---The Prophecy That Was Destined To Join---
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A/N: OK! Hope you enjoy this chapter and once again…
I won't be online from August 21st to August 27th. This is because I'm camping! Hope to see the bright side of this. Enjoy!
Chapter 12: Efforts of Comfort and Hostility
Genkai's Temple…
Kagome sighed. She was sitting on the top step of the temple, pondering with her head in the clouds about Shippo.
She was so lost in thought that she barley noticed an arm wrap around her shoulders in an attempt to comfort her.
"We'll find Shippo, don't worry" Kurama said softly.
"Hai, I'll make sure of that, I'm just worried about someone will die in the process of our efforts"
"Our two destinies are entwined now. No matter what the outcome, we'll always be there for each other. Or rather, I'll always be there for you in this situation"
"I guess you're right" Kagome sighed.
"It's getting a little chilly out here, we should get inside in a couple of minutes"
"Yeah, I hope Shippo's okay"
Ironically, they fell asleep right on the steps that night, under the stars.
Next Morning…
Yusuke walked outside, surprisingly woken up earlier for a change. Stretching, he prodded to the steps and tripped forward over Kurama's foot, "What the…? Oh, hell…" he groaned as he flew forward down the stairs, face first down the 80 steps ahead of him.
Miroku was startled from his coffee as he heard a yell of pain coming from the front of the temple. Standing up, he went outside.
It turned out that the rest of the group was already awake and there. Looking down, he saw a tangle of a body at the bottom of the stairs, later identified as Yusuke.
They then turned their attention to the couple sleeping there.
Kagome and Kurama stirred awake and opened their eyes to see…everyone staring at them! "What?" Kagome asked, annoyed.
Genkai pointed down the stairs and snickered.
Kurama was first to look down. Chuckling, he turned face to face to Kagome who gasped and started laughing. What a way to wake up by.
"Hey, dimwit!" Genkai yelled, "Get up here!"
The group heard muttering follow by a string of curses.
A couple of minutes later, he was up and going. They got settled in and sat down at the table for breakfast.
Kagome later came in with eggs and bacon.
Genkai left the table first. That was when they spotted a slim, thin black box lying on the counter.
Yusuke picked it up and read aloud, "Playstation 2 game, adventure series" Turning around, he spotted Genkai, "WHAT! You play VIDEO GAMES?" he nearly screamed.
"What do you think I was doing with all that free time?" Genkai responded.
Everyone just watched the unfolding argument and sweat dropped.
Sango and Kagome were, simply to put it, 'revived' from their weary lockdown. Botan then opened a portal and they stepped through.
Koenma's Office…
"…Yes and so you need to get there and the kids should be somewhere in there…"
"We've must hurry, It's been a couple of days since Shippo was taken and we don't know how they've been treating him" Sango said worriedly.
"I vote we get there now!" Kuwabara exclaimed.
"Idiot! Some people need to get prepared!" Kahyi reasoned.
"Yeah but we need to go now!"
They sweat dropped.
"You'd know nothing, your just an idiot" Yusuke explained.
"Say that to my face Urameshi!"
"I did!"
They started fighting.
"Kill you enemies, not your allies…" Kurama told them.
They didn't listen one bit.
Genkai's Temple…
Going into their rooms, they changed into battle gear.
Kagome and Sango wore the same outfit. (You know, like Himura Kenshin wears)
Kagome with a black top though and Sango with a violet hue. They had their daggers/sword attached to the sash and Hiraikotsu attached to her back for Sango, bow and a quiver full of arrows for Kagome.
Miroku wore his usual priest robes and Kahyi had the same attire except blue replaced purple.
Hiei, Yusuke, Kurama, Genkai, and Kuwabara wore the usual that they wore for the Dark Tournament.
Botan just wore more a more durable clothing and of course, Kirara and Kitaji just stayed the same.
"Ok, we're all ready here. Let's go and kick some demon butt!" Yusuke yelled out as they crossed the barrier from Makai to Ningenkai.
"Hang on Shippo, Kyoshi, Kohaku, we'll find you soon, hang on" Kagome breathed out.
Castle Northern of Makai…
Shippo tried to stay awake. The stench was irritating as horrible.
Just then, he heard the rusted door to his dungeon open. Sormiko stepped in and tossed in two bodies. No one there was chained because the door was too heavy to open; you needed to know a spell to open it.
The door slammed closed.
Absently, he crawled up to the two bodies to find out whom they belonged to.
He gasped.
"Kohaku! Kyoshi!" he wailed.
They next day they had woken up. Kyoshi and Kohaku sat there as Shippo explained the situation. They were about to faint from starvation when they heard a distant voice.
"Hang on Shippo, Kyoshi, Kohaku, we'll find you, hang on"
With renewed strength, they waited for their heroes to come and save them, hoping, just hoping, that they wouldn't get into any trouble along the way. Somehow, they knew everything was going to be ok.
Somewhere in Makai, Along the Northern Borders…
It's been two days. At least 13 oni have attacked them since then, they didn't bother to hide their ki.
Koenma opened a portal and appeared in front of them.
Just then, a question came to her mind.
"Hey, Koenma?"
"Yeah Kagome?"
"How did this Karasu guy come back to life? Kurama told us that he remembered killing him"
"Eh…err…" Koenma suddenly got fidgety.
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Koenma was sitting at his desk, stamping and not bothering to look down and what he stamped.
He was so bored.
"Stamp-sure, stamp-sure, approval-sure, appeal-sure, stamp-sure, Come back from the dead-eh, why not, ne?"
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Kagome and the rest of the group growled. If looks could kill, he'd be dead.
But then, before anyone could react, he was gone.
"I swear I'm going to get that toddler when we get back" Yusuke seethed.
"If he doesn't run away by then" Genkai snickered.
"Shut up, you old hag!"
Kurama sighed in agitation, "You know, we should really start walking again"
"Agreed" Sango, Kahyi, Miroku, and Kagome chorused.
After a couple hours, they finally entered a wide clearing.
Karasu's Castle…
"So they've arrived," Karasu commented, "I'll take over the miko and exterminator's mind, I'll break their spirit!" he laughed, and "Soon, they'll be nothing more than two bodies under my control, no mattter when I'll do it and how long it will take. Maybe I'll just kill them the painful way"
They all entered with precaution, weapons drawn. Hundreds of oni trampled into them and the group attacked.
Later on, they stood in a field of blood and gore, bodies littered the clearing and the group was panting heavily, except for Hiei.
"Hn, of those oni were too much for you, we're going to have some serious trouble"
Kahyi and Miroku just glared.
"It's not as easy for us as it is to you" Kuwabara bickered.
"We're not the demons around here" Yusuke added.
"Do you think it's possible that you could shut up?" Hiei said, irritated by the weakness of ningens.
"Calm down everyone, at least the demons are now dead" Kurama reasoned.
"Time to go in for the kill" Sango smirked.
And with that, they entered the black-bricked castle.
To put it one-way, the castle look very dark, ancient, and old. The appearance would make one think that the roof would collapse any minute. It was simple dreary and damp and black.
"This place gives me the creeps. I can't believe they still have a place like this. We'll get hurt I we step in the wrong place," Kagome said.
"That's an understatement!" Botan sighed.
Kirara and Kitaji transformed incase something were about to happen.
Miroku took a step forward, only to find a meter of the floor gone from what seemed stable beforehand.
"See what she means?" Genkai explained.
Surprisingly, they didn't come across anything unusual and didn't succeed in finding anything until now.
"I smell blood," Kurama stated worriedly.
"Over there" Hiei pointed to a rusted and bolted door.
Yusuke attempted to jerk it open with no avail.
Inside Dungeon Number 3…
Shippo, Kyoshi, and Kohaku woke up to the sounds of an attempt to open the door.
They hastily crawled up to it, hearing talking.
"What do you think is inside?" Kagome asked.
"Dunno, let's see, as soon as the friggin door open" Yusuke exclaimed aggressively.
"Dimwit, move it, it's sealed by a spell, I'll see if I can open it" Genkai prodded. She tried, but only succeeded in getting the handle jerked off.
"Oh yeah, great going old hag, now there's no handle" Yusuke yelled, "Way to go now!
Kuwabara started bashing his head against the door, "A lady could be in danger in there! (Referring to Kyoshi) She has no right to be there! We can't stop!"
Hiei snorted.
"It's the others!" Shippo exclaimed to Kohaku and Kyoshi.
They lit up like a light bulb and started pounding on the door like there was no tomorrow.
"Hey! Someone's pounding on the door at the other side!" Miroku discovered.
"We can hear it to, baka" Kagome replied.
"Kagome! It's me Shippo! Get us out of here onegai!" came the muffled voice of Shippo.
"Let us try undoing the spell," Sango reasoned, taking Kagome with her. They stopped at the front of the handless door.
"Oh yeah! I remember the spell!" Kagome exclaimed.
"Alright then"
They both started muttering and chanting a spell, in moments the door had combusted.
"Gross! It's bones and blood everywhere!" Botan grimaced.
"Indeed, it is very disturbing" Kurama added.
"KAGOME/SANGO!" Came three shrieks and they burst out.
Their reunion and laughing was interrupted by a deep voice.
"How touching" Karasu said. He smirked.
Kagome and Sango gasped, the group immediately took a battle stance.
"Fools! You think you can defeat me?"
"I don't know, but we'll certainly try" Kurama said.
Unconsciously, Miroku and Botan, and Kagome and Kurama took a step closer together and Hiei and Sango did too.
"Yeah, right" Kurama shot back, and the battle began.
Nothing much happened during the fight. Bombs exploded and the crow didn't really get hit. Hiei had a gash across his left arm, Kurama on his side, and Kuwabara and Yusuke on their right leg.
Kagome, Sango, Genkai, and Kahyi had small scratches.
Apparently, Miroku took a pretty big blow to his head and Botan was worriedly nursing him back to health.
"Sango!" Hiei yelled out.
He leaped in and pushed Sango away. Her eyes lit up with fear as a bomb exploded where she stood seconds ago.
He held out a hand and Sango took it without remorse. She stood up and blushed when she noticed they were still holding hands.
Quickly, they drew they're hands away like they had been burned.
Finally, Karasu was hit with Kagome's sword and lily. It was so powerful that Karasu took it in with surprise. Hastily he took his leave before anyone could stop him. He was still alive.
"No! He got away!" Kahyi cried out.
"He's bound to come back sooner or later, when we least expect it" Kurama said.
Miroku recovered and smiled at Botan.
"HENTAI!" she screamed as a slap was heard.
"So much for you trying to wake him up, he's down again" Yusuke snickered.
There was a faint rumble. It gradually became louder and louder until it was right over their heads.
Bits of rubble started to hit the floor.
"The castle is collapsing!" Sango and Kagome cried out.
Author! So this is the last chapter before next week! I hope camping won't be cold, but warm! Lol, Ja-ne! Onegai review!