The Power of BubbleGum
Chapter 2
Shopping and Kagome's Club
As soon as the small group had gotten to the mall, the girls dragged Hiei to Hot Topic, immediately selecting about 20 things for Hiei. They got him to try them on by threatening to take away his Katana for a week. Any thing that didn't fit, Midoriko instantly resized, promising to teach Kagome that later. After finding outfits for Hiei, mostly in red and black, the girls had a field day picking out headbands to cover his Jagan. After that, each girl picked out about 30 outfits, Midoriko buying mostly black, white, and red. Yukina got a lot of blue and black, while Kagome got mostly black and pink. "Hn, what is it with onnas and shopping?" Hiei demanded.
"Genetics, it's the same gene that allows us to withstand pain better then men." Kagome confidently told Hiei.
"Hn, you can't take more pain then me." Hiei scoffed.
"Really," Kagome raised an eyebrow, "I'd like to see a guy give birth. Or at least stand the pain involved in it."
"Hn" Hiei scowled.
"That's what I thought." Kagome smirked, signing the receipt.
"Come on, let's eat lunch. I'm starved!" Yukina cried.
"Sure, after that, we can go to J.C. Pennies or sumting like that. Then I need a CD player, books, CDs, paint, sheets, a desk, a couple o' chairs, a dresser, a computer, and weapons, that should do for now. We can go to the Makai for weapons. It's only 11:30, so we should be able to get that all done." Kagome listed.
"How we gonna carry all of that?" Kagome waved her hand over the dozen or so bags, causing them to disappear, answering Yukina's question.
"Come on, I'm hungry! I haven't eaten since yesterday, lunch." Kagome whined.
"Let's go to Panera. Hurry up!" Midoriko exclaimed, dragging the group towards the soup stand. After a quick lunch, Kagome dragged the group around, buying everything she needed quickly before sending it to her room in Genkai's shrine.
"Now, all that's left is the weapon shop. Come on! I'll buy you all sumting. I'll even get you a couple a new Katanas Hiei. Let's change it up. I'm going as Bubble Gum, so that should either get us a hearty discount or free stuff." Kagome explained, getting ready to teleport to the Makai.
"Wait Kag-chan, I've got some stuff for you." Midoriko quickly interrupted, "This necklace can store up to 1000 weapons in it, and you can call the weapons whenever you want. Also, this staff, you can't put it into the necklace, but it changes into a bracelet. It's a miko staff, I made it myself. I know Miroku taught you the art of the Staff. (A/N the weapon, stop being hentais!) That's all. Let's go." After the group teleported, Kagome removed the glamour on herself. As they walked into the weapons shop, the youkai in attendance rushed over.
"May I ask your names? It a common thing here, incase Koenma's little cronies come asking around." The youkai sneered.
"You can call me Bubble Gum!" Kagome said cheerfully, making the youkai pale.
"Hn. One of Koenma's little cronies." Hiei glared. The youkai paled even more.
"I'm Midoriko; Messenger of Fate and Destiny, creator of the Shikon no Tama." The youkai paled even more.
"Let me guess, she's Emna's little sister?" The youkai asked, nodding towards Yukina.
"Nope, I am though." Kagome was grinning evilly.
"Umm, come in, have a look around, anything you want is free. No charge what-so ever. Just, please, don't hurt me. Call me if you need me." The youkai slithered over the counter, on the far side of the room. The group dispersed, each looking at their own type of weapons. Kagome was looking at different unusual weapons, before deciding on several Chakram blades (similar to the one Xena uses towards the end of series), bladed fans, a couple of more normal fans for controlling wind, sais (similar to what Gabrielle used at the beginning of Xena Warrior Princess), chopsticks, and blades that would fit in the heel of your shoe or wrist of your glove, coming out only when you willed them to. She then moved on, and by the time she was done shopping, Kagome had gotten many Katanas and sheaths, throwing stars, whips, and some of everything in the store. Hiei had gotten several Katanas and sheaths, Midoriko the got the same, as well as a nice bow and a quiver. Yukina got some crystal and diamond daggers, which were charmed not to ever break. As they left, Kagome slapped a sutra on the door, simply saying that it would prevent anyone with hostile intent from entering.
"I can see that your shopping trip went well. I'm guessing that you didn't pay for any of the weapons. Come on, we still have a few hours 'till you're gonna go clubbing. Let's organize your room." Genkai said, immediately after the group's arrival.
"Okay!" Kagome chirped. When they got to the room, everyone noticed that it was bigger, and more comfortable, then Yusuke's room. Kagome immediately started ordering everybody around, making Yukina help her put her clothes away and the other three put the furniture where Kagome told them to.
When they were done, Kagome insisted that Hiei be given the room in between her and Yukina. She said that it would give him a place to put his stuff if nothing else. "Hn. We should probably call the grim reaper; the baby still wants to meet you, onna."
"Sure, whatever, as long as we get back before 8, I still wanna go to my club. Besides, I'm due for a visit. If I don't make an appearance, some of the patrons may get a little restless." Kagome explained. Hiei pulled out what looked like a compact, causing several giggles, and pushed a couple of buttons. Botan's face appeared on the screen.
"Onna, we need a portal at the old lady's shrine." Hiei said, closing the compact before Botan could reply.
"You know, you should really be nicer, then maybe you wouldn't have as many enemies." Kagome sighed.
"Emotions are a weakness." Hiei glared.
'No they're not,' Kagome projected her voice into Hiei's head, she then showed Hiei her memory of the final battle with Naraku.
Flashback
Kagome stood back, firing her arrows from afar. She watched as her friends were all beaten down, barely alive. Kagome could see the hate that filled her mind, it took the form of an angry pink flame on the tip of her arrow. The young miko reached into her friend's minds and souls, drawing out all of their hate for malevolent hanyou in front of her. As Kagome linked herself to each of her friends, the pink flame grow, becoming nearly the size of the young miko herself. Kagome linked herself to Kagura and Kokaku, causing the flame to expand. In a great burst of power, although it was nothing compared to what the teenager's arrow emitted, Kagome reached out across Japan, drawing in all of the hate for Naraku. "You said emotion was a weakness, yet this is every single ounce of hate Japan has for you, so I may be killing you, but remember in Hell that I was not alone." Kagome released the arrow, the pink flame was covering the entire clearing. There was a blood-curdling scream, the scream of someone who knew that he would spend his entire existence in excruciating pain. The energy washed out, healing everyone in the clearing.
End Flashback
"Hn!" Hiei scowled, stepping into the portal that Botan had opened.
"Emotions can be used either way. Demons, and humans, are stronger in rage and desperation. If they can learn to control that, imagegen the possibilities. Showing happiness won't hurt you. If someone is foolish enough to attack one of your friends, you and chanal you rage and become one hell of a lean mean fighting machsine." Kagome grinned. "We're here!"
"Hn"
Before Kagome could reply, she was swept up into a bone-crushing hug. "Kagome! It's so great to see you! It's been 500 years." Hiei looked in surprise at the King of the Reikai.
"Imouto. I've missed you. Don't bother saying it, it's only been a couple of hours for you anyway." Hiei's mouth almost dropped open in surprise, the fridged king of Makai was referring to Kagome so familiarly.
This is all for now, I wanted to get this chap up, but I have writer's block, more about how Kagome became BubbleGum will be in the next chap. Thanks, biolighting, that's the first review I've ever gotten.
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