Disclaimer: If I owned Inuyasha or Yuyu Hakusho, I could own Hiei. If I owned Hiei, he would be mine. If Hiei was mine, NONE OF YOU COULD HAVE HIM! Umm...moving on...
The Switch
Chapter Eleven: We Have Returned
Kagome and Yukina stood in the well, reflecting all they've gone through. Kagome had been through a lot more than Yukina, and she felt terrible for her friend. She wondered how everybody's lives turned out.
"Kagome, are you going to be ok?" Yukina asked, and saw tears coming down Kagome's face. "Kagome..." Yukina hugged Kagome and they stayed like that for around five minutes.
"Let's go up now. I'll walk you home if you want." Kagome smiled weakly and Yukina nodded. They climbed out of the well and looked at their gifts. "Let's go find a bag to put your gifts in. I'm pretty sure we'd get strange looks if we just carried these by hand." So they went in search of a bag. As soon as Kagome dropped off her things in her room (nobody was home) they headed out to Genkai's.
The trip was filled with silence. Both girls reliving what they had been through, knowing that they had to get over it sooner or later. The thing was, neither of them wanted to get over it. They approached the steps and noticed passerby were staring at them. Looking down, they noticed they forgot to do change into their regular clothes but shrugged it off. They were comfortable as they were.
Yukina and Keiko headed up the steps slowly. About halfway up the steps Kagome sensed something rather odd. "Yukina, hide your aura. I'll hide mine." Kagome instructed and they quietly ran the rest of the way up the stairs. The approached the temple and immediately heard shouting.
"SHE TOLD ME SHE'D ONLY BE GONE FOR A WEEK! IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OVER TWO AND A HALF WEEKS AND SHE STILL HASN'T COME BACK!" Yusuke's voice was shouting.
"Yusuke, calm down. She must be doing something important if she's been gone for that long." Kurama's voice could be heard.
"IMPORTANT MY ASS!" Yusuke shouted once again. Both girls took a step back and they remembered to hide their scents as well. "AS SOON I SEE HER..."
"Shut up dimwit!" Genkai's voice sounded out. Kagome immediately grew tense. Yusuke was angrier than she'd thought he'd be.
"Yeah, Urameshi! Remember that Yukina's with her! Yukina can't defend herself! Oh Yukina! If only I could appear as your samurai in shining armor..." Kuwabara's voice popped in. Both girls sweat-dropped and immediately knew one thing: Kuwabara was in on the feudal era.
"Shut up." A rather cold-sounding voice said. Kagome looked at Yukina who immediately mouthed 'Hiei'. Kagome nodded and they both went on listening to the conversation. "The fact that Yukina can't defend herself is the biggest problem we have. If she comes back dead or harmed I'll personally see it that Kagome..." A punch could be heard and somebody hit the wall.
"YOU AREN'T DOING ANYTHING TO KAGOME, HIEI!" Kagome semi-smiled. She wasn't sure if she wanted to meet Hiei at all at the moment...Yukina looked nervous and both girls inspected Yukina for any scratch, small or large. The most they could find was the small scratch on the back of her head and the hair hid that anyway. They nodded to each other and walked up to the door. Kagome put her hand on the doorknob and on the count of three, she opened it.
"Yusuke, you're way too loud for your own good." Kagome smirked as she walked in carrying Yukina's bag and Yukina followed her. Everybody looked dumbfounded but Yusuke snapped out of it first.
"KAGOME YOU SAID YOU'D BE BACK IN A WEEK! IT'S BEEN TWO AND A HALF WEEKS AND YOU'RE ONLY NOW BACK?" Yusuke shouted. Yukina and Kagome rubbed their ears.
"Yusuke, if it makes you feel any better, I'm not going back." Kagome said, her voice shaking just a little. Yukina looked at her friend sympathetically. Yusuke looked semi-relieved and semi-angry all at the same time.
"You still promised Kagome." Yusuke said, and Kagome rolled her eyes.
"I couldn't keep it. It would have been pointless to come back because we were tracking Naraku..." At that Hiei stood up.
"You took Yukina on your hunt for Naraku?" He said dangerously. Kagome took a good look at him and made a quick assumption. Yukina jumped in.
"Hiei, they didn't let me fight him. They kept me a safe distance away with Shippo." Yukina lied for Kagome, who was shocked out of her mind at the moment. Did Yukina just...lie?
"Anyways, Naraku's dead, I gave the jewel to Kikyou, said good-bye to my friends, and now I'm here never to return to that era. I also have an answer to your question, Yusuke." Kagome said, turning her full attention to Yusuke. Yusuke thought for a bit and remembered about the Reikai Tentei thing he asked her many weeks back.
"Finally. So, what is it?" Yusuke asked, trying to keep the hope out of his voice. Hiei and Kuwabara looked a little bit confused while everyone awaited her answer, except for Yukina who already knew it.
"My answer is yes." Kagome said, smiling. Yusuke fell back on the couch, breathing a sigh of relief. "It's not like my life can go back to normal without me going crazy." Kagome giggled and Yukina beamed.
"I thought for a second you were going to reject." Yusuke told Kagome.
"I was going to for a minute or two, but then Kikyou talked some sense into me." Hiei and Kuwabara looked agitated with everybody and Kurama was hiding a smile behind his hand.
"What the hell are you two talking about?" Hiei snapped and everyone turned to him. Kagome looked at Yusuke in disbelief.
"He doesn't know?" Kagome asked, dumbfounded.
"Neither does Kuwabara, at that rate." Kurama said and Kagome giggled. Yusuke stood up and put his arm around Kagome's shoulders.
"Say hello to our new team member!" Hiei looked mildly surprised while Kuwabara looked angry.
"You're going to let a girl fight?" Kuwabara shouted, and Genkai looked at Kuwabara.
"What do you call me?" Genkai asked.
"An old woman." Kuwabara said, not thinking on his answer. Genkai glared slightly at Kuwabara and turned around.
"In case you forgot I used to be one of the strongest fighters in both Ningenkai and the Makai." Genkai walked into the kitchen.
"You might want to sleep with one eye open, Kuwabara." Yukina suggested. 'He might need to...'
"All I'm saying is that you are crazy to let a girl fight with all of those youkai!" Kuwabara put emphasis on the word 'crazy'. "I have a code you know, and..."
"Kuwabara, do you remember that report we did on the Shikon no Tama?" Kagome asked and Kuwabara nodded. "Do you remember the evil known as Naraku?" Kuwabara nodded again. "Would help you to know that I have defeated him along with four guys and four other girls?"
"Really? I only knew of Kikyou and Sango? Who were the other two?" Kurama asked, and Kagome realized that she made a mistake, and then she remembered a lifesaver.
"Kagura and Kanna. They were both detachments of Naraku." Kagome chirped, almost too quickly. Hiei didn't look convinced but everybody else did. "I have to head home, I just came here with Yukina to help her with her things..." Kagome motioned to the bag and both girls quickly walked into Yukina's room.
The next day
As much as Kagome liked the feudal era, there was nothing like sleeping in her own bed, which was perhaps why she had set her alarm for noon instead of the usual 7:00. Even with the extra sleep, a rather annoying noise woke her up.
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
Kagome slammed her fist on her clock, but it wouldn't shut up. Kagome tried it a few more times and finally opened her eyes to realize that the button was stuck. Mumbling, Kagome picked up her alarm clock, opened the window, and threw the alarm clock at the Go-Shinboku tree, smashing it into tiny little pieces.
"My, aren't we a cheerful one in the morning?" A cheery voice said and Kagome jumped back a few feet, startled out of her mind.
"Wha...?" Kagome's mouth was gaping. A blue-haired, pink-eyed girl with a pink kimono was flying on an oar outside of her bedroom window. Needless to say, this was not normal for Kagome. "Who are you?"
"I'm Botan, guide to the Spirit World! I am also here to bring you your first case with the Reikai Tentei!" The girl smiled. "You might want to get dressed first though. I don't think the boy's would take you very seriously in your pajamas." Kagome looked down and smirked. It was a funny picture, Kagome fighting youkai in her pajamas.
"Umm, you can come in if you want. We have some tea downstairs or something..." Kagome said, not really sure what to do. Botan flew into the room and smiled at Kagome.
"You just get dressed, I'll be waiting outside your door!" Botan walked out, leaving Kagome to get into her fighting outfit. Kagome took one at it and grumbled. It was torn, no thanks to Naraku and any other youkai she'd come across. How come she didn't notice it yesterday? Sighing, Kagome put the outfit on and looked at herself in the mirror while brushing and tying her hair back. Maybe...
Kagome poured some of her miko energy into her outfit. Within a minute, she couldn't find a trace of any holes or rips in her outfit. It was amazing what she could do if she tried!
Kagome put on her shoes, grabbed her bow and arrows, and opened the door. "Let's go!" Botan jumped out the window and sat on her oar, motioning for Kagome to sit behind her on it. Kagome sat so that both legs were hanging off of one side and both of her hands held a firm grip on the oar. Then, they took off.
"So, Kagome, you're the one Yusuke is obsessed over?" Botan asked, raising her voice so that Kagome could here her over the wind caused by their speed.
"You could say that!" Kagome blushed. "It could be the other way around!" Both girls giggled and Kagome saw a portal ahead.
"Hang on!" Botan said right before going through the portal. Kagome was awed at the new surroundings. "That's the River Styx!" Botan motioned below them and Kagome gasped. So that was the legendary river...
A rather huge building of some sort was approaching and Botan dove for the door. Stopping right before it, Kagome and Botan jumped off of the oar, which disappeared in a puff of smoke as soon as both girls were off. "Whoa..."
Botan pressed a button on the door and spoke as she held it. "It's Botan, I'm coming in." The doors opened and they both walked into the building. They walked down a rather silent hallway and eventually came up to a rather large door. Botan pressed another button and spoke. "It's Botan. I've brought Kagome Higurashi." The doors opened and they both walked in.
"GEN ON BLOCK TWO IS ON CRITICAL CONDITION!"
"WHAT? HE'S AHEAD OF SCHEDULE!"
"OVER HERE!"
"HEY! TWO MORE OVER HERE!"
Kagome sweat-dropped. This wasn't what she expected. Ogres with large amounts of paperwork were rushing around and constantly colliding into each other. There was a layer of paper covering the floor to the point where Kagome didn't know if it was wood or carpet. "Umm...Botan...is this normal?" Kagome asked. Botan nodded and they headed across the room, an ogre accidentally ran into Kagome and she apologized profusely. They came across a doorway without a door and walked through it.
"Ah, you must be Kagome Higurashi." A voice said. Kagome saw Hiei, Yusuke, Kurama, and Kuwabara but didn't see the owner of the voice. Looking around, Kagome felt really stupid.
"Umm...who said that?" Kagome asked.
"Down here." The voice was agitated and Kagome looked down. A toddler was standing there with 'Jr' stamped on his hat. Kagome stepped back a bit and knelt down.
"Awwwww...what a cute baby!" Kagome smiled and didn't notice that Yusuke and Kuwabara were laughing while Hiei and Kurama just merely looked highly amused. The toddler looked at Kagome crossly. "I think he needs a nap." Kagome said and the toddler looked even more agitated.
"For your information I am hundreds of years older than you and I am not a toddler." The toddler spoke. Kagome shrugged her shoulders and stood up.
"Could a fooled me!" Kagome said. She then noticed that Yusuke and Kuwabara were holding their sides from laughing too hard. 'What's their problem?'
"I am Lord Koenma and I am your new boss. Now, onto your mission." The toddler walked towards a desk and sat into his chair. "It turns out an oni is making some sort of very deadly web deep in a forest of Makai, and rumor has it she is trying to create a portal to Ningenkai. I want you to get past the web and destroy this oni and her portal. Kagome and the others nodded.
"Umm...how are we going to get there?" Kagome asked, and Koenma smirked.
"Like this." Koenma pushed a button on his desk and the five Reikai Tentei fell down into a portal that had opened up beneath their feet.
End of Chappie
TYN: Yay! No more depressing stuff for a while...I don't think...
Yusuke: HAHAHAHAHAHA! I can't believe Kagome did that to Koenma!
TYN: If you keep that up you might end up with a rosary around your neck.
Yusuke: O.O umm...read and review!
TYN: YAY!
Oni is the Japanese word for Ogre...for those of you that don't know.
The Switch
Chapter Eleven: We Have Returned
Kagome and Yukina stood in the well, reflecting all they've gone through. Kagome had been through a lot more than Yukina, and she felt terrible for her friend. She wondered how everybody's lives turned out.
"Kagome, are you going to be ok?" Yukina asked, and saw tears coming down Kagome's face. "Kagome..." Yukina hugged Kagome and they stayed like that for around five minutes.
"Let's go up now. I'll walk you home if you want." Kagome smiled weakly and Yukina nodded. They climbed out of the well and looked at their gifts. "Let's go find a bag to put your gifts in. I'm pretty sure we'd get strange looks if we just carried these by hand." So they went in search of a bag. As soon as Kagome dropped off her things in her room (nobody was home) they headed out to Genkai's.
The trip was filled with silence. Both girls reliving what they had been through, knowing that they had to get over it sooner or later. The thing was, neither of them wanted to get over it. They approached the steps and noticed passerby were staring at them. Looking down, they noticed they forgot to do change into their regular clothes but shrugged it off. They were comfortable as they were.
Yukina and Keiko headed up the steps slowly. About halfway up the steps Kagome sensed something rather odd. "Yukina, hide your aura. I'll hide mine." Kagome instructed and they quietly ran the rest of the way up the stairs. The approached the temple and immediately heard shouting.
"SHE TOLD ME SHE'D ONLY BE GONE FOR A WEEK! IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OVER TWO AND A HALF WEEKS AND SHE STILL HASN'T COME BACK!" Yusuke's voice was shouting.
"Yusuke, calm down. She must be doing something important if she's been gone for that long." Kurama's voice could be heard.
"IMPORTANT MY ASS!" Yusuke shouted once again. Both girls took a step back and they remembered to hide their scents as well. "AS SOON I SEE HER..."
"Shut up dimwit!" Genkai's voice sounded out. Kagome immediately grew tense. Yusuke was angrier than she'd thought he'd be.
"Yeah, Urameshi! Remember that Yukina's with her! Yukina can't defend herself! Oh Yukina! If only I could appear as your samurai in shining armor..." Kuwabara's voice popped in. Both girls sweat-dropped and immediately knew one thing: Kuwabara was in on the feudal era.
"Shut up." A rather cold-sounding voice said. Kagome looked at Yukina who immediately mouthed 'Hiei'. Kagome nodded and they both went on listening to the conversation. "The fact that Yukina can't defend herself is the biggest problem we have. If she comes back dead or harmed I'll personally see it that Kagome..." A punch could be heard and somebody hit the wall.
"YOU AREN'T DOING ANYTHING TO KAGOME, HIEI!" Kagome semi-smiled. She wasn't sure if she wanted to meet Hiei at all at the moment...Yukina looked nervous and both girls inspected Yukina for any scratch, small or large. The most they could find was the small scratch on the back of her head and the hair hid that anyway. They nodded to each other and walked up to the door. Kagome put her hand on the doorknob and on the count of three, she opened it.
"Yusuke, you're way too loud for your own good." Kagome smirked as she walked in carrying Yukina's bag and Yukina followed her. Everybody looked dumbfounded but Yusuke snapped out of it first.
"KAGOME YOU SAID YOU'D BE BACK IN A WEEK! IT'S BEEN TWO AND A HALF WEEKS AND YOU'RE ONLY NOW BACK?" Yusuke shouted. Yukina and Kagome rubbed their ears.
"Yusuke, if it makes you feel any better, I'm not going back." Kagome said, her voice shaking just a little. Yukina looked at her friend sympathetically. Yusuke looked semi-relieved and semi-angry all at the same time.
"You still promised Kagome." Yusuke said, and Kagome rolled her eyes.
"I couldn't keep it. It would have been pointless to come back because we were tracking Naraku..." At that Hiei stood up.
"You took Yukina on your hunt for Naraku?" He said dangerously. Kagome took a good look at him and made a quick assumption. Yukina jumped in.
"Hiei, they didn't let me fight him. They kept me a safe distance away with Shippo." Yukina lied for Kagome, who was shocked out of her mind at the moment. Did Yukina just...lie?
"Anyways, Naraku's dead, I gave the jewel to Kikyou, said good-bye to my friends, and now I'm here never to return to that era. I also have an answer to your question, Yusuke." Kagome said, turning her full attention to Yusuke. Yusuke thought for a bit and remembered about the Reikai Tentei thing he asked her many weeks back.
"Finally. So, what is it?" Yusuke asked, trying to keep the hope out of his voice. Hiei and Kuwabara looked a little bit confused while everyone awaited her answer, except for Yukina who already knew it.
"My answer is yes." Kagome said, smiling. Yusuke fell back on the couch, breathing a sigh of relief. "It's not like my life can go back to normal without me going crazy." Kagome giggled and Yukina beamed.
"I thought for a second you were going to reject." Yusuke told Kagome.
"I was going to for a minute or two, but then Kikyou talked some sense into me." Hiei and Kuwabara looked agitated with everybody and Kurama was hiding a smile behind his hand.
"What the hell are you two talking about?" Hiei snapped and everyone turned to him. Kagome looked at Yusuke in disbelief.
"He doesn't know?" Kagome asked, dumbfounded.
"Neither does Kuwabara, at that rate." Kurama said and Kagome giggled. Yusuke stood up and put his arm around Kagome's shoulders.
"Say hello to our new team member!" Hiei looked mildly surprised while Kuwabara looked angry.
"You're going to let a girl fight?" Kuwabara shouted, and Genkai looked at Kuwabara.
"What do you call me?" Genkai asked.
"An old woman." Kuwabara said, not thinking on his answer. Genkai glared slightly at Kuwabara and turned around.
"In case you forgot I used to be one of the strongest fighters in both Ningenkai and the Makai." Genkai walked into the kitchen.
"You might want to sleep with one eye open, Kuwabara." Yukina suggested. 'He might need to...'
"All I'm saying is that you are crazy to let a girl fight with all of those youkai!" Kuwabara put emphasis on the word 'crazy'. "I have a code you know, and..."
"Kuwabara, do you remember that report we did on the Shikon no Tama?" Kagome asked and Kuwabara nodded. "Do you remember the evil known as Naraku?" Kuwabara nodded again. "Would help you to know that I have defeated him along with four guys and four other girls?"
"Really? I only knew of Kikyou and Sango? Who were the other two?" Kurama asked, and Kagome realized that she made a mistake, and then she remembered a lifesaver.
"Kagura and Kanna. They were both detachments of Naraku." Kagome chirped, almost too quickly. Hiei didn't look convinced but everybody else did. "I have to head home, I just came here with Yukina to help her with her things..." Kagome motioned to the bag and both girls quickly walked into Yukina's room.
The next day
As much as Kagome liked the feudal era, there was nothing like sleeping in her own bed, which was perhaps why she had set her alarm for noon instead of the usual 7:00. Even with the extra sleep, a rather annoying noise woke her up.
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
Kagome slammed her fist on her clock, but it wouldn't shut up. Kagome tried it a few more times and finally opened her eyes to realize that the button was stuck. Mumbling, Kagome picked up her alarm clock, opened the window, and threw the alarm clock at the Go-Shinboku tree, smashing it into tiny little pieces.
"My, aren't we a cheerful one in the morning?" A cheery voice said and Kagome jumped back a few feet, startled out of her mind.
"Wha...?" Kagome's mouth was gaping. A blue-haired, pink-eyed girl with a pink kimono was flying on an oar outside of her bedroom window. Needless to say, this was not normal for Kagome. "Who are you?"
"I'm Botan, guide to the Spirit World! I am also here to bring you your first case with the Reikai Tentei!" The girl smiled. "You might want to get dressed first though. I don't think the boy's would take you very seriously in your pajamas." Kagome looked down and smirked. It was a funny picture, Kagome fighting youkai in her pajamas.
"Umm, you can come in if you want. We have some tea downstairs or something..." Kagome said, not really sure what to do. Botan flew into the room and smiled at Kagome.
"You just get dressed, I'll be waiting outside your door!" Botan walked out, leaving Kagome to get into her fighting outfit. Kagome took one at it and grumbled. It was torn, no thanks to Naraku and any other youkai she'd come across. How come she didn't notice it yesterday? Sighing, Kagome put the outfit on and looked at herself in the mirror while brushing and tying her hair back. Maybe...
Kagome poured some of her miko energy into her outfit. Within a minute, she couldn't find a trace of any holes or rips in her outfit. It was amazing what she could do if she tried!
Kagome put on her shoes, grabbed her bow and arrows, and opened the door. "Let's go!" Botan jumped out the window and sat on her oar, motioning for Kagome to sit behind her on it. Kagome sat so that both legs were hanging off of one side and both of her hands held a firm grip on the oar. Then, they took off.
"So, Kagome, you're the one Yusuke is obsessed over?" Botan asked, raising her voice so that Kagome could here her over the wind caused by their speed.
"You could say that!" Kagome blushed. "It could be the other way around!" Both girls giggled and Kagome saw a portal ahead.
"Hang on!" Botan said right before going through the portal. Kagome was awed at the new surroundings. "That's the River Styx!" Botan motioned below them and Kagome gasped. So that was the legendary river...
A rather huge building of some sort was approaching and Botan dove for the door. Stopping right before it, Kagome and Botan jumped off of the oar, which disappeared in a puff of smoke as soon as both girls were off. "Whoa..."
Botan pressed a button on the door and spoke as she held it. "It's Botan, I'm coming in." The doors opened and they both walked into the building. They walked down a rather silent hallway and eventually came up to a rather large door. Botan pressed another button and spoke. "It's Botan. I've brought Kagome Higurashi." The doors opened and they both walked in.
"GEN ON BLOCK TWO IS ON CRITICAL CONDITION!"
"WHAT? HE'S AHEAD OF SCHEDULE!"
"OVER HERE!"
"HEY! TWO MORE OVER HERE!"
Kagome sweat-dropped. This wasn't what she expected. Ogres with large amounts of paperwork were rushing around and constantly colliding into each other. There was a layer of paper covering the floor to the point where Kagome didn't know if it was wood or carpet. "Umm...Botan...is this normal?" Kagome asked. Botan nodded and they headed across the room, an ogre accidentally ran into Kagome and she apologized profusely. They came across a doorway without a door and walked through it.
"Ah, you must be Kagome Higurashi." A voice said. Kagome saw Hiei, Yusuke, Kurama, and Kuwabara but didn't see the owner of the voice. Looking around, Kagome felt really stupid.
"Umm...who said that?" Kagome asked.
"Down here." The voice was agitated and Kagome looked down. A toddler was standing there with 'Jr' stamped on his hat. Kagome stepped back a bit and knelt down.
"Awwwww...what a cute baby!" Kagome smiled and didn't notice that Yusuke and Kuwabara were laughing while Hiei and Kurama just merely looked highly amused. The toddler looked at Kagome crossly. "I think he needs a nap." Kagome said and the toddler looked even more agitated.
"For your information I am hundreds of years older than you and I am not a toddler." The toddler spoke. Kagome shrugged her shoulders and stood up.
"Could a fooled me!" Kagome said. She then noticed that Yusuke and Kuwabara were holding their sides from laughing too hard. 'What's their problem?'
"I am Lord Koenma and I am your new boss. Now, onto your mission." The toddler walked towards a desk and sat into his chair. "It turns out an oni is making some sort of very deadly web deep in a forest of Makai, and rumor has it she is trying to create a portal to Ningenkai. I want you to get past the web and destroy this oni and her portal. Kagome and the others nodded.
"Umm...how are we going to get there?" Kagome asked, and Koenma smirked.
"Like this." Koenma pushed a button on his desk and the five Reikai Tentei fell down into a portal that had opened up beneath their feet.
End of Chappie
TYN: Yay! No more depressing stuff for a while...I don't think...
Yusuke: HAHAHAHAHAHA! I can't believe Kagome did that to Koenma!
TYN: If you keep that up you might end up with a rosary around your neck.
Yusuke: O.O umm...read and review!
TYN: YAY!
Oni is the Japanese word for Ogre...for those of you that don't know.