Okay, I know this stoy hasn't shown up yet, but I wanted to go ahead and get a few chapters out before I quit just so you guys won't be laughed hanging. I know how I hate to wait to find out what happens. So, without further adeu, I bring you the next chapter in TarKagome.

Disclaimer: If I haven't put one up, I'm only going to say this a few billion times. I have niether the money nor the assets to own Yu yu or Inu....butIwantto.

TarKagome

Chapter 2

Kitsune Speak

"Okay nobody panic," Yusuke stammered stupidly. Under normal circumstances he wouldn't have been so afraid to see a youkai, any kind of youkai uncluding this feline. Be that as it may, it still isn't very pleasant having one staring at you like a piece of meat. Geez, now he knows how steak felt right before he gobbled the juicy meet down. And speaking of steak, Yusuke's stomach growled loudly, upon remembering he hadn't eaten today. The neko's hungry gaze was now drawn directly to himself, the neko taking his stomach growling as a challenge.

"Uh, uh," Kuwabara stammered, shaking in his little boots. "Here, kitty kitty kitty," he tried.

"Oi, Kuwbara you big baka, you're supposed to be shooing the neko away, not beckoning it closer!" Yusuke screamed, momentarily ditracted from watching the neko warily.

"Hiei, can you take care of this?" Kurama asked, quietly not making any fast movements.

"Hn," Hiei agreed, before reaching for his katana. Then he cringed remembering how he'd left his sward with his other pants. Hiei blushed, while the other sweat dropped.

Kurama could not move to draw his weapons for he did not want to make any shapr movements, thus becoming this youkai's dinner. So, the boys were forced to stare in growing horror as the cat made to pounce for real this time. The four boys, yes even Hiei, huddled closer back to back and Yusuke gulped, shutting his eyes, mentally threatening the toddler. Toddler bitch, if I wind up back in Rekai dead, the first place I'm coming is for you.

In Koenma's office, the small Prince of Rekai overheard the threat and gulped, then turned back to his video phone still trying to locate Boton.

They were all prepared to face their doom, when something made a move directly in front of them. What they saw both shocked and amazed them all. There, standing directly before them was a strange....woman? They couldn't see much from the back, but could tell she was very pretty and was wearing strange protective animal pelts. Without so much as a word to the four boys, the woman grunted and surged forward, grabbing the giant neko around her neck and bringing her heavily to the ground.Yusuke flinched. Now why didn't he think of that? It didn't take long for the cat to recover and climb to its feet. It ran at the strange woman, swiping it's razor sharp claws.

The woman back flipped away a couple of times before jumping forward and bringing her knees into the neko's sides cutting off the youkai's wind supply so that the neko would be forced to retreat back to the safety of the woods. The cat took a giant leap to the side, before she gave up glancing back and giving off a growl as she disappeared back into the forest to look for meals elsewhere. The woman made a move to follow the neko, before Yusuke without thinking made a move to grab the woman's arm.

She surprised them by effectively knocking the wind out of Yusuke for a few seconds. She swung him around flipping Yusuke over her shoulder and using his momentum pinned him to her front, a small knife now held with deadly ease to the unfortunate detective's bared throat.

Hiei made a move to wrench Yusuke free, only to have the strange woman bare her teeth at him, flashing him her fangs. Wait, fangs? Kurama stared curiously at the strange female before gasping. She had ears and claws! She was a youkai! Her gaze swung around at the sound and collided with his. Icy blue met emerald green as the two sized each other up. Kurama was openly gaping now for she was very beautiful. No, she was gorgeous. He snapped his jaw shut when he spotted Hiei glancing at him out of the corner of his eye. For a few second nobody moved until Kuwabara made a move to approach the strange vixen. This time she growled louder and barked a warning before she tightened her around Yusuke's neck, pressing the blade deeper into the skin, drawing a small thin line of blood.

"Damn it, Kuwabaka, just stay back!" Yusuke snapped, his voice higher than normal, flinshing from the cold bite of her blade. "Can't you see you're not helping?"

So Kurama, seeing as how all else had failed attempted a different approach. He held up his hands in a placating manner and stepped backward, watching warily for any signs of fear from her. She met his gaze again and this time curiosity was evident on her face as he now had her full attention.

"Please, miss, we mean no harm," he whispered calmly, retreating another step. He halted as her shoulders tensed. He continued to speak coolly and calmly to the little vixen who was slowly but steadily relaxing at his soothing tone. "Please, let go of him, miss. We promise not to hurt you." Kurama nodded to Yusuke, indicating that he wanted him released, and watched as the woman's gaze traveled back and forth between them before realization shown in her eyes and she slowly released Yusuke.

Once free, Yusuke began coughing. Boy, who knew chicks could be so rough? And he thought Keiko was dangerous when angered. Turning to Kuwabara, he slapped him upside the head. "Damn it, moron, you could have gotten me killed!!! What were you thinking?"

"Hey, Urameshi, it wasn't my fault. You're the one who tried to touch her first. If you want to blame anyone, blame yourself! She was more afraid of your ugly mug than she was of me!!!" Kuwabara laughed stupidly effectively pissing Yusuke off again. (Now who saw that coming?) Yusuke and Kuwabara got into yet another one of their stupid arguments, while Hiei, Kurama, and the woman stood studying each other. Hiei was glaring at the woman. She seemed suspicious. (But then again, doesn't everybody seem suspicious to Hiei?)

Kurama and Kagome were now standing calmly but still observing one another curiously. Kurama took his chance to finally observe her and what he found astonished him. She was a kitsune! And what a kistune she was. She had a killer body, starting with her long legs and toned body, and ending with her lush curves and heart-shaped face. She had long midnight black hair, with green and silver tips at the end, which fell to just above her butt. She had pretty marine blue eyes, framed by thick black lashes creating a sinfully innocent look. And the outfit she was wearing left nothing to the imagination. She was wearing a leopard print skirt, covering her assets (get it, assets? Ha ha. Stops laughing when realizes everyone is glaring at the stupid pun). She also wore a white and black leopard print top, which barely covered her full breasts. That's when he noticed her tails. Three of them. He mentally groaned. Oh, kami, if there was anything he loved more on a woman, it was tails. And ears. Oh, how he wanted to touch them and feal how soft they were under his hands.

Suddenly she phased out and when she reappeared she was standing directly behind Kurama, sniffing him curiously her delicate little nose pressed to his neck. Kurama couldn't move as he allowed her to circle him like a vulture, sniffing him every which way and that, touching and prodding him. When she finally got to his front she straightened and met his gaze again, boldly staring him in the eyes, innocence etched all over her features. Kurama was floored. She both awed and captivated him.

Kurama found himself itching to touch her, to know her, to run his hands all over her body and....hold it. Stop right there. Good kami, he'd only seen the girl once and he already wanted her. Must be a left over side affect from Yoko's days of old, he mused to himself. Hearing a cough behind him, he snapped out of his rather hentai thoughts to spot Yusuke and Kuwabara who were both holding back laughter. Hiei was still glaring, but Kurama could clearly see the amusement in the little koorime's eyes.

Kurama finally realized what he was doing and blushed. He'd just allowed a female kitsune to literally grope and feel him up. Granted she was innocent and no doubt interested in him as well, but still. If it was any other female, he wouldn't have even let them within five feet of reaching distance. What was it about this vixen that charmed him so.

Clearing his throat he beckoned the others forward and the strange girl crept behind him again, seeming to take comfort in his presence. Inwardly Kurama was pleased. That meant she trusted him. Good. "It's alright," he murmured softly to the woman. "Don't be afraid. It is safe." She stared at him, as if contemplating whether to fully trust him or not, before realizing he meant no harm and was sincere.

She came out from behind the safety of his back and peered curiously at his everyone. They stared back in equal wonderment, before stupid Kuwabara made to reach her again. This time she only gazed curiously at him, before sniffing him and deciding he was pretty safe. She let the others approach her, although she still trembled from time to time. She stopped trembling when Kurama touched her gently, reassuringly.

"Who are you?" Yusuke asked. The girl cocked her head curiously, which they all found to be quite cute.

"Um, let me try again. I'm Yusuke." He held out his hand for her to shake. She stared at it like it was a snake, before grabbing it and holding it up in fron of her face. "Who are you?"

"Woman, the detective asked you a question," Hiei spoke coldly. He watched from his vantage point as she shivered from his tone and once again hid behind Kurama. A moment later she popped her head back around and glared at Hiei, then giggled when Hiei growled back,a lthough inwardly he was pleased. She had spunk. Kurama almost smiled. She was so childlike in her mannerisms. It was obvious she'd never meant any other people, ningens or youkai alike.

"Hiei," Kurama warned.

"What's wrong with her?" Kuwabara asked quietly, still drawn in by her strange exotic beauty. "Do you think she's mute, Urameshi?"

"No, she's not mute, you moron....she's uh, well," Then turning to Kurama looking sheepish, "is she mute?"

Kurama chuckled and felt the girl flinch in surprise when she felt the vibrations forming in his chest. He almost groaned when he felt the innocent touch of her hand on his stomach, but held it in. Lords, what was this woman doing to him?

"No Yusuke, she's not mute, not technically," Kurama tried to explain, while Yusuke and Kuwabara still looked confused. He thought about how best to explain this to the two ningens. While he was contemplating how to go about explaining this, Hiei rudely cut in and bluntly told the truth.

"She can speak....just not our language."

"Our language?" the twins of stupidness asked at the same time. "What do you mean, she doesn't know English? (Japanese? Whatever.)" Yusuke questioned, quizzically clearly confused.

"No, she doesn't know how to speak period."

Kuwabara looked pretty down as he asked, "So there's no way for her to understand us?"

"Well," Hiei began slanting Kurama a look. "We can't, but he can." The others glanced curiously at the normally calm Kurama, who was now sweating bullets. He looked about ready to crawl in a hole, he was blushing so bad.

"What do you mean, Hiei?" Yusuke demanded. "Are you saying this is some kind of youkai mating ritual or something?" Kurama glared at Yusuke, but everyone could clearly see the blush rising even further on the kitsune's face. Oh yeah. I think I see a hole right over there....

Hiei smirked. "Not quite, although this is sort of amusing. It's not everyday Kurama meets a girl that makes him nervous. Normally I'd say it's the other way around." Kurama blanched. There was no doubt about it. Hiei was insane. Hiei never took cracks at him. Well at least never out loud.

Kurama cleared his throat and once again pulled the girl away from his neck where she had burrowed her head against his neck, sniffing him again. She was not making this situation any better. "What Hiei means to say, is that all youkai have a certain language. First there's the universal Makai language which every youkai is required by law to know. And for each youkai race, we each have our own sub-language I guess you can say. Although to you it may not sound like speaking. It's more like animal sounds, like barking and yips and whines."

"So, you're saying since you're a kitsune youkai and she's a kitsune also, you should be able to communicate with her, using your own language? And this language sounds like something a dog would sound like?" Yusuke questioned. He'd never heard of that before. Then he thoughts of how funny that sounded and the others watched in stunned silence as Yusuke fell to the ground laughing his ass off. He was cut off mid laugh by the bewitching sound of laughter coming from a different source, other than his mouth. He traced it back and found the amused giggling of a certain female vixen. Her eyes were twinkling merrily and she was giggling at Yusuke's spectacle.

The four detectives found them selves entranced all over again. Her voice sounded like the sweet twinkling of bells which sent shivers up each and every one of their spines. She began hopping around in a circle like a happy puppy, making a series of high pitched barks and yips.

"Hey, Kurama, what's she saying?" Yusuke asked, wanting to know if Kurama could translate all the happy sounds coming from the happy youkai.

Kurama smiled at the pretty youkai and then turned back to Yusuke. "I believe she finds us amusing; you especially, Yusuke."

Yusuke grinned back at the female kitsune. Just by looking at her he could tell she was going to be something special. Maybe this little detour was worth falling into after all.

End. Okay that's where I decided to end this chapter. I'm going to hurry up and post another chapter with this one because I still have so much planned. In the next chapter, Kurama and Kagome are going to communicate....well, sort of. You'll just have to find out how. So, you guys read and enjoy and tell me what you think. Oh, and as I said this before this is most deifinately a Kag/Kur, if you couldn't tell by how they were interacting together.

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