Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, sorry.
~ ~ ~ - Changing P.O.V. * * * - Changing Scene ' ' - Thoughts " " - Speech - Telepathy
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or Yu Yu Hakusho
The Final Battle: Alliances Across Time
-Last time-
When they looked back at the path they were shocked at the sight they saw. There were eight cloaked figures emerging from the forest and they were shocked to see Kagome and Inuyasha leading them. They looked at each other again and Miroku said "Well, this is going to be and interesting evening now isn't it Lady Sango?"
----Chapter Two----
"Lady Kagome it is nice to see that you are well." Miroku said as the group walked up.
"KAGOME!" Shippo yelled, jumping up in to her arms.
"I missed you too Shippo." Kagome said laughing quietly at his antics.
"Kagome, who are these people?" Sango asked stepping a little closer to Kagome.
"They say that they were sent here to help us, but they wouldn't explain why until we were all together." Kagome answered, turning to Botan. "Botan, I would like to introduce you to the rest of our group. This is Sango," she indicated the dark-haired girl standing next to her "this is Miroku," she then indicated a dark-haired young man who had on the robes of a monk, that had his short hair in a small pony tail and was holding a monks staff "this is Shippo," she said pointing to the young kitsune in her arms "and that's Kirara." She said indicating the small fire cat sitting by Sango's feet.
"Hello everyone, my name is Botan and this is...." Botan goes on to introduce Yusuke and the members of his group.
"Ah, beautiful lady. May I ask you an important question?" Miroku asked Botan with a gleam in his eyes.
"Sure." Replied Botan giving him a nervous glance. The fact that Sango and Kagome's eyebrows were twitching made her a little uneasy.
"Will you do me the honor of baring my children?" A shout of "PERVERT!!" followed by Sango hitting him over the head with Hiraikotsu was heard clear on the other side of the village.
This scene caused Yusuke and all the guys to laugh nervously. "Wow, remind me not to get those two mad. Their worse than Kayko." Yusuke said quietly. The only people who weren't amused were Hiei who was thinking about how pathetic humans could be sometimes and Inuyasha who was more interested in getting answers.
"Feh, now will you tell us why your all here wench?" Inuyasha growled. He was getting frustrated at how long this was taking. He wanted to get going, but at the rate things were going at they would be going anywhere until morning which did not improve his mood any.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome hissed, giving him a dirty look. "Do you want me to say it again?"
He looked at Kagome and gave a small 'Feh' and looked back at Botan expecting an answer to his question.
"Well, we were sent here by the great Koenma to help you defeat Naraku," She began but was interrupted by Inuyasha.
"NARAKU!" He exclaimed putting his hand on tetsusaiga and jumping in front of Kagome growling, "Tell me how you and this Koenma person know about him NOW." He started to unsheathe tetsusaiga causing everyone to take a nervous step backward.
"Inuyasha, 'SIT'. Will you let them explain!" Kagome was not happy to say the least. "Botan, please continue." She said ignoring the muffled curses and turning back to Botan.
"Well, I guess I should be a little more detailed with my explanation of who we are I suppose. I am the guide to the river Styx and Koenma is...." She goes on to explain about Spirit World, how Yusuke is a Spirit Detective. ".... but the reason that we have been sent here to help you is because according to our intelligence, Naraku has become too powerful for you and your friends to handle on your own. It is of utmost importance that Naraku be destroyed because the future as you know it Kagome will be destroyed."
Kagome and the rest of the Inu-group gasped at the information. "Do you know how he became so powerful?" Kagome asked.
"Apparently he has some how go a hold of a magical jewel called the shikon no tama. Are you familiar with this jewel?"
Kagome paled and the rest of the Inu-group looked at each other for a moment. Kagome was the first to speak. "Yes, we are familiar with the shikon no tama. In fact I have part of it right here." She pulled her necklace out of her shirt to reveal a very small chunk of a glowing pink jewel. "Naraku doesn't have the complete jewel. We have most of what is left. There are still a few more shards that we need to find though." She stated as she put the jewel back under her blouse.
"What happened to it? How did get broken?" Botan asked amazed. Usually their intelligence was correct this was a new twist.
"Well it's my fault that the jewel was shattered. On my fifteenth birthday I got pulled into the bone-eaters well by a centipede demon...." She goes on to tell how she met Inuyasha and how the jewel was inside her and up to when they discovered that the jewel was shattered from her shooting the crow demon. "...And here I thought that my grandpa was crazy for believing in all those legends that he's always telling." She said laughing softly.
Kurama looked up surprised. 'So it's true then.' He thought to himself and chuckled softly causing Hiei to look up at him and ask, "What's so funny?"
"Nothing."
Your lying Kurama.
I just find it amusing that she didn't believe the legends told to her and now she is living one. There was a soft 'hn' next to him as Hiei turned away.
"May I make a suggestion?" Miroku, who had just recovered from his latest beating took a couple of steps forward to stand in the middle of the group said, "It is almost night and we will need to get going early in the morning. There is a rumor of jewel shards to the west, and we will need to fix up sleeping arrangements for everyone. Keada's hut is not large enough for this great a number." He looked around for a moment to see if anyone would object and then moved off toward the hut behind him. "I will check with Kaede, I don't think she will mind if we make a small camp over there." He said indicating the field that was within sight. With that he disappeared into the hut with Shippo close behind.
Everyone moved off of the path into the small field that had been indicated, which was also located near the hut. There was plenty of room for everyone to get comfortable and in the center was a large tree that they decided to make camp under.
"Kuwabara let us go and gather some wood for a fire." Kurama said after he had set down his bag and cloak on one side of the tree where Kuwabara and Yusuke had also set down their belongings and cloaks.
"Sure." Kuwabara said and started to follow Kurama towards the woods. "Hey, there aren't any monsters out there are they?" He asked hurrying after him.
"It would serve him right if he got eaten on the first night here." Muttered Hiei.
"Hiei, you know as well as I do that Kuwabara is a good fighter, even if he is a moron. We need all the help we can get for this mission and you know that." Yusuke said, having heard Hiei.
"That's funny, I don't remember asking you or any one from your group for help." Yusuke and Hiei looked over to see Inuyasha approaching him from the other side of the small camp where Kagome, Botan and Sango were getting a fire pit ready and cooking supplies out. He stopped a few feet away and stood there with his arms crossed, glaring at Yusuke.
"It's our assignment to help you out. Any way's Kayko's always mad at me for ditching school so I guess I get a real life history lesson out of this." Yusuke said calmly.
"Don't feel bad. I'm not exactly happy to have to deal with a half-breed mutt like you." Hiei said coldly, glaring at Inuyasha with contempt.
"Why you..." Inuyasha growled and lunged for Hiei who was gone before Inuyasha had even taken a step. This caused him to blink in surprise and look around.
"Don't feel bad. He is too fast for even my eyes most of the time. Even when I can see him I only see not even half of what he can do." Yusuke said chuckling at Inuyasha's confused expression.
"Feh" Was the only response he got as Inuyasha headed toward the hut to sulk.
A few feet away Kagome, Sango and Botan had over heard the exchange between Hiei and Inuyasha. "Sango, why did Inuyasha get upset at being called a half-breed?" Asked Botan. She was curious. They knew Inuyasha was a hanyou but that was about all they really knew about him.
"Inuyasha is very sensitive about his heritage. Because his mother was human and his father was a demon other demons and humans have never really accepted him. Even his own half brother wants him dead." Sango said and turned back to getting the fire pit ready.
"Don't mind Hiei. He has a lot on his mind right now." Kurama said. He had heard Hiei and Inuyasha argue from the edge of the clearing, and was standing behind them with an arm full of wood, Kuwabara was not far behind.
"But why would he say something like that to Inuyasha though? I mean Hiei isn't usually the nicest guy but that was cruel even for him." Yusuke asked him as he watch Kurama put the wood down by the pit so Sango could set them up.
"He is frustrated because we were sent here on a mission when there was some business at home he wanted to take care of. It is just a coincidence that Inuyasha is a hanyou. Hiei is using that as an excuse to be cruel to him. Most demons look down on hanyou's unless the hanyou in question is its own child. Even then there are demons that would kill it's own offspring if it were a hanyou." Kurama said standing up and looking at Yusuke.
"Well, that's not very nice." Kuwabara said.
"What kind of parent would kill it's own child?" Yusuke said stuffing his hands in his pockets.
"Not all demons are like that, just some. Usually, a hanyou is loved by its parents because the parents love each other and are usually mates. The greatest danger for any hanyou is the outside world. Other demons and humans look down on them like they are the scum of the earth. Even if they are related, there is no love." Kurama said.
"Inuyasha's own brother Sesshoumaru has tried to kill him countless times for his sword that was left to him by their father. Even though he has Tenseiga, Tetsusaiga's sister sword and the sword Toukijin." Kagome said from the side of the fire that they had just finished lighting. She already had a pot of water set up to boil for the Ramen that they would be having for dinner.
"Sesshoumaru? I have heard of him before. Wasn't he a powerful demon?" Kurama asked looking at Kagome.
"He IS a powerful demon and the Inu youkai lord of the western lands. He inherited the title when their father died." Kagome said looking at the red haired boy. "He's not someone you want to mess around with, even if he only has one arm."
Yusuke listened for a moment before asking, "Kagome could you tell me about these swords that you mentioned? OW!" Yusuke slaps his neck and looks down as a flea like creature flutters to the ground.
Kagome, having noticed walks over and looks down. "Myouga, when did you get here?" She asks bending down and picking up Myouga, who had just re- inflated himself.
"Just now Lady Kagome. Is Master Inuyasha around?" Said the small flea demon.
"Yes, he went up to Kaede's a couple of minutes ago. Do you have news for us?" She asked.
"Indeed, it seems that the rumors that you heard are true. A village is being terrorized by a large snake demon. It's about a two days walk to the west."
"That is good news Myouga. Good work." Miroku said as he came to a stop next to Kagome. "Kaede said it would be aright, and it looks like were already all set." Miroku said looking around at the small campsite. "Could you tell me why Inuyasha is upset though? He came storming into the hut and isn't saying anything." He asked looking back at Kagome.
"Well Hiei kinda called him a half-breed mutt." Kagome replied keeping a careful watch on Miroku's hands.
"Well that would explain it. Why don't you go up to the hut and try and calm him down some lady Kagome, just remember that we leave in the morning, so don't stay up all night." Miroku said with a mischievous glint in his eyes.
"PERVERT!" Kagome yelled smacking him upside the head and stormed off towards the hut herself. Myouga, curious about these new comers, hopped onto Yusuke's shoulder.
"You are quite the lecher." Kurama said laughing softly. "Serves you right though."
"You know it's not nice to say stuff like that to a lady. Umm what exactly did you say?" Kuwabara said.
"Hn, being an idiot as usual. I'm surprised you didn't get eaten." Hiei said as he jumped down from the tree where he had been hiding.
"Shut up shorty, or I'll pound you." Kuwabara said angrily.
"Like to see you try." Hiei replied giving Kuwabara a bored look.
"That's enough you two. We have a mission to be working on. And Hiei, try not to insult the people were working with ok?" Yusuke said.
"Hn" Hiei said and looked away.
"Dinners ready, will someone please go get Kagome, Inuyasha and Shippo?" Sango said, standing up from her spot by the fire.
"I will go." Kurama said and walked off in the direction of the hut.
"Myouga was it? Could you tell me about these swords that Kagome was talking about?" Yusuke asked the flea demon on his shoulder.
"Of course, why don't we wait for your other friend to return first though, that way I won't have to repeat myself." Myouga replied.
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~ ~ ~ - Changing P.O.V. * * * - Changing Scene ' ' - Thoughts " " - Speech - Telepathy
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or Yu Yu Hakusho
The Final Battle: Alliances Across Time
-Last time-
When they looked back at the path they were shocked at the sight they saw. There were eight cloaked figures emerging from the forest and they were shocked to see Kagome and Inuyasha leading them. They looked at each other again and Miroku said "Well, this is going to be and interesting evening now isn't it Lady Sango?"
----Chapter Two----
"Lady Kagome it is nice to see that you are well." Miroku said as the group walked up.
"KAGOME!" Shippo yelled, jumping up in to her arms.
"I missed you too Shippo." Kagome said laughing quietly at his antics.
"Kagome, who are these people?" Sango asked stepping a little closer to Kagome.
"They say that they were sent here to help us, but they wouldn't explain why until we were all together." Kagome answered, turning to Botan. "Botan, I would like to introduce you to the rest of our group. This is Sango," she indicated the dark-haired girl standing next to her "this is Miroku," she then indicated a dark-haired young man who had on the robes of a monk, that had his short hair in a small pony tail and was holding a monks staff "this is Shippo," she said pointing to the young kitsune in her arms "and that's Kirara." She said indicating the small fire cat sitting by Sango's feet.
"Hello everyone, my name is Botan and this is...." Botan goes on to introduce Yusuke and the members of his group.
"Ah, beautiful lady. May I ask you an important question?" Miroku asked Botan with a gleam in his eyes.
"Sure." Replied Botan giving him a nervous glance. The fact that Sango and Kagome's eyebrows were twitching made her a little uneasy.
"Will you do me the honor of baring my children?" A shout of "PERVERT!!" followed by Sango hitting him over the head with Hiraikotsu was heard clear on the other side of the village.
This scene caused Yusuke and all the guys to laugh nervously. "Wow, remind me not to get those two mad. Their worse than Kayko." Yusuke said quietly. The only people who weren't amused were Hiei who was thinking about how pathetic humans could be sometimes and Inuyasha who was more interested in getting answers.
"Feh, now will you tell us why your all here wench?" Inuyasha growled. He was getting frustrated at how long this was taking. He wanted to get going, but at the rate things were going at they would be going anywhere until morning which did not improve his mood any.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome hissed, giving him a dirty look. "Do you want me to say it again?"
He looked at Kagome and gave a small 'Feh' and looked back at Botan expecting an answer to his question.
"Well, we were sent here by the great Koenma to help you defeat Naraku," She began but was interrupted by Inuyasha.
"NARAKU!" He exclaimed putting his hand on tetsusaiga and jumping in front of Kagome growling, "Tell me how you and this Koenma person know about him NOW." He started to unsheathe tetsusaiga causing everyone to take a nervous step backward.
"Inuyasha, 'SIT'. Will you let them explain!" Kagome was not happy to say the least. "Botan, please continue." She said ignoring the muffled curses and turning back to Botan.
"Well, I guess I should be a little more detailed with my explanation of who we are I suppose. I am the guide to the river Styx and Koenma is...." She goes on to explain about Spirit World, how Yusuke is a Spirit Detective. ".... but the reason that we have been sent here to help you is because according to our intelligence, Naraku has become too powerful for you and your friends to handle on your own. It is of utmost importance that Naraku be destroyed because the future as you know it Kagome will be destroyed."
Kagome and the rest of the Inu-group gasped at the information. "Do you know how he became so powerful?" Kagome asked.
"Apparently he has some how go a hold of a magical jewel called the shikon no tama. Are you familiar with this jewel?"
Kagome paled and the rest of the Inu-group looked at each other for a moment. Kagome was the first to speak. "Yes, we are familiar with the shikon no tama. In fact I have part of it right here." She pulled her necklace out of her shirt to reveal a very small chunk of a glowing pink jewel. "Naraku doesn't have the complete jewel. We have most of what is left. There are still a few more shards that we need to find though." She stated as she put the jewel back under her blouse.
"What happened to it? How did get broken?" Botan asked amazed. Usually their intelligence was correct this was a new twist.
"Well it's my fault that the jewel was shattered. On my fifteenth birthday I got pulled into the bone-eaters well by a centipede demon...." She goes on to tell how she met Inuyasha and how the jewel was inside her and up to when they discovered that the jewel was shattered from her shooting the crow demon. "...And here I thought that my grandpa was crazy for believing in all those legends that he's always telling." She said laughing softly.
Kurama looked up surprised. 'So it's true then.' He thought to himself and chuckled softly causing Hiei to look up at him and ask, "What's so funny?"
"Nothing."
Your lying Kurama.
I just find it amusing that she didn't believe the legends told to her and now she is living one. There was a soft 'hn' next to him as Hiei turned away.
"May I make a suggestion?" Miroku, who had just recovered from his latest beating took a couple of steps forward to stand in the middle of the group said, "It is almost night and we will need to get going early in the morning. There is a rumor of jewel shards to the west, and we will need to fix up sleeping arrangements for everyone. Keada's hut is not large enough for this great a number." He looked around for a moment to see if anyone would object and then moved off toward the hut behind him. "I will check with Kaede, I don't think she will mind if we make a small camp over there." He said indicating the field that was within sight. With that he disappeared into the hut with Shippo close behind.
Everyone moved off of the path into the small field that had been indicated, which was also located near the hut. There was plenty of room for everyone to get comfortable and in the center was a large tree that they decided to make camp under.
"Kuwabara let us go and gather some wood for a fire." Kurama said after he had set down his bag and cloak on one side of the tree where Kuwabara and Yusuke had also set down their belongings and cloaks.
"Sure." Kuwabara said and started to follow Kurama towards the woods. "Hey, there aren't any monsters out there are they?" He asked hurrying after him.
"It would serve him right if he got eaten on the first night here." Muttered Hiei.
"Hiei, you know as well as I do that Kuwabara is a good fighter, even if he is a moron. We need all the help we can get for this mission and you know that." Yusuke said, having heard Hiei.
"That's funny, I don't remember asking you or any one from your group for help." Yusuke and Hiei looked over to see Inuyasha approaching him from the other side of the small camp where Kagome, Botan and Sango were getting a fire pit ready and cooking supplies out. He stopped a few feet away and stood there with his arms crossed, glaring at Yusuke.
"It's our assignment to help you out. Any way's Kayko's always mad at me for ditching school so I guess I get a real life history lesson out of this." Yusuke said calmly.
"Don't feel bad. I'm not exactly happy to have to deal with a half-breed mutt like you." Hiei said coldly, glaring at Inuyasha with contempt.
"Why you..." Inuyasha growled and lunged for Hiei who was gone before Inuyasha had even taken a step. This caused him to blink in surprise and look around.
"Don't feel bad. He is too fast for even my eyes most of the time. Even when I can see him I only see not even half of what he can do." Yusuke said chuckling at Inuyasha's confused expression.
"Feh" Was the only response he got as Inuyasha headed toward the hut to sulk.
A few feet away Kagome, Sango and Botan had over heard the exchange between Hiei and Inuyasha. "Sango, why did Inuyasha get upset at being called a half-breed?" Asked Botan. She was curious. They knew Inuyasha was a hanyou but that was about all they really knew about him.
"Inuyasha is very sensitive about his heritage. Because his mother was human and his father was a demon other demons and humans have never really accepted him. Even his own half brother wants him dead." Sango said and turned back to getting the fire pit ready.
"Don't mind Hiei. He has a lot on his mind right now." Kurama said. He had heard Hiei and Inuyasha argue from the edge of the clearing, and was standing behind them with an arm full of wood, Kuwabara was not far behind.
"But why would he say something like that to Inuyasha though? I mean Hiei isn't usually the nicest guy but that was cruel even for him." Yusuke asked him as he watch Kurama put the wood down by the pit so Sango could set them up.
"He is frustrated because we were sent here on a mission when there was some business at home he wanted to take care of. It is just a coincidence that Inuyasha is a hanyou. Hiei is using that as an excuse to be cruel to him. Most demons look down on hanyou's unless the hanyou in question is its own child. Even then there are demons that would kill it's own offspring if it were a hanyou." Kurama said standing up and looking at Yusuke.
"Well, that's not very nice." Kuwabara said.
"What kind of parent would kill it's own child?" Yusuke said stuffing his hands in his pockets.
"Not all demons are like that, just some. Usually, a hanyou is loved by its parents because the parents love each other and are usually mates. The greatest danger for any hanyou is the outside world. Other demons and humans look down on them like they are the scum of the earth. Even if they are related, there is no love." Kurama said.
"Inuyasha's own brother Sesshoumaru has tried to kill him countless times for his sword that was left to him by their father. Even though he has Tenseiga, Tetsusaiga's sister sword and the sword Toukijin." Kagome said from the side of the fire that they had just finished lighting. She already had a pot of water set up to boil for the Ramen that they would be having for dinner.
"Sesshoumaru? I have heard of him before. Wasn't he a powerful demon?" Kurama asked looking at Kagome.
"He IS a powerful demon and the Inu youkai lord of the western lands. He inherited the title when their father died." Kagome said looking at the red haired boy. "He's not someone you want to mess around with, even if he only has one arm."
Yusuke listened for a moment before asking, "Kagome could you tell me about these swords that you mentioned? OW!" Yusuke slaps his neck and looks down as a flea like creature flutters to the ground.
Kagome, having noticed walks over and looks down. "Myouga, when did you get here?" She asks bending down and picking up Myouga, who had just re- inflated himself.
"Just now Lady Kagome. Is Master Inuyasha around?" Said the small flea demon.
"Yes, he went up to Kaede's a couple of minutes ago. Do you have news for us?" She asked.
"Indeed, it seems that the rumors that you heard are true. A village is being terrorized by a large snake demon. It's about a two days walk to the west."
"That is good news Myouga. Good work." Miroku said as he came to a stop next to Kagome. "Kaede said it would be aright, and it looks like were already all set." Miroku said looking around at the small campsite. "Could you tell me why Inuyasha is upset though? He came storming into the hut and isn't saying anything." He asked looking back at Kagome.
"Well Hiei kinda called him a half-breed mutt." Kagome replied keeping a careful watch on Miroku's hands.
"Well that would explain it. Why don't you go up to the hut and try and calm him down some lady Kagome, just remember that we leave in the morning, so don't stay up all night." Miroku said with a mischievous glint in his eyes.
"PERVERT!" Kagome yelled smacking him upside the head and stormed off towards the hut herself. Myouga, curious about these new comers, hopped onto Yusuke's shoulder.
"You are quite the lecher." Kurama said laughing softly. "Serves you right though."
"You know it's not nice to say stuff like that to a lady. Umm what exactly did you say?" Kuwabara said.
"Hn, being an idiot as usual. I'm surprised you didn't get eaten." Hiei said as he jumped down from the tree where he had been hiding.
"Shut up shorty, or I'll pound you." Kuwabara said angrily.
"Like to see you try." Hiei replied giving Kuwabara a bored look.
"That's enough you two. We have a mission to be working on. And Hiei, try not to insult the people were working with ok?" Yusuke said.
"Hn" Hiei said and looked away.
"Dinners ready, will someone please go get Kagome, Inuyasha and Shippo?" Sango said, standing up from her spot by the fire.
"I will go." Kurama said and walked off in the direction of the hut.
"Myouga was it? Could you tell me about these swords that Kagome was talking about?" Yusuke asked the flea demon on his shoulder.
"Of course, why don't we wait for your other friend to return first though, that way I won't have to repeat myself." Myouga replied.
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