Okay people.  Don't get exited.  My computer isn't fixed yet.

This fic just randomly popped into my head one day and I decided to write it.  Everyone's older than in the series though.  Each of them is between 18 and 20 now.  Except the demons of course.

Disclaimer: ...looks around casually, then pulls out an Inuyasha and Yusuke plushie from inside my shirt and huggles them close... Mine . . .

Kagome sat looking out the bay window of her small house, casually sipping her herbal tea. Ever since she had left the Fuedal Era with the completed jewel, her life had been oddly calm. She'd moved far away from her childhood home and settled into a thick forest on the edge of town where no one would bother her. Occasionally, her mom and little brother would come to visit, bringing news of the Feudal Era with them, but these visits where rare.

Closing her eyes, she sighed, blowing a stray hair off her face.

"Spirit gun!!!"

Kagome's eyes flew open just in time to witness a powerful burst of energy fly by her window. "What the-?" Running to the door, she opened it slowly, peering outside just in time to see a flash of red and silver.

"Damn it! I missed!"

A teenage boy ran up the hill, his slicked back hair starting to fall down. A teenage girl also followed.

Kagome's eyes opened wide. This girl couldn't be human. Her aura was that of some type of dead creature, and her hair was . . . blue. . . .

"Who are you, and what do you want?" Kagome bravely stepped out of her house.

The boy blinked at her, then turned on his companion. "Botan! I thought you said this area wasn't populated!"

She laughed nervously. "We all make mistakes . . ."

Growling, the boy looked in the direction the red blur had headed. "He got away . . ."

Slightly annoyed, Kagome moved closer towards the two. "Who got away?"

The girl, now identified as Botan, jumped slightly and laughed nervously again, sweatdropping. "Yeah. What are you talking about, Yusuke?" She nudged the boy, hinting to him to shut up.

Getting more annoyed by the second, she gave them a 'You're an idiot if you think I'm gonna fall for that' look.

Botan continued to laugh nervously, sweatdropping even more.

"Yusuke! Did you get him?"

Kagome turned to the new voice, watching as a red haired teenage boy ran up the hill. 'A demon . . . He must be after the sacred jewel . . .' Kagome clutched her necklace tightly, backing back towards her home.

"What took you so long?" Yusuke muttered as the demon boy stopped beside them. He gazed at his friends for a moment, then noticed Kagome watching him.

"Yusuke . . . who is she?"

Yusuke shrugged. "Hell if I know."

"Did she see anything?"

As they continued their conversation, Kagome was getting a little fed up with being talked about like this when she was standing right there. "Alright!" she yelled, grabbing all of their attention. "Who the hell are you, and why are you consorting with a demon?!"

This clearly surprised the trio.

"You . . . you know about demons?" Botan stammered, sweatdropping again.

Kagome took another step back towards her house, reaching into the door and grabbing something from just inside the door. "You must be after the jewel, . . . but you won't get it!"

Pulling out a bow and quiver of arrows, she drew one and sighted along it, aiming right in between the red-haired demon's eyes. "I'll give you one chance to leave."

Yusuke's eyes opened wide as he stared at the girl before him. She couldn't be serious.

"I'm warning you . . ."

The demon eyed Kagome and her weapon curiously, then he took a step forward. Growling, she drew the string tighter. "Leave now or die!"

Yusuke blinked, then looked at his friend. "Kurama? What the hell is going on?"

Kurama glanced at Yusuke, then shrugged.

"Don't lie, demon! You've come here for the jewel!" Kagome shouted, glaring at him angrily.

"Uh . . . jewel?" Yusuke blinked again. "What the hell would he want with a jewel?"

Finally getting fed up, Kagome let her miko energies wrap around the arrow, making it glow a bright blue. "Die!" she screamed as she let the arrow fly.

Kurama barely had time to leap out of the way as the arrow flew by him, cutting his cheek.

Yusuke's jaw dropped. "How the hell does this girl have so much spirit energy!?!"

Botan also looked quite shocked. "How can this girl control her spirit energy like that without Spirit World hearing about it!?"

Not wasting any time, Kagome drew another arrow and fired it at Kurama again, this time nipping the ends of his hair. However, the arrow fell deadly close to Yusuke and Botan, sending them running as the energy released and exploded.

"I won't miss again." Kagome said as she drew yet another arrow.

"Woah! Woah! Woah! Woah!" Yusuke cried, waving his arms. "What the hell did we do to you!?!"

Kagome slackened her tight grip on the bow as she glared at Yusuke. "You think I'd let the Shikon fall into that damn kitsune's hands!?!"

"The . . . 'Shikon' . . ." Yusuke eyed her as if she was nuts.

Kagome growled in relatiation. "You baka! The Shikon no Tama!"

Yusuke blinked then looked over at Botan's utter confusion, then at Kurama's thoughtfulness. "What the hell is the Shikon no Tama?"

Kurama's eyes suddenly opened wide. "What?! The Shikon jewel?! But that's been missing for over 500 years!"

Kagome smirked slightly, reaching into her shirt and pulling out the glowing jewel. She let it fall onto her chest, then drew the bow taut again. "I will never let your kind possess it."

"Wait a sec." Botan rubbed her chin thoughtfully. "The Shikon no Tama . . . I think I've heard of it before . . . but that was just a legend I thought . . ."

Kagome sighted along the arrow again, aiming carefully at Kurama's heart. "I see that you have possessed a human . . . what a foul thing to do." Kagome suddenly let her bow go slack. "However . . . possessed or not, I will not kill a human." With that, Kagome turned and entered back into her house, slamming the door behind her.

"That was . . . weird . . ." Botan said, staring after Kagome. Suddenly, the briefcase in her hand started vibrating, and a supressed yelling could be heard. "Koenma!"

Quickly, Botan squated down onto the ground and opened it. "I'm here, Koenma."

"Botan." The toddler on the screen looked rather business like, sitting behind his desk with his arms folded. "How is the mission coming?"

"Not very well I'm afraid. We found the demon, but he got away before Yusuke could catch him. Besides, we ran into a little trouble on the way."

"Trouble?" Koenma raised an eyebrow. "Does the demon have accomplises?"

"No. We ran into a human girl living around where the demon vanished."

"What's the trouble in that? Just erase her memories of the incident."

"The problem is, Koenma sir, that the girl already knows about demons and spirit energy. Not only that, but she also seems to have a high spiritual awareness."

Koenma rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "The description sounds an awful lot like a miko, . . . but a miko hasn't existed for at least 500 years . . ."

"That's strange . . ." Kurama squated in front of the screen as well. "She claims to possess the Shikon no Tama which also hasn't been seen for over 500 years . . ."

Koenma's eyes got wide, and he scurried in front of the screen. "What did you say!?!?!"

Botan looked at him curiously. "What exactly is the Shikon no Tama?"

Koenma sighed, exasperated, as he sat back down in his desk. "I was hoping that it wouldn't surface ever again . . . I thought that priestess said that she was going to destroy the tama by using it to transform a hanyou into a ningen . . ." He shook his head. "Obviously . . . she failed . . ."

Botan's eyes widened. "Are you saying that this jewel has enough power to transform a hanyou into a ningen?! But that's impossible!"

"It's very possible." Kurama coolly stated. "The Shikon no Tama is coveted by demons as it can increase their power substantially." He turned to Koenma. "What I don't understand is why would a hanyou want to become a ningen instead of a full blooded youkai . . ."

Yusuke shrugged behind him. "Maybe that priestess said she'd give him the goods if he did it." A perverted smirk came to his face.

"I thought I told you three to leave!" Kagome had come back out of the house again, this time unarmed, but her energy swirled around her, threateningly.

Seeing the others turn to look at someone, Koenma pressed his face up against the screen, trying to see too.

"I won't tell you again!" Kagome took a step forward, letting her energy increase to show them that she was serious.

Botan waved her arms in front of her wildly. "We don't want to cause any trouble! We just got a little distracted from leaving! That's all!"

Finally getting fed up with being ignored, Koenma started yelling, "BOTAN!!! WHO THE HECK ARE YOU TALKING TO!?! IS IT THE MIKO WITH THE JEWEL!?!"

Jumping, Botan started bowing apologetically. "I'm sorry, Koenma sir. Here." She turned the briefcase so that the annoyed toddler faced Kagome.

"Just as I thought. You are the same miko . . ."

Kagome raised an eyebrow, surprised that a toddler was talking to her from inside a briefcase. "Who the heck are you?"

"I am Koenma, son of the ruler of Spirit World. I guess it is no surprise that you've forgotten me. After all, it's been 500 years." The toddler put great emphasis on the '500.'

"What the hell are you talking about?" Kagome looked at him as if he were crazy. "I'm sure I'd remember someone like you if I ever met you. And what the heck is 'Spirit World' anyway?"

Koenma leapt up from his desk again. "Stop trying to toy with me! You failed in your mission to destroy the sacred jewel! You didn't change that hanyou into a ningen!"

"What the heck are you talking about?! What mission!?!" Kagome put her hands on her hips, annoyed.

"Is anyone else completely lost?" Yusuke stared around at everybody, blind confusion all over his face.

"I must admit, even I am confused." Kurama admitted.

"Why don't we start from the beginning?" Botan said, nervously.

Immediately, Kagome turned on her heel. "I'm not going to say anything about the jewel. It's my responsibility and only my responsibility." With that, she walked off, not back into her house, but in the direction of the forest.

The four blinked after her.

"So . . ." Yusuke said after a minute. "What exactly is this Shikon no whatever?"

Finally out of ear shot of the strange group of people that had stumbled upon her isolated dwelling, Kagome started looking around, searching for someone. "Inuyasha? Inuyasha, are you there?"

Her answer was the same red and silver blur leaping out of a tall tree in front of her, looking exactly as she remembered him, only a bit older. "You've gotten older," he said simply, looking Kagome over. She did indeed look much older. She was taller and her hair was longer; her eyes had lost a lot of their teenage appearance, and she looked overall more mature.

"Yeah. It's been a while." Saying this, she quickly walked forward and wrapped her arms around him tightly. "I missed you a lot . . ."

"I missed you too. . . " Inuyasha replied, wrapping his own arms around her and laying his head on hers. "That's why I came looking for you . . . but you weren't at your home. I looked everywhere for you . . . Finally, I picked up on your scent in that town over there . . . but those people started chasing after me for who knows what. I finally managed to get away when you stalled them . . ."

"I'm glad that you're okay . . . when I saw them chasing you . . ." Kagome looked up into his eyes, sadness clearly etched in her own.

"Kagome . . ." Inuyasha looked back down at her, pleading in his eyes. "Please come back . . . I need you to come back with me . . ."

Instantly, Kagome started backing away from the hanyou. "I can't . . . I can't go back . . . not with the jewel . . . Naraku's still out there somewhere . . ."

"Then leave it here."

"Are you insane?!" Kagome eyed him as if he were crazy. "There are demons in this world too! Who knows what'll happen if one of them gets their hands on it?!"

"Oh . . ." His ears drooped slightly.

"I can't go back until Naraku is dead . . ." She looked at the ground, not able to see him looking so sad.

"Then . . . then can I . . . at least stay here with you?"

"I . . . I . . . don't . . . know . . ."

"Oh . . ." His ears fell further.

Kagome couldn't stand to see him so sad. "Look. I'm not saying you can't stay, I'm just saying . . . that it'd be hard for you to stay . . ."

His ears perked up as he stared at her.

"You'd have to stay out of sight . . . and you'd have to act natural around here . . ."

"I can do that."

"Well . . . I guess it's alright then . . ." She smiled at him, glad that she would finally be able to spend time with him again. He smiled back, his eyes hiding his supressed joy.

Suddenly, his smilie changed to a frown.

"What is it, Inuyasha?" Kagome stepped towards him, worried.

"I smell a demon around here . . ." He started to skim around the forest, searching for the source of the scent. Kagome inched closer to him, also searching for any movement.

"So you're the one that's been keeping the Sacred Jewel for the last 500 years?" A dark figure appeared deep within the trees.

"Who the hell're you?!" Inuyasha growled, glaring at the youkai in the darkness.

"Hn," the figure replied, coming closer. "I don't care about you, hanyou. I only have business with this miko."

Inuyasha immediately shielded Kagome from the demon. "Well you're gonna hafta get through me if you want to get to Kagome!"

"If you insist." The figure immediately vanished without a trace, reappearing inches in front of Inuyasha. "Die."

Now, like I said before.

NO!!! MY COMPUTER ISN'T FIXED YET!!!

I'll try and update my other stories soon.  I just felt like getting this one out.  Me promise!  Me'll get them out!

Just gimme a break . . . life is so depressing without my compy . . . I come up with about a million ideas . . . just tell me what you think of this one.

Ciao!

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