Yes, yes I know! Yet another story. But I couldn't help it and the idea behind this is something I've never seen done before. It will have a bunch more demons in here later, my own characters. If any of you, my faithful readers and new ones, would like to throw in a bunch of names, I need about 20 different demon type names. As of right now I don't know what kind of demons they will be but I don't want them all to be kitsunes as you'll see I've already got enough grouped together in here. So if any of you would like to suggest different types of demons as well, I'd greatly appreciate it. And it doesn't matter if it is male of female, I'll take all names and consider them whole heartedly. Anyway I hope you like this story. Oh and the pairing is Kag/Kuronue/Yoko/Kurama. Yes, a four way but I doubt I'll put lemons in this one because of the new rule, unless I tone them down some.

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or Yu Yu Hakusho

The Sanctity of Sunset

Koenma's Troubles and a New Team

Chapter 1

Koenma had a mission; a mission to solve the mystery behind the sudden arise in demon entities emanating from somewhere near the Sunset Shrine. The shrine had long since been watched over ever since the first time the oldest Higurashi sibling had been pulled into the past. Koenma had met with the then young teenager upon her arrival back into the 21st century. At first the girl had been reluctant to speak to him about herself and about the things she'd learned in the first few days of her travels. She had chosen to think of her experience as more of a passing dream than a real vivid experience.

That was until Koenma introduced the young girl to the realm of Reikai and exposed the secrets of the now three worlds. At first she had been a bit hesitant but the more she learned about the three worlds, the more she opened up to him and told him about going back into the past, releasing a sleeping boy from a large tree, involving herself with all sorts of demonic foes, and breaking the Shikon no Tama. To say the least Koenma had been shocked to find out the girl had actually possessed something of that nature. He had asked that she continue her quest since she now felt it was her duty to put the jewel back together. She had agreed if Reikai would put her shrine into protection should anything try to come through the well or approach her to acquire the jewel. Koenma agreed on the stipulation that upon each return she check in with him and inform him of how the search was going.

At first the talks were mostly boring and just a simple run through of the facts, until things began to grow darker and more sordid. It seems a most destructive hanyou had made it his personal quest to acquire the Shikon and throw the world into eternal damnation. Koenma was stunned each and every time she came home and relayed all the damning facts; her soul being stolen, the back story behind each new friend and foe, and of course the dangerous search for a jewel which caused nothing but pain and heartbreak.

It wasn't long before the happy, youthful countenance of the young miko began to falter after each round of heartbreak and betrayal. Of course Kagome had never bothered to tell him the whole story between the hanyou and her supposed incarnate, but he knew. From the moment he first witnessed the softening of her eyes whenever she spoke of him, instead of in irritation and anger over his stubborn wish to become a full demon. But he'd never pressured her to tell him, simply wishing the girl the best of luck in putting up with the hanyou's waywardness.

That was until she disappeared, 6 years ago today. She would be a woman now, 22 in age as she hadn't disappeared until a year after the search began. And for a long time Koenma had sat and waited for her to come to him. When it became apparent that she was not going to come, he figured the worst; one that they had finished the jewel and she became trapped in the past as she had often feared, or two...that she might be dead. He had all but given up hope after searching through countless records of that time period, only there wasn't too much information back then. Spirit World had just announced that they were putting up barriers and had concentrated solely on that instead of on some group searching for a jewel of immeasurable power.

That was until 6 months ago, 5 ½ years after the young miko's disappearance. Spirit World had detected the opening of the well and the return of the girl thought lost. Koenma had been delighted to hear that she may be alive after all and had waited for days on end for her to tell him what had taken her so long to finish up her mission and return. He waited and waited...but she never came. What was strange was that he knew she was still there, but any attempts to go and meet with her had been denied because of some type of force field around her property. Not even his father's SDF could break through it. What became even stranger was that he knew he felt demon auras circulating around the property and estimated that there were at least 20 different entities around the girl's home. His first fear was that the demons were coming looking for the jewel, which would mean that she hadn't destroyed it and still carried it. However the bizarre thing was he'd never once had felt any kind of threat coming off any of the strange energies.

He had waited long enough. He wanted to speak with her and find out what had happened. Obviously it was something bad or else she probably would have concluded her business with Spirit World and left it at that. For her not to even attempt to get into contact with him sent warning bells throughout his mind.

So after all this time, Koenma decided it was time to call in the team. His smile grew as he thought of how impressive they were together and how much the little team had progressed and grown. His father must be feeling like a fool now, thinking all demons were a threat. His team had never once tried to betray him or turn against Reikai or Ningenkai like his father feared, even though the members didn't have the best orientations.

At 23, Yusuke had grown into a fierce opponent and an even a fiercer demon. After the meeting with Raizen something in him had awoken and caused him to discover knew heights to his power. He could now transform into his hanyou form at any given time and had so much energy recesses it was sometimes ridiculous. For one, he could use either his youki or rei or both at the same time. He still lived in Ningenkai and was married or mated to Keiko and was still an active spirit detective. Because of the union between Keiko and his best Spirit Detective Koenma had finally relented and started paying Yusuke for his work, allowing the boy to live in freedom from the burden of monetary issues. Keiko was a kindergarten teacher at one of the local elementary schools and Yusuke was forever teasing her about never escaping the bounds of school. He just couldn't comprehend how a person who spent their life learning and sitting in a boring class room all day could then turn around and teach in one. It was quite absurd in his opinion.

Kuwabara was still present, though he was only around half the time. Kuwabara was still in school and studying to become a veterinarian. He was a bit more subdued than he used to be in his teenage years, though his mouth still tended to run away with him, especially with Yusuke or whenever Hiei was feeling incredibly amused. He only came along on half the missions and really they didn't need him as much since the whole team had expanded anyway.

Kuronue was Koenma's newest detective, as a reward for Kurama and Yoko for their aid to Spirit World. The bat youkai had only been brought back about 6 months ago, around the same time of the miko's return. And the bat hadn't lost his edge at all during his long, boring existence in the realm of the dead and was certainly quite confused when Koenma first brought him back. Of course when he found out Yoko was alive and in a human body he immediately called Koenma a liar, declaring that the silver kitsune would never resort to turning human just to remain alive. And he was again blown away when Kurama walked in. It hadn't taken long after that as Yoko had urged Kurama to let him out long enough to keep Kuronue from going insane and attacking everyone. After that it was all sunshine and roses as Yoko and Kuronue got reacquainted with each other again...and it wasn't long before they were back to their old antics again. Nevertheless with Kuronue back with Yoko, they made quite the team and had little trouble aiding Yusuke in his missions. They still worked as a team and fought as a team and more importantly thought as a team, which was a good thing since Kurama and Yoko had asked to be separated.

At first Koenma was hesitant to allow them too, although he was almost sure it was possible to do as long as he could find Yoko's body. Both Kurama and Yoko had assured him they had thought long and hard about their decision, but with Kuronue's return Yoko couldn't stand being cooped up in the back of Shuichi's mind for the rest of his life or rather Shuichi's human life. Kurama had agreed to let Yoko leave, even though he sometimes missed the demon's presence in his mind. Koenma finally relented and found a spell to split the boys from each other and Yoko was finally released after 24 years locked away. There were of course a few side effects, mainly because Yoko had stayed inside Shuichi for so long. They still had a mind bond, hearing each other's thoughts and things like they could when they were one, though either one could turn it off or on as they pleased. And much to everyone's surprise Kurama had turned into a full kitsune. Because Yoko stayed in his body for so long, Kurama was no longer human, but demon. At first he was shocked but with Yoko's help, he had learned all there was to know about being a kitsune...and then some. As a result Yoko and Kurama became like brothers and Kuronue eventually learned to think of the red head in the same light.

Hiei was a sort of stand in if any of the others were unavailable, as he spent most of his time in Makai with the Demon Lord Murkuro. He had lightened up considerably, but still tended to piss people off from time to time whenever they got on his nerves. Out of all of them Kurama still had the closest relationship with Hiei, while Yoko and Kuronue simply tolerated the little demon, though he tended to piss Yoko off the most.

Yukina was the biggest surprise. After discovering for herself one night after over hearing a discussion between Kurama and Hiei that Hiei was her brother, she had approached Koenma by herself and asked if there were any way she could get close enough to see her brother. She had asked to be a spirit detective and Koenma had immediately denied her request until she threatened to freeze him forever. Koenma shivered. That girl was too alike Hiei than she would ever know. She could be just as emotionless as the little fire app. Koenma had agreed, but only if she allowed Genkai to train her properly. Thus Yukina became part of the team as well. Kuronue, Yoko, and Kurama watched over her like over protective brothers and also agreed to help train her in their spare time.

Thus Koenma's team was reborn and he had requested them all to meet with him today. They would be here soon and he would charge them with discovering the secrets behind the goings on at Sunset Shrine and what really happened to Kagome and her Shikon no Tama.

I know it is short, I promise you the chapters will be longer. Well, I hope you liked the back story so far and Koenma's new team. I just love Yukina I think she's so cute, which is why I like to throw her in as a character with a real part instead of just a meet n' greet thing most people do. Oh and I should wanr you now. Yusuke is going to be majorly out of character. If you really like Yusuke this might not be the best story to read. That's not to say I don't like him in the Anime, I just wanted to try something a little different. See, in most crossovers Kagome is usually his long lost cousin or twin sibling or best friend or something and I wanted to make him be a bad guy sort of. Don't worry he's not going to be evil or anything. He's not an enemy or anything, but he does not have a great view on women and sees them as weak. Anyway I think that is enough. You'll see what I mean in the next chapter. Please read and review!

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