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Rating: PG-13 for now.

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P.S. Sorry it took so long to update, but I had a hectic time of it for a while. A relative of mine isn't doing so well, Finals to study for and do, I got sick, and now it's the Holiday Vacation and I have to find gifts for my family. Thanks for waiting so long, I apologize and will try with all my might to never make you all wait for so long again.

P.P.S. FOR ALL OF YOU READING 'A SIMPLE CHANGE' it will take me longer to update that story because I ran into some problems with it. Please just hold off for a little while longer. Thanks, love ya all!

"TALKING"

(THINKING)

YOUKO SPEAKING

TELEPATHY

Flashback/memories

Yusuke Urameshi, self proclaimed Ultra Punk and the best street fighter in Sarayashiki Junior High, now in Tama High, sat on a bench staring at a picture. He let out a deep sigh and continued to let his thoughts trail off. The picture was one taken a few years back, when his job as Spirit Detective had started. It was during that time that he had made the hardest decision of his life.

The picture had four people in it, five if you counted the fat cat being held by the girl who was only a year younger then he had been when he had made that fateful decision. She had black hair that seemed almost blue under the right light as it was when the image had been captured by photo, she wore a short green skirt that was part of her school uniform for her old Junior High. Her eyes were a blue not normally associated with a person of pure Japanese decent.

Next to her was a elder man in some strange get up. Blue, feudal era style pants and a white top. On the other side of the teen age girl was a middle age woman with short hair and a smile on her face. In front of the group was a boy still in elementary school, his eyes brown like those of the two elder members of the family and his hair had natural brown highlights like his mother did.

In all reality, the teen age girl looked nothing like her family other then the amount of life seeming to blaze from her eyes in a holy light and her smile. The whole family was in front of the shrine they ran. They were the Higurashis, and the mother of the teen and young boy was his mothers cousin. When Yusuke had been revived and had learned he now had to perform missions, he had taken it upon himself to distance his mother and himself from the Higurashis. He couldn't have demons find out about them, they could harm them to get to him and plus, a shrine family and demons did not go together very well in Yusuke's mind.

Looking up, Yusuke noticed an orange haired boy walking up. "Urameshi." The young man grunted. He was not what one would call cute, beautiful, handsome, or anything like that, but he was a good fighter, when not faced against his rival and friend Yusuke. This was Kawabara, his spiritual awareness was very high and balanced out the group quite nicely. And speaking of the group, the other two members came up.

"Yusuke, nice to see you." A pleasant voice said. Red hair, and deep green eyes were the tell tail signs that it was Kurama whom was speaking. To some he was known as Suichi Minamoto, to others he was Youko Kurama, the silver fox demon thief. But in truth he was a young man with two different soles in the body. The dominant one being Suichi, the other Youko, but they just called him Kurama. While he had the power to control plants, he was also very wise because of his memories as Youko, who not to long ago had taken up to speaking to Kurama mind to mind.

And the final member of their mismatched group. Hiei. A short, half fire, half ice demon hybrid who's power was only slightly over fire. His true skill was in his swordsmanship with the katana that seemed permanently attached to his side. A white cloth was tied around his head to hide from view the Jagan eye from view. (Yep,) Yusuke thought. (This is our group.) With a sight he stood up, only to have Kurama snatch the picture from him.

"What is this Yusuke?" Kurama asked a playful smirk on his face.

"Damn it Kurama! Give that back and tell Youko to back off!" He added when he noticed the swirls of gold through the green eyes. "Why did you steal it?"

"Youko told me too." Kurama simply said, looking down at the picture.

She's pretty. A deep velvety voice said in Kurama's head, his other half, Youko gazed through their eyes to look down on the girl. Is that a shrine?

Hn, how predictable. A telepathic voice sounded. Once again you move right into looking at the females. Hiei told them. Ignoring the indignant sputters from the fox demon half. He watched as Yusuke grabbed the photo back.

"Keep your hands off it. It's the most recent one I have of the rest of my family." Yusuke said. Kuwabara looked up.

"You have family other than your mom?" The orange haired man asked.

"OF CORSE I DO!" Yusuke said. "My mothers cousins family." He showed them the picture, pointing to the woman. "The old man is her father; he lives at the shrine with my aunt. The girl is Kagome and the boy is Sota."

"Who's the cat?" Kuwabara asked, who had only gotten more obsessed with cats over the years.

"Bayo? Buyo? I don't know." He looked at the picture with sadness in his eyes. "This picture was taken a few years ago… and I haven't seen nor heard from them since…" Kurama was startled by the sudden sadness in the team leader, but dismissed it when Botan the Spirit Guild showed up to take them to see Koenma, Prince of Spirit World.

Kagome sat up looking out her window from a chair. A full moon had set and now the sun was rising up into the sky. With a sigh she looked through her closet and draws to try and find something to wear. Pink, bright blue… yellow, orange… No solid red and only a few solid black articles of clothing. "I am not wearing these!" Kagome snorted, throwing the none black and red clothing to the floor. Then she sheepishly smiled. "Ah… listen to me." She rubbed her head then her hand moved unknowingly to her neck. "My Master must have rubbed off on me after all those years…" She stretched and turned around as Souta walked in, still in his pj and rubbing his eyes. "Souta? Its really early, what are you doing up?" Kagome asked. Mentally patting herself on the back for having the illusion on already. She actually heard her brothers heart beat speed up, in fear? Excitement? In what?

"SIS!" He cried, launching himself at her. "I thought it was a dream!" He sobbed into her clothing. Kagome looked enviously down at his tears as they hit her crimsom tank top. They were made up of salt and water, unlike her blood tears. "I was afraid that if I came in here, it would look like it has for so long!"

"A year isn't so long." Kagome said. She mentally smacked herself. (A year isn't long for a five hundred and thirty six year old woman stuck in the body of a eight teen year old!) Kagome scolded herself. She ran claw-free-thanks-to-illusion hands through her brothers short cropped hair. (He had been what, ten years old when I first started going to Feudal Era?) Kagome thought. (So that's two years of me coming and going… he was just turning twelve when I came back for the final time to say good bye for… forever… and a year when the rest of us were finishing up the Shikon jewel…) Kagome winced. (I never even had dreamed I'd see them again… five hundred years… no human can live five hundred years…) Kagome frowned. (But then again… I'm a monster…) When Sota looked up she plastered a smile on her face.

"So, is the well closed up? Why did you finally decide to come back from the past? How are the others?" Kagome winced at each of Sotas questions, but he did not notice. Finally Sota got tired of asking questions. "Sis, can you take me to the park and play soccer with me and my friends! PLEASE?"

(Sota… you still think that I came from the well?) Kagome thought. She closed her eyes. (But playing soccer will be fun…) Kagome looked down at the hopeful face of her brother. "All right, let me get ready." Sota cheered and bounced out of the room. Kagome raided her closet once more and found, to her delight, a collared shirt top in blood red. Grabbing that and other black clothing, Kagome jolted to the bathroom, which she promptly locked the door and dropped the illusion. Her clothing was shed to the floor.

Kagome looked into the mirror in her minds eye seeing what the mirror couldn't show when she dropped the illusion, her eyes drifted to where her neck would have reflected, her neck that had been hidden due to the collar of her jacket. Two deep puncture marks marred otherwise smooth and unblemished skin. With a slight smile, Kagome put a hand gently on the scars. "Master…" She whispered. Then she glanced up at where the rest of her reflection would be if her soulless body showed up in the mirror, pure unblemished skin all over but the scars, red eyes, pointed ears, vampire fangs, claws, seven ruby streaks through her hair. Kagome felt her heart drop. "I'm not human any more… just grow up Kagome. Its been five hundred and thirty six years. Too them, this whole ordeal was only three years long… they only aged three years… just like I did until..." Kagome looked into the mirror seeing the shower behind her as she had no reflection. Her memories swept her away.

Kagome stood on the battle field of the final battle. Naraku, his detachments and his demon army behind him, this time it was the real Naraku and a few golems. Naraku's demon army stood behind the evil half demon, ready to fight. It had started out simple enough, each person going to a target they had designated as their own. Kagome stood as back up and fired out her purification arrows. All of their friends and allies were there. Kirara, Kouga and his wolves and wolf demon friends, Sesshomaru, Sango, Miroku, Inuyasha and a few others. It had been like what they planned if they ever reached the final confrontation.

But something had happened, that was never expected.

Kagome shook, bringing herself out of her memories. Blood tears fell down her face and into the sink she was leaning over and had grasped for balance. Unbidden, another memory surfaced.

Kagome stood alone, with only Naraku left. Her blue eyes darted around the battle field, taking in the bodies upon bodies of those she had known, and whom were strangers. Who she had loved and hated. And everyone in between. Now, only she and Naraku stood. Even Jaken, Rin and Shippo, all who had been left behind for safety, lay dead between Kagome and the evil half demon. Brought to the battle and killed to enrage and taunt the shard hunters and their friends, and Sesshomaru. Every one had died, but now the two opposite forces stood at a stand still, each in their own thoughts. Kagome's part of the Shikon-no-tama glowed around her neck with a pure blue light. Naraku's lay in his hand, glowing a tainted pink. A battle of wills, both indomitable in their own rights, was fought.

After the staring contest was over, Naraku lunged across the battle field, Kagome prepared her bow and arrows. A explosion sounded and dust flew around, obscuring the view of both the half demon and the miko.

Kagome snapped out of the memory with a jerk. Shaking her head she stepped into the shower. Allowing the burning water to warm her ice cold flesh.

Its time to stop dwelling in the past, Kagome. The warm voice of her master echoed through her head. Remember it, but never let it consume you. Look to a bright future. For now, you have all eternity open to you Kagome smiled as the voice faded from her mind, and her link with her Master dimmed to a thin, permanent strand always connecting them.

"I'll try… My Master." Kagome whispered. She knew he heard her though.

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