagome open the shack and let them in. They didn't come down the stair. Kurama and Hiei smelt Kagome's scent mingled with those of a demon. It seemed that the demon often came and leave through the well. The well did emit a strange energy.

"Why is there a ladder on the mouth of the well?" asked Kurama. Kagome went rigid at this.

'Darn it. How could I forgot the ladder?' she screamed in her head. She started to stutter just like Kurama a while ago. " Because.. because, my cat often come here and we put it there in case he fell to the well." she said. 'Go Kagome! I never know I can make up a lie like that.'

The YYH group was not convinced but Kagome insisted that they should come out soon. After inspecting the well a little bit longer, the group said that they had to go. Kagome wave merrily as she watched them leave.

"Goodbye. Visit again sometime." she yelled. The group nodded and leave. As soon as they were out of the hearing range, Kagome spoke," Well, that was tiring. They obviously come here to inspect the well. Looks like I have to seal it for a moment."

Then, she went to the shack. She put a shield around the well and an undetectable barrier around the shack.

"There. With double barriers, no one can break through without my knowing." she said contentedly and went back to her house. 'Though Inuyasha will not be able to visit for a while. Well, can't be help. I'll just apologized when I go there.'

@~@~@~ Koenma's Office ~@~@~@

"Yo, toddler." greeted Yusuke, "We inspected the well already."

"It does emits strange energy like you said Koenma." piped Kuwabara.

"Similar to the portal's but it is also different." said Kurama

"A demon's scent , a HALF demon's to be exact, lingers there. It looks like he used the well often." stated Hiei.

"So, what next? Find the half demon and killed it?" asked Kuwabara.

"No, you won't have to. Whatever was there, it's gone now. I can't detect any unusual energy anymore." Koenma said in a matter-of-factly tone

Yusuke was dumbstruck, then he roared,

"YOU MEAN WE WERE SENT THERE FOR NOTHING? I HAD CANCEL MY DATE FOR THIS, YOU DAMN TODDLER!"

Koenma merely shook his head. "The energy disappeared a while after you left the shrine. I don't know why yet." said Koenma. "Any suggestion?" There was a long silence.

"I think I have an idea who did this." said Kurama. All head turned to him. "To seal or even to conceal the amount of energy that the well emitted is not a simple task. It had to be someone powerful enough to do it. The old man and the boy just now would not able to do such things. That left us one choice."

"Kagome." Hiei finished for him. Kurama nodded. "She had this half breed scent on her. Faint, but it is the same with those in the shack." Hiei explained.

Koenma seemed to be thinking hard, a frown was on his face.

"How is this Kagome?" he asked.

"She's extremely nice and beautiful also. She was the one who show us the shrine." said Kuwabara, "Oh yeah, I forgot to asked her out!!"

"Stop that stupidity of yours big oaf! It's annoying!" commented Hiei.

"Why, you shrimp.." He was about to attack Hiei when Kurama spoke in a rather loud voice.

"What will we do Koenma?" This managed to distract Kuwabara from fooling himself.

"If this girl is like you said, then we have nothing to worry about. You're free for a while."

They felt weird about Koenma's decisions but decided not to ask about it, especially Yusuke, he didn't want to lose his opportunity to have a date with Keiko without interruption.

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A/N : Here's the next chapter!!! Hope you like it. Sorry for not updating so long. Well this is ridiculous, but I didn't know how to update until yesterday. I've tried my best. I'm really sorry. I'll update faster. The next chappie contain lots of explanations. Don't stop reading this. And please keep reviewing. Any information on YYH is accepted. And some of you had guess my next plan. Yes, I'll keep Shippo with Kagome and pair Kurama with her (maybe). I'm not good at romance, so don't blame me! And to think I'll keep these infomation secret 'till at least chapter 4, but oh well! Keep reviewing, please?

~Sincerely
Flying Phoenix~

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