---The Prophecy That Was Destined To Join---
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha and Yu Yu Hakusho and Co., but I do own the plot and stuff!
A/N:
AHH! Homework, parties, books, and story writing do NOT mix! I'm going to try and concentrate on this story more than the rest until it's finished. I will still be updating the others, although not as quickly as I will to this one. Hope you understand!
Chapter 18: Mistakes Can Always Be Fixed
The Search For Kurama (Ok…maybe not really searching for him anymore)…
Suddenly, Sango stopped in her tracks, "Oh CRAP!"
"What?" Hiei asked.
"The book stated that they also needed a demon slayer to get into the cave!" Sango shouted; freaking out by the second, "They don't have a demon slayer in the group! We need to go back!"
Hiei didn't say anything, 'All that traveling was a waste of time?' he thought heatedly.
Without a second thought, Sango burst into a full sprint towards the area where the group had supposedly been headed.
Snorting, Hiei followed without any effort due to his youkai speed. He leaped in front of Sango and picked her up.
"Hey! What the hell-"
Holding her bridal style, he ran off where Sango was going, "We can't waste any more time anyway. Ningens are so slow…"
Sango snorted and then huffed, but stayed there anyways.
Having nothing to say, they were oddly silent throughout the whole trip.
When they started nearing the area, a humming sound filled their eardrums. Sango didn't notice. She had long since fallen asleep. It was getting late and they would only have the next day to get into the cave, if they even made it there by then.
Hiei stared down at the slayer in his arms. He wasn't even paying attention to where he was going, other than the direction straight ahead. Nonetheless, Hiei never collided or tripped over anything.
'Beautiful… Where'd that thought come from!' Hiei thought alarmingly.
Getting frustrated, he ignored the whole ordeal and continued the brisk pace to the other group, of who were probably setting up a late camp already.
The Way To Midoriko's Cave…
Kagome groggily say up, groaning, "What happened?" she mumbled.
"I was so worried! Are you stupid? You could have killed yourself out there!" Yusuke started a fit.
"Ahh…but I wasn't" Kagome pointed out, adjusting her blurry vision.
"Still!" He sputtered indignantly.
Kagome sighed and rolled her eyes, "Where's Shippo?"
"Sleeping as usual…"
"He hasn't woken up since we left for the cave," she answered worriedly.
"She's awake!" Yusuke called out, remembering to notify the others.
Genkai, Kirara, Kuwabara, and a sleeping Shippo opened the door to the tent.
"How are you feeling Kagome? Your energy must have worn you out quite a bit for that to happen" Genkai commented.
"How could you kill the kitty?" Kuwabara wailed.
The rest of the group snorted.
Kirara meowed and went back outside to finish eating the food that Genkai had supplied earlier.
Stretching a bit, Kagome flexed her muscles to see if they were of good use. Content on her condition, she went outside with everyone else.
They did everything in silence that night and then finally went to sleep.
Morning Time…
Kagome was the second to wake up. Opening her eyes, she saw Genkai getting some food out of the bags that they carried. Standing up, she stretched.
"Good morning!" Kagome said cheerfully.
"Good morning" Genkai replied, "How are you feeling?"
"Somewhat tired, from yesterday, and the death date coming closer" she responded wearily.
Reaching over, Kagome began helping Genkai with the breakfast.
"You know Kagome, you can hang on there. Yusuke wouldn't be very happy if you couldn't hang on"
"Yeah, I guess so" Kagome smiled, "Well, time to wake up the dimwit and the idiot"
Kirara meowed in agreement as Shippo finally sat up and stretched. He turned to Kagome and smiled, "Hi oka-san!"
"Good morning, Shippo"
She sighed and walked up to the two unmoving lumps.
"Wake up!"
Silence.
"Hey! Wake up!"
Silence once again.
Growling in annoyance, she landed a firm kick onto Kuwabara's backside. He just grunted in pain and shifted his movement, "Yukina…" he mumbled.
Standing there for a while with the awake watching her in amusement, a 'lightbulb' flashed above her head.
Taking in a deep breath, Kagome yelled in their ears, "BREAKFAST TIME!"
Yusuke and Kuwabara shot up from their sleeping areas, "FOOD!"
The rest of the group sweat dropped.
Later on, they finally got moving again. Silence filled the pathway while they walked on and on.
"I feel like I'm forgetting something very important…" Kagome trailed off.
Genkai, Shippo, Yusuke, and Kuwabara raised their heads up in question.
"Like what?" Shippo asked.
"I don't know…something really important…"
There was a gloomy mood in the traveler's wake. Trying to brighten it up a notch, Shippo transformed into his pink bubble form. They watched in amusement as he snuck up behind Yusuke and clamped onto his head.
"AAHHH! GET IT OFF! GET IT OFF!" Yusuke screamed, desperately attempted to swat the kit off his head. Shippo swung off and landed in Kagome's arms, snickering in contempt.
Kuwabara and Kagome burst into laughter and Genkai smirked at his student. If Kirara had a human form, she'd most likely be rolling on the ground, laughing.
All was deathly quiet again as the 5 shifted into a defensive position and Shippo leaped onto the miko's shoulder.
A rustle was heard in the bushes beside them and a black blur screeched to a stop in the front of the path.
South, Underground Makai…
He assumed it was early morning. Lying there was a man drained of energy, clutching an odd metal pole that came from the cage he was currently locked inside.
Kurama used the pole as a support for him to stand up and grasped the cold metal that surrounded him.
'I would use this pole the jam it against the other poles, but it would make too much noise'
/We could get out here in no time/ Youko snorted arrogantly, folding his arms across his chest and huffing.
Kurama chuckled mentally. Even in the direst situations, Youko would always be Youko.
What do you think he is doing now?
/I don't know, baking cookies…/ Youko responded sarcastically. I guess the stress made him get more cocky than usual.
A little earlier, Karasu had come inside and blown up his left arm a little from the doorway, hence the reason why Kurama still had the metal pole. He never saw it from the door.
'It still hurts' Kurama thought bitterly.
/Aww…wittle Suichi-kun got a boo-boo/ Youko mimicked.
Kurama growled, 'Shut up!'
Youko snickered.
Should we take the chance of noise?
/Well…if it gets more bars out, which means more energy…/
All right then! Kurama thought with renewed confidence to get more energy.
Raising the pole above his head, he stumbled a bit before regaining balance.
With a large CLANG, metal met metal. Nothing happened for the next second; the there was a moderate screeching sound and 2 other poles dropped to the ground. Grabbing it, he absorbed the energy stored inside.
Kurama then froze, waiting to see if he had drawn any attention.
None.
Either he just got lucky, or Karasu was expecting this. He sincerely hoped it was the former.
The fox let out a breath he was unaware he was holding.
Time to do it again and just hope that it would be the same result as the first.
Hello! Argh! Homework, website, more homework, sports, CAN"T I JUST HAVE AT LEAST AN HOUR TO UPDATE! Wahh!
Lol, Ja-ne!