HAA-chan: I'm happy!
Ama: Why?
Haa-chan: I just downloaded a bunch of YYH AMVS!
Ama: Doushite?
Haa-chan: Because 3 out of the 4 main YYH are hot! DUH!
A Winter Wonder
I need your help
A during that week Kagome had little sleep, but enough to get her through the days. She sighed as she notched another arrow on her obsidian bow. The bow was a gift from Sango. It held emeralds on in small designs. She pulled it back a bit farther as she concentrated on something else.
"I have to go back…" She whispered as she released it. The arrow hit its mark. She lowered her bow and sighed. She looked at the well and the energy around it. Only two can go back with me for now…She sighed and shook her head.
"Mama! It's time for my training!" Shippo said as he ran out with Kirara at his heels.
"Alright, Alright…" Kagome smiled. "I want you to hold out your hand." Shippo holds out his hand. Kagome drops a piece of grass in his hand. "Now Shippo, use your energy to transform that…"
"Okay!" He spoke as he held the grass in one hand. I wanna make Mama proud! He thought as he felt the grass strand transform. It extended and came to a point at one end. At the other end it as a sharp green blade. "Look Mama! I made a staff!" The blade was curved slightly as the point was rounded.
"Very good Shippo-chan! Now…" Kagome put her bow down by the Goshinboku and went back to her son. She knelt down behind him. "Hold it like this…" She placed his hands correctly on the staff. "Good…" She hummed like a proud mother. She then showed Shippo how to attack with the staff. They did this for a while until Kagome looked toward the steps. She stood and looked at Shippo. "Return it to a grass strand." Shippo glared at the staff when it wouldn't turn back.
"It won't do it…" Shippo whined. Kagome chuckled as Kirara purred encouragement.
"Okay Shippo, but the staff by Miroku's and go play games on Souta's playstation."
"YAY!" Shippo ran to the Goshinboku with the staff.
"Careful!" Kagome cried as he almost tripped. Shippo laid the staff down then scurried into the house on all fours. Kagome shook her head and looked at the stairs again. She grabbed her bow and notched an arrow. Aiming, she released the arrow just at the people hit the top step. A woman with brown hair and lollipop in her mouth caught the arrow between her fingers before it could hit the guys behind her.
"Jesus Kagome, you'd think you'd warn me before you did that." The woman said.
"Shizuru!" Kagome smiled and run up to hug the woman, who hugged back. "It's been too long! How are you doing?"
"Fine, I hear you are having some problems…" Shizuru said. Kagome frowned and sighed.
"Hey Kagome, how do you know Shizuru?" Yusuke asked from behind her.
"Oh Yusuke you didn't know?" Kagome blinked. "Shizuru is from my mom's part of the family. She's my first cousin like you are." Shizuru and Yusuke blinked.
"You mean we're related?!" They both shouted. Kagome sweatdropped as Yusuke started to rant.
"I'm RELATED to the idiot! Great!"
"Hey!" Kuwabara shouted as he tried to glare at Yusuke. "Wait…I'm related to a pretty girl…" He started to drool. Kagome stepped away from him into Kurama.
"Perhaps we should let her explain…" He suggested. Kagome nodded.
"Like I said, Yusuke is my cousin from my dad's side and Shizuru from my mom's."
"What of Kuwabara?" Yusuke said.
"Adopted…" Shizuru said nonchalantly.
"Really?!" Yusuke laughed. "I always knew he was from a different planet."
"I'm adopted?" Kuwabara blinked. "Cool! That means I don't have to listen to Shizuru anymore." He got hit upside the head by Shizuru for that.
"You still have to listen to me moron!" Kagome shook her head and looked at them.
"Would you like to come inside?" She asked them.
"Does the idiot have to come?" Shizuru asked miserably. Kagome laughed and nodded. She started to walk away from them before turning to them.
"Welcome, to the Sunset Shrine." She bowed then put her bow on her back. She bowed to them then laughed. She looked at Kurama and pointed to the Goshinboku. "Maybe you should tell your friend to get of out the sacred tree before I have to purify him." Kurama looked into the tree as Kagome led the other toward the house.
She sensed you Hiei…Kurama said mentally. A black haired apparition suddenly appeared beside Kurama glaring toward Kagome.
I masked my ki and my scent…Hiei replied as he followed Kurama into the house.
She's a miko, didn't you hear her? Kurama asked raising an eyebrow at the smaller man.
I was busy trying to see that the energy around that small shack is…Hiei crossed his arms as they found Yusuke, Shizuru, and Kuwabara sitting on the couch. Kurama sat in the love seat as Hiei stood by the wall behind him.
/Here's a question…why did Lady Cania disappear? And how is something changing the past to affect the future? / The fox inside him said. Hiei grunted his agreement on the questions as Kagome came back into the room with a tray full of tea. She put it on the table then sat on her knees. She then put the cup in front of each person. Picking up the kettle she poured some tea into each cup.
"I hope you like green tea…it's all we have at the moment." Kagome said as she set the kettle down. Shizuru took her lollipop out of her mouth as she grabbed the tea cup and sipped the tea. Yusuke and Kuwabara were also sipping the tea. The tea cup for Hiei disappeared then reappear quickly making Kagome smile.
"Kagome, Shippo told us of your past…but Yusuke wanted to tell you of his." Shizuru said as she replaced the tea cup with the lollipop. She put the tea cup down and looked up at Kagome. I know you've lost so much Kagome…but you have to go through this pain to mature into the woman Uncle wanted you to be. Shizuru thought as Yusuke started.
"It happened when I saved some runt from the street and got hit by a car…" Yusuke said. He continued on to what a spirit detective is and how he became one. He got to how he ran into Hiei and Kurama and how Kuwabara got to be a Spirit Detective.
"You mean the idiot is one two?" Kagome blinked as she interrupted. "Are you sure your boss isn't just having him around for entertainment?"
"Hey…" Was the idiot's lame reply as everyone else but Hiei, who gave a small smirk, laughed.
"Anyway…" Yusuke continued to tell her of his adventures and missions. Kagome nodded swallowing all this information. She smiled.
"It seems, cousin, we both had our own adventures." Kagome said as she finished her tea. Kurama also finished his tea at the same time. Kagome smiled at him. "More?"
"No thank you…" He said politely. Kagome nodded and stood up while gathering all of tea cups and headed into the kitchen. As she came back out she saw Kurama petting Kirara. She smiled at that.
"Seems Kirara likes you Kurama," Kagome said bring attention back to her. Kurama smiled as he let the neko demon go to Kagome. She laughed as the small neko climbed up Kagome's miko dressings and sat on her shoulder. Kagome scratched the neko under her chin making Kirara purr.
"Kagome…our boss Koenma was finally able to open a portal to this realm after a week." Yusuke started. Kagome sighed and looked at Yusuke.
"Yusuke…I know…Major demons in Makai and ningenkai are disappearing suddenly. And the well is the only way to get to the past." Kagome said as Kirara jumped from her shoulder to Hiei's. He glared at neko as Kagome rubbed her eyes.
"How do you know this Kagome?" Kurama asked.
"Because like Shizuru, I am a miko…I can feel powerful energies in all the realms." Kagome said. Kuwabara blinked and turned away from staring at Kirara to his 'sister'. Yusuke also turned to Shizuru.
"You're a miko?" They asked.
"All the women in Asami's side of the family are either miko or a human with psychic abilities." Shizuru explained. "By the way, where is Asami?"
"She grabbed a plane ticket to China…Souta broke his arm and she got worried that jii-chan would try something stupid." Kagome explained. She went to the stairwell and called up stairs. "Shippo-chan, can you come down here for a moment?" A flying ball of fur land in Kagome's arms and clung to her tightly.
"Oh…" It was Shippo. His moved his tail away as he looked at them. "It's the guys from before!" He looked at Hiei. "Hey Mama, it's the guy that you said was alw—" Kagome covered Shippo's mouth and laughed.
Hiei…? Kurama glanced at his friend. Have you been spying on her?
Hn…Hiei shrugged and looked at the two. He had been watching them for the last week to see if Kagome would help them. Kagome sighed and looked at Shippo.
"You know were Moka and Rome live ne?" Shippo nodded. "Tell them that I'm leaving tonight."
"Am I going to come with you?" Shippo asked innocently.
"Not this time Shippo," Kagome said as she walked to the door. Kurama raised an eyebrow. She was letting the kit go out by himself? This is not the feudal era…she couldn't just do that.
"Aw…" Shippo patted Kagome's cheek. "Be careful mama!" Shippo put an illusion on himself to like a little human boy.
"You be careful…" Kagome said as Shippo jumped out of her arms and ran out of the door.
"Kagome…are you sure Shippo will be okay?" Kurama asked. Kagome smiled and glanced at Kirara.
"Kirara, you heard Kurama go make sure Shippo will be alright." Kagome said.
"Meow…" Kirara jumped from Hiei's shoulder and out the door. Shizuru shook her head.
"You are just too careless Kagome…what of protection for the kit?" Shizuru asked. "You know, if he does run into trouble."
"He has his illusions, and his plants." Kagome murmured absentmindedly.
"Plants? I thought you told me Shippo was a red fox…" Shizuru spoke. Yusuke blinked.
"So much for being informed…" He mumbled. Kuwabara laughed at Yusuke. Kagome shook her head.
"I've been training him. He knows how to handle himself." She answered Shizuru as she stared at the door as she closed it. This caught Hiei's and Kurama's attention.
She's protective…Kurama said. Teaching her cub to control something out of his element. Demons won't be expecting that.
She's a fool…Hiei answered. Kurama shook his head and watched as Kagome turned to them. Her eyes held her pain and sadness. She looked at them all.
"I need your help…"
Shippo and Kirara arrived at Rome's place and knocked on the door.
"ROME!" Shippo yelled. There was rustling in the house then a slam. "Rome, it's important!"
"Coming!" Rome yelled just before he opened the door. "What is it runt?" He asked as he rubbed his eyes.
"You have to tell the lords that Kagome is leaving today!" Shippo said.
"What?" He was wide awake now.
"What do you need our help for Kagome?" Kurama asked. Kagome stood by the door. Her shoulders were slumped as she looked at the ground.
"I can only take two people to the past for the time being." She said. Shizuru froze. She looked at her cousin. Asami had gotten the story from Shippo when Kagome was at the club, Asami then called her and told her.
"Kagome, you can't…not so soon," Shizuru protested. Kagome looked at Shizuru, her eyes still pain stricken. They seemed to answer Shizuru question. The older girl sighed and shook her head. "When are you leaving?"
"As soon as I put a seal around the shrine, whether two people come with me or not," Kagome replied as she headed up stairs. "I'll be back." She disappeared upstairs.
"Shizuru, do you think it wise to allow Kagome to go?" Kurama asked curiously. /She's got spunk!/ Youko said in his head.
"Whether I or Asami forbid her not, you can't get in the way of Kagome's decisions."
"Because she's a miko?" Kuwabara asked dumbly.
"No, because she's Kagome…" Yusuke said. Shizuru nodded. "So who's going with her?"
"I will!" Kuwabara said happily. Shizuru shook her head.
"No, you are staying here…you could do something stupid in the past and mess up our future." Kuwabara pouted.
"I think Hiei and I should go," Kurama said.
"Don't bring me into this…" Hiei said glaring at Kurama.
"But Hiei it makes sense…Shizuru can watch the shrine for Kagome along with runt while Kuwabara and I go after the demons. The demon lords will help us also right?" Yusuke reasoned. Hiei glared at Yusuke.
"No…"
"From what Kagome tells me…there are a lot of wild demons in the past." Shizuru said grabbing Hiei's attention. Kurama smirked as Youko laughed at Hiei.
"Fine…" Shizuru smirked and got up stretching. She went to the kitchen and threw out the lollipop end. She came back into the room and sighed. "Listen…Kagome has been through a lot…so don't give her a hard time unless she asks for it."
"And when have I ever asked for it?" Kagome asked as she got down the stairs. Kurama's eyes widened slightly as he looked at Kagome.
"You are going to the past like that?" Yusuke blinked. Kagome was in a cat-suit, but that didn't show underneath the purple and black miko garments. The pants were purple as the top was black. Her hair was pulled back into a low ponytail. She had a cloth around her neck, holding some extra stuff in it at her back. She had fingerless arm warmers. She had black slippers among her feet as she smiled at them. Her bow was on her back and a quiver was at her waist.
"So what if I am? You don't know what the past is like…" Kagome answered with a smile.
"She is right Yusuke," Kurama said with a chuckle.
"So who's coming with me?" Kagome asked.
"Hiei and Kurama are…we thought two demons would be more protection that the idiot and Yusuke could give you." Shizuru said.
"In other words, Hiei just wants to kill and Kurama is being nice." Kagome interpreted.
"How do you know what they are like?" Kuwabara asked.
"Miko's intuition?" Kagome thought aloud. "Come on I want to leave before the lords get here." She went outside.
"Hn…" Hiei shrugged and followed Kagome.
"He wants to get the past quickly…" Yusuke said as he followed Kuwabara and Shizuru out with Kurama. The red haired man smiled and put his hands in his pockets.
/She is a beautiful creature…especial for a human…/ Youko said as they watched Kagome stab an arrow into the tree. /Strong too…/ He added. Kurama shook his head.
Youko…a week ago she lost her friends from the past. Leave her be…Kurama urged as he dispelled the kitsune's voice. Kagome chanted as she put the necklace the Ladies of the Lands gave her on the arrow. It glowed as she murmured something not even demons could hear.
"That should do it…" Kagome said. She looked at the Hiraikotsu and Miroku's Monk Staff. She traced the kanji for their names on the weapons as she murmured a small prayer. She stood up and looked at them. "Ready?" Kurama and Hiei nodded. "Well this is goodbye…"
"Kagome…perhaps it would be wise if you split it." Shizuru said. Kagome smiled and nodded. She put her hands to her chest and it glowed. A small orb light came out of her chest as she pulled her hand away. It hovered over her hand.
"What is that…?" Kuwabara asked. Kagome smiled gently.
"An item that should have been destroyed but wasn't…" Kagome said. The light brightened as Kagome chant. "Ancient Item of Miko Warrior, I bid you to separate. Go into the purest hearts of this city, Demon and Human…Hanyou alike." She spoke in an eerily calm voice. She closed her eyes as images of eight people flash in her mind including herself. The orb rose up and suddenly split into nine pieces. The light blinded everyone before disappearing. Kagome smiled as she opened her eyes and looked at the sky.
"Where did they go?" Yusuke asked.
"Into the purest hearts…even those hidden underneath the darkness…" Kagome spoke. She smiled at Yusuke. "Keep an eye on that girl you've been telling me about Yusuke!" Kagome said as she waved to them. Shizuru smiled and put a hand to her chest. Very clever cousin…very clever…but…since we are mikos of the same blood, every female in our family saw who the Shikon was put into.
"Can we go now?" Hiei said impatiently. Kagome was about to answer when a roar interrupted her.
"Shit…" Shizuru murmured. "Kagome if you want to miss Sesshomaru go…" Kagome nodded. She grabbed Hiei's and Kurama's arms then raced toward the well. She opened the door as they got inside. Closing it she looked at the well. She slowly went to the well and took off the seal.
She's frighten…Hiei glanced at Kurama.
It's hard for her to go back to somewhere she thought was closed off to her. Kurama answered as he walked to Kagome. He helped her open the well's doors. He looked down into the abyss and looked at Kagome. "How do we…"
"You jump…I think you will have to hold onto me to get through." Kagome said shakily. Kurama nodded as Kagome grabbed his hand. /She's shaking…/ Youko whispered as Hiei grudgingly grabbed Kagome's hand. They jumped into the well just as someone opened the door. Kagome saw a familiar blue light surround them. Kurama gave her hand a squeeze as she shuddered. Hiei glanced at Kagome as they landed. The blue light disappeared as they looked around.
"We are still in the well…" Hiei said glaring at Kagome. She was shaken and clinging to Kurama for dear life.
"Hiei…look up…" Kurama said. Hiei looked up to see a blue sky. He jumped out of the well, landing on the green grass. Kurama came out a second later with Kagome in his arms.
"I'm back…" Kagome murmured as she looked around. "I'm back in the Feudal Era."
Sesshomaru turned from the well house and growled at Shizuru.
"Don't growl at me Sessho-chan…" Shizuru murmured. He glared at her.
"You may be her descendant but…"
"I am also Kagome's cousin…"
"How?" Sesshomaru asked.
"My father is Asami's brother…" Shizuru answered. Yusuke and Kuwabara had already left to see Genkai and Yukina about the situation and to talk to Botan who was with them.
"So the two demons went with Kagome?" Sesshomaru asked as he closed the well house doors.
"Yea…you can trust those two to take care of Kagome-chan." Shizuru announced.
"You are going to watch over the shrine I guess…" Sesshomaru said as he turned away.
"It is my duty as Rin's ancestor and Kagome's cousin." Shizuru smiled a mysterious smile as the wind blew causing the Goshinboku leaves to fall. Miroku's staff's rings jingled lightly as the Hiraikotsu turned a bit. A tune rang through the air. It was sad and lonely.
End of Chapter
Preview: They enter the village to find things are different…atleast outside of the area. Kagome…why do you need two….OMG! That is not good! Next time on Winter Wonder: Learning The New Rules…