Hey, guys this is my second chapter and I've already gotten a few reivews so dar. So I decided to add another chapter to make ya'll happy. So, here it is enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Kagome, Kuronue, or Yoko, although I think we all wish we did.

Chapter 2

The Oddity Of Females

Hurriedly the woman dragged the two bandits into a corner and waited quietly as two uniformed police officers ran by, barely missing their hiding place. Kuronue and Yoko were backed against a corner as the girl peaked out making sure no one else was following her. Sighing she turned back to the two youkai who were regarding her curiously.

"Who are you two, and what are you doing in the Human Realm?" she asked bluntly after a moment of tense silence.

Kuronue and Yoko could only stare in awe at the vision in front of them, before both realized what she'd asked. "Hey, wait, how do you know about demons? And for that matter, how could you tell? I spent almost a half-hour on that spell," Yoko said, with an almost pouting expression that she could see right through his disguise.

She snorted turning away in indifference. "If you bothered to use your brains once in awhile, you would have noticed right away," she said calmly. "Anyway, I'm Kagome," she finished before anyone could protest her rude statement. "I take it this is your first trip to the Ningenkai."

"How do you know?" Kuronue asked, bringing her attention onto him. He had to struggle not to gasp as her full facial features were revealed to his searching eyes. Her face was flawless, like an angel.

"Well," she smirked at him, "besides your state of dress, you don't particularly look human even with your disguises. Oh, sure if I were just your normal every day human I wouldn't have noticed anything out of the ordinary other than the fact that you look like hoodlums with your dark clothes."

"And you're not?" Yoko asked. "Normal, that is?"

"Nope," she answered simply. "Far from it."

"Then what are you and what were you doing tonight?" Kuronue asked, slightly curious.

"Boy you certainly know how to ask the right questions, don't you boys?" she chuckled. "As to what I am, well you'll find out eventually. As to what I was doing, well shouldn't it be obvious?" She pointed to her dark clothes. "I would think a thief would recognize another of its kind."

"Thieves are we?" Yoko asked, trying to look innocent. "How do you figure, onna?"

Kagome raised an eyebrow mochingly. "Besides the fact that you're both dressed like one, you're out after hours like one, and you're sneaking around like one-." she trailed off. "By the way want to see what I stole?" she asked catching them both off guard.

Okay, now Yoko was intrigued and even Kuronue stepped closer as Kagome reached into her pocket and drew forth a glowing white jewel. Yoko took a step closer as his eyes marveled over the jewel. He could feel its power calling out to him. "What is this, woman?" he asked his hands moving of their own accord, twitching to reach for the jewel.

"If you come with me, I will tell you the story behind it," Kagome answered putting it carefully away, beneath her shirt. "And the name is Kagome. I don't even want to tell you how the last demon ended up after calling me anything but my name." The look in her eyes was enough to make even Yoko nervous.

"Wom-Kagome, are you inviting us to stay with you?" Kuronue asked unsurely.

"Sure, seems like fun," she shrugged. "Besides, it's been a long time since I've come up against any demons as strong as you two appear to be."

"We would love to stay with you," Yoko answered for them before Kuronue could protest.

"Good," Kagome responded. "But first we have to get past the police."

"And what are these po-lice?" Kuronue asked, stepping up to her right side as Kagome began walking out of the alley way glancing around for any officers.

He almost shivered at Kagome's smirk of pure evil as she took both Yoko and Kuronue's hands in her own. She led them around a wall and nodded towards two men dressed in blue uniforms. "Those are police detectives, sort of like Spirit detectives. You've probably run into them in Makai, if I had to make a guess." Yoko nodded in agreement, smirking slightly thinking back to all the times he'd outwitted the stupid Reikai hunters.

Kagome caught his smirk and met his eyes. As if somehow knowing what he was thinking, she leaned over and whispered, "if you had fun playing with those detectives, this, I assure you, will be ten times better." Yoko began to smirk back, wondering if this was the beginning of a long strange friendship with this strange woman.

A half-hour later, a laughing Kagome and Yoko raced through the night with Kuronue flying over head the two. They followed Kagome a long ways until they came to the bottom of a large shrine. Kuronue landed just before the two and all three escaped into the confines of the shrine as about ten police officers raced by screaming with anger.

Yoko and Kagome continued to laugh as even Kuronue let a chuckle escape. He had to admit it had been exteremely amusing to watch Kagome and Yoko outwit the stupid men of law. Finally Yoko stopped laughing to look at Kagome. "I have to admit, Kagome, that you were right," he admitted. "This is the most fun I've had in awhile. See, I told you we'd find an adventure here, Kuronue."

"I guess," Kuronue answered.

"See I told you," she supplied. "Is that why you're here?" she asked curiously, "to look for adventure?"

"Yeah, well Yoko was bored and decided he wanted to explore the unexplored," Kuronue answered. "So, I decided to come along and keep him out of trouble. But it seems," Kuronue slanted a sly look at Kagome, "that trouble found us."

She giggled slightly and leaned back against the brick stone wall. "Anyway, this is my home." She waved a hand indicating the steps up to her house.

"You live on a shrine?" Kuronue asked, surprised. After what he'd seen that night from her, it surprised him that she would live on a holy shrine.

"Yep," Kagome chirped. "Would you guys like to stay with me for a little bit?"

"Well, I guess so," Kuronue agreed.

"Do you live here alone, Kagome?" Yoko asked curiously.

"No," she answered honestly looking somewhat saddened. "My mother and brother moved away when my grandfather died. So now it is just me and my kits."

"Just your kits?" Yoko asked somewhat jealous that she might already be claimed. "Don't you have a mate?"

Kagome's eyes darkened and she looked away. "No, not anymore," and that's all she said about that. Her eyes softened after a moment and she turned back to the two bandits. "Well, if you want to stay its fine with me." She whispered before standing up. She was about to guide them up the steps when suddenly a huge amount of demon energy washed over all three as Kagome bent over from shock.

When she lifted her head, her eyes were filled with fear and anger. "No," she whispered shaking her head. "It can't be!" she cried before racing past Yoko and Kuronue, leaving them shocked at her departure.

"Come on!" Yoko cried after he hurriedly got up. "Did you see her eyes? She could be in trouble!"

"Right, lets go," Kuronue agreed, already feeling slightly protective over his new female friend. He just hoped everything would be all right.

Well I think I'll stop here. As of right now there are going to be some twists and turns coming up in this fic, ones I'm sure which will be original and unexpected. But you'll like them, as it will allow both Kuronue and Yoko to grow close to Kagome after awhile. As for who Kagome's kits are, you'll have to wait and see. One I'm sure you won't be suprised at, but the other you probably won't see coming. Anyway, I hope you guys like it so far and thanks to those of you who have already reviewed. I hop you guys like it.

Ja ne

Kura-kun's-lovr