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The usual author's note and REVIEWer Responses at the bottom.
Oh, and I just wanted to quickly give credit to SilentDark for the creation of Kori.
Chappy 17: Kori's Story
/Youko talking/ ~Kurama talking~ 'thoughts' ~~~~~time change
As Kagome packed her big yellow bag to prepare for her travels in the past, she shook her head, but regretted it almost immediately when her migraine kicked back in with twice the power. She could only pray that all that advil (don't own) she took would help. But when has medicine ever really helped when we really need it? Kagome groaned as she went through the causes of the torture.
*flashback*
She awoke early (@-@) in the morning to the sound of her alarm. She wasn't feeling at all chipper that morning and was contemplating on whether to actually make one of her grandpa's diseases come true to allow herself to stay home, but dismissed it because she'd missed enough school and if she didn't get a good education, then the only way she'd be able to make a living for herself is if someone needed a miko to protect them from youkai, or become a runner for the Olympics. After all from all that running around in the feudal era, she'd impressed her coaches at the school enough for them to ask her to join the track team. Of course, she refused; she hated running and did enough of it with Inu and the rest of the group. But the point is, she knew that there was no way she'd ever survive taking either of these options. So she got up and prepared for another day of hell on earth, also known as high school. (school in general, actually. If kami- sama wanted us to be smart, he would have done it himself. But oh well)
Of course, with math being her first class, she had no time to study, so instead of attempting to work out the strange, foreign symbols that were supposed to be equations, she hung her head in defeat and let her thoughts drift. Almost immediately her mind found the perfect subject: the red- haired, green-eyed beauty she knew as Kurama.
He was known to most people as Shuiichi Minamino. He was human in appearance, yet she felt another presence within him. It was a fox demon, she knew. A few times, she had seen a transparent figure that appeared just behind the human. This demon reminded her of Inuyasha, Sesshoumaru, and Shippou put together. For some reason, she always felt that figure watching her. Once, she had caught him staring at her, and she saw a glimmer of mischief in his amber eyes, along with what looked like a hint of possessiveness, but the next second, he was gone and she could see no one but the human. Before she could ask anything about this mysterious golden- eyed silver-haired youkai, Kurama began to speak of other things, successfully cutting off her questions.
Cutting into her thoughts was the loud ring of the bell, signaling the end of first period, and she was forced to turn in her empty test, earning herself an F and a disappointed look from her math teacher. She merely sighed and did her best to not zone out during the rest of the day, but her thoughts continued to return to Kurama and that youkai.
When the day was out, the group she now knew were Spirit Detectives told her that Koenma had requested to see her. She nodded distractedly, but was soon snapped out of her haze when Botan popped out of nowhere dressed in a pink kimono and riding what appeared to be an oar. She jumped in surprise, falling on her derrière. Fortunately, no one saw the bubbly girl pop out of thin air because they were in a dark alley.
Kurama noticed that something was definitely wrong at this point since Kagome appeared so distracted and he had never seen the beautiful girl, who Youko had become quite curious about, act so strangely. When he asked what the problem was, she immediately broke into tears in front of the entire S.D. team, going on and on about how she failed her second math test in a row, and all the mean looks she had gotten from the teachers because she couldn't pay attention in class and wasn't there most of the time so she never knew what they were talking about, and how she would never be able to get a job, much less go to college like she wanted, at this rate. Youko actually loved the contact with the only girl who had really caught his interest, but didn't like the fact that it was under these circumstances that she hung on to him so. So he urged his human counterpart to comfort her in some way, seeing as that wasn't the youkai's specialty. As a result, Kurama offered to tutor Kagome on what she missed.
Kagome was so happy at his offer that she decided to give him a peck on the cheek, but Youko took over at the last second and turned his head so that they kissed lip-to-lip. Kagome and the red-head turned away, blushing, while the rest of the group cheered, except for Hiei, who "hn"-ed as usual, but found the fox's predicament amusing nonetheless. Botan, trying to save them from this embarrassment, opened the portal to Koenma's office.
From there Koenma, who had been watching them all on his big-screen TV that I have admired and wanted for so long, continued to embarrass Kurama and Kagome. By the end of it, Kagome was redder than a tomato and Kurama was attempted to harm the child-like prince of Reikai, but was stopped when Yusuke demanded the toddler tell them why they were there. After all, he had *ahem* 'more important things to do.'
So Koenma then ordered them all to go with Kagome to Sengoku Jidai next time she was due there, which immediately brought the girl into a bit of despair because she had told Inu that she would be coming back today, and hadn't even started to pack.
*end flashback*
And so here she was, packing her big yellow bag for the past, with a huge headache. The next person to annoy her wouldn't know what hit them.
When she arrived outside, all the spirit detectives were waiting for her, minus one baka, who was assigned to take care of a very low level youkai that had somehow made it past the barrier.
Right now, Yusuke looked ticked off (he had to cancel a date with Keiko. AGAIN.) Hiei was his usual, indifferent self. Kurama looked heavenly with the wind blowing his hair around and his back facing the Goshinboku tree and the sunset. She didn't notice when Yusuke so rudely interrupted this picture. That is, until. . .
"Kagome's got a crush on Kurama! Kagome's got a crush on Kurama!" He repeated this chant over, making Kagome blush powerfully. Then a rosebush Yusuke 'just so happened' to be standing next to began to poke at him. "Hey! What's the big idea?!"
"Hn. Baka ningen," was Hiei's overused reply. It went unheard because Yusuke was too occupied with prying thorns out of his jacket.
Kurama allowed himself to smirk a little. Actually, it's more like Suiichi didn't mind when Youko decided to take pride of his handiwork.
/Serves the ningen right, making fun of my Kagome/ Youko said primly.
~My? Where'd the 'my' come from?~ Suiichi began to panic a little.
/Why shouldn't she be mine? After all, she's smart, beautiful, powerful. She'd be the perfect steal for a thief with my skill./
~Boastful as ever, I see~ Suiichi sighed. ~What if Kagome is interested in another? What if she doesn't wish to become your mate?~
/Look! She's coming over here. Let me have control of this ningen body for a few minutes. I'll show you/
Suiichi sighed yet again. ~I don't know why, but I'll let you.~
Kagome walked over to her red-headed beauty. 'Wait a second. Why am I saying he's mine? I mean, sure he's nice and everything and I like him and all, but isn't this all kind of sudden?' As I was saying before, Kagome walked over to the handsome young man she knew as Kurama, fully intent on thanking him for distracting Yusuke, the cause of most of her sudden blushing streak. As she gazed at his perfect figure, she couldn't help but notice how his emerald green eyes changed into the gold of Inuyasha's. She convinced herself it was merely a trick of the light, but in the back of her mind she registered that the light was facing his back, and therefore couldn't be the cause of this change. So she just shrugged it off.
She bowed slightly to him. "Thank you very much Kurama. I know it was you that distracted Yusuke."
"I should be the one thanking you," Kurama said in a much smoother, sexier voice than normal. Kagome couldn't say she didn't like it.
But she looked up, rather startled. "Thank me for what?"
"For this." And with those two simple words, he lifted her chin just a little bit to meet his lips. Needless to say, she didn't resist. Her eyes closed as she relaxed into his lips.
When their lips connected all Kagome could think about was flowers. Red flowers. Roses to be exact. She realized it was because that was Kurama's unique scent. To her, he was the most wondrous scent she ever had the pleasure of smelling. When she was finally able to regain some of her other senses, she realized that her knees were feeling weak. But it was a good feeling. His lips, melded to hers, felt like they belonged there. Her pleasure only deepened when his tongue slipped out of his mouth to tap askingly on her closed lips.
Youko, for it was him in control, gave a low growl of approval when Kagome opened her entrance for his tongue. She relaxed even more into him, to his greatest pleasure. As he wrapped his arms around to her lower back her own arms crept behind his neck, trying to pull him closer to her. Her tongue joined his own as she explored the crevices of his mouth. She moaned in pleasure when he rubbed her lower back.
When the two finally broke for air a minute or two later, they continued to stare into each other's eyes.
/I think I proved my point./
Suiichi was speechless.
That is, until Botan popped out of nowhere dressed in her usual pink kimono and riding her oar. "Yusuke! We have a problem!"
"Then why didn't you call me on the communicator? That's faster."
"You idiot! You turned it off!" Botan said, getting up into his face.
Calmly, Yusuke reached into his pocket and took out the communicator, then flipped it open. "Heh heh. I guess you're right Botan," he said, rubbing the back of his neck. "So what's the emergency?"
"We found that there was a crack in the barrier between Ningenkai and Makai. Although they are all lower class, there are lots of them and Kuwabara can't handle them all, on his own. You need to leave now!"
"But what about-"
"Not buts Yusuke," Botan said as she hauled him up by his shirt collar to whisk him off to Kuwabara's aid.
"Sorry I can't stay to help and all you guys! See you when you come back!" He yelled, secretly hoping in his mind that he might actually be able to salvage his date with Keiko.
"Well," Kurama (who had taken control once more) said, "I guess it's just the three of us." Inside, Youko was cheering.
/Finally! That baka ningen and his equally, if not more so, baka friend won't be bothering me and my Kagome!/
~That's, 'my Kagome and I'~
/Whatever./
"If you guys are ready then, what are we waiting for?" All three headed into the wellhouse after Kagome said this. "Take my hands, both of you. I have the jewel shards so you should be able to get through this way."
They followed her instructions, and soon the three were surrounded by the purplish blue lights Kagome had become so familiar with.
~~~~~~~~~~~~Sengoku Jidai
When they landed on the other side of the well and she was carried up by Kurama (Hiei got her bag) they were greeted by the sound of fast footsteps.
Sango appeared, not one bit out of breath from the run. "Kagome, come quick!" was all she managed to get out before a ball of fluff landed smack dab in the middle of her chest.
She pulled Shippou off to face her. "What's wrong?"
"We were walking and a youkai was attacking her and she wouldn't fight back and she was really injured so we brought her back so Lady Kaede would help, and she's doing better, but still won't wake up and-and-and-"
"Please, Lady Kagome, just hurry!" said Miroku, who had showed up in the middle of Shippou's confusing tale.
Kurama took one look at their obvious distress, picked Kagome up bridal style, and rushed off at top speed to Kaede's hut.
When he set Kagome down, she calmly entered the hut to find Kaede attending to a beautiful young woman who was out cold. "Kaede, what happened?"
"Lady Kagome, please will you heal her?" Miroku and Sango had rode Kirara so they didn't collapse on their way back. Hiei just jumped through the trees.
"We know you're stronger than you let on, Kagome."
With these small urgings from two of her best friends, Kagome sank to her knees beside the youkai (she hadn't noticed this before she saw her ears). She placed her hands above her body and pinkish white light gathered, then began to surround both women. Ten minutes later, the light faded, revealing the youkai, who was in a peaceful slumber, and Kagome, who wore a tired smile.
"She'll be up by morning."
Later that night everyone was gathered by the fire. Kaede was grinding and bottling herbs into medicines for future use. Miroku appeared to be meditating, but his hand was unnoticeably getting closer and closer to Sango's butt. Said victim of said hentai was cleaning her Hiraikotsu while Kirara lounged in her lap. Shippou slept in Kagome's lap while Kagome leaned on Kurama's shoulder. Youko was bragging like crazy, and his human side tried his best to ignore the thief. Hiei leaned against a wall, his eyes narrowed in Sango's direction.
Finally, Sango had had enough. "What's your problem, youkai? Go stare at someone else!"
"Hn. Baka ningen."
"Try saying that again, youkai."
"Baka ningen."
"That's it!" Sango began to lift Hiraikotsu, but at this time was *ahem* 'distracted' by Miroku, who had chosen this time to do what a hentai like him does best. "HENTAI!" And now Miroku was off in lala land. Sango resumed her position, once again cleaning Hiraikotsu. Kirara was attempted to inch away, but knew that would only add wood to the fire.
"Hn."
That's when Kagome noticed something was wrong. There was no loud, obnoxious barking, so to speak. "Where's Inuyasha."
"Impatience is not a thing to bring into a sickroom, so I sent the hanyou on a fool's journey," Kaede responded.
"And we made sure he was far enough away so you would come back in time to 'sit' him, Lady Kagome."
As if on cue, a certain dog-eared hanyou came in, glaring at the inhabitants of the hut. "What did you say, monk?"
Miroku inched away. "Nothing Inuyasha, nothing at all."
Inuyasha got closer and closer until Kagome uttered the one word that always stopped him, the word he'd come to dread, that single three-letter word that could bring him to his knees. "SIT!"
"Whad'd'ya do that for, wench?!"
"Sit. I won't tolerate any violence tonight. Now let's all go to sleep."
When Inuyasha was finally able to move, he 'feh'-ed and ran out into a tree before anything else could happen.
It was early in the morning when Inuyasha awoke, as usual, and he was impatient to begin shard hunting. But first, he wanted to get that boy away from his little sister Kagome. In short, he decided to now play the role of the over-protective brother. He smirked, trying to find some way to separate the two. But then he heard something. It was very faint.
He looked around and saw that youkai. Kori, she said her name was. She was sneaking away, and doing a rather good job of it, too. But not good enough.
He waited for her to pass the tree he was in before he silently jumped down from behind and grabbed her by the back of her black haori. She immediately stiffened.
"Please, don't hurt me. I'm but a humble elf youkai. I don't mean any harm, I-"
"Stop your babbling. I'm just making sure you don't escape."
Kori slumped a little and meekly said, "You mean, I'm a prisoner?"
Inu was a little surprised at her behavior. He was used to women (as well as men and children) running away from him or acting like Sango and Kagome. But Kori was so acquiescent. Despite his surprise, he managed to find words. "No, you're not a prisoner, but you do owe us an explanation." She nodded, but didn't move, so he grabbed her by one of her long, pointy ears, a claw brushing against a lavender-colored flower, and hauled her back into the hut. "Everyone, wake up," he called. He was answered by a couple of groans, an especially loud one by Kagome, who was laying by the red-head, but eventually everyone was up.
"Inuyasha?" *yawn* "What's wrong?" Kagome rubbed her eyes to get the sleep out of them. She looked around to see her patient standing there beside him. "Hello, there. What's your name? How are you?"
She bowed, showing her respect. "My name is Kori, Lady. I am much better now. I believe it is because of you, Lady?"
"I suppose. But you can drop the 'Lady' part. My name is Kagome. It's a pleasure to meet you." She made introductions. Miroku made his own (complete with 'the question'), but got hit by Inuyasha in the process, but wasn't knocked out.
"We've wasted enough time now," Inu said. "Before we go shard hunting, I want some answers. And I mean everything, starting with just what you are."
Kori gulped but nodded. "As I have said, my name is Kori. I am an elf youkai." Seeing mostly blank faces, she decided to elaborate. "Like silver kitsunes, my kind has a special connection with the land. We can control plants at will. But unlike most youkai, we can change appearance at will as well. We can even transform into a plant. Unfortunately, my kind is dying out. I fear I am one of the last hundred or so, but I can never tell, as many are so secretive."
"What about your family?" Sango inquired.
"They were both murdered when I was but a child, five at most. I was able to transform into a human and was adopted by a very loving human couple who had been unable to have children of their own. I was so happy, but two years later, my foster father was killed by a bunch of demons attacking our village. My foster mother and I managed to escape and live in another village. It was peaceful for a long time, but when I was ten, bandits attacked our village. My mother died getting me to safety. I followed the bandits to their encampment. I heard them talking about someone named Naraku, and I believed him to be their boss. I have been looking for him ever since. In the meantime, I try my best to help people. It's been eight years now, though, and still I have not avenged the death of my parents. Their bones grow restless, and I grow weary. I'm not sure if any of us will rest in peace."
"So you carry a grudge with Naraku, as well," Sango pondered.
"My Lady Kori, you have come to the right place," Miroku said, holding Kori's hands in his, "for we, too, are searching for a way to destroy the villainous Naraku. Please, join us on our quest, and perhaps I can help you find happiness-"
At this point in time, Sango and Kagome both slapped him hard enough to leave glowing red handprints on each of his cheeks.
"Baka hentai houshi."
"Can't you ever help a girl without hitting on them?"
"Oh, my. Is he going to be alright?"
"Feh. Let's go."
"Yes, Lord Inuyasha." ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
***AN: Wow, that was long! Guess what? That was a whole eight pages and four lines on word! Hey everyone, before I forget I just wanted to say something. Have you ever noticed how Kenshin and Shishio & Vash and Knives (trigun) are so much alike? The things I think about when I have insomnia. . .@.@ Yay! My first major fluff scene with Kagome and Kurama! *happy dance* I hope everyone enjoyed that part.
REVIEWer Responses:
SilentDark: Wow, thanx for the compliment! I was really studying the description and everything of Kori when I was writing that to make sure I put as much as I could without over-describing things. Sorry this wasn't all about you, but I didn't feel like writing a whole separate chappy before this for Kag and the others, but oh well. At least it was long. And I hope you liked how I did Kori in this chappy. And about Inu smelling Kagome: Shippou is now able to mask his scent. And he's around kag so much anyways some of her scent probably rubbed off on him.
Delirium: Thanx for the word. It just wouldn't come to me when I wanted it. Love and Peace!
Kk: I hope this chappy explained it, but just so u know Kori is a character created by SilentDark.
Lady of the Squrriles: Thanx for the list and everything! I took it with me when we went to San Antonio.
Inugirl0621: 4 REVIEWs in a row. Wow!
Foxygrl: I'd love to write Kag/Sess fic, but I currently don't have any ideas for them, cuz I don't want to have one of those fics that sound just like everyone else's. But if you have an idea you'd like me to write about, I'll give it a try! Be warned, though, it won't be for at least a couple of months (there's a couple other fics I want to get started first). But like I said, I'd love to, if you're willing to wait.
CrimsonBlades16: I've been trying to work on that. I'll probably go back later and add more chappies and stuff and add more fluff and all if it feels really short on fluff. I hope you liked the fluff in this chappy though!
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND (just in case) HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL MY WONDERFUL REVIEWERS!!!!
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The usual author's note and REVIEWer Responses at the bottom.
Oh, and I just wanted to quickly give credit to SilentDark for the creation of Kori.
Chappy 17: Kori's Story
/Youko talking/ ~Kurama talking~ 'thoughts' ~~~~~time change
As Kagome packed her big yellow bag to prepare for her travels in the past, she shook her head, but regretted it almost immediately when her migraine kicked back in with twice the power. She could only pray that all that advil (don't own) she took would help. But when has medicine ever really helped when we really need it? Kagome groaned as she went through the causes of the torture.
*flashback*
She awoke early (@-@) in the morning to the sound of her alarm. She wasn't feeling at all chipper that morning and was contemplating on whether to actually make one of her grandpa's diseases come true to allow herself to stay home, but dismissed it because she'd missed enough school and if she didn't get a good education, then the only way she'd be able to make a living for herself is if someone needed a miko to protect them from youkai, or become a runner for the Olympics. After all from all that running around in the feudal era, she'd impressed her coaches at the school enough for them to ask her to join the track team. Of course, she refused; she hated running and did enough of it with Inu and the rest of the group. But the point is, she knew that there was no way she'd ever survive taking either of these options. So she got up and prepared for another day of hell on earth, also known as high school. (school in general, actually. If kami- sama wanted us to be smart, he would have done it himself. But oh well)
Of course, with math being her first class, she had no time to study, so instead of attempting to work out the strange, foreign symbols that were supposed to be equations, she hung her head in defeat and let her thoughts drift. Almost immediately her mind found the perfect subject: the red- haired, green-eyed beauty she knew as Kurama.
He was known to most people as Shuiichi Minamino. He was human in appearance, yet she felt another presence within him. It was a fox demon, she knew. A few times, she had seen a transparent figure that appeared just behind the human. This demon reminded her of Inuyasha, Sesshoumaru, and Shippou put together. For some reason, she always felt that figure watching her. Once, she had caught him staring at her, and she saw a glimmer of mischief in his amber eyes, along with what looked like a hint of possessiveness, but the next second, he was gone and she could see no one but the human. Before she could ask anything about this mysterious golden- eyed silver-haired youkai, Kurama began to speak of other things, successfully cutting off her questions.
Cutting into her thoughts was the loud ring of the bell, signaling the end of first period, and she was forced to turn in her empty test, earning herself an F and a disappointed look from her math teacher. She merely sighed and did her best to not zone out during the rest of the day, but her thoughts continued to return to Kurama and that youkai.
When the day was out, the group she now knew were Spirit Detectives told her that Koenma had requested to see her. She nodded distractedly, but was soon snapped out of her haze when Botan popped out of nowhere dressed in a pink kimono and riding what appeared to be an oar. She jumped in surprise, falling on her derrière. Fortunately, no one saw the bubbly girl pop out of thin air because they were in a dark alley.
Kurama noticed that something was definitely wrong at this point since Kagome appeared so distracted and he had never seen the beautiful girl, who Youko had become quite curious about, act so strangely. When he asked what the problem was, she immediately broke into tears in front of the entire S.D. team, going on and on about how she failed her second math test in a row, and all the mean looks she had gotten from the teachers because she couldn't pay attention in class and wasn't there most of the time so she never knew what they were talking about, and how she would never be able to get a job, much less go to college like she wanted, at this rate. Youko actually loved the contact with the only girl who had really caught his interest, but didn't like the fact that it was under these circumstances that she hung on to him so. So he urged his human counterpart to comfort her in some way, seeing as that wasn't the youkai's specialty. As a result, Kurama offered to tutor Kagome on what she missed.
Kagome was so happy at his offer that she decided to give him a peck on the cheek, but Youko took over at the last second and turned his head so that they kissed lip-to-lip. Kagome and the red-head turned away, blushing, while the rest of the group cheered, except for Hiei, who "hn"-ed as usual, but found the fox's predicament amusing nonetheless. Botan, trying to save them from this embarrassment, opened the portal to Koenma's office.
From there Koenma, who had been watching them all on his big-screen TV that I have admired and wanted for so long, continued to embarrass Kurama and Kagome. By the end of it, Kagome was redder than a tomato and Kurama was attempted to harm the child-like prince of Reikai, but was stopped when Yusuke demanded the toddler tell them why they were there. After all, he had *ahem* 'more important things to do.'
So Koenma then ordered them all to go with Kagome to Sengoku Jidai next time she was due there, which immediately brought the girl into a bit of despair because she had told Inu that she would be coming back today, and hadn't even started to pack.
*end flashback*
And so here she was, packing her big yellow bag for the past, with a huge headache. The next person to annoy her wouldn't know what hit them.
When she arrived outside, all the spirit detectives were waiting for her, minus one baka, who was assigned to take care of a very low level youkai that had somehow made it past the barrier.
Right now, Yusuke looked ticked off (he had to cancel a date with Keiko. AGAIN.) Hiei was his usual, indifferent self. Kurama looked heavenly with the wind blowing his hair around and his back facing the Goshinboku tree and the sunset. She didn't notice when Yusuke so rudely interrupted this picture. That is, until. . .
"Kagome's got a crush on Kurama! Kagome's got a crush on Kurama!" He repeated this chant over, making Kagome blush powerfully. Then a rosebush Yusuke 'just so happened' to be standing next to began to poke at him. "Hey! What's the big idea?!"
"Hn. Baka ningen," was Hiei's overused reply. It went unheard because Yusuke was too occupied with prying thorns out of his jacket.
Kurama allowed himself to smirk a little. Actually, it's more like Suiichi didn't mind when Youko decided to take pride of his handiwork.
/Serves the ningen right, making fun of my Kagome/ Youko said primly.
~My? Where'd the 'my' come from?~ Suiichi began to panic a little.
/Why shouldn't she be mine? After all, she's smart, beautiful, powerful. She'd be the perfect steal for a thief with my skill./
~Boastful as ever, I see~ Suiichi sighed. ~What if Kagome is interested in another? What if she doesn't wish to become your mate?~
/Look! She's coming over here. Let me have control of this ningen body for a few minutes. I'll show you/
Suiichi sighed yet again. ~I don't know why, but I'll let you.~
Kagome walked over to her red-headed beauty. 'Wait a second. Why am I saying he's mine? I mean, sure he's nice and everything and I like him and all, but isn't this all kind of sudden?' As I was saying before, Kagome walked over to the handsome young man she knew as Kurama, fully intent on thanking him for distracting Yusuke, the cause of most of her sudden blushing streak. As she gazed at his perfect figure, she couldn't help but notice how his emerald green eyes changed into the gold of Inuyasha's. She convinced herself it was merely a trick of the light, but in the back of her mind she registered that the light was facing his back, and therefore couldn't be the cause of this change. So she just shrugged it off.
She bowed slightly to him. "Thank you very much Kurama. I know it was you that distracted Yusuke."
"I should be the one thanking you," Kurama said in a much smoother, sexier voice than normal. Kagome couldn't say she didn't like it.
But she looked up, rather startled. "Thank me for what?"
"For this." And with those two simple words, he lifted her chin just a little bit to meet his lips. Needless to say, she didn't resist. Her eyes closed as she relaxed into his lips.
When their lips connected all Kagome could think about was flowers. Red flowers. Roses to be exact. She realized it was because that was Kurama's unique scent. To her, he was the most wondrous scent she ever had the pleasure of smelling. When she was finally able to regain some of her other senses, she realized that her knees were feeling weak. But it was a good feeling. His lips, melded to hers, felt like they belonged there. Her pleasure only deepened when his tongue slipped out of his mouth to tap askingly on her closed lips.
Youko, for it was him in control, gave a low growl of approval when Kagome opened her entrance for his tongue. She relaxed even more into him, to his greatest pleasure. As he wrapped his arms around to her lower back her own arms crept behind his neck, trying to pull him closer to her. Her tongue joined his own as she explored the crevices of his mouth. She moaned in pleasure when he rubbed her lower back.
When the two finally broke for air a minute or two later, they continued to stare into each other's eyes.
/I think I proved my point./
Suiichi was speechless.
That is, until Botan popped out of nowhere dressed in her usual pink kimono and riding her oar. "Yusuke! We have a problem!"
"Then why didn't you call me on the communicator? That's faster."
"You idiot! You turned it off!" Botan said, getting up into his face.
Calmly, Yusuke reached into his pocket and took out the communicator, then flipped it open. "Heh heh. I guess you're right Botan," he said, rubbing the back of his neck. "So what's the emergency?"
"We found that there was a crack in the barrier between Ningenkai and Makai. Although they are all lower class, there are lots of them and Kuwabara can't handle them all, on his own. You need to leave now!"
"But what about-"
"Not buts Yusuke," Botan said as she hauled him up by his shirt collar to whisk him off to Kuwabara's aid.
"Sorry I can't stay to help and all you guys! See you when you come back!" He yelled, secretly hoping in his mind that he might actually be able to salvage his date with Keiko.
"Well," Kurama (who had taken control once more) said, "I guess it's just the three of us." Inside, Youko was cheering.
/Finally! That baka ningen and his equally, if not more so, baka friend won't be bothering me and my Kagome!/
~That's, 'my Kagome and I'~
/Whatever./
"If you guys are ready then, what are we waiting for?" All three headed into the wellhouse after Kagome said this. "Take my hands, both of you. I have the jewel shards so you should be able to get through this way."
They followed her instructions, and soon the three were surrounded by the purplish blue lights Kagome had become so familiar with.
~~~~~~~~~~~~Sengoku Jidai
When they landed on the other side of the well and she was carried up by Kurama (Hiei got her bag) they were greeted by the sound of fast footsteps.
Sango appeared, not one bit out of breath from the run. "Kagome, come quick!" was all she managed to get out before a ball of fluff landed smack dab in the middle of her chest.
She pulled Shippou off to face her. "What's wrong?"
"We were walking and a youkai was attacking her and she wouldn't fight back and she was really injured so we brought her back so Lady Kaede would help, and she's doing better, but still won't wake up and-and-and-"
"Please, Lady Kagome, just hurry!" said Miroku, who had showed up in the middle of Shippou's confusing tale.
Kurama took one look at their obvious distress, picked Kagome up bridal style, and rushed off at top speed to Kaede's hut.
When he set Kagome down, she calmly entered the hut to find Kaede attending to a beautiful young woman who was out cold. "Kaede, what happened?"
"Lady Kagome, please will you heal her?" Miroku and Sango had rode Kirara so they didn't collapse on their way back. Hiei just jumped through the trees.
"We know you're stronger than you let on, Kagome."
With these small urgings from two of her best friends, Kagome sank to her knees beside the youkai (she hadn't noticed this before she saw her ears). She placed her hands above her body and pinkish white light gathered, then began to surround both women. Ten minutes later, the light faded, revealing the youkai, who was in a peaceful slumber, and Kagome, who wore a tired smile.
"She'll be up by morning."
Later that night everyone was gathered by the fire. Kaede was grinding and bottling herbs into medicines for future use. Miroku appeared to be meditating, but his hand was unnoticeably getting closer and closer to Sango's butt. Said victim of said hentai was cleaning her Hiraikotsu while Kirara lounged in her lap. Shippou slept in Kagome's lap while Kagome leaned on Kurama's shoulder. Youko was bragging like crazy, and his human side tried his best to ignore the thief. Hiei leaned against a wall, his eyes narrowed in Sango's direction.
Finally, Sango had had enough. "What's your problem, youkai? Go stare at someone else!"
"Hn. Baka ningen."
"Try saying that again, youkai."
"Baka ningen."
"That's it!" Sango began to lift Hiraikotsu, but at this time was *ahem* 'distracted' by Miroku, who had chosen this time to do what a hentai like him does best. "HENTAI!" And now Miroku was off in lala land. Sango resumed her position, once again cleaning Hiraikotsu. Kirara was attempted to inch away, but knew that would only add wood to the fire.
"Hn."
That's when Kagome noticed something was wrong. There was no loud, obnoxious barking, so to speak. "Where's Inuyasha."
"Impatience is not a thing to bring into a sickroom, so I sent the hanyou on a fool's journey," Kaede responded.
"And we made sure he was far enough away so you would come back in time to 'sit' him, Lady Kagome."
As if on cue, a certain dog-eared hanyou came in, glaring at the inhabitants of the hut. "What did you say, monk?"
Miroku inched away. "Nothing Inuyasha, nothing at all."
Inuyasha got closer and closer until Kagome uttered the one word that always stopped him, the word he'd come to dread, that single three-letter word that could bring him to his knees. "SIT!"
"Whad'd'ya do that for, wench?!"
"Sit. I won't tolerate any violence tonight. Now let's all go to sleep."
When Inuyasha was finally able to move, he 'feh'-ed and ran out into a tree before anything else could happen.
It was early in the morning when Inuyasha awoke, as usual, and he was impatient to begin shard hunting. But first, he wanted to get that boy away from his little sister Kagome. In short, he decided to now play the role of the over-protective brother. He smirked, trying to find some way to separate the two. But then he heard something. It was very faint.
He looked around and saw that youkai. Kori, she said her name was. She was sneaking away, and doing a rather good job of it, too. But not good enough.
He waited for her to pass the tree he was in before he silently jumped down from behind and grabbed her by the back of her black haori. She immediately stiffened.
"Please, don't hurt me. I'm but a humble elf youkai. I don't mean any harm, I-"
"Stop your babbling. I'm just making sure you don't escape."
Kori slumped a little and meekly said, "You mean, I'm a prisoner?"
Inu was a little surprised at her behavior. He was used to women (as well as men and children) running away from him or acting like Sango and Kagome. But Kori was so acquiescent. Despite his surprise, he managed to find words. "No, you're not a prisoner, but you do owe us an explanation." She nodded, but didn't move, so he grabbed her by one of her long, pointy ears, a claw brushing against a lavender-colored flower, and hauled her back into the hut. "Everyone, wake up," he called. He was answered by a couple of groans, an especially loud one by Kagome, who was laying by the red-head, but eventually everyone was up.
"Inuyasha?" *yawn* "What's wrong?" Kagome rubbed her eyes to get the sleep out of them. She looked around to see her patient standing there beside him. "Hello, there. What's your name? How are you?"
She bowed, showing her respect. "My name is Kori, Lady. I am much better now. I believe it is because of you, Lady?"
"I suppose. But you can drop the 'Lady' part. My name is Kagome. It's a pleasure to meet you." She made introductions. Miroku made his own (complete with 'the question'), but got hit by Inuyasha in the process, but wasn't knocked out.
"We've wasted enough time now," Inu said. "Before we go shard hunting, I want some answers. And I mean everything, starting with just what you are."
Kori gulped but nodded. "As I have said, my name is Kori. I am an elf youkai." Seeing mostly blank faces, she decided to elaborate. "Like silver kitsunes, my kind has a special connection with the land. We can control plants at will. But unlike most youkai, we can change appearance at will as well. We can even transform into a plant. Unfortunately, my kind is dying out. I fear I am one of the last hundred or so, but I can never tell, as many are so secretive."
"What about your family?" Sango inquired.
"They were both murdered when I was but a child, five at most. I was able to transform into a human and was adopted by a very loving human couple who had been unable to have children of their own. I was so happy, but two years later, my foster father was killed by a bunch of demons attacking our village. My foster mother and I managed to escape and live in another village. It was peaceful for a long time, but when I was ten, bandits attacked our village. My mother died getting me to safety. I followed the bandits to their encampment. I heard them talking about someone named Naraku, and I believed him to be their boss. I have been looking for him ever since. In the meantime, I try my best to help people. It's been eight years now, though, and still I have not avenged the death of my parents. Their bones grow restless, and I grow weary. I'm not sure if any of us will rest in peace."
"So you carry a grudge with Naraku, as well," Sango pondered.
"My Lady Kori, you have come to the right place," Miroku said, holding Kori's hands in his, "for we, too, are searching for a way to destroy the villainous Naraku. Please, join us on our quest, and perhaps I can help you find happiness-"
At this point in time, Sango and Kagome both slapped him hard enough to leave glowing red handprints on each of his cheeks.
"Baka hentai houshi."
"Can't you ever help a girl without hitting on them?"
"Oh, my. Is he going to be alright?"
"Feh. Let's go."
"Yes, Lord Inuyasha." ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
***AN: Wow, that was long! Guess what? That was a whole eight pages and four lines on word! Hey everyone, before I forget I just wanted to say something. Have you ever noticed how Kenshin and Shishio & Vash and Knives (trigun) are so much alike? The things I think about when I have insomnia. . .@.@ Yay! My first major fluff scene with Kagome and Kurama! *happy dance* I hope everyone enjoyed that part.
REVIEWer Responses:
SilentDark: Wow, thanx for the compliment! I was really studying the description and everything of Kori when I was writing that to make sure I put as much as I could without over-describing things. Sorry this wasn't all about you, but I didn't feel like writing a whole separate chappy before this for Kag and the others, but oh well. At least it was long. And I hope you liked how I did Kori in this chappy. And about Inu smelling Kagome: Shippou is now able to mask his scent. And he's around kag so much anyways some of her scent probably rubbed off on him.
Delirium: Thanx for the word. It just wouldn't come to me when I wanted it. Love and Peace!
Kk: I hope this chappy explained it, but just so u know Kori is a character created by SilentDark.
Lady of the Squrriles: Thanx for the list and everything! I took it with me when we went to San Antonio.
Inugirl0621: 4 REVIEWs in a row. Wow!
Foxygrl: I'd love to write Kag/Sess fic, but I currently don't have any ideas for them, cuz I don't want to have one of those fics that sound just like everyone else's. But if you have an idea you'd like me to write about, I'll give it a try! Be warned, though, it won't be for at least a couple of months (there's a couple other fics I want to get started first). But like I said, I'd love to, if you're willing to wait.
CrimsonBlades16: I've been trying to work on that. I'll probably go back later and add more chappies and stuff and add more fluff and all if it feels really short on fluff. I hope you liked the fluff in this chappy though!
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