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A/N: There are some spoilers in this chapter. You have been warned.
~ ~ ~ - Changing P.O.V. * * * - Changing Scene ' ' - Thoughts " " - Speech - Telepathy
The Final Battle: Alliances Across Time
----Chapter Five----
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The rest of the day went uneventfully. They made camp in the woods right before nightfall. After they ate everyone started to relax for the evening. The girls, Miroku, Shippo, Kuwabara and Yusuke talked. Inuyasha was sitting under a tree trying to clean his sword. Kurama was sitting a little apart from everyone else and was deep in thought. Hiei had taken to the trees again and was watching the moonrise. And Kirara was asleep by the fire.
Yusuke looked around after a few minutes. He had noticed that Kurama wasn't talking with them and he thought that it was a little odd for him. Kurama was usually interested in making small talk, or at least listening in to see if he could find out anything of interest. Yusuke spotted him sitting on the other side of the camp, deep in thought. He got up and walked over, "Hey Kurama." He said sitting next to him.
"Hello Yusuke." Kurama replied with a far-off look. He was holding a small vile of red liquid in his hands and was looking at it.
"What do you have there?" Yusuke asked curiously.
"This is the last of the potion that Suzuka gave me." Kurama said looking over at Yusuke.
"That's the stuff made from the fruit of the previous life right?" Yusuke said taking a better look at the vile. "Have you figured out what the side affects are from that stuff?"
"I have one more experiment to perform before I will know for sure, but I do have a good idea. You see every time I take it and become Yoko two things happen. The length of the transformation shortens and I also retain more of his power."
"So you think that you will be able to retain all of your former power then?"
"Yes." Kurama said getting up. "It is time. I will be back in a few minuets."
Yusuke watched as Kurama walked in to the forest and out of sight.
"Where does he think he's going." Inuyasha asked. He stopped cleaning his sword when Kurama had gotten up and walked off.
"He's going to perform an experiment." Yusuke said looking over at Inuyasha, who was sitting a little ways away.
"Experiment?" Inuyasha said quietly to himself. 'Wonder what kind of experiment.'
"What the hell is that?" Yusuke asked, looking at the beaten up sword in Inuyasha's hands.
"What?" Inuyasha asked looking to see were Yusuke was looking. "You mean this?" Inuyasha held up the untransformed Tetsuaiga.
"Yeah, what the hell is it?" Yusuke said as he moved over to Inuyasha to get a better look.
Inuyasha looked at him for a moment, "It's Tetsuaiga." He said.
"THAT is Tetsuaiga?!" Yusuke said laughing, which caused Inuyasha to start growling softly. "That thing doesn't even look like it would cut paper. You can't be serious. There is no way that's the sword that you pulled on us yesterday!"
"Oh really?" Inuyasha said with a smirk as he transformed the Tetsuaiga.
"Whoa!" Yusuke exclaimed. "How did you do that?" He asked, having stopped laughing.
"It's called skill." Inuyasha said, still smirking as he sheathed Tetsuaiga.
"It's not skill, it's dumb luck." Shippo yelled from his place by the fire, which caused everyone to snicker.
"I dare you to come over here and say that you runt!" Inuyasha growled loudly.
"No way. Do you honestly think that I'm THAT stupid?" Shippo replied.
Inuyasha froze in mid retort, his ears twitching slightly. 'What the HELL is that?' He thought looking off into the woods in the direction that Kurama had gone. It felt almost like there was an electrical storm coming, but it was different some how. It made his skin crawl as he felt a wave of demonic energy mix in with the electricity. "Shit." He muttered loudly getting to his feet.
"You feel that too Inuyasha?" Miroku asked. He was also standing, Sango was grabbing Hiraikotsu, Kagome was getting her bow and arrows and Kirara was standing by the fire growling fiercely.
"Yeah, I can feel it. What ever it is, it's powerful." Inuyasha replied.
"What's wrong?" Botan asked worriedly.
"There is a very powerful demon nearby. And it's coming this way." Sango said looking around the camp quickly.
"What do you mean?! All I can sense is Kurama's energy." Kuwabara said, getting nervous himself.
"You fools. There is nothing out there except Kurama." Hiei said as he appeared by the fire.
"You're shitting me. There is no way that Kurama is that powerful." Inuyasha growled. His eyes glued to the woods and his hand on the hilt of his sword.
"That, foolish hanyou, is because he hasn't transformed before now. Not here anyway. The Kurama you know isn't his true form." Hiei replied in an annoyed voice.
"Transform? What do you mean Hiei?" Kagome asked curiously.
"What he means is that Kurama is basically trapped in his human form, that's why you don't sense a lot of his demonic powers." Yusuke answered. "He found a way to reach his youkai form and unleash more of his demonic powers."
"Precisely." Hiei said.
"I knew it was Kurama all along." Kuwabara said trying to cover-up his nervousness, which earned him a couple weird looks.
"Is that the experiment that you guys were talking about earlier?" Inuyasha asked, relaxing a little.
"Yeah." Yusuke replied.
"Experiment?" Sango asked curiously.
"Yeah. Kurama was given a potion made from the fruit of the previous life by the demon Suzuka. We had fought and beaten his team in the dark tournament that we were in a few months ago. One of his fighters had used a weapon called the Idun box. It contained a gas that he had made from the juice of the fruit of the pervious life. Basically it was supposed to turn his opponent into a little kid or erase him from existence totally. But with Kurama it returned him to his original youkai form." Yusuke said.
"Then Suzuka approached me and Kurama. He gave us both items that his fighters had used because he wanted to make sure that team Toguro was taken down." Kuwabara added.
"So he's experimenting with this potion?" Kagome asked looking at Yusuke.
"Yes." He replied.
"But why experiment with it if he knows what it does?" Inuyasha asked.
"Because he doesn't know what the side affects will be." Hiei replied.
"WHAT!" Inuyasha, Kagome, Sango and Miroku said at the same time.
"It was necessary to perform the experiments. That was the only way I would know what the side affects were." There was a slight rustle of the underbrush and out stepped Kurama in his demon form.
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A/N: There are some spoilers in this chapter. You have been warned.
~ ~ ~ - Changing P.O.V. * * * - Changing Scene ' ' - Thoughts " " - Speech - Telepathy
The Final Battle: Alliances Across Time
----Chapter Five----
* * *
The rest of the day went uneventfully. They made camp in the woods right before nightfall. After they ate everyone started to relax for the evening. The girls, Miroku, Shippo, Kuwabara and Yusuke talked. Inuyasha was sitting under a tree trying to clean his sword. Kurama was sitting a little apart from everyone else and was deep in thought. Hiei had taken to the trees again and was watching the moonrise. And Kirara was asleep by the fire.
Yusuke looked around after a few minutes. He had noticed that Kurama wasn't talking with them and he thought that it was a little odd for him. Kurama was usually interested in making small talk, or at least listening in to see if he could find out anything of interest. Yusuke spotted him sitting on the other side of the camp, deep in thought. He got up and walked over, "Hey Kurama." He said sitting next to him.
"Hello Yusuke." Kurama replied with a far-off look. He was holding a small vile of red liquid in his hands and was looking at it.
"What do you have there?" Yusuke asked curiously.
"This is the last of the potion that Suzuka gave me." Kurama said looking over at Yusuke.
"That's the stuff made from the fruit of the previous life right?" Yusuke said taking a better look at the vile. "Have you figured out what the side affects are from that stuff?"
"I have one more experiment to perform before I will know for sure, but I do have a good idea. You see every time I take it and become Yoko two things happen. The length of the transformation shortens and I also retain more of his power."
"So you think that you will be able to retain all of your former power then?"
"Yes." Kurama said getting up. "It is time. I will be back in a few minuets."
Yusuke watched as Kurama walked in to the forest and out of sight.
"Where does he think he's going." Inuyasha asked. He stopped cleaning his sword when Kurama had gotten up and walked off.
"He's going to perform an experiment." Yusuke said looking over at Inuyasha, who was sitting a little ways away.
"Experiment?" Inuyasha said quietly to himself. 'Wonder what kind of experiment.'
"What the hell is that?" Yusuke asked, looking at the beaten up sword in Inuyasha's hands.
"What?" Inuyasha asked looking to see were Yusuke was looking. "You mean this?" Inuyasha held up the untransformed Tetsuaiga.
"Yeah, what the hell is it?" Yusuke said as he moved over to Inuyasha to get a better look.
Inuyasha looked at him for a moment, "It's Tetsuaiga." He said.
"THAT is Tetsuaiga?!" Yusuke said laughing, which caused Inuyasha to start growling softly. "That thing doesn't even look like it would cut paper. You can't be serious. There is no way that's the sword that you pulled on us yesterday!"
"Oh really?" Inuyasha said with a smirk as he transformed the Tetsuaiga.
"Whoa!" Yusuke exclaimed. "How did you do that?" He asked, having stopped laughing.
"It's called skill." Inuyasha said, still smirking as he sheathed Tetsuaiga.
"It's not skill, it's dumb luck." Shippo yelled from his place by the fire, which caused everyone to snicker.
"I dare you to come over here and say that you runt!" Inuyasha growled loudly.
"No way. Do you honestly think that I'm THAT stupid?" Shippo replied.
Inuyasha froze in mid retort, his ears twitching slightly. 'What the HELL is that?' He thought looking off into the woods in the direction that Kurama had gone. It felt almost like there was an electrical storm coming, but it was different some how. It made his skin crawl as he felt a wave of demonic energy mix in with the electricity. "Shit." He muttered loudly getting to his feet.
"You feel that too Inuyasha?" Miroku asked. He was also standing, Sango was grabbing Hiraikotsu, Kagome was getting her bow and arrows and Kirara was standing by the fire growling fiercely.
"Yeah, I can feel it. What ever it is, it's powerful." Inuyasha replied.
"What's wrong?" Botan asked worriedly.
"There is a very powerful demon nearby. And it's coming this way." Sango said looking around the camp quickly.
"What do you mean?! All I can sense is Kurama's energy." Kuwabara said, getting nervous himself.
"You fools. There is nothing out there except Kurama." Hiei said as he appeared by the fire.
"You're shitting me. There is no way that Kurama is that powerful." Inuyasha growled. His eyes glued to the woods and his hand on the hilt of his sword.
"That, foolish hanyou, is because he hasn't transformed before now. Not here anyway. The Kurama you know isn't his true form." Hiei replied in an annoyed voice.
"Transform? What do you mean Hiei?" Kagome asked curiously.
"What he means is that Kurama is basically trapped in his human form, that's why you don't sense a lot of his demonic powers." Yusuke answered. "He found a way to reach his youkai form and unleash more of his demonic powers."
"Precisely." Hiei said.
"I knew it was Kurama all along." Kuwabara said trying to cover-up his nervousness, which earned him a couple weird looks.
"Is that the experiment that you guys were talking about earlier?" Inuyasha asked, relaxing a little.
"Yeah." Yusuke replied.
"Experiment?" Sango asked curiously.
"Yeah. Kurama was given a potion made from the fruit of the previous life by the demon Suzuka. We had fought and beaten his team in the dark tournament that we were in a few months ago. One of his fighters had used a weapon called the Idun box. It contained a gas that he had made from the juice of the fruit of the pervious life. Basically it was supposed to turn his opponent into a little kid or erase him from existence totally. But with Kurama it returned him to his original youkai form." Yusuke said.
"Then Suzuka approached me and Kurama. He gave us both items that his fighters had used because he wanted to make sure that team Toguro was taken down." Kuwabara added.
"So he's experimenting with this potion?" Kagome asked looking at Yusuke.
"Yes." He replied.
"But why experiment with it if he knows what it does?" Inuyasha asked.
"Because he doesn't know what the side affects will be." Hiei replied.
"WHAT!" Inuyasha, Kagome, Sango and Miroku said at the same time.
"It was necessary to perform the experiments. That was the only way I would know what the side affects were." There was a slight rustle of the underbrush and out stepped Kurama in his demon form.
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