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"That was quite interesting." Kurama commented as the girls left the well house.
"Yeah right, fox. That was the most boring thing I have ever heard and if this wasn't a mission I wouldn't even be here in the first place." Yukuke complained.
"So what could we get from this? It sounded just like some fairytale book." Kuwabara asked.
"All we know now is that they were very into the story, which is pretty weird 'cause it sounded like they were actually remembering it. But that would make them too old, and they're ordinary humans." Yusuke said, unaware he had just given them all the answer.
Kurama's face lit up. "Wait Yusuke. You said that it sounded as if they actually remembered it." Kurama hinted.
"So...where are you getting at fox." Yusuke asked, still confused.
"He means that maybe the legend was all in their memory, stupid." Hiei scoffed.
"That can't be true. They would be hundreds of years old. Don't tell me they grow like Koenma." Kuwabara said stupidly.
"You insolent fool! They traveled back in time through this well and lived that actual legend, IMBECILE!!!" Hiei yelled at the cowering orange haired freak. Kurama shook his head. Sometimes, Hiei could have no patience whatsoever with idiotic oafs.
"I don't know, maybe we shouldn't jump to conclusions. I think we need to investigate more on the subject. Besides the fact they knew the story very well, we don't have anything else to convict them. They may have just rehearsed very well." Kurama suggested, second guessing his own judgment.
"I guess, I mean they're just regular teenage girls. I didn't even sense anything weird from them." Yusuke agreed.
"You think we said too much back there Sango?" Kagome asked.
"I don't know, I mean it isn't like they are on a mission to see where we came from, who we are and so forth." Sango assured her.
"Yeah, you're right." Kagome agreed. "Oh no! Mom's going to be back any minute and we made a huge mess in the kitchen!" Kagome exclaimed in horror. Sango widened her eyes as she too remembered their little sandwich incident.
They hurriedly ran down the stairs to start cleaning the kitchen. Sango mopped the floor, while Kagome wiped down the counters and shelves. Their mom was going to be back any second and they had a big mess to clean up.
"So, who do you think the pair with the high spirit energies are?" Botan asked her employer.
"I don't know. It couldn't be those girls...they're ordinary humans. Someone or something must be hiding, they obviously like their privacy." Koenma replied.
She opened her eyes to reveal a dark room and a screen door. Rubbing her tired eyes, she sat up to get a better look at her surroundings.
'Where am I and what am I doing here?' she asked herself. One minute she was in a comfortable world of nothingness and another minute she was here in this dark room. All she remembered from before was seeing a white-haired man with a giant sword and golden eyes.
"I see you have finally awoken, my minion." A masculine voice said from a dark corner. The shadows of the room prevented her seeing his face. She remembered seeing that form before....
"What am I doing here?" the woman asked, still groggy. "Where am I?"
"You will all see in time." The man assured her in a malevolent voice. He stood up and walked twards her, revealing his face in the dim moonlight. Her eyes widened as her mind came into focus.
"No, not you! Why are you here?! You're supposed to be dead!" the woman screamed. She finally realized who he was.
"All will be seen in time." The man repeated. Tears streamed down her ivory colored face. She thought the nightmare had ended five hundred years ago, but it had only begun. A figure in white appeared and led the hysterical woman away.
"Oh no! Not this, oh why did this have to happen?!" the frantic toddler vexed. Readings had come up that the barrier between worlds had been broken and demons were streaming out.
"Botan! Botan! Get the Spirit Detectives team! Someone has made a huge tear in the barrier and demons are pouring out." Koenma shrieked.
"Right away sir!" Botan complied. She hurriedly opened the portal and dashed through, riding on her floating oar.
'This could be the work of the strange spirit energies I found the other day. Yusuke and the others haven't reported anything new except a five hundred year old legend and how people can mysteriously travel throught time.' the young ruler thought.
Appearing down on Earth, Botan found dozens of innocent looking people walking around as if there was not a care in the world, but as the reaper looked closer, she could see the invisible demons lurking right under their noses. They were swarming all over the place. She found Yusuke fighting off ten ferocious looking demons at once. Granted they were all low-class demons, but they still were a big nuisance.
"Yusuke, destroy all the demons. There was a tear made in the barrier. Demons are all over the place." Botan informed him unneccassarily.
"You think I don't already know that? I'm fighting like ten here right now!! Where are Hiei and Kurama? Tell them to fix the hole!" Yusuke said, punching a demon in the face. It immediately turned tail and ran away from the powerful Spirit Detective. Botan nodded at his command and flew off in search of their demon allies.
"Sango, help me!" Kagome screamed, while being buried under a pile of hostile demons.
"Hiraikotsu!" Sango yelled. Sango jumped high in the air and hurled her giant boomerang at the demons. The demons attacking Kagome were obliterated. "Ha, take that filthy vermin." She yelled in triumph as she caught the weapon. She no longer was forced back when she caught the giant boomerang. Push-ups helped.
"Thanks. Now let's get the rest of these things!" Kagome suggested, while stringing her bow.
"Sounds good to me!" Sango agreed, getting ready to throw her boomerang again.
They each let go of their weapons and jumped into action. Using their swrds, they sliced through all the demons in their paths. Sango jumped in the air to catch the boomerang and hurled it again. It was a very efficient weapon.
One of the stronger demons knocked the boomerang out of the air and threw it into a tree. Looking at Sango viciously, it charged her with its fangs gleaming. Sango smirked as she sidestepped the bumbling beast and it charged another demon instead.
The demon reappeared and charged Sango again, determined not to let his prey escape.
"Give me the jewel, woman, I need the jewel!" It hissed.
"No. This half is mine to protect and keep. You can't have it!" Sango refused as she decapitated the blundering fiend with her katana. "All done." Sango murmured as she rushed off to find Kagome.
"I see the sisters are still alive and well." A maniacal voice remarked. A quiet woman sat in front of him clothed in a white kimono. She held a mirror in her hands that showed the fight in the human world.
"They are very strong. Even stronger than when you first fought them, Master." The woman said in a quiet, sullen voice.
"They still have the same weaknesses, I can still use the same technique as before. They will still be affected. Dear Kanna, leave me to my thoughts." The masculine voice ordered.
"Yes Master." Kanna obeyed as she left the room. The evil form stared at her leaving figure.
"Thsoe two will pay dearly for what they did to me, especially you Sango. Didn't you know that your brother is not dead?"
The demon numbers had finally begun to slow. Most people hadn't even noticed. Few casualties had occured and were thought to be heart-attacks. The situation was under control, thanks to Kurama and Hiei, the hole between worlds was closed.
The taijya and the miko were exhausted. They hadn't fought like that since one of the first times Naraku had sent demons after them. Their family had gone to the grocery store for the entire time the demons had broken out and were oblivious to the entire affair.
"Oh mom, I'm tired! I just want a cup of tea and my nice bed." Kagome groaned. Mrs. Higurashi nodded as she led the two girls to their separate rooms. Later on, she brought them each a steaming brew of blackberry tea.
"Thank-you mom." Sango said appreciatory for her kindness. Mrs. Higurashi nodded and began to leave the room.
"By the way I've entered you in a tournament of sorts. It will occur to see which two fighters will earn their right to be trained under the great Genkai." She informed her daughter.
The mother paused to look at Sango to find that she had already fallen asleep. "The fight must have taken a lot out of her today." Mrs. Higursashi murmured to herself. She turned out the light and closed the door.
"Ahhh, I feel so rested! That tea really did the trick. Thanks again mom!" Kagome exclaimed. It was the morning of the tournament.
"I'm looking forward to today mom. When do we leave?" Sango asked.
"What do you mean, 'when do we leave'?" Kagome questioned, curious of why she was not informed of this little shenanigan.
"Oh honey, you have been entered in a tournament. If you win you will be trained under the great master Genkai." She told her daughter.
"Oh, okay. So who is going to be the trainer again." Kagome asked her mother.
"Master Genkai." Mrs. Higurashi said easily as she started to cook breakfast.
"Master Genkai?! Didn't she already pass on her skills to another student? Why would she be training someone else, let alone two people?!" Kagome said thrilled she and Sango had a chance to train under such a great teacher.
"She obviously thought that the student wasn't responsible enough, so she is teaching two more students so she can pass on her greater skills." Her mother replied. The eggs were sizzling.
After they ate, they began the long drive to Kyoto where they would find this tournament. Pulling up, they saw a giant shrine of some sorts. Most fighters were already there and warming up for the trials ahead.
Genkai had called her previous student to watch the other potential students fight to earn their right to call her 'teacher'. Yusuke was grumbling all the way.
"Now Yusuke, I'm training more students so you can have more partners to help you. You are obviously not strong enough to learn all my techniques." Genkai explained to him.
"Huh? Not strong enough Granny? That can't be, no one has ever beaten me in a fight!" Yusuke boasted. Genkai gave him a disbelieving look. "Well, maybe a few." he admitted grundgingly.
"Sorry dimwit, my mind is made up. You have great spirit energy, but ever since I sensed those spirit energies, I knew that they were more powerful than first observed." Genkai clarified.
"Fine, fine, whatever." Yusuke said. He really didn't care who won or lost. He didn't even want to be here. Yusuke only came because otherwise Genkai would have beaten him; it's not fun to be beat up by an old hag.
Sango and Kagome stepped out of the car and waved bye to their mother. They had both dressed for the occasion. Sango was in her taijya armor; recently, she had changed the pink armor plates to a blood red color. Kagome was wearing another armored suit similar to Sango's; the only differences were the midnight blue armor plates. Their hair were both in high ponytails and they wore their poison masks to hide their faces.
All the other fighters sopped their warming up to watch the two walk down the field to an empty spot they could prepare themselves for the assessments ahead. The two mysterious women, carring their weapons, began to spar with each other. They had amazing gymnastic and weapon skills. These were no amateur fighters.
Genkai stepped out of the shrine and looked at her possible students. Looking around with the much taller Yusuke by her side, she spotted the two women sparring with each other.
"They seem familiar." Yusuke mumbled to himself. He folded his arms behind his head to be in a more comfortable posistion.
"You know them?" Genkai asked her former student without actually looking up at him.
"I don't know." Yusuke pondered as he shrugged his shoulders. Genkai stood silent for a few moments longer, looking at all the other fighters.
"Hey, Kagome, look. Isn't that Yusuke?" Sango asked in surprise. They stopped sparring and looked up.
"Yeah I think it is!" Kagome replied excitedly.
"He must have been Genkai's first student and he failed." Sango suggested. Kagome nodded.
'Maybe that was why he though he could have taken that demon in the alley.' The priestess pondered.
"Now then, all of you get in a line! I want you to come up here one at a time, and grab a yellow ticket from this basket!" Genkai pointed to said basket. "Then wait for further instructions."
The fighters immediately came up to the basket in a line and picked out their yellow tickets. Sango and Kagome were last in line as they picked up the tickets and walked back.
"Now, I assume all of you have tickets. If your ticket turns red please stand on this side. If it doesn't, then please leave these grounds." The master ordered.
The female duo each looked at their tickets. As soon as Genkai had finished speaking, the tickets began to turn a scarlet red and they moved to the appropriate area.
Others had grim looks on their faces and they began to leave the property. The girls kept emotionless facades on their faces; it was dangerous to show emotions before a great trial. That much they learned from Inuyasha's brother, Sesshoumaru. His cool demeanor had won many a fight, verbal or physical, even if the opponent had the bigger sword.
After the unchosen ones had left, Genkai motioned for all the rest to follow her into the building. The doors closed behind the last ones to enter, cutting out the sunlight and making everything pitch black. Everyone stood still as not to accidentally run into each other. Yusuke flicked the lights on.
Inside the room were ten little booths like the sort you find to take your picture in like in a mall. Curtains covered the entrance to the booths.
"Each of you line up at one of the booths. These are machines designed to bring out your memories and see how well your spirit energy reacts to it. The red light will buzz if you fail and the green will buzz if you pass. Hurry up now." Genkai ordered.
Sango and Kagome could sense each other's nervousness, though none of it showed on their perfectly masked faces. They were determined to be Genkai's students and showing emotions during tests could prove to be their downfall.
Human and demon fighters alike entered the booths. Red and green buzzers rang out all around. Some left the building and some stayed in the back waiting for the next command. So far, only six humans had passed out of the fifty that had passed the ticket test in the first place.
Kagome felt her time approaching. She and Sango chose different booths as to get out at the same time. The miko worried about what she would see, Inuyasha running to Kikyou or Shippou being murdered.
It was her turn next and she waited in anticipation. The buzzer startled her when it sounded a red light blinked on for the demon in front of her. Men were sniggering behind her as she entered the booth. Kagome sat on the small stool and stared into the screen as she closed the curtain.
Her heart clenched at the sight.
Her father was dying from an uncurable disease and she was at his bedside. Next Inuyasha was once more running off to Kikyou, Inuyasha being injured, Inuyasha insulting her.
Antoher character enterd the screen, Naraku. He was laughing at her misery, he was hurting Inuyasha, he was killing Shippou, he was stealing her jewel fragments and possessing people.
'No, he can't do this! I'll kill that bastard!!!' Kagome yelled to herself. She felt a power grow inside her, much like when she was fighting the evil half-demon. She grabbed hold of it, intending to obliterate all evil, when the screen went black.
Kagome blinked back her tears and stuffed the unused power back inside her. As she stepped outside the booth, everyone was staring at her. She looked up and saw the green light flashing furiously. The men stared at her in surprise and Genkai looked astonished. 'What happened?' She thought. 'Did I grow a second head or something?'
Sango's turn was next. She really didn't know what to expect. Since the taijya was so new to Kagome's world, Sango didn't really comprehend what a machine was.
The light buzzed green and a demon walked out with a satisfied smirk playing about his lips. He stared at Sango for a moment and walked past the beauty without a second thought.
Sango stepped into the cramped booth and sat on the stool in front of the black screen. Images began to flash on the monitor and she could make out some memories that came on. 'It's digging through my mind.' Sango thought.
Suddenly, she froze. Miroku was standing there on the screen staring at her in horror. The wind began to pick up and the monk seized his right hand. The prayer beads guarding the curse flew from his hand. He yelled something she couldn't hear and his hand sucked him in.
Kohaku was there next. Her brother was killing all their comrades and then came after her. He threw his scythe while she went to kill his possessor. Looking around, Sango saw her dear brother standing in guilt as they shot him with arrows and he was dead. There was only one name that came to her mind as more memories flitted across, Naraku.
'No more pain, no more suffering. The one who caused this will die by my hands only!' Sango thought with renewed vengeance. She felt the same silver light fill her body. 'Naraku is the one who should pay.'
Sango didn't see the screen go blank, nor did she hear the screams of the ones around her. The taijya released the great dragon once more and felt the intense explosion around her erupt into the screams of what she hoped was Naraku.
Hope you all liked the cliffy...I know they can be annoying, but it's hard to type so much!!! Oh well, until next chappy...By the way I have a challenge to all Sango fans out there that is located on my profile...I'm waiting for any replies you might have!!! Go Sango!!!
