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The Final Battle: Alliances Across Time

----Chapter Six----

Inuyasha tensed at the sight of him while Sango and Kagome gasped and Miroku and Shippo looked on shocked and Kirara growled.

"Have you figured out the side affects Kurama?" Hiei asked.

"Yes, Hiei. I have and I believe that it will come in most handy with our current assignment." Kurama said looking around the group, noticing the shocked and anxious faces on their new allies, and smiled slightly.

"What the hell are you smiling at?" Inuyasha growled. Seeing Kurama in his demon form was too unnerving for the poor hanyou, he reminded him too much of his brother for his liking.

Kurama glanced at Inuyasha for a moment before continuing. "I thought it would be best if I let all of you see my demon form now instead of in the heat of battle." Kurama said as he looked around the camp again. "I wouldn't want to get attacked on accident."

"So does that mean that your demon form is permanent?" Botan asked.

"No, it's not." Kurama said smiling again at the confused looks on everyone's face. "I have retained enough of my power to change forms at will."

"Don't ignore me." Inuyasha growled angrily, causing everyone to look at him. He was tense and in a fighting stance with Tetsuaiga in hand.

Kurama focused his attention on the young hanyou in front of him. "Hn, it seems that you have upset the whelp Kurama." Hiei said disinterestedly from a few feet away. The only sign that Kurama had heard him was the slight twitch of one long silver fox ear.

'He's tense. Is there something about my demon form that is upsetting to him?' Kurama thought. He took a step forward and watched the emotions that flickered across the boys face, being careful for any signs of aggression in his eyes. He took another step and then another, slowly walking up to Inuyasha and ignoring the comments of the others. He felt his heart go out to Inuyasha, his eyes looked like those of a wounded animal, afraid and defensive ready to run and ready to fight all at the same time. 'He must feel that I'm a threat, but why? And what has happened to him in his passed to make him like this? For Kami's sake, he's nothing more that just a pup!' Kurama stopped right in front of Inuyasha. "Calm yourself Inuyasha, you know I am not here to harm you." Kurama said in a soothing voice, placing a gently hand on his shoulder.

Inuyasha jumped back like he had been shocked. "Don't come near me!" He growled.

Kurama looked at him for a moment more before an idea occurred to him. "Would you feel more comfortable if I transformed back?" He asked. Not getting an answer and deciding that it would be for the best he started to glow faintly and in the blink of an eye there stood the red haired boy that they recognized. "Is that better?" He asked again. His answer was the slight sagging of Inuyasha's shoulders and the relief that flashed across his features for the briefest of moments.

After a tense moment Inuyasha put away his sword and the whole camp seemed to let out a collective sigh of relief. And of course that is when all the questions started.

"That was soo cool! Could you do it again?!"

"How did you do that?"

"That's amazing Kurama, so you can really control your form now?"

And so on. Kurama was too busy trying to figure out Inuyasha's reaction to pay attention to all the questions being fired at him. His thoughts were interrupted after a couple of moments when he felt a presence behind him, not even five yards away. He waited for a moment to see if maybe it was just a wild animal passing by in the underbrush. He narrowed his eyes slightly when it didn't leave 'a spy'. "No one move." He said in a calm voice, which caused everyone to stop talking and look at him. "I believe we have a visitor." He said, reaching his hand up under his hair in a casual manner.

Then all anyone saw was a blur of red and magenta and the sound of a whip cutting through the air. Then, in the blink of an eye, there was Kurama crouched down by a bush at the edge of the clearing with a long, thorned whip lying on the ground by his side. "Could someone tell me what kind of insect this is?" He asked in a calm voice. Everyone started to walk over to him. Miroku was the first to reach his side and look over his shoulder.

He looked down at the halved insect on the ground for a moment before answering. "That is one of Naraku's poisonous insects. He uses them as spies." He said in an even voice.

"Well so much for the element of surprise." Yusuke said peering over Miroku and Kurama's shoulder at the insect on the ground.

"Not necessarily." Kurama said, calmly inspecting the insect.

"What do you mean?" Botan asked, peering over Kurama's other shoulder.

"He means, we haven't fought in this era yet so there is no way for Naraku to know what we are capable of, and so there is no way for him to prepare for us." Hiei said. "I do have one question for you though Kurama, did the spy see you as Yoko?"

"No. I did not sense its presence until after I transformed back." Kurama said looking over at Hiei as he stood up. He looked at the others for a moment thinking. "I think it would be wise if we did not go full out in any of our battles before we face Naraku."

"Why Kurama?" Yusuke asked, standing up as well.

"We will surely encounter more of his spy's, especially now that he knows that we are here. It would be best if he didn't know the true extent of our powers." Kurama said as he looked around at other members of the group. "It will also help keep a small amount of surprise in our favor."

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A young lord was sitting on a cushion looking out the window thinking. A young girl was standing in front of him holding a mirror with a blank look on her face. After a moment the young lord smirked, his eyes narrowing.

"So, Inuyasha, you think recruiting more people will help you destroy me do you? Hehehehe, foolish boy." Naraku chuckled, though he would not admit that the red haired boy moved with surprising speed. He had found it quite amusing to watch Inuyasha square off with such a week looking human boy, though now he had his doubts. Too bad he had only seen a few seconds of their stand off.

Naraku narrowed his eyes again, "Kanna, go bring Kagura to me. I have some business to discuss with your sister." He said dismissing the small, white haired demon girl in front of him.

"Yes Naraku." She said in a quiet voice before disappearing from the room, leaving him to start planning for his new adversaries.

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A/N: I have gotten a couple of reviews that have me a bit curious. Someone said that Yusuke was made into a demon and someone else said that Hiei was a hanyou. I do not know where they got this information but I would like to know. That information was not under the character profiles at YUYUHAKUSHO . com and I do not remember anything like that happening or being talked about in the anime. If someone knows some facts about this please put the episode number down so I can re-watch that episode and be more accurate with my story. Thanks (